Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1889, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTO * D. C.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 CITY AND DISTRICT. © Fair dealing ws always been the Motto of Tax Evexixna Stan. “A dollar's worth in return for every dollar received” is the principle upou which its business is con- acted. Advertisers usually get from ten to one hundred dollars for every one invested in its advertising columns. WASHINGTON COUNTY, MD. Robbed a Corner Stone—Elected a Postmaster—Horses for Our Herdics. Correspondence of Tae Evexixo Sram Hacrnrstoy, Mp., December 18. Another old Washington county land-mark {s being removed—the old Mt, Hebron churc! which was built in 1445, and located at Sharps- burg near the place on which stood the old Meeting house where Newcomer, Reiting, Bussell and other fathers of the United Breth- | ven church used to worship. At the time the corner stone of the old church was laid it con- tained a Bible, a hymn book, silver coins, and | other articles, but when removed a day or two | #go it contained nothing but the tin-box,which was badly rusted. How it was robbed is a mystery, and the discovery has caused quite » | commotion among church goers at Sharpsburg. Chas. G. Biggs and Frisby Smith of this county and H. ‘B Showman have pur- | chased the old*‘Buri summer residence,” inelud- | ing 100 acres of land. and will convert it into ® peach farm. An election for the choice of a postmaster for Bharpsburg took place c.1 Saturday, The candidates were Euias Spong, Jacob R. Ed- monds and William H. Hoyer. Mr. Boyer re- ceived « majority of twelve votes and will be recommended by Hon. L, E. McComas for ap- pointment. The trial of Charles Sanders, colored, in- dicted for the murder of Farmer Rudolph Herr st Clearspring by a him on the head with @ stone, was concluded Saturday, the jury Feturning « verdict of guilty of manslaughter. A broken rail caused a freight wrecks on the Cumberland Valley railroad yesterday. Eight cars were demolished. This county is noted for its fine horses, and the herdic company of Washington has just se- cured # large number of our choicest Tor its es. John Foulk, the defaulting and absconding tax collector of Waynesboro’, has been heard from in Germany. ‘The coming marriage of Mr. Harry Creager and Miss Emma Dittoand Mr, Edgar Bender | end Piss Minnie Miller are announced, the lat- ter to take place at the bride's residence near Keedysville on the 2ith instant. Dr. C. F. Rusvell, for many years a practicing hysician at Sharpsburg. will remove to Wash- ton and make that his future home. There is a lively struggle going on for the lucrative position of county tax collector and the county commissioners tind themselves be- se¢ with eight applicants, all “tried aud true.” ———_ FREDERICK CITY AND COUNTY. The Railroad Survey—Guilty of Bas- tardy—Accidents and Deaths. Oorrespondence of Tax Evexixo Sr Fszpeutcx, Mv., December 17. The preliminary survey for the proposed Washington branch of the Gettysburg and Har- risburg railroad has reached a point where | Progress toward Washington will be rapid. | Chief Engineer Lehman and his corps are be- | tween Warfeldsburg and Taylorsville in Carroll county, this being the route by way of West- minster. Rev. 8. T. Ferguson is conducting a remark- able religious revival at the M.P. church in Jobnsville. The house is packed at the serv- ices and penitents go up to the altar by the dozen, Ex-Senator Noab Bowlus of this city has sunk | # number of prolific oil wells on land owned by him in Wood county, Ohio, | Raw and chilly as Sunday was two converts of the Dunkard church, Mrs. Strasburger and Mise Eyler, were immersed in Carroll creek and formally baptised according tothe ritual of the Dunkard brethren. Elders Brunner and McCann officiated, Ferdinand 5. Hynes, unmarried, aged twen- ty-five years, of near Phistle Dam, fell into the race near that place yesterday aud was drowned. ad In the cireuit court here yesterday Ea. S. H. ‘Walter was found guilty of bastardy and or- dered to furnish an indemnifying bond. Edward F. Hahn of Peansylvania yesterday filed a bill in the clerk’s office here prayiug for # divorce from his wife, Annie Habn, ‘The bill charges abondonment and adultery. Grant Shoemaker of Union Bridge, while on | his way home from work accidently fell 40 feet into a disused stoue quarry and received | serious injuries. Mrs, Sarah Carlin, widow of the late Henry Carlin, was stricken with paralysis at her home here yesterday morning and died in a few hours. She was eighty-six years old. Mr. Hank Miller of this city with a single ferret yesterday killed in the barn of John Williams at Ijamsville 330 rats, Gen. James C. Clarke, president of the Mo- bile and Ohio railroad, stopped here yesterday on his way to Washington. FM a Fists Instead of Bullets. As is usual at every session of the Virginia legislature, that body Monday had under con- sideration a bill to relieve a long string of duelists of political disabilities acquired under the anti-dueling laws. The most notable case on the list was that of Mr. T. Spacer Carlett, a prominent society man and ex- member of the legislature from Lancaster county. About a year ago, while the common- wealth’s attorney of his county, that gentle man bad some hot words with a fellow-member ofthe bar. The result was that Attorney Car- lett challenged his opponent to meet him in mortal combat on the dueling field. ‘The seconds and grounds were chosen and all other arrangements made for the meeting. The patron of the bilhin explaining it to the House eaid that after reaching the dueling grounds the gentlemen concluded to setile their differ- ences by an old-fushioned fist and skull fight, of filling each other's body with bullets. ‘This arrangement was agreed to, and Mr. Carl- Jett and his autagonist pounded each other to their heart's content. — eee Pumps for New Cruisers. Naval engineers are much pleased with the suxiliary air and circulating pumps for the cruisers Concord and Bennington, A recent test of these pumps showed that 100 strokes per minute can be made on 70 pounds of steam, and that if necessary this steam pressure ean be increased to 140 pounds. It has been furthermore shown that the pumps, when Working 130 strokes per minute, cau perform work equal to that accomplished by 123 strokes per minute of the Yorktown’s paiaps. ut to obtain the 123 strokes the Yorktown’s pumps ——— asteam pressure of something e ands, The superiority of the pumps in the Quin- tard cruisers over those in the Yorktown is a matter of no little satisfaction to the ofticers of the navy, inasmuch as the Yorktown's pum sre of English design, while those put ‘in the Concord aud Bennington are American in de- sign and manufacture. The work of Ret ting aboard all the machinery of the Con- cord snd Bennington bas been effected. Within two weeks after the cruisers are launched it is ealoulated that steam C7 be gotten up. Desertersfrom the Regular Army. Another batch of military prisoners was sent from Governor's Island to the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Monday, under escort of Lieut. Jordan of the fifth United States artillery, and a guard of eight men. ‘They were all young men, who found their first taste of military life too irksome, and therefor took French jeave. They were costly from Western regiments. Some of them had given themselves up, but, upon trial by court martial fared quite as badly as those who gave the au- thorities a chase ere they were apprehended. Four of them were sentenced to five years’ im- Prisonment,four to four years,and two to three years. They were handeuffed in pairs and taken to the Bal.imore and Qhio railroad for ‘tation to Fort Leavenworth. There ar twenty-nine more prisoners on Governor’ iting court martial for desertion, ——_—-ee—____— ‘The American canal colony in Nicaragua was much distressed recently by the suicide of Mr. Jerome Hennessy, superintendent of the tele- construction. Baltimore and Obio road has notified the Furness line of steamers of its intention to See er cenpenr, MALE wal ther pestis com wi wil a8 prol be ‘compalled to withdraw its business frou itimore. ot 000 is now ane Fag eer wife of Daniel 8. Appleton of D. Appleton & Co., the publishers, Sunday evening of spoplesy. HOODOOUS OF THE RACE COURSE. Superstitions of Persons Who Bet— Umens of Good or Bad Luck. From Horse and Stable. That D. D. Withers has won so few races at Monmouth this season may be attributed to the scarcity of crows in New Jersey. A year ago the corn fields and oat stubbles along the New York and Long Branch railroad were alive with these highly civilized and sagacious friends of the farmer, and whenever arace train sped past there wasa vast chorus of caws and such a fluttering of wings as drew heads out of win- dows from one end of the train to the other. And then the old stagers were wont to remark one to another: “The ail black wins today.” No better or safer tip could have been desired by those old-time followers of the turf. When all black rose on the wing nothing could have induced them to invest their money on anything but Brookdale horses. If a person on the way to the race track hap- pens to run across a United States flag in such 4 place as to have his attention strongly di- rected toward it, his first thought is: “Has Cussatt anything in today?” He then goes over the program looking tor a Chesterbrook entry. Mr. Cussatt’s colorsare spoken of as the national colors, but in reality they are more French than American, and more Dutch than either, When a betting man loses nerve, after a of heavy losses, he will accept a tip from ody and ‘anything. A young man who doesn't know one horse from another was ap- | says in the paddock by a New Yorker who ts from $500 to $1,000 on a race and is re- garded asa successful plunger. “Give me s winner!” he implored. “I haven't had a place horse in two weeks.” He was completely unstrung and should have been in bed. As he spoke a crimson veil, such as pale women wear over their bats and faces to heighten their color, floated down from the bridge of sighs, as that part of the grandstand between the club house and secretary's office is called, and fell at his feet. He picked it up and noticed that it had a narrow white border, At that instant Heckler’s bugle sounded the horses to the post, and Tonny passed him, Hamilton up, weuring the red-and-white of the Pulsifer establishment, He sought no better tip, but hurried to the ring and put up #1,800 ou the winner of the Choice stakes,getting even money. He held on to the veil until the race was run, then called a messenger boy and sent it to the young woman who had lost it, A speculator in doubt resorts to innumerable devices in his search for Sha It only two horses go to the post he probably flips a dime, heads for one, tails for the other, to decide which is the winner. If there are ten starters he writes their respectife numbers on small bits of paper. shakes them in his two hands, presses the palms close together, opens them and blows the numbers away. ‘Lhe iast one to leave his hand is the winner, Women who bet have their favorite messen- ger boys and will allow no others to place their commissions, “Oh, where is my lucky boy?” is the anxious inquiry thatis heard over and over again. If tue lucky boy fails to turn up there is no bet. Sticking a pin through the program from back to phot 9g oni method of picking winners, and it is about as good a way as any in these degenerate times. Of all ups, that which is known at the track as the nigger tip is the best. When an accident occurs at the starting post, and the jockey tinds it necessary to dismount, there isa great seramble among the superstitious to bet on his horse. Many times this season this tip has been successful. It is very remarkable—very mysterious. It may be possible that a readjustment of the saddle, or a tightening of the girth, infuses a fresh spirit in the horse. At the last Cedar- burst meetiug Donald, an outsider in the betting, spread-eagled a field of fast horses. There was along delay at the post and much breaking away, im the course of which Donald's saddle slipped back till the girth became loose, The backers of the horse saw it, and, in their hearts, blamed the jockey, who seemed wholly unconscious of the situation. Finally an at- | tendant called the starter’s attention to Donald, aud the jockey was ordered to dismount, while the trainer moved the saddle forward to its proper place and tightened the cliuch. Donald got off last, went through his horses, and won bands down. Many persons are “playing the black horse this year because of a superstitious notion that itis time for the blacks to have an inning. They have fared moderately with Britannic, Burlington, Onaway, Pontiac, Reclare and Ralph Bayard. Few betting men have the courage to wager their money after having seen a cross-eyed person. Such an occurrence is a hoodoo of the worst sort, Personal contact with a hunch- back brings good luck. Women bave been seen to leave their seats in the grand stand and rush down to the lawn for the purpose of touching a hump on a dwarfs back. Even August Lel- mont is believed to be superstitious, because he employs a clever young hunchback to place his commissions in the betting ring. This reverence for the deformed is not contined to the turf. Whem Sarah Bernhardt first visited the United States she was met cown the bay by a score of well-known disciples of Thespis, In the small company was a hunchback, whom I shall call Mr. X., a modest, retiring little man, who would have liked to remain somewhat in the background during tae recep- tion which took place on board the steamer, But this privilege was denied him, for the di- vine Sarah singled him out ata glance, and, casting etiquette to the winds, rushed through the ranks of bis companions, took his hand in hers, and shook it effusively, at the same time ently stroking the bump between his shoul- fore Having done this, she turned her back on him and condescended to smile graciously on the group of horrified stars, contident that her appearance in America would be attended by the best of luck. The man who, having bet, detects himself singing before the race, is doomed to lose. His only safeguard is hedging. ; The appearance of a gray horse never fails to cause anxious search for the red-haired girl. The combination will always be regarded as in- vineible. One man often comes to look on another as his evil genius, who, met in the betting ring or paddock, is sure to bring ill luck, And, on the other hand, there are men whom it is consid- ered lucky to follow. Money carried for three days in a man’s shoe or s woman's stocking is invested with absolute confidence in its winning powers, Some men never back a horse except at odds of 6 to 5ur9%to5. They assert that they always win at those prices and lose at others. Of course most race goers have uae J days, Some win on Tuesday, some on Thursday, some on Satur- day and some lose every day. Miss Cayvan Was Tired. From the San Francisco Chronicle. ‘There are various degrees of tiredness, but perhaps Georgia Cayvan of the Lyceum com- pany reached the furthest point in Boston. She came back to the hotel after a matinee and wearily wandered into the dining room. The waiter came. She raised a pair of languid eyes, I suppose she had just been sobbing out “The Wife” for the ——th time. and said: “Iam too tired to eat. Waiter, bring me something soft.” Relieved From Jury Duty. From the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin, Ouce when a Wisconsin circuit judge was em- paneling a jury, he said that if any one wished to be excused from service reasons should be given atonce and their sufficiency would be duly considered, One man hada sick child and another s sick cow, Presently, after con- siderable rumination, an Irishman arose. His face and attitude bespoke a heavy sorrow and a reverent humiliation to Divine Providence, His words were few and simple: “Jedge, mo woife’s did.” with ic emphasis on the “did.” The judge's heart was touched, and he said: “Well, good man,I guess we'll have to let you go. he Irishman covey og his hat and went, When he had gotten his body well outside of the room he poked his face back throngh the nearly closed door, with « triampbant grin, and sail ; an’ she’s been did fhorty oy Be toed was told to let him as oe the judge was Irish himsel! Don Rodriguez President of Costa Rica. The el ctorale lege of Costa Rica met De- cember 2 and went through the form of nomi- nating Don Jose Rodrigues president of the republic. Esquivel having left the country most of those elected upon his ticket divided their votes between Dr. Carlos Duran, the act- Soto rather than face the political complications. —— oe It Is Often This Way. Vasco D, Brown, formerly business manager Miss Landrum had irl returned to St. Louis, Seserted her, taking all her money. oe An estimate gives the number of whites in the twelve southern states at 12,218, ; at 7,270,720. SHE WAS FOND OF KISSING. An Osculatory “Lunatic Surprises a Handsome Hotel Clerk. A fashionably attired, handsome young woman arrived at the Atlantic hotel in Bridge- Port, Conn., late Saturday mght and registered as Miss M.L. Moore. She said that she had just returned from Europe. She gave the names of her relatives in town, saying that she did not wish to present herself to them go late Saturday night and would stop at the hotel un- til Monday. As her relatives are prominent People she wus assigned toa room. A few of her trunks were sent up, the remainder with foreign labels were left in the hotel bagrage room. The hotel people knew that Miss Moore had been abroad for a year, but they did not know that she was insane. That fact developed | itself at dinner Sunday, when Miss Moore de- libe mately walked from her place at table over | to the chair of Chief Cierk Alonzo Hail, and, sper hee arms we his neck, implanted & number of spasmodic kisses upon that gen- tleman's cheek 2 . Mr. Hallis a handsome man and married, and was as much surprised as were the hotel | guests. Miss Moore did not wait for dessert, | but went to her room and from there to | Trinity church, where Rev. Louis Booth, the | pastor, was delivering an earnest appeal in ‘be- half of charity. To the surprise of the congre- | gation Miss Moore arose from her seat and ad- vanced to the altar. She threw oi¥ a handsome | sealskin sack aud began disrobing herself, say- | ing to the pastor: ‘You can have all my clothes for the poor, also all my money.” She threw her purse at him, and, as Miss Moore is known to be wealthy. itis very likely contained plenty of money. The pastor ceased preaching and several friends hurried Miss Moore out of the church. She was taken back to the hotel and her relatives were notified of her strange con- duct. It then became known from her relatives that Miss Moore had become violently insane last spring while crossing the Atlantic. The passengers on the steamer were afraid of her, and upon arriving in Paris the party with whom she was traveling had her placed in a retreat for the insane. Money was sent to Paris to de- fray the expense of all this, and her relatives supposed she was still there under treatment. Yesterday morning arrangements were made to take her to the insane retreat at Hartford. unless she could kiss Mr. Hall good-bye. He was urged to grant he lantly complied, Officeg Geo. Arnold then es- corted her to the depot. Just before the 10:30 must be forthcoming from Mr, Hall or else she would not go, A messenger boy was despatched across the street and again Mr. Hall, bare headed, hurried over to gratify his osculatory | admirer’s request, In the prescuce of a large | crowd of passengers the tarewell kiss was given, and Miss Moore started witbout further evi- dences of a disordered mind. —— ee Paper Pillows, | From the Philadelphia Press, Paper pillows are very cool and much supe- rior to feather pillows, says the Housewife. The newspapers are printing appeals for them for | hospitals, Newspaper is not nice to use, as there is a disagreeuble odor from printer's ink; but brown and white paper, aud letters and | envelopes are the best. Tear the paper into very small pivees, not bigger than your finger nail, and then put them into a pillow s of drilling or light ticking. ‘The easiest way is to tear or cut the paper into strips about half an inch wide, and then tear or cut them again. The finer the pieces the lighter the pillows. Boulanger Refused Amnesty. The French chamber of deputies yesterday voted by 388 to Gi against the proposition to } give urgency toa mensure declaring amnesty | for Boulanger and his condemned associates. | Italso voted by 190 to 155 against giving am- hesty to strikers who had been guilty of viola- | tion of law. the chamber, by a vote of 304 to 198, nulli- fied the election of the Boulangist M. Laur. He was elected for Neuilly by a majority of 2,000 over the republican candidate, se - as = = Miss Bisland’s Race Against Nellie Bly. Miss Bisland left Hong Kong Sunday, three | daysahead of time on her trip around the world. Misa Bisland is the young lady who was sent out by the “Cosmopolitan” magazine to attempt to beat Nellie Bly in her trip around the world. Miss Bisland travels in the oppo- site direction to that taken by Miss Bly, but touches the same points. She will return by way of Liverpool, while Miss Bly returns by way of Sau Francisco, Miss Bisland has sent a dispatch saying she is confident of reaching Brindisi nine days ahead of schedule time. See Attempt to Abduct Bessie, a Little Girl. W. H. Bartram, barrister, solicitor, &c., of London, Canada, was arrested in the Palmer house, Chicago, Monday night on the charge of kidnapping. The warrant for his arrest was sworn out by J. McCroskey of 5039 State street. At the Harrison street station he said that the Warrant was based on an attempt made by two men to kidnap a nine-year-old girl named Bessie Cameron, whose mother had been mak- ing ber home with his family for several months, The attempt was made while Mra, Cameron was out walking by two men, who ex- hibited stars and stated that they were officers. ‘They took the child from its mother, but she followed them and made such an outcry that the child was released, Mr. McCroskey says that the kidnapping was instigated by Mr. Bartram, who was acting as counsel for Ludwig Cameron, managing editor of the London (Canada) Advertiser, The girl, Bexsie, is the daughter of Alexan- der Cameron, formerly night editor of that pares who is now an inmate of a Canadian unatic asylum, ‘he little girlis the heir to 10.000, and Mr. McCroskey says that Ludwig Cameron has beeu endeavoring to gain posses- sion of her for sometime. A Warrant was also sworn out for the arrest of Ludwig Cameron, but his arrest was not accomplished, Seiten acho cetin Stanley to Start for Cairo. The Mansourah, the yacht of the khedive, will probably sail on Tuesday next with Stan- Jey, Emin Pasha aud others for Cairo, ——— ces Four Thousand Idle Miners. The Biack Diamond, Lancaster and North Franklin collieries of Shamokin, Pa, have in- definitely suspended owing to the demoralized condition of the coal trade, There are now 4,000 miners idle in the Shamokin region. Gullty of Throwing a Man Overboard. Wm. Salley, aged twenty-six, was in New York last night, found guilty of murder in the second degree in having thrown a fellow excur- sionist, Benjamin Hatton, overboard from a pleusure barge last summer. The young men had a dispute arising from the jealously of Sul- ley because of the attention shown Hatton by the young women in the party. Hatton's body was washed ashore a week later. Sulley will be sentenced Friday. ———+e+.—____ Death of Henry D. Harvey. Henry D, Harvey, president of the Mer- chant’s shot tower company of Baltimore, died yesterday of general debility. The deceased was born in Philadelphia seventy-seven years ‘ago, and went to Baltimore when twenty years of age. He was associated at one time with the late Johns Hopkins in the grocery business, He leaves four grown children, ee. Good Reason for a Divorce. Mrs. Clare F. Ewings, a bright young woman, accompanied by her mother, applied at the Office of the district attorney in St. Louis for a divorce yesterday. She said she was married to Archie B. Ewings on April 24. The morning following the ceremony the young bridegroom said he had some business to attend to and left the house, When he returned lete in the even- ing he said he had enlisted and would have to leave for Montana that night. Mrs, =a has not seen her husband since that time, He en- listed for # term of five years, She will get her divorce, ———+e+—____ The Great Basso Died Poor. Carl Formes, once regarded as the greatest basso in the world,who died Sunday in San Fran- | cool million. cisco of complications caused by a severe cold, though once reputed to bea millionaire, died poor. His last appearance on the stage was Miss Moore declared she would not go or move | the boon asked and gai- | train arrived she declared that one more kiss | MR. GOWEN’S FUNERAL. Only the Family and His Old Friends + Present at the Grave. The body of Franklin B. Gowen was yester- day consigned to the grave in Ivy Hill ceme- tery at Mount Airy in sight of the gray stone Queen Anne house that stands remote on an elevation where he spent so many years of his eventful life. It was the wish of the family that the funeral should be quiet, “Strictly private” the for- | mal notice read, and so it was, though a few | of the men who had known him socially or in | connection with the Reading railroad and its | affairs went to the house, and several supported | his brother, Henry Gowen, who came on from | New York, and Francis L Gowen, his nephew, in the trying ordeal of accompanying the body to the grave, Great quiet prevailed in and about the house. Previous to 11 o'clock the only outsiders arrived singly or in groups of two and walked up the broad path across the field. The only noise ‘was the occasional barking of the many dogs that belong on the place, ranging from the | deep baying of a mastiff to the yelping of a ter- rier, |" Considerable time elapsed before: the reli- | gious ceremony, aud during that time the men, tor there were no women visible, stood around the high, square hall, in sight of the closed cof- fin on its bier, occasionally speaking in whis- ere, by the time the services began the assem- in the house included Eckley B, Coxe, E. C, Knight, Alexander B, Coxe, P. C. Hollis, Postmaster Goveral Wanamaker, John Baird, Beauvean bore, Edward Ingersoll, Charles C. Binney, C. M. Bayard, 8, P. Wolverton, Col. dames Boyd of Norristown, Charles E. Inger- soll, Somers Smith, Mr, Powell of Wilkesbarre, Wm. R. r, Dr. James Darrach, the family physician, L. f. Salignac, an old friend, and J. N. Hutchinson, who was for many years as- sociated with Mr. Gowen when president of the | Reading railroad. | ,;Cniy the men among the relatives appeared while the services were being conducted | There are two surviving brothers of Mr. Gowen, | two being dead, and of these Henry Gowen, | who lives in New York, was present. Mrs, Wm. M. Brisbin, asister of Mr. Gowen's widow, was also there. The statement has been several tines published that Mr, Gowen’s mother is living. but this is a mistake. Mrs. Jas. Gowen, lus brother's widow, and her mother were among those gathered with Mrs, F, B. Gowen and her daughter and Mr, Gowen’s sisters in a room where they heard what was said without | being observed. Three clergymen took part in the service, | Rev. 8. C. Hill, the rector of Grace Protestant Episcopal church, of which Mr, Gowen was one of the wardens, who begun the service with the familiar senience, “Iam the resurrection and the life;” Rev, R, F. Innes, a rélative of the family, who continued the service. and Rey. Dr. Furness of the First Unitarian church, where Mrs. Franklin B. Gowen has attended, who made a prayer, mingled with an exhorta- tion, in which he meidentally referred to feat- ures in the life and character of the man, BY THE GRAVE. It was a dull, dismal day and nothing could be more bleak or melancholy than the lone- yome cemetery, in which there are not many buried, and the few carriages, most of them empty, and the hearse winding through the dingy brown thickets until, outlined in their | blackness against the heavy, leaden sky, they came to the spot where men With spades stood beside a huge pile of red, clogged earth. Most of those who had been at the house remained bebind and none of the women accompanied the funeral cortege. ‘There were no pall bearers andthe under- taker’s men carried the black-covered coftin from the hearse. Then Rey. Mr. Hill, wearing | his white surplice, advanced and read the com- mittal service, after which the body was low- ered and those present returned to the car- riages, Save Francis I Gowen, who remained standing by the grave until the last clod had fallen. ere were no visitors or idlers in the ceme- The request for a private funeral and the sable road, nearly knee deep in. mud for the carriages, perhaps kept some away, but there was not anyone from the village or neighboring country, One man, Chas.Weston, who was for over thirty years in the employ of the Reading railroad. had walked across the fields and over the hills to stand by the grave of his former chief. ‘The lot in which the burial took place was selected by Mr. Gowen himself during life. Itis near the center of the cemetery and a young pine tree stands at the head of the grave. He had lately exhibited a strange interest in the cemetery and lot. In the many walks he took alone of late and especially on Sundays he often went over and walked about the cemetery, which is within a quarter of a mile of his house, His twin boys were buried in St. Luke's cemetery and only within a very short period he had their bodies moved and laced in this lot and their twin slabs are eside where all that is mortal of Franklin B, Gowen was placed. MR. GOWEN’S $200,000 LIFE INSURANCE. L L. Register, the general agent of the Equit- able life insurance society at Philadelphia, in speaking of the insurance policies held by the late Franklin B, Gowen says the letter which was written to him by Mr. Gowen, dated December 9, concerning the exchange he de- sired for the $90,000 worth of policies which the company held for him, was not received until December 10. Mr. Register immediately went to Mr. Gowen’s office, but found Mr, Gowen ha ready left for Washington, Mr. Register said no sane man would sacrifice $20,000 for the amount of from $12,000 to 315,000, which was about the cash value of the policies, if he had in contemplation his own This, Mr, Register concludes, i 8 death, ne reason which proves that the theory of suicide is false, The premiums on the policies were paid up to August, 1590, and there would be no motive whatever for their surrender, Mr. Gowen had 290,000 in the Equitable. ‘An agent of the New York lite insurance com- pany, at 333 Walnut street, said: ‘Franklin B, Gowen called on me on the 10th of December last in reference to the policies which this com- any held for him. He seemed to be i ealth and spirits and asked, in his if he could not arrange # paid-up his insurance, Mr, Gowen had Ais d with us a $10,000 twenty-year endowment policy, which was due December 7, 1839. We gave him a check for that amount. He also had a €10,000 twenty-year endowment which came due De- cember 7, 1890. This he desired to discount and we agreed. Besides these we held an ordi- nary life insurance policy on for #61,000, ‘This he desired converted into a paid-up policy, but after talking over the matter thoroughly with him and showing him the loss which he would suffer through its conversion into a paid- up policy, we induced him to let it stand as it was, He paid the premium on this policy.” Edmund M, Needles, president of the Penn mutual insurance company, at 1010 Walnut street said that his company held a policy of 310,000 on Mr. Gowen, The policy had been held for from = to twelve years. lee be id as soon as the necessary arrangements are [onlay It was also learned that Mr. Gowen was insured in the New York mutual life Recennce) company. The amount is not state Asa 8. Wing of the Provident life and trust company said that an insurance on Mr. Gowen wasalso held by his seer © The amount, however, was not learned. The general belief that Mr. Gowen had an insurance of at least $200,000 on his life. ——_ro-—_____ LOST A MILLION AT FARO. George Sluthour’s Rapid Rise and Fall asa Gambler. A special tothe New York World from New $500,000, Sluthour was anxious to be worth a million before returning to his old home and one night when the room was filled with well- known sporting EDUCATIONAL. WASHINGTO: Acaveuy Or .CTING, SCHOOL FEAR OPENS JANCARE 5, 1890. _a17 | Bend for catalogne Sh GEORGE'S HALL FOR BOYS, ST. GEORGE'S, Md., Prof. J.C. Kinear, A.M. Principal. An un. Sarpanved Boarding School; S100 te ¥12h per halt sessi0u 17-1! QOD'S COMMERCIAL SCHOOL, 407 ECAP, W iar test Commerciat Schent is Weoningtonr jorough tucceaful ahd prosperous 4 Per coat have aunual scholarships, 825 Indorsed by those in attendance. Row methods; easy terme: rapid progress... ° ¥ wri tii ree to et ire a Sid for circular of call bet. 3 and 7 pn Miss, Scumires and Priwary—at 401 3d st. orthwestern section, lation and Speech Kead! HARVARD saeap ATE (DESIRES PUPILS Singly or ‘Classes. y , MH. PUTNAM, A.M a9-1m__At Sanders & Staymian’s, (:i4 F ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS. 804 E ST. N. W.—Cheapest and best place to learn Drawing and Eainting Mrs. IMOGENE ROBINSON MOR- KELL has had twelve medals and studied 15 years in Europe. Portraits in charcoal, crayon, on solar prints, pastel, water and oi colors, to order from > $3,000" Studios open daily and Wednesday even ings. (Call and see the wouderful progress of students, PES MANNS KINDENGARTEN AND) ,y M SCHOOL AxD CHOU. 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All D: sta Ware's 14th andi sts, 2.w., Yeehineton. ew ¥. Wholesale, 115 Fulton st., Ni e aizzm JES WHO KEQUIRE THE SERVICES OF AN i = I abot uit Dr. Rims WILSON, 1105 Park. place ses bet B ad vi Ny h Of iiaga Lath sia ee. “Ladtee only. ‘Remedy $5. ME. DE FOREST, LONG-ESTABLIi AND SHED ee iw. Obice hours trom t m. ; with only. BS0-t ‘a tovp. tojul® ATTORNEYS. PSRLREN SD covxsross ar was, Telephone 1195-2. 0c30-6m = | omen ‘h PROFESSIONAL. Opp, City Hall, _foc7-3m) Se = BROOKE TELLS ALL. OF J Wetateria - Be etn Marae tice ¢ Ly oy ee ONLY gent im second sight; reveals every property, Ung eco s on Sunday 10am, yROF, CLAY, 4 and Medium in this city, has bots Pele mara DENTISTRY. J. B. TEN EXCK, 1.0, st, pw comer LUN and O, Red, Herd i FILLED tal THE EVENING STAR ts a PAPER OF TO-DAY, not of YESTERDAY nor of LAST WEEK. It prints ALL THE NEWS, Local, Domestic and Foreign, LONG IN ADVANCE OF THE MORN- ING PAPERS. This is consptcuously true of all clansee of news, but especially so in regard to Local News and District Affairs. THE STAR has a very much LARGER and BETTER force of LOCAL RE~ PORTERS and SPECIAL WRITERS than any other paper in Washington ever thought of employing, and ITS MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND PRINTING FACILITIES ARE MORE THAN THREE TIMES AS POWER- FUL AND RAPID AS THOSE OF ANY OTHER WASHINGTON PAPER. It ts therefore able ty print each day a full Feport of every transaction of public ine terest occurring in the District up te the very hour of going to press. ——0:. By the free use of the OCEAN CABLES: for REGULAR AND SPECIAL DIS- | PATCHES, and with the difference of | time in its favor, it is also able to give its readers every afternoon the news of the WHOLE EASTERN HEMISPHERE for the entire day, and up to 12 o’clock midnight, thus leaving literally nothing in the way of news from Europe, Asia, and Africa for the morning papers. —-10:— Equally does THE STAR lead all its contemporaries in the publication of the NEWs OF OUR OWN COUNTRY. Receiving the regular dispatches of both News Associations; with alert and enterprising special telegraphic cor- respondents at all important points; and with wires leading directly from its own | office to the general network of telegraph | system touching every city, town and hamlet in the United States and Terri- | tories, it is enabled to receive and print | at once a full report of every event of | consequence occurring during the day anywhere between the Atiantic and Paes cific Oceans. @ NOTE THE RESULT: 2 02 THE STAR HAS MORE THAN THREE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR SUBSCRIBERS and MOKE THAN FIVE TIMES AS MANY ERGULAR READERS AS ANY OTHER DAILY | PAPER IN WASHINGTON, It is de- ] lvered regularly by cxreful carricrs at | the HOMES OF THE PEOPLE, APTER | THE BUSTLE AND WORRY OF THE CAY ARE OVER, and it is thus read leisurely and thoroughly by EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. They know that it prints all the news, and has only the interests of the people of the District in view, with no partisan Measures to advocate, and no private schemes to forward. They know it, in short, tobe THE PEOPLE'S PAPER, and nothing else. Asan ADVERTISING MEDIUM it is, therefore, ABSU- LUTELY WITHOUT A RIVAL. It is in fact worth more as a means of reach- ing the public THAN ALL THE OTHER DAILY PAPERS IN THE CITY TOGETHER. Furthermore, in proportion to the re- turns it gives its patrons, ITS ADVER- TISING RATES ARE THE CHEAPEST IN THE CITY. a In conclusion, the public should bear im mind this one significant fact: THE STARK does not rely upon empty boasts to imprese the public. ITS CIRCULA- TION IS SWORN TO; its PRESS- ROOM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; and its BOOKS MAY BE INSPECTED by any one having an interest in their examination. These are CRUCIAL TESTS, which few papers invite, and which those that boast most are least able to stand. —:0:— €@ The esteem in which THE STAN is held by the reading and advertising public is conclusively shown by the fig- ures given below. In the first six months of each of the five years named the average daily cire culation of the paper was: In 1885. “1886. “1887. “1888. “ 1889. Equally significant is the showing im regard to the advertising patronage of the paper, which is the surest indication of its acknowledged value as a medium of publicity. Thenumber of NEW AD- VERTISEMENTS printed in the col< umns of The Star during the first sla months of the years named was as fol« lows: ; the paper's business, need no comment. They tell the story of pubiic confidence and demonstrate in the plainest manner possible that THE STAR IS THE RE- COGNIZED CHANNEL OF THIs COM- MUNITY FOR ALL BUSINESS COM- MUNICATIONS.