Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1890, Page 6

6 eK cITYy AND_ DISTRICT. ©F Advertising is profitable only when prop- erly done,—thatis, in the medium sure to reach the largest number of those whose attention is ought. Money otherwise expended for that purpose is wasted. To expend it wisely, ad- vertise in Tae Stan. It not only claims the largest circulation, but gives the figures, and swears to them! OUR MARYLAND NEIGHBORS. Real Estate Sales—incendiary Fire— The Coming Races, Ete. Correspondence of Tnx Evextnc Star. Rockvine, August 23. Jas. B. Henderson as trusstee has sold to Jos. EL. C. Hoyle the farm of the late Lloyd Jones near Barnesville for $6,177.30. Mr. Samuel Rabbitt bas purchased two lots in Jane it the east end of the town, from Dr. C. J. Maddox for $4 Hie will erect a dwelling house on the premises at once. The large corn-canning establishment of Mr. Earnshaw at Derwood is now in full ope- ration. In addition to the large crop of sugar corn raised by the proprietor he also pur- ebases corn from the surronnding farmers and gives employment to a number of hands, « His eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, will ad- of confirmation and preach in lace, on Sun- eptember 14, at 10a, m., and will also hold the < Forest Glen, at 3:30 p. m, on the same day. ‘The Columbia Athletic Club of Washington and the Sandy Spring Club of this courty had @ game of base ball at the fair grounds on Mon- ¥. The game was stopped by rain at the end of the sixth inning, resulting in a score of 7 to 6 in favor of the Washington boys, Mr. Arthur Williams, this county, formerly of Washington, has recovered at law $300 ona note given by Luther M. Browning to Dr. Say- lor, the alleged “‘hulless oats” dealer, Williams purchased and held the note as an innocent third part; / ‘The large merchant mills of Mr, R. D. Riggs near Goshen, this county, were destroyed by fire Wednesday. together with the dwelling house of the miller, G. W. Moxley. The loss is estimated at $5,000, upon which isan insurance ft more County Fire Insur- ance Company. It is supposed that the fire was the work of an incendiary. ae he entries for the races at the agricultural ir. commencing next Wednesday, have been made and inelude many fine horses, both from distance and the county. The new grand stand now being erected on the west side of the track will be a great accommodation to lovers of the turf. With good weather this promises to be the finest exhibition ever given at this lace. , N. E. Selby of Gaithersburg has con- tracted with Phebus & Lewis for the erection of a fine dwelling house at that place. ‘A meeting of persons who own land ad- jacent to the canal bed in the upper portion of the county will be held at Poolesville on Sat- urday for the purpose of offering all the aid an to the Washington and Cumberland ilroad Company in its efforts to secure the right of way for a railroad through that sec- tion, i S.A. M. —___—_ hington Grove Correspomlence of Tae Ev: 5 Wasiixctox Grove, Mp., August 28. The literary and musical entertainment at Washington Grove Wednesday evening was a marked success, The commodious dining room of the Hotel Osborne was fitted up with an attractive stage and seats for about two hun- dred persons, all of which were taken early in the evening, and later comers had to stand. All enjoyed the creditable rendition of the fol- lowing program: Piano solo, nicely rendered by Mr. W. R. Woodward. jr., solo. “Out On the Kolling Wave.” sung finely by Mr. Wm. Domer of Washington, accompanied by Miss Lucy Watson; tableau, ‘The Gipsy’s Prophesy,” a pretty scene in which Mrs. L. P. Bergman as a fortune teller and Miss Kate Choate as a gipsy girl were the central figures. Miss Feitham sang a sweet song of “The Old, Old Times,” which was roundly applanded. The second act of the gipsy scene, “The Fulfiil- ment,” was loudly encored, aad the curtain was ‘again raised on the picturesque scene. Mr. ‘Terry of Washington ext sang a pleasing love song with fine effect. A recitation by Mrs, Alice L. Suellmg of Wash- ington was a gem of clocution. ‘The Night- ingale” was sung sweetly by Miss Hyde, a beau. tiful and talented Baltimore belle. Tableau, “Love at Sight.” a burlesque, came next, in which Miss Gordon's acting was warmly praised. Solo, “Come. My Beloved,” sung by Mr. Lin- ville of Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Linville is a talented musician and popular with the grove- ites. A harmonica and banjo duet, by Messrs. Byram and Warren Choate, was heartily en- cored and repeated. Tableaux in two acts, ~The Stolen Kiss.” in which Miss Riley and Miss Gordon did good acting. Solo, ‘“Irust On, Loving Heart,” by Miss Telthaam, a member of the “Boston Ideale,” and a talented singer. Duet by Miss Hyde and Mr. E. Linville, “Oh. That we Two Were Maying.” was received with well merited applause. The crowning scene, “The Artist's Studio,” was the gem of the even- ing. The young ladies were very statuesque and handsome and the grouping was adaur- able. Mr. Wells, M.C.,ina neat and grace- fal address complimented the performers and after stating the object of the entertainment aunounced the program for the lawn fete to take place within the cucle Friday evening. A large party of grove folks went to the Great Falls of the Potomac today. — BARON LANGERFELT’S DISGRACE. He Deserted His American Wife, as Well as Issued Fraudulent Stock. It was discovered yesterday at Pittsburg that Baron Langerfelt, the Swedish vice consul who ieft the country a few weeks ago, after dis- posing of fraudulent stock of the Jefferson Iron Company. got into financial straits through speculation in oil, He did not have much money of his own, and it is known that he lost $6,000 in one deal. He lived well and was popular at the clubs, but was not extravagant im his habits. Baroness Langerfelt was in Pitts- burg yesterday. She has the sympathy of all who know her. She did not marry the baron because of his title, nor did he marry her be- cause her father was a millionaire. It was a love match, pure and simple, and their home fe up to this tim: has been very happy. Calvin B. Doty, Beroness Langerfelt’s father, «ays there was no necessity for the baror wrong doing; that if he had told him he needed money he would have advanced all that was Py ry. Baroness Langerfelt was visible only to her closest friends. From one of these it was ascertained that the baroness received a Jetter last week from the baron, in Swe ls teUing her that he had issued bogus stock aud forged her father’s name and thus secured $20,000, and that he had left Ame He inclosed a power of attorney a her to take the remainder of his genuine stock in the Jefferson works not hypothecated, in a ling bank, to secure a loan of $4,000 trans- ferred to her father. This she did. His letter Was the first intimation that anything was wrong. The baronesy at once went home to her father and has been ill since. The banks that were victimized will take steps to have the baron extradited if he can be found. ——_—+e2—_______ AN ITALIAN AERONAUT KILLED. His Balloon Takes Fire and He is Dashed to Death. The Italian acronaut Borletti made an ascent from the public gardens at Ibralia suspended from his balloon without a parachute. When ata height of about» thousand feet from the ground the balloon. which had been inflated by burning straw, took fire and was rapidly consumed. Borletti was precipitated onto a small island in the Danube opposite the town aud was instantly killed, while his body when covered Was found to be frightfully muti- lated. a Protection for Detectives. Frean the New York Tribune, Astory, simple but touching, is furnished by the police department of this city. Last Sun- day, so we are told on apparently good author- ity. a valued member of the detective branch of the police department, named Feess, was sent to the pier at the foot of West 35th strect to watch for p ckpockets, A large excursion Was starting fron: that point, and it was sus- ected that the hard-working pickpocket would on band plying his humble but remunera- tive vocation. ‘This suspicion was well founded, aud the oiicer busied himself for some time in tiriving away pickpockets whom he recognized in the crowd. At last the boat started, and as it swung out into the river Detective Fecas mopped his brow with a red handkerchief and reached for his $90 watch to ascertain the time. The watch was gone. Some poor but dishonest pickpocket bad taken it, ‘This question becomes, wo believe, one of serious moment: How shail we protect our de- tectives and other officers from the ray- ages of pickpocke: services at Carroll Chapel, | CAST UP BY THE SEA, The Mutilated Body of a Man Who is Believed to Have Been Murdered. The mutilated nude body of aman floated in | with the tide at Bath Beach, L.L, yesterday | morning. In country fashion the body was left in the water until Coroner Wardell of Bay Ridge had been summoned. He did not arrive at the beach until nearly noon. Meantime hundreds of men and women went down to the shore and watched the ghastly object as it surged to and fro in the water. After the cor- oner arrived the body was drawn ashore and he began his investigation, Only then was it seen that the dead man must have been mur- dered and thatina most ferocious manner. The left leg had been sawed off just ubove the knee. The marks of the saw tecth where they had torn their way through flesh and bone were plainly , discernible. | ‘Phe right arm was broken in splinters at the | shoulder. ‘The lungs protruded several inches from the right breast through a gap in the chest. There was not a shred of clothing left on the corpse, which was that of a man about | thirty-five years old, five feet ten inches in [height and must have weighed about 170 pounds, The face was clean shaven and the vir was dark. It isthe opinion of Coroner Wardel! and those who saw the dead man that he was murdered on some vessel, stripped of his clothing and thrown into th a, A med- ieat student present thought that the leg had been cut off with a surgeon's saw, The body was removed to Wardell’s morgue at Lay Ridge, where it will be kept for a few days, so that it may be identified if possible. coe ——- BOTH COMBATANTS KILLED, A Kentucky Pistol and Bowle Knife Duel Witnessed by Hundreds. At Middleborough, Ky., a desperate duel bo- tween Marsh Turncr and Steve Wannick | Wednesday nigitt resulted in the death of Wan- nick and the fatal wounding of Turner. The two men fought like demons for fifteen min- utes, Turner using a revolver and Wannick a bowie knife. A hundred men witnessed the battle, but all were powerless to interfere. A SHERIFF UNDER ARREST. He Sold Property That Was in Posse sion of a United States Court. A. H. Bonnafield, shoriff of Tucker county, W. Va, was arrested yesterday by United States Marshal White and taken to Parkers- burg on the charge of contempt of the United States court, Bonnafleld had sold a lot of tim- ber for state taxes which belouged to the Ran- dolph Boom and Land Company, whose prop- erty had been placed in the hands of a receiver to settle up and sell for the benefit of judg- ment creditors, Maria $, Shaw and others of New York. Bonnafield had been warned not to touch the property, but paid no attention to the order. ‘The court committed him in charge of a United States marshal until he delivers all the property sold back into the hands of the receiver, Bonnatield claimed to have con- sulted a lawyer aud said he acted on his ad- vice, The court then said it would also have Maxwell, the lawyer, arrested for contempt if the receiver desired. Bonnafield will cither have to hunt up and recover ali the property sold or suffer imprisonment and fine, in which case there may be aclash between the state and government authorities, coo ‘ELLED WITH A LEAD PIPE, A Newark Paint Dealer Knocked Sense- less by a Thief. A dastardly assault and attempted robbery was committed on one of the principal thor- oughfares in Newark. N.J., yesterday after- noon, IL. B. Gould keeps a paint store on Orange street, and while seated alone in the place a well-dressed young man entered and desired to purchase some paint. Mr. Gould led the stranger to the rear of the store and bent over a keg to secure the paint. While doing so the stranger strack him on the pack of the head with « piece of 1!j-inch lead pipe; ie) CHARGES OF SWINDLING. Hale and Norcross’ Stockholders Say They Have Been Robbed of $2,000,000. ‘The misappropriation of $2,000,000 belong- ing to the Hale & Norcross stockholders was directly charged in writing by one of them at San Francisco Wednesday, Many of the stock- holders had long suspected wrong doing some- where, #0 140 of them formed the Mining Stock Association for the purpose of checking the supposed maladministration. Their spokes- man was M. W. Fox, and he sent a letter to the secretary of the Hale & Norcross Company, in which he says: ‘I am informed and believe that the Hale & Norcross Company and its stockholders have been systematically plun- dered for the past three years, and that the property stolen amounts to more than €2,- 000,000, Also that the theft has been accom- plished through a fraudulent conspiracy and combination between the directors of the com- pany and the owners or lessees of the mills em- ployed to mill ores extracted from the com- pany’s ming After detailing the methods of the swindle, Mr. Fox declares that he is pre- pared to prove his charges and demands that action be taken to compel the restitution of the property so stolen. The case, if action is brought, will involve such men_as Senator John P. Jones, W. 8. Hobart, D. O. Mills, Samuel Jones and Alvinza Howal coe! A DOCTOR’S FALL. Suffering From a Serious Injury at Nat- ural Bridge, Va. Dr. Richard A. Cleemann of Philadelphia, » member of the board of charities and corree- tion, was seriously injured Monday by failing from a ledge of rocks at Natural Bridge, Va., | For the iast two weeks the doctor and a party of friends have been stopping at the White Sulphur Springs, On Monday, in company with Mr. Willoughby Smith of Philadelphia, he went over to the bridge and was clambering over the rocks, when ho slipped and fell, Dr. Cleemann is conscious, but suffering great pain, and could not be removed or taken home with- out serious risk. The doctor diagnosed his own ease and decided that the joints of both thighs were badly sprained. = see AMERICANS UNDERSELL RUSSIANS Cheaper Petroleum Since the Adoption of the Tank System. According to an article in the Kaspi, a Rus- n journal published at Baku, since the adop- tion of the tank system the Americans have been steadily beating back the competition of their Russian competitors in the commerce in petroleum, the employment of tank ships en- abling the westerners to undersell the dealers ofthe Old World, At present, says the Aaspi, there ure 67,000 tons of petroleum stored in reservoirs in Batoum which are all filled, while at Baku and Tiflis a thousand cmpty rail- way wagons ure standing idle. ALIVE AFTER A THOUSAND VOLTS. William Marks Survives a Current Greater Than Used on Kemmler, There isa man in New York who recently withstood 1,000 volts of electricity, more than was employed to kil! Kemmler, and who, not- withstanding the terrible shock, is alive and hearty today. The man is Willam A, Marks of 701 Broadway, and his encounter with the electric shock is told as follows: The United States high tension electric lighting system supplies with light the build- ing 701 Broadway, where Mr. Marks occupies the entire second floor. The current, which consists of 1,000 volts, passes through a switch toa “converter” in the cellar, whence it is distributed to the upper rooms in 50-volt cnr- rents. About two weeks ago Mr. Marks had occasion to turn the switch, A small screw connected with it fell to fhe floor, and in put- ting it back Mr. Marks placed his disengaged hand on the steam pipes in his room. He re- membered nothing more, buta clerk, hearing a beavy fall, found nim stretched senseless on which he had concealed under his coat. The blow staggered Mr. Gould, but he quickly straightened up and attempted to defend him- self, but before he got a chance he received two more blows, one of which knocked him sense- less. His cowardly assailant then started to rifle the safe and money drawer, but before he succeeded in getting anything a customer en- tered and frightened him off. When Mr. Gould's condition was discovered an alarm was sent out, but his assailant had made good his escape. Mr. Gould was resting comfortably last night and his injuries are not considcred serious. —— READING’S DISASTER REPEATED. Five People Killed on a Gravity Road in the Austrian Tyrol. A railway accident bearing a remarkable re- semblance to the one that recently occurred in Reading, Pa, took place yesterday at Hohe- nems, in the Austrian ‘Tyrol. A carriage be- came detached from a train at the top ofa deep grade and run pack with great rapidity, Ata certain point in the descent where a curve occurs the carriage was thrown from the track and dashed over « precipice. Five of the occu- pants were killed outright and a number of others were seriously injured. ee — THE POTATO BLIGHT. lt is Not Confined to Ireland, for the Welsh Crop ts Affected. The Welsh potato growers, particularly those in Glamorganshire, state that the blight has totally ruined many of the crops and the price of potatoes is 30 per cent higher than it was last year. The government savings bank re- turns show that the potato growers in the south and west of Ireland, where the famine is likely to be most severely felt, have deposits inthe bank amounting to $5,230,000, vo that their poverty has been exaggerated, Eloped With a Jap. Considerable excitement prevails in and around Mount Holly, Pa., a small village at the foot of South mountain, over the clopement of orge Taro, the Japanese, and the wife of George Snyder, which took place Wednesda: They were inst seen to get aboard the train east on the Harrisburg and Potomac railroad at the water tank near Boiling Springs. Taro leaves a wife and five children, while Mrs. Sn der leaves a husband and four smail children, the youngest being a habe eight months old, John Dillon’s Brother, Denver Letter in the New York Presa A brother of Jobn Dillon, the grent Irish agi- tator. was pointed ont to me today on the street here. He came to America from Ireland eight or ten years ago, with a wife and small brood of children, pushed westward to Colo- rado and settled down to practice law at Castle Rock. a few miles south of Denver. He 1s counted a very ordinary country lawyer, bat he “astonishes the natives” by the wealth and rofundity of his knowledge of Greek and Latin. He is a graduate of the University of Dublin. Pa ee Le An Appetite for Islands. From the London World. The visit of the German emperor to England is at once a sign and a further pledge of peace and good will between two kindred nations, whose kinship is happily symbolized in the ties of blood which unite their sovereigns. So far aswe have seen, no alarmist has suggested that his majesty’s appetite for islands has been inflamed by the acquisition of Heligoland. which was formally made over to him on Satur- day, and that he has been “pr: Isle of Wight. and is ready to of the African desert. ——- coe Eleven Fires in Twenty-Four Hours. Tonawanda, N. Y., has had eleven fires within the past forty-eight hours, all presumed to be of incendiary origin. The Iumber association bas offered a reward of $1,000 for the appre- hen of the incendiary, If the fire-bug is i caught he is likely to be roasted on his own pyre. fer for it a part see The Cromwell Mace Found in Jamaica. ‘The Right Hon. Artbur Wellesley Peel, ad- dressing bis constitnents of Warwick and Lean- ington yesterday, sald that the historic mace, pointing to which Cromwell. made the mem- orable remark, ‘Take away that bauble,” and ‘hich bad subse quently disappeared, was re- brea to have been discovered at Kingston, <fteigee"af summa So a “enae through the colonial secretary, to obtain the fucts and secure its restoration to the house. _ ee eee the floor. He was soon revived, and, beyond n slight trembling, is as well as ever today, ‘There is no question that he reccived the full 1,000 volts. << KI) DISPUTE OVER A GRAVE. A Monument Erected by Mistake Over Another Man’s Plot. For two months several hundred people at Fort Dodge, Iowa, have taken sides in a con- troversy over a grave, and families that have been neizhbors for years have fallen out over the aff The trouble arose over the owner- ship of a grave in the Lizard Cemetery. Afew weeks ago Wm. Ohen, a prosperous farmer, bought a handsome marble monument and had it placed over agrave inthe cemetery under which he supposed rested the remains of his mother. He was shocked and horrified a few days ago when he received a notice from a neighbor named ‘Thos, Griffin to remove the monument, which Griffin claimed covered the grave of his son. Ohen was sure that the bones of his mother were laid beneath the monu- ment and Griffin was as certain that the grave was that of his son. Ohen refused to remove the stone and Grifin threatened legal pro- ceedings to compel its removal. The dispute finally ended in a compromise, both parties agrecing that the grave should be opened and the body identified. his was done end Griflin was proved to be correct, FIGHT WITH A MASTIFF, A Big Brute in Elizabeth Savagely At- tacks a Man. Acombat between aman anda big English mastiff caused a sensation on Broad street, Elizabeth, N. J., yesterday afternoon. J. A. Staats, proprietor of the Sheridan House, Eliz abeth’s largest hotel, owns probably the finest mastiff in the city. Joseph Fraling, a messen- ger boy at the hetel. was sent on an errand by one of the gnests and dropped to the sidewalk in an epileptic fit a short distance trom the hotel, Cornelius Dwyer, a workman for tbe Metropolitan Gas Company, saw the boy fall and ran to his assistance; so did the mastiff, and no sooner had Dwyer stooped to pick up the struggling boy than the animal sprang for the man's throat, Dwyer fought off the dog, but it sprang for him again, burying its teeth in hisarm. The man choked the brute so that it relaxed its grip, but only to fasten its teeth a moment later in Dwyer’s shoulder, stripping off the clothing to the skin and laying the shoulder bare, By this time a crowd of excited people gathered to Witness the struggle, but none of them had courage enough to interfere. The mastiff again seized the man by the arm, At this mo- ment Mr, Staats reached the scene and, grab- bing the dog by the neck, forced it to’ let go end then dragged itaway. Dwyer, who was bleeding protusely from ‘his wounds, was led to Whelen's drug ‘store, where City Physician Greer cauterized the five bites. The boy Fra- ling, who was forgotten during the more ex- citing episode, was still writhing on the street and was carried to the nearest druggist’s, where he recovered sufticiently tobe taken home. The mastiff will be killed by the police. since see. 5 BIG TOBACCO CROP, Reports From Lancaster County, Pa., Indicate an Unusually Heavy Growth, The Pennsylvania tobacco crop is rapidly going into the curing barns and by the close of the present week fully two-thirds will be housed. Lancaster county's acreage is about 14,000 acres. The season has been unusually favorable for the growing tobacco, and the crops on the whole will be the best ever grown, The only drawbacks have been several hail storms, which cnt up several hundred acres, and the flea, which has made its a within the last few days in some local: , but too late to affect the crop seriously. este <oo— Killed His Wife Through Jealousy. John F. Braden,» resident of Johnstown Pa., shot and instantly killed his wife yester- day. Braden recently had his wifo arrested on acharge that she was intimate with Obe Boucher, a member of the Johnstown police force. The case would have come to trial next week. Braden was arrested and is now in jail. An Escaped Lunatic. Sam Scenlen of Louisville, who has been con- fined in the Anchorage Lunatic Asylum since his arrest on the supposition that he was in- by te i sf ae, . THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D Beier AUGUST 29, 1890 MRS. MecKEE’S DEATH ACCIDENTAL The Coroner’s Jury Find That She Was Not Murdered. ‘The coroner's jury investigating the cause of the death of Mra, Geo. W. McKee at Wilming- ton, Del, met yesterday. The state was repre- sented by "Attorney General John Biggs and his deputy, Thos. Davis. Geo. W. McKee was represented by Ex-Congressman Chas. B. Lore. Twenty-three witnesses were examined, but nothing new was elicited. The testimony proved that the rumors current were the pro- duction of gossips that know nothing of the case, The evidence of Dr. David W. Maule and Dr. John C. Fahey clearly established the fact of accidental death. The former declared that no man could have the strength to produce the dislocation of the neck with his hands. At the close of the testimony by the witnesses summoned the jury indicated to McKee, who was present, that they would like to hear any statement he might be willing to make, After consuitation with his counsei and between At- torney General Biggs and C. B. Lore, he was sworn and said: “We were driving along the new road. gd wife was driving and she was speeding the horse when he began trun. I paid no particular attention to. this, as both my wife and Thad been raised among horses and she was an cxpert horsewoman. the horse began to jump up and dowa in the air as if kicking as heran, Ithen took the reins, and, as [ did so, my wife rose to her feet and instantly the ¢arriage strack the bridge or the horse shied, I do not know which, and Mrs. McKee either jumpéd or was thrown out and over the bridge. and I lay across the dasher of the carriage and on the singletree. lrolled or fell off and was tangled up in the lines. by which I was pulled some distance. I received a gash of abont four tuches long on the right leg and was hurt about the shoulders.” “After a careful review of the evidence the jury rendered a verdict of ‘death from acci- dental caus 2 DELAWARE COLORED ME} They Meet to Consider Their Political, Educational and Moral Interests. Pursuant to a call issued by the state advis- ory committee colored delegates from all the hundreds in Delaware assembled in Wilming- ton yesterday for tho purpose of considering the political, educational, moral and religious interests of the colored people of Delaware. Chairman James H. Scott of the committee called the convention to order, and the pro- ceedings were opened with prayer. Rev. Hud- son Reddick, D.D., was chosen temporary chairman and Rev. L. B. Cooper, temporary secretary of the convention, On taking the chair Dr, Reddick addressed the convention, saying that the delegates had gathered in the interost of no political party as such, nor was the convention opposed to any political party as such, nor did it endorse any political party ‘They were for ihe negro first and for party afterward, *We propose,” said he, “to tell the politicians what our needs are, and we shail teil them if they won't grant our rights to step down and out.” The committee on organiza- tion reported Dr. Hudson Reddick for perma- nent chairman, with vice presidents and secre- tarics, who were elected. ‘The convention spent the whole afternoon in the discussion of edn- cational facilities, the majority of the dis- putants holding that the state has thus far Yallen short of its just obligation to their race in school appropriations, ‘The convention will continue throughout today and the committee on resolutions will not make up its report till near the close of the session, SHE STARVED TO DEATH. An Ola Beggar and His Wife Reduced to the Extreme of Destitution. A horrible discovery was made yesterday in a miserable hovel at Greenville, a suburb of New York city, occupied by an old couple named Herschell. The neighbors had not scen the Herschells for several days, and notitied the police, and Policeman Merritz was sent to make an investigation, The door of the shanty was locked and he was compelled to force it open, Ona pile of rags and old clothing, covered with filth, he found the body of Mrs. Herschell, The features were distorted and the eyes were wide open. In another corner, and butafew feet from the body of the old woman, lay her husband, gasping for breath and scarcely ablé to speak or move, An am- bulance was summoned. and the old man was taken to the J. y City Hospital The remains of his wite were conveyed to the morgue. At the hospital it was found that the old man was in the last stages of starvation, After he had re- ceived nourishment he was able to tell his sad stor; He said that his name was Henry Her- and that he was seventy years of age. His wife’s name was Mary, and she, too, seventy sold. They had been married over forty years, aud came to this country from Germany long ago. Vho old man said that he injured his back by falling. and was unable to work athis trade. He and his wife had man- aged to save a little money, and by the closest economy they had lived on this a long time, When the money became exhausted they suf- fered from hunger and cold. During the win- ter they went for days without food or fire. They had to go out begging to keep from starving. He said that when the policeman came to bis hut he and his wife had been with- out food over a weck. His wife died on Mon- day last. He became so weak after her death that he could not get out to notify the neigh- bors. CONVICT FRED WITTROCK DYING. The Robber of the Missouri Pacific Ex- press Safe on His Death Bed. fred Wittrock, alias Jim Cummings, the famons Pacific express robber, is dying at Jef- ferson City, Mo., in the penitentiary. On Oc- tober 26, 1836, Wittrock, who is from Leaven- worth, Kan,, Frank Haigh, a St, Louis express mestenger, and a third man from Chicago held up Express Messenger Fotheringham on a Missouri Pacific train twenty miles west of St. Louis and robbed the safe of more than #100,- 000, Fotheringham was arrested for complic- ity and Wittrack wrote letters to the Pinke: ton’s, ned “Jim Cummings,” defending the messenger against the charge of conspiracy. ‘The gang was arrested in Chicago and all but 20,000 of the money recovered, Wittrock re- ceived ten years andthe others seven years each. The sick convict said yester thought my heart was my wenk spot. and I gaces I'm # goner this time.” Three weeks ago he was working in the harness shop, as strong and hearty as aay prisoner in the penitentia weighed 200 pounds and never comp an ache or pain until two weeks ago, when he said he was iil, The next day he could not Jeave his cell and was taken to the hospital. The picture of the girl he was in love with, and who indirectly was the cause of his arrest has been sent to the hospital at his request, and his mother has veen telegraphed for. “Jim” has wasted away during the past two wecks until he is only a skeleton, and those who have seen him gay they do not think he will hve. He suffers great agony but docs not complaii There is a rumor to the effect that “Jim” has given the warden a written confession of the train robbery for which he is now serving time, and in it tells where the money not recovered by the dese company can be found. The warden will neither admit nor deny the truth of this story, which gives rise to the belief that he waa given the manuscript sealed to be opened only after the death of the convict. -: Dr. Holmes’ Farewell Lecture. “I see you referred to my old professor, Oliver Wendell Holmes, the other day,” said « Harvard graduate to a Seattle Press man this morning. “I had the pleasuro of attending his farewell lecture at Harvard. It was, an un- usuallecture. Dr. Holmes, through his dry, hu- morous style, was always an entertaining lec- turer, but on this occasion the hall was filled with studénts and friends. When the doctor had finished a young man arose in the front row and mysteriously produced a package from behind him and advanced toward the sur- prised doctor. When he had removed the paper he sat upon the desk in front of the ver erable ser a =e eee a Fea It was made by fany especially for the oc- casion, and ‘cost tho mradonts $1,500. The doc- tor stood speechless with surprise. The young man ost eloquent presentation speech, The tor then ace and of all the pathetic hes I had ever before since that was by far the great- episodes of my life, and I shall always remem- ber it with tenderness whenever I see the name of Oliver Wendell Holmes.” bath Heligoland visitors take wad eh een eer on an have come out of the sea,—London Edition York Herald, Presently | { was pulled trom my seat | JOHN L. AS AN ACTOR, There was a Great Crowd to Sec Him Make His Debut. The champion pugilist of the world formally declared Wednesday night, says the New York Sun, that he had surrendered prize fighting for good and that his path in life in future would be the flowery one of anactor. This declaration was only an incident of John L. Sullivan's debut, and was made ia a speech ad- dressed to a big crowd at Bridgeport that had been wrought up to the highest pitch of enthusiasm py the histrionic ability displayed by him, Bridgeport, that hasbeen the sink of so many new plays, has had iis theatrical history lifted to the top notch of grandetr by “Honest Hearts and Willing Hands,” which is the title of the play that has claimed John's maiden effort. Considering the brief trial in which the big fellow has had to prepare for the play and to rehearse, and the worry of Duncan B. Harrison, the “earnest actor,” who shares with him the honors of the production in appearing with a novice in an important part after an ill- ness of four months, the success was great enough to start every pugulist from Fiddler Neary to Jack Dempsey out on the road with a stock company The only indication of nervousness that John showed was tho doubt of his ability to make up. He had never done it, ho pathetically re- | marked to Harrison, and he never thought he | would, but if he ought to it went; that was all, | Harrison said he ought to and that settled it. | Shortly after 6 o'clock this big pair of Thes- pians went around to Proctor’s Grand Opera House and sat im a box looking at the fitful | rehearsal ot Fred Eustis’ orchestra and of a | few members of the company who were | shaky in their parts A few dim gas | lights flickered fitfully in the gloom, stage car- | | penters were hammering and making a pig | ado on the stage, and the big fellow, grow- ing discouraged. went to his dressing room. Messenger boys kept struggling in with big | bundles containing all sortsof properties. The | question of what to wear in each act had not! been definitely decided upon, Jobn didn’t want to look like a jay, he said, and he kicked | viciously against walking around in sooty | clothes, in spite of the fact that he isa black- smith in the play; then he drew ona pair of woolen stockings, silk corduroy kneo breeches and a pair of patent leather shoe: Phat’s 0 funny rig for a blacksmith to wear,” remarked Harrison. “Well, my dear boy,” ’ said Jobn, | “you don’t want me to change my clothes every second, do you?’ Ihave to look pretty in one actand I'm going to suffer enough as it is without coming in this hole and changing rigs.” ‘then John pulicd on a heavy woolen sweater and said hi all ready. yourself uy ked Harrison, said the chumpion, “show me something I can’t do; but if you want to paint, why go ahead.” Harrison sat on bis knee and greased his face, and then, deubing it with red, shaded it off to the forehead, chin and ears. Several members of the company stood about ia the doorway looking in curiously. ‘Do I look pretty?” asked Joh ‘Oh, “lovely.” everybody ex- | claimed. Then his bristly moustache, his eye- | brows and eyelashes were blackened, and red | paint was smeared artistically on’ his hp. | Sullivan looked at himself in the glass and | said that he felt pretty enough to be kissed. | ~-Do you think you'll be frightened?” he was asked. " “Frightened,” he hoarsely exclaimed, “at what? At the audience? I don't see anything to be frightened of,” he said scorn- fully. “Cam not a bit nervous, and Til do} anything in the way of business,” Why, this is | just « picnic; the thing to try a man's nerve is to prepare for abig fight, 1f youcan keep cool then you've got nerve; then yon ean just do anything. Then you are going against some- body who is going to try to hurt you and win alotof money. Inever felt any worry the and Iam snre I don't now, How do I look? He looked splendidly, although a trifle fat. Great big buuches of scles stood out on his arms and shoulders and neck and other muscles seemed to ripple about all over him. From his great spread of shoulders to his neat patent leather shoes he was a wonderful- looking man. Harrison is a big man, too. but when he stood by the champion’s’ side be looked small, All this time a great crowd had been gathering in front of the theater. As soon as the box oftice was open there was a wild rush for seats, and the people poured up the stairs and spread over the building like a torrent of water that had broken loose, and the suspense and expectations could almost be felt while the orchestra was tuning up, and there was a suppressed “Oh” as the curtain slowly lifted. The plot of ‘Honest Hearts and Willing Hands” is of no ment. Enough of itis explained when it is said that it eonsists of four rounds and a wind up, that Sullivan and Harrison are brother blacksmiths, who are working to pay for the old homestead in Ire- land; that when they are ready to pay for it, tive owner, influenced by his villainous son, re- fuses to sell. Then there is a rich girl who loves Harrison, a poor girl whom Sullivan loves, but who has been stolen from him by the villainous son, and last and best of all three-round sparring contest between Sullivan and Joe Lanuon, There are several villains in the play, and altogether too mach anguish. When the big fellow first stalked on the stage he was greeted with loud cheers and eral baskets of lowers. The tirst words he said are recorded here so they may go down in history with “Give me liberty or give me death” aud “He who pulls down the American flag shoot | him on the spot.” He y in the | right girl and a crowd follow ‘riends,” said | the champion to the crowd, “if you will kindiy go around to the kitchen you will find plenty to eat and drink. Ili join youshortly.” The true merit of the words cannot be shown in cold type, of course, but those who have seen the big fellow in his carly efforts at speech- making, which he used to confound with his early efforts at letter writing, will be able to form a picture of him in their minds, He stood in the white woo.en eweater, the dark knee brecehes and stockings, aud patent leather shoes; his great shoniders were bent forward so that his mighty arms hung con- siderably in front of his body, permitting the | dangerous hands to sag past his thighs. He looked sullenly at the andience and spoke the sentence without the slightest attempt for effect. Here are some he said during the first round: again, by heavens, I'll brain you.” “What, you | here yet? Get out, the pair of you, Weil, everybody is billing and cooing. and 1’m left | out in the cold world alone,” ‘Lhere are not a great many words in all the sentences, but John said very little more. more of the impressive character than of the speaking, He was not on thy stage at all in rounds he suid these things and very little more. psashtoaaiine sh = Lost in a Chicago Wilderness. From the Chicago Hersid. Ward 53 of the city of Chicago is a great big thing. Itis ten miles long and three miles wide and contains 19,200 acres, Grand Calumet--and incloses one entire body | of water—Hyde lake—besides being eutitled to three and a half miles of shore line on the Cal- umet lake, with all the rights, privileges and hereditaments thereunto belonging. It also | shares dominion over Wolf lake with the sov- | ereign state of Indiana and bas more thana mile square of the waters of thatiuland sea within its own coutfines, ‘There are sixty railroad stations and seven post offices in the ward, and the population is fairly estimated at 100,000, A party of hunters was gunning in section 25 when I walked down there. Snipe shooting had never been better, and each of them was burdened with a bag full of game. They rowed me across the outlet of the lale, and I started south over the low lands. Woods are plentiful down here, and they hid 138th street, which is the southern boundary of the city. 3 The sky was clouded and I was not certain about my direction. Blackberries and wild currants grew thick on the bushes and far- nished an excellent dessert for the dinner I hoped to find later. I was trying to travel ina southwesterly course and I wondered all the forenoon why I could not find the Michigan Central tracks. There were paths through the wood and I tried my best to follow them and still keep my direction. but about noon I came out square on the south shore of Lake Calu- met, Thad been lost in the forests of ward 33 What You Can’t Do in Yamhill. From the Albany Democrat, Yambill has long been noted for its remarka- ble people and institutions. Now « town is being formed which will make the most model community in the world ifthe rules governing it are carried out, The laws which every mem- bor, will have to subscribe to are substantially: No quarreling. No im; language. No taking the name of God in vain. No swearing. No evi or ‘That the second round, During the third and fourth | 9 Ward 33 is watered by one noble river—the | no RAILROADS. (CRSSAPEARE AND Oull0 RALLWAL, Gebedule in Effect May 18. os ‘Trains leave Union Depot, 6th B streets, 10.57 Sw. for Newport ews, cid rene com ey end Norfols daily. Arrive at Old Port sto 10pm d Norfola at ™. am., Cincinuats bapress daily fo r stations in Virwunia, West Virwinia. Kentuck) and Cmeinnatt. Vestibule 5: jeepers through without chauge to CL: SSinnaty, arriving at «3 om. 11:20 p.m. PF. EV. Vestibule Limited, daily, gotta without trains, with dintus’ car, chanye to °) Vestibule sleeper tor Lex ington and Lousviile. Pullman Car are open to masenscers at e: S13 Pennsylvania avenue, LW. FULLER ___Genersi Passenger Agent. OHIO RAILROAD. ; eficct Juno 20. 1NbO, corner of New Jersey For Chicaro and Semana Cairo stile leazo aad Northwest. Vestibul . vr Ciucinpati, St. Louts sid Jud express aly, 5230 aud 21130 pons eeeMAPOLNe, Jey Ditbure and Cleveland, express daily 9.30 4 Pm Lent ston and points in the Shonanjoah Valles. tui. For Winchester and way stations, ¢ For Luray, t:30 and *8 240 pan Yor Baluniore, week days, 4.0. a2 rode 5:30 om, 00 par. 2 210, aud 4.30 polis, Pan. Sunaxy», Ey je and Way Stations, tT For Gsitucrsburs and iuterwectiate th am, 1:00, ty. ue 005 911200 p tu.” 7 ss ‘or Boya's anu intermodiate st Chureit train leaves Washinton nes Dean, MOppatye wt all wt of Froaerick, filo, Tas 2 p.m. yuints, 19.09, Odo Yt 10 a.m, and 15.30 p. cairo” daily “Tb ay mi ati aud Bt. Lots daily 3:00 00 ia atom Lattsbung 7.10 aa, 5:90 SEW YORK AND PITLAD! xe New dere, Trent wa ‘LPHIA DIVISION. N.J.aud Bligabeth, $208 *y - Tew, "40-1 WO arm. . 10:30 pn. Buffet Purlor Care on ail é dleebiux Car eu tue 10 GU p.m. vpeu dor Pisindelphia, *4:03, *2:.50, “dou, SUED aio For’ Newu "10:30 pan, For intermediate Philadelphia, 10:00 oints_between Bal aud iT tu Pau, drains leaw ‘ork for Washington, *9 pie *5:00 pm and “12: Lraing i adelphia for Washing i 1 3 am, T1140, "a 41, ., With Pullman Buffet Steep. ‘h to Boston without change danding passengers in B. uns M. station at Boston, For Auntie City, 4 Sundays, 4:05 aan) POK Bad Kivak, 2 fi 1-30, 4:90 pm, Sundays slo pla, eck days, 6:30, 8:30pm, Sup- “Daily. {Sunday only. lect Sor aud Checked trum hotels and real- soy Union Trauster Company on oruers Jett at offices O18 aid 1501 Veul, aves aud at depot 3.0. Bt ‘Gen, > 3. T. ODELL, Gen. Munacer, mies) NUM: ‘fT AND SOUT! ES: DOUBLE 1KACB. SPLENDID SCLAELI DILEL mage 4 om MAGDIFICES it EQUIPMENT. ss feet 41, lewo. TRAINS LEAVE Washina: 1UN, FROM STATION, COLNE OF OFH AND i ST »EELS, Ad FOLLOWS: For Pittsburg and the West, Chicago united & xpress ot Pullinah Vestibule Cars at 10 OU wm. daily; 10 THE Fut Line, 1 am. daily to Chico, Columbus hud Dt Louis, with Slecpiug Care from. iearrie, ALY LO suuisumpoils, Lueburge to Coltubus, A.toons 24) St. Lows, Chewy anit Cun eiuati Ex, Gully.” Parlor Car Wurh- iuxton to i Sleepaux Cars Marris: ure to St. Lows, Mining Car Harrisbui Perrontry bicage aud Ciuemmat,, aad nme to St. Low Lue West, wi Vitusbury to Ci D POTOMAC RAILROAD, wochester aud Niagara Palle 0 Asochester daily; for But- suiowud Niagare daily, except saturday, 10-00 p-un, With Sleepiug Cur Washington to Ioches ser, For Wilbeneport, Lock Haven apd Elmar @t10:30a us. daily, except Sundi For Williausport daily, FOR 0, 9:20, 10-00 ted Express of Pullman Parlor . 9:40 am. daily, except Sunday. tor New ork ouly Limited Express with Ding Caro -00 wD POR PEILADELPL Fast express 8:10 a. w ey po Sunday oniy 40 Pa, ‘or Bosion wstuont cuabge, 5-16 pm. every day. For Brovklyu, N.¥. sl throuch trains comesct at dersey City with bouts of Lrookiyu Annex, atford- ing direct trauster to Pultou stroct, avuldiagdouoee Tet riuge across New York city weok days, 11:20pm, For Auuute City, 11:40 a.m, jails. For pai 10 OU; ALU a 3:40, 0:00. E Au. aud 4:50 and 9:00 am, 12-05 and 4:20 . pt Sunday, Sundays 9500 wu buds 20pm. WASHINGTON SOUTHERN RAIL iN £FECE MA - Sane sandria, 4:50, aiu., 124 Pan, wally, ray Accommodation 10r_ Quantico Aduys; 7245 a ania avebUe, und at the Maton, Where orders cau ‘be left for the checking ot uu hotels and residences. 4K Wow tiny l2l Geberal Passereet Awent, ie, Lynchburg and Lynchburs, Roa Chattancga aud ly for Culpeper, Char- esuptake and Ohio” Route, stauuns be- UVic, Greensboro’, Kalelh, Colmubia, Augusta,’ Atlante, u,, Muutxomery, New Orleans. ‘Texas aud Pullman Sleeper New Lork to Atlante rs Alicnta to New Oxi ¥ except Sunday, ‘or Manassag, diate statious, y Yin Lynchbury, Bristol and Chat. estibule Sleepers Wastumgton to ines theyce for ali Arkansas poluts. 10 pan.—Western Ey daily tor Mana: Charicttesviuie, Staunton, Louis Pullman Vesubule Train Washington to With a Pull:uan Sleeper for Louisvilie. 11.00 p.1.—southern Express dai: Dauvilie, ‘Kaleizh, ‘Askevillc. Charlotte, Columbla, Auusta, Atiau Alon yon ew Ori *, Llexes aud Calitorma Pullman Vestibule Car Washington to New Urleans Via Aulanta and Moutgomers.. Pulluan Siceper Washington to Birusughan, Ala, via Atignta apd Georgia Pacific Katlway, and’ Pullen Su per Washington to Asheville ‘and, Hot Springs, N.C. vis cal Ceetiotags ne > Sanne sngeton U0 aca dalige Seob oe ate on eae waa on 900 arn, fp L:Do p.m. daily. abd 445 puans dati erive tioning seit a aud 7 22 Cena. Ciucinua, for Lypchbure, Jas. L. TAYLOR, Gen. Pasa Agent. MEDICAL, &. Die ain Established and ean be consulted dats, aga C ‘ony Reliable Ladies PRSSIONAL MASSAGE CAN BE OBTAINED ‘yun st. new. aa ME. DESiiies tt oan! ‘ST, THE EVENING STAR is offered to the pu® lic, in good faith and with confidence, as THR BEST LOCAL ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN THE UNITED STATES. In point of fact, may be truthfully said that it is without am equal in this respect any where im the world These sverments are borue out by the figures given below, which are compiled from the sworn weekly statements printed in the paper on euch Monday in the year, and condensed from the sworn tabular statements showing the average da:ly circulation of the paper during the year 1859, published in Tux 8; on the 18th of January, 15%. Briefly stated, the points upon which the above claim is based are these: That— 1. The Star has three times the circu- lation of any other paper in Washing= tow! 2, The Star’s cirealation in Washing- tou is double that of all the other datiy papers published in the city added to- gether!! 3. fhe Star bas 2 targer and tulict circulation in the city where printed, im proportion to reading and purchay ing population, than any other news Paper in the world!!! 4. fhe Sinr bas the largest regular and permanent home circulation of ni two-cent afternoon paper in the United States ttt! In support of these claims and to show the constantly increasing circulation of the paper, attcntion is invited to the fgures following: DAILY CIRCULATION I TRS5-86-7-88-88, ISS3. ISS6. ISS7. ISSS, ISSO, -20,456 23,388 25,470 26,386 27.504 24,321 26,299 27,161 29,200 34,766 29,552 29,616 dan.. Fes. Bax. May JONE..21,933 23,902 23,116 27,453 JcLy 21,570 26,363 2 Ave. 2,364 24.559 25,521 Serr. 22,302 24,005 25,324 Oct. 21,701 24,507 25,946 Nov. 23,651 25,697 28.514 Dac. PAGS? 26,466 26,752 Avge. 22,123 23,682 25,484 27,082 30,090 Increase ....... 1,359 1,803 1,598 3,008 Of this remarkable average aggregate of 30,090 copies circulated daily, no more tha 1,102 copies are sent out of the city by mail, and 1,106 go to suburban places, by exproa, railway trains, etc., leaving as a net circulation i the city proper the PHENOMENAL PkO- PORTION of 923; PER CENT, or AN AGGLE- GATE of 27,852 copies! Of this number, 21,142 were delivered datly by regular carriers at the homes of permanent sub scribers. The remaining 6,740 copies represent the sales over the office counter, at the news stands, end by newsboys. But of this lutter number a very large proportion is supplied reguiarly to per manent residents of the city living in lodgix;za, &c. (not householders), so that its whole circula tion may be literally said to be in the family circle. While its aggregate circulation there fore gives Tux Stan a distinctive and enviable position m modern journal'sm, the fullness of its home circulation, the extent to which it is relied upon by members of the household, and particularly by the par- chasing portion of the community, are the marked characteristics of the paper, to which no other daily journal now published can furnish a parallel. ‘This is no idle boast on the part of the paper. It is a well established fact, demonstrated to the full satisfaction of the sagacious and enter- prising business men of Washington, who seck and know where to find THE LAP T RETURNS FROM THE MONEY PAID OUT FOR ADVERTISING. This is proven by the growth of Tne Stan's advertising patronage. Nothing can more surely illustrate esteem in which «ny article is beld by the public than a constantly increasing demand for it—day by day, week by week, month by month, and year by year,—in the face of ad- veree claims and pretentious competition. The figures following tell the story on this point: NUMBER OF NEW ADVERTISEMANTS sRINTED Gt 1885-86-87 -88-80, ISSG. ISS7. ISS 1889. 209 3,615 4,076 4,556 3,064 3.557 3,924 4,520 BS06 4,669 4,603 5,094 4,355 3547S 4,956 5,558 4,197 5,395 5,171 6,053 3.938 4,522 4,606 5,529 3.235 33St 3,915 4,489 2682 3.170 3.508 4,608 4,208 4,317 4,904 5.590 4,879 5,313 5,412 6,559 4,250 5,035 4,689 6,107 3,806 5,093 5,007 5,793 Total 41,499 45,910 54,038 54,801 65,523 in the way of tax sales, poll lists, election returns, etc., such as occasionally swell the business of Political organs, being included in ite petrom age. In conclnsion, it is only necessary to say that, im proportion to the extent and high charactet Of its circulation, Tue Stan's advertising rates take rank with the very lowest in the country, and to add, finally, that every statement hercit made can be abundafitly verified THE CII> CULATION OF THE PAPER 18 SWORN TO; ITS PRESS AND CIRCULATION ROOMS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND ITS BOOKS MAY BE INSPECTED BY ANY ONE HAVIN@ (40 DITEREST IN THEIB EXAMINATION. 2