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THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1895-TEN PAGES. 3 ——— SPECIAL NOTICES. WwW. Cc. TT. CHAPIN UNION, WEDNESDAY EVENING, 6:30 o'clock, 910 F’st. n.w., in the interest cf penal and’ reform works. | Come! it* Mrs. M. E. COHEN, President. MASONIC._—A_ SPECIAL COMMUNICATION OF Dawson Lodge, No. 16, M., will be held at Masonic Ten WE! ESDAY, August 14, 105, at 2 p.m. sharp, for the purpose of atten¢ ing the funeral of our late brother, Charlic Bogan. Brethren of sister lodges are fraternally fuvited to attend. By order of the W. M. It It, WILLISS, Sceretary- A SPECIAL CONVOCATION OF WASHIN R. A. Chapter, will be held in the el chamber WEDNESDAY, Angust 14, at 2 p. attend the funeral of our late companion, Charlie Boxzun. You are earnestly requested to attend. Dark clothing. By order of the E. H. P. R.A. DELLETT, e SPIRITUAL has returi : daily until further notice. 1914 Pa. ave. aul: AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRE tors of the Georgetown Gas Light Company, Mr. Henry C. Winship, president’ and treasurer, re- signed the position of treasurer, and Mr. Fra Paul Leth was elected seerétary and trens- urer. tt SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL.— LIST Chapter of Kose Croix will meet in regular ses- ston on TUESDAY, 1ith day of August, at 7:30 p.m. Election of officers to fill vacancies. - WM. OSCAR ROOME, 83d degree, nu2-2t ting Secretary. HAVEN'T SEEN 1NE MAN WHO MINDED THE CHANGE Of dining here Instead of at Lot We've picased 60 many men—ba but that you'll be plerred, tov. inners are all any man would want. All the choicest substantials and delicactes in sexson—cooked and served—in m 4 to 8. Most plensing strle, Prom 4108. | ay op FRITZ REUTER'S, Cor. aul2-10d BEING UNARLE TO COMPLETE APPOINTMENTS y Aucust 15 (as previou: rmined to. oped the Metropolitan 4 mber 1, 1885. Respectfully, HALE, Lihraria: JOU REAL Room NANY: aUlO-"t® NOTICE OF Di is a to the public that J. re H. 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NW. as the hundreds of satisfled patrons can tectif; Hours for ladies—9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 6 to 10 p.m. 10 tick ts for $2.00. Hours for gentlemen—7 to 9 a.m, and 4 to 6 p.w. 5 tickets for $1.00. “Special pains taken with backward pupils,” as the boarding school circulars put it. Open every evening but Sanday, rain or shine, only we prefer not to teach pupils tn the rain. 8,500 square feet of space, with sandpapered surface, and the most lofty and star-spangled canopy of any riding school in the U. S. Lighted by elec- tric lights in the evening. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., Jy23-28a Washington, D. c. = Robberies Reported. A young man hired a bicycle from the Washington Cycle Company's establish- ment, 924 th street, Sunday and failed to return it. Thomas Rothengoss, 1414 H street north- east, reports that his bicycle was stolen from in front of Galt’s jewelry store this morning. Rey. John D. Anderson was robbed of $20 He took in a str and fed gratefulness was shown by Sam Wah, who has a laundry at 1¢ strect, complains that he was robbed yes. terday of $5 and a Chinese searf. —_—_—_ The Star Out of Town. THE EVENING STAR will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or C be de: nada for such period as red at the rate of fifty may cents per month. £7 But all such orfers must be ac- companied by the mor or the Paper cannot be sent, as no ac counts are kept with mail subscrip- tions. LITTLE CAMMIE HALL Inquiry Into the Cause of His Death by the Coroner. EVIDENCE AS T0 BROTAL TREATMENT Rose and William Hammond He'd for the Grand Jury. AN INSURANCE FEATURE The suspicious circumstances connected with the death of Campbzil Hall were in- vested today by Acting Coroner Glaze- brook, who assembled a jury at 11 o'clock at the sixth precinct station house on New Jersey avenue. The jury was out ten minutes after hear- ing the testimony, when it brought in a verdict that little Cammie Hall's death was brought about by ill treatment and deprivation of food, and recommended that William and Rose Hainmond be heid for the action of the grand jury. The evidence of Dr. Sterling Rui showed that the stomach and intesiines of the dead boy were empty, and all the evidence tended to shew that Cammie Hall led a very wiser- able life ana got very little to eat. A remarkable feature of the testimony was that Rose Hammond was not only the beneficiary of the life insurance policy placed on Cammie Hall, but that Cammie’s litde brother, who died two months ago, had his life insured for $2), which amount was paid to Rose, while another small boy and a yourg man, who have been liv: ing at the Ham:nonds’ house, also had their lives insured in her favor. The jury was composed of Frank W. Col- ton, Walter Lane, Israel Deming, Frank E. Lanman, John T. Potter and John Arm- strong. Heard Frequent Whippings. Mrs. Alice Simmons (white) of 715 3d street northwest was the first witness called. She was not acquainted with little Campbell Hall and had seen him but once. She heard the Hammonds whipping the boy frequently. She could hear the licks dis- tinetly. Two months ago she had called to the colored people that if they did not stop whipping the boy she would notify the po- lice. A colored woman appeared at a back window and told her that she was not whipping the boy, but Cammie’s brother was doirg so. The colored woman told her that if she were whipping the boy she would keep on, appearing to think that her rights were being intertered with. Witne: said she had seen a cowhide in the hands of Charles Hamn.ond, and from her yard had seen the little colored boy, who up- peared to be naked or nearly naked, cn these occasions. Had Seen the Beatings. Ella Payne, colored, of 720 Ball's court, was called. She lives in the house adjoin- ing that of the Hammonds. She had heard that the child’s mether was dead and tha his father had left him at the Hammonds’. When Campbell's brother died in June she had not gone in the house because when she had spoken to Rose Hammond about badly treating the boys, Rose had cursed her. She si she had often heard blow in the Hammond house and heard Kittle Campbeil Hall ¢ fhe could plain. hear the blows. Ske had given the boy bread because when shi y crumbs to the chickens in her yard Cammie would pick up the crumbs. When Cammie would bring meat home Rose Hammond would take it away and beat him. She could tell by the blows that they were given on the naked flesh, and she had seen the cowhide that was used. On one occasion the little boy upsta! with his hands tied. She had also seen a light colored boy, who “Rese Hammond had said she had “brought up,” beat little Campbell Hall. Had Warned Hammond. Robert Payne, colored, 720 Ball's court, perter for the New York Biscuit Compan a son of Ella Payne, said that Cammie Hall had run away three weeks ago next Thursday, and boys brought him back. Chas. Hammond was sitting in the door, and as Cammte Hall passed him he gave him a lick with his fist, and witness heard the boy fall. He heard the blows being given the boy from within the house. Wit- ness had told Hammond before that if he beat the boy again he would report him to the police. So on the oceasion referred to he attempted to see Mr. Wilson, agent of the Humane Society, but could not s: him at that time. He made no further attempt to report the because the beating of the boy was stopped for the ume. Insurance on the Boy's Life. Robert Cock, superintendent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York, testified that the company had a record of Cammie Hammond—no record of Cammle Hall that he could discover. The boy's life had been insured last June for 5 cents a week, which would make the cy about $60. He said his agent had told him that the woman Rose Hammond had come to him and applied to have the boy’s life insured. She kad represented that she was the boy's mcther, and had the representation been otherwise they would not have placed the insurance, as they never insure either illegitimate or accpted children. He had not yet seen the application paper, which ae had sent for, and which would’ be here tomorrow. Lena Washingtcn, a young colored girl, sald she lived at 127 Ball's court, ju: across the street from the Hammond house. She had heard the whipping. Three w ago, when the boy came back after having run away, she had heard him being whip- ped. As the boy passed in the house Cha: Hammond had struck him with his fist an: knocked him down. Mary Clair’s Testimony. Mary Clair, colored, who lives in Ball's court, next to the Hammonds, said that two months ago she went to the Ham- mond house and Rose was whipping the bey. Three weeks ago Cammie had run away and was brought home. From her back window she saw Willie, a boy who lives with the Hammonds, go into their back yard and get a clothes line. They tied Cammie and a man named George had pulled him to the top floor of the house. She had heard the whipping of Cammic and saw Charles Hammond with a rawhide in his hand. Cammie was a good boy, she said. He was not allowed to go in the al- ley to play. She would have given the boy something to eat, but she was afraid to do so because she might have trouble with the Hammonds. ‘The boy had told her he was hungry, but said he was afraid to take any bread because Rose Hammond woul ship him. Rose had told her on Monday that if the boy died she would not use che in- surance money to bury him, but would let a society she belonged to pay the funeral exper s. She knew Cammie was sick, and tose would not send for a doctor be- he said, it was the business of the he belonged to to send a doctor. Mary Wilson, colored, living at Ball's court, was called. Two months ago she saw little Caramie fall from a window to Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA DESTROYS WORMS. CASTORIA CURES CONSTIPATIO CASTORIA ALLAYS TEVERISHINESS. CASTORIA CURES DIARKIOEA AND COLIC. MING TROUBL ING SOUR ¢ Ss. “The use of °C: so well lon to indors es who do toria’ is so universal and its iown that it seems a work of it. Few are the intelli- keep Castoria within CARLOS MARTYN, D.D., New York city. Y dilemma the alley below. He had two teeth knock- ed out ard hurt his jaw. Three weeks ago Rose Hammond had told her that Cammie had come home with his stomach swollen. She said she would like to go in the house to see Cammie, as she might help him. But Rose was not willing to let her go in. Little Cammie, she said, last Sunday even- ing was very sick and ieaned his head on Rose's lap, but Rose shock him off and told him to sit up. Witness thought the hoy looked as if he were dying. Tied With a Clothes Line. Willie Jackson, seventeen years old, who lives with Mrs. Hammond, was called. He was a small, light-colored mulatto boy, and said he had gone to Mrs. Hammond's about a year ago. He knew nothing about his mother or father, and had been brought to Washington by a colored man from Vir- ginia. His account of affairs at the Ham- mond house differ2d widely from the testi- mony vegarding the whipping of Camunie. He said he had never seen any one whip Cammie except Cammie’s father, who, he said, came to the house now and then and would thrash the boy. Jn reply to ques- tions, he said that he had once, about a month ago, brought a clothes line, at the instance of Mrs. Hammond, who he called “mamma. é He gave the rope to George Fitch, who tied Cammie’s hands with it to keep him from mning away. He said that Police- man Cox of that beat was there and ap- proved the tying of the boy. Cammie was kept tied until the next morning. Witness had his life insured, too, and paid ten cents a week to the Metropolitan Life In- surance Company. He was insured in favor of Rose Hammond, who had sug- gested Insuring his life. George Fitch, a black boy, said Cammie had complained of being sick for some time, and had told him that he had heen eating from a swill tub. He said that most of the whipping Cammie had gotten had been given him by his father, new and then visited the house. He had seen Mrs. Hammond hit Cammie but once. He testified to the tying of Cammie, and said that Policeman Cox was present and said if he had his way he would keep the bey tied for a week. Witness also in- sured his life about four weeks ago in favor of Rose Hammond. Policeman Cox 2 Witness. Officer A. W. Cox was called. He had been on the force seven months. He said he had spoken to Cammie a dozen times about his acts in running away. He had never seen the boy doing anything wrong, but Mrs. Hammond had told him of the boy running away and stealing. He was present when Cammle was tied, and told the boy that if he had his he would tie him for a week. He told him this to scare him, and keep him from running away. Witne had been tied when a bo; and he thought that was a proper cours to take. What Dr. Ruffin Found. Dr. Sterling Ruftin, who made the post- mortem examination, testified regarding the result of the autop: The boy's gen- eral condition, he said, was very poor. His muscles were very soft, and the were what appeared to be hes on his back. The scars were parallel, from one-half inch to 1% inches long. His lungs were some- what diseased, though it was slight. This condition was not suflicient to cause death, but it would lessen the power of resistan The most striking feature of the autops was an almost complete absence of food the stomach and alimentary never saw such complete emptyness of stomach and alimentary canal _ before. There no sign of inflammation about the mouth or throat. The organs showed marked degree of malnutrition. “If you were to judge from the condition of the boy, what would you say is the cause of death?” Dr. brook asked. “I should not like to give an opinion as to the cause of death,” replied Dr. Ruffin. “No chemical analysis has yet been made of the contents of the stumach.” While Dr. Ruffin said the boy had been badly fed, he ay that that was the cau: Beaten for an Hour. Martha Stevenson was then called and said on one occasion she visited the home of the Hammonds, and heard Cammie being beaten. The beating lasted for an hour, and she reported the case to the po- lice. ‘This concluded the testimony and at 1 o'clock the jury went into executive ses- sion. The Verdict. After deliberating five minutes the jury brought in a verdict, “That said Cammie Hall came to his death by reason of ill treatment and deprivation of proper food, and from the evidence deduced we, the jury, recommend that Rose and William Hammond be held fof the grand jury.” to A call was telephored last evening to the Emergency Hospital for the ambulance to go to the wharf of the steamer Macalester at the fcot of 7th street to get a man there who was overcome by the heat. The am- bulance went there with Dr. S. Furlong of the hospital in charge. It was found that the sick man was Pliny M. Hougi who had gone on the Mystic Shriners’ e: cursion > had become uncon . Caldwell, Handy and Woodman of the party attended him. When Mr. Hough was placed in the ambulance one of the party directed that Mr. Hough be taken to his home. This, Dr. Furlong claimed, could not be done, as under the rules 6f the hospital the ambu lance could only be used in emergenc cases to carry patien to the hospital. Mrs. Hough was present and wanied iner hosband taken home, and there was for a few minutes a demonstration of indigna tion on part of the Triends of Mr. and Mrs. | Hough. The sick man was taken to the hospital, Mrs. Hough ridiug with him, and the friends following in carriages. At the hospital complaint was made of Dr. Fur- long’s conduct, but the si Dr. Smith, sustained Dr. Furlong and de- cided that if Mr. Hough was to be taken home it must be in a carriage provided by the friends. He said the hospital was open for proper medical care for Mr. Housh, but under the rules the ambulance cou!d not be use to convey patients from one point to another in the city entirely apart from the hospital se — ALLEGED YOUNG BURGLARS. About Six Charges Now Against T! —Another Arrest Made. Edwin Dove and Harry Gallatin, the boys under arrest for the F street robberies, as published in yesterday's Star, were held at the police station last night, and Aloysius Dove, brother of the prisoner Edwin Dove, was also arrested. There are now about six charges to be brougat inst them, and they will be tried in the Police Court on the 27th of this month. = Eloped to This City. There was a romantic feature connected with the marriage of Samuel H. Gresham, a nephew cf the late Secretary of State, and Miss Sara Kobbe, a daughter of Capt. Wm. A. Kobbe of the third United States artillery, statioved at Old Point Comfort, Va. The marriage took place yesterday afternoon at the Hotel Oxford. The young couple were both stopping at the Hygeia Hotel at Old Point Comfort last week, and had keen acquainted for some time. Thi mutual admirers, but Capt. Kobbe interposed an objection to matri The ea: way out of the as found by taking a steamer here the knot was for Washington, and tied by The bri bridezrcom will remain here a few a 1 will then visit friends in Chicago before returning to their home. SSS Overcome by the Heat. Bane Farr, a young man twenty-four years old, employed at the Jersey Dairy, on F street near 9th, was overcome by heat on the way down town this morning. He got on a 9th street car to go home and became unconscious. He had told a gentleman on the car where he lived, and he was carried to his home, 1933 Sth street. From there he was taken to Freedman’s Hospital, where every effort was made to restore him to con! The doctors orked 0 veral hours without much o'clock this afternoon he was s scious and in a very d eet ee d Broke His Leg. About 1145 this morning John T. Scott, a white man, employed as a carpenter, fell from a scaffold in the rear of 920 L street and broke his left leg. He was removed to the Emergency Hospital. tev. Levi H. York at Hotel Oxford. nd Fella who; THE OFFICIAL We EXPLANATORY NOTH: Observations token at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Asobars or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. WEATHER MAP. Solid lnes are Dotted Mnes are isotherms or lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrecs. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow bas fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words “High” and ‘Low’ show location of areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wind. THREE MORE DAY to Continue That Long—May Be Showe-. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday—For New England and eastern New York, fair, west- erly winds. For the District of Columbia, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, probably thunder showers this afternoon, followed by fair; slightly cooler this evening; northwesterly winds, becoming variable. Warm Weather As anticipated, the temperature yester- day did not rise'as high as the day before by six degrees. The map today shows a slight motion of the ridge of high pressure from Minnesota and Michigan, with a slight inereace in Its magnitude. The storm in Alberta has moved to North Dakota, diminishing slightly in energy. The tem: perature will rise a little above that of yesterday, and tomorrow and Thursday a little higher yet, with a probable relief on Friday. Radiation of heat from the lower air with a perceptible cooling tonight below that of last night, and this cooling will also be experienced Wednesday night, but probably not to so marked a de- gree ‘Thursday night. Rain has fallen in New England and on the east gulf coast. There is a prospect for light showers this afternoon, with fair weather tomorrow. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 7:15 a.m. and 7:06 p.m.; high tide, 0:44 a.m, and 12:58 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 8:12 a.m. and 8:01 p.m.; high tide, 1:35 a.m. and 1 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 5:00; sun sets, 6:58; moon rises, 10:31 p.m. Moon reaches last quarter at 0:18 p.m. this day. Bicycle Lamps. All bicycle lamps must be lighted at 6:58. The police regulations require “All cycles, bicycles and tricycles in motion after sun- down shall carry a suitable light.” The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 7:15 p.m. tinguishing begun at 3:55 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, $4; condi- tion, 36; receiving reservoir, temperatur 88; condition at north connection, 36; condi- tion at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature, condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house,36. . Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: £ a.m. 2 p.m., 8%; maximum, 9}, min- imum, 71. DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS Secretary Morton Speaks of the Work of the Entomologists. Money Saved to Farmers and Fruit Growers as the Result of Follow- ‘ing Their Directions. Secretary Morton in an interview today said: “I have noticed in the newspapers lately a review of a compilation by Prof. Panton of the Ontario Agricultural College, in which he brings together once more the figures concerning the annual loss from the work of destructive insects. These figures, mostly drawn from American sources and mainly from publications of the United States Department of Agriculture, serve a good purpose in directing attention to the necessity for active work on the part of economic entomologists, but, in one way, they are somewhat misleading. The losses to individual farmers, and occasionally to the agricultural population of a more or less restricted portion of the country, are fre- quently very great, summed up in doilars and cents, yet the actual money loss to the agriculturists of the country at large Is by no means expressed by these same figures, for the simple reason that the loss of a por- tion of the crop means an increased price for the remainder. We may express the loss from insects in terms of bushels of produce, but in turning it into money value this fac- ae of increased price must not be overlook- ed. Actual Money Value of the Result. “There is no doubt, however, of the actual and great money value to indi- viduals as the result of the labors of the «cvernmnt and state entomologists. For example, a prominent fruit grower in Vir- gini. that his income has been in- creased during the past few years by from $3,000 to $4,000 annually as a result of sol- lowing the advice of the entomologist of the United States Department of Agri- culture. The proprietor of a large orchard in Maryland said the other day that the advice of Mr. L. O. Howard, the present entomologist, at a time last fall when more than 3,000 of his young trees were badly affected by the San Jose scale, had resulted in a clear saving to him of $5,000. In California it is a common estimate that the difference between the income ‘rom a healthy orchard and one infested with in- sects is about $75 per acre for a single season. The expenditure of $3 per «cre, following the latest methods ascertained by the entomologists, will keep the orchard healthy. The work of the division of en- tomology during the past few months on the cotton boll weevil in southern Texas will result next year in the saving of many thousands of dollars to cotton planters in that section, if the recommendations are followed. mples of Saving Work. “These Instances are new, and are sim- ply examples of saving work which is going ou from year to year. It is probable that in the aggregate they yesult in the saving of even greater sums than do the much rarer but more striking instances, such as_ the introduction by the department of the Aus- tralian lady-bird into California, by which the entire citrus industry of that state was saved from destructicn. “Not a small item in the total value to be accredited to the entomological work of the department is the expcsure of ‘fake’ rem- edies. Only the present season the ento- mologist has shown that a tree-inoculating company in the New England states, which claimed to be able to inoculate trees against the ravages of leaf-feeding insects, had been basing its claims upon the dis- gvised application of a method which was proved to be totally inefficacious fifty years ago. “Incidentally, and although not pertain- ing strictly to agricultural interests, 1 might mention that the application of a remedy against mosquitoes, first practically used by our Mr. Howard, and recommend- ed in his publications during the past year or two, has resulted, in two instances, at least, in rendering habitable large sections near Long Island sound, and in so greatly ircreasing the value of real estate that the owners have made large sums of money a: a direct result. E + e+_____ THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 2—Judge Cole. Manogue agt. Washington and Great Fails Electric Railway Company; restrain- ing order till further order. Tretler agt. King et al.; pro confesso against defend- art, Jas. W. Tretler. White agt. Smith et al.; appearance of absent defendant or- dered. Campbell agt. Emack} time to take testimony limited to 120 days. Virginia ate Insurance Company agt. Jameson; appearance of absent defendant ordered: Killian agt. Killian; testimony before W. W. Mohun, examiner, ordered taken. mes agt. Grymes; order appointing special examiner. In re estate of Jmo. 8. les; order of reference to auditor. Cireuit Court No, 1.—Judge Cole. Fendall agt. Davis; judgment by default. Prebate Court—Judge Cole. tate of Solomon Fowler; final account ar Barber; account ed, H. Crumpton; or- der of pu ‘ate of Henry ; account Pp of Minnie C. Tay- do. Estate ef Robert Davidson; do. ate of Wm. W. Corcoran; do. In re Fran . Mann, guardian; do. In re Alice L. Riggs, rdiant Estate of Chas. A. Beavans Estate of Samuel L. Jackson; wili proved. |MAAS’ SUDDEN DEATH A Well-Known Sporting Character Sup- posed to Have Killed Himself. Found Dying in Hix Hotel Room— A Physicinn Called, but Too Late to Do Good. Eugene Maas, a man well known in sporting circles throughout the city, was found dead in bed this morning at Em- rich’s B, and O. Hotel, corner of New Jer- sey avenue and C street northwest. Maas came to the hotel about the middle of last week and was assigned to a room. It is understood that he came from Baltimore, where he had been under treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital for several months for some trouble of the throat and lungs. He has been in ill health for a number of years, it is said, but of recent months has seemed to grow worse. During his stay at the hotel he com- plained considerably, and the hotel people suggested his calling a doctor, but Maas declined the advice. Yesterday morning he came down stairs for a little while and told the clerk that he knew he was a very sick man. The clerk again advised him to go to bed and call in a doctor. Discovered in a Dying Condition. During last night he seemed to grow worse. About 5 o'clock this morning, when the hotel watchman was making his rounds and visited Maas’ room to see how he was getting along, he became alarmed at Maas’ condition and notified the clerk that he thought Maas was in a dangerous way. The clerk went to his room and found Maas un- conscious. A servant was hastily dispatched for a physician and aroused Dr. Gladmon, at the corner of New Jersey avenue and E street northwest, who hurried to the man’s bed- side. Maas was dead when he arrived, however, and Dr. Gladmon found he could be of no service in the premises. Dr. Glad- mon told the hotel keeper he thought that Maas had died of congestion of the lungs or of a congestive chill. The police were notified and the body removed to the morgue. Rumors of Suicide. A rumor got about that the man had committed sutcide, but the people at the hotel thought there were no grounds for this supposition. It is said, however, that he had been very despondent lately and had expressed a feeling of weariness with life. It is said that last Saturday he saw a happy-looking colored man pushing a clam cart along the sunny street, apparently en- joying life, aud that Maas remarked to an acquaintance, “I had rather be that clam man than Eugene Maas. There is no use in living, anyhow.” Yeats ago Maas was known as a popular comedian, and made a hit in personating Dutch characters. He retired from the stage, however, and afterward became a familiar figure in certain sporting circles. It is said that he was well connected, com- ing of good Philadelphia parentage, and was a man of considerable education. Deputy Coroner Glazebrook viewed the remains of Maas at the sixth precinct sta- tion house today. After hearing testimony in the case he concluded that deceased came to his death through aleoholism. ————__ BROUGHT HERE FOR TRIAL. Arrested for a Theft Committed Year Ago. Detective Weedon went to Alexandria this morning and brought here James Harvey Wells, a young man who is charged with having assisted his brother, Frank Wells,in the alleged robbery of a yoke of oxen, worth 390, the property of Francis L. Smallwood of Accokeek, Prince George's county, Md. The alleged theft is said to have been com- mitted just a year ago. Wells and his brother lived in Alexandria for a time, so it is charged, and one of them had some idea of the practice of medicine. When near Ac- cokeek a year ago, it is charged, they stopped and talked to the farmer, whom they saw in the field with the yoke of oxen drawing the plow. He was suffering with the dyspepsia, and one of the young men said he would cure him. ‘The offer was accepted, and the medicine taken. In addi- tion to curing the farmer of his several ail- ments they wanted to get him a fast horse for his oxen, and in this deal he also figur- ed to the extent of losing his animals. As the delivery was made in Anacostia, the case will be tried here. When the ‘case was reported last year, the hides of the animals were found in a slaughter house. The prisoner will ke given a hearing as soon as the prosecuting witness can reach here. His brother, Frank Wells, has not yet been apprehended. —— Minister Ransom Denties. Capt. Arthur Barnes today received the following telegram from Minister Ransom in reply to a letter calling Mr. Ransom’s attention to a report that he had glyen out an interview criticising the conduct of Mexican officials in extradition matters be- tween Mexico and the United State: “WELDON, N. C. August 13—All a mistake. Not one word of truth in any statement refiecting on Mexico official (Signed) “M. W. RANSOM. DISTRICT EXHIBIT|4 NEW DISCOVERY BY THE Showing the Progress Made by the Colored Race. DESIGNED FOR ATLANTA EXFOSITION The Effective Work of the Com- mittee in This City. A CREDITABLE DISPLAY In the negro building of the cotton states and international exposition, to be held in Atlanta, the exhibit which will be sent by the colored commissioners of the District of Columbia promises to be one of the mort complete and elaborate of the entire negro exhibit. For the past five or six months the commissioners of this city who have charge of this feature of the expo- sition have been meking extraordinary efforts to secure all kinds of specimens of the genius and skill of the colored people to be found in the District. The city has been divided into districts and a commis sioner has made a house-to-house canv: for works of art and objects showing the skill and advancement of the colored neo- ple here since emancipation. The result is that an elaborate collection has been got- ten together and will in a short while be forwarded to Atlanta. The efforts of the members of the ccmimission have been sup- SHAKERS. For more than a hurdred years the Mount Lebanon Shakers have studied the cultivation of medicinal plants and sought to extract from them their healing essences. Their labor has not been spent in vain. They have made a discovery that Will prove a blessing to mankind. It consists of a cordial that causes immcdiate rellef in cases of indigestion. The tinportance of this discovery will be apparent when we realize that nearly nine- tenths of our suffering are caused by dyspepsia or indigestion. Nearly every person yoa meet has this disgestive trouble in some of its varied forms —sick headache, distress after eating, pain and fullness in the chest after eating, palpitation of the heart, &., are but symptoms of indisestion, To relieve these sufferings has been the study of the Shakers, and they have svcceeded. The recson the Shaker Digestive Cordial has such rm im- mediate and salutary effect is that it causes the food eaten to be digested, for it Is undizested food that causes the distress. The cordial causes the food to be digested before there Is time for it 10 ferment and sour on the stomach, When the food is so digested ic gives strength and vigor to the feeble bedy, makes one feel ght and cheerful, and makes one gain in flesh. ‘The Digestive Cordial $s so prompt in its action that the very first dose will have a perceptibly favorable result. It gives Immediate reli Every druggist has been sent a supply of our handsome Donkey Puzzle Books, and a cu y pay be had for the asking. It tells all about wW core dial as well as Laxoi, the new castor off. Try a 2-cent bottle of D al and see what it will do for you. FINANCIAL. —— plemented by an auxiliary committee of Jesse Lawson. women, of which Mrs. B. K. Bruce is the chairman. This committee of women have given a series of literary and other enter- tainments from time to time to secure funds for the board. Then, besides this, the women have been securing features for the exhibit. Paintings, etchings and em- broidery work are sore of the features of the women's collection, which is now on public exhibition in the building of the Colored Young Men’s Christian Association. The president of the board of commis- stoners is Professor Jesse Lawson, who has just forwarded to the managers of the exposition at Atlanta a completed list. of the articles which it is proposed to exhibit during the coming international show. The most elaborate section of the exhibit that will go from this city will be that of the work done by the pupils of the colored public schools. An interesting feature is the collection from the Industrial School. ‘The specimens of the works of the colored beys and girls of that school make a very creditable showing. Then, too, there are mples of thelr chirography and drawing. he teachers in all of the colored schools have taken great interest in the matter. The collections from the industrial and academical departments of Howard Uni- versity have been prepared by the profes- scrs of that institution, and it is intended tu show just what the institution is teach- ing the colored youths. The scieniffic and medical and chemical departments will also be represented. The art exhibit will also be very complete, and will be formed un- der the auspices of the Colored Artist Club, which was recently organized. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell is the chair- man of the commissioners’ committee of art and she and Mrs. Julia M. Layton have collected all the works of art among ihe colored people here that they thought worthy of being sent to Atlanta. At the exhibit In the Y. M. C. A. building the work is open to public criticism, and the most artistic of the collection will be sent to Atlanta. This committee have made a collection also of the musical and lterary’ production of their people. The auxiliary committee will, during the exposition, erect on the grounds at At- lanta what they have chosen to cali a “model home.” They will explain to the visitors how to keep house cheaply and upon a model plan. This exhtbit will pe conducted under the auspices of the com- mittee of dcmestic science, of which Mrs. Dr. Shippen is the chairman. Mrs. H. L. Bailey of this committee has prepared a cook book containing receipts which have been written by the different women of the auxiliary committee, and the book will also contain biographical sketches of the women of the auxiliary committee. The moral, religious and educational worth of the colored people of the District of Columbia will be portrayed by a variety of exhibits from all sources. st The present condition of the negro in this country will be represented by a piece of statuary, which will accompany the ex- hibit from here. It shows a man, strong physically, with chains on his hands, which he has brcken. His fetters are not off. It is the work of Mr. Davis of the Colored Artist Club. ee AT CAPON SPRINGS. Progressive Euchre and Straw Rides Rival Delights, Correspondence of The Evening Star. + CAPON SPRINGS, August 12, 1895. The guests here have been surfeited with attentions and pleasures the past week. A progressive cuchre party of seventeen ta- bles was given Tuesday morning on the lovely lawn, of which Mrs. C. U. Kennedy of Washington had the management. The lady’s first prize, a silver shoe horn, was taken by Miss Helen Wriggins, Philadel- phia; cecond, a Dresden handle penholder, by Miss Mamle Clark, Washington; third, a silver pin tray, by Miss Walsh, Philadel- phia; a silver hat brush, by Mr. Jame: Longstreet of Washington; second, a mu cilage bottle with silver top, by Mr. Frank S. Jones, Washington; the third, a silver satchel tag, by Mr. Macgovern, New York clty. Among the players were Mrs. W ville, Miss Mackall, Mrs. B. Misses Clagett, Mann, Williams, man, Willis, Lea, Beveridge, Mrs. P Malcolm, Dougherty, Brooke, Beve and others. Among the ‘men Messrs. Corfield, Chestnut, Angeny, Mal- colm, Waterman, Frazer, Gibbs, Mack all, Norton, Corprew (Norfolk Borden,- Dr. William Woods (’enns ard Capt. A. C. Macomb (U.S. A.). per part was given Monday by M: son. A sup- s John- Covers were laid for thirty-two, and tozsts being introduced one of the ladies quietly drew forth a slice of toast from he! pocket and caused much laughter and mi riment. The same evening a children hay ride party of thirty drove to Rock Enon, It was given under the chaperonage of Mrs. Wilton Snowden and Mrs. R. K. Waring of Baltimore. Sull another will be given rext week by Mr. Jno. Mann, jr., of New Orleans, and on Friday by the older set. 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