Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1896, Page 15

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During time of drilling each corps cf Chinese officers are to be trained in order to take over the command of the corps as soon as it leaves the hands of the European instructors. The viceroy hopes that, in this way, in the course of a few years all the officers will have accommodated themselves to Europe- -an methods, and that thus the laxity hith- erto reigning In the Chinese army will be put an end to. ee ge With the Detectives. om the Chicago Tribune. “Read me the statements of those who witnessed the murder,” sald the noted de- tective. “I may in that way strike upon a clue.” Slowly, and with excellent emphasis, they read to him the different statements. “Ha!” he said at the cbse. “A tall, slender man, in a coat and vest of some dark material. He bowed his head upon his hand. They saw that his mind must be beginning to work and looked on admiringly. “A coat and vest of some dark material.” Suddenly he leaped to his feet. “th itr" he cried. “Undoubtedly it was cloth.” TELL-TALE TRACKS eeoaee Presented at the Inqueat Over Sadie Buxton. EVIDENCE GIVEN AGAINST RANDCLPH Mr. Buxton Will eicet That He Was the Assailant. CASE TO BE FOUGHT Correspondence of The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 12, 1896. The first day of the inquest over little Sadie Buxton, who died last week at Gar- field Hospital from the wound inflicted upon her at her father’s house at Gaithers- burg early on the morning of May 25, de- veloped to a greater degree the circumstan- tial evidence by which it was expected to find Sidney Randolph responsible for the crime. There had been no direct evidence to connect him with the tragedy, and there were many contradictory points regarding his actual ‘whereabouts, which, when raised on his trial, would have created great doubt, at least, about his identity with the man seen in Gaithersburg the Saturday be- fore the assault. It became known here last night, however, that Mr. Buxton, who was in Rockville earlier in the evening, had told several persons that he had fully identified Randolph as his assailant, and would so testify befcre the inquest today. This, of course, will settle all questions about the coroner's jury finding a verdict holding Randolph responsible for Sadie Buxton’s death, and then the preparations will be made for a vigorous battle in the criminal court proper. Randolph’s Attorney Will Fight. Mr. Ashley M. Gould, who has been re- tained to defend Randolph, and who was present at the inquést yesterday, says he is well equipped with legal ammunition to be used in the fight. The many statemenis credited to Mr. Buxton, and to Mrs. Bux- ton as well, about the man who is claimed to have asaulted them will be utilized to weaken the positive statements Mr. Buxton is expected to make at this afternoon's session of the inquest, and the many seem- ing improbabilities that are claimed to have been introduced in the evidence al- ready given are expected to be given much consideration when the case comes to reg- ular trial. While nearly every one at Gaithersburg believes Randolph to be guilty, there is a portion of the population there with strong doubts about ft, and these doubts ere shared in by many lawyers in Montgomery, including the state’s attorney, as well as by the county officials who have been engaged on the case. The testimony given yesterday did net dissipate these doubts, either. There is a strong undercurrent of rumor and gos- sip which bears them up, in spite of the evidence that has been thrown on the su face of affairs. These rumors will pro! ably be utilized by the attorneys for the de- fense when the time comes in the fall for the trial to take place. No Lynching Now Fenred. There will be, too, a legal trial of the Prisoner or prisoners. Two weeks ago such a thing was regarded as entirely out of the question, ard it was supposed to be dangerous to allow Randolph and Neale to remain in the Rockville jail even one night. There is little of the feeling that was then manifest left now. After the testimony was all in at the inquest yesterday the chief question asked was, Why was not Clem Johnson taken in custody the morning of the murder? No one knew why, unless it was that @lem has a good reputation, and is generally liked. Still, Buxton told several different people that his assailant looked like Clem John- son. So does Randoiph, who very closely resembles Clem. The inquest will probably conclude this evening with a verdict holding Randoiph and Neale. An effort will be made to have the latter released from custody, but will probably be unsuccessful, as Preacher Lloyd’s testimony about Neale’s feet fi ting the tracks in the ploughed ground will be corroborated today by Deputy Sheriff Thompson. It is a singular and mysterious case, is this Buxton tragedy, and one may not be oversanguine to expect additional and greater sensations before it is finally settled. The Proceedings at the Inquest. The inquest over the little victim of the crime, Sadie A. Buxton, was begun in earnest today. The inquiry began last Sat- urday, but was adjourned as soon as or- ganization was effected by the selection of a jury, composed of Messrs. H. W. Gladhill, Upton Darby, John A. Belt, R. H. Miles, W. H. Coomes, Dr. I. G. Warfieid, H, B. Cramer, L. B. Hayes, R. B. Briggs, George V. Crouse, W. H. Tschiffely and R. Dorsey Trundle. The hour set for the proceedings to be gin was 2 o'clock, and long before that time a crowd had gathered in the vicinity of the opera house, as the town hall is called, where they were to be held. The question that was uppermost in the minds of the people was whether they would be admitted to the hearing or not. The an- neuncement had been made that the wit- nesses would be examined behind closed doors, and great was the popular objection thereto. When the jury repaired to the hall and the front doors remained shut there were many and emphatic expressions of discontent, and the throng pressed up in a solid mass against the entrance, cov- ering the porch, blocking the doors to the stores and post office beneath and over- flowing into the road. The Rush for Seats. It was announced that the jury was con- sidering the propriety of making the hear- ing a public one, and at last the doors to the hall were swung back and there was an excited scramble up the stairs. In two minutes every chair in the place was occu- pied and there was a deep fringe of inter- ested humanity in the rear and around the walls. On the stage and scattered in front ef the auditors were many of the repre- sentatives of the Montgomery county bar, fcr whom the mysterious case naturally possesses rare attractions. Among them were Mr. E. C. Peter, who will defend George Neale; Mr. Ashley M. Gould, who will appear for Sidney Randolph, and State’s Attorney Alexander Kilgore and Mr. H. Maurice Talbott, the latter being engaged by Mr. Buxton to assist “in the prosecution. A number of newspaper men kept close tab on the proceedings. A Picturesque Gathering. From the stage the audience presented a picture well worthy of study. The jury, all representative men in the county, occupied seats in a semi-circle facing ‘Squire Baugh- man, who acted in his capacity of coroner; Deputy Sheriff Horton Thompson and the witness chair, beside which Mr. Hunter Galt of Washington, the official reporter, dashed off his notes. Behind them was a mass of strained, eager faces, which be- tokened their possessors’ anxiety to hear every word. They were young and old, gray and grizzled, and fresh and smooth, but on all the expression was the same, and every head was bent forward with parted lips and ‘straining eyes. The windows were taken up as to their sills by spectators and over them drooped dead and disconsolate streamers of crows- foot, that remained as withered reminders of the Christmas frolic. The same doleful drapery hung from the chandelier, which held two smoky oil lamps, and swung from the ceiling in the center. In one corner was the library of the Waverley Literary Society, about 500 volumes—and all good books—whose leaves must have trembled at times with anguish at the manner in which some of the witnesses tortured the king's English. The witnesses were sworn upon a well-used Testament and every one of them kissed it with a resounding smack that denoted their earnestness. Dr. Etchison'’s Testimony. ‘The first witness called was Dr. Etchison, who gave, with the assistance of a drawing of her head, a description of the wound that caused Sadie’s death. As he told how he had found her, with her fair head crushed in, how he had picked up the murderous ax and found blood and the hair of the child on its blunt end, the hearers seemed to stop breathing. There was a deep sigh drawn in unison when he con- cluded, and a stern expression settled inj in such a funny way: Then he had such many eyes. David Virts, a young man living near the Buxton house, was next sworn. A few minutes after the alarm of murder was raised he had seen a large black man run out of the yard of the English house, which adjoins that of the Buxtons, and cross the road going in the direction of the school house. He could not identify the man, but the latter had on dark clothes and a siouch hat. Being recalled later on Mr. Virts said he called out, “Here he goes,” because he thought the man had committed the crime he knew from the cries he heard had been committed. The man was running very fast; indeed, wit- ness thought he could not have run faster. Thomas Phoebus testified that he reached the Buxton house a few minutes before 4 o'clock. Mrs. Buxton was crying murder, and ran over to witness’ house. Looked Like Clem Jotnson. When he got to Buxtons he went up- stairs and found Sadie lying in the bed with her head crushed. The ax, covered with blood and hair, was lying at the foot of the bed. No one but the Buxton family was there when he arrived. “Buxton said when I asked him who did it that it was somebody who looked like Clem Johnson.” Witness saw no one leaving the house or near it. He examined the premises after- ward and found that entrance had been made through a front window, wich had been reached by a small home-made sled tilted up against the house under it. There was not much daylight when he reached the scone. Joseph Phoebus, a brother of the preced- ing witness, corroborated his testimony. He found Buxton standing at the back door with the blood running down his face. “Buxton said: ‘Somebody's been murder- ing us all.’ “Who did it? I asked.” “I don’t know, but it was a tall black man, who looked like Clem Johnson,” said Buxton. Witness had seen no strangers in the vi- cinity the night before. He lived about 150 yards from Buxton. Vernon Watkins identified the ax found in the Buxton house, with blood on it, as one belonging to him. It was last used by him on the Sunday evening preceding the murder, and was left in his back yard, twenty-five or thirty feet from the public road. Prencher Lloyd and the Tracks. Squire Baughman called “Rev. L. L. Lloyd,” and there was the first bustle of the hearing when a heavy-set, squarely- built man, below the medium height, and looking more like a country merchant than a m‘nister, came forward to be sworn. He was Preacher Lloyd, and he gave his testi- mony with clear and distinct enunciation and much deliberation and detail. He said he was awakened on the morning of the murder by Dr. Etchison and Wesley English, who told him that an assault had been committed on the Buxton family, and that the man who did it was in the woods by his (Lioyd’s) house. He dressed and went at once into the woods and proceeded to make a systematic search of them. He went up and down, across them twice, and on the third trip found a track of a man. He followed this track until he found where it intersected another. He followed both tracks, which became parallel, until they reached a piece of ploughed ground. In the middle of the ploughed ground he discovered a place where one of the men making the tracks had sat down and taken off his shoes. The tracks then ran parallel as before, until the railroad was reached. A pin could have been heard to drop at this point of his testimony, and the same dense silence was preserved as he con- tinued, there only being a movement of anxiety now and then as the witness in- auired if he should proceed further. A Talk With Buxton. He left the tracks at the railroad and went to the Buxton house. “I asked Buxton only one question: ‘Can you identify your assailant?” “Buxton replied: ‘He was a tall, heavy-set black negro. I do not know whether I could identify him or_not.’” Continuing, Preacher Lloyd said he re- newed his pursuit of the tracks after they crossed the railroad, and through a grass field. He only saw the bare-foot track again, and that was where the man had jumped a fence between two fields and left the impress of one foot on the soft earth beyond it. He followed the other track, and it went directly to the house where George Neale lived. He found four men there, who wanted to arrest Neale at once, but he said they should wait for an officer. “I then went back to Buxton's house and asked him three questions: I said: Do you know Gecrge Neale?’ Yes.’ ‘I have followed Neale’s house. certain tracks to Was Neale your assailant?’ sald Buxton; ‘it was not Neale. ‘Then he paused for a moment and said: ‘It was not Clem Johnson either, although it recalled him very much.’ * The Capture of Randolph. Preacher Lloyd said he then telephoned Horton Thompson, but could not raise him, and he went back to Neale’s house, where he met Mr. Adams. He took up the direc- tion in which the other tracks had gone, and he scon heard a great deal of yelling and shouting and a number of shots. Adams said it was in the swamp, and the men making the nofse were coming their way. The sounds receded however, and he followed them. At the edge of the Owen field he saw a crowd of men, among whom were Will Garrett and Fred Ward. Garrett had a colored man tied with a rope half as big as his wrist, with a halter on the end of it, and was making all sorts of threats. He quelled the disturbance, and the man, who was Randolph, was taken to Gaithersburg. Continuing, witness said Deputy Sheriff Horton Thompson and Wilson Stonestreet placed George Neale’s bare foot in the bare foot track in the ploughed field, and it fit- ted perfectly. He said he then went to Hunting Hill for the purpose of demon- strating that Garrett and Ward had cap- tured the wrong man, and going back on Randolph's tracks followed them to Fultz’s hay barracks, within 250 yards of Neale’s house. The examination of Preacher Lloyd was largely conducted by Juror Belt, who did the same thing with the others, no questions being asked by the prosecuting attorneys, although Mr. Kilgore coached Mr. Belt. One Who Chased the Prisoner. John W. Garrett, ore of the captors of Randolph, testified to being notified by telephone that a man answering the de- seription of the Buxtons’ assailant was in the neighborhood, and to going out with his cousin, Frank Ward, in search of him. Randolph was overtaken on the road near Ward's place. Witness rode alongside of him and asked him where he was from. The man replied from Georgetown. He asked him where he had spent the night, and he said in a barn. The man was still walking rapidly, but when Ward said they wanted him and would take him to Gaith- ersburg the man broke into a run, and, leaving the road, jumped the fence and took to the field. Witness shot at him three times, jumping from his horse and pursuing him on foot. Ward ran around on his horse and rode up on Randolph, 300 yards away in a field, and jumped on him and shoved his pistol in his face. ‘The man sald, when asked why he ran, that he thought they were after him to ficg him for sleeping in the barn. He sald he had ‘slept in a red barn. There was a barn in the vicinity with a red roof. Ran- dolph asked what he was arrested for, and Werd said, “Never mind.” Randolph didn’t appear to ‘be nervous, and did not say “I am an innocent man” in the hearing of witness. Opera Warfield a Willing Witness. Frank Ward gave corrozorative testi- mony, and then Opera Warfield was call- ed. A lively looking colored girl, in a red shirt waist striped with white, a black skirt, a black leather belt, with a silver buckle, and a brown straw sailor hat, took the oath with a snap, and faced the jury. She was voluble from the start, and Op- era Bouffe would have been an’ excellent nickname for her. She swore she was coming down the rail- road track about 5 o'clock on the morning of the assault, and, seeing smoke in the woods, became frightened. She stopped, and looking back saw Mahala Mockabce coming down the railroad, so she waited for him. “As we come along below Mr. Mimins' place, right there at Davis’ woods, they was an awful nolse in the woods, and thon a great big black man come out. He was an awful-lookin’ man, an’ I kep’ watchin’ an’ watchin’ him.” “How was he dressed?” “He had on a black slouch hat an’ coat an’ shoes."" “When did you see him again “I seen him ag’in that mornin’ in Squire Baughman's office." “How did you identify him?” “I saw his shoes. They was twisted over sneakin’ look. Ob, I couldn’t be mistaken.” “Did he haveTady whiskers?’ “I didn’t hotice-that.” More P: ive Statements. Opera said HY coat had disappeared when she saw-bim,the second time, but she was sure it wi » because he had passed within twenty-five feet of her. He acted as though Something was after him, and was going fast. “I thought the man had lest his mind,” she ejaculated, with much animation. Continuing, she,gaid she went on to her sister's, and there,was first informed of the murder, and then, said she was sure she had met the man,who had “done” it. When the nam@,of Erasmus West was called there was no answer, and one of the auditors created @ titter by volunteering the informatio# that Erasmus had said that he didn’t Havé time to go to court, as he had a family to support. Identifying Randolph. The testimony as to the identity of Ran- dolph with a man who had been seen act- ing In a suspicious manner around Gal- thersburg and vicinity on the Saturday and Sunday preceding the murder ~was con- tinued. Willzm Gardner, a patriarchal-looking gentlemen, with huge neck beard, a clean upper lip and eyeglasses, swore he saw Randolph leaning over bis fence Sunday evening about 6 o'clock. He marked him as a suspicious character, and noticed him particularly because he looked something like Clem Johnson. He had seen Randolph at the jail in Rockville. The whiskers he Wore on the first Occasion had been shaved o James Lawson swore he saw Randolph at the town pump in Gaithersburg Satur- day night, May 23. Noticed him because he was a bard-looking man, and remarked to a friend that if Ford hadn’t been locked up in Washington he would have thought {t was him. The man had on old shoes, and resembled Clem Johnson in height, size and color. David Carlisle, a Gaithersburg store- keeper, swore Randolph was in his store Saturday night, May 23, and wanted to buy a handkerchief. James English, the Buxtons’ next- dcor neighbor, corroborated Preacher Lioyd’s testimony about finding tue tracks. He had also previously visited the Buxton house. He said Buxton was sitting at the tcp of the steps, with one hand holding a tag to his head, and the other holding a pistol. “Somebody’s murdered all of us,” said Buxton. “If this gun had gone off I'd have got tim.” Buxton told witress the next*day that the man who assaulted him had a slight beard, and did not have on any hat or shoes, but he could not tell whether he had on a coat or not. Isaac Frazier, colored, corroborated the story of James Lawson about secing Ran- dolph neas the pump In Gaithersburg, and George Selby gave similar testimony. John Handy, who resides near the town of Der- wood, two miles south of Gaithersburg, on the Baltimore cnd Ohio railroad, testi- fied to seeing Randolph coming up the tracks and going toward Gaithersburg be- tween 6 and 7 o'clock on the night before the tragedy. With this witness the in- Guest was adjourned until 2 o'clock today. ee THE CRUEL COMANCHES. An Instance of Fiendishness in the Torture of a Prisoner. From the Popular Selence News. Col. R. I. Dodge was for many years en- gaged in operations cgainst the hostile tribes of the plains. He had abundant op- portunity to study Indiin manners, espe- clally those relating to war. In ils book he speaks of many acts of ingenious crvelty practiced by the Apaches, Sioux and Co- manches, showing to what depths of degra- dation savages may fall. “Of all the hgrrible stories which I have heard of Indian cruelty, one told me by old Espinosa (his guide) {s the mos: vivid in its ghastiy horror. “When he was about twenty-four years old a party of Comanches from the same camp ‘In which‘he fived, while on a raid in Mexico, attackéd a large ranch. * * Taking with them as prisoner the one man who had signalized “himself; in the defense of the ranch, the Indians departed for thelr own country. On,-the, log. march the prisoner, though closely watcfied and guarded by day and securely bound at night, was treated with extreme ‘iiess. They compliment- ed his comes ih the highest terms, told him they “fnténded’, ‘taking him to ‘their camp, addpting him,,into their tribe aud making a great chief of him. ‘The trail fol- lowed, after leaving the head of the Nueces river, across the southera end of the high tableland Known to the whites as ‘Staked Plains.” At a water hole on this tableland the party halted for several days. Telling the prisoner thev wanted it for some re- ligious ceremony, they set him to digging @ hole in the ground. Working with knife and hands, he, in a day or two, completed @ p:t about three feet in diameter and over five feet deep. Early the next morning a Tope was tled about the ankles of the cap- tive, and wound spirally round his legs and body to the neck, binding his arms tghtly to his sides. Rigid and immovable, the man was then planted uprignt like a post in the hole, the dirt filled in wnd tightly tammed down around him. When all was completed nothing but his head was visl- ble. They then scalped his head, cut off his Ups, eyelids, taunted and left him. “On their arrival at camp the party de- scribed in detail their punisament of the Mexican, and in all the tribe it was regard- ed as an exquisite piece of pleasantry. The man would live, they said, eight days, re- vived at night by the cold of the high plains, to be driven mad the next day by the hot sun beating on his scalped head and defenseless eyeballs, etc.” That human beings can practice such cruelty seems incredible. ae seen A FEAT OF PENMANSHIP. More Than 7,000 Words Postal Card. From the San Francisco Bulletin. Walter D. Wellman, a boukkeeper in the employ of Anspacher Bros., the commis- sion merchants, has performed the re- markable feat of writing in long hand 7,968 words on an ordinary postal card. About two months ago M. C. F.Grincourt, a Frenchman, succeeded in writing 5,454 words in French on a postal card. Mr. Grincourt’s feat made a great sensation, and his postal card was for a long time on exhibition at the Examiner office. An ac- count given in the columns of the Ex- aminer represented this as the finest and closest writing ever accomplished. But Mr. Wellman has far excelled the Frenchman, not only in the number of words he has succeeded in getting upon the postal card, but in the length of the words he used also. M. Grincourt copied @ portion of one of Victor Hugo's novels, in which the words were notoriously short. Mr. Wellman copied eight columns of the Bulletin, selected from three distinct arti- cles, so that he could not be accused of copying from one writer whose vocabulary consisted ohiefly of short words. There were 110 lines on M. Grincourt’s postal card, and 154 oh My. Weillman’s. Mr. Wellman. alio asserts that he had plenty of room to,pare and could easily have gotten in:6,500 words. He worked on {t for fifteen days, at odd moments, when he could escape ftom his business duties. He says he could have accomplished it in six hours of steady. work. He wrote It at the pace of Aifty words minute, while his pace in writing thé ordinary size is from thirty-five to forty a minute. The postal can easily be read with a glass, and a person with a good eye can read it without the help of a glass. A fel- low-clerk of Mf. Wellman easily read the postal with his naked eye, but begged off from all postals bethg written in this fash- jon. The 7,068 words are written with an ordinary steelpen-4n violet ink. The ink is a mere matter of chance, and has noth- ing to do with ‘the fineness of the work. Mr. Wellman has never done any work of this kind before. His only practice was in writing the Lord’s Prayer. Without the slightest difficulty he accomplished the feat of writing these seventy-two words in a space no larger than a gold quarter of a dollar. The writer of this curiosity is a young American, twenty-eight years old. He Is near-sighted and wears glasses, but his eyes must be very strong, as he has suf- fered no pain nor inconvenience whatever from this close werk. In fact, his near- sightedness may help him a little, as near- sigkted people usually see things at a close range much better than people of ordinary sight. on One so ee It is rumored in Raleigh, N. C., that Judge Russell, the republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, is to withdraw in favor of W. A. Guthrie, populist. SUBURBAN NEWS BROOKLAND. Miss Laura Atchison of Richmond, Va., is spend- ing some time with Mrs. Wm. Jones of the Na- tional cemetery, Woodburn. Mrs. Fred. Holton’s new boase on Providence street i3 pearing completion. Many of the students of the Catholic University will soon be leaving for their respective homes, as it is drawing near the close of the term. Rehearsals are now in progress for the cantata, “The Jolly Picnic Party,” which will be giver s00n by the Brookland school. Mr. C. K. Finckel, the principal, is much pleased with the work of the children, and anticipates a good performance. ‘The brick ‘walk is it on the Bunker HII road from the Catholic University gate to the Baltimore and Ohio station. A better sidewalk in that part of Brookland has long been needed,4nd the present pavement will greatly improve that vicinity. At the recent meeting of the Woodburn Citizens’ Aveoclation many matters of interest to the people of that suburb were discussed. Prominent among these were the grading of the ground around the hew school building, and the question of changing the neme of Stott's station to that of Woodbusn. ‘The citixens stated that there seemed to be a Prevalence among suburban settlements for the station to have on2 mime and the burg another, which often causes ccnfusion. The question of the furnishings of the school house was also dis- cussed. ‘There was a large attendance at the concert given last night at Shéidan'’s Hall, Soldiers’ Home, for the benefit of St. Anthony's Catholic Chury of Brookland. ‘The work of Mrs. Haywood in the Scene from “Taming of the Shrew"? was particu- larly fine. Mr. Barrow, Mr. Duncan ©, Haywood and Lactile Ergood, in’ “Her First. Appearance, did excellent work. Mr. Barrow furnished reci- tations, rs did Mr. Goldwin Patten, who also took the part of Petruchio in “Taming of the Shrew.” Among tbe other numbers of the program were selections by th» Soldiers’ Home Band, recitations by Mr. M. T. Holloran, Mins Heleg Murray and Col, Joyce; vozal solos by Miss Mary Page, Mise Ettle Noah, Miss Kate Holloran and Miss Wri; and a fancy dance by Miss Kdith Montgomery. All the numbers were heartily applauded and en- cores were numerous. The accompantsts of ibe evening were Miss Eutly Howlett and Miss Brown, The whole affair proved quite a success, aad it is robable a gocdly sum wax realized. Mins Emily Hiowiett received a handsome bomquet of flowers a3 @ token of appreciation of ber excellent work for the concert. ~~ FALLS CHURCH. R. W. Moore, attorney for the corporation, has, by request of the council, rendered an opinion on the question as to whether the council is author- ized, under the special election hold May 28, to is- sue bonds for $10,000 in ald of an electric ratiroad. Mr. Moore 1s of opinion that the council is not #0 authorized, from the fact that a yote must first be taken under the general law to determine the question as to whether the towa will subseribe to a raflroad, and then an clection must be held under the charter of the town on the question of creating a debt to pay the subscription, if voted, and this he suggests requires -an affirmative vote of two- thirds of the resident freeholders, the election be- ing held after due official notice, and requested on petition of one-fourth of the 'freeholders. ‘The it is thought, will take no further action atte. Fairfax ‘onversatioual Clu met at the of Prof. W. W. Kinsley day night. subject’ of the evening was itualism, was presented in a paper by Mr. H. A. ‘Beach, and wus discussed in a sptrited manner by most of those present. Those in attendance were Mr. and Mrs. J. 1. Davenport, Mr. and Mrs, Harry Evans, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. “Beach, Mrs, A. P. Bastuua W. White, Mrs.’ Maggie Brown, Misses Margret Nourse, Sue N. Killa Crossman, Gertrude Nourse, Mary Dave Messrs. A. E. Rowell, Prof. . Evans, Carl Kinsley, Licat. Barry, Ma E. Alvord and W. W. Kivsley, jr. Prof. Carl Kinsley of St. Louis, Mo., 1s home on his summer vacation, The degree of bache pr of law in the Columbian Uaiversity of Washington was conferred Tuvsday night on Mr. Charles W. Flagg of this town. - Mr. W. Parker and Mr. Arthur £. Ellison bas built quite an addition to use at West End. Mrs. E.R. Merry returned Wednesday extemled visit to relatives and friends in Amenia, N.Y. A telephone lne bas been constructed from here to Dunn Loring. Miss Christine Quick of Farmwell, Va., is Ing her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. 3. V.’ Quick, Miss Ida J. Quick, who has been visiting her brother, Mr. Van Quick, at Farmwell, for the past ten days, returned home Wednesday. ‘The Ladies’ Ald Soclety of the Baptist Church met at the residence of Mra. E. D. Berry _yeste day afternoon. Those present were Mrs. Thomas Hillier, Mrs. E. J. Galpin, Mrs. J. V. Quick, Mrs, E. J. Northrup, Mrs. Hild, Mra. B.D. Berr Misses Bessie Ryan, Jennle Higgins, Ida J. Quic Smith Uyan, Bessle Re- freshments were served. Miss Mary McCulloch of Point Pleasant, W. Va., who has been spending several weeks’ with Miss Nellie Hawxburst, returned to her home Sesterday. Miss Hawxhurst accompanied her home und will remain for a few weeks. Among those who graduated In medicine at the wlon, Christine Quick, National University of Washington last night was Mr. E. W. Watkins of this town. Mr. Merle N. Poe, who has been visiting Mr. Fy torebeck, has returned to bis home in’ Findia; Ohio, A largely attended meeting of Falls Church Lodge of Odd Fellows was held last night. All. ar- rangements were made for the decorating of the graves of the deceased members of the lodge, takes place next Sunday at 4 p.m. sses were made by Mr. John Sherier o! n, W. H. Veitch, noble grand, Thoma: ad others. poe Hillier 7 TAKOMA PARK. ‘Mrs. Alberta Williams Kempton of Fort Mende, Fla., and Mr. Robert S. Brown, a well-known rest- dent of Takoma, were married Wednesday last at the home of the bride's mother, on Chestnat avenue, the Rev. Mr. Jobnston of Trinity Episcopal Church officiating. ‘The wedding was a quiet one, none but members of the familles of the bride and groom being present. Mrs. Brown is a sister of the late Miss Tola Williams, who was so. popular in mu- sical ies. She will be a vaiuable addition to Takoma society. After a short southern trip Mrs, Brown will be at home, after the 15th instant, Mondays to her friends at ber Pretty residence on Chestnut avenue. —_—___ ROCKVILLE. Mr. Len. Buxton, one of the sufferers of the re- cent tragedy at Galthersburg, visited this place yesterday evening, and met with a cordial recep- tion by his many friends in the community, whore he has been well known for years. He is being entertaired at the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. John Kelton. He appears to be very weak and nervors, and plainly shows the terrible strain and suffering to which be has been subjected for over two wecks. During the evenltig he was called upon by many who sympathize with him in bis great aifiction. He went to Gaithersburg this morning ta appear before the coroner's Jury. ‘The Methodist Church at Poolesviile was Wednes- day the scene of a pretty wedding, the coutract- ing parties being Mr. Edward L. Garrett of Frir- fax cotnty, Virginia, 2nd Miss Lillian, daughter of Mr. Goreon Hyatt of Elmer, this county. At 3:30 p.m. the bridal party entered. the cburch ‘und Passed up the aisle, being preceded by Miss Annie fyatt, the Uttle sister of the bride, dressed in light blue organdie and bearing a basket of lovely bride'e roses. ‘They were met at the altar by Rev. W. H, Saunders, ty whom the ceremony was per- formed. ‘The bride was attired in white silk ‘and organdie, with white ribbons, and carried a bunch of Marechal Neil roves. ‘The groom was dressed in the vsual black. At the conclusion of the cere- and after receiving the congratulations of their numerous friends present, Mr. and Mrs. G ett left for thelr future home at Herndon, ¥ where they were afterward tendered a reception a! the home of the groom's parents. A meeting will be held at the residence of Mrs. John W, Warner, this place, next Monday evenlug, to consider plans for the relief of the Armenia sufferers. ‘The ladies of the town and vicinity have iy invited. Bready of Redland has purchased a farm near Lay Hill, formerly the property of the Mullican heirs, upon which he proposes to erect a substantial dwelling hotse at an early day. ‘The second of a series of sermons to young men was delivered by Rev. . Shelbourne at the Chris- tian Cturch Sunday night, a large and interested Mence being in attendance. The Baltimore and Ohio Raflroad Company has recently established an agency for freight, tlekets and baggage at Brown station on the Metropolitan branch, west of Gaithersburg. ‘The board of schcol commissioners held a meeting at thetr room in this place next Tuesdar, the 16th instant. Mr. Wm. has been ap- ted teacher of the public scnoed at Hyattstows In_place of Mr. James . Duvall, resigned. clerk of the circuit court has iskned mar tinge licenses to the following parties: Cleon I. Keiser ard Pinkle ©. Rhine; Wm. B. Burdette aud Lula B. Walker; George F. Barnes and Johennz E. Joy; Jacob I, Johnson and Beatrice B. Pope. "K' game of bail between a nine of the Canter- bury “Athletic Giub of Washington and. the Hock- ville team was played at the fair grounds on Wed- Resday afternoog, ‘resulting in’ s ‘victors for the visitors by @ score of 18 to 11. On Saturday afternoon ‘tho Rockville nine will play. the Port. lards of Washington on same grounds. In democratic circles the name of Mr. Charles A. Little of Washington county is men- tioned as a ble candidate for the cougres- sional nomination by that party. ‘The temperance demonstration at ithe fair Grounds, this plaice, Thursday, under the ausplees of District Lad 1. Good Templars, was quite 2 success, end was’ well attended. Tho meeting was presided over by Rev. OG. J. Burd ©. T. The exercises were opaned with Rev. T. G. Nevitt of the M. B. Church fine vocal music was furnished by the ch the leadarehlp of Prof. G; W. Walker, the soloists being Miss Mima R. Hobbs, Rev. E. W. Walker and Mr. J. G. Burdette. organist on the oc- cxsion was Mra. V. C. Burdette. The Brownings- ville Cornet Band also furnished fine muste durin the day. Eloquent addresses on the subject o per wore delivered by Rev. F. D. Power of Vermont Avenue Christian Church, Washington; Rev. J. A. Taylor of the M. E. Church Sonth, Rev, ED. Rayfield of the Baptist Church and Capt. z B. Hartsock. The Juvenile Templars were Freented by altss Funnie Auten in recitation 2nd a solo by Essie Crawford. The exercises closed with @ concert by the band in the evening, aaa LINDEN. Mr. and Mrs. Ohas. F. Randall and son, trom Boston, have returned home from a vis!t to her mother, Mrs. M. A. Keys. Dr. Geo. B. Corey and wife sre spending the summer with Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Thomson. ‘Mrs. Eastman and her daughters, from Washing: uth, an ir under = ———— le es ee ee. ton, lave moved into Mr. 8. P. Wright's house for the summer. Mr. and Mra. A. L. Pope have taken the Brock cottage. Judre Riddle and family ive tuken Mrs. Laney's house for the summer. Prof. M. H. Doolittle and family have moved into thelr pretty cottage, and Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Bauer, from Chicago University, are spending their summer vacation with them, The mew house of Miss Josephine Lawrence is nearly completed. The Irving ldterary and Social Club was delight- fally entertained Inst Friday evening ry Mr. and Mrs. Jullen Dowell, aboat thirty nictubers wing Prevent: | The progcam of the evening emsisted of a reading by Dr. G. 1. Wi Iplnne ectectlan, Mra. Benedict; song, Miss de Dowell: instru- mental solo, Miss Louise Dowell, and Journal by the editor, Maj. Lawrence. At a recent meeting of the Ladies’ Village Im- provement Society the following officers were clected: Meu. L.'s. Doalittle, president: Mra. 0. Fox, vice ‘ident; Mra. J. B. Thomson, sce~ fetnrys Dies Seseptine’ Lawrence, tecesnrer? ons: mittee on entertainment, Mrs. Garrett, Mrs. L. B. ‘Thomson, Miax Lizzie Keys, airs. La ue and Mrs, Sendder;’ on street lamps, “Mra, Clagett and Miss walks, Mrs. Doolittle nnd Mrs. La Bue. The ladies will give a series of cntertain- ments during the summer, the first to be held next Monday evening, the 15th. Gilbert Wallen, the famous clocutionist, will be assisted by lecal musi- val talent. Se PECULIAR STOKY OF HYPNOTISM. A Young Lady is Strangely Trans- formed. From the St. Paul Dispatch. About a month ago Miss Helen Beatrice Helwig came to Portland, Ore., from San Francisco on a visit to friends, purposing to remain the greater part of the summer, but she has returned to her Golden Gate home a much sadJer young woman than when she left it. In connection with this is a story that hardly seems credible, but De- tective W. H. Welsh vouches for its truth- fulness. Miss Helwig, curing the first fortnight of her visit here, was in the most cheerful frame of mind, making friends of all who met her. She was an accomplished musi- clan and conversationalist, and knew some- thing about almost everything. She had traveled in Europe several years, with am- ple means to see and study everythtaz, hence she talked well. Besides, her per- sonality was exceedingly attractive, which added much to her fascinating intellectu- But after Miss Welwizg Lad | here two weeks a decided and unaccount- aDle change came over her. She seemed to have an aversion to the society of her own sex: what was worse, her friends were greatly shocked in observing the boldness with which she court 1 nearly cll the male visitors to the house in which she was a guest. It is stated upon the best of au- thcrity that Miss Heav:g went so far as to make proposals of ma: 2 to rix gentle- men in one evenins. This was not done in a spirit of jest, but in the deades: kind of earnest. About this time several well-known busi- ness men received warmiy iinpassioned let- ters signed “Helen Beat in which the writer declared her ungucachavle love in the most poetic prose for the a\dressed. Mest of the recipleats of these love-iaien missives are marrie 1 ; they laughed at end were prudent to repiy. objects of affect ist—innocently got hinus: ingly unpleasant dome: destroying “Helen's” letter xt once after reading it. It chaaced wnat nis wife in some manner got jiosses: stonately couched ralasiy of the letter were of a ch: n of the impas- ‘The contents 10 lead reasonable doubt, that « tween the writer and . The result was that the divorce talk indulged in in that household the succeeding twen- ty-four hours was thick enough to cut with a cheese knife. The innocent capitalist was In a pretty mess, from which he was unable to extri- cate himself. for a day or two. At last, though, he remembered that in her note “Helen Beatrice” solicited hizn to reply through the general delivery at the post office. ‘Then the idea suggested ftself to him that he take Chief of Police Minto into his confidence and thus attempt to estab- lish the identity of the person having brought him all this trouble. The chief put Detective Welsh on the job, and two days after he received that assignment he Saw a very fine appearing young worman step up to the general delivery window asking, “Anything for Miss Helen Beatrice, please?” The capitalist’s decoy letter was hunded her, and as she stepped from the federal building on to Morrison street, she was joined by a young man named Frank Zoe Robbins, living on the East Side. To De- tective Welsh Miss Helwig’s corresponi- ence appeared in the light of a blackmail- ing scheme, and on 5th and Morrison he politely invited the couple to accompany him to the office of the chief of police. “Never in my life did T see such a stag- gered pair,” said Detective Weish, “as this one when I told them that Chief Minto wanted them. * The young woman was stricken dumb, and Robbins did all 1 talking. He considered it an outrage that respectable people should in this way be picked up on the street and carried off to the police station. But he and the young woman went with me, all the same. “During the interview of the couple in Chief Minto’s office a disclosure wes made throwing the responsibility of ‘Helen Beatrice’s’ conduct, who really was Miss Helwig, upon Robbins. The latter is a member of the Portland Hypnotic Club, and also a friend of the family Miss Hei- wig was visiting. At her request, he one evening escorted her to a meeting of the club, where, after experimenting upon the girl about fifteen minutes, Robbins dis- covered her to be a very pliable subject. As a@ matter of amusement, and nothing more—but which was very cruel—Robbins exercised his influence over Miss Helwig, and in twenty-four hours he metamo: Phosed her from a dignified, intelligent young woman into a promiscuous ‘man courter.’ Chief Minto satisfying himself that this was the true status of this pecu- Mar case, ordered Robbins, under penalty of severe punishment, to release Miss Hel- wig from the influence of his hypnotic power. Robbins agreed to this, but it was two days thereafter before Miss Helwig Was restored to her normal frame of mind. When advised of what she did under the hypnotic influence, she grew hysterical with shame, and the following night re- turned to San Francisco, almost heart- broken. So much for Robbins’ idiotic fun, for which he can never atone.” In conclusion, Detective Walsh said that aiter the temporary detention in the chief's office of Miss Helwig and Robbins, the aggrieved capitalist and his suspecting wife Were invited to the subsequent interview of the hypnotist and his poor victim, and that resulted in a complete honeymoon-like sproncutalon in the family of the capital- st. ——_-e-. THH FIRST CARRIAGE IN MAINE. How m Minister Came to Buy It and Why He Sold It. From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal. The Rev. Francis Winter was a native of Boston, and a graduate of Harvard College. Be came to Bath early in 1767, and after preaching on probation for the Orthodox Church, was invited to settle, which invita- tion he accepted. He was ordained in the autumn of the same year. He came to Bath oa horseback, in company with Lemuel Standish. Mr. Winter came from Boston, where he had associated with such eminent men as Adams, Otis and Warren, himself Becoming an erdent patriot, taking the lead in the revolutionary measures adopted in Bath during that memorable period. Mr. Winter married Miss Abigail Alden in 1768, and it is through her that the Win- ters of toduy trace their ancestry back to the “Puritan maiden of Plymouth.” ‘Three years after the marriage of the Rev. Francis Winter and Abigail Alden, they started to visit a sister of Mrs. Winter lv- ing in Connecticut, and intended to ride all the way on horseback, but Mrs. Winter be- came so fatigued that Mr. Winter sold one of the horses for a carriage and harness. It was the first carriage thai ever came into Maine, and was called a chaise. Traveling was so difficult that two negrocs were em- ployed to accompany them with shovels and axes to clear the road. Several times the chaise had to be taken apart and iifted over fallen trees. The minister's eparish- foners thought that it was putting on too much style for their pastor to ride in a car- nage, and in consequence Mr. Winter sold it. This was in 1771. It was a two-wheeled chaise, the body resting on leather thorough braces, which were attached to wooden springs. oo Scorching Would Be Too Suggestive. From the Indianapolis Journal. Two anxious readers write to the Journal from the beautiful suburb of Philadelphia (ind.), asking if it would be all righ: to ride a bicycle to the funeral of a “distant connection by marriage, provided you keep behind the kurse.” Mal-aria-(Bad Air) Yes, it is bad air and you are liable to draw it into your 1 wherever you may be duri ng the summer. You can’t help doing this, but you can prevent the poisonous microbes of malaria from feeding on your system. How? By killing them with a pure stimulant, the best | and surest of which is Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. It is utterly impossible for the germs of malaria to live when they are combated by this great and only medicinal whiskey. This is positive, no matter what interested druggists or grocers may tell you. Secure only the genuine. A DELICIOUS BEVERAGE At all Soda Fountains 33 BOTTLES FOR HOME USE, 75 CENTS. SAM'L T. STOTT, 505 PA.’ AVE. N.W. Bo 21-th, fm, 16t “The “hottest day ” will soon be here. Better be making your HIRES Root- beer now. Made only by The Charles F. Hires Co. Philadelphia. 42S. package quakes 5 gallons, “Sold everywhere. = LOOKING FOR MISSING LOBSTERS, A Member of the Fish Commission From the San Francisco Call, Dr. Hugh M. Smith of the United States fish commission is on his way to Monterey and other parts of the coast to search for eastern lobsters that were brought here and distributed along the corst many years ago. All trace of these lobsiers has been lost, and Dr. Smith, as well as Capt. Brice, the new fish commissioner, wants to know the reason for it. In the ordinary course of thirgs, there should have been myriads of these fine lobsters here. They have been plented several times, but never a lobster has been observed. “It's a good deal of a mystery,” said Dr. Smith, who had just arrived from Wash- ington, “aad we want to find out what has become of them. Sometimes I think they are along the coast in plenty, but are too sly to get caught. The eastern lobster is very cunning, and it is ditficult to get him into a trap unless the trap is made just right. I have thought, maybe, the fisher- men did not understand these lobsters. This lobster is to the crustaceans what the fox is to the animal kingdom. He is exceeding- ly shrewd, and, in addition to having a trap that is just the thing, the fisherman must manipulate it without making any mistakes. “The government has made four or five attempts to these lobsters started, the last being in 189. We planted them in Monterey bay, off the coast of Mendocino county, and other places, as well as upen the coast of Washington. “The California lobster has no cla’ but the eastern lobster has a tremendou: claw, and there is more meat in it than in all the rest of his body. The average weight of the latter lobster is about two pounds, but there Was one captured some time ago that weighed twenty-three pounds. It was sim- Ply, a giant among the lobsters. "These lobsters would be a very valuable addition to the fish and crustacean suy ~4 of Callfcrnia. I am going down to Mon- terey, and will do my best to solve the prob- lem as to what has become of them.” Ere mIKC Creer What We Know About Mars. From the North American Review. We know that the years of Mars, almost twice as long as ours, are composed of 636 days, twenty-three hours, thirty minutes and forty-one seconds, and surely nothing need be more precise. We know also that the duration of a day and night, or, to speak more exactly, that of the diurnal ro- tation, is twenty-four hours, thirty-seven minutes, twenty-two seconds and sixty- five hundredths of a second. We know further that, since the inclination of its axis of rotation is twenty-four degrees fifty-two minutes, the seasons there are sensibly of the same intensity as upon our planet. Besides, with our own eyes we see the polar snows melt -during the summer and reappear in the winter. Furthermore, we know very exactly the geography of this neighboring globe, and in this respect there is hardly any more mys- tery for us than fn its calendar. We have otservations and detailed drawings of its continents, its seas, its streams, its islands, its capes, the mouths of its great rivers and its canals—there is not, one might say, a single point upon the surface of Mars which has not been the object of perpetual study on the part of various observers. Stull furu we know also the density of this globe a8 well as the intensity of gravi- ty upon its surface, and these are two dominating elements in ihe organization of its living residents. The whole globe of Mars, which has a diameter of about half that of the earth ( thousandths—6,728 kilometers, or 4,281 miles), weighs only 103 thousandths of our globe, or @25,584 quin- ullions of kilograms. The density of the wwaterlals which compose Mars is inferior to that of the substances which compose the earth, in the proportion of 711 to 1,000. If we compare this density with that of water, for example, we find that the mean density of the earth is five and a half times G50) greater than that of water, or, im other words, our globe weighs five and a half times as much as a globe of water of the same dimensions. But Mars weighs not quite four times @.91) as much as a globe of water of its dimensions. Its component substances are, then, less dense than ours. Once more, gravity there is much less powerful than upon the earth, in the pro- portion of 376 to 1,000; that is to say, that a mass of 1,000 pounds transported to Mars and there weighed by a spring balance would weigh only 376 pounds, 1d that a man weighing 160 pounds upon the earth would weigh only sixty pounds upon the surface of the neighboring globe. Here we have absolute data, demonstrated mathe- matically and indisputable—data with which imagination has nothing whatever to do. Chicago’ Fiom the Chicego Tribune. The trustees of the Newberry Library, acting upon the suggestion of Assistant Livrarian Rudolph, have decided to add a department devoted to military books, mag- azines and pamphlets. The suggestion came originally from an officer and member of the Grand Army of the Republic, who was bewailing the fact that no public mii- itary library existed in the United States. The officer served in the war, and ix his quest for an authority upon a tactical point visited tne Newberry Library. There he had the fact forced upon him that no works en military affairs or history were on the shelves. Mr. Rudolph saw the deficiency in such an institution as the Newberry claimed to be, with the result that the trustees have authorized the formation of a military department. It will be es com- plete as can be nade.