Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1897, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1897-24 PAGES. EXAMINING LUNATICS ——_->—_—_ The Local Process of Committing In- sane Persons. VARIOUS MODES OF PROCEDURE —— Juries, Writs and Then the Asylum. Petitions, PENNILE a THE To the credit of the District of Columbia it can @ that no one can be com- mitted to an Insane asylum here except by > process of law. That is, no one can -ommitied to such an institution in the of Columbia until after the unfor- has been judicially determined ane, or such unsoundne as to warrant such treatment. however, the afflicted person ts not the marine corps or rvice; for if he is, is under such government control ¥ as to only require commitment ylum through regular official chan- 1 provided, further, that the af- one is not one who, being cherged . was found, by the court before charged, to be an insane be Ds tr to m of ir army or navy. evenue marine then he ago it was pos- - the commitment of a sylum upon the certifi- 0 physicians to the effect that they believed the person to be insane. But IsS5, the Court in General he appellate tribunal of the led, In the case of in re Wm. Mackey. 48%, that certain ss, then supposed to govern id not repeal the old Ma tute, and fixed no rules for adju @ person to be insane. The court held the statements of the two phy did not mount to due proc of law in such an instance, court further held, means a regular ad. cation of the question of insanit petent tribunal after an inquir then, that decision having the course of procedure laid ‘ourt has been followed here n rever down by the That fs, outside of the excepted cases above referred to. An Insane Wife. There A to be another exception, that of an fmsanc wife. whose husband lives. In such a case it is clatmed that the husband can place his wife in an insane | asylum here without an inquiry, by judi- celal pros Of course, the husband has first to satisfy the superintendent of um that his wife is of such un- of mind t » should be re- asserted her em. The alleged right or husband in such a case is ed from the common law, claimed, a husband com- e In such a mat- it is also asserted, e the decision in are neverthe- as giving au- which mi used by unscrupi- who desired, for one reason or t their wives away, provided, thi the asyl al m au- dition of of the mat- nown member of at in his opinion habeas corpus behalf of a wife d asylum here, order he nd extend the decisfon in the So as to require first a judi- to and determination of the aken is the filing in District Supreme ion for the issuance t the je lun inquirendo, to mine the question of lition of ¢ alleged insane h a petition may be filed ya although not in the relation ptive heir; an executor eatee, by a trustee under a reditor, or by a tenant of an S real estate. Indeed, it is ne writ will issue upon the pe- ¥ person coming into court with nds and @ just purpose. The peti- forth all the circumstances in the sary to ful remises, and. when filed by private the court fs asked to appoint a for the person and estate of afflicted person, if found to be insane of ich cot ion of mind as to render or her incapable of self-care and busi- management. The Marshal's Jury. Upon the issuance of the writ the mar- shal summons a jury to inquire into the mental condition of the alleged lunatic. The jury must not be less in number than thir- teen, and not more than twenty-three men, of course, and citizens of the District. The practice and invariable rule of the marshal fs to summon thirteen jurors, as a verdict od if returned by tweive, and even if th juror dissents. "The marshal the inquiry, which Is public, witnesses summoned. But as ding is an ex parte one. it is not ed insane person it has been held notified of the the inquiry. But the quire the presence of the alleged nd he has the right to be Ss not been notified. and ngS personally or by what is more, he cannot # Statement in his own defense, can also place upo purpose of establ: t lat persons. committee th ness the stand witnesses ishing his sanity. the le is enjoyed by auiry, and when t it is transmtitte where it is confirmed a ve urt may be. If the sanity of the af- is confirmed, the on of the party filing 2, appoints what is mittee to care for the per- © of the lunatic. A committee $ of one or more it is to care both for estate of the unfor- court can, however, ap- the committee of the another as the S estate. The com- time, of course, to . and must make to as will satisfy the welfare and estate « properly looked uld the afflicted the court will, discharge the com- vered man his re him to be 5 per Lunatics, procedure where the petion- person, and where of property. The vases tri are and In such the petition - and it is, there- Commissione m them by relating to rs base their sentations made to them condition of the rtions and using © supposed lunati: i lunacy of F F h able Justice holding an Equity Court for said District: The petition of John W. Ross, George Truesdell and Charies F. Powell respectful- ly represents at they are the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and as such, by suc- ceesion to the late board of metropolitan police of the sald District, are vested with the powers and charged with the duties set forth and prescribed in and by chapter 13 of the Revised Statutes of the United States Telating to the District of Columbia, and mcre especially those set forth and pre- tertbed in and by sections numbered three hundred and thirty-four (34) and three of | inform the court j j the way to Boston. hundred and thirty-five G35) of said Re- vised Statutes. 2. That there now is, and for some time past has been, within the said District, one Richard Roe, who is alleged and represent- ed to the petitioners, and by them believed, to be a lunatic of homicidal and otherwise dangerous tendencies; that, as it is alleged, the said Richard Roe has been such lunatic for a long period of time, to wit: Since the year A. D. 1895; that the cause of lunacy of said Richard Foe, if, in fact, it exist, is un- known to the petitioners; but that if repre- sentations made to the petitioners be true the said Richard Roe is unfit to be at large, and if he be permitted to remain at liberty within the said District the rights of per- sons and of property therein will be greatly Jeoparded, the preservation of the public peace imperiled and the commission of crime rendered probable. The petitioners therefore pray that the writ de lunatico inquirendo may issue to inquire into and determine the question of lunacy of the said Richard Roe. A Writ Issued. The judge presiding in the Equity Court, being satisfied from a consideration of the petition, that the inquiry should be made, he directs the writ de lunatico inquirendo to issue, directing the marshal to empanel a jury, summon the necessary witnesses, and also formally serve the alleged lunatic. The inquiry is then conducted as in other lunacy proceedings. As in most of the cases filed by the District Commissioners the afflicted persons and their families are without means—indeed, they are so in about every case filed by them—the unfor- tunates, if found to be insane, are com- mitted to St. Elizabeth's Insane Asylum, the institution conducted here by the gen- era! government. ‘The form of the verdict in such cases is about as follows, supposing the lunatic to have a wife and children and no estate: “In the matter of the alleged lunacy of Richard Roe. “The undersigned jurors, summoned to ingutre in that behalf, and of which the above-mentioned Richard Roe had due no- tice, as appears by the return of the mar- shal of the United States for the District of Columbia, hereto attached, do find that the sald Richard Roe is a lunatic of un- sound mind, so that he has no capacity ufficient for the government of himself and his property; that he has been such a lunatic since, to wit: the Ist day of Jan- uary, A. D. 1896; that the character of his lunacy is dementia; that in his said condi- tion of lunacy he has alienated no lands or tenements; that no lands or tenements re- main to him, and that he has a wife and children, as follows, namely: Mary Roe, wife: John Roe, aged ten years, Jane Roe, aged eight years, children.” Very Few Contests. This form of verdict is not materially different from that rendered in other cases, differing only as the circumstances of the various cases differ, and, like that in what are known as private cases, must be con- firmed by the court. Seldom is there a con- test in lunacy cases, especially in those filed by the District Commissioners, the finding of the Jury generally being a fore- Zone conclusion. Hence, they are referred to by some about the city hall, where the inquiries are made, as “railroad cases, and because they occupy, as a general thing, but a very few minutes’ time. But the men composing the juries are selected by the marshal for the most part from ess men of prominence, now and then er reporter being selected as a and seldom is it that the jury Indeed, always given a chance to make a whenever it is possible for him to be present. Not every person alleged to be insane is so declared by the jury, for not infrequently the jury disregard the al- juryman, t does rot hear the alleged lunatic. he ts statement legations of insanity made against the un- fortunate person. In such instances they sometimes declare the person to be of ound mind, and in other instances simply that the party to be incapacitated ause of sickness, not reaching the de- gree of insanity, a term naturally repug- nant and harsh, and one always avoided by a jury wherever p le. No less than 11S lunacy cases were filed here last year, while in 1895 the number was 121. From the ‘Tribune A Si. Bernard dog, which lives near Bos- ten, proves a great comicrt to a widow to whom he does not belong. Dogs usually conti their care to their own households, but this one, recognizing the unprotected state of the widow, who lives alone, ex- tends his services to ker house. She is afraid of tramps who pass her house on The farmer who owns the dog, therefore, when he sees a suspi- © ous character coming vp the road, says to his dog: “Jack, go over to Mrs. H’s and sit on her piazza till the tramp gets by. Whereupon the dog runs over to Mrs. H's, pests himself at the door, and if the tramp comes up the walk steps forward and growls at him. As the dog is a big one and rather forbidding, thovgh he has never been known to bite any one, the tramp, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, re- members that it is getting late and that he hasn't any time to fool away along the road. When he fs well out of sight the dog returns home ‘The dog carries his gallantry to the same lady to such an extent that when she is visiting his master’s house of an evening, he always accompanies Fer home to the cor of her house. ee Not Full Yet. From the Westminster ette. The world is by no means full up yet. Queensland has still an area of 430,000,000 acres to a population of about 450,000 peo- ple. Its government has lately been offer- ing more tempting condittons to settlers, who msy now hold ordinary land for twenty years at a rental of three pence per acre, while “scrub land” may be selected in areas up to 10,0) acres and held for thirty years at an average rental per acre of very much less than a penny. This ought to be good news for many struggling for a bare living in the mother country. Of course the climatic conditions in many portions of the colony are trying, but so they are in western Australia, which at the nt time is adding } per week to its and the revenue of which has asing at a rate far outstripping ations of its treasurer. But this only temporary, and it may be that and will be the home of millions fellow countrymen after the golden age in the west of the colonial continent has passed away. Z Sacre Had to Give It Up. From the Chicago Post. ‘The weary wayfarer had asked for a dime and the indulgent stranger had been moved to heed his request. Then he had been further moved to endeavor to draw him out. “You seem to be in pretty tough luck,” he suggeste vard, yer just about size me up right,” returned the weary wayfarer. “If some- body wuz tryin’ to run a corner in hard luck an’ I unloaded on him it would bust the market. “Did you ever feel like taking to highway robbery when everything looked dismal and dark to you?” answered the weary wayfarer, “but I never done It.” “Why not? Did a still, small voice—* “Nit. My voice is ali right, but I ain’: not in this here town, anyhow. the start. I ain't neither a tall man nor a short man, an’ they’d never suspect me.” It some time before the indulgent stranger could make up his mind whether he was glad or sorry that he had given up a dime. +02 His Ancestor’s Initt A Scotch clergyman named Fraser claim- ed the title and estates of Lord Lovat. He tried, on the trial of the case, to establish his pedigree by producing an ancestral watch on which were engraved the letters “s. F.” The claimant alleged these letters were the initials of his ancestor, the no- torious Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, behead- ed in 1747 for supporting the young pre- tender. The letters engraved under the regulaior were shown to stand for “slow” and “fast,” and the case was laughed out of court. os The Retort Courteous. From the London Figaro. Mr. Elwell—“Isn’t it strange, but true, nevertheless, that the biggest fools always marry the prettiest girls?” Mrs. Elwell—“Oh, now go on, you flatter- IN. THE CHURCHES Much interest is being taken by the Washington members of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew in the preparations now be- ing made for the first international conven- tion of the order, to be held this year at Buffalo. The committee in charge has de- cided upon the dates as follows: Wednes- day, Thursday, Friday, Saturday agd Sun- day, October 13 to 17. All the services will be held in St. Pauls Church, while the business sessions are to take place in the Buffalo Music Hall. Among the well-known persons who will represent other countries are the Earl of Nesson, Lord Hugh Cecil, the Lord Bishop of Rochester, and Rev. Canon Gore. The delegation which went from Washington last year numbered about twenty-five, but the delegation to Buffalo is expected to be more than twice that number. Messrs. L. D. Lorentz and Allen Wood were recently ordained deacons of the Cen- tral Presbyterian Church, Rey. A. W. Pitzer, D, D., pastor, The Laura Pitzer Missionary Society of the church held a meeting Wednesday evening, at which sev- eral papers of interest were read. A number of the choirs of the local churches are already turning their atten- tion toward the Lenten season. Mr. M. J. Scanlon of the choir of Holy Trinity Cath- olic Church has in training about seventy toys, who will do most of the chanting. Several other Catholic churches are con- templating using vested choirs for minor services. Rev. Alexander M. Rich, late minister In charge of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, left Washington this week, but re- turns in time to conduct his first com- munion at the service at Trinity tomorrow. Mr. Rich leaves for his new charge next week. The Sundays which intervene before the new rector, Rev. Richard P. Williams, arrives are to be in charge of various min- isters. The ladies of the Dorcas Society and of the congregation have presented Mr. Rich with a “Vade Mecum.” The Central Union Mission authorities are arranging to have the various police stations of the city visited each Sabbath. Six of the nine are already being visited, ard the rest will soon be. The visitors, who are ladies, read the Bible and pray with the prisoners, distribute literature and at- tend to little errands for them. This is the first time in Washington that the prison- ers who are compelied to remain in the stations over Sunday have been looked af- er so thoroughly, though the sixth pre- cinct has been attended to in this manner for some months by Trinity Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. At the fourth quarterly conference of Fletcher Methodist Church, recently held, a resolution was passed unanimously re- questing the return of the presiding elder, Rev. Dr. Luther B. Wilson, and of the pas- tor of the church, Rev. Charles O. Cook. Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: District steward, M. Birckhead; recording steward, James Allen; stewards, Henry Croggon, William M. Chase, John T. Lacey, M. E. Fowler, D. Buchanan, James Allen, M. Birckhead, Mrs. M. C. Moore, Mrs. A. V. Allen and Mrs. E. Allpress; trustees, M. Birckhead, Henry Croggon, John Yost, Charles Collison,.William Daw- son. A series of Sunday evening discourses on practical topics, under the leading head of “Phases of Our City Life,” has just been closed by Rev. W. G. Cassard, pastor of the Twelfth Street M. KE. Church. The tcpic last Sunday evening was “Fixing Re- sponsibilit Last week the father of Rev. Father Fut- terer, acting pastor of St. Mary, Mother of Ged, Church, died at his home in Mattoon, lll. Father Futterer was present at his father’s bedside. The parish, in the ab- sence of the pastor been in charge of Rey. H. C. Nagengast. The annual meeting of the Methodist Union of the District of Columbia is to take place the last Monday In this month at Wesley Church. The union is now mak- ing an effort to pay off a fourtn of debt, amounting to five hundred dollars, and has nearly accomplished it. it is con- tempiated holding a bazaar some time in April, with which to raise the rest of the The loc » Brothe: St. Andre e of Wa has arranged for a meeting to tal at the Pro-Cathedral Church of St. Monday, March 1. This is to be ent and will be conducted Bishop Satterice consist of prayer, meditation talks, 1s to begin at 5 0 noon, and with an intermission for lunch, which will be furnished by the ladies cf the Pro-Cathedral, will last until about 9. ‘These “quiet days” were originated by the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, and row form a prominent feature of all conventions of the order. At the last convention of the American Baptist Home Missionary Society a com- mittee was appointed to prepare estimates on the work to be done during the coming year, which report is to be submitted to the coming convention of the orgynization in May. This committee met last ‘Thursday afternoon at Columbian University, and prepared the report. The committee con- sists of seven members from various parts of the Union, those from this city being Rev. Drs. Samuel H. Greene and B. L. Whitman. The committee considered the proposed removal of Wayland Seminary. The officers of Trinity German Lutheran Church have requested the president of the Missouri synod, to which organization the chureh belongs, to furnish them with the names of several ministers who would be suitable as successors to the pastor of the church, Rev. George Koenig, who re- cently died in Brooklyn. At the morning service Sunday, the 1th, there ts to be a memorial service in memory of the late pas- tor, which ts to be conducted by the Rev. Mr. Kuhne of Baltimore, wno inducted Mr. Koenig into office. ‘The young men of St. Thomas’ and St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal churches are uniting in organizing a Bible clas-, which ts to be taught by the assistant rec: tor of the former church, Rev. W. G. Ware. ‘Phe cla:s is to meet for the first time next Tuesday evening at St. Thomas’. A number of the local Methodist pastors attended the Methodist bazaar which closed last week in Baltimore. From the bazaar about $10,000 was realized, and it is now proposed to have something similar in this city. Rev. J. H. M. rhood of hington, 2 place Mark ad a by will The meeting, which and mon, formerly pastor of Gorsuch M. E. Church, and now attached to Metropolitan Church, has been quite sick for some days past. He is somewhat im- proved this week. ‘The lyceum connected with the Sunday schocl of th> Second Baptist Church, Rev. W. Bishop Johnson, recently elected the following officers to serve during the ensu- ing year: President, Prof. Jesse Lawson; first vice president, William T. Casey; sec- ord vice president, W. C. Martin; secretary, Miss Hattie Drew; assistant secretary, Miss Almira Crutchfield, and treasurer, Miss M. Broadus. The education] board of the national Bap- tist convention (colored) is to meet in this city the Sth of next month at the Second Baptist Church. Among those who will represent Washington will be Rev. Drs. J. Anderson Taylor, Walter Brooks, W. Bish- op Johnson, George W. Lee, W. A. Creditt, ard Revs. Champ, Howard, Johnson, War- ing and Loving. Class No. 1 of the Sunday school of the Church of the Reformaticn gave a concert on Wednesday evening for the benefit of the church debt fund. It was under the auspices of the Mendelssohn Club, and among those who took part were Messrs. Btopsack, pianist: Bredekamp, violinist; Stone, flutist, and Phillips, ‘cellist, and Miss Margaret Storm, soprano; Mrs. D. Olin Leech, contralto; F. M. Burk, tenor, and Gilbert A. Clark, basso. The Sunday school of the Metropolitan Baptist Church has selected the following as Its officers fur the ensuing year: Super- irtendent, G. E. Sharp; first assistant su- perintendent, Benjamin Vail; second assist- ant, Mrs. Granville S. Wiliams; third as- sistant, 8. H. Bogeley; secretary, Jesse Mies; assistant secretary, J. Clarence Hat- ten; treasurer, U. S, Hanks; librarian, Ste- phen Hamilten; assistant superintendent, Miss Besste Hamilton; chorister, James Brooks, and planist. Miss Belle | Brooks. Last evening the congregation tendered its friends a_reception. Bishop Hurst ts now holding conferences of the Methodist Church through the south- ern states. This week he sent in $600 as a subscription from one of the conferences to the American University. The Brotherhood of St. Andrew has de- eided to hold noonday services for men during the Lenten season. A committee, headed by the Rev. W. G. Ware, is making arrangements. The services will be held at Epiphany Church and the speakers are to be selected by Dr. McKim. The Methodist Ministers’ Association again took up the question of amusements at its meeting Monday. Rev. Dr. Foster of the Troy, N. Y., conference was present and delivered an interesting address on the subject. Ancther person who addressed the meeting was Mrs. Margaret D. Ellis of the District W. C.T. U. Mrs, Ellis se- cured the adoption by the meeting of a resolutton protesting against the sale of liquor at the Capitol The Church” Almanat of-the Protestant Episcopal Ct urch, w: is just out, states that Epiphany Church’ of this city stands fourth in the list of "thi ‘wo churches having more than a fhouw8and communi- cants, Epiphany having 2088 members. ‘The three others aheatf-of the Washington church are Trinity, Grace and Calvary Churches, New York‘#ity’ The member- ship of Trinity Church.Is now probably the largest of any church in the United States, being 7,160. ’ u 5 Twelve years ago lastiSunday night week the Central Union. Miagion. held its first meeting in the little rgom at 909 Pennsyl- vanla avenue. Of the,.old board of di- rectors, as composed at the organization, Mr. George W. Wheeler js the only one re- maining in that capacity. The lith street branch of the mission has started a Bible class, to be taught by Mr. Thomas Car- penter. Cardinal Gibbons is to confirm a class the last Sabbath in this month at St. Teresa’s Church. The pastor of the church, Rev. M. P. Sullivan, 1s preparing the candidates. Tuesday evening an,eXtravaganza was given under the auspices of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, for the benefit of ¢he Poor of the vicinity of the church. The Presbyterian Branch of the Brother- hood of St. Andrew and Philip met in con- vention the latter part of last week at Newark, N. J. Washington Presbyterians were represented by Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis and Messrs. Fred. J. Whicehead and John W. Matson of the Brotherhood Chap- ter of the Western Presbyterian Church. Rev. Mr. Ennis delivered an address on Saturday morning at the convention. The King's Daughters of tie Sixth Pres- byterian Church gave a “bundle social” Wednesday. By this means a large amount of clothing was collected for the benefit of the poor in Southwest Washington. The local members of the King's Daugh- ters are to have an important meeting Monday evening at the Church of the Covenant. At this meeting the question of a clause in the constitution, which some of the members do not think is distinctive enough of the Christian faith, is to be dis- cussed. As the constitution of the order now stands some of the societies, especially those of the Episcopal Church, do not feel that they can conscientiously retain their membership. The bishop of Washington, Dr. Satterlee, has expressed his disapproval of the clause as it now stands. After the business portion of the evening is settled there are to be several addresses by well- known King's Daughters from other cities. The- treasurer of the Ninth Street Chris- tian Church has on hand for the new house Aid of worskip $1,465.52, and the Ladies’ Society has $410, making a total of $1, A number of Washington architects have submitted plans in competition for the building, but the building committee has not yet announced its decision in the mat- ter. It is expected that the new church, which will occupy the present site at the corner of 9th and D streets northwest, will” be started some time this spring. New features not seen in many churches are ex- pected to be incorporated. Dr. F. D. Power of the Vermont Avenue Church has had a severe attack of laryn- gitis, but is now much better. The Wo- men's Missionary Society of the church held a field day Tuesday, with the follow- ing program: “News From the Field,” Mrs. Johns; talk on the topic, Mrs. Parker; poem, Mrs. DePue, and “The Mountain Whites,” Mrs. Maxwell. The general topic for the day was “State Development.” The meeting of the Missionary Society was fol- lowed by one of the Aid Society. Rey. W. Bishop Johnson of the Second Baptist Church has been selected to repre- sent Waghington as a contributor on the staff of the “Baptist Teacher. A meeting of the colored Baptist Minis- ters’ Association was held Monday morn- ing at Mt. Carmel Church. The feature of the meeting was the reading pf a paper on “Eternity” by Rev. W. Davis. The charter of the Church of the Incar- nation Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Ardrew hes been withdrawn. The loss to the number of Washington chapters is made up by the issuance of, a charter to the Good Shep: apter. A committee was appointed this week, representing the leading colored churches of Washington, to solicit funds with which to pay off the mortgage on the home of John Brown's daughter. The composition of the committee is as follows: Chairman, George W. Lee; Revs. W. hop Johnson, Prof. sity and,C. V heating apparatus to Berean Church, Rey. itt, pastor. North Capitol M. F enough money to interest on th Childs, M.D, has been added William A. Cred- Church has secured ay off the semi-annual, large debt on the church, nd is now making an effert to bring the current expenses up to date. They propose to celebrate Fe y 22 as a jubilee da: Brother Jan: of the Order of the Bro ers of Nazareth, in charge of the Boy: Home, recently celebrated the anniversary of his profession by tendering the inmates of the home a dinnef. The home has been formally opened by Bishop Satterlee, and is now a success. The sixteenth anniversary of the organi- zation of the Christian Endeavor move- ment, which occurred the 24 instant, was quite generally commemorated by the so- cleties in the District Union. The work on the new Trinity M. E. Church is being pushed by the builders, and is rapidly nearing completion. It is expected that the buildings will Be ready for occupancy by the middle of April. At the fourth quarterly meeting, held last evening, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Trustees, Theo. Snif- fin, F. A. Belt, W. J. Palmer, A. A. Cha- pin, M. Otterback and T. KE. Trazzare; trustees for Tenth Street Mission, R. W. Dunn, W. W. Bennett, Chas. Trazzare, M. Dixon, W. D. Campbell and W. M. Mathias; stewards, F. A. Belt, W. F. Dove, W. L. Chifford, W. H. Bohannon, R. F. Downs, E. R. Berkeley and T. B. Stahl; recording steward, Thos. B. Stahl; district steward, Thos. B. Stahl; superintendent of Trinity Sunday school, Geo. R. Cook; asistant, T. B. Stahl; superintendent of Tenth Street Mission Sunday school, R, W. Dunn. —— Exchanging Compliments. From the Detroit Free Press. “I see that you are your own washerwo- man,” said Mrs. Spitely, who was leading her poodle past the place. "Yes," retorted Mrs, Snaply, “but thank goodness, I'm not reduced to playing nurse girl for a dog.” — It Might Be Worse. From the Philadelphia Press, Sympathetic Friend—“Aren’t you worried because you do not know where your hus- band goes when he is out late at night?” Philosophie Wite—‘‘Not so much, prob- ably, as I would be if I did know.” “Cook of | UNIVERSITY NOTES Howard University. Professor Geo. W. Cook, who was ap- pointed treasurer of the fund being raised for Annie Brown Adams, is receiviag lib- eral responses to a circular sent out by him. Revival services, under the auspices of the University C. B. Society, have been held every afternoon this week in the chapel. Friday evening; under the auspices of the C. E. Society, G. F. Richings gave an ex- hibition in Andrew Rankin Chapel illus- trative of the progress of the colored peo- ple since their emancipation. The Sunday song service in Miner Hall is always well attended. The program for tomorrow evening follows: Song, “‘Still With Thee,” full chorus; Scripture reading and Invocation, B. Wellington Paxto: sclo, “The Road to Heaven,” Professor J. Stephens; anthem, “As Panteth the Hart,” C. E. choir; song, ‘The Homeland Shore,” full chorus; solo, “Come, Sinner, Come,” Professor W. J. Stephens; address, Rev. W. V. Tunnell, warden of King Hall: seng, “How Sweet the Hour,” full chorus. anthem, “The Lord is in His Holy Tem- ple,” C. E. choir; select reading; song, aS by Grace,” full chorus; “Gloria vatri.”? Professor Cook will give an illustrated lecture, “The World's Fair,” on the 26th instant, for the benefit of the Athletic As- sociation. The Theologica) Literary and Debating Society elected officers at the last meeting as follows: President, E. Tartt; vice presi- dent, J. H. Harmon; secretary, J. W. Ja- cobs; chaplain, W. R. Pone; sergeant-at- arms, F. J. Gee. ‘The question discussed by the Blackstone Club Saturday night, January was one showing the elements necessary to con- stitute adverse possession. Affirmative, J. F. Boston, H. A. Guess, O. W. Hammond: negative, L. M. King, 0. E. Getty, B. O. Williams. The question for discussion to- night is whether or not a deed executed by a married woman, and without her hus- band joining, is admissible as evidence by the grantee to support his title tion of ejectment. Affirmative, Cook, A. B. Cooper; negative, Jones, E. Jackson. Columbian University. The Enosinian Debating and Literary Society discussed “Resolved, That United States senators should be elected by pop- ular vote" yesterday afternoon. Affirma- time, Messrse Stuart and Biscoe: negative, Messrs. R. Harlan and Everett. Mr. Hoover edited the News Class I and Mr. Q. Harlan Class I. The Law School Debating Society will discuss “Régolved, That the executive is the proper department of the government to recognize- belligerents.”’- Affirmative, A. Sartoris, W. M. Ellison, C. E. Matthews nese, J. Barnes, J. T. Harris, P. Tin- The Academy students have reorganized the Academy nine by the election of Barnes, captain; Sherman, secretary and treasurer, and Clarke, manager. ular players will probably be: ©; Bares, s.s.; Clarke, 2b.; Ecker, 3b. Piper, Wilmoth, Burgdorf, Berry and She man have not yet been assigned. An ef- fort is to be made to secure Farnham of the college as pitcher. Mr. Alexander will exhibit a mode: of an electric surface contact railway system to the engineering section of the Columbian Corcoran Society this evening. The Society for Philosophical Inquiry at its last meeting discussed a paper on “Phil osophy as Affected by Nationalty,” by Mr. Sewell. On the 16th instant Dr.’ Ster- rett will read a paper on “Philosophy of “thies.”” The first lecture in the public lecture course will be given Monday by Prof. Frank H. Bigelow, his topic being “John de Wycliffe, the English Reformer. «Pref. Lester F. Ward of the Corcoran | Scientific Schoo! delivered an address be- fore the Anthropological Society Tuesday | evening on “Religion From an Anthropo- | logical Point of View.” Prof. Lee Davis Lodge, recently ap- pointed professor of international law in | the Law School, began his lectures last | eons The students are much pleased with them. Charles R. Ely will deliver the first lec- ture in the student course in the Corcoran Scientific School this evening, on “Benj min Silliman, jr., the Pioneer.’ Other lec- tures by the students will follow on each succeeding Saturday evening until the course is completed. “ox, G. A. Clark, J. P. National University. The Debating Society at its last ses- sion discussed: “Resolved, That the gov- ernment should own and control the rail- roads.” The speakers were Messrs. Stone, Brown and Simms on the affirmative and Messrs. Guheen, Lowe and Hill on the negative. At the close of the debate ofticers Were elected as follows: President, E. R. Magee; vice president, Mr. Magraw; s retary, Chas. I. Simms; treasurer, Reisinger. Prof. James Schouler of Boston, author of Schouler’s Domestic Relations, will here- | after lecture Wednesdays and Fridays. Georgetown University. The Law School Debating Society dis- cussed the arbitration treaty at its last meeting. It is proposed to have a public debate once each month in the lecture hall of the law school building. Rev. Fatker William J. Ennis, vice rec- tor, is confined to his bed by a severe cold, contracted while attending a funeral dur- ing the inclement weather of the fore part of the week. ‘The mid-term examinations were con- clvded Thursday afternoon. Trainer Foley, with B. J. Wefers and Walsh, who will compete in the forty-yard Invitation dash at the Boston Athletic As- scciation meet today, left yesterday morn- ing. Both sprinters are also entered in the forty and __sixty-yard handicap events. Others who accompanied them, and from whom the relay team will be made up to contest with Yale, are J. Wefers, Collins, Fleming, Lyons and Hough. Catholic University. An academy for the study of Roman law 1s to be opened in the new dormitory for the convenience of the students. Thursday afternoon Gen. A. W. Greely delivered a public lecture in McMahon Hall on “The Transmississippi Region; Its Geo- graphical Evolution.” Next Thursday Gen. EXPLAINING From Harper's Weekly. HIMSELF. Judge—"Gulity or not guilty?” 15 Greely will lecture on the “Economic De- velopment” of the same region. The rector, Rev. Dr. Conaty, has issued an address to the members of the various furd associations and to ber.efactors of the university, in which he urges earnest co- operation by all Catholics to the end that this may become the greatest university of America and an honor to the republic. An informal meeting of the University Club was held Thursday evening. An im- Promptu program was rendered, however, which contributed to the pleasures of ihe evening. Kev. Father Tettermer sang “Mavoureen,”. J. G. Mott recited “The Legend of the Organ Builder,” and the University Club Quartet, Fathers Tetter- mer and Carey, and Messrs. Cashman and McTighe, sang “The Bud is in Bloom, Gen- evieve,” and “Bridget Donohue.” The pro- grém as arranged for next Thursday even- ing follows: Essay, Father song, Joseph P. O’Brien (kncwn to thi students as the Irish nightingale); essay, Joreph Bury; song, University Club Quar- tet; paper, J. P. Wade; song, University Club Quartet. The Athletic Association met Tuesday end elected J. G. Mott, president; Thomas McTighe, vice president; Paul Reagan, secretary, and James Murray, treasurer. The executive committee is R. Kerens, J. P, Wade and 3. Gilfoil. The prospective members of the base ball team are doing light indoor practice and the batteries are getting themselves in good form. The schedule has not yet be2n completed, but games have already beon arranged with leading university teams. Negotiations have been opened which will probably lead to the engage- ment of Capt. Tom Brown as coach. An effort will be made to secure two or more games each with the Washington and Bal- timore league teams before the regular season opens. Coach Daly says he will have the best hand ball team in the District this season. A promising lot of bicyclists are waiting for favorable weather to get down to work, and it is a certainty that the yellow and white will be conspicuous at many cycle meets during the coming season. As soon as the weather permits there will be a mile race between Duane and O'Brien; a three-mile race, Scott and McGuire, and a tandem record trial by the Kerens broth- ers, A LAWYER'S TRAP. A Witness Who Forgot All About the Almanac, From the Chicago Times-Herald. The story of Abraham Lincoln's con- founding an opposing witness with an al- manac record of the moon's phases finds parallel in the case of Waterson, recently acquitted on a charge of murder in an Iowa court. The main witness against him was one Delafield, who swore he was working just outside the window of the accused on the day of the alleged crime, and saw Waterson open a cupboard, take down a bottle, move about as if preparing a potion, and then administer the draught to Mrs. Waterson, who died in great agony later in the day. A lawyer named Bradford, for the de- fense, had asked the jurymen on examin- ing them as to competence if they had faith enough in the weather bureau reports to attach credence to them, and had found every man on the panel believed the records were fair and reliable. The state had rot understood the drift of these questions, but had not objected. When it came to cross-examining, Brad- ford asked the witness Delafield what he was doing outside Waterson’s window, and he said he was digging a cistern. “When did you begin digging that cis- tern? “November 11, the day Mrs. Waterson died.” “How much did you dig that da; »h, about three feet.” What tools did you use?” “A shovel.” The day was eS ave anything to drink?” Had a little pail of water on the ground thin reach.” “Didn't it freeze?” “No.” ‘The witness smiled scornfy Then Bradford offered in evidence a cer- tified copy of the weather bureau report for November 10 and 11, and showed that the temperature had been below freezing the first day and below zero che day of the alleged crime. The jury accepted the official document, ané to that extent regarded the witness as impeached, for Waterson was acquitted. +o. IDENTIFICATION BERTILLON It Has Its Advantages for Those Not Criminals, From Harper's Bazar. One of the officials of the prison service of the state says that the Bertillon scheme of identification is being resorted to in the case of persons other than criminals. A’ is well known, the Bertillon is a system of measurements through which the absolute identification of a criminal who has once been registered by it is assured. The meas- urements are quickly taken by an instru- ment invented for the purpose by Bertillon, a@ Frenchman. Since August last New York state has adopted the process, and already in the department of Albany the unassail- able metric fac similes of more than thre: thousand criminals are filed away. The general public has, it seems, also be- come interested in the idea, and a growing number of men, private citizens of unsullied character, have voluntarily gone through the Bertillon ordeal. The records thus ob- tained they have given to their families to preserve, in case of their sudden death away from home, and under circumstances which might make identification of their bodies difficult or impossible. This may seem a grewsome sort of a keepsake to a timid or fanciful wife, but most women to- day are too sensible to regard it as other than a possibly valuable possession. A fur- ther statement made in this connection by the same official, relating to the translation of Bertillon’s work, is interesting. A trans- lation was done at Sing Sing by the con- victs. Afterward a second translation was made by other persons for purposes of com- parison, and the convict rendition was found to be the more accurate. ——— 40+ Old-Fashioned Knockers Again. From the New York Sun. There has been In recent years, along with ar increasing use of the colonial style in architecture, a mild revival of the old- fashioned door knocker. And nowadays one may see occasionally a knocker on the hall door of an apartment in an apartment house in this city. A visitor who steps out of an elevator and proceeds along a hall to see, when he reaches the apartment he seeks, a knocker upon the door, may b2 a little surprised at it at first, but only for a moment; for, despite its modern sur- roundings, the door knocker stands here, as it does everywhere to one who has been accustomed to seeing it, as the symbol of home. In at least one instance the door knocker in use on the hall door of an apartment in this city was brought from an ancestral house in New England. In cne apartment house in New York door knockers appear upon the hall doors of five apartments, and they are all of different styles. It has been found that friends who come to doors that have door knockers upon them are likely to knock, while strangers and those who come on business errands are more likely to use the modern electric bell. What He Knew About It. From the Chicago Post. The new: woman orator waxed eloquent. “And what,” she demanded, as she came to the climax, “is to be the result of our emancipation?” She looked around with the calm assur- ance of one who had asked a poser, and this was too much for the little man who was waiting for his wife in a far corner of the* hall. “I know,” shouted he. “Ah,” returned the new woman on the platform, scorpfully, “the little man with the bald head thinks he has solved the problem that we came here to Giscuss this afternoon. We will gladly give our atten- tion while he tells us what is to be the result.” “Cold dinners and ragged children,” roared the little man. = +80 In Washington. From Puck. Resident—“The Senate is in executive session. : Visitor—“Ah! Going to stop talking and McKinnon, o. REFUSED THE CASE An Eminent Specialist Declares Nelson ~ Jones Incaable, His Splendid tected Wrecked, and AN Hope Dispeiled—He Pre- pares to Meet Death—A Timely Sugcestio: Acted Upon, ana He Lives to Tell This 8: From the Courier, Buffalo, N.Y. “It is the best medicine I ever took,”” sald son Jones of 1477 Main street, Buffalo, N. ¥.. to a reporter, speaking of Dr. Willams’ Vuk Pills for Pale People. “I have recommended them to a great many people and they have done lots of good. Twas employed on the Buttalo street rail Way two rears ago, but had been ranuing dewn im health. I appreclated ams condition and to one doctor after another in Buffale, som them the best physicians in the city. T took t ie tuedicines faithfully, but not yme of them did we any good. Finally I had ts give ap work entirely, and realized that T wasn't going to stay long above ground {f I did not cet some help. 1 had alre spent a good share of my savings for advier and medicines without recetving any benefit whatever, se far as I could tell. 1 had employed in all th doctors, giving each one a thorongh trial. “In the fall of 1894 T heard of a prominent specialist In Toronto and after talking the matt I decided to go there and consul: him. 14 me sity Lere that my stomach had becon tive that I could retain scarcely any food what- rT suffered great agony on account of iu gestion, and tn my kidneys had racking pains all the time. I don't know by what mame to vail these troubles, for the doctors in gave me a satisfactory explanation, The pains in the back were s0 rrible. J sometimes went thirty six h passing ony urine, From a stout, healthy man I became a weak, punt-looking person, and could de no work whatever. wanted to sleep nearly all the time. I was bronght up on a farm and always accustomed to the hardest Kind of hard work. I could do Just as m in a day as t xt one, and it was ah compelled to Me idle and be of no use , T went to t Listinguished ap He looked me and finally said that he could do nothing for me. He sald he could tal my money just as fast ax any one, but he not do it honestly, and so lined to giv any medicines or to take wt He said be did not know of anything that would give m lief. I felt then that I had better make mind to accept the inevitable. But where life there's hope, and that day a man whe heard of my case sald to m ‘De you know I think that Dr. Williams’ uk Pilis would om. You go to the drug store and get a box an give them a trial.” “I followed this advice. I bought three boxes and took them home with me. [took two pills after cach meal—ihough meals were of little 1 count to me then, cl better right of, The pains in ased . a extent, and my appe: r became strong again, kidneys stopped, and I be all, I think T took twenty re al odd pains don stomach the nto take on flesh, » boxes, and ly that time Thad recovered my usual welght of 185 pounds. 1 do not claim te be an entirely well man now, but Iam much better than I have t for four . and Fdo not hesitate to gay that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are the best medicine 1 ver took.” Dr. Williams’ de new the Ulood sh alse a troubles p such as weakness. store the glow of he In men they effect a bulld up the blood, a to pale and sallow radical cure fn all overwork or excesses of Pils tecks, ‘ases arising from in what er in loose b © nature 1k), at ety seld in boxes cents a box or six boxes for nd may be bad f all druggists, or direct by from Dr. Wal- ms’ Medicine Company, Schenectady, N.Y. SPEAKING TO THE DEAF, A Mistake Is Often Made Enanciate Very Trying to Ininty. From the Century. Many people, and I am sorry to say some teachers of the deaf, fail to realize, in practice at least, that speech Is not as clearly visible to the eye as {t is audible to the ear, and think that by speaking slewly, word by word, and opening their mouth to the widest extent, they will ren- der the task of the speech-reader easter. As a matter of fact, they render it ali the more difficult. A child in school may learn to understand a teacher who mouths his words in this manner, but this ability of no value to him when he leaves school, | Indeed, perfectly natural, deliberate speech jis easier to understand than the exagge ated form of articulation which people are apt to use the moment they know they are talking to a totally deaf person. People who depend entirely upon ther speech-reacing for understanding ot have requested me, when introducing them to strangers, not to say that they were deaf, because they find {t easier to read the lips when the person speaking is not aware that he is being understood in tha: I have in my acquaintance a young jman educated wholly by this method, who travels a great deal, and picks up ac- quaintances on the steamer or on the train just as people do who possess all their faculties. I have in mind, also, a con gentially deaf girl of fourteen, who is no! considered unusually bright, | yet whose speech is clearly intelligible to strangers after the first ten minutes, who is intelli- gent on the topics of the day, and whose conversational repertoire is much larger and more entertaining than that of many young ladies of twenty er that 1 have met in metropolitan ——eee Major's Wife Wrote From the Atlanta Constitution. “Yes,” said the major, unfolding a batch |.of manuscript and handing it to the editor, “my wife has written poetry ever since she was thirteen years old.” ‘So long as that?” sigh Poetry. 4 the editor. said the major, merrily. “She isn’t more than thirty-five now; been that ever since I married her; doesn’t age at all.” “I see,” remarked the editom must be very fond of you?” ‘Dotes on me!” exclaimed the major. “Yes,” observed the editor, “I gather as much from this poem of hers—‘Lines to My Husband; Written by a Sad Soul at Three o'Clock in the Morning After I Had Waited for Him All Night Long.’ ” “The devil!” exclaimed the major. “Is that what it says?” “Exactly,” replied the editor. “And here's another—‘Lines on My Husband Threaten- ing to Throw My Mother's Trunk from the Third Story When He Was in a State of In- texication.” ” “Here!” cried the major, excitedly, “give me that darned truck back again! I always told her she couldn't write poetry. There ain't a bit of poetry in the whole blamed family! Let's go out and take something.t “And she A Wandering Lake. The Swedish explorer of Central Asia, Sven Hedin, gives the latest information concerning the “wandering” of Lake Nor in the Gobi desert, a phenomenon about whick contradictory views have been enter- tained. He says that the Tarim river, en- tering the lake from the west, brings down, during the period of high water late in summer, a great quantity of silt, which has the effect of driving the lake, lying on the level floor of the desert, toward the south- east. But the summer wind, drifting the surface sand and darkening the heavens with dust, blows generally from the north- east, and it, too, tends to drive the lake be- fore it. The combined effect of the urging by the wind and the river ts to force the lake southward. Yet, Sven Hedin thinks, the migration of the lake ts not constant in direction, but it shifts back and forth in- termittently, according as the circum- stances change. Facial Treatment, Sham