Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1897, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, AUGUST «24, 1897—10 eee teeter es ies Seetentontertetone such things. Sell Only Sell! Sell! Sell —The crowded condition of our establishment, the confusion of the departments, the changing around of i: goods, tle plasterers, painters and carpenters at work, make it seem almost impossible to get things in their + proper shape once more. New goods are arriving daily. 85 wagon loads were brought here by our own and the express compan- wagons yesterday. This strain must be relieved. We're selling Furniture, At almost any price in order to get the goods out of the way. Don’t mind a little confusion—a few ham- merings and sawings you'll hear—there’s too much profit in buying for an economical person to notice Some of the Furniture. Chamber Suites. Worth pier Mahozaay Fn'sh,3 p: ik, 3 Dressing Cases. Solid Oak. White and Brass, White and Bras White and Brass AN! Brass, 4 ft. @ in All Brass, 4 ft. 6 in All Brass, 4 ft. 6 in ~ Box Mattress to fit brass bedsteads. Dressing Tables. For $7.80 $8.20 38.90 $12.00 $12.00 12.75 KE. 13.50 Bird's-eye Maple. 00 14.25 Chiffoniers. Oak Finish Oak Finish. Solid Oak. Solid_Oak Oak Finish, with mirror. Oak Finish, with mirror. Enameled ae Enameled, with mirror Solid Oak. RBSSESRIE™ Beerentres oetardeedesetoatoateatorgendeegeegendeegvedseetoesnesnaseatentengeeteegeceatnateaterteedengeegeeeeteeteaseatensontengendetedtestestorteatede seetestentente testestoetoerontontonteseectersestestoetorsoatonteentestestoatonroneteetenioneogeeteny _F St. ~ oo wemerr Mahogany Finish, mirror... Enameled, with mirror Curly Birch Enameled, with mirror Enameled, with mirror Decorated, with mirror Solid Oak, with mir Birch, with mirror. with Curly Birch, with mirror. Solid Onk, with mirror... Bird's-eye Maple, with mirror. Parlor Suites. Worth For Mahogany Finish, 3 pes., tapestry. + $18.00 $13.75 Mahog in be damask $21.00 $15.75 Mahoga damask. $37.00 $27.00 Mahogany iw oe ta 7. 28.75 Mahogany Finish, inlay, 3 i is pieces, green velvet... $36.00 $29.00 Mahoga Fintsh, 3 pes. damask $42.00 $29.00 Overstut, 3 "pi sl $59.00 $37.50 $50.00 7.50 $50.00 $37.50 $53.00 $42.50 $58.00 $46.00 $65.00 $48.00 $60.00 $48.75. $70.00 $49.50 $65,00 $50.00 . $100.00 $63.75 es, broca- aa heeeeeeeeonees $50.00 $32.50 lahogany Finish, y aK. eeeeee’-- cree? $85.00 $62.75 Solid Mal $90.00 $67.50 Solid Ma d a leces, Keene crwesset $82.00 $62.00 inlaid, 3 pieces, damask. . $80.00 $53.50 Mahogany Finish, inlaid, 3 pieces, damask...... $50.00 $37.50 Solid Mahogany, Inlaid, 8 ke $48.00 $34.75 3 pieces, damask. $40.00 $31.75 Odd Parlor Pieces. fa eas Worth For Mah iy - fiinis! le Chair, dsmask ceReE SESE $10.00 $6.75 Ma! iy - finish Arm Chair, velour.......... $18.00 $13.25 Mahogany - finish Side mone Liao SRR EER $12.00 $8.20 thogany - finis! rm Chair, Naamask eeeeeeeee $18.00 $12.75 Mahogany - finish Arm Chair, damask. $11.50 $8.15 Carpets, at Any Pric Rugs, ish Corner cesses $12.00 $9.35 Divan, yenee $2500 $18.75 ivan, silk tapestry.......... $16.00 $11.60 Mahogany - finish Arm Chair, silk tapestry... $12.00 $8.35 any - finish Arm Chair, damask......... $15.00 $10.50 Solid" Mahogany Arm Chair, dama: + $20.00 $15.65 Mahogany - fin! tapesty $10.00 $7.80 $5.00 $3.50 $20.00 $16.75 Mahogany "= “finish “Arm gsChalt, damask. ..5----+ $12.50 $8.75 damask... $22.00 $16.50 $23.00 $14.50 $10.50 Mahogany - th Chair, "tapestry $7.00 $4.70 Parlor Cabinets. Worth $15.00 0 Ladies’ Desks. Solid So Oak. nk $8.50 $10.00 $11.50 Worth Finish. y Finish: Oak. : x) Mahogany Finish i $25 Rockers. Was = Now Imitation Mahogany Oak, saddle seat $3.75 $2.50 Imitation lahogany and Oak, seddle sea seers $4.50 $2.75, Imitation Mahogany Oak, saddle $4.00 $2.75, Imitation Mahogany Oak, cobbler sea’ + $4.75 $2.95, Imitation Mahogany and . $4.75 $2.80 Bat + $4.75 32.80 Antiqie Oak, saddle seat, $4.50 $2.75 Imitation Mahogany and Oak, saddle seate...... $5.00 $3.60 Imitation Mahogany” and Oak, saddle seat....... $7.50 $4.25 Imitation Mahogany and Oak, upholstered in tap- CBTY.ccccceceeceseesss $5.00 $8.90 GES. ' eee Ho my aN wh etc., RUGS. Smyrna Rugs. 100 18 by 36-inch 7 21 by 4: . inch 100 26 by 54-inch: 150 80 by 60-inch 200 36 by 72-inch. foot é by 10-ft-6-in foot 89 by T5-foot, Moguette Rugs. Was Now = 25 27 by G4-inch....... + $2.50 $2.00 Yiddo Rugs. Was 18 by 26-inch . Ge. BO by 60-in $2.00 y 3.00 Russia Mats. - Was Now 300 18 by 36-inch. 45e. 5c. Sa a ee i ee ee te te se te te ew es Japanese Rugs es aeeseeseete Kelim Rugs. ot 50 30 by ¢ 53 50 36 ca Kashkoo Rugs. = Was Now 2 500 30 by 60-inch........ 52.00 $1.50 Se Kensington Art Squares, The entire stock of fall's patterns in All- sto be cleared out in Art wool An immense varlety of goods, in patterns equally as choice as any that vill be turned out this season. 5 Was $6.00 16.00 $29.00 Ingrain Carpets. from 1 to 33 yards... 25c. Best quality All-woof Ingrhin Carpet, about 20 patterns to chene from, quanti: ties from 5 to 40 yard: Regular @c. and Te. values A40c. cquautity _ W. B. MOSES & SONS, Cor. 1ith. | Storage, 22d & M Sts. reeeadeadoatoeseeseogeagenseateareasresoesresreseeseoseaseasneteaseeseeteeseeseateateaseaseeseeseeseesee easedseeseeseesresees Seafoatees Bs elededetetetetetetntnte SAMMI “HOT SO EAT. DR. EDISON'S OBESITY PILLS AND SALT REDUCED MADALAINE PRICE, THE POPU- LAR ACTRESS, 58 POUNDS. I FAT, WRITE LORING & CO.'S NEW YORK 0.. 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LO ALL OF ED:SON’S OBESITY REMEDIES, AS Rell as all of Loring’s Flesh-prodi Cor. 14th st. x Fat Folks, Attention! A COMPLETE LINE OF LORINGS Obesity Preparations and Flesh-producing Orders takea ays on band. or Are you heey SS plant? To- roubled Khlon Blackhesty Wine will relieve you quickly. | The price has been reduced from 50c. qt. to 35c. qt. Delivered this prize, fons Go Halon Wine G14 14 ST-PHONE SBB. Pickling Season —ts at hand. Get some of our Pure Apple Vine- od all the spices you'll need here. The t and purest of everything meeded for ing. Prices exceedingly modest. R. Brown, 20th &Pa.Ave 21,12 YS AVOID HARSH FURGATIVE PILLS. st make you sick and then leave you con- Stipated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate the Dowels and make you Ww Dose, one pill. peoasbenter Hemera oe es Ninety Per Cent Adulterated. Prof. Hird of the health department is making considerable headway in his ex- aminations of samples of mustard pur- chased at yarious stores. He finds that about 9 per cent of the mustards are adul- terated. Cornmeal and flour are the ar- ticles mostly used for this purpose. THE GOOD TEMPLARS. Meeting of Dixtrict Lodge at Brown- ingsville, Md. Ccrrespondence of The Evening Star. GAITHERSBURG, Md., August 22, 1897. The annual meeting of the District Lodge, No. 1, Independent Order of Good Templars, composed of the thirteen subordinate lodges EBrownirgsville. Delegations from Gaithers- burg and La Gascogne lodges of this town were in attendance. District Chief Templar Thomas E. Wat- kins presided during the day’s sessions, and Mr. Arthur L. Jones was secretary. A large number of applicants for membership were initiated after the opening exercises. Reports from the district templar, district secretary and Miss Parepa Walker, the su- perintendent of the juvenile work, were re- ceived. A notable increa Was reported. At noon Bethesda Lodge, No. 184, served luncheon to the visiting templars. Election of the officers for the ensuing year was the principal business of the af- ternoon session, resulting as follows: Chief templar, Prof. E. L. Amiss; vice templar, Miss Laura Snyder; counsellor, Jerry L. Burdette; superintendent of juvenile tem- ples, Miss Parepa Walker; secretary, Ar- thur L. Jones; treasurer, Miss Della Walk- er; marshal, George W. Selby; chaplain, John F. Boyer; guard, Hezekiah Day; sen- tinel, Robert S. Moxley; assistant secre- tary, R. Ccoke Harley; deputy marshal, Miss Moxley. Rev. C. J. Burdette, John F. Boyer and Arthur L. Jones were elected delegates to the Grand Lodge of Maryland, which meets in Baltimore in December next. Among the prominent officials of the or- der present and making addresses were Grand Secretary Lewis D. Russell of Bal- timore, his predecessor, Mr. Frank I. Lewis of Mt. Airy, and Past Grand Vice Templar Mimah Hobbs-Day of Salem, Va. The Anti-Saioon League was indorsed, and hearty co-operation and liberal finan- cial aid guaranteed. The next session will be held with Gaith- ersburg Lodge. Ad io e in membership ——————— THE TESTIMONY MIXED. Witness: Whose Version of a. Case Differs Radically. From present appearances either Char- lotte and Richard Harper, colored, or Jo- seph Gray, G. A. Pumphrey and George A. Crawther are likely to be brought before the grand Jury on charges of perjury. The case grows out of the arrest this morning of Joseph Gray, the proprietor of a store at the corner of 10th and K streets southeast, by Policeman Bliss,on the charge of threats of violence. Charlotte Harper testified before Judge Kimball that she and her husband were walking along K street last evening when without any provocation whatever Gray, who was standing at his store door, drew a pistol and threatened to kill her. Richard Harper corroborated his wife's testimony in every particular. The defendant, upon taking the stand, denied all that the Harpers had testified to, and proved by G. A. Pumphrey and George A. Crawther that no such occurrence as represented by the prosecution took place. Judge Kimball dismissed the charge against Gray and directed the officer to take all the parties before the district attorney, with the view of having that official bring the matter before the attention of the grand jury, !f he should decide that to be the proper course. ; a Mrs. Rosa Brady Prays a Divorce. Rosa Brady today applied fer divorce from Robert Brady. The parties were mar- ried here March 2, 1882, and Mrs. Brady charges her husband with cruelly treat- ing her and with deserting and abandoning her January 1, 1891. She prays for per- mission to resume her maiden name of Bruce. She is represented by Attorney G. M. Ambler. “Wart” ads. in The Star pay because ef Montgomery county, was held today in POM K. SOH’S WILL. Interesting Questions Have Arisen Over the Nuncupative Testament. An interesting question has arisen as to the disposition of the house nd lot, 2819 14th street, devised by the late ex- Corean minister, Pom K. Soh, to his cousin, Bong Sun Pak. The will devising the real estate was a nuncupative one, and it does not pass real estate, although near- ly $4,000 of personalty left by it will go to the beneficiary. The heirs-at-law of the deceased Corean are his widow and two sisters, all of whom reside in Corea. But it is said that they will not claim the real estate, and, while Bong Stn may not take it by inheritance; it is contended by some attorneys that he can hold it as a tenant by sufferance. Others, however, claim that it will es- cheat to the United States upon feilure of the heirs-at-law to claim it. There is an incumbrance on the property, ond it may be that the question of ownership will be eventually settled by a sale under the deed of trust. Sse SHOOTING OUT OF SEASON. , Colored Man Arrested for Violating the Reed Bird Law. For violating the game law James Brown, colored, was this afternoon arrested by Policemen Burrows and Mullen. It is un- lawful to shoot reed birds prior to the 1st of September, but nevertheless it has been reported that quite a number of gunners have been at work on the marshes, not be- ing able to restrain their desires until the opening of the season. Therefore, Harbor- master Sutton has been active and has had men constantly on the lookout for vio- ators of the law. Policemen Mullen and Burrows, in a small boat, came upon Brown at a point directly in the rear of the District jail. He had six reed birds in his possession when arrested. The case will be aired tomorrow in the Police Court. The law provides a fine of $2 for each bird shot. = Evidence Not Sufficient. Joseph, alias “Slocum,” Wells, who yes- terday surrendered himself to answer the charge of breaking into the office of A. H. Stevenson & Bro. on 7th street southwest and carrying away sixty two-cent postage stamps, wes lay tried before Judge Kim- ball. Mr. A. H. Stevenson and others tes- tified to the fact, that the office was found broken open on the morning of the 14th instant, and Mr. Michael Long stated that the night before at a late hour he bought a number of postage stamps from the ac- cused. hold him and released the latter from cus- It was, however, Ys ——$ impossible for Mr. Mr. Long toda: The condition of Prof. William H. Dan- his home, No. 414 10th street southwest, He has been ill for some months, but was ago. He is suffering from an abscess on complication of causes. end is a well-known musician ton, . —_— Whereabouts of the Warshi: Stevenson to identify the stamps bought by Mr. from Wells, and shown in court, as those once owned by the firm. Judge Kimball decided that the evidence against the prisoner was not sufficient to His Condition Unimproved. fels, who has been sick for some time at was about the same today as yesterday. contined to his bed only about three weeks his neck, and his illness results from a He is the preeentor at St. John’s Church, of Washing- The Raleigh has sailed from La Gonlette to Tripoli. The North Atlantic squadron, under miral Sicard, has arrived at Bor Ha Ad- DISEASES OF THE L/ ILY. Report on a Subject of Interest to lorists. A special bulletin has been issued by the Agricultural Department on diseases of the Bermuda or Easter lily, which is of much interest to the florists of the country. It points out that the forcing of the lily has become an important industry in the United States. The bulbs are grown almost exclusively in Bermuda, where they ma- ture in July and are then shipped te this country to be forced the following fall, winter and spring. During the past five or six years the dis- ease affecting the lily, apparently growing more destructive each season, has serious- ly interfered with the profitable growth of the plant. The government began an inves- tigation of the plant malady two or three years ago, and the preliminary report says the disease destroys in this country from 20 to 60 per cent of the entire crop, exclu- sive of the bulbs which fail to grow or that make worthless plants, the loss from which ranges from 5 to even 30 per cent. The dis- ease is characterized by spotting and dis- tortion of the leaves and flowers, and usu- ally the stunting of the plants. France, the Netherlands and Japan are supposed to be similarly afflicted. The principal causes assigned are worn- out soil, premature removal of flowers and flower stems, premature harvesting of bulbs, carelessness in selection of propagat- ing stock, bad treatment during the forcing and the depredation of insects. As reme- dies It is suggested that only strong and vigorous plants be. used for propagation, crop rotation should be practiced, chemical fertilizers used and premature digging avoided. —_—_—$+--«——____ THEIR TERMS ARE SHORT. Few Commissioners of Patents Serve Four Yengg. It is rather remarkable that few men who have occupied the office of commissioner of patents have served the full term of four years. There have been twenty commis- sioners of patents since 1849, their average length of service being two and one-tenth years. From 1836 to 1845 the office was in- significant and was filled by one commis- sioner, but from 1845 ito the present time only three commissioners‘ have filled the office for the full térm of four years. These were Burke, fro'4845 to °49; Hal- loway, from 1861 to '6, and Seymour, 1843 to '97. Maj. Butterworth when formerly commissioner was in office but one and a half years. heise ¢ The reason for this variation from the rule among government officials that “Few die and none resign” is the fact that the office of commissioner of" patents has been regarded chiefly for the prestige it would give an attorney engaged: in practice be- fore the patent office, The salary attach- ed to the position is per annum, but the rule has been t attorneys have found that when they-could go before the country as an ex-Ccol issioner of patents they could reap rewards beyond the limit of salary fixed by the goyeryment, and many have accepted the plage, only to be able to resign it. cH RECLASSIFYING PUPILS. A Suggestion by Commisstoner Harris Being Adopted. Some years ago Dr. Harris, the commis- sioner of education, put forward the idea that schools should be divided into sections, so that the more advanced pupils need not confine themselves to the pace set by the slower ones nor the slower ones be forced to go ahead in their studies at a rate faster than they coiild pursue to advan- tage. He advocated that these sections be rearra from time to time with a view to the ef the scholars. THE NEW LIBRARY|IT ENDS IN DEATH/PREHISTORIC MAN A Section of Literature for the Blind to Be Formed. WHAT MR. YOUNG SAYS ABOUT It New Plan of Keeping Copyright Accounts Proposed. A SYSTEM OF CHECKS There will be a novel department in the new Congressional Library, when it is en- tirely completed and ready for business, which is the idea of Mr. John Russell Young, and one in which he takes the greatest interest. ‘This will be a section solely for the blind, and will have nothing in it but books with raised letters, so that they can indulge their intellectual tastes just as well as these readers who have two good orbs, and have never known what it is to be deprived of the beauties of nature and much that makes life worth living. The sightless, hereafter, will rise up and call Mr. Young biessed, for he will provide every available means for their comfort and convenience while patronizing the library of Congress and the great American public. An attend- ant will be put in charge of the blind de- partment who understands the ways of the dark-days people, who will see that they have their wants in the literary line supplied as far as possible. Extensive Provisions Contemplated. Mr. Young stated today that his idea on the subject of providing raised letter books for the blind had originated some time ago, that he had determined to carry it out, and that the matter was progressing so satis- factorily at present that he was certain there would be no difficulty in its compie- tion. There are a number of volumes with raised letters in the old library, but owing to the crowded condition existing there it was impossible to provide suitable means for the oaes who wished to consult them and accommodate them in this regard. The books were there, but might just as well have not been, for the little good they did the people for whom they were in- tended. In addition to the books for the blind which are in the old place, and whica have accumulated there r since the raised letter system was invented, Mr. Young will provide others, so that practically all lit- erature of this kind will be included in the section of the library set aside for the purpose. Letters have been written to the heads of institutions for the blind and lists of publications obtained. These will be embodied in a catalogue, so that at a glance, or rather at a touch, the raised letter contents of the library can be known, and whatever is wished for brought into requisition. Mr. Young has had the ad- vice of a number of persons fully com- petent to give opinion on the matter, and will act on their suggestions as well as what ideas he has himself. When the whole is completed there will be nearly a theusand volumes, periodicals and other kinds of literature for the sightless to feast not their eyes upon, but their minds. minds. z . It will not be an unecmmon thing, waen the plan is worked out, for visitors in the library to see men, women, and doubtless children, engaged in tracing the letters which to the touch of the unskilled would mean tothirg but passing the fingers over a rough surface, but to the contact read- ers would open up the undying and refreshing waters of the Pierian sp lt will hardly be necessary for the se to which they will be consigned to be well lighted as the others of the library. Proposed Copyright Plan. Librarian Yqung 's an exceedingly busy man nowadays. He is carrying to com- pletion his idea of how the copyrights should be kept, and how that important department of the library should be run on strictly business principles. There are on an average of probably 60,000 copyrights issued on all material each year at the library, and Mr. Young is of the opinion that the copyright of each man, though but a dollar has been paid for ii, should be fully protected in every particular, and close watch kept on everything pertaining to it. He regards copyright stuff fully as important as patents or trade marks, and all care will be taken to prevent taw suits or any suggestion of them. As far as possible the copyright depart- ment will be run on the same lines as the treasury and only trained people employed when practicable. There will be an expert accountant bookkeeper, and accoun?s will be turned in each weck, while clos rds of the whole business, every transaction, will be taken. Mr. Alvord, Mr. Young's assistant, has been in consultation with treasury experts for some time in regard to inaugurating a system for carrying on the copyright business, which was impos- sible in the library at the Capitol, owing to the hampered condition of affairs there and the lack of a suitable force. To Prevent Theft of Books. In addition to this the librarian has been evolving a system to be used in the law library so that it will in the future be im- possible for volumes to be made way with, as was the case recently, and for which the thief was sentenced. There are a number of volumes missing from the shelves of the library, some cf them most important ones, but it is thought they will be all recovered. Some thirty volumes, believed to have been taken by Lloyd, have been recovered from two or three second- hand bookstores of the city, afid the search is still going on for other volumes in different stcres. Assistant Law Librar- ian Wilkinson and the others are making every effort to find books whicn have gone astray. Among the ones just recovered were some volumes which could not have been duplicated if not found. The pur- loiner: evidently knew their value, for he had been at ore time attached to the law library, but had been discharged. These were nine volumes of Grattan’s Virginia Reports, practically invaluable. Every trace by which the ownership could be dis- covered had been removed, an eraser hav- oe been used on them with evident trou- ble. - Perfect Check System. It is the custom for judges of the Su- preme Court, senators and representatives to order at times whole shelves of books bearing upon any particular subject in which they are interested. It is thought that the disappearance of many of the voiumes can be attributed to this. It is not believed that books have\ been taken by any one but the man who was recently convicted. It is a matter of fact that one book was taken from the Ubrary by 2 per- son having full authority to borrow it, and was not returned for twenty-seven years. While Librarian Young recognizes per- fectly the right of Supreme Court judges, senetors and representatives to take the volumes, the system which he will inaug- urate will - prevent total strangers cr casual visitors to the library from leaving the place with books in their possession. A perfect check system will be instituted. The work of moving the volumes from the old library to the new one still contin- ues, it having been begun yesterday. This was music day there, as most of the mat- ter transferred was of this description. ° The Late Theodore Birney’s Will. An exemplified copy of the will of the late Theodore W. Birney, member of the District bar, has been filed here, the original having been filed in Montgomery county, Md. Gun and fishing tackle are given to Arthur A. Birney, a brother, the residue of the estate going to the widow of the testator, Alice J. Birney, who ts named as execu! The instru- ment is dated June 6, (Continued from First Page.) latter took hold of his leg, and, with an oath, discharged his weapon, sending the bullet into his leg. - The dying man could give no minute de- scription of the one who did the shooting, and he was satisfied that his assailant was a stranger, for he said he had no enemies, nor had he ever had trouble with anybody. ‘When the wound was first seen the doc- tors and nurses at the hospital thought it was not serious, but that the bullet had entered the fleshy part of the leg and re- mained there. But the severe pains in the stomach, together with other symptoms, made it evident that his condition was serious. The autopsy was performed by Dr. Sterling Ruffin in the dead house at Provi- dence Hospital this morning at 11 o'clock. Besides the coroner Detectives Weedon and Lacey were present. They were there, they explained, to get a look at the bullet and compare it with several taken from the Pistol of a colored man captured early this morning. Death Was Unexpected. Prior to the autopsy, Dr. Jesse Rems- burgh, house surgeon of Providence Hos- pital, gave Dr. Ruffin a brief history of the dead man while in the hospital. He told of his admission, of his being put imme- diately to bed, and of his great nervous- ress. He appeared to rapidly improve un- Ger the palliative treatment he received until yesterday afternoon, when he com- plained of intense pain in the region of the heart. A heart stimulant was administer- ed and he appeared somewhat easier. He explained to the doctor that the pain was evidently the result of some cabbage he had eaten. During the night he was rest- less, but replied to frequent interroga- tories that he was feeling much better. His death was very sudden, ard was un- looked for. In fact, he was improving so rapidly that arrangements were being per- fected to use the X rays on him for the purpose of locating the bullet. He made no ante-mortem statement, and could not describe his assailant other than to say he was very black and that he approached Marshall's wagon and grasping him by the jeg shot him. Before proceeding with the autopsy Dr. Ruffin closely examined the clothes of the dead man. He was immediately struck by a peculiar feature. There was no bullet hole in the trousers that could be distin- guished, although there was a long tear in the region of the location of the wound. This was due, Dr. Remsburg explained, as the dead man had told him, to the persons who tore his pants in trying to find the wound. The coroner examined the trous- ers, and thought he detected the smell of powder near <he upper part of the tear, where the bullet is supposed to have en- tered. The underclothes of the dead man Were not there, the sister having disposed of them. An effort, however, will be made to get them. Bullet Found in the Abdomen. Proceeding with the autopsy, a probe was inserted in the wound, which is locat- ed in the inner side of the right leg near the upper thigh. The probe went smoothly in until it struck the pelvis, and there it stopped. An incision was made in the leg, but the course of the bullet was lost where the probe stopped. The opening made by the bullet was small, and very much dis- colored from the powder stains, showing conclusively that the pistol must have been held in close proximity to the leg. The abdomen was next opened, and immedi- ately it was seen that death had been due to peritonitis. There was a large amount of blood and bloody serum in the abdom- ral cavity, and in several places the in- testines were torn by the bullet. Search- ing the abdominal cavity brougnt the bul- let to view. It was lying loosely in the cavity of the pelvis, where it had evidently giavitated after spending its force and lacerating the intestines. An Inquest Ordered. As scon as the bullet was brought to light the detectives hurried to the doctor and examined it. They exchanged knowing glances and requested permission of the coroner to take the billet away with them for the purpose of comparing it with some cthers they had. After marking the bul- let it was turned over to the detectives. They immediately repaired to one corner of the room,and a cartridge was extracted from the pistol of. Detective Lacey and ccmpared with it. It proved much lar than the ones which fitted the detective’s pistol, and they immediately stated it was of 38 caliber. The autopsy was complete, the entire body being carefully examined. There was te evidence of disease, and the man ap- peared to have been in perfect healtn be- fcre the shooting. The coroner ordered an inquest tomor- row morning at 11 o'clock at the morgue. Strongly Suspected. Leaving the scene of the autopsy, De- tectives Weedon and Lacy proceeded direct to the Police Court. ‘The colored man Johnson had not been taken to Jail. He was claimed by the -letectives, and was escorted to police headquart The priscner was ushered into the pres- ence of Inspector Mattingly in his private office. The proceedings were behind closed doors, Detectives Weedon, Lacy and Health Officer Woodward, in addition to the inspector, being present. It was stated that Johnson steadfastly refused to say anything regarding the case, but the detectives believe him to be the man who fired the shot that resulted in the death of Farmer Marshall. At 3 o'clock the prisoner was locked up at the first precinct police station to await further investigation. He will be interro- gated later. The detectives at once ret forth to look further into the case, and to interview people who knew Johnson. a WISE TO TRY LIEUT. AGAIN. To Break the Cycling Record From Here to New York. In the latter part of June Lieutenant Wise of the Sth Infantry made an unsuc- cessful attempt for the record from New York to Washington, starting from New York and getting as far as Baltimore. During his ride Lieutenant Wise probably encountered more hardships and general bad ‘luck than any record breaker. His start was made under auspicious circum- stances, but when only a few miles out of New York a drizzling, chilling rain set in that was eminently discouraging. The mil- itary cyclist was proof against this, though, and reached Havre de Grace, Md., considerably ahead of schedule time. From that place to Baltimore he was over- whelmed by the force of the elements, be- ing caught in the most terrific siorm of the year, ard arriving in town on foot in a much bedraggied and bruised condition, having carried his wheel seventeen miles through mud and water. The lieutenant intends to go the record in about three weeks. . tends to start from the Washington end’ of the route this time, so as to have the advantage of the good New York roads toward the finish of his ride. The ar- rangements for pacing will be much more satisfactory than on the first irial, when there were long distances which he was obliged to ride alone. The Washington riders have promised to pace him from this city to Baltimore, and good can be had from the Balti- more riders to take the Heutenant as far as Wilmington, Del. From to New -York he will be taken care of by Wilmington and New York riders. SSP AES LACK OF FUNDS THE CAUSK. Why Reports of the Commissioner of Education Were Delayed. The annual report of the commissioner of education fcr the year 1895-96 is now in the hands of the rrinters, and wiil soon be ready for distribution. The report for 1896-07 will be ready fcr the printer Ly ——_.—____ The Evidence of Human Existence Thousands of Years Ago. —_-+-+__. VALUABLE COLLECTION OF RELICS antes Seton-Karr Contribution of Imple- ments at Smithsonian Institution. ee one AN INTERESTING STUDY -- There has recently been received at the Smithsonian Institution a collection which is of the greatest importance to the arch- acologist, and which, when all the facts concerning it are known by the casual visitor to the place, will be of undoub interest. In it are weapons and implements used by prehistoric, primeval man, hun- dreds of thousands of years ago. It may have been that with such a weapon as is comprised in the collection Cain killed Abel, and the residents of the stone #ge hunted the huge monstrosities in the wilds of Africa, the plains of Indla and on and about the chalk cliffs of England. The collection is known as the Seton-Karr contribution, hi been discovered by this Prominent English expert in archaeological matters, in Somaliland, on the eas:ern coast of Africa, some months ago. The im- plements were purchased from the is- coverer by the Smithsonian Institution and placed in the division of prehistoric an- thropology. There are about fifty pieces in the coll tion, made of flint, or quartide, and rang- ing in size from an inch or so in length to half a foot, some w hing se ‘al pounds, ed to be spear heads, battle axes and wedges, truncheons, bludgeons, or whatever they may be termed. Indicative of Muscle. Gazing at them one can gain an idea of what the ancestors of the human race look- ed like, muscular and hairy, coarse of form and feature, with huge bodies and massive limbs. Such implements could have been wielded by none except a race of giants. Archaeologists say that the objects be- long to the palacolithic age, which is, they also assert, the first stone age, palacolithie meaning ancient stone. They also be the chipped stone age, practically the the ground stone having come later. To de definite, the collection, according to the archaeologists, comprises objects made ind used by the first people who inhabited the earth. The great point of interest from an archa- ecological standpoint to be secured from the objects is that they resemble implements found in England and France. Sir John Evans of England, the greatest living authority on such matters, said re- cently that the implements in the vcollec- tion Were manufactured by a people who lived probably 300,000 years ago. The dif- ference between them and other palaeo- lithic implements is, except for an extra- ordinarily weather-beaten appearance, they are as perfect in appearance as the aay on which they were made. The find bridges over the interval between palaeolithic man in Britain and India, and tenis to prove the unity of race between inhad! Asia, Africa and Europe in pa ‘times. Found While Lion Hunting. H. W. Seton-Karr discovered the objects forming the Smithsonian Institution col- lection in Somaliland while tracking a licn on a bare hillside. It was while at this occupation he came upon the head- quarters of primeval man and his former stronghold. This was shown by the num- bers of stone implements, once buried deep for concealment, but when found raised on pyramids of solidified gravel like boul- ders on a glacier. Seton-Karr hunts lions when he feels particularly satisfied with his surround- ings, and chases the hippopotamus to its lair when there is nothing else of special irterest to attract his attention. Inci- dentally, being a disciple of Nimrod, he takes great interest in the hunting tmple- ments, rude, uncouth and unpolished as their owners, of man at the beginning. He Was one of the first explorers of Mt. St. Ehas, Alaska, in 1885, and is one of the best-known big game hunters in the world. Mr. Seton-Karr had discovered lost flint mines last November in Egypt. He had previously found stray flints in Thebes, but was anxious to prove that there was no connection between the comparatively mod- ern temples and pyramids of Egypt and the more ancient palacolithic remains through- out the whole Nile valley. The Desert Mines. Rumors had come from the Arabs of large flint mines in the eastern desert. Somaliland is on *he eastern coast of Africa, south of the Red sea, and the Gulf of Aidey. While proceeding en his travels one day, with his caravan of Bedouins and camels, on the hidden cliff plateaus of the Wady Sheik, he came across what ap- peared to be ruined cities of vast extent, stretching eastward across the desert, barren, treeless and waterless. On exami- nation, the mines ~vere discovered. Each of the mines was characterized by its own special types of implements. Pro- fessor Petrie, the well-known Egyptologist, declared them to be of the greatest posri- ble interest. Truncheons, spear heads, axes, arrow heads, wedges—many of these lay as the workmen last left them when they went home from work one day, per- haps thousands of years before Thebes or Memphis were dreamed of. The palaeoliths found in Somaliland are identical in form with those from France and England, showing the unity of race throvghout the world during the palaeo- lithic age. The discoverer had this to say on the sub- ject of his find and the locality where the objects were unearthed: Biblical Land Marks. “Certain landmarks as to the four rivers mentioned in Genesis led me to think that the Garden of Eden, if it ever existed, may have been here, and that these very tools had been made and used by Adam and his numerous descendants. At any rate, my discoveries in Egypt and in Somaliland lead me to the idea that man’s original home, or the place where he was gradually evolv- ed, must have been in Africa, or, at least, in a tropical land, where ciethes were un- necessary and food plentiful to hand.” The archaeologist accounted for the uni- versal similarity of form in the oldest im- plements of all in a very simple manner. “There must have been,” he says, “‘defi- nite intercourse and communication then, as now, between Europe, Asia and Africa, and this was for the purpose of trading in flint spear and arrow heads with those countries where no flint existed. Parts of the North sea and the Mediterranean in these times were dry land, so travel was comparatively easy.” If any one is interested, and doubtless there are many, in knowing what manner of man the resident of the world was be- fore the flood, and even before Adam ex- a