Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-07

CONTEST IN PEDEsTRIANTSM BEGry Br
MISS Won HILLERN AND KISS kARsHALL.
At s. minutes before ] O'Clock this morn
Ing, In Central Park Garden, Bertha Won
htllern and Mary Marshall hogan q contest
ing Walk OF az days. Miss ksrshsu II q
Is slenderly built, weighing but Is5 pounds
She 10 very light, graceful and active IN her
movements. She admits being Is years OF
age, and does not look any older THIS -
her second appearance In publ "a pehes-
TRAN. her rrst having been Ia q contest with
Miss Won Hillern IN Chicago. Go thai occa-
sion she wss declared me victor. out her
judges, ano nom the bitter feeling springing
out OF that event grew the present match.
In ne opening OF The present contest she
skirts. and poionsise trimmed with lace.
MISS ' on Hillern n % years Of age. four feet
and three inches 10 height, aud weighs no
POUNDS. Her hair n OF light taken tint. her
features somewhat Irregular but pleasant,
and her neure IL trim. She has wal red sew
ersl matches In Berlin and other European
cues. 10 THIS country abe has been engaged
IN Two contests. She wears q white em6roid-
ertd waist, skirt OF ashes OF roses tint.
Mllpmmed with black velvet, and erosd black
The track, forty eight inches In with. mss
oeen lald out 70 The almost size the hall will
allow, and was measured by Mr. u. Ru-
ooiphy, city surveyor. It IL OF mingled earth
ana sswoust, about three inches ia depth.
Twenty-Five times around the track makes
q mile
During the INST twenty four hours It Is ex-
pected that the Contestants will take no
sleep ana Will coUfne their res a 10 brief
spells OF ten or twelve minutes each There
after they will Probably sleep about three
hours out OF each twenty four. The rooms
set apart for them are on the second story
and To reach them they viii have 10 ascend
long Night Of stairs.
When they come down the track they viii
be rubbed by muscular femsle attendants
and their joints, n they become 81 all stir,
Will be well ruooed with Imminent COM
posed OF chlorof0fm, uncture o. camphOr,
and tincture OF acoEite root Tne3r 6ill OF
fare will consist or two solid meals each day
morning and evening, at which they win De
allowed 10 eat beef and mutton. and while
they are walking, strong beef tea and oat-
meal with milk. Drs. X. Taylor aud Flem-
lpg will be In attendance frequently 20 note
tnelr PHYSICAL condition and direct what
ever changes may be necessary In their regi-
men and treatmept-tN. y. SsSs, GA.
BLOODY. ARRAY IN NEWARK sa-
LOON Lteo Men htued--ln Newark. Friday
night, after the closing demonstration OF
Gratis, George Steckert, Henry Weber John
and Henry Mason, and other residents of
the 18th ward, met In a saloon on Hamburg
number, John Mason aud Weber. were FOR M
stretched on the floor and apparently dead
or dying. Steckert was pointed out 10 on
Ger koerner as the guilty party, and be was
bad been killed outright, dying where he
fell. lie was stabbed IN a number OF places.
John Mason was stabbed In the abdomen,
and on cursory examination the pm sicisns
state that ne VIII probably die. p. Mason,
who lived with his brother II No 80 Berlin
street, received a cut In the wrist, which
severed q blood vessel, 90 that he bled % a
ably alone the author of all this WORK. was
cut and badly beaten. He 10 a Germ an gar
dener. about IS years OF age, aud heretofore
q man OF fairly good character.