Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-09
John cLARK DIES NEARLY A MONTH AFT


JOHN CLARK DIES NEARLY MONTH AFTER
BEING BEING BITTEN BY A COLLIE Doi.
The sanitary authorities and the board III
coroners OF New York were recently notified
OF The death from hydrophoDia of John Clark
aged years, of No. 2Oo East S6th street. ON
July :, while playing on "a avenue with the
Children of VIM. McPhersOn, OF No. Isis "a
avenue, the boy was bitten by Mr. MePher-
son scolie dog. which lacerated the left cheek
lie was carried into Schreiber's drug store.
No. 1,il2 Sd avenue, where after canteriza-
ton with nitrate of silver, the wounds were
properly dressed. They healed and left only
asleht scar on the face. The same afternoon
the I'D precinct. The child did well until ibe
hlght oi July Al. when he betrayed an aversion
10 diink- He craved water, but when il was
given To him he was seized with spasms. Wed
nesday he was worse and FRIDAY Dr w NJ
Sprague, of No. al East sith street was sent
Tor. The usual tests forhydrophobia were an.
pled and The results indicated rabies Ma.
gendie solution was in niected hypodermically.
but with no result, and the sanitary authofi.
lies were notified. The child died, showing
every symptom of rabies.
TnE PAINFUL DEATH OF A YOUNG MAN IN
NEW HAVEN.
The New Haven Palladium SAYS that q
young man named George Ii. Willis died IN
that city on Monday from some malady re-
sembling hydrophobia. but which puzzled his
physicians. Ii says: Willis was clerk i'm the
freight office OF the Consolidated Road al ReiIe
Dock. He quit work last Thursday night,
complaining of headache. and had TO 40
home. He remained Ill during Friday but
with no alarming symptoms. Early Saturday
morning his condition changed. lie began To
lose his mind and exhibit symptoms which at
tended hydrophobia. His aversion 10 water
was marked. Tie was attacked by terrible
commissions, and il took several men 70 hold
hlm While they lasted, and he seemed 10 be in
great agony. These commissions continued an
intervals until his death. which occurred yes
terday noon. Several physicians attended
MN, but they could do nothing but administer
ana,sthetics. Someof the symptoms of HYDRO.
phobia manifested themselves, as we have
hfff ma ana 1N..-u
been bitten 10y dog. When he was wears
old monkey, owned by an organ grinder
blt him in the leg, but the wound was trifins
one. Nothing else of The kind is known IN
have happened 10 him. During his conyul
SionS he tore at his throat. where he said the
pam came from lie snapped with his teeth al
anything within his reach and could not bear
10 near water mentioned. Between convul-
SionS he was very rational, and showed stropg
religious convictions. knowing that he must
die, he gave minute directions about his
funeral and the disposal of his personal nron
erty, and insisted that his body should be ex.
amined alter death.
THE CAUSE OF JoHN LoCKITT's DEATH
By request of Mrs. Maria j. Lockiit, the
widow of the late John Lockitt, the wealthy
pork packer, who died suddenly on the sec.
ond day after his secret marriage, a post
mortem examination was made of his body as
precaution against rumor and gossip i'm the
future as TO the cause OF death, and the sto-
mach was sent TO Prof Eaton Tor ANALYSIS of
its contents. Prof. Eaton has completed his
examination, and has found no trace OF min
elal or vegetable poison. The cause of death
was apoplexy, induced by the excessive use of
alcoholic dfinks.-GN. Y. sun, sth.
THE 5000 NOSE THE" ALLEN RUINED
In marine court, chambers. yesterday. Judge
SlnnOtt granted an order of arrest against
The Allen. the nationalist leader, suit for
S2UO damages having been brought against
that statesman for an aggravated and un-
provoked assault on Eugene Beebe." At a
meeting of the national greenback labor party
klfN IN daln
convention Mr.. Allen objected to the manner
in which Mr.. Beebe conducted himself i'm the
cilalr, and jumping on the platform dealt him
blow i'm the face, entirely running his nose
temporarily at least Out OF that triiing Incl,
dent grows the present proceeding Bail was
fixed in the sum of s5oO.-tN. Y. Worla, sth.
BISHOP x Cos CREDIToRs.-A meeting of
the committee OF creditors of Bishop a Co.
grocers, Cincinnati, appointed with power,
long discussion the committee decided 10 re-
Iect Mr.. Bishops offer TO pay 40 cents on the
dollar. They then resolved to accept Mr.
Bishops offer of surrender of all assets of
the frm and individual members thereof and
grant the firm a full discharge i'm coHsidera-
ZION. committee viii be appointed to take
charge of the assets and wind up the whole
concern.
THE CAPTAIN COMPANY had not seen much
service, and one morning the federal cavalry
surprised them. The boys aid the best they
could they broke, ran, and rallied in squads
dHu hTtu oOInc Oh Jne D0yS Were wounded a
few were killed. The captain, who was red
headed, ran on foot as he lost his hOrse) until
his face was as red rs his head. He saw the
crisis. So he took position i'm the middle of
the road, and waving his sword, he made this
order to his troops: Men, for God Almighty's
sake, quit shooting; it only makes them
worse! II Memphis AcalancLe.
TIE PROJECT FOR A COMMERCIAL TREATY
which is being considered by the Franco
American confer ence, in session i'm Paris
provides that either country shall give to the
other the same commercial advantages which
ii gives TO the most favored nations: provides
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