Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-01

charged. The indictments were against Thornton
r. Richardson, for embezzlement; George A. Adam
son, perjury; Hugh ONeal, embezlement; Robert
c. kernsttne, perjury, and John Harris, violating
section $3.50, r. S. u. S.-postal laws They ignored
the charges against Joseph Hart for assault with
intent to kill Francis Muihal. Belva A. Lockwood,
alleged pension fraud and against y. W. and s. c..
Fitzgerald, on similar charge. John r. Stetson,
false pretenses; motion to quash overruled
A Serious Elevator Accident.
THE MESSENGER OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BADLY,
PERHAPS FATALLY, HURT.
Henry Coleman, the weu-known colored mes
senger to the Attorney General, was seri-
ously, If not fatally, injured by the eleva-
tor OF the Department OF Justice yesterday
afternoon. As he attempted to alight on the base
ment floor from the freight elevator, which is just
beneath the passenger car, the bell from an upper
Story sounded, and the conductor thinking Coleman
was out raised the elevator, and the unfortunate
man was caught between the elevator and the
WALL and his head badly cut and his back strained.
Upon his cry, the elevator was lowered and he fell
head-foremOSt upon the brick floor, cutting his
forehead badly His condition to-day is as favorable
as could be expected, but being very Old man tt
is feared his injuries will prove fatal He is OF
the BEST known employees in the government ser
vice, having been the messenger OF the Attorney
Generals room since the origin of the Department
OF Justice. Many OF the most prominent persons
IN IN the country always made IL a point To shake
hands with Henry when they visited the depart
ment He was an old-tilne slave, and succeeded In
purchasing his own and his wffeS freedom. His
career was quite an eventful-one He was always
great favoIite about the department. and every.
bouy had pleasant word for him
A NOTARY's REPRESENTATIVE case OF d. R.
Windsor agt VIM T. johnson, principal, and Otis
Blgeow ct al, Surettes his official bond now on
trial in the Circuit Court, is one which involves
the question as to whether the phrase in the GER
tncate OF acknowledgment used in the District, SET
tlhg Iorth that the notary ais personally ac-
quainted' with the grantor In the deed &C. is mere
legal fiction or not In the In question 1t Is alle
ed that the signature to the deed was forged, and
mat the person who acknowledged the deed was
not the man whose name Is signed to the fnstru-
s@ps
time the deed was acknowledged.
TRANSFERS OF REAL EsTATK.-Deeds in fee have
oeen filed as follows: Francis PROFIT to Jno. l. Vogt,
part ID, So 43i; SIG, 900 W. Reading to washington
Gas Light Co., lots 4, and z, So 81 s. POS 40 j. E.
H nias 1ni ct al to Mary FIoes and Mary
Fillebrown to W. D. Allen, all So. 14s s.. D. W.
Middleton. Jr, and Sallle Wimbledon, lots and
G, sub ST. 2s6, to Ann Van Dyke and Alice Skill
man; s. Enormously reported yesterday as a
transfer TO Mis- Middleton.l
FELL DEAD ON THE SrREET.-Daniel Brawley,
who lives at No. Ash NJ street northwest, dropped
dead this afternoon at the corner Of 5th and
streets northwest.
RANGE OF THE THERMoNETKR-The following
Were the readings at the ofice OF the chief signal
Maximum, 900; minimum, 1911.
waxing lherinOlneterSs
HOW OUR HEAT MEASURES ARE FILLED AND GRADU-
ATED.
when thermometer Is to be made" says a
manufacturer, "the glass blower first blows bulb
on the end of long tube While this tube is hot
the end of the tube Is inserted In mercury and as
the bulb cools, the mercury rises and ILLS the bulb
This process is repeated until the bulb and part
of the tube are iiled The bulb is then Immersed
IN snow or Clipped Ice, and the mercury drops TO
the Ip5ez IL point, which Is marked on the tube
Next the bulb is put In boiling water and the
point TO which the mercury rises is marked on
tle scale as 2l2o. Ten degrees OF the mercury
are now detached from the column by Earring, and
the whole length OF the tube is tested. The pro-
cess Is repeated with 50 OF the columns being
measured all the time by standard thermometer
10 see III the tube IS conical at any point. Common
thermometers generally vary about % or 81 owing
TO the lregularty OF the opening In the tube which
causes the mercury 10 rise slowly where the OPEN
Ing is too large, and too fast where the opening is
700 narrow. IL requires great skill TO blow a tube
with UNIFORM opening the whole length They
should be allowed to stand not less than one
montt-one year is better-tO allow the mercury to
settle before the Scale is made" The sef-register-
Ing thermometer is used for marking the
highest and lowest points reached within given
time The bulb is filled with mercury, above
spring. the remainder OF the tube is flled with car
boc acid or creosote The steel spring rests at the
highest point is pushed to by the mercury and is
duplex arrangement and reversing the scale. the
lowest Or coolest point Is Indicated In the same
way. The deep sea thermometer is of the same
pattern. and Is fncased in heavy copper tube to
preserve it against the pressure of water IL has
besides, sei1-reguating attachment. The fever
or clinical thermometers are made with great
nicely, and are used for determining the tempera-
ture of the human body
AN ERRrNG WIFE-Four months ago C. 7 Wat
terberg kept hotel In Antwerp, Belgium His
wife disappeared with some 1900 francs and $3.50
In the ST. Elizabeth hospital at Antwerp, disap-
peared about the same time. Mr.. Watterberg
traced them to New York, found them living to-
gether, and had them arrested.
VERDICT IN THE SALMI MORSE CAsE-The cor
oners jury investigating the death of Sami Morse,
verdict: ave ind that Salmi Morse came to his
death by drowning, but the evidence produced
does not enable us to say that it was 1ntentionaI
and we therefore believe It was accidental"
THE GRANDSON OF A DISTINGUISHED MAN SEN.
TENCED-Thomas Crittenden, son OF ex-United
States Marshal Crittenden and grandson OF John j.
yesterday sentenced at Louisville, KY, to three
years in the penitentiary for killing negro boy
trouble s
court against him, and when they next met Crit
tenden killed him with shotgun
THE REAL NAME OF THE SUsPEcrn-Michael
Mann Is supposed to be the real name Of the Buff
cable dispatches as Michael Maurice, and who was
said to be under surveillance of the sFrench police
on suspicion Of having sent explosive materials and
Is about twenty-five years old, and is said to be
deserter from both the British and United States
armies
HIGH LICENSE IN BosroN.-The police commits |
s1onerS OF Boston yesterday increased the price OF
liquor licenses OF all grades except those issued to
druggists. The price OF first class licenses has |
been Doubled, and Is now $780,
A WEALTHY WIDOW ARREsTED.-Mrs Jane A. |
Brooks, a wealthy widow OF Chicago said to be /
worth half million dollars, arrested In that
city Thursday on a charge that she was about to |
leave to eyade the payment OF a Judgment for /
$62 900 obtained against her deceased husband as |
bondsman for Henry NJ. Curtis, administrator OF /
the estate OF which Stanley b. Sexton was the /
minor heir Curtis Is alleged to have been a de- |
faulter.
THE MARYLAND LEGISLATURE - The senate OF
Maryland yesterday adjourned TIL Tuesday morn
ing and the house OF delegates till Monday night
bill was introduced In the senate to impose an
additional license on the sale OF spi1tuous and fer
mented liquors, and one In the house to provide for
tribunals between employers and en-
ployes in certain trades Messages were received
from GOV. McLane relative to planting forest trees
anu TO the Chesapeake and Ohio canal preferred