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Paul Boyton to Mrs. Odlum.


HE WRITES TENDER LETTER ABOUT THE
BRIDGE JUMPERS LAST HOURS.
The following letter from Paul Boyton has
been received by Mrs. Odlum:
Mrs. Odtun,. Dear Madame: Yesterday
shipped per ADAMS the effects left
lum, it is with feeling of great hesitation that
address you after all the hard and cruel things
dmtv TO- saw write tn ana sei % @
knows all knows that did everything in my
power to prevent the jump, and the same God
accuse me of being. You cannot imagine with
what grief and sorrow read your accusation.
was In bed at the time, i'll with heavy cold,
that was in any way responsible for the death
of my friend, whom loved and respected for
his good nature and brave heart.
have one thing to say that am sure will
give you consolation. On that fatal Thursday
morning Robert got up early and disappeared
gone and hoped he had taken my advice and
left New York. Since then have discovered
that he went from my house to the Church of
mine saw him go to the confessional and re-
ceive holy communion. I thank the Lord for
It: May God rest the soul of poor, poor Bob.
Oh! Mrs. Odlum, wish could go to you and,
kneeling at your feet, tell you ali did to turn
him away from his Determination and TO con-
vince you that am not his murderer in deed
or in thought. would not have gone to the
river to witness his leap but for the thought
that might be Of assistance to him. In answer
said: ''This feat will give me fame and a repu-
tatiOn that will secure me engagements and
thus enable me to help my mother and myself
as would wish to do, and as / have not been
able to do for couple of years. Don't try and
turn me from the only chance see left for me
to make name and fortune" Poor, brave,
gent1e-hearted BObi am sure he thought OF
you in his last moments.
too have mother who has read all about
your sons sad fate, and your accusation has cut
saying she would pray every day for the poor
boy as long as she lived. My wife Is doing the
same and will continue to do SO. She knows
that you are mistaken, for she heard me inn
ploring Bob to abandon the idea. She and I
pray for him every night, and as long as we
have dollar to spare it will be spent in masses
for the repose Of his SOUL If you think l am
guilty of bringing your son to his death simply
bow my head and accept 1t as punishment for
many sin have committed. But God knows
that of this one am innocent. God bless, COM
fort and console you, dear Mrs. Odlum. Yours
sincerely and sorrowfully, PAUL BOYTON.
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Why Col. Hollinesworth RESIGNED.

To the Editor of THE. EVENING STAR:
wish to correct a statement published last
week concerning the last council held at Mount
Vernon, in which the public were led to believe
that the superintendent (Col. Hollingsworth)
had resigned on account of falling health. 1t is
piece OF gross deceit practiced by some of his
enemies to hide from friends the councils
shameful treatment OF the gentleman who took
charge of Mount Vernon thirteen years ago.
when as every one who visited the home OF
W ashington at that time can remember the de-
plorable condition in which he found it. Now.
after all those years OF labor and unequaled in
terest. he has made it what it is to-day, the re-
gents write out a commission depriving him of
the authority to appoint discharge, placing
even the coiored servants in a superior position,
yet holding him responsible for their neglect
and indifference without any or little control
over them. Why did his friends stand by and
see his hands tied, as it were, and not speak
out against such injustice to the public and to
Col. Hollingsworth? He resigned because he
found 1t impossible to serve any longer with
credit to Mount Vernon to himself without
the entire vote OF the council.
nNrps Urr1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-10
A Bank Cashier who Was Fightinx
Honest,


A few days ago the bank OF Mitchell, Dak.,
closed its door. Huysson, cashier of the White
Lake branch, when ordered to close his bank,
refused, and said he had no funds belonging
to the Mitchell bank; OH the contrary, the Nit
cheii bank owed the White Lake branch
$11, 600, and that the money belonging to his
White Lake depositors should not be swallowed
up In the Mitchell bank failure. On Saturday
Judge Wulfing, attorney for the assignee, went
TO White Lake to take possession. he posted a
notice that the bank was closed, but Cashier
HuysSon and Assistant Cashier Ryan tore Oh
the notice and proceeded to open the bank.
They posted guards at the entrances and began
paying of their depostors, whereupon Judge
halt Ryan then informed the crowd that o
trespasser was inside the gate. No sooner were
the words uttered than the attorney was
pitched over the counter ana out into the
street Mr.. Huysson continued TO settle with
the depositors until the last one was paid In
the key in his pocket
BASE BALL MATrERs.-There was q special
meeting of the American association OF base
ball clubs In Philadelphia Saturday afternoon.
Rule No. 23 OF the playing rules was altered.
manner Of delivering the ball, SO that, keeping
inside the "bOx," pitcher can now deliver the
ball as he chooses. The foul bound was abol-
ished; to make 'sput out" the ball must be
caught on the fly. The home club, instead OF
the umpire, win decide whether or not the
eject at once. The Western base ball league IS
apparently doomed. The Cleveland base ball
club disbanded Saturday and will drop out OF
the league. The Toledo club must soon follow
its example, and the loss OF these two clubs
WIN prove fatal 70 the Western league.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-10
A POie.Erecting Carnival Monday
Night.

To the Editor CT THE EVENING STAR:
Is Washington TO forever suffer from the
utter inefficency of a nominal police force"
Close upon the selfish outrage perpetrated by
crank, with Anticipated gun attachment
upon sleeping city, came Monday night pole
erecting carnival by o large body of telegraph
company construction hands through the
northern section of the city. During the time
between midnight and daylight Tuesday morn
Ing numbers of huge poles were erected on the
streets commencing at the head OF 10TH street
and proceeding southwark. The horrible din
created by the hammering of spikes and the
other noises incident to the hurried erection of
telegraph poles Weakened the sieepers for blocks
On each side of the line of travel of this con-
structiOn gang, and the air was blue with the
cries of disturbed babies and CANNES, whilst
the anathemas of the householders were loud
and bitter. Ii this erection of telegraph poles
was within proper authority, why was the I'M
seemly time selected for placing them? If the
poles were erected in defiance of law why did
not the police interfere promptly and stop it?
The whole performance was an unmitigated
outrage, and a repetition of it will tempt those
who suffered from it TO take the law in their
hands and try at least homeopathic doses of
the shotgun policy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-10
How to Protect the Monument.

To the Editor of The EVENING STAR:
was somewhat surprised at the statement
In morning paper referring to the monument
being struck by lightning, that scientists are
not agreed whether this metal phospher
bronco is a conductor of electricity
Phosphor bronze, which was invented by
Monte1ore d kunzel at the Val Benoit Nickel
mandatory. at Liege, Belgium. is composed of
mixture OF copper, tin and phOsphor. It con-
talns from to 8 per cent OF tin and from OO53
to O.16 per cent of phospher, all the rest being
copper 1t differs from. ordinary bronze
manly IN the addition Of the phospher. and
aiso IN the proportions OF tin and copper used.
That 1t is good conductor of electricity is well
known, and it is advertised by the 2. b. smelt-
ing Co. OF Philadelphia. in the Electrical Reric,y
as specially adapted for telephone wire in
which they say ri. combines high electrical con-
ouct'rny and resistance to corrosion with light
ness and tenacity."
As conductor it does not vary materially
from other bronzes, and their conductivity
VIII be seen by the following:
Silver, soft. 1OS.57.
G Goppe r., sort To l s4
Bronze gun metaN, 21,O8
Soft iron, 2O.73.
Steel, about 10.
aluminium. 1876,
Lead, pressed $50.
Hence it will be seen that there are but
-FOUR better conductors, and that it ranks higher
than iron or steel, which everybody knows are
s"o goo, ca, fonanctors 1t does not follow, however,
thal the strips used in the joints of the roof had
anything to do with the accident, especially as
the mass of meta! Is SO small. a heavy bolt
would be very likely to strike the roof and
especially the salient angles regardless OF those
strips IN the joints. Still, would not think it
sale TO use metal of any kind there without
connecting it with the conductor. 1t seems to
me that good conductor projected some dis
lance above the tip and provided with several
GOOD points would add much to Its safety and
10 make 1t complete, there should be series of
points, especially at the angles, all connected
ny =, good conductors OF ample capacity with the
In applying these to use a non-oxidizable metal
as otherwise the water running down there
Will in time form streaks of color on and in the
marble, and hus disfigure the monument just
as the pedestals Of nearly every bronze statue
IN the city Is now stained and discolored
rom the same cause and which by a little care
and foresight might be prevented, as l sug-
gestea some years since through THE STAR.
June Sth, 1855 W. c. DODGE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-10
The Closing Of the Schools.

TIE FINAL EXERCISES To TAKE PLACE NEXT
WEEK-AR. VESTS ADDRESS AT THE HIGH
SCHOOL.
From this time until the 18th inst, when the
last schools close. the teachers and pupils of the
public schools Will be brSily occupied complet-
ing the work of the year. To-day the written
| examinations OF the fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth grade schools, both white and colored,
begin, and Will continue until the close OF this
week. The written examination of the county
schools also begin to-day and continue until the
10th. All OF the high and normal schools have
closed. Next Monday the graded schools begin
to close according to the following calendar:
June 1a-First, second aud third grades ofthe
white schools In the city. and all the coored
schools In the Chamberlain, Lincoln and Love
JOY buildings.
grades of white schools, and all the colored
schools in the Miner, John f. Cook Proctor and
Banneker buildings.
June 11th-Eighth grade of the city white
schools and Of the county schools, and all the
colored schools in the Sumner, Garnet. Randall
and anthony Bowen buildings. some of the
schools OF the lower grades in the Stevens
building have already closed, and the other
schools will shortly be dismissed for the year
repairs which have been commenced on that
| building.
MR.. VESTS vALEDICTORY
Mr.. West before awarding the diplomas
at the High school yesterday addressed
the assemblage the subject of educa-
tioii, as ne Salu, InlS was the last occasion on
which he would have anything to say to the
public with respect to the management of the
schools. He reviewed what had been done for
the public schools during three years
while he has been in office, and during
which time, he said, the material wants OF the
schools have been the charge of the
Commissioners, the "care and management of
| the schools" with which the trustees were
charged, being construed to mean the educa-
ton of the pupils solely. During that time there
| had been expended for the support OF the pub
| lie schools 81 $50, 100. Eleven new buildings
containing eighty-fve rooms had been erected
and one building extended by two rooms at a
total cost OF S293,OO0. He spoke ofthc build
| ings as of highly improved character, and said
their erection had effected a saving in the way
OF rents. To teachers, 81 ,07S. 900 had been
paid, and their number had been increased
from sos to 800. The Commissioners he said,
desired to express their acquiescence in the
public verdict of approval of the labors of the
teachers. They acknowledge also the services
| cism,. he said, they had to make
was that it was susceptible OF improvement.
1t had been characterized by too muchoptimism.
II had been too tardy in recognizing faults.
There had been more regard paid to the conve-
nience OF teachers than to the interest of the
scholars. 1t had been the aim of the Commits.
siOnerS to have the affairs of the schools con-
Quoted with fidelity and strict justice. Favor
ttism had no place within their borders They
wanted complete and thorough service-a fair
days work for q fair days pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-10
Inaccessible Life Preservel

To the Editor OF THE EVENING STAR:
In a recent trip on the steamer W. W. Corco-
ran we noticed that while the upper deck is
amply provided with life preservers, they are
held so securely by wires, that, in the hurry at
tending an accident, but few could be removed.
Considerable force was necessary to extract one
for exhibition to some irquiring ladies. The
circumstance is worthy the notice of the govern
ment inspector, VERITAS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-10
Take the Water from the Middle of the
River.

To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
HthOse in authority would take the water to
supply the city from the middle of the Potomac
at the falls, through large pipe, 1t would save
considerable in the purchase or rent of adj
Joining land, and avoid the polluted water
from the canal and vicinity. Sis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-10

STATISTICS OF THE LATE WAR-Adiutant
General Drum has completed a list of casualties
In the fedral army during the late war. The
aggregate number OF deaths Is shown to have
been 359 ,496. OF these 29,49S occurred among
Union soldiers held prisoners of war. The
Total number OF troops reported as furnished by
the various states under the various calls il
2,..2. 4OS. Some of the returns were dupli-
Gated, and IL is estimated that the actual num-
Der was about ., 800 900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-10

Bell, D. c., State Board of Corrections and
Charities; state delegate, Minneapolis; Berry
tiles: state delegate, Winona; Bracket, Fred,
Minneapolis; Campbell, Hon. W. NJ, State
Board OF Corrections and Charities; state dele.
GATE Winona Dan", H. neg o. Is s viee p aes
dent, state Board of Corrections and Charities
state delegate. st. Paul. Hart, Rev ii. H, secre.
tary, state Board OF Corrections and Charities;
state delegate, St. Paul; Hutchins, Robert g.
Hon. D. W.. president, Board of Trustees OF
State Reform School; state delegate ST. Paul
Nisher, John, superintendent Charity Organi.
zatIOn society; state delegate, st. Paul; Vivian
o., NJ. D., State Board OF Corrections and Chair.
ties; state delegate, Alexandria; Wells. H. r
State Board OF Corrections and Charities: state
delegate, Preston; Wilkinson, Hon. NJ. s.. state
intendent OF the Poor; state delegate, Minneap.
oils; Williams, Mrs. Nelson, Minneapolis.
MISSOURI
Cousins, Miss Phoebe, state delegate, st. Louis
Gottschalk, Rev. A, city missionary, state dele.
gate Kansas City; Haley Rev. r. r, state dele.
gate, Kansas City; Lack, Rev. Frederick super.
intendent Provident Association, st. Louis:
Lack, Mrs. Frederick, ST. Louis.
NEBRASKA.
Dinsmore, Mrs: o, G. president Womens AS.
Hon. VIM, state delegate, Omaha; Mathewson'
II. T., NJ. d., superintendent State Insane Asy.
lum, state delegate, Lincoln; Mathewson, Mrs
u. T., Lincoln; Mathewson, H. p, jr., Lincoln:
Newman, Mrs. Angie, F., superintendent jail
and Prison Work, w. c. 7. O., state delegate,
Lincoln.
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
Mason, John Edward, Md, board of trustees
State Industrial School, state delegate, Man.
chester.
NEW JERSEY.
Hall, Miss NJ. A, Trenton; Hunt Ezra NJ. M
D., secretary, State Board of Health, Trenton:
kellogg, Chas. D., NJ. D., vineland; Harrison
G. NJ, Superintendent, Newark City Home
Verona; Harrison, W. FL, teacher, Newark
rotary, Charity Organization Society. New
Brunswick; Nelson, Mrs. James,. manager
Otterson, Ira, superintendent State Reform
school, Jamesburg; Otterson, Mrs. Ira, James
burg.
Armstrong, T. s., NJ. D., superintendent. Asy
lrm for Chronic Insane. Binghampton; Arm
strong. Mrs. T. s., Binghampton; Brockway
tory for Young Men, Eimira; Buzeile, Geo. b.
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Purvis, District delegate; Mrs. Sara A. Spencer
District
S. Pratt, District delegate; L. S. Emery District
delegate; r. Ross Perry, District delegate; Hon.
Crocker, District delegate; VIM. II. Stouten.
burgh, District delegate; Simon Wolf, District
dielIegate; Rev Placide L. Chappelle, District
gate; Rev. John Chester, District delegate: Rev.
Samuel X. Cox, District delegate; Hon O. p. G..
Clarke, delegate Boys Reform School; Dr. j. Z.
Carpenter, delegate Boys Reform School. Col
Geo. A. Shallenberger, Boys Reform SCHOOL, r
I. Bickford, Associated Press; Mrs. Julia Lang
don dssa5e Society," Miss
a. Peet, delegate Humane Society; Mr.. A. A.
Hayes. delegate Humane Society; J. B. r.
n. Traeli, delegate Humane s Society; H chns.
Mrs. C. L. Roach, del, Women Christian TEN,
boys Home; Lewis Abraham, del, Industrial
Home School; NJ. s. Stockbridge, supt., Indus
trial Home school; Mrs. !; T. Voorhees,, del, In
Industrial Home School; Mrs. Margaret A. CO.
penhaver, Women Christian Association; Mrs.
ciation; b. Hickman Mann, del, Charity orra s
Society; j, 9. Pratt, del, Charity Organ socie-
ty; WV. Burdette, del. Charity Organ. Society;
a. f. Steele, del, Charity organ SOCIETY; Mrs.
sam1 s. shedd, del, Charity organ. Society:
Rev Rush Dr. r. shippen delegate Associated
GATED Charities MI John IL oorgees d deie.
gate, Associated Charities Mrs Martha Is. Smell.
delegate Associated Charities; Mrs. Enoch Tot.
ten, delegate, Associated Charities; Mrs II. M.
Hayden, delegate, Associated Charities; sami.
II. Geisey, d. D., delegate, Epiphany Church
Home; Prof H. g. Coffin. delegate. Epiphany
Church Home; Jno 1: Edwards, delegate,
Homeopathic Hospital Association; Mrs. q. IL
Wilcox, Homeopathic Hospital Association:M Mrs.
G. w. Pope, Homeopathic Hospital Association:
Lewis Clephane, Homeopathic Hospital Associ,
alton; Alonzo Bell, Homeopathic Hospital Asso.
citation; Local Committee, Charles Bradley,
Hon. Jno. Eaton, Brainard a. Warner, Geo
Ryneal, j., NJ. ". Beveridge, Rev. Theo. Hard
ing, Mr.. Chas. E; Foster, Major ". NICE. Dye,
Rabbi l.. Stern, e. Kurtz johnson, Geo. IT. b.
White, Rev. H r. Naylor, 8. Walter Wood
e WEN Rev
r. ID. Power, Rev. w. C. Leubkert Mrs Jane ii.
Spoford, Prof. II. G. Spencer, Elias s. Hutchin-
son, Hon. Matthew g. Emery. Dr.. J. n. Toner
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What it is to Have Faith.

There is q story of q French Grimm
al who died because he believed that
he was being bled to death, while in
reality his arms were only pricked,
and a sound Of trickling water made
to initiate the noise of the blood flow
ing forth. In the same way it is re-
corded how Mr.. Loutherbourg cured
large numbers of patients by attack,
ing the Imagination. Among those
who had visited him was a man who
had been troubled with great pains
and swellings, partic ularly about the
loins, so that hecould not walk across
the room. On entering, Mr.. Louther-
bourg looked steadfastly at him and
said: know your complaint; look at
me-" They continued looking at each
other some minutes; then Mr.. Louth-
erbourg asked if he did not feel some
warmth at his loins, ~whereupon the
i a replied that he did. ''Then YOU
will feel in a few minutes much greater
war NTH After a short pause the
man said: 81 feel as if a per-
son were pouring boiling water
upon me-" Still looking in his
face, Mr.. Loutherbourg said: GLOW
did youcomeh here, sir?" ''In coach"
"Then go and discharge your coach
and walk back to town" The coach
was discharged and thepatient walked
to town, and the next day he walked
fjNa hOnrS a hnJ,t f~w,, uitl ,D,,t & :, ! ,,o
Similarly, Sydney Smith relates how
the banker-post Rogers caught a bad
cold simply from imagining a window
to be open, but which all the time was
shut. 1t was at a dinner party, and
the great sheet OF plate glass had de-
celved Rogers, who was sittingin what
he thought to be adangerousdraught.
10 quote afurther case: DR.. Sigmond
relates how a poorwoman, having ap-
piled to a physician for q cure OF IN
affection Of the breast, he gave her q
prescription, which he directed should
be applied to the breast. She re-
turned at the end OF a few DAYS
to offer her grateful thanks for
the cure, which he had effected; but on
making inquiry rs to the mode OF ac-
ton, he ascertained that his patient
had very carefully tied the prescrip-
ton round her neck. Faith cures OF
this kind are of constant occurrence,
and we know how persons, when suf-
ferlng from maladies connected with
the raj or nervous system, have
been restored to their abnormal state
OF health by simplefaith. Thusstart-
ling effects have occasionally followed
the swallowins ofsuch make-belief rem
edles as pills composed OF bread or
sugar. This accounts, therefore, for
the cures which We're wrought in
days gone by, even when medicine
was in a backward state, and the
most absurd Prescriptions were often
given to patients suffering from nerv-
GUS disease.-The Gentleman's Maya
zine.
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Mechanical Mages in Enrone-

Wages in France are somewhat
higher thanh Germany. The CUSTOM
AIRY rates in Alsace + greater than
in any other portion of the German
empire. In Strasburg carpenters
receive 81 Is per week and laborers
81 81.
The lowest rates in Germany are
found in Silesia, the average weekly
wages of unskilled laborers being
81 4S, while in Prussia they are 50 19,
and in the empire, as a whole, So 40.
Wages in Italy are still lower than
in Germany. One result is that large
gangs of Italian laborers are brought
into Germany when railways or other
extensive works are 10 be constructed.
In Austria the wages of the spinners
in the factory of Pottendorf average
only 81 SO per week OF seventy -two
hours, the women's average beng but
81 40, or less than 2 cents an hour.
The railway mechanics of Vienna,
including the highest and best-paid
classes of skilled luborers. receive an
average weekly wage OF but IS A.
In London household wages by the
average rs follows. Plain cooks,
1877 50; housckeepers. $146; Mattresses
and nursema DIS. $50 73; barmaids,
1897 33; buffers, S195; coachmen,
S17O 50.
In the British government service
the higher positions are much better
compensated than III our country, but
the lower far worse.
Policemen and letter-carriers in
London are pad from $500 to 1875 a
year, while in the larger cities in this
country they receive twice or three
times as much.
In south China mechanics receive
from 81 80 to IS a month; employees
III shops and stores. from So 81 to
81 80, cooks and h~ousemaids employ
cd by foreigners, from 81 TO $40;
while servants ard country land labor
ers employed by natives are pad
about 81 so per month, with their
food. which is worth as much more
IeldependeHt.
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God Bless Our Horne.

"That motto seems to have been
having a rough sort of . time of it,
sad our reporter to a local picture
frame maker who was trying to repair
one of tho God Bless Our Homo al
fairs which. as it laid upon the coun-
ter, looked rs If it had been kicked by
a mule,
Yes; it's been badly used without a
doubt. sad the man. cit was
brought II. here a short time ago by a
woman 6ho wanted it fixed up aguin.
| askeI her how it happened to come
to grief, and she told mo it was done
lasts night, when she was having D BIT
or a discussion with her husband, and
we'll. she was another proof that a
woman a never aim straight. Tho
fiat iron had missed the old man, but
it knocked spots out of the s.God
Bless" business. -FaH HSuer Advanex2