Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-07
Due to Over Study.
WHAT A PHYSICIAN CERTIFIEs AS THE CAUSE
OF THE DEATH OF A SCHOOL GIRL.

| WHAT PHYSICIAN CERTIFIES AS THE CAUSE
| OF THE DEATH OF A SCHOOL GIRL.
A little girl named Eva Franz, nine years old,
died Saturday night at No. 1341a street north
| east, the home Of her father Charles Franz, a
| bookbinder in the Government Printing office
DR.. Henry ID. Garvin certified the death TO the
health Office as due primarily to "too much
study-too much examining in school I'm my
opinion.and Immediately to congestion of
brain with malaria" The duration OF her fatal
illness. according to the death certificate, was
four days. The little girl attended halliday
second grade, school in the Blair building, cor
ner 18th and streets, taught by Miss l.. A.
Hughes. Her father, who claims that the little
girls death is due TO pernicious system in the
| taken sick at school Wednesday, and held W.
her hand for permission TO go to her home, but
was motioned TO keep her seat. She lay there
| with her head on the desk and finally at
tackled with nausea, and was allowed To go
| home. Miss Hughes says that she noticed that
the little girl was crying in school and asked if
she was sick, but received no response. She did
not, she says motion to her to put her hand
down, for she did not see her raise her hand.
The girl was bright and intelligent, Miss
Hughes says. and her lessons were not long or
have some medical knowledge, did not call i'm a
physician until after the death of the child
and then the physician made his certificate
from the statement OF members OF the family
AN INQUIRY PROBABLE.
Superintendent Powell was informed of the
case to-day. 1t is probable that there will be
an inquiry made into the case by the school
board. The school is located i'm Trustee Clark's
division, but Trustee Clark was confined 10 his
home to-day by sickness.
THE WAsHINGi y AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.
To-day there was placed on record a deed OF A.
NJ. Zane, OF Philadelphia, TO Franklin L. Greg
DRY, of Massachusetts, Of the property OF the
GRAFTON being SIS 600 Also deed n from sDni ihe
last named to the Washington and Potomac
Railroad Co.-formerly the Southern Maryland
k(nfl fh.a ia.
being stock in the company and "a mortgage
OF the w. p. R.R Co. to the Union Trust Co,
of Philadelphia, to secure s1,ooo,o0O OF the
bonds OF the company, payable April 1st 1916
with per cent interest The new management
continue running the trains from Mechanics
connecting with the Baltimore and Potomac
railroad, and are engaged in preparation TO re-
sumo the work OF building the road TO its ter
minus-EsperanZa-on the Patuxant river and
Point Lookout.
SCHOOL CADErs.-The High School Cadets
have arranged for q battalion drill and dress
hotel tomorrow evening at $50 o'clock. The
District Commissioners and number of gem
tlemen prominent in military affairs have been
invited to review them.
MARRIAGE LICENsEs-Marriage licenses have
Hatteriy, Of Prince Georges County. ' Nd va and
Anna r Disney; jas. A Richardson, of North
cumberland CO., Va, and Virginia d; Grinder;
and Katie Costinett; George w. Dechard and
Mile Gallagher; j. w. Stephenson, of Fred
erick county, Nd, and Anna Maria Jones; l..
"A: Cumberland and Ada Nj. Bogus; Edward
Williams and Abbie Smith; Andrea Franzesie
and Grace J. Buddington; Joseph Jeanson and
Furchette Gonelle.
THE jury ATTACH No BLAME TO ANYONE.
The inquest upon the body OF Horace Young,
an apprentice boy in the Critic composing room.
who was killed on Friday by the tall OF an ele-
vator at the Post building, was continued TO-
day at the Nth precinct station. After hear
ing the testimony OF j. Frank Mcclure, the
superintendent OF the building; j. w. Sinclair,
Hilge FOsberg, machinist, and Vim. H.
Towers, foreman Of the Republican composing
room, the jury rendered q verdict that the
deceased bad come TO his death by conclusion
and shock, caused by the fall of the elevator
"From the evidence we are unable 10 say that
there was fault In the construction of the ele-
vator or that the superintendent was in any
way negligent in his duties"
RANGE OF THE THERMoMETER.-The follow
ing were the readings al the signal office to-day:
s q. m, ~; q. M, 90; IL a. m 90; z d. M,
az. Maximum, az; minimum, 81
CONTRACT AwARDED.-The Treasury depart
ment recently asked for proposals for furnish |
ing = list OF 12O books for the department lib
Brentano Bros, OF Washington, and they have
been awarded the CONTRACT
CONDITION OF THE NATIONAL BANKs-The
Controller Of the Currency has called for state
ment OF the condition OF the national banks ut
the close OF business. June Sd.
The archbishop OF Chicago yesterday con-
Armed AT oonvicts In Joliet penitentiary.