Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-08

entered Saturday for probate, is valued at
Mrs. Marc Branbher, 60 years old, committed
suicide saturday by jumping from High bridge
into the Harlem river at New York. She was
Edward Crowl, the young man who was
charged with forging his mothers name TO notes
calling for about s60,ooo, was bound over 10
court at Cleveland, saturday, and went to jail
In default OF bail.
Prof. Chas ID. Morris, for the last ten years
collegiate professor OF Greek ana Latin I'm the
johns hopkins university, died at baltimore
Saturday.
Judge Trevino at New Laredo, Mexico. has in
teriered In behalf of Scott, the forger, arrested
by the Mexican war department, and will not
permit him to be placed on United states soil.
The st. Louis authorities are crushing the ice
i'm the river with dynamite I'm order To prevent
Damage TO steamers and ether property i'm the
Rev. Thomas T.. Green pastor of the Eighth
Presbyterian church OF Chicago yesterday an
nounced 10 his congregation that he had de-
cided 10 join the Episcopal church.
A great flood at BelleNille. Ont. has done a
vast amount of damage to buildings.
A young man named Dusenbury, who was
deaf, but was always considered oi sound mind,
killed his mother with hatchet in a sudden
Mt OF insanity at Tampa, Fla, on saturday.
Report is current at Ottawa Kan. that the
Knights of Labor are boycotting the state
militia throughout the state. Several firms
have been warned against employing militia
men.
Nearly 1000 ducks were killed on Chinco-
league island during the recent cold weather.
Edward X. Coleman, president OF the SOUTH
yesterday at the New York hotel. lie had been
in bad health nearly year.
THE GULF STREAM ExPERIMENrs.-The
Canadian government. desiring 10 cooperate in
the experiment being made by the Prince OF
Monaco, publishes the following ia the Canada
Gazette: Floats are 10 be launched on the gulf
stream and allowed 10 drii ashore. Ii is moi
expected that any of them will reach the coast
of Canada, but i'm case they do all marine =
fishermen and residents on the coast.especiallIy.
officers of her majestys customs, Zig itltoI Sc
Ff..f..
quested to pick them up with care and SEND ali
the documents enclosed 20 the floats, with a re-
and information as TO the state OF the float To
the deputy minister of marine, by whom they
will be forwarded TO their final destination"
CHARGED WITH ABDUCTING AN HEIREss-
w. II. Hamilton, said 10 belong TO New York,
was arrested in Montreal Saturday a charge
OF abducting Chrysanthe, daughter of wealthy
widow named Remilard. During the smallpox
epidemic i'm Montreal the young lady was sent
to New York Tor safety, and there met Hamil-
ton. subsequently she went to Boston, and
when the epidemic disappeared returned 10
Montreal. Hamilton, IL j. alleged, followed her
and succeeded I'm prevailing upon her 10 elope
with him TO ottawa. where they lived for three
days as man and wife. They returned TO Mon
treal Saturday, and, the lady admitting that
they were not married, the mother had Hamil-
ton arrested The young lady will shortly in
herit ST., 600.
A BRIDEGRooM STABBED AT THE ALTAR
New Orleans dispatch 10 the ST. Louis Repub-
lican says: On the Jamison plantation, near
Thibadeaux, last night, while the wedding cere-
mony WAS being performed which united I'm
marriage James Baptiste and Marie Dujoe, the
lights were suddenly eXtinguishcd and the
room left completely dark. In the midst of the
darkness screams were heard and when lights
were brought in IL was found that the bride
groom had been stabbed seven times In the
back with a large knife and fatally wounded.
dying a few minutes afterwards. An investi-
CATION showed that the murder had been COM
mitted by keZiah Collins, "A former mistress of
Baptiste, who in cooperation with Others, had
eXtin9uished the lights when she had assaulted
him. The woman escaped "A steamboat.
A LINGERING AND GENERALLY FATAL DIS
EASE often results from severe cold LEFT TO
take care of itself Better prudentiy resort 10
De. Jaynes Eypectorant on the first symptom
of a cough and cold, and SO avoid planting in
the system the seeds OF an incurable lung or
throat complaint.