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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21

THE STAR HAS MORE THAN
THREE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR
SUBSCRIBERS and MORE THAN
FIVE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR
READERS AS ANY OTHER DAILY
PAPER In WASHINGTON. IL 10 de-
hvered regularly by careful carriers at
the HOMES OF THE PEOPLE, AFTER
THE BUSTLE AND WORRY OF THE
CAY ARE OVER, and IL Is thus read
leisurely and thoroughly by EVERY
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
They know that IL prints all the news,
and has only the interests OF the people
Of the District I'm view, with no partisan
measures to advocate, and no private
schemes to forward. They know it, I'm
short, to be THE PEOPLES PAPER,
and nothing else. As an ADVERTISING
MEDIUM IL is, therefore, ABSO-
LUTELY WITHOUT A RIVAL. IL 10
I'm fact worth more as a means Of reach-
ing the public THAN ALL THE
OTHER DAILY PAPERS In THE
CITY TOGETHER.
Furthermore, in proportion to the re-
turns il gives its patrons, ITS ADVER-
Using RATES ARE THE CHEAPEST
IN THE CITY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
MATRIMONIAL swINDLERs.
The Career of Seymour Hitchcock and
His Wife, Now Under Arrest.

A Delhi, NY, special to the Philadelphia
| Press says: The arrest at Meadville, Pa, OF
Seymour Hitchcock and wife on the charge OF
using the United States mails for purposes OF
fraud is a matter of special interest in this
vicinity where the offenders are well known
and where they began their course OF swind-
ling. Seymour Hitchcock is the son Of Matthew
Hitchcock, q well-to-do and highly respectable
farmer of the town of Franklin, this county.
Several years ago young Hitchcock, while
| still living with his parents, saw an advertise
ment in a so-called matrimonial newspaper.
| setting forth that q young woman wanted a
! husband and invited correspondence. He
wrote to the advertiser, who proved to be
Sarah Hugell, young woman with q curious
history. She is the daughter OF respectable
parents living near Smithport, Pa. When six
teen years old she made a runaway match with
a good-looking young fellow, who first ill
treated and then deserted her. For year or
two following, it is said. she led a gay life on
the strength of liberal drafts upon the bank
account OF wealthy oil operator. When this
resource failed she sought husband through
the columns of the matrimonial newspapers.
She Is not noticeably handsome, but she is
bright and artful and of winning ways. She
quickly perceived that a marriage with young
Hitchcock would bring money and a degree Of
responsibility and she spread net that landed
him. After a time old Mr.. Hitchcock got tired
of maintaining an idle son and a gay and ex-
trevagans daughter-in-law and cut off the sup
plies
The clever and INSCRIPTIONS woman was
equal to the emergency. She took her husband
to Oneonto and from that point sent advertise
ments to Chicago and San Francisco papers,
saying that respectable young widow desired
to hear from a western gentleman of means and
good standing with a view to matrlmony. She
got letters by the score from all parts Of the
west and sent back ardent replies, inclosing
the likeness of beautiful young woman. The
deluded westerner who took the bait was
prevailed upon to send costly presents, or
money, to pay the fare of his betrOthed to the
place where they we're to meet and marry.
When the swindlers had bled their dupe to the
utmost they astonished him by mailing a re-
celpt signed Sarah Hitchcock, per Seymour
Hitchcock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
An Unfortunate SatcheL

FROM tne chicago Mail.
Remember my telling you / intended to
send my wife to some summer resort to keep
her away from any gossipy friends who might
have seen me with the handsome grip asked
my fat little married friend yesterday "well,
she is back again and there's trouble. took
a night train to visit her and keep I'D our ac-
quaintance. Train was crowded. l had an
upper berth and some lady had the lower /
did not sit in the section during the evening.
as had some fool friends on the car who like
to be funny, and in the morning located in
the smoking compartment. and just before the
train arrived sent the porter after my satcheI
and traps. The first thing my wife picked out
of that satchel was an internally feminine gar
ment and the thermometer showed a gain oil
40 degrees in the best time on record. As for
the humidity-well. the Johnstown food ism,
in it. / worked for an hour or so and got things
fairly cleared up, when the satchel made an
other play and broke the bank. never read
novels, but there was q novel, and a letter
sticking in it. l only saw it was addressed to
Dearest and was signed Maud OF course il
was a letter she intended sending her beloved,
but Dearest never received it We came home
By separate trains, and there you are Funny
isn't it? So funny don't know whether to see
@ doctor or lawyer about it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
HUNGARIAN OUTRAGEs.
Deplorable Condition OF Things in the
Connellsvflie Coke Region.

The Pittsburg Times today publishes the result
Of an investigation by staff correspondent of
the deplorable situation Of affairs in the Con-
nellsville coke region. The reports that have
been sent in from the coke country Of the raw
ages Of the Hungarians are bad enough to
rouse the phlegmatic citizens, but the actual
condition OF affairs il almost beyond descrip-
ton. Anarchy is uppermost in the minds OF
ths auns. who have been melted to acts Of law
less deeds OF violence by the ringleaders,
Jacob Otto and Christ Body, two confirmed red
Tag and blood anarchists, who we're discharged
from the mines because of anarchistc tenden-
cies- They have gone through the region, join
ing with kindred spirits, planting seeds of revo-
luton and murder among the ignorant Huns.
They are fully aware that they have won the
late strike, but what they want is pillsge and
plunder and a general drunken jubilee. For
over two weeks the country side has been in a
Gate of terror and the hamlet of Mutual is
the only place that has not been visited with
devastation.
VALUABLE PROPERTY HAS BEEN wANToNLY DE-
srRoYED
and peaceable citizens have been subjected to
personal injury and abuse. Women have been
threatened and men have been dubbed into
inseusibility, some killed outright and others
disab Ied for life. The inhabitants Of Mutual
have been frequently threatened and on sew
eral occasions have fed to the hiilsides for
bnelter. Inc reason Ior tuel Prcseut CoinPdIa-
tive safety hes in the fact-which has become
known to the marauders-that every man In the
village has supplied himself with Winchester
rifles and revolvers and the streets are patrolled
nightly The citizens determined to pro-
tect themselves and their families, saying that
they would sooner part with their -four barrels
than their guns, and cannot be blamed for
taking the law into their own hands. Petitions
are in circulation asking the governor to pro-
vide help and relief. Everybody is alive to the
situation and unites in demanding the removal
Of this lawless element from the coke regions.
Greenburg dispatch says that the hearing
of the Hungarian cases was concluded yester-
day at noon. OF the twenty-three held over
from Monday eight were discharged and fifteen
held for court. one of whom entered bail in the
sum of $500 and was released. The other four
teen, it is thought, will secure the necessary
hill TODAY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
BLOWN THROUGH A WALL.
Terrible Death From q Boiler Explo-
sion in Pittsburg.

The boiler explosion at Gangwische's brew
cry in Pittsburg yesterday, Of which brief
mention was made in The STAR, did not prove
SO disastrous in the loss of life as at first re-
ported, only one man being killed and one
man and young woman being injured The
boiler was being repaired, and Andrew Snyder,
who was doing the work, was sitting alongside
his wife in another room eating his MONDAY
lunch. He left his wife and started to look at
the boiler, and just as he got near it the boiler
burst, literally throwing poor Snyder out
through brick wall across the street and
under a freight car, the body travelling a dis
lance Of about fifty feet The body was badly
bruised and death was no doubt instantaneous.
Swede named johnson, who was working in
the brewery, was injured about the wrist and
ankle, and Miss Lizzie Blaske, who was en-
ployed in q neighboring house, was injured
about the back. The building was badly
wrecked.
Several Of the neighboring houses were badly
wrecked, one in particular having the entire
back caved in. Lizzie Blaske, employed as a
domestic in the boarding house of Henry Ga
Der, in the rear of the brewery. made a remark
! able escape from death. She was working in a
kitchen about 20 feet from the boiler and the
fragments fell in q shower all around her,
knocking over chairs, cutting the legs from a
table at which she was standing, scattering
tins, pans and other utensils, tearing the walls
Of the kitchen and filling the room full of
smutty debris, and yet she suffered no injury
save slight cut on the head and a hysterical
fright. from which she soon recovered.
Eight boarders of Gaber's were seated
around a long dinner table in the second story,
and although the rear portion of the brick
building in which they were located was partly
demolished, and pieces of CRATE. bars and brick
went whizzing through the dining room and
all were thrown from their chairs by the ex-
plosion, none had the slightest wound inflicted,
and the only one injured in this part of the
building was a Swede, whose name could not
be learned, one of whose arms was slightly
cut. The explosion resulted from the giving
way OF the stand bolts, which caused the crown
sheet to blow out When this gave way the
force was 80 great that the boiler was upturned
and carried distance of 20 feet and lodged in
the adjoining yard, and is now standing per-
pendicular. Pieces of the boiler which were
picked up were thin as wafer and gave
evidence that the iron was badly burned out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
The Carlsbad of America.

From the Helena tMOnt) journal
The new hotel and natatorium, erected at an
expense of $500, 900 by Col Broadwater, will be
thrown open to the public in about twelve
days. Built in a style of architecture that can
not fail to please the eye, it exhibits degree
of refined taste far in advance of what one
would naturally expect in a frontier state, over
whose hills, until within a few years, herds of
buffllo ranged in unchecked freedom.
We have gwen greater space to the subject
than we otherwise should because il is the
work OF single private citizen rather than that
Of a corporation. We have seen so many men
grow suddenly rich in the far western states
who have rushed off to New York some other
Atlantic city to enjoy their wealth that we feel
a proper pride in a citizen who remains i'll the
community where he amassed his competency
and deyotes it to the increase of its local
wealth.
1t may seem like wild and reckless asser-
ton, but we predict that in less than five years
Helena will be known as the Carlsbad of Amer
lea Its situation half way between the Pacific
ocean and the Mississippi river guarantees q
continuous stream Of visitors from either side
In this respect it has great advantage over
the famous Del Monte hotel at Monterey,
which is very remote from all cities save San
Francisco. We believe that it will be as great
q success financially as INTELLECTUALLY, and
that the fame of its healing waters will be-
come a household word in the land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
The Best Sign Of the Lot.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
bats de bes' sign of 'em ALL
The speaker was a janitor at the new capitol.
He pointed to paper pasted at the foot OF the
main stairway leading from the first to the
second floor.
''Dey tried three or four signs, !" he continued,
IAN they didn't work at all. Gem'mem spit
on de door same as il dey WASH no sign. One
sign hit say Spit in de spittoons.' Dat was de
fus Que. Mex one say. DE fo's WASH made to
spit on Humph! Didn't do no good = all.
Mex one say, 'Gem'men don't spit on de- TO-.
Dey spits in de spittoon.' Yistiddy dey put
datn up"
Works all right does it?'
Law. bes' sign ever l seen. Hit look like
dey pay mo- tention to il. Mr.. Tip Har'son say
hit oughter be copied an put at all de dos. Dat
sholy Is a good sign."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
CAPTURED In THE SURF.
NJ. HaimOnt, of Bank of France Noto-
riety, Arrested at Brighton Beach.

While Paul Haimont o Frenchman, was en-.
joyiug surf bath at Brighton Beach Monday
he was arrested in the water by Deputy Mar
shall Bernhard, accused of stealing 10000 francs
from the Bank of France.
short time ago MIR. Noll and his wife were
arrested in New York city on requisition Of the
French government. 1t was stated at that time
that Noll had pilfered the safes of the Bank OF
France, whose cashier he was, for a consider
able amount 1t is generally conceded that
everything that happens in France is attribu-
table to a woman, and SO it was as regards this
crime. 1t was Noll's wife who inspired the
plot. and it was because she loved horse races,
hazard games and other things of luxury.
1t was known that Mrs. Noll had had init
mate relations with two French sportsmen. one
MIR. Haimont of Paris and the other MIR.
Peau from Lyons. Both men disappeared SIM
ultaneously with the guilty couple and the
quartet first went to London There Mrs Noll
and Peau separated from the others and came
to New York. Later the husband and the other
friend joined the fugitives in this city. They
had short but jolly time here, when Mr. and
Mrs. Noll were arrested and sent back to France,
in spite of their protest. Peau had returned
friend Mrs. Noll.
Deputy Marshal Bernhard at that time wanted
to arrest Haimont also, but Mrs. Noll protested,
under her oath, that Haimont was entirely in
nocent or the crime and had nothing to do
with it. No great amount of money or prop
erty was found when the couple were ex-
tradited.
Yesterday Deputy Marshal Bernhard. through
the French consul. received cablegram re-
questing the immediate arrest and extradition
OF Haimont. While on trial before Paris
court Mrs. Noll had confessed that the theft
was the sole work Of Haimont and that he had
also retained possession of the money. Deputy
Marshal Bernhard does not believe that Hal
mont is in possession of the stolen property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
AnnfherCr0nin Clue

The Chicago police have secured some i'm
portant evidence in the Cronin case. 1t is said
to be to the effect that on the night of the muir.
der pair Of horses belonging to O'Sullivan,
the ice man, now in Jail as one of Cronin's
murderers, were attached to one Of his ice
Wagons, and were driven rapidly in the vicinity
In which the murder was committed by three
excited men; that the horses we're driven up in
front of a saloon in Lake View at about 8
o'clock; that they were covered with foam, and
that the men in the wagon went in and had a
drink 1t had been supposed ever since the
murder that these horses remained in the barn
all plight that night. The police admit the
substantial correctness of these statements,
but decline to speak further about the matter
except to say that neither Of the men in the
wagon is in Jail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
Bishop Newman ut Ocean Grove.

At Ocean Grove, Nj, yesterday there was
crowded attendance at the young peoples
meeting, during which MIR. Yattman gave les
son from the subject Christ the crucifed'
and Col. II. II. Hadley spoke on ''Rescue WORK"
At the holiness meeting DR.. G. d. Watson of
Florida gave a Bible reading. During the
forenoon Bishop John P. Newman preached
the opening sermon OF the camp meeting, tax
ing for his text the words Without holiness no
man shall see the Lord" The afternoon SER
mon was preached by Rev. DR.. W. P. Davis
from the text Casting all your care upon him,
for He careth for you" Mr.. Yatman's workers
conference discourse was addressed to women.
Last evening a sermon was preached by Rev.
Dr. j. A. b. Wilson of Wilmington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
The Useless Sandwich Mormons.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
A returned Hawaiian from Salt Lake City
gives a dismal picture of the condition of the
COLONY of kanakas among the saints. These
people were encouraged by Mormon mission
aries to go to Utah because it was then thought
they could be made voters, and thus add TO
the strength Of the church party, but as the
supreme court of Utah has recently decided
that they are Ineligible to citizenship, the Nor
mons are no longer interested in them. The
Hawsiians find they have to work far harder in
Utah to make a living than they ever worked
at home. and they are now trying to get free
transportation to the islands, but thus far they
have met with no success. Their experience is
= good example of the folly Of any of these
islanders leaving their homes to enter into
competition with Americans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
WHAT THE BOSTON STRUCK.
The Mishap Said to Have Been Due ia
o Sunken Wreck.

The judge advocate general Of the navy has
received the record in the case Of Capt. o'Kane,
who commanded the cruiser Boston when she
ran on rock last week in Newport harbor. II
will not be given to the public until after the
return of Secretary Tracy next week. 1t is
known, however, that the court virtually
acquits Capt. O'Kane of any blame for the
accident. The theory Of the court is that the
Boston did not strike rock. The harbor oil
Newport 10 plotted and every rock is known
and indicated on the official chart The court
believes that the Boston must have struck some
sunken wreck, which, of course, was not known
to the commanding officer Of the Boston. The
courts recommends that no further action be
taken in the case. In the meanwhile the shir
has been locked at New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21

Equally does THE STAR lead all its
contemporaries i'm the publication Of the
NEWS OF OUR OWN COUNTRY.
Receiving the regular dispatches Of
both News Associations; with alert and
enterI'r rising special telegraphic COR
respondents at all important points; and
with wires leading directly from Its own
system touching every city, town and
hamlet la the United States and Terri
tories, il is enabled TO receive aud print
at once "a ful report OF every event OF
consequence occurring during the day
anywhere between the Atlantic and Pa
chic oceans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
Lightning Melts a Girls Hat Rim.

J. c. Alternately, who resides several miles
east of Dennison, Tex. had thrilling expert
ence at his house Monday night during a
severe storm. There are three cedar trees
growing in the front yard near the house."
he says. THE largest of the three was struck
by lightning, when ball of fire seemed to
dance before the window. The lightning went
from the top OF the roof and ripped up the
shingles. 1t then descended to the ceiling in
the front room and tore the clock into pieces
Standing near the clock was a sewing machine.
The lightning melted the large wheel, and
after this performance it melted the metallic
rim which encircled a girls hat The fluid
then went through the floor, burning large
hole. Mrs. Sheriff., who was sitting in another
room, was Frustrated by the shock"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21

In conclusion, the public should bear
i'm mind this one significant fact: THE
srAK does not rely upon empty boasts
to impress the public. ITS CIRCULA-
TION Is SWORN TO; its PRESS
ROOM Is OPEN To THE PUBLIC;
and its BOOKS MAY BE INSPECTED
by any one having an interest I'm their
examination. These are CRUCIAL
TESTS, which few papers invite, and
which those that boast most are least
able to stand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
Dogs as Heirs.

xrorn the Atlanta Constitution
The strangest will ever read was that OF an
eccentric old German woman, Mrs. Mary Ann
Sehanb, who died in Nashville recently leaving
all her property to two ordinary dogs who were
her sole pets and companions. She provides
that sufficient sum shall be reserved from her
personally TO maintain these dogs in comfort
a. long as they live, and especially orders one
bed and clothing for their occupancy. Young
lady whom she adopted is made secondary
live in the house and care for the dogs for A
period Of eight years. II at the end of this
term her task has been dutifully performed she
shall come into possession Of the entire prop
erty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
Faster Marvel Finally Dies.

Robert Marvel of Indianapolis, Ind. after a
fast lasting 81 days, died yesterday morning at
7o'clock. aged eighty-hve years. Mr.. Marvel
ate his last square meal on June Is. For sc
days he took absolutely nothing into his
stomach On the 3sth day he bit of piece
OF pie, but did not eat it, Gu the S9,h day be
drank small quantity Of milk. and at irregu-
lar periods he has continued to do so. All
toia ne pas drunk not to exceed one gallon of
began to fast. Marvel's fast is the longest on
record 80 tar Is known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-21
RAILROADS.
BA1rrxoRE Am ONO R.nno.p


Leave Washington from station corner Of New yersey
For clac.~o and Sorsl and y s,rsss
sI aSr ans.ns s. Ee. and Indianapolis expires.
For Ftts6urx aud clsre.nd. vestibulea Limited su-
far v Whss.,hl,Sp An and express .s0P-m-
on h'Ain line express daily except Monday. at 3s55
sor Lexington and Local stations .3oam
$3.50 aI' Moo am, rIO:5O An. t.isOO pm
Fer s a!l,S ~esi days, 100 5:oc Gao. 20
!45minuie., a N. i2:i". s:os. go ii y
3;l3 a.,-nina,es5 5 rs rs 80 ::ss $50. $50
8 $50 1888 $40 and II SS 2; NJ s4 sna "
455 ssd oa s 43o sos. ioisa and
Isr Way Station. between WASHINGTON and Bait.
IioIS, oOOs o;9u 80 n NJ, IL 4 O. 3 20 3.:p d: y
x Ia L. 20 sundays $3.50 IN. 1 :l5 5:25. 4 "a
IT.ias leave Baltimors for Washington, week days
$40 SiS 49,, S;sS al AZ, mo. 500 'tS nnq's.l
So 90 g;So. $50 40 As 500 1905. Io:lo ri
$50 Sse 500 Sc s. io %tSuis;i ssa
:, For Bay Ridge. train. leave b .nd O. aepo. Wash
sundays 9 Boa "a. Is and s.i.1 "a. y -''
s 5ssye - Bay Ridge ven s.Ss 20 Gao and
and Yf "a AI q Az aud So I2lo.. 4:2i.
Leave ANNA oils, 40. ~ am nv i s $50 ana
0 For p saa,o ssnS SS sb 81 sm
tlO;aO u ~. ~ 30 and IS 20 q m
Tor Rockville and way stations - 50 pm
TOT SMihsrsburg NJ Il intermediate points 300
M, VI :oo. 'o"bo. I'll 20 pm.
,fod oboyas ana intermediate stations, "a 90 pm
Church train leaves Washington on Sunday at lis
PM Stopping ~ all staJloLs METROPOLITAN Branch
Tor Frederick no 40 tl0:5O am rs W. "a so y
W; SUNDAY .. 4: 10 and .S:J0 pm.
Tor Hagerstown, RIO 80 a m. and IS ;3opm
rams arrive from Chicago daily IL 40 a m and
fOo p from Cincinnati and 81 Louis daily 3. I'D
q ~; and 90 pm. from httsburs 7:lO AM. and
MN lOIlK AND PHILADELPHIA DIVISION.
foi New lork. lrenton, Newark and ElizAbeih. v.
Jf:UO, 70 :OO, $40, 'l2:UU a. m, .2u, 20 aud
io:oO pm. Buffet farlor Cars ON ali day traI a :
Sleeping Gar on the lO:30 pm. open at 300 y IN.
lhe 70 pm. train does not stop at Elizabeth.
OF fnnale llla, Newark, Mlinllgt ol anu chester,
w S;OO, $3.50. '12:U0 am. .,3U, - 20 - 90
and O:3O pm.
For intermediate points between Baltimore ana
fhlladelll Ina. 10 20 am, 30 and "a 30 y. ma.
. Trains leave New York Tor ashiIsg-tol, - 30.
II ;ov am, 'l;3o 2:30 '3:l5. $500 pm. aud
Trains leave Philadelphia for Washington. a 10
.s;I3' ll:lo am, II 30, Alb. '5:o5. % AZ and
Tor Atlantic City 4 100 aud $50 am, 1900 noon
ana -, . IN unuay 4: M, and = :UO hoo L.
tor Long Branch and Ocean Grove ~ 90. rs :OU u
NJ: ~ "A, on. sY:.,o Am.
fExcept Sunday. DAILY. ssundsy only. Except
sunday aud Monday. : -.y-.la,.
baggage called tor and checked iron hotels and
Residences 10y Union Transfer Go. on orders left al
ticket Offices GIG and 1901 lennzy lvaula avenue aud
j. 4. ODELL. General Manager. IL,