The Washington critic., 1889-03-15
EARLY nonsrso NEWS.


York, charged with forgery In signing PEN
sioncrs names 20 checks and pockciing
the money intended for veterans of the late
war or their families, pleaded guilty be-
fore United States Commissioner ycstor-
day afternoon, and was remanded for sen
tence on Thursday The penalty for the
two forgorics specified IN his arralgnmcnt
Is twenty years.
Mrs. Langtry Frustrated.
Mrs. Langtry was sick last night and
unable TO Keep her engagement ut the
Peoples Theatre. She IL so FRUSTRATED as
TO be unable TO rise and dress. Mr., Grit
fifth, the actress manager, said that she
had been suffering from nervous prostra-
tion for some time, and her failure to mp.
pear was no surprise. She requires rest
and treatment. Mrs. Langtry's next en-
gagement begins on Monday at the Walnut
Street Theatre, Philadelphia. An operation
to relieve her Of tonsilitls was performed
last night on Mrs. Langtry's throat, during
which she swooned twice, and she cannot
now speak above a whisper
A Duel for woman's Hand.
Near Industry, jefferson County, Ohio
about thirty miles north of Wheeling, W.
Va, Samuel Gordon and George Kelley
who have been paying attention to Miss
Ella Duck, happened to meet at her house
Tuesday night. The two young men soon
engaged In q quarrel over the girl, aud
Gordon proposed 20 settle the matter with
knives. Kelley assented, and the two re.
paired to the back yard Of the Duck resi-
deDce to see which was the better man, the
one coming out of the encounter successful
to take the girl, Each provided himself
with knife, and they made rush OF each
,l..... ~ "a. ..
passes Kelley stabbed Gordon In the side,
making very dangerous wound Kelley
Is In jail, while Gordon is lying at the Duck
residence under the care Of physicians.
The Race Issue.
Secretary Of the Commonwealth of Vlr-
ginia, Henry W. Flournoy, made speech
last night before the Powhattau, Richmond's
crack Democratic club. His theme was
"The Negro Problem" Mr.. Flournoy In
the course of his remarks said he bell eyed
that the solution of this great question
would be the final Acknowledgement of the
colored man. This, he believed, would be
brought about by Northern men settling In
the South and realizing the true condition
OF affairs, and creating n sentiment IN It's
favor at the North. Touching the issue In
the coming campaign In this State, the
speaker declared the race question should
overshadow every other. 'Ifn said lie, ~
were the chairman Of the Democratic State
Committee, would kick out of the party
any speaker who alluded to the debt or
tariff
The Giants Ball Grounds.
The Aldermanic Committee on Public
Works OF New York gave hearing yes
terday afternoon TO the property-owners IN
the neighborhood OF the polo grounds, who
are DESTROYS of having One Hundred and
Eleventh street ont tbrongb the middle Of
the prounds and also 10 renresontatives Of
the New York BASEBALL CInb who are If
The onnos,te state ~ mind The nponert y.
owners said that The naio oronnds Ware a
nuisance and thai Tho h5ronertv IN tho
neigbborbood had moi inrreased in vaine
for the last ten years on account of n Tho
investigation was adjourned for n week
when il is hoped some sort of compromise
may bo arranged. Otherwise the nrospects
Of 1 ibe cinh ate No, hri"b,onins vno p'oSpe'''
-,
faHh heaierS NJ F"uit.
The disciples OF Christian "sciencen In
| New York are said to be much cast dowr
oyor tho dea,b of Mrs cooroo Dow.v vii,
e - NN
OIL "eaithy merchah., VINO lives ~ % Lee
avenue, Brooklyn. She was consump
| Tive, tne ulkeHBc DelllR npTeulturY III lel
family. AS the disease progressed and tn,
regular doctors were unable to do tn,
patient any good, recourse was had tt
Christian science. These people took
firm hold upon the case with alacrity, ant
held out alluring promises Of recover,
from the very first TO the very last. The,
gase Mrs; Do"cy 70 unuers.anu ina. SUI
ness In The world and tbny ""1 ro 1 ba
that her cough came, not from the lungs
but from the liver and kidneys, and indi
Gated simple disorder out oil which conlt
E h1 na S r sv,V ths fhr,s,,o nemey "a,
without stint.
He gave 800 apiece to several so-called
s'lecturers," or "healers,n or "teachers,'
as they are variously called, to deliver
courses of lectures on Christian Science K
Mrs. Dewey. They made her believe tina
she had built wall around her lungs b,
faith and they were all right. When q
last 1t became apparent that death wa
approaching, Mr.. Dewey was unable longe
to stand the strain Of the situation, and
throwing Christian science to the winds
went to his family physician and insistel
on his attending the patient He found tn
right lung mass of tuberclcs and the lief
lung one-third gone. SO thoroughly wa
Mrs. Dewey under the influence Of th
teachings Of the Christian scientists tina
until few days before her death she firml
believed she would recover. She utterl
broke down when the truth dawned upo
her. She was highly estimable woman
about 81 years old, and left four children
The family Is an eininently respectable one
A Moral Summer Resort.
Ars,,n corhin hos a r,an IN tn, ,,. nj,
'" So'n n"n p,"a " 'uIA .1o w
motel AZ Far hockaway into sort OF mora
summer resort, under semi-ecclesiastlca
control. His regeneration of the place, 4
case of success would surnoss ey.n that .
S c~,s,.. 80 pa'I w" ,nae '
.oney isianu' a society mas been iorhe
gnnn1 N IN oah haxr