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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-26

Ex-Representative Henkle Arrested for
Forging Notes.

Ex-Congressman Eli J. Henkle was arrested
yesterday in Baltimore on the charge of forging
the Endorsement Of Thomas Humphrey a we'll
known farmer residing near Brooklyn, Nd, to
three notes for $50 each. DR.. Henkle was
taken into custody on Calvert street near the
court house. He waived examination before a
justice Of the peace and released on bail in
$1,000 on each charge. The allegations are
that DR.. Henkle sold the notes at different
times to the firm of Biedler Brothers & Co.,
commission merchants. Humphrey, il is said,
declares that the Endorsement of his name is a
forgery. DR.. Henkle is one of the best-known
politicians in the state and for four years repre-
also been member of the state Legislature
For several years he has lived a retired life in
Baltimore. One of his sons says that Mr..
Humphrey signed the notes himself and that
they are not forgeries.
DR.. Henkle makes the following statement
OF the case: His son George was sent to Mr..
Thomas Humphrey to obtain the Endorsements
Dr. Henkle and Mr.. Humphrey are friends of
long standing, the doctor having been his
physician for twenty years. He says there
must be certainly some misunderstanding about
the case. which will be made clear when Mr.
Humphrey can be seen. The doctors friends
say he could not have the least possible motive
of using Mr.. Humphreys name without his au-
thority, as very often the latter has Endorsed
notes for him, and never refused. They are
convinced the whole matter will be satisfacto
lily adjusted without further judicial proceed
ings.
DIR. Henke's son George corroborated his
fathers statement
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Family Likenesses.

From the London Medical Press.
Some curious Investigations have recently
been undertaken by Photographic So
ciety in Geneva. The purpose was TO show
that the longer a married couple lived together,
we apprehend harmoniously, the more and
more marked became the resemblance which
the two persons bore to each other Photo
graphs of seventy-eight old couples were taken,
as well as of an equal number of adult brothers
and sisters. On careful inspection il was found
that the married couples were more like each
other than the brothers and sisters of the same
blood. Apparently, therefore, there seems to
be a stronger force available for the production
of 'famlly likenesses' even than that of
hereditary transmission. In accepting the
statement of the society in question as true as
to fact. and not regarding it as the outcome of
an attempt to make practice and theory meet
it is not difficult in certain measure to account
for the phenomenon referred to. Human
beings, for example, have quite a faculty for
copying each other in their ways. movements
and temperaments. Witness the attempts
which are commonly made to initiate the mode
of utterance and the catchy" manncrisms
public man. Almost every man and
woman has a model in ordinary
life, from whom certain features are
| taken and adopted. Many of these
ment among those who happen to know the
'originais" and can compare the two. In our
profession, for instance, the personality and
demeanor Of Sir William Lawrence were a
| fertile source of attraction to younger men of
his day, and many were the 'copies" of which
he became the innocent cause. At the present
time the same thing obtains, though perhaps
to less extent, among those who are lmbued
| with the spirit of hero worship. In the case
| of married persons, too, doubtless a similar
cause is at play. 1t is probably true that the
closer a married couple are nodded after
each other in regard to will, temperament and
| inclination, the closer will they come to re-
semble each other in outward appearance, and
! it is quite possible that the secret of harmony
| in married life depends upon the faculty pos
sessed by a married couple of acquiring from
each other those little details OF personality to
which reference has been made. IL is supposed
that the Photographic society above mentioned
would not find much ''conjugal likeness" among
the applicants at the divorce court, and we
presume they would be ready to admit that
| reelection" would be indispensable to the pro-
| duction of a large series of their photographs.
There might, for example. be 1000 married
| couples in a particular town, but an outsider
might not be able to tell from their likeness
| that any of the couples we're married, neither
might, perhaps, the Photographic society.
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AN INVENTOR ARRESTED.
William l.. Ellsworth's Wife Charges
Him With Having Deserted Her.

New Haven Special to the Philadelphia Press.
William l. Ellsworth, who is said to be the
inventor Of the smokeless and noiseless pow
der, was arrested in New Haven yesterday
afternoon on q charge Of non-support sworn
out by his wife, Maria Ellsworth. Mrs. Ellis
worth arrived in New Haven from South Nor
walk yesterday morning and met her husband
In front Of the post Office building. She &C.
cused him Of having deserted her and her
daughters in Philadelphia about two weeks ago.
Ellsworth attempted to escape from the woman,
but she followed him through the streets to
Wooster square, where they spent the morn
ing hours, talking SO loudly that the attention
of people in the vicinity was attracted to them.
About IL o'clock Ellsworth hailed a passing
hack and entering it was quickly driven away.
Half an hour later he turned up at the police
headquarters and giving his name to Capt.
Hyde, demanded the arrest Of a woman who had
been following him. As soon as Capt. Hyde
heard the name he turned to one of the police
men present and handing him q paper in
structed him to arrest Ellsworth. The war
rant under which Ellsworth was arrested had
been sworn out by his wife early in the morn
ing and charges him with non-support OF wife
and family.
housekeeping in Philadelphia and informed
his wife that their effects were to be shipped
to New Haven and made arrangements to go on
the evening train. just as they were about to
go to the station to take a train Ellsworth told
his wife that he would have to go to Washing
ton and there meet President Harrison and to
explain to him the working of his smokeless
powder. Doubting~his word Mrs. Ellsworth
watched him and discovered that instead of
going to Washington he stopped at hotel and
passed the night with an unknown woman.
Then he went north with his youngest
daughter, who he has been boarding at Hart
land, while he has made his headquarters in
New Haven with Boston woman named Mrs.
Louisa Green. Ellsworth remained in the
lookup until evening. when Paul Russo became
his bondsman for $500. Ellsworth claims to be
the inventor Of the smokeless powder. the right
to use which was sold to the German govern
ment about year ago for, Ellsworth says.
$4,000 and $4,000 per year for life. He
spent last winter in Washington, where he lived
in luxurious apartments and once had his wife
taken from them by the police when she and
her daughter visited him and asked for money
to support them. Mrs. Ellsworth says her hus-
band is deranged. After being liberated last
evening Ellsworth started for Riverside. In
1884 he ran for President of the United States
on the American alliance ticket.
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THE LIFE-sAVING SERVICE.
How Congress Came to Establish II on
Its Present Basis.

In an article on the life saving service in TIE
STAR Of July 10 it was stated that that service
was really born in the summer Of 1s4s, when
Congressman W. A. Newell Of New Jersey per-
suaded Congress to appropriate $4,000 for
providing surf boats and other appliances for
the protection OF life and property from ship
wreck on the Jersey coast between Sandy Hook
and Little Egg harbor. The service was
really inaugurated by the Humane Society of
Massachusetts, and had been aided by occa-
sional appropriations by Congress before the
appropriation referred to for the New Jersey
coast was obtained by Mr.. Newell This ap-
preparation of 1S48 was followed by other,
smaller ones obtained through the efforts of
Mr.. Newell, who was very jealous in advocacy
of the claims of this service. But his efforts
being confined to the coast of New Jersey and
Long Island did not enlist the interest and
support of other sections of the country, and
consequently the service languished And
even under the energetic management Of
Chief of the Revenue Service Kimball, now the
efficient chief of the life-saving bureau, it re-
ceived no adequate support from the govern
ment.
The first movement to make the service ma
tional was made in January, 1878, when Con-
gresham John Lynch. then representing the
first Maine district, now represented by Speaker
Reed. introduced bill which provided for the
Of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Yir-
ginia and North Carolina, and by the second
section of the bill authorized and directed the
Secretary of the Treasury to report to the
House at the next session of Congress the
points upon the and lake coasts of the
United States at which the establishments Of
life-saving stations could best subserve the in.
terests of humanity and commerce, with de-
tailed statement Of the cost of such stations.
This bill was passed by the House January n,
1873, and was followed by resolution. Febru-
airy IL of the same year. directing the commit.
tee on commerce to inquire into the expediency
OF connecting by telegraph the signal service
with the light house and life-saving stations Of
the country. An exhaustive report upon the
whole subject was, under authority of these
acts. made to the next Congress and the pres
ent national life-saving service was thereby es-
tablished.
Covering, as it now does, the entire ''sea and
lake coast" of the United States the service
receives, as it always will, the support of all
sections of the country. and is undoubtedly
the best organized, the best equipped and the
most efficient life-saving service in the world.
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THE W.C.T.U. ADJOURNS.
Election of Officers-Mrs. Cougar on
s'Municipal Government"

The national interstate conference of the
W.CT.U. elected the following officers yester-
day and then adjourned: President, Mrs. Caro-
line B. Buell. of Chicago; secretary, Mrs. Jennie
McClurkin Of Ohio; treasurer, Mrs. N. T. Cecil
of Baltimore; vice presidents West Virginia,
Mrs. Harrison; Maryland, Mrs. Sarah Tudor;
Mrs. Walters; Virginia. Mrs. W. X. Funkhouse;
District of Columbia Mrs. S. ID. LaFetra; New
Jersey, Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer.
Mrs. Eugenia st. John conducted the morn
ing prayer meeting. Mrs. Pugh followed in a
talk on tobacco, speaking of the necessity of
training boys not to use it. In the school of
politics the remedies for the ''evils of partisan
politics" were discussed. All through the con-
ference the Silver Lake Quartet and Mr.. A. W.
Hawks rendered assistance.
Mrs. Helen NJ Cougar Of Indiana occupied
the afternoon. Her subject was Municipal
Government" She cited the historical fact that
cities control the politics of nations and every
government has gone down before corrupt
municipalities The American republic Will
make no exception to this rule. A republic to
live must be governed by the moral elements
of society-the moral forces and the imperial
forces of nation. 1--WE are confronted" she
said. "by the startling fact that the saloon, the
brothel. the gambling den; in short the vicious
elements of society, are controlling our cities,
therefore our nations. Men tell us that the
three destructive and immoral elements
cannot be suppressed and that we must con-
sent to their regulation; or, in short, that we
must take part of the money earned by the
vicious in the name of license" Women de-
sired the ballot that they may correct these
things 1t is their girls and boys who are
| today put up on the auction block and liter
ally bid off to the highest rum trafficker.
Men have no reserve force within themselves
| to meet this government emergency. They
have all men, native and foreign born, black
and white, drunk and sober, ignorant and
| learned, enfranchised. Suffrage needs woman
more than woman needs suffrage in this coun-
| try. Woman suffrage is a national necessity.
Women are in the average more intelligent
| than men. They are more virtuous and law
| abiding, and their Acknowledgement would
rescue our municipality from the control Of the
| vicious. Mrs. Cougar desired the women of
Maryland, Virginia and Ohio to secure NUM-
| cipal suffrage soon as possible and use it as
| they could to fight the battles of the home
| apaipot no aalo0na
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ALEXANDRIA.
Reported for THE EVENING STAR.

Reported for THE EVENING STAR
LAND SALEs.-Recent land sales are reported
from Alexandria county as follows: X. G. Hines
has bought % acres near the Washington and
Ohio railroad at q, 900 from l.. E. Gott. One
hundred and two acres opposite Carlin Springs
has been bought by S. w. Stocking for $40, 100
from {. 5. MIX.
NOTEs.-Mayor Downham has returned after
pleasant visit to Norfolk and its neighbor-
hood.--Itis nowstated that the proposed sewer
at the Theological Seminary will not connect
with any stream. The Alexandria Catholic
Sodality Lyceum will attend the corner stone
laying of st. Mary's Church in Washington to-
morrow afternoon.--A number of Knights OF
the Golden Eagle from Washington attended
the social meeting of II. A. Champion Castle
here last Thursday night
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NEGRO HIGHWAYMEN.
A Lady Knocked Down and Robbed In
the Agricultural Grounds.

Miss Catherine E. McGrath Of No. 1912 G.
assault and robbery committed yesterday in
broad daylight in the agricultural grounds
The highwaymen were negroes, the principal
in the assault being full-grown man while his
pal was boy.
Miss McGrath had been visiting friends in
South Washington, and went through the park
on her way home to make shorter route than
by going around the streets. When she
reached that part of the park near the lake the
two negroes suddenly appeared and the larger
one of the two dealt her stunning blow on
the head and
KNOCKED HER DOWN.
He then grabbed her pocket book, which con-
tanned only s1.70, and both negroes then made
break for the street. Jas. Collins and VIM.
Curry, who were passing through the park at
the time, gave chase and captured negro who
gave his name as VIM. Harris. but who is also
known as Johnson. He had base ball bat i'll
his possession and it is thought that was the
weapon he used on the ladys head. He had a
harmonica in his hand, but he was out of
breath and could not play it. although he at
tempted to bluff his captors in that way.
WHAT JOHN MITCHELL SAW.
John Mitchell, colored who was working in
McLean's lumber yard. said he saw Harris alias
johnson throw pocketbook onto the lumber
pile and he recovered the book and turned it
over to the police.
Miss McGrath, although unable to positively
identify the prisoner as her assailant, thought
he was the guilty one.
This morning the prisoner was taken to the
Police Court and charged with being highway
robber. Judge Miller heard the evidence and
committed the accused to await the action of
the grand jury, fixing the bail at $4,000.
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HUNG HIMSELF FROM A TREE.
Suicide OF Alexis Bailey at His Resi-
dence Near the Navy Yard.

HIS BODY FOUND SUSPENDED FROM CHERRY
TREE IN HIS INDEPENDENTLY A DELIBERATH
CASE OF sELY-MURDER-A pEFoRMED MAN, But
IN COMFORTABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.
Suspended from cherry tree in the rear OF
house No. GIT 7th street southeast this morning
was the dead body Of Alexis Bailey, an aged
man who for number Of years has resided or
the premises. His clothing when the body wal
found was water soaked, showing that he had
been hanging there during the rain which fell
some time before daybreak. The CHASTITY dis
covery was made by William A. Simpson ant
Bernard Matthews, who called at the house
about 4:30 o'clock to deliver milk. They al
once reported the fact to the police Of the fifth
precinct and officers were sent from the station
to inquire into the matter. They did 80 and
when they reached the yard they found the
lifeless form of the man still hanging from the
tree.
HOW HE MANAGED IT.
Beneath the tree was pile of bricks and the
suicide, who was deformed man, had climbed
upon them and suspended himself from limb
of the tree by piece of clothes line that he
had taken from the yard and then jumped of
his support, leaving his body hanging to the
limb. Even if he had changed his mind after
having swung from the brick pile he could no,
have saved himself. The officers lowered the
body OF the suicide and removed it to the house
and subsequently notified the coroner. The
deceased was about sixty-fve years old and
came here from Charles county, Maryland
where he owned considerable real estate. He
received a letter only three or four days ago
from the country making him a good offer for
piece Of property there. He has been
CRIPPLE ALL HIS LIFE,
having had no use of his limbs below his
knees. He evidently had contemplated the
rash act at least all day yesterday. Yesterday
morning he told his sister that he was going
out for a ride and if anything happened to
him he wanted decent burial He did not,
however, go riding. Another remark later in
the day convinced his neighbors that he then
contemplated taking his own life, although at
the time they put different construction on
his language. He was sitting in front of his
house about o'clock in the evening and was
asked by a neighbor how he felt
II feel pretty badly" was his response, ~
don't think I'll be here very long" His neigh
Dor at that time thought he meant he was
going on a summer trip.
HIS SISTER SURPRISED.
Whether Bailey went to bed last night is not
known, and his sister was greatly surprise
this morning when she was awakened and in
formed of the death Of her brother. Under
taker Boteler prepared the body for burial and
the funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon.
The interment will be made in Mount Olivet
cemetery. Coroner Patterson investigated the
case today and gave n certificate OF death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-26
CITY AND DISTRICT.

6 The EVENING STAR is everywhere recog-
nized and admitted to be, in every quality, the
leading and favorite newspaper Of the National
Capital alike in the countins-room, the work
shop, and the family circle. Pretty much
everybody in the District reads 1t regularly. 1t
is therefore much the best advertising medium
in ths city; and, in proportion TO circulation,
rs ddpr using rates are dLso much the cheapest
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A Mans Body Found by Berry Pickers

mans body was found by berry pickers on
the edge Of a swamp, near the old Furnace
property, about six miles from Snow Hill, Nd,
a few days ago. The body was badly decom-
posed, but could be identified as that of q
white man about forty years old. As to who
he was or how he came by his death remains a
mystery. The only person who has been
missed in the community lately was a man
named Pepper, who is said some months ago to
have had disagreement with his wife and to
have disappeared
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THE COURTS.
pRoBArH COunT-,Iu,11e H1ono,.

PROBATE CoUnT-Judqe Hnqner,
Yesterday-Estate of Caroline Cassidy: will
filed and motion to probate and letters issued
to Carrie Cassidy; bond $500. Estate Thomas
Reed; letters of administration issued to Mary
Reed; bond $500. Estate of Dennis Kerr; or
der of publication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-26

block Of granite weighing 1880 pounds
was taken from the Petersburg Cva) granite
quarry to be used in the soldiers and sailors
monument at Richmond.
John Powers, one of the crew Of the Thetis
expedition to save Lieut. Greedy and his men,
10 dead ct Camden, n. ].
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A Woman Saved From Suicide.

Through the exertions Of DIR. Bennett the
life of Mrs. James O'Brien, residing at 12s
North North Carolina avenue, Atlantic City,
was saved last night. She had taken an over
dose Of laudanum with the intention of COM
hitting suicide. Emetics were administered
and she is now in a fair way toward recovery.
Domestic infelicities are assigned for her act
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-26

DkoPosALs FOR CoAL-REFoRM SCHOOL OF
II the District Of Columbia. Washington. July "a
n tine Glover By,,dins l4iy stree, nprtbsssS up
the delivery at the Reform School m QUANTITIES and
at such times be directed by the suTer1ntend
ent the School the following one hundrsd tons
more or less. of White Ash furnace Coal LOO tons
400 tons more or less Of Georges creek Cumberland
Coal lump aud broken 20 be an equal parts All % De
best quality and free from slate or other inpu-
rites To weigh 4o pounds % the Ton and Zee Of 70
cents . ton 20 inspector 70 De paid by contractor.
h rtt 10 reject defects IL reserved Pro
po.ss 20 BE- ssaled ndorsed Iropossls for Coal
A. J. FALLS President Of the Board Of Irasieea
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Transfers of Real Estate

Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Annie
]. Scott to Alice II. Young, pit. 20. sec. 7, Barry
Farm; $7l2.5O. Emma b. Fitzgerald to r. A.
Morrison, sub 81, SO. 176; 6. S. Open.
heimer to ]. W. Wheeler, pit. 2, SO. 397; 3.
c. N. Chester to j. S. Boss, subs 2IO. 2l1, 214,
BIS and 2l6, So 1904; S2.l2O63 q. NJ. Barrick
to Virginia 5. Shinn, lots 21 and %, blk 8, T.
4 b. sub Mt. Pleasant; $. F. T. auckland
to W. A. c. Thompson, lots and Il, So. $50
Sl.l20. ]. c. Head, lot Z, block IL, Blooming.
dale; s1,75O F. Shieman to c. p. Stone. W. L
81, 50. 3S9; E. C. 7. Stone to T. E. Murray
same property; g. District to Catherine v
Simms. e. u lot 6. So 533; e A. W. Jack.
son to E. J. Robinson, sub 10. 50. 1893; $125. J.
II. Mari to W. G. Schafhirt, sub %, So. Sl2
- $50
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Richmond and Petersburg Railroad
Mortgage.

Richmond yesterday by the Richmond and
Petersburg Railroad Company mortgaging to
tho Central Trust Company of New York the
roads rolling stock and equipments to secure
the payment Of bonds to the amount Of
81. 600 200 and interest These bonds were
issued by tho company for the purpose of
double tracking the road from Richmond to
Petersburg.
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GEORGETOWN.

GONG TO THE CORNERSTONE LAYrNa.-There
will be a special meeting Of the Georgetown
Catholic Union tomorrow at o'clock for the
purpose of the members taking part in the
procession on the occasion of the laying of the
corner stone Of St. Mary's Church. The men,
bers will march to the starting point from
their rooms on SD street and take their place
i'll the division to which they have been as
signed.
LOCKED Up In ADJOINING CELLs.-A dispute
arose between Enoch Smith and Ella Gaskins,
both colored. which terminated in a vicious
blow being dealt Ella upon the mouth, for
which Enoch was arrested. Shortly after his
arrest Ella WAS taken into custody for being
drunk and disorderly. They occupied adjoin-
ing cells for the night.
The wife Of Nelson Coombs Of jackson
county, VIVA, gave birth to girl baby when
he desired a son. He disappeared after threat
ening to take his life and It is believed he CON-
mitted suicide.
Messrs. Riggs and Reitlinger, Americans
have been created knights OF the legion OF
honor for their services to French trade, but
more especially for the work they did in con.
nection with the French exposition Of last year.