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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11
KEMMLER'S DEATH.
DR.. Macdonald Says Electrical Execs-
ton Is Preferable to Hanging.

DR.. Carlos F. Macdonald, president Of the
New York state commission In lunacy, has fur.
nished Gov. Hill an official account of the re-
cent death Of William Kemmler at Auburn
penitentiary by electricity. He says in con-
clusion:
Compared with hanging, in which death ID
frequently produced by strangulAtion, with
every indication Of conscious suffering for an
appreeisble time on the part Of the victim, en-.
ecution by electricity is infinitely preferable,
both as regards the suddenness with which
death is effected and the expedition with which
all the immediate preliminary details may
be arranged. By the latter method
the fatal stroke renders its victim un-
conscious in an ininitesimal fraction Of q
second, so small as to be beyond the power OF
the human mind to estimate, while, at the
same time, it disintegrates the nerve Tissues
and blood to an extent which insures an
absoluteness OF death in . shorter space Of
time than is possible by any other known
method. In other words it lie the sursst,
quickest, most efficient and least painful
method that has yet been devised
The execution of Kemmler, from the time he
entered the room until the second contact va
interrupted, occupied not more than eight
minutes, whereas executions by hanging usually
require from fifteen TO thirty minutes In fact
it not unfrequently happens that the heart con-
tinues TO beat for that length Of time after Tie
fau OF tne fatsl crop. linen, 700, fof
more time 10 consumed in placing
the prisoner on the gailows, pinionine
his limbs, putting on the black cap,
placing the moose about his neck and cars-
fully adjusting the knot under his left ear
(from whence il sometimes slips st the critical
moment resulting in strsngnlatioa instead a
. broken neck, than would be required Tor -
ranging the preliminary details OF an electri-
cal execution. During the preparation OF this
report the Associated Press dispatches con-
tanned an account Of q hanging in which The
criminals head was almost completely torn
from the body.
DE-. Macdonald recommend that d
engine and dynamo should be espeeia1ly
constructed for the purpose and shoula
be capable OF generating an elscsro-m motive
force Of e least 5000 volta The voIt.
metre should be located in the execution roon.
and competent and responsible oCiciaI should
Do detailed TO take the readings Of the ns1rN
before and q the instant The current = applied
The voltage should not be les than l,566 nd
moro shan 1900. and should be Q matter Of Of.
Acial record. The prisoners resistance should
also be taken immediatsly before bringing hin
into the execution room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11
The National Game.

Only three Of the four scheduled games were
played yesterday. Baltimore defeated Roch-
ester in well-played game. The champions
took their revenge on Toledo for the dose of
whitewash they received on Thursday, and Co
iumbus downed the Browns.
The morning conference of the presidents of
the National Baseball league continued until
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when an ad-
journment was had to meet on the evening of
October ~, when they will receive the report
Of their committee, which meets that day at
noon with the committees from the other
leagues. The two league scheme, outlined in
yesterdays STAR, finds most favor.
The results of yesterdays games are: Balti-
more 3, Rochester l; Louisville 2, Toledo s.;
Columbus 8, st. Louis 6.
The standing Of the various clubs up to date
is as follows:
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The Count Urged to Return.

The Countess Of Paris is said to be SO alarmed
at the condition Of political affairs in Portugal
and the danger to which her daughter, Queen
Amelie, is exposed that she has sent an urgent
Telegram to her husband in America which will
very likely considerably shorten his visit. 1t is
added that the countess has sent an urgent
message to the queen pleading with her to
leave Portugal until the present agitation has
subsidized
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Their Flight Expected.

Messrs. 7. D. Sullivan, T. Harrington and I.
p. O'Connor will sail for America on the 18th.
p. p. Gill left on the 9th. The sudden de-
parture Of MessrA Dillon and O'Brien, although
it causes some sensation among the general
public in Ireland, was expected by the nation
alists and was, In fact, foreshadowed by . cable
gram on September "A. The starting of the
American famine relief fund has caused them
to somewhat hasten matters Il 10 believed
they were disguised Inquiries show that they
did not sail on any Of the vessels that left
Queenstown, Neville or Southampton Thurs
day.
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A Demand for Secretary Rusk.

western farmer wants Uncle Jerry Rusk
and he wants him right away. For q week
past there has been a continuous wall from
Ohio and coupled with it was demand for
the immediate presence Of the Secretary of
Agriculture. Among the agriculturists no
speaker in the party is one-half so powerful as
tie fine old gentleman from Wisconsin. He
talks good common sense of the kind that
the simplest can easily understand. Many
times day are letters and kilograms received
at the republican congressional committee
headquarters asking that the Secretary be sent
into the great western vineyard to assist har-
vesting what some people will refer to, after
November 4, as sour grapes. 1t is not yet
known when the Secretary win 60. but it is be-
lieved to be certain that he will 60 within the
coming week.
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MOnsiynor Laflechc's Order.

Monsignor LaHeche, bishop of Three
Rivers, Canada, has made new order levying
a tax of $3.50 per thousand bundles on hay, in
default Of which the sacramento will be denied.
Formerly the inhabitants were exempted from
tithes on hay and paid only on grain. The
effect Of this arrangement was to induce the
farmers to give their attention to hay growing
and 80 evade the tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11
The HAYES Interview False.

A special to the New York Press from Nor
walk, Ohio, says its correspondent, doubling
the truth Of the purported interview with ex-
President Hayes in New York regarding the
Mckinley BILL wrote him letter asking him if
it was true, and received q reply from Mr..
Hayes in which he says the alleged interview
was fabrication. Mr.. Hayes further declared
that he never submitted to be interviewed on
political subjects
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11
Section Foremeu in Convention,

The annual convention of the Brotherhood
Of Railway Section Foremen at Toledo, Ohio,
yesterday decided that one assessment be kept
in the treasury in advance so that it can be
paid at once on the death of member. Kansas
City was made the grand headquarters for the
next five years, and committee was appointed
to frame articles of amalgamation between the
Order Of hallway Trackmen and the brother
hood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11

J. NJ Kenyon, who sustains the reputation Of
the capital city as a long distance runner, is a
young athlete with a very promising future.
He is but twenty years old, stand feet %
inches high and weighs $50 pounds. His best
work has been done in the racing shells of the
club, where he has achieved the reputation of
being an earnest. hard worker, sacrificing his
own record to the interests of the club He
rowed bow in the junior four that won the Po-
tomac regatta IN 1888: number two in the eight
Dared crew winning at Baltimore June 4, 1890;
bow in the eight that went to the national re-
gatta at Worcester in August and sustained
there an honorable defeat and. finally, bow in
the eight-oared crew that won the Staten
Island cup September 1, 1890. He now holds
the club championship in the half mile and
mile races, running from the scratch. His
style of running has excited the admiration of
all who have seen his work, being graceful and
clean cut. His time in the mile is very quick,
emitting him to first rank
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s. ]. King, who is regarded by every one in
the c. A. c. as its fastest short-distanee run
ner, entered the club in the summer of 1888,
Just after he had graduated from Princeton
College, where he had won the reputation of
being the swiftest sprinter at that university.
His work was not confined to this field, but ex-
tended among some of the best men Of the
metropolis on their own ground. He is now
% years. stands feet inches high and at the
present time. in what he considers his best con-
ditIon, he weighs about $50 pounds. While at
Princeton he broke two records, doing 100
yards IN 10 seconds and 220 yards in
III seconds. He holds the Philadei-
phia Press gold medal, won at the
1irst indoor meeting OF the University of Penn
sylvania at the Academy of Music in Philadel-
phia, doing 40 yards in As seconds. this being
record time. The greatest running he ever did
was at the Manhattan Clubs indoor meet Jan
uary %, 1883. when. out of ~ entries. he fin
iShed In the finals second to Westing. who after
ward became champion of the world. May 10.
1888, he won the 22O-yard race at the spring
games of the New York Athletic Club in % Sec
Onds. with 40 men in the field. In the contest
for the eastern championship last year he
earned second place in the 100. being defeated
by Sheriff. In his own Judgment and that of
Trainer Crossley he was never in better condi-
ton TO run for his own reputation and that Of
the club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11

Of tbs river and forms an important
element in the aquatic and athletic
circles of the country. The club has the fol-
lowing men entered in today's events: Amwake,
100 yards; Bucholtz, ~; Schlichter, 40 and
$50; Reilly, i mile; Taxis, bicycle; Roden-
boush, pole vault; Ransden and Lewis, broad
jump; Lewis, both hurdles The initial Of this
sketch represents the emblem Of the Olympic
Athletic Club
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11

MELLINs FOOD IL . soluble preparation con-
tanning proper proportions Of those nitroGenous
and phosphatic matters which are 90 sssenfial
for The healthy growth Of child. II 10 NOT medi-
cine, Ii is not intended primarily for sck bahies:
IL is The best food fot healthy and also isshls IN
fantSs
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r. n DICKINSON. GOOD HEAvf WEIGHT.
b. N. Dickinson, more fondly and familiarly
known as ''Tubby," 10 perhaps the best ALL
round athlete in the club. He can run. jump,
race over hurdles, put shots and weights and
throw hammers with the best, and some OF his
records in the various departments of sport
now remain as standards for the island. He il
twenty three years old, stands feet 8 inches
and weighs 1875 pounds. This weight puts him
in the list Of heavy weights, and il is due to
this fact to a large extent that he derives his
nickname. This will be his first experience as
a competitor in q general championship game
He won his first race at Wilmington, Del, o
year ago. taking FIRST place in the 22O against
large field OF starters by the time Of 23
seconds. At these games he was second in the
shot-puttipg contest At the Star Athletic
Club games in New York last season he won the
4-mile race from the lo-yard mark in 81 2-5
seconds- At the last spring meet Of the GAG
on Analostan Island he won the 100 race In
10 s-5 and the go in 231S, and also the ham,
mer throw; He is also base ball player and .
foot ball player.
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Mr.. CARTER GONE HOME.
He Drops National Politics for Awhile
to Look After His Owu Fences.

Secretary cartsr u the repablican oaaeres-
sional committee will leave the city this even
ing for Chicago. His stay in Chicago will be
brief, for Montana il his destination. The cam
psign 10 raging there with . good deal Of
6erceness, and 40 Representative Carter would
not like to be x-Representative Carter i'm
mediately after March next he naturally
feels as though he ought to be in the fray, es-
pecially as it has been intimated that Senator
Power, also republican, is perfectly willing to
see Carter beaten. Just now Secretary Carter
is feeling pretty well, thank you He chal-
lenged Mr.. Dixon, the democratic candidate,
to joint discussion at some of the more popu-
lous points Of their state and Carter is in tele-
graphic receipt Of information 10 the effect
that Mr.. Dixon will do no such thing. The
secretary is one of the keenest debaters that
ever sat in Congress, and those who know him
are not surprised that Mr.. Dixon should have
decided to run an anti-debating campaign.
Nobody knows just how long the secretary
will be away from his desk at headquarters.
That desk during his absence will be used by
Mr.. j. 8. Clarkson, who will not allow the Job
to die Of inAnition any more than Mr.. Carter
would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11

Phoenix p. Palmer, who murdered John
b. Atkinson, the lawyer, in New York on
March Is last and who was convicted OF man.
slaught9 last week, was yesterday sentsuced
to stste prison for sixteen yearA The parties
had row over . safe In the Arostin Flats,
when Palmer struck Atkinson over the head
with IN iron wrench, fraoturing hin skull
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11
Failure Of Another Cloak Maker.

Max Wolf, . manufacturer Of cloaks %
No. IS Lispenard street. New York has
failed With liabilities Of more than eso,00Q II
b said thst the stock left in welhs store would
not bring $780, although he bought goods mp 10
Octeber + Thsrs b - stseng aayer of fraud In
the oass. WOLF has dissppssrsd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11

The straight-out democrats Of South Caroiina
have nominated full ticket in opposition to
TilImsn, headed By Judge l. Q. Hasksll 5es
eoverpos.
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Phil Brown has hrst-class local record, and
had be more time to train would undoubtedly
win g more national reputation as a wheelman.
He began work on the steel steed in the spring
Of 1884, and six months later entered the fall
races of the Capital Bicycle Club He won the
mile in aO6 Is, was second in the mile, in
LIZ 20 and second in the two-mile handicap,
starting from the scratch and finishing in
6l2 10 The next year he won eight first
prizes and i've seconds, and in 1886 increased
his collection Of trophies by seventeen firsts,
i've seconds and three thirds. Ii was in this
year that he and Crist made their famous tan
Gem trlks record, still standing. OF a mile in
A 2-5. The season of 1887 brought him twelve
hrst prizes, ten seconds and three thirds, and
al Hartford he made his best record up to date
In 81 races in 1883 he captured first place nine
teen times, second place eight times and third
place SIX times. His record for the mile was
made August 8, 1882 in a race against time on
Analostan Island, the watches showing 23s
lie Is one of the hardest working men in the
amateur racing business today, q conscientious
trainer. He Is twenty-seven years of age
stands feet inches higa and weighs $50
pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11

9 uaeorol hue ana free from dnn1ru4, nnlra
Hair Remover = ne best and sn1sss pgelOuou9
b accomplish y
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Charged with:a Double Murder.

Mary and Eliza McGoniele, aged fourteen md
twelve years, living near Cumberland, Ont, who
attended the village school, started for home
after school on Tuesday evening. They were
last seen alive half mile from home, but were
being followed by . man named Narcisse
Lorocque. The bodies Of the girls were foupd
last night by an exploring party Of villagers.
Both had been outraged and murdered
Ldrocque is under arrest on suspicion Of being
the murderer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11

J. B. Elliott, or jerry he is generally
known BY his club Hatss, has developed into
one Of the prettiest runners in this section of
the country. He was born in BROOKLYN in
1854. as feet IL inches in height. aud weighs,
when in condition, but lbs pounds Heicom-
petsd fog the first tune at the New York Ath-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11

NEXT SPnrxe yon will be sorry you did not
buy in Wesley Heights.
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time and go home with warm recollection of
the generous hospitality Of the washingtonians.
There il not much hope entertained that the
home talent will prove itself to be in the same
class with that from outside, and il any of the
Columbia men should chance to earn even
third places everybody here will feel quite sat-
isHed. The team selected by Capt stinemetz
to represent the club is good one, notwith-
standing the handicap that comes from its lack
Of thorough training. Some of the men are
sure 10 develop later into hrst-class competi-
tors for honors, and even il they should
chance to fail today they have a brilliant
prospect ahead Of them The names of
King, Elliott. Dickinson. Kenyon, Crist,
Brown, Barber and Lewis are very
well and fayorably known here as those Of hard
working athletes. men who are doing their
best for the club and making the most of the
msager opportunities afforded for training
them by the limited time at their disposal All
are in the pink of condition" and their work
viii surely reflect credit upon their trainer,
Mr.. Crossley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11
THE WINGED ARROW.

The Columbia Athletic Club and Its
Men.
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All the Colonies in Office.

In the reception to the President at Of
tumwa, Iowa, Thursday, the old third Iowa
cavalry was a conspicuous feature OF the
parade. 1t is q remarkable coincidence that
the three officers who at different times COM
manded this regiment now hold positions under
the government The FIRST colonel was Gen.
Cyrus Bussey, now assistant secretary of the
interior; the second colonel was Judge Cald-
WELL now United States circuit court Justice;
the last commander being Gen. Noble, the
present Secretary of the Interior.
Another Line Of Duty Decision.
Assistant Secretary Bussey has overruled
former decision Of the department rejecting a
claim for pension Of Joseph Terbach, late Of
the second Missouri artillery. The gound Of
rejection given was that the disability Of deaf
ness was not received in line of duty, but while
engaged in q quarrel. The claimant, while
with his battery at Warrensburg, No., was de-
tailed with two others to carry water for cook
ing purposes. A quarrel arose between the
claimant and another of the detail as to the
breaking of some buckets and day or two
afterward, while the claimant was on duty
watering horses and without any provocation
on his part, he was assaulted by the soldier
above referred to and was beaten over the head
with a large revolver. His skull was fractured
and he received a permanent injury. Gen.
Bussey decides that he was injured while in the
line Of duty and that he is entitled to a pension
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The Extra Session Talk.

The extra session rumor was not looming up
with any degree of clearness today; to be pre-
else, 1t was not looming up at all. Nobody
seems TO know where the rumor had its origin
and no one has any good and sufficient reason
to advance for its being originated There is but
one man in town who could have stated whether
or not there would be an extra session, and ne
told q STAR reporter today that there was no
possibility Of Congress being called upon to
assemble before the regular day in December
The only reason advanced in favor Of the extra
session is the one which says that the federal
elections bill can be passed before December If
the Senators are here to do it. II that be true
then the small quantity of time required for
the discussion and passage Of the measure
would not do any damage to the regular ses-
sion. There would be ample time left in which
to dispose Of the appropriation bills. OF course,
no one here knows the Presidents mind, and
he may consider an extra session necessary,
but he has never told any one so.
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The CHANGE at the White Rouse.

President Harrison will find it difficult to
recognize the official end Of the White House
when he returns. The most apparent change
10 in the corridor which divides the Presidents
new Office (Secretary Halford's old ROOM from
the room heretofore sacred to Col. Crook.
Here the partition has been removed and when
the carpenters and paperhangers and painters
get through with il it will be SO arranged as to
accommodate those who may find it necessary
to wait the pleasure of the President before
entering his presence. Rows of chairs will be
placed near the walls and the new apartment
will be made quite comfortable. 1t has been
customary, heretofore, for visitors to set in
what was Col Crooks room-the apartment
now being run by Mr.. Pruden; from now on
that will be q private Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11

Joseph Z. Cspple and three brothers Of
TRENTON, NJ, have been notified Of the death
Of their uncle, James Wood, in Gloucester,
England, leaving Q fortune Of $50, 00o, 600 TO
which sheir title was good
The body OF Rubs burrows, the outlaw, who
was shot while trying 70 make good his escape
from Jail. has been buried in Lamar county,
Ala, b. the side Of his vtfs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11

FREpEsIcK FAIR.-The B. and o. R. r. Co.
will sell excursion tickets to Frederick, incIud-
ing admission 70 the fair, ct the low rate OF
~ 70 for all trains October Is to II inclusive.
good for return until October 18 On Wednes-
day, October Is, Q special train will leave sta
tion, New Jersey avenue and O street, $50
an, and on Thursday, October l6, . special
train Will leave at $50 am Tickets viii be
sold on these two days "Wednesday and Thurs
day., including admission to the fair and it,
attraction, ct the rate OF el66. good only ON
day OF sale. For time Of regular train see
time abhs in other column Of thin paper.