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John Theurer was before jury at the court
house under a writ of de lunatico inquirendo,
having been in charge Of the sixth precinct
QLieut. Kelly police for the past ten days, and
the testimony of DR.. McKim, Lieut.. Kelly and
Mr.. Frank was taken and he made a statement
in his own behalf. 1t was testified that he
had written threatening letter to the
Secretary Of State and he had been in the hands
OF the police number of times. Mr.. Frank
presented a record showing that on May 5, 1888,
he was given transportation to New York; July
10. 1889. do. TO Pittsburg: October 4, ARE ted
as insane and dismissed; December 5, 1889. ar
rested for threats and sentenced to six months
in jail; June 4. 1890, furnished with Transports
ton to Cincinnati; August H. 1880, ar
rested as suspicious character and
personal bonds taken; October Z,
1880, arrested for vagrancy and dismissed Oc-
tober s, 1880, arrested for vagrancy and SEN
fenced TO ninety days in the work house; De-
eember "a, 1880. arrested for vagrancy and SEN
fenced for ninety days. He made a rather
rambling statement and the jury found that he
insane.
Isaac Contnor, an aged man, was also found
to be insane.
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A COMPROMISES PROPOSITION.
How 1t IL Proposed to Help the House Gu
Of the Worlds Fair Dificulty.

Representative Terry has introduced to the
House in :he form of bill a compromise propo-
sition by which it is proposed to help the House
out of the worlds fair difficulty The
idea IL TO permit the worlds fair peo-
pie TO coin free of all expense 30
much silver bullion ten or fifteen million
into silver half dollars. The bill provides that
the presentation of the silver bullion requisite
for that purpose by the Secretary of the Treas
ury IL hereby authorized. the same to be
coined into souvenir silver half dollars of the
same weight and fneness and to have the
same qualities IN all other respects the silver
half dollars now authorized BY law. and TO be
OF such design and stamped and engraved with
such inscription as shall designate their value
as coin Of the United States and also make
them suitable souvenirs of the celebration
Of the four hund-eth anniversary OF the dis
eovery OF America by Christopher Columbus
Said coin shall be free from all seignoraCe
and cost of mIntage to the government. and
such silver bullion shall be SO coined from time
TO time as the same shall be delivered TO the
Secretary OF the Treasury. and such souvenir
coins made therefrOm shall be turned over to
the proper officials OF Worlds Columbian
exposition until the number of silver half dol
lars so coined shall amount TO SIS 900 COO and
said half dollars shall be full legal tender for
all debts. public and private. a. is now provided
bv law for the silver half d0ilars.
The bill will probably meet with the approval
Of Mr.. Holman aud other members Of the
House who opposed an outright appropriation
for the world fair.
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FAITH CURES OF OLD.
They Were Begun Centuries Befsrs sAs
Dawn of the Christian Era.


The temples Of EsculApius began 10 take
prominent part in the social and medical life Of
the Greeks at about the time Of the Trojan var,
and they lasted ss institution, until 400 A ID.
The faith cures of old therefore, officially en-
dured for about one thousand wears. The tom
pies OF Esculapius were usually small and mod
est structures. Like the doctors % today they
did not secure great gifts Of gold: their reputa-
ton was among the poor. They were placed In
some salubrious spot and had attached o corps
OF priests and attendants. The sick came and
were placed on couches in the interior. where
after visitation from the priest they made
their vows and went 20 sleep. IL was expected
That the god would visit them in their dreams
ana either heal them or reveal n way for 90 do
ing. IL a cure resulted the patient deposited
some gift and caused tablet 30 be erected de-
scrlbing his disease and it's cure and rendering
appropriate thanks 60 the deity. These gifts
and inscriptions remained TO ornament the
temple and inspire hope aud confidence in tho
hearts OF the newcomers. Some gave propi-
uatory oferings-L e.. Paid before they were
cured. But this, according 90 the New York
ned'cdt Journal, seems TO have been rather
unusual The ancient Greek was OF . frugal
mind and only paid for what he got
! ArchRologists have collected many OF the
curious votive tablets from these old faith cure
ESTABLISHMENTS. Lacedemonisn lady had the
dropsy. Her mother consulted the god at the
temple or Epidaurus and dreamed that she cav
4 HIM descend. cut Of the head Of her daughter
then hold up the trunk until all the water ran
out. She woke up. went home and found her
daughter welk Another tablet describes tho
dream OF a patient who suffered from cancer of
the stomach. The god removed the cancer BY
neat and painless laparotomy. and the patient
awoke and was cured. II IL could only be done
in that way now! Naturally the priests became
somewhat skillful in the practical and real part
OF medicine. They saw that the patients re-
ceived healing drugs and followed hygienic
ways OF living. IL was from some Of these prac-
teal PHYSICIANS that Hippocratis learned what
little he knew Of medical art. expunging
from II priestly mysticism and qusckery.
As time passed and the ancient religion be-
came more Of a conscious deception and means
of gain the temples of E-culapius degenerated.
They were sometimes started a business ven
| ture by dishonest men, Who worked them for
all they were worth, just is done nowadays.
Again. speciaism entered the field. The oracle
at Delphos. in order 10 enlarge its revenues.
entered the field: the priests Of Diana and
Ephesus made a speciality of the eyes, and those
of the temples of Venus looked after certain
kinds of tumors. In order 10 help along the
business later a great deal OF trickery was in
PRODUCED; finally human credulity could be
. taxed no farther and the temples we're abaa-
doned.
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Meeting an Ice Field.
From the London Standard

The ship Duntrune Of Dundee, which arrived
yesterday from Iquique, had a most eventful
passage and would undoubtedly have never
reached her destination had her framework not
been exceptionally strong. On April %, about
/ am, while she was making about ten knots
an hour she came in collision with an immense
ice field in lat. AZ deg. s.. long IS deg.
The weather had been squslly on April "a,
and the ship was in the neighborhood Of Cape
Horn. The night was very dark and rendered
thicker with showers of rain. About O'Clock
in the morning Of the Esd an iceberg was sud-
denly discerned looming right ahead The
helm was instantly put hard up, but the ship
ran on the ice with terrific force, recoilng and
striking again The bowspirt was smashed, the
bows stove in and the foretopmast came doVn,
while the sea, surging up with tremendous
force, swept the decks. The water poured into
the forecastle througha rift in the plate Mean
while the crew were busily engaged attempting
TO plug the hole with their clothing and bed
ding and getting the boats ready.
When day broke the Duntrune was discov-
cred to be to windward of a mass of ice at least
800 feet high, stretching in q northeast and
southwest direction as far as the eye could SO
and without any apparent break. The wind
had risen to q furious gale and the SEA vas
making a clean breach over the decks, while
there were four feet Of ice on the forecastls
deck. With considerable difficulty the ship
was kept 10 wlndward, put her poeiuon w. of1
of imminent danger. o. she might ct any mo-
ment have been dashed to pieces against the Ice
field. At last. at am, an opening was seen
in the ice, which proved 70 be channel about
half n mile broad. The Duntrune steered foe
it. and. on passing through, found herself In
the midst Of hundreds OF huge bergs, there BE-
ing barely two miles Of clear water round ths
ship.
At noon the Duntrune came 10 .. channel
about one mile broad. through which she passed
in safety. She had been clear Of IL fer . few
moments only when an immense iceberg 10 lee
ward broke broke up with q terrific crash. and,
sboaling to windwsrd, completely blocked mp
the passage. Had the Duntrune been DELAYED
but ten minutes nothing could have saved hsr.
The ship did not clear the immense quantity
Of floating ice, which followed In the wake a
the huge field first encountered, until April -
The damage received was most serious, and ths
ship il stated to have presented the appearance
Of . wreck, her bows stove In and al the rigging
and spars more or less damaged. She, however,
weathered the storms which she met With In
the course Of her voyage, and arrived safely -
Dunkirk. sitter calling ct Plymouth, and for hsr
safety she ID greatly Indebted 70 the sdnirabas
seamanship Of Capt Jarvis and his mAssA, -
ported BY IN s1kessns crew.
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A Good Word for the Deacons.

From the Louisville Western Recorder.
1t hurts US to see stories in the religious papers
which hold deacons up to ridicule. There is
one now going the rounds called the Parsons
Baby" which does this. We have known many
deacons in various parts of the country, and
they have all been noble, godly men and gener-
ally among the wisest and ablest men in the
churches. A church may ordain a man care
lessly call pastor without proper investiga-
ton. But that same church will choose its
deacons carefully and wisely. For the deacons
are fixtures in the community, whereas pastor
can be showed off on some other church.
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A Lawn Festival.

A lawn festival will be held at the old Brooks
mansion next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day for the benefit Of the fund for the new
Catholic church at Brookland. The ladies have
entered into the affair with energy, under the
presidency of Mrs. Caldwell, with Mrs. J. C.
Moves as vice presidentand Mrs. Emily Brooks as
treasurer. 1t is expected that the grounds will
be brilliantly illuminated by Chinese lanterns
Dancing will form an interesting feature. The
ladies interested are Mrs. W. NJ. Wolf. Mrs. Mary
Burr, Mrs. Agnes Brooks, Mrs. A. NJ Caldwell,
Mrs. Brauner. Miss Helen Wolf, Miss Laura Wolf,
Miss Blanche Magruder, Miss Lola Young, Miss
Nudge Burr, Miss Aggie Brooks, Miss Matte
Balm, Miss Mary Helen Howe, Miss
Katie Lay Howe, Miss Leonide Delarue
Miss Antoinette Msrgot, Mrs. Chas. H. Het-
field, Mrs. J. c. Noyes. Mrs. NJ. A. Downing,
Mrs. G. $. Noel, Mrs. Ivan Lewes. Mrs. Amy
Krug, Miss Maysie Moves, Miss Clara Moves,
Miss Alma Noyes, Miss Fannie Brauner, Miss
Addie Julien, Miss Kate Mcguire, Miss Annie
Mcguire and Miss Emily Brooks.
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Property Clerk Sylvester this morning COM
pleted his revision of the returns of the late
police census and the figures show that the
population Of the District on the 3Oth of June
last was 25S,4Sl. The census was taken
by dividing the District into nine districts. the
boundaries of each being the same as those OF
the nine police precincts. The returns show
that of the total population OF 25s.4sl there
were 1850 white and SASH colored. the
colored population lacking $50 Of being one
third Of the total population.
BY rREc.Scrs
The population by precincts was as follows:
First-white, lO.s0l; colored, 1871; total
12,772. Second-white. %. 9Sl: colored. l4.4 I2
total. 37,S4S. Third-white, 1922; colored,
l4.66S; total, 80. 9S5. Fourth-White. IL. 1857
colored. 1860; total. "a 1927 Fifth
White, 27.202; colored. I0,925; total, IS. l27.
Sixth-white, 1892; colored. 1884: total
24.266. Seventh-White, 1852; colored
All; total, 1898. Eighth-White, %. 249
colored, 1900: total, Sc, S39. Ninth-white
1864; colored, 4,339; total. q, 003.
FIGURES IN DETAIL
The following tables give the figures in de.
tail and present some interesting data:
BIRTHS SINCE JUNE so, 1891.
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Took Care Of Herself.

From the st. Louis Gobe-Democrst.
II have friend who has a very pretty and
exceedingly muscular wife," said Thomas A.
Holt at the Lindell. "Like most handsome
women, especially those who live in the smaller
cities, she had been much annoyed by the rude
staring and smirking Of street-corner loungers,
and she determined to resent it in a vigorous
and effective manner. Her husband is an ex-
pert boxer, and. without saying anything about
her plan, she began to take daily lessons in the
manly art. At the end of six months she had a
muscle like a prize fighter and could strike q
blow that resembled a hydraulic ram towing
with stone fence. Then she girled up her
health corset and went ON the warpath for the
genus masher. She soon found victim. A big
fellow in a suit loud enough for q fire bell gave
her prolonged stare Of insolent admiration.
She repaid him with her sweetest smile and he
was quickly ut her side. Then she read him a
brief lecture, reached out with her left and
caught one Of his asinine ears and held him
fast, while with her right she played tattoo on
his face that made it look like an underdone
beefsteak, winding up the exhibition by knock
ing him into the street. It was not very lady-
like, perhaps, but it had salutary effect on the
masculine irresistibles Of that town"
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Etna I'm Fable and Romance.

xIOu the Dostou AfduscrlpL
Etna was much beloved Of the classic poets,
who speak Of it in many ways and make it the
home Of their myths. Hero came Deme.er,
torch in hand, to seek Persephone; here was
enacted the drama of Acis and Galates's loves;
here lived the one-eyed Polyphemus and his at
tendant Cyclopes, and forged thunderbolts for
Jupiter in the depths Of the mountain; here was
from within the volcano were his vain growls
and roars for release. Into the crater of Etna
the Philosopher Empedocles OF Agrigentum
was tabled TO have thrown himself. that. no
trace Of his decease remaining. IL might be
thought that he had been immortalized without
tasting death--but one Of his brazen slippers
being thrown ont by the volcano revealed the
secret An sorts Of supernatural qualities were
attributed to the mountain by the poets and
who endsavored to show that the phenomena
attending eruptions We. doe 10 natural causes
which could BE- explain
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THE DEATH RATE.
How IL Has Increased Since the Heated
Term Commenced.

Term Commenced.
The death rate this week will exceed that Of
any previous week. During the week up TO 2
o'clock this afternoon there were 264 burial
permits, and that number, it is thought. will
be about the actual number of deaths
for the seven days Wednesday there
were forty-seven deaths. sixteen of them re-
sulting directly from the heat. OF the deaths
reported today twenty-five of them were from
the heat. The mortality among children. the
health officials say. is comparatively small. as a
large number of persons more than forty years
old are diving.
With the older persons it is said many of
them were sick before the hot weather and their
inability TO resist the heat resulted in their
death.
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Wrote Goodbye and Killed Him..,f

my name is Sweeny. worked at the
Brunswick. Al Smithfeld street. 1 came from
II. c., New York. Letters in post Office for pa
pers. Goodbye" James sweeny waded out
into the river at McKee's Rocks, near Pittsburs,
Pa, went down to large rock which juts out
into the stream and with piece Of chalk wrote
the above message on the smooth rock. and
placing revolver to his head fred q shot and
blew out his brains. His body sank and was
carried down stream. The suicide ID presumed
to be the result Of domestic infelicity, which
led to his wife's disappearance, presumably an
elopement. and which eliminated in the insane
oct Of the desperate man.
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The viii OF Henry d. Barr. fled today. leaves
to his wife, Irene Blake Barr. and daughter
Rene Willard Barr, all his real and personal
property and his life insurance, amounting
to s2s. 900, TO be held in trust by the wife for
them without benefit, land my daughter Emma
being endowed With several million dollars
leave 81, and my daughter, Anna J. Hicks,
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MarriaRe Licensas

Marriage licenses have been issued by the
clerk Of the court to the following: James
+. Scott and Eliza Tenell; VIM F. Mathers of
Frederick county. Nd, and Elsie " Main Of
Montgomery county, Md; VIM. L. Beck and
Emma Lucas; John X. Martin and Sarah E.
HAYDEN; John j. Flanagan and Nellie NJ
Bohen.
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He Was There Early,

From Judge.
swell, I'd be ashamed Of myself were you, Z"
said Mrs. Cumso to her husband. "You didn't
get to church this morning till the sermon was
half over"
"Oh, was there long before that" replied
Cumso. 81 got there just as the preacher said,
Finally, brethren, one word more"
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Albert Little. thir:y-four years of age. Of
Trenton, y. j., disappeared from his home
Thursday and letters were found YESTERDAY
which lead to the belief that he has committed
suicide because young woman refused to
marry him. Little was foreman OF the Trenton
iron works and j. worth considerable money
The sealing schooner Beatrice has arrived at
Victoria, B. G.. She was warned by the United
States steamer Yorktown not TO enter Bering
sen.
II is stated that the constitutiGnality OF the
recent democratic aoportionment Of Wisconsin
viii be tested in the supreme court in August.
Louis Napoleon Auzat Will be sent back TO
Paris, where he is wanted to answer a charge Of
forging drafts for 80 900 francs. Extradition
papers have been granted
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THE COUETS.


EQCIrY CoURT-Judge HGGafr.
observation-disclosures agt. Beers: CONVEYANCE
by trustee ordered Depue agt Bridwell; final
ratification of sale vacated
Today-Scanlan Ggt Snow: case ordered on
calendar. Brown agt. Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company; bearing of motion for iniunc-
ton continued Draper a2t Warren; receivers
sale finally ratified. King agt. Hauptman;
prayer Of J. 7. Donaldson denied
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The O. b. Club gave an enjoyable prize sx-
cursion TO River View on Thursday last. Ticket
No. 800. held by Miss Jennie Henderson Of
southeast Washington. drew the prize, which
was a handsome bed room suite
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DISTRICT POPULATION.
The Corrected Figure. Now Appear To Re
25s,43l.

RESULT OF THE POLICE CENSUS As REVISED
AND CORRECTED BY PROPERTY CLERK syL-
vEsTER-INrEREsrINe TABLES. GIVING A VA
RIETr OF USEFUL INFORMATION on THE SUB
JEcr
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Record of Deaf ms.

During the twenty-four hours ending at
noon today burial permits we're issued from the
health Office for the following:
White-Martha Fristoe, 81 wears; VIM. L.
Hyland. 81 years: Annie J. Heater, 81 years;
Patrick Walsh, SO years; Robert A. Milstead,
65 years; VIM. Campbell, SO years; George
Messeroy. 40 years; W. F. Stidham, SO wears:
August Atofer. AZ years; John S. Culterio. 43
years: Barbara Schubert, As years; Mary Agnes
Reardon. As years; Maria O'Brien, As years;
Jane ID. Peterson 4S years; VIM. II. Bache. 4S
years; John Druart, "a ears; Charles S. Coils,
"a years; George Kerche. % years: Mary
Mechan. "a years; Lulu w. Reckman, 10 years.
Belle Boteler, Is years: Maggie Harrison.
years; Oster French, wears; Gertrude Klein,
year; Linwood Lee Allen, 8 months; Maude
Agnes Cole, 10 months: Violet Wade, 10 DAYS.
Colored-Frances Crawford. SIS years: Hen
rietta Brown, IS years; Isabella Hawkins, 50
years; James H. Wood. Sc years; John Wesley
Smith, Al years: Anna Laws, 4s years: James
Fantroy, 35Sears; James H. Branson, 81 years;
Joseph Williams, ~ years; ChrIes Harris,
year, and infant Of Charles and Eliza jackson,
day,
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THE rRrESNrAL MASONIC coNcLAvH TO BE REP
RESENTED By WASHINGTON KxraHrs-KAcH
coMMANDERY WILL HAVE ITS OWN PARrIc-
u1AR ExcuRsIoN-LIsr OF THOSE WHO WILL
90.
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follows:
R. W. Darby, A. B. Bennett, F. H. Barbarin,
F. W. storch. F. X. Thomas, J. T. Greaves, ].
E. Wagner, w. Dietz, jr., G. E. Corson, W. d.
BRACE. Geo. A. cohill, c. W. Corn
well, R: H. Darby, E. J. Daw. R. A.
Daw. Chas. Dietz, T. A. Donaldson,
W. H. Griffin, W. F. Hunt, W. E. Layton, NJ.
Chas. Lockhead, ?: J. May, Alb. Peacock, And.
J: Riley, c. L. Saers, s. N. Thorne, J. w.
Thomas, W. Vinson, ]. A. Waddey. NJ. G.
Weaver, S. NJ. Yeatman, Philip Young, T. ].
King, E. ]. Hulse, W. H. Howes, H. P. Gilbert,
w. H. Cunningham, H. Becker.
DE MoLAY coMMANDERY.
A delightful trip has been planned by De
Molay Mounted Commandery, No. l. They
will have o special train Of vestibuled cars
which will run solid from Washington to
esns vi. the aas sns o s
railway at lilo Thursday night, August 4,
reaching Cincinnati ut Gas p. m. Friday, the
meals en- route being served on the dining car
attached to the train at Cincinnati. The trav-
elers will dine at the Grand Ho-
sf oeoel their III. nss m .a9ds
will find them in st. Louis, where they will
spend the day, taking their meals at the South
ern Hotel. Leaving In the evening Of Satur-
day they will reach Kansas City at am, where
they will stop long enough to get comfortable
breakfast at the Midland Hotel.
In the afternoon they will reach Gypsum
City, and after dinner they will start for Pu-
eblo, arriving there Monday morning, and later
Colorado Springs, where they will breakfast and
enjoy drive through the Garden Of the Gods and
Glen Eyre to Manitou and mike the ascent Of
Pixies Peak. After dinner they will resume
their journey, arriving in Denver ct IL
p. M. on Monday. August 9. From the
9th to the 18th inclusive the party
will remain in Denver, having leased
the Markham Hotel Al 10 o'clock on Satur-
turn eoss ne oyes sho Unos P.co
Omaha and Council Bluffs, spending . day
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colt when he saw Mr.. Brahler come along.
Another wagon went across the track ahead
Of him. When the horse was cross
ing the track he made plunge as
though he were trying to cross ahead Of the
engine. When the crash came witness turned
his head. He walked over when the train had
crossed and picked up the boy, who had been
thrown out Of the wagon.
~ told him." he said, 'that he would live
100 years"
Witness said that the top of the wagon struck
the gate and broke piece of the end Of it.
WHAT MR.. SMITH SAW?
W. H. Smith, q resident Of Maryland, testified
that he was in the vicinity Of the crossing
when the accident happened. He heard some
one make an outcry. and looking he saw several
teams standing near the track. There were
in front Of Mr.. Brahler. The gateman was
holding the gate over the first two teams. They
got over in safety, and when Mr.. Brahler at
tempted to cross his wagon top broke off the
end of one of the gates.
Witness said that when the gates 20 down
they spring upward enough to let a man OF
horse go under them, but not high enough fol
a top wagon.
Mr.. Brahler's horse, he said, was going a,
such a speed that the gates had not time enough
to get ali the way down.
"How fast should you say the train was run.
ning?' asked juror.
Il could not say" he replied, "but think il
was going no faster than trains usually 60 at
that point"
GOING EIGHTEEN MILES AN HOUR.
William E. Ladon resides near where the &C.
cident happened. He was in Mr.. O'Brien's
saloon and he ran to the window when he heard
time to see Mr.. Brahler get struck
by the train. The train he Thought