Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-02

TIE birth Of an evening paper, which YES chris
tened The Fronting Nesrs. rnK SrAk, which
celebrated its fortisth anniversary Last month,
still maintains It's SUPREMACY . collector and
and - an unrivaied advertising medium
xEARLr TWO auSpnEp PATENTS
Inventive genius In the District. il figures
can prove such . statement, seems 10 have
fallen OF. for there were but Iss patents h.
sued TO w.shingtonlans last year. In 1891 there
we're 2l9; in 1880 the total was 2S5; in 1883,
224; in 1883, ala; In 1887. 40; in 1889. 3ol
WHAT TIE nrprR or raR PALE HoRsl DID.
Death respsd rich harvest In the course Of
1892. Among the many who departed we're,
Mrs. President Harrison President George A
MacIlhenny Of the Warrington Gaslight Com
pany, @. @. Cornwell Mrs. NJ. ". Gait, Gen
J. ". Denver, William II. Clsgett, J. ". Cor
son, Gen Brice, Or. Scott. fsther-in-law Of
President Harrison; Capt Densmore, Warren
J. Lown, Rev. William Hyland. Col lssac &
Stewart, Q. s. A.; Frank 7. Commseere. Henry
d. Barr. President Polk Of the Farmers ALI
snce, John 7. Cassel. William B. Moses. Rev.
William F. speake, Senator John G. Barbour,
Polics Lieutenant J. r. Guy, Gen. r. ID. Nue.
sey. Mrs. A. r. spofford. John T. Lehman,
James Dobbyn. eI-Chief Justice Drake Of the
Court OF Claims, Col. Nicholas vedder, Domi-
mic McMsnsmin, Albert W. Tyler. n,
John J.; Murphy. Patrick n: sweeny.
Henry F. Pierce, John Edwin Mason,
Edward Temple, william Nourse, Or. Joseph
". Jayne, Anthony Hyde, Mrs. Geo. T. Budd,
Mira Anthony Hyde. A. Z. Browne, Aussin
D. Haynes, Prof. Edward P. Frissos, Joseph
Rev. J. P. Carter, Gen. John L Gregg. u.s.A-,
John Amber Smith. Stanley O. Trott, Gen. NJ.
c. Meigs, U. g. A: John Jaw Knox, Vim. Cop
pinger, Col. P. H. Allabach. Rear Admired
Andrew Bryson, q. s. n; L Fenwick Young,
Mrs Sarah R. Kimban. Frederick ". Poor.
Grinder, Associate Justice Bradley, Z. g.
supreme Court; John Dewitt c. Lawrence.
Walter Nicholson, Linden Kent, Chss. L. Jones,
Col T. P. McManus, Joshua Pierce klingls,
DIT. John Il. Douglas, Chss. II. Mann, A r.
Moore, J. +. E. rud'homme. 2. N. Draney,
Col John F. Bates, Chas. H. Goodrich and
BENZ. Fugitt.
THESE prHp BIT ACCIDENTAL VIOLENCE.
CT fatal accidents (not counting deaths at
grade crossings) there were more than enough.
Mrs. Augusta V. Darling was thrown from .
killed; Col. James y. McAfee Of the pension
Office fell from a car platform near the south
end OF the Long bridge and died from his in
juries; an explosion on the steamer Wakefield
killed three men; A. Ralph johnson was crushed
TO death at the B. and o. depot: W. W. Hillery
WAS killed on the B. and P. railroad: Roy Mer-
rick was run over by grip car: ]. I. Freeman
fell into a vat of boiling water at the central
power house of the Washington and George
town Railway Company and death resulted:
George +. Casson was suffocated by gas. AMI
John Peck Dukehart was killed By colhding
with a cable car
FLrw ro ILLS THEY KNEW Not on.
There were comparatively few suicides. the
most noteworthy being those of James L.
Clotworthy, Col. ". p. Csnaday. Francis G. W.
Garlchs. John Franklin. James Wineberger
Max Metzerott. Ferdinand Bitter. Frank
Schwarz and Artist Montague. who killed his
wife before shooting himself