Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-07
ABOUT GEORGETOWN
An Aged Pensioner Has Been Miss.
ing Since Monday.
W H AT HIS WIFE SAYS
A Fear That His Mind May Be Unsettled
Great and Continued Activity in Canal
Matters-A Remedy That Was Worse Than
the Disease-Notes.

is an aged pensioner and left his home Monday
morning to draw his quarterly stipend. Moth
ing has been heard of him since. His wife and
eight children are grief stricken and worn with
waiting and hunting. The was put in the
hand OF the seventh precinct police yesterday
and Station Clerk Fisher made a telephone
search of the police stations and hospitals. A
reporter for The STAR talked with Mrs. Fidell
last evening at her home. She has been the
wife of the missing man for twentv-eight years.
| She had never before known him to fail in
coming home at night without valid reason.
| He was steady man, she said, and although
he took nip when he wanted he could let
| 1t alone. He never spreed. She dis
countenanced the elopement theory which
was put forth by some Of the gos-
siping neighbors. John would never be
guilty of such baseness, with his placid home
| and regiment of little Fidells; besides. he was
in his SEVENTEEN year, and elopement was out
of tho question, because it required two per-
sons to make that contract. The family are not
in affiuent circumstances. and the absence OF
the father of the household tends to embarrass
their situation. Fidell was employed at the
works of the Potomac Stone Company. The
theory Of insanity is advanced by some. Fidell
was struck some time ago by heavy stone
which fell from the holster. and was badly in
jured about the side, shoulders, neck and head.
little while ago he was seriously injured by
being run over by a heavily loaded wagon. He
was u fellow-workman of Engineer Biles, who
| dropped dead at the stone works on Monday,
and it is thought by some that this complica-
ton of blows may have unsettled his mind
ACTIVITY on THE CANAL.
| The canal is full Of life and boats. The re-
port at the lock of register tells the following
story:
| Boats to arrive on June were as follows
Barge Judge Douglas, Capt. d. Bowers; E.
Pratt, Capt Megruder; G.. W. Adams, Capt.
H. Garden; G. L. Nicholson. Capt S. Keesucker;
| Florence, Capt. Marconier; barge No. 102, Capt.
]. Penner: Alice Cable, Capt. A. Mills; Katie
Hassett, Capt Mills; Mrs. McComas. Capt.
| Olphan: W. A. Leetch. Capt. G. Shafer; NJ. J..
Adler, Capt J. z. Reynolds; F. Flanagan, Capt.
J. Moore; Or. Knott. Capt. J. Ewing: Oak
! Spring Capt. Westbrooke; Consolidation No. s.,
Capt. Swain; barge No. ITO. Capt c. E. Swain;
No. 1l3, Capt. Creamer: Consolidation No. 9,
Capt. d. Taylor; Granite No. 1, Capt. Ma
| gruder.
| Boats to sail at Georgetown on June 5 were:
Barge F. Flanagan. Capt. J. Moore; C. F. T..
Beale, Capt. f. Eoff; Consolidation No. II,
Capt. Hoff; A. Greenless. Capt. w. knight;
Little Walter, Capt. Sigler; DIR. Knott. Capt. J..
Ewing: No. III, Capt. G. II. Grim; No. 1O7,
Capt. j. D.. Smith; W. s. Jacques, Capt. b.
Bender; No. al, Capt. ]. W. Taylor; ". H.
Cooper. Capt. j. Baker; A. W. Nicholson.
Capt. Hill; j. K Cowen. Capt Hebb
Boats to sail on June were: Barge H.
| Clancy. Capt. II. Champion; L. II. Gibbs,
Capt. Champion; OaG Spring, Capt W. West
| brooke; Florence, Capt Marconier.
| Boats to sail at Cumberland on June were
as follows: Barge ID. W. Sloan, Capt NJ. Smith.
III tons; J. j. Alexander, Capt. J. Renner, l1s
tons: Frederick Weiiand, Capt. J. Bowers, 1l3
| tons; " c. Read, Capt. Dunner, lie tons: NJ.
L. Grove, Capt. W. Daily. 10S tons: Judge
Bradley. Capt. o. HICKMAN. II9 tons: barge
No. 1l6. Capt. j. W. Fisher. 11S tons; Joseph
Bryan, Capt. Hewitt, lib tons; Consolidation
No. 49, Capt. C. Fox. IA tons: John Hanoway.
Capt. j. Leah. liz tons; barge No. 10l, Capt.
L. Eichelberger, 116 tons. Seven barSes are
consigned to the Meredith Winship Coal Com
pany and four to j. p Agnew & Co.
NO INCREASE OF GAS RATES.
The Georgetown Gas Company does not in
tend to increase its illumination tariff. Con-
sumers feared so, but President Henry C. Win
ship said no. He made this statement to a
STAR reporter last evening He said with
emphasis that gas rates would remain at
present unless some unforeseen contingency
arose. No increase had been thought Of He
could not account for the origin of the scare.
There was no necessity for raise In rates. The
| factory dividend and in a hourishing con-
dition, as evidenced by the increase in salary
| accorded Clerk Van Dachenhausen at the last
| meeting OF the board of directors.
FUNERAL OF MRS. BATES.
Yesterday the remains of Mrs. Bates wife of
Rev. s. W. Bates, formerly pastor of Congress
| Street NJ. P. Church, Georgetown. who died in
| Hvattsvilie last Saturday. were sent to Snow
| hill, Nd, and inferred in the family lot. Mrs.
| Bates Is rem embered here as a lady who was
| never in good health, and ever since her hus-
| bands appointment to one of the professor
ships of the Westminster Theological Seminary
| has been failing rapidly. She on q visit to
| Hyattsvile with the hope of being physically
| benefited when the last illness came upon her
| Rev. Mr.. Bates was the predecessor OF the
present pastor of Congress Street Church. Row.
MIR. Graham holding the charge for five years.
BUILDING ASSOCIATION MEETING.
At the regular stockholders meeting last
night the First Cooperative Building Associa-
ton redeemed nearly $1,000 worth of the
! newly matured stock. On each share only the
SUM of $3.50 had been paid, bat the figure at
| which it had been cancelled was 1924 shares
| on the fifth series, whose maturing value was
S231 80. brought their owners S240. "a and fourth
series stock was redeemed at S246 Sc, $50
having been paid. Money was loaned at 90.
REMEDY WORSE THAN THE DISEASE.
resident Of Herring Hill'' yesterday told
an old female victim of the rheumatism to
| soak her feet in hot water if she desired relief
and the suffering one, after heating some water
to scalding degree poured it in a pan, and
| sitting down on her doorstep followed the sug-
gestlon Of her unprofessional doctor There
apparently was little feeling in her limbs for
| when Officers Grant and Upperman came
| along they were almost skinless, the intense
heat Of the alleged remedy having had n most
perceptble effect. 1t was found necessary to
carry the old woman bodily into the house and
call in neighbors to suggest remedies for the
new affection.
AN ENTERTAINMENT FOR CHARITY.
A musical and literary enter tainment was
| given last night at Odd Fellows Hall on 31st
street by Martha Washington Lodge, No 8,
| for the benefit Of charity. Among those who
made the evening pleasant was Mr.. r. c. Balm
ger of LinthIcum Institute. who, through his
| excellent recitations, added to the name he has
deservedly made. Those composing the COM
| mittee having the affair in charge we're Mrs
DIR. Jones. Mrs. Bouse and Mrs. Weber, Re-
freshments came after the literary program.
FELL FROM TREE.
While on a visit to Falls Church yesterday
Mr.. Ed. d. Donaldson of 1919 32d street, and
an old lineman. volunteered to get up in high
tree and arrange some wires for the Falls
Church Telephone Company which had become
crossed or in some other manner irregular He
had Just about completed the work and was
preparirp tn descend when the .}oo1 lin, m,