Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-09

10" tEese same actions caused his re-
Egious feelings to become deadened and his
cou1tenance to become sad and repulsiye
because of sorrow from bitter talks and
caused his social feelings to become callous
ms AMBITIOUS feeiing for literary and other
mental work to be destroyed, his aesthetic
feehng for gentlemanly demeanor, beauty
OF expression in composition, &C., to become
greatly impaired"
Another exceedingly important nhase Of
this sad case is expressed by Mr.. Markle in
whereas" number eight. which sets forth
that by these words and signs of proyoca-
ton the claimant was exceedingly injured
IN reputation. both in and out of the office
conveying wrong impressions, detraction
or slander, putting Il stigma on him that
can never be removed injuring him in that
cultured mind. feelings and reputation which
he has spent twenty-five years or more
n building up, destroying his influence for
doing good among people in the office and
out Of it. hindering MIN for the past four
years. and for the past two and a half
years preventing him entirely from ming
ling with refined and intelligent people, and
from attending church. prayer meetings
Sunday schools, young peoples religious
meetings, Y. NJ {. AS, funerals OF emf
nent men, lectures, scientific and other ad-
dresses. church and other festivals, public
receptions, political and scientific conven-
tons, temperance unions and conventions,
literary entertainments and graduating ex-
erc!ses of educational Institutions
What the World Lost.
For several "whereases" the effect Of this
persecution upon Mr.. Markle as a member
of society is detailed. and then ne gets
down to bed rock, and tells how the world
has los; great and shining literary light
And IN perhaps the most pathetic where
as of all. by odd coincidence number thir-
teen, this great disaster is thus set forth.
Whereas the said 0. ]. Ma-kle on enter
ing the government service had literary
work completed and ready to be copy
Tighted after some revision; and had also a
book On English grammar decided on, and
outlined ana written IN large measure;
and had furthermore a novel to dissent
nate theories OF life and morals decided on
and outlined in full and some chapters
partly written: and had second similar
novel decided on and partially outlined and
nEcn written and much original material
gathered for it; and had a third and fourth
similar novel under decided contemplation
with some outlines and some me- terial
noted down: and not long after entering the
government service he con templated writing
as early as practicable a tiftn and a sixth
novel OF historical nature for each OF
which he jotted down notes from observe-
ton and otherwise; and in order to write
better some Of his books he purchased sDe-
cial books, and directed his reading along a
special line from books drawn from the
Congressional Library, &c; and he has now
on hand this completed literary work and
the outlines and parts of these books and
material above mentioned ready to produce
under oath at any time to prove his asser-
tons"
1t has long been serious question with
literary producers just what constituted the
be st market for their wares. and beginners
especially have been puzzled by the problem
of what to charge for their compositions
The evidence of Mr.. Markle on this point
will therefore be very interesting and Valu-
able. In the following whereas he shows
how any man with stock of mental pabu-
lum on hand can estimate the market price
of his wares. He states that by correspond
erce with publishers by estimates of prob
able saes from statistical reports ard by
comparison of his proposed works with the
WORKS of some other authors, and the sales
and income from their books, ne verify be-
leves that had he not been injured in the
government service one or two OF his books
at least would have been issued from the
press before this. and already brought him
an income of SlJU,0O0 or more, with con-
stantly increasing sales, that he also verify
believes that before many years a few Of
the aforementioned books would have
brought him an income of $4,000 or more
to say nothing of fame" OF course this
process OF estimation. depending. as II does
upon the some what biased view OF the
author himself. might be regarded by a
court as rather i3eXpert, and might therefore
be reject &C, bat II serves to show how any
ambitious literary worker may set his own
pace.
An Explanatory Letter.
The theory on which Mr.. Markle sues the
government for these multitudinocs dam
ages Is SET forth more explicitly in lis let
ter TO Senator Harris. accompanying the
bin. than il t:s bin Itself. He says: My
injuries resulted directly or indirectly in a
large measure from negligence on the part
c. clerks aid othe- employees. TO speak and
act prope:.y, j2st as this Ford Theater dis
aster resulted from the negligence Of some
one. If 70 excavation hai been going On
the bui.ding would not have sallen, aad If
no CLERKS had been in the building none
would have been injured. II my case II
the cIer@s and other employees in the orffce
had net neglected 20 obey the rules OF the
War Department, one o, which reads: A
courteous denceanor must be ma n tanned to-
ward all pe-sons.' | would not have been In
Jurec. My i2JCE- IS resulted d:rectiy or indi-
rectly from THIS IN very large measure
II may seem doubtful! TO some, bat | am
prepared TO prove II. One CT my perse-
cutJ-s Tcs killed by the .2n OF this bui.d,ng
ana about ha'f Gozsa wounded thu: /
know Of
The claim and bill nave not yet been act
ed Upon by the select committee on the
Ford TAeacer disaster No memosr Of the
committee has yet Neltu~~d 10 comply with
Mr. N2rSles request FOR an n:oGuct.on
and IL is soC2ew nat doubtful Whether the
President VIII nave an opportunity during
MS pTese>, term OF signing o. Vs:c!ng tals
really remarkable measure.