Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-28
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
A Little Girl Falls Dead on Leaving
Sunday School
DIR. French Lugenbeel Becomes In
Sight-Many other Items.

Just as Mary Lucy Keefe, the fourteen
year-old daughter of Mr.. Martin Keefe,
an employe of the Washington and
Georgetown Railroad Company reached the
head OF the two flights of stone steps lead
ing up to Trinity Sunday School yesterday
morning at O'Clock, she reeled as IL sud
denly attacked with vertigo, then seemed to
lose control of her strength entirely and
Tell backward down the steps. There was
no one behind her at the time to break her
fall, and every step seemed to be struck
with greater force as the almost uncon-
scious body rolled toward the bottom. When
the last step on the first fight was reached
the head gave a quick turn, according to
one who saw, but was powerless to help,
and seemed to butt the sharp corner of the
the eye was the immediate result. AS soon
as possible the unconscious body of the
girl was brought into the choir room of
the Sunday school and medical attendance
summoned. Father Roccofort and other
priests present, though, saw that death
could not help from being the outcome, and
the little unfortunate was anointed and
given the other last rites of the church.
Within twenty minutes from the fall death
resulted through conclusion of the brain
When she met her end Mary was on her
way to see the prepared class of boys
and girls make their first communion in
the main church to the northwest of the
Sunday school building. Her amability in
life caused yesterday the expression of the
deepest sorrow at her death, and all day
the home of her parents was visited by
steady stream OF former playmates, who
came to look upon the cold features.
buying Everything.
DR.. French Lugenbeel of Fairfax county
Va, a gentleman possessing a large ac-
quaintance and practice was arrested in
Georgetown on Saturday for acting in a de-
ranged manner. He was endeavoring to buy
up the town without passing a considera-
ton. He had ordered furniture enough to
MI dozen storage houses; had inspected
farming implements sufficient in number to
work. the farms of Kansas, and when
taken possession of by limb of the law
was hunting for a store where he could pur-
chase dozen Amazons to be employed in
entertaining his friends. The doctor was
dressed in the far western fashion. The
demented physician was accompanied by a
little girl. who he said was to drive home
numerous elephants. tigers and lions he in
tended to purchase in New York. When the
doctor was taken in charge by the officers
his little companion, a daughter of his
housekeeper, was taken home by visiting
Vlrs1nians: DR.. Lugenbeels home is near
Langley. He is said to be a man of means
He has always been regarded as eccentric
though man of considerable medical abil-
ity. At the station the doctor objected to
tnOuSH not
An Agitntor.
W. B. Wilson, the strike agitator. and
several of his assistants in the Cumberland
region were before Judges Boyd and Hofr-
man on Saturday charged with contempt of
court in having violated an injunction of
the court restraining them from interfering
with miners of Consolidation Coal Company
who desired to go to work.
Wilson is from Pennsylvania, his assist
ants residents of Cumberland.
Some Notes.
Marietta Schoenthal. a peaceable white
boy, was yesterday knocked down and rem
dered unconscious through the blow of a
bootblack named Edward Lane. The as
sailant was promptly arrested.
AT Christ Church, Detroit on June H.
Lieut.. John Davenport Barrette, third artil-
lery. United States army, will be married
to Miss Katherine Biddle, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. James Biddle. the ceremony to
take place at o'clock pm.
memorial sermon of much interest was
last night preached to the members of Geo
L. Norris Post, No.19, G. A. R., by the Rev
Geo. A. NiXdOrf of the German Lutheran
Church, corner sd and Q streets The ser
vices were concluded by the singing of
America. the entire congregation joining
in. Rev. Mr.. Nixdorf next Sunday prea ches
his farewell pastoral sermon.
The Order OF American Mechanics was
last evening present in a body at the St
Johns Church to listen to the last of the
seasons sermons to men only The speaker
was the Rev. Mr.. Wroth of the Church of
the Messiah.