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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22
NEW EAST RIVER BRIDGE.
Ground Broken at New York Withou
Ceremony.


Ceremony.
Ground has been broken at the New York
end Of the new Blackwefs Island bridge
which is to furnish the Long Island rail-
road an entrance into New York city. There
was no ceremony about 1t. The first act
was performed by an engineer and a gang
of men, who were set to work marking out
the location for the pier on the New York
side, at the foot of 64th street. The bridge
will have a capacity of four railroad tracks
IL need be, besides a roadway and walks
on either side. The spans over both chan
nels of the river will each be $50 feet. The
span on the island will be 635 feet between
the centers of the piers. The distance be-
tween the centera of the two extreme piers
will be 1856 feet.
1t will reach squarely across the river.
touching the Long Island shore at Ravens
wood, and forming a junction with the
Long Island railroad at Sunny Side mid
way between Long Island City and Wood
side. 1t Is calculated that passengers from
Union station, at Sd avenue and 9th street,
New York city, can reach Flushing and
Jamaica in twenty-five minutes, and Man
haitian Beach in forty minutes without
changing cars. This Is a reduction in time
of more than 80 per cent BY most of the
present routes there are disagreeable
changes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22

Lieut.. Reed Tells of His Proposed
Trip aud Its Objects.

Lieut. Hugo T. Reed. u. s. A. now re-
tired, VIII shortly commence q journey
which viii be peculiarly Interesting In IT.
objects and almost worldwide In its itin-
erary. At the Ebbitt House this morning
Lieut.. Reed told a Star reporter all about
It.
The Field Columbian Museum OF Chr
oago." said he. have appropriated a large
sum OF money to send out a commission to
Europe. Asia. Africa, Australia, South and
Central America, and, in fact, all countries,
to collect articles, models. photographs
drawings and other data upon the subject
OF transportation on land and water. both
old style and new. The object is 20 secure
a comprehensive and complete history Of
transportation from its earliest charactsr
to the present time. The extent OF the rail-
ways and telegraph Of the world. the char
acter of transportation I'm cities and busy
communities. will be exhaustively invesu-
gated, as well as the camel and other ami
NAL means Of traffic. including the employ
ment OF men In the carrying of commerce.
Maj. j. @. Pangborn win have charge of
the commission. and there will be, I'm addi-
uon, q Photographed, q stenographer, my
self end possibly one or two more. We ex-
pect to sail September 8. and, after passing
rapidly through Europe. we will commence
our work In Asia. Investigations into our
subject will be made there. as well as In
the islands lying contiguous to that coast
and the coast OF Africa, and then we win
come back into Europe. 60 back and forth
In II and also prosecute researches in ST.
IBERIA, as Tar as possible. Northern and
Southern Africa will next be visited by the
commission, and its itinerary will be COM
pleted by visits to the South and Central
American states We expect to be gone
two years and a half. Notices have been
sent to various governments Of the intend
ed visit Of the commission. and IL will
doubtless receive much assistance from the
officials of the several governments. because
We Will exchange Information wherever
such a thing Is possible. I contemplate an
interesting ard Instructive trip"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22
Three Grand Jury Cases.

ihree grand jury cases were called to
Judge Mills attention today the defendant
In one case. sixteen-year-old colored how.
pleading guilty. His name-was given as
James Waters. He entered the house of
the Capital City Gun Club and stole a shirt.
Ratchet and statue. The court held him
In 500 security for the action Of the grand
jury.
Ernest Fenwick. young negro said to
have served a term in Jail only a short
while ago. was charged with petit larceny.
second offense being alleged. The COM
plant was that he stole some chickens from
car on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
The case was partly heard and continued
until tomorrow to hear additional wit
nesses.
Henry Simms was charged with the theft
of Minnie Wards watch and the case was
continued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22
AGAINST CHAIRMAN WILSON.
1t II Proposed to Run Ex-Secretary
Ellkins for Congress-.

1t IL Proposed to Run Ex-Secretary
Elkins for Congress-.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
MORGANTOWN. w. Va. August 81 1894
George C. Sturgiss Of this city. United
States district attorney under the Harrison
administration, has some very decided views
about the congressional campaign in this
the second, West Virginia district, now rep
resented in Congress by Chairman William
L. Wilson of the committee on ways and
means. He thinks the republicans should
nominate Stephen b. Elkins against Will
son. end In an interview spoke as follows:
THE political situation in the second dis
trict is a little mixed If the republican ma
tional committee will make a fight there is
no doubt that the district can be carried
against Wilson. Mr.. Wilson will be renom-
mated, and the democratic national COM
mittee and the administration will put
forth every effort to compass his reelection.
He Is a national character, and his defeat
would have a significance not attending the
defeat of any other member of the House.
He stands for tariff reform, and he will
have all the assistance which the tariff re-
form element can place at his disposal to
secure his reelection.
THE best man to put up against Mr.. Will
son would be one who is as nearly as pos
sible national character like himself.
He stands for a national issue. and should
hoNS oPPooitioh WOEtHy anu Ills ISSUE
Ex-Secretary of War Stephen B. Elkins
would the strongest candidate on that
account. lid also because he would most
likely command outside assistance which
would be withheld from a man Of merely
local reputation. 1t would be harder for an
unknown man to make the fight, although
i believe any good nan can win with the
proper assistance.
Next to Mr.. Elkins favor the nomina-
ton Of John w. Mason, the gentleman who
first opposed Mr.. Wilson, and who was de-
feated by only ten votes. The second dis
trict Is strongly protection in its sentiment.
and II for any reason Mr.. Wilson should not
make the race. either on account of his
health or transfer to a safer place in the
federal administration, the democrats of the
district would nominate a man of the old
fashioned Sam Randall stripe 1t is only
Mr.. Wilson's personality, and the idea that
he stands for place in public affairs which
no other man in the district would likely
attain. that makes him popular in the dis
trict. His tariff ideas are not popular, and
many men Of his own party have been to
Washington many times the past half year
trying to get duty on coal and lumber, in
spite of their UNFOLDING Mr.. Wilson,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22

Cassie Thomas, a colored woman. under
took to give Cornelia Potter q severe beat
ing yesterday. because she had given evi-
dence In court against a friend named Al
fred Hawkins. She had previously mada
threats against her. and when ahsswas put
ting her threats into execution she was ar.
rested Cassie had used q stone IN the as
sault. and she plead guilty.
Judge Mills heard the evidence and told
Cassie that she had saved herself stX
months. Had she not plead guilty he would
lave given her one year, but AZ she had
been honest enough to plead guilty and save
the court trouble and expense he would give
her only six months In jail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22

Robert Leitch and James n. Leitch. trad
ing as Robert Leitch & Sons. have filed .
bill In equity against VIM J. Work and
Annie n Carey. to vacate q deed made BY
the first named defendant The complain
ants ailege that Work IN indebted to them
in the sum OF 81. 2O6.l5 represented by ten
promissory notes made by hum to their
order, which are Overdue and unpaid Re
Gently, they state. the father OF the de-
PENDANT died intestate. leaving four chn-
dren, Possessed of sub lot 40. square ssx2
The compliments further adlege- that Work
has repeatedly promised to pay the notes,
and led them TO- believe that he would
either confess Judgments or give them .
deed Of trust on the property. But they
charge that August 1. 1884. Work pretend
ed to convey the lot to Annie NJ Carey. his
sister-in-law, for the pretended considers
ton Of $i.25O. The complainantA ASSERTING
that the deed was voluntarily made and
without consideration. for the purpose OF
hindering, delaying and defrauding them,
pray that the decd be declared to be null
and void. and that Works interest In the
lot be made subject to execution against
HIM.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22
Spain May Threaten.

FL Nacional of Madrid declares that the
moment the new United States tariff, by
which Cuban sugar Is handicapped 10 psr
cent, is enforced the minister Of the col
onies, Senior Becerea. proposes to ask the
Spanish government to denounce the exist
ing treaty between Spain and the United
States in regard to Cuba
FL Nacional continues: This Is the only
way to put matters on a fair footing with
the United States, which country il mo-
nopolizing Cuban trade, to the disadvan-
tage Of the colony"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22
TARSNEY CASES DISMISSED.
The Grand Jury Failed to Find Any
Indictments.

The Tarsney outrage cases ended in a
farce In Justice McCoache's court at Col
orado City. Col, Monday afternoon at 23O
o'clock. District Attorney Cochran ap-
appeared before the court and asked that
the cases against Robert Taylor, Jack Null
len. Sherm Crumley. Thomas Blair, D.
Smith, Walter Skam, DR.. Reed, William
Bancroft, Sam Skelenberger, Jay Quack-
enback, William Saxton and John Doe be
dismissed.
The district attorney said he made this
motion for the reason that the evidence in
the cases had been received by the grand
Jury, who had failed to find true bills
against any Of the defendants. The court
granted the motion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22
His Plea Didn't Save Him.

Marcellus Eishton was arrested three
years ago on a charge Of violating the
POLICY law, and he Jared SO well that he
recently became reckless, and yesterday
Policeman Bell arrested him again Mar
cellus thought It was unnecessary to have
counsel, and thought he would spring a
surprise on the court when he said: Il can't
write" But this did not save him. He
had collected the plays. and the witnesses
said SO.
Judge Mills held him guilty, and I'm
rcsed q fine Of $50 or sixty days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22

The Big Four depot at Cincinnati and ad-
Joining buildings were burned yesterday,
causing a loss of from 100000 to 100000
Captain Romus. Lieutenant Cavanaugh and
Fireman Brofft were badly hurt by falling
timber The government bonded ware
house, adjoining the depot, was burned,
with its valuable contents, Two negroes
have been arrested on suspicion of setting
fre to the building. The cause Is also at
tributed to the explosion Of gasoline
stove.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22

PROCLAMATION M GOV. ALTGELD
Aid Asked for the Starving Strikers
at PulInahn.

Governor Altgeld Of Illinois last night
issued proclamation soliciting contribu-
tons for the relief of the starving strikers
at Pullman.
He spent several hours in conference with
a committee Of citizens of Pullman who
were called upon to give him the informa-
ton regarding the starving strikers. He
was told that 2,436 families have been
helped since the beginning of the strike,
and that about $4,000 has been given the
relief committee, all of which has been ex-
pei ded,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22
Union Pacific Earnings.

The receivers of the Union Pacific system
have issued their report on the earnings
and expenses Of the Union Pacific and its
connecting lines for the month Of June. 1t
shows the earnings of the Union Pacific for
June to have been 81, $4,000 and the ex-
penditures sS75, 600; total earnings of con-
Meeting lines, $4,000; total expenditures,
$95SOOO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22
A ssspeak Easy Keeper Fined.

William Harrington. q man who has
served twenty-seven years I'm the army. was
q prisoner In the Police Court today.
charged with conducting a speak easy In
the mile limit only a few hundred feet
from the north entrance to Soldiers Home
Rose Coates. a colored woman from Free
mans alley, was the principal witness IN
the case.
She told Of the purchase OF beer I'm the
defendants place. and said when she went
In there a few days ago. he told her: Your
face is good for all you want?"
And did he know your capacity" ask
ed MIR. Pugh.
u don't KNOW"
Did he know YOU lived In Freeman's
aleyr"
Deed I don't know, SIR"
There was no defense TO make and Judge
Taylor imposed a fine Of ESQ or sixty days
In the workhouse.
William Riley. a boy who lives in the
house. admitted that he sold beer to one
witness. and he was fined $50 for aiding and
abetting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22

He IL Charged With Teaching Social
istic Doctrines.
The trial Of Prof. Richard T. Ely. director
of the School of Economy of the State Uni
versty, on charge of teaching socialist doc
trines to State University students, began at
Madison, Wis, last night before the ex-
ecutive committee Of the state board of
regents. The charge is preferred by State
Superintendent Of Public instruction Wells.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22
A Bill for Sale and Partition.

Mary V. Cohen. by her next friend, Frank
Robinson, today filed a bin In equity
against her brother. VIM. w. Cohen, for
the sale and partition of sub lots "a and Is
square S97. The bill states that complain
ant and defendant are tenants in common
in fee in equal shares of the property, and
that there Is an incumbrance OF $50 on
the property, besides unpaid taxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22
MARRIED..

UBHoFT-LoNG. On Sunday. August 10, 1894. 4
Caroline county, Va, Mr.. CHAS. c. CBHoF1
and Miss BERTHA Z. LONG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22
Concert mt the Capitol Grounds.

Concert mt the Capitol Grounds.
The following is the program OF the
Marine Band concert to be held at the
Capitol grounds this afternoon:
1. March, The Letter Carrier. Fanciulli
2 Overture. Semiramide ............ Rossini
3. Cornet solo, Loves Dream Cby re-
quest, by Mr.. w. H. Wunderlich. :. Koch
4. Grand selection, Carmen, No. Bizet
8. Fackletanze, No. 3............... Meyerbeer
6. Characteristic The Dying Poet (by
requesD .............--............G ottschalk
T. Concert mazurka, La Czarine. Rosstni
8. Patrol, Ccxey's Army (by request. Ortiz
9. Hail, Columbia .................... Flyes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22

Lightning Struck While ut Breakfast.
Lightning struck the residence Of James
Houston. Clayton. Iowa. Monday while
the family were eating breakfast Three
children were instantly killed and their
mother fatally injured James Slack, who
was in the yard near the house. was Sc
verely hurt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22

O'Donovan Rosa sailed Sunday from
Queenstown for New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22

Miss Pullman Not to Wed the Prince.
Geo. NJ. Pullman has denied the report Of
ths engagement Of his daughter Florence
% the Prince OF Issnbers- Birstein. Mr.. Pull
nah refused to discuss the matter, simply
saying In response to question, i deny 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22
The Case of Hawkins.

The letter OF Commissioner Truesdell
transmitting to MAJ Moore the findings
of the Commissioners In the case Of the
South Washington policemen and others
contained, among other things, this state
ment;
Hawkins Is dismissed for being found
asleep and of his beat while on duty. He
had been previously convicted of failing to
patrol his beat, and warned that a repeti-
ton of 1t would cause his removal from the
force. This Is one of the most serious Of
lenses Of which an officer can be guilty,
and its frequency must be due to undue
leniency on the part Of the trial board,
which too often imposes only a small fine
upon officers who have been repeatedly
convicted Of 1t. This practice should be dis
continued, and officers reminded that those
who have been heretofore convicted of this
gross neglect Of duty will hereafter be
judged on their records, and that those
whose records are marred by frequent con-
victions will be dismissed II convicted
again."
What the Members Of the Trial Board
Say.
Concerning this statement friends Of the
members Of the trial committee think the
Commissioners did them an unintentional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22
Some Reductions Likely,

1t is thought likely that some Of the older
officers may be reduced to the ranks and
detailed at some of these places. They
would then receive 800, much more than
the highest amount Of pension provided,
and some of them would, no doubt willing
ly accept such a change, knowing that they
are not now the active men they were a
quarter OF century ago. and knowing
also that the change would no doubt bene-
fit them.
Last evening Commissioner Truesdell Wis
tied police headquarters and had quite q
lengthy chat with the officers. He also in
spected the rogues' gallery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22

Judge Miller, In speaking Of the evidence
said he was satisfied that the clerk was
guilty Of no criminal conduct, although
there was probably some negligence. The
Judge spoke of the evidence Of Mr.. Nc
Caffrey. whose character is unimpeacha5le
He had no fault to find with what Sergt
Daley had done, and was satisfied that the
trouble resulted In Clerk Washburn's TAX
ing sides with some Of the officers in the
police middle. In conclusion, he said, he
wanted 1t distinctly understood that the
employees of the court have nothing to do
with the fractional fights in the police de-
partmenty and II they do figure in them
their services will not be needed tn court.
Col. TFuesdell Still Looking Into
The Globe-republican., 1894-01-19
STARTLING EVENTS.

FRED WHITE. of Otsego, Mimi, while
mentally dcranged. gouged out his
right eye. and. with an TX. cut off his
right foot and his right hand.
A COUPLE of burglars in Fall River,
Mass. while trying to escape, were
pursued by two football players, who
jumped on them. trampled on them,
and brought other football tricks into
use. This treatment settled the bur
lars.
A BAKER in st. JOhnsbury, Vt,
is kicking himself because he broke an
egg to put it in cake instead of placing
it under a hen or in an incubator. In
side of the egg he found live and
well-developed frog. Now. if the egg
had been Matched. a chicken and frog
might have come forth as twinsl
EXTRAORDINARY strength was pos
,essed by the Roman emperor Caias
julius Verus Maximinus. Besides other
feats of strength. he could crush the
hardest stone to powder in his hand.
He was over eight feet high. and had
wonderful appetite. He often ate forty
pounds of meat in day.
The Globe-republican., 1894-01-19
SHORT AND INTERESTING.

EIGHT cubic feet of snow produce
one cubic foot of water.
ALL the people in Brazil have uu-
usual respect for old age. Young men
take care of old women. and old men
receive much attention.
TWENTY-FIVE spinsters are numbered
among the inhabitants of the Cherokee
strip. They have located their homes
and planted their fall crops.
A PUG dog that received injuries in
recent gasoline explosion at Spokane.
Wash, remembers the occurrence so
wildly that he will not venture within
a square of the place.
WILLIAM HECWER. Swiss baker in
Augusta, Ga. is 4 powerful fellow He
can break a chain with his teeth, break
ropes with his naked hands and snap 4
chain wound around his arms by sim
ply swelling his muscles.
The largest engine is at Friedcns-
Vile. Pa. Its driving wheels are thir-
ty-five feet in diameter, the cylinder is
one hundred and ten inches, and it
raises seventeen thousand five hundred
gallons of water per minute.
THERE will soon be music in the air
for Philadelphians. The car shop at
Third and Berks streets, Philadelphia,
is to have a steam whistle that can be
heard twenty-five miles. 1t was made
by John Bowman, of Reading.
The Globe-republican., 1894-01-19
THE "ELr" HOLD.UP.

Detectives Unable to Trace the Burlington
Train Robbers What They Missed and
What They Got.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Jan. 12.-So far
there is no clew to the identity of the
men who robbed the Eli train east
of this city Wednesday night. The po-
lice are of the opinion that home talent
did the work. and that the rigs used by
them were individual property. as none
of the livery stables here furnished any
to parties not known. The mail car
was not molested, as at first stated.
Postal Clerk Arthur Gage, of Atchisou,
who was in charge. securely fastened
the doors of the car, got out his re-
volver and made ready to exchange a
few shots with the bandits, should they
attempt to get at the mail
Either they did not realize that there
were valuables in the car, or else they
had not the courage to touch Uncle
Sans property: at any rate they left
without attempting to enter the mail
car. They missed a big swag by their
negligence, for in the car were two
registered pouches filed with valuab bic
packages.
The robbers secured several small
money packages, which it is claimed
contained exactly SIS in the aggregate.
The Globe-republican., 1894-01-19
PERSONAL CHiT.ChAT.

A CURIOUS association Of names oc-
currs in the death of Col. L. L. Bush at
Bird-in- Hand. Pa
SUSAN. Elizabeth and Mile Bassett,
triplets, thirty-five years old. have all
become insane in New York.
JAMES MANLEY, of st. Louis. claims
to be the oldest street car man in act
i've service. He has been punching
thirty-nine years.
JOHN De WIrr WARNER, now in Wash
ington. caught in certain combinations
of light and shadow, is q perfect fac
simile Of the late James A. Garfield.
JAMES CRAPsEY, born in January,
1894. was the first man who settled in
Edserton. Wis. and since that time up
7 to the present he has been at work at
the railroad station In some capacity
or other.
THOMPSON CHANDLER, q farmer Of
Lyons, n. ". is the father of two boys,
one of them eight years old, the other
prosperous business man aged sixty,
of Vinelard. n. j., who in turn has q
son Of forty, who is bank director.
THE oldest female horseback rider in
the world is Mrs. Fannie Muller. of
Million, Ky. She is ninety years old,
and at least twice q week rides ten
miles on horseback. She is also q
graceful dancer. and as erect as an In
dian.
Mrs ANNE L. KIRK died in Cecil
county, Md, the other day at the age
of one hundred and three. and was in
sound health nearly to the day of her
death. She was of Irish birth, bu. had
long lived in Cecil county. where her
husband was a miller.
LUCINDA BEDFORD, the wealthiest
negro woman in Nashville. Tenn, is
dead, aged ninety-four. She was o
slave before the war, and William Bed
ford. a white man, left her eighty
thousand dollars, which she increased
by good Investments.