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KICKED ALMOST TO DEATH
Two Colored Boys Quarrel About a
Half-cOnsumed Cigarette.
Clarence Toy Knocked George Wash.
Mgton DownRnd Inflicted Injuries
which May Prove Fatal.

While q crowd Of small colored boys were
playing in Acker's stone yard, corner Of
Eorb Capitol and Z streets, about 8
O'clock last night, George Washington,
eyed thirteen, and Clarence Toy, aged four
feen, became engaged in q fight over a
cigarette stump, ana the result was that
the Washington boy was nearly kicked to
death.
Both boys had been playing with their
companions when they spied o part OF =
Cigarette They both made dart at it,
6nd a fight ensued.
Toy knocked his companion down and
kicked him several times about the head
and body, and then ran away.
Several boys who were near by heard
Tashington's cries and ran to his assist
Rnoe. They carried him 20 his home, No. 81
NoCulleugh street, where he Immediately
became unconscious. The injured boys
father, George Washington, who is en-
ployed as a laborer at the Capitol, at once
went for olice Surgeon Cannon, who found
tbat the boys condition was serious, as
he had been Kicked in the back OF the head
near the spinal column and had also re-
ceived several bad blows in the stomach
sergt. Falvey and Policemen McNamee
end Lynch, Of the Sixth precinct, made a
search for the Toy boy, but up to a late
hour last night had not succeeded in To-
eating bina.
Washington had not, up TO an early hour
this morning, regained consciousness
The morning times., 1895-08-16

a secret Indignation meeting was held
Weather Bureau The participants were
former enlisted men, who served when
the weather service was connected with the
Signal Corps, which was then part and
parcel or the regular army.
The object of the assemblage was to pro-
test against the action OF the court-martial
which sentenced Private Gill, OF the regular
artillery to serve four years in DtheColunbus,
ONO, peDitentiary, for striking Lieut..
Rerkheimer. Those present had served
uDder Berkheimer when he was assigned
to the Signal Corps, and was rated as an
acting signal officer. He served in this
capacity for several years.
GILL ASSERTED HIS MANHOOD
First he was under Instructions at Fort
Myer, the signal school, and latterIy he
went 10 the Chef Signal Office in charge
of the governemnt telegraph lines which
were under the control Of the Signal
Corps
The veterans of the old weather service,
who had served under Gems. Myer and
HaZen, heard that the War Department
officials were investigating the circum-
stances of the affray between Gill and
Berkheimer, which resulted in the court
martial and severe sentence imposed upon
the artilleryman.
They believed that an outrage had been
perpetrated upon Gill by court OF Berk-
heinler's brother officers because Gill was
only a private soldier who dared 10 assert
his manhood when assailed by the lieu
tenant 1t was determined, therefore, to
hold the meeting, express Indignation, and
submmit in writing TO the Secretary of
War a solemn protest against the sentence
Several of the old signal men related
their army experiences with Berkheimer,
who was spoken OF as martinez and petty
tyrant
BERKHEIMER THE AGGREsSOR.
Information was received that Berk-
heiIner was the aggrcssor in the affray
with Private Gill, and that the latter
would have been less than a man if he
| had not resC$ ed the insult offered him
by the officer in citizens clothes.
The signal veterans are all men of brain
and the peers of any officer OF the army
Some OF those present had felt the morti-
fication OF Berkheimers insults when they
were privates under him in the Signal Corps.
They were, therefore, in good frame Of
mind to pass strong resolutions for SUBJ
mission to Secretary Lamont.
One OF those present recalled Berkheimer's
first Introduction TO the regular army,
when he was a cadet at West Point, and
had a fist fight with Fred Grant.
He came in the army with his fist
| doubled for fight said the speaker, land
he has been fist-fighting ever since"
His tyranny to the signal men at Fort
Myer and the chief signal office was re-
| called and a committee appointed to draw
| up.rcsoIutions to be submitted to the War
Department They will ask for rehear-
lug i u the Berkhejmer-Gill ease, and will
probably be forwarded to-day To Secretary
Lamont
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Welded TO THE CHURCH.

Miss Julia Byrne, OF This City, Takes
the white Veil at Newark.
Newark, N j., Aug. 15.-With solemn
and Impressive services in the clapel of the
Dominican Monastery, at the corner Of
South Ninth street, near Thirteenth ave
nue., Miss Julia Byrue, bright-faced young
woman, of Washington, D C, this after
noon, took the vows and the white veil
and henceforth she will not leave the con-
vent.
The ceremony was conducted by one OF
the Dominican fathers Miss Byrne ap-
peared In the chapel dressed in white as
O bride, and she remained during the YES
pers, with which The service was begun.
Then she retired TO the cloister, where
she took the habit, and followed the bene-
diction. The young woman, who has been
10 the institution one year, will be known
as Sister Mary OF the Sacred Heart.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
PRICE PUT ON GOMEZ'S HEAD
Captain General Campos Said to
Have Offered a Bandit $4,000.
Guerrillas, Supported by Havana
Mere chants, Ba dly Defeated by
the Insurgents.

Jacksonville, Fla, Aug. 15.-A cable
gram 10 the Times-Uuion from Key West
says:
Private advices received in this city
Preport that MirabaI form erIy a noted
bandit, now With the insurgents, has been
offered $50. coo and free pass from the
island by Martinez Campos il he VIII Ell
Maxim 0 Gomez The matter was promptly
reported to Gomez.
On the 18th inst, the insurgents, under
the command OF Bermudez, captured the
forts and burned the game in Santa Rita
Villas district. Col. Zebrico, reported
killed by the government, has taken com
mand OF the insurge formerly commanded
by Garzon, who was killed at the battle OF
Pelayas.
r Roloff and a band Of followers have de-
strOyed all communication between Santi
Spiritas and the rest OF the island A
letter was received in this city last night
from one OF RoIoff's band dated the 2Sth
ult,, stating that they landed safely and
had captured several horses and two carts,
which they used TO carry ammunition to
the interior.
i messenger has been sent 10 Limo
Perez, at present at Santa Clara province,
with ,00O men 10 meet them near Santi
spiritus, when active operations viii be
commenced.
During the early part of last week the
guerriiIas, supported by merchants Of
Havana, were badly defeated by the in.
surgents under Zayas, in a battle near
Manicdrag in which the gueTiiias lost
ninety-one men killed Many of them de
serted and joined the insurgents.
The people of Baracoa heretofore loyal
20 the government, have contributed 500
men 10 the insurgents and grave fears are
felt that an attack viii be made upon
the town.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
BOGUS CHECK SwINDLER.
He Tried to Work His Ga me In Gorge
town, but Was Scared Off

He Tried to Work His Game In G Gorge
town, but Was scared Off.
The young man who has been working
the bogus check game among the merchants
OF Washington paid Georgetown a visit
yesterday. He presented himself at
Braces drug store, corner Tbirtieth and
NJ streets, about 8 o'clock, and asked that
a prescription be filled, in paym eut for
which he rendered check for SIS, drawn
on the Second National Bank in the name
Charles H. Johnson.
He was most polished gentleman and he
had a tongue so oily that he would have
been able to pun the wool over the eyes of
experienced men. Mr. Brace was, however,
too wary. The more the genial gentleman
talked the more firmly did the druggist be-
come convinced that the fellow was a ascal
When the prescription had been put up and
Mr.. Brace stated that he had not that much
money in his store the trickster saw the
game wouldn't work in that place
He said he would just step down the
street and get q friend to do him the
favor. The prescription he would call for
He mentioned the. name of a hoteFkeeper
in the neighborhood and left
No sooner had he started to go than Mr.
Brace communicated with the Seventh
precinct police .station and two officers
were sent to intercept him. Instead of
going to the place mentioned the man
went to o'DouneIrs drug store, corner of
Thirty-second and NJ
Here he inquired for a galvanie battery,
and On being Informed that there was
none in stock, he limited to have the check
cashed, but very feebly, because he saw
two officers coming down the street He
hurried out and boarded car, and when
the policemen about three minutes later
reached the place Georgetown and Charles
Il. Johnson were separated by many squares.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
Down the Line.

Washburn was taken very sick Just
before the first race He was TO ride
Archilies. and Congdon had to be engaged
to take his place.
If Chleftain had gotten away well it
would have been no race for him He came
from nowhere being absolutely lost when
the horses rounded the first turn.
c. o. D. could not raise a decent gaIInp
yesterday Glare punched him from start
to finish. but was never within striking
distance.
Murray was backed considerably to win
the two-year-oId race, but died away very
suddenly He was IN front half way up
the Stretch.
Rufus was very much on the lob or
der. He must have had a bad night of it.
Contest ran good race for the first time
out since the meeting opened.
German acted very much like "dOped"
horse. He cut up such capers that Cassidy
finally left him at the post.
Paris started TO come very fast in the
stretch, but swerved 20 the inside rail
and could not get through
The closing race was a regular process
sion Nativity was anywhere from fifty
to hundred lengths behind Key West.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
So rafOga Entries

First racc-siX furIongs. Runaway and
Double Cross, 112 each; Manchester, 105;
Refugee, 103; 'Lady> Diamond, 102, and
Fair Flora, 100.
Second race-Five and one-half furlongs-
Crescendo, Requital, and Nimrod, 11S each,
and Beau Ideal, 50.
Third race-One mile and furlong. Mer-
chants stakes. Clifford, 126; Rey Ell
Santa Anita, 100; Sir Excess, ia; Lis
SAX, 113; Prince Carl, 107, and Song and
Dance, LOG.
Fourthrace-Fivefurlons Selling, Per-
fidy and Joan, 1o5 each; Predicament,
103; Au Revoir and Argentina, 101 each;
Bernardine, Marquise, Florrie E., and
Kilron, 81 each.
Fifth race-One mile. Brandywine, III;
Lake shore, 10; Laurel, 107; Saint
Iario, 90; Aimee Goodwin, 81, and Ma
vahoe, S8.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
Arrerted AT a Camn Meeting.

9 Ernest Lyles, colored, was arrested last
might by Policeman Heighe on a charge Of
having stolen q cow from Joseph Wise, a
cairyman, who lives at Tennallytown On
three different occasions Wise has lost sew.
eral fine blooded cows, and none OF them
has ever been recovered Lyies was seen
driving an animal into town recently, and
when asked to give an account of himself
could not do so. he escaped the officers,
however, and they have been on the look
out for him. Last night Mounted Patrol
man Heighe thought be had located the
man, and after obtaining q description ar.
rested him at colored camp-meeting
pear Tennallytown- He had an accomplice,
who VIII be arrested to-day.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
PnIIed q False Alnrm.

Some mischievous young FOUNDERS"
pulled in a fire alarm from the keyless box
at the corner of Thirteenth and B streets
northwest just before II O'Clock last night.
The fire department quickly responded
to the false alarm. The penalty for tamper-
ing with the boxes is $50.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
Hon. w.D. Dabney Honored.

Charlottesville, Va, Aug. 15.--At meet
ing of the board of visitors Of the University
of Virginia held this afternoon, Hon. Walter
d. pabney, of this county, collector OF the
State Department at Washington, was Sc
lected professor of common and statute
law, to succeed the late John B. Minor.
Raleigh c. Minor was appointed adjunct
professor.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
Selections.

Ftrstrace-TaugIefoot. Clair W, Countess.
Observation-Disclosures Carpenter, Tyro.
Third raCe-Renaissance, COEda, WyO-
ming
Fourth race-Eclipse, jr.. Joe Mack,
Sonora.
Fifth race-Oxford, LepOrello, Minnie s.
Sixth Tace-OId Socks, Hippona, Tear
Drop
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In TU x DO

and In order 10 do this we will sacrifice them at
The low price Of S25 and $40 each small pay
ment down with the rest IN either smat weekly
or monthly payments will secure one Of these
choice home sites, or, II all cash Is paid, will
allow 10 per cent
Tuxedo is situated on the main stem Of the
Penna K X in Prince George county, Md 8,
within few minutes ride OF the city and about
u OF a mile from District line Station on the
grounds. COmmutatiGn fare six cents Make
up your mind to-day to seCBre one Of these
CHOICE lots before they are all gone.
Trains leave at iI:fO a. m, 4 30 and p
from DepOr 9TH and Sts NV, where our gem
tiemanly agents can be found 50 minutes be-
fore trains leave
TUXEDO CO., 623 F St, N. w.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
Stfgnata.

Behold the emtraclel' 'hecried-
The somber priest who stood beside
4 figure oD whose snow wy breast
The outlines OF q cross expressed
In ruddy life.drops ebbed and flowed;
behold in th imprimatur Of God!"
A kneeling woman raised her eyess
Lol At the sight, in swift surprise,
Ere we-struck lips prayer oouldspeak
Love'sstigpna glo wed ON brow andoheek;
And one fn reverence bent his head
Behold the miracleI'' he said.
The Philistine.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
NEGROES LEAVING WINSTON.
Fifty-six In jail for Participancy II
the Late Riot.

Winston, N c., Aug. 15.-Arthur Tut
tie, the negro who shot aud killed Police
man ickers last May, was to-day sen
teHred to twenty-five years Imprisonment.
His counsel did not offer motion for new
trial
Fifty negroes who participated in the
riot last Sunday night are IN jail The
grand Jury has returned over 100 true
bills against parties connected with the
affair.
1t is estimated that 200 negroes have
left Winston since the riot.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
Private GIL eft the Pemtentiary.

Private Gill, of the regular artillery, ar
rived at Columbus, Ohio, yesterday in charge
of a sergeant and private. He was at
once taken to the penitentiary at that place
and commenced his term of four years i'm
prisonment, the penalty for striking Lieut..
Birkheimer, bis superior officer.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
Cheap Excursions to Virginia Spring

Cheap E..CslrsiOns 10 NIrSlniA Springs.
During the summer season the B. & O..
R. r. will sell excursion tickets from Wash
ington to the following named resorts at
exceptionally low rates for all connecting
trains each Friday and Saturday: Tickets
valid for return, including Monday follow
ing date of sale: Capon Springs, $5.35;
Jordan's White Sulphur, $50; Orkney
Springs, Sass; Rawley Springs, $5.45.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
Rolden Sent TO ,Jail,

Henry Bolden, the desperate young negro,
who tried TO kill Ed. Burrell, a colored boot
black with a long butcher knife and pur-
sued him along Pennsylvania avenue, as
described in The Morning Times yester-
day, was sent to jail for two months by
Judge Mills yesterday.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
Partners In Two Esta bIisrrments.

A deed of sale was recorded yesterday
whereby Thomas NJ Harvey becomes half
owner of the printing establishment nowrun
by William Gettinger. The two gentlemen
were already associated in the publication
of the Court Calendar.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
Clnclnnntt German celehrnte.

Cincinnati, Aug. 15.-The Germans Of this
city VIII celebrate Sedan day with fetes
and entertainments. Memorials viii be for.
warded to Prince Bismarck in time TO reach
him on tie anniversary OF the battle.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
Washington's brightest evening
paper: The Evening Times.
ST. Louis entries.


First race - Six furlopgs. Selling.
Francis Pope, Hart Wallace and Silver
ade, 13O; Eau Claire, 127; Ellen, 125;
Occula, lis.
Second Taee-Two-year-Olds. Five fur
longs. Belle Meade, Lady Claire and Wa
dena, 10S; Jake HOlan and Fred Foster,
106; Oliver and Walnut Ridge, 103; Mary
Aun and Carrie j., 103-
Third race-Selling- One and three-six-
teenth miles. j. P. B., Ill; King Bors,
los; Sullross, 104; Ashland, Spring Box,
and Charlie Mcdonald 102; Billy Mckenzie,
50; Prince, SS; Mollie R., S3.
Fourth race-One nile. Purse. Buck
n assie, Ill; Bayard, lis; Raviola, 1125
Moderocio, and Miss Young, 102.
Fifth race Two-year-o1ds. Five fur
longs. Parosx, King Daniel, Woodland
and Broadside, LOG; Belle of Oakgrove,
Eldred. Paskola ana Fairy Dance, 103.
Sixth raee-Purse. Five furlOngs. En-
pera and Mo,lie b., liz; Ottyanna and Issie
o.. 1O1; Lessita and Amelia May, 107;
Lottie Mills, 105; LOllie EastOn, Couro,
InvercauId and Derah Wood, 1O2
a success from the first day: The
The morning times., 1895-08-16
RECKLESS STEAMER PEHTl
Narrowly Escaped a Disaster in
Crossing the RiGhmOnd's Bow.
PASSENGERS WERE ALARMED

Charges VIII BE Preferred Against
Capt. Baker by Pilot Phillips-It
is Alleged That Rivalry Exists Re-
tween The Vessels and That the
Pentz vioiatedt he La W ofthe River.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
weaItb I'm a Washstand ORA wer.

Mrs Josephine Z. Deale, residing in
Ivy City, reported to the Eighth precinct
police station, that her house was entered
and roll of bills containing 500 stolen
from q wash-stand drawer.
The morning times., 1895-08-16

Beautify your stores in
terror by putting up Siemens-
Lungren Gas Lamps, which
shed a beautiful white light,
giving the stock a beautiful
hue. We rent them for 25c
a month, and they save that
much in less than a month,
for they burn the gas per-
fectly-hence less of it.
Gas Appliance Exchange, 1923 X Y. ave.
S--Your PRINTISG wants will be most
Satisfactorily supplied If ycu give Us your
orders. Estimates furnished
MoQILL g. WALLACE Printers,
slef Street N W. Phone, l53!
The morning times., 1895-08-16
HAM ASTRIDE 4 LOBSTER
BaGearat Was Almost as Dead
as a Door Nail.
WILLIE LOOKED DISCUSSED

The BOY Rode for All He Was Worth,
but 1t Was Useless-Bender Made
Game Fight With Rosita-Duffy'
Head Was SwelIed, but the Little
Fellow Reduced 1t.
The morning times., 1895-08-16

S125 Excursion TO baltimore SIPS
via Pennsy Ivania Railroad.
Excursion tickets to Baltimore Satur-
day, August IT, and Sunday, August is,
good returning until August 10, at 81 20.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
ENEMIES OF BEREHE|AER
Signal Service Veterans Will Pro-
test Against GIII's Sentence.
THEY KNOW THE OFFICER

Secret dignation Meeting at Which
the Officer Was Denounced as a
formation Received That He Was
the a gressor.
The morning times., 1895-08-16
NO DOUBT

beautiful suburb
The morning times., 1895-08-16

Mems Hand-sewed Patent
Leather, kangaroo, Calf and
Russet Shoes, Hathaway,
Soule & Harrington, Stacy,
aas%s &asss. +or,1 e S'' s.. sae ias'. other s29{
The morning times., 1895-08-16
G. h. DAWSON,

Jeweler,
1105 /, Street n. w.
The morning times., 1895-08-16

] want 10 be tho Jeweler
who first comes into your
rr,fFA
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-26
\ Mechanical Horror.

Machinery is monthly journal pub
lished at Johannesberg, South Africa. In
the October number just received is an
account of a most remarkable clock be-
longing to Hindu prince, which the
editor thinks the strangest piece of ma
chinery in India. Near the dial of an or
dinary- lookin clock is large gong
hung on poles, while underneath, scat
tered on the ground, is a pile of artificial
human skulls, ribs, legs, and arms, the
whole number of bones in the pile being
equal to the number of bones i'll twelve
human skeletons.
When the hands of the clock indicate
the hour of l, the number OF bones needed
to form complete human skeleton comes
together with snap; by some mechanl-
cal contriVance the skeleton springs up,
seizes mallet, and walking up to the
gong. strikes one blow. This finished, it
returns to the pile and again falls to
pieces When o'clock, two skeletons
get up, and strike, while at the hours of
noon and midnight the entire heap
springs up in the shape of twelve skele-
tons, and strikes each one after the other,
a blow on the gong, and then falls to
pieces, as before.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-26

Landlady-That new lodger needn't try
to make me think he's bachelor He's
cit her married or a widower. Millings-
How can you tell? Landlady-He always
turns his back to me when he opens his
pocket book to pay his board,
An old English authority says that the
saying "Everything is lovely and the
goose honks highn-not "hangs high, "
as is frequently quoted-is weather
proverb, meaning that when the wild
geese fly high it is a sign of fair weather
Mrs. Poppin-Dont you miss your
hus band very much, now that he is away:
Mrs. Golighty-Oh, not at all. You see
he left me plenty of money, and at
breakfast table just set newspaper up
in front of his plate, and half the time
forget that he is not there.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-26
ASHORE AT SARGENTvILLE.
Schooner "New Boxer" Capt. Hart,
of Ellsworth

OF E1llSW
The schooner "New Boxer" of Els
worth, Capt. Hart, went ashore at
Sargentville during the blow Sunday
morning. She had on board merchandise
for Ellsworth merchants. most of it being
for A. NJ. Hopkins.
The schooner left Boston Monday of last
week, with merchandise for W. g. Sargent
x Son, of Sargentville, and Ellsworth
merchants. She had discharged her
freight at Sargentville, and hauled off
into the stream. During he severe blow
from the southeast Sunday morning she
dragged anchors and Went ashore.
The schooner lay in a bad place, and
filled with water. With continuance of
favorable weather it was hoped to get her
off to-day (Tuesday). The merchandise
on board was insured.
There was no insurance on the vessel.
1t is not known how badly she is
damaged. She is owned by Whitcomb,
Haynes & Co.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-26
SaunderS-Mannin1.

The marriage OF Miss Maude Saunders,
daughter OF Hon. and Mrs. H. B. Saun-
ders, to DR.. j. F. Manning took place at
the residence of the BRIDES parents on
Main street, Ellsworth, this CTuesday)
forenoon at 10 O'Clock, Rev. D. L. Yale
officiating.
The wedding was quiet one, only
members of the families of the bride and
groom being present. The newly-mar-
ried couple left on the noon train on a
wedding trip which will occupy from ten
days to two weeks.
They take with them the best wishes OF
a host OF friends.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-26
Highest of all in Leavening Power
Miss Monaghan at Bangor.

OF Miss Mabel Monaghan's perform
ance at Bangor, on Monday evening, Dec.
16, il. the Central church course, the Ban
gor papers have the following:
NeWs: Miss Mabel Monaghan, of Els
worth, sang herself into the hearts of her
audience with the same sweet voice wit h
which she has recently delighted Bangor
people. Her rendition of Brevilet's Gave
Maria" was most artistic.
Whig: The second appearance in Ban
gor of Miss Monaghan, who, by the way,
is near neighbor, being from Ellsworth, :,
was the occasion of warm greeting to
which she responded with the sweetest
Of sweet songs. Possessed of a pure
soprano voice OF sympathetic quality
well cultivated and handled. she gave her
hearers great pleasure last evening, and
received large measure OF the favor Of
the audience, which heartily applauded
her.
Commercial: Miss Monaghan was in
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-26

While porting over a receipt book the
OF her day, my attention was attracted by
receipt which ended something like
this: "Then sit on the front of the stove,
and stir constantly" Imagine sitting on
a stove withou stirring constantly.
In New York restaurant appears the
illuminated text BLESSED is the man who
putteth his trust in the Lord" and
another underneath reads, "Watch your
coat and hat! The proprietor will not be
responsible for them