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The morning times., 1895-07-22
MAYS BODY NOT RECOVERED
Police Are Uncertain Whether He
Drowned Himself as Reported.
Genau, who said He Was with May,
at the Time, Now Attempts to
Deny HaSing Told the Story.

The police have not yet been able to clear
up the reported suicide of F. p May, as
they have 50 far been able to investigate
the case but slightly. No attempt has
been made to recover the body in the river
where Joseph j Genau, the man, who ac-
coTding TO his own story, was with May
when he sprang from the Long Bridge,
said it went down, and as yet no man by
the name of F. + May has been reported
missing.
The most peculiar phase Of the case de-
veIoped yesterday in a denial by Genau OF
any knowledge of the thing. which was
written to The Times The story, as pub
lished, was told by him to a reporter IN
The Times office on Saturday night, and
he insisted that 1t was correct in every de-
tail. Yesterday, however. he stated TO an
acquaintance that the story was untrue,
and then wrote letter 10 The Times,
denying the story and trying to make 1T
appear that some one else had visited
the office and impersonated him.
a Times reporter called yesterday even
ing at the address, No 451 Washington
street, that he had been given when telling
the story, and saw the elder Genau, who
stated that his son had not been at home
since Saturday evening az about O'Clock.
He could not, OF course, say whether the
story was or was not correct.
Laterin the evening, after communicating
the additional facts 10 the police, the
reporter visited Washington street and
caught Genau just as he was going home
He recognized the reporter, although he
denied giving him the story. Even then
when asked about il he said that he knew
nothing of the facts, and had never been
in The Times office. He denied any kuOwl-
edge OF May and said that ne not been at
Jackson City for a long time.
Finally GeDau admitted that he was drunk
Saturday night and might have called
at The Times office aud told the story,
although he declared that he remembered
nothing OF the circumstance. At any rate,
he said, the story was untrue.
The police will make thorough iuvesti-
CATION of the matter this morning, and it
viii be ascertaiued whether or not the
story told by Genau was the result OF
fancy rendered false by drink, OF whether
there is really man drowned in the
Potomac. If il is true, the case VIII be
thoroughly probed and L VIII be ascertaiued
whether May committed suicide or was
fOully dealt with.
The morning times., 1895-07-22
PENSION CLERK MISSING.
w. =. Dixon, a Colored Employt
Has MysteriousIy Disappeared.

w. 8. Dixon, Colored Employe,
Has MysteriousIy Disappeared.
William S. Dixon, colored, for fifteen
years clerk in the Pension office, is
mysterously missing, and his home, at
No. 2302 Sixth street north west, near
Howard University, where he has lived for
the past three years, is vacant
He was last seen week ago, aud after
auXio Gus waiting and frutless inquiry,
his wife gave up three days ago and
moved, with their four children, to make
a home for the present with her sister,
on Nj choias avenue, near Armst ead's
grocery, at Hillsdale.
Mr.. Dixon has been fos abuot three years
in the division of Chief Romeo L. De
Puy, at 81 ,2G0 a year, according TO the
Blue Book, although, it is sa id, his pay was
recently raised to 81 400
He was well liked in the office and had
been excused for errors that would have
gone hard with less popular men.
He went to the office as usual last Mon
day morning and remained at his post
through part of the day at least.
When he left the last was seen of him. so
far as learned, by any one who knew him
in this city By the afternoon mail his
wife received package containing a pair
! of shoes and a letter. He wrote that he
would have To hustle around" and try to
get the rent. He was very much depressed.
he said, by difficulties that had arisen
about him, and lie could not be sure when
he would be home.
The morning times., 1895-07-22
CRIED In VAIN FOR HELP
Steward Of the Barge "Wm, A,
Smoot" Drowned in the River.
fIe w ent in Swimmf ffe Alone and Was
Seized with IA Cramp-Aid Came
Too Late.

The steward OF the barge William A.
SmoOt, whose captain is L. j Mccain. was
drowned about $50 o'clock last night.
The boat is lying at Johnson's wharf. at
the foot of Twelfth street The man. who
Is known 20 his companions here only 10y
the name Joseph, went in swimming about
dusk
He had been in the water only short
time when he appeared TO be taken sud-
denly with cramp and sank with a cry
OF distress. There was hurrying from
all sides to his assistance, but before any
one could reach the spot he went down
the last time.
The police were promptly notified and
a boats crew was sent with grappling
hooks from the police boat, Joe Blackburn
Amer about an hour dragging the river
bottom in the vicinity the hooks struck
The body and he was pulled aboard The
fenialn5 were taken TO the Seventh street
Eharf, whence they were carried by the
Fourth precinct patrol 10 the nlongue
The drowned man comes from William
ton, n c. Letters for him are expected
fom Philadelphia to-day, when the fun
ame VIII be known
The morning times., 1895-07-22
POISONED THE HUSBAND.
Wife and Lover Wanted 10 Get the
Insurance on His Life.


Fort Worth, Tex, July 2l--Frank Ware
and Mrs Black are under arrest here on
the charge of numbering Martin ]. Black,
the woman's husband, a Fort Worth and
Denver engineer who died at his home
here July l. Mrs. Black confessed the crime
to Chief of Police Maddox
Black ca Fried aninsuTanCe policy Of 50 900
and Mrs. Black and Ware, becoming euam-
ored of each other. decided to put the
husband out of the way, which they did
by putting poison in his food. While on
his run Back was accustomed to take his
lunch with him. and on his last run, it Is
alleged, Ware prepared the lunch and put
poison in the food.
While at Wichita Falls Black was seized
with violent cramps and brought back to
Forth Worth. He died soon afterwards.
Suspicion of the attending nurses were
aroused, and finally druggist told q
friend of Black that Ware had purchased
belladonna from him. The body was ex-
humed. and it was shown that both crotOn
oil and helladonna had been used.
Mrs Black alleges that Ware admin
iStered the poison during the absence Of
the attending physician. aud at times with
the medicine the physician prescribed.
Ware is twenty-five years old.
The morning times., 1895-07-22
He win FACE Judge Mtller,

Policeman PhsIip Brown, detailed at
the free bathing Hfach, last evening caught
fourteen-year-oid Arthur Homer search
ing the pockets. of several garments in one
of the little dressing houses. AS sew
eral articles, Including watches, have
been taken from the Clothes OF bathers,
Homer was locked up as being a suspicious
character.
When asked what he was doing in the
house, he said:
"A boy owed ME 90 cents, and 1 was
goin' through his pockets ter git it,
He will face Judge Miller this morning
The morning times., 1895-07-22
Selections.

First race-Hazel, Lento, Geo Hakes
Second race-Pie, Eva's Kid, Briscoe.
Third race-FagiH, Miss BOwser, Minnie s.
Fourth race-Belisarius. White Cockade,
Miss Carter
Fifth race-Con Lucy, ManoIa, Mrs.
Stewart.
Sixth race-Duke ofGIoueester, ,vanDyke,
Irish Pat.
The morning times., 1895-07-22
,Impaled on a Picket.

Providence, R. L., July 21-John Nolan,
from second-story window at his home
of this city, while drunk to-day, Jumped
on Blackstone street and was impaled ON
a picket fence that surrounded the prem
ises The body was terribly lacerated, but
the man was not killed, although his con-
dition is critical.
The morning times., 1895-07-22

People leaving the city for their
summer vacation cannot afford to also
leave THE TIMES. 1t will be mailed
to any address and Will continue to
be the best local he wspa per An Wash
fngton.
The morning times., 1895-07-22
Disorderly bulgarian socialists.

Sofia. July 21 After the funeral of ex
Premier StamboulOfs yesterday a crowd Of
socialists paraded in front of the French
consulate and cheered for the attitude of
LheFrench press on the death offs tambOUloff.
They then marched 10 the Austrian consul
late with the intention to attack
it. but the cavalry prevented this and dis
persed the socialists
The morning times., 1895-07-22
Ken of Reer used as a Misst1e.

When Policeman Quinlan tried last night
to arrest Richard Clements, better known
as "Dodging Dick for being disorderly
on the street, Richard threw keg of beer
he was carrying on his shoulders at the
officer, KNOCKING him down. Dick was
later landed iii No. 8 station charged with
assault.
The morning times., 1895-07-22
nnrt lax q RicvcIe

Andrew Dixon, a siX-year-old boy, re-
siding at No. 1928 Twenty-nfuth street,
was yesterday morning Knocked down
by bicycle ridden by negro and seriously
hurt about the head and arms
The morning times., 1895-07-22
Charged with Assault.

John L. Smith, 4 German, who claims
to be the manager of the Cabin Johns
Hotel, was last evening locked up in the
Georgetown station house charged with an
assault on william E. Thomas
The morning times., 1895-07-22

People leaving the city for their
summer vacation cannot afford Z o also
leave THE TIMES 1t win be mailed
to any address and viii continue To
be the best local newspaper in Wash.
ington.
The morning times., 1895-07-22

You won't have any cause
to swear at laundries if you
send your wash to us.
TOIAAN STEAM LAUNDRY,
9th and streets n W.
The morning times., 1895-07-22


all other kinds of stones.
For engagement rings l
have rubies, pearls, topaz,
turquoise, sapphires, or, if
you are not superstitious, the
beautiful opal.
My selection of solid silver
ware is unique, and | will
have anything engraved on
silver articles without extra
charge.
c i, DAWSON,
llO5 ST y. W.
The morning times., 1895-07-22

AWNINGS Of every sort, for every
use. Our man viii call with samples
10 estimate. Good AWNINGS, g. SO
and more
LOOSE COVERS 10 protect uphol-
stored furniture. Lots Of pretty
materials that'n be made up for less
than it would cost you TO buy and
make them up yourself
WIRE WINDOW SCREENS, adius-
table TO any window, 20 cents and
more. DOOR SCREENS, 30 cents
and more
REFRIGERAToRs, - UP.
ICE CHESTS, g. 80 up.
WATER COOLERS, 3 Soup.
WATER FILTERS, $3.50 up.
The morning times., 1895-07-22
SUMMER NECES-

SARIES- Things that in
their place regulate sunlight,
modify heat, please the eye,
grace city or country homes
or seaside cottage-these
things we specialize in hot
weather, and prices touch
the pocketbook so gently as
to soothe-never irritate it.
The morning times., 1895-07-22
RING and TRACK NOTES
Lack of First-Class Jockeys at
the Outlaw Tracks.
"J0HNNY'S" BANG TAILS

Distel, the Handicapper, Brings a
String of Racers from Oakley.
Dwyer's Methods Severely Com
mented Upon by the EngIish-To-
days Entries at st. Asaph Track.
The morning times., 1895-07-22
senntorscafferra nd Blanchardcoming

New Orleans, July 21.-Congressmau
Never, Of the Second district left for
Washington las might and Senators CAT
fiery and blanchard left tonight at I.3O
over the Louisville and Nashville route
for the National Capital. They go there
to be heard in behalf Of the sugar planters.
The morning times., 1895-07-22
I'm y MQSE9
- Ea4 SoNS
+ and Eleventh SITS
Storage Warehouses-22d st. near NJ

Try aLA RENE" POLISH on your
Furniture It's the best Furniture
polish we know of-better than any
We ever had or used-until we dis
covered this 25 cents bottle-and
money refunded if the polish doesn't
act as we say it will
The morning times., 1895-07-22

The Rev. w ] Mcknight and family are
located at the Irving Hotel, AsbuTy Park.
for the balance of the summer.
The morning times., 1895-07-22

beautiful diamond
IS a ! W a y s an
adornment, Il o
matter who wears
it. | have a fine
selection of dia-
nonds, as well as
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-10-04
HOMEMADE VINEGAR.
Some New Suggestions Which May Prov
of Practical Benefit.

Some New Suggestions Which May Prove
OF Practical Benefit.
The subject of the making Of vinegar
ut home has been one which has been
discussed at some length, but perhaps
the experience given below may give
some new suggestions to the reader,
writes Jeanne Kale in the House,
keeper.
The old ways of making this article
which is At for use on the table, by the
aid of mols.s ses, or sugar and yeast, is
probably well known to all, also the
abominable way of making it with the
use of acids bought of druggists; but
an entirely, to me, new way, was dis
closed the other day. 1t was to take
O cabbage leaf and soak it in molasses,
lay in the bottom of keg or crock, or
whatever is desired to use to hold the
vinegar, and then fill up with rain
water and set in warm place till
ready for use.
The same person who told me of this
way also told me of another, which
was not made so clear to me. but may
be familiar to others 1t was to pour
hot water over grape seeds, and when
they had soaked for some time till all
the juice was extracted to pour this
into an old vinegar keg and set away
for some time, and the result is said to
be nice vinegar of a beautiful red
color. My experience tells me that
honey is good foundation for vinegar
II given plenty Of time. One thing
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-10-04
NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERS.

SEE that every colony has a laying
queen.
RAISE few good queens to take the
place OF the poorer ones.
ALL empty combs that areaway from
the bees should be looked after.
MAKE a general cleanup. Arrange
everything in its place while there is
time.
DISTURB the bees as little as possible
now. Handling them now tends to
make them consume their stores
FEEDING In autumn Is done for the
purpose in part of stimulating BROOD
rearing and also for the purpose Of
supplying such colonies as lack food
for winter.
A HIVE of bees, in order to be ready
to occupy surplus boxes, must be full
of bees-so full that they are crowded
for space, SO that when the boxes are
put on they will crowd into them.
A CELLAR intended for bees should
not be used for any other purpose, and
it will be much better If it is away
from building that is occupied by
family, in order to lessen disturbance
of the bees.-St. Louis Republic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-10-04

learned after long trials, and much
spelling of good vinegar, or what
would have been good vinegar if left
alone, and that is that it will not be
good vinegar till mother" has
formed, and this forms on the top. like
blush scum, and when it becomes
thick enough, it will sink to the bot
tom. |, thinking this was mould. re.
moved it with n spoon, and it formed
again and WAS removed again, and nv
vinegar was spoiled.
The quickest vinegar and the best I
ever made was from some overtime
fruit 1t was not in any way rotted. of
course, but it was too ripe to be of any
use to put up. l dropped each piece
into a crock and poured warm
soft water over them, till the crock
was well filed. This was set In a
warm place, and in less than a week it
had begun to form the mother"
An exchange says that the vinegar
made from the washings of jelly crooks
and dishes and such truck" is more or
less dirt, but | think that any house
keeper who has her dishes clean and
clean water in her kettle, can, to ad-
vantage, use this otherwise waste ma
terial, and not have dirty vinegar,
either
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-10-04
HOW TO CANDLE EGGS.
1t Requires Considerable Practice to Eek
Gel In This Operation.

1t Requires Considerable Practice to Ex-
Gel In This Operation.
Have room as dark as you
can or use box 10 by 16
inches in size painted black inside
Stand on its end and open one
side inches from the bottom.
All above inches closed, set box with
this open side toward you and set the
light in it. Nail piece to bottom,
under front edge, with the top of box
back, this will enable you to see bet
ter This box can be used in any
place, though it is better in a dark
place. Take such light as you have;
the best Gamblers use common candles
Take two or three eggs in left hand
and the eggs you candle in right hand,
and hold sideways between you and
the light, as close to the light Us you
can, and let it rub against one of the
eggs in left hand; some are quite par
ticular about this, as the eggs reflect
the light through each other; turn the
egg round until you are satisfied you
have tested it. Take strictly fresh
egg as standard to judge by. If a
place like the vacuum in a mason's
spirit level appears on the upper
side as you turn the egg, it is not
strictly fresh; though If this vacuum is
small and the egg is all right other
wise it may be comparatively fresh. A
dark or black spot indicates a poor
egg; the white Of stale eggs also looks
thin and watery. Remember dark
shelled eggs are thicker shelled and do
not candle as easily as white ones. You
can only learn by breaking suspicious
ones, and it requires much practice to
'excel.-Charles w. Mcqueen, in Farm
and Home :
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-10-04
TIMELY SHEEP NOTES.

The English market does not want
old sheep.
FLooKs are often injured in winter
by lack of exercise.
A FAIR quantity of grass, neither too
long or too short, should be main
tanned in the sheep pasture.
DRY feeding when the flock is turned
upon the pasture in the spring and also
insthe fall, should be maintained.
THE advice never to change sudden
iy from dry to green feeding, or from
green to dry, is often given, but it will
bear repeating.
TRY changing the flock from one
pasture to another every week or ten
days and see If it is not better for the
sheep and better for the pasture. -
Warmers Voice.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-10-04
CORN CUTTER.

cred. There are machines that do the
work expeditiously by horse power,
but in many cases these are entirely
out of the question and a hand-cutter
has to be employed. A good one Is
shown in our illustration, taken from
the Ohio Farmer. The edge half of the
blade is corrugated-crimped by being
passed fatwise between two ridged
rollers-and the blade is ground to an
edge from one side only. The result
of this is an edge serrated and toothed
like saw, but the cutting edge Of
each tooth is smooth like that Of q
knife, and the blade can be sharpened
on grindstone like any knife. The
advantage of this knife is that 1t sticks
wherever 1t touches, and it cuts, too.
1t requires only half as much effort to
cut hill of corn with this cutter as
with the smooth cutters.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-10-04
FEEDING LIVE STOCK.
A Successful Missouri Man Talks About
His Experience.

A Successful Missouri Man Talks About
His Experience.
The profitable preparation of cattle
for market is still in its infancy in the
west. The price of beef will not admit
OF practicing the methods of feeding
that are practiced in the far east The
labor necessary in connection with
stall feeding, loosing and tying up the
animals, bedding and cleaning out
compels .us to discard this plan; and
since dehorning has become practical
BILE new possibilities are open for the
successful handling of cattle in bulk.
Some feeders advocate the plan of
keeping cattle in room in cold
weather, not allowing them out when
1t Is freezing. Other breeders allow
the fat cattle to stay out of doors
through all kinds of weather Where
cattle are confined in q room it is al
most impossible to furnish bedding
enough to keep them dry, and constant
tramping presses the bedding so close
that it is of no prac tical value. To al
low an animal to lie on a wet bed
causes severe chiIls. Their natures are
slow and sluggish, and in a room there
will be more or less crowding, no mat
ter how much space is given them
One restless animal causes the dis
turbance of several, which is not con-
ducive to putting on flesh. In the
north 1t may pay, but where storms
are not continuous it is dead loss to
feed in stables. During stormy weather
it will pay to have sheds under which
cattle may gather, but big fat fellows
will eat for a long time in freezing
blast without hardly trembling, but
there is no gain made, and even loss
of weight. AS soon as possible allow
cattle the full liberty Of large lot,
with bedding scattered in dry places,
even If the weather is cold. What
have been working for. and will work
for in the future, will be the feeding
on part Of a meadow which l intend
breaking up the following year, using
temporary sheds This will lower the
cost of production, and think give
better gains for food consumed and
allow the manure to be deposited
where 1t is eeded with minimum of
waste.-Elmer Lauehlin, in Prairie
Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-10-04
THE AMERICAN FARMER.

10 He Being Undermined by the Agricul-
turists of Other Lands3
The American farmer is threatened
with worse danger than drought and
ocusts He is being undermined by
his fellow workers in other countries.
Formerly the American agriculturist
had things all his own way and other
countries came a-begging for his wheat
and corn and live ock, but there has
been such astonishing progress lately
in other lands in the agricultural line
that he may be forced to discover that
he is not entirely essential to the
carrying on of the worlds business.
Secretary Morton himself acknowl-
edges that there is danger of this and
that the department of agriculture is
patching with concern the strides In
produce and export made by other ma
tons The wheat fields of Russia yield
Gops that would seem fabulous to our
armers, and the producers have the
vantage of market close at hand,
hen competition grows brisk our
zrmers will find that their most seri-
BUS handicap is the cost of land trans
portation to the seaboard. Nothing
can ever alter this, for the Mississippi
river route lengthens the distance to
be traversed until the saving in freight
smore than lost. South America also
PRESENTS itself as a dangerous rival.
The navigable rivers which extend
hundreds OF miles inland enable farm
trs way in the interior to lead their
gain on ocean steamers which anchor
alongside their very fields. ALI the
srmer has to do is to SOW his grain
and cut it. He is not bothered by
teightage, he has no per cent. to de-
lct from his profits and he knows no
Troad combine is liable to step in
beggar him. If he raises enough
heat he has corner on all sales.
Argentine and Australia are inter-
ring with our monopoly of the beef
md cattle exports. Australia, with
immense capability for cattle-rais-
ing, is beginning to send dressed beef
70 England, which formerly purchased
al this commodity from us, and Argen-
ane is shipping live cattle by the hun
ared thousand to the same market.
Snll nothing can change the existence
q the fact that the land resources of
ne United States are practically un-
lnlta bic Rivalry may develop char.
aeterlstics in the American farmer to
ais credit.-Chicago News