Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-02
MILLIKEN NOT ARRAIGNED.
That Formally Delayed Until the
Time of Trial.

That Formally Delayed Until the
Time of Trial.
Benjamin H. Milliken. the young man
who is under Indictment for housebreaking,
in entering the residence Of Judge Samuel
F. Phillips on the evening Of the 4th of last
July, With intent to criminally assault Miss
Gertrude Phillips, was rot arraigned In the
Criminal Court today. In explanation Of
the non-aple arance of Milliken today, Dis
trict Attorr ey Birney stated that the young
man would not be arraigned in all proba-
bility until the day of his trial The trial
will take place, Mr.. Birney expects, some
time next month probably in the early
part. and it is understood that the failure
Of Milliken to appear today for arraign-
ment was the result of an agreement reach
ed between the district attorney and the
defendants brother Judge Milliken of the
Post Office Department The lend of 5000
given by the young man the day of his ar
rest In Tennessee, last August, was condi-
toned upon his appearance kere when
wanted by the authorities.
Says That the Ocean Cannot BE Seen
From the Washington Monument.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:
While enjoying the magnificent view OBJ
tainable from the windows in the top Of
Washington monument, / heard a visitor
exclaim, They say you can see the ocean
from here on a clear day"' On my return
home 1 consulted Picturesque Washing
ten" on the sui! ject and found this state
nent on page IS: ION the west the range
of vision is bounded by the Allegheny
mountains, and on the south 1t extends TO
the Chesapeake bay and across it to the
ocean,"
That the statements quoted above are in
correct is a matter capable of both ocular
and mathematical demonstration.
If the ocean can ever be seen from the
top of the Washington monument, then
Laurel, Gaithersburg, Rockville, Hyatts-
Vile, Baltimore and other places nearer
than the ocean shore could be seen. As
matter Of fact, Alexandria is the only place
outside of the District which is visible.
The Atlantic ocean is nowhere nearer to
Washington than 40 miles.
Now, it is known that the curvature OF
the eartfl'S surface is eight inches to the
mile on the water level, and an easily APP
piled rule for finding the curvature of the
surface for any distance is, multiply the
square Of the distance, expressed in miles,
by S; the product will be the curvature in
irches.
To find, then, how far one could see from
the windows of the monument, If ii stood
on the seashore, before the natural curva-
ture of the earth's surface would hide an
object at the water level from view, ii is
only necessary to reverse the above rule.
Granting that the base of the monument
is thirty feet above tide water, the work
would be as follows:
Five hundred and thirty feet equal G360
riches. 1880 inches divided by equals
195. Extract the square root of 1915. and We
have Is IL miles as the distance ore could
zee from the monument windows, if it were
a remarkably clear Jay and no woods or
hills interviewed to cut off the view. That
is just about the distance in straight line
from Washington to Bay Ridge.
1t is doubtful. however. If any one has
ever seen any object twenty miles away ex-
cept in the direction of the mountains on
the west Z. C. PALMER.