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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06
a Probable Murder.

On tho night of the 81 or early ON
the morning of the 4th of July, IA col
ored infant, SOU Of James Hurmau, who
lives Mt Bowers Hill, was found dead
in bed. Tho mother was in IA drunken
stoper at the time. The father seemed
to be completely dumbfuunded whou
he learned that the mother of the child
while in TINT condition had rolled over
on the child aud mashed the liro out OF
II. The father reported the facts to
Justice Rutter.
Yesterday he and Constable Isham
went to Bowers Hill and held nn IN
quest. Tho father stated that lie re-
tired abent midnight and left the
mother sitting up. Tho Guild was in
the bed asleep. He wont TO sleep aud
never woke up until morning. Beng
dear no never heard the cries Of tho
child, II 1t made any. There was no
other testimony. Gnd the jury rem
dersd verdict that tho deceased came
to It's death by being smothered by i,s
mother while in drunken stupor, a,
cidentaliy or otherwise, but that they
wero unable to tell how.
The woman protested her innocence
and begged not to De locked up. The
husband also plond for her. The Justice
did not place her under arrest. but
held the matter under consideration,
as there was nothing to show that it
was deilherate murder and tho wo.
man Is known TO be perfectly Insane
when under tho influence of iiuuor.
He thinks that she shonld either be
confned in jail or an asy lum long enoug h
to get her perfectly sober. The fol
lowing gantlemen composed tho Jury
of inquest: W. W. Kahn, foreman
Jas. Wcnson, Thos. 8. Warren, Jas.
White, Augustus Bass, Isaao Wade.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06
SORE BY INNINuS.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES To
SUMMARY: Earned Runs Ports
mouth, 2; Norfolk, 3. Three Base
hits-Corcoran, 9. Two Base Hits
Knox, Fuller. Joanes, Geier, O'Hagan,
McGann. Double Plays-Ha!l and
Reid, Yetter. Hall and Fuller. Stolen
Bases Portsmouth. 3; Norfolk, 5.
Bases on Bslls-Off Foster, 4; OH Coli.
flower, Z. Struck Out-By Foster, l;
by ColliHower, 4. Left on Basee-
Portsmouth, z; Norfolk. 6. Time of
Game-Two hours and ten minutes.
Umpire-McLaughi
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06

Johnsons Kidney and Liver Regulator in
vigorAtes the liver. regulates tie bowels.
cures dyspepsia. blliousness. indigestion,
sour stomach and makes your mead as clear
as bell. rs and go cents. Fer sale by w.
II. Martin.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06
300 High street

We are Offering nothing but special
bargains for the balance OF the season.
The remainder of our stock of light
aud medium weight suits; also light
and medium weight trousers at exactly
cost. Closing out fifty dozen shirts a,
G5c. worth 81 and Sl.50 piece; sixty
dozen soc scarfs, at DC, aud so on all
through our stock. BresIauer IL An.
thony, III High street.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06
ALL DAY PICNIC
AND
Moonlight Excursion r!

Crimes pattery will give a PICNIC AND
MOONIlGHr EXCURSION to Newport
News. l,l Sth. Casino Hall and n string
band has bon ems aged for the occasion
steamer Loui so will make three trips Loavo
North street wharf at $40 II III. 3 u m and
7:30 m Norfolk u III, y 30 and $40 u
m oturning will leave Newport No1s,
last trip. IL y IN. Refreshments at city
pricgs. Tickets, Sic and 25c, iul-it
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06
Great Reduction in Prices.

Childrcn's Null AMI Z. X. Hats and Bon
net, re luco from 80 to 25c. SEE WIN
Dow. Best White Bed Spread in the city
Tor - Woa still selling Curtain Poles
complete Tor l0c. soc our Hammock Tor
300 GEO. y. BELL. Agent.
olJ Hi4h STRAIT
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06

One hundred rolls new mating re
ceived to day. Neat, handsome patterns
very cheap. Call to soc it. Carpets
rugs, oil cloth, ETC., at j. q. Crawford's
Furniture house.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06
PORTSMOUTH, Va, july 5th. 1879


Editor Of The Yirginian:
In the Richmond TimesEot this date
Is dispatch from Norfolk giving the
| news Of the baseball game in that city
| OH yesterday, in which 1t is stated that
Portsmouth touRhs went into the field
on yesterday and refused to leave, and
that the Portsm outh programme to
| stop the game was fully carried out.
Tho Norfolk correspondent of the
Richmond Times is understood to be
MIR. Jas. L. Pugh, city editor OF the
Norfolk Pilot.
As an eye witness Of the disgraceful
| scene that characterized O'Hagan's
playing when he attempted to injure
RULER while running between bases,
| and which eliminated in Brandt being
| injured, l say that this dispatch is one
OF the most outrageous ISLANDERS ever
perpetrated on set of respectable
citizens who went to see ball game.
In the threng of Portsmouth gentle
men who stood near third base and de-
| clined to move back where the best
people OF our city, men and boys in
the very highest walks of life, who,
| unable to secure sent in the grand
| stand, were compelled to take the
place they did to get view OF the
game.
When the Norfolk team played in
Portsmouth they had no reason to
| complain OF their treatment. When
| they were beaten fairly to it was
not necessary for Portsmouth people
| to feel but what their team could hold
| their own even on Norfolk grounds,
If the Norfolk management had made
the proper arrangements to nccommo-
date the crowd, which they did not,
| there would have been no necessity for
crowdlpg about the bases. but no the
| morning defent was too much, and
people must swarm all over the field
and even then when Portsmouth runs
were coming in O'Hagan who enjoys
| an unenviable record for dirty work as
ball player gets case of sweled head
and turns pugillst with his feet,
| and Pugh unable TO suppress his venom
because 1t was necessary to remove one
| OF the Pilot reporters from the Forts
| mouth League Park because Of disor.
| derby conduct finds an opportunity to
vent his spleen in characterlzinR the
| people OF this city who patronized that
game as toughs. The writer stood
upon the players bench during most
| OF the melee. Just before the game
was called he mingled with the crowd
near nome plate when Pop" Tate
stated that the Portsmouth rooters
| near third base would not move back,
He was asked why he did not put the
Norfolk people who stood Just as near
| the base line back. He answered no
| one complained Of them.
liz WAS then the privilege of Norfolk
people to stand as near the base line as
possible, while We poor belated citi.
zens of that remote Getty by the sea"
must stand back and permit our play
ers to be cuffed and kicked and because
we protest we are toughs. The Ports.
mouth people have a right to demand
| from tho Pilot management an apology
for that article, and that is what they
| expect. j. A, NJ.
Messrs. Levy Il Jacobs beg TO an
| nounce to the public that in connec-
ton with their immense line of men,
boy and children quits (Which they are
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06
FOR Dyspepsia.

Indigestion. and Stomach disorders. take
BROWNS IRON BITTEHS.
All dealers keep 1t, 81 per bottle. Genuine hRu
trademark and CLOSED red lines On wrappeA
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06
GRAND MOONLIGHT EXCURSION
TO OLD FONT AND THE CApfS

Noro6a AJ, July eth, 1905,
On the Magniliciont steamer POOAHONTAS
ndor the ausp ce5 OF tho baptist Young
Peoples Union OF Court Street Baptist
church, PNrtsmo til Va. Refreshments
served on board at e ty prices steamer
leaves Clydo's wharf. Nor,,lk. II 7:l5p M;
iiay Line wharf, or:smouth, Mt $50 p. M;
Boston stcamcr's wharf Nor ok. ut 745.
returning. loave OF | oint ut ~ 10 p nj.
Tickets Adults, 80 cents children, 70 cents.
juG-2t
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06

What's the good OF anything? Moth.
ing-uness it is mn umbrella this
weather. Tho best arc sold at G, r.,
Welton x Co.'S,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06
Norroik county. Assessment.

The assessors OF real estate in Nor.
folk county have completed their as.
seasments. aud the books in possession
of the Clerk OF the Court show the fol.
lowing figures and increase over other
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06

These are the official figures and vary
some from those published on Satur.
day, which wore furnished us.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06
129 High street.:

ried Wednesday in Perquimans coun-
ty, The young couple have our best
wishes.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06

Hnve You Attended kEnmmiIps Anti
stock Taxing sold This Week
II not don't miss 1t. You'll never again
have this opportunity for bargains,
HammilPs, $40 High street.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06

Messrs. Levy il Jacobs beg to an
nounce to the public that in connec-
ton with their immense line of men,
boy and children quits (Which they are
selling Mt cut rate 6gures). they also
carry large line of night shirts. neg.
ll8ee shirts, bathing suits aud Sweet
Orr overnlls. Remember the place.
LEVY e JACOBS,
300 High street
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06
" hen Travelling.

Whether on pleasure bent, or bust
ness. take on every trip bottle OF
Syrup OF Figs, as it acts most pleasant.
ly and etiectually on the kidneys, liver
and bowels. preventing feyers, head
aches and other forms of sickness.
For sale in SOC and 81 bottles by oil
leading druggists. Manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Co, only,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-06

tor;smon'h....,.. 2s o o o. Ii
norfolk. ........... U 0 o q 0 o U 0 H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-03
NEW CAPTAIN.
Pleasant Smoker by Company OF
the Light Infantry.


One Of the most enjoyable smokers ever
held in the armory Of the Washington
Light Infantry Corps was given by COM
pany A last evening. The program for the
entertainment embraced some Of the best
known amateurs in the city of Washington,
While the inner man of the guests was
waited upon and served with refreshments,
solid and liquid, to his hearts content.
preceding the smoker proper an election
was held in company to fill the vacancy
which has existed in the position of cap
tain for some time. Second Lieut.. Thomas
Williams was chosen as the captain of the
company, but the election to fill his place
was postponed on account of the smoker.
The armory hall presented an unusually
attractive appearance, being draped with
nass and bunting, while three long tables
IN the middle of the room made a center
piece that was exceedingly inviting. An
lmpromptu stage was erected AZ one end
OF the hall, and while the guests sat in
comfortable chairs and smoked good to-
pacco, in pipes which had been especially
prepared for the occasion, the entertain
ment took place. Preceding the program
oysters, sandwiches and all sorts of liquid
refreshments were served in plenituda the
men of company A acting as a committee
OF walters. 'Bip" Phillips acted as master
OF ceremonies, while Chris Young, as
chairman OF the entertainment committee,
was everywhere and doing everything
Col. VIM. G. Moore made the opening
address. He gave a short history of COM
pany A, and his effort was a very happy
enc, to make every one feel perfectly at
home. After Col Moore the Carroll lnsti-
tute Orchestra rendered a number of
pieces in excellent style. The features of
the evening were the Ma1rids, Mr. Ed.
Walsh the Gondolicrs, the Imperial Banjo
Club and Mr.. Vernon Beggs in his tramp
specially. The others who took par. were
the Potomac Quartet w. A Morsell, comic
songs; Mr.. Gottwalds cornet solo; Mate
Wright. baritone; Mr.. Doyle club swinging;
%, T.. Jonas, baritone; Harry Parks fancy
blcycie riding; Mr.. Forester, baritone;
song; Mr.. Whettmore, tenor; Taylor Broth
ers Jim Cathel, Mr.. Gardner baritone, and
Mr. Burrows. The last named sang with
out any accompaniment, and made a hit
In Chauncey Olcctt's pleasing Irish songs
The affair lasted until a very late hour
but the refreshments held out and the pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-03
INTERCOLLEGIATE CYcLERs.
Steps Being Taken to Form an As
ISOLATION.

Steps Being Taken to Form an As
ISOLATION.
Steps have been taken by the leading col
leges to form an intercollegiate Cycling As
sociat ton, abolish the two-mile bicycle race
at the annual games of the Intercollegiate
Athletic Association, and instead hold a
purely collegiate bicycle meet each spring.
Last season the University of Pennsylvania
suggested the formation of an intercolle-
giate association. Harvard favored the sug-
gestion, and now the Athletic Union of Co
lumbia College has taken up the subject and
sent out letter to the various colleges, as
follows:
The Columbia College Union has ap-
pointed committee to confer with the diff
ferent collegiate athletic associations, with
view OF forming, if possible, an intercol-
legiate cycling union under whose auspices
all collegiate cycling contests shall be held
I'VE, therefore. write this to ask you to
give us your attention upon the subject.
Among the colleges interested are Yale
Princeton, Harvard, University of Pennsyl-
vania, Cornell, New York University, Trim
ity, Amherst, Williams, Dartmouth, Brown,
Union, Rutgers, Swarthmore and the west
ern colleges.
THE prime object of the movement is to do
away with unfair and dangerous trials, and
to arrange such program as will embrace
all classes Of riders among the college cy-
cliStS"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-03
ACETYLENE.
Some of the Reasons Why Acetylene Supersede All Oe
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-03
THE RETIRED BURGLAR,

He Tells of a Lively and Interesting
Incident in His Professional Career.
From the New York sun
"A house that l went into one night in q
town not very far out of New York" said
the retired burglar, didn't begin to pan
out as we'll as l expected it would, and I
couldn't help feeling a little bit disap-
pointed. I'd been all over the house. and
hadn't got more'n enough to pay my car
fare. But when l came down stairs again
1 saw standing in a corner of the hall by
the front door something that hadn't no.
tced when 1 went up that pleased me very
much, and that was tricycle.; a girls
tricycle. with two high wheels and a small
wheel IN front, with galvanized wire
spokes and a long handle to steer by, and
a seat upholstered with red velvet, and all
lots of EN-, no doubt.
We'll, now. my little girl had been ask
ing me Tor some time for tricycle., but
business had been so everast ingly bad that
l really hadn't felt as though / could at
ford to buy her one but here was one wait
ing for me to carry off, and II made me
smile to look at it; bright, new one, it
was, too. 1t was pretty near Christmas,
and l thought I'd keep it. and give it to
her for Christmas present.
There wasn't any rubber tires on IT, 60
l didn't dare to roll it across the hall, but
l picked it up and carried it to a door that
opened into an entry that opened on to the
cellar stairs. the way I'd come in. 1 got It
to the first door all right, and into that
entry way or hall without hitting ANYTHING
but in gettin' it through the door leading
to the cellar stairs, goin' first myself and
backin' down with 1t, the long handle
Hoped over somehow and caught in the
door when l was just a step down. l tried
to free it, and it freed easier than l ex-
pected, and lost my balance and lost my
hold on the tricycle. and fell down stairs
Noise? Well, now, l tell you, l was in
a steamboat explosion once, and once In an
explosion in sawmill; but / never began
to hear so much noise in my life as did
when me and that tricycle. rolled down the
cellar stairs. TIE tricycle. fell over me and
fell over the tricycle., and somewhere on
the way down l believe / must have fell
through the tricycle., for When We got down
to the bottom / was all scratched and cut
and my clothes was tore, and the tricycle.
was a wreck l stood there for minute
looking at it, till / heard two men coming
down the stairs to the hall above, and
then 1 went away and left it lying there at
the foot of the cellar stairs.
so, you see, my little girl didn't get her
tricycle. that Christmas, after ALL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-03
NOT ENTITLED TO INSURANCE.
The Court Decides Runk Took Ou
Policy With Intent to Defraud

The Court Decides Runk Took Out
Policy With Intent to Defraud.
Judge Acheson of pennsylvania has filed
an opinion in the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals in Philadelphia affirming
the verdict in the circuit court, returned
last April, against A. Howard Ritter, exc
cutor of the estate of William M. Runk,
who committed suicide in 1892 The suit
was brought against the Mutual Life In
surance Company of New York to. recover
*Io,ooO insurance on Runk's life.
Judge Acheson reviewed all the evidence
OF the case and enum grated the various
policies OF insurance on Runk's life, aggre-
eating about 100000. He spoke particu-
lariy OF he suicide, the embezzlement of
trust funds in Runks possession, the sur
reptitious withdrawal of $4,000 from the
firm of Darlington, Runk & Co., and the
written directions left for the distribution
or the insurance money to liQuidate his
Indebtedness.
The court said that the questions were
whether Runk was sane when he commit
ted suicide when he took out the policy
Tor 10000. That the man was sane was
shown by the specific directions made on
the day before. Then the question was as
to whether the policy was taken out with
fraudulent intent.
This view was taken by the trial Jury
and sustained by the appellate court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-03
A Plea for the Pumps.
Editor of The Evening Star:

To the Editor of The Evening Star:
In defense of the wells in this city, from
which so many of our citizens draw water
for drinking and cooking purposes, 1 ask
for a small space in your paper to point
out what, in my humble opinion, are facts
that do not justify DR.. Kober in his recon-
mendations contained in his report, pub
lished in The Evening Star of yesterday,
on the subject Of typhoid fever.
He says, referring to the northeast Sec
ton, that of the eighty-nine cases report
ed In the northeast section. sixty were con-
sumers of well water and twenty-five were
consumers of Potomac water; but twenty
seven consumers of well water were also
consumers of Potomac water total Of
sixty for we'll water and fifty-tWo for Po-
tomac water, counting the consumers of
both well and Potomac water as consumers
of the latter"
In the southwest ard southeast sections,
of the seventy-eight cases. forty-three were
consumers of well water, thrty-ive of Po-
tomac water and twenty of both well and
Potomac water, total of forty-three we'll
water consumers to fifty-five Potomac wa
ter consumers. In the central district, he
says of the ninety-two cases fifty-four
were consumers of well water and thirty
four of Potomac water, but failed to state
how many consumers of well water were
northwest section he reports twenty-siX
users of well water and sixteen users of
Potomac water, and that all but two of the
consumers of well water also drank Poto-
mac water, making a total of twenty-six
for well water and forty for Potomac wa
ter In the general summary it is stated
that of the 436 cases $50 were consumers
of we'll water and 49, consumers of Poto-
mac water, but with this reservation
many chow manyO of the consumers of
well water also used Potomac water" Evil
IDENTIFY the proportion of persons using well
water eEd Potomac water was shown to
be too great in comparison with the num-
Der using well water exclusively, and there
fore figures We're not given. A summary
of the figures above referred to shows,
however, 1S3 for well water and ISL for Po-
tomac water.
Now, as an advocate for the retention of
such wells as are found perfectly free from
pollution, 1 respectfully submit that DR..
kober's recommendation for the immediate
closing of all the wells in the city does not
seem to be founded on facts.
1 have used well water exclusively for
drinking ard cooking purposes in my fam
lily for twenty-three years, and such water
has been drawn from two pumps in my
immediate neiGhborhood, one of which,
however was closed by the Commissioners
some years ago, but for what reason l do
not know; and it is for the purpose of en-
tering earnest protest against closing
the remaining one that l have used so
much of your valuable space. l trust that
all other citizens who have had the same
experience as l have had will also enter a
vigorous protest against any such recon-
mendation as that made by Dr. kober
viz, to close all The wells.
CAPITOL HILL,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-03
Liquor to Minors.

This morning in Judge Kimbalrs court a
boy named Oden Beall, seventeen years
old. was given q trial on charge of dis
orderly conduct During the hearing of
the case 1t developed that the boy was
drunk last night and was very disorderly
on the street. Judge Kmball asked the
boy where he got his liquor. but he claim
ed that he was unable to tell, saying he
did not know the names of the people from
whom he made the purchases. The judge
said 1t was a lamentable fact that boys
who are found drunk On the streets al
ways make statements which will in no
manner assist the officers in the prosecu-
ton Of those who sell them liquor. The
boys either forget or tell deliberate false
hoods. Dealers who sell liquor to children
In this way, the judge said, ought to be
punished to the full extent of the law.
Oden said that he was telling the truth
about the liquor, for he did not know from
whom he bought it. When he started out
with q companion. he said. they had bot
tie of whisky, and he remembered getting
beer in a place on 18th street, as we'll as in
one on 18th street. He was fined the usual
amount.