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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-31
OFFERED MONEY TO ESCAPE
Murderer GOrdy's Vain Attempt to
Bribe His Keeper.
Relatives of the Condemned En-
plnying Every Effort To Save
His Life.

Ceorgct3V d, Del, May 31-A few nights
ago Jarre. NJ. Gordy. who is TO be hanged
here June II for wife murder, called the
jail Waterman to him and offered 10 pay
$4,000 n the watvhnian would help linn 20
escape he said the money was ready.
Il soon as morning came the wajChuan
reported the matter 10 Sheriff J0husOn-
The sheriff has drawn the special jury
which il t. Ie present at the hanging as the
law requires that jurymen drawn for such
cases shall Doe given ten days notice Three
OF them live In this town and the remaining
nine are from other parts OF Sussex county
MeSSrS Charles T Purncll and George W.
Hatfield, of George-own, and eN-Shenff Eli
r. sharp. of Lewes. have been selected by
the sheriff 70 take the prisoner from his cell
to the scaffuld on the day of execution. Mr
Sharp was sheriff when Joseph Burton, col
ored. was hanged here about twenty-five
years ago
Asthe time for the execution draws near
the relatives of Gordy seem to realize
more keenly the situation, and have re
uewed their efforts TO savo the prisoners
neck. but from present appearances all
their hopes will be blasted, as the governor
has refused TO interfere in any way with
the sentence OF the Coart. GOrdy seems un-
concerned. aud says he is only glad that
the TIM. is SO near
Ee sent messages TO two marble cutters
1T Laurel, saying that he wanted hun
dred-daIlar monument erected over his
grave in the family burying ground near
Laurel but unless the family sees fit 10
comply with his request, it is likely that
has desire will not be carried out by the
marble cutters, as they learned later that
Gordy had no morey to pay for the work.
IT il reported on good authority that the
missing satchel, which was found "A few
days ago. and which was much desired
during the trial, contained several aTti-
cles belonging to a woman. and might have
given more light on the case had it been
found i'm time
George ". Hatfield was in the jai' ward
laying off the ground and taking meas
urUments for, the lumber for the Scaffold
While he was performing this duty Gordy
stood at a little iron window which over
looks the jail yard and watched his every
movement.
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police department, whose office is on the
top floor Of the District building
Mr Moves, operator at headquarters for
the fire department, whose office is next
To that of Mr Maddox, also recognized
the trouble as an earthquake The opera
tors in the central office of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Telephone Company, experienced
the sensation.
The scientists at the Naval Observatory
felt it. and began directly to consult their
Indicator. which showed that an earth
Quake wave hadpasSedf from Southto north.
The firemen in engine house No. no
tilted police headquarters that somcthtng
strange had happened, and that the men
had been rocked in their couches
The telephone operators stated that the
buildings in which they work swayed
from side to side, and that the sensation
was that which one feels aboard ship in a
gently undulating sea.
A telephone MESA ge was received soon
after 2 O'Clock from Falls Church, Va,
stating that two distinct shocks of earth
Quake were felt there, and that the houses
n that village were violently shaken. The
waves appeared to come from the south.
Georgetown also felt the shock.
The instruments in the telephone ex-
change at Fourteenth and G streets were
considerably agtated-
Reports from other points in the city and
vicinity indicate that the shocks were
felt by great number Of people.
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LEGAL NOTICE

ISSUED MAY p, 1597.-Estate of An
drew jackson, late of District Of Column
bia-No. 1929. Doc. %. Application hav-
Ing been made TO the Supreme Court
OF the District of Columbia, hold
ing orphans court, for letters Of adj
inlnistratlOn on said estate. by John T.
Campbell, 70 be issued 20 j. Frank Camp
bell, Tins is to give notice to all concerned
10 appear in said court on FRIDAY the
18TH DAY OF JUNE, A d. 1897, at 10
o Clock a. m, TO show cause why such aIl-
pllcaton should not De granted.
Attest: J. NOTA MCGILI
Register OF Wills, ID. c.
Z l.. SCHMIDT, Proctor for Applicant
my24, 81 JET
ISSUED MAY q, IS97.-Estate OF VIII
liam W. DedTick, late of the District OF
Columbia, deCeaSed-NO. 1925. Doc. %.
Application having been made to the
Supreme Court of the District OF Co
iuiubla, holding orphans Court. for pro-
Date or last VIII OF said William W Ded-
rick, and for letters testamentary on said
estate. by William y Fitch. this is to give
notice to all concerned to appear in said
court on FRIDAY, the 18TH DAY OF
JUNE, A D. 1897 at 10 O'Clock a m, to
SHOW cause why such application should
NOT be granted.
Attest; J. NOTA McGILL,
Register OF Wills
WILSON BARKSDALE,
ProctOrs for Applicant.
my24, 81 jul
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Good Templar Banner Presentation.

There will be a gala time tomorrow even
ing at the meeting OF Good Will Lodge, No
Z, Good Templars, at Potomac Hall, Elev-
enth street and Virginia avenue SOUTH
west. This is the banner lodge in the Dis
trict, and two pretty banners will be pre-
sented TO the membership, one on behalf of
the Graz nd Lodge, by Grand Chief Templar
Shoemaker and the other from the District
Lodge, by ID. C.. I. John C. Daley. The
presenta ton will be followed by an ex-
cellent program and refreshments.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-31
TOMBSTONE THE WOODS.
A Pathetic Incident of the Exer-
cises of Memorial Day.

One OF the prettiest and most pathetic
incidents of today was the decoration OF
a simple little monument, which stands
alone in the woods on Hon. Blair Lees
farm, near Silver Spring, Md. The soli-
tary stone marks khe resting place Of the
last Confederate soldier, killed during Gen.
Juhal Early's raid on Fort Stevens, Just
beyond the northern boundary of the city.
in 1864 1t was erected during the past
year by Mr. Lee.
The toy in gray whose remains were
found in his woods after the Southerners
had retreated is said to have been a
youthful sharpshooter, who fingered be
hind and was busy picking off the advanc-
ing Federals when he received the fatal
wound His name or the wherea bouts of
his relatives are unknown.
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Exercises at Other Places.

Memorial exercises in honor Of the
memory of the Union soldiers buried at
Gienwoed, Prospect Hill, St Mary's, Mount
Olivet and Graceland Cemeteries We're
held at Northeast Temple under the auspices
of George II. Thomas ost, No. l 5, G.. 4. r.
The graves at Oak Hill Cemetery were
also decorated with flowers by the COM
rades of George Hugh Morris Post, No / g.
At Holy Rood Cemetery the graves were
decorated and an Grafton delivered by
Rev. Father Mccarthy.
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SP PECIAL NOTICES.

EX-CONFEDERATES ES and their friends
deslring 70 participate in the 'ceTen1 Onies
at WOOdSide, Monday, Nav Al viii tase
Is. & o. train at 1910 D. m CoutrihUfiOus
or flowers VIII be gratefully received at
confederate Hall, Eleventh and + streets
northwest, during Sunday and on Mon
uay 90 IO.3e a. IN. my3O-2s
DENTISTRY done on weekly ana monthly
payments crown and bridge work q
Specially DR.. T. W. STCBBL LEFIELD,
llth and SIS over Mertz's Drug Store.
my1 9-3mo
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How They Manage in London.

Filal regard is not extinct in South Lon
don. A young man charged with hitting
a woman over the head with q beef bone,
explained that she had been fighting from
5 o'clock in the morning till noon with his
mother, and that he thought it time to
stop it. A policeman testified that in the
same street two women once fought all
day long, stopping only for meals, till one
went home and died. Her husband had
looked on, calmly mendng shoes, W hile
the fight went on-New York Sun.
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A slippery Place.

A short time ago an old lady went on
board Nelson's flagship, the victory The
different objects of interest were duly
shown her, and On reaching the spot W here
the great naval hero was wounded (which
is marked by raised brass plate) the Off
Ger remarked
Here Nelson fell"
''And no WONDER exclaimed the old
lady; II nearly fell there myself. An
swer.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-31
The shocks Felt in the West.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, May 31.-An earthquake
shock was felt in this city at l p. m. The
oscillation was east and west, causing
houses to rock, chandeliers to shake and
furniture to dance about the rooms. Con-
81 iderable excitement ensued, but 10 damage
is reported.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-31
A Financial Opinion.

Stranger (after an examination)-Weil
doctor, what do you think? Have 1 the
gout?
Great Physcian-Hem! Er what's your
income?
Twelve hundred a year
ssNo You've got sore foot New
York Weekly.
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF BUILDING FOR LIBRARY
OF CONG RESS, Washington. d. c.,
Ma "a, 1SS1--Sealed proposals for man
specially designed exhibition cases, rail-
lngs, tables, chairs. etc for the Building
for the Library of Congress, win be received
at thls OiIlce until z O'Clock p IN. , ON Mon
day, the Tn day OF June, 1857, and Opened
immediately thereafter. Specifications,
general instructions. conditions and flank
forms Of proposal may be obtained upon ap-
phCatiOn To this office BERNARD II
GREEN, Superintendent
my2 4, 20 ,2S, 81, ,ju2,4
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Big Blaze In a Maryland Town.

Crisfield. Nd, May 31.-A large portion
of the business section of Crisfield was de-
stroyed by fire early yesterday morning
Four large oyster houses, together with the
ticket office of the New York. Philadelphia
and Norfolk Railroad, were Consumed
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-31

Great discount on photographs today.
Six highly finished Cabinet Photos for
81. Regular So work. Faber, 1928 l2
+ street northwest. my30-2t
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Two Lively Bouts Tomorrow Night.
The two 15-round bouts at Steuhner's S
Suburban RoadhouSe tomorrow nightprom-
Use to be i pair offively scraps
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EASTBOUND EXCURSION VIA B. &
o. R. r..
to Philadelphia Division

Excursion to Philadelphia Division
Points, b. q O. r.. r..
Tickets good going on trains leaving
Washington 7:05 a. M, June 6. and to re-
turn ON train No. 525, reaching Washing
ton 11:15 p. m, same date. Round trip
rate to Newark, Del, $215; Wilmington.
So; Chester, S3.25;t Philadelphia. So. so.
my31- -ie1 ,2,2 ,5-eH
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Ladies' Better get your tabernacle suit
while it is so cool and so cheap: we reduce
the $40 ones to $50, the $50 to $40, and
so on everything is so cheaper Schultz.
opposite Arlington my2S-f
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FOR HIRE

fOK HlKE-To d1umnaerS and business
lhen, horsc anu Duggy OF Dayton, -
driving Apply TO the REX STA ABLES,
rear 80 l. 81. NV; telephone call, l09.
apJO-1T
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FRANC|NA LIKELY To WIN
In the Capital Yacht Club Re
gatta She Has the Lead.
SEA GULL CLOSE ON HER HEEL
Eight Starters in the Race From
River View to Craney Island.
GREYHOUND Took the Lead at tile
Start, But soon Lost 1t Again.
An Exciting Ran Home.

The fifth annual regatta of the Capital
Yacht Club was sailed today from River
View to Craney Island and return, anh at
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-31

$500 TO New York and Return via
Il. II o. n. R.
Tickets good going on train leaving
Washington 1901 m, June 6 and re.
turning, TO leave New York 1918 a. m .
June 7, at S5 90 for the round trip
my81-te1 ,2,3, BEN
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DIED.

aOLDEN-en Saturday, May %, 1897,
at lu.55 d. m., Of apupleNy, JOHN, the
beloved husband OF Daphne Holden, aged
SKI y-thTee years
May ne rest IN peace.
Funeral Tuesday, June !, from his late
residence, ass | street southwest Mass
al 81 DominiC's Church At 9 O'Clock.
Relatives and friends respectfully invited.
Item
a. >BA After a long and painful i'll
ness, on Saturday Y, May 20, al $50 a. IA,
fIAACiS W. LUSBG
runeIal from has late residence, 1O9
A. stree. southeast. Tuesday, June /, at 2
p ru. Relatives and friends invited to
attend Item
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-31

Our sale of SO and $12
Mems suits for $3.50 ends
tomorrow night.
If you get left you'll only
have yourself to blame
we're giving you plenty of
warning.
We can suit most any
body at the present writing
anyhow it's worth the
trouble to try.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-31

sE DR.. HeiSer is in PERSONAL at
tendance and can be CONSULTED FREE
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CATARRH AND DEAFNESS

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Trouble, Liver Complaint, Asst anna,
Bronchitis, Female Troubles,
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Are Quickly and PermanentIy
Cured BY
Or. HGiSGr'S Homeopathic Remedies,
A separate cure for each disease With
them everyone can become his o wn doctor
Price, 25 cts, 90 cts, and S1.O0 per
vial
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WHIPPING BAIKY HORSES.

The National Stockman says: Not
withstanding the fact that the press
continually admonishes whom it may
oncer that it does no good to whip
or pound a baiky horse, almost every
owner or driver of one does it today.
1t is probably the greatest piece Of
horse folly in existence. 1t is not a
remnant of barbarity, but it is CON
tinued barbarity, and brings out what
original sin there is in a a
The brain of a horse can retain but
one idea at a time. If the idea is TO
sulk, whipping only intensiiies it. A
change of hat idea then, is the only
successful method OF management.
This may be accomplished in scores
of why's, a few of which are here
named:
Tie a handkerchief about his eyes;
tie his tail to the bellyband or
backband; fasten a stick in his mouth,
tie n cord tightly about his leg; slap
his nostrils and shut his wind off until
he wants to go; unhitch him from the
vehicle and then hitch him up again,
or almost any way to get his mind on
something else.
Whipping or scolding always does
harm. The treatment should always
be gentle, There are more balky
drivers than horses.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON.
nd the company joined the ladies up.
DIED DECEMBER IA, 1899.

and the company joined the ladies up.
stairs.
At another dinner he says: 'It was
a great dinner and oil in the taste of
high life. I considered it as a part of
my duty as a Senator to submit to it
and am glad it is over. The President
is a cold, formal man, but j must de-
clare that he treated me with great
attention. I vas the first person with
whom he drank a glass of wine. I was
often spoken to by him, yet he knows
how rigid a republican I am"
At another time Maclay dined with
the President and describes him as
being in a fine humor, but that he was
90 deaf he could not hear one-half that
WIS said to him.
These anecdotes do not detract from
Washington, but reveal him as he was.
II is a thousand times better to know
him in this way than to imagine him
a being too exalted for human emula-
lion. Chicago Times-Herald.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Only the best fowls are suitable for
breeding.
When possible, give geese a pasture
to themselves.
A scratching-pen'is one of the win
ter necessities for fowls.
Pekin ducks IRE profitable, both as
market fowls aud egg producers.
If the hens are expected to lay in
winter they must have warm, dry,
sunny quarters.
Young chickens being finished for
market should be fed separate from
the other kind of fowls.
Ventilation of stables does not
mean cracks on all sides through
which the wind can whistle.
Hens do not care anything about
the looks of a house; it is comfort
that is the main thing with them.
The farmers poultry-house should
combine cheapuess, warmth. and con-
venience as the principal essentials.
One OF the essential items in the
management of hens in not to permit
the hens to be idle; keep them scratch.
ing.
The incest way to handle manure
from the COW barn is to throw it di.
rectly into the wagon and haul at once
to the field and scatter. That disposes
of it for good, and saves both work
and time, as well as manure.
The breed of cattle which will be
aver most in demand by beef raisers
under existing circumstances. will be
the one which will make the best
weight at two years old, and which will
falten Mt any age, the sort which will
turn over most rapidly the money in.
vested in them.
"Hogging down" corn, especially
when the weather is warm. is not o
clean proceeding. A hog may eat
part of an ear of corn, leave solid
droppings on the remainder to tester
in the hot sun, cholera bacteria slight
upon it and then another hog come
along and finish the ear. disease germs
and all.
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Washington e Fine Marksman and Elk.
pert SWOrdsmaD.

As a marksman General Washington
had no equal. He and Colonel Ram
sey, of his staff, were once pursued by
two pickets of Knyphausen's German
riaemen at Brandywine. Wheeling
about ON old Nelson, his favorite war
horse, Washington drew a pistol from
his holster, cooked it and, with a quick
aim drew the trigger. The nearest
picket turned half round and then
pitched forward on his face, shot
through the brain. The other fellow
surrendered.
Washington was also an expert
swordsman. "None OF us could break
through his guard" SAID General La
fayette. "He was the strongest man
and the quickest on his feet. for one
of his height and weight, 1 have ever
known. He had a very handsome
dress rapier. 1t was sent to him by
the King of France. 1t had a gold
hilt and was beautifully mounted"
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is as significant in IL calendar as the
4th of July, and has now come to be
widely celebrated. In fact. it is IL
only National saints day, for the birth.
days of our other heroes, OF Franklin,
Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln, are
only observed in local and spasmodic
way or by particular admirers and
partisans.
The first celebration of Washing,
tons Birthday took place In 1888,
when the Revolution was drawing to q
close, but before the treaty of peace
was signed. A few officers of the army
observed the occasion by q banquet
and speeches. Another year the Gus
tom spread to n few towns and cities.
When Washington became President
the Birthday vas generally observed,
just as George HIS was in England,
though the ultra republicans strenu-
ously objected to the custom as SAVIOR
ing too much of royalty. As the years
went'hy the custom spread, until now
in Csarly every State the day is made
illegal holiday. As a result of these
early and constant celebrations, and
the habit of eulogy inseparably con
nected with them, a sort of demigod
has largely taken the place OF the real
Washington. The orators and pane
gyrists have go seduously kept out of
view his ordinary and merely human
qualities and have dwelt so largely on
his really great attributes that WI have
come to think of him in a different way
from what we do other men. We see
him through a different medium from
hat which we see Franklin, or Jeffer-
son, or Hamilton, or Adams, or in
fact any other character known in
history. They were men of great in
tellectual power, endowed with large
share of human weakness and intirm-
ity, and We can look upon them justly
and sanely as we look upon mankind
generally. But to regard Washington
as a man, having like passions with
ourselves, to imagine that he had
foibles, has been almost invariably
considered to he a sort Of s~acrilege.
And thus a myth has grown up and
taken the place of the real Washing
ton. Even the modern critical spirit
that spares nothing hnman or divine,
hesitates before that august figure.
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From the statlstlc Flend.

The fad for collecting ridiculous
statistics seems to be growing. The
statistic hend has discovered how much
time a man wastes in his life crawling
under the dressing table in search Of
q lost ~collar-stud and he can tell us
exactly how many years we waste fol-
the purpose of eating; then. again,
how many tons OF bread, meat or pota'
toes we may have eaten in these wasted
years.
Now a reader, who lives in Glasgow,
has written to inform mo that, after
several weeks of laborious calculation
he has discovered that one ton and
some odd pounds is worn off the boots
of the London public every day. This
material, if restored to its proper con-
dition, would be sufficient to form a
leather strap an inch wide and ten
miles long and, with n years ac-
emulation, would reach from London
to New York.-Answers.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON.


Can we add TO his glory whose praiseis ours2
Can we rate him anew in the lists OF fame2
Shall our words or our deeds be the worthier
flow'rs
To garland withal his immortal namc2
With the breath OF the cycle that saw him
grow
In wisdom and honors he passed away,
And the cankering years that deiace'as they
Still leave us his spirit untouchedof clay.
sim gathers the tone that proclaims him
great;
Still spreads out the Nation that guards
his love-;
Still moves with the rhythmical tread of Fato
The march OF the People he stands above
As he who looks forth from n mountain peak
Sees over the hills to the rising sun,
While down In the valleys the misty reek
Hangs low, and they know not that night
is done;
So, often when those WHOM he led could but
The smoke of disaster roll over the skies,
A CLEAN OF the far away victory
They caught in the blGze of his blcnchless
eyes.
He won-and he laid down his stainless
sword;
Supreme-he relinquished the rulers seat,
Plain man In pure honor, who ruled and
obeyed-
The kings of the earth are but dwarfs at
his feet.
Joseph l. G. Clarke.
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SarsapariIla
Hoods Pills sses sfisi!E. psssB% essIy. and


Abraham Wosterhouse, an old hun.
ter, known all through the Pine Creek
district, of Pennsylvania, a few days
ago was rescued by q party of deer
hunters in the Black Forest, more dead
than alive, after having been i'm
p~risoned in a bear trap for yer five
days. with nothing to eat, except q
sleeps head.
W%osterhouse left his home, near
Slate Run, taking an ak, anger and
sleeps head with him. Going into
the Black Forest. he buiii a bear trap,
set it and placed heavy stones on the
lid, crawling in to tie the sleeps head
as bait. The lid sprung, leaving him
imprisoned. He tried to free himself,
but all efforts were futile.
The rescuer came across the trap
by chance, and Wosterhouse's cries
CAUSED the discovery. He will re.
over.-New York Press.
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Washington,s Ancestry.

One genealogist, reckless of conse
quences, has traced the ancestry of
President Washington to Odin. An
other attempt was made to connect
him with the Washingtons of Durham,
England. But the authentic source
of his ~parentage is a Washington clan,
of County Northampton, England,
where the old manor house is still to
be seen, though in ruins. Upon con-
snlting virginian records one can get
back no farther than his great grand
father, John Washington, who settled
in Virginia in 1857. His eldest son
Lawrence had three children, John,
Augustine and Mildred, and our Pres
ident vas the child OF Augustine, and
his second wife, Mary Ball, whom
Augustine married in 1870. George