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The times., 1897-04-30
THE TRIAL OF M'ELH0NE
Hearing of Evidence Concluded
and Arguments Begun.
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JURY
Justice bradley Directs That a
Verdict Of Not Guilty BE Returned
One Remaining Charges McElhon..
With Receiving Stolen Goods.

The hearing of evidence in the McEIhonc
case was concluded yesterday, and The
arguments of counsel begun. Mr. John E.
Ldskey, OF the District attorneys office. led
off for the Government, and upon the con
cluson OF his address the court adjourned
until this morning at 10 clock.
Messrs. Shillington and Douglas VIII
speak this MOI ming, and the argument for
the prosecution win be closed by District
Attorney Davis.
Court opened yesterday morning with a
large crowd of spectators, attracted by the
trial. The proceedings began with the
examination OF John j. Needing, who was
called TO corroborate McElhone's state
ment concerning the procuring Of
money of Atwen & stubblefield, as
detailed yesterday. 1t was for the
purpose OF showing that the money was
turned over to Turner, but upon objection
by District Attorney Davis, the court ex-
cluded the testimony
Samuel NJ Croft, McElhone's fellow
clerk, in the Library, was called 20 cor
roborate Mr.. McElhone in a statement
made In his testimony touching a copy of
Librarian Spofford's signature found in
his possession. Upon objection made by
Mr. Davis, this witness testimony was also
excluded.
The defense here rested its case.
District Attorney Davis recalled Mr.
Spofford to show that the Library con-
tanned so many books and papers and
collections of documents that even en-
ployes cannot be expected to know of the
existence of all particular papers The
court excluded this testimony as irrele-
want.
Defendant Turner was recalled He de-
MED that he had ever sold q manuscript
TO McElhone, and also denied that he
had requested McEIhone not to mention
the Miller estate in his correspondence.
lest Mr. Ben janin should write to the
heirs about it. He was asked by Mr..
Davis if he had called on McElhone since
their arrest, but, upon objection by counsel
for defense, the question was ruled out.
Mr.. Davis announced the close of the Gov
ernment's case. He then addressed the
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ment, and he therefore directed d verdict
or not guilty as To that Indictment
In the matter of the Indictment drawn
under the act of 1878, the jus
tice remarked, the court was asked
TO instruct the Jury that if they
believed there was conspiracy, and that
the Newburg circular and the Washington
diary had been taken as a result OF that
conspiracy, the defendant should be de-
ciared as guilty with Turner He said
the only evidence was Tkrner's. The
justice then read the testimony, showing
that Turner was not certain which had
proposed TO 20 into the room where they
were kept; that they first went in through
curiosity He then cited that Turner con-
fessed to having himself taken both of the
papers from the Library.
After review of Turner's testimony
the justice said it was clearly his duty 10
direct verdict for the defendant as TO
that indictment.
The justice then took up the third in
dictment, which was for receiving stolen
goods, knowing them TO have been stolen.
This Indictment was drawn under the act
OF February %, 1877, which provides for
the punishment OF persons who steal from
another any property belonging TO the
United States Whoever shall feloni-
ously take the property of the United
states a nd carry it way the justice re-
marked, shall he subject to the prescribed
penalty It is reference to section
5456 OF the Revised Statutes. The case
hinged on hatindictment To convict IL
must be shown that the articles were taken
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, wickedly'
Justice Bradley granted the first in
struction asked for by the defense, but
denied the second. The one allowed was
that the testimony of the co-defendant
shall be taken with caution.
The times., 1897-04-30
Che ~ Ti1ne6
City Brevities.

John Brown was sentenced To $50 days
in Jail in Judge Kimball's court yester-
day for Indecent exposure.
The case OF Robert and Ellen Costello
charged with keeping an unlicensed livery
stable, has been continued until May l.
The District Commissioners Will, on or
about May 20, receive and open bids for
the contract for future street sweeping by
machine.
The court of appeals has affirmed the
order quashing wri of certiorari in the
cause OF Samuel R Church against the
Metropolitan Railroad Company.
Petitions were filed in equity cou. t
yesterday by tile District Commissioners
for writ 10 determine as TO the lunacy
OF William j. McGaw and George S Nc
Lain. respectively.
James ID. Newton, superintendent nf
the Belt Line, and Melford Wright, a
driver on that road, forfeited So zach
in Judge kimDall's court yesterday ON The
charge OF cruelty 10 animals.
Engine. No 3. OF the fire department, has
been detailed by the Commissioners at the
request of Architect Clark, to wash tie
House wing of the Capitol building, and
the work win be done this morning.
Charles Anderson was acquitted yester-
day in crimfnalcourt, No. l, OF thecharge OF
larceny from the person. He was charged
with the theft of diamond stud, valued
at SIS, from Robert Harvey. OH the 9th
instant.
Some enterprising horse thief entered
the stable in the rear of No. 8 street
northwest Wednesday night and stole a
small bay horse, the property of Rufus
c. Brooks, a plumber. There is no clew
to the thief.
Col. George W Balm, the Kentuck orator,
will lecture at McKendree Church, Tues
day evening next, at 8 p. m His sub.
ject will be The New Woman and the Old
Man There will be no admission fee,
but collection viii be taken for the benefiU
OF the w. c T. U.
Marshall Craig and Lee Dale were be
fore Judge Kimball yesterday, charged
with having entered unoccupied houses
belonging to John K. Mclean and taking
therefrom lead pipe. and otherwise in
jurlng the premises. The personal bonds
of each were taken for sentence.
The times., 1897-04-30
Americans arc the most inventive neopl

on earth To them have been issued nearly
100000 patents, or more than oDe-t bird
of all the patents issued in the world. No
discovery of modern years has been OF
greater benefit to mankind than Chamber.
lain's Coiic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy or has done more 70 relieve pain and
suffering. ]. W. Vaughn, of oakton. Ky +,
says: II have used Chamherlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in my
family for several years, and find it to
be the best medicine l ever used for cramps
in the stomach and bowels" For sale by
Henry Evans. wholesale and retail drug
gist. GAS street and Connecticut avenue
and s street north west.
The times., 1897-04-30
MOUNT PLEASANT FIELD BAND.
The Boys VIII Be in the Knights
TempIars Parade.

There will he a meeting OF the Mount
Pleasant Field Band, at the Washington
Light Infantry Armory. this evening. at
7:30 O'Clock, to make arrangements for
the participation of the band in the in
spection, dress parade, and review OF the
Knights Templars next Thursday after
noon, on the White Lot.
Sixty pieces of the band viii accompany
Potomac CommandeTy, No. 3, of George
town, and a section OF trumpeters win he
mounted and furnish the music for De
Molay Commandery, No. A. The Mount
Pleasant Band made a great hit in the
Grant Monument parade, in New York, and
are highly elated over their reception and
treatment while there 1t is expected that
the hoys will go to Philadelphia, May
10, TO take part in the Washin ten
Monument parade in that city.
The times., 1897-04-30
EDWIN A. NEWMAN,
OH Seventh Street N. w,
WANTS A DIVORCE.
The Brief and Unhappy Married Life
of Mr.. and Mrs. Dobbius.

Florence Dobbins brought suit yester-
day for divorce from her husband, Robert
NJ. Dobbins, alleging cruelty, neglect, nom
support, and wilful desertion.
The petitioner states that she and the
defendant We're married IN this city
August 20, 1892, and that he deserted
her iu the succeeding December. His con-
duct toward her while they resided to-
gether, she alleges, was SO cruel as TO
endanger her life.
1t is alleged In the petition that tie
defendant is a man of means, and APP
parently doing large business as dealer
in bicycles. The petitioner asks that she
he granted a divorce, with permanent
alimony at the rate of 81 per month, and
that she be privileged to resume her
maiden name, of LefevTe.
The times., 1897-04-30
Robberies Reported to the Police.

The following robheries were reported to
police headquarters yesterday. By Mrs.
A. Rea, a sealskin sacque, taken from
her room in the Regent Hotel some time
since the Goth instant: by William Lee, a
Sterling bicycle, taken from the Sumner
school-house, Seventeenth and NJ streets
northwest, yesterday afternoon; by Mrs. II.
Tolson, three palms, stolen from her
premises, No. 1913 p street northwest,
on the 25th of this month
The times., 1897-04-30
On the Reserve List.

The cruiser Columbia has arrived at
League Island, and will be the first of
the vessels TO be laid up there as a re-
serve.
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Railway Officers Appointed.

The following appointments have been
made by the Southern Railway Company:
f. Ryder, assistant superintendent, first
division. W. o. Sprigg, assistant super
intendent, third division. A Gordon
Jones, assistant superintendent. sixth di-
vision.
The broad ax., 1897-01-23
Grants Gentle Mother.

Hannah Simpson, the gentle wife. has
40 diScOverable enemies. She was almost
universally beloved as a Christian woman
and faithful wife and mother. 1t took
longer TO know her for she was the most
reticent of persons Ulysses got his reti-
eence. lis patience. his equable temper
from his mother" is the verdict of those
who knew both father and mother. 9th
ars go further and Sayi ''He got his sense
from his mother"
Hannah Simpson. seems to
have gathered up and carried. forward 10
her son Ulysses the best qualities Of her
people. That she was a remarkable
woman, all her neighbOrs bear testimony.
She never complained of any hardship
or toll or disappointment. She seldom
laughed, and her son Ulysses once said:
81 never saw her shed a tear in my life. "
She was as proud of her family history as
her husband was of his. but she said
nothing about il. She never argued, never
Boosted and never gOSsiped Of her neigh
bors Her husband bore testimony TO her
high character in words well chosen:
Her steadiness, strength of character
have been the stay Of the family through
life" Her old neighbOrs call her "a no
BILE woman."-McClure's Magazine.
The broad ax., 1897-01-23
An Elk-Horn Fence.

At Mammoth hot springs In Yellow
stone Park, there is a fence made Of elk
horns. 1t encloses the greater part Of the
grounds Of Photographer F. Jay Haynes
studio. The fence is composed Of over
300 selected elk horns. An Of them have
twelve points, and a great many have
the royal fourteen points. They were
shed in March, 1895, and were gathered
in June Of the same year by Mr.. Haynes
and three Of his men in a radius Of ten
miles Of Mammoth hot springs and with
In four days hunt. There are about 3
500 elk in the park now. Each pair of
horns would bring $3.50 at the railroad
station at Cinnabar. about eight miles, or
at least $40 pair In the East or South
Kansas City Star
The broad ax., 1897-01-23
Frank, Notre Dame, Ind.

You have the zodiacal sign Scorpio
Using, With Sagittarius intercepted on
he ascendant, and Mercury, Venus and
The Sun also there, consequently you
have Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus
md the Sun for ruling planets. You
re above medium height, and we'll
rcportioned body; medium to dark
Omplexion. hair and eyes; the eyes
have peculiar sparkle and sharp
light You are stirring and energetic,
and will always have an ambition for
large business. with plenty Of rush
% it You are fond of anything that
has mystery connected with 1t, and
are very original and inventive in your
IDEAS. You are also fond of anything
pertaining to chemistry and pharmacy.
You have good command of language,
and you are also a deep thinker, and
10 not always tell everything you
Know. You have strong intuitions, and
lave good knowledge of many things
Without ever having had to study to
earn about them.
The broad ax., 1897-01-23
Miss Mary K, Galva. III.

You have the zodiacal sign Scorpio,
Fhich Mars rules, rising at your birth
md therefore Mars is your ruling
planet or signifcator. Scorpio usually
ienotes person of medium height;
vel set and compact figure; rather
hort limbs; the complexion not very
Lear and oftentimes freckled; the hair
ARK and Of luxuriant growth; you are
reserved and secretive in your nature
ND keep your business secrets to
Yourself; you are ambitious, stirring
md energetic and inclined to take the
cad in anything in which you become
Interested: you are not very yielding
your disposition and when opposed
are liable to lose control Of your tenn
per; you are fond of anything that is
a mystical character and cas-
lily become interested in any
thing relating to chemistry; you
are a great admirer of surgeons,
soldiers, fremen, etc, when they
perform any operation that re-
quires skill or any act Of bravery, SOL
olers on dress parade, etc.; you also
take quite an interest in war and navy
news and all kinds Of military affairs.
The broad ax., 1897-01-23
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Group. Ia grippe, malaria, creeping
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1T is not often that we commend In
these columns anything Of a medicin-
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the correspondence Of this Company,
and has seen some OF the many thous-
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falls in any way short Of what we
claim.
SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO.,
l67 Dearborn St,
Chicago, Ill
The broad ax., 1897-01-23
N.v Hydraulic Appliances.

A. a resent exhibition Of hyd-ants,
gate valves and other hydraulic ap-
planes. a very ingenious pipe-tapping
machine was shown, This was con-
nected by a sleeve, having a patent
safety-valve gate with a six-inch pipe,
through which water was kept run
ming with a pressure Of thirty
pounds to the square inch. A drill,
worked by hand by two men. cut out
I'm twelve and a half minutes an OBJ
long niece of the iron as a scoop cuts a
cheese. leaving the water confined by
the gate and the sleeve as q connec-
ton to 1T another pipe into. To make
such a connection with the appliances
usually In use In city water depart
ments would necessitate shutting on
the water supply from a whole section
OF the city for ten. or twelve hours.
Another invention was a machine for
calking the joints Of pipes with lead
The present method Of doing this Is t.
make an embrasure around the joint
deep enough for q man to work In, and
to perform the operation by manual
labor. The new machine encircles the
pipe lust below the point with thir
iron bands that control a box Of lead
The lead Is thus brought into contact
with every portion Of the joint A small
hammer follows the box. driving the
lead nome. The stem which works The
hammer furnishes the heat to beeo thA
lad liquid:
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John M, BROOKLYN

You have the zodiacal sign Leo,
mich the sun rules, rising at birth and
therefore the Sun is your ruling planet
@ slgnihcator. The sign Leo usually
Oenotes wiry, muscular, slender fig
ue' with wide shoulders in proportion
% The rest Of the body; the complexion
lalr and ruddy the hair and eyes light;
tae eyes are large and in some cases
ney would be called '-popeyes." You
are Of a sunny, cheerful temperament;
you are charitable and generous, too
Wuch so for your own good; you are
very restless when not busy at some
uihg; you are very apt to borrow
uOuole in some way or cross bridges
0eiore you get to them; you are appar-
emily quick tempered yet seldom get
your deep anger aroused; yet when you
70 you become very fierce like the lion;
wen your anger is once aroused you
VII give somebody that was the cause
y It the full benefit of your opinion re-
sardless Of their position or rank. You
nave more than average pride and am
&uOn and have q natural gift Of
Saguage.
The broad ax., 1897-01-23
The Mixing of French Wines.

An American who has been residing in
France, and has devoted some time to
studying the wines of that country,
says the California claret is as good a
wine as the claret Of France. The Bor-
deaux wines that are exported TO Eng
land and America are not pure wines,
but are mixed expressly for the for
eign trade. The French have a great
objection to this fact being known. 1t
is said that a former United States
consul to Bordeaux was shot down in
the streets after having described the
process of mixing in a consular report
The idea that a Frenchman Will con-
sumo large quantities of wine is a
mistake. He will 20 to an inn. call for
a glass Of wine, and sit down and play
cards. II he is playing for an hour,
the wine lasts him all that time. He
takes but one glass. The French do
not like a heavy " inc. and the claret
they drink is quite light. Even this
thin wine is nearly always mixed with
water, half-and-half. They say water
brings out the fruitly flavor. To meet
the English and American and other
foreign demand, Re French wine deal
ers at Bordeaux take the thin native
wines and mix them with the much
heavier wines of Spain and Portugal.
and the result is the Bordeaux" Of
commerce. The method of mixing is
wonderfully rapid and effective. Two
bins of French wines are placed close
to one of Spanish and one bin Of POrtu-
guese wine. Above them all Is an
other bin. empty. and ready for the re-
CENT of the mixed wine. The product
is a good wine, but il is not pure
wine in the sense Of being the product
of one kind of grape.
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subjugating the Jungfrau by Means
of the Trolley.

The forty mountain railways already
laid in Switzerland seem only to have
whetted the appetite of electrical en-
gineers for greater achievements. The
latest scheme is q railway to the top OF
the Jungfrau Peak. The peak is b.
$40 feet above sea level Although
heights approximating this have been
attained in some of the railroads Of the
Andes, and in the mountainous dis
tricts of our own Western states, no
such grades as will be here employed
have been attempted. A vivid idea Of
what the undertaking involves may be
gathered from the fact that from the
lower terminal, at Scheldegg, to the
JunRfrau peak, the difference in level
IS 1000 feet, which rise will be accom-
plished in the total length of the road
of only seven and one-half miles. The
read will alternately pass through tun-
uels and wind aloEg the edge of noun
tains and glaciers. giving the passen-
rers unique opportunities of gazing at
euperb landscapes. On the Monch
Mountain there will be a station,
which. from its situation, will be OF
spccial interest. 1t is the center Of a
circle of magnificent glaciers. At its
right Is situated the Jungfrau Firm and
IT'S awe-inspiring crevasses. On the
left Is the vast and Tranquil Ewig-
achneefeId Everlasting Snow Field,
m almost. unbroken sheet, where even
the most inexperienced tourist can,
without danger or difficulty, walk and
admire at his ease the frozen attitudes
~ eternal SHOWS, which are still IN
trodden by most Alpine travellers.
AH,o ,r,-< Ia Of thu line Ia
scends to the JungfraE Mountain, and
tnen rises sharply to point just be
meath the summit. From this an cleo
trie elevator. with a Lift OF go feet,
carries messengers to the peak itself.
A remarkable feature OF this and SINH
Isr roads Is that whereas invalifs were
formerly cut on from the enjoyment
Incident to the ascent OF famous peaks,
even paraIytics can now De aken 10
any altitude, and can avail themselves
of the succession or new ana unsus-
pected bits Of Alpine scenery. TO when
even pedestrians could not, IN many
eases. formerly gain acce s. Eiectr,c-
ftv win not only be USED Ior inc pro
nnIsion Of the cars, but for their hgn.-
inc and heating. fer the elevator, anu
even FOR the drilling and excavaune OF
the six miles of tunnels, winch nave 20
he pushed often through sohd IocA;
The electric current wiz DC oefivee
from the waters OF the BLACK ana
white Lutschine. few miles distAnt.
IL wsuter these mountain roa9s nIe
.s,ut down on the higher levers, inc
rsin SECTION being retained Tor oroin-
.rv communal traffie. The trame. y
esst correspos de with the season As
49,
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AGreat Risk.

Two lmpecunious Scotsmen came
upon a saloon. They had only sax
pence" between them, so they ordered
one nip o. whuskey." They were
hesitating who should have the first
drink, when an acquaintance joined
them. Pretending they had just drank,
one OF them handed the newcomer the
whiskey, requesting him to join them
in a drink. He drank, and, after a
few minutes of painful and silent sus-
pense, said: Now, boys, you'll have
one with me?"
-Wasna that weel managed, monY'
said one to his pal afterwards,
cay, II was" said the other sOlemnly,
"but 1t was q dreadful risk."-Argo-
naut-
The broad ax., 1897-01-23
Points on the HorseIess Carriage.

1t Is generally understood that we
are on the eve of an enormous develop
ment OF the hOrseleSs carriage, and that
the solution of the question of n prac-
teal and popular automobile vehicle is
at hand. Joseph Sachs dissents from
this view, holding that the whole ques-
ton is as yet hardly opened. In view
of the fact that a large number OF man.
ufG cturers in this country are now
seeking TO evolve a cheap and effective
motor car, Mr.. Sachs has outlined some
of the points which have TO be borne in
mind in the construction of such a We
hicle. He looks upon the tubular form
of construction as that TO he early
adopted. The speed of tie ordinary
vehicle will he from ten to fifteen miles
an hour. and, for special cases, ma
chimes will be made TO 60 twenty to
thirty miles an hour. The element Of
danger-steering, handling, etc.,-in-
creases with the speed. and for road
work. the enactments regulating speed
will nave To be very stringent. The
Motor car tire will he pneumatic. and
provision will be made TO make Il pune
ture-proof. The steering apparatus
will have TO be greatly improved; its
vital Importance. especially in cases of
high rates of speed. is evident. Fifty
per cent of the whole motor car QueS-
ton is dependent ON the motor. In
ventOrS will have TO concentrate theIl-
selves on the construction of the motor
and its connection TO the driving
wheels. In .uany of the old machines
the gearing weighed more than the
motor. Although tine various types Of
gearing are being rapid, modified.
there is nothing efficient. commercial
and entirely satisfactory 10 the market
In electric motor ears il is more than
probable that gearing will be dis
pensed with. The rivalry in the mat
ter of motive power will lie between
steam, gas and electricity. In all prob
ability, steam will be used for very
large carriages. Gas has many adj
vantageS. 1t is complete in itself, and
it needs no boiler; but, Cd the other
hand, it is hampered by its non-varia-
ton of speed. Mr. Sachs thinks that
the popular form of an automobile car
will eventually be a combination Of
gas and electricity. The electric mo-
tor car cannot blow up. and it cannot
be stalled. Its great objection Is the
uncertainty Of the supply of current
which now exists in this country. Civ
Ell a reliable course of current, the cleo
tric motor is unquestiOnably better
than anything else: but. until this is
reached. electricity will take a subOrd-
mate place as the motive power for
horseless carriages.