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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26
COL. MOsBY'S INJURIES.
His Condition Slightly Improved,
But still Dangerous.

Charlottesville, April 26.-While the con-
ditiOn of Col John s. Mosby remains Sc
nous enough, il has certainly improved
and mis- physicians are more hopeful. The
wound is very dangerous one TO "A man of
Col. Mosby's age. 1t is what the physicians
call an exterior fracture, and Is above the
eye The blow which produced it, whether
it was kick OF a hose or striking the
earth in his fail, was a terrible one 1t
ruptured the left eye, and the lens escaped
so that the ball had to be removed. II is
likely that the bOny structure around the
orbit was broken, and it is certain that
around the eye there is an extensive
laceration of the soft parts.
Col. MOsby's family summoned DR.. Lin
coin, OF Washington, the family pnysi-
clan. who Immediately con suited with Dr.
Nelson, vino has charge of Ibe case. 1t
was decided that the stTgicHfexaminatiUn
was sufficient and that il was not neces-
sary tGOpen the skull. Four OF Col. MOsbv's
daughters and his son, John s. MCsby. jT.,
are with him. He s still at the University
Of Virginia in firmary, where quarters have
been provided for him and his family in
compliance with a resolution Of the board
Of visitors.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26
PnmDhlet's Security.

The quceEest mortgage on record since
British Columbia. 1t was hardly mort
gage, either, being rather a security for
chilly retained. One Pamphlet, an owner
OF real estate, rented a room to Mrs. Sarah
Ryan. As sometimes happens ia the case
Of landlord, he failed to get his money ON
time, and the amount due him assumed
the proportions of 81. Mrs. Ryan said
that she could not pay, but Mr.. Pamphlet
had heard that story before. He desired
her to move out, but to lose the So was
no part of his plan. She had no fur
niture worth holding, but she did have a
baby, and, though the baby was not worth
much to Mr.. Pamphlet, he thought that
by holding the baby as security for the
rent, he might impart fictitious value to
that part OF Mrs Ryan's property, and the
child was, therefore, confiscated.
or course, the orthodox way for Mrs.
Ryan to behave would have been in the
stony-hearted landlord, and then to her
friends, if she had any, to raise the So
for her, and rescue her Child from the
clutches of a Shylock That was what Mr.
Pamphlet expected her TO do, and he
would get 81, he figured, as surely as
maternal affection formed a part Of Mrs.
Ryan's equipment.
But she didn't do anything of that kind.
she loved her baby, but there were other
ways of getting the baby than to pay the
landlord, even if she had had the money
She went TO the authorities and swore out
a warrant, charging Mr.. Pamphlet with
Unlawfully OBTAINING and having in his
possession one girl child, OF the age Of
nine months. The landlord, seeing himself
confronted with the prospects of costs to
pay, gave the baby back in hurry, and
now he hasn't either his tenant, his ST,
or the baby.
This is the nineteenth century, and the
hostage system doesn't go
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26
WASHINGTON, MoNDAYAPRIL 20.
Bad for the HeIIenes.

Beyond confimatory details OF the re-
treat from Larissa the war news from
Thessaly is without any feature of change.
Thee new Greek line of defense at Pharsala
Is reported to he naturally a strong one;
but it is to be feared that here again the
Hellenic disadvantage in point of artillery
will breed disaster. The most difficult
heights, unless well planted with rapid
fire guns are anything but impregnable TO
masses of determined infantry assaulting,
with the assistance of their own artillery
Smelling the works from behind them.
The reports from Epirus indicate some
successful Greek movements; among them
the possibility that Col. Manos may be able
totake Jauina, with the aid OF the Albanian
insurgents If he can do so and hold it
for few days, he will place his country in
q better position for the intervention Of
the powers, which may occur within a day
or two Greek possession of the capital IF
Cyprus, might be taken as fairly an offset
60 Turkish possession of the chief town IN
Thessaly, and thus the friends OF Greece
COULD claim that the honoUs were even.
There are evidences that England is
making efforts 10 have an armistice de-
clared before Osman and Edhem can have
time TO reach Pharsala- The Turkish am
bass ador to Great Britain has said tlrat
probably the Sultan's forces woald not
advance beyond Larissa at present, but
this may mean anything If the military
situation is as had for Greece as itappears
to Us to he. the Mohammedan comman-
ders Will strain every nerve 10 land a final
blow at PharSala before any outsider gets
d chance TO interfere
There is danger that King George may he
compelled to play into their hands in this
connection. The Greek nation is drunk
with rage and blood, and il may Toe doubt
fol if their ruler would dare 10 do any
thing else just now than what he APP
pears 20 he doing, He must place himself
st tie head Of his army and make a fight
III person if he expects, or even hopes, to
save his crown, and il may be that he
would be forced to refuse even SO much as
al armistice until after another pitched
battle.
1t Will be pity if the friendly officesof
England and Russia are rejected by the
belligerents at this time The game is
up as far as Greece is concerned She will
retire from the conflict beaten, to be sure,
but with the worlds admiration for her
heroism. To keep on fighting under exist
ing circumstances would appear 10 be an
absolutely useless sacrifice of national
substance and human life.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26
LOVERS ELOPE WITH DEATH.
Uncle and Niece, Unable to Wed
Die Together.

Quincy H.. April 26.-Ever since they
were htt!e chIIL.tn " akcmau hayu rs
and Lizzie Hudson had been lovers in the
village Of Lorraine. She was seven years
his junior and tie daughter Of his sister
Mrs Hudson laughed at their innocent
games, but saw no shadow Of danger In
them. 1t was not until her brother was
bordering on mans estate and her child
was turning into Il woman that the fun
OF the thing ceased, and chill Of appre-
tension succeeded the earlier merriment
"Wakeman, l do wish you would leave
Lizzie alone she said repeatedly You
are "a child no longer, You must know
that your loverlike ways are attracting
attention.
What if they are?'' said the young
man recElessly. Il love Lizzie, aud some
day / am going to make her my wife.
[ don't care what people say"
You never shah. Ii rather see her
dead at my feeti' exclaimed the mother
in a passion
1t was the old. old story. The more
their love was opposed, the stronger ii
grew in the breasts OF niece and uncle.
The former could not be blamed, for She
man Haines was uwenty-thTee-o old enough
To know better.
Last Sunday Haynes and Lizzie disap-
peared after attending church services.
1t was thought they had eloped, but Satur-
day morning, ia a small brush patch In
an unfrequcnted part OF a pasture, near
Lorraine, workman discovered the bodies
Of the couple lying dead in each others
arms. Their faces were distorted and
discolured, and the b, .lies, which had been
exposed to the storms for several days,
were much swollen.
An empty bottle, which formerly con-
tanned strychnine. was found by their
side. 1t is supposed they took the poison
unday evening, and then wandered away
to die. Both were members Of wel-known
and respected families.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26
The RainPS Iaw Hotel

Ono Of the queer phenomena OF New
York in the last year has been the
Raines Law Hotel. The law requiring that
all place: which wished to serve drinks
on Sundays should become hotels. a
laudahle spirit of accommodation WIS
shown 10y the Saloon-keepers, and a sort
OF dpmb show aostelry was evolved, whicb
answered the purpose OF keeping the
owner cut OF Jail. If, by an oil-Stoye.
placed in tie rear OF the saloon, a hotel
sign IA front, n few sandwiches, war
raatel &c last and look fresh for six
months. If protected from dust, set forth
on inc c''upter, and supposed rooms for
guests HriF-where about the premises,
they could sell beer on Sunday, they
wouh: g. - ttat expense cheerfully And
they did The result was a mushroom
growth OF hotels, numbering over a thou
sand specimens-some OF them very, very
queer
But this is all to be changed. The
Raines law has been amended so that
the alleged hotel must, In most cases.
go out OF business on Sunday. The re-
quirements now are that the ten stock
bedrooms must be above the first floor:
that they must be separated by partitions
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26
HIS MIND REMAINS Il BLANK.
Rev. Mr.. Hanna Remembers Nothing
Since He Was Injured.

Meriden, Conn, April 26-The condition
OF the Rev. I. c. Hanna, OF SoUthington.
pastor OF the Plantsyille Baptist Church.
remains practically unchanged Since he
was thrown from his wagon and in iured a
week ago, his mind has been a blank. He
does not remember his name or his occu-
patton, and while his physical condition
seems excellent, he is unable to recall
anything relating in any way to his past
life.
His physician was encouraged yesterday
at an apparent Improvement He regained
control of his mental faculties sufficiently
to tell how the accident occurred, sayine
that he fell from his carriage and 9truck
on his head, which is practically the
story told by his brother. Then the min
lister relapsed into his former state, and
since then has not been able to recall an Y
thing.
Intellectually, the patient is child
When an object is indicated, and he is told
what tbs, he repeats and remembers that,
just as a Child does. Yesterday a Chair
was shown TO him and he was tOIditsname.
He repeated the word and since then has
been able to call the object by its name.
The same experiment was tried with "A
door and table.
The Rev. Mr.. Hanna's mind was an nnu-
sually bright one. He was an eloquent
preacher and careful student Several
years ago when he was preaching temper
arily in the Plantsville Baptist Church, J. e
stayed at the house of Deacon Randolph
Cowles. Burglars entered his room one
night and he fought them. He was struck
on the head with chair, and was IN
conscious for a considerable time
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26
Victory for GnnPZ.

Another series of Cuban victories are re-
ported from the "pacified'' provinces. Gen.
Gomez has fought aud routed the Spanish
column Of Gen Ruiz near Remedies. The
Spanish general, Aldare, has been defeated
an d chased into Sancti Spiritus. A number
OF small patriot successes are reported from
Santa Clara. Strategic movements are in
progress looking to a descent by Gen.
Gomez on the province Of Havana, where a
general concentration is likely to ensue
against the capital city itself.
News OF the arrival of another expedition,
previously reported in this journal, is cor
roborated. Still another, regarding which
the Spanish legation has been much exer-
cised during the past week, but did not
know where TO find, has safely steamed
away and ought to be off the coast Of the
Ever Faithful ISLE by this time Return
ing newspaper correspondents report that
the deportation OF the Spanish troops CON
tinues steadily Evidently the end is near.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26

at least three inches thick; that each room
must have door leading into hall
way; window with not less than eight
square feet of surface, and that there
must be at least eighty square feet area
in each room, and 600 cubic feet of air
space.
Now, you cannot make a building over
on the spur OF the moment to any such
extent as this. Even some OF the bona
fide hotels, of the old-time style of
building, will have to succumb to the
new regulation. The clutches OF the po-
lice are closing slowly but surely around
the Raines law sandwich and the free
luncn counter, and they will be ignOmin-
iously chucked into the street before very
long. 1t is estimated that out of two
Thousand and more hotels, and alleged
hotels, in New York, only 600 VIII 5e
left when this amendment is enforced.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26
NO DOUBT ABOUT THE AIRSHIP.
A Commercial Traveller Says He Saw
1t Four Times.

Wheeling, W Va, April 26.-George a.
Williams. a travelling salesman for one OF
the largest cloak manufacturing firms in
the country with headquarters in New York,
who has Just returned from the West on Il
business trip, has been converted to the be-
lief that the much-talkeI-of airship is a re
atty from personal observation.
Mr.. Williams saw the airship on four diff
ferent occasions, and is absolutely certain
that ne could not have been mistaken.
II first saw the airship OH Saturday,
A pril 10, in Minnea polis,'' he said. 1T
approached within ten miles or the city,
when it tgrned westward, going about ten
miles, WHERE it made several evolutions.
As it turned it showed different colored
Ught2, alternating red, green and white
He saw the airship again in about the
same locality the next evening.
II saw the strange thing again on FRI
day, pril 6, while en- route to st. Louis,
continued MI Williams. Il was on a
train from Chicago to st. Louis, and about
10 O'Clock the conductor came through,
notifying the passengers that the airship
was in sight l went out on the platform
and watched it for some time. 1t came
within five or six miles of the train end
we got a good view of it l saw the ship
in motion three times, and would say 1T
Travelled at the rate of 100 or $50 miles
an hour, and always from one-half to
three quarters of a mile high. From a
great height it would dart earthward with
fearful velocity and then suddenly would
dart up again, evidently getting part Of
its speed from these movements"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26
LEGISLATORS EXCITED.
May Investigate Charges of Bribery
to Pass Divorce Bill.

Wilmin gton, Del, April ga great stir
has been created in legislative circles here
over the report that Mrs. w. q. Acklan,
daughter of Millionaire and ex-Judge I.
d. Croker, of Cleveland, Ohio, has said
that she decidedto abandon her divorce bill,
now pending here, because she was ap-
preached by members of the legislature
and asked to pay big lobby fees to secure
it's passage. The report came from Wash
ington last week. Mrs. Acklan left this
city for Washington last Monday, where
she is now living.
Members of the divorce committee par
ticularlv are greatly exercised over the re-
port. They claim that Mrs. Acklan was
shown every consideration while here, and
that they side-tracked all other divorce
business, in order to let hers pass. They
further declare that they favored her bill
because her reasons for asking divorce
came so thoroughly within the divorce
statute.
The feelin among some members or the
legislature over the report has reached
such a point that they declare they
will ask for an investigation Of the matter,
andlf tits found hat there's any reasonable
foundation for the alleged charge, some
body will be hauled thoroughly over the
Goals.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26

A new complication OF the bicycle prob
tax on bicycles there, presumably for the
benefit of the roads Some time ago a
Lewiston man refused to pay tax on his
wheel because it was worn out He says:
Would ycu tax a man for dead horse?
Then why should be taxed for a dead
bicycle with q punctured tire?'' Some
time 20 thequestion arose whether bicy-
Gle was a horse or an umbrella in the eye
of the law: that is, whether the theft Of
a wheel should be regarded as a serious
crime or a small misdemeanor. 1t was
charged that courts in general rega rde,1
this offense too rIivolously, and that a
bicycle was really as important to the
man who owned il as a horse. It was
finally decided thai bicycle was virtually
a horse; not, perhaps, a racer or thorough
bred, but d small horse of moderate use
lulness, and the bicycle thief should be
punished accordingly. 1t now becomes a
question whether, IN the eye OF The tax
collector, a bicycle is horse or piece
of real estate. The analogy is just here:
When horse dies he is dead, gone, worth
less, extinct, except for the button and
mucilage trade. When bicycle is broken
and has IFS tire punctured il may be utterly
useleSs-as useless as dead horse and
II may be only seriously injured, like
tract of land under the Mississippi flood.
In that case, its value not being entirely
destroyed, il is taxable If this were not
so all the citizens of Lewiston would be
sticking pins in their tires and smashing
their wheels until the tax assessor had
gone by. The only way out of the Lewis
ton dilemma would seem to be to compel
the owner Of the bicycle to pay the tax
or give up his wheel. If it is dead horse
he won't want it If he does want it is
probably of some use TO him.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26
CHANGING THE CONSTITUTION.
Amendments Proposed tn West Vir-
pinia's Organic Law.

Charlestown, w. Va, April 26.-The con-
stitutionai amendment commission was
busy all day Saturday and adopted finally
three proposed amendments Those pro
viding that the secretary Of State shall
be elected by the people; that he shall hold
no other office during his term, and that
the governor shall fill the office by ap-
pointmentin case of vacancy
An amendment was drafted by unani
nous consent providing for more strict
accounting ofpublic moneys by non-fiscal
officers. =
An amendment was presented providing
against chartering foreign corporations
to do business outside the State. The
amendment to limit the permanent school
fund to 81 900, ooO is still under discussion,
as is the one TO allow the legislature to fix
all salaries.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26
CLAIMS HE WAS PROSECUTED.
w. j. Delaney and His Preparations
for the Priesthood.


for the Priesthood.
Baltimore, April 26.-William j. Della
ney, of COnshohocken. Pa, was immersed
at Hagerstown yesterday afternoon by
Rev. Zed II. Copp, at tie First Brethren
Church, this city. He expects to become a
ninist er in the Brethren denomination, the
conference of which meets a New Market,
Va. in June. Mr.. Delaney is about twenty
five years of age, and was formerly Cath
Ole monk. He says he spent eight years
and six months in study and preparation for
the pTiesthood-first at Ammendale Insti-
tute, thirteen miles from Washin gton; then
at st. Charles College, and finally at st.
Josephs' Seminary, Baltimore, which he
left about year ago. He intended to go
into business at his home, but claims ne
was prosecuted by the Catholic priest
there, Rev Father Kinahan, and excom-
municated.
He was converted to Professionalism at
meeting at Lafayette Mission, Harrisburg.
in January In Waynesboro he met Rev.
Copp, OF Hagerstown. then conducting serv-
ice there. Mr.. Delaney told Rev. Copp that
he believed the Brethren faith to be like
primitive Catholicism. The Brethren de
nomination believe in trine immersion.
the rite of feet-washing, q fun meal at the
Lords Supper, etc.
II was stated last night at st. Joseph's
Seminary, Pennsylvania avenue, that Will
lam j. Delaney was never student at that
institution nor a Catholic monk. Della
ney, it was asserted, was a novice at
Epiphany College, at Highland Park, for
less than year. Ammendale Institute
where Delaney said at one time he also
studied for the priesthood, is a novitiate
of the Order of Christian Brothers, and
it was, therefore, claimed that ne could not
have studied for the priesthood there
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

1T is reported said the Cuban aide
de-camp, "tiIat Gen. Weylcr is dispatch
ing more troops
That is wrong" said Gomez, calmly.
wiping off his machete He only dis
patches women and children / am the
one who is dispatching the troops
"Thc trouble with losing your temper,
said the member OF Congress dolefuIly,
in the privacy of his apartments, lis that
good luck and prestige and the rest OF those
things Immediately start off to hunt for it =
1T is nice of Mr.. Higgins to give that
night Waterman a lunch every evening.
saul the pretty typewriter thoughtfuny.
Nice nothing!" growIed the book
keeper. Higgins wants the man to keep
awake; so he gives him a lunch ticket TO a
place where they have Raines law sand
witches and lobster salad that would give
a mule the stomaChache; ana the Waterman
don't dare refuse the ticket Nicel /
should think it was
The man who is thrown on his own re-
them to make Il nice, soft pillow,
"It is on of the most mysterious things
groaned the man with malaTial fever,
that organ grin ders never seem to
need change Of air I've heard that lei
Captain march sixteen times within a
radius OF three blocks from this bed"
"What was the matter with that win
case?" asked the absent-minded man, was
the jury hung?'
No" snarled the man who didn't get
anything nut of the suit, ''but IL ought to
have been"
The charity that begins at home usually
finds few inducements to go abroad.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26

An inventive gentleman i S going TO walk
on the water from PittsbuTg to Cincinnati,
and if this continues We shall have trans
Atlantic tramps trying to catch rides on
shall have bicycle tours warranted to ex.
tend in stIaIght line around the world
And We shall not need to worry any more
about that new navy. A il that will be
required Will he that every marine wear
the patent inflated water shoes, whe& this
inventiv gentleman will put on the market.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-26
BADLY BURNED BY X-RAYs.
Disastrous Results of an Electri.
clans Experiments on His Wife.

clans Experiments on His Wife.
Bingbamton, N. z, April &c As the re-
suit of an X-ray experiment, Mrs. S. H.
Sharpsteen, of this city, lies in a critical
condition in the New York Post Graduate
Hospital, and Wilmot Lanning, eighteen
years of age, who is confined to his home,
on Front street, in this city, may be a
cripple for life.
Last January Mt Sharpsteen took an
interest in a young woman in the city who
is suffering from hip disease, and who
has always been a cripple.
He thought that by securing an X-fay,
the cause of her trouble might be ascer-
tanned. He made an attempt to secure
picture Of the hips of Wilmot Lannng,
but the picture was a failure About IA
week afterward Mr.. Sharpstcen subjected
his wife to thirty-minute exposure. She
was fully dressed, and felt no inconveni-
ence at the time. The picture, like that
of Lanning, was failure.
About two weeks after the experiment
sore appeared on Lannings groin. He was
treated by DR.. George F Hand, but the sore
did not heal, and the tissues appeared
burned. A few days later Mrs. SharpSteen
began to feel numbness and pains in the
hip She grew worse rapidly, and DR.. w.
H Knapp took charge of the case. The
trouble did not yield TO treatment, and four
weeks ago she was taken to the Post Grad
uate Hospital. The trouble developed in
the same manner as in Lanning' case. Sew
erai operations were performed; and flesh
around the sores was cut away. The sores
gave no sign of healing, and her condition
is now critical. 1t is proposed to attempt
a skin-grafting operation. Mr.. Sharpsteen
attempted the experiment in good faith.
he is an expert electrician.