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The evening times., 1898-12-28
STABBING AFFRAYS
IN WEST VIRGINIA

Morgantown, W. Va, Dec 2S.-Roscoe
Tenant was lodged in Jail here yesterday
afternoon to await the action of the grand
jury. The preliminary hearing yesterday
morning resulted in a charge of murder
against him. The charge is that he stab
bed VIII Moore in the neck in a fight Sat-
urday night. Moore died on Monday. when
Tenant was arrested. The fight occurred
at a Christmas celebration. which num-
ber of young toughs undertook TO break
up, on Jake's Run, near here.
David Morrow, a Clarion County man.
stabbed J. E. Noel, an Allegheny citizen.
in the left side seven times in row near
Flyblow, this county. He is in Jail here.
Noel may die as a result 20 the injuries.
Noel was the bully of the camp lnd Nor
row was his butt. They were oil drillers.
The fight took place Sunday night, ard
Morrow was brought in yesterday morning.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
STRANGE IDEAS OF
MISS ALICE HAMILTON
BELIEVES HERSELF TO BE DEAD
Mental Disorders of a Granddaugh-
ter of Alexander Hamilton, of
Revolutionary Fame.


Revolutionary Fame.
New York, Dec. 2S.-Miss Adelaide Ham,
ilton, of No. II West Twentieth Street,
has taken proceedings in the supreme
court to have the mental condition of her
sister, Alice Hamilton. passed upon in or
der that she may apply to the court for
the appointment of committee of her
person and property. Judge Daily yester-
day appointed Stephen H. Olin, Leonard
C. McPhail and Henry Thompson Commits
sioners, who, with the assistance Of a
Sheriff's jury, are to inquire into her san
ity.
Miss Alice Hamilton is about sixtyon
years old, and until April 81 last resided
with her sister, In West Twentieth Street.
She had been suffering from melancholia
for some time, and on that day was COM
! mitted to the sanitarium of DR.. Carlos +.
! Macdonald, at Pleasantville, N. Y, where
she still is confined and under treatment.
Her sister says her delu5ioIs are that
she believes that she is dead, that all per-
sons about her are dead, that she is eter-
nally lost, and that she cannot walk. AS
a general thing she refuses to cagaSe IN
any conversation.
Miss Hamilton is sister Of Cen. Alex
erander Hamilton, of Tari3 town. and a
grand daughter of Alexander Hamilton, of
Revolutionary fame.
She is possessed of personal property
| consisting Of railroad bonds, mortgages,
stocks and cash aggregating 100000 in
value, from which an annual income OF
about $4,000 is derived. She is entitled
| to life interest in one-half of the resi-
duary estate of a deceased sister which
/ produces an income of S3,C00 and also to
| the income for life of a trust created un-
| der the will OF her father, John C.. Ham
ilton. involving the properly No. 22s
| Broadway. She also has an interest il
the income of this property devised to
/ her for life by her deceased sister. Char-
| lotte A. Hamilton, which yields for her
benefit between $1,000 and $1,000 annu-
ally.
DR.. Austin Flint, who examined Miss
| Hamilton at Pleasantville on December
! Is. states. in an affidavit, that it required
| considerable persuasion on his part to in
| duce her to answer questions or to en-
| gage her in conversation bat finally she
! told him that she was dead, and that she
| and the persons around her were dead
| This seemed to be her chief delusion. II
| states that she is suffering from chronic
melancholia, with delUsions, and that shs
| is incapable of caring for herself or hel
| estate.
Charges of insanity were made agains
Gen. Alexander Hamilton, a sbrother o
Miss Alice Hamilton, IN 1898, by his wife
| She alleged that he was irresponsible fol
his acts and had frequently threatened t.
| kill her. At her request Judge Dykmar
appointed a commission TO inquire int,
! Gen. Hamilton's mental condition. 1t de
yeloped then that the general and hi!
wife had lived unhappily for years. ant
| it was hinted that her charges were per
haps prompted by malice. Later Mrs
| Hamilton withdrew her complaint anl
sne and her husband became reconciled.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
THE WAR REVENUE
DOLLAR TAX ON BEER
Decision Rendered by Acting AttOr-
ncy General Richards-Law Ap-
plies to Liquor in Warehouses.

Decision Rendered by Acting Attor-
ney General Richards-Law APP
plies to Liquor in Warehouses.
In an opinion rendered yesterday Acting
Attorney General Richards holds that Ie-
tail dealers are not required to pay the
additional tax of 81 per barrel on beer pur-
chased by them prior to June II, 1898, the
day the war revenue act went into effect.
and held by them on that date. The opin-
ion is as follows:
In framing these sections, Congress
steadily kept in mind that the tax is a
tax on the manufacture and sale of fer
mented liquors, payable by the person who
makes the liquor, the brewer. In view OF
this fact, and the wording OF section $3.50
as amended by the war revenue act, am
disposed to think that the tax is not in
tended to apply to retail dealer. The
amendment in section 1889, made by the
first section of the war revenue act, chang
ed the word one before dollar TO two,
inserted the words or stored in warehouse
after 'brewed or manufactured and sold,
and added the provisions without otherwise
altering the reading of the section as it
stood. 1t, therefore, still contains the
express provision that the tax shall be
paid by the brewer. While it now provides
that the tax shall be paid on fermeted
liquors brewed or manufactured and stored
in warehouse, this clearly means fermented
liquors brewed or manufactured and stored
in warehouse by the person liable for the
tax, namely, the brewer.
Congress evidently had in mind that,
outside of the technical bonded brewery
warehouse, where fermented liquors are
stored without affixing the stamps, the
great brewing establishments have agen
cies in the cities throughout the country,
where their liquors are stored, and from
which they are distributed to the retail
trade. If the increase in the tax had not
been made applicable to liquors thus
stored in warehouse, the brewers, in an
ticipation of the increase, could have re-
moved immense quantities of liquors from
| their breweries and bonded warehouses by
| paying the old tax and held them in storage
! at their agencies, awaiting the increase in
| price which the imposition of the addi-
| tional tax might bring. To prevent this,
| Congress made the increase applicable to
| liquors stored in warehouse, but it was
! liquor stored in warehouse by the brewer.
Another thing. The principal ferment-
/ ed liquor sold in this country is beer. 1t
! is a we'll known fact that the stock of
| beer held by retail dealer, is, compara-
| lively speaking. insignificant. Each day
| he is supplied by the brewer or his agent
| The few barrels which retail dealer keeps
| as his stock in trade cSuld not properly,
| in my opinion, be regarded as beer stored
| in warehouse. The place of business of
retail dealer in any commodity cannot
! properly be termed a warehouse. Nor can
! the stock in trade drawn on TO supply his
customers. be rightfully regarded as
| stored in warehouse warehouse is a
place for storing goods. not for selling
| them at retail. The distinction is OBJ
| yious -
The evening times., 1898-12-28
DEATH UNABLE TO
PART AGED COUPLE

Philadelphia, Dec. 2S.-Side by side in
the parlor of house where Mr.. and Mrs.
George Doll, aged respectively eighty four
and eighty-ive years, spent fifty years of
happy married life, the old couple are lying
today, death having come to both within a
few days. Today they were buried side by
side.
MIR. Doll amassed a fortune and retired
from active business years ago. Two
months ago Mrs. Doll was taken i'll and
the husband became inconsolable. A
week ago, when the physicians said she
would die, he broke down completely.
Il won't live long after her." he said to
one of his daughters on Wednesday last.
Soon afterward he complained of pains in
his chest and head. The physicians said
he had the grip. Wednesday night his
heart became affected.
His children were summoned from the
bedside of their dying mother and were
present when the end came at an early
hour on Thursday morning. The old man s
last words were, Take good care of moth
eT" The mother died at 3 o'clock yester-
daV morning.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Commissioners' Orders.

The following orders were issued today
by the Commissioners:
That a gas lamp be erected on Genesee Street,
between Brightwood Avenue and Ninth Street.
Brightwood Park, estimated cost So, chargeable
to appropriation for street lighting.
That brick sidewalk be laid On the west side OF
Sixth Street northeast from IL Street 10 the south
line of lot As, and cement sidewalk in front
OF lot 46, square S32; estimated cost So, work TO
be done under the permit system.
That the following named public wells be aban-
doned and filed. the water in same being contami-
nated Well corner Seventh Street and Virginia
Avenue southeast, estimated cost SIS; well on
Eleventh Street, between q and | streets south
east, estimated cost SIS; well F.. between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets southeast esti-
mated cost SIS; well on b, between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets southeast, estimated cost SIS;
well on Twelfth, between d and T. streets south
east. estimated cost SIS; well on Eleventh, be-
tween and streets southeast, estimated cost
SIS. Also that public hydrant be erected at
corner of Eleventh and streets southeast. with
trap and waste, estimated cost $50; well at cor
ner of Twelfth and G streets southeast, estimated
cost Sl5. Also construct public hydrant with
trap and waste at entrance to alley Twelfth
Street. between and | streets southeast, esti-
mated cost, $50.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.

Willard's-H. D. Sodden, New York.
Metropolitan-P NJ. Davis, Virginia; P. E..
Beckett, New Orleans
Shoreham-AIrs. +. King. P King. Baltimore;
f. p. Kaiser, st. Louis; II. b. Davis st. Louis.
Riggs. H. Manville, New York; o. Poppen-
heimer and wife, Georgia; d. G.. Purse, Georgia.
Ariington-A. P. Brooks, New York; W. Make
man, New York; L. Sander, New York; S. Stern
berger, New York.
ST. James, N Hall, Texas; r. s. Leland,
New York; G. T. Ingersoll and wife New York;
Mrs. J. st. Clair, Chicago; S. ii. Platt, New
York.
Raleigh-E. w. Mente, Louisiana; r. E. Boy
kin, Virginia; c. J. Mayer, Philadelphia; j. s.
Cevaling. New York; G. Hardy and wife, New
Jersey; G. w. Baker, Brooklyn. N. Y.
National-A. Appel, Cincinnati; P. Turner,
Boston; w. F. Amerman, New York; W. b. Cor
son, New York; G. A. Taft and wife. Brooklyn:
NJ Hamburger. Baltimore; R. L. Lasater, Nortl,
Carolina
Ebbitt-J. D. Frayre New York; s. CATER, st.
Louis; j. A. Springer. New York; w. H. Ell
bridge, Porto Rico; N. Taylor, Liverpool; II. G.
Osborne, Canada Mrs. c. II. Kiiimaster, Can
ada; II. H. Matthewson, New York.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
DROWNED AS A RESULT
OF DISoBEDIENCE
Three Children Disregard Their
Mothers Caution and Lose
Their Lives,


PhilliIa5urg. N. j.. Dec. 2S.-Three chill
dren Of Dewitt Geary, of Port Golden,
were drowned in the Morris Canal near
their home Monday. They were Cleveland
Geary. aged twelve; Lucy, eight. and
Pearl, six.
The trio after enjoying their Christmas
dinner went to the canal to play on the
ice. Mrs. Geary had cautioned them
against venturing there, as the ice was
thin. and twice she brought them back
into the house. After awhile they were
missed. and on going to the canal Mrs.
Geary saw hole in the ice and guessed
the tragedy that had happened.
She ran screaming to the house and gave
the alarm to her husband and the neigh
bors. Mr. Geary, half crazed, plunged into
the opening, but friends pulled him out.
Search was made by the neighbors, and
finally man found the bodies under the
ice. They were quickly taken out. The
girls appeared to be dead, but there were
slight signs of life in the boy. Efforts to
resusitate them failed in every case
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Two Pointed Questions Answered

What is the use of making better article Than
your competitor if you cannot set i better price
for it?
Ans.-As there is difference in the price, the
public will buy only the better, so that while our
profits may be smaller on a single sale, they viii
be much greater in the aggregate.
How can you get the public TO know your make
is the best2
If both articles are brought prominently before
the public both are certain to be tried and the
public will very quickly pass judgment on them
and use only the better one.
This explains the large sale of Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy. The people have been using it
for years and have found that it can always he
depended upon. They may occasionally take up
with some fashionable novelty put forth with ex-
aggerated claims, but certain to return to the
one remedy that they know to be reliable, and
for coughs. colds and Group there is nothing
equal to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. For sale
by Henry Evans, Wholecale and Retail Druggist,
938 F Street northwest anl Connecticut Avenue
and Street northwest, and 1928 Maryland Avenue
northeast.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
DANCERS HEWED DOWN
BY A DRUNKEN MINER
wIELDs AN AK IN THE BALLROOM
Startling Christmas Tragedy at an
Alabama Merry-Making-Whol
sale Murder Perpetrated.

Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 2s.-Edward
Winn, young miner. attended a Christ
mas dance at Doloto on Monday. Mary
Lowe refused to dance with him because he
was intoxicated. Leaving the dance hall
he armed himself with an ak and swore
to kill everyone present. He proceeded to
partly execute his threat by chopping down
the dancers right and left. George Muir
ray, who was dancing with the Lowe girl,
was killed, his head being split open.
Mary loves shoulder was broken and her
skull fractured. She will die. John Da-
Wis breast was cut open and he can scarce
ly recover.
Someone in the crowd shot Winn and he
fell mortally wounded Winn was brought
TO Jail here yesterday. He is still uncon-
scious.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Most Attractive Route to Mount
Vernon and Arlington.

Those who have guests from out of town spend
ing the holidays with them will surely wish TO
take their visitors to Arlington and Mount Ver-
non Arlington is interesting to strangers from
having been the former home of Gen. r. f. Lee,
as well as now being the beautiful national cem-
etery where so many of the country's dead are
buried Mount Vernon, the home and tomb Of
Washington, is, in general just as when used by
the Father of His Country. The electric trains
operated by the Washington. Alexandria and
Mount Vernon Railway Company form the quick
est most convenient and most attractive route to
both these places. These trains run to Arlington
in fifteen minutes and to Mount Vernon in fifty
five minutes, leaving the station at Thjrteen-and-
a-half Street and Pennsylvania Avenue every hour
from 10 A. m. to p. m. for Mount Vernon and
about every forty five minutes for Arlington. Fare
for the round trip to Arlington is Is cents. Round
trip tickets to Mount Vernon, which allow stop
overs at Arlington and Alexandria, sre sold !or
co cents.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Vaccination at Haucocis.

Hagerstown, Md, Dec 2s.-Dr. J. McPhcrson
Scott, health officer of Washington County, was
before the county commissioners, who are also
a county board of health. and laid before that
body the smallpox situation above Hancock.
General vaccination will be ordered, and if the
disease, now confined 10 Pennsylvania territory,
crosses into Washington County, the cases viii
be Immediately quar- aHtined. Prominent citizens
of Hancock the health officer and commits
sioners today, and asked that effective measures
he taken To prevent the disease from coming
into Maryland. An order requiring general
vaccination in that locality will be issued
The evening times., 1898-12-28
CoIored Men Break IL. saloon.

Frederick, Nd, Dec. 2s.-Richard Wineberry,
who returned from the House of Correction Sat
urday, and Charles Powell, both colored, were
arrested and committed 10 jail for the February
tenn Of court, in default Of $500 hail, charged
with demolishing saloon kept by William Penn
in the northwestern section cf the city During
the melee bottles and glasses smashed with
bricks and clubs, pictures torn from the walls
and everything that WAS in the place was broh-
Penn and two other white men who came
10 his assistance were badly cut about the head
and face. Several shots were fired, but no one
was hit.
The evening times., 1898-12-28

Pains in the chest when person has cold in
dcate tendency toward pneumonia. A piece Of
flannel dampened with Chsmberlain's Pain Balm
and bound onto the chest over the seat of pain
will promptly relieve the pain and prevent the
threatened attack Of pneumonia This same treat
ment viii cure lame back in few hours. Sold
by Henry Evans, Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
93s Street northwest, and Connecticut Avenue
and Street northwest, and l42s Maryland Avenue
northeast.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Practice ship for Naval Reserves.

Philadelphia, Dec. 2s.-A detail of twenty men
of the Pennsylvania Naval Battalion, under the
command of Lieut.. Commander J. NJ. Mitcheson
and Lieut.. Rogers left for New York at 7:a0
O'Clock this morning over the Reading railroad
with orders 10 bring the converted yacht Sheer
water from the Brooklyn navy yard to this city,
where she will be used practice vessel by the
battalion. They expect to reach the Delaware
Breakwater the return trip Thursday morning
The SheeTwater served during the war in the mos
auitn feet
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Army ana Navy New Year Call.

All the officers Of the army, navy, and Marine
Corps, resident in Washington will pay their re-
spects 10 the President at noon on January ..
This is a time honored annual custom.
The order for the 1899 visitation was issued this
morning. the various officers being ordered TO
port to their highest superior shortly after IL
o'clock. They will gather at the War, State, and
Navy Building, and from there proceed to the
White House in full dress uniform
The evening times., 1898-12-28
CASHIERS REFUSED TO
HONOR HIS CHECK
Plans of Il Stranger In Dover. Del.
to Have n Check on San Fran
cisco Cnshed.

Dover. Del, Dec 2S.-A handsome stran-
ger. wearing fine clothes. created a sensa-
tion here today by hurriedly looking up
Cashier Walter Morris, explaining as he
proceeded that he had come from Califor-
MIA, was a railroad man, and personal
friend of Mrs. Botkin. He exhibited a
large roll of transportation tickets over
transcontinental lines. He abused Dun
ming and said Mrs. Botkin had twenty mil
lions behind her. His real business with
Cashier Morris, who was summoned in the
Botkin case, was to present check ON a
San Francisco bank. Upon prompt refusal
at two banks the stranger hurried out of
town as he had come.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
suit Brought for Divorce.

Trenton n. j., Dec. 2S.-Mrs. Emma L. B..
Marter brought suit in the chancery court yester-
day for divorce from her husband, Edwin X.
Marter of Edgewater Park, Burlington county.
Marter is WORTH according to the statement of
his wife, about $4,000. In her complaint she
charges cruelty and indifference.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Marries the Same Woman Twice.

Richmond. Va, Dec. 2s.-The marriage in
Manchester today of Mrs. Charles ". Swami was
an unusual one. The groom had been twice
married to the same lady, and convicted of big
amy and sentenced to three gears in the peni-
tcntary for his first marriage TO her. The first
marriage TO his present wife was performed after
Swann had obtained a partial divorce, and he
married under misapprehcnsion OF his rights.
The governor pardoned Swami. and the divorce
was completed, and the wedding today followed.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Collision With a Derelict.

Liverpool, Dec 2s.-The steamer Rockabill
from Savannah, December 3, which arrived here
to-day, reports having come into collision on
December o. in latitude IS degrees minutes
north; longitude, co degrees west. with a dere-
lict three-masted schooner, painted white. The
schooner lay deep in the water, and in a
position dangerous to navigation. The Rocka-
bin was not damaged.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Pence Gift From Senator Frye.

Lewiston, Me-, Dec. 2s.-Mrs. W H. White,
daughter OF Senator Frye, has received telegram
from her father, at Washington, directing her to
present 81, ,0C0 to the Central Maine General Hos
pital, in Lewiston, "a peace Offering and
Christmas gift" in memory of Emmie Frye, his
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Big Fire the Result of Joke.

Huntington, W. Va, Dec. 2s.-A blaze at Cul-
1oden Monday night, entailing 4 loss of 81, 900,
originated in a very peculiar way. Some young
lads tied box of firecTaclers 10 dogs tail.
when the dog ran under the store building OF
6. b. blackwell. The building ignited, aud WAS
burned TO the ground together wirh the CON
tents. Loss covered by insurance.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Federation of women,s Clubs.

The District of Columbia Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs will hold meeting at Willard's
Hotel on Saturday next at $50 p. m, to which
all members of affiliated clubs are cordially in
vited. Interesting reports from legislative and
other committees expected. Slight changes
in the constitution will be considered.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Officers Elected.

The NJ. W. Grand Lodge of Washington has
elected and installed the following officers for the
ensuing year: W. II. johnson, G. NJ; J. Fl. Me-
Dowell, D. G., NJ. John T. Fortune, G. S. W;
B. H. Harris, G. J. W; H. G. Scott, G. T.; f..
w. Shields, G. s.; P. Lucas, G. C.; W. A. NJ.
CyDrps G. l.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Nelson Wolf Arrested i'm Roanoke.

Roanoke, Va, Dec. 2s.-Nelson Wolf, negro.
charged with the murder of white man named
Mason Large, in Hawkins County, Tenn, sew
eral weeks ago, has been arrested here. and IS
row held awaiting the action OF the Tennessee
authorities who have wired the chief of police
TO hold him.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
killed While Riding to Church

Warrenton, Va, Dec Is Thomas Mohe:t,
aged eighteen, was Instantly killed near Crlean
Sunday, while riding TO 0rlean Church His horse
SHE'D and his head into violent contact
with limb OF q cherry tree.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
C0LU UMBIA RAILWAY
FILES A DEED OF TRUST
TO SECURE PAYMENT OF BOND.
American Security and Trust Com
Pany Named az Trustees-MOney
for the Benning Extension

The Columbia Railway Company today
filed a deed of trust to secure the pay
ment of $500 900 in bonds. The American
Security and Trust Company is named as
trustee The deed incorporates all the
property, franchises, rights OF trackage
and railway stock.
The bonds are OF the denomination OF
$500, and will run for fifteen years at
per cent interest.
1t is stated in the resolution of the
board of directors OF the road authorizing
the loan that the money is to be used to
complete the Benning Road extension OF
the Columbia Railway.
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Hotel Johnson Cafes,

Lynn Haven Bay, Cherrystone and York River
oysters, choice game New York meats, fine fruits
etc. Meals Ia Carte. Midday lunch. Table
d'hote dinner. de2l-tf
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Hunting Accident Near Winchester.

Winchester, Va, Dec. 2S.-While hunting in
Shenandoah County, near Strasburg, yesterday,
Mr. Harry II. Baker accidentally shot Mr.. Charles
ID. Huff. Fifty-four shot entered his face, but
the wounds are not considered serious.
The evening times., 1898-12-28

There is no beer to equal Heurich's Maerzel
Phone 634, Arlington Bottling Co., for case.
The evening times., 1898-12-28

Health and good cheer they contain, Heurich's
Maerzen, Senate, Extra Pale and Lager Beer
The evening times., 1898-12-28
Blankets.

II-4 California wool blan-
kets, extra heavy and very
fine, IN red ard blue borders.
II This blanket anls,Av worth 81 90
The evening times., 1898-12-28
A Broker in Life Insurance.

Why not a broker in life
insurance as well as in the
sale of stocks?
/ understand the relative
values of all the companies
and cannot only guide you
right, but will tell you the
truth-all the truth.
/ can do better for you than
you can do for yourself-much
better. IF you prefer any
company / can get for you
the best rates, and without
cost 70 you.
IF you contemplate insur-
ance come and see me.
II. ID. HADDAWAY,
Late General Agent N. Y. Life Insur-
ance company,
INSURANCE BROKER.
SIC Fourteenth Street.