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The evening times., 1898-07-25
A FIGHT WITH H1GHwAYMEN.
DeSperndees Attempt to Hold Up a
Cab Near Asbury Park.

I'm near Asbury Park.
Asbury Park. July 25.-With two ugly
revolvers pointed straight at their heads,
E. G. Miannay and Hackdriver Fox were
asked to hand over their valuabies about
2 o'clock this morning by two men in a
stage on the road between Long Branch
and Asbury Park.
Mr.. Miannay is connected with Mall
lard & Co., chocolate manufacturers of
New York city. and with his family oc-
cupies for the summer the house at No.
3o6 Sixth Avenue. Asbury Park. Their
city home is at No. 1880 North Thirteenth
Street. Philadelphia. Last night Mr..
Miannay visited a Chicago friend at the
Ocean House at Long Branch. 1t was
quite late when he hired a cab at the
West End to take him home. Mr.. Mian-
nay carried a watch and chain and had
considerable money in his pockets.
Opposite the old Fish House. above
Elberon, the driver was ordered to stop.
The order proceeded in a gruff voice from
the interior of a one-horse stage that
stood on the side of the road. Two men
jumped from the stage and pointed their
pistols at Mr.. Miannay and his driver.
Hackman Fox. The latter quickly whip
ped up his horse.
Two shots were discharged simultan-
eously at the heads of the two men in
the carriage. The bullets whizzed un-
comfortably close. but Fox who seems to
have had presence of mind, told Mr..
Miannay that he had a revolver in his
pocket.
Take it out and shoot back" said
Miannay.
Pretty soon bullets were flying thick
and fast. One more fusillade from the
highwaymen was answered by the plucky
driver. whereupon the robbers jumped
into the stage and drove off at a rapid
gait.
The evening times., 1898-07-25
A FORMER wAsH1NaroN1AN.
The Funeral Of Deputy Shippin4 4
sis,x Rri.a Ralfi

The Funeral of Deputy Shipping
Commit ssiOner Price at Baltimore.
The Rev. RI Strickland. of this city.
conducted the funeral services of Deputy
United States Shipping Commissioner
William T. Price, who died last Friday
from pneumonia. yesterday afternoon
from his late home. 1929 jefferson Street.
Baltimore. Md. He was assisted by
George Mccain and ]. F. Hindes. of the
Union lodge of Masons. The palIbearers
were G. A EiIel. ]. C. Mccain. NJ. j.
Smyrk, Thomas Cullington, George Bea-
denkoff Edward NJ. Laing. from Union
Lodge. From Oriole Council of the Roy
al Arcanum. were present E. II. jacob.
Charles Groves. John Teal G. B. Flynn.
w. ]. Smyrk and C. H. Smyrk. Inter-
ment was in Baltimore Cemetery.
Mr.. Price was born in Georgetown. D.
c.. in 1Si5. On going to Baltimore he
entered the employ of Thomas Meyers.
then the principal shipper of the city. He
was appointed deputy United States ship
ping commissioner under the Grant Ad-
ministration, and occupied the office un-
til death. A widow and three children
survive him.
The evening times., 1898-07-25
DEATH OF GEORGE K. PETTY.
He Was Superintendent of st. Doml
MICS Sunday School.

He Was Superintendent of st. DOmt-
MICS Sunday School.
News of the death of George X. Petty
at Brandy wine, Nd, reached the city
yesterday.
Mr.. Petty was the brother of District
Auditor Petty.
The remains will be brought to Wash
ington this evening. and the funeral serv-
ices will take place tomorrow at st.
Dominic's Church.
George X Jetty was a son of the late
Rev. James s. Petty, of Front Royal.
Va, and came to Washington in 1871,
and some. years later engaged in business
with the late Samuel Stinemetz. Later
on he conducted business-of his own
at Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Ave-
nue.. but for the past eighteen years had
been connected with tn firm of johnson
Brothers. IN the coal business He was
highly respected among his business as
soc.stes. For thirty-four years he was
superintendent of the Sunday school OF
St Dominic's Church.
His home in this city was at Ill E
Street southwest. He leaves a widow
and eight children. Two of his brothers.
Messrs. ]. T. and H. s. Petty, reside in
this city, and one brother. Rev. ]. Sum-
merfieid Petty. is publishef~of the Meth
DIST Advocate Journal. of Chattanooga.
Tenn. His aged mother and four sisters
are residents of Front Royal. Va
The evening times., 1898-07-25
DEAD WOMAN IN THE BUSHES
Indications Of Knife wounds in Her
Throat.

Mount vern6n. N Y. July 252The body
of a young woman, apparently twenty
| five years old, was found yesterday fore
noon In a clump of bushes in the rear of
Supervisor Robinson's carpenter shop. at
No. 1l0 North Fourth Avenue. which bor-
ders on Hartley Park. this city. 1t will be
hard to identify the body. The authori-
ties believe the woman was murdered, as
within thirty feet of the spot where her
body was found a large pool of blood was
discovered about four weeks ago by
! carpenter named Katn, who was employ
ed by Mr.. Robinson II
The body of the woman was discovered
by Massimino GeraTdo. of West Farms.
He was visiting his brother, who keeps
fruit stand In North Fourth Avenue Ge-
rardo left his broher's htouse and strolled
in behind the carpenters shop in the thick
tangle of bushes which grow in the low
ground on the edge OF the park, to pick
some wild flowers. AS he was pushing
his way through the dense foliage he
stepped on the body of a woman lying in
shallow pool. on its back, and the head
partially covered with a wrapper, which
was pulled over the shoulders.
GeTardo ran out to the street. which is
only thirty feet from where the body of
the woman was lying. and. with his
brother, no. ified the police. Robinson's
carpenter shop. In the rear of which the
body was found, is the most thickly pop
ulated section of the city, and is within
five hundred feet of the City Hall Police
Sergt. Beckwith Coroner Banning and
Newell and Jones found the body had
been long exposed. It was clothed only
in lawn wrapper. trimmed with lace;
a chemise and a pair of black stockings
No traces of hat or shoes were found
The woman's jet black hair was matted
over her face, and there were no hair
pins in 1t. The eeeth were all sound
save one, which was missing from the
right upper jaw. None of them contained
any filling.
The woman, the physician said, as
was about twenty-five years old. She was
five feet four inches in height. of slight
build and had very small hands and feet
No jewelry Of any kind was found on
her. The bushes and bogs nearby were
carefully searched for weapons or bot
ties which might have contained poi
son. but nothing was found.
The body was 50 badly decomposed
that the physicians could not tell posi-
lively whether any wounds had been in
flicted. but there were indications of knife
thrusts in the throat.
The undercld. hing Of the woman was
of fine texture and trimmed expensively
Her stockings were of isle thread. The
coroner had the body removed to the
morgue. and yesterday afternoon it was
buried in East Chester's POtter's Field.
The evening times., 1898-07-25
A CORPSE IN A RESERVOIR.
Both Hands Tied and stones in Its
Pockets.


Philadelphia July 25.-The body of an
unknown man was found floating in the
Fairmount Reservoir yesterday afternoon
and the circumstances at first seemed to
point to a foul murder. Further investf-
CATION contradicted this theory. however.
and the authorities are of the opinion that
it is simply a case of suicide.
Capt. Isaac Williams. of the water bu-
reau, was making his usual rounds of the
basin walls at 5 o'clock, when he made
the grewsome find. and as soon as he had
take in the matter. he summoned PATROL
man Tichnor. of the basin police, and
with his assistance the body was taken
out Considerable difficulty was had in
getting the bloated form out upon the
shore. and ii was not until then that ii
was discovered that the hands were tied.
Shortly afterward they found two large
stones. one In either pantaloons pocket
There was also an abrasion upon the fore
head that bled freely.
The matter was Immediately reported
to the detective department on the pa
troll of the Eighteenth and Wood Streets
station house was summoned to take the
body to the morgue. Detectives Crawford
Gallagher and Whitcomb. who had been
detailed upon the case, viewed the body
later in the evening. and had no hesitancy
in pronouncing II a case of deliberately
planned suicide. The hands were not tied
tightly, nor were they close together. The
knot was merely single one and could
easily have been tied by the man himself
The detectives are of the opinion that he
tied his own hands to prevent his helping
himself should his courage fail him and
that the stones were placed in his pockets
SO that the body would sink quickly. The
wound upon the forehead was not deep
and was probably caused by the head
striking against the walls of the basin
when he dived from the bank.
The evening times., 1898-07-25
Corner Stone Laying,

A number of Washingtonians were
present yesterday at the laying of the
corner stone of st. Mary's Church at
Upper Marlboro. Nd, by Rt Rev. Al
fred A. Curtis. The sermon of the oc-
casion was delivered by Rev. Thomas j.
Kenney. of St. Mary's Star of Sea
Church. at Baltimore. Among those
present We're Rev. Charles Damer, pas
tor of Holy Cross Churcn, Baltimore:
Rev. John Abel Morgan. s. J.. president
Loyola College. Baltimore: Rev. James T.,
Gardiner. s. j., of White Marsh, and
John ]. Knell. of St. Mary's Seminary.
The bishop AMI visiting priests were en-
tertained at dinner by the pastor, Rev,
Charles J. Trinkaus
The evening times., 1898-07-25
Romance of n Suicide

New York. July 25.-When Otto Mckee
mig. twenty-five years OLD. or No. $40 Sew
enth Avenue. Brooklyn. had been lifted
from the sidewalk in front of the ST.
Charles Hotel. at Myrtle Avenue and Jay
Street, at II o'clock yesterday morning.
it was seen that there was bullet hole
above his ear. He informed Policeman
Kennedy. of the Adams Street station.
that he had been shot by the husband of
a woman with whom he was at the time,
at the New Haven steamboat line pier
Manhattan. He is now in the Brooklyn
Hospital and may die.
1t was at II o'clock on Saturday night
that this shooting occurred. so the
wounded man said. but wnen the po-
lice of Manhattan had been communicate
ed with they declared tha, no such thing
had been made known to them. Then it
was learned. that Nickenig had shot him.
SELF or. at any rate. the wound was in
fiicted in the Brooklyn Hotel. at WASH
ington and Concord Streets. The police
are satisfied he shot himself. although he
has not so admitted as yet.
The evening times., 1898-07-25

7bs success Or failure ef mes - we'll ~ ol
governments largely 6epssds UPON women.
They rule TIE world -MUNY0N
And they rule the home. It is the
mothers influence that reaches through
child life into man and woman life, and
the memory of her, touch and teachings
are the last to fade
Prof. Munyon would make the mother
the visiting medical angel in every home.
The remedies he has prepared are an
almost certain cure for every prevalent
ailment-57 cures for 81 ills.
The mother can prescribe them safely,
The GUIDE TO HEALTH Gree at any
druggist's) describes symptoms SO that
anyone can recognize them.
At the medical institute. 623 18th st. NV.
skilled physicians win give you pains.ak-
ing examination and WITHOUT A CENT
TO PAY. Nor is there any obligation for
you to buy medicines.
In no case can you be harmed; you will
almost surely be helped.
Ask anyone who has taken the Munyon
treatment You will hear only words of
grateful praise.
Office open all day and evenings Not
open Sundays during July and August.
623 Thirteenth St. N. w.
The evening times., 1898-07-25
Claim. She Wa. Assaulted.

Jennie jackson. an eighteen-year-old
colored girl. living at 1902 L Street north
west. complained to the police of the
Eighth precinct station last night that
she had been knocked down and assault
ed in an alley between Tenth and Elev-
enth and R and S Streets northwest. She
was taken to Freedman's hospital after
giving a description of her alleged assail-
ants. Sergts. Jones and Dunnington and
Policemen Kelly and Holmes looked for
two men supposed to have committed the
assault, and about o'clock Marshall
Johnson and William Holcombe, news
boys, were taken into custody and charg-
ed with the crime. Today the physicians
at the hospital announced that the Jack
son girl bore no evidences of assault. and
that she had been discharged from the
The evening times., 1898-07-25
Summer HospItalitY.

This season OF the year when every
woman who owns a house In the coun-
try invites a series of guests to while
away the monotony of summer days,
says the New Orleans Picayune. Now.
hospitality, like love. assumes various
forms; it may be an angel bird or a
beast. Hospitality must also be recip-
rocal; the guest must bring his share to
the feast"
This reminds ''She" of an old story re-
lated of Ole Bull. He was once invited
to dinner and was asked to bring his
violin. He accepted for himself, but said
his violin did not dine. Now, he might
have had professional reasons for not
wanting to entertain dinner party. but
1t Is selfish to withhold ones gifts from
society.
If you are invited to spend few weeks
with a country house party because
you sing or play or recite. be glad your
ability is appreciated and go prepared to
do your best IT is well. however. for
the hostess in arranging her house par
ties to collect beneath her roof people of
congenial spirits. as Heterogeneous
mixture of mOrtals. thoroughly unconge-
nial to each other In thought. action or
even instinct, makes of the summer
house party an ogre from which the wise
guest will fee.
Remember when entertaining that il
does not require so much bread and meat
when the soul is fed as well as the body
A few selec. ed spirits can have a better
time over bread and cheese than big
antagonistic company seated daily be-
fore a menu of costly delicacies.
Fancy a woman forming a house party
of man of the world a missionary, a
gushing young mother. gentleman with
a hobby, which hobby is bacteria, and a
very young girl. who regards life as a
huge joke. just begun! The lack of tact
in invitation Is manifest. Not one will
have a pleasant time. and the verdict
will be. "a very stupid gathering" Now.
II you wish to gain q reputation for the
highest form Of hospitality. select your
guests with reference to their pleasant
influence one upon the other. Study the
list you have made out, and dissect the
mental qualities and personal character.
istics of those you have chosen. crossing
out here and there and substituting now
and then a new name. until you are sat
isfied that harmony and congeniality VIII
prevail at your summer board. Then II
does not SO much matter what you offer
these guests in the way Of entertainment.
for the feast of reason and the now Of
soul VIII compensate for any great gap
in the expensiveness Of the dishes .ses be-
fore them. or the so-caiied sdjuncts q
summer entertainment.
The evening times., 1898-07-25
DIR. DoLz myuRED.
Former Deputy Consul General =,
Havana Fails Fron . street Car.

Havana Falls Ff0m . Street Car.
DR.. Adoiph Sanchez Dolz, who was re-
Gently the American deputy consul gen.
eral at Havana. is IN the Emergency Hos
pital suffering from concussion Of the
brain. caused by fall from an electric
car last night. He was reported much
improved today.
DIR. Dolz was on an Avenue electric car
last night and attempted to alight while
Fifteenth Streets northwest. He was
thrown violently to the ground and rem
dered unconscious. A large crowd gath
cred and the police were notified. An
ambulance arrived soon after and DR..
Dolz was taken to the Emergency Hospi-
tai. where he recovered consciousness.
but was so dazed that for some time he
was unable to give his name. 1t was dis
covered that while Dr. Dolz lay in the
street someone had robbed him of his
pocketbook. He explained that he had
SO in the. purse.
Today. DR.. Dolz fully regained the use
of his faculties. He said ne boarded at
No. 73i Nineteenth Street northwest, and
was on his way there when ne fell from
the car.
The injured man was deputy consul
general in Havana for ten years and last
served under Consul General Lee and
Vice-Consui Springer. He stated that un-
til very recently he was IN New York.
where he had been since being ordered
back to this country when the war began.
When he heard that a provisional gov
ernment was about to be established in
Cuba he came here to secure an assign
ment at Santiago.
The evening times., 1898-07-25
Recruitinr the Artillerxme..

New York, July 25.-The officers who are
recruiting the Fourth Battery at the
armory of the Second Battery, Fourth
Avenue and Thirty-third Street, expect
to make out the muster rolls some time
today. They had last night ninety men
enlisted. They sill want blacksmith,
a wagner. a harness-maker and a yet
Urinary surgeon. The men were lodged
and fed in the armory Saturday and
Saturday night. as well as last night
Only those having permission were al
lowed to go out of the building Saturday
night. a strict guard being established.
Yesterday. however. all who desired
were excused from 9 a. m. to D. m
Most of the boys took advantage of this
order to get a little fresh air. The off,
GERS say they expect orders to go either
to Camp Black or Peekskill as soon as
their muster rolls ae made out.
The evening times., 1898-07-25
Victoria as q Pianist.

When her majesty first began to learn
the piano, says writer in Pearson's S
Weekly. she soon became tired of the
daily drudgery of scales and exercises.
On one occasion she shut the piano with
a royal bang. locked it and declared that
she would never use it gain. She was
soon, however. persuaded by her mistress
to give it another trial. and. after care
full training. both of her fingers and
voice, she was allowed at the age of
twelve to accompany her mother in duets
at the houses of their friends.
Tom Moore, in letter about this time,
mentions the pleasure given by the two
princesses by their singing.
When the Queen more appreciated the
value of what she had learned she be-
came very intimate with the works OF
such masters as Handel, Kluck and Men,
delssohn. especially the latter. He paid
her. on one occasion, a memorable visit
to Buckingham Palace. The Hymn of
Praise of all his works, was her ia
vorite.
Her majesty possesses nearly sixty
pianos in her various palaces. although.
since the ladies and gentlemen of the
household are each allowed one Of their
own, the dctuai humber Is cONSiueraDly
more. Her most cherished instrument Is
a bagmfcent Georgiana, made in AM
boyna wood. This is kept in the GRIM
son dfawing-roOm in Windsor Castle.
and Is frequently used by Princess Bea-
trice. The tone is wonderfully mellow.
The Queen has kept up her music and
singing until recent years. 1t is ru-
mored that more than one original COM
position has come from her pen. The
generay public. however. has not been
fortunate to judge of these.
Her majesty has never. mastered the
violin, although she delights to hear the
Performance of the Duke of Coburs on
his instrument. This. by the way. is the
only genuine Stradivarius in the royal
family.
The evening times., 1898-07-25
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Local Members Are said to Oppos
the General Secretary-Treasure

Local Members Are said to Opp0se
the General Secretary-Treasurer
The local members of the order OF the
knights of Labor. it IS understood.
through District Assembly No. 66. have
issued a circular letter requesting the re-
moval of General Secretary-Treasurer
Hayes and Master Workman Hicks. An
drew Best, member of the general exec
utive board. Is also arraigned.
1t is alleged that the officials named
refused to indorse the appeal for funds
to defend members of the order who are
Indicted under the antitrust law for con-
spiracy to injure the business of a local
firm.
The circular, 1t Is signed by A. NJ Law
son. master workman. and o. A. Glenn
ents. secretary of District Assembly No.
66.
General Secretary-Treasurer Hayes
said today that he is ignorant Of the
whole affair.
Mr. A. NJ. Lawson. master workman
OF District Assembly No. C. Is out Of
the city.
The evening times., 1898-07-25
COMMODORE SAMPSON.
What the Newspapers Nave to Say
About His Peculiar Course.

Sampson, by grace of political pull, is admiral
Of the fieei but Schley, by popular consent. is
val hero of Santiago.-Chcago Journal
Admiral Sampson has peculiar habit OF try
ing to grab things which belong to somebody
else.-Chicago Dispatch.
Simpsons telesssphic report implied that Samp-
the actual commander Of the feet that
destroyed the Spanish armada. when all the world
knew that he was was miles away when the bat
tie took place. The omission of all mention Of
schley had an unpleasant look. Is the report
withheld because it palpably fails to do Justice to
Schley while attributing unearned glory to Samp-
son2-Chicago Chronicle.
The essential objection to the appointment o!
Sampson. irrespective of subsequent results, was
its demoralizing effect upon the service in the
introduction Of the element of personal selection
in the navy. This is why the Times criticised
the assignment when it made. Sampson had
done nothing to give him rank over his seniors
and his arbitrary advancement over men who
had done much could be justified only by some
proof of transccndent merit Sampson not only
has given no such proof, his hestating bombsrd-
ments having scarcely escaped ridicule, but IN
the one conspicuous test has betrayed himself a.
lacking the personal qualities of a great COM
mander.-Philadelphia Times
The evening times., 1898-07-25
Disaster to Truck F.rmer,.

Montgomery county being on the out
skirts of this city is necessarily largely
adapted for truck farming. This year the
loss sustained by the truck farmers from
drought will be without precedent. The
potato crop. which is one Of the prin-
cipaa products of that country. is fall
ure. as well as the cabbage and tomato
crop. 1t was hoped by the farmers that
the heavy rain last week would restore
vegetation to healthy condition, but
1t seems that 1t was all too far gone
and the produce will not be quarter of
the usual output of the county.
The evening times., 1898-07-25
saved From the River.

Boston. July ga beautiful young wo-
man was found floating in the Charles
River yesterday afternooN She was
dressed in expensive clothing and was
evidently a woman of refinement. She
was seen in the water, buoyed up by her
clothing and floating down with the cur
rent. by DR.. Williams. and another men,
ber Of the Union Boat Club. The two
men rowed out to what they supposed
was a dead body. as the woman made no
motion to save herself. They drew her
into the boat She refused to answer
questions. The woman made. no, protest
to being saved. but on her face was a
look Of despair. Her rescuers believe she
was making an attempt at suicide.
The evening times., 1898-07-25

Our baby has been continually troubled
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rary relief. until we tried Chamberlain Q
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
Since giving that remedy he has not been
troubled. We want to give you this tes-
timonial as an evidence OF our gratitude.
not that you need 1t to advertise your
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kuk. Iowa. For sale by Henry Evans.
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nue. and Street northwest. and 142s
Maryland Avenue northeast
The evening times., 1898-07-25
DROWNED IN MoDENA LAKE.
Sad Fate of Sunday Afternoon
Bathing Party.

Poughkeepsie, n. Y, July 25.-Luther
Coy, sixteen years old. and Granville Gull
nae, twenty years old, were drowned yes
terday afternoon in Modena Lake. Ul-
ster County. In company with Arthur
Silkworth and William Donaldson. they
took a boat and rowed out from the shore
to go bathing.
Silkworth dived and Gulnac followed.
while Coy who could not swim, dived
from the stern. He thought the water
was shallow and that he could wade
ashore. He sank in twelve feet of water
and did not reappear.
Gulnac at once shouted for help and
Silkworth swan to his aid. Gulnac threw
his arms round SilkwOrth's neck, drag
ging him down. and the two battled for
life in the water. at times both OF them
going under. Silkworth at length freed
himself from Gulnac and saved himself.
Gulnac sank.
Coy's body was found stuck in the mud
in the bottom of the lake.