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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-20
IN cRAzED7cQNDiTtoN
Consul Frank D. HH Found Wandering
About the Streets.
IL Now Under THeattAenf nj Emer,
gency Haspital,- III. Explana-
IL u
ton Of the Trouble.

Frank Hill, consul TO Santos, Brazil. was
taken to the Emergency Hospital today,
suffering from insane defusions, the result,
1t is stated of alcohol and drugs which he
has taken at different times lately
Mr.. Hill was conveyed to the first pre-
cfnct station house this morning between
and o'clock by Oficed Hunt The DO
lfceman was patrolling his beat about 3
o'clock when, on 18th street near New
York avenue, he found a man walking
along apparently IN a crazed condition, at
tired only in his underwear. The unfortu-
nate man was muttering incoherently that
he was being pursued and seemed to think
that the persons after him wanted to take
his life. Hunt arrested him, and by ques-
tioning learned from him that he was
stopping at the Hotel Fredonia, on II
street near 18th.
Realizing that the be st thing to do under
the circumstances was to have the man
dressed, as his clothes were scanty for
even such early hour in the morning,
the policeman led HIM to the Hotel FIRE.
doria. Inquiry showed that his prisoner
vas Mr.. Hill. who had left his room in
the house. and had wandered out Oh the
street.
Persuaded to Dress.
Hill was taken to his room quietly and
was induced to don his clothes. There was
knew nothing of what had happened, Mr..
Dananhower himself being unaware of the
occurrence until he learned of II this morn
ing. Hill was removed to the first precinct
station house and placed in an upstairs
room. He remained there until this morn
ing, when Mr.. Robert S. Chiffon, jr. chief
of the consular service. was notified He
rode down to the station on his wheel and
visited Mr.. Hill upstairs. Mr.. Chiffon
stated to a Star reporter that Hill had told
him he had been taking bromide for some
time, and that he was suffering from the
effects Of that and whisky which he had
taken. Mr. Chiffon said also that Hill inn
imagined that President Mckinley, Capt
Stgsbee of the Maine and others were in
the room with him and wished to kill him.
Receiving Treatment.
Mr.. Danenhower was later notified of
Mr. Hills whereabouts and had him taken
to the Emergency Hospital, where he will
be treated for few days. If he does not
improve quickly he will be removed to
St. Elizabeth, Mr.. Chiffon says.
Consul! Hill is unmarried. and is from
the west. He is a man of thirty-six or
thirty-eight years of age, and has many
friends, he being gentleman of most
pleasant and affable manners. He has
been in Washington about two months
and half
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-20

Stockholders of the Riggs Fire Insurance.
Company today elected trustees as follows:
Thomas Hyde. VIM. S. Thompson, N. w.
Burchell. E. J. Stellwagen, T. F. Schneider.
VIM. H. Saunders Chas. W. Handy, VIM.
Corcoran Hill. Albion K. Paris. John l..
Weaver, John c. Davidson, Robert Port
ner, Herman e. Gasch. Henry W. Reed and
Lynn o. De Lashmutt.
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Death Of Mrs. Ii. VI. Mcmahon.

Mrs. b. N. Mcmahon died at Norfolk
Monday. The deceased had been twice
married. She was a most estimable lady,
a devout Catholic and of an exceedingly
generous disposition. She leaves a nus
tand and two children, Miss Mamie Nc
Gee and DIR. NJ. Darcy MCGEE of This
city,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-20
Held as a SusDect.

John Burkett, colored. forty-four years
old. is held at the sixth police station on
suspicion that he knows something con-
corning the murder of Policeman Austin in
Richmond, Va, about ten DAYS ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-20
Divorce Granted,

Judge Cox. In Equity Court No. i, today
signed a decree granting Solomon ]. Notes
a divorce from Alma A. Notes Desertioa
on the part of the wife was the ground for
granting the separation
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-02
CHAMPION OF FREAK TOWNS
HOpewclI, Pa. In Spite of Its Name,
Is Slowly, but No Less Surely
Dying.

Hopevycu, Pa. In Spite of Its Name,
Dying.
From the Boston Post.
Hopewell, Pa. is the freak town Of
the United States. 1t is col
lection Of a dozen or more ram
shackle buildings, the. remains of
what was once flourishing town, but
which is now nothing more than the
abode of some siXty-nine souls, with
fcrty-five voters, who go through the
mummery every year. at a comparative
ly enormous expense of" electing some
thirty or more officers 9f
Hopewell was once the pride, the hope
of it's founders, who laid what they
thought, fortyfour years ago, was the
foundation of metropolis that would
vie with any in the STATE; a place that
had a cotton mill with 100 or 200 opera
tives. and which listened to the music
Of the shuttles and looms by day and
sent it's hundreds of students to the
academy by night, and looked forward,
hoping well for destiny that was soon
to be blighted.
This is the story OF. Hopewell, a town
that will die in a day, if the petition
to annul it's charter; which is now on
review before the ceurtoat the county
seat, IS looked upon IdVOTaDly, the only
place in the country probably where
exists such conditions as have suddenly
called it into fame again, and whose
history, while combining the elements
of ludicrous, grim humor, as it now ex-
lists. still has within it's makeup a
strain of pathos. which is as eloquent
as the funeral sermon preached over
the body of youth who dies before the
first hopes or ambitions of his life are
actually realized.
The story of Hopewell is a quaint
one in it's way. 1t sprung up in the
southern part of the county Of Chester
about forty-four years ago and long
before ever railroad went through
these parts. There was then. and the
same may be seen now. good country
road leading down past what is now
the fiourishing and promising railroad
center of oxford and into the land
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-02
"THY WILL Be DONE. +"
GODS WILL OR wOMAN's WON'T
WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE!

One of the grotesque humors of in
quests for century and more has
oeen the stereotyped verdict given in
cases or accident and sudden death :.
Dled by the visitation of God" John
Jones, for instance, sits in the village
tavern until midnight. He staggers out
INTO the road, and circles around like
d noInlng pigeon, while his fuddled
senses try to direct his rebellious feet
10 the homeward path. He goes on his
way presently, lurchng like a ship in
d gale In the morning they find all
that IS mortal Of John Jones at the
potion OF stone quarry A iury ia
impaneled, the body is viewed" and
the jury returns the verdict, Died by
; ;ie VISITATION OF God" This verdict is
illustrative OF very common tendency
10 lay at the door of deity the conse.
quehces OF human folly and neglect
John Jones died by reason of induI-
gence In liquor, and no doubt his good
anger Wrestled with him on that home
ward path to save his feet from the
share death had spread. But a legion
u anseis couldn't have made John
Jones walk straight, or have enabled
MS fuddled faculties to determine the
pain that led to the quarry from the
pain that led to his cottage. So John
Jones died.
"A WillfuI Woman Dies
very much as John Jones did. defiant
OF the laws Of health, as he was defiant
OF the laws Of gravity. and her death
ike his, is laid to the Visitation of
God" There are tens of thousands of
women submitting to conditions that
lnvoive daily martyrdom. a lingering,
painful death, who press the thorn of
SUFFERING deeper into their hearts with
uhe prayer, THY will be done" To ey
cry such woman comes the MESA ge.
YOU were made to live a healthy, hap
py life and to enjoy wifehood and
motherhood by Him who "maketh the
barren woman to keep house and be-
come joyful mother of children" You
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-02
sands of cases. It will do II in almost

sands of cases. 1t will do it in almost
every case in which it is honestly tried.
But If the "Favorite Prescription" does
not fully realize the expectations of all
those who use it, after fair trial, DR..
Pierce invites the patient to write to
him. There is no fee. DR.. Pierce stands
behind his Prescription" and in the
small percentage Of cases where some
variation from the ordinary conditions
retards the action of the medicine, he is
more than willing, he is anxious to give
to such cases the benefit Of his thirty
years Of special study OF woman's dis
eases. a period which includes the sue
cessful treatment of quarter of mil
lion cases. Write in perfect confidence
as tens of thousands of others have
done, knowing that every letter is sa-
credly private. There are questions
that many women would like to ask,
if they could speak as under the seal
of confession. There are things easier
to write about than to speak about
DR.. Pierce stands in the privileged re-
lation of cOnfessor to thousands Of
women, who have confidence in his ST.
lence as in his skill
When you ask your druggist for Dr.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-02

are being robbed of your birthright.
Pleasure and happiness correspond to
the duties Of wifehood and the respon-
slbllltles of motherhood, just as surely
as sweet scents correspond to the sense
Of smelling, sweet sounds to the sense
OF nearing, sweet sights to the sense of
seeing. 1t is Gods will that you en-
JOY all the faculties and functions Of
the body, and, If in any chamber of
this great house of the body pain sits
as a guest, it is not by right, but by
usurpation. The place belongs to Joy,
not pain.
Why Do Women Do 1t,
why do they suffer and submit to SUI
fering, accepting all their pain as a
providential dispensation? 1t would
seem to be because only about thirty
women in every hundred are exempt
from every form of female disorder,
and the majority accept their condi-
ton as the rule, and the healthy con-
dft1on of the minority as the exception
And this is fatal mistake. Health
should be the rule, disease the excep-
ton, and however in the past woman
has had to endure suffering as the
badge of her sex, such suffering has
never been necessary since DR.. r. V.
Pierce, chief consulting physician to
the lnvalids, Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute, Of Buffalo, N. Y, has proven that
out of every hundred cases of female
disorders only three in each hundred
failed to find a cure by using DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Thirty
years experience in the treatment Of
female disorders, a record of over ESQ.,
900 cases treated. per cent only Of
which failed Of complete cure enables
Dr. Pierce to speak with the authority
IF cytnt icf I,
that his "Favorite Prescription will
cure practically every case of female
weakness, irregularity displacement,
| liberation, Inflammation and every
sympathetic result of such ailments.
Remember that this cure means some
thing vastly more than to merely stop
the suffering.
The Meaning of 'Cure"
is to be re-esta blished in sound, SUBJ
Stantial health, to have elasticity of
body and be cheerful of spirits. To en-
| joy the cares of home as a recreation.
No more the aching spine, the dull
head, the sharp pain in the side, the
specks before the eyes, the faintness,
dizziness, nausea and exhaustion. But
| in their place a sound mind in a sound
body-the ideal condition of perfect
| health.
But more than this with the cure
| wrought by 'Favorite Prescription
| comes a revolution in physical condi-
| tions which those who have experience
! ed it consider as marvellous. The ir-
| ritable, anxious condition, which so
commonly precedes maternity, is en-
| tirely banished and in it's place comes
a cheerful happy anticipation of the
| baby's advent which event is attended
| with very little and sometimes with no
| pain or suffering whatever. And not
| the least important of all the results
! is, that the prenatal induences-the
mothers cheerfulness, health, conf
| dence, gladness and strength so i'm
press themselves on the child that 1t
comes into the world a laughing, hap
| Ply visitor. and is entirely free from
| the fretfulneSS so common in the chill
| dren Of anxious and weary mothers.
DIR. Pierce's FavOrite Prescription
will do all this. It has done 1t in thou
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among those who took this position.
Mr.. German referred to the recent
unanimous action of congress in trust
ing the vast sum Of $50.000.O0O to the
president for his expenditure in main
tanning the dignity of the country. and
said that since the days of Washing
ton no such confidence had been repos-
ed in a chief executive of the nation,
but that while this was a great trust.
it carried with it vast responsibility.
So far the legislative branch of gov
eminent had been united in support of
the executive. 1t was evidently i'm
possible to preserve this cohesion of
the present proposition and he counsel
led that it be not pressed.
Senator Pett1greW took a similar po-
sltlon. He said he was willing to sup
port the administration in all reason
able and just measures in preparation
for what appeared an inevitable war.
but that he did not intend, because of
his loyalty in this respect, to be in
duced to give his adherence to a meas
ure that did not appeal to his own
judgment. The islands were, he said,
fully 1900 miles from our own coast,
and to attempt to acquire them would
be in violation Of our policy Of not an
ncxing territory which is not contigu-
Gus.
He said there was no assurance be-
yond the word of senators that the
president really desired the purchase
of the islands and intimated that the
committee on foreign relations had
taken advantage of the present appar-
emily friendly spirit of congress to
spring a question Of policy which at
least had had only very brief con-
sideration from the executive.
TiIVrnar
Senator Lodge replied briefly to this
admitting his long advocacy of the ac-
QUESTION of the Danish possessions and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-02

explaining his efforts to secure action
at the present time. He said he had
called upon the president with refer
ence to the purchase of the islands, and
that not only he but the naval officer
had concurred in the opinion that their
possession would be Of inestimable
value in case Of hostilities in the West
Indies.
Senator Perkins and Elkins, both Re-
publicans, attacked the purchase pro-
position as unwise, in that it was liable
to involve us in extra expense, and I'M
necessary ENHANCEMENT
Senator Teller stated that ordinarily
he would favor annexation, and that
he had done so for many years, but that
he would not advise an effort to secure
action at critical time like the pres
ent when it was unwise to bring in
any proposition calculated to create
discord and division, He therefore
criticised the action OF the committee
In reporting the resolution at this
time.
Senator Tillman interrupted at this
iuncture to say that any child would
know that the vessel was blown up
from the outside. What he wanted to
know, he said, was who did it. If the
committee knew. the senate should, he
said, be informed, and the committee
should not pursue it's usual course Of
keeping important developments from
the senate.
This intimation was made in a brief
speech in Senator Morgan's time, and
created quite a scene. Senator Gray,
a member of the committee, deemed
that Mr.. Tillman should give names
when he made charges. The South
Carolina senator was proceeding in
the same general lines when Mr. Nor
gan, who had grown very impatient,
asserted his right to the floor, COM
handing Mr.. Tillman to take his seat
This he did, and the incident was ended
for the time being, allowing the debate
to proceed.
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where what remains now of HopeweIl
is located. The Dickey brothers in
thoSe days were wealthy men and own
ed considerable land in that section.
Ihey were, as well, interested in the
manufacture Of cotton and other mer-
camille pursuits and their quick eyes,
In casting about for place to erect a
big mill for the turning out of their
finished product, at once lighted upon
the fertile, water power land which
they owned in the southern section of
the county.
They set to work at once and in a
snort time one Of the biggest mills in
the state was standing in the spot near
the main road, close to where a rushing
NIUE creek went by and from its top
windows the builders could look to any
part OF the surrounding territory. Then
tfey could see nothing but scattered
farms and where now in Oxford, with
It's screaming railroad cars and its COM
pafatlVe air of hustle and excitement.
there was waste. The big mill soon
attracted attention and besides the COL
ony Oh some hundred Or two hundred
operatives who came to live near their
work, others f1Ocked in to set I'D stores.
TO mend shoes and in every way cater
to the wants Of the little community
and soon swelled the place to such pro-
portion that the Dickey brothers APP
plieu IoI d borough charter.
Inc place was prosperous. 1t look
eo promising. 1t had several big build
lngs besides the cotton mill The
academy was building, the sawn1ill was
gong up and everything looked hope
| ful It's originators smiled and called
the borough Hopewell. This was the
beginning. There was no railroad and
all the trade came down the great road
and Hooked about that section Of the
70 no
Main street Hopewell, and was actually
| paved in places Hopewell then had its
| burgess, its board Of eleven councilmen.
It's SIX members Of the board Of health,
| six school directors it's assessors, tax
collector, constable, treasurer, two
| squires, two auditors and six election
| ohlcerS, not to speak of the academy
teachers. and one or two other officers
who became a positive necessity
Ana now came the decline. The first
| cloud for Hopewell rose some several
miles to the south, and in the direction
| of what is now Oxford, when a prospec-
| tor went through that section, picking
his way for road bed, to let the new
| Baltimore Central railroad through.
Then came the critical moment for
| Hopewell. 1t was just before the war.
Everything was done to stay the tide
| that streamed out from the prosperous
| little place and made it's way to the
| iron rallied village that was springing
| UP like magic and growing with every
incoming and outgoing train.
The burgess and the councilmen
| passed measures, tried to make it in
| teresting for those at home to stay, but
| all to no purpose, and soon the mill was
| robbed of its operatives and saw would
not go round in the other mill because
there were no engineer and men to
| work them, and the storekeeper found
| but few to do business with.
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debate, in which many sharp words
were exchanged over the policy of
bringing in a proposition liable to di-
Vlde the senate at time when unan-
UNITY was especially desirable and
When all parties had shown a disposi-
tion to give their uttern1ost support to
t the administration in preparation for
the war, Which almost all the speakers
considered probable
:, many speeches were made on this
Ilne and some went so far as to init
mate that an advantage had been taken
or the situation to press a proposition
"nlch they considered questionable
with the hope that the senate in its
patriotic desire to support the presi-
cent at a critical time, would consider
the matter favorably now, whereas it
would not do so in times Of quiet.
Pettigrew Opposed.
Senators German and Pettigrew were
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-02

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The follow
ing is an abstract of the telegram re-
ceived from Gen. Woodford ON the
evening of March 81, on the general
situation in Cuba.
He informs the government of the
United States that Gen. Blanco has re-
Voked the bandO relating to the recon-
centrados in the western provinces.
of Cuba, which are understood to be
the provinces of MatanZaS, Santa
Clara, Havana and Pinar del Rio; that
the Spanish government has placed at
the disposal of the governor general
the credit of 3,000,0 900 pesetas $500, OOO),
to the end that the country people may
return at once and with success to
their labors.
Tee Spanish government will accept
whatever assistance to feed and sue
cor the necessitouS may be sent from
the United States, in accordance with
the plan now in operation.
Spain proposes to confide the prepar-
i alton for an honorable and stable peace
to the insular parliament. without
whose concurrence the Spanish govern
ment would not be able to arrive at
the final result, it being understood
that powers reserved by the constitu-
ton to the central government are not
lessened or diminished.
AS the Cuban chambers will not meet
ohli liiC ALL udy VI May lilG opdulSIl
government will not on it's part object
to a suspension of hostilities. if asked
for by the insurgents from the gen
eral-in- chief, to whom it will belong
to determine the duration and the con-
dition of the suspension.
The independence of Cuba means the
parting or cession Of Spanish territory,
] which cannot be done without the con-
sent of the Spanish cortes. which is
not in session, and will not be in SEES
| sion until April "a, and consequently
no definite answer can be returned to
! the demand of the United States until
| the cOrteS assemblies.
Then a counter proposition is sub
/ mitted that the Cuban matter shall be
settled upon basis equitable among
nations. The United States is asked to
give Spain time to treat with the in
| Surgents and ascertain what can be
! done in the nature Of a peaceful set
! tlement.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-02
THE BEETLE
Carried Il Camera Long Before PhO-
Biography Was Found Out by


From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Thousands of years before the inventive
genius of men discovered the multfold mys-
teries of photography and worked out the
problem Of the tense the little beetle was
carrying around with him a snap camera of
the most unique and interesting character.
This camera was provided with at least
hundred Photographic lenses. each perfect and
in natures finest working fettle.
All know that the beetle has the curious
projecting eye, very similar to the sort one
sometimes sees in himself The eye is
large and round. or almost so. 1t can hardly
be called a perfect sphere, for it is slightly
convex in shape. Some insects have ewes
called compound, formed not of one lens but
Of several hundreds. set side by side like
cells in honeycomb.
DR.. Allen. of England, the famous scientist
as well as physician, took the cornea of the
eye of beetle and employed 1t in place of
the usual Photographic lens of the camera
used for making photographs of microscopic
objects. Silhouette of a head was placed
on piece of ground glass and a lamp placed
behind it. Photographic dry plate was ey-
posed to the light coming through >the hsstie-s
eye from the silhouette and developed in the
usual manner.
The resulting mu,tigraph was circular and
contained several hundred images of the pro-
fle-one. indeed, for each facet of the eve.
1t seems reasonably clear that insects form
| their judgments of distance from such null
| tip.e images. depending upon the power of
| each facet to refract light rays. The nearer
| the object the greater would be the area COW
cred by the images on the retina