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The evening times., 1899-06-24
A DETECTIVES PROMOTION.
Made Sergeant for Promptly Arrest.
Ing Bank RObber Lnmbele.

New York. June 2f.-Quick promotion
rewarded the clever work Of Alfonso
Rheaume. the detective of Captain Nc
Clusky's staff who. on Thursday evening.
captured Philip Lambele. who stole $4,000
in bills from the Metropolitan National
Bank, of Boston. within a few hours Of
the theft. On Capt. McClusky's recon-
fnendation. the police board yesterday pro-
NOTED Rheaume to the rank Of detective
sergeant. The promotion carries with 1t
AN increase of pay Of $500 a year.
Clarence s. Delfendahl. paying teller OF
the Boston bank and Inspector Haughton.
of the Boston police. came to this city yes
terday and identified Lambele as the man
who had robbed the bank. Lambele was
then taken to the Centre Street Police
Court. where Magistrate Crane held him to
await the arrival of extradition papers.
Lambele was arraigned under the name Of
George Shea. which is the name he bears
In the Rogues' Gallery.
The young woman whose photograph
was found in Lambele's watch called at
Captain MeClusky's Office yesterday morn
ing. She called herself Mrs. Lilly Lam
belle. and said that she was the prisoners
wife but later said they were not mar
ried She was not allowed to see Lam
belle. but was present when he was ar
raigned in court. She was accompanied
there by another woman, who said she was
Mrs. Martha Robertson, the prisoners Sis
ter. When Lambele was led away to the
Tombs both women embraced him and
wept
Detective Lang. OF Captain McCluskys
staff, said yesterday that he recognized
Lambele as a man whom he had arrested
last Saturday at Broadway and Forty
second Street as suspicious person. He
was released, the detective said.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
OLD DOMINION NEWS NOTES.

The wheat yield in Warren county will not be
more than one-third of an average crop.
Last weeks spring lambs. to the value of sl4,-
900, shipped from jefferson county, W. Va,
to the city markets.
The 'Warrenton True Index says IL has been
established by recent correspondence that James
Jeffries, the grandfather OF James Jeffries, the
prize-fghter. born in Fauquier county, and
removed to Ohio in lSl1.
A frighiiul electrical storm is reported to have
occurred along the West Virginia Central Rail-
road early Wednesday morning. Lightning struck
and partially wrecked a house in Thomas. The in
mates were severely shocked.
S. 7. Anderson, formerly Of Yorkvillc, s. c..
charged with burning his drug store at Bayard,
W. Va, was acquitted in the Grant county court
at Petersburg. The case had been pending for
two years. former verdict of guilty was set
aside by the judge.
At Parkersburg, W. Va, few days ago Col
lionel Baldwin d. Spilman was presented a low
ing-cup by the officers of the First West vir-
sinia Volunteers The cup is a beautiful work
Of art. eighteen inches high and eight inches IN
circumference. Of solid silver. lined with pure
gold. Colonel Spilman u q native Of Fauquier
county, Va.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
THE RICHMOND GIRLS STRIKE.
Trouble Of Cheroot Factory Opera
tIves May BE Compounded.

Trouble Of Chero0t Factory Opera
lives Nay BE Compromised.
Richmond, Va, June 2i.-The strike of
500 or more girl operatives of the Whitlock
Cheroot Factory promises to be cettled
today. The girls are still out, but three
clergymen Of the eastern part Of the city.
where most Of the operatives live. have
undertaken to attempt a settlement.
A delegation of the striking girls called
upon Rev. J. E. Cooke. of the HoSe Me-
mortal Presbyterian Church, and enlisted
his aid. Rev. Ashby Jones. of Lehigh
Street Baptist Church. and Rev. r. B. Col
lier were called into conference. with the
result that a meeting of the girls will be
held today at Leigh Street Baptist Church.
The whole matter will be considered. The
three clergymen named embodied in a pa
per. which they prepared, the grievances
of the girls. The committee called upon
Mr.. Whitlock and presented this paper.
The latter treated them with the greatest
courtesy and carried them over his factory.
He. however, declined to yield to the de-
mand for an increase OF pay. His factory.
Mr.. Whitlock said. is already paying its
operatives more than other concerns in the
same line Other concessions. however.
were granted. Should the strike fail TO be
settled the girls have the promise of aid
of the labor organizations of the city.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
EDISON AND AUTOMOBILES.
The Inventor Trying to Make Then
Light and Cheap.

The Inventor Trying to Make Then
Light and Cheap.
Orange, N. J., June 2i.-Thomas A. Edf-
son, the inventor, Is working on plans to
| make automobile vehicles light and eco
nomtcal. What his plans are or how the
Edison motor carriages are to be propelled
Mr.. Edison Is not ready to say, but that he
will succeed in turning out something bet
ter than anything yet placed on the mar
ket he is confident. He laughs at the
French idea OF motor tricycles. and de-
ciares that he will turn out a tricycle.
which can be sold at a low price and
will run $50 miles without being recharged.
He is looking for simplicity. and he says
he will not be satisfied with anything that
child cannot safely operate, and that will
not be entirely noiseless.
Come up here some day In a few
weeks. said Mr.. Edison, "and you'll see
Us running all around these park roads and
drives"
On the subject Of automobiles in general
Mr.. Edison is enthusiastic. He declares 1t
will be matter Of only a few years when
horses will be curiosities. When the auto
mobile is perfected, Mr.. Edison says the
price OF buggy or tw0-seated carriage
Will be less than that OF a good team OF
horses. and it will cost only one-fifth as
much for maintenance.
Speaking OF the proposed international
automobile race between Charron, the
French inventor, and Winton, the Ameri-
can manufacturer Mr.. Edison declared
that the Frenchman would not be heard
Of at the finish.
"Charron's machine said Mr.. Edison,
was built for the roads in his own coun-
try, where they have billiard tables to ride
on. When he gets over here he will get
stuck in the mud and Winton will run
away from him. Until six months ago the
French automobile was ahead Of the Amer
ican. but in the last six months we have
made wonderful progress in this idea, and
in the next six months We shall be ahead
Of the world"
mobile Mr.. Edison would not talk, al
work for several months In an attempt to
improve on the machine now in use
For six months he has been shut up in
his workshop devoting his entire time to
improving number of his Inventions.
The completion Of process for manu-
featuring American Portland cement re-
suited a few weeks ago in the incorpora-
tion Of company for its manufacture.
Since the cement process was completed
Mr.. Edison has devoted a few weeks to
improving the phonograph. with such excel
lent results that he says his new machine
to be placed in the market shortly. will
reproduce sounds several times louder than
the original. The squeaky whirr has been
done away with. and the new talking ma
chine has a voice which can be heard
plainly for two or three blocks
The evening times., 1899-06-24
SAYING THE FOLIAGE
FROM An ODD Bug
A Curious Pest That Threat
ems the City's Parks.
1t Attacks Bo.h Trees and Plants
RavenOusly.
Novel Apparatus Used by the Work.
men in Spraying Poison Upon
the Insect.

Precautionary measures are being adopt
ed to protect the trees and plants that
adorn the various parks in the city from
destruction. The menace to the shrubbery
is small bug, resembling in form and ap-
pearance the caterpillar. By this pest the
beauty of the foliage is not only destroyed.
but the plant is permanently injured.
Several seasons work by the insect suf-
fees to kill the hardest tree or plant when
subjected to the ravages Of the psstifer-
Gus bug. 1t usually attacks the tender
shoots and buds and thus prevents the per-
manent growth of the plant. After the
season has progressed the insect attacks
the full grown foliage and unless some
thing is done, divests the trees and plants
of every vestige of green. This harmful
bug or insect cannot be destroyed until it
makes its appearance in full-grown matu-
rity. This is occasioned from the fact that
it is first in the form of an infnteslmal
egg invisible to the eye. These eggs are
deposited by a species of large fly. The
usual place of secretion is under the bark
of the tree or in the recesses of the bud.
The manner OF growth is most interest
ing. First the egg is deposited and after
very few days develops into the cater
pillar or bug. 1t remains in this state for
several days. during which time it feasts
on the foliage of the trees. By some
strange evolution, the bug is then trans
formed into the shape OF its progentor and
then goes forth 10 spread destruction to
the vegetable life of the parks. The only
successful method of checking the ravages
of the destroyer is to kill the caterpillar
and thus prevent the increase Of the ma
tured fly. Such is the destruction wrought
that an entire tree is frequently stripped
Of its beauty in a few days.
The manner employed in destroying the
bug is by spraying the trees with water
that has been thoroughly mixed with some
well-known and effective poison. Paris
green is usually employed for this purpose.
1t is estimated that about fifty men are
now engaged in the work of saving the
trees. The paraphernalia employed re-
minds one of a country town fire appara-
tus. A large tank filed with the poison
Gus liquid is mounted on a cart carriage
and drawn from tree to tree Attached 10
the tank is a lengthy hose and the liquid
is forced through it by means Of a power
full pump. 1t usually takes three men TO
perform the work. Two are required TO
work the pump and another does tie
spraying and manipulates the hose. One
application does not suffice to stamp out
the pest but the work continues at inter-
walls throughout the summer.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
Captnin Leary mt Apia.
(From Ainslee's Magazine.)

But an incident which best illustrates
Captain Leary's grit and determine
! tion. and which deserves 10 live In song
and story, occurred in the waters near
Apia on November Is, 1883. Strained re-
Iations came to a crisis then, and war be-
tween the United States and Germany
seemed inevitable.
from Mataafa to inform Captain Leary
that the Germans had threatened to at
tack Mataafa in his stronghold on the
morrow. Both Mataafa and Tamasese
had entrenched themselves in fortified
places about seven miles from Apia, upon
land under American protection. Ma
taafa asked for advice and Captain
Leary told him through the messenger to
stand his ground. that he would not allow
the German to make an attack upon prop
erty under his protection.
According to the German programme,
the Adler was to lombard at dawn. Cap
tain Leary quietly prepared to foil the
plan, at the same time keeping his counsel.
BY using some hard coal he had aboard
he was able to get up steam without the
tell-tale smoke that would have warned
the Germans Of his actions. Then he muf-
fed his anchor chains with native mats.
and at 4 o'clock in the morning all hands
were quietly called to quarters. At day
break the anchors of the Adler were hauled
up, and with full steam on. the vessel made
for the open sea. Noiselessly came up the
Yankees anchors, and to the amaZement
OF the Adler, the Adams was close upon
her heels. The German had to turn to
get out Of the harbor. and by the time
she reached the entrance the two ships
were close together. Again the German
turned, and then headed toward the fort
that was to be bombarded. Captain
Leary ran his ship between the German and
the shore and when about three hundred
yards from the Adler gave the order:
"Clear for action!'
At once the decks were cleared, and the
guns were trained. The German followed
suit, and the two ships steamed along the
coast ready for the fray.
shot from either vessel meant war be-
tween the two countries. When opposite
the native forts, the Adler came to anchor.
and the Adams anchored between the Ger
man and the shore. So close were the
vessels that no guns could be fired from
the Adler without passing over or through
the Adams. Then Captain Leary sent this
note to the German commander:
II have the honor to inform you that,
having received information that Ameri-
can property in the Latoga vicinity of
LauIii, Lotoanuu, and Solo-Solo is liable
to be invaded this day. am here for the
purpose of protecting the same"
For hours the men stood at their guns.
but no shot came from the German. He
was ready to war upon the Samoans, but
war with the United States was another
matter.
At length the German started on q cruise
along the coast, but he could not shake
off the persistent Yankee. Finally he re-
nounced his designs and returned to his
anchorage in Apia Bay. To her anchorage
came also the Adams and Captain Leary
had won the game.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
A Popular Air Tabooed.

Chicago, June 24.-President Harper. of
Chicago University. has written an official
note to Prof Glenn Hobbs. who has
charge Of the University Band, putting a
ban on that famous classic, "A Hot Time
in the Old Town The tune is vulgar
and immoral" wrote President Harper.
land its effect upon undergraduates is de-
moralizing" These words settle the fate
Of "a Hot Time" in the Chicago Univer-
sity. The president further said the band
must not head any procession to the ath-
letic field. and must play impartial music.
nothing that would tend to irritate oppos-
ing athletic teams.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
The League Island Dry Dock.

Philadelphia. June 24.-The dry dock for
the League Island navy yard is to be SINH
lar in dimension to that for the Mare ISL
and yard. 1t is to be of timber, the entire
structure to be founded on piles, unless
during the progress of the work it is
thought better to substitute concrete for
piling The general dimensions are:
Length of coping from head to outer gate
sill, 80 feet; length Of floor. III: width Of
coping in body. 1ii: width on floor, so;
width on coping abutment. 104; width at
entrance on mean high water level. 1O1;
depth from coping to mean high water, Sc:
depth from coping to floor, 40. draft over
sill at mean high water, 80. The main
pumps three in number, are to be of the
centrifugal type, the generating sets con-
sisting of vertical compound engines with
two dynamos directly connected with each
end. There are to be eight steel 1oilers.
The caisson is to be a floating gate Of boat
form constructed Of steel. There are to be
electric capstans and winches.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
PRAYING FAILS TO HEAL.
Faith Curists Defy a Doctor and 81
Sick Child Dies.

Falls Church. Neb.. June 24-The three
year-old child Of George Sperry died yes
terday as result OF treatment by so-called
divine healers. The mother of the child
firmly believes in the efficacy Of prayer in
sickness. and would not permit a physician
to be called. A number Of believers in
her doctrine came to her home to help
pray for the child After food and even
water had been withheld from the little
one for fifteen hours the father called in
DR.. Keller. The healers were put out of
the house and continued their prayers in
the yard.
After spending the night with the sick
child the physician pronounced him much
better. and went to his home, leaving, the
father in charge. Returning several hours
later he found the father a prisoner in a
room and the child surrounded by the
healers. Aid was summoned and the door
was forced. The child had been repeatedly
tossed up in blanket to counteract the
effects of the physicians treatment, and
died shortly after the doctor arrived.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
| THE BICYCLE SKIRT
NOT TO Be TABOOED
Denial of an Interior Depart.
ment RumOr.
Sensible Garb Approved by the As
sistant Secretary.
The Report That Wheeling Attire
Would BE Prescribed Attributed
to Some Practical Joker.

This morning there was circulated
through the corridors of the Interior De-
partment a rumor to the effect that an
order was to be issued prohibiting the
women employees Of the Department from
wearing bicycle skirts during office hours.
Just who started the rumor, or how it orig
mated. no one seemed to know. The fact
is. no one ever knows how Department
rumors start.
When Times reporter asked Assistant
Secretary Webster Davis IL 1t was true
that an order would shortly be issued
barring bicycle skirts in the Department,
he said: Il have heard the rumor, but
there is nothing in 1t more than a joke.
For my part l approve the bicycle skirt,
for 1t is both heaithful and fetching. 1t
would be a hardship on the ladies' who
ride wheels to deprive them of the BIZ
cycle skirt. l think. however. that no
lady should wear the bicycle dress unless
she rides a wheel.
MANY ladies in the departments ride
wheels. and Of course they wear the bicycle
garb. which is most becoming to them.
The long dress worn by some wheel wo-
men is neither graceful nor healthfuI In
fact. the long dress on the wheel is really
dangerous. II it rested with me, should
never object to the ladies in the Interior
Department. who ride wheels-and there
are many Of them-wearing their bicycle
habiliment to the office. But as / said
before, l think the rumor is the work Of
some practical Joker, and is without foun-
dation, and the bicycle ladies. at least so
far as this department is concerned, need
have no uneasiness on that score"
The only criticism that has been heard
in any Of the departments anent the BIZ
cycle skirt comes from few Miss Prudes
and Miss Prims. who insist that their fell
low-wheelwomen in the departments shall
do as they do. and wear the long. dust
gathering dress 1t is safe TO say that no
head of any department will ever pro-
scribe against the abbreviated common
sense skirt
The evening times., 1899-06-24
ANTICS OF A RAv1NG LUNATIC.
Sheriff Hnd to Use n Hose to subdue
the Man.

the Man.
Hagerstown. Nd. June A.-John Ken
ney. who escaped from the Staunton (Va-)
Insane Asylum and had been wandering
around Hagerstown for several days, as
saulted Samuel Rummell. OF Mangansville.
Thursday night and would have killed him
had not help arrived. Then he cleared out
William WeIler's blacksmith shop. Then
the sheriff got him to jail. In his cell he
seized with his hands the water pipes and
wrenched them on as though they were
straws. The jail was flooded.
Four men held him while handouts were
slipped on. These he broke as though they
were cords. He then threw at his custodi-
ans the wreckage in his cell. Finally he
got his feet under the cell cage and fast
ened himself Yesterday he became wild
again and the sheriff had to turn the hose
on him to subdue him. The sheriff and
his assistants were badly bruised by kicks
from the prisoner. DR.. Z. A Wareham
and DR.. o. H. W. Ragan were directed by
the authorities to examine Kenney. They
said he was insane and dangerous. He
will be removed to the Washington coun-
ty almshouse, Bellevue, until the authori-
ties at the Staunton asylum can be heard
from.
The evening times., 1899-06-24

back that glad boyish feeling again. II
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The praise I would like to give Golden
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did 50 and you then advised me to use Dr.
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three bottles and felt 50 good that stopped,
being, as think cured. have no symptoms
Of gastric trouble or indigestion now"
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The evening times., 1899-06-24
NEGRO CREMATED IN JAIL.
Escaped Prisoners Believed to Have
Fired the Structure.

Brunswick. Ca, June 24.-An unknown
negro was cremated in Everett City Jail
yesterday morning about o'clock, and the
sheriff and county officers are after the
men who are believed to have burned the
building.
The negro was put In jail for stealing a
ride from Jacksonville on the Florida Gen.
trail and Peninsular train and would not
give his name. a few hours before the
fire jail-breaking occurred. and it is be-
lieved that the escaping prisoners return
ed and set fire to the structure.
RumOrs reached Brunswick that the ne
gro was burned by a mob. and posse left
from here for the scene at once. Investi-
cation proved this story incorrect.
There is man hunt around Everett. and
the perpetrators OF the horrible crime may
be sternly dealt with.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
THIS LADY HAD aUADRUPLETs.
Four Children mt One Time to a Day
LabOrer.

Springfield. Ohio, June 2i.-Mrs. Potts.
the wife OF Levi Potts, hard-working day
laborer of Mechanicsburg, a suburb north
of this city, last night. gave birth to four
well developed children
Three of the babies are boys and the
other a girl All of them were fairly well
developed, although much smaller than the
ordinary child.
The bankruptcies died shortly after their
birth. The mother. however, is doing we'll.
Scores OF people visited the Potts house
yesterday to see the wonderful babies.
Mrs Potts is a woman of medium size.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
shot From Ambush.

st. Clair. Pa. June 24.-George Hayes,
aged thirteen years. while picking cher
ries yesterday was the victim of foul play.
Some unknown person from ambush shot
him in the thigh with a rife. and it is
feared he will lose the leg. Hayes has
gained quite a local reputation as an ath-
lete. The police are searching for the per-
sen who fred the shot
The evening times., 1899-06-24
BLESSED WITH TRIPLETS.
Good Luck of An Engine Company
Fireman In New York.


New York, June 24.-"Triplets, and they
weigh twenty-one pounds."
That is what the doctor shouted to Fire
man Frank Won Ded Linn, of Engine Com
pany No. 80, yesterday. AS Linn is al
ready the father of six children, he simply
grinned. and. turning TO the phys clan, in
quired:
Say, Doc, did any get away" The
doctor reassured him. and he muttered,
calmly:
Well, l guess I've got all that's coming
to me-
Mrs. Won Der Linn, the mother of the
family. gave birth to the triplets Thurs
day night. and her surprise was only equal
to that of her husband.
Two of the new babies are boys and the
other a girl. They weigh exactly seven
pounds each.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
&zzMzq5
, The Dependable Store.
s22. s24. s26. s28 7th ST., running
through 10 704-6 K 4,
These values will
crowd the store
tonight from S to 10!

Every moment of the 1--WE hours
We remain c2en this evening is
fraught with the greatest money
saving possibilities of me entire
week. From all over the store has
been gathered list of things you
need-all marked at the lowest
prices ever named for such qualities.
eager thrOngs tonight.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
Cra.h nj Crosstnx,

Paterson, N. j., June 24.-Frederick RI
ker was killed and Charles Ackerman IA
tally injured. in grade crossing accident
at Wayne. Two horses were also killed.
The men were unable to see the approach
ing train, owing to long lines Of box cars.
According to Ackerman's story there was
no warning. and they had no suspicion Of
danger.
The evening times., 1899-06-24

The passengers from Washington and vi
cinity who left Philadelphia today for
Liverpool on the American steamship
Pennland were Miss Lucie Bernhardt OF
this city: Rev. J. ]. Bowler. of Falls
Church; Miss Wake and Miss Margaret F.
Warren, of Staunton, Va.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
Dying mt the Age of IO4.

New Haven. Conn, June 2i.-Michael
McNerney. who is dying at the home of his
daughter. is over 104 years of age. He en-
joyed good health up to the time of his
present illness and was able to work on
his farm.