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The record-union., 1899-07-31
GEORGE EDGEWOOO'S DEATH
THE CORONER WILL INvEsTI-
GATE 1T.
Mabel Patterson and May Good
win Are Held to Await the
Verdict.

| The remains Of George Edgewood, a
| Grand Army veteran, and for several
years an inmate of the Soldiers Home
at Napa, occupy slab at the Morgue.
The peculiar circumstances surround
| ing the death of the old man led to the
arrest of two fallen women, Mabel Pat
terson and May Goodwin, who will be
held until Coroner's jury shall have
examined into the matter
Early yesterday morning Edgewood,
who was over 60 years of age, notified
the police that Mabel Patterson had
stolen $3.50 from him, but when con-
fronted with the woman, modified his
statement and said he had given her
the money, and Officers Wilson and
Douglas, who had been called in.
dropped the matter. Edgewood had no
money, but had check calling for
$19o, and an order for $115, and the
woman gave him 50 cents to get his
dinner.
The woman and Edgewood occupied
rooms in the house at 1115 Third street,
which is conducted by John Churchill,
and in that house at 5 O'Clock last
evening, Edgewood was found dead
Mabel Patterson says that at about
1880 a. M, after the officers left, she
left the house, promising to meet
Edgewood ats o'clock in the afternoon.
He had told her that he would get $40
on the order this morning
In the same house, and in a room ad-
joining that occupied by Edgewood,
was another woman, named May Good
win. She is a physical wreck, being
addicted to the morphine habit 1t
seems that during the absence of the
Patterson woman, Edgewood and May
Goodwin struck up an acquaintance
and the latter went into the former
room.
About o'clock the Goodwin woman
called John Churchill, son of the pro-
prietor of the house, and asked him
to help her carry Edgewood into his own
room as he was sick. AS they were
carrying the man into his own room,
| Mabel Patterson returned.
Il asked May" said the Patterson
woman, what they were doing with
the old man, and she replied, He's
dead I ran down to the saloon and
| telephoned for City Physician Nichols
He wasn't in and SO l sent for the
police, and that's all 1 know about
it,
Officers Wilson, Pennish and Doug
las took up the case and questioned
May Goodwin before locking her up.
She said the old man was in her room
and wanted her to give him "a shot"
OF morphine. She said she refused to
do so. but mixed up a quantity in a
spoon for her own use and left the
room for a short time. When she re-
turned, she said, about half of the NOR
phia in the spoon was missing and
George Edgewood was dead.
Churchill, the proprietor of the
house, told the. officers that about half
an hour before the old man was found
dead he came to him and asked him
for pencil and paper.
And such is the case which the Cor
oner and the police are Called on to
Investigate, and until such investiga-
ton is made. Mabel Patterson and
May Goodwin will remain in Jail.
The record-union., 1899-07-31
Personal MENTION.

j. t. Lesterell of Marysville is at the
Golden Eagle.
w. b. Corwin of Los Angeles is at
the Golden Eagle.
Mrs. A. Burnett and her daughter,
Clara, have gone to Grass Valley for a
visit.
w. r. Hall and wife leave this morn
ing for a three weeks visit to Truckee
and vicinity.
Miss Mollie Quillinan returned yester-
day from two weeks vacation spent
at Truckee and Lake Tahoe
Miss Elice Anderson of IA Eleventh
street, who has been visiting relatives
and friends in San Francisco and sum-
mer resorts in the vicinity of the West
ern metropolis. returned home last ev-
ening, after an outing extending over a
month.
Yesterday morning at o'clock a
camping party consisting of Mr. and
Mrs. E.. T. Davis and daughter Mar
gerry, Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Stokes and son,
Elmer, Charles Chapman, Miss Maud
Megerle and Carl Guessing, left for
Summit Soda Springs to be gone a
month.
The record-union., 1899-07-31
Preserving Fish and Game.

The wanton destruction of fish and
game in this section has aroused the
better citizens of Dunsmuir to action
says the News" of that place. They
have organized a branch of the Amer
lean League of Sportsmen, and pro-
pose to vigorously prosecute every of
fender against the game laws in the
future. A reward is offered for the
arrest and CONJUNCTION of each and
every violator; no effort will be spared
to put stop to the threatened de-
struction of forest and stream life here
In their purpose they are aided by the
Southern Pacific Company, which has
forbidden those in charge of its dining
cars to buy any more fish or game
from individuals along it's line
The record-union., 1899-07-31
THE SACRED CARPET.
Is No Carpet at All, Neither Does II
Look Anything Like One.

1T is England's wise policy in all her
colonies to have her army take part in
the national religious ceremonies" says
Lillian Bell, writing of her adventures
in Cairo in the "Woman's Home Com
panion. $50 when the Sacred Carpet
started from the citadel on it's journey
to Mecca there was magnificent mill
tary display. 1t is an odd thing to
call it carpet, for it not only is not &
carpet in itself, but it is not the shape
of a carpet, it is not used for a carpet,
and does not look like a carpet.
I'VE were among the fortunate ones
who were invited to the private view
of it the night before, when the faithful
We're dedicating it. They sat on the
floor, these Mohammedans, rocking
themselves back and forth and chant
ing the Koran.
THE carpet is black velvet en-
broidered solidly in silver and gold. 1t
is shaped like an old-fashioned Meth
odist church, only there are minaretS
at the four corners. 1t looks like q
pail. Every year they send a new one
to Mecca, and then the old one is cut
into tiny bits and distributed among
the faithful, who wear it next their
hearts. This carpet was about six
feet long, and was rallied in SO that no
one could touch it. A man stood by
and sprayed altar of roses on you as
you passed, but I do not know what
he did it for, unless it was to turn
sensitive women faint with the heavy
perfume.
But the next morning the process
sion formed, and amid the widest en-
thusiasm, the bowling and salaaming of
the men and the shouting and running
OF the children, and the singing of the
Arabs who bore the carpet, it was
placed upon the most magnificent camel
l ever saw which was covered from
head to foot With cloth of gold, and
whose very gait seemed more majestic
because of his sacred burden, and thus,
led by scores of enthusiastic Arabs, he
moved slowly down the street following
the covering for the tomb, and in turn
being followed by one scarcely less
magnificent destined to cover the
sacred carpet in its camel journey to
Mecca. That was absolutely all there
was to it, yet the Khedive was there
with a fine military escore, and all
Cairo turned out at the unearthly hour
of o'clock in the morning to see it,
The record-union., 1899-07-31
TRESTIE BURNED.
One Near Davisville Discovered on
Fire Last Night,

News was received at the railroad
office last night that a trestle this side
of Davisville was on fire. and the fire
train was sent out to the spot.
The overland train for the East was
forced to go around by way of Marys-
vile, and several Of the passengers who
belonged in this city walked in, arriv-
ing about midnight. At a late hour
nothing had been heard from the
fire train, and it was not known
whether or not the trestle was entirely
consumed.
The record-union., 1899-07-31
The Referee Was Knocked Out.

Rumor has it that at East Park yes
terday two young men enamored by the
ferenceS in primitive style, bare
knuckles being the weapons used A
referee was selected, but as early in
the game his decisions met with the
disapproval of one of the principals, he
was promptly knocked out and the
fight went on without him. The battle
is said to have lasted about twenty
minutes, the referee having the worst
of it.
The record-union., 1899-07-31
Won Out bx n Nose.

Brown man of the class of 80
whose admiration for Latin and Greek
perhaps distances his love for athletics
came very near losing his degree be
cause of the fact. Just before COM
mencement young Mr.. Senior engaged
in a race for the coveted document
which he probably will long remember.
The college man won--won out by a
nose. 1t happened this way:
The young man in question had pass
ed all the examinations and naturally
was entitled to the parchment Two
days previous to commencement, how
The record-union., 1899-07-31

Sir Harry Keppel. Admiral of the
fleet, who is known as the father of
the British navy. celebrated his Goth
birthday last month. His son, Com
mander Colin Keppel, who has been
promoted to a Captaincy for his bril-
liant services while in command of a
Nile gunboat during the recent cam
paign, is now by several years the
youngest Captain in the navy; he is
not yet 81, and received his promotion
over the heads of 143 other command
ers, his seniors in some cases by many
years. re-
A compass has four points while
Dair of comma cSes has bI1t two
The record-union., 1899-07-31
Going to Manila.

Edward Spillman, who has been for
some years mailing clerk in the Post
office of this city, will leave next week
for Manila, having been ordered there
to take a position in the United States
postal service, having established an
excellent record here
The record-union., 1899-07-31
Relieved Of His Money.

Officers Wilson and Douglas have ar
rested Daisy Meyers, a lower L street
woman, on a complaint lodged by a
man named Jim Ross Ross says the
woman relieved him of Sc in saloon
at Fourth and L streets.
The record-union., 1899-07-31
MRS. WILSON'S DEATH.
An Estimab1e Woman Has Crossed
the Dark River

The many friends of Mrs. Josephine
P. Wilson, wife of Arthur j. Wilson,
will regret to learn of her death, which
occurred yesterday after a few days
illness, at the age of 81 Z
Mrs. Wilson was the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Sellinger. Her many
estimable qualities had endeared her to
all who knew her and she will be great
lY missed
The record-union., 1899-07-31

The wickless oil stove made by the
Standard Lighting Company burns
gasoline with perfect safety Holbrook.
Merrill and Stetson. POI j street.
The record-union., 1899-07-31
SPECIAL NoT1Cn.

BAKER & HAMILTON, WHOLESALE
hardware. bicycles, carts. buggies, car
riages, phaetons Balm farm and header
wagons. Send for catalogue.
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over fifty years by mill
ions of mothers for their children while
the child, softens the gums allays pain.
cures wind colo, regulates the bowels and
is the best remedy for diarrhea, whether
sale by druggists in every part OF the
world Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup. twenty-five cents
a bottle. MWF
The record-union., 1899-07-31
Price $3.50

Handsome and very elaborate
rattan coach upholstered in silk
figured tapestry with silk plush
rolls. Silk satin parasol lined
and trimmed with two deep
ruffles and rosette, lace edge.
Patent nutless wheels, rubber
tires, foot brake.
The record-union., 1899-07-31
Price $3.50

Vanished reed body finely
upholstered in silk plush. Para
sol of mercerized silk with ruffIed
edge. Timed steel wheels with
patent wheel fasteners which do
away with the use of nuts. Rob
Der tires and foot brake. Price
$3.50.
The record-union., 1899-07-31

a compass has four points while a
pair of compasses has but two.
The record-union., 1899-07-31

Vanished reed body, upho!-
stored in bedford cloth with plush
roll. Sateen parasol with ruffled
edge. Patent steel wheels that
have no nuts to come off, foot
brake and rubber tires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08
PROSPERITY IN WISCONSIN.

Indian Comm fssiOner Jones Says That
1t Has Been UnequaIed for Years.
Indian Commissioner William A. Jones
returned this morning from his vacation.
During his absence he visited Wisconsin
and Illinois and took particular pains to
feel the political pulse of the people in
those states. In conversation with a re-
porter of the Star this morning Commits
soner Jones said:
prosperity is everywhere in the west In
my state (Wisconsin) it is in the very air,
and the people are enjoying an era of pro-
gress and happiness unknown for years. At
my old home Mineral Point, there are no
men out of employment, and the mining
industries are booming. So prosperous in
deed are the people that We have been
obliged to import laborers. The local banks
in their statements of deposits show graft
flying returns, greater perhaps than any
year in the history of the state. Mortgages
are being lifted every day and the farmers
are enjoying genuine prosperity. From one
end of my state to the other it is McKin-
ley, and throughout Illinois | heard nothing
but the most fattering Endorsement of the
admnist ia ton. Whether the people are
eXpansionists not does not matter They
all uphold the administrators policy, and
the voters of both states may be relied up
on to support the President in his endeavor
to suppress the revolution in the far east
and give to the people the advantages of
model government. There is no such thing
as populism in Wisconsin and free silver is
a dead issue with us That was manifested
in the last election, when the republicans
increased their majority from 10000 to
103 900 on the sound money issue alone. We
are all for Mckinley in 1900 and he cannot
lose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08

General in the face relevant to the Carter
case condemnation of the Presidents
course in suspending Judgment would not
be so noisy. Before speaking of two of
these, 1t is to be remarked that the opposi-
ton to this delay is based mainly, if not
wholly, on the fact that Captain Carriers
pay continues during the pending of his
appeal This is the fault, not of the Presi-
dent, but of the court-martial which tried
him. 1t was perfectly competent for that
court-martial to sentence him to loss of
all pay from the date not only of his dis
missal, but also from the judgment Of the
court If it's Judge advocate failed to ad-
wise it to do the blame rests with him.
aot with President Mckinley. The latter
as the final military court of appeal, is en-
titled to consider the case when he can
a matter which he only can decide; and 1t
has never before been made a subject of
complaint in this country that the judg-
ment on the appeal of criminal has been
long delayed unless where the criminal
himself objected that Justice was thus de-
MED him. If the opportunities of appeal
courts to investigate and mediate are to be
crrtalled, let Congress and the state legis-
lature SO enact. Until then they are au-
thorized to be the sole judges of what is
right.
TT is said that there is none of the anti
Dreyfus' element in our military and naval
circles. If the speaker of that assertion
will turn to the annals and secret records
of last Congress he will find that a cotere
In the Navy Department obtained the dis
missal of Paymaster John c. Sullivan in
1894 on charges of embezzing upward of
$0.Uo from the Treasury Department,
whereas the Treasury Department certi-
fled that he did not embezzle one cent.
Sullivan was replaced in the navy by Con-
gress unanimously. Read particularly the
letter from the Navy Department objecting
to Sullivan's reappointment after the bill
to that effect had in 1899, become a law.
If the printed evidence in Gaynor VS.. U. s..
2l1S3, Court of Claims, be studied it will
be found that an ensign in the navy was
dismissed for disobeying the orders of
officer who never existed, official rep
reservations to the President that We're en-
tirely false, and without being given an
opportunity to learn the reasons on which
he was dismissed or to be heard upon them;
and that even the Supreme Court of the
United States has been deceived by sup
preston of evidence resulting from too
hurried consideration of ostenSibly fair
military proceedings"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08

and all the steam vessels in the harbor sa-
luted her with blasts from their whistles.
1t is estimated that the cargo of the
Wright is worth $4,000, and there is said
to be a balance of $500 left which the COM
mittee will turn over to the general Porto
Rican fund being raised by a central com
mittee in New York.
The orders Of the Wright are that she
discharge her cargo Immediately after ar
irving at San Juan and at once proceed
to Santiago, where she is to report to Gen.
Leonard Wood military governor of that
province.
The cargo is to be turned over to the
quartermasters department OF the army at
San Juan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08
AWFUL DEED OF A LUNATIC.
Attacks Unarmed Prisoners I'm n Cell
Killing Two.

Killing Two.
Ell PASO, Tex, September S.-News
reached here yesterday from Chihuahua,
Mex, Of the terrible deed of a lunatic.
Last Tuesday a crazy man created a dis
turbance among the people in the plaza.
He attacked an American with a heavy
billet of wood, but the American knocked
down his assailant with walking cane.
The police oveTpowered the lunatic and
took him off to jail. They locked him in a
large cell, where fifteen other prisoners
We're confined, and neglected to search for
weapons The lunatic had a long knife
concealed and began slashing right and left
at his unarmed cellmates. Two of them
were killed and a third fatally wounded be-
fore the guards could rush in and disarm
the lunatic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08
DETROIT SAILS FOR LA GUAYRA.
No Official News of Impending TrOu-
BILE In Venezuela.

The Navy Department has been advised
that the cruiser Detroit sailed last even
ing from the League Island navy yard,
direct for La Guayra. Venezuela. Neither
the State Department nor the Navy De-
partment has had further advices from
any official source regarding the impend-
ing revolution in Venezuela. The advices
received at the Venezuelan legation here
contradicttng the reports of threatened
trouble In Venezuela have been communt-
Gated to the two departments, but the
Detroit meanwhile had sailed, and, going
direct to La Guayra, there will be no op-
portunity to intercept her, even If it were
regarded as expedfent to do So y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08
FOR PORTO RICAN RELIEF.
Departure of the Transport Wrish
With q Big Cargo.

Secretary Root received a check for 800
from Henry K. List Of Wheeling. w. Va.
for the relief of the Porto Rlcan sufferers
The military transport Wright left Balti-
more yesterday loaded with contributions
from the people of Washington and Balti-
more for the relief Of the Porto Ricans
The Wright left with all her bunting flying,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08
woRKMEN RIDE FOR 2 CENTS.

New Scheme of Chicago Electric Road
Meets With Favor.
CHICAGO, September S.-The new 2-cent
tickets on the branch lines of the Chicago
General railway were in great demand
yesterday. Hundreds of men working at
the stock yards who formerly walked to
work readily bought the cheap tickets
Late in the afternoon the cars could not
accommodate all the passengers.
The company contemplates the extension
of its lines at an early date on a similar
schedule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08
SPANISH SAILORS ON MATTEAwAN.
Survivors of the OquendO Enlist in U
s. Naval Service.

s. Naval Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, September s.--The ma
val collier Matteawan, which has arrived
here from Norfolk, Va, with a cargo of
COAL has nine men in her crew who were
sailors on the Spanish warship Almrante
Oquendo, which was destroyed at Santiago
by SIMPSONS fleet These former Spaniards
will aid in coaling the battle ship Iowa, one
of the vessels which destroyed the Oquen-
do The sailors all declare they will be-
come American citizens, and one, Leandro
Lara, has already taken out his naturaliza-
tion papers
During the passage through the Straits of
Magellan the Matteawan ran ashore and
narrowly escaped destruction. She Is still
leaking badly and will be docked for re-
pairs as soon as she can be unloaded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08

NEW ORLEANS. September s.-The
board of health yesterday announced a mild
case of yellow fever in Polymnia street
making the third this season. 1t is isolated
and the state and city boards of health and
visiting experts agreed that there was no
justification for any quarantine. Seventy
nve physicians voluntarily reported that
there were no suspicious cases in their
practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08
Local Pensions.

Pensions were issued today to the follow
ing residents of the District of Columbia:
Thornton A. Jackson, Sc; Michael O'Brien,
S.; minor of John H. Baker, $17: Mary
Hilleary, IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08
McKisson's power i. wanins

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, September s.-The
result of last nights republican primaries
indicate the waning political power of ex-
Mayor McKisson in this county. OF the
three candidates that McKisson and his
following sought hard to nominate only
one was saved. s. s. Ford. candidate for
common pleas judge. 1t is likely that Jas.
Holcomb will become the new anti-Hanna
leader in northern Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08
WILL RIDE IN FAMOUS COACH.
w. j. Bryan to Be Feted at CarsO
City, New.

CARSON, New, September S-William J.
Bryan. who is to deliver a speech here to-
day, will be given the largest reception
ever rendered to public man in this sec
ton. The mines of Virginia City will be
closed down and all the western part of
Nevada will be en- fete. From Lake Tahoe
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan will be brought to
Carson in the historic coach occupied by
Horace Greeley on his trip to this city, and
in which U. s.. Grant was also driven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08
GEN. CANTON ON SEGURANCA.
Ward Liner Also Brings Body of
Frank Ives.

NEW YORK, September s.-Among the
passengers who arrived today on board the
Ward line steamer Seguranca, from Ha-
vana and Mexican ports, were General
Canton and staff of the Mexican army.
The general is governor of Yucatan. The
Seguranca also brought the body of Frank
c. Ives, the billiard expert, who died re-
Gently in Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08

Died From Yellow Fever at Havana.
Gen. Brooke reports the death of Private
Clyde Sheet, I'd Artillery, who died Of yel-
low fever at Havana on September L.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08

There is no business that
cannot be benefited by ju-
dicious advertising, and
there is none that may not
waste money by poor use of
space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08
Death of Admiral Picking Of Heart
Disease.
ATTENDED, TO HIS DUTIES YESTERDAY
A Long and Honorable Career in
the Navy .
PROMOTIONS RES ULTIN q

BOSTON, September S.-The flags at the
Charlestown navy yard were raised at
haf-mast today on account of the death
of Rear Admiral Henry F. Picking. which
occurred suddenly just after midnight.
Death was due to heart disease. During
yesterday afternoon and evening the ad-
mira' attended to his duties and he retired
at his habtual hour Shortly afterward.
however, he was seized with the fatal at
tack. Death followed quickly that no
efforts to avert it were possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08

Mr.. George F. Ormsby says regarding
the Carter case in a letter to The Star:
IF that supremest court of the United
States called the public knew some of the
facts on records that stare the Attorney
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-18
WHATSOEVER YOU WANT

If we couldn't, and we give as big value
$3.50 and $500, as we give for $500.
Likely that's the reason were selling s
Women's $3.50 and $500 shoes just now.