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The evening times., 1899-05-10
OLD DOMINION NEWS NOTES,

The growing wheat in the Woodstock section
is making satisfactory progress. The recent rains
have helped vegetation very much in the past
few days.
1t is reported here that movement is under
way in this county 10 form a county grange
association. Woodstock is the projected distrib.
uting centre.
A number Of frut-growers report that MANY
mature grape vines found dead since the foil.
age is putting out. having been killed during
the terrible blizzard in February.
DR.. George d. Armstrong. pastor emeritus of
the First Presbyterian Church, Norfolk who has
for some years been feeble, is reported TO he
sinking, and it is feared that he cannot live long
The thirty-ffth anniversary of the battle Of
New Market will be celebrated at that place on
May Is, under the auspices of the Woman's Ne.
mortal Day Society Of New Market. 1t will be
remembered that handsome monument was un.
veiled at that place last May.
Edward Higgs, who was convicted in the
county court here in 1890 for the murder Of
Alexander Krite. near New Market, in 1889. and
sentenced to sixteen years in the penitentiary
has been pardOned by Governor Tyler, and is
now at his home in New Market.
The Alexandria city finance committee
made its first movement last night to-
ward the financial system OF the present year.
There will be little change in the taxation. as
the amount to be raised will be no greater than
last year. except about $4,000. which was re-
CURED to be expended during the smallpox epi-
demic.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
WAR ON FAITH HEALERS.
Officials Unite to End Treatment Oi
the Sicl. by IncantntiOns

Officials Unite to End Treatment of
the SicL by lncantRtiOns.
New York, May l0.-Attempted cures by
incantations, the methods of Albertus Mag
nus, and the mysterious ministrations ad-
vised by Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy will no
longer be tolerated in and about New
York. rt
The recent fragrant cases which have
been followed by loss of life and limb have
resulted in a union OF regularly licensed
physicians and the district attorneys of
three counties for the purpose of punish
ing as severely as the law permits all per-
sons who practice or countenance char
latanry in one guise or another
District Attorney George C. Andrews, of
Westchester county, announced yesterday
that he would ask the grand jury on May
% to indict for manslaughter in the second
degree Mrs. Clarence Fowler and ListOn
Barguet, jr.. in connection with the death
of Mrs. Charlotte NJ. Barguet. who died
after Mrs. Fowler's treatment. The case
of Miss Eethel L. Barguet. who is charged
with being an accessory, will also be con-
sidered. Mr.. Andrews expresses the belief
that he has a good case.
This action will be in a measure test
case bearing upon similar cases which
have recently aroused both widespread in
terest and indignation.
In the case OF Lizzie Kranz. OF Williams
burg. whose leg was amputated in the
Eastern District Hospital after she had
been treated by Mrs. Maria Miller. "a sym
pathetic healer" it was decided after a
conference yesterday between DR.. Charles
+. Roberts. sanitary superintendent of the
board of health. and. Magistrate Pool to
issue subpoenas for the Foster parents OF
the girl.
They will be arraigned in the Adams
Street police court. it having been decided
that the matter is properly in the juris-
diction Of the Brooklyn courts and the
Medical Society of Kings county.
And while both the Williamsburg and
the Mount Vernon cases will be followed
up keenly by both the legal authorities
and the medical societies, DIR. S. o. Van
derpoel. president Of the New York coun-
ty Medical Society, and Robert A. Taylor
will go to Albany and confer with Governor
Roosevelt relative to the legislation affect
ing certain classes OF practitioners who
have sought the protection of the law here.
Whether or not DR.. Vanderpoel will urge
action in the case of Christian Scientists
and sympathetic healers." he was not pre-
pared to say last evening.
An attempt to learn from the Brooklyn
Institute OF Christian Science yesterday
the manner in which "healers'' such as
Mrs. Fowler were prepared for their work
in treating human ills developed tend
ency to secrecy on the part Of persons In
charge of the institution from which Mrs.
Fowler testified that she secured degree
The evening times., 1899-05-10
A Cold Douche.
(From the Chicago News,


81 srppose it was a perfectly natural
feeling | had when l returned from Eu-
rope said the Boston drummer. and
that feeling of course, was to let every
body know l had made the trip. No doubt
I made a good many folks tired. but got
the knock -out when least expected it.
was up Cape Cod way to visit b other,
and one day entered village store where
half a dozen farmers were sitting around
| managed to get the conversation around
to 'Yurop' and as they were all good Is
teners l had the floor to myself for hall
an hour. told them OF London. Faris
Venice and all that. and not one OF them
asked single question. hadn't got tired
out yet, but had paused to get better
hold when an old gray-head with the 60
berest face you ever saw looked up and
Queried:
:" So stranger. ye've crossed the ocean,
:" Yes. sir
Yes
land got back as slick as greese"'
"' AS you see.
".Wsli. that's powerful smart of ye. h.
continued. but I'd like to ask ye Ques-
tion or two. How high is a six-rail fence?
Il had to reply that l didn't know.
"'How much does a bushel OF w.cai
weFgh?
Il wasn't sure within five pounds.
when does baby get its first tooth? !?
II was stumped on that and said 50.
"'Then I'll ask ye some easy ones. he
said. How many 'taters does a farme,
plant in hill.
Il can't say.
whats the object in having thu from;
wheels of a wagon the SMALLEST
II gave it up.
How long does it take chickens to
hatch?'
Il never knew.
(which end does a horse get up on
first?
IL never watched
1.-The old man and the crowd turned from
me in contempt" said the drummer. "and
feeling at least foot shorter than when
went in, 1 edged for the door. My auss-
TONER had something in reserve, however
AS reached the door he called:
"sWall, stranger. mebbe you wasn't s.
much to blame fur goin' to Yurup. bein' y;
had the time and money. but fur the next
year or two I'll be wonderin' why on aiits
you didn't stay over there the rest O. vel
days!'"
The evening times., 1899-05-10
ROLLING TRAMP STEAMERS.
Dangers and Discomforts That Could
Easily be Remedied.
(Frcm the London Globe.)


A correspondent. A. G. Ford. sends us
this morning a photograph taken on board
a tramp steamer engaged in the North At
lantic trade, and westward bound during
October This vessel. sample of hun
dreds of others. was water -ballasted and
devoid of bilge keels. As a result she is
shown in the photograph as rolling forty
five degrees, the horizon line clearly in
di ating that mere fitting of the camera
has nothing TO do with the effect. The
picture helps TO bring home to one in a
very vivid manner the terrible misery and
discomfort which the crew Of such YES
sells endure. Proper stoking is almost i'm
possible: water is constantly thrown from
the boilers into the cylinders, the hull and
fittings are subjected to violent strains,
while the crew are utterly worn out with
exhaustion and anxiety. AS our corre-
spondent very properly points out. the
whole situation serves to prove the neces-
sity for taking authoritative steps to check
the practice OF forcing ships to sea in such
an unseaworthy state. Water ballast and
the absence OF bilge keels are chiefly re-
sponsible for this state of things.
Yet the evil can be easily remedied. and
at comparatively slight cost. In the vas;
majority of tramp steamers however. ex-
peniiture is cut down to the irreducible
minimum And SO long as crews can be
got to sign on, so long. therefore. will the
owners refrain from improving the condi-
tions under which they live. This is. in
fact essentially an evil which should be
dealt with by legislation. And it is no,
only the discomfort of the crew which has
TO be considered but the actual safety OF
the ship as well. \ vessel which is rolling
through an arc of about ninety degrees
is almost unmanageable. Her steering ca
pablities are much intcrfered with. ant
there is considerable danger from accident:
TO the engines. When We think of the
fate which has overtaken great liners ir
the late storm. let us not forget the crowt
of poor "tramps' and the dangers thai
beset them. II is they which comprise tn;
greater portion of that mercantile marine
of which we are SO justly proud. Let them
therefore. receive more attention at thu
hands Of our Legislators. They and theil
crews badly need il.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
A WESTERN BISHOPS
view OF DR.. BRIGGS
Severe Criticism by a Mil
waukee Churchman.
Calls Him an lnterloper and Low
MOuthed Fellow.
Thinks 1t Was nm Error to Let the
Former Presby terinn Into the
EpiscOpal Church.

Milwaukee, Wis. May l0.-Bishop Mich
olson. OF the Episcopal Diocese of Miiwau-
kec, says that if the Rev. DIR. Charles A.
Briggs, of New York. is ordained to the
priesthood Of the Episcopal Church Bish-
op Potter will have to answer for his ac-
tion to the board of bishops. Bishop Mich
olson says that many Western bishops are
protesting against the proposed ordination
and that the board of bishops will not let
the matter go by without a trial if Bishop
Potter carries out his intention. Bishop
Nicholson said:
while some of the Western bishops
have protested to Bishop Potter in writing.
have not taken part in the controversy.
Bishop Potter is an older man than l, and
| therefore could hardly gracefully tell
him what to do. but nevertheless l am
utterly opposed TO the ordination of DE-.
Briggs l believe that Bishop Potter will
be called to account if he ordains him
Bishop Potter is responsible. and can be
tried by the beard OF bishops if it is found
that he has ordained man unworthy oi
the Office DIR. Briggs is an interloper
and is one OF those low-mouthed eellows
who always make a lot of noise and like
notoriety His followers are few. though
it would appear to the unol,servant that
they represent a considerable part of the
Episcopal Church.
Il have heard DIR. Briggs preach. End
have read his writings. and ! do not re-
gard him as a great or strong man.
do not think he is worth making fight
over. The mistake was made in allowing
him into the church at all. 1t was an error
to make him a deacon, and it is not
strange that there should have been sc
great opposition to his ordination to priest
hood. His teachings are heretical. and his
proper place manifestly is outside the
Christian Church. He IS vainslOriou:
man. DR.. Potter has been too lenient with
him, and l trust that he will recognize
| the voice of the great body of the church
and not give his ear TO the sophistry oi
The evening times., 1899-05-10
Woman Fall. From n window.

Oakland. Md. May 10.-Mrs. Catherine
Fahnestock, OF Baltimore city. who is the
guest Of her aunt. Mrs. Robert Arm
strong at Mountain Lake Park. Garrett
county, fell out OF a window from her
bedroom. on the second floor of the house,
distance Of about twenty feet, yester-
day. She has been i'll for some weeks,
and at times delirious. Yesterday morn
ing she arose from her bed. went to the
window. thinking it was door. threw it
open. and stepped out. falling to the
ground. and was painfully bruised and
injured. Her injuries are not regarded
as dangerous.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
AGAINST DEPARTMENT STORES.
Aims of a Bill Passed by the Mis-
souri, Legislature.

Jefferson City. Mo-, May i0.-The de-
partment store bill has passed the house
as amended by the senate by vote Of 81
to 20. 1t only needs the approval of the
governor to become a law. AS amended
il gives the collector 10 per cent of all Ii
censes collected. making it the most luc-
rative office in the State.
The bill provides for license fee of $500
or $500, in accordance with the number OF
departments conducted in the same store
and its object is to crush out this method
Of carrying on business. The constitution
ality of the law will doubtless be tested in
the courts for merchants of ST. Louis and
Kansas City contend that it is class legis-
lation. pure and simple.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
CITY WON'T BUY RAILWAYS.
Owners Want Toe High "A Price
From Detroit.

Detroit. Mich. May 1o.-Municipal own
ership of Detroits street railways has been
balked, if not prevented. The city's COM
missioners offered r. T. Wilson, of New
York, representative of the roads owners.
Sl5. 500. 900. with a chance for the city to
FIRST market the bonds at par. or sls.0oo.-
000 secured by a thirty-year franchise
Mr.. Wilson declined to accept less than
5I5. .325, ,000 cash or its equivalent of Sl7.-
100. GOO in per cent bonds. The option
expires on May II.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
A HOLOCAUST IN GEORGIA.
seven Persons Perish hy Flame. il
Residence.

Dalton. Ga, May 10.-A telephone mes
sage received this morning from Spring
Place. the county seat Of Murray county.
ten miles distant, states that the residence
of DIR. Bagwell. had just burned and DR..
Bagwell. five children, and an old woman
who lived in the house with him, had all
been consumed in the flames.
At this hour particulars are meagre and
no cause for the fire is known. The first
person to arrive on the scene saw DR.. Bag
well jump from the bed and pick up his
small child and start for the window but
was overcome before he reached it.
DIR. Bagwell. was the leading druggist
of Spring Place and recently lost his wife
All seven who lived in the house We're
burned
The evening times., 1899-05-10
PcsroFF1cE ROBBERY.
Safe Resists the Efforts of the Noe
turnnl Thieves.

Mount Airy. Md. May 1o.-The drug
store Of W. r. Rudy. at Mount Airy. was
robbed Monday night and about 500 worth
Of postage stamps. together with $3.50 in
pennies. stolen. The postofice is located
in the store.
The robbers entered by forcing the door
with a chisel. They knocked the knob
from the door of the safe and drilled a
hole through the door, but did not succeed
in forcing it open. In operating on the
safe the thieves used suit Of clothes that
Mr.. Rudy had received from the tailors
that day. to deaden the noise OF their
work. The clothes were ruined. The safe
contained $500 in stamps and Sl50 in
money, besides valuable mail matter.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
MISSING GIRL FOUND.
Miss kerns Had Been Wandering
About for Six Days.

AbOut Tor SIX Days.
Winchester. Va, May 10.-Miss Bessie
Kerns. the daughter of Benjamin F. Kerns.
of Rock Enon Springs, this county. who
disappeared from her home on last We'd
pesday. while demented. was found last
night six miles south OF Strasburg Shen-
andoah county. at a farmhouse where she
had been since Sunday.
She was nearly exhausted when found
and is unable to tell where she spent the
intervening days. When asked by her
friends why she left home her only reply
is that she started for a walk and became
lost. Her mental condition Is worse than
when she disappeared. and she will be sent
to an asylum for treatment.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
TWO MURDERERs REsP1IED.
Farther Test of Mental Condition o
Wirebnck and Preston.

Harrisburg, Pa. May 10.-Governor
Stone has granted respites for Ralph
Wireback. Of Lancaster county, and Jonas
Preston. jr., of Chester county, murderers.
who were to have been executed next
week. until June !.
Wireback was respited in order that the
Lancaster county court may be asked 10
appoint commission in lunacy to enquire
into his mental condition. respite was
granted ii, the case of Preston so taat the
Board of Pardons may be asked for re-
hearing. The State Board OF Charities will
submit Preston to a rigid examination to
determine his mental condition.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
Sc and !0c torchCn lace, 3s4c.
l5c enlbroideries, 7bc.

An immense lot OF cambria. Swiss
and Nainsook embroideries. up to
6 inches wide-with insertings to
match-in an endless choice of new
patterns-including pretty open
work effects-worth up to Is cents
yard-for 1-2 cents.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
FATALLY INJURED BY FIRE.
Mrs. Turner Rnttle's Home Burnes
md Her GrandsOn Killed.

and Her Grandson Killed.
Richmond, Va. May 10.-The intelli-
genee has reached Richmond Of the conf
plete destruction By fire of the residence
Of Mrs. Turner W. Battle. on the planta-
ticn known as Cool Spring." about eight
miles from Rocky Mount. n. c.
The fire broke out at a late hour Sun
day night and was only checked when the
house and all its contents were laid in
ashes.
Mrs George Gordon Battle. of New York
who was Miss Martha Bagby. daughter oi
Mrs. George w. Bagby. Of this city. was
slightly burned. and Joseph Bum. the
twenty-one-year-o grandson of Mrs
Turner W. Battle. was SO badly injured
that he died Sunday afternoon at l o'clock
The full details of the tragedy have not
yet been received. but it is stated that nc
one else who was in the house was hurt
The evening times., 1899-05-10
OVER A TREsTLE AWHEEL.
Girl Rides n Bicycle Over High
Tressse.

Trestse.
Derby, Conn.,, May l0.-Miss Ruth
Beardsley, one of Derby's most expert
wheelwomen. rode across the mile-long
railroad trestle from Shelton to East Der
by on her wheel Monday afternoon.
The trestle is about thirty feet high and
spans the Housatonic and Naugatuck riv-
ers at their junction.
"Only once did I experience the least bit
Of nervousness" said Miss Beardsley, land
that was out in the middle of the bridge,
when l noticed two Of the railroad ties a
little further apart than the others over
which 1 had passed. l was afraid that the
jolt would be SO severe when the rear
wheel OF my bicycle got in between these
two ties. that I would be thrown l braced
myself and lifted the rear wheel over.
But 1 don't think I'd care to do it
again.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
EXCURSIONS.

the bird. He was also given flute. A
musical warder was sent every day to play
that instrument beside an opened sliding
panel in the door. The bird picked up the
airs. The captive tried to pick them up,
too, and in this way had an innocent
amusement. When progress went on. How
ers and water colors were given to the boy.
The final stage of the solitary period was
gardening 1t was always found salutary.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
STRIKERS USE DYNAMITE.
Yindict!ve Work of DiscOntented
Street Cur Men in Duluth. Mimi.

Street Cur Men in Duluth, MINI.
Duluth, Mimi. May 10.-Dynamite was
used by the street car strikers here TODAY
and ten passengers had narrow escapes.
A bomb was placed on the track. and was
struck by a west bound Superior street
car The car was lifted about three feet
from the ground by the explosion. and
thrown on its side. The trucks and front
end Of the car were torn from their fas-
Jennings. and blown a distance of thirt,
feet. The pavement was badly torn up.
and the rails badly spread. The ten pas
sengers escaped with bruises.
non-Gnion motorman on the Supe-
rior street line was fired at last night
in West Duluth. The bullet passed
through the car windows a few inches
from his head.
The evening times., 1899-05-10

Mr. Carnegie to Have n New Yacht.
London. May 10.-Mr. Andrew Carnegie
has commissioned a Paisley firm to con-
struct yacht Of special design for use on
the waters Of his lately purchased es-
tate at Skibo. Sutherlandshire. The yes-
sci will be 100 feet long, and capable OF
steaming fourteen knots an hour
The evening times., 1899-05-10
Furniture linens, SIC.

% pieces OF finest grade os fur
niture linen-in all the newest and
most pleasing effects-such as sell
everywhere at so cents-for one
days special selling at 32 1-2c yd.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
x-RAY FOUND THE BULLET.
II Had Been Resting in n Boys Bac
for ElcYen YeRrn.

Chicago. May 10.-Willie Lane. the four
teen-year-old son Of DR.. and Mrs. Abel
Lane. OF No. 573 North Robey Street. has
carried a 32-calibre bullet in his back for
eleven years. and yet is as healthy and ro-
bust as any boy Of his age.
To crafty their curiosity rather than for
any other reason. Wiilie's parents decided
a few days ago to have the bullet located
by an x-ray shadowgraph. DR.. H. P.
Pratt was called upon to make the pic
ture. The result is considered satisfac-
tory. the bullet being plainly located be-
tween the sixth and seventh ribs.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
l21sc cents yard.
$3.50 and g parasols, 81. 9S.

One hundred ladies' fine change
able Silk Taffeta Parasols. in new
checks. plaids. and brocade effects
hemstitched borders. with Prin-
cess and natural handles. silk
cord and tassel-worth $3.50 and
s3-for one day
At SI.9S each.
The evening times., 1899-05-10

$50 bolts of fine quality all-silk
French Taffeta Ribbons. No. %. in
all shades, including lavender. pa
rine. national and corn blue. tur-
quoise. and white and black. Sold
at 17c. yd. regularly. For one day
at
l2IIc cents ward.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
INCOME TAX IN MICHIGAN.
The senate PASSES a Bill Intended to
be Fnr-ReacbinR.

be Fnr-ReacbinR.
Lansing Mich. May 1O.-The senate yes
terday passed an income tax bill which
applies to both corporations and individ-
uals. the former being included in order to
reach non resident stockholders. The bill
provides for the deduction from the total
income of stockholders of their income
from stock of which the corporation pays
the tax. The rates provided are ne-fourth
OF l per cent on incomes between 81 900 to
81. 500: one half of per cent between 81
500. 5000. and l per cent on all in ex-
cess Of 5000. 1t is estimated that the bill
will yield an annual revenue of 81. 600, 900.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
At SI.9S each.
Children drawers, Iec.

Children's good quality muslin
Drawers. worked buttonhoies-deep
hem and tucks-sizes from to 6
years. will go for 10 cents tomor-
rowland the large sizes from to
13 will be here at IL 1-2 cents.
!:
The evening times., 1899-05-10
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

The marriage of Miss Mary Elizabeth
HALEY, to Mr.. J. Walter Babson, jr. will
take place this evening at the Second Bap-
tist Church.
The evening times., 1899-05-10
Ac mattings, Iec.

3S rolls of genuine damask mat
ting. in blue, green, and red effects.
known as seconds" but every bit
as good as any mating sold. 40
cents yard is the regular price.
For one day at
The evening times., 1899-05-10
LANSBURGH & BRO.
Special
~ Ribbons.
FANCY RIBBONS PRICED a.

never bsfore-a wonderful array
of ribbon bargains-all new lash
ionable effects--in bright co!ored
ribtons-all the late popular co'or-
ines now so extensively used. They
come in plaids, stripes, checks, cord
ed taffetas and in every shade i'm
aginable. They run from 4 to 7
inches wide. None worth less than
3Oc yard. Nearly all arc soc
values. Some worth as much as 75c.
The evening times., 1899-05-10

Though the Vice President is growins
stronger every day, he has not arranged
the date of his departure for Long Branch
but will remain in Washington as long as
the weather continues SO pleasantly cool.
The evening times., 1899-05-10

Miss Myer, Of Seventeenth Street enter
tanned at a small tea yesterday afternoon
The evening times., 1899-05-10

Watch for town. Congress Heights. D. G
The evening times., 1899-05-10

the date OF MS departure lot Long DIduCn
but will remain in Washington as long as
the weather continues SO pleasantly cool.
Word comes by way Of New York that
Mr.. and Mrs. Potter Palmer have rented
Beaulieu. Mr.. William Waldorf Astor's
charming place, at Newport, for the COM
ing season. Beaulieu is the largest and
most desirable summer residence that is
for rent in Newport. The late Calvin s
Brice and Mrs. Brice occupied it for the
last three seasons. and made the most o'
its extraordinary facilities for entertain
ing. as Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer doubtless viii
do. With the news Of the rental comes
report that Miss Julia Dent Grant, whos2
engagement to Prince Cantacuzene. oi
Russia. wcs recently announced. will be
married from Bsaulieu. where she Will
pass the summer with Mrs. Palmer. who
Is her aunt but this cannot be confirmed
1t seems certain. however. that the prince
will be one of the guests OF the Palmers al
the Astor villa
Mrs. Walker entertained at dinner foI
Young people last night in compliment to
her house guest, Miss Beatrice Bell. o!
Philadelphia. Among those gathered
around the fower-decked table were Miss
Earl Walker. Miss Hamilton, Miss Daisy
Middleton, Miss Josephine Mitchell. Mr.
j. E. Downs, DIR. Merton. Mr.. James
Walker, and MIR. Lawrence Bell.