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The evening times., 1899-06-26
CRAZED BY EXAMINATIONS.
Frequent Recurrences Induce a Post
efiice Clerk to XIII Himself.

New York. June 26.-Driven mad by nu-
merous mental examinations to which he
had been subjected for years, William
II. Cornell. a postofice mail clerk. hurled
himself at l o'clock this morning from
the roof Of the four-story apartment house
at No / Koskouski Street, Brooklyn and
was killed en- the pavement of the yard in
the rear Cornell lived on the third floor
of the house with his wife and two-year-
cid boy. while on the top floor lived his
father and sister. Until be entered the
postal service several years ago-he was
just thirty-four-he was of a most happy
disposition.
A rule of the Brooklyn service requires
a visit every few months of the board of
examiners to the different stations to en-
quire into the mems proficiency. 1t was a
source of constant worry to Cornell. He
brocded over it night and day and feared
he might not pass some of the exariina-
tions. Cornell's station was visited last
week by the board. The youns clerk talk
ed for days of the coming examination,
and, as he had often dole before. ex-
pressed fear that ne would not core Up
TO requirements. He was successful, how
ever, but the nervous tension which his
fear brought him caused a collapse, and
Re fell i'll.
There was little family reunion Sun
day In his fathers room. Young Cornell
was there. but left at . o'clock to go to
bed His wife noticed that he was unusu-
ally restless and could hear him mumbling
numbers and names of streets. She spoke
to him, but he told her to leave him alone
The evening times., 1899-06-26
A LIVELY SUNDAY BATTLE.
SanEuinary Fight by Men an
Women I'm Long Island.

SanEuinary Fight by Men and
Women In Long Island.
New York, June 26.-Thirty men and
women took part in fight in front Of
Mary McFadden's saloon at Clifton Ave-
nue. and Columbia Street, Laurel Hill. on
the outskirts of Long Island City, about
3 o'clock yesterday morning. Knives and
pistols were drawn, stones were thrown,
and after the row subsided the casualties
were summed up in two men probably
mortally stabbed and one man mortally
shot
The injured men are Dominic Flynn.
twenty-one years old, stab wound in the
left side Of the abdomen; William Hues-
ton. twenty years cid. stabbed in the left
breast. wound said to be serious; Hugh
O'Neiil. forty-five years old, shot in the
left side Of the back, wound said to be
mortal.
These who have a recollection of the
fray say that 0'Neill. who lives next door.
had drawn a knife and was cutting wide
swath through the crowd. Frightened
cries and screams arose when Flynn and
Hueston fell beneath O'Neill's vicious
strokes. Then the sharp crack OF a pistol
blended with the fray. and the crowd scat
tered telter skelter.
There was a dispute as to who and how
many drew pistols but in the fusiiiade
that followed O'Neill was hit with a bull
let in the left side of the back. Several
bullets were also shot into his front door.
while there were some bullet holes in posts
near the house.
The evening times., 1899-06-26
Judging From Appearances.
(From the Detroit Free Prcss.)

kfToin the Detroit free tIC>>l
This Detroit couple travel great deal
together. They have learned much because
OF this, and are at home on the cars, the
boats. and at the hotels. But the Oldest
campaigners sometimes make a mistake.
and the wife tells how it happened in this
instance:
L noticed when we went into the car
that morning that my husband was the
only man there wearing a silk hat. This
impressed me at the time. and. of course
didn't keep track of the gentlemen COM
ing and going after that. Toward noon he
introduced me to a friend of his who sat
down beside me and talked for an hour
before discovering that he wanted TO so
forward and have a smoke. To put it
plainly. he was an unmitigated bore and
my one desire was to get my husband back
in his seat before that cigar was finished.
Three seats ahead on the other side
saw a silk hat tilted over the eyes of a
sleeping man. l hurried to him, brushed
my lips over his cheek as reached his
ear and whispered: Honey. wake up.
Come back here and sit with me. That
friend of yours is an unbearable nuisance
The answer was an unmistakable grunt
and. horror of horrors! perfect stranger
stared at me through half open eyes.
hurried back to my seat. motioned frantic
ally to my husband who was talking to
the conductor, and insisted upon an imme-
diate explanation TO the stranger. The lat
ter was just enough awake to understand,
and simply said:
That's all right l must have been
asleep.
Asleep reared the travelling man in
the next seat, Judging from your present
coclness. in connection with the fact that
a woman like that kissed you, think you
must have been dead
The evening times., 1899-06-26
PRESERVES. OFF FOR SEA
District Naval Battalion Leaves on
a Practice Cruise.
Departure of the Fern Accomplished
Without u Hifch-MiIitia Trnps-
{ ferred to. the. Prairie-VOyaEe to
Last Ten Days-The Men to Learn
to Manipulate the Vessels Guns.

! The Naval Battalion of the District OF
Columbia expects to have novel expert
ence on its sea trip, which began yesterday
and will last for ten days. According to
orders. the 1876 men and the officers to
comprise the crew were on board the Fern
| Saturday night at 8 o'clock. They got
away yesterday morning, and late in the
afternoon were transferred to the larger
| vessel Prairie
The Naval Militia boys all said they
counted upon having an eventful and en-
| toyable time. The object of the trip, how
ever. Is to give the District sailor boys
hard practice and thorough training IN
handling ship and operating her guns.
The mechanism Of the guns on board the
U. S. S. Prairie will be studied, and it is
expected that the Naval Militia Of WASH
ington when the return is made will be
the equal in practical knowledge OF any OF
the reserve battalions in the United States.
The gun drills and aiming drills will give
the local boys the experience in long and
short-Tange shooting which was Sd vaiu able
to American gunners during the recent war
with Spain.
The regular crew of the Prairie, together
with the men from the establishment wLo
have been attached to the fern since she
was presented to the District OF Columbia
militia. will be valuable instructors 10
Nashington's. sailors in tie management
OF vessel the size of the Prairie. The
entire work of managing the b3at, how
ever, Will fall upon the reserves un.ess
conditions arise which demand the assi.t-
ance Of more experienced men. While
there are many green members OF the Ie
serves VINO have never demonstrated their
ability 10 keep their legs in a sea heavier
ha Gn1 h.f he. bt, md ~. - f,..
upper Potomac. or who have become i'm
muned against the sickness said to result
from too great familiarity with tie
ocean, no great alarm on that score was
expressed yesterday morning by the OH
GERS in charge of the Seil-equipped medi
cal department Every man VINO reported
Saturday night was in good heath, and il
is not expected that the sick bay viii be
overcrowded during the voyage.
The late hour at which the Fern left her
wharf at the foot OF Eighth Street. when
was done in order that the Prairie could
be boarded early IN the afternoon, kept the
friends and sweethearts OF the boys from
being present at the last moment. They
missed a very interesting and beautiful
sight. The ships lights were burning
brightly. The sfarboard and port lights
reflected green and red upon the water
with beautiful effect, while there were
just enough lights along the river front
to make the occasion highly Interesting 10
the mariners. There was no confusion at;
tending the departure. The moon made
the deck of the Fern as light as day and
all preparations were completed and the
vessel in perfect order. Lieutenant Com
mander 5. G. Hopkins. assisted by Execu-
tive Officer 5. W. Griffith and Ensign
Claude Corell personally directed the
work.
The evening times., 1899-06-26
Heard by the Snake Editor.
lErom the Detroit Free Prcss.)


The reporter was in an Office in the city
building where an official. holding down a
desk, was reading morning paper.
Here's strange story from Vaneeburg
KY" he said as he looked Up ever the
top of the sheet at the caller.
That's where they see strange things
and they mcst always have a gun" COM
mented the reporter. What is it that
it is this tiD,e?
This says a man in that neighborhooi
had seen snake with wings
That's nothing" responded the reporter
with confidence.
..Of course it wouldn't be to you. but to
plain people like us city officials, it is a
good DEAL" said the official with becom-
ing modesty.
Ever been in Kentucky" inquired the
reporter with but slight effect to conceal
his superiority.
Never, but I always wanted to gn.''
$50 did !. and one year my wish was
gratified. to the full and running over, and
l was two months in the state chasing
politics from the Big Sandy to the Missis-
sippi and seeing more people in a week in
more different places than would fill a book
or barrel. And talk about snakes with
wings! Why, man, dear, that was moth
ing. Simply and unutterably nothing. ]
saw them with arr;s and legs and hoofs
and fins and feathers and wheels. Talk
about snakes with wings. A man can see
a simple little thing like them after he has
become Used to the climate and so forth.
but there's no telling what he'll see when
he goes down there for his first visit and
the people are feeling like making him
The evening times., 1899-06-26
The sisters of silence.
QFrom Donahoe'. Nasazinc.)


The austere life of the Trappist monks.
with its perpetual silence and daily sacri-
flee of self has its counterpart in the Or
der Of the Bernar lines. the Sisters of Si-
lence. The shadows OF the Pyrenees fall
on the lonely retreat OF these women,
whose lives, to the casual observer, seem
shrouded in gloom. Half way between
Bayonne and Biarritz, on dreary waste
of coast. they have made their home, II
the word home may be applied to dwell
ing place where no word is ever spoken,
no glance exchanged.
Having renounced all things OF earth
these silent women spend their days in
prayer and good works, meditating ever on
the life to come. Their industry is un-
ceasing; they till the soil, compelling it to
Weld a fruitful harvest: they weave and
knit and sew. make shoes and dainty fan
CIV ware; engage in household tasks-and
through all the silence remains unbroken.
Their food is scant portion of dry bread
and drink of water; their resting place
a comfortless cell. The severity of their
rules controls even the adornment of the
chapel, or rather forbids such indulgence
of a love OF the beautiful.
lone bright. sunny morning.. says
traveller who recently visited Biarritz. Il
set forth to discover the convent of the
Be-nardines, or Sisters of Solitude. As /
passed along its pasture and fields, instead
Of rough peasants and laborers l saw 81
lent women in their habit of black and
white, hooded in black. and with large
crosses on their 'tabard-like' mantles, hoe
ing the turnips. tilling the soil. gathering
fir cones, guiding the cattle, all speeches.
all with eyes cast down on the ground.
Suddenly bell rang out from the convent.
Down went these silent workers on their
knees. At every quarter of each hour.
day and night, the bell on the convent
clock strikes out its messages.
For them in their humble, sanded re-
fectory at nightfall will be a piece Of dry
bread and jug Of cold water; prayer on
bended knees. abased on the sand. every
quarter Of an hour; silent meditation in
the lowly chapel. bare. whitewashed,
sanded, unadorned. save for the statue on
the high altar of 'NOtre Dame de la Soil
tude'-a miraculous gift. And then few
hours sleep in the plainest cell. comfort
less, but spotlessiy clean. scarcely protect
ed from the bitter, piercing air outside
Believe me, the cattle Of the Convent of
Solitude. in their warm, cozy sheds, are
better tended"
The evening times., 1899-06-26
FORCED AN INFANT on THEM.
Unpleasant Predicament of Passen.
gers Speeding From WashingtOn.

Unpleasant Preiicament Of Passen-
gers Speeding From Washington.
New York. June 26.-Mrs. Edward 8.
Bouton. Of No. 403 West Forty eighth
Street, took to the West Forty seventh
Street police station yesterday six-day-
old baby which had been thrust into her
arms by a woman on railroad train at
Wilmington. Dell
Mr.. and Mrs. Bou:on had been ON a
visit to Washington. They left the;e on
Saturday afternoon and arrived at Will
mington about 7:30 o'clock The train
made a stop Of only Ave minutes at that
place. Just bet0se it started woman
came up the aisle from the rear o: lns
car in which the Boutons were sit;iAg. As
she came opposite their scat she put the
baby in Mrs. Bouton's lap.
Hold 1t minute; I've forgotten some
thing in the station said the woman,
at the same time hurrying to the front
Of the car. Mr.. and Mrs. Bouton were
SO surprised by the occurrence that they
simply sat and booked first at tie baby
and then at each other. They saw no more
OF the woman. All they can tell about
her is that she Is middle-ageI
The train pulled out of Wilmington. and
Mrs. Bouton still held the baby at Jersey
City. where they arrived at 1880 o'clock
When they had crossed over to New York
Mrs. Bouton took the child to the home
OF relative. where 1t was cared for over
night. The baby is a boy II was dressed
In white with aswhite cloak and white lace
cap. 1t Is now in Bellevue, and it will be
sent to Randall's Island
The evening times., 1899-06-26
SAYS A WOMAN DRUGGED HIM.
The story Told by 81 Man Missing for
Year.

St. Louis. June 2s.-Frank Connolly, who
was acting as treasurer Of the Thomas w
keene Dramatic Company in the spring
of 1898, when he mysteriously disappeared
from McVicker's Theatre. in Chicago. has
turnsd up in ST. Louis, after Il varied ex-
psIience. Ii was believed at the time that
Co1nclly had been fouIly dealt with.
According to Mr.. Connolly's story. on
the night CT his disappearance he had sup
par with woman friend from Pittsburg
After that. until two weeks later. when he
recovered his senses in a freight car near
Mattcon, Ill. everything was a blank to
him. He had lest Si00 in money and sew
eral hundred dollars worth of jewelry
He was taken TO a hospital. where he re-
coTered from a severe Illness. which was
the result Of being drugged. Thinking
himself disgraced and fearing 10 face ais
friends, Connolly went to Cuba and acted
as correspondent fer a number OF Ameri-
can papers during the war
The evening times., 1899-06-26
CASTS A SHAFT AT 1NGERsoLL.
Bishop kephart Would Transfer the
ARnOstic to BOrneO.


Chambersburg. Pa, June 26.-In an ad-
dress on THE utility of religion" at the
laying OF the cornerstone of the First
United Brethren Church at this place
yesterday, Bishop f. b. Kephart said it
would be q fitting climax to the closing of
the last decade of the nineteenth century
if Col. Robert G. Ingersoll could be trans
ported to the Island OF Borneo. where
there is no civilization. Bishop Kephart
had made the declaration that without re-
ligion there is no civilization. and hal tod
his hearers that any religion was better
than no religion at ALL To Illustrate he
spoke of human beings on the Island OF
Borneo who had no speech ard no civil "a
tion because they have no religion lie
believed ii would be the proper thing 10
place Ingersoll on the island and let him
witness the results OF his own theory.
The bishop made a bitter personal at
tack on Colonel IngersOll for having writ
ten The Mistake of Moses" Bishop K.p-
hart said both men had their history; both
were military men. Governor Yates. of
Illinois, had commissioned Ingersoll a
colonel during the Civil War. In the first
engagement Ingersoll was driven into
corral and captured by fourteen -year-oli
boy. When he was exchanged he resign
ed his commission. went to Peoria to take
charge OF whisky interests and then wrote
The Mistakes of Moses"
The evening times., 1899-06-26
SHOT BY A YOUTHFUL THIEF.
Statement of Two
PawsnhOp PrOprietOrs.

Marin. Ind. June 26.-An ante-m -mortem
statement was taken today by the deputy
prosecutor from Max Cunopop and T.
Horwitz, the proprietors of pawnshop,
who were shot by Willie Brown, aged six
teen. last night. According to the state
ment: which was taken a few minutes be-
fore Cunopop died, they were preparing to
close the store when Brown came to the
rear door with a mask over his face and a
revolver in his right hand and tenantei
money. Cunopop caught him by tie
throat when Brown opened fire and two
bullets took effect in Cunopops stomach.
Horwitz started to his partners assistance
and Brown fired at him. the ball also TAX
ing effect in his stomach. He then turned
to retreat when Brown fred the second
shot, which struck him in the leg.
The robber then attempted to escape
when Cunapop caught him around tie
neck and was carried across the sidewalk
into the street and a half square from the
scene of the shooting closely followed by
Horwitz A number of merchants in the
block ran to their assistance and captured
the murderer and turned him over to the
police
The evening times., 1899-06-26
TypeWriterS Rented,
$3.50 per month.
Delivered with table.
The Typewriter Exchange.
1905 r Street N. w,
ED.

TURSER-At the General Hospital. Buffalo, n.
Y, June ~, 1873. JOSEPHINE, wife OF ". +.
Turner of this city.
Funeral services Tuesday. June %, at p. m,
at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Friends
respectfully invited to services. Interment pri-
yate. Item
GUY-on Sunday, June 25. 1883. at 7:a0 a. m,
CECIL ALLEN GUY. aged twenty-six years.
Funeral from 1884 Fifteenth Street northwest,
Tuesday. June p. at p. m. 1t
INGLlNG-On Saturday, June 81. Is99 MARIE
LOUISE, infant daughter of Clarence L. and Eva
Vincent InglinE.
Funeral services at residence of parents 9i4
Street southwest. at O'Clock Monday. Inter
mert at Glenwood. II
FITZGERALD-On Sunday, June 25. 1879. at
the residence OF her sister. 4s1 G. Street south
west. MARY C., widow of the late William j.
Fitzgerald, and daughter of Jennie and the late
John Murphy
Notice of funeral in evening papers. 1t
kLINGNAN-On June "a 1899. MRS. ALICE
kLINGMAN. daughter of Mrs. Alice Kelly.
Funeral Tuesday, June 21. at $50 Il m, from
her late residence. go Street southwest je25-2t
TOWNSEND-On Saturday, June 81, MRS. NJ
b. TOWNSEND. in her seventy sixth year.
Funeral from th1 residence of her son. 1iiI
hercsIw ave, Monday, June 20, at 10 i.
ie25-2t
The evening times., 1899-06-26
STRUCK A FALSE NOTE.
A Drunken Woman Disturbs n Pitts
burg Church Choir.

Pittsburg. Pa. June 26.-while a re-
hearsal of choir of 1000 voices was in
progress in the Third Presbyterian Church.
of this city, Saturday night. for union
praise service. Mary Casey. much the worse
for liquor, entered unlimited and took a
seat among the sopranos. The singers had
just started "Benedictus." Those next
her shrank away from her, but kept on
singing.
During the "Benedictus" a very high
and much-slurred note caused Prof. Laf-
ferty to rap sharply on his stand. The
choir began again. but the mistake was
repeated Prof. Lafferty was about to tell
the singers where they were wrong. when
Mary stepped forward and announced that
she knew how to sing "Ora Pro Nobis" bet
ter than he did. Then Mary marched bold
ly up to the conductors platform
Prof. Lafferty tried to appear unembar-
rassed. and turned hurriedly to the next
hymn. Mary then launched high. crack
ed voice into warble that caused shud-
ders instead OF giggles. An officer was
called and Mary was jailed.
The evening times., 1899-06-26
How Jones Kept House.
(From the Detroit Free Prcss.)


Had not the parties to this controversy
wisely agreed to arbitrate the whole thing
would have been aired through the JUS
tees courts. Jones has a fine home up on
John r. Street. Mrs. Jones concluded re-
Gently that she would spend a few months
on a farm in Van Buren county with her
sister the arrangement being that Jones
should board during her absence. But he
had secret plans of his own. There was
gas stove. Anybody could cook on that.
He could have just what he wanted eat
when he liked, and have a little stag party
any night he cared to. He had frequently
heard his wife doing her marketing over
the telephone. and that would be as easy
as the rest. This was his first effort in that
line. after getting the ear of the family
grocer:
Say. send me up a hind-quarter of
spring lamb, spring of 49, mind you Let
me see-and some of your vegetables of all
kinds. and some fresh perch and peck of
Strawberries. fresh picked, a bushei of
potatoes for baking. half dozen bottles OF
ale. vinegar, mustard, olive oil. and all
that sort Of thing, you know. a bag of
sugar, some lemons. two or three kinds of
cheese and box of cigars. What's that?
Yes. bread! Of course. and butter. And
say, just duplicate that order every day
till further orders. l don't want N be
bothering you so often. Iii leave the key
next door"
That night Jones had spread big enough
for a hotel. But the lamb was only cooked
on the edges. the potatoes were hard in
the centre. the cold vegetables were warm
and the warm vegetables were cold. and
he felt so lonely that he left early next
morning to visit his wife. On his return
his kitchen looked like a wholesale grocery
and butcher shop. with vegetable market
brou ~TIts hod hoor fuio
duplicated every day, and about all the
goods were perishable. Jones ripped and
'swoTeI at; the ,grocsssa and the grocer ripped
and swores right back again. The arbitra-
tors admit that they would rather be on
the Peace Commission at The Hague.
= -f fsr5..il. UsscsL-
y you are looking for pleasure. drink Icuricli's
The evening times., 1899-06-26
BEES KILL A BULLDOG.
Faithful Animal Fought Them to
Save His Master.

Lockport. n. Y. June 26.-Frank Furns,
of Buffalo came down here for strawber-
ries Friday and brought his pet bulldog.
Chick. While driving past an orchard
Turns saw swarm of bees in tree and
tried to sic the bulldog on the bees
Just for fun as he expressed it.
Chick was a shrewd dog and gave the
bees a wide berth, despite his masters I'M
perative commands. Furns now admits
with tears that he accused the poor dog
OF cowardice and that the animal seemed
to beg him 10 com "~3v.
Furns tossed stick into the swarm and
the angry insects flew at him. Noble
Chick sprang to the rescue, swapping saw
agely at the bees. This diversion enabled
Furns TO get away. although badly stuns
But poor Chick stayed behind to engage
the attention of the swarm, which centred
on him. He gave last dispairing yelp of
agony and died.
The evening times., 1899-06-26
Wholesale Marriage in Canada.
From the Philadelphia Press.

Toronto. March 23.-Thrce hundred illegal mar
riages are to be made legal by bill which is
now before the Ontario Legislature, and will pass
in ie-' days.
1t was recently decided that marriages sol
emnized in Canada by clergymen who resi-
dents of the United States were Illegal. An en-
quiry showed that during the past five years cler-
gymen from Buffalo. Rochester. TonIwlndl De-
troit and Chicago had often performed wedding
ceremonies in Ontario, and that nsar a could
be learned, there were 100 children the issue of
such marriages.
As soon as the illcgaliiy Of the ceremonies thus
performed ascertained. the government took
action with the result that the legislation refer
red TO is about TO be adopted. In future mar
riagcs celebrated in this way will not be legal
and registers are to be instructed not TO issue
marriage licenses except were Canadian clergy
men are to ot.iclte.
The evening times., 1899-06-26
Don't Wait Until the ho's. Is Sto,e1 Before
You Lock the Stable.

OF course you know all about It. You
have read II in the papers. You know that
Chamberlains Collie. Cholera, and Diar-
rhoea Remedy is sold by druggists EVERY
where. But you don't know all about it.
Unless you have used it and given IL
test in severe emergencies. when your ply
sician is away from home and the drug
stores are closed. After one such emer-
gency you will always keep this remedy in
your home; but why wait until the horse
is stolen before you lock the stable? Get
a 25-cent bottle OF it now and be prepared
for any such emergency. For sale by
Henry Evans. 93S F Street northwest.
Wholesale and retail. and all druggists.