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The evening times., 1899-06-24
WRECKED BY FUMES
OF TOBACCO and TEA
Cigarettes and Celestial Nectar
Overcome a Linguist.
Brought Low by Overindulgence in
Soothing Decoctions.
DR.. Digny, In Bellevue Hospital
Aiding His Physicians by
VIII Power.

New York. June 4.--Dr. Alister Digny
Is in Bellevue Hospital. trying to recover
from the effects Of 100 Turkish cigarettes
and twenty cups Of strong tea every day
for quarter Of century. He can speak
with perfect fuency English. French,
Spanish. German. Arabic. Russian. and
several HindustaIee dialects. He is a
learned writer on medical subjects. and his
most recent address was Mills Hotel No. 1.
Born in Calcutta forty-seven years ago
of an Irish father and Scotch mother, he
was sent at the age Of IL to London to es-
cape the death that awaits Children of Eu-
ropean parentage in the climate Of India
Before his education was completed his
father, Capt. John Digny, had fallen in
the second Burmese war.
From an English school the boy went to
a school in Berne. Switzerland, and thence
ID Heidelberg. from which famous uni
versity he was graduated with grea. fon-
OTIS. He had grown into a Gashing young
man with the stature of a guardsman and
a deep love of the medical profession, for
which he had studied. tempered with q
passion for travel and adventure.
At Marschall College. the well-known
niouieoi ihsutution OF aberdeen, scotland,
ne card the East a-calling," so he threw
up his professorsihp and went TO Ceylon.
There, among other curious callings, he
adopted that of tea faster. The delicacy
OF his palate qualified him for this All
DAY long he was flooding his mouth with
the steepings of rare leafs. He became a
master OF the art. His judgment, which
was final. commanded handsome fee. At
the same time he became tea drInker, as
well as tea faster. And there was hardly
a minute of his waking hours when he was
not either smoking Turkish cigarette or
rolling fresh one.
To pass over many years of adventure
and study, DR.. Digny embarked for Cuba
at the outbreak of the recent war and
when Santiago surrendered he started a
paper there. But the malarial fever Of
the country laid him low, and he was
brought to New York in the transport
Minnewaska.
So little money did he have after his
sickness that he went to the Mills Hotel,
and it was no longer possible to procure
the costly cigarettes and tea that were
more to him than food or sleep. This
deprivation, with the malaria in his blood,
reduced him TO a pitiable condition. named
by his profession neurasthenia He shakes
like leaf. and the craving for cigarettes
and tea is so fierce that II saps the strength
from him. But he is exercising a grand
will power to help the Bellevue doctors
cure him of his malady and his curious
vices. and at the same time he is charming
them with his learning and his fund of
narrative and making himself useful when
the official interpreter is tripped up on an
obscure dialect
The evening times., 1899-06-24
G. A. R. MEN AND MR.. EVANS.
A Committee Coming to Investigate
Pension Office Operations.

Chattanooga, Tenn, June 24-At the
suggestion of Colonel Case. of this city,
who is one OF the members of the pension
committee OF the National Encampment OF
the C. \. r.. the committee will meet in
Washington, ID. c., on July IL. al which
time Colonel Case expects to be in attend
ance.
This committee was appointed at the last
national encampment to investigate the
authority and furore in certain quarters
against II. Clay Evans administration of
the Pension Bureau and settle for all time
to come charges against Mr.. Evans Col
onel Case, who is a strong supporter Of
Mr.. Evans. was seen today and interviewed
about the matter. He said;
The scandals and ISLANDERS against Mr.
Evans have been a disgrace to the G. A.
R., and it is time the matter was investi-
gated and settled. The committee was in
doubt as to the best place to hold these
meetings. but at my suggestion. have de-
cided upon Washington, where il will visit
the Pension Office. examine the records
etc, and ascertain the merits OF all these
charges against Evans. After going into
the matter in detail we will make a re-
port tnaI :'ill do justice to all concerned
II will be strong document and | hope
VIII forever put a stop to the slander and
charges against Mr.. Evans
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has HYPNOTIC EYES.
Tried to Draw Money From His Vic
tim. But Failed.

tim. But Failed.
Philadelphia, June PA middle aged
and shocking stranger, who Is
| described as possessing eyes of a peculiar
| luminosity that threw the unsuspecting be-
| holder into a state of trance-like allegiance.
| is being anxiously searched for by special
officers from the Twenty eighth police dis
trict On the charge of attempting to ex-
| tort money by hypnotic suggestion from
Miss Butterfield of 170S Morris Street, last
Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Butterdeld, in her complaint to the
police, alleges that the man came to her
connected with well-known philanthropic
institution. She admitted him and after
ushering him into the parlor sat down TO
discuss the matter with him. Immediately
he began to make peculiar passes with his
hands and 10 her surprise she found a dull
lethargic feeling stealing over her. AL
though she resisted with every muscle, she
found that she could not move. while the
siittering eyes of her visitor seemed to al
most fa5cinate her.
He then mentioned the subject Of money
and asserted that he had the power to take
il from her by force II she refused to give
it to him. At this stage of the proceedings.
however. footstep in the hall so diverted
the hypnctist's attention that Miss Butter
field found strength TO utter a faint scream
that brought her sister to her aid The
stranger fled and his victim, overcome by
the shock Of release from his power, faint
ed.
The case has been reported TO the police
and special officers have been detailed on
rha
The evening times., 1899-06-24
A SCARED SOLDIER.
Corporal of the seventh ARTILLERY
Fears His Father-in-Law


Fears His Fnther-in-Lav.
New York, June 24.-Fidelo King, who
is a corporal of the Seventh Artillery, L
5. A, appeared before Magistrate B.ann
| in the Yorkville police court yesterday
| morning with his wife, a pretty, black
eyed woman.
I'm afraid of my father-in-l law. Angelo
Romella. of 25y East Fifty-second Street.
he said to the magistrate. Every night,
after he gets through with his work in the
Street Cleaning Department, and every
morning before he goes to work. he arms
himself with sabre. carving knife. and
Ratchet and takes up his post in front of
where l live. at POI East Fifty-secon
Street. He says he will kill US both. and
he has enough weapons to wipe out tie
Filipino army"
What is your nationality" asked Mag
istrate Brann.
Il am an Irishmaan. SIR" proudly said
King
An Irishman and a soldier and afraid
of any man, l am surprised, SIR" said
Magistrate Brann.
Il am not afraid of him personally" re-
marked King, but l hate TO arm myse.f
knowing that my father-in-law is arme
and is bound to kill me. would have TO
hi' WV, tOii TIE lue1 OF
killing my father in-law."
What is your wifes nationality? Is she
Irish?'
No. she is an Italian. To tell the iiu,k.
judge, We ran of and got married a few
days ago. The old man don't like me. AMI
since the marriage he has threatened u
kill us both
The magistrate had a summons made
out and handed it to Mrs. King, saving.
Here, take this billet doux and give it to
your father, and tell him 1t is an appoint
meEt to meet me here tomorrow morning"
Say. judge" said King ''if my wife
goes to serve that on the old man she'll be
carved up in jiffy. He is a Corsican /
heard he was a terror in Corsica He'd
just as lief carve a man up and then sit
down and eat a dinner as not
Well" said Magistrate Brann, ''in LAT
case you had better get a policeman, arC
he will serve it for you
This pleased King and his wife, and they
went away with the summons
The evening times., 1899-06-24
Dogberry Had to He.
(From the Atlantic Magazine }

The opinion is abroad that Shakespeare
produced his Dogberry and Verges out OF
the mere exuberance of his love of fun,
and that in this starry pointed" comedy.
they are the star OF comicality. merely TO
give the audience a scene 10 laugh at. This
inference is utterly wrong. They do. in
deed. supply endless mirth. but Shakes
peare had to have them just as they are.
He was forced to have characters like
these. and none other. The play hinges
on them. Had they been sufficiently quick
witted to have recognized the villainy OF
the plot betrayed by Borachio to Conrade.
the play would have ended at once. There
fore. they had TO be stupid, most ingeni-
ously stupid. and show matter and i'm
pertinency" so mixed that We can under
stand how they came to be invested with
even such small authority as their office
implies.
At no previous point in the play could
Dogberry and Verges have been intro
ducef where they first appear is the ex-
act point at which they are needed.
Through the villainy of Don John and the
weakness of Claudio the sunshine of this
sparkling comedy is threatened with
eclipse. and the atmosphere becomes
charged with tragedy. Just at this point
appear these infinitely stupid watchmen.
all whose talk, preliminary to the arrest
of Borachio and Conrade. is by no means
merely TO make US laugh, but to give US
assurance that the play is still a comedy.
and that, however ludicrous may be the
ENHANCEMENT in which these laundering
fools will involve the story. the solution.
the denouement. will be brought about
by their means, and that the plot against
Hero which We see is Matching will by
them be brought to naught. Had Dog
berry been one whit less ccnceited. one
whit less pompous, one whit less tedious,
he could not have failed to have dropped
at least one syllable that would have ar
rested Leonato's attention just before the
tragic treatment of Hero in the marriage
scene. which would not have then taken
place. and the whole story would have
ended there. Dogberry had to be intro
duced just then TO give US assurance that
Don Johns villainy would come event
ually to light, and enable Us to bear
Heros sad fate with such equanim:ty
that we can listen. Immediately after. with
delighted hearts to the wooing of Bens-
dick and Beatrice
The evening times., 1899-06-24
sarcey and CoqucIin.
(From the St. James Gazette.)


rather amusing II not particularly
edlfying controversy has lately been rag
| ing across the Channel between CoQuelin.
the actor. and Sarcey. the critic. In his
notice OF PLUS que Reine' the latter, it
appears. plainly declared that the former
was wholly unacceptable In the role Of
Napoleon. This evoked from Coauelin
the retort courteous that Sarcey was in
his dotage and no longer possessed any
influence upon public opinion. The critic s
answer is characteristic and instructive:
"Coquelin has discovered that am grow
ing old. Well, we all come to that dear
friend. Even you must have realized the
fact in your own case when you essayed
to play Bonaparte. You divide my life
into two portions. Until 1880 I was the
national critic: from that date onward
am an imbecile. But you are mistaken.
the line Of demarcation is not SO easily
traced. / register my years. like every
one else, and the amazing thing Is that
they correspond to yours. When you play
Petruccio l am. on the following day,
man of wit and talent. No sooner do you
appear as Fanfan la Tulipe than, behold,
am an idiot. You appear as Labussiere
in 'Thermidor' and again l am raised to
the position Of national critic. You un-
dertake the part of RoQuebrune, and /
drop into the ranks Of numbskulls. You
are Cyrano, and once more ascend to the
clouds. You appear as Bonaparte, and.
alas, l am no better than an cd beast.
Coquelin, my friend, there is O very SIM
pie and easy way out OF the difficulty for
US both. For the future play nothing but
good parts, and play them WE'LL" The ad-
vice is excellent. If only it were generally
followed how easy and how pleasant would
the dramatic critics occupation become.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
TRACKED FROM SEA TO SEA.
Alleged Murderer and Bunc0 Man
Arrested ut Harrisburg.


Harrisburg, Pa, June 24.-After being
tracked from place to place across the con-
tinent, Detective Morrissey, of this city.
has arrested James Green. Of Washington
State, who is wanted In Seattle for an al
legged murder and in Walla Waila for bum
Going farmer out Of 5000.
According to the allegations. Green
three years ago was one of a party in
Seattle that buncoed farmer out Of a
large sum Of money and afterwards plac-
ed him in a cab. telling the driver to dump
him out at any place. The driver was
aware Of what was going on and refused to
carry the victim away unless he got his
share Of the plunder. This SO angered
Green that he shot the cab driver.
Two years afterward he was arrested In
Chicago and taken to Seattle, but after
securing discharge fled to Indiana. Sew
eral months ago Green. 1t Is alleged, turn
ed up in Walla Walla and feeced farm
er out of IS, 600. The detectives traced him
clear across the continent and finally To-
Gated him in Pittsburg, whence he came to
Harrisburg.
When arrested he did not resist. and af
ter short questioning acknowledged that
he was the man wanted.
The Washington authorities are on the
way here to get him on the charge of bum
Going the farmer and numbering the cab
man.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
Reul Revenge
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. J

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
There are two young women in town who
| are old friends. and yet at times they fine
| it difficult to keep the peace toward eact
| other. Their tempers are of the fy-off
| the-handle sort, and when one of then
starts the rumpus the other speedily ig-
mites.
Some time ago one of them visited the
other at her home. The hostess took bel
guest to her room, and they gossiped to-
gether as gaily as you please.
Then cloud arose. 1t wasn't any bigger
than a mans hand to start with-pernaps
a mans hand had something to do with it.
but it grew. There was rumble, a crack
and all the old protestations of friendship
were cast to the winds. The storm ragged
briefly. for in the midst of il the hostess
suddenly dashed out of the room and
slammed the door behind her.
More than that. The guest heard the
grating of key in the lock. She ran to
the door. She shook it. She was locked
in!
The hostess left her there. 1t was about
5 o'clock in the afternoon. At the dinner
table it was supposed that the guest had
gone home. The young hostess did not
contradict the impression-nor did her
hard heart soften.
In the meantime the Imprisoned girl
tOOk ucI luCdi CcldtlOh phhOoopulCdiiy cue
didn't shrek from the window, nor pound
upon the door. She sat down in the COST
est rocking chair and thought up a way to
get even.
Finally it came to her.
She remembered that her jailer had been
combing out her hair when she dashed
from the room. She knew that said hair
was now hanging down her back quite
guiltless of hairpins. She knew she was
invited to an evening party of a rather
swell scrt. She knew. too, that her hair
would engross the main part of the time
devoted to dressing. For it was nice hair
and its owner was very proud of it.
So the guest proceeded to get even. She
searched through every drawer, and every
box. and in every nook and Granny, and
every hairpin she found she wrecked. She
bent the wire ones out of shape, she
smashed the metal ones with the curling
tongs. and she snapped the bone ones with
vicious twist. When she got through
there wasn't a serviceable hairpin in the
room, and the dressing table was Just COW
cred with the bone and metal remains.
At o'clock the key grated in the lock
again, and the hostess appeared, all smiles.
Must you go, DEAR" she asked
Il think l must" said the guest, and
she smiled, too.
And she went.
And every time she thought OF that
hairpin famine she smiled some more.
1t was strictly feminine revenge
The evening times., 1899-06-24
May Prosecute n science Healer.

Philadelphia, Pa. June 24.-The death of
Joseph McCaig. a prominent citizen of
Beverly, w. Va, who was attended by q
Christian Science healer, William RAN
dali. head Of the sect in this city. has at
tracted the attention of the district at
torney. and although the coroner's Jury
brought in verdict of death from heart
disease and did not censure Randall the
district attorney may attempt to punish
Randall and put an end to the practice of
the faith healing in this city. There is a
law on the statute books of PENNSYLVANIA
which Is thought governs the case. and il
prosecution is brought 1t will be under Ii,
act which was signed July IL, 1897. It pro-
vides that no person shall practice the art
of healing with or without drugs unless he
has taken out license for which $40 must
be paid. Imprisonment is the penalty for
failure to comply with the provisions of
the law
The evening times., 1899-06-24
THE NAVY PERSONNEL ACT.
A Legal Opinion Rendered by Az
sistant Comptroller Mitchell.

A Legal Opinion Rendered by As
| sistant Comptroller Mitchell.
Secretary LIST recently submitted to the
Comptroller d the Treasury about twenty
questions regarding the Navy Personnel
act and asked for legal opinion on each.
The questions were turned over to Assist
ant Comptroller 1iitchell. who has just an
nounced his decisions. Nearly all the
questions ardse in connection with the
case of William T. Gray a passed assist
ant paymaster In order to prevent the
reduction of salaries of naval oficers from
what they have received for years. the bill
was made to provide that officers OF the
line and medical and pay corps Of the navy
are to receive the same pay and allow
ances as officers of the same rank In the
army, except where the present pay would
be reduced. in which case the officers ball
continue to receive pay under the Person.
mel act.
The Assistant Comptroller holds that
the present pay" which the new law says
must not be reduced 10 the pay which the
officer was receiving June 30. 1899. or when
the change in his place would otherwise
take place. and for the purpose Of compar-
ing his pay under the old law and the
new the oincers' allowances are not to be
taken into consideration. Where his pay
WOulu Do Ieuuce0 uuueT tu0 new ihW, uo
will continue to receive pay under the old
law, and in addition thereto he will be en-
titled to the allowances Of an army officer
Of corresponding rank, but not to this old
allowances Of Communication of rations
while at sea.
He also holds that officers at sea are In
the same situation as army officers serving
with troops in the field, and are not enti-
tied to commutation for quarters; that the
nm hos iu h<a
those who may be in service June 80, 1899.
or at the time the provisions Of the law in
their cases takes effect: and that naval
officers under the new law are not enti-
tied to mounted pay, as in the case OF cer-
tain mounted officers in the army.
Accounting officers will after June 30.
next change the manner OF computing the
pay OF officers and enlisted men in the
navy to conform with the usage In the
army
The evening times., 1899-06-24
THE GOLD EXPORTS.
Secretary Gage Not Alarmed by Re-
cent Shipments to Europe.

Secretary Gage and United States Treas
urer Roberts are decidedly of the opinion
that the Withdrawal OF few million dol
lars in gold for export this week is a mat
ter OF no special significance. Mr. Rob-
erts said yesterday that the steadiness OF
the rate Of interest in New York was the
very indication, in his opinion, that there
is nothing alarming in the movement Of
gold out Of the country. The amount of
gold now in the reserve fund of the
Treasury is s235, ,319,153. Mr. Roberts said
that the supply OF gold could be depleted
by the export of much as $50. .O0O. 900
without causing any embarrassment what
ever. He did not anticipate, however, that
tnere would be any considerable movement
oil gold out of the country at present
Secretary Gage said: 1T is a mere incl
dent. 1t is possible that the expectation
OF the gold which was paid TO Spain in the
settlement of our treaty obligations dis
furbed the equilibrium somewhat, and has
hecessltated some considerable shipments
TO again restore the normal conditions of
exchange"
The evening times., 1899-06-24
New Qualifications.

trom the Des MoineS Leader.)
series of qualifications for service in
the Philippines, which are not required
in the questions asked by the regular army
recruiting officer. were suggested in a let
ter received from a member Of the Twen-
tieth Kansas Volunteers says the Kansas
City Star" The letter was received by
the writer's brother. who is a man Of con-
siderable diameter, and a part of it re-
ferred to a. proposition he and a friend.
also Of large girth. had made to go over
and enter the service when the troops got
down to actual fighting.
1t began: ."Are you ready to come over, 4,
I would like to see you and Buff 'hotfoot-
ing 1t to the rear. l will ask you some
answers I'll see il you are qualified
How many steps can you make 1000
yards in?''
THE Filipinos can do it in about 1O0."
Can you get out of sight behind a pile
Of dirt foot high?"
II can
"Can you. sit in the shade and sweat
enough for a BATH
I'VE do that over here"
"Can you lie awake four nights straight
listening to the bullets and then fight in
the daytime?"
That's common
"Can you wade in mud up to your waist
with the bullets splashing it on you and
not get stuck"
''Our sergeant couldn't. and we nearly
pulled him in two getting him out"
''Can you lie in the sun till you blister
your back ard then rest yourself by turn
ing over and blistering the other side?"
The Twentieth Kansas can"
"Can you live on hardtack and three cups
of coffee a day.
We've done It already"
Can you sleep In the mud and nearly
freeze from the dew without catching
cold?"
''It's easy il you can take Quinine with
out water"
Can you drink from a we'll after seeing
three dead Filipinos fished out?''
''It isn't bad"
The evening times., 1899-06-24
20 TRY ARMsTEAD TAYLOR.
Special session to Hear the ROsen-
stein Murder Cases.

Frederick. Md. June 24.-Chief Judge
James McSherry has issued an order call
ing an extra session of the May term of
the circuit court of Frederick county.
which will be held July 5. The special ses-
sion is to try the cases of Armstead Taylor
and John Alfred Brown. the two negroes
charged with the murder of the Rosen-
stems at Slidell. Montgomery county, sew
eral weeks ago.
Taylor will be defended by James A.
Fechtig. Of the Baltimore bar, and Brown
by George A Pearre, of the same city.
The full bench Of the Sixth judicial cir
cult will be at Rockville on Monday morn
ing next to hear the petition and affdavits
OF the prisoners counsel. which have been
filed with Clerk of the Court Thomas
Dawson, asking for the removal Of the
case to another county. After hearing
their statements the court will immedi-
ately order the cases to be removed to
Frederick for trial July 5. The court is
determined that there shall be no unneces-
sary delay with these cases and that they
shall be expedited as quickly as possible,
consistent with the law
The evening times., 1899-06-24
ASNAKE IN HIS POCKET.
Farmer Morrison Bitten in n Curious
Manner.

Geneva. n. Y, June 24.-Austin Morri-
son. farmer living near this city, while
frog hunting in Gregory's Swamp. south
west Of this city. yesterday afternoon, hung
his coat on the limb Of a tree. When he
returned and put the coat on. two or three
hours later. he noticed that /; was unusu-
ally heavy on one side. He put his hand
IN the coat pocket to see what caused the
weight. and felt something bite his finger
and burning pain fash up his arm. He
clutched the object that had bitten him
and terked il out Of his pocket. It was a
curiously marked black and yellow snake,
about two feet long, of a species unknown
to Morrisol. 1t had bitten him in the
second joint Of the second finger OF the
right hand.
Morrison dropped the snake on the
ground and killed it. He ran a mile and a
half 10 a Doctors house. which he reached
in an exhausted condition. The hand and
arm had swollen to almost twice their
normal size Antidotes were administered
and hypodermic injections made. The
swelling is now under control. 1t Is te-
lieved that Morrison will recover. although
amputation Of the arm may be necessary.