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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
SAD CASE OF A YOUNG WOMAN
Miss Lucy Mitchell Thought TO Have
Lost Her nind.

sad story is behind the incarceration
last night of Miss Lucy Mitchell. daughte
Of Mrs. R. E. Mitchell, a native Of Viz
ginia. and resident of this city. Miss
Mitchell is lodged at the First precinct
station, in charge Of the matron. She was
brought here from Falls Church, Va She
is though to be insane and steps WEI be
taken today to enquire into her mental
condition.
Mrs. Mitchell came to Washington with
her two daughters. the Misses Mary and
Lucy, several years ago. They were Joined
here shortly afterward by son of Mrs.
Mitchell and for a time all went well.
Mrs. Mitchell secured employment in the
Geological Survey Miss Mary Mitchell also
entered the Government service, and the
son went into business Miss Lucy re-
mained at home.
Domestic troubles are said to have be-
gun few months since. and there are in
tmations that financial difficulties added
to the alleged mlsfortunes of the family.
A short time ago the Mitchells gave up
their home at 91S Massachusetts, Avenue
northwest Since then Mrs Mitchell has
lived with a friend on Rhode Island Ave-
nue.. the daughters and son finding a home
elsewhere. Miss Lucy Mitchell has been
i'll for some time. Friends Of the family
at Falls Church were surprised yesterday
morning when she suddenly appeared there
going to the home of DR.. ]. b. Hodgkin
She is said to have developed an acute
MANIA to have exhibited suicidal tenden-
cies. and in a rambling statement made
serious accusations against friends here.
Last night Miss Maud Hodgkin, who is
connected with a Virginia training school,
drove TO this city. together with a friend,
with Miss Mitchell in charge. They placed
the unfortunate young woman in charge of
the police. and she was lodged at the sta
lion.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
THE DISTRICT DEMOCRATS.
Doubt ns 10 the Outcome Of EnctionaI
Differences.

What will be the outcome of the row be-
tween the two factions of the District
Democracy no one in authority seems able
| to tell. From FIST to last the Norris fac
tion, which wanted to run things whether
or no. received no encouragement from
the National Committee. As is well known.
the anti-Norris delegates were recognized
at the Kansas City Convention, the Ma
tional Committee deciding that half vote
should be accorded each faction. OF course,
this was a practical reputation of Norris,
whose election. it was alleged, was not
strictly in accordance with the rules that
should govern the primaries.
The recent action of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee in Indianapolis. which
was in effect that the question of selecting
n representative for the National Commit
tee from the District should be left to the
District Democrats. was disappointment
to the followers of Norris. for they felt
confident that the question would be de-
cided by the National Committee, which
would elect him. The Holmead people, 1t
is said, are satisiieT with the decision of
the National Committee and are willing to
have arother primary which shall be fairly
and squarely conducted, at which only Dis
trict Democrats shall vote, to decide the
question.
The anti-Norris people say that If an
honest expression of opinion is had 1t will
be at least 10 TO l against Norris. Ac-
cording to the gossip in Democratic circles
last night. Norris is said to have informed
Senator Jones that il the question was
referred back to the voters Of the Dis
trict. he. Norris. would receive an over
whelming majority. Senator Jones is re-
ported as saying chat If that were the case
then he, Norris. could have 10 possible OBJ
lection TO another primary.
There seems to be no hurry on the part
OF either faction to take the initiative and
order another primary. as suggested by the
National Committee 1t was said las. night
that unless some action is soon taken. 1t
is not improbable that Senator Jones, as
Chairman of the National Committe, will
appoint a new Central Committee and di-
rect it to hold a primary to elect mem
Der to represent the District en- the Ma
tional Comiaittee. There 10 a strong prob
ability that some decision will be taken In
the matter within the next ten days.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
ALTAR IN A PRIVATE HOUSE.
Miss keiIey. of Brooklyn, to Be Mar
ried In Her Home.


NEW YORK. Aug 11.-Under special
dispensation from the Pope an altar ha:
been erected in private chapel in the
house OF Major John D. Kelley, 213 Cler-
mont Avenue, Brooklyn, and there by spe-
cial permission granted by the Pope, the
majors daughter, Miss Helen Mary Pia
Kelley, Is to be married next Wednesday
to Alexander NJ. Sullivan, of Dublin Ire
lard.
An altar ii private house is an unusual
privilege in this country. and the permis-
sion to have a marriage ceremony cele-
brated at such an altar Is considered an
unusually high honor. Once before in
Brooklyn was this privilege granted, and
then the daughter Of John Loughran, Pres
ident of the Manufacturers Bank, was
married at his home. South Portlanl AY-
enue-
Cardinal Gibbons. xfo was a guest at
Major Keiley's home fer week recently,
is to return from Southampton, L. l.,
where he is spending the summer. to ceIe-
brate the nuptial mass next Wednesday.
Bishop Benjamin B. Kelley. of Savannah.
an uncle of the bride is to perform the
ceremony. The Bishop of Richmond. Va;
the Bishop of Detroit, and the Right Rev.
Monsignor Mcnamara, Vicar General OF the
Diocese of Brooklyn, are expected to be
present. Only members Of the family have
been invited.
The bride is to sail with her husband on
Wednesday for Dublin. in which city her
home is to be. Mr.. Sullivan is a barrister
there. He is a sGE VI the late Alexander
NJ. Sullivan, N. p. and a nephew of Timo-
thy P. Sullivan, former Mayor OF Dublin.
No formal announcement of the wedding
has been made, and members of the fami-
A..
given to it. as they intend it to be strictly
a family gathering.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
swFLTERING IN NEW YORK.
The Mercury Registers the Highest
Temperature of the Summer.

Temperature of the Summer.
NEW YORK, Aug 11.-Today was not
only the hottest August II on record, it
was also the hottest day of the summer.
For three hours the mercury was bubbling
around or Slightly above 95 degrees. Tnis
was away up in the Weather Bureau
headquarters. Thermometers on the street
showed from 10G to 106 degrees. A coed
breeze from the west saved the official
mercury from breaking the August
records early in the day. but it lost
a bit of its cooling force later, and at 3:l5
the thermometer broke the summer record
by registering 9s.1 degrees. Then the
mercury slowly got below the 95th bar.
The percentage OF humidity, fortunately,
was not high, otherwise there might have
been many more deaths and prostratiJrs.
Thousands Of persons slept on fire
escapes and on roofs tonight, es they had
the night before. A multitude sought re-
lief at the seashore, but found mighty
little, as the wind was of shore.
At s O'Clock tonight the official Their
mometer registered IS degrees. which was
several degrees hotter than the record At
the game hour the night before.
The Weather Bureau this evening held
out dim, indefinite hope of better condi-
tions tomorrow.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12

Maximum. 10l; minimum, 73
Temperature same date last year-Maximum, %;
minimum, -
Two cases of heat prostration were re-
ported to the police last night. Shortly
after noon, near the City Hall, Leslie Da-
Wis, thirty years of age, was overcome.
The Sixth precinct police sent in a call
for the ambulance and Davis was removed
10 the Emergency Hospital He lives at
sos r Street northwest
Miss Mary c. Chase lives in Chestnut
Street, Anacostia. She was at work in
the attic Of her home about o'clock in
the afternoon, when she was prostrated
DR.. Pyles was called and treated the young
woman.
Charles Chevis. about thirty years old
was overcome by tn, heat at. the corner
OF Eleventh and Streets northwest. ,ast
night A citizen, in passing. discovered
Chevis in an Unconscious condition. Fo-
1iceman Wright, Of the Second precinct
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
HOW HE AVOIDED ARREST.
Committed Suicide just ms
Warrant Was Sworn Out.

NEW YORK. Aug. 11.-Frederick Grimm,
fifty-five years old. janitor for the apart
ments at 514 East One Hundred and Fifty
fifth Street, committed suicide some time
last night by hanging himself from the
transom in vacant room.
At tho time, almost to the hour, that the
mans body was being cut down. Otto
Volkening, Of IS East Sixtieth Street, who
owns the houses in which Gri-2m acted as
janitor. was in the Morrisania Police Court
obtaining a warrant for Grimms arrest
The affidavit given by Volkening was to
the effect that Grimm had collected rents
TO the amount Of $50 and failed to account
for the sum to the landlord.
When ;he warrant had been obtained
Patrolman McAndrews went with Volken-
Ing TO the house to serve it. When Mrs.
Grimm caught sight Of the landlord she
became almost hysterical.
Three times ! have warned you" she
screamed, that il you persisted in get
ting a warrant for my husband he would
kill himself. You are responsible for his
death"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
AUeUsTE VIcToRIA's TRIP.
Incidents of the NorthIand Voyage
Told by the Captain

NEW YORK. Aug. 1.-THE Hamburg
American Line steamship Auguste Victoria
arrived at her dock at Hoboken today. her
first ,.n across the Atlantic since her re-
tE-> 20 Hamburg on July 26, from the
annual trip to the North Cape. The fol-
lowing account of the northland trip was
furnished by Captain Kaempff:
ION July 4 the Auguste Victoria started
to the North Cape with a large number of
American passengers. All cabins en- board
were taken. The weather was very fine. CT
the trip up excursions were made to Odde
Aolde, Macs. Trondhjem. and Tromsoe. 10
which almost every passenger took part
On July 10. at midnight the steamer
dropped anchor off the North Cape. all the
passengers going up to the cape The next
morning at 6 O'Clock the voyage was con-
tinued to Sultzbergen. The same night the
passengers went hunting and made ex-
cursions into the mountains. The hunters
shot large number of reindeer and polar
bears. Between Hammerfest and North
Cape large number Of whalers and whales
were seen. The return trip was begun on
July i6, by way Of Diegermulen. Bellsund,
Naayock, and Gudwangen. At Diegermulen
the captain OF the Auguste Victoria re-
ceived q telegram from Emperor William
inviting all the passengers to visit him on
board the royal yacht Hohenzollern. at
Molde.
ION July 20 the steamship arrived at
Molde. Emperor Will am visited the Au-
gusto Victoria and chatted pleasantly with
the Americans, and again invited the pas
sengers to his yacht. All the passengers
at once took advantage Of His Majesty's
invitation. On July 26 the Auguste Vic
toTia arrived off Hamburg"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
THE HOT WAVE BROKEN.
A Thunder Storm in Illinois, Wis
consin, and Intfann.


CHICRGO, Aug. ia violent thunder
storm broke over this city at o'clock
tonight bringing TO an end the longest
sustained hot wave ever inflicted upon this
region in the history OF the Weather Blu
resu Dispatches from points in Illinois,
Wisconsin. Indiana, sad Michigan show
that the storm is general within a radius
of go miles CT Chicago.
Had the stc-T held of till midnight the
eighth CIv -segTee weather would
have b. =, breaking all pre-
vi5Us rtoc days. In that time
sixty ta,,- 10 sunstroke have
beer res. police, while nearly
Sc cases l. 9n have been re-
corded
The death rate for the week has been
enormous, and doubtless much Of the in
crease, apart from sunstroke, may be
charged to heat exhaustion. Owing to the
fierce heat this morning 5000 men employ
ed by the Pullman Palace Car Company
in the machine and blacksmith shops quit
work. 1t was reported the men had struck
and police were hurried to the scene, but
there was no trouble. the men simply re-
fusing to work. Work was also suspended
in the steel mills in South Chicago and
other manufacturing districts throughout
the city Acting Mayor Walter today or
dered the entire lake front, twenty-five
miles in length, be made free to bathers as
long as the excessive heat continues, and
he also ordered that bathing in the park
lagOons be permitted.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
IGNITED BY THE HEAT.
A Truck Load of Fireworks Set OF
by the SUM-

TRENTON. n. J.. Aug. IA truckload
of fireworks, ignited by the intense heat of
the sun. exploded in the baggage room Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad here this aft
ernoon and Baggageman Robert Bonhart
was severely injured. The station took fire,
but the flames were extinguished before the
fire department reached the scene. The
truck had been standing in the baggage
room for two days.
The thermometer registered 120 in the
baggage room.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
LABOR UNIONS TROLLEY LINE.
st. Louis strikers Form Company
of Their Own.

ST. LOUIS. Aug. 11.-Articles of incor-
poFation were filed yesterday by the Labor
Union Street Railway Company. It's eapi-
tai stock is placed at s5.OOO and its officers
are named as follows:
President. Thomas B. Edwards: vice
president. Simon o. Collins; secretary,
William D. Benson; treasurer, John A.
Roof. Messrs. Edwards and Benson con-
sutute the committee recently appointed
by the local street railway union to organ
ize a corporation TO enter the street rail-
way business 10 this city.
A mass meeting OF the local union labor
organizations. will be held tomorrow night.
at which the project will be formally
launched
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
Counting the Chinese.


No maD knows the exact population Of the
Chinese f-ipire, but il is believed to consist OF
between four and five hundred million persons
II a census were taken by compelling the Cees-
tials to T~ove past the enumarators in single file
three feet apart, at the rate of four miles hour
the p.9ceEs ~culd, consume about eight years,
thirty-scYen days. six hours, forty-thTee minutes
and thirty eigh. and fraction seconds, allowing
two days for leap years.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
1r nElprh WIS nArrLEs.

Tweutv-nine sys8rers and men wrote from the
front TO say ihat FOR scratches. bruises, cuts,
wounds, aore sest aad dtif joints Bucklen's
Arnica saiye Isl the best in The world. Same for
burns. skin orupiions, and piles. Twenty-Five
cents a box Cure guaranteed. sold by Henry
Eyaxg, Druggist. ~ Street northwest.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12

station was called and the man se re-
moved to nearby drug store. After treat
ment he revived and was taken home in a
carriage. He lives at 1914 Tenth Street
northwest
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
. Korean in n strange Land.

NEW YORK. Aug. Lice Chung Kan.
a Korean. about twenty-eight years cid,
went to the outdoor Poor Department
yesterday and asked for aid. He arriv
on the Doric at San Francisco. on June 80.
and came to Nav York, bringing with him
two chests Of ginseng, worth $780, and lad
considerable money. He could not make
himself understood in Chinatown, and ne
wanted Superintendent Blair to send him
home. Mr.. Blair viii endeavor to sell the
root for him, and will send him back 10
Korea.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12

Who brews the best beer? Ask any of your
friends and they win give you positive answer
that Hetrich's beers are the best. Phone 63i
Senate or Lager.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12

Phone GsI, Arlington Botting Co. for case
Of Hcurich's Msefzcn, Senate. or Lager-the boat
and pure.t Of all Sssrs in the United StateS
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12

Gel the washington Mirror this morning.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-31
August Flower

ct ia surprising fact" Gays Prot.
Houton, that In my travels in all
parts of the world, for the last ten
years, 1 have met more people having
used Green's August Flower than any
liver and stomach. and for constipa-
ton. find for tourists and statesmen,
or for persons filling office positions,
where headaches and general bad feel
ines from irregular habits exist, tina,
Green's August Flower Is grand
remedy. 1t does not injure the system
by frequent use, and is excellent for
sour stomach and Indigestion. -
Sample bottles free at any drug store.
Sold by dealers In all civilized coun.
tries
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-31
Land OF The Sky"

In Western North Carolina, be.
tween the Blue Ridge on the east and
the Alleghanies ON the west, in the
beautiful valley of the French Broad
Asheville, beautiful, picturesque and
world-fsmed as one of the most pleas
ant resorts in America. 1t is land OF
bright skies and moon parable climate,
whose praises have been sung by poets
and whose beauties of stream, valley
and mountain height have furnished
subject and ipspir alton for the painters
brush. This is truly the Land of the
Sky" and there Is perhaps, no more
beautiful region an the continent &c
attract pleasure tourists or health
seekers. Convenient schedules and
very low rates to Asheville via South
ern Railway.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-31

make arrests. Adjutant General
Scurry eaid: This ruling has to some
extent affected the efficiency of the
ranger force, in that 1t has caused q
reduction of the number of men on the
rolls. We have reorganized the bat
TALON, by forming six companies in
stead of four. the strength Of the force
now being 80 men with half of tn en-
officers. In this way there will be
always two men on a scout, and one Of
these will in every instance be .
commissioned officer. 1 think when
the legislature meets that 1t will re-
medy the statutory defect in the law,
and that the ranger force will be in
creased then to strength that will
make It valuable to the state to q
greater extent than now. The ranger
force Is one of the best projections to
the law biding people OF the state.
The people In the cities do not realize
this because they are not in contact
with their work, but the people who
live on the frontier know isand they
appreciate it.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-31

prehistoric sea. Waterloeged and
heavy, they sank to the bottom, and
we're there covered with sand and
were changed into chalcedoDy. The
sand hardened and cemented into stone
and finally rose above the waters.
This stone forest lay hidden from view
for countless ages. By Glow disin-
tegration the imbedding rock all
washed away and the petrided trees,
being much harder and more durable,
were left lying scattered in denee pro-
fusion on the surface OF the earth,
where they had 80 long lain buried.
"These trees are OF the most beau
tiful colors, and the stone takes as
high polish as granite.
tent the petrified logs are countless
at ali horizons and lie in the greatest
profusion on the knobs, buttes and
spurs and in the ravines and gulches.
while the ground seems to be every
where studded with gems consisting
of the broken fragments of all shapes
and sizes and exhibiting all the colors
of the rainbow. The state OF miner
alization in which most of the wood ex-
lists almost places them among the
gems and precious stones. Not only
among them, but many approach the
condition of jasper and onyx.
zone of the most celebrated objects
in the whole region ia the natural
bridge. consisting of = petriied trunk
lying across q canyon and forming q
natural foot bridge on which men may
easily GROSS. Tho canyon 1t spans ia
forty five feet in width. In addition to
the span, fully fifty feet of the tree
lies on one eide, making it visible for q
length of over 100 feet. The region
consists of the ruins of former plain
having an altitude above sea level Of
5, 700 to 5, $50 feet. This plain has I'M
dergone extensive erosion to the maxi
mum depth of 700 feet. The strata
consists of alternating beds Of clay,
sandstone shales and massive sand-
stones. The clays are purple, white
and blue, the purple predominating,
and the white and blue
forming bands of different thickness
between the others, giving the
cliffs lively and pleasing 9 fleet.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-31
10000 Pounds OF prunes
No Hope For Stephens Bill.

Hon. T. B. Catroa came down from
Santa Fee last night. He didn't go to
Washington with Governor Otero's
CON IN ittee, having, he said, informa
tion which made him as certain that
the Stephens bill wouldn't pass as that
he wouldn't fly to heaven.-Albuque
que Journal Democrat
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-31
NeighbOr-
hood Notes
TEXAS
Horses Have DIphtherla.

Horses Have Dlphtherla.
Nineteen valu q BILE horses In Calves
ton and the vicinity have died OF dlph-
liberia and the disease Ia epidemic
there.
Palestine To Dig For Coal
A coal and mining company here is
sinking shafts and prospecting Tor
GOAL In this reighborhood. The de-
posts are supposed to be very rich.
10000 Acres OF Land Sold.
A. 81. Pierce, cattle king, and 81. 81:
Kirkpatrick, OF Sherman, Texas, sold
ten thousand acres OF land fronting on
Galveston Bay to Milton b. Smith OF
the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
The land will probably be used for
freight yards. stock yards and factory
purposes.
A Sanitarlum At Austin
The Sisters of Charity are to estao-
iish a sanitsrium at Austin. The
saniterium will b. known as the Seton
Iufirmsry In honor of Anne Elizabeth
Seton who founded the first establish.
msnt of the Sisters of Charity In the
United States, in 1909. The sanitarium
will be In Tobin park and the building
will begin as soon az the architects
plans are complete.
Three Crops In One Year.
IT. Hairston, q farmer OF Iudepeu-
dence, has succeeded in raising three
different crops off one plot of land In
eleven months. Mr.. Hairston devotes
his lard to small field crops and last
year be pla % ted plot in Irish potatoes
In February. The potatoes were gath
cred the fifteenth of June. The land
was then planted with Mexican corn
which was we'll ripened by the middle
of October and was ready to be gather
cd. The land was then prepared and
planted with turnips which were mat
ured aud out of the ground in time to
prepare the land for potatoes again.
The three crops we're planted and
gathered in the space OF eleven months
time and every crop was well masured.
Adjutant General ScurrY's Opinion
In speaking to a writer for the Mail
Telegram regarding the re cent opinion
of the attorney general regarding the
authority of the state rangers to
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-31
Court Papers Stolen.

At Guerrero, In the western part
of chihuahua. some one dug a hole
through the adobe wall of the juzga 10
memoirs Office and carried off all
papers and records of every descrip-
tion. Thousands of dollars worth of
accounts, promissory notes, court
judgments and other necessary papers
were carried off aud the court affairs
are in a wretched tanRle. Every
effort is being made to recover she
papers. 1t Is believed of course tn At
the papers we're stolen by interested
parties