Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-19
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
COLORED MAN JUMPS
FROM EXCURSION BOAT.
Efforts to Recover Body Prove Futile
The Coming and Going
of Vessels.

An unknown colored man committed sui
eide last night by jumping from the steam
er River Queen as she was making her last
trip up from Motley Hall. 1t was about IL
O'Clock when the steamer backed ont from
her wharf a: Motley Hal ard started up
the river. The man was seated on the main
deck. near the port side. and when the
boat was abreast Of Jones' Point he sud-
denly jumped up. pulled his hat over MS
eyes and plunged over the rail into the
river The steamer was stopped. boats
lowered and. aided by A searchiight. a
search was made. but nothing was seen of
him 1t is supposed that he was struck
by the wheel as he passed under it and
never came to the surface. The man IL de-
scribed As being short and thick set and
very dark. He wore "A dark suit Of cloth
ing and light felt hat. The Ulcers OF tho
steamer made Efforts to ascertain hia name,
but no one could be found who knew him.
1t was first believed his name Swee-
ney and that he lived in Anacost.a. but Il
is stated that Sweeney WA seen the
street after the arrival of the boat here last
night.
The repairs To the machinery OF the big
scoop dredge Pugh. which has ben At
been completed and ihe dr"dCe has returned
to the Mattawoman Shoals. near Ind an
Head. whore she has been working
The buoy tender Jess1rine. which had
been in port since Saturday. sailed yester-
day evening for Baltimore. where she Will
be supplied with an e!ec-ric lighting pant.
The Jessamine has just completed the
buoying Of the James river.
A twelvepound carp, of the largest
fish caught off the wharves in recent
months. landed by Clarence Ander-
son Saturday evening last at T. r. Riley's
wharf
Barge Launched.
large lumber barge for Messrs. John
son & Wimsatt launched today at high
water at the bodybuilding yard of Mr..
George 7. Cumberland. foot of 9th street.
where it was built. The launch was wit
messed by quite large throng. and was in
every way successful This is the second
scow to be built and launched at Cumber-
lands in the past six weeks Mr. Cumber-
land has the contract to build six large
sand and mud scows for various local firms.
The bottom timbers for big +5-foot scow
for the National Sand Dredging Company
will be laid tomorrow
The new cutter Francena being built at
Townshend's for F. T. Rawlings, is rapidly
approaching completion. She will be
launched it is understood in about two
weeks, and will be ready to enter the races
July 4.
The pungy Sea View. which was run into
by tug and sunk in the Eastern branch
about a week ago Is still lying in about
seven feet of water off Buzzards' Point Eff
forts have been made several times to raise
her. but they have been unsuccessful She
has. however. been pulled out of the mid
channel to one side. but the channel
where she lies is narrow. there is not much
room given in which to pass her.
DR.. Fred Cook and Mr. Jos Tyssowski
started on hunting and fishing trip TO the
big marsh near Craney Island in the sl1op
Lofts Saturday evening last. They returned
yesterday morning. the rain having pre-
vented all sport
of friends, arrived in port on Saturday
evening in handsome sailing sloop. which
Is anchored off the arsenal wall. The
party will be in port for several days
Mr.. H. Thomfort, with his family sailed
recently in the yacht Dauntless on a pleas
ure cruise OF several days down the Po-
tomac.
wagon belonging to R. T. Maznser &
struck yesterday evening about 3 o'clock
by motor car No. 25 of the Metropolitan
railway on Water street in front of the
office of T. r. Riley & Co. The fender of
the car was broken and one of the wheels
Of the wagon was damaged No one was
in the car at the time of the accident with
the exception Of the conductor and motor
Eian. Eyewitnesses state 1t IL impossible
to decide who was responsible for the ac-
cident.
Boats With Cargoes.
The steamer Harry Randall arrived in
port with cargo of barreled crabs and
country produce for the local merchants.
The schooner Daisy. Capt. Fields with a
cargo of lumber. is lying at w. w. Riley's
wharf foot of 18th street.
The bugeye Julia A. Lawson. with a
cargo of wood for Carter q Clark arrived
up this morning.
The local dealers this morning received
ffty-six barrels of fish from the shores at
Virginia Beach and about Old Point. Trout
sold at 81 to Sc per barrel: mackerel. 1oc.
per pound. and blue fish, ic. per pound
The sale of shad is now forbidden by the
fish law.
A handsome eight-oared racing shell for
the Georgetown University boat crew
rived here this morning on the Norfolk and
Washington Line steamer. The boat was
built by w. H. Davy of Cambridge. Mass.
and came from Boston by the Merchants
and Miners steamer to Norfolk. where it
was transferred to the Norfolk and Wash
fngton line
Capt Bushby Grigsby. q well-known
river man. is extremely ill of congestion OF
hut