Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-28
WASHINGTON LCTTU
Especial Correspondence

rived in Washington from her hnne -
southern Kansas. Mrs. Meechnm taKi
come to Washington to remain uuE
after the trial Of Mrs. BONNIE for dAs
murder of James Seymour Ayrez nT'
the special purpose Of caring f0r sszc
two sons of Mrs. Bonine.
The meeting Of the two siste1 ~
somewhat affecting.
Mrs. Meecham closely reseaflsw.
Mrs. BONNIE both in form and feaf,uA
She Is the wife Of physician and aEs
evidently a person of refinement n,z
culture. She Of course believes frmdEEE
in the statement of her sister seaznats-
ing the Kenmore tragedy, and. xslixs
feeling keenly the position of the farsz~
ly, she manfests the same wonaier--a
self control that has marked the erEss
duct of Mrs. BONNIE.
Those who have seen Mrs. Bo1fna IT,
Gently say she is looking physa.zlscy
better as we'll as more bright and A;sgAs~
full than she has since her life I'll aiM
District Jail began.
No move has yet been made eT ss*44
Their the prosecution or defense as -
the time of the trial. When the e.ss.z.;
conveneS on the LIST of Octoheg t3Es
matter will come up and a date VIII Aes
set. 1t is believed that the last az tisa-
tober or first of November will be ff.TiEl
upon as the date of beginning the s1a1E4e
Its termination is still more E1stsssr
lematical, but it is understood tte -.
Tense estimates that four or n1aAns
weeks will be consumed in the hearMae.
Dredging the Potomac.
Colonel Allen, the engineer Offhrer I'M
charge Of the improvement Of the Hizsa
mac river. reports to the war darss1ss
ment that dredging operations II
Washington are progressing sarlsf:as
torily under the contract with tax -xat'
lantic, Pacific and Gulf company. aks
cent operations have been con7Nsf ~
the Virginia channel above LsssE
bridge. The dredge has worked nigHe
and day, eXcavating an average G.
TIA cubic yards of material aR itsm-s.
This material has been depositaE exS
the upper end of section Ill ot Ets.se
mac park, adjoining the caussaH 2ss
This tract of ground previous is tln&
filling was the lowest portion CT ftss
park and was frequently cover*a- vs.
water at high tide. The dredging 1ssGs
resulted in increasing the width n EA,S
channel through the bar at tina, Qajgl.
to 400 feet from the Long bridge ~ 1lHl
first angle above a distance of aEgirs
LOO feet.
Over One Hundred Years OF Asx
Mrs Eliza Williams, colorss. wzssA
man, who was said to be III years f1sE,
died the other day at her honn, go
Twenty-fourth street. Eighteen Ut hs+
grandchildren and eight great-xrsNS-"
children were among the mcnrnasRa
She was born, according to the sxsEts'
ments of her relatives, in FanrnazE
county, Va, in 1889 on the plaNrariaxx
Of Colonel William SQuires GMszEa
who gave her, when she was ys,cn~F
woman, as wedding present III s2f
daughter Alice upon her marriage Ia
Judge Richard Henry Field Of TN
PEPPER General George Wash}nxp1a
was frequent visitor to the Ca1ssSc
house, and Mrs. Williams said she ~
membered him well and that A4 aastss-
patted her on the head and saM sSa
would die young, as she was then SkEa
weakly girl. She said she hal 1hKs
waited on General Lafayette twhaK dAS
passed through that part Of ViryaAGi
and was q guest of Colonel GitsN3-
Where Males Prcdominaf&.
The census bureau the other s1zy n
sued bulletin giving the populaYissG
of sex, nativity and color for SfsSEr
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Orsessyn--s
The males predominant, Oregnn &&azr--
in the largest proportion, or oaa yEr
cent, of males. North DakDta aM5
Oklahoma also show notable +ezNanEs
of males. In Ohio the populaihsg 20
more evenly divided, the peretHaars
for the males being 500.
The foreign born element consf}f1ass.@
over one-third of the populati5y4 u
North Dakota, while in Oregr1a Sse-.
same element constitutes less Ghs1H sgssF-
sixth and in Ohio a little more EAss@
IN Oklahoma the prorsa-7 fs
Of foreign born is only SO per NSZz-,
The white element represents 'ssEss.
nine-tenths of the total populatlGNt.
Minister WI May stny.
Owing to the fact that betor+ sAfH
Boxer troubles developed in China !.szs
government appointed Kuei Chnn- 81
member Of the tsung II yamen, as iii
post Of Chinese minister at st. pss,Xrx
burg Minister WI is not inclinsss a.
credit the press dispatch from fxsT.dm
stating that the Chinese minister H
London is to lie transferred to 81 H.
ersburg and that Minister WI ,NiXdax
transferred to London.
Mr.. WI said that recently he naka
n a Chinese newspaper that EN-
Chun was making prepare tons tfr haa
departure from Picking for the n,1Sakus
capital, and he could not recaAMA'
hese facts with the report from lAE-
lon of the transfers.
Pictorial History Far From n~Aifpse
Tho phOtnrranhin Offira Of fhA sHseag