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on the fact that. though it was on the verge
of evening and she was evidently going out,
she was dressed In black cloth and without
even q diamond or a flower to relieve its
severe simplicity. Her hair, too. which was
always her pride, was piled in careless
mass upon her head as II she had tried to
arrange 1t herself and had forgotten what
she was doing while her fingers were but
half through her work. There was a cloak
lying on the chair near which she was
standing. and she held hat in her hand;
but Loretta saw no gloves. AS the maid S
glance and that Of her mistress crossed.
Mrs. Jeffreys spoke and the effort she
made in doing so naturally frightened the
girl still more. Il am going out" were her
words. II may not be home till late-What
are you looking att"
Loretta declared that the words took her
by surprise and that she did not know
what to say. but managed to cover up her
embarrassment by intimating that il her
mistress would let her touch up her hair
a bit she would make her look more nat
ural.
At this suggestion. Mrs jeffrey cast a
glance In the glass and impetuously de-
clared. 1T doesn't matter" But she SEEM
ed to think better of 1t the next minute;
for. throwing herself In a chair, she babe the
girl to bring comb, and sat quiet enough,
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"And did no one go up? Was no attempt
made to see If the pistol was or was not
In the drawer?"
Yes; the officer went up with me. l
pointed out the place where IT was kept,
and he rummaged all through 1t. but found
no pistol. i didn't expect him to" Here
the witness paused and bit her lip, adding
confusedly: Mrs. jeffrey had taken 1t, you
See"
The Jurors, who sat very much in the
little attention. But now they began to
make their presence felt. perhaps because
the break in the witness words had been
accompanied by sly look at jimmy. Pos
sibly warned by this that something lay
back of this hitherto timid witness sudden
volubility, one of them now spoke up.
I'm what room did you say this pistol was
kept?"
the room opening out OF the sitting room
where Mrs: Jeffrey had kept herself shut
up all day
Does this bed room of which you speak
communicate with the hall as well as with
the sitting room?"
mo, sir; 1t is the defect OF the house.
Mr.. and Mrs. jeffrey often spoke of 1t as q
great annoyance. You had to pass through
the little boudoir in order to reach it."
The juryman sank back, evidently salts
fed with her replies. but we who marked
the visible excitement with which the wit
ness had answered this seemingly unim-
por1dnt question wondered what special
interest surrounded that room and the ps-
toll to warrant the heightened color with
which the girl answered this new interlocu-
tor. We were not destined to know at this
time for the coroner. when he spoke again,
pursued different subject
How long was this before Mr.. Jeffrey
came mr.
only few minutes. I was terribly
frightened at being left there alone and
was on my way to ask one of the other
girls to come up and stay with me, when
heard his key in the lock and came back
He had entered the house and was stand
ing near the door talking to an officer who
had evidently come in with him. 1t was a
different officer from the one who had gone
away with Miss Tutt1e. Mr.. jeffrey was
saying. What's that? My wife hurt!
Dead, SIR blurted out the man. 1 had
expected to see Mr.. jeffrey terribly shocked,
but not in so awful a way. It really fright
ened me to see him and I turned to run.
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PHILIPPINE CANToNMENTs.
Gen. Lee Explains the Government
Policy as to Their Construction.

Policy as to Their Construction.
Gen Lee. commanding the Department OF
the Visayas. has found It necessary to is
sue a circular in explanation Of the gov
ernment's policy in the construction Of
barracks and quarters in that department.
1.-The congressional appropriation under
which construction Is now in progress"
says Gen. Lee. is for shelter Of troops in
the Philippines and involves at present no
idea of permanency. The departments al
lotment has been apportioned to the sta
tons to be constructed strictly on q pro
rata basis and beyond this allotment there
are no funds available. The construction
as planned for nearly every station in this
department follows closely the spirit Of the
enactment in this respect. The stations are
to be environments; nothing more. The
buildings are designed on the simplest lines
consistent with their purpose: and. Of ne
cessity. must be completed in a considera-
BILE measure by the use of the cheaper
classes of native material Almost without
exception they are to be placed on leased
ground, with the privilege of removal of
materials upon abandonment or expiration
OF leases 1t is manifest that in construc-
ton of such character anything but the
simplest fixtures of whatever sort would
be out OF place: and. indeed. consideration
of any other class has been expressly for
hidden by higher authority"
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but found that I couldn't, and that I had
to stand still and look whether 1 wanted to
or not. Yet he didn't say a word or ask a
question:.
What did he do Loretta?
II cannot say; he was on his knees and
was white-Oh, how white Yet he looked
up when the man described how and where
Mrs. jeffrey had been found and even
turned toward me when / said something
about his wife having left a message
for him when she went out. This message,
which L almost heSitated to give after
the awful news Of her DEATH was about
the ending OF some story, as you remem-
Der, and 1t seemed heartless to speak of
1t at moment like this, but as She had
told me to. didn't dare to disobey her. So.
with the man listening to my every word,
and Mr. jeffrey looking as If he would fan
to the ground before / could finish, I re-
peated her words to him and was sur
prfsed enough when he suddenly started up-
right and went flying upstairs. But was
more surprised yet when, at the top of the
first flight. he stopped and. looking over the
balustrade. asked In q very strange voice
where Miss futile was. For he seemed Just
then to want her more than anything else
In the world and looked beaten and wild
when 1 told him that she was already gone
to Waverley avenue. But he recovered him.
self before the man could draw near enough
to see his face and rushed into the sitting
room above and shut the door behind him,
leaving the officer and me standing down
by the front door. AS didn't know what
10 say 70 d tudH IKE MIN. ana ne didn't
know what to say to me- the time seemed
long, but 1t couldn't have been very many
minutes before Mr.. Jeffrey came back with
a slip Of paper in his hand and a very much
relieved look on his face. The deed was
premeditated.' he cried. My unfortunate
wife has misunderstood my affection for
her.. And from being a very much broken
down man. he stood up straight and tall
and prepared himself very quietly to go to-
the Moore house. That is all can tell
about the way the news was received by
him."
Were these details necessary? Many app
peared to regard them futile and UNI
called for. But Coroner z. was never
known to waste time on trfvialities and
Ii he called for these facts. those who knew
him best felt certain that they were meant
as a preparation for Mr.. Jeffrey's tastj>
mony. which was now called for.
Go be continued tomorrcwl
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and concisely told, the coroner had not In
terrupted her. When at this point
little gasp escaped Miss futile
and q groan broke from Francis jeffrey s
hitherto sealed lips the feelings Of the
whole assemblage seemed to find utterance.
A young wife's misery eliminating in death
on the very spot where she had been SO
lately married! What could be more thrill
ing, or appeal more closely to the. general
heart of humanity? But the cause of that
misery! This was what every one present
was eager to have explained This Is what
n sUtss1 ct the ng ge e
had opened up. her proceeded u. ask:
Where were you when this officer
brought the news you {4entisnE
HIM, nm the hail. sir ! Gfs nth the door '0'
errand?'' ~ "@
before h,m and wa. sas 9ss at the foot
WHAT vne Was Miss Tdttie Out that even
mgr" ssrq ITS
Yes: she went out very 4ocn after Mrs;
jeffrey left. When she came in she said
that she had been ardund The block. but
she must have gone aruund II more than
0n .pid I1 You nh let T her i IN w
Yes. sir: q LIP
block?" >,
"Yes SIR"
did she say anything else?
'She asked If Mr.. jeffrey had come IN
Anything else?"
, Then If Mrs. Jeffrey had returned
''To both of which questions you an
swered-"
"A plain No." ~
"Now tell us about the officer
He rang the bell almost Immediately
after she did. Thinking she would want to
slip upstairs before I admitted any one, ]
waited minute for her to go, but she did
SHE
"Well!''
"She shrieked." ~
What! before he spoke?"
Yes. SIR"
Just at sight OF himw
Eyes. sir. -
did he wear his badge in plain view?"
Yes on his breast
so that you knew him to be police
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offlcer?"
yes"
And Miss Tuttle shrieked at seeing a
police officer?'
Yes and sprang forward"
did she say anything?"
Not them
"What did she do?'
Waited for him to speak,"
(which he did,"
"At once, and very brutally. He asked
II she was Mrs. Jeffrey's sister, and when
she nodded and gasped Yes, he blurted out
that Mrs. Jeffrey was dead! that he had
just come from the old house in Waverley
avenue, where she had just been found
And Miss Tuttle?"
Didn't know what to say; just hid her
face. She was leaning against the newell
post, so 1t was easy for her to do so.
remember that the man stared at her for
taking it so quietly and asking no ques-
tons"
''And did she speak at am"
''Oh, yes, afterward. Her face was wrap
ped in the folds OF her cloak, but heard
her whisper, as If to herself: No! no! That
old hearth Is not lodestone. She can not
up quite wildly and cried: There is some
thing mere! Something which you have not
told me-. She shot herself, If that's what
you mean Miss Tuttles arms went
to see her. Shot herselfT she gasped Oh
Veronica, Veronica With a pistol. he
went OIL suppose he was going to say,
tied to her wrist but he never got it out
for Miss Tuttle at the word pistol clapped
her hands to her ears and for moment
looked quite distracted, SO that he thought
better of worrying her any more and only
demanded to know If Mr.. jeffrey kept any
such weapon Miss Tuttle,s face grew very
strange at this. Mr.. jeffrey! was he there p
she asked. The man looked surprised.
They are searching for Mr. jeffrey he
replied Isn't he hereT No. came both
from her lips and mine. The man acted
very impertinently. You haven't told me
WHISTLER a pistol was kept here or not, !,
said he. Miss Tuttle tried to compose her.
self. but saw that ] should have to speak
II any one did, 50 told him that Mr.. JEFF
frey did have a pistol, which he kept in
one OF his bureau drawers. But when. the
officer wanted Miss futile to go up and
see II It was there, she shook her head and
made for the front door, saying that she
must be taken directly to her sister,"
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XI-Continued.

These signs of extreme mental suffering.
SO much more extreme than any Loretta
had ever before witnessed frightened her
so that the tray shook IN her hand as she
set it down ON the table among the count
less objects Mrs. jeffrey always had about
her The noise seemed to startle her mis-
tress, who had walked to the window after
opening the door. for she wheeled impetu-
ously about and Loretta saw her face. 1t
was as II a blight had passed over 1t. Once
gay and animated beyond the power Of
any one to describe. 1t had become in twen-
ty-four hours a ghosts face. with the glare
of some awful resolve on II. Or so 1t would
appear from the way Loretta described 1t.
But such girls do not always see correctly.
and perhaps all that can be safely stated
Is that Mrs. Jeffrey was unnaturally pale
and had lost her butterf1y-like way Of IN
cessant movement.
= Loretta. who was evidently accustomed to
seeing her mistress arrayed In brilliant col
prs and much begemmed, laid great stress
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Post Libraries in the Philippines.

Gen. Davis in Manila has issued an order
announcing the establishment OF post libra
ries in the Philippine Islands. The order
names twenty-six permanent army posts at
each Of which a post library will be estab-
lished. Nineteen of these posts are in the
Island of Luzon and seven in Mindanao
The officers on duty at the posts named are
instructed to make requisition on the War
Department for such newspapers and perl
odicals as are authorized by the Secretary
of War.
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To Guard the Cup Race Course.

George A. Cormack, secretary of the New
York Yacht Club. was at the Treasury De-
partment yesterday arranging for the po-
licing of the coming International yacht
races by the revenue cutter service. This
Is always done by that service. and the reg
ulations for the work have already been
drwn.
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Crimper-"Have you seen the missing
link, my dear?''
Mrs. C.-"No; and 1 won't look for 1t,
either You'll have to hunt UP your own
cuff buttons ereafter."-Yonkers States
man.
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At Ocean End of Virginia Avenue

1t is claimed that the Hotel Morton. at
the ocean end of Virginia avenue. Atlantic
City. Is one of the best equipped hotels in
Jersey. Rooms can be engaged singly or
en- suite, and the guests are all provided
with beautiful view of the ocean from the
broad windows at the hotel front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-24

Virginia Postmaster Appointed
Robert B. Hewlett has been appointed
postmaster at Dixie, Matthews county, Va,
in place Of Lucy d. Hewlett. deceased
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-24

R - 40 Large lot of Beauti-
K QDS full Shirt Waist
oVOo NV Suits. including ex-
quisite styles in
sheerest India Linons, Linen Ducks,
Natural Linens, Fancy Piques. Blue
and Gray Mercerized Chambrays, etc.
SEINE have panels of finest Cluny lace
inserting on waist and skirt; some are
beautifully hand-embroidered with
white silk in dot and herringbone eff
feets: elaborate designs In pieats and
tucks; some are trimmed In finest OF
embroideries; waists have double rows
of large pearl buttons; skirts are made
in the newest and most stylish tunic
effect, with seven cores, and all are
handsomely and deliberately designed
with a profusion of pleats, tucks and
stitched bias folds. Most Of these ele-
CANT and stylish suits were made to
sell at $40. Choice for the clearance,
1898.
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~ Lot Of Women's new
* QDS Bri1iiantine Bathing
cV u 40 Suits. black and blue
-, prettily trimmed
with red and white braid; regularly
priced. sos.
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department, has issued a circular contain
ing instructions In accordance with the sug-
gestions made by Colonel Russell
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-30
|Colored Dress Goods
Fancy Dress Goods

fancy colored Dress Goods. ~
inches wide. every thread warrant
| ed pure wool. This material is very
lsuitable for three-quarter coats and
Hull suits. They are regular H.25
Quality. Special ............,,....,...
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TOPICS IN THE CHURCHES.
Sunday-School Lesson and Christian Endeavor Work


mortal friendship; the sparing of murderous
foe
Jonathan is the mildest character in this i'm
mortal quartet He is the synonym Of friend
ship. He discovered, appreciated and loved
David. That is his chief claim to distinction.
David's noble spirit bloomed like fair lily on
the reeking dunghill of Sauls sordid court and
camp. Jonathan struck with consuming
admiration. He had found his fellow. His own
dauntless and devout heart matched. The
ideal friendship which then sprang up was rooted
in a theocratic faith. Both believed
in Jehovah and the immanence Of his govern
ment in Israel. The mutually OF their faith
accounts, not only for the origin OF their friend
ship, but for its phenomenal strength and per-
retuity.
THE TEACHERS LANTERN.
Third Quarter
II.-Saui Chosen King. Sam. X 1927.
1925 ~ --'1-o' ''''
IV.-Saul Rejected as King. / Sam. XIV, 1923.
V.-Samuel Anoints David. / Sam. xvi, Ala.
VII.-Saul Tries to XIII David. / Sam. xviii,
5-16.
VIII-David and Jonathan. I Sam. Xxx. 1928
IX.-David Spares Saul. Sam. XVI SIP,
A-25
X.-Death of Saul and Jonathan. 1 Sam.
XI-David Becomes King. II Sam. ii. lilo.
Xu-Abstnence from Evil Temperance Les
SOM Pet. iv. Ill.
XIII.-Revicw.
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DISPOSAL OF THE CHILD.

New York Tribune

New YORK tribune.
Homer Folks. commissioner of charities,
was the speaker at the Summer School Oh
Philanthropy yesterday morning, and the
subject of child saving, which was discussed
on the preceding day by Mrs. John M.
Glenn, of Baltimore, was again taken up.
Mr.. Folks expressed the same opinion as
Mrs. Glenn regarding institutions, namely,
that they were the last resort.
THE best general rule in dealing with
children" said Mr. Folks, lis to keep them
in their homes if possible, and If not pos
sible. to place them in other homes, having
them legally adopted when ii can be done.
If neither of these methods is feasible, send
them TO an institution
I'm the last twenty-five years" continued
Mr.. Folks, charity has entirely reversed
its method of help in the case of children.
Before that time the children of parents too
poor to care for them were invariably con-
signed 10 institutions. Now the family is
helped materially to a degree which will en-
able it to make ends meet and keep its chill
dren at home. But We have also seen a
children when their moral surroundings fall
below a certain standard. l believe that
this phase will increase as time goes on.
There are in the United States about one
hundred thousand children institutions and
about fifty thousand placed out in homes
not their own or OF their relatives. Since
growth Of the number of children in inStitu-
tons as before. but the number placed out
in private homes has increased rapidly.
Charity lacks scientific methods in follow
the institutions or societies follow up their
children for a long enough time or with
sufficient care TO know with any degree Of
certainty just what their influence on the
child has been.
1.-The manner in which individuals and
societies have distributed children broad
cast through the country without the care
which would characterize an ordinary busi-
ness transaction, and to people with whom
they would not trust a dollar, is amazing.
l have lately been looking up two hundred
cases of children placed out by a certain
agency. The only requirements of appli-
cantS for children seemed to be a letter
from their pastor Many Of the children
got into very good homes, some into very
bad ones, and of some we have found no
trace at all.
I'm the cases Of infants taken from
parents for any cause, it is generally agreed
that admission into private home is quite
essential, and the presence of wet nurse
is always secured when possible. 1t has
been found that placing child with a wet
without the nurse.
nurse in the lower East Side, in spite of
the undesirable surroundings and absence
Of bathing facilities, is better than placing
ii with a much better family in the country
or a new life When the child is older the
problem becomes more difficult. An older
child does not adapt itself TO new surround
| ings so easily, and the foster parents of a
boy of fourteen may desire him more for
the work he will do than for anything
Gle
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boards or the city, were giving stereopt-
con show nightly at Illinois and Washing
ton streets and had gone into the news
paper business by issuing the True Issue
and purchasing the knights OF Fidelity
News. II feel that the day of victory Is
at hand added the candidate
Mr.. Hoffman then took up his old theme
OF Mayor Bookwalter's record. as he sees
1T, and expatiated the letting OF con-
tracts, tax levy, debt-paying, etc. AS
new point he brought up the famous, or
infamous, Stahl case and took occasion TO
attack Edwin ID. Logsdon, chairman or
the Board Of Public Works. He said that in
the Stahl case Logsdon had testified that
Stahl offered him $1,Jo0 for the privilege
or putting In slot machines, While Stahl
had testified that Lcgsdon had asked him
for S1,J0e- Between the two men, Mr.. Holtz-
proceeded to attack Mr.. Logsdon's char
In the course OF his speech Mr.. Holtz-
man made two promises: First, that II
elected mayor winerooans would be
found in indianapolis under his admins
tration. Every one shall be closed the
minute / go into Office" he said. The sec
ond was that he proposed to close every
gambling hell in the city of indianapolis.
In closing he repeated his familiar utter
ances the track elevation and his play
on Mayor Bookwalter'S slogan, stand up
for Indianapolis
Charles Gauss. a South Side Democrat,
was introduced at the close of the Holtz-
man speech. He said he had known every
mayor of Indianapolis since 1863, but did
not explain why that should lead any one
10 vote for Hoffman.
When the chairman declared the meet
ing adjourned there was concerted move
ment toward the doors and but few in the
audience remained TO shake hands with
the candidates.
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c. Z. Newlin, the HitZ manager, announces
that he is in correspondence with some
prominent students of municipal govern
ment In different parts of the United States
in the hope of securing some of them for
large mass meetings near the close Of the
campaign. He was disappointed in receiv-
ing letter Of regret from the well-known
lawyer of Chicago. Hoyt King, who is sec
rotary of the Municipal Voters League.
which has made such a vigorous fight in
Chicago. Mr.. Kings letter is as follows:
II cannot fill the engagement asked by
you because or too much work and too many
nearer duties. Indianapolis is my native
city, however, and am somewhat familiar
campaign of education. Make ii vigorous,
and by all means make good showing.
If you have not already billed oliver w.
Stewart to speak you want to do so, and If
you can get a good crowd they will go away
enthused and talk. You really ought to
make him stay through the campaign, and
in his broad. liberal way just tell the people
some facts Stick to nonpartisanship and
honest government as platform. Stewart
knows how to win and he ought to help you.
If there are any facts can furnish shall
be glad to-
Mr.. Newlin says the date of the mass
meeting has not been decided upon and
that he is not ready to give out the speak
ers who are already engaged. The commit
art because of the fact that he was the
national chairman of the Prohibition party
and il feared that he would not feel
like giving support to nonpartisan move
ment, but since Mr.. King recommends him
so highly it is possible that he may be
brought here before the close of the cam
paign.
Mr.. Newlin claims that his prediction has
been amply verified by the break of the
South Side Democrats for Bookwalter. Mr..
Newlin says he has predicted for weeks
that the only thing that could defeat Hitz
was such a stand by the North Side Re-
publicans as would make the Democrats
feel that the election of Mr.. Hoffman
possibility and make those who are
antagonistic to the Reach machine vote
direct for Bookwater TO defeat Hoffman.
However, Mr.. Newlin says there are many
indications that the North Side Repub-
licans will not be led by DR.. Ridpath and
that the Ridpath Anti-Bookwalter Club
itself may yet be brought to indorse Hitz.