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NORTHERN LIBERTY MARKET
HOUSE RIOT OF 1857

- CRING President Buchanan's ad-
ministration. Monday, June J..
1857, nearly half a century ago.
IL occurred a riot among an assem-
bly, at the polls in this city in
which many persons were killed by de-
tachment of marines from the navy yard
under the command of Mai Tyler and
Capt Maddox. Gen. Henderson of the
same corps accompanied the party in citi-
zens dress.
Before the marines left their barracks
Gen Henderson addressed them as follows:
Soldiers YOU have done your duty in the
face OF the enemies OF your country. l ex-
pect You now to do your duty in upholding
the laws of your country quietly. but
firmly
The city was then under Mayor Ma
grudcr. and all the early morning of that
voting day there had been one continuous
series OF fights in the vicinity of the polls.
Some Of the belligereats had shoemakers'
avis, and when person whose opinions
were al variance with those Of the know
noth-rgs appeared at the voting place
they were tahbel FROM behind in no I'M
pleasant manner which. with other person
al 0utrdsCs. went in to cause Il general
melee
About 1890 o'clock Mayor Magruder read
the riot set to the crowds for by that time
the bad state of affairs began to take on
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the far sea the old world granary. the land
whose soil has been a treasury The de-
struction of this dam would project upon
Egypt catastrophe unparalleled in oil his
tory Johnstown extended to nation; At
lantis engulfed in an hour. Such would be
the tale that would appaN all after ages.
But under this edifice, holding back its
$4,000, 100000 cubic feet of river the Nile
people are safe and untroubled as though
it were their very granite hills. Through its
gates come, treasured and controlled, the
fertilizing waters, and nine millions of
Egyptians live under the warrant of the
-Assouan dam. In the experience of its sue
cess no fruitless word is needed In defense
of the safety of a project Incorporating It's
construction as central fea ture not with
a full. but with a normally empty basin
principle.
AS Mr. Bates thus appeals to the stability
of this Assouan dam, constructed on the
relatively solid syenite bed Of the Nile un-
der the most favorable climatic conditions,
where stones were handled and cement
used without exposure to tropical rainfall,
by Italian. Scotch and other Europeans, d.
recting a force of the best laborers in the
world 1t is only fair to the advocates of a
sea-level canal to examine the value of the
argument.
Mr.. Cope Whitehouse Opinion.
A reporter of The Evening Star found
Mr.. Cope Whitehouse in the Congressional
Library and obtained from him the follow
ing remarks:
when was in Chicago in 1894, after my
return from Egypt. and my appearance be-
fore the so-calIed international technical
commission which is described in these
documents, ] met Mr. Bates, and having
consulted with the engineers Of the Chi
cago drainage canal, they agreed that If L
would put at their disposal my maps plans
and papers they would execute the canal at
once for reasonable profit. incorporated
the Cope Whtehouse Drainage Canal and
Reservoir (yGmnapx-. tfnGpf- the lava nj IL
lnois so as to secure perpetuity, and sent
the papers to Egypt. Thereupon the min
lister of foreign affairs, Boutzos Pasha.
wrote to Frederic c. Penfeld, the diplo-
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TO TOP FAIR FACES
COUTURE ORNAMENTS ARE
BRILLIANT AND PRoFUSE.
Tiara Effects Liked Best Because the
Shape is Becom-
ing.
Written for The Star.

Written for The Star.
The elite are not wearing hats this year
In the evening. Whether this dictum of
fashion is due to the marvelously beautiful
new hair ornaments or the hair ornaments
are due to the absence of hats, it is difficult
to say. AT all events. these gleamy spark
ling trides which women wear in their hair
are displayed in greater variety and pro-
fusion than for years back.
Every woman, from dowager to young
girl, can have ornament peculiarly suit
ed to her age and style, and In becoming
selection lies the secret of success The
smart final touch for the deliberately Mar
celled couture will not fit the low roll on
the neck. Also, ornaments must harmon
lie with the gown.
The dowager wears marabout that soft
ftmy cloud of down whose tips now glisten
with spailettes.ss Aigrettes are added, height
-ered or lowered according to the splendor
OF the evening function which their wearer
is. to attend. Ostrich tips encrusted with
sparklets and. in direct contrast. butterfly
wings of black sequins are both prime ia
.yerites.
The matron who wishes reputation for
stateliness may wear any OF these. but her
raore frivolous sister dons the elaborate
tiara effects with high couture. These far
outnumber the other In variety, but they
all have one point in cornmon-spaTilles
Whether they are made up of ribbon, flow
ers, leaves or gauze, they sparkle with tiny
brilliants which arc fastened at most eff
fecttve points.
a semi-circular wire and knotted into small
roses violets. foreat-me-nots or simply
perky bows through which feathery green
foliage Y twined. Then the tiny brillian g
ereen isaves. with tips turning Backward
from the center and two cr thru eeQutn1
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ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
William Davis in Jail Accused of
Horse Stealing.
SpeclaI Corrcsnondence nd The Star

Special Correspondence of The Star
ROCKVILLE, Nd, February B, 1906
William Davis. colored. whose home is in
the upper section of this county, has been
lodged in Jail at this place to answer a
charge of horse stealing. 1t is alleged that
about two months ago horse and buggy
belonging to Mr.. William White a farmer
of the vicinity of Buck Lodge. this county.
which had been left standing in the town of
Poolesville. was stolen by the accused. The
latter. upon being pursued abandoned the
team. Il Is said. but not until after he had
cruelty treated the horse. Davis was ar
rested In Washington by District detectives.
He was turned over to Deputy Sheriff
George Mullican, who brought him to Rock
Vile
Mr.. f. Ebbott Beard of this place has
filed suit against the Fairmont and Clarks-
burg Traction Company 10 recover DANA ges
in the sum of $1,000 The declaration al
leges that the plaintiff was a passenger on
one of the cars of the defendant company
and that the car in descending a steep hill
became unmanageable by reason OF the
brakes failing to work, jumped the track
while going at a high rate OF speed and
was wrecked Beard claims that he was
painfully injured about the body In add
ton to sustaining permanent injuries to one
OF his legs; that he was laid up for two
months or more. and that by reason of his
injuries he was forced to resign a lucrative
position. II is understood the case will be
NfieC dt fdiTiHOnt next month Inc plain
tin is a son of Mrs. NJ. A. Beard of Wash
ington.
1t is understood 10 be probable that Mr.
Hazel w. Cashel of Lay Hill win succeed
Mr.. Crittenden King as public school COM
missioner for the county. Mr.. King has
just completed a six-year term. The other
members OF the board are Messrs George
r, Rice and Roger b. Farquhar, who have
two and four years, respectively, yet to
serve
The Young Peoples Society of the Rock
Vile Baptist Church was entertained last
evening at the home OF DR.. and Mrs George
+. Lewis. At q business meeting Mrs f..
OF Miss Beulah White. resigned, and other
routine matters received attention. Later
In The evening Messrs. A. 4. Braddock and
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of marines under Major Tyler advanced
with fixed bayonets for the purpose. This
movement induced the abandonment of the
cannon and the retirement OF the party
from It. They, however, retaliated with
yoiIey of pistol shots and stones.
The marines formed In square around
the cannon. when one of their party was
shot in the Jaw and afterward taken TO DIR.
Boyie's Office. which was near. Upon this
wounding of tie marine the order was given
them to fire, which they did. The first vol
ley was along K street toward Sth street
They then fired a second yolley up 9Th
street toward New York avenue; then
brought their guns to bear upon Massachu-
sets avenue, and after firing another volley
down that street poured another. the fourth
down It'll toward / street.
This series of shots put the crowd to fight
in all directions, leaving the field to the SOL
diery, who did not, however. long remain at
this spot, but were marched back 20 the
city hall. Later in the day they were taken
to the Baltimore and Ohio depot, to be on
hand and take charge of an expected REIN
forcement of plug ugles' from Baltimore,
but who wisely stayed at home.
During the melee the house where tho
voting took place was torn down. and the
pavement was strewn with stones clubs
and other missiles. Several of the ringlead-
ers were arrested and taken to the guard
house. The buildings in the neighborhood
We're somewhat damaged.
After the smoke of the marines fire had
cleared away the sight was presented of
four or five persons in the agonies of death
and several others fatally wounded. The
names of the killed and wounded were UNI
certain for some CT those who were hurt
skunk off from the scene Mr. Alison VINO
kept the grocery store on the corner OF Ith
and * streets was shot dead. Tomas
Willis Of Anne Arundel county, Md, was
shot in the back and died. a colored man
from Georgetown named Redd.ngton was
shot dead. An cd man found dead
near Hyatts store on 1th street. Another
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be likely to have a dangerous or deadly
effect.
The reason this cannon did not go off was
because some one had spiked" it. Still,
standing over this weapon of death, loaded
TO its muZzle with dread messengers, were
a half dozen Infatuated men, pouring gum
powder upon the place of ignition and with
lighted cigars and firebrands trying 20 get
the piece to go off. Had they succeeded the
loss of life would have been terrible, for the
street was packed with people from curb to
curb.
About half an hour after the cannon had
been hauled to 18th and X streets the ma
rines came marching up 18th street 10 the
place of riot.
The marines proceeded to the old wood
yard whihc stood on the southeast corner
northwest, and were lined up not more than
100 feet from the rioters with their cannon
To the back of the troops and on eth
street a few doors below the corner stood
Appleby's carpenter shop, whereSthe polls
orsVoting place was located
The crowd awaited the action of the ma
rines, and it did not take them long TO get
down to business. On their march uD 7th
street they were set upon with stones and
missiles. Some of them were bleeding about
the face and one was leaning upon COM
rade, having been badly hurt.
Mayor Magruder walked up to the closed
window of the carpenter shop and gave an
order TO open the polls, which had been
closed upon the appearance of the marines.
He received a reply from within, accom-
panied with much personal abuse and pro-
family, to the effect that the polls would not
be opened.
The mayor then took commanding posi-
ton and addressed the crowd. which
amounted to about 1 200 or 800 persons, all
of whom were in a state of excitement, tell
ing them to behave as good citizens and to
restrain themselves within proper limits,
and that the marines were brought there
for no hostile purpose, but to protect citi-
Zens in the exercise of their rights and cleo
ton privileges.
This speech of the mayor instead of auell-
ing the passion of the crowd, seemed to
have the opposite effect, and they exhibited
many forms of menacing violence short of
actual personal assaults
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Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
1.-THE LATEST man / ever saw" sad
travelling man to group of fellow-drurn-
mers at a Chestnut street cafe yesterday.
was not tramp nor COP. but station
agent in a little one-horse village in Idaho
After I had finished what Lite business
/ could do in the town | went down TO tho
railroad station to buy a ticket for my next
stop. The lazy stationmaster sat OF
.brokan-down office chair, his feet on the
desk and pipe in his mouth. unit. When
asked for the ticket he slowly reached
up to the rack, drew 1t out, handed 1t to
me and took my money without bestowins
glance upon me or moving from his
chair.
. That's the LATEST. thing ever saw,
said to him. II you can do anything lazier
than that, I'll give you this dollar Without
the slightest curiosity or even interest the
loafer drawIed Put II IN my pocket and
a.
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pevilish Attempt to Upset Boat.

Newnort Cor. Portland Journal.
d. F. Scott, an old weather-beaten fisher
man of this place. had thrilling experience
with two deyilfish recently.
The old man was out in small boat at
tending to his fish nets a few days ago when
he noticed that his boat was gradually tip
ping to one side. Stepping to the side of the
boat the fisherman peered over to see what
was causing the disturbance, when he dis
covered the tentacles OF an octopus grad
ually clutching the side of the boat In an
effort to tip it over
Further down another devsl fish was en-
gagged in the same work. This was too much
for the man who had braved the storms for
lifetime. and he turned his craft toward
shore with all his yigor. Later he visited
the spot and found that the meshes of the
net In which the devil fish had become en-
tangles were broken in many places.
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FALLS CHURCH AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News From the
Virginia Town.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star
FALLS CHURCH. Va, February 3. 1906
The Methodist Episcopal Church has sold,
through Mr.. NJ. E. Church. the chapel
at Fairfax Court House to the Pentecostal
Methodist Church of Washington, D. c.,
and mission will be established in that
locality.
The annual meeting, of the West Falls
Church Milling Company was held last
week and the old officers and directors
were chosen for another year.
Mr.. w. E. Parker has just completed
an addition to his residence at West Falls
Church.
Miss Elizabeth Hawxhurst of Sea Cliff,
N. Y. is visiting her brother. Job Hawk
hurst. The latter is critically i'll at the
residence of his son, Mayor Hawxhurst
A gathering OF a number of the little
girls of the town occurred at the home of
Minerva Snoddy yesterday in honor of her
birthday. Those present were Misses Ruth
and Bessie Banks, Helen and Esther
Smith, Eloise Newell. Marie Hopkins and
Katie Crenshaw. Miss Edith Thomson
the teacher of the little girls, was also
present
DR.. ]. B. Gould has laid new brick
sidewalk from the street to his residence
Rev. j. NJ. Alexander, ID. D., who has
been a missionary in India for forty years.
will speak In the Presbyterian Church here
Sunday night.
The members of the Baptist Church held
pleasant soeiable last night at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. j. 8. Garrison, East
Falls Church. The program consisted of
instrumental music by Mr.. Cecil Wright:
song by quartet. Messrs. w. T. and T. S.
PARROT, E. @. Quackenbush and j. S. Gar
rison; a recitation by Mae Stambaugh; in
strumental solo, Master Charles Davidson:
piano duet, Mr. and Mrs. Wright piano
and violin duet. Masters Wellington and
Charles Davidson: song, Miss Hattie Tuck
erman, and piano solo. Mrs. Wright.
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matte agent and consul general OF the
United States, requesting him to ask the
President to interfere and prevent this
group of American engineers and contrac-
tors from proceeding with the work. Mr..
Peniield went at once to the Egyptian for
eign office and made II perfectly clear to
the minister not only that he would refuse
to transmit any such communication. but
that the right of certain citizens of Illinois
TO cooperate in order TO carry out work
of this sort was one with which President
Cleveland neither could nor would inter-
fere.
''Howevre, as I told them. there were so
many ways open to the British officials In
Egypt TO hamper them and destroy the le-
ultimate profits of their undertaking that, I'm
the absence of some express assurance OF
support from the foreign Office In London,
Il was not worth while TO expend time or
money.
when Mr. Bates refers to the stability or
the AssouRn dam he reminds me OF the EVIL
dence for our own immortality. which is
familiar to every one who has heard
Faust In the church scene the choir
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THE ASSOUAN DAM

Among the interesting features of the
papers communicated by the President to
the Senate in reference to the lake reser-
voir project of Cape Whitehouse is his
careful analysis. In 1894. of the proposed
Assouan dam. He pointed out that ii would
De impossible to make II entirely safe. by
reason of its proximity to Abyssinia and
the possibility of its falling into the hands
OF hostile power advancing across the
desert from Suakin to Berher. A Turkish
force from Yemen could seize II long before
an army could be transported from Cairo.
and although 1t is Uncomfortable that a Mo-
hammedan power would seek the destruc-
ton OF eo-reiigaontsts, this certainly would
not apply to Abyssinian Christians
In the volume by Linooa w. Bates on the
Panama canal he says: I'm the Nile valley,
900 miles above Cairo, where the rugged
hills have closed in to bar the desert, a
dam has been built. Below it stretches to
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What is Taking Place.

is taking place. The river runs through the
sideways. According TO the theory of
what is called an open dam or barTage.
the river in flood should pass through these
sluices without filling them to the roof.
But as a matter of fact they are so narrow.
only seven feet wide. and so insufficient in
discharge capacity that the water heads up.
1t rushed through these passages as through
a flooded sewer at fifty miles an hour 1t
fell from the upper sluices with such We
locity that it struck the downstream bed
of the river more than hundred feet away
from the base of the dam. Instead OF
smoothing this rough. rotten granite, and
two feet thick. the contractors left it as
they found il.
The result, of course, was that the falling
water penetrated every crack as If 1t were
hose playing upon street pavement The
air, mixed with the water, was compressed
under the pressure of a column about sixty
feet in height. 1t husacquired the explo-
sive force of an airgun. 1t broke up the
bed If Ii had been shattered with some
sort of powder. Naturally one would have
expected to find these detached masses had
been rolled down stream. But, as this pic
ture shows, the eddying current picked UP
the block as if it were log of wood and
rolled it up stream until ii lodged against
the foot of the wall.
''This particular block is seventeen feet
long and about twelve feet wide. 1t weighs
sixty tons. The engineers of the fsthnian
canal will doubtless study the question OF
dams with care which wis wholly lack
ing in the case of the unfortunate structure
which is now trying its best to justify foe
all concerned with its construction the
charge of 'wanton vandalism. -
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naturally to this point the people came to
know what was going on.
Mayor Magruder. finding Ii impossible to
keep the polls open to all classes of voters
at the first precinct of the fourth ward
owing to the utter inability of the police
and magistry. deemed it proper to apply to
the President of the United States for
troops. His request was referred to the
Secretary of the Navy, who promptly
placed 10 marines under command, await
ing orders.
The rioters, hearing of the order of Presi-
dent Buchanan for troops. and determined
not to be outdone, went to the old fire en-
CINE house called the Anacostia, which
stood at the intersection of Virginia avenue
and Sth street southeast, near the navy
yard gate. where they had a brass cannon.
which had been on a battleship, mounted
upon wheels Attaching a rope to this can
non, they hauled it through the streets up
to the Northern Liberty market house, at
the corner of 18th and * streets northwest.
where they located it in such a position on
the sidewalk under the shed of the market
house that its muzzle would point to the
polls. and when fired would sweep every
thing before it.
x X
Fortunately for the city and the people
was raining that morning. or the casualties
from firing that same cannon would have
been very great, for it had been loaded the
night before to the very muzzle. the charge
consisting of old nails pieces of chain,
stones and any old substance which would
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colored man named NeaIe, living in the
Northern Liberties, was shot dead. Mr.
Downing baggage master of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, and Ebenezer
Hughes were killed. An unknown man, an
1rishman. was SO dreadfully mutilated that
his features were entirely undiStin gu. Shab!e.
Among the wounded We're: r. B. Owens,
fourth ward commissioner, who had his
wrist badly shattered. Gus F. Klopfer re-
ceived spent ball in his forehead. George
d. Spencer received severe blow in the
face. An old man named Cassidy was shot
over the left ears. George McEIfresh was
shot in the back of the head. Mr. Mathew
Emery, who was afterward a mayor of this
city, was severely injured by a blow from
a stone. P. F. Bell had his knee fractured.
Col. Williams of the land office was shot
in the left arm. Col. Deems, also of the
land office, was shot in the side. Charles
Spencer was wounded, was also three
men named Biddlcman, McGlue and Adams.
Col. Wilson of Texas was shot in the
shoulder and an unknown man was shot
in the stomach
About 3 o clock the polls were opened and
the voting was continued until the legal
hour of closing. The groans of the wound
ed and the curses of their friends upon the
soldiers filled the air. The sight of blood
upon the sidewalks and streets made up
scene such as Washington, it is devoutly
hoped. will never again witness.
That evening and night matters were I'M
usually quiet, not shot was heard, and
but for an occasional explosion of firearms
in the distance, none of the usual tokens of
a holly contested election was to be seen or
heard.
Three of the police who were injured were
II. Degges, Capt. Baggott and Kirkland.
Both Justice Goddard and Dom We're
struck and injured with brickbats
In consequence of the violent threats ut
tered by many to avenge themselves on the
persons of the mayor and others concerned
in keeping the peace it was deemed proper,
as precaution, to bring to this city an ad-
ditional force of United States troops. and
a strong body of Major Frenchs Flying
Artillery from Fort McHenry arrived at o
O'Clock in the evening.
For several weeks afterward the papers
of the city contained calls for meetings to
sustain the action of President Buchanan
in Che prompt, energetic and efficient man
ner he took in obedience to the Constitution
to suppress the riot and to enforce the
laws. The meetings adopted resolutions
empha tically approving the conduct both of
the President and the mayor.