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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-03
SHOOTS YOUNG WOMAN;
BLOWS HIS BRAINS OUT
Abraham Fink Uses Revolver
on Rebecca SiIverman on
Fifth Avenue, New York.

NEW YORK, August "A we'll dressed
middle-aged man and a handsome young
woman quarreled today on 9Th avenue I'M
til the man suddenly drew a revolver
shot the woman three times and then
blew out his brains. The man died
| instantly and there is little hope that
the woman can survive.
Letters found in the dead mans pocket
led to the belief that he was Abraham
Fink of Sc North Division street, Buffalo
The letters were signed by Violet Rogers
of II Vine street. Buffalo.
The letters were mailed from a hotel
| in Atlantic City and were signed Your
darling Violet and Your dearest Vio-
let"
Witnesses of the shooting say that the
woman was reading a letter aloud appar-
emily to the great annoyance OF the man.
After repea tedly commanding her to dis
continue the reading the man drew his
revolver and fired. The shooting took
place near the corner of 9Th avenue and
seth street, in the center of the bust
ness district.
At the hospital the woman recovered
sufficiently to give short description of
herself. She said that she was Rebecca
Silverman, twenty-one years old, and
that she lived with her brother in this
city She said Fink was widower.
about forty-eight years old, who travelled
as jewelry salesman.
Fink had nearly 81 900 in United States
currency and large quantity of Cana
dian money in his pocket.
Met Fink in Buffalo.
Miss Silverman said she had become
acquainted with Fink in Buffalo. Three
weeks ago. firing of his attentions, she
went to Atlantic City and then returned
to her family here. Fink. she said
found her in New York and tried in
vain to persuade her to go back to
Buffalo Today he met her on 5th ave-
nue. and drawing her out of the crowd
of shoppers renewed his plea. When
she persisted in her refusal to go with
him he shot her.
Under questioning the Silverman
woman admitted that violet Rogers
was the name she assumed when she
was in Atlantic City.
An attorney. who called at the hos
pital to see the injured woman this
afternoon. said that he had been sent
by her father. Meyer Silverman.
wealthy retired merchant of Boston.
telegram today that his daughter had
been shot. This message was the first
news he had. been able to obtain re-
Sarding his daughter since she left
home ten years ago.
The telegram. the attorney said. was
sent by Jerre Abrams, whom Miss Sill
verman was engaged to marry. The
attorney declared that Mr.. and Mrs.
Slverman had been making fruitless
efforts to find their daughter in every
part of the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-03

were in close proximity to the explosion.
They did not appear to be injured beyond
a smuggling of the hair.
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ing August a. The prosecution has a
score of cases to prepare within the next
ten days, and he probably will call upon
the circuit court to appoint special prose-
cutors to assist him.
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MINE EXPLOSIONS
KILL IS, |NJURE z,
IN PENNSYL


intendent Joseph Lee. The rescue work
was conducted under the direction of
these men.
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me non. Hit cakes up ny HART. She
new die have one single revival. Rev.
Bulkely of de Ridge he does have a
mighty big one ever spring; you kin
hear de screeches mos a mile! He
toll me hissef he w'u'd be willin' to
minister spell to dis sorely tried
flock, an, mo'ovah, he toll me dat We
all c'u'dn't have Sist' Humphreys nor
no woman preach to US; for 1t ben
ag'in' de rule of de Baptis' chu'ch.
Hit ben forbid. We cayn't be Baptis'
an keep Sist' Humphreys"
With meek grace Susannah resumed
| her seat and the sheltering support of
! the blacksmith's arm. She ha@ won.
Now that way of escape was opened
"a way, moreover. ending in daz-
cling vista of big revival, no
sympathy for the Widow Macklin
could induce Zion to face the fiery
chariots of the Seventh Commandment
driven by Sister Humphreys.
! In spite Of the schoolmistress' elo-
quence and the stumbling speech of
two boys who tried to tell that Sister
Humphreys had done heap for them,
when the vote wac put, only six of the
forty-eight persons present voted to
retain the preacher Brother Moore
declined to vote
Susannah watched the downcast
faces of Sister Humphreys support
ers through her half-shut eyes, and
smiled her languid, mysterious smile.
But of sudden one Of the two
striplings who had spoken for Sister
Humphreys left his place by the win
dow and ran to the door.
With instant premonition of peril,
the flock of Zion turned on the bench
es. A deep intake Of breath signified
their dismay as there entered tall
brown woman in widows weeds. She
cast calm, full eye over the faces un-
| der the lamplights-faces already
stricken awry with fear; for, notwith-
standing their numbers and apparent
strength of position, dread of the pas
! tor insisted, as light insists through
closed eyelids.
Sister Humphreys walked with no
pause to the platform. Brother Nor
row was so short a man and she was
SO tall woman that her handsome
head lowered above his. She was a
brown negro, but her lighter color and
| her regular features and thinner,
more sensitive lips were due to no ad-
mixture of white blood; they came
from dash of the yellow races mixed
| long before her time in the old world,
where her ancestors were barbaric
princes. She stood with the incom-
parable grace that is given sometimes
to the bearer of burdens, tall, erect,
shapely. She spoke in a mellow rich
voice not raised note above it's
| speaking tone.
is this heah meetin'?" gently in
! terrogated Sister Humphreys of Broth
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At present speaking, the dark en-
OF the young blacksmith, and the
whole population had admired to see
her enter the holy estate in white
Swiss muslin and yoluminous veil
which she utilized, later, as window
curtain. She now inquired with much
pleasing modesty of mien: 81 jest want
to ask. Mist Cheerman, how're we-all
TO git Sist' Humphreys to go if she
don wanter?"
Signs, allied to groans, bore testi-
mony that she had voiced the fore.
bodings of the audience But visit
ing brother who had the courage OF
his non-residence, came to the front ;
he suggested that letter be sent to
the sister, announcing the sense OF the
meeting, saying that the congregation
was not edited by her ministrations
| and that the church house would be
| closed until new pastor had been
selected
DE motion, as de cheer Understands
it, are to dismiss Sist' Esmereldy
Humphreys an shet de dos on her,
said the chairman. 'Is-wbat is 1t
Sist' Macklin?"
He spoke kindly, and the woman
| whom he addressed seemed in need OF
| kindness, since she was trembling Wis
| IDLY. She was a little creature in The
pathetic compromise for mourning
which poverty makes with grief-hel
accustomed winter jacket of brown
Grape, blacs ribbons on her old gray
hat, and black border to her hand
kerchief.
The congregation looked at her. pity
ingly, IS she began in the high-pitched
| voice Of the unaccustomed speaker
"Bruddah Morrow mean Bruddah
Cheerman, l are right mortified Sist
Humphreys done chastise you all; but
jest got to bar my testimony you-al
are mistaken bout her bein' crool. Oh
dear bruddahs an sistahs, she amt!
You-all knows my-my boy"-she
choked over the word, and the hearers
| waited in mute and awkward compass
sion, because her boy, the last of hel
children, had been hanged at the little
| countyseat only month before fol-
the murder of his wife-"my boy
| w'u'dn't repent; he w'u'dn't do muffin
but cuss de woman dat fotch him dal
| an den nebber so much look at him
| spen' ever las cent | had on earth
to cry git him off, an I taken de jail
wash, | did, to be nigh i'm an mabbe
git him bite like he's ulster to eat
but he w'u'dn't paht lips wild me; sayd
| ben good mudder to him, but he
didn't want to h'ar me begin an
pleadin' wild i'm to repent an make
peace wild God. Oh, l did ben in dc
brack water, wadin' deep! Look laak
| c'u'dn't enjure hit nohow. l reckon
| does nebber be able to see so well
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The Reiqn of Woman.

Women will serve as public porters
and dining car walters on the special
train which is to carry the Illinois
suffragists to the Washington parade
and except for the train crew and soil
tary man to shine shoes 1t will be an
example of feminized railway trans
portation. The male shoeblack
prompts masculine reflections on the
division of mental labor under the
new dispensation. But mere man
may take heart. The time is still re.
mote when there will be women at 10.
connective throttles or in the more re-
sponsible posts in railroad operation
New York World.
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cause | cry so stiddy dem days. An
all de cry Of my po' OF HART ben, o
Lawd, | don no mo- ak you to save his
life, but, o Lawd, don get i'm die Gus
sin! Fotch i'm 'ome! kin bar hit
10 have i'm go, if he sho' goes whar he
kin be good an be happy an be safe;
TO | does know dat boy new aim TO
be mean An wen my HART ben
broke wild longing an marry, Sist'
Humphreys she come. She done noip
me all fru; an now she went to my
boy; he halter see her. d;Tu' know
wat she say; but she come back to
me an say, Praise God, dat po' sim
nah hab foun' peace an joy-an' he
want his mudder!' An | did come.
An he put his pc haid on my knees
les lax wen he ben lille boy an
ulster laff bout de big kin'lin'-pile he
alters keep TO- his nanny. An Sist'
Humphreys, some way she git Gem
iailer-men be so kin an tender to In,
lax cayn't noways tell An he did
die happy. De Lawd sustain him, ar
he sustain me- Blessed be de naDe
of de Lawd, an blessed be dat 'orren
dat is his ministah"
She sank down in her seat and wept
quietly, while the impressionable Afri-
can temperament sent forth pious
calculations: "Holp, Lawd!" "Fotch
comfort" BLESS de mo'nahs." The
schoolmistress was in tears, and the
stalwart young man near her openly
wiped his eyes. Brother Moore bent
his brows: even Brother Morrow
winked hard; but Sister Susannah's
emotion was most in evidence: she
was sobbing violently into pink-em
broidered handkerchief. Presently
she rose to her feet Now Su3annah
was the woman who had lured the
wretched murderer through a brutal
passion to a brutal crime, and the
eyes of the congregation were focused
upon her.
| "Bruddahs, sistahs,' said Susannah
| in her wonderful voice, with its
chords of plaintive music. which made
her hearers grin out Of sheer emotion
81 new did aim to do dat po' youns
man hurt; but he sayd things to me
t'ings"-she sighed and hung ner heat
The hadn't orter have sayd, hin
bein' a married man; an ben RICH
mad at him, an l own up done hin
right onchristian an onmussiful, To-
didn't show no sympathy or even q
see m hanged. Now, do repent. Blu
1t amt mare preachin' Of Sist' Humph
reys done give me a brokin an . con
trary hairt Her scorchin' dom maxi
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Dat arremdrk incinerated false an
| wicksd notions bout Unc'AltCk Pope
Who 1--we, nigh de cunnas chicken
gard:

er Morrow, "or have you-all done
aju'ned?"
We done ajuned sistah," Brother
Morrow replied quickly, flinching from
possible trap.
In that case" Sister Humphreys ar
gued at once, will you kindly take
you seat an let me speak TO- de las
time to Zion Baptis' chu'ch?"
1t was impossible to refuse hear
ing. Brother Morrow shuffled into a
lower seat
MY people, vague, incompre-
hensible thrill Of apprehension and
magnetic fascination stirred the at
tentive faces, all save the Widow
| Macklin's; hers was bent on her own
| withered, toil-crooked hands while she
prayed-'I want to say, first, that
| new did aim to keep on hu'tin' you
feelin's. But l am 'bleeged to save you
| souls. You-all know how my po' hus'
ban toiled an prayed. Thar's oil
people who loved him an followed his
teachin's, out they went to their re
! ward, an he was lef' with a genera
ton of young niggers who feared
neither God nor man nor the grand
jury-lying, stealing, with no more
morals than pigs an no great cleaner
It broken my po' OF mans heart, so he
ha dn't no strength to stand the breast
complaint, so he died The last night
heard him praying for you, an
come to him. When he looked up al
me l knowed l couldn't hold him;
Up at me with the light in his eyes an
the love in his smile like he looked
then. An / sayd to him, 'Silas, honey
dom you worry bout that there wctsi
less flock OF yours; I'll save EN-.
know the way. sho' do!' An lie be
me his end was peace. So you see
my people, l am 'bleeged to save you
toll him know the way; do know
it, You pastor, who is saint IL
heaven, done used always the way
of gentleness. He preached the low
of God, an you swallered it down
smiling and happy; an it amt don
you-au no mo- good than stick cand
does do a person that done taken po
son an needs wahm water an mut
tard. What you-all needed didn't be-
loving kindness, but tie terrors Of tn
law, an not strained, neider. An
it takes the las day Of my pilgrimage
you'll git 'em till you begin to reper
an show works meet for repentance
But when you begin to repent. tn
word of mercy will come. Cause whe
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What Wearied Him.

Finding one of her pupils in pc
culiar distress over his lesson, a
teacher in a primary school inquired
as to the trouble. Tho boy stated
this arduous problem:
"If Richard has three red apples
and John has four bow many have
they both together"
rs that so very hard?' she asked
yes, ma am"
But surely" the teacher contin
ued, you know already that three
and four make seven. There can b.
no trouble about that"
81 know that, ma'am," was the pa
thetic response. But the process
It's the process that wears me OUT"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-14
Was There, All RIoht,

Our house hired drummer some
time ago." relates a member of the
observation-disclosures office force, "and we
expected great things Of him. Assigned
him some good territory in the west
and advanced him 500 to start out
with. Ten days went past, and we
didn't get an order from him. So we
sent him this telegram:
Nothing from you since you left
Are you still with us?'
"On the following day this answer
was received, marked collect:
"Have drawn on you for 5000. Am
still with YOU
"He was, too. Liked our company,
what ?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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TWO WOMEN
SAVED FROM
OPERATIONS
BY Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound Their
Own Stories Here Told.

Beatrice, Neb. =" Just after my mar
riage my left side began to pain me and
the pain got SO severe at times that l
suffered terribly with it. Visited three
doctors and each one wanted to operate
on me but would not consent to an OPP
Grafton. / heard of the good Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was
doing for others and used several bot
ties of it with the result that ! haven't
been bothered with my side since then.
am in good health and / have two little
girls. Mrs. R. B. CHILD, Beatrice, Neb.
The Other Case.
Cary. Maine. -" / feel it duty owe
to all suffering women to tell what Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did
for me. One year ago found myself q
terrible sufferer. / had pains in both
sides and such a soreness could scarcely
straighten up at times. My back ached.
had no appetite and was so nervous
could not sleep, then would be so tired
mornings that / could scarcely get
around. 1t seemed almost impossible
to move or do a bit of work and
thought / never would be any better
until | submitted to an operation, but
my husband thought had better write
to you and / did SO, stating my symp-
toms. l commenced taking Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
soon felt like q new woman. / had no
pains, slept well, had good appetite and
could do almost all my own work for
family of four. shall always feel that
I owe my good health to your Vegetable
Compound, Mrs. HAYWARD Sewers,
Cary Maine
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Tradition Shattered.

The lady had no experience, but
she had lot of sense and determin-
alton So when she entered the mar
ket, she was as good as the next per
son. She approached the stall Of a
butcher and felt of the breastbone
of fowl Then she said:
rs this a good chicken"
Yes, ma am" said the marketman,
confidently-as was his wont.
Then the old saying is wrong" said
the lady.
What old saying?" demanded the
marketman
The old saying that "the good die
ycung!' Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure consti-
patton. Constipation is the cause Of many
diseases. Cure the cause and you cure the
disease. Easy to take. Adv.
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Just Her Hat.

81 am afraid that girl has cerebro
spinal trouble" said the near-sighted
man.
No she hasn't" answered his wife.
she is merely trying to walk in such
a way as to keep her large hat at
precisely the proper angle. Wash
ington Star.
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A young man should learn to paddle
his own canoe, even if his father does
own a motor boat.
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formality of asking permission?
81 can't find it."-Smart Set.
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Only One "BROMO QUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININN Look
for the signature of e. w. GROVE. Cures a Cold
in One Day, Cures Grip in Two Days. DC.
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Her Efficiency.

Are you good at pyrograph, !
'I can make fine milce cres
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It's awful hard for a girl to get
used to stepfather
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Lady of the House-Is your milk
Iicher than Skinnem's?
Milkman-Well, it's purer.
Lady of the House-How do you
know?
Milkman (absently)-I have a filter
on my pump.
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Copy rigat b. the Bobbs- Merrill Cos

LST' Esmerelda Humphreys
was not present at the
meeting of Zion Hardshell
Baptist church. IL is ques-
tiouable whether there bad
been any such meeting had
shA bean liiyafy RI attpn1
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-03

hymns of praise will fill the quaint
aisles of Chautauqua Park for the next
ten days.
Mrs. Charley Manly. of Fairmont
motored over to the Park Friday with
her brother-in-law, Mr.. Mac. Clayton,
for short visit to her mother Mrs.
Groves.
Mrs. Sawyer. for many years the
popular hostess OF the Assembly house.
passed away early Sunday morning, in
her 74th year. Her only child Mrs.
Wayman was with her in her last days.
Miss Jennie Smith the former owner
of the Chautauqua Hotel then Grace
cottage) will reach Mt. Lake this week,
and requests all her old friends to meet
her Thursday evening in the parlors of
the hotel, Tor service preliminary to
the camp meeting, beginning Friday
night.
NJ. NJ. Schrock has leased the Major
Burns estate here. to A. ID. Young. of
Grand Rapids.
Yesterday morning three automobile
parties started from Oakland for
Gettysburg, the tourists being DR.. and
Mrs. W. d. Reed who had as their
guests DR.. and Mrs. Doney. of Buck
harmon, w. Va; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Reams and children and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Friend and children of Crellin.
The route taken was by way of Grants
vile, Frostburg, Cumberland and Bed
ford. The party expects to be absent
the rest of the week, returning home
Monday or Tuesday next.
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BITTINGER.
.sa.s.sseaa.as......D........Y.

Many farmers attended the two
sessions of The Farmers Institute. held
in this village last Friday. The auto
mobile in which the directors of the
Institute were travelling, broke down.
and the evening session was abandoned.
the gentlemen being taken to Frost
burg by Mr., D. J. Stevanus, of Grants
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Ellithorp accom-
panied by MIR. and Mrs. Silas Platter,
motored to Salisbury, Pa. on Monday
of this week.
DIR. r. A, Ravenscroft, with his wife
and son, visited p G. Stark Sunday
afternoon.
G. W. Engle and family, Of Balti-
more, are spending some time with Mr..
Engle parents in this village.
Mrs. Melchor Hetrick and Mrs. T. b.
Wiley. returned last Sunday afternoon
from a two weeks visit with friends in
Ellenville N. Y.
Misses Griffith and Frazee. of Selbvs-
port, spent last week here, guests at
Perry II. Broadwaters.
Peter G. Stark is confined to his home
by severe attack of stomach trouble.
j. $. Meyers, one of the numerous
candidates for the office of Sheriff.
spent few hours in tins section last
week.
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MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK.

S>A--A@A@A-A-=A 4A-A~@A=A@A-=A-1
A number of strangers have come 70
the Park in the past few days.
DR.. Mckee and family left Sunday
evening for the reunion at Gettysburg,
accompanied by Mrs. McKees sister,
Mrs. Stratton.
Mrs. Thorn and little grandson, of
Clarksburg, are occupying the former S
cottage on street.
Mr. and Mrs. Bodkin, of Weston, w
Va, are spending their honeymoon at
Monte Sano cottage on G street Mrs.
Bodkin was Miss Bessie Clarke of Buck
harmon, and niece of Rev. Charles E.
Clark. well known to many IN Mt. Lake
Park. He with his third wife are now
located in Grand Rapids.
The lessees of the Collins cottage ar
rived Saturday 1t has been improved
by new coat of french gray paint put
on by Hayden and Dawson.
aCaptain Hayden is attending the
veteran reunion at Gettysburg this
week.
Mrs. McCallum and daughter, of near
Parkersburg, were guests of Mrs
Cornwall last week.
There were at least half dozen
pairs of newly weds in the Park last
week. Mr.. and Mrs. Willet Cnee Bessie
Eckardl tried TO elude the tin-pan
brigade by camping at Overlook Inn a
few days but they found them out and
and Mr.. W had to stand for the ice
cream and cigars for the crowd. Such
a custom is best relegated to the scrap
heap of forgotten things
The marriage of one Of the well
known young farmers Of Garrett county
to a young lady Of Buckhannon is an
event scheduled for the near future
Miss Sarah Harris has had Faith
Home handsomely repainted.
Mrs. Baumgardner is in her cottage
at Rest Haven.
The hay has been spread in the amen
end of the old tabernacle, the canvas
curtains are all IN place. and the last Of
this week the sound Of prayer. and
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Church Services.

ST PAUL'S M E.
Services next Sunday as follows:
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Preaching at l0:45 a. m. and Sp. m.
Epworth League. Sunday. 7:15 p. m.
Prayermeeting, Wednesday, pm.
Everybody cordially invited to attend
hese services.