The Washington Times (Washington [D.C.])
December 8, 1902

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COMMISSION INSISTS ON FASTER PAOGRESS Judge Gray Demands Wage Schedules Now Ready. ANOTHER MINER TESTIFIES Many Killed in Mines Through Ignor ance—Inexperienced Men Should Not Have Certificates. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 8.—The re markable condition of affairs at the mines of G. B. Markle Co., as at tested by witnesses at the session of the anthracite commission on Satur day, is causing much apprehension among the large railroad operators. I a They make no secret of the fact that they do not propese to be blamed for Markle's alleged sins, and today finds the operators more on the defensive than at any time since the hearings commenced. Counsel Darrow, for the miners, was busy all day yesterday examining wit nesses who will be called to tell of their work and treatment at the Markle wines.

John Markle is known as a hard fighter throughout the region, and his appearance before the commission is ex pected at any time.

As soon as the commission sat this morning, Chairman Gray told the law yers for the operators that more prog gress must be made. He said:

“The statements of wages, hours of work, ete., which the operators agreed should be given, should be in the hands of the commission now. We adjourned for ten days to enable you to utilize the time in completing the tables. We now desire them so that between ses sions we can employ ourselves upon them.

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“Those which are now ready we desire at once and the others as soon as pos sible. 1f the examination discloses mat ters which we still desire to know we will ask for them.”

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Major Warren, of the Delaware, Lack nwanna and Western, said that some of the companies had tables complete as to certain classes and Judge Gray saic he would accept them. Attorney A. H McClintock said those of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre would be ready in a couple of days.

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Attorney Reynolds, of the independent operators, said:

“Our clients exczopted to a part of the 1orm submitted by the commission because we find it will take two months to get the figures up. We thought giv ing the highest and lowest wages of each class would be sufficient.” Judge Gray objected to averages as DIED. not explaining what the commission de sired. He said the figures wanted wer of _exact wages earnéd.’ i

mha "Gallagher sald many men were kille Hy regson of their ignorance of minin conditions, and that these men shoul never have been made miners. He de clared that one-half the miners havin cert'ficates were not entitled to them He gaoted some instances of how mer had oblained certificates by the paymen of a couple of dollars, even though the; have worked but six months or a yea instead of two years, as the law re Quires. i

Attorney Reynolds, in crossexamina tion, brought out the fact that out o! twenty-two deaths last year in the mine: of the Hazleton district, only eight wer: unavoidable, and the others were due t« ignorance, carelessness, or recklessness Gallagher persisted that half the miner: got certificates without being examined and Attorney Reynolds showed that th

ITTLE JACK ORNER examining board was composed of min ers. SAENGERRBRUND CONCERT. A feast for Washington music lovers in the shape of one of the popular pub lic concerts of the Washington Saenger bund is billed for Sunday evening, De cember 14, at the National Theater. The socicty, composed of seventy-five well trained voices, under the leadership of Henry Xander, will be assisted by an orchestra of forty seleet musicians of this city and three prominent soloists from New York. One of the latter is Louise B. Voigt, the distinguished dra matic soprano. Another iz Johannes Miersch, the eminent violinist, who, af ter having won fresh laurels in European capitals and court circles, is now estab lished in New York. The third visitor comes especially from New York to sing a WL l “dapury Lau. *£121908 241 10 1010311p IY) Aq peFurvaun WIIG SEY WeIFoad HALDRNIY UY 30j0A euollIeq pipusids S|y aJjmpe uiese pus wy Suess jo Louvyd Yl sary [[1w SPU] SnoJIWUNT SIH YRIAID Goan N40Z meN ui wauimcad mou pur ‘A10 Sil Jo Aldowiao) ‘fegn( Haiquny uyof 8] SH uUdd Jared... ‘vimived njrineaq sqonig Xe JO Wri Jos Juipest oy; Knocked Down by Unsuspecte Fn mv.

Coffee so affects the brain and nerves that proper nutrition is interfered with, and the final ending is frequently ner vous prostration. i 5 “During the Spanish-.american war i went with my troop to Chickamauga,” says Lieut. J. G. Talbot, of Springfield, Ill. “If there is any one place on earth where one drinks more coffee than an other it is in the army. It is a sol dier’'s ‘back bone,” znd can assure you that drank my share. After several months of hard drilling my health gave out, the chief cause being coffee, lad food, overexertion, and heat. 1

3 “On the advice of the surgeon, I ten dered by resignation, and, with my heart full of regret and my nervous sys tem shattered, I returned home. Al most the first thing the doctor whom I consulted advised me was to cult cof fee. That was the first intimation I had that coffee had anything to do with my condition. The next thing was, What shall I drink? H

“My wife's mother used your Postum Food Coffee and knew how to make ff right, so I tried it, and grew very fond of A My nervous trouble soon left; my old-time heaith came back, and that fall 1 gained so in flesh that the boys on returning after ‘muster-out’ hardly knew me. Quitting coffee and using Postum did wonders for me.” I: t IIR II A A SOLDIER'S “OE. 3 REED FEARED FOR HIS RARE SARCASM Considered the Most Dangerous Man in the House to At tack in Debate. While the late ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed was the most genial of fellows in private life, in public life none was more feared for his power of sarcasm and ridicule. His speeches bristled with epi grams, and his bon mots were freely scattered among his fellows, who seized upon them with hungry eagerness. Thousands of Mr. Reed's best things were never published, for the reason that they were not uttered for that pur pose, and the newspaper men who heard them seldom failed to respect his unex pressed but well-known wish in the mat ter ridicule. His speeches bristled with ept grams, an¢ his bon mots were freely scattered among his fellows, who seized upon them with hungry eagerness. Thousands of Mr. Reed's best things were never published, for the reason {that they were not uttered for that pur pose, and the newspaper men who heard them seldom failed to respect his unex presse d but well-known wish in the mat ter. Like Hammer Blows. Compared with the conservative, com mon sense of Allison, the single tari #train on which McKinley concentrated ‘his argument, Benjamin Harrison's cold ‘and clear-cut sentences, Mr. Reed's words came like the blows of a sledge hammer, and they carried comvictioa. There was wit as well as wisdom, and his sarcastic sentences cut like a two edged sword. He seemed to know the weakest points in every man's armor, {and was the most dangerous man in the

House to tackle in debate, For instance, there was William Springer, of Illinois. He would svend days in preparing great speeches, only to have himself turned into a laughing stock by one of Mr. Reed's repartees. One day in the Fiftieth Congress Mr. Springer was making one of his thun derous orations. He had announced a position which he thought could not be controverted, and he <¢losed his state ment concerning it with the well-known land badly-worn quotation: “That, gen tlemen, is my position. 1 believe it is right, and 1 would rather be right than be President.” “You will never be either,” retorted

i Mr. Reed, and the sublimity of feeling to which Mr. Springer had raised the House was thus turned into the ridicu lous by Mr. Reed, and the Illinois states man sat down in disgust. Definition of “Statesman.” Mr. Reed's definition of a statesman as being “a successful politician who is dead” has been quoted, perhaps, as much las any of his sayings. Equally as trite was his characterization of the Senate as “‘a place where good Congressmen go when they die.” Mr. Reed liked society, at least the r conversational part in circles where wit Intelligence, and genial good nature were conspicuous, and happily mingled. He drew the line, however, at public din ners go far as possible, although he nev er declined to fulfiil his duties at these functions, or pay the debt of gratitude _ {to friends. He was ‘especially fond o ithe fun of the Gridiron Club of Wash. ington. Deki BJ JE DIB a| It was here that he won the prize ant proudly wore the badge for eating th largest amount of beef at a sitting. This Bo, within a few months of the Presi. dential convention of 1896, at which he _| was to be a candidate, whereat his op _ ponents, in public press and private ar gument, held up in abashed honor the undignified act as unbecoming to the as rl pirant ts the Chief Magistracy of a grea nation. Liquid Amber. Reed, like all new members, attracte« little attention upon his entrance inte Congress. Indeed, he seemed perfectl Willing to bide his time and made no at tempt to attract attention. He had beer ja his seat but a few months, however

when a bill .was reported to pay to Will {lam and Mary College a sum of mone; in settlement of a claim for damage lcaused by United States ‘roops in the eivil war. SATAN AL Its defeat was due to a speech by Reed who attacked it as a dangerous prece 5 dent. He was interrupted by a membe who questioned some of the statements {and asked for an explanation. It wa given fully, tersely, and plainly, with e bit of emphasis in the Yankee twang which showed that he was far fron f pleased with the insistent interruption n{As he concluded. Mr. Beed said: "And now, having embalmed that fle; s in the liquid amber of my remarks, 8 will proceed.” i A Cutting Rejoinder. One day Mr. Reed was maling nh speech, and, as usual, was flaying th |W Democrats, when Alderson of West Vir I ginia, a handsome and highly respectabl member of six years’ service in Congres: v without rising from his seat, jogged hi A ‘memory about something he did. Pee paused long enough to attract the atten 5 tion of everybody, and then, with hi io most exasperating nasal twang, said Ir “Yesterday I had a discussion with Ms» 1 Wilsen, the head of the West Virgini i de'egation, and today, however unpleas et i i ant it may be, I suppose I will be com pelled to have a discussion with the tal lot the West Virginia delegation.” Th House roared. On anethér occasion, while in the ful pg tide of eloquence, Mr. Reed was inter h, rupted by the redoubtable Amos Cum Pu ‘mings, of New York. Reed looked at hir in a fatherly sort of way for a momen! and then, with mock pathos, asked “Now Amos, must you, must vou, reall get your name into my speech; mus 1- you?" The theatrical pose and the in I- jured expression crushed the braveri the Tammany braves. e| In the discussion of the Carlisle bil id John Dewitt Warner made a furious on

slaught on the Republicans in genera land Reed in particular. Reed began hi answer by saying, in a sneering tone: 1. cannot hope to equal the volume of voice Bf a™ 2a One day, when a discussion on pen sions was dragging its slow length along, Mr. Reed, who was the very picture of health, amused a coterie of friends in the cloak room by giving a reason why he should have a pension. It ran something like this: t

“1 had never been able to make more Asked a Pension. po than 3500 or 3600 a year,” said he with a chuckle, “till 1 was appointed acting assistant paymaster of the United States Navy, at a salary of $1,400, with board, lodgings, uniform, and two servants vik wait on me. That induced an extrava gant style of living, whi¢h 1 have kept {up ever since, and which has cost me thousands and thousands of dollars—for i which the Government ought, in good conscienc e, to recompense me.’ Along in the sultry days of the Sum mer, when the Wilson bill was under consideration, when any tariff legisla- tion seemed hopeless, and when the Democratic party resembled a dissolving {view mere than anything else, Reed came to where several free traders were sitting 2nd began chafing them unmer cifully about the condition of affairs. After awhile one of them said: “Mr. Reed, how do you like the last Repub- lican Presidential ticket gotten up by the newspapers?” “What is it?” he {lazily asked. “Bob Lincoln and Fred Grant,” his friend replied. “Oh, the dence,” blurted out Reed, *if they would only add Baby McKee to it the thing would be perfect,” and away he went like a three-decker in a surging seq. Rebuked Constituents. When the e¢x-Speaker had not the time or the inclination to attend io some of the seeming trivial wants of his con stituents, he would often shut them off with an abrupt bit of biting sarcasm. This was especially true when the citi {zens of Brunswick, Me., wrote him, ask |ing that he use his influence to obtain come cannon for the purpose of a sol diers’ mcnument. The letter found him overwhelmed with the duties of the Speakership, end he answered: “I am not dealing in old junk just now.” The letter cost him the vote of Brunswick in the next district convention. The opening of a large annex to the famous Poland Springs had been ar ranged to be one of the biggest times the State had known for years. The governor, Congressmen and Senators, and all the distinguished men of the State were to be present. Reed sent his regrets although he was not thirty miles away. The night before the fete Clar ence Hale, a brother of the Senator, and two other friends, sent Reed a tele gram, urging him to be present. His re ply was short: “Commercial paper re quires two good names; only one on yours,” and he sent the message collect. A Biting Allusion. When Reed's election was threatened by the strength of Gen. Samuel Ander son, the Democratic candidate in his dis trict, and his friends sought to make him compromise on some point, Ree could not see the seriousness of the mat. ter, through a. bit of witticlsm 1 and plied: “Only one, Republican can be elected from this district; I am that one.” In this same campaign he made a biting allusion to two of his col leagues in the National House, saying “They never cpen their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.” After graduating from Bowdoin Col i lege Reed determined to become a law ver, and he started West and brought ug in California. liere he taught school fo $20 per month, and “boarded around.” His admission to the bar was unique. I was in 1863, when California was awake over the legal tender act and gold wa as important as now. Judge Wallac said to him: “Tom, I hear you want tg¢ be admitted to the bar.” “Yes, sir,’ re plied Mr. Reed. “Is the legal tende o BCL constitutional?” “It is,” was the quick reply. With equal quickness Judge Wallace replied: “You shall be admit. ted.” VV L a A His First Case. Reed's first case was before a court fix s San Francisco. His client, Juan Jos a Garcia, was charged with assault, witl 2) THEY BROUGHT IN R WAY HE DID CRY intent to murder, and the only defens Ogi ETHING BETTER HE SAID 5 which Mr. Reed could discover was th good character of the defendant, who, b the way, spoke no English. Garcia, ou a On bail, was allowed to sit among th I audience, and the witnesses testified tha one Juan Jose Garcia did this, that, an the other, but it so happened that no body pointed him out. Garcia's character was shown to b excellent, but the crime was proven be {yond doubt. Then came the speeche of the attorneys and the charge of th judge. When the latter was over Mr Reed asked the court to add to his charg that proof that Juan Jose Garcia ha committed a crime was not proof agains a any particular Juan Jose Garcia, an i i that, therefore, Garcia must be acquit ted. 2 r J a The district attorney, afterward a ver a distinguishe 1 judge, sprang to his fee and protested. The court hesitated gave the ipstruction in a half-hearte i fashion, and the jury went out. Afte i an hour it came back for more instruc tions. Mr. Reed then improved the oc casion. “Why,” said he, ‘may it pleas your honor, would any man dare say tha proof that John Smith had committed [crime was proof against any particula John Smith?’ The court allowed that would not, and Juan Jose Garcia wa free, un t, First Public Speech. i yi His first public appearance as ASKS HEAVY DAMAGES. 7 Daniel Colbert today filed suit in the Supreme Court of the District against the Capital Traction Company to recov er $5,000, as damages for personal in juries. The plaintiff says that on Oc tober 1 last, while he was pushing a handeart across Pennsylvania Avenue southeast, he was struck by a car own ed and operated by the defendant and severely and permanently injured. Ed ward G. Niles is named as counsel for the plaintiff THE WASHINGTON TIMES, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1902, TRADERS" BANK DEAL OFF FOR THE PRESEN President Williams, of Sea board, Fails to Arrive. Al the Traders’ National Bank this morning the belief was expressed that President John S. Williams, of the Sea board Air Line, had, at least temporarily, abandoned his effort to secure control of the property. The publicity Mr. Wil lianas’ efforts attained is probably re sponsible for this clange of attitude. President Williams not only failed to keep his appointment with the committee of the directors of the bank Saturday, but has not since communicated with them. It was understcod that at the meeting Saturday a formal proposition was to have been made for at least a community of interest between the Traders’ and the chain of banks the Seaboard officials are organizing. The officials of the bank rather resent ed the action of Mr. Williams in fa.ling to keep his appointment or even to com municate with them. One of them said that trifling with the affairs of a bank was almost as dangerous as with virtue itself. “We have never sought outside connec tions,” he added, “aud had only consent ed to consider any proposition that might be submitted to us. The bank is in strong hands, and will so remain. Of the 2,000 shares, 1,200 are held by the direc tors, and proxies for the greater portion of the remainder have been placed in our hands. There is little likelihood that any change wil now be made, and under any circumstances every interest will be nratected

SOLOMON’S RESERVOIRS TO SUPPLY JERUSALEM After Many Centuries of Disuse Mas sive Masonry to Serve Its Purpose. LONDON, Dec. 8—A writer In the “Home Messenger,” in describing Beth lehem, says there are immense reser voirs tiuere constructed of solid masonry, which were undoubtedly the work of King Solomon. For centuries, and now, Jersulam has suffered from a deficiency of water, but it occurred to no one tc use these reservoirs which were design ed and built by the greatest Hebrew king.

But things move even in Palestine. It is now reported that these reservoirs will again be used, and that water still be conveyed to Jerusalem through aque ducts following the very course designed by King Solomon's engineers. DEVEREUX Decersber 8, 1 brother, 1 ng at the PA Wad Dr VARIA GREEN bens. an Funeral Wednesday at 10 o'clock from Holy Truly Church, Georgetown. Interment private. del-2t HIGGINS—-On Sunday, December 7, 1002, at his residence, 636 East Capitol Street, BERNARD PERCIVAL, only son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Higgins, in the twenty-fifth year of his age. Funeral Tuesday from St. Joseph's Church, Second and OC Streetz northeast, at 9:30 a. m. Interment private, It PARRINSON~On Sunday, December 7, 1902, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. John M. Kline, 625 Steet northwest, ANN, widow of Anthony Parkinson, in the seventy-ninth year of ber age. Funeral private. Interment at Congressional Cemetery. (“Evening Journal,” Jersey City, N. J. please copy.) 1t JONNSON On Sunday. December 7, 1002, at 9 a. m., JOHN W. JOHNSON, in the forty third year of his age. Funeral Tuesday afternoon, 2:80 o'clock, from Fifth Baptist Church, Six-and-a-half and E Streets southwest Valley Forge Council, Xo. 51, Junior Order United American Mechanics, will meet at Fifth Baptist Church, Six-and-a-half and E Streets southwest, at 2 p. m. ("Northern Neck News” please copy.) It ROSS—On Sunday, December 7, 1002, at 1 2. m., at his residence, JOHN W. ROSS, bhe loved Fasband of Elizabeth Ross, in full triumph ait! Loved in life, in death remembered. Funeral Tuesday, December 6, at 2 p. m., Shiloh Baptist urch. Relatives and friends invited to attend. 1t WERRES—~Suddenly, on Sunday, December 7, 1002, at 7:30 a. m., MISS MARY EVA WERRES. Notice of funeral later. 1t THOMAS On Sunday, December 7. 1902, at 7:95 o'clock, at her residence, 638 Acker Street northeast. ANNA THOMAS, beloved wife of Madison Thomas aged thirty-two years 4. A 4 Remains will be taken for buria Tuesday from St. Thomas’ Church, Charles county, Md. it VELATI—At his residence, 1206 M Street northwest, ANGELO VELATI, the beloved hus ‘band of Mary A., and only son of Mary and the late Serafino Velati. Requiem mass at St. Patrick's Church Tues day, December 9, at 20 a. m. Interment pri vate. It LANGLEY—Departed this life on Sunday. De. lcember 7, 1902, at 12:45 a. m., FRANK H. LANGLEY, beloved hushand of Emma L. Lang: ley. *Tis hard to break the tender cord Where love has bound the heart; "Tis hard, "tis hard, to saeak the word, Must we forever part? —By His Children.

i Home is sad. but oh, how dreary! Listening for thy voice till weary. Can we place thee with the dead? (an we hear the cold earth falling On our darling Frank's head? By His Mother. Funeral will take place Tuesday afternoor lat 2:30 o'clock, from his late residence, 50 I Street southwest, Relatives and friends re snectfully invited to atend. it SPECIAL NOTICES. FROM THE GOVERNMENT SALE—Riue over shirts, €0 cents; three grey undershirts, $1; new ponchos, £1.25; horse blankets. never used, 0 cents and 75 cents; mew halters, 65 cents; 2 and 3 ply roofing paper, best quality made, at 75 cents and $1.00 piece; all leather hair lined collars. $1.25. S. BENSINGER (0. 11th and B sts. deS-6t Ds p E i SPECIAL NOTICE—The offiers and members of the Coachmen’s Union and Aid Association, No, 1, of the District of Columbia, are requested to meet at their hall MONDAY, DECEMBER 8. 8S PP. M., to make arrancements for the funeral of Brother John W. Ross. NATHANIEL ROBINSON, President. J. R.. FREEMAN, Financial Secretary. 1t A SPECIAL NOTICE—I1{ you contemplate purchas ing a plano, before doing =o be sure and let us mail yom a souvenir our sixtieth anniver. sary. Drop us a postal or call at our Ware rooms, CHAS, M. STIEFF PIANO ROOMS, 521 11th st. nw. J. CC. Conliff, Manager. de7-t UNDERTAKERS. J. WILLIAM LEE, UNDERTAKER AND LIVERY, #2 Penn. Ave. N, W., Washington, D. C CHANGES IN CLERICAL FORGE OF WAR OFFICE Appointments and Promo tions in Classified Service. The following changes in the classified clerical service of the War Department are annodnced: Appointment—Bureau of Insular Af fairs: Hood Hudson, of the District of Columbia, clerk at $500. Promotions—Record and Pension Of fice: J. Edgar Hiatt, of Indiana, from clerk at $1,200 to clerk at $1,400; William R. Goodman, of Maryland, from clerk at $1,000 to clerk at $1,299. Office of the Adjutant General: Miss Alice 0. Joyce, of the District of Columbia, from clerk at $900 to clerk at $1,000; John P. Cron an, of the District of Columbia, from messenger at $480 to messenger at $540. Office of the Surgeon General: James C. McConnell, of Ohio, from clerk at $1,400 to anatomist, at $1,600. Office of the Chief of Ordnance: Edward Shoults, of Virginia, from clerk at $1,000 to clerk at $1,200. Office of the Chief Signal Officer: Wil lam M. Reading, of Maryland, from ftenographer and typewriter at $900 to clerk at $1,000. Resignations—Record and Pension Of fice: Roy R. Pelton, of Pennsylvania, clerk at $1,000. Office of the Adjutant General: Frank J. Haske, of the District of Columbia, messenger at $600. Office of the Chief of Ordnance: Wil liam R. Haddock, of Iowa clerk, at $1,000. Office of the Chief Signal Officer: Ed mund F. Quinn, of Ohio, clerk at $1,000. Bureau of Insular Affairs: Bert Cup pernell, of Illinois, clerk at $720; Miss Mary C. McCarty, of the District of Co lumbia, clerk at $720; Miss Mary A. Davis, of the District of Columbia, clerk at $840. WOOD USED TO HEAT MEMBERS OF HOUSE Supply of Anthracite Coal For Hall of Representatives Nearly Exhausted. For the first time in nearly sixty years the nation's law makers occupying tae House of Representatives are being kept at that temperature which is considered proper for men of their position and rank with common, old-fashioned cord wood. Never in fact, since the members of the lower house moved into their present hall in December, 1857, has any thing but anthracite coal been burned in the furnaces “The situation is simply this,” said Elliott Woods yesterday: “The Reading Coal Company has the contract for sup plying the Senate side with anthracite coal, and is doing it. On the House side, however, the contractors were not bo “fortunate as to have coml and were unable to furnish it. a conséguence— with soft coal barred out—we had" {6 burn wood, just as was done in the days from November 17, 1800, when Congress assembled in the Capitol for the first time, to December 16, 1857, when the present Senate and house wings were first occupied.” Efforts to secure a coal supply have not relaxed. Bids will be opened on December 12 for a new contract to sup ply the House side with 2,000 tons of anthracite. There still remains about fifty tons in the bunkers of the House, but it is being conserved in case the weather should become extremely cold. As between nine and ten tons are burned on an average a day, this supply woul last but a short time. From seven to eight cords of ‘wood a day have been heaped into the furnaces dally since November 21. PICKFORD'S| Cut Price Grocery. Save Money on (roceries. To Buy Your Xmas Presents Ask for These Specials: 3-1b. Can Boston Baked Beans. can, 7¢ California Sliced Peaches, can, 10° California Prunes, 1b., 5¢ California Evaprrated Peaches, 1b, 12¢ Californla Evaporated Apricots, 12¢ 4 packages Macar~pi, yA Old California Wines. 3 Sherry, gallon $1.00 Old Dock Fort, eallon, $1.00 Rye Whiskey, ral. $1.50 4 Old Dominion Whiskey, 5 years old, gallen, $2.50 Fruits and Vegetables, Fresh Meats. PIGKFORD'S Cut Price Grocery, Ninth and Louisiana Avenue, Phone, Main 1330. pi DENVER’S CITY HALL IN JAIL WITH OFFICIALS m—————— A——— Aldermen, in Prison Garb, to Meet in Main Rotunda—To Be Weighed, Measured, and Washed DENVER, Col., Dec. 8.—Warden Mec Gowan, of the county jail, is busy with preparations for the reception of his distinguished prisoners, the mayer, the county clerk, and the aldermen of the city, who have been committed by Judge Johnson for contempt of court in ignor ing an order on the subject of franchise legislation. The warden has informed the guards that the prisoners must be treated just like others confined in the jail. As soon as they arrive they will be weighed and then measured and compelled to take a bath. While they are washing up, a force of OPPOSED TO TRANSFER OF STATISTICS BUREAU John Hyde, of Agricultural Department, Appears Befor House Commerce Committee. John Hyde, chief of the Bureau of Statistics of the Agricultural Depart ment, was heard this morning by the House Committee on Commerce, with relation to the transfer of his bureau from the Agricultural Department to the proposed Department of Commerce. Mr. Hyde objected to the transfer, on the ground that the work of the bureau could not be accomplished as thorough ly as it is at present. He explained in detail the methods employed to obtain statistics of the cotton crop. Reports are received monthly from the corre spondents of the bureau, upon which the estimates issued in the fall are based. Every ginner, he said, was also asked for reports, but all did not respond. Enough figures were obtained, however, to base an estimate.

Representative Adamson questioned Mr. Hyde as to the work of his own bureau in gathering cotton statistics and that done by the Census Bureau. Mr. Hyde said he believed his own bu reau was accomplishing as much as could be desired, although a combination of the work of the Census and Agri cultural Department, no matter whether under the Department of Commerce or not, would be better. His own bureau, Mr. Hyde said, bad saved the South $175,000,000 several seasons ago through one af its bulletins.

There are 29,000 gins in the cotton ‘States, according to the census, Mr. Hyde suid, but his own bureau had the ad dresses of 40,000. Two hundred and fifty correspondents were employed in the Held aad there are seventy-five statisti olans, messengers, and office employes. The general results obtained by both bu reaus were nearly the same. Representative Lovering doubted the veracity of the correspondents, 35 per cent of whom, Mr. Hyde said, were planters and farmers. The figures of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. Lovering said, were not accepted by the cotton ex changes in the big cities. This Mr. Hyde sald he did not believe was true, Figures prepared by the exchanges were Mother Goose Up to Date: Ee. BOSTON BAKING CO., Opposite U. S. Capitol Grounds. “Open a Charge Account at Castelberg’s.”’ ---=Price rules after all. The dealer who can quote you the lowest price on reliable goods is bound to win your patronage. We iwwport Diamonds direct, we manufac ture much Jewelry, we buy otner Jewelry in quantities large enough to commaau ine low. est wholesale prices, and we do it in order to accomplish a base of cost low enough to un dersell every Jeweler in this section of the country. That we do undersell them all is demoa strated daily. Whoever makes a comparison of prices buys at Castelberg’s. (ilad to have your charge ac count. No extra expense. —WE'LL. RESERVE PURCHASES FOR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY. Bh i ed i ni ah i Lh ld i al a a hl MM hh el iad Wllsmo. wea aa side did dil lshibd ed 7 s LEADING JEWELERS, WASHING TON’ 935 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. A all carpenters will nail over the main en trance to the jail a large wooden. sign row in course of preparation bearing the inscription: “Legislative and executive department of the city and county of Denver.” Meetings of the aldermen will be held in the main rotunda. The prisoners will wear the regulation jall cestume of Dlue overalls and jumpers. They will be given them as soon as Thay leave the bath. The official prisoners will De. obliged to work about the jail in the mornings, sweeping up, emptying cuspidors, and scrubbing the tiling. used when speculators wished to “bear” the crop. When truth was desired those of the bureau were used. IIr. Lovering asked why the figures of the bureau had fallen into such disgrace in New York and Liverpool. Mr. Hyde replied that it was because the figures were not such as speculators desired.” Mr. Lovering also asked if it would not be beftef if the Agricultural Department @&d not give out any figures at all. In reply Mr. Hyde said the work had only recently been indorsed by a number of planters’ associations. Mr. Lovering also tried to show that according to Mr. Hyde's state ments the figures were intended to bene fit the planter against the buyers or speculators. Mr. Hyde denied this, de claring the statistics were intended as information for everybody. Mr. Hyde in conciusion said that the Secretary of Agriculture had requested him to say that if Congress saw. fit to transfer the Bureau of Statistics to the Department of Commerge, it -wouid -be necessary Lo organize a pew bureau of statistics under the Agricultural Depart ment to carry on its work. Mr. Hyde denied the assertions that the bureau was constantly duplicating the work of other bureaus of the Gov ernment. Mr. Hyde's testimony closed the in YVestigation, and the committee will take up the consideration of the measure it gelf. It is believed probable .that the bill will be reported favorably, with a few changes. John W. Langley, disbursing clerk and acting appointment clerk of the Census Bureau, was present ‘at the Bearing this morning, but did not testify. Grand Commander Pattee and his staff paid an official visit to Trinity Com mandery, United Order of the Golden Cross, Saturday night. After two initia tions and an examination of the books, the hall was cpened to visitors. A mu sical and literary program followed. PAID OFFICIAL VISIT.

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The Washinglon Times FRANK A. MUNSEY po PUBLICATION OFFICE, Tenth and D Streest The eharacter of a public man is rarely estimated with aceuraey dur ing his lifetime. It sometimes happens, however, that almost at the mo ment of his death {he imagination seems to leap into the future and see the man as the next generation will see him. In the ease of Thomas B. Reed the time which elapsed between his retirement from political life and his death has contributed to this result. Reed was above all a striking personality, and few of his eontempor aries have left so vivid an impression of individuality, not only upon their friends and acquaintances, but upon the general public. Thousands who never even saw the Maine leader yet know him as he wes. His name will be remembered not as that of a statesman, or a thinker, or an orator, but as the name which for many years conjured up the image of a strong man, a ponderous, inscrutable, imperturbable figure on a throne, wielding his sim ple emblem of office with a certainty and skill which made him the only American eitizen to bear, half in jest, the title of Czar. He resembled, not the real Czar, but what the average American im agines to be the Czar—a ruler who deals out justiee with a nod from which there is no appeal. The real Czar is at the head of an immense machine; but there was no machinery in the foree eontrolled by Reed, either as Speaker or as leader of the minority. There was simply the compelling force of a personality. "His epigrams, his eynicism. his fearlessness, his honesty, are part of the political history of this country. Apparently he was one of the simplest of men; and yet nobody ever quite understood him. He confided in nobody; “he depended on nobody. He apparently knew what other men were going to do, but they seldom felt sure about him. His was a power which came with a certain stage of Ameriean political development, and passed with it. There will never be another Czar Reed. One service which he rendered to the American people eannot, at this or any other time, be overlooked. At a stage in our history when things seemed generally to be breaking up and taking on erookedness, when oid ideals were going to smash and new ones were as yet untried, when force and craft were apparently united, and honesty and folly sometimes seemed to have much in common, Reed stood as a type of the strong, straightfor “ward man. He was one of the few eharaeters of whom it eould be said that he was not to be bribed or influenced; that he was free and self-sufficient, “and yet not weak or quixotie. His power was too real to be ignored, and what virtues he had were practical rather than theoretical. Weary of trying to thread the labyrinth of machine polities, or to comprehend the ideals of theorists too inexper ienced and optimistic to know whether their plans would work, the plain, every-day American came back with a feeling of relief to the personality of the big Speaker as 4 man who stood on bed-rock, even if he did not “elaim the ability to fly. There is saving power in horse sense and common honesty, salted with humor, and in those qualities Reed was typically American, and also great, RR At about this time the new member of Congress begins to sort out the things he was going to do from those he thinks he ean do. A little later be will find time to attend only to the things he has got to do, whether he likes to or not. The President of the United States has unquestionably a strenuous way of hitting the political nail on the head, and his action in the recent coal strike is one that endeared him to all sorts and eonditions of men. It is well, however, that his prudent wisdom is not in all cases retroactive, and it is lucky, too, that some of the evil that men did in previous administrations now lives after them. Some time since the President issued an executive order to the heads of the various departments, requesting them to curtail their published reports. This was obviously done with the intention of reducing the expense of printing, binding, and issuing documents for which there was no necessity “and little demand. In the making of Government hooks we admit that there is no end. That they are voluminous is also a self-evident fact; and that they are sel dom or never read, is undeniably true. But from the statement that “they “ean be of no future use” we beg most respectfully to dissent. Perhaps at this present time there is no eity in the Union in which the citizens have heen foreed to resort to so many expedients for fuel as have those of Washington. They have tried the substitution of oil, of gas stoves, of kerosene saturated bricks, and have grasped at every suggestion that human ingenuity could offer. Many of these makeshifts have, to a certain point, proved suecessful, and by their aid the temperature of single rooms has been raised to and maintained at a fairly comfortable level. ie But these various appliances have been in all cases adapted rather to the stove than to the furnace. Even the coal oil deviee, that has proved so effective in the ordinary ringé for cooking purposes, has not yet been per fected to a degree sufficient to be used practically in a system designed to heat an entire house. So that it 1s just at the present stage of affairs that Government publi cations and other undesirable books achieve their greatest usefulness. For though it may not be generally known, they are the best substitute for an thracite coal that has as yet been suggested. They burn longer than blocks of oak wood, they do not require a special grate, and no soot escapes from them through an open register.

The mode of use, too, is simplicity itself. Separate the first few eopies until the fire is fairly started, and then shovel them in as if they were coal. There is a slight smeil of paper and of the glue of the bindings at first, but this soon passes away. There is many a true word spoken in jest, and volumes might be writ ten on the dryness of Patent Office Reports, and the warmth to be derived from our Foreign Relations. But this is a very practical matter, and we seriously advise those who are fortunate enough to possess them to regard them as an asset worth ‘twenty dollars a ton, and to place them at onee where they will “do the greatest good to the greatest number,” “TWO LIVE AS TWO,” SAYS MR. PAYNE.

To the Editor of The Times: Bir: Hereafter, to the torture of the civil service examination will be added the cruel vow of celibacy, and ladies employed by the Postmaster General will not present the happy view of the rose distill'd, but of that which, wither ing on the virgin thorn, grows, lives, and dies in single salarydom.

Only an overpowering sense of duty eould induce me to allude to the stern order of Mr. Payne forbidding the inter marriage of his clerks; for the theme seems delicate to the point of tender ness. Far be it from me tr indulge In the eiry persifiage with which some have approached this solemn order; mine is the task to treat it with the decorous circumspection to which it is entitled. Not to drink, but to tears; not in pleas ure, but in passion; not in words only, but in woes also does this mandate af st ice MA Thomas B. Reed, A “Find” in Fuel,

fect many of our esteemed citizens and citizenesses, and it would il] become ue to Jest about that which wrings their hearts while it squeezes their pocket books. For years it has been the worthy am bition of many loving though economie souls to unite In both spouses the bilss ful and chaste estate of matrimony with the prudent and profitable condition of Government clerkship. This accomplish ed, all their lives went merry as a mar riage bell; tender hopes upited the earnest efforts of hearts that oeat as one and souls that together yearned for the same pay day. Alas! these golden dreams of fervid youth that have so often transformed the red tape of office into the bonds of Luly wedlock are to be no more. I am, A DISCOURAGED CELIBATE. Washington, Dec, 6, 1502. buayam HE works of Shakespeare are acknowledged to be the T crowning glory of English literature. They are a mine of wealth in which the students of the world for 250 years have delved and brought out treasures of thought that have enriched the intellects of peoples in every land. There never was a time when Shakespeare was so gen erally studied as at present. In every ceniar of activity from the great city to the little hamlet far back in the coun try, his works are read in clubs established for the purpose, and lectures are delivered upon questions relating to the life and the plays of this master genius. The number of books published each year on the subject is rapidly increas ing. Last year over forty new editions of Shakespeare's works were brought out. It is not difficult to account for the popularity of this great dramatist and poet. In the first place, the history of the English language cannot be understood without a study of his works, for in them are embodied the highest forms of literary expression. With the Bible, Shakespeare's plays present the language of the age in which they wera written in the purest English known. No young man or woman who desires to be abreast of the best thought of the age in which we live can hope to do so without first securing an intimate knowledge of Shakespeare and his works. It is almost impossible to take up a daily paper or a magazine that does not contain some reference to the plays of the dramatist. Nearly every public speaker in handling the great questions of the day will allude to some passage or character made immortal by the bard of Avon. It is, therefore, imperatively necessary that the man NI A 1 FICE Sir Alfred L. Jones has brought to the attention of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce a letter which he recently received from some person in Gaines ville, Ga. It contains the nformation that many negroes of that region who are expert cotton field hands would like to go to West Africa and engage in cot ton culture, if satisfactory arrange ments could be made for them. The idea was probably suggested Ly the fact that some of the graduates of Tuskegee have gone, under the direction of one of the professors, to engage in the work of teaching African natives the methods of American cotton culture. Heretofore, kowever, the experience of emigration agents in the South has not been par ticularly delightful. Mrs. Grant has received from the Em peror of Japan a picture of the newly horn son of the Japanese crown prince, with an anutograph letter from the Em peror. The Mikado recalls in the let ter the admiration which he felt for General Grant when the iatter visited the Isle of the Dragon-Fly many years ago.

Prof. Edmund 8. Meany, of the Smith sonian Institution, will be the first scientist to visit the mummy caves of the Aleuts of Alaska, though many mum The Literature of Lahor. The John Crerar Library of Chicago, has bought from Richard T. Ely his col lection of some 4,900 volumes and as many pamphlets of literature relating to labor questions of all kinds. It is said to be the most complete collection of its sort in the country. A Browning Misapprehension. i wEErnTnSs Tosa nor. A story has been going the rounds to the effect that Sarianna Browning, sis ter of the poet, is dead. But this is now contradicted, and a most odd series of colucidences is revealed. Miss Brown ing is alive and well in Florence, but a Miss Sarah Browning has died in Eng land. Tke father of the latter was a Robert Browning, who was in the Bank of England at the same time as the poet's father, and each had a daughter in 1514. George Horton's New Novel. George Hortcn, the Chicago author, whose novel, “The Long Straight Road,” was published early this season, is spending the winter in Washington, working on a new novel. It will be of the same character as its predecessor in the matter of realistic atmosphere, but the plot revelves around a question of circumstantial evidence. Mr, Horton's recent excursion into the realm of realism has elicited more contradictory comments than any other book of the THE WASHINGTON TIMES, MONDAY. DECEMBER 8, 19¢2. Shakespeare Study--Ifs Importance and Exient. By FOUN PHINN, Author of “The Shakespearean Cyclopedia and New Glossary.” The Desolation of the Shah. The Desolation of the Shah. HERE is something pathetic in the figure of the Shah of TF Persia just now, a sort of wistful, lonesome, home sick something, as that figure Is presented to the view of the world at large. This is due to the fact that the cable news reports that he has just reduced the number of his wives from 1,100 to 60, and all Persia is dumfounded at what is regarded as the breaking up of a happy family cir cle. Just imagine how solitary and neglected a man musi feel who has been accustomed to the ministrations of 1,100 wives, and who is now reduced to the desolation of 80! It is small wonder that his people are protesting at such a rev olutionary step. They have been accustomed to be ruled by family men, and to the Persian way of thinking, a Shah with but sixty wives is much more of a bachelor than a benedict. Mav Be an Fmbarrassing Gift. the Rev. Dr. Neal, a Baptist clergyman near Mil lerton, N. Y., has got himself into a peck of trouble by his prophetic dreaming. Not very age “in the dead of the night a sweet vicion he saw,” to the effect that there was oil on the farm of one Ambrose Culver, and, sure enough, the next day the diggers of a well on that farm struck a ‘“‘gusher” of the richest deseription. And now, likely as not, every farmer in the county will be after the clergyman to do another stunt of dreaming—using “im as a sort of somuolent divining rod, so to speak. W ITH the best intentions in the world it may be that Emperor William and the Baton. x La UST as surely ag Emperor William lived in any other J country but his own, which !zads the world of its day in respect for the dignity of kinghood, he would hear “When Willie Led the Band” res unding as a popular song throughout the length and breadth of his dominions. An evening or =o ago, his majesty distinguished himself by tak ing the baton and directing the band of a cuirassier regiment In the Public Fve. “OF MAKING MANY BOOKS THERE IS NO END.” mies have be2n received from that re gion. The report of the professor will be awaited with much interest in scien tific circles. Booker Washington recently made the statement that.he has kept a record of all bis students and graduates, and “not one of them has ever broken into either the penitentiary or Congress.” Con sidering the size of Tuskegee this is something of a record. WINNIE IN THE POOL. Pure woodland well! where starry nights Sink down divinely doubled, Where day by day soft colored lights, Soft shadows, dream untroubled. Cool—in our feverish world so cool! So hushed amid our noises, That even the throstle, in the pool, Not sings, but merely poises; Where life is all reversed, our low Made high, our upper nether; And beech boughs topsy-turvy grow, And golden broom and heather, And one sweet shadow, gay yet mute, Glides coyly to the surface, When Winnie comes--meets foot with foot, And lifts its face to her faoe. —Katherine Tynan in New York Tribune. e year thus far. ‘““The Bookman” gave it a highly favorable review, and so did ‘some other critics, while there were re viewers who cculd see nothing good in it at all. It is to be noticed, however, that nobody reached the point of ignor ing It altogether,

A Curious Coincidence. N Jack London, author of “A Daughter of the Snows,” and Philip Varrill Mig hels, author of “The Inevitable,” made acquaintance through seeking the same publisher almost at the same time, with thelr respective novels. Mr. Mighels then disclosed the fact that he is a resi cent of Pledmont_ Cal., which is also the home of Mr. London. California seems likely to rival Indiana as the last State of the ambitious author. Frank Norris, Dr, C. W. Doyle and W. C. Morrow, Gertrude Atherton, Ella Higginson and Gelett Burgess are among the authors of the day whose names ar¢ assoclated with the Bret Harte country.

A Yaluable Library. The library of Samuel W. Pennypack er, of Pennsylvania, is sald to be both valuable and curious. Among its treas ures is Jefferron Davis’ copy of the Constitution of the United States. Under the autograph on the fly-leaf the present owner has writien, “Fis book. And little good did it do him." whose early education has been neglected should make him seif familiar with Shakespeare's works for two very good reasons: First, because he will obtain from them the highest esthetic Ideas in the development of thought, and second, because he will secure an intimate view of the customs, manners, and life of the times in which Shakespeare lived, such as can be secured from no other source. The more we study Shakespeare, the more we are im pressed with his phenomenal genius, for without doubt he was the greatest English writer that lived in any age. We cannot account for him. One would naturally sup pose that in these days of advanced thought and of more generally diffused knowledge there would be produced a man of even greater genius than Shakespeare, but he has not yet made his appearance. The human mind is the same today that it was 6,000 years ago, the only difference being that we have accumulated a vast store of knowledge of which the people of those days were ignorant. A dwarf on the shoulders of a giant sees farther than the giant, but that does not convert hinr into a giant. A schoolboy today knows very much more of elec tricity and of chemistry than Aristotle, but the boy does not possess Aristotle's Intellect. Shakespeare was not appreciated in the age in which he lived. It was not until he was dead many years that the world discovered his greatness. That is why we know so little of his life. In order to get an accurate conception of any man’s great work perspective ia necessary, and that perspective is usually best secured at a distance of years and perhaps centuries. In its playing of an old cavalry march, which is a favorite of his, and which had been rearranged by Major General von Moltke. Well, say, the vaudeville stage wouldn't ask anything better than to bring out a burlesque of such an au gust performance! Yet it was intensely typical of the sol dierly and musicianly German nation—the war lord of the empire conducting the interpretation of a composition ar ranged by the greatest living general. Rough on the Kenru-ky Colonel. IRCUIT Judge Toney, of Louisville, makes an official C announcement which should cause the heart of every Kentucky woman to swell with pride and send that of every Kentucky man deep down in his boots. According to Judge Toney, as the Kentucky laws now stand on the statute books, “in every legal contest,” to quote his own words, “the gray mare is the better horse, and the hus band is the under dog.” This assertion seems to indicate that the Blue Grass State is even more of a paradise ior women than ever. But what becomes of the Kentucky col onel, once the proudest figure on the world’s stage, boasting of the beauty of Kentucky women, the speed of Kentucky horses, the virtues of Kentucky whisky, with the colonel himself lord of creation over these good things? Maybe They're Good Bacteria. a relish of the performance, the scientists always bob up with stories calculated to frighten us off from our victuals. Here comes Dr. Ehriich, a German savant, now, with the cry that there are 12,000,000 bacteria on the skins of a baif pound of cherries; 11,000,000 on those of a similar. quantity of currants, and 8,000,000 on grapes in the same proportion. Isn't that dreadful? Howaver, we've been eating these millions of bacteria for so long a time now—who knows but they're healthy and wholesome for us? WwW ITH unfailing regularity, and a frequency indicating “Unconsidered Trifles.” “Sarann!” “Yes, pa.” “Have you and Major Tompkins’ boy got your kiss certificates out there?” “Yes, pa; all right,” “Go on, then. I don't want no health officer 'restin’ me for illegal kissing on these premises. Durn if I ever hearn of sech things before the war.” “Why,” asked the author indignantly, “did you not review my boek of poems sent into the office at least a week ago?” “My dear sir, I—oh, is that the book? It is out of my line of business, I'm sorry to say. The feet in your poems indicate that what you need is not so much a literary critic as a chiropodist.” An Unfortunate Experiment. “Heard the latest on Charlie Wim ble?” “No; what? “Somebody told him it was the latest fad to have your brains photographed by means of the x-rays, and he prom ised his photograph to half a dozen girls, and when he had it done the plate didn't show a thing.” Reflections on Mr. Trine. Ralph Waldo Trine's book, “In Tune With the Infinite,” is said to be meeting with same svecess in England. The Eng lish publishers were somewhat amused at receiving a letter from a lady who wished them to send her a copy of “The Tune of the Infants.” When Mr. Trine heard this story, he observed that per haps she had already read the book, and meant the phrase for a description. Du Challlu in Russia. Paul Du Chaillu, who has been travel ing In Russia and Siberia, has written to a friend in this country a long letter about Russian prisons, in whick je ex presses views of these institutions which are altogether couleur de ruse com pared with those of Mr, Keenan and some other travelers,

A New Playwright. Sarah Barnwell Eillott, author of “The Making of Jane,” and other novels and stories, has written a play called “The Master of the King's Company,” in which Henry Miller will star. The Author of “Aladdin O'Brien." Gouverneur Morris, author of “Alad din O’Brien,” and “Tom Beauling™ is only twenty-six years old, and besides his two novels has written a number of good short stories. In Virginia, Limping Verse. Statesmen and Their Ways. Only Three Months. Three months more yet remain of the political career of the Hon. George L. Wellington. Then he will go back to Cumberland. a politician without a par ror although Senator Wellington is nominally in the Republican party, lie is not of it. As he now prepares to go into enforced retirement, his parting threat is that he will drag his col league, the Hon. Louis E. McComas, af ter him. He not only declares that he will use his efforts to accomplish the defeat of the junior Senator from Mary land, but expresses the confident belief that Senator McComas’ successor will ‘be a Demoerat. Between these two solons from the Oriole State, there ex ists a feeling of affection and admira tion, almost equal to that which the Hon. Ben Tillman entertains for his colleague, the Hon. John L. McLaurin. In fact, the one-round bout between the South. Carolina statesmen on the floor of the Senate last February came nesr having its counterpart in the same ‘arena a few days later between Sena tor Wellington and Senator McComas, The lie was passed in both cases, but In the Wellington-McComas mill the participants followed the methods of latter day pugilists, and did not get be yond the talking stage. Rayner the Man. Instances where men occupying such commanding positions as did Senator Wellington six years ago, and have lost their standing so speedily, are not many. Whatever may be said of him, it must be admitted that it was he who wrested the State of Maryland from the grasp of the Democracy, and made it at least doubtful henceforth. For his reward he received the United Staies ‘Senatorship, and he exercised unques ‘tioned authority in the State. Now he is to retire a political outcast. His quarrel with the late President McKin ley led him to turn upon his party in the campaign of 190%, and support Bry an. He carried but little, it any, strength with him. In the recent cam paign Senator Wellington put forth bis efforts to defeat Representative Pearre, the Republican candidate for Congress in the district, and Colonel Pearre's majority was increased. This may or may not bespeak the in fluence which Senator Wellington has upon his constituency. If he meets with no better success in his fight against Senator McComas, it is apparent that the junior Senator need entertain no fears of losing his seat when his term shall expire two years hence. Should the Democrats carry the Legislature then, it is said that their candidate for Senator McComas’ shoes will be the Hon. Isidor Rayner, former member of Congress, and now attorney general of the State, a man of large wealth and ability. Wachter for Mayor. Speaking of affairs in Maryland, it is ‘semi- officially announced that the Hon. Frank Wachter, of the Third district, is busy flirting with a mayorality bee. This busy little insect has been buzzing about the occiput of the chairman cf the Committee on Enrolled Bills for a sea gon or more, and so far as anyone has been able to ascertain, Mr. Wachter has not been wearing gauze over his head to keep it away or mufling his ears to deaden the buzzing sound. In fact he entertains the opinion that the mayor's chair in Baltimore is just about the proper place for him, and there is a large number of people in the Monu mental City who share his belief. Bal timore elects a new mayor next spring, and why not Frank Waclter, they say. Mr. Wachter is her native p-oduct,’ and if Baltimore lays claim to h'm and in sists that she must have hin: and none other to be her chief magistrate, why, there is nothing else for Congress to do but to give him up. More Work for Cannon. What the country loses, Baltimore, of course, gains, and Baltimore is quite a respectable city and entitled to the best there is, especlally when she furnishes the goods herself, as in the case of Wachter. Besides, the Republicans of that city are not in a position where BLIND PETER ZANNER’S REVENGE There seems to be an element of both the monstrous ana the pathetic in the following story of a blind man's ven geance on the wife from whom he was separated. The “New York World” tells the story thus: Peter Zanner, who has been totally blind for three years, and who says he has been a keeper of gambling houses all his life, was convicted yesterday before Judge Newburger, in sessions, of the crime of throwing vitriol om his wife. Mrs. Zenner was a witness in court. The acid had terribly marked her face and almost destroyed her sight. “1 accidentally met my husband, from. whom 1 had been scparated,”” the woman testified, “and he asked me if I knew what day it was 1 told him it was his birthday, He said he wanted to kiss me, and as he attempted to do so pulled a bottle of vitriol from his overco:t and threw its contents into my face.” Zanner was remanded to the Tombs for sen tence on Monday. “EDITOR” JOHN L. SULLYVAN. It must be in the capacity of the tra ditional “fighting editor” of old times that John L. Sullivan, ex-champien heavyweight pugilist of the world, makes his appearance in journalism ac cording to the ‘Philadelphia Record’'s” story as follows: John L, Sullivan is going to desert the ring and the vaudeville stage for at least one night and become an editor. A Pittsburg afternoon paper which has a Sunday edition announced this afternoon that on next Sunday Sullivan “would get out the sheet, John L. Is in ecstasies, and says that it will be *‘de greatest ever.” WHEN REUBEN COMES TO TOWN When countrymen come to town they are apt to get into all sorts of scrapes through their ignorance of city ways. One of their favorite performances used to be that of blowing out the gas, and now that they have been cured of this habit here comes ancther even more troublesome. The “New York World” tells of it In the follov ing story: hihaies H. Risdon, of Hamilton Townshi this morning turned in fire alarm at the they can nominate any man and have a watk-over. They must have a popular man and a vote getter if they are to win, and here again is the Hon. Frank Wachter, the leing personification of these two qualifications, He ran for Congress last month against the strong est man the Democrats could produce in the district, and was elected—an illus tration of what popularity will do. As the situation now presents itself, it would appear that when “Uncle Joe” Cannon proceeds to make up his com mittee lists next December he will have to look elsewhere than to the Third Maryland district to select a chairman for his Committee on Enrciied Biils. After Hansbrough. Senator Hansbrough, of North Da kota, whose term éxpires on March 4, is not finding the return pathway strewn altogether with thornless roses. He has enjoyed a Senatorial career of twelve years, and for two years prior to that time was a member of the House of Representatives, and there are people up in that far north State who believe that he is not entitled to enjoy a mo nopoly upon Senatorial honors. Chief ameng these is the Hen. M. N. Johnson, an erstwhile member of the House, and while so serving was a member of the Ways and Means Committee, for some reason which to many people has never yet been satisfactorily explained. Six years ago Mr. Johrson entertained a no tion that a Seratcrial toga would be a beautiful adernment for himself. He entered the race against Senator Hans brough, and since that time only now and then a returning traveier from that secticn has been able to impart any information in regard to Johnson. Now it appears that he is foreing his way toward the political horizon again, but the friends of Senator Hansbrough are confident that he will fall with the dull and sickening thud long before there is any ctance of his reaching the zenith. At any rate, however, he is caus ing the Senator some annoyance. John son has a following among the Swedes and Norwegeins, of whom there is a goodly number in the State. However, Senator Hansbrough's hold upon the State Je sirong, and there is little doubt but that after a brief struggle he will be returned for another term. He Is Now a Lawyer. There used to sit in the United States Senate, until March 4 1901, a Southern er of decided ideas, with a penchant for championing any cause he fancied, with out regard for party or clique influence. He would run counter to the logic and eloquence of colleagues who had ciose friends to support their efforts by their presence, while he would talk te a slim Senate. But he never faltered, for he was a Populist; and that meant that where he was short on present results he was large on hope and confidence in the correctness of his views. The Southern Senator was Marion Butler—tail, gaunt, imperturbable with reddish brown beard and the keen eye of a fox. When he rose to plead for rural free delivery, which had been considered unfavorably in the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, that commit tee's chairman—Woleott, of Colorado— faced him. “Why, it would never pay ex penses, and the postal deficit would only become greater every year, as more peo ple claimed this fancy service in the country,” declared Wolcott. “That was in 1896," said Mr. Butler today, no longer a Senator but a lawyer with a lucrative practice. “Wolcott; beat me in committee, but the Senate agreed to a mere $30,000 experimental appro priation to give ile service a fair trial —that was all I asked. The next year it was doubled, then again increased, and again, until now It aggregates three millions. It was what the people wanted and it has paid for itself. When I look back to that opposition and then com pare it with the results, I'm satisfied. After long political struggle, there is but one thing so pleasant as the realiza tion ‘hat you are again a private citi zen and able to earn a reasonably big income—and thal excepticn is when time proves accurate a contention made against strong odds, years before.”

Masonic Temple here, mistaking the apparatus for a letter box. Mr. Risdon's eye rested on the little red alarm on a low post at the curb line. He looked for a moment, but soon soived the pro to his own satisfaction and turned the key. The box immediately began to bugs. To his astonishment, there was no place for Gupesiting kis letter. Risdon’ was dumfounded when t what he had dene, A policeman who knew him directed him to a letter box, and he deposited his envelope as the engines and truck came in sight. It is rare, indeed, that animal stories reveal the cat in any other character than as one who “never cares to wander ‘rom his own fireside,” but the follow ing story from the “Philadelphia Rec ord” presents grimalkin in a new light: Michael Kenney, gardener on the Denis estate, in Eddystone, Pa., has a cat that aceom nies him hunting, mand retrieves the birds he just as hunting dogs are trained to do. Some weeks ago, when he shot a bird near the Denis mansion, the cat quickly sprang after the game and brought it to the aster. A or two ago Kenney wounded a chicken ha and the cat and bird had a terrific battle, but the cat brought the game back in triumph. 1 That it is necessary for a Judge to know much more than the law is a fact of common acknowledgment, but expert information as to the fit of a woman's gown has not hitherto been classed as among the things incumbent [pana upon the bench to manifest at short ro tice. Yet this is what happened in the case of Justice Joseph, of New York city, as told by ine “New York World" in the following story: Miss Edith M. Southern, who says she is an artist's model and lives at 154 West Pifty fourth Street, obtained judgment in Justice Joseph's court yesterday for $20, which she gave to Herman Moskowitz, a Fifth Avenue ladies’ tallor, in part payment for a $150 gown. Miss Southern refused to take the gown be cause it did not fit, and Moskowits suit. The gown was tried on before J Joseph, who decided it was se tit around A RETRIEVER CAT. AN EXPERT DECISION.

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HENRY GLEWS WEEKLY HINANGIAL REVIEW 10 3 _ cd Unsettled Condition of the Stock Market. MESSAGE WELL RECEIVED Railroad Earnings Compare Well With Last Year—Future Not Unpromising.

Henry Clews’ weekly financial review says:

W “No real improvement in the stock market is yet in sight. An unsettied tone prevails, and the monetary situa tion continues unfavorable to operations for the risc. While this condition con tinues, the bulls are likely to remain under cover and await more favorable opportunities. Call and thirty-day money rates have been especially firm, and there is a disposition to wait until preparations for January disbursements and settlements incidental to January are over before assuming any new obli gations.

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“Loanable funds are relatively scarce "and command good rates, lenders still showing sharp scrutiny and conserva tism Lah as to loans and collateral. As expected, currency is returning from the Interior more slowly than last year be cause of great activity in the West and because of the large corn crop, com pared with a failure last year. Even the contraction of loans enforced by the banks during the last two months has afforded no visible relief, though it may have averted more disagreeable conse quences. i ___ Increased Supply of Currency. B “The supply of currency increased $16,500,000 in the month of November, but this, too, had no appreciable effect. The truth is that trade activity, crop demands, and syndicate operations have practically exbausted the available sup ply of money, and until‘ the demand from some of these sources abates, no perma nent relief can be expected. ps B grits S09 7th St. I: ES 3 “Very soon crop money will come back more freely; but any easing in rates just now would apparently, facilitate gold ex ports, which have already begun on a small scale; so it is evident there are no large sums in sight for stock market purposes, and as this is the key to the situation, the prospect for an active buying movement is somewhat remote. “The President's message was well received. His utterances on trusts, tariff, currency, and other questions were about what were expected, and had no effect upon the stock market. The prospects of any of his recommenda tions being acted upon during this ses slen of Congress are very remote. The trust question seems likely to bring on a prolonged struggle, the issues being too numerous and complex to admit of basty or radical legislation.

“As to currency, the chances of early action, desirable as that may be, are very remote. There ¥8 a keener appre ciation of the necessity of currency re form, thé result of recent experience, and a clearer idea of what legislation is most needed; but the clash of opinion between the advocates of different meas ures is almost sure to prevent action during this session of Congress. In fact, no important legislation is anticipat. this winter, so the stock market ought to be comparatively free of disturbances originating in Washington.

1 i Trade Reports Satisfactory. “Trade reports continue satisfactory. The crest of the boom seems to have passed from the East across the Appala chians, and is now under full headway ‘for the Pacific Coast. Near the At lantic seaboard the signs of recession during the last six months have been unmistakable. Only another season of good crops saved us from unpleasant consequences. Now that irrational spec ulation has been checked there is a chance for a readjustment of values upon a more normal basis. When that is accomplished we shall have a better and safer market than the present. Bank clearings are showing smaller gains than last year. mam—— et mi

STORAGE co. F< 2g right “Railroad earnings, of course, make good comparisons with 1901, for traffic is heavy and equipment is overtaxed, but net carnings are often showing signifi cant losses, not including the coal roads, which suffered severely from the strike As previously stated, the high cost of labor and raw materials is ma‘eriall; swelling the expense ratio of the rail roads; and, when business falls back to normal proportions, less will be spen for improvements and wages will have to come down and dividends be reduced, uniess the railroads can squeeze more money out of shippers, which is very im probable. The outlook for the indus trials is much less flattering than for the railroads, for these are handicapped by stock watering as well as the excessive demands of labor. y

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Gold Exports. “Gold exports to Argentina attracted some attention, not so much because of the amount, which was small, as foi the fact that London was able to shif the demand frcm that point upon New York. It is fortunate that payment tc Brilsh holders of White Star Steamshl; stock on behalf of the steamship com bination was financed without gold ship ments, a

“In spite of this transaction it is now believed, however, that American indebt. edness to Burope has been largely re. duced in the last two months, and tha some of the loans held in Paris, Lon don and Berlin have been transferred tc New York. If this be true the financial situation may be better than it appears to be; still there is so much mystery con pected with these huge and secret trans actions that prudence demands a cau tious policy until the outlook is more elear,

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“The future Is not unpromising by an) means, but safety demands readjustment upon a lower level. Speculative opinior on the market is about evenly divided, and as both sides are confident in thelr views the opportunities for trading should be ample. Perhaps the new yeas will see a change for the better.” b San

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“SONS OF HAM” CONCERT. The “Sons of Ham’ company gave concert at the Empire last aight ir which the following members appeared: i

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The “Sons of Ham’ company gave a concert at the Empire last aight in which the following members appeared: Avery and Hart, the Misses Robenson and Smith, Charles White, Anna Cook, Tom Crag, Jennie Ringgold, Walter Robenson, Clary Freeman, Norris Smith, Hattie Hughes, Lewis Lore, Leon Wil Mams, Mrs. Pugsley Hart, Sam Cousi:s, Alberta Ormes, and Frank Williams. There were many encores and the at tendance was large

POLICE ESCORT FOR MASCAGNI IN NEW YORK alian Composer Feared Personal Violence—Strikers’ Birthday Gift. NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—Guarded by the police, Pietro Mascagni, the Italian mu sical composer, came to the city yes terday, and gave a concert at the Her eld Square Theater. JOHRE JOY BDSOR. Yesterday, the composer's birthday, added new experiences to his already varied career in this country, which has included two arrests and various law suits. Among the incidents yesterday that marked the company’s short visit in New York were a march down Fifth Avenue, surrounded by fifty policemen and de tectives in plain clothes, to protect the Italian artists from bodily harm, a per formance under the protection of the police, a strike of the musicians for back pay, and a second strike for pay for the night's concert; and, as a slight al leviation to the wounded spirit of the master, a presentation to Mascagni of a gold watch fob from his company in honor of his birthday.

Performance Cut Short. Pietro Mascagni and his orchestra fid dled in New York and slept in Hoboken last night, and a bar or two was cut out of the 'ast piece, “Hymn to the Sun,” so that the players might get out of the jurisdiction of the New York courts be fore midnight and the end of Sunday. Mascagni feared writs from his old friends and former managers, the Mit tenthal Bros. That “Hymn to the Sun" wouldn't have been cut if the performance had not been made late by two strikes by the musicians for pay and by the refusal of Signora Bianchini Cappelli to go on and sing her arias. But everything came out right in the end, and the musicians wo. their race against time and the process servers to the ferries. Mayor Low and Police Commissioner Partridge got this telegram yesterday from New Haven: “Mascagni and opera company. 100 people, arrive at Grand Central Station at 4:26. 1 fear personal violence for them from men who have resorted to in timidation, false arrests, and perjury. Please provide ample police protection for escort. RICHARD HEARD.” An Efficient Escort. The police protection was ampie. Fifty plain-clothes cops, in command of smil ing Dick Walsh, met the musicians at the station. There was nobody else ip the station. Mascagni wouldn't come through the gate from the train platform until Detective Petrosini assured him in Tuscan that none of the sleuths was a musical union man with »n bomb or a Mittenthal man with a wri’. Then Mascagnl and his secretary and STOCK MARKET SHOWS UPWARD TENDENCIES Gains of Over a Point Noted in Some of the Most Act ive Securities. No Explanation of the Strength of Market—Lon don Market Firm. NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—In the initial transactions this morning tho stock market showed advances which, in some cases, extended to over 1 point, while the gains in the active stoci's averaged over half a point. i American stocks were slightly firmer in the London market. Aside from that circumstance there was nothing in the occurrences, since business closed on Saturday, which would explain the ‘strength the market showed. Favorable Developments. Rumors were current that some favor ‘able developments were pending in the copper trade, or rather, between the various large companies engaged there In, and it was on this account that Amalgamated Copper showed an excep tional advance of 13% points, After the ‘early dealings the stock receded quite rapidly, however. Both Manhattan and Brooklyn Rapid Transit were decidedly stronger and in the railway list there were large deal ings at higher prices in St. Paul Mis sour] Pacific, Reading and Atchison. Industrials Dull. The Industrial shares were compara tively dull. Most of the discussion with regard to the market's future over Sun day turned upon the monstary outlook, as it was recognized that a continuation of the conditions disclosed in Saturday's bank statement would very soon lead to an actually stringent money market. Following were the stock quotations at 17M vm Open. High. Low. 1 P.M. Amal. Copper 67% 0583 571% §8 Am. Bugar 120 121 120 120% Atchison 82% 82% 821% 823 Atchison pf.. 98% 98% 081% 08% Balto. Ohio..... 981; 08% O81 981; Brook. Rap. Tr.... 65 63% 64% 653 Ches. Ohlo...... 46 46% 46% 45% C.L&8.P...... 172% 173 171% 172% BIE... vvvunssisees 333, 338; 33% 333g Louls, Nash....127% 127% 126% 126% Manhattan 148% 148% 147% 143% Met. 88. Ry 139% 140 139% 140 rrivat

Mo. Pae.. ....106 1063% 105% 106 New York Cen....154% 154% 158% 154% Norfolk West... 68% 70 69% 60% Pennsylvania 1563 15615 1561 15834 Reading «...co00u.. 63%, 59% 058% 58% Rock Island 417% 42% 41% 41% Rock Island pf.... 82 82 82 82 South. Paeific..... 621%, 62%, 62 62 South. Railway.... 32 32 21% 81% South. Rallway pf. 9215 92l 21 g21, Union Pacific...... 993% 09% 99% 993g Union Pacific pf... 92 92 918 913% U. 8. Leather...... 12% 1215 12% 12% 5. 8. Steel..... «ee 36% 36% 3615 3634 U. 8. Steel pf..... $3 83% 8315 831 i THE WASHINGTON TIMES, MONDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1902. the Italian detective from Mulberry Street got into a carriage and drove to the Herald Square Theater. Mascagni insisted on having the carriage curtains drawn tight all the way. The 100 musicians with their escort of fifty cops followed on foot, three abreast with a sleuth between every two musi clans. At the theater ten of the sleuths were relieved for one hour to go and get their evening clothes, wherewith to ornament the stalls and boxes. The other forty sleuths were scattered in the sack-coat regicns of the theater. They were re enforced by ten men in uniform who sat on the circular couches back of the or chestra seats. Quick Lunch Free. After the rehearsal and before the per formance the 100 musicians and the fifty cops all went to a quick-lunch restau rant in Sixth Avenue and had everything charged to the company. The show was scheduled for o'clock. None of the players would go or until they received $200, due them for Satur day night's performance in New Haven. Heard sent to the box office for $200, which he distributed to the players. The curtain went up at 8:30 o'clock and there were no more troubles until the fourth number was reached, when Signora Bianchini Cappelli refused to 80 en. Ten minutes more were lost in arguing with her and then Signora Fer netti was put on in her place. Then there was another strike by the musicians, who wanted $200 cash, subito, for last night's performance. The m.an ager offered them 2100 and promise’ to pay the other in Hoboken. That satis fled all but three of the players, who wouldn't go on again without full pay for that night's job. Mascagni's secreiary ran around back of the stage in a frenzy to fill those three vacant chairs. Captain Walsh assigned Detectives Charlie Baxter, Culleen, and O'Connor to sit In the back row and look like musicians. When Captain Walsh was asked what the situation was, he said: “There have been two strikes, three cops are on basses, but Mascagni's still at the bat.” The show was over at 11:30. Ten min ‘utes later the musicians and Mascagni were bundled into cabs ard one furni ture van with their instruments and driven to the ferry, follcwed by two process servers in a cab, on a chance of their not getting out of New York by midnight. They did, though, and will £0 to Scranton today. ALEXANDRIA [TENS Or GENERAL INTEREST Memorial Services Held by B. P. O. Elks. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8.—Alexan dria Lodge, No. 758, Benevo! nt and Pro tective Order of Elks, at 2 o'clock yes terday afternoon held their initial me morial service in their new hall, for merly the Concordia Hotel. The services were of a solemn and impressive nature, and a large number of Elks and theip friends were present. The local lodge, which is less than a year old, has not ‘bad a death among its members, The lodgrroom was decorated with palms and dotted plants for the oceca slon. Samuel Gompers, who is a mem ber of the Washingion Lodge, was the principa! speaker. During the progress of the ecervises, music was furnished by an orchestra. Rev. Father H. J. Cutler opened the exercises with prayer, which was followed by a brief address, in which he congratulated the order that there had been no death in its ranks. He also commended them on the fitting sger vices they hold in respect to the mem ory of their departed brothers. The “Birenmore Quartet” of Washing ton, composed of Messrs. Charles Moore, Walter Birch, James Hicks, and W. H. Stevens, rendered ‘Jesus, Lover of My Soul.” Among the others who rendered solos were Mr. Stevens, Mr. Hicks, George H. Evans, and P. F. Downey. Sherman Fowler acted sas accompanist. The exercises were concluded with bene diction by Rev. P. P. Phillips» of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. At the con clusion of the exercises Mr. Gompers and the visitor guests were tendered a reception at the Hotel Fleischmann. A bill has been introduced in the State Legislature to abolish slot ma chines. The city derives a revenue of $15 for each machine, and the passage of such a bill would mean the loss of several hundred dollars anrmally. Wan da Messrs. John, Arthur, 20? William Schwarzman, glass blowers, <mployed at the Old Dominion Glass Works, on Fri day last broke the record in a working day of eight and one-half hours by blow Ing and packing 329 dozen plain beer bottles. This is the best record ever known In the United States. The pre vious record was held by three glass blowers at Massilon, Ohio, which was 309 dozen in the same time. WILL PAY FINE OF f-en Charles Meredith, colored, was con victed In the Police Court this morning of conducting an unlicensed bar. A policeman caught him in South Wash ington yesterday selling liquor on the street. He had two bottles of whisky and a gless. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $250, or spend tree months in ‘he workhouse SUPPOSED TRAIN BANDITS PLACED UNDER ARREST Prisoners Refuse to Give Account of Themselves—Engineer Positive ly Identifies Them. LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 8.—Standish, Cramer, and “John Doe” are the names given by the three men arrested by Detective James Malone and charged with the robbery of Burlington train No. 41 on October 9 Fifty thousand dollars was the sum .stolen. The prisoners will give no account of themselves. The engineer, the fireman, and the express messenger are sure the prisoners are the bandits and positively identify them. The detective believes the plunder is concealed near Lincoln. FOREIGN MAILS. WASHINGTON, D. C., POSTOFFICE, NOTICE. Should be read daily, as changes may occur at any time. FOREIGN MAILS are dispatched to the ports of sailing daily, and the senedule of closings is arranged on the presumption of their uninter rupted overland transit. For the week ending December 13, 1902, the last connecting closes will be made from the MAIN OFFICE as fol lows: Trans-Atlantic Mails. MONDAY—(¢) At 11:25 p. m. for ITALY di rect, per 8. 8. Sardegna, from New York. Mail must be directed “Per s. 5. Sardegna.” (c) At 11:25 p. m. for DENMARK direct, per 8. 8. Oscar II, from New York. Mail must be directed “Per 8. 8. Oscar IL" TUESDAY-—(a) At 7:15 p. m. for EUROPE, per 8. 8. Philadelphia, from New York, via Southampton. Mail for IRELAND must be di rected “Per s. 5. Philadelphia.” At 11:25 p. m. for EUROPE, per s. 8. Teutonic, from New York, via Queenstown. WEDNESDAY —(c) At 9:15 p. m. for FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, TURKEY, EGYPT, GREECE, BRITISH INDIA, and LOREXZO MARQUEZ, per 8 s. La Lor raine, from New York, via Havee. Mail for other parts of EUROPE must be :Lrected ‘‘Per 8. 5. La Lorrie.” FRIDAY—(c) At 11:25 p. m. for NETHER LANDS direct, per s. s. Rotterdam, from New York. Mail must be directed *‘Per s. 5. Rotter dam.” (c) At 11:25 p. m. for BELGIUM direct, per 8. 8. Finland, from New York. Mail must be directed “Per s. 8. Finland.” At 11:25 p. m. for IRELAND, pér s. s. Umbria, from New York, via Queenstown. Mail for others {is of EUROPE must be directed “Per 8. 8. Umbria.” At 11:25 p. m. for EUROPE, per s. 8. Kronprinz Wilhe!m, from New York, via Ply mouth, Cher! wg. and Bremen. Mails for outh and Central America, West Indies. Etc. MONDAY —(c) At 11:25 p- m. for CENTRAL AMERICA (excopt Costa Rica) and SOUTH PA CIFIC PORTS, per s. s. Finance, from New York, via Colon. Letter mail for GUATE 'MALA must be directed “Per s. s. Finance.” (c) At 11:25 p. m. for GRENADA and TRINI DAD, per s. 5. Maracas, from New York. TUESDAY-—(d) At 12:00 m. for JAMAICA, per 8. 8. Admiral Farragut, from Boston. (a) At 7:15 p. m. for BARBADOS, BRITISH, DUTCH, and FRENCH GUIANA (via Barbados), and BAHIA, RIO JANEIRO, SANTOS, and SAO PAULO, per s. sa Catania, from New York. Mail for other of BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, URUGUAY, and PARAGUAY must be directed “Per 8. 8. Catania.” At 11:25 p. m. for BARBADOS, BRITISH, DUTCH, and FRENCH GUIANA, and NORTH oy BRAZIL, per s. 8 Benedict, from New Y (c) At 11:25 p. m. for TURKS ISLAND and DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, per s. s. Cherokee, from New York. (c) At 11:25 p. m. for ARGENTINA, URU GUAY, and PARAGUAY, per ss Soldier Prince, from New York. (c) At 11:25 p. m. for PORTO RICO, per s. 8. Ponce, from New York. WEDNESDAY—(¢) At 11:25 p. m. for JA MAICA, per s. 5s. Admiral Schiey, from Phila delphia, At 11:25 p. m. for CAMPECHE, TA BASCO, and YUCATAN, per s. 5. Monterey, from New York. Mail for other parts of MEXICO must be directed “Per s. 8. Rn RE RE (ec) At 11:25 p. m. for the PROVINCE OF SANTIAGY, per s. 8 Cienfuegos, from New ork. THURSDAY-—(c) At 11:25 p. m. for MEXICO, per s. Niagara, from New York, via Tamgico. Mail must be directed “Per 8. 8. Niagara.” FRIDAY (0) At 2:05 p. m. for NEWPGUND LAND, per 8. s. Siberian, from Philadephia. Msi must be directed ‘Per s. 8. Siberian.'” (e) At 6:05 p. m. for ARGENTINA, URU GUAY, and PARAGUAY, per s. s. Casilda, from New York. (e) At 1):25 p. m. for PORTO RICO, CURA CAO, and VENEZUELA, 5. 8. Caracas, from New York. Mail for SAVANILLA snd CARTA GENA must be directed “Per 5. 8. Caracas.” (0) At 11:25 p. m. for FORTUNE ISLAND, JAMAICA, SAVANILLA, and CARTAGENA, per 5. 8. Altai, from New York. Mail for COSTA RICA must be directed “Per s. 5. Altal.”” (c) At 11:25 p. m. for HAITI and SANTA MANTA, per s. 5. Athos, from New York. (e) At 11:25 k m. for NEWFOUNDLAND, direct, per 8. 8. Rosalind, from New York. Mails for NEWFOUNDLAND, by rail to North Sydney and thence via steamer, close here daily except Sundays at 12:00 m., and on Sungazs at 11:30 a. m. The connecting closes are on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. (d) (k Mails for MIQUELON, by rail to Boston i thence via steamer, close here daily except Sun days at 12:00 m., and on Su at 11:30 a. m. (d) (k) CUBA MAILS close here via Port Tampa, Mla., Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays a: 2:39 p-m. (h) Mails for MEXICO overlar 1, unless specially addressed for dispatch ty steamers sailing from New York, close here daily at 10:30 a. m. and 10 p. m. (f) (h) Mail's for BELIZE PUERTO CORTEZ, and GUATEMALA, by rail to New Orleans, and thence via steamer, close here daily at 10:05 a.m. and 19:00 p. m., the connecting closes for which being on Mondays. (f) (h) Mails for COSTA RICA, by rail to New Or leans, and thence via steamer, close here daily at 10:05 a. m. and 10:00 p. m., the cannecting closes for which being on Tuesdays. (f) (h) Trans-Pacific Mails. Mafls for CHINA* and JAPAN, viz Tacoma, close here daily at 6:30 p. m. up to December 8, inclusive, for Jispatch per 8. s. Duke of Fife. (0) Mails tor AUSTRALIA (except those for West Australia, which are dispatched via Europe), NEW ZEALAND, FIJI, SAMOA, and HAWA via San ¥ranciseo, close here daily at 6:30 p. m. after December 6 and up to December 13, inclu. sive, for dispatch per s. s. Sierra. (0) Mails for CHINA*, JAPAN, HAWAII, and PHILIPPINE ISLANDS**, via San Francisco, close here daily at 6:30 p. m. up to December 14, inclusive, for dispatch per 8. a Nippon Maru. (0) Mails for CHINA®, JAPAN, HAWAII and specially addressed matter for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS**, via San Francisco, close here daily at 6:30 p. m. up to December 22, inclusive, for dispatch per s. 8. Peru. (0) Mails for HAWAII, via San Francisco, close here daily at 6:30 p. m. up to December 92, inclusive, for dispatch per s. 8. Zealandia. (o) Mails for CHINA* and JAPAN, via Van couver and Victoria, B. C., close here dally at 6:90 p. m. up to December 23, inclusive, for dispatch per s. 8. Empress of India. Merchandise for the United States Postal Agency at Shang hai, China, cannot he forwarded via Canada. (0) Mails for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS** via San Francisco, close here daily at Sp m. up to December 27, inclusive, for dispa per United States transport. (0) Mails for AUSTRALIA (except those for West Australia, which are dispatched via Europe, end New Zealand. mails for which go via Francisco), and FLJI ISLANDS (mail must be specially addressed), via Vancouver and Vie toria, B. C., close here daily at 6:30 p. m. up to January 8, inclusive, for dispatch per s. s Moana. (0) Mails for TAHITI and MARQUESAS ISL ANDS, via San Francisco, close here daily at 4:30 p. m. up to January 6, inclusive, for di: patch per 8. 8. Mariposa. (0) *Mails for COCHIN CHINA are dispatched to New York, N. 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JOHN A. MERRITT, Postmaster. FINANCIAL. THE WASHINGTON LCAN AND TRUST COMPANY. OFFICE, COR. 9TH AND F STS. FPAID-UP CAPITAL ONF MILLION PAID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION, Loans in any amount made on approved real estate or collateral at reasonable rates. Interest paid upon deposits on monthly balances subject to check. This company acts as execstor, admin istrator, trustee, agent, t:easurer, regis trar, and in all other fiduciary capacities. Bre; for rent in burglar and fireproot vaults for safe deposit and storage of val uable packages. JOHN A. BWOPE.....ccoccevsse Vice President ELLIS SPEAR...........8ccond Yice President ARDREW PARI. ...coscxaesesssornn Treasurer BRICE" J. MOSES........... Assistant Treasurer THOMAS BRADLEY........ Real Estate Officer REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Is prepared to assume the cement of your Be ate. Careful attention given t= all de ta HET LT] THE RIGGS NATIONAL B"™'K OF WASHINGTON, D. C. CAPITAL, $500,000. SURPLUS, $400,000. EXCHANGE ON ENGLAND, IRELAND, FRANCE AND GERMANY. LETTERS OF CREDIT AVAILABLE IN ALL FOREIGN PARTS BANK COLLECTIONS. ORDERS FOR INVESTMENTS fTOCKS AND BONDS. THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT, SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY, CORXER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK A*R CAPITAL $1,000,000. Pays interest on de Borg Rents Safes Inside iar-proof Vaulws Acts as Administrator, Executor. Trustee, ete Shares, $2.50. Interest, 4% The proposition of the Equitable CoOp erative Building Association possesses every advantage for one who wants to save money and have that money make money. The shares at $2.50 a month of themselves quickly amount to good-sized sums—while the interest goes to increase them. When the two have reached the sum neces sary to purchase the ground the association will fumish money to build on it—and that money is paid back in monthly sums that are often less than rent, EQUITABLE CU-OPZRATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION, (003 F St.Equitadle Bidz. JOHN JOY EDSON, President. FRANK P. REESIDE, Secretary. LE 5 STOCKS. lam in a ition to execute orders in Stocks. Grain, and Cott n on easy margins. Service ex cellent. In direct communication with New York. My Ladies” Department is a special fea ture of my Lusiness. Speaking-tube to my main «fice, and cvery comfort, combin.~ with strict privecy. Room 11. Margin, Per Cen. R. LAPPIN, 529 Seventh N. W., Cos. F. Telephone, East 726. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST CO. Capital, $1,250,000. Surplus, $500 790, SAFE DEPOSIT DOXES. Cale t Boxes for rent in large burglar proof vault, $6 per annum and upward. mab-tt C. J. BELL, President. NION TRUST 1414 F Street N. W. Se ACCOUNTS taken in any amount and sub ject to check at will—29, INTEREST ALLOWED. DO YOU WANT A HOME? It makes no difference whether you pay a large rent, a small reat, or a medium rent, we would likc to talk with you. We think we can show you HOW TO MAKE A GOOD PART OF YOUR RENT PAY FOR A HOUSE on the easlest sort of terms. We cum present a plan of payments to it nearly every cage. 8. H. WARNER CO., 916 F Street N. W. Own Your Own Home. A man can explain why he owns a home, but no man can satisfactorily explain why he doesn’t. A House to Suit you can be found among those listed on our tooks, but should you prefer to build one of sour own, we have a large list of the most de sirable building lots on the market. Call on us; we would be pleased to point out to you sev eral bargains, YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO PURCHASE ANY CLASS OF PROPERTY WITHOUT SEEING A LIST OF THE BARGAINS WE OFFER. CALL OR SEND FOR LIST OF THE BEST BAR GAINS IN ALL LOCATIONS. Moore Hill, (inc) 17 14th St. N. W, New National Theater. FIRST COMCERT Washington Symphony Orchestra. Reginald De Koven, Conductor. Tomorrow, Dec. 9. at 4:15 P. M. OVIDE MUSIN, The Distinguished Belgian Violinist— Soloist. Seale of Prices, 75¢, $I, $I. 50, $2. For Sale at Broop’s Music House, 925 Penna. Ave. KERNAN'S, "isr.0i" 250 HARRY MORRIS NJGHT ON EROADWAY, An Adaptation of the Reigning Berlin Success, BERLIN NAHR ELF. 35—People—35. Grand Chorus of Pretty Girls, New Scenery. New Costumes. Next Week—THE BRIGADIERS, Old Reserve Rye Whiskey. Si Qt. —A high-class middle-grade 4 Gal. he Hy Jeb a dards ___losx COMPANIES. A NNN NN NS NS NSN NINN E Have a Bar’l of money to lend on furniture, pianos, etc. No delay. Goods are not dis wrbed. You return the money in small payments. If you have a loan and need more money we can fix you up. Busi ness confidential, SURETY LOAN GOMPARY, Sulte 1, Warder B'id’g, 6th and F sts. 523 oth. LOANS OF $10 AND UPWARD OX FURNITUEE AND PIANOS, at lowest rates and on the day you appiy. We are ioammng on ihe Building and Loan Asso Ciation pian, which makes the cost of carmry ing lo much less than you pay elsewhere and xlfows you so pay i off in any sized notes ou desire, running from one to twelve months you have a loan with some her company we will pay it off and advance you nore money it desired. Rates cheerfully given, and no cost to you unless loan is made. Call and get rates Front room, first floor. NATIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN CO. 625 F St. N. W. MONEY FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Everyone is in need of ready money at this season. Call on the COLUMBIA GUARSWIEE Cco., 613 F ST. N. W,, Near 7th St., for quick loans on your household furniture, pianos, ete. ABSOLUTELY NO DELAY. Loans taken up from, other companies. Office open from a. m. to 8 p. m. de4-tf IF YOU ARE PINCHED For money, don't fail to call on us. We don’t talk very much about rates, but if you are hard up, and need money off, come around at once. You'll find us courteous, reasonable, {air and square people to deal with. Rates as low as the lowest. CAFITAL LOAN GUARANTEE CO, 6oz F ST. N. W. "Phone, East 205. Corner Sixth st. $u27-t1 IF YOU ARE GOING TO PUT money in a bank, you look for the safest institution; why not use the sam: care when you deposit your valuables for loan? We have a building and safes made for that purpose. All business ab solutely confidential. Money loanad on watches, diamonds, jewelry, et. Interest at three per cent instead of ten. H. K. FULTON'S LOAN OFFICE, Established 1870. su Ninth Street aw. Money Loaned Salaried People, Retail merchants, teamsters, boarding houses, without security, largest business in 42 prin cipal cities. TOLMAN, Room 101, 533 15th st. nw, mi4-tf CASH TO LOAN On Furniture, Pianos, etc., in ny amount from $10 to $500. Come where you get lowest rates and Jongest terns. All dealings quick and private. POTOMAC GUARANTEE LOAN CO, Rodan 74 and 76, Atlantic Building, Tel. M. 1236-Y. 928 and 930 F St. N. W. $0 CHEAP MONEY, Do you want can of from $12 to $500 on your furniture, pianos, ete., without any publicity or delwy at very cheapest rates? If so, on us, for we never disappoint MUTUAL LOAN TRUST CO. Rooms 12 and 13, National Unica Buildirg, 918 F St. N. Ww. faz DO Loans en furniture, pianos etc., on the most liberal terms ever offered in this city. No YOU remcval or publicity. If you owe any other company and VANT want more money we will let Jou have it without delay. WASHINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN CO. 610 F St. N. W. Christmas Shoppers —never receiv 1 more for their money than Espey is now giving them in these 2 ~iece Carving Sets, $1.00 G,.arantccd Razors, $1.00 Barney Berry co Skates, 50¢ Pock~t Knives 25c and 50¢ Tool Ches's, $3.00 Up. JOHN B. ESPEY, I'am. AMUSEMENTS. NINN COLUMBI A WassTON'S LEABING THEATER Tonight at 8:15 and Tues., Wed., Sat Nights, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, upported by FREDERICK oro AND HER LONDON COMPANY DIRECTION CHARL ES FROHMAN. ~INw “Tha Joy of Living.” Thureday—AUNT JENNIE. Friday—The SECOND MRS, TANQUERAY. Sat. Mat.—MAGDA. Next Week—Seats Thursday, Mir. Martin Harvey —IN— “The Only Way.” George Fawcett Co., WITH MARY SHAW, In Ibsen's Wonderful Tragedy of Heredity, Fist Time Gh t MATINEE OSts «ov Wash: Baton SEATS NOW SELLING. NEW NATIONAL THEATER, The only theater in Washington offering exclu sively American and foreign stars of the first rank TONIGHT and Each Eve. This Week at 8B. Saturday Matinee at 2. CHARLES FROHMAN Presents WILLIAM GILLETTE In His International Success, "SHERLOCK HOLMES” NOTICE—The curtain rises ai 8 each evening and 2 o'clock at the matinee. After 8:25 even Ings and 2:25 at the matinee ng one will be seated until at end of the first act. NEXT WEEK-—SEAT SALE THURSDAY, Charlies Fronman’s Empire Theatar Co,, INCLUDING Charles Richman and Margaret Anglin, ia THE WILJOERNESS. LAFAYETTE 5555: MATINEE 5 THIS WEEK. Wednesday ani BRANDON TYNAN Y ar IN Eves., Good seals, 25 &50c. het E All Keserved. sei 0 mmef. Office 0 Ee ee THE DAYS OF 1803 NEXT WEEK Lavinia Shannen in <BEY0AD PARDON.” CHASE’S oui DAILY MAT., 25c.; EVE'S, 25¢ and 50c. A BILL THAT MUST NOT BE MISSED, Miss Society” Monologue, Amelia Summerville ‘An Afterncon Tea” THE FOUR OTTS in JOS. BART'S “HEINZE'S DILEMMA" —Eugene O'Rourke k Co.—Leo Der valto—Lamar Gabriel—Queen Lil's Hawaiian Troubadours—Nat Le Roy and Minnie Woodford, and “Bluebeard” Motion Pictures. —~—Next Week— Mr. and Mrs. Clay Clement, Ryan Richfield, ete. ACADEMY SEE THE GREAT ELOCK HOUSE SCENE Matinees Tues., Thurs. and Sat. ALL SEATS, 25e. EVENINGS (Reserved Seats), 25 and 50 CENTS THE MILITARY SPECTACLE, ACROSS PACIFIC EMPIRE 5.23 A New Show and a Good One, The Gilded World Buriesguers, Headed by Bure Bros. and “Wise Mike, and Madison and Bailey, also Two Nothing But Girls! Girls!! Girls!!! EXTRA-Max Luttberg, Champion Wrestler, will meet ail-comers. $25 to any oe whem he fails to throw in fifteen minutes. TWD PEABUDY REGITALS Wednesday, December 10, at 8:15 P. M. MARGARET CUMMINS, Soprano, AND CHARLES RABOLD, Baritone. Monday, December 15, at 8:15 P. M., ERNEST HUTCHESON, Pianist. NEW WILLARD BALLROOM. Course Ticket, $1.50. Single Ticket, $1. All Seats Reserved at Droop’s Music Store. Local Direction Mr. S. Emmest Philpitt, no30-de7 8.0.10 ANNUAL POULTRY SHOW MASONIC TEMPLE, oth and F Sts. NX. W, DEC. 9, 18, ii, 12, 3. An Interesting Exhibition of Fancy Poultry, Pigeons, and Pet Stock. Professional Exhibition of Valuable Cats by the Washington Cat Ciu Doors Open From 2a. m. to a. Pp. m. Admission, 25s. Children, 156. dei ot EVERYBODY GOES. a. MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATH MUNRL I AU VAN UN KCAL EDA AAN MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE. MARTIN BROS, 1025 Pennsyivania Ave. N. W. MCNEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE IN D. C NO DELAY BEY( oD EXAMINATION OF WALTER H. ACKER, 704 14th St. N. W, MONEY TO LOAN At 4a 103 Par Cont. On approved city real estate, at 4, 433, and per cent interest. Special privileges with re spect to prior paymcniws. Large amounts g specialty. TYLER RUTHERFORD, INC, 1307 F St. N. W, Money tc loan at 334 to per cent, in sums of $1,000 to $10,000, on DO. C. real estate; pay off 5 and 6 per cent mortgage and begin anew; all transactions conducted with economical come sideration for borrowers. WM. ii. SAUNDERS 00.. 1407 F st. aw. OSTEOPATHY. DR. GEO. D. KIRKPATRICK, Bond Building, 14th and New York ave. nw Bours 9 to 5. Fnone 1562 F. oce-Sma

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