The Washington Times (Washington [D.C.])
December 21, 1902

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Rain today: fresh to brisk east to south winds: colder tomorrow.

NUMBER 3114. e 10ushington Times. WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1902— FORTY-TWO PAGES, K Jez, DEC 22 1902 Forty-two Pages. THREE SECTIONS. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GREAT BRITAIN EASILY DUPED BY DIPLOMATS OF GERMAN EMPIRE Suspicion Prevails in Lon don That England Was Unwittingly lea Into Venezuelan Trouble.

ER Criticism of Government for Its Course Severest From Supporters—Public Senti ment With Balfour. Paris Press Points to Dip~ lomatic Victory for the United States Powers Made to Show Their Hands LONDON, Dec. 20.—Public interest in the Venezuelan complications is increas ing in Great Britain owing to the fact that the suspicion has become broadcast that the British government has been induced unwittingly to lends itself to the execution of German »urposes. There is not sufficient knowledge en which to brs' reso lution means an attack on the prod:ie tive wealth of the country; that the So clalists intend to take possession of ali the money and private property. The circular says further:

“You may be at peace with your workmen now, but the organi er is like a thief in the night. You may go bed “ia fancied security. you way say ingly. ‘I never had any trouble in get ting along with my men. Please let me run my own business. I have been doing it for twenty-five years and I guess am able to continue.’ “This kind of talk makes the union labor organizer laugh. You wake up out of your dream and you have a strike on your hands. The organizer has been at work while you are at sleep. “Your turn is suré to come, for reso lution after resolution was passed at the recent meeting, that the work of organization is never to cease until every worker in the land, including day laborers. has been organized in order that the political industrial destinies of the United States is to be in the control ‘of organized labor.” STEAMSHIP PICKS UP PRIZE WORTH $300,000 Liner North Point Finds the German Tanker Pure Oil Adrift Off English Coast. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20.—Towing one of the most valuable prizes pick ed up at sea in recent years, the Phil 2delphia Trans-Atlantic Line steam ship North Point, in command of Cap tain Drake, passed the Lizard vyester day. bound from Philadelphia to Lon don. The prize in tow was tiie German tank steamship Pure Oil, which had been abondoned by her crew and picked up by the North Point, when nearing the English coast. She signaled that the crew of the Pure Oil had been rescued. The Pure Oil, in command of Captain Dix. sailed from Hamburg on lecember 4 for Philadelphia in ballast, and had uo doubt become badly disabled in recent storms, or else her crew would not Lave deserted her. The owners of the Pure Oil are the Pure Oil Company. with local offices in the Manbattap Building, Fourth and Walnut Streets. In the absence of definite news (rom their English repre sentatives the firm declined to make any statement concerning the craft. Captain Drake and his crew, as well as the owners of the North Point, will par ticipate in the salvage award, which will be at least 75 per cent of the value of the Pure Oil, which is estimated to be worth not less than $300,000, The Dutch tank steamer August Korff, bound from Philadelphia to Flushing with nearly two million gallons of pe trolenm and naphtha, is still adrift ar sea with her rudder gone. RUSSIA IMPROVING HER OPPORTUNITIES IN PERSIA LONDON, Dec. 20.—An official com munication has been received from the Russian foreign office which states that Russia's relations with Persia are continually improving. Russia has not addressed a request of any sort to Great Britain io regard to Afghanistan. She has simply notified England of her decision that it is de sirous that Russia should enter into di rect relations with Afghanistan in fu ure, SYNDICATE TO IMPORT COAL TO RELIEVE LOCAL DISTRESS Where the Coal Is and How Long It Will Last. No. No. consumption, tons on Jays’ band. supply. Daly tons. Government Jepartments. .......c..o00innn... 300 Hespitals ............00 50 Fon Narn unten 40 1 ARR ROR. SRN I Ca on DA 150 Apartment houses .........c.c.000u. Kia wn ee 160 ReSMEROES ...oiisd dans dasa mga ss dds vn 1.500 PRoIOTIER cous. vs renn iin inher dunia cues 65 Washington Railway and Electric Company... 250 Capital Traction Company... ........c0uu.... 40 Cue Light COMPANY J cei sgmnsnes ss 85 1.200 400 J00 150 15.000 195 2,750 1,650 920 Total visible supply on raiis and with dealers, 2.800 tons. 1 10 MRS. GRANT'S BODY SEALED IN TOMB

Remains of Preserver of Union and His Widow Rest Side by Side in Riverside Mausoleum. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—The body of Mre. Julia Dent Grant, widow of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, arrived in this city from Washington late this afternoon and was sealed up tonight in the sarcophagus in the Grant mausoleum eon Riverside Drive, which was prepared for it when the tomb was built. When the funeral service is held to morrow morning those who attend it will see no difference in the appearance of the crvpt, except that made by the magnificent Bowers brought from Wash ington. After the body was set in the sarcophagus the five-ton brown marble top, with “Julia D. Grant” cut in the stone, was lowered into place and the derrick and ropes which had been used by the mechanics were removed. It had been planned from the first to place the body in the tomb tonight, though the fear that a crowd would be attracted led those in charge of the ar rangements to let the public ynderstand that this would be done tomorrow, The train which ‘Srovght Mrs. Grant's "ody het: from Washington left that city at 11 o'clock in the mornimg. and was due at the Pennsylvania stallion in Jersey Clty at 4:40 o'clock. It consisted of half a dozen cars, two of which were given over entirely to the funeral party. Mrs. Grant's body was in the second car of the train. The coffin was on a pedestal draped in black. The car was literally filled with floral offerings. At Baltimore, Philadelphia, Trenton, and other places, where the train stopped, the men on the platforms bared their MANY KILLED IN WRECK AT BYRON, CALIFORNIA “Stockton Flyer” Disregarded Signals and Telescopes “Owl Train.” SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20.—A disas trous train wreck occurred tonight at Byron, Cal., when the Stockton flyer ran into the rear end of the Owl train, which is a limited train between San Francisco and Los Angeles, telescoping the rear car, killing half a dozen people, and wounding twenty others. It seems the engine of the Owl leaked and a change of engines was being made when the Stockton train, disregarding the signals, ran into it. Everyone in the rear car, which was a day coach to Fresno, was killed or injured. The dining car next to it was wrecked, but no one was seriously hurt. VIRGINIA-BRED HORSE FOR GERMAN AMBASSADOR Baron von Holleben Visits Fauquier and Buys Equine in Person. FREDERICKSBURG. Va., Dec. 20.— John Seibert, of Fauquier county, has sold to the German ambassador at Washington, Baron von Holleben, a splendid specimen of the Fauquler-bred horse, The ambassador visited Fauquier and inspected the horse in person before the purchase. He was the guest of Mr. Sei bert for a day and a night, and was not only pleased with the fine horses he saw, but was charmed with that section of the country. ONE KILLED AND TWENTY INJURED IN EXPLOSION RUTLAND, Vt., Dec. 20.—One man was killed and twenty injured by the explo sion of a boiler in the Truthville Paint mill near Poultney yesterday. The men were eating their dinner in the boiler room. M. Bemis, who sat nearest the boiler, was blown up into a slate quarry fifty feet away. The othe: men are in a critical condition. STRANDED GERMAN WARSHIP FLOATED ALMOST UNINJURED COPENHAGEN, Dec. 20.—The German warship Wittelsbach, which grounded Tuesday in the Great Belt, near Korsoer, Denmark, has been floated. The vessel is not severely damaged. heads when the train came, and did pot cover again until it departed. There was no other demonstration than this. In the Pennsylvania station in Jersey City, when the train got in at 35:10 o'clock, thirty minutes behind time, tere was a great crowd. Among those 72 meet the body were fifteen members of the U. S. Grant Post 3227, of Brooklyn, ali of whom had fought under General Grant. They made up a guard of honor for the body. Col. A. Noel Blakeman, Henry W. Hay den, and P. Tecumseh Sherman com posgd the reception committee from the Grant Monument Association. As rep resentatives of the regular army there were present Colonel Barry, adjutant general of the Department of the East, and Major Littel. Colonel Barry, Colonel Blakeman, and Messrs. Hayden and Sherman received the members of the Grant family and es corted them down the platform to an elevator, On the ground floor carriages in walling The:o was no delay in moving the cas ket. Eigh: undertakers’ assistants car ried it down the platform to the eleva tor. The guard from U. 8S. Grant Post marched behind the casket. After the guard, came two railroad trucks loaded with floral pieces.

The moment the coffic passed. the doors of the carriages were closed. and the drivers drove on to the Twenty-third Street ferryboat, which was held for them. They did not leave the carriages (Continued on Second Page.) TRAINMEN MAKE DEMAND FOR INCREASED WAGES Situation Regarded as Serious In the West—150,000 Employes Affected. CHICAGO, I1l., Dec. 20.—Demands for a 20 per cent increase in the wages of passenger and freight conductors and brakemen were presented today to the officials of forty railroads running west from Chicago. The proposed increase affects 150,000 employes, who are members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trzinmen and the Order of Railroad Conductors. Aec companying the demands notice was served that an answer must be returned by January 5. Although no strike is threatened, the situation is regarded generally by railroad men as critical. Although the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Con ductors are back of the movement for an increase in wages the demands were presented by the grievance committee of the various railroads affecteq. These boards will carry on all negotiations hereafter, governed in their actions to a large extent by the advice and recom mendation of the various officials of both unions. Officials of the different railroads, with headquarters in Chicago invariably re fused today to discuss the demands of their employes, giving as a reason thar i* would be nécessary to hold several ¢.uferences before a decision in the matter could be reached by any of the roads. EXPLOSION AND FIRE WRECKS CHICAGO MARKET CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Just before mid night last night a heavy blast wrecked a portion of the Fulton Market, at Fulton and Green Streets. Flames immediately broke out in the four-story brick build ing, nearly a block long. In two hours the blaze had eaten its way through the structure, causing a loss of $200,000 Nearly a score of commission firms were located in the building, and prae tically all of them suffered loss by fire and water. The cause of the explosion was urknown. GERMANY’'S LARGEST BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED KIEL, Dec. 20.—-The largest battle ship in the German navy was launched here ihis morning. She was christened Brunswick by the Prince Regent of Brunswick. Prince Henry of Prussia and bis wife witnessed the luvnehing. Alarming Condition Now Existing Brings Forth Con certed Action on Part of Washington Business Men. Profits, If Any, to Be De voted to Worthy Cause. Books to Be Opened To morrow for Subscriptions and Orders to Be Filled by January 20—Partici pants in Fund to Be Given Preference. Rumors of Attempt to “Whitewash” Conditions by Committee Appointed by Commissioners to In= vestigate Existing Short age and Suggest a Remedy. The syndicate being formed for the purpose of importing coal from Scotland to supply the deficiency and relieve the famine that h#s existed in Washington and is becoming more alarming each day will waive all claim to the profits, and any surplus will probably be de voted to wiping out the deficit attend ing the Grand Army encampment or to swelling the Shepherd Memorial fund. It is purely in a spirit of public benefi cence that the promoters of the syndi cate are acting. Bcoks will be opened tomorrow or Tuesday for subscriptions to ihe fund, and shortly afterward for the receipt of orders for coal to be de livered the latter part of January and thereafter. Subecribers to the fund will be given preference in the filling of or ders. The project of importing coal from Scotland was first broached at the last meeting of the coal commit appoint that oceasion, in view &i the glowing reports submitted by the subcommittees intrusted with the investigation of con ditions in this city aad elsewhere at that time, definite action was deferred. In fact, it bas been learned that the ‘meeting of the committaas was not at tended with the perfect harmony con ducive to satisfactory results. It has been rumored that one of the members of the committee charged that an effort was being made ito “whitewash™ the whole matter, and relieve the committee of further responsibility. yo Among those considerations tha. are said to have been weighty with. the members of the committee in inducing them to refrain from recommendations to the District Commissioners was a statement which was said to have been made by John Joy Edson, chairman of the committee on local situation, that anyone with “brains and intelligence could secure what coal they needed at $7.50 a ton,” and that he knew from whence even greater supplies could be Conditions Grow Worse. Nearly three weeks have elapsed since this meeting, and the condillons bave steadily grown worse. Several of the members of the committee yesterday talked over the situation, and arrived at the conclusion that something mus: be done immediately, if done at all, 10 avoid a winter of the most intense dis tress. suffering, and death. A letter was prepared calling upon Mr. Edson to ad vise his correspondent of any informa tion of which he might be possessed looking to the relief of the city. This letter had not been seni last evening, but to a Times represemiative, Mr. Ed son denied having made the statement attributed to him, and stated that in his belief the only relief was to be found wm the most rigid economy on the part of everyone, Upon being advised of this fact the members of the committee who had pre pared the letter in conjunction with se¢v eral other gentlemen, who, pending :he thorough ouilining of their plams, pre fer that their names should be withheld, Legan preparations for the formation “+f the syndicate. Each of the geaiiemen interested declares that his purpose is purely philanthropic and public-spirited, and that whatever profits may be deriv. ed shall be devoted to one or the other of the public enterprises mentioned. When asked as to whether he would favorably receive a proposition looking to the donation of the profits of this en terprise to the Shepherd memorial fund, Crosby S. Noyes, chairman of the fund, sald that on general lines he would not be untavorable to any legitimate propo sition that would assist the committee he represented in raising the necessary money. Further than that he said that he would prefer (0 give the matter more consideration before committing himself. Chairman Braiverd H. Warner, of the finance committee of the Shepherd fund, was out of the city, but is expected back tcday, when the maiter will be pres sented to him. Lack of Harmony. Meets With Favor.

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GENERAL CORBIN DISCUSSES THE ARMY STAFF PROJECT Address Made Last Night Before the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce— Secretary of War Eulogized e 3 Proposed Law Described as a Solution of Unhappy Conditions—Not Contrary to Republican Principles. Quced (he distinguised visitors, 10ey were both heartily received. General Chaffee discussed China, and told much from his personal experiences General Corbin's speech dealt with United States greatness and the army. The attendance ai the banquet: was large and consisted of the leaders of this city's commercial and industrial life. An informal reception followed the speech-making.

Both generals were visitors at the tomb of President McKinley today, and the guests of Mrs. McKinley.

In the course of his speech Generai Corbin authoritatively announced that Maj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, at present in command of the Department of the East, has been selected to succeed General Young in command of the army, when that officer retires in January, 1904, Lieut. Gen, Nelson A. Miles will retire for age on August 8, 1903, and will be succeeded in command of the army by Gen, 8. B. M. Young, who, in turn, will retire for age five months later. It is not announced how long General Chaffee will remain at the head of the army, but he will not reach the retirement age un til 1906. At the War Department it is believed that he will ask for retirement at an earlier date in prder to make a va acncy to which General Corbin could be

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General Corbin responded to “The Army.” He said:

NSA aN AN EY a WN a A AT Ya va “Nr INS SAS wv Ss “The text given me is as broad as the country's history. It suggests the strug gle for freedom in the campaigns from Lexington to Yorktown; the battles on the frontier of Michigan and of New Orleans; from Palo Alto te Chapultepec; Fort Sumter to Appomattox: from San tiago and Porto Rico to the Philippines and to Pekin, and a long list of Indian wars, all rich in valor and far-reaching results of benefit to the country and civ ilfzation. But it is not te the past I shall address myself, but rather to the present and future, inviting your par ticular attention to ‘me pressing needs of the military service. We have much

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of A a ol he et rohit MAYS aH men b in e fortgmate In having af parma “teers. What ig kmown as the regular army is in the highest sense a volunteer army; every officer and man takes ser vice of his own motion, and be it said, that from the beginning of the Govern ment to the present day there has nevep been a conscription for the regular army. The only conscription we have ever had was to fill the quotas for some of the States during the war of the Union. But to our needs. It is perfection of organ ization that is demanded. A harmonious and intelligent method of co-ordination and direction. nen ATY n

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“For a century we have nursed the hope that radical defects womld adjust themselves. In the past century we have had many statutes aiming to promote the efficiency of the army, and enacted with good intent, but they have as a rule re lated to some particular department, and not always with intelligent relation to what had gone before. In other words, ‘laws for the administration of the army “have been grafted on the statute books in many parts, without a continuity of legislative thought, so that starting out with the constitutional provisions thas the President shall command the army ~and navy, you soon overtake conditions which baffle and bother those charged with responsibilities connected there ‘with,

Secretary Root’s Recommendations. “That these unhappy conditions ob tain is largely due to the fact that no one has heretofore offered a satisfactory solution. Seeretary Root now presents one. He recomrmends that a board of Jorilitary expert: shall be created, at the head of which there shall be ar officer (of highest rank, who shall be the chief military officer of the War Department {and known as the Chief of Staff —subordi inate to the President and Secretary of War, yet clothed with authority to con trol all the staff corps and departments, and who, through the Adjutant General, shall make orders in the name of the Secretary of War, the constitutional representative and spokesman of the President. y i C “The law now requires all the chiefs of staff departments to report to the Secretary of War. ‘To make myself clearly understood I cannot do betier than to quote from the bill now pend jing before the Congress, defining the ‘duties of the Chief of Staff. His duties ‘shall be to prepare plans of national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war; to in ‘westigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the army and its state of preparation for military operations, to render professional aid and assistance to the Secretary of War and to general officers and other su perior commanders, and to act as their agents in informing and co-ordinating the action of all the different officers engaged in carrying out their orders, and to perform such other duties as may be from time to time prescribed by the President.’ y “Zz a £3 86 “This, in brief, covers the administra tion of the army and the War Depar: meni. The President is authorized to detall the Chief of Staff from the general officers of the line or staff, thereby giving him large number from which to make the selection, and while per forming this important duty the officer detailed shall Rave rank commensurate with this lmpertant duty. At the ex ‘piration of the detail as Chief of Staff the officer returns to his raak in the Jine or the corps or department from which he was selected,

a 1016200 1916 pa. Avene “The bili does not increase the num ber of officers but continues the num Per and rank now provided for the army. i A Soldier’s Views of a Soldier’s Trade Our officers and men are of the best—sober, brave, and intelligent. What is known as the regular army is in the highest sense a vol unteer army; every officer and man takes service of his own motion. Nations no longer maintain armies to make war, but to prevent it. Force is, and always will be, an element of government, and like in surance, expensive, and yet a wise and prudent provision. On the stability and efficiency of our army and navy may possibly de pend the destiny of the nation.

The young man who enters the army should understand that he consecrates his life to patriotism and comparative poverty. The youth desirous of fame and fortune should not seek a place In the military service. the military service. In the event the senior officer is not se lected for chief of staff, provision is made that he shall have a command commensurate with his rank and expe rience. The exacting duties of adminis tration and detail may not always ap peal to the senior general. In such in stances only would the provision of the detail of another than the senior apply. That there has been friction no one can wonder. That there has not been more is 2 matter for congratulation. Perfect harmony of administration is no more possible under existing conditions of law and regulations conflicting with consti tutional provisions than the placing of two pegs in one hole. “In the war with Spain the depart ment was presided over by a Secretary who had served with honor and great distinction for full four years in the war for the Union, and who in business affairs in civil life had achieved marked success—General Alger, of Michigan. Under Secretary Alger’'s administration war was carried to full and complete success. The business relating to active operations of war being done, the work of building up civil government in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippine Islands was next in order. “President McKinley determined that the head of the department should now be presided over by one of marked legal ability and training, one distinguished for his knowledge of constitutional law and the rulings of our courts in all such questions, that these aequired posses sions should have governments builded on solid and lasting legal foundations. The consensus of opinion of those con sulted as to the one possessing in the highest degree these qualifications de termined the Presi ‘s selection of the present Secretary A ps dom of that selection is none and recognized by all Great Personal Sacrifice. “Mr. Root was called upon to assume these responsible duties without seeking or even without his ting jt. His ac ceptance called for rent personal sac rifice. He 1 aside law practice was attractive and “Tuerat ive. and re sponded in the spirit ‘that prompted your President to eall him and from the 1st of August, 1899 until today has he given the country the best efforts of his great abilities and untiring ener tha} eh t mili re of volur gies. He has studied the es and problems coming tefore hil “unu sual care, and reached and results that awaken a lively sense of gratitude in the heart of every patriotic citizen. The bill has the advantage of being helpful in every direction and hurtful in nope. “To no question has Mr. Root ad dressed himself with more earnestness and intelligence than tc the betterment of administration. The staff and militia bill he regards the most important of all his work. They are the result of more than three years’ experience, and of thought and research. In taking the war folio he recognized the fact that as 'a lawver he had undertaken the most important case of a distinguished legal career. He has more nearly mastered the legal questions of the department than any of hig predecessors, many of whom have been those most distin guished in their day and gemeration. “His views are those born of long experience and investigation, free from any feeling of partiality toward any of ficer or officers of either the line or staff, in the depariment or out of it. His first thought has been the satisfac tory solution of perplexities that have for long vears confronted the country ‘and the department. He finds faulty ad ministration due to a lack of prcper or ganization and co-ordination. He offers a bill that in his judgment will cure the existing evils and make harmony, intel ligence, and efficiency take the place of confusion and apparent contention, the blame for which cannot rightfully be charged to men, but to the conflict of Jaw and regulations, with the most clear ly defined provision of the Constitution. “Just so long as the Constitution stands just so long must the command of the army rest under the President and his constitutional representative and executive officer, the Secretary of War, Upon these condi‘lons mot only the Secretary of War, but the President should have the advice and counsel of the best military experig that can be given them by a chief of staff, who will be selected by the President from among the general officers of the army, and supporting the chief of staff a board of military experts. A VBoarnarratie Dias A Democratic Plan. “This is a solution entirely in con sonance with our form of government. It gives the President and Secretaary of War the information necessary for intel ligent and efficient administration. It serves to accentuate in a forceful way the subordination of the military to civil au thority. Mr. Root’s plan 1s not the Ger man or French plan, or that existing in any foreign army. While he may have gained valuable suggestions by a close study of the organization of foreign armies, his scheme is wholly American and conceived on the lines and spirit of our Government; and is in _lose touch with the Constitution. It should be ac cepted in the spirit it is offered apd there is no question but that it will be, if the intelligent consideration of the country is given to it, “It is worth while even In your busy lives to give your thoughts and energy to the solution of this important problem. Should those of you charged with the administration of great affairs find your erganization faulty, would you censure your faithful subordinates for that fault? Not a bit of it. You would President and Secretary of War Would Secure the Advice and Counsel of Best Military Experts. Selection of AdnaB Chaffce to Command Army on Re tirement of Gen. Young Announced. hold them blameless, and assembling your board of directors correct the fault 2nd then, and then only, hold all to a rigid account. This is exactly the course Secretary Root proposes. It is a matter of as much concern to every citizen as to the army itself. Nations no. longer maintain armies to make war, but to prevent it “We support an army toc protect our selves against the possibilities rather than the probabilities of the future. Force is, and always will be, an element of government, and, like insurance, ex pensive, and yet a wise and prudent pro vision. You are better satisfied if never called upon to realize upon it; should, however, the day of reckoning come, you and yom: children's children will re joice that it does not fail you. The very same principles should be appliea in as suring your country against possibilities of the calamiiies of war. In both cases wisdom and prudence suggest only the best. Destiny of Nation. “On the stability and efficiency of our army and navy may possibly depend the destiny of the nation. Persuaded that Secretary Root offers that which is good for the army, and the interests of the whole country, are you, as patriotic cit izens, willing to take any chance and lose the benefit of timely counsel? There can be but one answer; you are not. I confidently assume that I have the sym pathy and cordial approval of the best thought of the service and particularly of the two distinguished generals whom it is my pleasure to join with you in biddirg welcome to the first city of my ‘native State, “You joined me in hearty ‘congratula~ tious on the prospective promotion of gallant General Young to the rank of lieutenant general in August net. To foliow him in that grade, you will have the further pleasure of rejoicing with me in’ the promotion of my long-time friend and comrade, deer old Chaffee. While our careers on the dctive list have not wholly Tui, we are nearing the end. Our long service makes us com petent to bear testimony. Each of us has ‘already more than forty years’ service, and colleetively it covers almost a century and a quarter. While our service has been long, and at times tedious and severe, we ha Vhe satisfaction that goes with a reward. In passing let me say that In each general present youth of the land will find an in tion that will cheer him on, each s having started on our careers as farmer boys with no ald but our own ef forts——demonstrati in a way that in this country all are possible to all men. 3 “The young man he taters dhe 4 shoul! understand that Zh his life to patriotism and comparative poverty. The rewards In the army under any conditions are few. The youth de sirous of fame and fortune should not seek a place in the military service, Civil lite offers far oe fruitful field, In the army high rank, and but few these exer Tar the dig nity of real and everlasting fame. In all our history Washington, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan alone have reached it. Many others have achieved high rank, and great distinction and thc respect and admiration of their countrymen. The same talent, application and enterprise that gains rank and distloction in the army would in the business or profes sional world bring far greater reward both in the way of position and compen sation.

“Many deserving officers wear thelr lives away without the reward of rank. The fact is, there never has been or ever will there be places for all or any con siderable number of the deserving, how ever strong their claims, so that at life's end the greater number must console themselves with the consciousness of duty well done. This Is not the reward that glitters, but it comforts, and all in all, it is about the best that can come to the mest favored. It is within the reach of all and we can but call him fortunate who gains it, but continued effort, and the constant application of the principles of true manhood are necessary to its possession. It is a deco ration that the man with the gun can win quite as readily as the officer with the sword. It becoming the citizen and soldier alike. OPERATION SAVED SIGHT. An op:ration has restored the sight of Capt. Dan French, a Potomac mariner, who was for several mouths almost en tirely blind as the result of cataracts. He will take charge of one of the big Clyde Line steamers running from Phil adelphia. RA ES AA IEE a EE EE EE EE I I I I I I NR SSE SESS SS SR SPN thee OPEN EVENINGS. 0 5 A Desk Bargain.. tess s0s0sssssssssssssee We've picked it from the hun dreds here, as representing the greatest desk value in the stock. Times’ readers will have the chance at the balance of stock tomorrow. In quar tered oak, highly polished with one drawer French legs, straight top rail instead of curved as in the cut. 00000000000 $6.50 would be right; we're selling for wrt oi B4/S0 W. B. MOSES SONS, F Street, Cor. 11th.

EE EE Gn Cube Suh ted ad A GR SSCL atin 48 Bia dhs Chill FRAP 0355395555505 99005 0090000000000 0000% 00000 THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1902. 2 MRS. GRANT'S BODY SEALED IN TOMB (Continued from First Page.) (Continued from First age.) on the boat, and when they reached this side of the river, drove to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where they will re main until after the services tomorrow. The body of Mrs. Grant was carried aboard the Government steamer, Gen eral Meigs, and placed on a stand drap ed in black, which stood en the for ward deck. The veterans gathered around it, and despite the long trip to the tomb and the biting wind that was blowing remained there in the cold and dark until the landing place was reach

ed. There the coffin was put in a hearse, and taken to the tomb, where it was placed in the sarcophagus. A hundred electric lights had been placed in the tomb and for the first time since it was built the place was illuminated. Imme diately after the interment the lights were removed. It was exactly seventeen minutes tc 7 o'clock when the body was placed in the sarcophagus and about 7:30 o'clock when the top was lowered into place and ad justed to the satisfaction of those in charge of the work. By 8 o'clock everybody had left the tomb and the bodies of both.General and Mrs. Grant were in charge of the cus todian, Col. Orlande F. Middleton, and his assistant, George DD. Burnsice, SOLEMN SERVICES IN METROPOLITAN CHURCH Funeral services for Mrs. Grant were held yesterday morning at the Metro politan Methodist Episcopal Church, Four-and-a-half and C Streets. Because of the limited time, no funeral sermon was preached. This will be done this morning, when a memorial service will be held. In the prayer offered at the service yesterday, Dr. Bristol referred at length to Mrs. Grant's virtues and to her family. President Roosevelt sat during the service with bowed head. All over the church were old friends completely over come by emotion as Dr. Bristol recount ed the womavr's virtues and those of her husband. An accident ~ccurred as the funeral cortege was passing into the church. As the heavy casket was lifted from the hearse (pe of the handles suddenly snapped off. Had it not been for the activity of one of the pallbearers the coffin would have fallen to the pave ment. T»: pallbearer, whose handle had broken Beld: the piece in place and ‘marched with the procession into the church as though nothing had happened, leaving his companion to bear the weight. Later the broken handle was replaced by a new one, As the body was carried from the “the chimes on the tower mourn. fully rang out with the notes of Mrs. Grant's favorite hymn, “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” Until the procession had en tered’ Pennsylvania Avenue, the hymn was played. Many noticed the incident and mained with uncovered heads un procession was out of stghy and es had ceased. Beautiful Floral Emblems. The florai emblems sent to adorn the last resting place of the departed wo man were beautiful and almost Innumer able. Conspicuous among them was a shield sefit by the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. It was made of red and white roses and bore the society Insignia on its face. In the church it 4] HAYES—On Friday, December 19, i502, ut 6:20 a. m., WILLIAM L., beloved son of "at: rick H. Hayes, aged twesty flee years. Relatives and friends and members of Alex andria Lodge, No. 758, B. P. O. Elks; also Columbia Lodge, No. 1, Knights of Fidelity, of Washington, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from the residence of his father, 816 E Street southeast, on Monday, December 22, at 9 o'clock a. m., to St. Peier’s Church, where a high mass of requiem will be offered for the Jepone of his soul. Interment in Alex. andria, Va.

Columbia Lodge, No. 1, Knights of Fidelity: The death of Brother William Hayes, on the 19th instant, is announced to the lodge. Funeral! services, at which the attendance of all brothers is requested, will be held at St, Peter's Church on Mondav, December 22, 1902, at 9 o'clock a. m. Members of the lodge will assemble at lodge rooms, 983 DP Street north west, at 8 o'clock a. m. sharp Monday, Decem ber 22. Interment at Alexandria, Va. By order of VALIANT COMMANDER HUGH F. HARVEY. W. H. BARGHAUSEN, Recorder, 1t SEFTON—On Satu December 20, 1902, at 10 o'clock p. m., WILLIAM M. SEFTON, of 1837 Fourteenth Street northwest, Notice of funeral hereafter. it DALTON -—-On Saturday, Decembar 20, 1002, at 9:45 p. m., at 63 Myrtle Street northeast, JOHN F., the beloved son of Nora and the late John Dalton. Notice of funeral later. It SWAYNE~—On Thursday, December 18, 1002, at his residence, 10 West Forty-third Street, New York city, Gen. WAGER SWAYNE, in the sixtv-ninth year of his age. Interment at Arlington National Cemtery, Monday, December 22, at 10:30 a. m. 1t DIED. rested on an easel at the head of the casket. Mrs. George W. Chi}ds sent a beauti ful wreath from her hone ir Philadel phia. Mrs. James L. Staiford, of Cali fornia, sent a floral tribute in the form of a cluster of lilies, roses and lilles of the valley. Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, of Philadelphia, sent a pretty floral wreath. Among others who sent floral tributes were Mrs. John R. McLean, Senator and Mrs. John Kean, Mrs. Walter G. Oak man, Senator and Mrs. John P. Jones, Colonel and Mrs. T. A. Bingham, Mrs. Collis P. Huntington, Mrs. J. A. J. Cres well, Representative and Mrs. Hitt, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs. Richard Townsend, General and Mrs. Draper, the Americus Republican Club of Pittsburg, Gen. George Meade Post, G. A. R., Army of the Cumberland, and the Loyal Le gion. At the family residence, in the early morning, a brief prayer service was conducted by Dr. Bristol. At this cone but members of the family and relatives were present. The honorary pallbearers were the only others admitted to the home before the funeral party started for the church. “Lead, Kindly Light.” As the body was carried into the church, the pallbearers stood with un covered head. Mournfully, the strains of “Lead, Kindly Light’ swept through the church as the pastor rose in the pulpit and signaled the quartet in the choir loft to commence the services. The scriptural selections were appropriate and the reading was heard in marked at tention. As a mark of special attention to the widow of their former commander, Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, U. 8S. A., a member of the Society of the Army of the Ten nessee, looked after details of the fun eral and officially represented the so ciety at the service. Gen. 0. O. How ard, of New York, will perform a simi lar function at the committal service at the tomb this morning. So late was the train bringing Ulysses S. 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VENEZUELA NAY SOON BE FREE OF THE POWERS EE ME _ i i OL i ei I ry President Roosevelt Asked to Act as A bitrator.

FAVORS HAGUE CONFERENCE Gratified at Invitation Extended by Germany and Engiand—Earnestly Desires Early Peace.

The requests made by Great Britain and Germany that President Roosevelt act as arbitrator in the Venezuela diffi culties came in the nature of a surprise ic the Administration, and especially to the officials at the State Department. In their communications to the State Department on the subject the two powers involved in the Venezuela mat ter say that if their arbitration propo sitions are accepted by the South Amer ican republic they would desire to have {he President act as arbitrator. 4 4 v

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Immediately upon the receipt of these communications from Great Britain and Germany Secretary Hay went to the White House and made known to the ns President the wishes of the two coun tine

Upon his return it was announced that the President had expressed uratifica tion at the invitation extended him by the powers but at the same time had expressed the wish that his first propo sition that the entire question be sub niitted to The Hague Conference for de cision be adopted. This has in due form been submitted to the powers. 4

The President's answer: it is explained at the State Department, docs not inean iihat he has refused to act &s arbitrator, but that he would rather see The Hague settle the matter,

The suggestion of the powers that the President become the arbitrator should not be undersiood as meaning that they have agreed to arbitrate. To make jos sible that desirable end, Venezue'a mast comply with certain demanded conditiuns, unless the creditor nations can he ‘n duced to show a more lenient policy.

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Want Full Indemnity. Germany wants a prefatory zuaranteo that Venezuela will pay, at the cppoini ed time, the amounts of indemnity which may be awarded by the arbitrator, and she also wants an apology, while Eng land is not willing to enter into this method of settlement unless she feels as sured that there will not be a recurrence of her trouble with the South Amerizan republic, FL WE Wii

The United States Government is en deavoring io persuade the creditor pow erg that their strongest guarantee lies in the moral effect, the fear of being out lawed and discredited among the civil ized nations if she failed to comply with the decision of an arbitration tribunal. j Henry White, charge d'affaires of the United States, telegraphed to the State Department yesterday the text of the British declaration of the blockade.

Mr. White preceded it with this state ment:

EES) “Supplement to ‘London Gazette’ contains the following notice: ‘There is nothing in the declaration to show whether the: blockad: is a “peace” or a war blockade. This governm nt wil} decline te recognize that the bhieckade is applicable te American or other neu i RETR bo

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The Government holds that to become effective against the commerce of ney trals, the blockade must be declared by the creditor powers to be a war block ade, In other words, they ust an nounce that they have declared war against Venezuela, or that a state of war exists between them and that coun try. l There is no interest on the part of the United States. however, to make an issue on the points if the blockade de clared yesterday is of the pacific Kind, until the occasion arises through an at tempt to prohibit any American mer chant vessel from entering a Venezuelan port,

Under the terms of the axnoounce. ment in the “London Gazette,” the Red DP Line sicamship Caracas, which lef New York on lest Saturday, and should reach La Guaira tomorrow will be permitted to go to her moorings at the Venezuelan port apd discharee pas sengers and cargo. eA egy

ENGLAND AND GERMANY NOT OPPOSED TO ARBITRA TIO COLOGNE, Dec. 20.—A Berlin dispatch to the “Cologne Gazet'e” says neither Germany nor England is opposed to arbitration in the Venezuelan affair. On the contrary they will welcome any suggestion that will lead to a satisfac tory setilement of the dispute. It is not probable, the dispaich says, hat the particulars of the negotiations pending between the powers will transpire before 8 complete agreement is reached

Suid Oda Dresser 4 ound Preece bevel place R irion swell range The Kalser's friendly greeting Charlemagne Tower, the new American ambassador, yesterday, the correspond cnt says, shows In a striking and happy way that full confidence prevails bhe fincty [wished rimming: €¥0¢ brass SPANISH Quickly Jearmed by native and experienced teacher; five years at the Berlitz. Special rales. Easy payment. Trial free, SENOK GOMAR, 707 12th st. de21,28 FROM GOVERNMENT SALE—B'ue overshirs, Oc; 3 gray undershirts, new, $1, new ponchos, $1.25; new horse blankets, 0c and 75¢; 2 and h ly roofing paper, best made, 5c and $1; horse collars, $1.25; canteens, 20c. BENSINGER CO., 11th and B sts. del5-6t UNPERTARERS. J. WILLIAM LEE, UNDERTAKER AND LIVERY, 2 Peon. Ave. 5, W., Washington 0. QO The President Pleased. wu Must Be War Blockade. PIP POPPI IPPP PIPPI IPPVI 9080000000000 0090060006060 0000000 EDUCATIONAL. SPECIAL NOTICES. States and Germany, despite the un friendliness of a section of the American press. This is regarded as a most significant point in favor of a settle ment of the trouble with Venezuela. tween the governments of the United RETICENCE OBSERVED IN BERLIN OFFICIAL CIRCLES BERLIN, Dec. 20.—The German note in regard to arbitration will be handed to Mr. Tower, the American ambassador. in the course of two or three days. It will declare that Germany adheres to the principle of arbitration with certain 1m portant reservations, similar to those included in the English note,

Great reticence is obzerved in official circles as to whether the blockade of Venezuelan porta will .be pfeific or otherwise. All inquiries on this point are answered with the simple statement, “It will be effective.” A A Se Bee Sn An imperial gazette issued tonight contains a notification that the harbors of Puerto Cabello and Maracaibo have been blockaded. BRITISH CONSUL POSTS NOTICE OF BLOCKADE

3 CARACAS, Dec. 20.—The British con sul issued official! notice to the authori ties at La Guaira today that a blockadn ‘would go into effect from 9 o'clock this ‘morning. The notice goes on to say that steamers coming from (he Unlied States or the West Indies would be allowed fen ‘days {rom the rime of their departure io reach Venezuela ports. Sailing vessels from these countries would be allowed twenty days. In regard to vessels from other coun tries the notice said steamers woula be allowed twenty days from the time of their departure, and sailing vessels forty days. All vessels will be allowed nufteen days in which to leave Venezuelan voris. The news of the practical acceptance by Great Britain and Germany of the propesal of President Castro through the United States Government of the pro posal to refer the matters in dispute to arbitration reached here at -16on “cday. No details are given and the absence of definite information leaves the Govorn ment in the dark, ae to what is actually going on, and what is the next step to be taken. The president's advisers canno! see the question clearly, as vet.

AMBASSADOR CHOATE MEETS KING OF GREECE American Diplomat Expects To Be Re ceived by Sultan and Khedive. LONDON. Dec. 20.—Joseph Choate, the American ambassador, and his family, while at Aihens, were the guests of the British minister. They met King George and all the members of the royal family. They will probably meet the Sultan in Constan tinople, and it is also thought that they will be received by the Khedive in Bypt.

All the members of the party are well and are enjoying their holiday. Private letters received from Mr. Choate say that he was much gratified at the cor diality of his reception by King George.

The ambasesador i« not troubled about political affairs, and gets no dispatches in regard to Venezuela. A delegation from Vincennes, Ind. made up of the mayor, postmaster and other prominent citizens, called upon Secretary Moody yesterday to urge that

some ship of the navy be named after their town. It is probable Vincennes will be the name given to a torpedo boar. Open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Eve ings.

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Scientific reports made on the spot deserve the sleeping sickness as a com paint something like that group of dis eases known as meningitis, or inflamma ‘tion of the brain. It begins insidlously ‘with changes in the mental attitude of the patient. From that time the disease progresses, and the patient becomes stupid and restless, and after other symptoms have passed enters into a state a coma and dies. ~The duration of the complaint varies from a month in acute cases to six months or more in chronic cases. The disease is practically invariably fatal. and ‘although taking longer to cause death than hydrophobia, may be classed along with the latter.as one of the most fatal {illnesses known to mankind. It is con 'tagious, and its spread is assured by overcrowding of many individuals in the same house. The depopulation of many large and thickly nonuluted areas is making itself felt, and ‘Ye outlook is very gloomy. The only sche we yet devised for (he preven tion of il: spread of the disease is the isolation of new cases we Sd CHANGE IN VANDERBILT'S CONDITION ENCOURAGING Physicians Announce He Is Still Criti cally IIL y I 3 bo Cer NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Cornelius Van derbilt’s attending physicians held a consultation at his home, 22 Park Ave nue, at 6 o'clock tonight and an %our latter issued this bulletin which, it was announced, would be the last for (le dav: N “Mr. Vanderbilt is still in a critical condition. There are no new complica tions or sympioms. Whatever slight changes have occurred are to be regard ed ac encouraging.” A friend of Mr. Vanderbilt said that bis temperature, reported to.have been 105 degrees for the seventy-two hours ending today at noon, had gone down to 102 degrees. This was regarded as one of the “slight changes” referred to in th: bulletin It was alsc said that this gradual de crease in the patient's temperature ought tu ve regarded as a very favorable symptom, whereas, a sudden drop in his temperature would be regarded as omi nous. REGIPRUGHTY TREATY IN THE GUBAN SENATE Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. HAVANA, Dec. 20. —-The reciprocity treaty between Cuba and the United States concluded by General Bliss and the Cuban secretaries wns read in the senate today 2nd wos finally referred to the committee on foreign relations. When the treaty was read fhere was some little debate as to which commit tee it should be referred to. One prop osition was that it should go te the finance committer. Ancther was that it should be referved to the tariff commit tee. President Palma sent the following message to the senate in submitting the document “I send to the senate a copy of the treaty with the United States, in Span Ash and English fer ite examination and consideration, according to clause 6, ar ticle 47, and the constitution. 1 also send to the senate a copy of the project and treaty which was submiited to the gov ernment of Cuba by the Government of the United Siates. A simple compari son of the two documents will show the advantages that are to be obtained. “The course of the negotiations shows how the Cuban commiszcioners defended the interest of Cuba and the favorable results which the treaty will produce in the country and the beneficent effect which it will have on the mercantile negotiations with the United States. It will also have the efieet of drawing closer, if poscible, the bonds of good friendship which unit us with that na tien." In conclusion President Palma says: “The circumstance of a time limit Having been placed for its approbation, makes ime recomirend that the senate give this importar: matter preferential attention, in order that if approved, the benefits of the trcaty may be had with out delay.” TRUST vou. jie A Fine Mahogany susie Cabimer. door frome, finely finished, construction, NEEDS FOR BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL BUILUING Report on Prepiration of Piens Sent to the Comm ssioners. The District Commissioners vesie day received from the Board of Education a report by the commitiee en high and normal schools in regard to the prepara tien of plans for the proposed new building for the Business High School. The report was framed by Holdsworth Gordon, chairman of the committee, and was sent to the Commissioners with the approval of the Board of Education. Mr. Gordon says: v “The enrollment of pupils in the Busi ness High School for October. 1902, was 672—259 belng boys and 413 girls. The new butlding, if authorized, would prob ably not be ready for occupancy for wo years, by which time it is expected the school will contain between 800 and 900 pupils. In erecting a permanent ‘home for this rapidly growing school. it would therefore be a short-sighted policy to design a building to accommo date less than 1.200 pupils. A building of this size should contain the following TOOmS: “Forty class rooms. °5 by 20 feet each: office, 25 by 25; teachers’ rooms, men, 25 by 30, and women 25 by 30: store room, 10 by 16; library, 30 by 45: physi cal laboratory. 25 by 40; chemical laboratory, 25 by 40: bielogical labora tory, 26 by 40; three store rooms, each 10 by 10. museum room, 40 by 5); man room, 30 by 40; penmanship and hook keeping room, 50 by 60; banking room, 30 by 35: assembly hall (two stories), 75 by 80 feet: two type-writing rooms, each 30 by 35; gymnasium and access sory rooms, 75 by 50 feet. “The basement plan should give the following rooms: Drill hall, 59 by 75 feet {bepeaih gymmasium): showers, baths, droseirg rooms, lockers, ete., bicycle rooms, cloak rooms, engine rooms, dyna mo room (power and light), store rooms, jaritor’'s room, lunch room, and kitchen ‘and fuel room. “The bu’lding, which the Commissioners cay, can be erecicd for $175,000 to cover 20,000 feet of ground, with two stories and basement, will afferd accommoda tions but siightly in excozs of those ‘of the Eastern High Schcol. which has class room facilities for only 400 pupils. it is evident that such a siructure would be barely adequate to provide for the schocl as it is today and fall far shert of meeting its needs two years hence, to say nothing of its future growth. The inspector of Buildings says the reascn $175,000 will not construct a larger build ing is because of the advance in the price of building material and labor dur ing the past two years. “We respectfully recommend in view of these facts that the Commissioners urge upon the Appropriations Commit tee the increase of the appropriation from $175,000 tc such sum as will in the opinion of the Commissioners be suf ficient to erect a three-story building ‘on a portion of the site large enourh to provide the main features of a struc ‘ture such as has been deseribed, with class room facilities for at least S06 pupils, on plans conten.plaling a future extension by the construction of wings which shall provide additional class rooms when needed LEIFELD BROUGHT BACK. E. A. Lelfeld, who was arrested in Montreal, Canada, a few days go on a charge of grand larceny. said to have been committed here, was brought io Washington yesterday afterncon by De tective Frank Baur. Leifeld is charged with taking watches and rings worth about $1,500 from the jewelry store of Schmedtie Bros. He disappeared cn Thanksgiving Day. His wife, who went away with him, is living in New York. Three of the watches were recovered. They were disposed of in Montreal. GIVE HIM A SUIT CASE... a——— F of: here's no gift as use fol or ax aceeplable to a man 4s Sait Case. We have a handsome genuine Cowhide Suit Case—it's 24 mches jong-<6 inches desp -has brass bolts and locks just the thing for your friend. Special Xmas price, $6. LUTZ C0, 497 Pa. Ave. LADIES! Give Him Sox of Cigars for mn wif There is nothing that a smoker can get more pleasure out of than a good Cigar. We have a fine line of high-grade Cigars, also a fall asseriiient of Meerschaum and Brier Pipes and Smokers’ Articles. Buy now and avoid the rush A. A Kanegck 0s. de9-17t 1235 PA. AVE. TEETH! g HIGH-CLASS MODERN DEWTISTRY By skiiled operators in each department shat we offer ye t, at almost half you pay bo» private dental office Call and consult us, that we may explain our improved methods. Beantifz] seis of Teeth, #6. $7. and $10 Painless Extracting, with or without gas

Y Female attendants Phone, East 304-D. Washington Dental Pariors NX. E. Cor. 7th and E Sts, Over Atlantic Pacific Tea Co.'s Store. dell-30t

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UNION RIGHTS DEFINED BY CONSPIRACY AWARD

Organized Labor's Hands Tied by Verdict. NO APPEAL IS PROBABLE I Trades Unionists Considering Advisa bility of Carrying Issue Into Politics. LONDON, Dec. 20.—Yesterday's verdict against the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants for conspiracy in or dering a strike against the Taff Vale Railway Company in August, 1900, has changed the whole industrial situation of Great Britain. The defendant society, with its war chest of $1,250,000, invest ed in bonds, is deprived of ifs power of inducing workmen to break contracts and of coercing non-union men by its picket system. The trades unionists are naturally dis heartened. They have ered the advisability of carrying the issue seo politics to overthrow the ants oft long litigation. i

History of the Trouble.

The Taff Vale Railway strike com menced suddenly with the stoppage of work at midnight on August 19%, 1900, by more than 1,200 men, of whom more than 800 had not received notice to end their contracts. The company claimed that the rallway men’s union maintained the stoppage of work by intimidation and picketing, and that the union officials induced the work men to break their contracts. The jury yesterday, without leaving the box, re turned a verdict for the plaintiffs, who will collect $140,000 from the railway men's union. $V; 11341 ir In the earlier stages of th NA mportant labor litigation, the point centered on the question whether a union could be sued. The legal members of the house of lords, sitting as a inal court of ap peals, decided: “A labor union edn’ sue for wrongs committed, for or against it,” as ir it were a corporate body. The railway company then proceeded to try the facts of their case against the A EE BETES REGIME ARE Di 5 a rr wT, GOLDENBERG'S. “The Dependabletore Rr ON BRASS AN E4E 1 Lh hiking ARRRGRRARIGG 11 0 SE Seventh and K Streets. _| GOLDENBERG" S. “The Dependable Store,” Seventh and K Streets. OOTYPD 000609%4 GOLDENBEL Christmas Gifts from All Over the Wor Ne

JX Priced as Goldenberg Knows How to Price Them People expect more of Goldenbere’s every day ~and more at Christmas time than at any other time of the vear. That's what we want. That's t] policy that seven women here. We want you to look on this store as one that can always be depended on io accomplish extraordinary things midst of the greatest, busiest time we've seen. Every department is putting forth its best efforts. on goods heretofore unheard of for like qualities M: ibe we are accepting too little for goods— years of merchandizing in Washington has aimed to eultivate in the inds to make extraordinary purchase o develop extraordinarily low prices. You'll The chie fs of the various departments a1 il ake this the record Christmas but we re doing it with a deep laid scheme to ral as (o sell more and more Xmas Umbrella Bargains. J

Ladies’ and Men's 26 and 28-inch Piece-dyed Taffeta Umbrellas, with best cloge-rolling steel rod and para gon frame, handles of pearl, ivory, silver trimmed, natural wood, PUPS LE RE EE EEE EEE EE EE EE ER ER ERE EER ERE EEE EE EE mourning, ete, in prin cess and crook case and tassel styles, speci 48 value ad. vi. coon... Sats LR Ladfes ‘and Men's 26 and 28-inch Fine Plece-dyed Taffeta Umbrellas, with handsome handles of every sort,

silver trimmed, fir and boxwood, Prince of Wales, horn crook, and straight styles, case, and NTEY Special for... 0 030 ‘SLY Ladies’ 26-inch Gloria Silk Umbrel las, tight roll, paragon frame, best tempered steel rods, handles of on den, pearl, silver trimmed, metal, plain wood, Congo and mourning; worth $1.50. Spe. 08¢ cial for Ladies’ and Men's 26 and 28-inch Serge Silk and Taffeta Umbrellas. with handles of firwood, silver trimmed, pearl, old Raglish silver A oxidized silver ete, case and tassel. 29 Bpocial hr. ....con0 see... Ladies’ and Men’ s 26 and 28-inch Serge Silk and Taffeta Umbrellas, with a hand some variety of handles, $3. PRECIAE FOF +uvuussnie i i HE a a Za a il Fur Specials for Xmas. 19 $2.00 Genuine Isabell d Sable RT Do cra aut $7.98 $6 Sable and Skunk Opo= sum Neck Searfs........c...... $3.98

8000000000000 000090000000000090000000000008 0000080990009 9999000000209 $8 Genuine Mink Fur scarfs $3 19

~-have clusters of tails...... $6.50 $10 Marten Fur Scarfs, with full tails to match.......... $16 Squirrel Skin Scarfs, with squirrel tails.......... $11.50 fe $18 American Isabella, d Sable Boas, oo” BORE... “ha We ig 51 2.50 1750 $15 Real Mink Fur Scarfs, with streamer scarfs...... $10.00 3 $4 Black Skunk ur Scarfs, with pe rg hil ise X §2.98 $8.50 Isabel y large, eng hol Boas, $5.89 7 Skunk Neck 8 clusters of ls aris, vi: 31.98 Mufis. Electric Seal, Isabella, and Sable Fox, Skunk, Marten, Mink. Wolf, Squirrel, and other kinds of fur muffs, at special prices Fur Jackets. $25 Electric Seal Coats, Skinner's satin lined...... fancy silk lined. aa oa, $31 00 84TN Ses collars var 2] Coats. mivi $37.50

Gifts for Men. Men's $8.50 Bath Robes; all-wool eiderdcwn, for....... $4.98 Men's All-silk Suspenders, 50¢ DORE, BOR x rapaissasanss sagas 3 Men's $1 ail Mufférs, boxed, BB add ans susp nts hs ssn ss rnes rans 73" Men's £1.00 White Laundered ROR. .ivufininiatSarvsannss 7’¢ Shirts, Men’ $35.50 Eiderd Bath Robes, BOF. vi. te Sw 52. 98 Men's 50¢ Fleece-lined Un- 39¢ on Sl i A A RR NN Men's $1.50 All-silk Neck« 51 00 ties, English Squares, for... a Men's 69 Gloves, with Astrachan backs, flea-e-lined and leather 30¢ Po BELL NPL CeO Ji

t Men's Silk Suspenders, sterling sil ver and quadruple plated or. 31 00 buckles (engraved free), for. Men's Sample Golf Gloves, all wool, big range of patteras; 44¢ pa BL EET IR i be Men's $5.00 Smoking Jackets, Tri cots, all wool, in blue, gar- $4 25 net, and tan; special for..... All-silk Men's boxed, Men's Silk Neckwear: newest BOBS, JOR. «vier cesanss Pod sans 25° Men's Fancy Silkembtoid ered Suspenders, boxed, tor. Men's $1.25 Mocha and Bog: 9§¢ SI CR A RI ess ver viassnsine Men's 50¢ “Famous” White Unlaundered Dress Shirts. Men's All-silk Garters, pairs in a box, for. .00 E pian Jo40, Berton $3 8 for (GOLDENBERG’S, Seventh and K Streets. PIII III PIPE IE III PIII III III III 0000 4 40090000 00000000000000000e La an LE Sh Ah Ah Sb Jb 8 Sb BB JE I officials of the union in an action im the king's bench division of the high court of justice before a jury. As the appeal courts, though they re verse decisions on questions of law, scarcely ever do so on questions of fact, it is expected that the railway men's union will abide by the result and pay the money. The Principal Defendants. The two principal defendants were Richard Bell, M. P., general secretary, and James Holmes, of the organizing society of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, The facts which the jury fornd to he rroved as to the conspiracy to molest and injure the plaintiffs in their busi ess included picketing and arrange ‘ments for paying money to induce men who had been hired by the company to withdraw without performing their con tracts. There were several cases of as sault on non-strikers, who were called “blacklegs," “the scum of hell,” and “diabolical humbugs and seabs.”™ The union officials contended that they were not liable for acts of violence which they had not ordered. The jury re fused to take that view of the case, and, keeping in mind the natural conse quences of the conduct of the officials, held that they had assisted in carrying out the strike by unlawful means, i i H i Yesterday's verdict is regarded as the clearest statement of the limits beyond which trades unionism must not go «ince the famous case of Allen vs. Flood, when the final court of appeal held” “To induce a person not to -ater inte a contraci with another, though suck in ducement is offered with malicious in tent, does not constitute an actionable wrong. It is actionable to procure a breach of an existing contract.” MAY ATTEMPT TO SECURE CONFEDERATE ENCAMPMENT

Washington may be favored with the annual encampment of the United Con federate Veterans in 1904. A proposi tion to this effect is anticipated by the executive committee of the Business Men's Association, and the members who have discussed it look on the idea with favor. The success of the recent G. A. R. encampment has inspired them to great effort in the matter. The national committee of the Confed erate Veterans meets soon in New Or leans, and Secretary Barry Bulkley may attend and present the claims of the city as a plage of encampment." The or ‘ganization of Confederate Veterans in cludes eminent men of all zections of ‘the country, and many have been in pub lic life. K WUT i THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1902, 4 FIREMAN KILLED IN RAILWAY COLLISION Fast Freight Runs Into Locomotive of Coal Train.

1 SOMERVILLE, N. J., Dec. 20—A freight wreck occurred on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, nine miles west of here, at 10 o'clock last night, in which Fireman James A. Johnson, of Manasquan, was killed, and several trainmen were badly injured. A fast freight and an empty coal train, both westbound, collided. The coal train had orders te run on the siding from the main line and let the fast freight puss. ‘The crew of the coal train had complied ‘with the orders Either by accident, however, or a misunderstanding of sig nals, the locomotive of the coal train ran out of the siding upon the main track in the way of the fast freight. Johnson was fireman on the freight train. PRIZES ARE AWARDED BY MASONIC ASSOCIATION At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Masonic Fair Association, held last evening in Scottish Rite Tem ple, 1007 G Street northwest, the report of Director General Standiford showed that the following numbered season tickets entitle the holders to the prizes indicated: 17,684, piano; 29,318 Cece lian self-playing plano attachment; 9,381, gold watch; 30,666, set of parlor furniture; 3,992, bicycle.

The following railroad tickets have been awarded to the holders of the ticket numbers indicated and have not yet been called for: Washington to Chicago and return, via Baltimore and Ohio, 741; Washington to Chicago and return, via Pennsylvania, 25: Washington to St Louis and return, via Chesapeake and Ohio, 163; Chicago to Omaha and re turn, via Burlington, 32; St. Louis t¢ Denver and return, via Missouri Pacific, 44

OFFICIALS UNDER ARMS TO SAVE MURDERER TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Dec. 20.—Mat thew Alexander, the negro murderer of Thomas Burke and assailant of Mrs. Burke, was sentenced to death last night and was taken to the Michigan City peni tentiary, where he will be executed April 16. The officials of Terre Haute had been under arms for three days fearing mob violence before Alexander was spirited AWAY. dod Closing Prices on Toys and Dolls. We must close out our remaining stock of toys and dolls by Wednesday night. We rever carry any loys over, hence these reductions. You will find the original price markings on all the goods that we advertise today. ud complete. 19 $5.93 extra large Rubber-tired Tri cycle, lush seat, drop steel BOPRIIMES «os vives su pn 22 0 nuins gio $3.98 $3.63 Doll Houses, tomorrow $2.69 $1.00 Parcheesi, $1.98 Toy Furniture, including bed room suite, dining room set, etc., etc. SARA aw ee 98¢ One Skin H 8, W HAW, romeo tare. 38.95 One large Skin Horse, was $12.98, reduced to... ..e... en $7.98 98c large-size Uniforms, mall car rier and Indian. These two 20° suits only, tomorrow............ 50¢ #8c¢ Plush Upholstered Piano Stools, cherry finish........... $1.50 Mechanical Track Train with track and crossing, making the 98¢ figure cight, tomerrow......... C Regular $1.48 Cavcioaris. OY 24c¢ Regular 49¢ ones... Regular $2.98 Iron Toys— ARY OF 8ll...cscsvscinsnnsrnns $1.98 Regular $4.98 Tricycles, the very largest size made....... $3.89 Regular 49% Pianos, 8 keys, 33¢ TOMMOPITOW.. a4 anv sav nine xn smsinne dns Jewelry. Some Special Snaps 50c Jewelry, 25c. Sterling Silver Hat Pins. Brooch Pins. Beauty and Cuff Pins. Baby Bracelets, Sterling Manicure Pieces Extr. gize Sterling Silver Thim bles. 98c Jewelry, 49c. Child's Solid Gold Rings. Solid Geld Stick Ping Brooch Plus. Link Cuff Buttons. Hat Pins. Mateh Safes. Also ‘he new Royal Copper Jew elry. Large size Sterling Silver pieces, in French gray and polished silver, heavy quality; ronbreakable—con sisting of manicure pieces and desk pleces, in a wide variety of styles. Usnal prices T5¢ and 49C RE. To oe f0F.....xn00ecsnees Infants’ Sterling Silver Sets gn (in a box) engraved free. €8C vino AR AN A SY Lorgnette Chains, in sterling sil ver and solid gold, 14 karat filled; with solid gold cork-lined slides. $1 49 Bpecial price.........:...4 Sterling Silver and Gold plated Cuff Buttons. Sold 49¢ elsewhere at $1. Our price... LOUISIANA MILITIA REGIMENT DISBANDED Refused to Turn Out Against Street Ca: Stij'ers, NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20.—The First Regiment, Louisiana State National Guard, has been disbanded by order Ad jutant General Jumel, for failure to com ply with the laws and regulations of the National Guard. The Louisiana militia has been in a state of disintegration for some time. The Spanish war hurt it by taking off most of the militia companies, which entered the volunteer service. The re cent street car strike completed the ‘wreck, as many of the militia refused to turn out against the strikers. The entire First Regiment, the Ewing Guards, resigned in a body rather thap serve, FEAR MAKES POISON EATERS’ WEIGHTS VARY

So Dr. Wiley Will Now Begin Admin istering Preservatives Without Their Knowledge. The twelve young men who have con sented to eat poison for the benefit of science, have been extremely unruly for several days. When everything seems favorable for the experiment, one or two of them are sure to go on a rampage One will become thin or another fat. Dr. Wiley has thought deeply over the matter and the cause of the trouble has been determined. The men have been looking forward to the test with too much apprehension, he thinks. The doctor now announces that he will triumph in spite of them. He has decided not to tell the youths when they are consuming poison and when they are not. Without their knowledge, the preserva tive will be put in the food they eat. Then, without thought of the future, they can enjoy the food and the poison, toe GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. As has been the custom each Christ mas for twelve years with Messrs. Saks Co., the firm will distribute 100 over coats among the deserving poor on Tues day morning. The garments will be fo boys only. Tickets have been presented C. F. Weller, general secretary of Asso ciated Charities, and he will look after their distribution. Boys’ Xmas Gifts. Silk Neckties, in fancy boxes....25c 2 Cape Collars for......ccocennses 5c Warm Cap Or. vouusas sian onns 2c “Mother's Friend” Shirt Waist ner RP ST PTDOT Pas Sr 49¢ A pair of Suspender Braces pres Hc Boy's Regulation Naval Officer's KAP unis vinisnnissers savasvsisninias 1%¢ A long Peak Cap... ....consuvensn 25¢ A Wool Toboggan Cap.....covvn-- 19¢ A Bult of Pajamas..........s 0.0. 49¢ Blue Flannel Shirt Waist Blousbs. 49¢ 3 Linen Collars for 25¢ Square Shape Angora Tam o'Shan ROPE «ovias so nnnssnssns sina rss ais ns Black and Brown Derby Hats... .%8c Boys' “Ideal” Underwaists....... 5c A pair of Blue Serge Knee Pants. .%8c Boys’ White Unlaundered Shirts..2% J Boys’ Suits. Boys® All-wool Blue Cheviot Suits, double-breasted styles, sizes 3? “8 T 10 16 YoRPSEw::oorerrssrs=+s oJ Boys' Cossack Overcoats, sizes 2 to 8 years, very stylish and a good protection from cold, Wibtry blasts. ioe. sassnsses 52.98 49° Boys’ Blue or Red Sweaters. Boy's Soldier Cap...coovvveesss 4 gt Beys' Vel Reef vith Worcs Bini. o ge he oy Be 51 98 A good Overcoat, very long, with vertical slash pockets and velvet collar; sizes 3 to 15 years; made of good melton cloth, BAUS «nv in sins ranin sea va 2.93 EXTRADITION PAPERS IN MADRID FOR HUMBERTS Madame Asserts Anxiety to Cenfound Authors of Her Present Unhappiness. PARIS, Dec. 20.—M. Valle, the minis ter of justice, in an interview tonight expressed the greatest satisfaction over the arrest of the Humberts. He said the matter of extraditing them would be a very simple act. The indictment had been forwarded to Ma drid this evening. and it was expected that the prisoners would be in Paris in ten days. The Spanish detectives who arrested the Humberts and d’Aurignacs will re ceive a reward of 25,000 francs. In an interview with the Madrid cor respondent of the “Temps” Mme. Hum bert said she was anxious to go to Paris immediately. She desired to tell the truth about the whole transaction and denounce the authors of her present unhappiness, Ske had always intended to return to France and answer the charges, she de clares. MEARS FOUND GUILTY OF ATTEMPT TO MURDER Mixed Poison in a Bottle of Whisky to Give Man Whose Wife He Loved. BENNINGTON, Vt, Dec. 20.—In the county court yesterday Joseph Mears was tried on two charges, one of aa ministering Rough on Rats in pancakes, the other of mixing corrosive sublimate in a bottle of whisky, to murder Phil ander Moffatt, of Sandgate, who became seriously ill from both attempts. It was claimed by the State that Mears was in love with Moffatt's wife, a wo man twice his age. The jury, after several hours’ de liberation, returned a verdict of guilty on the second count. Y. M. C. A. MEETING. The address to men this afternoon un der the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., will be delivered by Charles Inglis, of Lon don, England. Beginning today the Sun day afternoon meetings will be held at the Lafayette Opera House. The doors will be opened at 2:30 o'clock, and the song service will commence fifteen min utes later. Dollis at Closing Prices. Special prices on Dolls tomorrow. Every year when we make this an nouncement our stock disappears as if by magic. If you have not pur chased your doll as yet, these prices will be highly interesting. Our regular $6.98 Dolls for $5.98. Our $5.98 Dolls, $4.98. Our regular $4.98 Dolls, $3.98. You can see the original price markings on each and every Doll, and, after selecting, ask the clerk for your reduction. $1.50 25-inch Kid Body Dolls, joint ed hip and knee, tomorrow, 98c. All of our 50c¢ Dress Dolls, tomor row, 2c, All of our 25¢ Dressed Dolls, to morrow, 12156, Fancy Holiday Giits Comb, Brush, and Mirror Bate ci ai. 98c to $8.98 Manicure Sets..... .r++31.98 to $4.98 Collar and Cuff Boxes....40c to $1.58 Fancy and Leather Al- A DANG oats amma sees.98¢c to $3.98 Complete Shaving Sets..$1.49 to $4.48 (Fine steel razor, mug, brush, and mirror.) Perfumes in Fancy Boxes. .25c¢ to 98¢ Photograph Albums. 49¢ to Tae Smoking Sets from..... $1.98 to §2.¢8 Work Boxes... wu. San asina ian Sle Musical Boxes $3. 2% to $5.00 Handkerchief Boxes..............30¢ Combination Toilet and Manicure and Jewel Cabinet....$4.98 to $6.00 Holiday Art Goods. Beautiful Cat, Owl, and Dog Plates, in all the combination colorings, trimmed with silk ribbon and Lows, Por NIORARY ae silica sa 25¢ Fancy Pin Cushions, some hand painted, others daintily trimmed with lace and ribbons. Monday, PTE hh La 98¢c to $2.00 Handsome Opal Sets, hand-painted, in all the new patterns and color ings, 6 piece sets, for Mon RY. J. fades: suid side dhe a 98¢ to $3.19 Spachtel Scarfs and Shams, in all the wanted patterns. Monday, SPORE. 5. canner sir anita iia 20¢ to $2.98 50 dozen Momie Tray Cloths, plain and stamped, with fringe all ‘round. The Mexican drawn cloth. Regular price 122. For Monday........ 12'%¢ THE PRESIDENT IN NEED OF MENTAL REST (Continued from First Page.) would not be able to see any callers. The only persons, with a few notable exceptions, who are always admitted im mediately to the President's private of fice, are members of the Cabinet, and two of them entered. They were Secre taries Hay and Hitchcock. Air of Mysteriousness. The growing air of mysteriousness pervaded everything about the mansion and offices, and nothing ~onli be learned officially or uno9i:all: as to the I'resi dent's plans. Meanwhile several car riages had driven up quickly to ihe porte cochere on the Pennsylvania Ave uue front of the White House. The President and his family entered ind were hurriedly driven away to the Penn sylvania staticn, where a special train ‘was in readiness. Rapidan is eighty miles distant from Washington. The train left hero pre cisely at 12 o'clock. The Presiden! stepped to the rear nlatiorm and waved good-by to Secretary Cortelsou and the small party who had heard of his in tended departure in time to reach the station before the train started. "ho party arrived at their destination shrrt ly after 3 o'clock in the afternoon. THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY ARRIVES AT RAPIDAN Heavy Load for Mr. Wilner's Two Horse Carriage When All Pile In. RAPIDAN, Va., Dec. 20.—The special train of cars bearing President Roose velt and the members of his family reached here at 2:26 this afternoon. Joseph Wilner, the President's friend, at whose home the Roosevelts will spend the Sabbath, was waiting at the station with a two-horse carriage. Mr. Wilner looked rather doubtful when President and Mrs. Roosevelt and Theodore, jr. Kermit, Ethel and Archie alighted from the train and surrounded the solitary carriage, but was soon put at ease by the President who told everybody to pile in, and everybody piled until Mr. Wilner wad to sit on the floor of the carriage in front of President and Mrs, Roosevelt in order to drive. SCOTCH ARTIST ROCHE TO PAINT CARNECIE PORTRAITS GLASGOW, Dec. 20.—The Scotch artist, Roche, left here today for New York, where he is to paint portraits of Mrs. and Miss Carnegie. Warwick China Dinner Sets, of 100 pieces, with pink decoraticns, gold knobs ‘and handles; also S11 48 solid in open stock......... American P lain Di Su of Tr ee Juin Diner gh. 93 pare Porcelain Dinner Set of pieces, floral decora “tions, full gcld Hned....... $16.98 10-piece Toilet Sets, tinted 4 49 decorations, roli-edged bowls 10-piece Toilet Sets in tinted col ors, violet and pansy filled-in deco rations, heavy tracing, full roll edge DASKHE......co: users 6.49 12-piece Warwick China Toilet Sets, full tint and filied-in decorations, gold lined, roll- 6 a8 edge DRS. vaaeisas wees Benes ba ia 10-piece Decorated Toilet $2 19 Sets, full-roll edge bowls..... Decorated Parlor Lamp, with 7 inch shade, large burner, and 48¢ filled-in decerationhs............. Punch Bowls, with Stand. hoding two gallons, in cut glass effect...... te sn a a aa $2.25 Glasses to match, 75¢ dozen, 10-inch Fruit Bowls, in cut 39¢ 0s ea Large size Cake Stands, crys- 35¢ tal cut glass finish............. 2-quart Water Pitchers, in 49¢ neat’ engraviRBs. uc csnsvian ass Extra thin blown Table Tum- 60c¢ blers, in new engravings, doz... 1-quart Wine Decanters, erys- 14¢ URE ARR A RR am AE Glosses to match, per doz., 3%c. 1-quart Greek Star Wine De- 49¢ canters, with handles...... PAE Glasses to maich, per doz., $1.49. Austrian Glass Water Sets, full gold trimmed, with nickel fin- g§¢ ished tray.......- ETS ge. MS Austrian Glass Wine Sets, enamel flowers, full gold lined, with Lh BRBY wn aan nniinn ven ene s sso nmone v Silver Plated Nut Sets, in neat embossed bex, silk lined, 6 34 picks antFcraecker............... Men's Hdkfs. Men's 19%¢ Pure Linen Initial Handkerchiefs, any letter— in 73¢ A RR FE AE J Men's 1%¢ Pure Linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, all width 124€ hems; 1-4, 1-2, or 1 inch hems. Silk Handkerchiefs, with hand embreidered initials. All letters. All sives. J0E and J5¢ ob A RE 98¢ Black or White Brocaded 75¢ Mufflers. fica canine $2 Black White B ded Silk MufMers oe 51.48 Housefurnishinges. $150,000 Worth of Rich Gems for Xmas Giving. We ove a eertifieate with all Diamonds and Precious Stones which stipulates that should the purchaser desire to return the article within {wo years the full orice, less 10 per eent, will be re S. DESIO, Manufacturing Jeweler and Silversmith, 10i2 F Street, Opposite Boston ficuse. Droep’s Xmas Special. A complete collection of the following musie: “MISTER DOOLEY.” “RiP VAN WINKLE,” “JEXNIE LEE? “JOSEPHINE, MY JOE,” “CHINESE HONEYMOON," And 25 other popular selections, including A NEAT MUSIC ROLL OUR PRICE, COMPLETE, 65c. E. F. Droop Sons, 925 Pa. Ave. $5 Teeth That Fit and our re-enforced suction, which makes them fit accurately. LOWEST prices on Crowas and x Fillings during Hol iduays. PAIN LESS Extraction. UR. PATTON'S UNION DENTAL PARLORS. OOF BN. W. Second Floor. GOLDENBERG'S. a Nickel plated Nut Sets, in box, 6 picks and cracker,..... ER" L Child's Silver Plated Cup and 25 Saucer, warranted... 00. Child's Silver Plated Mug, 25¢ neatly eREraved. i... cinvcan Rogers’ Silver Plated Child's Set, in neat white embossed box, silk lined. consisting of knife, fork, spoon, napkin ring, and en- G8¢ Others as low 2s zx Set of Rogers’ Tea Spooms.... 49° Set of Rogers’ Forks or Table g8¢ Rogers’ Silver Plated Knives, set of six in a box.. '$i 25 Rogers’ Silver-plated Forks to match Knives, Set of six H 29 i RRR BT Rogers’ Gravy Ladle, ae i PRETEEN... «uel due ah aa fet of six Sheffield Silver-plated Knives and Forks, Jin Doaty) 29 box. Worth $LId. is... vnviis Water Jug, in cut-glass effect, 98¢ silver-plated top 0%. 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DEMOCRATS STICK BY MONROE DOCTRINE A Senator Morgan Says It Brings Us Into Quarrels, But Keeps Off Fights. wir Henry Watterson’s demand for the abolition of the Monroe Doctrine has encountered vigorous disapproval and protest from Democratic members of Congress In both the Senate and House Men who have heretofore given credit to the forcible utterances of the famed Kentucky editor, now not only refuse to indorse his views, but declare that it wopld be the height of folly for any political party to accept them, upon this subject. Among the leaders in Congress there is none whose opinion coincides with Mr. Watterson's expression. On the contrary, they contend that now is the time for a reassertion of the princi ple laid down by President Monroe, and for its maintenance. For seventy five years, they say, the powers of Ku. rope have recognized the Monroe Doce trine, and it has been the means of keeping us out of trouble with them. To abandon it now would be a surren der of the position this Government has successfuily adbered to for threequar ters of a cenivry. There is, it is argued, no more distinctively American princi Pie toun the Monroe Doctriae, and it having heer established and recognized, it should not be abrogated simply be cause there has been a demonstration in Venczuelan waters which nay lead to its vieclation. If it is violated, it is contended the United States should take prompt action, but the impression pre vails that it will be respected.

The ezin‘ons of Democrats are reflect. ed ic their expressions, none of which ages with Mr. Watterson: Leave Doctrine Alone,

“leave tha Monroe Doctrine alone,” said Senator Morgan. “It is deing no harm and may do lots of good. It has stood the test of years.” Senator Morgan read what Henry Watterson had to say on the subject of reconstruction of the Doctrine with keen interest, tempered with impatience. He would not dircuss the Kentucky editor's utterances beyond a general support of the Doctrine itself. taking a position di rectly opposite io that of Mr. Watter son. Continuing, the Senator said: “The Monroe Doctrine is one which brings us into quarrels, but keeps us out of fights. It is purely American mn its provisions. No politics should be injected into it. No party has ever op posed it or ever wiil; therefore it is a safe measure.”

Senator Simmons of North Carolina, when ‘asked his views, said:

“I have a profound resject for Mr. Watterson's opinion. 1 consider him ene ef the greatest literary geniuses of the age and his advice is generally to be tollowed with the utmost safety and satisfaction, but the Monroe Doctrine is not a party deciaration. It belongs to the Government no matter which party is in power, and it should be supported absolutely. The slightest deviation would be inadvisable, and we, as a united peo ple, should see to it that it is carried out to the letter.” ete EE i a at I TE TSS pi oe

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enfurce just debts against South Amer. ican countries, so long as they do not attempt an acquisition of territory, cor the overthrow of the South American states.” Representative W. T. Zenor (Dem. Ind.): “1 hardly agree with Mr. Watterson on the subject. It seems to me there should be some well settle doctrine on the part of the United States covering the Western Hemisphere,” Representative T. M. Jett (Dem., Til): “1 am very much surprised at such an assertion coming from a man like Watterson, and knowing ef his rec ord in he South. In theory nis views may aot be bad but in practice, oi course, ve (Democrats) couldn't stand far then Representative J, H. Stephens (Dem. Texas): “1 believe the Monroe Doctrine should be sustained, and that the Gov ernment should not permit anything to be done in South America that will in fringe upon its provisions.” E. S. Candler, jr., (Dem,, Miss.): “I believe in the Monroe Doctrine. While 1 always have a very great regard for sen timents and opinions uttered by Mr. Watterson, still, in this instance, I be lieve he is too extreme, and 1 prefer to cling to the old pathways outlined by the founders of the Republic, and de veloped by the contemporaries.” Representative A. S. Burleson (Dem. Tex.), member of the House Committee on Foreign Afiairs: “1 do net believe the Monroe Doctrine could be expressed more clearly today than it was by Pres ident Monroe. Neither do believe the present situation requires any readjust ment of the Monroe Doctrine.” Representative John Sharp Wiliams {Dem., Miss.): “Colonel Watterson ‘seems to think the Monroe Doctrine was based upon some intent of the United States to acquire South American territory. Our reason for the nromulga tion of it was to protect our ova people. 1 think Watierson’'s utterances are a 1ii ‘tle more jingoistic than the jingoism he 'derounres Hugh Dinsmore, of Arkansas, ranking Democrat on Foreign Affairs Committee: “It is folly to talk about abolishing the Monroe Doctrine. No party will advo cate such a course: instead we want to reassert and maintain it.” 4 Representative W, 8S. Cowherd. (Dem Mo.): "I am not in sympathy with Mr. Watterson’s article. The Monroe Doc trine was timely when it was promul gated and is a wise policy yet. I think il ‘would be a grave misfortune to the United States to permit Europe to ap portion out South America as it has divided up India, Africa, and China.” Representative 8S. B. Cooper (Dem. Texas) “1 do not coneur with Mr. Wat terson’s opinion. Aside from the benefit to the United States, the Monroe Doc trine tends to the formation and protec ‘tion of republican government in South America.” Representative Rice Pierce (Dem. Tenn.): “I am an ardent believer in the Menroe Doctrine, and I disagree abso lutely and compicotely with the idea ex pressed by Mr, Watterson.” Representative J. M. Robinson (Dem. Ind.): “The Monroe Doctrine should be vpbeld in all its vigor and strength. The reasons for it originally are fortified by an un-American colonial policy that is threatened.” Representative James M. Grigge chairman Democratic Congressional ment to 1 “1 cannot give my indorse ment to the proposition to abolish the Monrce Doctrine.” Stephens of Texas. Folly to Talk of Change. THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1902. 5 ADMIRAL DEWEY'S DESTINATION A SECRET American Fleet at Culebra Breaks Up for a Ten Days’ Holiday. SAN JUAN, Dee. 20.—The American fleet at Culebra has been broken up for a ten davs’' hcliday. The warships will go to their sta tions at Trinidad, St. Thomas, Curacao, Ponce, Mayaguez, and San Juan. The torpedo flotilla and tugs and the ecruis ers Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Prairie will remain here. Rear Admirals Crowninshield and Coghlan have gone to St. Thomas. “The destination of Admiral Dewey is being Kept a secret, but it is known that he will attend the governor's ball here on December 21. The Was» remains at Culebra. PUBLIC WORK ORDERED. The District Commissicners yesterday authorized the following items of pub lic work through the Engineer Depart ment: That the time for the completion of contract No. 3182, with G. B. Mullin, for grading Kenesaw Avenue, be extended to May 16, 1992, without penalty or cost of inspection, delay not heing due to fault of the contractor. FS That 2,620 feet of 12-inch water main be laid morth and west from the inter section of Bladensburg Road and Twen ty-eighth Street, through Twentyv-eighth Street, across right-of-way on Calvert estate and west on South Dakota Avenue to its intersection with the Brentwogd Rozd, and that four fire hydiants be erected thereon, at a total estimated cost of $5,750. That 2 zewer be constructed in upper Water Street, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Street, at an estimated cost of 3360.

HEARING POSTPONED. ED Hearing on the petition of George A. Cooke, to secure the release of his wife, Grace E. Cooke, from the Reform School for Girls, which was to have taken place yesterday before Justice Rarnard, was postponed indefinitely. The death of a member of the family of one of the at torneys for the petitioner necessitated the postponement. Pending a final set tlement of the matter, Mrs. Cooke was

permitted by Justice Barnard to remain with her husband.

PORTRAIT OF MISS WILLARD.

The North Capitol branch of the Wo man’s Christian Temperance Union will present a life-size portrait of Frances FE. Willard to the Blake School, North Capitol and K Streets. The presenta tion will be made tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock by Mrs. Don P. Blaine, presi dent of the North Capitol W. C. T. U,, and will be accepted on behalf of the school by its principal.

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PRIZE HUNTER WINS MILE RACE WITH TRAIN Runs Away at Record Speed—Jumps Engine Pilot—Rider Escapes Death. RCHMOND, Va. Dec. 20. —Henry Sackett, president of the Lynchburg Horse Show Association, hal a remark able escape from death this morning when fox hun‘'ing. His aunter, Torch light, a prize winner at the recent show, Year a freight train in a clear race of nearly a mile. While following the hounds on a steep tank, along the Southern Railway track, Mr. Sackett turned to ial a rast run ring freight train within Hity ‘feet of Je Pe be te we. Open late Monday, Tuesday, and Wed nesday evenings. LJ LE A SE JE SS ENN arm A ole 3

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Tan, Blue, Black, Gray, Red and Oxford Cloth; BPREF...cinnstsrsrinssrrsnnsnrnana na hae an A ‘him. Without a moment's be sitation he threw himself from the saddle down the bank. He held to the bridle with a view of pulling the horse to safety also.

The horse broke away, however, and ran at record-breaking speed ahead of the train. After running ahead of theo train for a mile he cleared the track at a bound, directly in front of the loco motive. The pilot of the engine was al most directly under him, but he took the Jeap with a stride that indicated lis willingness to jump the engine if neces sary. The horse was caught a short whi!» af terward and was none the worse for his startling race. SON BORN TO THE LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Princess of Wales gave birth to a son at 7:35 o'clock Saturday evening. Mother and son are deing well, NAVY OFFICER ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF SMUGGLING Commander Mentz Accused of Bringing Liquor Into Porto Rico. SAN JUAN, Dec. 20.—Commander G. W. Mentz, of the United States Navy; B. F. Butler, supervisor of elections, and J. A. Brennan were arrested today by United States Commissioner Anderson on the charge of having smuggled sixty four cases of liquor from St. Thomas by the United States tug Uncas and the lighthouse tender Laurel.

PRINCESS OF WALES There will be preliminary hearings in these cases on Monday and Tuesday.

All the accused were released on $2,000 bail. The charges were preferred by Customs Inspector P. M. Mathieson. This sort of smuggling has been going on for a long time and it is alleged that other arrests will follow. The liquors were used at the Country Club, of which Mr. Butler is an officer and Brennan the steward. The Vermont State Association, come posed of natives of the Green Mountain State now residing in this city, held its regular meeting on Friday evening in the Scottish Rite Hall. The »ntertain ment which followed the cusir: ges tion embraced vocal solos by J. dter Humphrey and Mrs. H. A. Brys:, reci tations by Annie I. Rodgers, and banjo solos by Joseph Cullen. VERMONT MEX MEET.

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SENATE AND HOUSE ADJOURN FOR HOLIDAYS General Exodus of Senators and Representatives. TO MEET AGAIN JANUARY 5 More Legislation Than Usually Gotten Through With Before Christ mas Recess. Both houses of Congress adjourned yesterday for the holiday recess, and will not meet again until January J. Many Senators and Representatives left Washington Friday, and there was a general exodus yesterday. Those re maining are chiefly from the far Wesi, where it is impracticable for them to go heme and be able to return on the date of re-convening. A majority will, however, eat Christmas dinner at their homes. Neither the Senate nor the House had a quorum yesterday, and little business was done by either body. A number of minor bills were passed, and then the Senate listene® to Senator Morgan on the building of an isthmian canal. In the House the only business was the censideration of the conference re port on the bill to pay the expenses of the anthracite coal strike commission. Without discussion the report with the Senate amendments was agreed to. The measures provides for the payment of a salary of $4,000 a year to the members of the commission who are not now on the Government pay rolls, and allows each commissioner $10 a day as expenses, and $12 a day for the expenses of each of the employes. Payment of salaries te the employes of the commission is left to the discretion of the commission. The conference report was also agreed to in the Senate. The three weeks during which Gon gress has been in session have been marked, especially in the House, by ac complishments rather unusual before the holiday recess. Promptly Disposed Of. Ordinarily nothing much is attempted beyond the preparation of the great sup ply measures, but this year matters in velving important questions of policy have been promptly disposed of. Among these was the adoption of an amendment to the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill, carrying an appropria tion of $500,000 to epable the Attorney General to more satisfactorily enforce the provisions of existing anti-trust laws. Although the Republicans were forced into taking this step in the way it was taken by a Democrat. Mr. Bartlett of Georgia, it was part of the Republican program to take the same action in an other way, and the result seems to have given satisfaction to both parties. after the holidays the Judiciary t ttee will report another anti-trust bill, a sort of publicity bill, and it is likely the House wili pass it before the final adjournment on March 4. Whether the Senate will reach the subject re mains a matter of great uncertainty. It is not believed to be the program io Pass .the ll through both houses. Another important matter expeditious ly handled was the passage of the Lill re ducing the tariff on goods coming from the Philippines to 25 per cent of the Dingley rate. The Democrats made it a party question by offering iree (inde amendments, but, defeated in this objec, this bill also received their support, and it was passed by a unanimous vote. Appropriations Out of Way. Two of the large appropriation bills have already been disposed of—the leg islative, executive, and judicial, and the “pension, besides one of the urgent de ficiency bills. The army bili will be ready soon after the recess, also the District of Columbia bill. Other important measures disposed of Ly the House are the pure food bill, the bill to relieve the tea importers, which passed both houses within twenty-four nours; the bil! authorizing the Secretary of Agrigulture to proceed against the foot-and-mouth disease, the bill for the anthracite strike commission. A pumber of other matters are ready for the consideration of the House—the Department of Commerce bill, the bill for a general stal for the army, the Fowler currency bill, and several others, having been reported by committee and ewalting their turn. But little time will rewain for matters requiring extensive duvbate, however, as most of the time af ter the holidays wiil be needed in giv ing due consideration to the appropria tion measures. LITTLE BUSINESS OF NOTE IN THE SENATE When the Senate convened yesterday there were but thirty-nine members in their seats. Most of these were on the Republican side, and numbered those who have taken houses in Washington for the winter. Little business was at tempted beyond the passage of unimport ant measures, Matters at that end of ihe Capitol have been progressing with dignified slowness. Three {important measures, the Statehood bill, the immi gration bill, and the militia bill have been under discussion at various times, but none of them has received final ac tion. Each will occasion considerable debate after Congress reaasembles, and there are a number of other important bills that have been prepared by the commit tees or sent over from the House await ing consideration In the Senate. Among them are the Philippines tariff and cur rency bills, the eight-bour bill, legis lation for Alaska, and the appropriation bills. The trust question has not been touched by the Senate, though it is ox ‘pected that in the interim between the adjournment yesterday and the recon Yening 3 January 5 Senator Hoar will file the Secretary of the Senate the measure which is believed to be the Ad tion's views on anti-trust leg Es to ull those aflalfs 1.4 Joige amount of executive business to claim the attention of the Senate. This in ‘cludes the Cuban reciprocity treaty, the Panama Canal convention, and the reci procity arrangements with France, the British West Indies, and some South American countries, combining to make a busy program in prospect for January and February. By pushing everything of importance over until the last two months of the =essjon, it is believed that the Senate leaders have carried out a well-defined program, that is, that practically noth ing but appropriation bills should be passed at the present session. ~The Philippine currency bill was fa vorably reported yesterday, and Sena tor Lodge, in charge of the measure, ‘eave notice that he would call it up at the first opportunity. The eight-hour labor bill was report ed from the Ccmmittee on Commerce and Labor, A resolution offered by Mr. Patterson of Colorado, requiring railroads to fur ‘nish data regarding the use of brakes, was adopted. A bill was passed appropriating $1, 000,000 for payment in part of judgments awarded property holders at Honolulu for destruction of their buildings in stamping out bubonic plague in 1899, The bill also permits the issuance of bonds by the Hawaiian authorities to pay the remainder of the cliims. Mr. Burrows of Michigan asked that Friday, January 30, be set aside for eulo gies on the late Senator James McMillan. A resolution was offered by Mr. Jones lof Arkansas calling on the President. for ‘any information as to the charges filed by the proprietor of a New York paper ‘of a combination ot .he anthracite coal roads. A resolution was adopted providing that on January 31, at 2 p. m., exercises shall be held accepting the statues of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and John Hanson, which are Maryland contribu tions to Statuary Hall. A bill was introduced by Mr. Lodge authorizing the President to remove the duty on coal coming into the United States from Canada whenever the duty cn coal from the United States going into Canada shall be removed. The rate of duty on Canadian coal is 57 cents a ton. HS GOST OF ISTHMIAN GANAL COMMISSION Mr. Hepburn Seeks Infor mation in House. Representative Hepburn, chairman of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, yesterday introduced a resolution calling upon the Secretary of State to send to the House a state ment of all the items of expenditure made by the isthmian canal commission, of which Rear Adiniral Walker was chairman. The resolution provides explicitly that the statement shall show all allowances or vayments for personal services, in cluding payment for board, rations, transportation supplies, and other ex penses, to whom paid, and that the state ment, “shall particularly show all pay ments of every character made to the members of the isthmian canal commis elon, or inuring to the benefit of either of them FUND FOR CHILDREN OF AN HONEST LEGISLATOR Senator Platt a Contributor to Sub scription for Family of Repre sentative Russell. NEW HAVEN, Con., Dee. 20.-—The friends of the late Col, Charles A. Russell, for years Representative for the Third Congressional district of Con necticut, are quietly raising a fund for the education of his children. It is known among those most familiar with bis affairs that he died practically without any property. Occupying for years a position where his vote and influence had the largest effect upon the fortunes of others, he lived through temptations and opportunities, clean and spotless, and at the end was no richer than when sixteen years before he entered the halls of Congress. The plan is to raise $25,000 for his family, and the fund is already making good progress. Edwin Miller, of Moosup, a close friend and great admirer of Colonel Russell, is said to have put his name down for $1,000. Senator Platt has been active in the movement YOUNGEST VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR DEAD William Taylor Enlisted When Less Than Thirteen Years of Age as a Drummer Boy. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Dec. 20.—William Taylor died at the home of his father John W. Taylor this morning. The latter claims his son was the youngest soldier in the Northern army In the civil war, having enlisted when he was twelve years, nine months, and two days ola, as a drummer boy in the Eighty-fourth Regiment, at Huntingdon, Pa., August 15, 1861. His father, aged seventy-seven years, was one of the old est soldiers. Both fought throughout the conflict, the father being wounded several times. COMMANDER NELSON IN CHARGE OF LIGHT HOUSE DISTRICT MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 20.—Commander Thomas Nelson, U. 8. N., retired, today assumed charge of the Sixteenth light house district with headquarters in this city. He succeeds A. C, Dillingham, re cently transferred to the steamer De troit. Holiday Rates South via Seaboard Air Line. Tickets on sale December 23, 24, 25, 31, and January 1. Return limit January 3, 1903. Ad dress W. E. Junklyn, General Agent, 1421 Pennsylvania Avenue. HOW APPROPRIATION BILL 15 MANEUVERED Commissioners Work With the Committeemen. AN IMPORTANT Distinction Between Items For Current Expenditures and Those For Improvements. Consideration of the District appro priation bill wili be suspended until afl ter the holidays. This bill has been undergoing close scrutiny at the hands ol a subcommittee of the House Com mittee on Appropriations, of which Rep respentative J. T. McCleary of Minnesota is chairman. The three District Commissioners have been present at all the meetings of the committee the past week, and have aided in giving the members a clear under standing of the local needs. When Con gress assembles after the holiday recess the bill will be taken up again by the subcommittee in conference with the Commissioners and made ready for its report to the full committee and after werd to the House. The appropriation act, besides car ryving the various items for local ex penditures, embodies important para graphs and clauses amending older laws or adding new ones to the statute book. For example, the last District appropria tion bill provided for radical changes in Jocal taxation, involving a thorough revision of the former laws relative ‘io the assessment of real estate, personal property, and licenses. The District appropriation bill has its foundation laid in the annual esti mates forwarded by the Commissioners to the Secretary of the Treasury and by ‘him to Congress. These estimates are ‘made up by the Commissioners who re ceive for that purpose separate estimate schedules from each department of the municipal government. Besides ihese the Commissioners have bef them a great number of letters d requests from private people relative to public improvement, The estimates are framed witha view to econom‘cal administration, and it is frequently the case that the department schydules are much reduced as they go to "the Secretary of the Treasury. It has been the policy of the Commission ers for the last three years to present to Congress in their annual budget a conservative but full statement of the local needs, notwithstanding the fact that they have been confronted each year by a growing deficit in the revenues, This year the Commissioners’ estimates were in round numbers £10 600 600 Te TEgee TE NY Hi By process of the division of labor placed upon the Iouse Appropriations Committee, the District bill 2ées to a small subcommittee to be drafted in proper form to be presented to the House. The successive stages of the bill are briefly: Report to th: “ull com mittee, report to the House, considera tion by Committee of the Whole, and report to House for final passage: sent to the Senate, and to Senate Appropria tions Committee, where it js considered and amended; reported to Senate and passed; returned to House for concur rence in amendments. If then refused, the bill goes to a conference commit tee, where points of difference are set tled, the conference report adopted by both houses, and it goes to the Presi. dent for his signature. STs Pure Linen. In the House subcommittee room, while the bill is under consideration, the District Commissioners work with the members of the committee, The book of estimates is in the hands of each, and the proposed bill is passed upon item by item, the discussion be ing of the most informal character. While the Commissioners have no vote, opportunity is given them to express their views freely, and in many in stances the action of the committee is in the nature of compliance with their wishes. It is well known that an important rider to the District bill Is in contem plation. For three years past there has been a growing deficit in the local rey enues. It has been necessary since July 1, 1900, for money to be advanced from the United States Treasury, and these advances now aggregate about $2,400,000. “nis money already paid by the Treasury constitutes a floating debt to be paid back in three annual in stallments. This would make further Inroad upon the current receipts, and further advances would be necessary to meet them. It is mow purposed by the Commis sioners that a distinction shall he made between current expenditures and these for large items of public improvement, such as the filtration plant, and the new municipal building. It is further proposed that the one-half of the money for such improvements which the Dis trict must pay shall be advanced by the United States Treasury, as needed, to be returned on the sinking fund prinei ple in small annual installments, with interest at 2 per cent. The necessary legislation to bring this about will probably form a part of the new appropriation bill, and 1t is un derstood that the consideration of this part of the measure will be taken up by the Commissioners and the commit tee at the first meeting in January. THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1902, Amends Older Laws. Stages of the Bill. $20,000.00 in Toys at Auction Prices t Acres of Toys—the great expanse of Odd Fellows’ Halla veritable Fairyland. Prices like this Dressed Dolls, 10¢ up, Drums, 10c up; Child's Tea Sets, 10c up; Stick Hereer and Chairs, He up. All other goods at auction prices. Huason’s Varia: ly Store, Toys in Odd Fellows’ iiall, 423 Seventh Street N. W, Ss Se Se eles Sy RIDER GOURT OF JUSTIGE BUILDING FAVORED Favorable Report by House Committee. NOTES FROM THE TIMES Extravagant and Unbusinesslike Metk ods Pursued by the Government. Representative Mercer, chairman of the Committea on Public Buillings and Grounds, has submitted to the House 2 report upon the bill to provide for the erection of a new court of justice build ing to house the Supreme Court, the Department of Justice, and other ju dicial branches of the Government. In arguing for the erection of a sew build ing the report quotes from an article in The Times of recent date, showing the large amount of money paid an nually to private owners in Washington for the use of property for Government purposes. “In determining the requirements of the Government our predecessors were moved by generous purposes, but the tremendous growth of the nation could not be foreseen, and they so far under estimated the dimensions required that every public building ir the ity is far too small and every department rents buildings outside of its walls for needed room. Heavy Rent Payments. “To show hcw extravagant and un businesslike this method is, it is only necessary to call attention to the fifty four buildings now rented by the de partments, and the amount annually paid for them: Number of Annual Department. buildings. rental. State Jo. or RRA, $600.00 War Cannrerasss 9 21,200.00 Navy .....o. Masaassnas BP £.100,00 Treasury Tr Tr 15,240.00 JBtiCl JC. ou iirieciees SD 22,500,00 Irterior ms ansanass 11 81,880.00 Postofi0s vans ser seas. 19,800.60 Agriculture 7 11,320.00 Indian Bureau, commis slong, ete. 8 28,724.94 Total... he ii oH 210,064.94 “In February, Lefore the close of this Congress, this amount will be increased RL I a A, ns-sis A Le “Sheed 2H Shreeh. Dandy EA ANNIE MONDAY’S XMAS BARGAINS. Useful and Dainty Remembrances. properly boxed, engraved or stamped. All} packages promptly delivered. Our Glove Sale. Two Great Lots Nothing more aceeptable than a pair of perfect fitting high-grade Gloves. $31.50 Gloves for $1.00 S0¢ Golf Gloves for 25¢c. Real Arabian Mocha Real French Suede. Pair Real German-knit All-wool Fine Real French Dressed Kid, Goli Gloves; black, white, pm Black, all colors, and “white; new red, gray, and plaid; all sizes. 25C stitchiug and new clasp style 1903, A Me Glove, for. .........cuues 08C Every Pair of $1.00 Kid Glovesfor 50C 200 dozen Ladies’ Fine French Diess Kid Gloves. 22 dozen Men's Fine Kid Gloves. The Ladies’ Gloves; sizes 5% to 7%: black. eray, white, tan, mode, ed, brow nn, ete, The Mens Gloves: sizes 7% to 10%; gray, tan, mode and red. Yard Wide Silk. Black 36-in. Peau de Soie, ia i Black 30-in. Rustle Taffeta, “GUARANTEED.” b We offer as a special a $1.50 grade of Hioh-elass In nported Black 1 “Lyvons-dve Silk;” suitable for dresses. waists, cloaks. coats ote. fully cuaranteed. For tomorrow only. Give a Wool Dress Pattern 23. 08 We are selling All-wool Dress Patterns of sueh new, up-to-dete fa bries as VENETIAN, ZIBELINE, WHIPCORD, SOLEIL. and PRU. NELLA CL TH the colors are black, brown, reds, hlnes, grays, greens, tans, pink, old rose, and reseda. THE ENTIRE DRESS PATTERN. WITH ALL LININGS, COMPLETE, for $3.95 Fur Scarf. Extra long cluster tail ends. $4.00 Scarfs for $1.98 by $50,000 annually (for the new Mills building), making $260,000 in all. This does not include buildings always rent ed by Congress for its own use and that of bureaus under its immediate direction. This annual rental of $200,000 paid by the Government is the interest on $13,000,000, Such a sum would construct three times the buildings which the Government hires, for, according to an official report, rent paid by the Government ranges from 6 to 17 per cent on the actual value of the property occupied. Necessity for Quarters. “The Supreme Court, the greatest tri banal on earth, has never been properly provided for. For generations it has been cramped for room and compelled to oc cupy space in a corner of the Capitol which belongs to Congress, and which Congress sorely needs. Eleven commit lees of the Senate find refuge in the Maltby House, and there sixty-six Sena iors render service, “Jot only does our highest court need a ome commensurate with its dignity and importance, but appropriate shelter ia required for the Department of Jus tice, for the National Law Library, for commissioners exercising judicial func ‘ions and for international tribunals. Events of the last few years have made it certain that the United States will participate in international congresses to a far greater extent than ever before, and there is now no adequate hall iff the possession of the Government where such a tribunal could comfortably sit. Delay Not Profitable. “In 1861 this Government sought to acquire the two blocks of residence buildings then occupying the northeast and southeast corners of Capitol Square. They were offered by the owners for $303,000. Congress was dilatory; the purchase was postponed, and eleven years later the same land was bought for $681,878.65—more than twice as much.

“These three squares so admirably adapted for a temple of justice, a mag nificent work of art, to balance the su perb library opposite, may now be bgught for less than one-half of the price paid for the site of either of the postoffices in Philadelphia, Chicago, and ‘Boston. “There never has been a time in the history of this country when money was so plentiful or to be had at so low a rate as at present. The Natisnal Treas ury reports a vast surplus every year. When this Capitol was first erected the annual revenues of the Government were not more than one-hundredth as much as they are this year. LE I I I a SE I EE EE SE I A Sh oh a “This bill calls for a site equal in di mensions to that occupied by the Li Ladies’ Heavy Mitts. 100 dozen heavy Black Ladies’ Mitts. 10c¢ value for 34¢ pair brary of Congress—a parcel of ground which can be procured for about the same price. The artistic structure pro posed would be not only a home for the Supreme Court, the Department of Jus tice, and international tribunals or con gresses, but it would suitably accommo date the Federal law library, now cramped into somber and unwholesome quarters in the basement of this builld ing. This is a collection of nearly 100, 000 volumes, the largest law library in the world; vet it is so miserably housed that valuable books have to be piled up on the floor and so crowded that the custodian has been compelled to exclude both authors and students from its bene fits." BRUEN HOME, SUPPORTED BY PRIVATE SUBSCRIPTION The Bruen Home, 436 M Street north west, serves as a refuge for homeless women and children, of whom eighty five are now cared for. The institution is supported entirely by private sub scriptions and is under the care of Mrs. E. K. Flick. In the past year lodgings were fur nished to 29,052; meals served to 83,. 636. 47 assisted to return to their homes; work secured for 11; 5 births, and 8 deaths recorded, and 17 sent to the hospital. Of those now at ths Bruen Home, 60 are bright, interesting little children. Public subscriptions are so licited, and residents of Washington in vited to visit the home. iin a a NT HE EE NE EE EN oe TT TIRE MOTHER SUGAR LOAF RHYMES. TOP P000 0000000000000 000000000 Pat a cake, Pat a Cake, AN 17 h/ Baker man, Give me some SUGAR LOAF

Quick as you can. I like it you know, Without it can’t go, For it's the bread That makes the man. TIN Sugar Loaf Bread is H me Made. Sold Everywhere. Wags “BOSTON BAKING CO., Opp. bg S. Capitol, Washington, D. C. a> a bb ibid Ladies’ Underwear Sale, 25c& Handkerchiefs, 12:c 12:C We have about 500 dozen left of the Heavy Ribbed Fleeced Ladies’ vests and pants, all sizes in the lot; as they are wortn 25¢ each and the price for tomorrow is only 12%e, we cannot sell more than six suits to one purchaser. Fancy Goods Bargains. 1 Our rule is to close every piece of gift goods before Xmas. Special prices for Monday will accomplish our purpose. Sanh ial Jb So Wine, Liquor and Lemonade Sets, LLadies’ Fine Waists. New style Liquor Sets, decanter, Wine Sets are getting scarce. We glasses, and tray; handsomely decor- have them in ail colors and white. ated; also Lemonade Sets, consisting They are decorated in gold; large with handle, wy six 0)

of large pitcher and 6 size decanter glasses, gold striped and dec- 8 glasses to match. Care 3 ay J fully packed in straw and oraied. For Monday, set...... boxes. Monday, set...... Dolls! Comb and Brush and Toilet Sets.

und i fl £5.00 Comb, Brush, and Mirror Sets, in four handsome styles. Only ten sets left. Mon- 4 BBY i nnns inion sn aus sores sins 2 A pretty Comb, Brush, Set, in fancy cases; also the plated ware; Eurand; everything neatly boxed. Set 1,000 Little Dressed Dollies for the baby. Just the thing for Xmas tree decoration. They 14¢ sold for Sc. Monday, each. Dolls! Extra Special. Only six dozen of those $1.38 Comb, Brush, and Mirror Sets left. Ia col ored enamel, gilt, and nickel. Monday we offer the assort INANE RE. SOR. i es ennai $7.00 and $3.00 Comb, Brush, and Mirror Sets in three mag nificent styles. Only eight ‘$4 98 sets In stock. Monday. "Dolls, 1,500 Dressed Dolls; dozens of dif ferent siyles of dresses: each one packed in separate box. Ac tual 40¢c value. Center tables. Monday 23 beautiful German iiclis, full jointed, 21 inches tall; pretty face and hair. $1 49 Ly EI BR Two More Doll Specials for Monday.

11 handsome Big Doils, sewed wigs, strong joints, 27 inches tali. Actual value is $6.00. $3 98 For Monday sale Art Goods.

Pure Linen Bureau Scarfs, fringed, stamped and plain; inches long. Monday Renaissance, linen hand-made cen ter pieces. i) re 0 EE ER CEE RINE Ng Linen Drawn Work; extra large Squares and Scarfs. 6% value. 49c

BROIBIN <8 ces ans as using enn vieuisne $8.00 Cluny Lace Scarfs and Cen ter Pieces; only a dozen left from st week's sale. Monday, ¢X ks ale. nr B30 S0c Value Stockings for 25¢. Choice of any 50c Fanoy Ladies’ Stockings; all sizes, for Heavy Silk Cushion Cords: all colors. 15¢ quality, for 10¢ Pretty Ball Fringes 50c Lithograph Pillow Tops. The “Fencing Girl” will be found 34¢ In this Jof. ....ccconeeravos das inie Renaissance Pin Cushion Tops, linen centers; hand made. Mon 1 RA RR wn aon al mi 3t Eastman’s Finest Perfumes, 3 bottles in pretty box, aE S0c Value Stockings for 25¢. Choice of any 50c Fanoy Ladies’ Stockings; all sizes, for 25¢ SUTHERLAND GETS WAR BOOTY AWARD Naval Officer Sued for $1,000,000, But Was Only Given $1,100. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—United States Judge Thomas, in Brookiyn, handed down a decision yesterday declaring in valid a claim of $1,000,000 against the United States entered by Lieut. Com. William H. H. Sutherland of the havy. The amount was asked as prize money, the commander and his crew of the Eagle. a converted gunboat, having de stroyed the Spanish steamship Santo Domingo in the Spanish-American war. Lieutenant Commander Sutherland de manded the value of the sunken Spanish vessel and her ecarge, the contention being that Admiral Dewey and his men were granted large booty prizes in Man ila Bay for similar work. The Government maintained that only $1,190 could be recovered by plaintiff. The difference between the suit insti tuted by Commander Sutherland and the case of Dewey and his men is that the Santo Domingo was grounded and burned on the sands of Southern Cuba, while the ships sunk by Dewey were in a condition to be restored to their nor mal shape. The Government contended that only such sum for which it had received an equivalent should be paid out. Eastman’s Finest Perfumes, 3 bottles in pretty box, 25¢

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OMINOUS SIGNS IN GATHERING OF FLEET Said to Be Outcome of Dewev’s Prediction. TROUBLE WITH GERMANY Smashing of Monroe Doctrine and Acquisition of South American Territory May Be Tried. retired naval officer of high rank that the massing of the entire North At lantic, South Atlantic, and European squadrons in the Caribbean Sea just at this critical moment is the result of foresight on the part of the general board of the navy. Shortly after the close of the Spanish war Admiral Dewey stated publicly tha: the next war of this country would be with Germany, and the belief was echoed by many naval officers of less promi uence. Even the time was set approxi mately, at the conclusion of Germany's naval program which contemplated the existence of the most powerful navy in the worid by 1008. All of the work of the board and all of that of the Naval War College has been along these lines. The maneuvers of last suminer were on the same basis-—simuiated attack upon our shore by a German fleet. The prob lem has been worked out a dozen times, in different ways. Meanwhile Germany was advancing the culmination of her program year by year until the United States attaches abroad reported to the Navy Depart ment that in its modified form it would ve complete by 1903. Hence the sudden awakening tv the deficiency of the American navy in fleet evolutions, in target firing, in the number of officers and of men, and the necessity for an immediate start toward doing what Ger many has been about for several years past, the gathering of a unified fleet. Changes of Opinion. The changes of opinion among naval officers as to construction and arma ment have been based upon the charac ter of the ships Germany has been building, and it is noticeable that in the past two years the department has laid special stress upon the need of fighting ships rather than those of great speed, resulting in ordering within the jast vear cruisers which, to all purposes, were battleships in power and cruisers in name only. The same naval officer points out that the publication of this suspicion on the part of the United States led to the sudden manifestation of friendly feel ing by Kaiser Wilhelm, the visit of Prince Henry, and the exchange of cour tesies atiendant upon the jaunching of the Kaiser's yacht; his tour through the country to sound the feeling of the American pecple, native and nzturail ized; the following visit of Prince Hen ry of Pless and his declaration on reaching home that he would like noth ing better than to succeed Herr von Holleben at the Washington embassy; finally though not in true sequence, the invitation to American army officers of high rank to witness the German army maneuvers, the extreme if not extrav agant attention shown them, and the apparent frankness with which was dis. played to them the power and discipline of the German fighting machine, its military establishment. All of this, it is declared, was for the purpose of throwing ofl American suspicion and to counteract military action that might be taken upon the conviction of such eminent military men as Admiral Dewey, a y p~ v He

3 os Needs of Germany.

The general board of the navy, there fore, knowing the nea approach of the completion of the German navy, the de sire of that copatry to increase its trade in South America, possible only upon its ability to collect debts con tracted in such countries, and tte im perative requirement in this case of a naval base and coaling station, foresaw, possibly vaguely, a contingency such as now exists. Instead of the scope originally purposed, the exercising of a comparatively small portion of the navy, it was determined to send thither every ship which could be sent properly manned and which was not needed of the Pacific station. The soundness of this decision seemed to be confirmed by the suspicious operations of Germany at Margarita Island.

So great was deemed the importance of this movement that not merely Ad miral Dewey but the majority of the general board itself went down, nomi nally to witness the maneuvers, really to view the success of their coup and to gather further data for use in the prophesied war with Germany.

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Great Britain's Position. Great Britain had not figured in their plans, but the reported prospect that that country will sever its connection with Germany in the attack upon Venezuela removes that element. It was the general board, sc it is sald, and not the Secretary of the Navy, which! planned the distribution of the fleet for the Christmas vacation. Certain it igi Admiral Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and adviser of the Secretary at such a moment, was with the fleet at the time, and necessarily must have seen and probably approved of the ares as prepared and issued by his chief and the president of the general board, Ad miral Dewey. That order sent to Trini dad, the nearest port to Venezuela, not itself a Venezuelan port, the most powerful and best equipped battleships of the fleet, together with a swift tor pedo-boat destroyer, capable as a mes senger of summoning to the South i sl Nn T% Ra Great Reduction in Gold Chairs and Divans, Parlor Cab oe eats] inets, Odd Chairs, Roman Seats, Pedestals, Vernis Martin gf hy Chairs and Couches, he Hub Fur niture Co °9 e The second Peabody recital, which was given last Monday evening in the ball room of the New Willard, proved an im portant event in local musical circles, The recital was given by Ernest Hutche son, pianist. Mr. Hutcheson has been connected with the Peabdy for two sea sons. He is an Australian by birth, but received much of his musical trainiag in Germany. He has done much concert work, and since his residence in this country has appeared with such organi zations as the ‘Boston Symphony Orches tra and Kneisel Quartet, Herndon Morsell has been engaged to assist the choir of the Church of the Holy Name in the Christmas services. The music is to be under the direction of Miss Mary Hessler. Miss Ddugherty will preside at the organ. Washington has a new tenor in Mr. Battle, a student at Georgetown Ccllege, who is said to possess a remarkably sweet voice, It is expected that Mr. Bat tle will be heard at several concerts this winter and that he will take a conspicu out part in the University Glee Club en tertainments. Through the Metropolitan Opera Com pany may not come to Washington this season opera lovers here will at least have the opportunity to hear a portion of the organization Tuesday evening, January 20, at the Lafayette Theater when a performance of Gounod’'s “Phiie mon and Bauciz” will be given. “he production wiil be in aid of the co operative sewing societies of this city. Among the well-known singers who will be in the cast are Mme. Seygard, Jour net, Salinac and Heathe Gregory. A chorus of forty and an augmented or chestra will assist in the interpretation of the work. The event should prove in teresting to music lovers, as this com position of Gounod is not too well known here, but is a beautiful work. Arrznge ments for the production are in the hands of Miss Mary Cryder, who has done much to further tae interests of the music colony of the Capital. Miss/ Lena Woodrull, a young mezzo soprano of this city, has been meeting with much favor from the congregation of Foundry M. E. Church, where she has been singing in the absence of Mrs. Chunn, who is ill. Miss "voodruff has a voice of beautiful quality and excellent range. She is a fine reader and an ex cellent musician withal. For the past few years she has been studying with Dr, Bischoff and has been heard only in frequently in concert, but her friends and those have attended the services at Foundry will undoubtedly hear more of her this season as her voice and her work will place her in demand for the season's entertainments. Mackenzie Gordon has decided that he prefers choir and concert work to that of comic opera so has retired from the cast of “The Silver Slipper” which is now at the Broadway Theater. The field of comic opera has not the charms of the concert stage when the work requir ed of each is considered. Rehearsals and 2 nightly appearance in costume and make-up do not always tend to make the road of an erstwhile concert singer one of easy travel and Mr. Gordon has evi Gently concluded that a little less of the calcium’s glare will be to his liking. Zelie de Lussan will appear in Wash ington for a single song recital Wednes day afternoon, January 7, at the Colum bia Theater. She will be assisted by An gelo Fronani, pianist. The prima donna has been a popular member of the Grau company for several years, but has con cluded to devote this season to Song re citals owing fo the few cities which figure in the Metropolitan itinerary. tA Mile. de Lussan takes high rank among the well-known singers of this country and Europe. Although a descendant of one of the oldest families of French no bility, and representative of the fourth generation of famous singers, she is an American born woman, having first seen the light of day in New York city. She is a charming combination of Spanish British and German men-of-war, and one of them sunk by fire from a Hotenkiss gun for venturing too near the threaten ing fleet. It is also reported that the allies have been taking soundings there. This is regarded here as a possible in dication of a renewal of the old plan of Germany to obtain this place as a naval station, or a preparation to seize the pearl fisheries as security for in demnuity. This latter phase has been discussed at the State Department, but no opinion has been expressed there whether or not it could be regarded as a violation of the Monroe Doctrine. Investigation of the reports will he quietly made here through the Navy Department. It is understood that in order to pre ‘vent further trouble with regard to this island negotiations are now beginning with Castro to secure to this country its permanent possession. When acquired it will be used as a naval station. Mr. White's Opinion. Emory C. White, a cour'n of Gov. Albert B. White, of West Virginia, and for twenty rears the head of a house which has extensive Interests throughout South America, has just returned to New York, having been with his family in different South American countries steadily for two years. For many years Mr. White has been regarded as an authority on South American affairs. He considers the pres ent situation in Venezuela as ominous in the extreme, He declares Germany's attitude toward Venezuela is part of a carefully laid plan to get a foothold somewhere In South America, and that there is to be no turning back until the Monroe Doctrine has been shattered. PT sn ie

Mr. White says that in 1896 Germany had all of South America carefully mapped, and that her line of action, in the event of hostilities, has been de cided on. olay the re Washington's Leading Credit Store. for v “Cie ar Corner of Seventh and D Streets Northwest. fisher there rroriz I: EEE CT RA TR TET sr v —_ u -_" She has placed Venezuela, he says, in MATTERS OF INTEREST TO WASHINGTON MUSIC LOVERS THE WASHINGTON TIMES. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1002. y ECR TA w—— Gu meu Zz 8 8 Se subtlety, French chic, and American vi vacity. She made her operatic debut in 1886 as Arline in “The Bohemian Girl.” and went to London the following vear, where she was engaged for the season at Covent Garden. She sang thirteen con secutive seasons there, an almost unpre cedented record. In addition to her beautiful voice, ‘which lends itself as readily to dramatic as to coloratura music, Mlle. de Lussan possesses beauty of face and figure, grace, dignity, and charm. Her Washington program will be made up of selections from her long list of operatic roles and songs by French, Eng lish, and Italian composers. Mille. de Lussan has sung in concert many times abroad, but she has never been heard in her native country, except on the oper atic stage. Miss Cornelia Dyas, pianist: Anton Kaspar, violinist, and Wenceslao Ville pando, ‘cellist, will give a joint recital in this city early in January. The three musicians are well known here for the excellent character of their work. Miss Dyas appeared In a recital at the New Willard late last season and created a distinctly favorable impression. Mr. Kaspar is recognized as the Capital's best violinist and Mr. Villopando has been conspicuous in musical circles for several years. The program to be of fered at the coming recital has not been definitely arranged. A H ET 3 DB CC RE OOS TR A A RR A, A special symphonic program has been prepared for the concert by the United States Marine Band at the Barracks at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. One of the chief numbers will be a new compo sition, “Festival March,” by Ernest Lent, of this city. Mr. Lent has won a reputation as a composer and the ac ceptance of his latest work by Mr. San telmann is viewed in the light of am honor. The next concert by the Symphony Or chestra of Washington will be given on the afternoon of January 6 at the Na tional Theater. Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the young Russian pianist, has been engaged as soloist for the concert. The members of the orchestra have already begun rehearsals and are actively work ing on some of the numbers which have been selected. Richard Kay, violinist, of New York, contemplates giving a recital here in January, When he will have the assis( ance of Clifford Alexander Wiley, bari tone. Mr. Kay has been entertaining music lovers in the metropolis with a series of recitals which have proved to be among the interesting musical events of the early season. Mr. Wiley is well known here, where he has a vocal stu dio. His recitals last winter were thor oughly enjoyed and his admirers will be glad to hear him again. In conjunction with its series of sym phony concerts the Philadelphia Orches tra has determined upon a Young Peo ple’s Educational Course, consisting of five lectures and five concerts to be given in Philadelphia. This is one of many movements taken by the manage ment looking toward the establishment of a musical 1uvblic which will give the organiaztion its patronage. The man agement of the Philadelphia Orchestra believes that the American people do not take their music seriously enough and that th2 attendance at important musical events Iz more of a social func tion than anything else. It is the pur pose of the gentlemen who have the di rection of the orchestra in hand to en deavor to create a tate in Philadelphia for better music. The orchestra will assist in {llustrat ing the lectures. The first will be given by W. J. Henderson on “The Orchestra and Its Instruments,’ the second by William F. Apthorp on “Old and Modern Orchestration;” the third by Louis C. Elson on ‘‘“Wagner's Theories and Wag ner's Music;” the fourth by Dr. Hugh A. Clarke professor of music at the University of Pennsylvania, on “Form,” Hl d

hi x: and the fifth by H. F. Krehbiel on “Beethoven.” Z a position where the best settlement she can make is to give Germany a mortgage on the country on which she cannot even pay the interest. Between owning the country by conquest or owning it by an irremovable mortgage, Mr. White can see little difference. The first thing that Mr. White did on his return here last week was to write a letter to President Roosevelt on the situation. Le Enormous Stock of TOYS Auction Prices Ea FRA

Odd Fellows’ Hall, stocked with $20,000 worth of best Toys. Hudson’s Variety Store. Toys in Odd Fellows’ Great Hall, 423 Seventh Street N. W. Tables, Davenports, Mirrors, Pictures, Arm Chairs, Leather WANT IR OF THE TIM:S WILL SELL IT FOR YOU. vou one of them? We sell you better goods at lower prices rer THIS STORE'S GREAT POLICY OF Rs “Monev S a oney Saving N\- las been taken advantage of by thousands. Are

and give you Credit.—— ———0Open evenings until Christmas. Ui UAL cost ov Pn _ ing; $12. and Stov er, $3 95 for 1c White Enameled Bed, ol 2 51 95 for White Enameled Bed: 5150. 5200 and $300 $37. $7. 3 for 3-piece Parlor Suite: cost Complete line of Cooking and Heating Stoves es of every kind. Good Oil Heat $3.95 Fine large Range, BB ———_ —y CARPETS!

3 $37.50 for Quartered Oak Polished Bedroom Suite; cost elsewhere $50.00, gE Q 2 roa: 4 524.50 for Swelled Front Golden Oak Bedroom Suite; cost elsewhere $30.00. Special Bargain Week in Carpets ETI TT T_—_—— and Oriental Rugs. Great offering in oo Rug 1 carpet sizes; 9x12 Br Rug a a a 1.50 Ss Ingrain Carpet, 25¢ up. i Wem nl SE WE for very large Quartered Bk 3s Carpet, 65 i ks $14.50 $32.50 Oak Sideboard, swelled 33 s w for Fine Polished front and polished; cost elsewhere 2

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vases and top rail; eleewhere $6.00 ine Qua »d Oak Parlor 2 nf ane Quartered J Sost else EEE ar 52, 95% Roc ker; cost elsewhere $5.00. $3. 00: for fine Mahogany Finish Rocker; cost elsewhere $7.50. $1.69 For Gold-finished Music Rack; a BY 3 positive 33 value. Na *3 oo —r $1 4 for Prettily Decorated Par- i lor Lamp; cost elsewhere 3 $4 5 f Pretty Mahogany Finish $2.50. 3 The best in Pianos Is the cheapest Of Tay 2 2OERNY i i in the long run. We sell you a Whore Music Cadet; cost 37 else 52 95 Jor Slandgoue Parlor Lamp; $3 9 for Oak Morris Chair, with good one, 10-year guarantee, mahog- v good cushion; cost elsewhere ff any cases— 5 3 a jb§ Roll and Flat Top Desks, suit $6. 93 for a large, Finely Finished J Oak Morris Chair; cost else where $10.00. ible for house or office use. $22.50 ur large Roll Tap Desk; vost elsewhere $30 $10.50 for Handsome Swelled Front Golden Oak Chif fonier; cost else where $15.00. 30 for beautiful 5-piece Parlor J Suite, silk damask cover cost elsewhere $45.00, $10 15 for Massive, Heavy Leg Oak Extension Table; cost elsewhere $15.00. $3 30 for First-class Oak Exten J sion Table; cost elsewhere elsewhere $12.00 95 for Fine 3-plece Suite: cost elsewhere eo 50 $4 15 for Pretty Brass Trimmed, $8.00. White Enameled Crib: cost L1H 50 e Isewhere. $9.75 Ranges. Oil for Pretty Golden Oak Dressing Case, with large shaped plate mirror; cost 59 50 for Fine Box Couch, with best self-opener; cost else where $12.50. elsewhere 314. $3. 5 for Sati Oak Desk, cost else where £5 $1.7 75 for Mahogany Finish Corner J Chai r, damask covering; cost elsewhere 33.00. $4. 935 for pretty Golden Oak Desk, cost elsewhere $7.50 for Mahogany Finish Pedestal; 124] no ND 4 nihil slsewhe ‘or Large, Handsomely Som elsewhere 39. Ho 'ted Oak Frame Couch: $5.00. springs an 'd buttons, fine velour cov ering, cost elsewhere $14.00. $3. he for Velour Covered Couch: B The well-known Demorest Sewir cost elsewhere $5.50. 3 Machine, 10-year guarantee; rs

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WCORD GLAINANTS AGAIN SEEK RELIEE Bill Favored by One Presi dent, Vetoed by Another. SUIT DATES FROM CIVIL WAR Loss to Contractor of the Monitor Etlah Grew Out of the Rapid Change In Prices-—~Revolution in Navy. HRA L ANE EWI VRS eS MA VR WVYVVNZNT gress by representatives of the unfortu nate coniractor, Charles W. McCord, the builder of the light draft monitor Etlah, one of the first of the ironclad vessels to be comstructed by the United States after the famous fight of the Monitor and Merrimac in Hampton Roads. The matter has been considered at al most every session since the Fifty-first Congress and has been favored by one President and vetoed by another. Thus far at the present session a bill provid ing for relief has been introduced and bas just received counsideration by the House Committee on War Claims, which has reported it with a recommendation for favorable action by the House. Loss to Contractor. The loss to the contractor grew out o? the rapid change in prices caused by the close of the civil war. The invention by Ericsson created a revolution in naval construction, and after the duel between the Merrimac and Monitor in Hampton Roads, it was clear that all future war ship building was to be on entirely new lines, Accordingly the Navy Department, in the latter part of 1862 and early in 1863, contracted for twenty light draft moni tors. Knowing that many changes were likely to be made, the new armorclads Baving just been invented, the Navy De partment reserved the right to make changes, the contractor to be paid for &ny extra cost resulting therefrom. McCord secured the contract under these terms for the building of the Etlah in 1863. Owing to delays the vessel was not completed until two years later, in stead of within eight months, as was at first believed possible. So many changes, in fact, were made that the cost of the Yessel when complete was about double the contract price. The result was that the contractor was ruined. Soon afier the vessel was completed he went into bankruptcy. His assets were sold and among them was a claim for the extras on the Etlah. The purchasers of the claim brought suit in the Court of Claims. While ft was pending McCord died, and it was commonly reported that death was caused largely by grief over business losses. i Negative Decision. When the case was heard the United States, as the defendant, produced a receipt which purported to be for $26,652.17 as final payment for all extras. The owners of the claim had no knowiedge of the existence or mean-. ing of the receipt, and McCord having “died it has never yet been explained. The court was of the opinion that there Were certain equities in the case, but in view of the receipt decided against the claimants. Following this decision a bill was in froduced and passed by the Fifty-first Congress providing for the submitting of the claim again to the court and giv ing the court equitable jurisdiction. the bill reached President Harri be returned it without approval and with a message that he did not see any Deed for a retrial in view of there being ho new evidence znd that action by Con gress was the real method for relief. In the second sesgion of the same Congress a bill making a direct appro priztion of $174,445.75 was favorably re. ported to both houses and passed by the Senate. Later the House passed the measure, with slight changes, but the conference committee could not agree. Again in the Fifty-fourth Congress a bill was introduced in both houses, The Sen ate committee reported it favorably, but the Senate bill was not taken up by the House, which inserted an item for the appropriation in the general deficiency pill EY wr ag Te Ye f FAP PPP P0000 0990050009935995920595999299999009599% 99% Vetoed by Cleveland. When this bill reached President Cleveland he vetoed it. Among the items to which he objected was that for the Etlah claim.

Senator Burrows, in a report. replied to the President's arguments for his ¥eto and the bill has been pending in various ways in Congress ever since. The Senate Committee on Claims made seven favorable reports upon the meas ure and the Senate has paesed it no less than five different times. J

In the Fifty-fifth Congress an adverse Yepor:t was made on it by the House Committee on War Claims. Since that time, however, a number of similar cases have been sent to the Court of Claims by Congress with equitable jurisdiction extended and bave heen decided in favor of the cbutractors. In view of this action by the court the House Committee on War Claims has recommended favorable action on the measure by the present Congress. DISTRICT EMPLOYES €C. C. Rogers, the District Disbursing Officer, has completed a new roster of the employes of the municipal govern ment. There are a few less than 5,000 names on the rolls. The lists are for purpeses of reference in connection with the bi-monthly payment of the District rs. Mr. Rogers announced yesterday that he would pay en December 24 the money due on Decemlwr 31, so all can have funds for Christmas. This rule includes the members of the Fire Department, school teachers, and the pensioners of the Police and Fire Departments. Small’s Flowers for Christmas H. Small Sons, Florists, 14th and C sta, 153 Broadway and Waldorf-As Y. American Beauty roses, violets, be, all Christmas floral novelties. Re awe Seo APPOINTED INSPECTOR OF GAS AND METERS Elmer C. Runyan Selected by District Commissioners. Elmer C. Runyan was yesterday ap pointed United States Inspector of Gas and Meters for the District of Colum bia, by President Roosevelt. The ac tion of the President was pursuant to a recommendation by Commissioner Macfarland forwarded to him several days ago. The office of inspector of gas and me ters was established in 1874, and while the duties of the position have to do with local matters alone, the appoint ment remains with the President under the terms of the old law. Mr. Runyan succeeds Dr. S. Calvert Ford, who has held the position since the establishment of the office in 1874. He resigned a few days ago on account of failing health. It is understood that Congress will be asked to pass a law making the in spector of =as and meters an officer uu der the District government, with the appointment vested in the Commis fon ers. The anomaly of having the aspoint ment of a jurely local official in the President is due largely to the fact that this is tL» first time attention has been called to the matter by a vacancy in the position. The inspector of gas and meters is under the personal su pervision of (Commissioner Maefarland, and submits weekly reports to him. Mr. Runyan ig a native of Michigan. He graduated in chemistry at the Uni versity of Michigan, and, =2oming to Washington, took a postgraduate course at the Columbian University, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science. Im mediztely after taking this course he was appointed to a position in the Bu real of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, with which he has now been connected for the past ten years. At present Mr. Runyan is chief of a division in the bureau. Dr. Harvey Wiley. chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, recommended Mr. Runyan for appointment to the new position, speaking in the highest terms of his abilities as a practical chemist. The salary of the office is $2,000 per annum. The board of army officers for the re vision of the small arms firing regula tions, now in session at the War De partment, has recommended to the Rec retary of War that a special class of marksmen be established in the army to be known as “expert riflemen,” who will receive as extra pay $1 a month. J. KARR'S SONS, Hooooveoe POPP PIPPIN NIVIN III (Note the New Store Number, 1225 F iia ee A Specialty With Us— Gift

DIAMONDS and Suggestions:

PRECIUUS. STONE JEWELRY. Besides the Diamonds and The gift intended to he P recious-stone Jow elry w— i made in such a line ean be selected with the utmost we have an immense assort confidence from our coilec- ment of other uniqpe and tion—because we are ex pert judges and reliable retailers. And because, be- ing specialties with us, we carry a most extensive stock of stones and the verv latest designs of setting and mounting. valuable items that make Watches, Gold Jewelry, Silverware, Silver Novelties, There is such a thing as “reasonable” prices for them, as your investigation of our prices will convince You. There's no obligation to buy—but there's a pressing Desk Silver, Toilet Silver, Clocks, Bronzes, Eleetrie Bronzes. ric-a-Brae, Art Goods, most appropriate gifts mvitation extended yon to

measure the opportunities de tint: are” offered here Tor Umbrellas and Fars, supplying the demands of Opera Glasses, the gift-list, Leather Novelties, rs ee Ad The “Safe Jewelry Store” guarantees prices as well as qualities and service. Open Evenings Until Christmas,

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veccios (Candies for the Holdidays. As usual, we are splendidly pre Church pared for the Holiday trade, and our assortment of confections is greater Sunday- Chocolates, Bonbons, Creams Ctr a un andi 13 maine Orders boxes, to mail o express (0 trends. Promptly ctent guamiee tor Filled. ABSOLUTE PURITY. and EARLY ORDERS REQUESTED. “SHE T 99 CORNER E A TENTH F. MARKSMEN FOR ARMY JURY AWARDS RICH COAL LANDS TO LANDER HEIRS Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company Will Appeal. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Dec. 20.—An im poriant verdict was rendered this morn ing by a jury which has been hearing evidence all this week in connection with a suit entered by the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company against the Lanter heirs in which coal lands in Newport township, valued at $150,000, were involved. The evidence went back to the original deeds of title issued in 1709. Judge Ferris yesterday gave a very clear and forcible charge, and this morving the jury came in with this verd et: “We, the jury in the case wherein the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Com pany is plaintiff, and Williamx H. Hines and the Lander heirs are defendants, do find a verdict for the defendants for all the lands in dispute.” An appeal will be taken. MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS Ne

The cruiser Cincinnati, the gunboat Scorpion, and the torpedo hoat Newark, have arrived at San Juan; the battle ships Illinois (flagship of Rear Admiral Crowninshield) and Indiana, and the gunboat Hist, at St. Thomas, and the cruisers Montgomery and Topeka at Ponce. The cruiser Newark has sailed from San Juan for Culebra on her way to Curacan. The torpedo boats Thornton and Biddle have sailed alse from San Juan for Culebra.

mT TTY TY These arrivals and departures are in acordance with the Christmas holiday dis rihution of the war games fleet, made by Admiral Dewey. The armored cruiser New York (flag ship of Rear Admiral Casey) has arrived at Santa Barbara, and the tug Nezinscot at Portsmouth, N. MH. I TI O bells of Christmas, golden And silvery of throat, Your ‘tuneful tidings olden Adown the air let float! To valleys Galileean Beyond the gray-green sea Be wafted your peace-paean, Your elear love harmony! O bells of Christmas, ending Man's doubt and his despair, With your sweet notes ascending Go blended praise and prayer. Sorrow your sound assuages, And joy your peal foretells; To all the opening ages Ring out, O Christmas bells! —Clinton Scollard, in New Orlean Times- Democrat. CHRISTMAS BELLS. THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1902. CHILD FALLS UNDER CAR AND IS BADLY HURT Little Mildred McShea Sustains Serious Injuries.

Mildred, the four-year-old daughter of William McShea, living at 3302 N Street, was seriously injured last night at 7:10 o'clock by falling between the motor car and trailer of train No. 207 on the Capi tal Traction line. Bafore she could be released from her perilous position the combined assistance of a number of traction employes citizens, and police men was required. With her father the little one was on her way to the central portion of the city. They boarded "he cars at Thirty third and M Streets. In passing from gl a gl NN a CS a Le 3 Te SS a EE EE EE EE EE dh Ee es

Lansburgh Bro. We Arc Prepared for A Busy Monday. Pi

A T'HOUSANDS of Christmas shoppers wili doubtless be with us tomorrow. Most remarkable preparations have been Open Late Until Christmas. .ansburgh Bro. made throughout the store. Well-trained, courteous sales people will do their best to make your shopping comfortable and satisfactory. Each of our 52 separate departments offers unprecedented holiday opportunities. We are determined to make a clean sweep of all Christmas merchandise, and to at tain that end, Monday has been set aside as a gala day.

Store Will Remain Open Evenings Until Christmas. Dress Goods and Silks--Very Practical Gifts Abound in This Section TAA AA A A a Ta a ie r Te a d N 3 i! 0 4 CEE RE EE EE ly PN Tew Te From these items a safe and satisfactory choice can be made. As to the prices, if we had to buy the goods today the price =suld be ean o fi siderably higher: $1 Cheviot Homespuns, 59% 66-inch All-Wool Homespun Chev fots, colors dark grays, and blue; usual price, $1.00. Special, 5%. LL $2 Imported Cloth, $1.59 52-inch Imported Broadcloth, 50 shades, including beautiful modes, *rowns, blues, garnets, greens, and blacks; permanent finish. Special, yard, $1.59. v-—. $1.50 Zibeline Cloth, $1.19 52-inch All-wool Zibeline, colors blues, grays, green, garnet, and black; usual price, $1.50. .3pecial, $1.16. TE dE EE EE EE 50c All-wool Plaids, 25c. 38-inch Ali-wool Cheviot and Camel's Halr Plaids; a great va riety of color combinations; some are suitable for children’s dresses, and many make splendid separate skirts. We place sale about 50 pleces, bo the price, instead of 50c, will be, 25C ¥RPE ...vvvassrsinnses Bakanuns A House Coat Or Bath Robe suggests luxury and comfort. It to mve. Special—$5 Men's Wool Smoking Jackets, in dark gray and other de sirable colors; well made and fin Yi

y ished; reversible cloth; sizes 35 to 42 inches; reg- 9) ular value 36; cholce..... M

Handsome Colored Cloth House Coats, with the new long rolled effect, bound with $6. 98 silk cord. Only crs ann Men's Blue Tricot Smoking Jackets; quilted 9 68 lining throughout; only Men's Wool Smoking Jackets; various colors; 48 stylishly made. Only Men's Bath gd Robes, t match; 42 48 good and warm. Only.. with borders to 's a thoughtful thing Blanket Robes, in all new figured effects: bor ders to match; $10 val- 1. 50 MOE, ORIY nich emsns Special lot of 500 fine ly finished for men, and tailored House Coats, in neat effects: finished with sitk frogs—marked $3 G8 BE annie irinn sane ants LJ Regular $5.50 values. Another lot of Men's Ali-wool House Coats, in plain and fancy weaves; neatly 4. trimmed; full cut; only.. Regular $6.50 values. Men's Bath Robes; 93. 50 bordered effects. Only.. Men's All-wool Bath Robes, in plaids and stripes; endless varlety of col- 5 00 ors. Only Women’s Hemstitched Collar and Cuff Sets, in all white and white stitched in black. Regular 50 69¢ value. Speecial.......... All-gilk Stocks, with the new stole effects; all colors, including black and white. 5 Speclal An elegant assortment of Neck Ruffs, with extra long ends, in black and black i $3.25 white. Regular $3.98 ho ue, for The latest effects in Taffeta Silk Stocks, in ail colors, In cluding black and white, 8 98¢ to Neckwear A large assortment of Silk Auto mobile Ties, with hemstitch ed edges and silk turnovers. 5C Regular 75¢ values. Special A beautiful line of Lace Collars made of Point de Venice and Ara bian braid, with the new grape effects. Regular 1 68 $2.25 values. Special..... The latest effect in Peay de Soie and Liberty Siik Stocks, all colors, some with pe By -08C Regular $1. 25 value. Special. Auto Ties in plaids and dots, with silk turnover collars, g selling regularly at $1.98, $1 48 now Christmas Linens A few suggestions gathered from our Linen stoek for gift- giving Table Sets, size 2x2% German Damask Towels, yards; plain white, fine fine quality, knotted fringe; 50¢€ quality, fringed. Special $4. 00 with drawn work border price, set Hemstitched Table Set, Hemstitched German size 2x21 yards; pure 4.98 Damask Napkins; size 18 {inen; per set inches; fine quality; per $2. 00 Fringed Table Cloths, BOBBIE»... 5s mikes sesine size 2x2% yards; plain i 5 white. BASHK .enenesnas Hemstitched Table Irish Damask Tray Cloths, 19C Cloths, wa yards; Ger- 1. size 18x27; pure linen. Each. man linen Bagh. ..ocne German Damesk Towels, German Damask Bureau [od fine quality; hemstitched, 39C Scarf, with sewed fringe; 25C A slze 16x54; fine quality....... IP 420 to 426 Seventh St. SEES 2

one car to the other the child fell be tween them and was dragged about fif teen feet before the cars were stopped. Then it was discovered the child could not be removed until the car could be raised. Private Hess, of the Metropolitan po lice, summoned the street car employes and with them and a number of citizens the girl was rescued. Rather than await the arrival of the ambulance, Policeman Hess teck the child in his arms and hurried to the Georgetown Hospital, where surgical aid was secured. It was ascertained that she had sustained a severe scalp wound and a deep cut on her left cheek. She will recover. The Santa Claus of Flowers has his headquarters at Zuce’s. His floral specimens are perfect—his American Beauties peerless. 1224 F, it $3 English Kersey, $2.39 OTe a SARI" WwWUv SRT Lh seys, colors tans, modes, brown, blues, grays, red, green, and black; steamed gratis. Special, yard, $2.39. 50c Nun's Veiling, 39%¢ 40-inch All-wool Nun's Veiling and Batiste, colors are white, eream, light blue, pink, nile, old rose, helio, light gray, dark gray, old blue, gobelin blue, biscuit, mode, tan, brown, reseda, hunter's green, cardinal, garnet, marine, navy, black, etc. Worth every 39¢ penry of 50c. To go at, yard. $2.25 Waist Patterns, $1.95 3,000 Waist Lengths, comprising such fabrics at all-wool satin chal les, crepe cloth, mohair, Persian stripes, granite stripes; many all creams in jacquard weaves; xlso an abundance of black and white ef fects. These are all fresh, crisp, new goods, and every style a de sirable one; “no job lots.” These sold formerly at $2.25. To go at, for full 3-yard $1 935 Waist -JenBIY soesrnsnnd LANSBURGH BRO. Sg mg ng Ta td, ST eR dE TWO GREAT TERMINALS 10 COST SIXTY MILLIONS Pennsylvania to Build Here and at New York at Same Time. Officials of the Pennsylvania Rail road are confident that the year 1902 will see the construction of both the New York and Washington terminals well ad vanced. The estimated cost of these two projects is $60,000,000, $50 000,000 of which will be spent in New York. The McMillan bill, which provides for the building of the Washington termi nal, and which passed the Senate at the long session, has just passed the House, It now goes back to the Senate for con currence in the amendments offered. President Cassatt is satisfied with the Black for a Xmas Presemt Black Mohair on pai tines; 8 yards, full pat- 6d tern; 38 inches. Special. Black for a Xmas Present Silk Henrietta, silk finish: the i» J finish and dye is perfect; 7 8 yards for a pattern; 64 be A 0 36 Inches. Special Black for a Xmas Present Black All Wool Chev

2 lot; seven yards for a pattern; 28 inches. 7 AR NR A Black for a Xmas Present

i Black All-wool Imported Serge: soft, nice finish; 8 yards for a pattern; 38 7 40) Inches. Special --e GREAT OPPORTUNITIES IN

Women’s Walking Suits and Skirts. f.

A splendid ehanee to purchase viluable and sensible Christmas gifts at much less than regular prices, $32.50, $27.50, $25.00, and $23.50 Women's Walking Suits, $17.95, A) f. i" DA N A Man-tailored; the latest cloths; the latest styles; only one or two of [x a style $19.50 Noriolk Walking Suits, $14.95. In navy blue, long jacket effect, lined with an excellent quality of satin. Sizes 32 to 42. i)

Three Great Skirt Values. i To go on sale at 9 o'clock Monday. None to be sold before that time. $12.50 Black Peau de Soie Silk Skirts, $5.90. Black Peau de Soie Silk Skirt, with percaline drop: 2 clusters of six Py “y

A rows each, accordion plezted ruffles at bottom; headed by quilting of gauze ribbon. There are but eight in this lot. i £13.50 Silk Taffeta Skirt, 38.75 Eleven All-silk Taffeta Skirts, with perecaline drop, beautifully trim med with silk braid, forming panel effect, graduated box pleat at bot PA we: $5.98 and $6.98 Dress Skirts, $4.83. IN Your selection of any Dress Skirt in our stock that sells regularly at $5.98 and $6.98 for $4.85. i A Holiday Gloves. Gloves have a popularity peculiarly their own with gift-givers—and they are always most aceeptable to the recipient. We are showing a splendid variety of the right sort at the right priee. Women's Suede and Fownes™ Gloves for Women. in all Glace Kid Gloves, in all the newest shades, with a NN yi FE shades. Special “Paris point” emhroid Men's Lined and Unlin- BEY. TOP icici rnntie A RNG mat aad A a A alg J abs J)

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KING ALFONSO WINS BOTH PRESTIGE AND POPULARITY His Recent Action in Cabi net Crisis Wins People’s Approbation. What Advent of First Con= servative Cabinet Involves to Spanish Court. nection with the recent ministerial crisis at Madrid astonished people both at home and abroad by the precocity which it indicated, and has served to increase both his prestige and his popu larity. For when Senor Sagasta tender ed the resignation of his Liberal ad ministration at the beginning of Novem ber, in consequence of irreconcilable dif ferences among his colleagues, the youthful momnarch, who will not be seventeen until next May, declined to call the Conservatives into council, or to intrust them in the formation of a cabinet without a defeat of the Liberal, that is to say, the ministerial, party in parliament. Ever since the time when Spain was endowed with a constitutional form of government the invariable practice has been for the changes of the cabinet to be made at Madrid without any regard to the majority in the chamber of depu ties. Administrations were dismissed by the crown, or else resigned of their own accord, either when they had ceased to enjoy the confidence and good-will of the monarch, or else when by di visions among themselves they had rendered further co-operation with one another in an administration a matter of impossibility. When a cabinet went out of office the sovereign would ecail on one of the leaders of the opposi tion to form an administration, in different to the fact that he had no legislative majority in the house. That was a mere trifle for subsequent ar rangement. For as soon as the new premier had formred his ministry he secured from the throne a decree dis solving the cortes. Thereupon he would at once proceed to fill all the offices, especially those in the provinces, with his friends and adherents, and as soon as this was accomplished the general election would take place, the new ap pointees maneuvering the latter in such a fashion as te return an overwhelm ing ministerial majority. That has been the invariable custom. The parliamentary majority has always been manufactured after the formation of the cabinet by artificial means in erder to satisfy the needs of the admin $stration instead of the latter being or ganized to conform with the require ments and views of the parliameatary majority in existence at the time of its being intrusted with office. It is this knowledge and assurance that the par. liamentary polis would always show an overwhelming majority for the adminis tration that happened to be in power when the general election took place that has exercised such a blighting in fluence upon popular government ix Spain, for it has served to keep a very large and important element of the population from casting its ballets on the ground that no matter how one voted the government would always win. King Alfonso is endeavoring to re form these methods, and the Spanish people at large are grateful to him for the determined fight he has made to ac complish the end he had in view. For an entire month he held out, compelling Sagasta to remain at the head of affairs until at length the aged premier sus tained a defeat in the cortes, when the monarch accepted his resignation and summoned the Conservatives to power, this being, I believe, the first instance in Spanish history of a change of cabinet following a ministerial defeat in the cortes, The King’s Reasons. There were other reasons why the King was anxious to keep the Liberals and especially Senor Sagasta, at the helm. He knew that if he intrusted the forma tion of a cabinet to the Conservatives it would involve a general election, which in the present disturbed condition of the kingdom is likely to lead to fresh popu lar outbreaks and troubles. The last general election took place only a year ago, and gave rise to rioting of a mor: or less sanguinary character throughout the kingdom, and Don Alfonso was anxious to preserve the country from be ing subjected to another such trial. He, therefore, urged Senor Sagasta to en deavor even at the cost of concessions made to his foes to reconstruct a Liberal cabinet, and the old premier, who had been Queen Christina's principal men tor during her regency, and to whom the young King had been bound by special ties of affection and regard since his earliest childhood, made every possible effort to satisfy his monarch's wishes, actually going to the length of offering a portfolio to the dissident Conservative leader, Romero Robledo. The latter's pretensions, however, were s0 extreme, especially with regard to patronage, that the negotiations came tc naught, and Sagasta, after having ex. cited the suspicion and ill-will of his own followers by offering concession: to the extreme radicals, and the denun clations of the latter by his attempts to bring Conservatives into his adminis. tration, managed to form a cabinet tha inspired such universal lack of confi dence that it was defeated last week in the cortes through the refusal of large body of the Liberal party to vote in its favor.

Silvelas was thereupon summoned to the palace, and has now formed a Conserva tive administration, the first since King Alfonso has attained his majority and h- A

J of Santiago, the minister of war. More over the cortes has been dissolved, and a new general election ordered, which will take place about next April, which will give time to the new administra tion to so reorganize the entire system of provincial government as to assure an overwhelming Conservative majority at the polls. Senor Silvelas’ Record. Senor Silvelas, fortunately for the King is one of the most honored and ster!isn,: figures in the pelitical life of Spain. He has much in common with the French ex-Premier Waldeck-Rousseau, and like the latter has been the leader of the bar of his country, sacrificing the larges: and most lucrative practice in Spain when he accepted the premiership short ly after the war with this country. He severed his connection witl the legal profession on that oceasion, not only for the period that he was to remain ir office, but also for the subsequent por tion of his career, on grounds which ‘afford a remarkable illustration of his ‘high-mindedness and integrity. The reason which he gave for leaving the bar ‘was that the custom of ex-premiers anc ex-cabinet ministers figuring as counsel in court is not calculated to promote the impartiality of judges or to inspire popular confidence in the latter's striet sense of justice, All over the continent of Rurope the judges are subordinate to the govern ment, and depend upon the premier and upon the minister of justice for their promotion and distinctions of one kind and another. Now a judge knov ing this, and finding among the counsc! in his court a lawyer who has already once held the office of cabinet mini-ter, and who is likely to become a cabiuet min ister again, will naturally be tempted to earn the latter's good-will hy grant ing decisivis iu favor of the cause he represents. At any rate any judgment that the bench might deliver in favor of the cause would be exposed to the pS

MPORTER'S odd dozens— his remaining holiday stock of handkerchiefs-— bought and offered at 33 per cent less than regular quotations. On sale tomor row morning on special tables as follows: I Four for 50c. A monster table full at Eleventh Street entrance. None worth less than 18¢ each, many worth more, Choice for 13e¢ each, or 50¢ for four m Christmas box. Three for 50c. Enter hy G Street door and turn sharp to your right—for this table full of 25¢ to 35¢ values, at 18¢ each, or H0e for three in box suitable for presentation. Three for $1. None of them intended to retail at less than 50¢; some are worth more, Choice for 35e, or three in box for $1. In main aisle, facing (G Street entrance. Two for $1. The judge of fine Handkerchiefs will recognize best of THe¢ Handker chiefs, at only 50c¢ each, or $1 for two in attractive box. Main aisle. Two for $1.48 Those who best know what a #1 Handkerehief should be will best ap preciate these. Only 75¢ each, or two n box, for £1.48. Two for $1.78 The French Handkerchiefs milady of fashion would not be without. They are reckoned worth £1.25. These at Re each, or £1.78 for two. Main aisle. THE PALAIS ROYAL A. Lisner, G and lith Streets. THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1902. suspicion of partiality. Senor Silvelas’ action created an immense amount of discussion at the time, but was warmly commended, both at home and abroad, as the setting of a singularly high standard of honor in political life. His attitude in this, however, is in keeping with the remainder of his career. He, as well as Senor Villaverdr, to whom he has now Intrusted the treasury de nartment, preferred to resign their port folios in the Conservative cabinet of the late Canovas del Castillo, ten years ago, rather than to be parties to the policy of Don Romero Robledo, then minister of justice, In hushing up the scandals in connection with the extraor dinary corruption and dishonesty of the municipality of Madrid, notably of the then mayor and political boss, Senor Bosch, an intimate friend and political associate of Robledo. A Plot Recalled. On yet another occasion when a move ment was organized by Robledo and certain Conservative ministers to trans fer the regency from the young King's mother to his aunt, the Infanta Isabella, on the ground that Christina was a foreigner, and the princess entitled to it as the nearest of the grown up Spanish born relatives of the King, Silvelas declined to have anything to do with the plot, warned the Queen of its existence, and brought the whole affair to naught. In fact, his name throughout the length and breadth of Spain Is synonymous with everything that is honorable and loyal, and as ‘such he commands the respect of all parties, even of his foes, chief among whem Is, of course, Romero Robledo, the per sonification of all that Is most corrupt in Spanish politics. Silvelas, while he can be very elo quent, is as a rule rather cold, concise, and sober of speech. His manner, though courteous, conveys an impression of re serve, and his distaste for everything that is theatrical and showy is most pro 177 ot

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A) nounced. Thoroughly a master of him self he Is in consequence thereof well qualified to act as the master of others, and while Ms policy is likely to prove of a reactionary character, it will at any rate be one of action. For he is altogether opposed to Sagasta's methods of “laisser aller,”” of letting things slide until they settle themselves, of compromise and or conciliation at all cost. According to him the reins of government must be kept well in hand, and the dominant note of his administra tion will be “its vigor. Change for Weal or Woe. While the helm of the Spanish ship of state is now in the hands of a pilot possessed of a much firmer grasp and of more decision of character than easy-going old Sagasta, the very per scnification of the Spanish “manana.” it remains to be seen whether the change will be for the weal or for the woe of the Iberian kingdom, In the first place the administration feels that the political syrapathies of the King and of his mother are rather with the Liberals than with the Conservatives. At least that is the popular inference drawn from Don Alfonso’s manifest re Jluctance to part with Sagasta. Then, too, the presence of a Tory cabinet in power will have the affect of remov ing from the ultra-radical and republi can wing of the Liberal party all that restraint which had been imposed upon its anti-dynastic aspirations by the fact that the Liberals were in office and Sagasta at the head of affairs. In Cata lonia especially the republican move ment and the home rule agitation are certain to become more acute than heretofore since the people of this, the manufacturing sad industrial province par exlcellence, realize that they have less to hope ir the way of concessions from Silvelas thaa from Sagasta, and that they are certain to be treated with greater rigor and held in check with a far sterner hand. The entire anti-clerical element will &lso be arrayed against the government, that anti-clerical element which styles itself the Nationa! Union, and in defer ence to the demands of which the Sagas ta government enacted last summer that sweeping decree for the regulation of re OY ne 2g ligious schools and religious education, a blow, in fact, at the religious orders of the kingdom. The decree was signed. But inasmuch as Silvelas and the Con servativeg bitterly opposed it in the cortes, it is doubtful whether, now that they are in office, they will apply the Suppression of Clergy. Then there is the question of the wholesale suppression of archbishoprics and bishoprics, on the score of economy, and the taxation of the religious orders, to which the late government stood com mitted in deference to popular clamor, but to which the present administration has expressed itself as opposed. ae a I EE at a a TT a a TI I Te I a Those are but a few of the popular is sues, which are certain to develop at a very early stage into sources of popular disturbances and risings against the gOV ernment, and possibly also against the throne. The sentiment at the present moment in Spain is overwhelmingly in favor of administraive and economic re form, of progress, of decentraliza tion—in one word, of liberalism. And it is a Conservative government that is In power for no other reason than that the Liberals are so divided among themselves, so rent asunder into rival factions, as to render their continuance in office for the moment impossible. Add to these elements of discordance, Romero Robledo and his fellow dissident Con servatives, who openly avow their pref erence for their party, such as it is, to the dynasty, and who are bitterly op posed to Silvelas: and General Weyler, who now that he has lost the portfolio of war feels that he has missed his chance of becoming a military dictator and is ripe for mischief, and you find that the outlook in Spain is singularly a EE anh ait El Se EE a at a Ee I i i i stormy and threatening, both for the new cabinet and for the young King. EX-ATTACHE REFUND DUTY ON COAT A measure relative to the coal prob lem has been introduced in the House The bill is by Representative Hill of Cennecticut, and provides that there shall be allowed and paid. under such regulations ag the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, on all coal of every kind and form imported into any port on the Atlantic Coast a drawback LE a ann I of the import duties paid, to and includ ing the 30th day of June, 1903. RE a a tT TR S— UNE Tl aS GS p ET The Rover Boys at School T MM PHA Dot 4 WY 7 ed J)

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GUARDSMEN BUSY WITH RIFLE PRACTICE 10 ———————_—— Keen Rivairy Exists in the Different Battalions. CARMODY PRIZE AT STAKE Police Confiden: of Making a Good Showing In Coming Contest—Cav alry Talk Dying Out airy 1aix vying vutl With the exception of the regular rifle practice in the armory over Center Mar ket, there was nothing in National Guard circles last week to attract more than passing atiention from the guardsmen. Much rivalry exists in the various pa‘ talions. As a result several matches have been arranged. Gun talk is about the only thing that engages the attention of the citizen-soldiers. The mimters cf the two regiments are more enthusiastic over rifle practice than any other dtuies they have to perform The police-guardsmen’s revolver matches have given impetus to tne sport, but this is not the only good derived The guardsmen and the police have gone at it with both hands. Never before has so much preliminary practice been dono. The police by their recent showing against the citizen-soldiers demonstrated that they could, with a little practice, make just as high scores as the militia men, whe are supposed to make accurate ghooting, both in the gallery and on the ficld, their highest ambition. Officials Working Hard. parr The officials of both organizations are doing everything in their power 1o further the project and offer all the en couragement they can to the men, so they will attain skill with firearms both large and small. The Second Regiment won a decisive victory over the First Regiment in the marksmenship contest in the gallery last Monday night. The winners made the high score of 648, while their opponents had only 597. The scores were not high, owing to the fact that factory ammuni tion, issued by the Government, was used. The powder was found to be too powerful for indcor work, and conse quently did not prove to be as interesting or exciting as was expected.

The following is the line-up and the scores. Sécond Regiment. Major W. E. Harvey, 40; Capt. Sheri dan Ferree, 42, Privete A. G. Richmond, 42; Capt. Alexander Summers, 44; Lieut. G. P. Phillips, 40; Private William Kuhn, 41; Private R. S. Williams, 39; Sergt. J. S, Coombs, 44; Sergi. W. M. Farrow, 45, Sergt. C. E. Groome, 43: Private C. A. Russell, 35; Sergt. John O'Connell, 41; Private G. P. Wathen, 43; Capt. C. R. Sefgel, 36; Lieut. L. E. Tait, 31; Sergt. H. E. Burton, 54: total, 648. a a OF a

First Regiment. Lieut. F. H. Heidenreich, 41; Private D. E. Langley, 44; Capt. A. B. White, 37; Sergt. C. R. Sherwood, 36; Private J. C. Gaither, 238; Private W. B. Sullivan, 32; Lieut. H. B. Holfield, 44; Sergt. J. B. Baker, 30; Sergt. Ralph Alderman, 36; Private Keeler, 36; Major L. H. Reichel derfer, 40; Lieut. M. P. Brittain, 30. Pri vate W. C. Sims, 36; Private C. C. Dyer, 3¢; Private W, B. Lyda, 38; Private C. L. Bode, 49; total, 597. “oN “J Ea Owes i 4 Major James E. Bell, inspector general of rifle pmctice, and Major Gilfoy and Captain Hale, United States Army, both of whom are members of the army board which is now engaged in revising the small #rm firivg regulations, were among the most interested spectators. They fol lowed closely the work of the two teams. ys

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tS SUPA APP oe i————, The board of army officers continues its experir:ents at the Ordway Range. Major Bell has accompanied the officers to the practice grounds several times, and has Htiended every courtesy. The board will a kant a a a a]

its report to the Secreta f Wi within a few weeks. is os There nas been a good deal of talk among some of the guardsmen about the organization of a cavalry troop. So far interest has lagged in the matter. Al. though there 3 aise a number of ex pert horsemen in guard the project In likely to fall through. rst Lieut. Roy B. Hayes, Engineer Corps, hus tendered his resignation, be cause of his leaving the city. The resig Ty Tm me vv TREE RIGGS BANK BOWLERS WIN FROM LOAN AND TRUST The Riggs Bank bowlers defeated the Washington Loan and Trust team last night on the Palace alleys, winning the first two games of the set. Both sides bowled far below the standard in the Bankers’ League. a. m— Harrison, of Riggs, was high man. with 580, while his 209 was best single. Taylor, of the losers, was next high man, with 186 average, and his 200 was next best single. HAA SEE a Riggs. 1st. H. H. Flather...... 197 W. J. Flather...... 126 ‘Worthington 156 5 i Karrison 178 Totals anes B16 W. L. Trust. 1st, b Hatnapd: ...o.nusx- 156 ig AR ER IR SA 127 El Browning 157 RUVIOR sans ss rene 176 i Totals 753 2d. 145 118 104 178 209 4 24. 36 145 133 129 190 43 3d. 152 147 163 163 753 3d. 170 mn 142 170 260 R43 2.389 EASY FOR WASHINGTON. k Last night the Washington Light In. fantry basketbali team defeated a picked team from Baltimcre by the score of 3 B to 4. The game was played in the Wash ‘ngtoms Adghs Infantry Hall MATTERS OF INTEREST TO LOCAL ATHLETES What Is Going on in Various Organ zations, and Future Events in Which They Will Compete. With all the business pertaining to the field sports of the various big col leges cleaned up, the ath! lic associa tions of the colleges are .aking up the matter of {uture rules governing eligi bility, agreements as to dates, and t} formation of new compacts, The most important under these heads are those in which Yale and larvard ar: interested, pring the coming week meeting of representatives of each wi be held and from what can be learnes in an unofficial way it is proposed to work out a new set of rules that will be iden {ical for both universities, doing away with a great source of disagreement due to the present dissimilar regulations. If this is accomplished Yale and Har vard will next year mee: on an entirely new basis, each university agreeing to test the candidates for its teams on ex actly the same rules concerning eligi ‘bility instead of, as formerly, deciding judividual cases which have come up un der varying rules. In spite of the different conditions ex isting at Yale and Harvard i 1s believed that it will be entirely possible to draft a set of eligibility regulations that will be perfectly satisfactory to both uni versities. Should this be done, it is be lieved by both sides that the future would promise most amicable relations on eligibility questions, New Eligibility Eu es. While it is not possible to state that it can be accomplished, there is a wellde fined movement on foot just now among Yale and Harvard alumni to radically change the eligibility rules of both in stitutions by limiting the candidates for the various varsity teams to students who are bona fide candidates for their first college or professional school de gree. For Yale and Harvard to take this radical move would be in the minds of many graduates a long step ahead for American college athletics. Under the present system it has become more and more evident that a real danger lies in the increasing number of noted athletes from smaller colleges who come to one or other of the large universi ties to continue their athletic careers in the professional schools. The result of this has been that sev eral athletic teams, notably football elevens, at all of the large universities in recent years, have drawn to a large extent on graduates of Western colleges

for their star men to the exclusion of undergraduates in their own institu tions. This has not only made it more and more difficult for bona fide first d« gree students to make their universit. teams, but it has brought what many alumni consider to be a most unfortu nate element into university athletics. Princeton and Pennsylvania. While Yale and Harvard are making efforts to more strongly than ever ce ment their athletic relations, other uni versities seem to be on the point of breaking off theirs or are making little or no effort to increase thei- friendly relations or bring about a renewal of them. Notable among the latter class are Princeton and Pennsylvania. With the exception of gymnastic ex hibitions, Pennsylvania and Princeton have not met in dual athletic contests since the memorable football game at Trenton in 1894. The two universities have never had a dual meeting in track athletics, For some time rumors have been afloat to the effect that efforts would be made to again bring these universities to gether in athletic competition, but it is stated that at a meeting of the Prince ton Club; held in Philadelphia last week, a resolution to bring sbout this happy result was defeated. It was proposed that the football game be played in the fall of 1903, the baseball game or games in 1904 and the dual track sports in 1903 or 1904. It is said that the resolution was defeated by a close vote, after a discussion lasi ing three hours. A director of the “Red and Blue’ Ath letic Association is reported to have said: “If Pennsylvania wants to renew ath letic relations with Princeton the ne gotiations will be conducted between the university athletic committee of Penn sylvania and the faculty athletic com mittee of Princeton. There have as yet been mo communications between these two bodies on this subject.” Interest in Basketball. The, game known as “basketball” has grown so popular all over the country that it has been included in the list of athletic competitions of all the big col leges, and it is as much of a feature with them in the indoor season as football is ‘in eld sports and athletic clubs and Y. The, game known as “basketball” has grown so popular all over the country that it has been included in the list of athletic competitions of all the big col leges, and it is as much of a feature with them in the indoor season as football is in field sports, and athletic clubs and Y. M. C. A. organizations no longer have a monopoly in this line of athleties. Regular schedules are now made out just as they are for football ana base ball and the lines are drawn just as tightly in this sport between the big and little colleges as they are in the older lines of sport. The Cornell schedule just issued calls for sixteen games and includes contests with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Celum bia, and the rest with the smaller col leges. Lafayette College will play here on December 26 and 27 with the Light Infantry team, and Yale may make a visit here next month. The gsemi-monthly contests for the all around athletic championship of the Y. M. C. A. are creating an unusual amount of interest this season not only among the members and contestants, but among followers of athletics generally. Six teams are competing this season for the honor of holding the trophy shield and to date Captain Applegate's team leads with 1,041 points to its credit. Captain Spaulding’s team is next with 954 and Richardson's men have earned 91461 points. The others are Captain Shear's team, 796; Bopp's, 761%; I'ewkes', #33, and De Reinner's. 483% Standing of Teams and Individuals Last week's contests included running high jump, long ladder climb, rear vault, left and right on parallel bars. The points earned in these were as fol 1 wre we Captain A Ch VR a Captain Spau SB DORM. .connnrnbecnnanns Captain Bhear's team....................... Captain Bopp's team. ARBRE ARR. Captain Richardson's Lely, PRA J Captain Fewkes' team............... a Athletics at Y. M. C. A. THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1902, The individual totals earned to date Holiday Entertainments. As usual the association will enter tain its members and friends during the hoiidays with a series of contests and other athletic features. Among the games scheduled are those with the Baltimore Central Y. M. C. A. Wilmington Y. M. C, A., and Maryland Agricultural College. One of the most attractive games is the ene scheduled ror December 27 with West Branch Y. M. C. A. of Baltimore. On next Friday night will be held the usua! semi-monthly all-around contests, and admirers of the sport are invited to attend Morton Cadet Teams. The great improvement in the playing of the basketball team representing the Morton Cadets is the talk of the local league and followers of the sport gen erally. To play itself into a tie for first place with the Corcorans, the champions of the lec gue, should have been honor enough, but to play their rivals aimost 0 a standstill last week filled the Mortons’ cup of joy to overflowing. Hughes is playing a fast forward, and with Richards to aid it is hard for the other side to goal. Rice has developed into a clever center, and is doing 1ast work. He is generally accurate in his tossing. The McQueen brothers as “backs” work well together, and their goaling from field plays is a feature of the games in which they play. Baum, Yoder, and Curran are clever enough to substitute either at “forward” or “back.” The last game between the Mortons and Corcorans was entirely too rough to make it possible to get a line on their relative merits, but, judging from the work against other teams, the Mortons are fast enough to make them a strong factor in the league race. Saengerbund Bowlers, The team representing the Washington Saengerbund has demonstrated in its re cent games that it is a factor in the District Bowling League race. The fact that it has a lot of seasoned players who have team work down fine is of great assistance, and for the most part their individual work is of the steady sort. Burdine is keeping up his good work and closed the first quarter of the league schedule with 165.13 average for fifteen games. Laue has net done so well in individual work, he having bowled only 161.6 average, at least fifteen points be low his standard. Scheuerman is an other of the old stand-bys who is doing good work for his team. Miller finigh ed third in the averages with 177.8, and is a decided addition to the team. He is a strong bowler and his hard drives are always good for a big toppling of pins. Bruegger bowls at anchor, and his work has been long and faverably known te local leagues. Railway Relief League. The teams composing the Railway Re lief Association League are showing de cided improvement all along the line, and while none of the bowlers is put ting up remarkably high scores, tha bowling is of the consistent sort which will bring results later on. At present the team representing the Four-and-a-half Street division of the big system is in the lead with a fair mar gin. Last Wednesday it bowled itself out of a tie with the Officers, and it wii! have to bowl hard to keep out of the way of the latter, The team is composed of Wilson, Coo ley, McIntyre, Loveless,. and Garber. Of these McIntyre and Garber are the only oneg entiti*d to a place in last week's list of the ten high bowlers.” The for mer bowled an average of 155.13, and hag record of best high single at 210, uné Garber had 150.6 average. The Officers team has on it several strong players who are nearly alwave good for good totals. The team conclsts of Ham, Fuller, Moffet, Lee, and Brown. The latter can always be counted on to roll up good singles and his totals ma terially help the team in its average. Light Infantry Team. The Infaniry made a good showing against the crack All Baltimores last night, and they hope to repeat the trick next Friday and Saturday nights, when they meet the Lafayette College team and later on Lehigh, and probably Yale. Next month the big team from Atlantic City, every man of which’is a star in hia position, will be here for a series of games with Captain Shreve's men and interesting contests are expected. NEGROES ORGANIZE A BASEBALL LEAGUE Washington To Be Part of the Circuit With Baltimore and Other South ern Cities. Whether Tom Loftus will manage the Washington American League team or “Plunger” Delehanty remain here is not of the slightest interest to the hundreds of negro baseball fans in this city. They have something on their minds which is more interesting by far than the con sideration of these things. RL Washington is to have a negro profes gional baseball team, and although the players will not receive any such prince ly salaries as Del has been promised, they will be paid more money than they would get if they accepted a position as porter of a Pullman car. A meeting of the Southern magnates was held in Baltimore last night. Wash ington, Norfolk, Va. Lynchburg, Va.. Charlottesville, Va., Portsmouth, Va. and Baltimore were represented. Each of these cities will have a team in the Negro Southern League. The officers were elected last night, and the business of the league will begin the first of next week. The officers are: J. L Jordan, Baltimore, president; J. F. Lands, Neor folk, vice president, and James Barber, Norfolk, secretary and treasurer. John E. Phiefer, of Charlotte, N. and one of the best negro professional ball players in the South, was chosen as manager and captain of the Washingion Club. It is expected that the tearm will make a splendid showing under his management, HIRST AMERICAN HENLEY ON SCHUYLKILL RIVER Initial Regatta To Be Held at Phila delphia July 3. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20.—The first American Henley will be held on the Schuylkill River July 3 under the au epices of the American Rowing Associa tion. This was decided at the meeting cf the board of stewards of the associa tion held in New York about two weeks ago, and announced last night for the first time. This regatta will furnish the first op portunity for college and amateur oars men from all parts of the country to meet and decide the championship of America. The competition wili not be restricted to colleke crews, but will be open to all amateurs. There will be races for eights, fours, doubles, and singles. The usual classification of seniors and juniors will not be adhered to. It is the intention of the committee to. have a challenge cup for each event, but the winner, besides having his name inscribed on it, will re ceive no prize but a medal or a pewter mug. This is done to make the compe tition simply for the sake of the sport. SULLIVAN'S MANAGER IN ANGRY FRAME OF MIND Ben Harris Declares All Is Over and That John L. Must Help Himself. Ben Harris, of New York, manager of John L. Sullivan, expresses himself as follows concerning the ex-champion: “I caught him in New York a few weeks ago, a bum, and took him up, got him his monologue, and booked him through the country to California, pay ing him the biggest sal.ry given any man in the monologue line in the world. He was a bum at the time and was on bis uppers. Tuesday was pay day with him and the big fellow got his $500 to the dot. I am willing to bet that he hasn't a cent of it now. “We were all ready for him to try to make a disturbance at the theater, bu* he knew it, and skipped the minute his act was called off. Now he is a: large without a friend in the city. Me will die a bum and will be buried in a pau per's grave, “From the way I feel now, if 10 cents would save him from instant death, I don’t believe he could have it from me. “I don’t know how he got started on this jag. As I understand, though, he met a couple of fellows who wanted him to drink with them. He wouldn't do it, but they insisted, ‘just for old time's sake, you know,” and when John got the first taste of liquor it was all off. “I have given him up. I will tell him that there will be no more dealings be tween us. “I have been sending telegrams all over the United States, canceling the engagements that I had made for Sulli van, and I guess that this is the old man's last chance.” FIRE CAUSED ALARM Persons passing the White House last night were somewhat startled at a huge bonfire which was burning brightly in the grounds not far from the mansion. Some even grew alarmed, fearing for the safety of the historic structure. The fire was caused by burning debris col lected by the contractors who have been working on the building ar? was carefully watched by several men until] extinenished. Acres of TOYS

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Thirty-two Fearless Riders Follow the Pack. The Chevy Chase Hounds met yes terday afternoon at Brightwood, where thirty-two riders were present at the start, in additicn to a number in traps, The cast took place nearly a mile north of Brightwood, just east of the Seventh ‘Street Road, near the Shepherd farm, and the run vas made northwest through Rock Creek Park to the places of Blair Lee and Montgomery Blair, A A a a a a I a a a thence through Rock Creek. Park, aad the Wise farm, the Cummings farm, and then west through the Williams farm, and the Chevy Chase Land Company's grounds, and finished opposite the Chevy Chase Club, the jast jump being into the road opposite the ciub house. The run was short, in all, about seven miles, The going was extremely sticky and heavy, owing to the recent rains, but the new pack set an unusually fast pace, which severely tried the stamipa of all the hunters. Among the strangers was Mr. Junks, the deputy master of the Ottwensia Hunt Club, who rode very nard, and with the utmost fearlessness over the highest panels, and Fred Huldekoper was out for the first time since his ac cident. There were no mishaps beyond one slight fall. Among those who followed ‘vere Miss Newlands, on Geneseo; Francis New lands, on Rodger; Miss Rowland, on Rooster; Miss Elkins, on Virginia; Mrs. Cowelland Smith, on ister; Clarence Moore, M. F. H., on Jorricks; Mr. Junks, deputy M. F. H. of the new Ottwensia Hunt Club, on Lord Craven; Courtland Smith, M. F. H., of the Cam eron Run Hunt Club, on Chapple Lee; Gist Blair, on Maryland; Dr. Snyder, on Brighteyes; Mr. Knox, on the Lamb; Fred Huidekoper, on Kalorama; Regi nald Huidekoper, on Pontiac; the Dan ish minister, Mr. Brun, on Categat: the Swedish minister, Baron Grip, oa Norseman; Mr. Huss, on Seabright; Charles Johnston, on Red Gaenttel; Chester Kerr, on Le Moon. The hunts man, Robert Curran, was mounted on Masterpiece, and dhe whip on Her Grace. Y HERBERT WINS FROM GRANT. George Herbert threw “Jimmie” Grant at the Empire Theater last night in four minutes by a half-nelson. Tuesday night Frank Huseman, a local lad, will en deaveor to throw “Kid” Sullivan, another local boy, in thirty minutes. DEE EE EE EL EL EL EE Eat ah BL Ll EEL Et Et et SLL EL a et hal Sl hs at hl A al bal A nt i bal eb ial Sal DEL et ait SEL Sl St ob Del I 0

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SENATOR KENNA ONCE TRAVELED WITH GIAGUS Made Political Speeches in the Big Tent HOW HE HELD SPECTATORS

v GC By Agreement With Robinson, Animals Were Not Fed Until After His Address. A800 ater St iialor Joan rn. Aaa s statue reminds me of how that distin guished man first became known politi cally,” remarked a well-known Senator from West Virginia as he passed through the “Hall of Fame" the other day at the Capitol. “How is that, Senator?” “Well, it was back in the eariv scven ties. Kenna then was a beardless young attorney, living in Charleston, W. Va. He bad just hung out hs clingle, and 1 doubt if he possessed a single client. Ex-Congressman Romeo H. Freer. now attorney general of West Virginie, had an office across the hall from Kenna, don’t think he had one more client than his brother in the profession. Fight For State Capiial. “The two became warm friends guick ly, for they had lots of time to visit each other, At the time there was a hot fight on between Wheeling and Charleston as to the location of the State capital. Wheeling possessed that honor, and Charleston wanted to wrest it from her rival. The question was to be decided at the next meeting of the State Legislature, so both cities en tered into the campaign on that issue alone. x 3 oY “Speakers were sent out through the State. Kenna and Freer not being busy, the citizens of Charleston hired them to make a joint canvass of the lower portion of the St.te. When abeut to start, John Robinson's circus arrived, At that time it traveled overland, and, by the way, it was one of the first cir cuses to enter the State,

“Anxious to have big crowds, the thought ‘struck Kenna that it would be a good scheme to travel with the cir cus and address the crowds at each point of exhibition. A conference was held and a special committee was sent (5 Cincinnati to make an agreement with the management of the show. For $1,000 Robinson agreed to give the speakers the use of the tent each afternoon for an hour for three weeks, and not to feed the animals until the speaking was over Joined the Circus. “i “Kenna and Freer joined the circus at Huntington. Of course their meetings were largely attended, for every persan wanted to see the animals fed. I won vouch as to the number of animals, but it is said the menagerie consisted of a black bear, a lion, a tiger, and two camels. The young lawyers were ora tors, however, and the people were tar tied away with their appeals for Charles ton as the proper site for the capital. lee ana a a EE a Er “Of course, the speakers had to make the best of the trip, and as no traveling accommodations had been provided, they slept in the band wagon under a lot of canvas. They were young and healthy hcwever, and enjoyed the novelty of the trip. Neither was a miilionaire and neither possessed but the suit of clothes he wore on th~ trip. “One night, the show was going from Logan Court House to Madison. The road was over three mountains. Wher the circus started that night the weather was perfect. Kenua and Freer crawlec under the canvas and were soon fas asleep. They had traveled about ter miles when a heavy rain fell. The road was clay, and soon became almost i able because of the lon; train of horses and wagons. Obeyed the Driver. 7 fe “Both young men were unmindful o the elements until they were rudel; awakened by the driver of their wagon who summarily ordered them to awake and get out and push. They objected but the atmosphere became sulphurous and they acceded to his demand. Wit a longing look at their best clothes the two climbed out and dropped dow, into the mud.

a J af 3 “At one step they were in the mire uj —_— 1 BE \Y bo WANT COLUMNS GG THE TIMES WILL GET IT FOR You. AN APPROPRIATE Aas GIFT i x 1 —one which would be most appre ciated by the Women —ig the time tried and ever-reliable wy’ White Sewing Machine Lewis Baar,| 927 F St. N. W. p= WEY ead bl 1} 7 wok, al x li 'Prione Main 2683. Be i to their knees. he slipping horses tugging at the heavy load, threw chunks of red mire all over the ‘orators.’ They were furious, but lacked the nerve to mutiny against their commander, the driver. Up tue long hill they trudged, pushing with all their might to get the heavy wagon up the hill. After several stops for rest they reached the summit anl were permitted to resume their places under the canvas. “Because of the terrible condition oi the roads the show did not reach Madi son until shortly after noon, and just a few minutes before time for the circus to exhibit, Beth Kenna and Freer were sights, for the red clay had ruined their clothes. Nothing daunted, they faced the big audience that afternoon, and, telling their experiences of the previous night, they carried the audience by torn: “After their three weeks’ campaign the election was held and Charleston was victorious. The campaign served to make both men well known through out that end ‘of the State and the very next year both were drawn inte poli tics. Kenna was a Democrat and Freer a Republican, At that time West Vir ginia was strongly Democratic and Kenna rose in the ranks rapidly. He was elected prosecuting attorney and then was elected a United States Sena ter. le was one of the brainiest men in the upper branch of Congress. “Freer was to have his turn, too. He was elected prosecuting attorney, a eir cuit judge, then served a term in Con gress. Now he holds a prominent State office. Both men were drawn into their political lives by their novel campaign with a circus.” TOO MUCH PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXES i 3 Opinion of Assessor Darneille Regarding Request of the D. A. R. An adverse report has been submit ted to the District Commissioners by H, H. Darneille, District Assessor, upon Senate bill 6516, “to exempt from taxa tion certain property of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washing ton,” and Senate bill 6511, .“to exempt from taxation certain property of the American Institute of Architects in Washington.” Mr. Darneille bases Yis adverse re port upon the assumption that there is already too much property exempt from taxes in the city, and that the two in stitutions are not entitled to such courtesy for the reason that they are neither religious nor charitable ergani zations. “I call attention to the fact,” the As sessor says, ‘‘that there has been en tirely too much property exempt from taxation. I recently drafied and for warded to the Commissioners a bill in tended to restrict exemption from taxa tion, and to epitomize and elucidate the laws relating thereto. “It does not appear that the institu tions affected by these wo bills are conducted for the benefit of the public, they net being charitable, educational, or religious institutions, and they do not, in my opinion, come within the class of institutions which, should be exempt from participation In. the ex pense of the muaicipality.” Mr. Darneille closes by recommending that the Commissioners make an ad verse report to Congress upon the two measures. Christmas Holiday Rates South. Pullman sleepers are handled on one or-the other of the six through fast trains operated by the Southern Railway to or through every im portant town or city south of the Potomac and Ohio and east of the Mississippi rivers, thus en abling Christmas holi travelers and the pulie generally to reach any thern point, availing themselves of luxurious and rapid train ac commodations and through Pullman car com forts, including unequaled dining cur savice. Sale of holiday tickets December 22, 24, 25 30, and 31, and January 1, final limit Janvary 1008, Double daily through fast trains with Pull man sleepers and dining car service to Jackson ville and Tampa, Fla.; also sleepers to Se por 8. C., tri- weekly, and Charleston, 8 Hy The famous Southern’s Palin 4 oneal the finest trains in the country; will Make dts initial trip New York and W wm to St Augustine, Fla., leaving Washington 6:31 jp. m January 12, and week days thereafter. Winte tourist tickets available for all important re sorte throughout the entire Routh, including Nassan and Havana, also points mn Texas, Mex ico, and en the Pacific Coast. y You Want the Best Candies _— p for the Least Money 30 to the CANDY KITCHEN F TY WW W

908 SEVENTH STREET N Ww. (Next to Goldenberg's) Y Enough Candies to supply the whole city. Made fresh daily. The best Mixed Chocolates and Bou Bons, 4 Ibs. for Sie The best grade French Mixture, 2 lbs. for 25e. Satisfaction fo Every Customer, TTI ETI ET ET, NR a 2 Ta TERS SB an Teh Tear LHP Ng Ve: .e 4 Fey AS Cran a Bes emmy Av moe aw ROBSLY~. VA IM Ru Won Victoiy. Deliver. Unlettered Wagons. WILLIAM C. WHITNEY A HEAVY TURF LOSER Millionaire Said to Have Gone $600,000 to the Bad On Season Just Ended. “William C. Whitney, after balancing his accounts last year, found himself to be $600,000 loser through the sport of racing,” writes an authority. “A pretty large sum, is it not? Enough to insure a poor man and his relatives a comfort able living without work. 1 hear him upbraid the ex-Secretary of the Navy for spending his money so foolishly, But to this Mr. Whitney would reply that if he fancies losing $600,000 a year on his luxury, he is to be no more blamed than the man that borrows money to get a piano for his daughter. ‘““So far from blamed, there Is a von siderable populatiocn—the attaches of Mr. Whitney's stables—that look upon him as the essence of benevolence and humanity. Whenever their patron wins a race they all share in a largess. One day last summer a bookmaker went uj to Trainer Rogers at the Saratoga track Just after Mr. Whitney had won a stake lof $11,600, and remarked, half interro gatively: ‘The old man made oui well in that race, didn’t he? ‘What do you mean? jaughed the trainer. ‘Taat’s only a drop in the buck: ret for Mr. Whitney, and the bucket leaks ‘at that. Why, he is so pleased over win ning this race that he'll give away twice $11,000 to the stable employes. Each one will get anywhere from $5 to $25. Tc win a stake here doesn't mean any thing.’ “The entire comraunity about a race track rejoices when the Whitney outfi arrives, for money is certain to be cir culated freely, and tricksters that ix up a worthless horse so that he will win one race, hoping .that Mr. Whitney will take the beast off their hands, are always waiting about In shoals. As ar example of the racing king's generosity it is related that upon winning the Eng Hsh Derby last year he ordered a certain hotel proprietor at Shedpshead Bay ic give everyone that entered a bottle of champagne. You may be sure the news spread quickly, and it was not long be fore the boniface had to call upon his neighbors for supplies. The bill that Mr. Whitney's secretary received amounte] to $6,000. It was paid.” A BREW FOR THE HOME. $75 aa a 5 L ec Just a Line,

A— 4] 3 4 wl ry Xmas and a prosperous New Year. Take one on me! b A tip—Hol y prepar ar meon L! the i Ross easily seen. It is con tended that sincerity is as much a orain mood as those which are more common ly included in that category. Hence, when further experiments have detor miucd more ia regard to the shad:ng and blending of the different colors ro produced by the apparatus, a knowl edge of the “truth color” will make un necessary the application of the “thir i b 5 it ini ARREST RA Rom Two Stores, 909-477 Pa Ave, VA OR Gifts for Boys, Gifts for Men, and: —-For the Athletic Boy or Man— for the over of sports and games— for all sorts of people who want Cutlery—for the Camera folks—all the givables are here in holiday Array Rifles for the Boys. Pocket Knives, Etc. All sorts of Cutlery—two stores Sinn Mh it BR 1902 Single Shot Rifles......... 5 ofilt-enover such a Showing. jough Riler HIS... on... 1 $4 Ladies’ Pearl Plobert. RITeE. vussesssne ssn $2.5 Pocket Knives, Daisy Alr Riles. ....ceceuuis,, $t ol 70¢, $1.00 Wostenholm Pocket Knives, 3 Ping-Pong, Pool, Etc. blades ........$1.00 Burrowes Pool Tables..$15 to $50 Rodgers Pocket Ping-Pong Sets.......... $1 to $20 Knives in every RONKa Baka. ot ue sts cins en $4 to $20 variety. Very good 3 and 4-t:ade Pear] Crockinole and Carrom Boards, Handle Knives. $1 $1 to $7 H OUSE HOLD UTLERY AND TABLE KNIVES OF EVERY DE SCRIPTION. ROD GERS' PLATED KNIVES AND FORKS. Silver Plated Tea Spoons, Chil- dren's Knife, Fork, and Spoon. .50¢ Children’s Knife, Fork, and Spoon (pearl handle)....... $1.50 Scissors of every variety and make, in beautiful cases, contain ing 3 to 7 pairs; very dainty. Manicure Instruments, separate and In sets Nice Case Manlcure Set.....$2.75 3 na a [Ewe y nT "i A Os LA k Cd <2 jy pak ed i Razors and Sets. N H IKE 8 Ra a B x Ne TE a UI iia Sh AZORS—We have an immense Boxing Gloves... .75¢c to $7.50 set assortment of cases containing 1 to Punching Bagg $1 to $5 i blades of Razors. The best in Victor 20th Century Platform. the world complete with bag........... 37 [rs a 3 8 Pe 7 Sly i SAFETY RAZORS, 1 to 7 blades, Ice Skates........Th¢ to $10 palr in handsome leather case, from Hockey Stie ks. ARE, 50e, T5¢ and $1 £2.50 to $10. Warranted by the Shinny Sticks........10¢, 15¢, 25c Star Razor Company Skating Teques. 50c to $1.50 i I —d Pb A k Shaving Mirrors, from .D0C Shaving Seis, very desirable..$5 Fountain Pens, Etc. Shaving Brushes. 25¢ to $3 each wil i Razor Strops, 24 different kinds, Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens. 20: to $2 Pear! Handle Gold Pens....$1 up Magic Lanterns, Cameras, Telescopes, Etc. Magic Lantern...75¢, $1.25 and up Eastman Kodaks. Complete line. Moving Picture Machine 39 Pocket Poco Cameras, sizes 34x Microscopes for Bovs 26¢ to $5 i 14 and 4x5 Telescopes and Spy Glasses, Premo Cameras 50c to $5 Petite Century Cameras 2 Glasses 31.50 to $15 Albums for holding your photo VS eagle 8% 20 to $15 graphs ing and Reading Glasse Photographic Plates and Sup Barometers ail y Thermometers, plies WALFORD'S Tos sire, ATR TAR TAT ARTN ALT WIR TRI. TET AB TAT ARTBNRTRARNOB ATR ARTE AOTUA WRI CIVIC BAAR BEUBEURERU BERANE RABBI TEA EL BUTE BELTED, BIRNEY ATE, OB. TET BEIBIBIRAABRE AIR TRU TREEAOIVARATR TOPE mm me Ref Wain uw Po, p $F Ko (aes ar 7 i W X d UO OO OO WE WOW ag ge ag ge ag ty-third degree” system, through whish suspects are now put, as a test with the “wonder bottle” will determine af orce whether the accused is telling the truth. The preliminary work which led to the discovery was directed to another end, so that the actual creation of the new principle may be said to have been the result of an accident. Dr. Gates has for years been a student of the human brain and at the time he began to work toward a definite end on the experiments which led to the construction of the “wonderfui’’ apparatus, was engaged in working a system of tests by means of which the approach of any disease to which the human body is subject should be determined long in advance of the manifestation of its symptoms: But the importance of the theory of the rela tion between thoughts and colors and the perfection of the apparatus for its determination moved him to devote his entire time to the latter subject. CAPITAL SAVINGS RANK A meeting of the stockholders of tie Capital Savings Bank, which recently served sixty days’ notice on those wish. ing to withdraw deposits, was held last night in the offices of the iastitution. The cashier made his report, giving the assets and liabilities of the bank, which showed an excess of the assets of $20, 186.58. The question of reorganization was brought up and discussed. It was point ¢d out that a great need is felt hy tLe colored business people of the city for thie continuation of this bank. it is the firin determination of the stockholders to re-establish the bank, if no unfore seen obstacles arise. The cashier's report was as follows: Total ABBARS" conser onranes $123,618.14 Total Habliities .....:sveunsse 163,131.56 Excess of assets 20, 186.58 mas Gifts of Flowers ROSES, VIOLETS, BLOOMING PLANTS. 3

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To Prove What SWAMP-ROOT, the Great Kidney and Bladder Remedy, will do for YOU, all our Readers May Have a Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail Pain or dull ache in the back is unmis takable evidence of kidney trouble. It is nature's timely warning to show you that the track of heaith is not clear. If these danger signals are unheeded, more serious results are sure to follow; Bright's disease, which is the worst fcrm of kidney trouble, may steal upen you. 14 The mild and the extraordinary effect of the world-famous kidney and blad der remedy, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most dis tressing cases. A trial will convince any one—and yol' may have a sample bottle free, by mail. Backache, Uric Acid and Urinary Trouble. Among the many famous cures of Swamp-Root investigated by The Washington Sunday Times the one we publish today for the benefit of our readers speaks in the highest terms of the wonderful curative properties of this great kid ney remedy. DR. KILMER CO., Binghamton, N. Y. Gentlemen: When I wrote you last March for a sample bottle of Swamp-Root, my wife was a great sufferer from backache, rheuma tism, and urinary trouble: also excess of uric acid. After tring the sample bottle, she bought a large bottle here at the drug store. That did her so much good she bought more. The effect of Swamp Root was wonderful and almost immediate. She has felt no return of the old trouble since. F. THOMAS, Oet., 1901. 427 Best St., Buffalo, N. XY. Lame back is only one symptom of kidney trouble—one of many. Other symptoms showipg that you need Swamp-Root are, obliged to pass water often during the day and to get up many times at night, inability to hold your urine, smarting, or irritation in passing, brickdust or sediment in the “Call up 2074-M for your Christmas Supply. Delivered Promptly.” BERWICK R Ring of Ali Whitkies. Be sure io order a few bottles at once—have 1t in the house dur Pugs Rye WhiSKEY. OSTILLED EXCLUSIVELY 2 mg the “Holidays.” "Tis the finest old rye obtaina hle. $1.00 full quart. Nay itzmorris, ommerciaj 7th and Pa. Ave. HOTEL. Jon Firrmgreis LETHE MiowAY TR& PENN AVE. J the A |i" oY Ab boys y a kX 1 Biggest Toy Stock Ever Erought to Washing'on at Auction Prices For example: Dressed Dolls, 10¢ up. Drums, 10c up. Child’s Tea Sets, 10e up. Stick Horses and Chairs, 5c up. All other goods at auction prices. Hudson's Variety Store, Toys in Odd Fellows’ Great Hall, 423 Seventh Street N. W. OSTEO~ATHY. DR. GEO. D. KIRKPATRICK, Bond Building, 14th snd New York ave. nw. Hours 9 to 5. Fnone 1502 F. oce-3mos o urine, catarrh of the bladder, uric acid, constant headache, dizziness, sleepless ness, nervousness, irregular heartbeat ing, rheumatism, tleating, irritability, wornout feeling, lack of ambition, loss of flesh, sallow complexion. If your water, when allowed to remain undisturbed in a glass or bottle for twenty-four hours, forms a sediment or settling, or has a cloudy appearance, it is evidence that your kidneys and blad der need immediate attention. In taking Swamp-Root you afford natural help to Nature, for Swamp-Root is the most perfect healer and gentle aid to the Kidneys that is known to medical science. Swamp-Root is the great discovery of Dr. Kilmer, ihe eminent kidney and bladder specialist. Hospitals use it with wonderful success in both slight and severe cases. Doctors recommend it to their patients and use it in their own families, because they recognize ia Swamp-Root the greatest and most sue cessful remedy. If vou have the slightest symptoms of kidney or biadder trouble, er if there is a trace of it in your family history, geud at once to Dr. Kilmer Co., B ten, N. Y., who will gladly send you free by mail, immediately, without cost to you, a sample bottle of Swamp-Root and a book of wonderful Swamp-Root testi monials, Be sure to say that you read this generous offer in The Washington Sunday Times. If you are already convinced that Swamp-Root is what you need, you can purchase the regular 50c¢ and $1 size bot tles at drug stores everywhere. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Bingham ton, N. Y., on every bottle. illustrating Engraving —*“Jdeas worked up" —Cuts and halftones for ~—and sketches submit- —newspapers, bookletg, —ted oy clever and ex- —and folders—delive —perirnced artists. —ered ON TIME. JOYCE ENGRAVING CO, [Ta BIO SPECIAL PRICES FOR MONDAY, Monocacy Cream Comm, T%c. ““Compound™ Substitute for Lard, 734¢. Pure Lard, 10s. Ginger Snaps, 3%e. Gold Meda! Soda Crackers, 7 cents. J.T. D. PYLES, 55.5 ea J Four other stores.

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NEED OF NEW DISTRICT COURTHOUSE SET FORTH r————— 12 Present Structure a Most Un sightly One and Inade quate to Meet the Growing Demands Upon lt A re at

Judges Kimball and Scott Appeal to the Commis sioners for Aid—Hope to Secure an Appropriation. There are some few parts of Wash ington which recelve no recognition from the proud citizen who takes de Hight in showing a visitor the glories and triumphs of architecture in the Cap ital City. For instance, it is not at all likely that this individual will point to the Police Court building and exclaim with any show of enthusiasm: “And there you see cur courthouse.” Indeed, he will go to almost any ex treme rather than be called upon to make any explanation concerning this structure. It is one of the sights of omission. The least said to the stranger regarding it the easiest mended, and the better the latter's opinion of beauti ful and prosperous Washington. It would have been well for the city if this dilapidated building as 2 home for the court, had been one of the edifices of omission. As a church, for which it was originally erected and used, the place re sponded well encugh to the demands upon it. But as a courthouse it is probably what would be an architect's nightmare of such a buildiag. A coat of paint was recently put upon the exterior of the courthouse for its embellishment. And now, for the same purpose, the interior is being repainted. Bul this is only on the surface, Paint, or nothing else, will wipe out the odors. For years the building has been used as a “lock-up,” where prisoners of all classes and conditions were coralied. and it nnot be expected that the work of a few days will suffice to efface the Years’ accumulation of unsanitary oders, Unfit for Use. From the foundation to the roof, the building is wholly unfitted for use as a courthouse. It never met the require ments. And that is what puzzles the Judges who are compelled in the dis charge of their duty to spend most of their time within the walls of the grimy place, breathing the foul atmosphere and surrounded by unsanitary conditions. But the judges are not the worst suf ferers. They do not complain so much on their own account, for the brunt of the conditions falls with most force upon the unfortunate prisoners. What they have to endure, crowded and jammed in ill-smelling, unsanitary cells, only they must know. The. have tried to better the conditions, t they have been handi caped. It is impossible to cyt a figure from marble without tools. So it has proven impossible for them to change conditions. They need money to achieve results, but get little. They have made vigorous efforts to have a modern court house built, but the old building still stands. And now the judges have again appeal ed to the Commissioners. In a letter they have related the nauseating facts, and their efforts appear to be on the eve of success, for the Commissioners in turn have prepared an estimate of the expense of having a new courthouse, It has been learned that 335500 will be required for the purchase of land ad The 297 Standards

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Liveries, and it is respectfully suggested that orders for the holidays be sent is anticipatedly, and, as far as nossible early in the week just beginning. This rela s particularly to orders to be packed for out-of-town des tinations. Send for price-list. Phone East S65. The Quality House, 909 Seventh Street. AAS a EE 2 EE Ea A 8d Aaa FA Et PP PP PPP PP PP PP 00 000 0000000000000 0000000000easn 00000000 VVVVPVINVRPRPPANIRRIVVBPIRIB BPP 00000 0000000000000 M

PPV BP PPPPPPP PPP P0000 0000000000000 00000000000000900900009020902000000006000000000040 060000080sasa FRPP TRRTTVTRTR RRR 0000 0000000000890 0800090 9099009900009 0098900900000009 joining the present site, and for whiep the Government is paying an annual rental, and furthermore, tbat the cost of having plans made will total $2,500. Need of New Building. The urgent need of a new court house is explained by Judge Wimball, who =aid yesterday: “Everything about the place is un satisfactory-—more than unsatisfactory— for the health of many people is at stake. The cells are relies of middie ages. They never were fit for use. For ten vears 1 have been trying in every way to at least have new cells in stalled, and what success my efforts have met "with is evident.” “Why is it, judge, that your appeals have been ignored?” he was asked. “To that question 1 will say merely, ‘further deponent sayeth not.” But the cells are not the only bad feature about the building. There never has been a proper entrance for prisoners. The only means of entrance is from the front. And here the innocent and guilty are dumped out on the street be.,ore the view of the public. “The courthouse of Washington, the Capital City, should be a pride. It is not only the criminals who come here. Every day the place is visited by many prominent “persons, among whom are a number of Government officials. A prauseating odor permeates the building, and the atmosphere is not fit to in l hate There are but three cells in the court house, and these ure dark and poorly ventilated. At times, in the summer, the air has become so stifling in the cages that the prisoners have fought for a position near the iron doors. On some occasions there have been as many as thirty prisoners in each of the cells, v Rich take up a space of eight feet Ly nine. Another bad feature of the place is the fact that the clerks and other em ployes are greatly handicaped in their work by lack of facilities. The offices are small and dingy, and on a hot day the atmosphere is unbearable. More over, with the present arrangement of the offices, it is utterly impossible to have any nrivary IE yeaos In explaining their case to the Com missioners, Judges Kimball and Scott said: “In our judgment the cells are totally unfit for use, and it is inhuman to con fine prisoners therein. They are im properly ventilated, overcrowded and unsanitary.” The communication further urges the Commissioners to present the matter of a new building through the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and “o secure legislation at this session of Congress looking to the condemnation of sufficient ground to the east and to the north of the present site. P. H. McLaughlin, who was master mechanic on the Washington Monument at the time of its completion, died sud denly yesterday morning at the corner of Eleventh Street and Massachusetts Avenue northeast. Coroner Nevitt gave a certificate of death from natural causes. Mr. McLaughlin was a contractor in this city for many years, and had a large number of Government contracts. When the construction of the Chicago postoffice was started a few vears ago he was made inspector of the work. Several days ago he came to this city for a visit to the family of his brother in-law, Dr. John C. Haley. He is sur vived by his wife, who is in the city. But Three Cells. Judges Make an Appeal. SUDDEN DEATH ON STREET. THF WASHINGTON TIVES. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1902. SPIRIT OF GHRISTMAS PERVADES ATH OSPHERE Happiest Season of the Year Is at Hand SHOPPERS THRONG STREETS Prominent Stores Where Visitors May Find All Things Desirable For Holiday Cheer. The spirit of Christmas pervades the atmosphere. The whole town is agog with the cheer merry-making, and general all round gocd feeling that goes to make the Yuletide the happiest season in the whole year. When Easter comes, with iis gay blossoms, pretty frocks, and old fashioned egg-rolling some are heard to ‘declare that it is, after all, the most Joyous season. But it isn't. The brac ing atmosphere is missing. The jingle of the bells and blaring of horns have nothing in common with the Eastertide, and while neither may add anything to one’s happiness at any other time of the yvear—quite the contrary as a rule— there is something in the blowing of a ‘hern at Christmas which <eems to lift one’s spirits and bid everyone be glac. a A Joyous Season. The crowas ef people which throng tie streets, the faker with his tricks toy. and the profusion of holly, misilet. e. and Christmas greens form the back ground of a picture which has been the sweetest, happiest, and best remembered in all the past nineteen hundred and two years. The shoppers alene woald furnish ma terial for an interesting story. Their arms laden with bundles, they pack the street cars and crowd the thoroughfares to the inconvenience, not to say chagrin of those whose time does not allow Christmas shopping. Merchants in Washington declare that this year is one of the most prosperous they have known for a long time. Not only are the sales greater, but the articles paur chased are those of a more expensive nature than in former years. Costly giftg are taking the place of souvenirs, ard in many instances in the past week stocks of goods have actually been ex hausted. Engravers Busy. Shaw Berry, Galt Bro., and many of the prominent jewelry firms have ex perieaced such heavy sales and have received go many orders that as early as las: Thursday they were forced to close their cngraving lists. So the young woman who orders a cigarette case for—well, somebody who smokes cigarettes, of course must either send it without a monogram or wait until after the holidays before having it or namented. On2 of the most attractive windows on Pennsylvania Avenue is that of Cas telberg’'s jewelry house, which offers a display of holiday goods which certainly should tempt the youth to part with some of his month's salary and make at least one maid bappy. The same might be aptly said of Callisher's, a little far ther down the street, and the store of R. Harris, both of which are ablaze with glittering jewels and iridescent cut glass. The Department Stores. in the Palais Royal or Kann's the babble of voices, rush of customers, pushing each other aside in a good natured effc:t to get something before somebody else has something of the ef fect of a sawmill on one's senses. In either of these stores, the Bon Marche, or Hudson's Varieiy Store one needs lit tle in the way of a suggestion for Christ mas offerings. ‘There is everything from housefurnishings to the smallest trinket for the feminine jewelry casket. The only thing that may be said to be missing from the counters that would complete the household equipment is the much-discussed, oft-Jesired, hard-to-get ton of coal. Parker Bridget's windows and those of Smoot, Coffer MecCalley form the cynosure of all women's eves these days. They are exhibiting a lot of dainty mil linery confections which never fail to elicit gasps of delight. King's Palace is a maze of beauty in feminine head gear, neck wear, and dress accessories. Lans burgh Bro. have intermingled their regular line of goods with bright cclored ribbons, greens, and holiday dec orations. Farther oui Seventh Street the Reinhardt Silk House and Golden Lerg's are the center of a busy, ener getie throng of shoppers who are play ing sad havoe with the Christmas stocks. The Saks Stores have the most extensive «nd attractive counters they have had nh several years, and are exhibiting a number of novelties For Music Lovers. The music house: are kept busy at tending to the wants of those who, if they have not music in their own souls, ut least have friends with a tendency that way. Sanders Stayman’s, Droop’s, and Knabe's cffer a conglemeration of sounds that range from the piping of tinv music boxes and tinkling of man doiins to the fascinating rhythm of the ‘pianola and deafening pounding of a bass drum. 20 Not the least interesting houses in town are the furniture stores, where the more provident husband and thoughtful vife are putting their Christmas purses to good account. At House Herr mann’, Stumph Lyford's, Rudden’s Mceses', Mayer Co.'s, and the Hub Fur ‘niture Store there are any number of new designs in chairs, tables, cabinets, mirrors, and furniture novelties. Hahn's shoe house, too, presents an aitractive appearance, with it: realistic Santa Ciaus tempting and satisfying the Yeunger patrons, while their elders at tend ro the more important purchases. Streams of Shoppers. i A constant stream of shoppers has been visiting the Great Atlantic and Pa cific Tea Company's store, where all manner of attractive souvenirs have teen presented to the patrens. Thus it would seem that every retail and whole £ale dealer in town had combined efforts to make the reason notably happy. Ev erything that could be done to lend good cheer to the few days preceding Christ mas has been done, and everybody has Jnited to greet the eventful day with the ever joyous “Merry Christmas.” J J J J I EJ J RJ J J JC J J ee fo 2) AY Sia

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1Y a neat and attractive design. BE (EB When In Do ou Have Only Three More Days left to do your Christmas shopping. sure prompt deliveries. Our stoek contains many handsome suggestions for practical Christmas presents range payments and terms to suit your means and convenience. OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL XMAS. CASH OR CREDIT. This Solid Vak China Closet, has bent glass ends, very neat carv ings, and good finish, and 8 ay excellent bargain $15.75 Lamps, etc. A grand display of Lamps of all kinds, at all prices; handsome Hand-decorated Lamps and pretty Metal Lamps, with globes to match; also a full line of Gas Portable or Drop Lights, Student Lamps, and a large assortment of Odd Globes, We have a handsome Parlor Lamp, with globe to match, as low A y/ 9

RS Vy Co $1.00, (ias and Gil Heaters. We have a big assortment of Gas and Oil Heaters; all the best makes styles and large Oil and many different kinds We Heater, good make, and perfectly safe—has nickel trimmings, {3 85 offer a White Maple Roman Chair; For... And Kettles as low as This handsome Morris Chair, complete with reversible fancy velour cushions; solid oak $4 30

frame, well finished, for..... We carry a large assortment of Morris Chairs, in many different styles and designs, at all prices. Big assortment of Gilt Chairs, in both upholstered and cane teats; our special is Handsome Chair, upholstered seat covered with fancy damask, for $3.00 ubt, Buy At House Herrmann's. EEEEEEE J J Pt UU WP These will be mighty busy days for us, and we have made arangements for extra wagons, ete, to as We have a large stock of Chafing Dishes and Spirit Kettles, different styles; also Trays and Spoons, etc., tc go with them. We offer a very handsome Nickel Chafing Dish as low as and it will be our pleasure to ar COMPLETE HOME FURNISHINGS. TE OEE TE in many This hapdseme Quartered Osk Sideboard; large plate mirror; has shaped top drawers, brass handles: Very neat carvipgs, p elegant finish, for... asd $23.50 This Solid Oak Dining Chair, high embossed back, brace arms, turned spindles, and posts. A big value for SLLIS This Handsome Music Cabinet, imitation mahcgany finish, has fin ished interior and brass rod to hang curtain from. bargain for This Solid Oak Ladies Desk; has very good finish and large roomy pigeon holes; only e Cobbler Seat Par ior Rocker olid oak or mahogany $4.50 finish ae ns, high em bossed be ish; only Solid Oak Smoking Table, 14x14-inch top; a very $1 45 neal pattern— for niin ele i la ea 15.4 We also have many differ ent patierns at other prices. x HOUSE HERRMANN 90!-903 Seventh Street, Corner of I (Eye) Street. EEE EEE EEE EEE EE EEE Even the small boy who hasn't the proverbial sou to his name finds joy in Just living. Traveling around through the stores, looking into windows, and choosing for themselves the things which they most desire, brings almost as much joy to their hearts as if the coveted toys were really in their possession. Full of mis 79% Hise A Coe) Zalores Y quali, Lndaed FotL fei plait TZ Jove yon Peony Pry fats 7etbery not io dd ox chief, a crowd of them gathered in front of a toy store door yesterday, and, not daring to enter, they ‘ontented them selves with pesring through the glass doors and singing “Won't You Open Dat Door and Let M» In.” in tones not over burdened with elements of harmony, but none the less vibrant and breathing sin cerity. A gas pipe in_+h- “agement of the house at 1101 Vermont Avenue north west, was broken in some unexplained way Friday night, and the escaping gas nearly suffocated Elizabeth Morris and Alice Boland, occupants of a second story room. They were made sick, but were restored by a physician living in the neighborhood. NEARLY SUFFOCATED BY GAS.

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MARKET QUIET WITH STRONG UNDERTONE Quotations Affected by Good News in Preference to Bad Reports—An Opti mistic Trend. Considerable Increase in Loans and Discounts the Unfavorable Feature of General Financial Situation the stock market foday is that, in spite of the operation of many factors tending to inspire speculative caution and inac tion, if not, indeed, directly working to ward lower prices, the market evinced an urgent desire to move toward a higher level of values. The undertone of the market was, in other words, strong. Conditions were ob viously such that good news rather than bad news affected quotations. There was little news of any kind to day, good, bad, or indifferent, and tte transactions were of a wholly profession ‘al order. Trading was quiet up to the appearance of the weekly bank state ment, and the course of only two “tocks throughout the day excited special in terest. Sugar Rises and Falls. American Sugar Refining rose 5 points and then fluctuated rapidly back and forth, finally losing balf its gain, in a manner forcibly reminiscent of the per formances of the stock in former days. The reason for the strength of the secur ity was the belief, for which it is under stood there is substantial basis, and which is, at any rate, generally cnter tained in Wall Stieet, that the American Sugar Refining Company has become pos sessed by purchase or othbrwise of the most important beet sugar refining plants in the country. Prospects are bright for the passage of the proposed reciprocity treaty with Cuba, which would, of course, be a favor able matter for the American Sugar Re fining. Company, while it is rumored that the cash surplus of the company is now very large. Texas Pacific attracted more attention in the day, however, than any other stock. It was very strong in the early trading, rising to 41. It sank rapidly to 40, and there remained steady, although very large blocks were sold at small fractional variations from this figure, The dealings in the s ock gave the impression of manipulation for some ex ceedingly mysterious purpose. The other Geld stocks were very sirong. lk Railway Earnings. Reports of railroad earnings for the second week of December show large increases as compared with last year, and make a much better showing than previous reports of the same nature in the Jast few weeks. Imports of mer chandise are slackening. Since Friday the Jocal banks have gained $991,000 from the subtreasury. Ail these matters, of course, lend support to Wall Street's present optimism. a bank statement was generally g ed as of a noncommittal order. ans decreased $3510,000, and cash a loss of $1,762,100, as against a gain in cash estimated yesterday. p reserves, therefore, slightly diminished. The reason for the unex loss in cash was, in all proba bility, the withdrawals of money from the banks for Christmas purposes. The unfavorable part of the statement, as has been the case for some time, was the fact that the total loans otf the associated bnks are still in excess of total deposits; while the corollary fact, that the return of the condition of national banks throughout the country, made on Nevember 25, to the Comp troller of the Currency, compared with the return made on September 15, shows considerable increase in loans and dfs counts, is still the one unpleasant feat ure of the general financial situation. Gains in Cash. The banks of the country have gained a little over $25000,000 fn cash in the period intervening. But the gain was due 16 the money disbursed in an ex traordinary way by the Secretary of the Treasury. It is known that there has been a heavy liquidation of stock market securities. Why has not this liquida- tion showed more in bank loans? The reason is, principally, that this is the scason of the year when the loans of all money lending Institutions naturally Increase, and that this force is greater than ever this year, bedause of the delay, owing to causes that are matters of common knowledge, in mov ing the corn and cotton crops. Our banks have also been called upon to provide money for the purchase of a large quantity of our securitics sold in our market by foreign holders. Case- ful consideration of this matter justi- fies the conclusion that the causes that! have temporarily increased the loans of the banks in this manner are now abating their rigor, and that the con- dition of financial. institutions of the’ land is improving each day. The fact deserves notice here that the Jowest point tcuched by the market in the last drop in prices was not lower than that previously touched immediate ly preceding. This may or may not in dicate that at the low point thus reach ed forces begin to operate which pre went any further decline. The matter ie at least significant. The publication this morning of the terms of the blockade proclaimed by thé English and German governments agalpst Venezuela makes it clear that there will be ne complications over the possible seizure of ships sailing for Venezuela from ports in the United States before the blockade was an mounced. Sufficient time is given to all those ships to reach their destination SEE al ou necessary incident of the proclamation of a legal blockade. Yet at one time many Wall Street speculators were alarmed lest the seizure of vessels that have left ear ports might call for a2c¢ tion by o'r country. The Venezuelan difficulty, bowever, reased som. days since to be a factor in Wall Street. New York Stock Exchange, Dec. 20. Open. Amal. Copper 51%; Am. Sugar 129 Atchison [2% Balto. Ohio... us Brook. Rap. Tr... tdi Can: "Pac... 127% Chi. Gt. West..... 24% C. MM. &8 PP... 113% Col. Fuel Ir.... 80 rhe... 3414 fit. Nerth. ‘pf..... 1921, Hoek. Val. pf..... 083g BC. 8o....... 32 Louis. Nash....123% Man. Con.. 146% 3 oR NI 2554 \Mo. Pac... 1017, Nor. West...... 13% Reading 623g Rock Island 11% BO. PRE... .uuesiees 631 Ho. My. vival N% TOR PI... uassss 41% Union-Pae.. aR, U.-8.C.1LP&FP. 13 L. SR. &£0C....5. 238g U.S REC. pf... TO A. 8. Steal........ 3434 U, 8. Steel pf..... [44 Wabash 28 Wabash pf.. 41% Wis. Cent.. 25 High. 125% 81% 97% 63% 127% 2, 172% 9 33% 191% Ty 31 122% 145% 2534 104 71 154 615% 40%, 2% 1% 395% “Ty 123% 223, 60 34 83% 274 41% 247% Ls FEERAFT REPRE FRETE +44 +4 4

ht REFER BREEREE +4 +4++++] +4 pt Total sales of stock, 280,550 shares. Advance. —Decline, NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—The following shows today's closing quotations for Government bonds compared with yes tordavy p—

FRamREsnEr ww,» Fperre¥Feky PEE Bid. Asked. Bid, Asked, reg. 1930....100% 108% 107% 108% cou. 19230....108% 109 108% 109 reg. JUIS.. .10i%a 1083 107i 108Y cou. 1918... Wily 108% 0% 1083 S.B 9S... 106% 1060p reg. 1907....108%% 109 108%; 100% cou. 1907....100% 110% 109% 110% reg. 1925....135 136 135 136 cou. 1925....135 136 135 136 reg. 10M... 102% 10415 108%, 10415 cou. 1904... 108% 104% oe 104g 108% mans CL AERA A NEW YORK CURB MARKET. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.<Prices on the curb today at opening: curb ‘today at opening: 4 Today. day. Bid. Asked. Bid. Asked. Am. Cam... ee Sie. ey, CBM 9 AM, OI Plans. ivurns A 2% 113, 43M Am. Light Traction. 35 39 35 30 Am. Light Truc. pf. Ww wo 02 Am. Writing Paper... 5 a 3% 5 Am. Writing P, pf... 2214 23, 20le 22 Am. Writing P. bac... 16% 76% 753 16 Borden's Cond. Milk.. 1nd 118 14 118 Borders C. Milk Phe 110 108 i British Col. Copper. i 6 6 ‘Bay State Gas......... 17-16 1916 1% 1% Central Foundry. ne 2% op Cent. Foundry pf..... 3% 15 13% 15 Cons. Refrigerator... 6% 67% 0% T Con, Btorage Battery.. 15 20 15. 2% Electrie a uritiat... 15 18 15 18 Bassons a 25 2 25 Esectric. Boat pf..... 37 “0 3 Eu Electric Vehicle....... 31% 4% 4 YU Electric V phe 8 10 9 pL Greene Cons. Copper... 24 25 24% 2 Hal SINT, 125 110 125 Havana Tobacco....... 41 43 4124 43 vana Tobacco pf... (2 6 63 oh ee a Rk... Trig ne Jo4 mm nter-Rapid Tan. 5.100 1% 109% 110 International Salt Tr.. 9% 1 9 11 Inter. Salt 5's.......... 48% 52% 48% 52% Manhattan Transit. 47 5% 5 5% Marine...... 15 30 15 Mercaniiie Marine pf... $0 75 0 I) Boston Cop. 2% 2% New Bas yt, lce.... 14 17 1 17 New Or esis snnnsn 137 dpe 3 i" New Orleans pf........ 4 4“ 44 New Orleans 4'4's..... 78 Te 8S Tog X.Y. 9% 101, 9% 10% Northern Securities... 100% 100% 100% 100%, Otis Elevator........... 40% 41 ry Otis Elevator pf........ 98 100 9s 10 Pacific Packing Nav. 3 1 4 i Pac. Pack. Rav. ph Ziy WB 2% 2 Royal Baking Powder. 1147. g 1 14 1i8 Real Bak. Powder pf...100 1m 104 San Fran. Ry. subs.... #4% 47 45 47 San Fran. Ry. bds..... un so 0] St. Louis Transit...... 26 on WL 2% Seaboard Air Line...... 2% 26 pad 26 Seaboard Air x. pif.. 49% 2 42% 43% Stand. Oil of N. J... 083 ORS 685 688 Tennessee Copper. rg” 14 Union Copper........... 21 2% 2% nl United Copper.. 9 80 os 80, UU. 8. Shi ilding... _— 22 a U. 8. Bh ilding w.. i) 58 U. 8. Shipbuilding 5's. 5 85 U. 8. Steel new 5's.... 4 ole 96 a3 Va. Iron, Coal Coke. 33 ET a3 34 Va. Iron, C. C. 5's... 60 0 09% 0% Wash. TR 13 18 13 18 Wash Traction pf...... 45 50 43 1) Wash. Trac. 4's....... 5 8 El WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET. Sales—Capital Traction, 5@124, 20@ 124; Washington Loan and Trust, 2106; Mergenthaler, 10179, 10@178%, 10179, 100@ 179, 5@179, 10@179; *Greena Copper, S@24%. After eall—United States reg. 3s, $500@107Y%; Washington Gas,, 10@76%. Capital Traction 4s, $1,000@105; Washington Street Railway Ada CLOMIETRD MALL AL DIAS. Bid. Aska? Capital Traction R. R. &s....... 108 oxy Met. Nt. BR. 5g, J038.... 0000000 ME REL 121 Met. R. R. Cert. indebtedness A 107 109 Met. R. BR, Cert. indebtedness B.. 105 107 Columbia K. R. €'s 1004........ a SHY 124 Columbia B R. 2d mort. 5%.... 105% Wash. Street Railway 4's 18 80 MISCELLANEOUS BONDS. Wash. Gas Co., ser A, O's 1902-27, 14 1? Wash. Gas Co, ser B, €'s 1004-27. 114 Ul. 8 Elec, Light, Deb. mp. 1902 106 107% U. 8. Elec. Light, Cert. Indent... 104 wr Ches. Pot. Tel, Com. o's..... wx 105% Wash, Market Co., lst 6's, 1802. UTA NS RRS a 13% $7,000 retired annually. Masonic Hall Ass'n 5's. C, 1908... 103 American Graphophone Deb 5's. SAFE DEPOSIT AND THRUST STOCKS. Natienal Safe Deposit and Trust 16) Washington loan and Trust 20, American Security and Trust 215 Union Trust and Storage W/ Wash. Savings Bank. HIN RAILROAD STOCKS, Capital Traction .......seseeeeaes 123% Wash. Street Ry, pf........ i Wash. Street Ry. com...... sunnne: WD RATIONAL BANK STOCRS Bank of Washington 3/3 Metropolitan ww il a Re Farmers aud Mechanics’. BRCUAB. une sunnsnssssrsvsssasswan tl mR SR 4 is Columbia..... Anke asic snnssssssnan le Capital...... Tram Traders’ RE PN on Ee RR SRR, wa A230 RAGE as sis ane nmnsssns cries sun ud COPROPAM +.0nsvsisrsissnsicacesnce TH sin srsasnssss evbasanbrnnaees’ Arlington sessssnsnsssnsens 38 German AMeriCul «.u.ovve.vennes. S30 National Union ......ccoveeeee. 7% CURBS sd ane ss nsessnsnannenses XE “ommerciyl whensansssisssnssansss $5 Colonial. ETT LTPP PI 200 210 22 0s 1:5 24 4 4 “ann we TE wells pat Government Bonds RAILROAD BONDS, Bid. Asked. Real Eatate Tile .....couunesnce. Ww Columbia Title exavons Hil 7% Washington Tile .vvsessescsvinnes BM ih TELEPHONE AND GRAPHOIHONE STOCKS. Chesapeske and Potomac 30 0 american Graphophone an NEY American Graphophone, pfd. ht 15." LEY GAS STOCKS. Washington Gas Ww Georgetown Gas TYPE MACHINE STOCKS. Mergenthaler Linoty Psy sinnse 178% 170% Lanston Monotype................ vie Wig MISCELLASNIOUS STOCKS. Greets Copper ......c...ccvinueee 20% pos Washington Market......... seers 14 J Norfolk Washington wees J. Maury Dove Ca.............. iw BALTIMORE. Dec. 20—The following quotations were current at 12 o'clock. These quotations refer to wholesale quo tations only; jobblng prices are 1 to 2 per cent higher. Butter—Marke: was firm. Creamery separator, extra, jlc; extra first, 20@30c; do, imitation, extra, 23@24c; lowa and N. W., ladle, extra, 21@22¢; do, extra first, 20@21c; Elgin creamery prints, 12-1b. 32¢; 1-1b,, 32¢; do, 2-1b., 32¢; Mary land and Pennsylvania creamery prints, 1a-1b. 28@26¢; do, 1-1b., 28@29%; West Virginia rolls, 19@20¢; do. Ohio, 18@22¢c; West Virginia, store-packed, 16@18e. Eggs.—The market is steady. Strictly fresh-laid, 26@27¢; Western, 26¢; South ern, 24@25c. Fish, oysters, and terrapin—Market is steady. Quotations as follows: Bass, per Ib, 10@12¢; do, small to medium, $@9¢; carp, per 1b, 3@4¢; rock, boiling, per 1b, 15@18¢; do, medium, per ib, 12@1ic; do, per 1b, 10c; white perch, large, per ib, 8@10¢; do, medium, per 1b, 4@Te; perch, yellow, per 1b, large, 5@6:: do, medium, per 1b, 3G4c; sheepshead, per Ib, 8@16c; flounders, per Ib, 5@ée; mackerel, per 1b, 10@12¢; starfish, per 1b, 5@6c; catfish, per 1b, 3@éc; green pike, native, per Ib, 106 12c; gray trout, per 1b, large, §@Sc; do, small, 5@ée: eels, per 1b, 2@3c: tailors, large, per 1b, T@8c; do, small, 5@6c; salmon trout, per 1b, 8@10c; oysters, bulk stock, per bus, $1@1.25; choice raw, per bbl. $4506 5.50; medium, per bl), $3.50@4; culls, $3@ 3.50; terrapin, Chesapeake diamond. back,” inches, per doz, $55@60;: do, inches, per doz, $3036; do, 5 inches, per doz, $10@12; do. Southern, 6 inches, $20@30; sliders, per doz, $1@3. Green fruits and vegetables—Market steady. Apples, Western Maryland and Pennsylvania, packed, per bbl, $1..50% 2.50; do, fancy Kings and Gills, $2.75@ 3.25; do, good to choice, Eastern, per bbl, $1.50@2.50; do, No. 2, all varieties, per bbl, $1.00@1.50; beets, native, per buneh, 1@1%ec; brocedl, native, per bus box, 15¢: cabbage, New York, per ton, domestic, $8.00@9.00; do, Danish, ton, $11.00@12.00; carrots, native, per bus box, 30@35¢c; celery, New York, per dos, 15@30¢c; do, heme-grown, per bunch, 2%@ 3c; cranberries, Cape Cod, per bbl, $9.00@11.96; do, per box, $2.50@3.00; do, Jerseys, per bbl, $8.50@ 9.00; cucumbers, Florida. per bus basket, $1.75G 2.25; egz plants, Florida, per orange box, $1.006@ 1.25; grapes, catawba, per 5-1b basket, 12@ 14¢; Kale, native, per bus box, 15¢; lettuce, Norfolk, per %-bbl basket, Tic @1.25; do, North Carolina, per-basket, 31.00@1.25; do, Florida, per %-bhbl bas ket, $1.00@1.50; onions, New York, vel low, per bus, 65@70¢; do, Western, red, per bus, 55@60c; do, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, yellow, per bus, 60@70c; oranges, Florida, per box, as to size, $2.50@3.25. oyster plants, native, per bunch, 2%@3c; pumpkins. native, each, 4@6c; spinach, native, per bus box: 306 35¢; do, Norfolk, per bbl, 75@%0¢c; siring beans, Florida, flat green, $1.0061.25; do, round, $1.00@ 1.50; tomatoes, Florida, per 6-basket carrier, $2,003.00; turnips, native, per: box, 156r20c, Groceries—Raw sugar firm: refined firm, The following are the quotations per 100-pound lots: Granulated, $4.95; cut-loaf, $5.55: Keystone “A,” $495; yellow sugars, $4.10@4.40. Molasses—N. 0O., 8t. Claire, 3bc; Kingsland, 30c: Sun light, N. O., 26¢: St. Vincent, P. R.. 25e; St. Johns, P. R., 19¢; No. 12 Sugar House, 15¢c. Syrups—Market was steady: Gold Medal, 27c; King (Vanilla), 29¢: Rock Candy Drips, 27¢; Gilt Edge, 2c: Corn, 22¢; No. 12 17c. Tea was firm; Hyson, superior to fine, 284i 32¢; choice to choie est, 426i46¢; uncolored Japan (new crop), finest, 31@33¢; choice to choicest, 224 He; extra choice, 4ic; Oolong, Amoy and Fuchow (new crop), finest, 40a 43c; choice to choicest, extra finest, 304 40c. Game—The market was firm. Rabbits, per doz, choice, trapped, $2.506 3.00; seconds, per doz, $1.50@ 2.00; quail, per doz, $2.706:3.00; pheasants, each, 90cip $1.00; do. off birds, each, 40c: wild turkeys, per Ib, 11@12¢; venison, saddle. per 1b, 22@25¢; whele deer, per 1h, 1347 15¢; wild ducks, redheads, per pair, $1706 2.00; do, mallards, per pair, To@ 85c; do. blackheads, per pair, S6@6ic; redheads, per pair, $1.50@2.00; CAnvas back, per pair, $2.75@32.25; common, vo pair, 404 50c, Poiatoes—The market was steady. White Maryland and Pennsylvania, per bus, €0@70c; do, seconds, A5456c: do, New York, wer bus, 63@6Sc: Westerns, per bus, 63G48¢c; sweets, Eastern Shore, per truck bhi, yellows, $1.50% 1.65; do, per flour bbl, $1.75471.85; vams, Vir-| Zinia, per bbl, No. 1, $1.25@1.50; Qo, Marylard, per bbl, No. 1, $1.20@ 1.50; culls and seconds, 75c% $1.00. Poxltry--Market firm. Old ‘owls, 104 11¢; young chickens, 10@12¢; ducks, 10! @1Ze; roosters, each, 20c; turkeys, per Ib, 13@Mec; geese, per 1b, 104 11e: do, Western, each, 50@65c; guineas, each, 25¢; pigeons, per pair, 2c; dressed| poultry, straight young chickens, per ib, 12@13¢c; straight old fowl, 11@ Ie; mix ed, 12@12%c; turkeys, per Ib, 12@i5e. THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1902. TITLE INSURANCE STOCKS CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—There was little life in the wheat market today, al though thece was a fair degree of sirength cn considerably lighter re cepts in the Mo rthwest and a generally firm tore to cables. Some little selling was done for the Northwest by com mission houses on the weather condi tions. There were smaller receints in all the principal markets, Minneapolis. Duluth, and Chicago showing 488 cars, against 622 last week and 493 last year. WHEAT. Onen, December 3% AY evs ns Tove alr... 2a. 3% December. 300% Bay... January Yester's High. Low. Clos. clos, Be 3 Be 73 1-18 765-16 TT Te pt) We 73% OATS, 331-6205 NY, 30% 32 716 32, $35 32% LARD. 9.72 9.65 9.72 9.70 0.15 0.07% 615 0.10 RIBS, S40 35 8.37 8.37 8.35 27. 8.32 8&3 16.40 15.62 6% 46% 43 New York Grain Quotations. WHEAT. Yester's Open. High. Low. Clos. clos. December... whim anes S83 82 May......... 80% 80% 86% W or July... 8 TRG TRG wa I. CORN. December... 60 a0 “0 60 January S43 BBY, Hil 53% 18% Fa. 8g 48g December... enn is 38% 38% BALTIMORE PRICE CURRENT. HENRY GLEWS' WEEKLY HINANGIAL REVIEW Unnecessary Crisis Averted by Powerful Interests. SERIOUS DANGER IS PASSED America Thrown On Its Own Resources Because of Eurcpean Distrust of Financial Methods. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Henry Clews’ weekly financial reviews says: “The creation of the $50,000,600 loan pool by many of the big New York banks had a decidedly beneficial effect. It was a very practical demonstration that pow erful interests were agreed in protect ing the market against an unnecessary crisis; that good and legitimate bor rowers would secure such accommoda tion as they might need, and that no funds would be available for speculative purposes. “What the emergency was, serious enough to call for such unusual action, is not revealed. It was probably gen eral, and can no doubt be traced back to the large amounts of money involved in various underwriting and syndicate operations. For some time past it has been ng secret that this was the weakest spot in the whole situation; and some of our :blest financiers have been sorely puzzted to know how the period of stress anticipated at this season of the year would be met Serious Danger Averted. At Is Delleved that all serious danger ‘bas been averted, and such, it is to be hoped, will prove to be the case. The mere assurance that 350,000,000 will be available in case of crisis tends to re ‘move apprehension and prevent such an emergency. It may be the money will not be wanted for the same reason that a depositor will not withdraw his ae count so long as he has confidence in his bank. “The influence, however, of this offer by strong bankers upon sentiment is highly important and beneficial. Call money was easier at once, though time money remains about 6 per cent. “It Is worthy of note that in spite of the heavy liquidation of the last sthree months the contraction of loans has been only $50,000,000 since high-water mark in the middle of August. This is a comparatively small reduction, and is probably explained by the fact that American loans abroad have been freely canceled or shifted to New York. “Foreign bankers have Leen somewhat distrustful of American methods of financing, and this has thrown us more Upon our own resources at a somewhat inconvenient season. As a result we ought to ship less gold in 1963 for set tlements; so this enforced retrenchment has its advantages. Bull Market Not To Be Expected. “While time money is on a 6 per cent basis and good stocks on a 4@4% per cent bagis, it is evident no legitimate widespread bull market can be expected, in spite of the 20@30 points decline late ly experienced. Either money rates stocks must deeline in order to alive this difierence; just which remains to be seen. “There is much reason in the argu ment that after seh an uninterrupted decline as that just noted a good reac tion is due. Considering the activity and .soundness of general business, any improvement in the monetary situation would certainly warrant a fair recovery. The year closes with no signs of a ces sation in that activity; on the contrary, there is every evidence that, if mer chandise prices could be made to de cline somewhat in proportion to the drop in stocks, a new and safer business level weuld be reached on which plenty of new comtraets could be placed with con fidence. “Present high prices are a serious ob struction to new enterprise. The effect of high prices has been strikingly il lustrated in our foreign trade returns, which showed a loss of $116,000,000 in exports during the last eleven months, and an increase of $75,000,000 in im ports. Much of this loss can he traced to the deficit of last year's corn crop and its effect upon other cereals and meats which form a large part of our exports; but higher prices for cotton and oils, also manufactured products generall;, stimulated imports and cheeck ed exports Until our excess of exports for the eleven months of this year was only $337,400,000, compared with $527. 800,000 same time last year, and $571, 600.0600 the year before. “So persistent and heavy a decline in our international trade balance is high ly significant. There is a probability of a change for the better in this re spect; for there i= a good demand for corn for export this year, and the re cent declines in wheat and corn are fa vorable to an outward movement of those staples. Stock Market Qutiook. ‘The immediate outlook for the stock market is for a natural reaction after the recent very heavy decline in prices. Currency ig beginning to return from the interior more freely, and Treasury absorptions are diminishing, while lower prices for wheat and corn promise a hetter supply of export bills. To this extent the situation seems slightly better. “The Venezuelan situation is a less disturbing factor; for there seems to be no misunderstarding between the Unit ed States and European powers about the acquisition of new territory—the vi ta! point of the Monroe Doctrine, “Preparations for January disburse ments will soon be completed, and a temporary money flurry would not be surprising. About the middle of next month, however, the monetary situa tion should show improvement, and if other deveiopments continue favorable we will certainly have a good trading market. The general trend of the mar ket for the present promises to be more confident on the buying side.” TT GRIP Dr break up a Cold, take rey eventy-seven” and some of gentie exercise or work, until ira nduced “77” prevents ria and cures La Seventh Monthly Dividend Jan. 15 EE SASS WILL BE PAID BY THE hi CALIFORNIA-NEVADA MINING co. ER ANNUM GUARANTEED NCREASED FROM 1 TO 1% PER CENT PER MONTH ON PAR FETIP TESTI. RSTO PRESENT DIVIDEND NOW Vr E UNTIL MILL IS COMPLETED i ea I $20,000,000 BLOCK Bi D OUT RE RAY POR THE A 200TON PER DAY PLANT CON MILI na the Ho dium claim, which ad- TRACTED FOR, and will be in full oper J 1d Victor Mine, set to figure on ation not later than April 1, 1903. a ai PRESENT PRICE, 75 CENTS PER SHARE. PAR VALUE, $1.00. Fi LLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE No not fail to vestigate this proposition, mote stock you will want Wri te for pre spectus. inyesticate th W. i 2 Le Wil §0., bro kers and Finane: 3} Agents, o2aL 1s Voldien Arencies: State Bank Trust Company, Los An 1t a A Sa Bidg., REFERENC) Brads! rec and Dun's tate, or prominent mini geles Bh SNE a Le nl: Wy omin ng J urnal of the THE WASHINGTCN LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. YE TYTN YIYY RY YY Smuyrirtyw AND TRUST COMPANY. OFFICE, (UR. ¥fH AND F STS. FAUD-UP CAPITAL, UNE MILLION. Loans ia suy amoeutl mave on approved real estate or collaters! at ressonable Tales. Interest paid upon deposits on mouthly balances subject to check. Thos company acts as execator, admin Istrator, trustee, agent, tieasurer, regis trar, 4nd in all other fiduciary capacities. B_rey for rent in burglar and fireproo! vaults for safe deposit and storage of va. uable packages. NRRERRR RAR JOHN JOY EDSON.........eees......President J00N A. SWORE... Vice President Eitds SPEAR........... Second Vice President ANDREW PARKER......... i Treasurer BRICE J. MOSES..... eanan Assistant Treasurer THOMAS BRADLEY........ Real Estate Utlficer REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT ls prepared to assume the ma ement of your Jul wstase. Careful attention to all de

THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT, SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY, CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK APR CAPITAL $1,000,000. Pays interest on deposits. Rents Safes Inside Burglar-proof Vaults. Acts as Administrator, xecutor. Trustee, ete AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST co. Capital, §1,250.000. Surplus, $500.000 SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES, Cafe A t Boxes for rent in Jarge burglar proat avi $5 per annum and upward. J. BELL, President. YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR MAKING A CONSERVATIVE INVESTMENT OR JUDICIOUS SPECULTAIVE PURCHASE IS RIGHT NOW, PRESENT MARKET WITH CONDITIONS FOR THE FUTURE AS FAVORABLE AS THEY ARE AND WITH PRICES DOWN FROM $10 TO $30 PER SHARE, THE REASON FOR THE DE CLINE BEING PRINCIPALLY BEHIND IN STEAD OF AHEAD OF THE MARKET, MAKE STOCKS MOST ATTRACTIVE AT PRESENT WE WILL BE PLEASED, UPON INQUIRY, TO NOTATE BRIEFLY OUR REASONS FOR LOOK ING FOR AN ADVANCE IN raiCES, ALSO TO NAME THE STOCKS WE BELIEVE WILL MAKE THE MOST DECISIVE AND REST AD YANCES. LET US SEND YOU A COPY OF OUR FOUR HUNDRED (#0) PAGE “GUIDE TO IN ALSO OUR UP-TO-THE-MINUTE “D:iILY MARKET LETTER." WE PROFFER OUR SERVICES AS COM MISSION STOCK BROKERS, CARRYING UPON MODERATE MARGIN STOCKS IN MULTIPLES OF 10 SHARES, GRAIN IN MULTIPLES OF 1.000 BUSHELS, COTTON IN MULTIPLES OF 100 BALES, (CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED HAIGHT FREESE GO. 1428 F St. N. W., Washington. STORKS, OAL, COTTON GRAIN. sponsil lity ur ‘Brooks Fan bon) selection of rieht Stocks.” Shareholders Buy Property for Cash. The onlv way to buv “-anerty at a bargain figure is to buy it for cash. Shareholders in the Equitable can, after saving a few hundreds of dollars, borrov, the balance to pay for a plece of proverty in cash. They pay back the loan conveniently in monthly suis—less than rent. EQUITABLE CO-OPCRATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION, 1003 F St. Equitable Bldg. JOIIN JOY EDSON............PRESIDENT FRANK I". REESIDE..........SECRETARY £100.00 invested in Grain or Stocks by our “SAFETY VALVE PLAN" sh d result in a profit of $600.00 to 51.0000 within 30 days. Write for particulars and send for our free book, “MODERN METHODS FOR SAFE INVEST MENTS. RICHARD OLIVER 0. Bankers and Brokers, Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Chicago. is Bl WHEAT AND CORN NION TRUST U STORAGE CO., 1414 F Street N. W. AVINGS ACCOUNTS taken S in any amount and sub. ject tocheck at will—2¢9, INTEREST ALLOWED. STOCKS. Iam in a position to execute orders in Stocks, Grain, and Cotten on easy margins. Service ex cellent. In direct commumication with New York. My Ladies’ Department is a special fea ture of my business. Speaking-lube to my main uffice, and cvery comfort, combine’ with strict privacy. Room 11. Margin, 1 Per Cen. R. LAPPIN, 529 Seventh N. W. Cor. F. Telephone, East 726. Enormous Stock of TOYS Auction Prices aa a ant a a a a a ti: i Odd Fellows’ Hall, stocked with $20,000 worth of best Toys. Hudson's Variety Store. Toys in Odd Fellows’ Great Hall 423 Seventh Street N. W, CORR BB BB Been Ge ee Pe Ber Poe Br oe Ge Be os Pe Bee Pn FINANCIAL. FINANCIAL, On Furniture, Pianos, ete., in yy amount from $12 to So. Come where you get lowest rates and longest terms. All dealings QUICh and private. POTOMAC GUARANTEE LOAN CoO, Rooxs 74 and 76, Atlantic Building, Tel. M. 1236-Y. $28 and 930 F St. N. W. $19 25 $75 $19 CHEAP MONEY. Do you want a ican of from SU) to $500 on your furniture, pianos ete, without any publicity or delay at very cheapest rates?! If so, cal on us, for we never disappoint. pe MUTUAL LOAN TRUST GD. Rooins 12 and 13, National Unior Buildirg, 918 F St. N. WwW. 53 $10.00 TO $50.00. Anyone who wants money for Christmas shopping can get it without delay at our offices. We will let you have cash 'on your chattc's, furniture or other personal property, at low rates and easy payments. If salaried, you can have money on persona! note without indorse ment. CAPITAL LOAN GUARANTEE Cn, 6ez F ST. N. W. $50.00 TO $500.00. fui tr MONEY, FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Everyone is in need of ready money at this ssason. Call on the COLUMBIA GUARANTEE CO., 013 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 Ba. m. to 6 p. m. ded-tt E Have a Bar’l of money to lend on furniture, pianos, etc. No delay. Goods are not dis turbed. 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, Suite 1, Warder B’id’g, 9th and F sts... 523 9 LOANS OF $10

AND UPWARD ON FURNITURE AND PIANOS, at lowest rates and on the day you apply. We are joamning on the Bulding and lian Asso ciation plan, which makes the cost of carry ing loans much less than you pay elsewhere and aliows you to pay it off in any sized notes ou desire. running from oze to twelve months ih you have a loan with some other company we will it off and advauce you more money if desired. Rates cheerfully given, and no cost to you unless ican is made. and get rates Front room, first floor. NATIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN A. 625 F St. NX. W. DO Leans on furniture, pianos, ete., on the most liberal terms ever offered in this city. No YOU remcval or publicity. If you LJ owe any other company and

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you have it without delay. MONEY? Private offices.

WASHINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN CO, HH

610 F St. N. W. IF YOU ARE GUING TO PUT

money in a bank, you look for the sufest institution; why not use the same care whem you deposit your vuiuabies for a loan? We have a building and safes made for that purpose. All business ab soiutely confidential. Money loanad on watches, diamonds, jewelry. etc. Interest at three per cent instead of ten. H H. K. FULTON'S LOAN OFFICE, Established 1870. 314 Ninth Street nw. J RLINGTON BREWING eel i ROSSLYN. VA, [i aerewro A BREW FOR THE HOME RTHE HOME Stock Porter I A BREW FOR THE HOME Jl}

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Christmas Cakes. No Christmas Dinner complete without some of John G. Wieinberg's Delicious Fruit and Pound Cake, on sale at all leading groceries, BAKERY 716 11th St, S, E, STANDS, 85 O St. Market; 500-310 Center Market. His Bread and Rolls are unexcelled. All or ders given prompt attention. del9-5t 297 FINEST IMPORTZD AND DOMESTIC WINES AND DISTILLATES.

Triple force of employes to handle Xmas rush. Place orders at once to insure prompt d& elivery,

CHRIS KANDER 2000" Se sy «vo fish Sar h THE \_ WiLL GET ONE FOR FINANCIAL. LOAN COMPANIES. CASH TO LOAN T9979 9990290%29 09009000 PETER GROGAN. Credit for all Washington. 13 RUGS. DESKS.

PICTURES.

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PARLOR LAMPS. PARLOR CABINETS. MUSIC CABINETS. EASY ROCKERS. CHINA CLOSETS.

SIDEBOARDS. HALL RACKS. 200K CASES. RECEPTION CHAIRS, +499 VreNvIYIYTTY TABLES. ALL ON Yr HY Or rr NT eT a TTT TE oN TET ATT TE OS OAT UU a TY OTE MRT TE TO RT Ie TaN TE Make your sciections at once, and we will deliver the goods$ whenever you say. Our credit prices are the cash prices of the other stores. Ng notes, no gt

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WITH THE TURKEY-—-To-Kalon Burgundy, 40c¢ quart; To-Kalon Sauterne, 40c quari; To-Kalon Im perial Champagne, The quart; $7.00

a juarts FOR MAKING EGGNOG—O0ld Gray Rye, $1 full quart; Old Ja maica Rum. $1.25 quart; Old Med ford Rum, 75¢ quart. H BOOK OF RECIPES AND CORK SCREWS GRATIS J Brandy for Mince Pies and Pud dings. 75¢ quart. To-Kalon Pre

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sortments in this eity, and youn y are sure of the quality of your 3 purchase when it comes. from us. We ship all goods free of eharge anywhere in the United States. WOLF FUR CO., S13 6 Strest N. W. DOO POOP POPOPOPDOPOePPPeIeee TFT rN I FEN I TF TT Far TET TN ET TTT EE Mo Tea, PUPP so0040 soe 00e Money Loaned Salaried People, Retail merchants, tewmsters, boarding houses, without security; largest business in 46 prin cipal cities. TOLMAN, Room 1, 583 15th st. nw, mad LOAN COMPANIES.

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