The Washington Times (Washington [D.C.])
December 22, 1902

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Fair, colder tonight and Tuesday; light to fresh northerly winds. NUMBER 211: W ASHINGTON, MOND AY, DEC [D MBER 22, 1902. PE Led So PRICE ONE GENE. CASTAWAYS CRAZED BY AWFUL SUFFERING

Schooners Collide at Sea and Both Go to the Bot tom—Only Fifteen of the Crew of Twenty-one Reach the Long Boat. 0 Free Days at Sea With No Food and Little Clothing Nearly Starved and Frozen by Their Terrible Experi ence. BOSTON. Dec. 22 The five-masted wchooner Louise B. Crary and the large lour-master Frank A. Palmer, bound rom Newport News for Boston, collided off Thatchers Island on Wednesday pight last. Both vessels sank almo# immediately. Out of the twenty-one men composing the two crews, six went down with the vessels. Fifteen men managed to get into a boat belonging to the Frank A. Palmer. After suffering indescribable hardships ten of them were picked vp yesterday by the fishing schooner Man ahasset. The others died in the course of their three days’ exposure to hunger cold and the perils of a rough sea.

The Manahasset reached the whar! early this morning, bringing the sur vivors of the disaster. All were in 2 desperate condition, suffering from frozen limbs and nearly starved. Tw of them were driven insane. Among those rescued were Capt. Wil liam H. Potter, of the Louise B. Crary and Captain Rawding, of the Frank A Palmer, No Clothing or Food. The men were compelled to take t« the boats without having time to secure provisions or clothing other than wha they were wearing. In a biting wind and on a rough sea, without sails tc propel their little craft, they drifte out toward the ocean. When picked uj by the fishermen they were sixty-five miles east of Highland light. Hunger and cold combined to make thelr sufferings terrible. Three of the men became insane and jumped over board, and a fourth died of exhaustion On Saturday the cold was intense, ang the remaining men in the boat were

LAURK BIGGAR TO KNOW FATE ON CHRISTMAS EVE soe Virginia Sup

Mysterious Witness Will Re turn, Says Ycunger.

FREEHOLD, N. J., Dec. 22.—The trial ‘of Laura Biggar, the actress, accused with Dr. Charles G. Hendricks and Samuel Stanton of conspiracy, continued here today with the resumption by Miss Biggar of her story about her alleged marriage to Bennett and of the child she says she bore him.

At the opening of the court it was doubtful if the case would be finished to day, because so many witnesses had been brought forward unexpectedly. The actress still has a long story to teil and it is announced by the defense that it will recall Dr. Hendricks. The prosecu tion, too, has much more evidence to put in. It is generally conceded that it will take three more days at least to com plete all the testimony of the defense and prosecution in rebuttal and the charge to the jury by Judge Heisler. This would mean that the twelve Mon mouth county farmers of the jury will be sent out to formulate their verdict on Christmas eve. It is believed that they will reach a speedy agreement in order to spend Christmas day at their respec tive homes. WEATHER CONDITIONS. The south Pacific storm that was cen tral Saturday morning over eastern Ne braska is pow passing into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and another is moving in from British Columbia. The weather continues cloudy from the Mississippi Valley eastward, although the rain and snow have practically ceased. Temperatures have fallen considerably from the Ohio Valley southward, and in the Northwest, but are not much below the seasonal average. The eastward movement of a high pressure wave now over the Slope region will dominate the weather conditions east of the Mississippi River for the next few days, and falr weather may there fore be expected, with lower tempera tures. On the middle and south Atlantic Coast the winds will be light to fresh north westerly, and on the east Gulf coast light northerly. Steamers departing today for European ports will have brisk westerly winds, except high off the New England coast, with clearing and colder weather (o the Grand Banks Rizh tide today. 3: Ieow 4340 ROBBY oc a¥: covnrin... 7 High tide tomorrow............1: Low tide LOROTTOW. vss vrnnsssS: THE SIN. TIDE TABLE. scarcely able to keep a lookout for a succoring sail. When the Manahasset caught sight of the sufferers they were almost in a comatose state. As soon as Capt. Dexter Maline, of the Manahasset, had the survivors of the disaster aboard he laid his course for Boston. As he approached the upper harbor he made signals for help and a police boat put out to him. The collision occurred Wednesday night. The lookouts and wheelmen on each of the doomed schooners saw the other schooner when they were still some distance apart. The Palmer had the right of way, and was running on the starboard tack, but the captain or steersman of the Crary calculated that he had sufficient room in which to run across the Palmer's bows and tried to do it. 3 The Crary struck the Palmer on the port bow and cut so deeply into her that both schooners began to settle at once and the order was given to take to the boats. Most of the small boats on both schooners had been smashed “when the collision came and some of the men in both crews had been killed. There was only time to launch the long boat, a craft about twenty-five feet keel. from the Falmer. Into this boat there piled ithe captains of both schooners and thirteen sailors, most of them from the Palmer. The men rowed away from the side of the sinking vessels to escape being drawn down by the suction when the boats should go under the water. The men in the long boat of the Palmey had been unable to save any of their clothing, or to take aboard any water or provisions. When the schooners went down, leaving them alone upon what seemed a boundless expanse of water, they were without food or water or shelter. The spray from the seas washed over the men In the little boat, coating their clothing with ice. The sufferings of the men were inde scribable. Four of the men from the Palmer gave up the fight, and laid down in the bow of the long boat. Frida: night they all died, huddled up in the boat. Saturday night one of the other sail ors, who had kept up his courage at first, began to show signs of insanity, and later dragged himself to the gunwale and plunged headlong into the icy walers. He sank at once, and his body did net reappear upon the surfacq of the water, BIG FIRE IN KNOXVILLE BUSINESS DISTRICT KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 22.—Fire, which started in an unknown mannr, in the Knoxville Pants Company's build ing on Commerce Street, this morning, destroyed the following property in the business district: George Brown Co, wholesale hard ware, building, and stock, $196,000, Building on R. S. Payne's estate, £30,000, Knoxville Pants Company, stock, $30, 000, L. David Co., commission, stock. £30,000. Breyles, McClellan Lackey, farming implements, stock, $10,000. R. H. Cate Co.,, wholesale liquon dealers, building and stock, $15,000, Shanklin Grain Company, stock, $5,000. McTeerhood Co... wholesale clothing, building and stock, $5,000. Haynes Henson, wholesale boots and shoes, building and stock, $10,000. Davies Furniture Company, stock, $1,000. Scorched buildings, broken glass, ete of the west side of Gay Street, $2,500. Clairborne estate, and Cowan Cloth ing factory, building and stock, $2.500. The above loss is approximately cov ered by about three-fourths insurance. Two men are reported buried under the walls of the Breyles, McClellen Lackey building, but no effort will be made to verify this until the debris cools. Chattanooga started a fire company to the scene, but its services were not needed. Demented Man Charges the Nation's Executive With Having Hired Men to Beat Him. CHELSEA, Mass., Dec. 22.1 want a warrant for President Roosevelt,” said Charles C. White, a well-to-do resident, at the Central police station. Addressing Police Captain Grover, White continued: “He hired ‘Tim’ McCarthy aud John Farley to assault me the other day and 1 was assaulied Ly them on Eastern Ave uue, Roosevelt was there in his carriage and encouraged the men while they were striking me.” Then the speaker rambled into a lonz string of complaints against President Roosevelt and the coal question. The man was laboring under excitement and resisted srrest. He was overpowered and a loaded pistol and a razor were found on him. He is held for an examination by physicians. Damage Over $350,000, and Two Lives May Be Lost. BLAMED ALL HIS TROUBLES ON PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT “ACCURATE, CONCISE, INTERESTING.” Lrg =o Ee Ee Be a EE Ba a TP Ta TR TI SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COL: JUSTICE'S CHAMBERS. 7 The WASHINGTON TIMES is an excellent newspaper. It is accura its reports, and the news of the day is given to the public in a concise, intere. style. Its editorials are timely and discuss matters, local and oreign, fairly and em phatically. The enterprise of THE TIMES and intelligent manner in which it pre sents all questions of public interest highly commendable. I A Chief Justice, Supreme Court, So Eo Eo Eo w= El EF Bo oe BO oe 5 SB District of Columbia. lM ial al ag tg ple Mi A AR lg i gM i i A LS LE a Le Re ee a a a] ah fh Bah fe ad hat a fed ad ft eh fe dh Lod dh b [Ht PRESIDENT AND FARILY RETURN HOME Party Rested by Jaunt in Old Virginia THE TRAIN ARRIVES ON TIME Chief Executive Met at Station by Sec retary Cortelyou—Sends Message To Secretary Hay.» President Roosevelt's special train reached Washington on time at 11:25 o'clock this morning. Secretary Cortel you met the party at the station. The President told Secretary Cortelyou that despite the inclement weather he had bad a good time, and felt better for the rest from official cares it had afforded him. None of the President's party felt any the worse this morning for their three hour horseback ride in the rain yester day afternoon. They were all wet to the skin and chilled to the bone when they reached the Wilmer residence at o'clock—that is, all but the President, who looked and acted as if he could have stood another three hours with en Joyment. But dry clothing, a seat in the hall before the immense open fireplace, and then a real Virginia supper, with three or four different kinds of hot bread—all gcod—and lots of other things, soon made each member of the party feel just as good as mew. But everybody grew sleepy soon after supper, and re tired early. Mr. Wiimer drove the President and his family to the station this morning. ‘The roads were so bad after the two days of rain, and the big carryall, with its four horses and two outriders stuck in the mud so often, that it became a seri ous proposition whether the party would not have to waik part of the way. The trip was finally accomplished, al though it took about four times as long as usual to make the two miles. The train left at 9 o clock, Reach Washington, On their arrival in the city Mrs. Roosevelt led the way down the station platform. escorted by Theodore, jr., and clesely followed by Miss Ethel, Kermit, and Archie, trudging along in a group. The President walked a dozen feet back of them with Secretary Cor telyou and Assistant Secretary Loeb. When the engine was reached the Presi dent stopped and shook hands with the engineer and fireman. On the Sixth Street side of the station the White House carriage was waiting. Mrs. Roosevelt entered, and the young sters piled in without the least sem Llance of ceremony. When the Presi dent reached the sidewalk about thirty seconds later, he found the carriage al ready had five occupants. Theodore, jr., immediately jumped out, ‘when he realized the condition of af fairs, but the President motioned him ‘back and sald he would ride uptown with ‘Mr, Cortelyou. The White House car riage started up street, the President and Secretary Cortelyou entered the lat ter's carriage and as soon as Pennsyl vania Avenue was reached, took the lead in the little procession. Assistant Secretary Loeb followed in a third car riage On arrival at the White House, the President sent his footman to the State Department with a message for Secre tary Hay. WILDES ORDERED HOME FROM ASIATIC STATION The Rear Admiral “Condemned” by a Board of Medical Survey. Sperry to Command. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans. com mander-in-chief of the Asiatic naval station, has cabled the Navy Depar ment that Rear Admiral Frank Wildes his second in command, has been “‘con demned” by a board of medical survey and ordered home. He will sail on Fri day. Captain Sperry has been ordered by Admiral Evans to assume command of Admiral Wildes’ squadron temporarily. A rear admiral will be assigned to the command by the Navy Department in a few days. GOVERNMENT AWAITS REPLY OF THE ALLIES Action of the President Depends on Their Answer—Great Britain Reticent. The formal reply of the allies to the arbitration proposal, including reference to The Hague triounal, has not yet been received ai the State Department. Ac cordingly, President Roosevelt will not tormally reply to the suggestion that he act as arbiter until after the exchange mentioned is received. Meantime he has already expressed the hope, informally, that the powers will refer the case to The Hague conference. The Stato Departmeat o'cials are un able to understand the extreme reticence seemingly displayed by the British for eign ogee in London in making known to this country what Great Britain pur poses in the Venezuelan negotiations. The moves of Italy and Germany in the Venezuelan matter are regularly communicated to the United States by means of Ambassadors Tower and Meyer, but the only information as to what Great Britain is doing or wishes is ob tained by the State Department through the cabled press dispatches. Notices of The State ron oi, received from Amblssador ght at Rome, and Ambassador Tower, at Ber lin, official notice of the blockade of Venezuelan ports by the allied forces. Secretary moody also received a dis patch from Commander Diehl, com manding the United States gunboat Marietta, at La Guaira, announcing the effective blockade of certain Venezuelan ports by the English vice admirg. The dispatch of Ambassador Tower, which is dated Berlin, December 22, fol lows: “The German government announces officially the blockade of Puerto Cabello and Maracaibo to take effect December SAYS RUSSIA PURPOSES PARTITION OF TURKEY Vienna Paper Declares Lamsdorff Will Submit Plan to Austria. VIENNA, Dee. 22.—' Die Woche" to day asserts that Count Lamsdorff, Rus sian minister of foreign affairs, on his visit to Vienna to arrange a setilement of affairs in Turkey and its dependen cies, will bring a definite proposal from the Russian government regarding the partition of Turkey. According to this proposal, the pa per says, Austria is to occupy the ter ritory from the Bosnian boundary to Ipek and Mitronitza, while Russia will receive another slice of European Tur key. Austro-Russlan action along these lines, the paper adds, is bound to pro voke a European conflict. GEN. LEE SAYS HE WAS INCCRRECTLY QUOTED Error Made In Report of His New York Speech on Cuba. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee says his speech be fore the Patria Club in New York, de livered December 12, was not correctly reported and that in the newspaper re ports the omission of the qualifying sentences in that portion of his speech which referred to ex-President Cleve land makes his remarks a harsh criti cism of the ex-President, In referring to this matter, General Lee said: “I remember the exact words used in reference to Mr. Cleveland. was refer ring to the condition of the Island of Cuba before the war, and said that re ported to Mr. Cieveland the facts, but no action was takem by him. “Mr. Cleveland was conservative, He had reports of others in his possession, apd waz in touch with all parts of the country, and probably at that time did not wan! to disturb the business inter ests of the people. The reporters of New York, in condensing my speech, seem to have left out what followed after my mention of Mr. Cléveland, namely, what, in fact, is contained in the preceding sentence. That is x11 there is to the matter of whieh so much Is being said.” 20. Ships under other flags than that of Venezuela sailing from West Indian or eastern American ports before that date shall have an allowance of twent) days for sailing vessels and ten days for steamers. “Ships coming from all other ports shall be allowed forty days for sailing vessels and twenty days for steamships under otter flags than that of Venezuelz and lying upon that date within the blockade harbors shall be allowed #if teen days. Ships which shall try to dis regard the blockade shall be subject to the rules applicable either by interna tional law or treaty provision to neutrals under such circumstances.” Word Frome Rome. Ambassador Meyer, at Rome, has cabled the State Department that he re ceived yesterday from the minister for foreign affairs an official note dated De cember 20, announcing that Italy had decided to participate with her naval forces in the blockade of Venezuelan ports, Which: as beep dtclarad by. the British all German The only annoucnement received by this Government of what is being done by Great Britain comes in a cable dis patch fromr Commander Diehl, at La Guira, which follows: “British vice admiral establishes ef fective blockade, from and after De cember 20, of La Guira, Capero, Guanta, Comana, Crupano, and mouths of Oro noco: vessels sailing from the United States and West Indies before date noti fication allowed grace—steamers ten days, sailing vessels twenty; other ports, steamers, twenty; sailing vessels forty; vessels in blockaded ports allowed fif teen days. Full test if desired.” GOSSIPS BUSY OVER HOPKINS REMOVAL General Harries Says Reason Is Simply That Naval Officer is Desired. There has been much gossip of late over the announcement that Lieutenant Commander Hopkins is to be relieved as commander of the naval battalion, and many reasons have been advanced to ac count for the decision. Gen. George C. Harries, commanding the District National Guard, denied that there were any reasons for superceding Lieutenant Commander Hopkins other than the fact that it has been found nec essary to have a naval officer in charge of the battalion. Commander Hopkins is well-nown in Washington, popular in society circles, ‘and wel] liked by the men of the bat talion. He Is said to have, however, no technical knowledge of naval affairs, and this, Navy Department and brigade headquarters officials have found, after a thorough and practical test, is essen tial for the deeviopment and progress of the battalion. The Navy Department. it saw said this morning, is to decide upon one of four naval officers as the more a'uilable to take charge of the battalion. 1nOe of the four is now on his way hone from Manila, and the selection will prcbably not be announced until his arrival. UNITED STATES TO ACT AS A NEUTRAL POWER After an examination of the interna tional law authorities on the subject, the State Department, for the Government, will recognize that a state of war exists between Venezuela and the governments of Grea: Britain, Germany, and Italy. The declaration that a blockade of Venezuelan ports has been established has been construed by the department as equivalent to an acknowledgment that war exists. According to the interpre tation of lhe department. the establish ment of a so-called ‘peace’ blockade need not be preceded by any declaration, or, if a declaration is deemed necessary, it must state in terms that a “peace” blockade has beer established. The proclamations of the English, Ger man, and Italian governments did not say that the blockade was of a “peace able” or pacific character. The action af the three European gov ernments has the effect of investing Ven ezuela with belligerent rights. The Uni ted States wil] issue a proclamation of neutrality. CONGRESS MAY ASK NATION 1 \U URGANIZE TUNIGH Effort to Be Made to Relieve Local Coal Famine. MAY TRY IMPORTING COAL Cali Sent Out Today to Prominent Business Men of the City. Committee That Will Tzy to Raise Famune.

O. G. STAPLES, Capitalist and Hotel Proprietor, W. S. BRONSON, Passenger Agent Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. W. W. DANENHOWER, Capitalist and Real Estate Dealer. C. E. WOOD, President Wood, Har mon Co. FRANK K. RAYMOND, Insurance. R. P. ANDREWS, Wholesale Paper Dealer. BARRY BULKLEY, Secretary Busi ness Men's Association. PAUL R. VAN MATER, President Hotel Barton Company. E. 8. ALVORD, of Littlefield Alvord, The personal of the committee of cit izens who have undertaken tio take action looking to securing coal by im portation or otherwise to relieve the ex isting famine, was announced today and a call was issued for them to meet this evning at the Riggs House to effect an organization. It is the purpose of those interested in securing further supplies of coal {0 co-operate with the coal deal ers in every way possible and several dealers will probably be added to -the committee, The call ae issued for the meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. copies of og ware sent Ao the Sentleinen in 5 y “A ge has been made Yoking to the formation of a citizens’ coal com mittee for the purpose of affording re lief from the existing coal ‘amine. I tne ve been requested to invite vour at {endance at the Riggs House tonight at 8 o'clock.” MARGONI JUBILANT OVER HIS SUCGESS Little Difficulty in Sending Messages Across Ocean. HALIFAX, N. 8S, Dec. 22.—In an in terview on his success in sending dis patches across the Atlantic, Mr. Mar coni =aid today that he experienced very iittle difficulty in transmitting the mes sages. Indeed, he was surprised at the ease with which the instruments worked. Mr. Marconi and his assistants are naturally very jubilant over the suc cess of the transoceanic telegraphy between Table Head and Cornwall. While pessimistic reports have been sent out as to the probable outcome of the system, Mr. Marconi never for a mo ment doubted that the ultimate result would be crowned with success. The magretic detector was used yesterday. and Mr. Marconi says it gave great sat isfaction. The citizens of Glace Bay will give Marconi a reception in a few days. It was learned that one-fourth of the wires that hang from the towers at Glace Bay would do the service as suc cessfully as the entire lot, and the sur plus number was not used. The grand opening was to be on Christ mas Day, but Marconi announced to the local newspaper men yesterday the suc cess of his achievement. In addition to ithe message sent to King Edward, says other messages were exchanged with England. At an early hour yesterday moruing Marconi and his assistants were astir. It was a fine day, bright and clear. The izsiruments were “tuned” with those across the sea, and the first wireless message was dispatched. There was a pause. Apparently an answer came, and Mar coni announced that he had triumphed. He said: “1 have Cornwall.” Then the message to King Edward was sent. Marconi says it connected with the circuit from Cornwall, and he made the achievement of his life. LONDON, Dec. 22.—The "Times" today received the following message by Mar coni's wireless telegraph from Sir R. J. Cartwright, Canadian minister of cem merce: “The government of Canada. through the ‘Times desires to congratulate the British people on the accomplishment by Marcon! of the greatest feat modern ‘science has yet achieved.” Canadian Minister Wires. tion of Certain Di of Postoffice De= partment May Reveal Why Four Companies Practi= cally Monopolize Letter~ Box Contracts. Their Success Said to Be Due to the Fact That Their Agents Are Usually Canvassing on the Ground Before the Route is Officie ally Laid Out. Inspector Stationed in Newn York, Sent to Corbin Fac= tory to Perfect Box, Draws Pay Allowed Officials on the Road—Suspicion Is Aroused. It is not improbable that before the ‘adjournment of Congress nex: March, a demand may be made for its investiga<: tion Of certain divisions of the Post office Department, It is said that a condition of affairs affaira exists there which would warrant such a demand, and that a thorough would develop facts which might lead to the ee ancl, ight aa and a number of inspectors. For in| stance, it has been observed that wr companies are successful In obtaining contracts to supply the letter boxes on a large majority of the rural routes es tablished. Their success is chiefly due to the fact that their agents are usually ‘on the ground canvassing in advance of the time the route is officially laid out and long before the agents of other com panies are aware that it is to be estab

lished. Former Rule Abolished. Under the administration of Postmas ter General Smith, only such compa nies as manufactured a certain kind of Postusaster abolished this rule, and poms 3 to all comers who provide a suitable metallic box in which rural carriers may deposit mail. Noiwithstanding the fact that there is supposed to be a fair field and no favorites, certain it is that the Corbin Lock Box Company, of Bridge pert, Conn.; the Century Company, of Detroit, Mich.; tne Bond Steel Post Com~ pany, of Adrian, Mich., and a company in Toledo obtain pre~tically all of vne con~ tracts for placing letter boxes along the rural routes. howexar, This is due not to the fact that they make a better box than any other com pany, or that they sell at a cheaper fig ure, but becar== as stated, their agents are first upon the ground. This has led to the alleged discovery that a certain high official of the department is a large stockholder in cach of these four com panies. It is said that his plan is tq advise one or two of these companies ag soon as a route is surveyed, in order that their agents may canvass the route before the other companies know wherg it is to run. Usually the favors have been passed around among the four companies, Suspicion Aroused. In this connection it has also been developed that an.inspector stationed im New York was sent to the factory of the Corbin Company near Bridgeport for the purpose »f perfecting ue worm box. While on thie duty he drew 34 a day extra compensation, which is ai lowed to inspectcrs while out on the road, and was supposed to be superin tending the establishment of a rural rouie near Bridgeport. Shortly after the Corbin box was per fected and made to comply with all the requirements, it was thought advisable by certain officials to use a sum aggre gating about $75,000, which was available in the department, for the purchase of a large number of boxes, and to sell these boxes to people aleng the routes at cost. A commission was appointed to determine wron the best box and fo make the purchase. Eugene Hathaway, ac inspector stationed in New York, whe had himself perfected ithe Corbin Lox, was one of the commissioners, and H. Conquest Clark was another, For some reason, however, the pilag was abandoned and the department Jide not purchase avy boxes. A number of members of Congress arg dissatisfied with the treatment accorded them in the matter of rural free de« livery When they refused to comply with he request of certain powerful of ficizls of the department, they have bees told that they could expect noihing more in the way of establishing routeg in their respective districts. Postoffice Oligarchy. A promiuent Peansylvania member of the House was approached some time ago by one of the Postoffice oligarchy, who demanded a favor. It was refused him. Some <i wne matter of opening a new rural free delivery rout in the member's district, where it wai much needed, and there was every rea’ qf ontinued on Second Page.

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THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN THE CTY OF WASHINGTON. Fair, colder tonight and Tuesday; light to fresh northerly winds. PRICE ONE CENT. WASHINGTON, MONDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1902. CASTAWAYS CRAZED BY AWFUL SUFFERING schooners Collide at Sea and Both Go to the Bot tom—Only Fifteen of the Crew of Twenty-one Reach the Long Boat. lhree Days at Sea With No Food and Little Clothing Nearly Starved and Frozen by Their Terrible Experi ence. BOSTON, Dec. 22. —The five-masted wchooner Louise B. Crary and the large lour-master Frank A. Palmer, bound rom Newport Nows for Boston, collided off Thatchers Island on Wednesday pight last. Both vessels sank almo# immediately. Out of the twenty-one men composing the two crews, six went down with the vessels. Fifteen men managed to get into a boat belonging to the Frank A. Palmer. After suffering indescribable hardships ten of them were picked up yesterday by the fishing schooner Man ahasset. The others died in the course of their three days’ exposure to hunger, cold and the perils of a rough sea. The Manahasset reached the whart early this morning, bringing the sur vivors of the disaster. All were in 2 desperate condition, suffering from frozen limbs and nearly starved. Twc of them were driven insane. Among those rescued were Capt. Wil liam H. Potter, of the Louise B. Crary and Captain Rawding, of the Frank A. Palmer, No Clothing or Food. The men were compelled to take to the boats without having time to secure provisions or clothing other than what they were wearing. In a biting wind and on a rough sea, without sails to propel their little craft, they drifted out toward the ocean. When picked uj by the fishermen they were sixty-five miles east of Highland light. Hupger and cold combined to make their sufferings terrible. Three of the men became insane and jumped over board, and a fourth died of exhaustion On Saturday the cold was intense, and the remaining men in the boat were [AURK BIGGAR TO KNOW ATE ON GHRISTNAS EVE Mysterious Witness Will Re turn, Says Younger. FREEHOLD, N. J., Dec. 22.—The trial ‘of Laura Biggar, the actress, accused with Dr. Charles G. Hendricks and Samuel Stanton of conspiracy, continued here today with the resumption by Miss Biggar of her story about her alleged marriage to Bennett and of the child she says she bore him. At the opening of the court it was doubtful if the case would be finished to day, because so many witnesses had been brought forward unexpectedly. The actress still has a long story to tell and it is announced by the defense that it will recall Dr. Hendricks. The prosecu tion, too, has much more evidence to put in. It is generally conceded that it will take three more days at least to com plete all the testimony of the defense and prosecution in rebuttal and the charge to the jury by Judge Heisler, This would mean that the twelve Mon mouth county farmers of the jury will be sent out to formulate their verdict on Christmas eve. It is believed that they will reach a speedy agreement in order to spend Christmas day at their respec tive hories. The south Pacific storm that was ecen tral Saturday morning over eastern Ne braska is now passing into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and another is moving in from British Columbia. The weather continues cloudy from the Mississippi Valley eastward, although the rain and snow have practically ceased. Temperatures have fallen considerably from the Ohio Valley southward, and in the Northwest, but are not much below the seasonal average. The eastward movement of a high pressure wave now over the Slope region will dominate the weather conditions east of the Mississippi River for the next few days, and fair weather may there fore be expected, with lower tempera tures, On the middle and south Atlantic Coast the winds will be light to fresh north westerly, and on the east Gulf coast light northerly. Steamers departing today for European ports will have brisk westerly winds, except high off the New Zngland coast, with clearing and colder weather to the Grand Banks. bE 16 Cg SR i ER 43 has anansss ven ..48 1pm FT UR Rasnabnsosnsd SEN 1% Bun 3t8 TORRE «vc vvre. iin 4:42 5. m. Sun rises tomorrow..... aasases 7:16 1. m. High tide today................ how ti0H COBY. .ca¥- iconv... Low tide LOMOTTOW. oer 1svess. i: 3: 8: PRA Ld 8 EprT EEE 1 we WEATHER CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURE. THF SI'N TIDE TABLE scarcely able to keep a lookout for a succoring sail. When the Manahasset caught sight of the sufferers they were ‘almost in a comatose state. As soon as Capt. Dexter Maline, of the Manahasset, had the survivors of the disaster aboard he laid hic course for Boston. As he approached the upper harbor he made signals for help and a police boat put out to him. The collision occurred Wednesday night. The lookouts and wheelmen on each of the doomed schooners saw the other schooner when they were stil) some distance apart. The Palmer had the right of way, and was running on the starboard tack, but the captain or steersman of the Crary calculated that he had sufficient room in which to run ‘across the Palmer's bows and tried to do it. The Crary struck the Palmer on the port bow and cut so deeply into her that botk schooners began to settle at once and the order was given to take to the boats. Most of the small boats on hoth schooners had been smashed when the collision came and some of the men in both crews had been killed. There was only time to launch the long boat, a craft about twenty-five feet koel. from the Palmer. Into this boat there piled the captiins of both schooners and thirteen sailors, most of them from the Palmer. The men rowed away from the side of the sinking vessels to escape being drawn down by the suction when the boats should go under the water. The men in the long boat of the Palmed had been unable to save any of their clothing, or to take aboard any water or provisions. When the schooners went down, leaving them alone upon what seemed a boundless expanse of water, they were without food or water or shelter. The spray from the seas washed over the men in the little boat, coating their clothing with ice. The sufferings of the men were inde scribable. Four of the men from tha Palmer gave up the fight, and laid down in the bow of the long boat. Frida: night they all died, huddled up in the boat. Saturday night one of the other sail ors, who had kept up his courage at first began to show signs of insanity, and later dragged himself to the gunwale and plunged headlong into the icy waters. He sank at once, and his body did net reappear upon the surfacq of the water. BIG HIRE IN KNOXVILLE BUSINESS DISTRICT Damage Over $350,000, and Two Lives May Be Lost. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 22.—Fire, which started in an unknown mannr, in the Knoxville Pants Company's build ing on Commerce Street, this morning, destroyed the following property in the business district: George Brown Co, wholesale hard ware, building, and stock, $190,000, Building on R. S. Payne's estate, $30,000, Knoxville Pants Company, stock, $30, 060. L. David Co, commission, stock, $30,000. Breyles, McClellan Lackey, farming implements, stock, $10,000. R, H. Cate Co., wholesale liquon dealers, building and stock, $18,600. Shanklin Grain Company, stock, $5,000. McTeerhood Co., wholesale clothing, building and stock, $5,000, Haynes Henson, wholesale boots and shoes, building and stock, $10,000, Davies Furniture Company, stock, $1,000. Scorched buildings, broken glass, ete. of the west side of Gay Street, $2,500. Clairborne estate, and Cowan Cloth ing factory, building and stock, $2.500 The above loss is approximately cov ered by about three-fourths insurance, Two men are reported buried under the ‘walls of the Breyles, McClellen Lackey building, but no effort will be made to verily this until the debris cools. Chattanooga started a fire company to the scene, but its services were not needed. BLAMED ALL HIS TROUBLES ON PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Demented Man Charges the Nation's Executive With Having Hired Men to Beat Him. CHELSEA, Mass., Dec. 22.—*1 want a warrant for President Roosevelt,” said Charles C. White, a well-to-do resident, atl the Central police station. Addressing Police Captain Grover, White continued: “He hired ‘Tim’ McCarthy and John Farley to assault me the other day and was assaulied Ly them on Eastern Ave nue. Roosevelt was there in his carriage and encouraged the men while they were striking me.” Then the speaker rambled into a lonz string of complaints against President Roosevelt and the coal question. The man was laboring under excitement and resisted arrest, He was overpowered and a loaded pistol and a razor were found on him. He is held for an examination by physicians. ido? cifaibtitind diol ibe bd i df ldo EB hh de 2 a Et SE BE BE Cal Aa “ACCURATE, CONCISE, INTERESTING. SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLL JUSTICE'S CHAMBERS. The WASHINGTON TIMES is an excellent newspaper. It is accura its reports, and the news of the day is given to the public in a concise, intere. style. Its editorials are timely and discuss matters, local and oreign, fairly and em- phatically. The enterprise of THE TIMES and intelligent manner in which it pre- 1 sents all questions of public interest highly commendable. =e B= 0s A Chief Justice, Supreme Court, District of Columbia.

EE EE Et SE Eo Et Eo Et Et Eo Et Eo Et Eo Et Bt Eo i fo Et Po pg dg 2 pg 2 pg i i 20 SAS ms ms Sms mo me rr Ir IN Tr NA INA IE Nr ENE INA IR Cw Ew Cw BR Cw TR tw Ta tw Rw we rT Va PRE THESE TRS Teer mer a or ram aes) ah THE PRESIDENT AND EARILY RETURN HOME Party Rested by Jaunt in Old Virginia THE TRAIN ARRIVES ON TIME Chief Executive Met at Station by Sec retary Cortelyou—Sends Message To Secretary Hay. President Roosevelt's special train reached Washington on time at 11:25 o'clock this morning. Secretary Cortel you met the party at the station. The President told Secretary Cortelyou that despite the inclement weather he had had a good time, and felt better for the rest from official cares it had afforded ‘him. None of the President's party felt any the worse this morning for their three ‘hour horseback ride in the rain yester day afternoon. They were all wet to the skin and chilled to the bone when they reached the Wilmer residence at 6 o'clock—that is, all but the President, who looked and acted as if he could have stood another three Sours with en Joyment. Real Virginia Supper. But dry clothing, a seat in the hall before the immense open fAreplace, and then a real Virginia supper, with three or four different kinds of hot bread—all good—and lots of other things, soon made each member of the party feel just as good as new. But everybody grew sleepy soon after supper, and re tired early. Mr. Wilmer drove the President and his family to the station this morning. The roads were so bad after the two days of rain, and the big carryvall, with its four horses and two outriders stuck in the mud so often, that it became a seri ous proposition whether the party would not have to walk part of the way. The trip was finally accomplished, al though it took ahout four times as long as usual to make the two miles. The train left at 9 o clock. Reach Washington. On their arrival in the city Mrs. Roosevelt led the way down the station platform, escorted by Theodore, jr., and closely followed Hy Miss Ethel, Kermit, and Archie, trudging along in a group. The President walked a dozen feet back of them with Secretary Cor telyou and Assistant Secretary Loeb, When the engine was reached the Presi dent stopped and shook hands with the engineer and fireman. On the Sixth Street side of the station the White House carriage was waiting. Mrs. Roosevelt entered, and the young sters piled in without the least sem blance of ceremony. When the Presi dent reached the sidewalk about thirty seconds later, he found the carriage al ready had five occupants. Theodore, jr., immediately jumped out, when he realized the condition of af fairs, bu' the President motioned him back and said he would ride uptown with Mr. Cortelyou. The White House car riage started up street, the President and Secretary Cortelyou entered the lat ter's carriage and as soon as Pennsyl vania Avenue was reached, took the lead in the little procession. Assistant Secretary Loeb followed in a third car riage. On arrival at the White House, the President sent his footman to the State Department with a message for Secre tary Hay. WILDES ORDERED HOME FROM ASIATIC STATION The Rezr Admiral “Condemned” by a Board of Medical Survey. Sperry to Command. Rear Admiral Robley DL. Fvans, com mander-in-chief of the Asiatic naval station, has cabled the Navy Depart ment that Rear Admiral Frank Wildes, his second in command, has been “con demned” by a beard of medical survey and ordered home. He will sail ou Fri day. Captain Sperry has been ordered by Admirai Evans to assume command of Admiral Wildes’ squadron temporarily. A rear admiral will be assigned to the command by the Navy Depariment in a few days. GOVERNMENT AWAITS REPLY OF THE ALLIES 1 Action of the President Depends on Their Answer—Great Britain Reticent. The formal reply of the allies to the arbitration proposal, including reference to The Hague tribunal, has not yet been received at the State Department. Ac cordingly, President Roosevelt will not formally reply to the suggestion that he act as arbiter until after the exchange mentioned is received. Meantime he has already expressed the hope, informally, that the powers will refer the case to The Hague conference. The State Department olgecials are un able to understand the extreme reticence seemingly displayed by the British for eign olgce in London in making known to this country what Great Britain pur poses in the Venezuelan negotiations. The moves of Italy and Germany in the Venezuelan matter are regularly communicated to the United States by means of Ambassadors Tower and Meyer, but the only information as to what Gree Britain is doing or wishes is ob tained by the State Department througa the cabled press dispatches. Notices of a The State Dayustiont ris pusniug received from Am dor Mens "at Rome. and Ambassador Tower, at Ber lin, official notice of the blockade of Venezuelan ports by the allied forces. Secretary moody also received a dis patch from Commander .Diehl, com manding the United States gunboat Marietta, at La Guaira, announcing the effective blockade of certain Venezuelan perts by the English vice admirg. The dispatch of Ambassador Tower, which is dated Berlin, December 22, fol lows: “The German government announces officially the blockade of Puerto Cabello and Maracaibo to take effect December SAYS RUSSIA PURPOSES PARTITION OF TURKEY Vienna Paper Declares Lamsdorff Will Submit Plan to Austria. VIENNA, Dec. 22.—"Die Woche" to day asserts that Count Lamsdorff, Rus sian minister of foreign affairs, on his visit to Vienna to arrange a settlement of affairs in Turkey and its dependen cies, will bring a definite proposal from the Russian government regarding the partition of Turkey. According to this proposal, the pa per says, Austria is to occupy the ter ritory from the Bosnian boundary to Ipek and Mitronitza, while Russia will receive another slice of European Tur key. Austro-Russian action along these lines, the paper adds, is bound to pro voke a European conflict. GEN. LEE SAYS HE WAS INCORRECTLY QUOTED Error Made In Report of His New York Speech on Cuba. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee says his speech be fore the Patria Club in New York, de livered December 12, was not correctly reported and that in the newspaper re ports the omission of the qualifying sentences in that portion of his speech which referred to ex-President Cleve land makes his remarks a harsh criti cism of the ex-President. In referring to this matter, General Lee said: “I remember the exact words used in reference to Mr. Cleveland. I was refer ring to the condition of the Island of (‘uba before the war, and said that I re ported to Mr. Cleveland the facts, but no action was taken by him. “Mr. Cleveland was conservative. He had reports of others in his possession, and was in touch with all parts of the country, and probably at that time did not want to disturb the business inter ests of the people. The reporters of New York, in condensing my speech, seem to have left out what followed after my mention of Mr. Cléveland, namely, what, in fact, is contained in the preceding sentence. That is ali there is to the matter of whieh so much is being said.” 20. Ships under other flags than that of Venezuela sailing from West Indian or eastern American ports before that date shall have an allowance of twenty days for sailing vessels and ten days for steamers. “Ships coming from all other perts shall be allowed forty days for sailing vessels and twenty days for steamships under otfer flags than that of Venezuela and lying upon that date within the blockade harbors shall be allowed fif teen days. Ships which shall try to dis regard the blockade shall be subject to the rules applicable either by interna tional law or treaty provision to neutrals under such circumstances.” Word Frome Rome. Ambassador Meyer, at Rome, has cabled the State Department that he re ceived yesterday from the minister for foreign affairs an official note dated Ne cember 20, announcing that Italy had decided to participate with her naval forces in the blockade of Venezuelan ports, which has been declared by the Brifish all Cefman 3 The only annoucnement received by this Governmert of what is being done by Great Britain comes in a cable dis patch fromy Commander Diehl, at La Guira, which follows: “British vice admiral establishes ef fective blockade, from and after De cember 20, of La Guira, Capero, Guanta, Comana, Crupano. and mouths of Oro noco; vessels sailing from the United States and West Indies before date noti fication allowed grace—steamers ten days, sailir. vessels twenty; other ports, steamers, twenty: salling vessels forty: vessels in blockaded ports allowed fif teen days. Full test if desired.” GOSSIPS BUSY OVER HOPKINS REMOVAL General Harries Says Reason Is Simply That Naval Officer is Desired. There has been much gossip of late over the announce.nent that Lieutenant Commander Hopkins is to be relieved as commander of the naval battalion, and many reasons have been advanced to ac count for the decision. Gen. George C. Harries, commanding the District National Guard denied that there were any reasons for superceding Lieutenant Commander Hopkins other than the fact that it has been found nec essary to have a naval officer in charge of the battalion. Commander Hopkins is well-known in Washington, popular in society circles, and well liked by the men of the bat talion. He Is said to have, however, no technical knowledge of naval affairs, and this, Navy Department and brigade headquarters officials have found, after a thorough and practical test, is essen tial for the deeviopment and progress of the battalion. The Navy Department, It saw said this morning, is to decide upon one of four naval officers as the more available to take charge of the battalion. nOe of the four is now cn his way home from Manila, and the selection will probably not be announced until his arrival. UNITED STATES TO ACT AS A NEUTRAL POWER After an examination of the interna tional law authorities on the subject, the State Department, for the Government, will recognize that a state of war exists between Venezuela and the governments of Great Britain, Germany, and Italy. The declaration that a blockade of Venezuelan ports has been established has been construed by the department as eqaivalent ft; =n acknowledgment that war exists. According to the interpre tation of the department, the establish meni of a so-called ‘‘peace” blockade need not be preceded by any declaration, or, If a declaration is deemed necessary, it must state in terms that a “peace” blockade has been established. The proclamations of the English, Ger man, and Italian governments did not say that the blockade was of a “peace able’ or pacific character. The action of the three European gov ernments has the effect of investing Ven ezuela with belligerent rights. The Uni ted States will issue a proclamation of neutrality. CONGRESS MAY ASK NATION i 2 FY BA R81TY 10 URGANIZE TUNIGH] Effort to Be Made to Relieve Local Coal Famine. MAY TRY IMPORTING COAL Call Sent Out Today to Prominent Business Men of the City. Committee That Will Tzy to Raise Famine. 5K

0. G. STAPLES, Capitalist and Hotei Proprietor, W. 8. BRONSON, Passenger Agent Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. W. W. DANENFOWER, Capitalist and Real Estate i‘ealer. C. E. WOOD, President Wood, Har mon Co. FRANK K. RAYMOND, Iasurance, R. P. ANDREWS, Wholesale Paper Dealer. BARRY BULKLEY. Secretary Busi ness Men's Association, PAUL R. VAN MATER, President Hotel Barton Company. E. 8. ALVORD, of Littlefield Alvord. The personal of the committee of cit izens who have undertaken to take action looking to securing coal by im portation or otherwise to relieve the ex isting famine, was announced today and a call was issued for them to meet this evning at the Kiggs House to effect an organization. It is the purpose of those interested in securing further supplies of coal to co-operate with the coal deal ers In every way possible and several dealers will probably be added to -the committee, The call as issued for the meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. copies of “A sugestion has been made loking to the formation of a citizens’ coal com mittee for the purpose of affording re lief from the existing coal ‘amine. ve been requested to invite vour at i{endance at the Riggs House tonight ai 8 o'clock.” MARGONI JUBILANT OVER HIS SUCCESS Little Difficulty in Sending Messages Across Ocean. HALIFAX, N. 8S, Dee. 22.—In an in terview on his success in sending dis patches across the Atlantic, Mr. Mar coni =aid today that he experienced very little difficulty in transmitting the mes sages. Indeed, be was surprised at the ease with which the instruments worked. Mr. Marconi and his assistants are naturally very jubilant over the suec cess of the transoceanic ielegraphy between Table Head and Cornwall While pessimistic reports have been sent out as to the probable outcome of the system, Mr. Marconi never for a mo ment doubted that the ultimate result would be crowned with success. The magnetic detector was used yesterday. and Mr. Marconi says it gave great sat isfaction. The citizens of Glace Bay will give Marconi a reception in a few days. It was learned that one-fourth of the wires that hang from the towers at Glace Bay would do the service as suc cessfully as the entire lot, and the sur plus number was not used. The grand opening was to be on Christ mas Day, but Marconi announced to the local newspaper men yesterday the suc cess of his achievement. In addition to the message sent to King Edward, says other messages were exchanged with England. At an early hour yesterday morning Marconi and his assistants were astir, It was “na day, bright and clear. The iestruments were “tuned” with those across the sea, and the first wireless message was dispatched. There was a pause. Apparently an answer came, and Mar confi announced that he had triumphed, He said: “I have Cornwall.” Then the message to King Edward was sent. Marconi says it connected with the circuit from Cornwall, and he made the achievement ef his life. LONDON, Dec. 22.—The “Times” today received the following message by Mar coni's wireless telegraph from Sir R. J. Cartwright, Canadian minister of com merce: “The government of Causada, through the ‘Times desires to congratulate the British people on the accomplishment by Marconi of the greatest feat modern science has yet achieved.” Canadian Minister Wires. Their Success Said to Be Due to the Fact That Their Agents Are Usually Canvassing on the Ground Before the Route is Officie ally Laid Out. Inspector Stationed in New York, Sent to Corbin Fac= tory to Perfect Box, Draws Pay Allowed Officials one the Road—Suspicion Is’ Aroused. It is not improbable that before the adjournment of Congress next March, a demand may be made for its investiga tion of certain divisions of the Post office Department, It is said that a condition of affairs exists there which would warrant such a demand, and that a thorough inquiry ‘would develop facts which might lead to the resignations of two or more chiefs: and a number of inspectors. For in stance, it has been observed that four, companies are successful in obtaining contracts to supply the letter boxes on a large majority of the rural routes es tablished. Their success is chiefiy due to the fact that their agents are usually on the ground canvassing in advance of the time the route is officially laid out and long before the agents of other com panies are aware that it is to be estab

le le lished. Former Rule Abolished. Under the administration of Postmas ter General Smith, only such compa nies as manutactured a certain kind of standdrd box“Were allawid+te Postmaster abolished this rule, and opened the field to all comers who provide a suitable metallic box in which rural carriers may deposit mail. Notwithstanding the fact that there is supposed to be a fair field and no favorites, certain it is that the Corbin Lock Box Company, of Bridge pert, Conn.: the Century Company, of Detroit, Mich.; the Bond Steel Post Com~ pany, of Adrian, Mich., and company in Toledo obtain practically all of the con~ tracts for placing letter boxes along the rural routes. This is due not to the fact that they make a better box than amy other com pany, or that they sell at a cheaper fig~ ure, but because, as staied, their agents are first upon the ground. Tkis has led to the alleged discovery that a certain high official of the departinent is a large stockholder in each of these four com= panies. It is said that his plan is ta advise one or two of these companies ag soon as a route is surveyed, in order that their agen's may canvass the route before the other companies know where it is to run. Usually the favors have been passed around among the four companies. In this connection it has aise been developed that an.inspector stationed in New York was sent to the factory of the Corbin Comnane noo: Brdzeport for the purpose of perfecting the Corbin box. While en this duty he drew $4 a day extra compensation, which is ai lowed to inspecicrs while out on the road, and was supposed to he superin tending the establishment of a rural rouie near Bridgeport. Shortly after the Corbin box was per fected and made to comply with all the requirements, it was thought advisable by certain efficizis to use sun aggre gating about $75,000, which was available in the department, for the purchase of a large number of boxes, and to sell these boxes to people aleng the routes at cost. A commission was appointed to determine upon the best box and io make the purchase. Eugene Hathaway, ac inspector stationed in New York, whe had himself perfected ithe Corbin Lox. was one of the commissioners, and H. Conquest Clark was another. For some reason. however, the plam was abandoned and the department did not purchase any boxes. A number of members of Congress are dissatisfied with the treatment accorded them in the matter of rural free de« livery. When they refused to comply with the request of certain powerful of ficizls of the department, they have beex told that they could expect nothing more in the way of establishing route Ny PNT a enn. RE mal aclu A promisent Peapsylvania member of the House was appruveched some timg ago by one of the Postoffice oligarchy, who demanded a favor. It was refused him. Some time later the matter o opening a new rural free delivery route in the member's district, where it wal much needed, and there was every rea tion of Certain Di of Postoifice De= partment May Reveal Why Four Companies Practi= cally Monopolize Letter Box Contracts. Suspicion Aroused. Postoffice Qligarchy. gContinued on Second Page.

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NEW YORK’S STUPENDOUS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS More Than $300,000,000 to Be Expended in Transfer and Transit Facilities and to Beautify the City. Magnitude of the Work Un paralleled in the History of the World— Pennsylvania Road to Spend $50,000,000 NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—In the aistory of the world never have such s“apen dous plans for public improvemen* been undertaken as have been definitely pro jected or are already in various stages of completion in New York city. In sixteen great projects for the im provement of transit and traffic facili ties alone the vast sum of $£220,000,000 is to be spent, and this does not represent hy many millions the total outlay which is being made or is about to be made for this purpose. In ail the tremendous scheme of transit improvement which je eventually to bird the boroughs together the Penn sylvania tunnel is the central peins. In deed, many of the lesser plans are wholly dependent upon this enormous work, which of itself exceeds in magni tude any single public improvement ever before dreamed of. Pennsylvania Railway Tunnel. This tunnel will epen the way directly from the heart of the city in the center of Manhattan to Queens, Long Island, New England, 2nd the North on one side, and to New Jersey, the South and West on the other. It will be about five miles long. Crossing it at right angles, the Rapid Transit subway will connect the Bronx and the upper end of Manhattan with the Battery and Brooklyn. The intersection of these two great systems will be the hub of the city. Avother great ii, rovement will be the extension of Riverside Drive from the Manhattan viaduct to the Boulevard Lafayette, plans for which have just been finished. It will make the finest drive in the world. This has been the great dream of the people of this city, and especially of the Wes. Jide, for many years, and it is fully expected that the necessary appropria tion will be made to complete this work. The plans provide not only for a con tinuous driveway along the Hudson River, but also for viaducts, terraces, bridges and a beautiful public park, with innumerable artistic features. With this improvement completed ar opportunity will be afforded pedestrians drivers and riders—either of horses on

of bicycles—for a trip hv; 5 sire Tue wo. on the oy inpe Hegsiy the natura 2 and attractions as well as the ones to be constructed. Riverside Drive. POD DOD ODD DDG Riverside Drive, which, by common usage of the term, includes the beautifu park which slopes westerly to the river begins at Seventy-second Street an

NATIONAL NAVAL RESERVE FAVORED BY OFFICIALS Heartily Indorsed by President Roosevelt and the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Moody. President Roosevelt and Secretary Moody, whose belief in the urgent peed of more officers and men for the navy is well known, have called attention to the necessity of organizing at once a na tional naval reserve as an important auxiliary to the navy. It is believed that ‘now is the time to urge sirongly the passage by Congress of the national naval reserve bill, introduced at the last Congress by Senator Hale, entitled “A bill to provide for the enrollment and organization of a United States naval reserve.” This bill is the result of ten years’ careful study of the various plans sdvanced, and is the one approved by the Navy Department. 9 3 Si President Roosevelt called the atten tion of Congress to the fact that the naval militia forces are State organiza tions. But, in addition, he said, we should provide at once for a national naval reserve, He believes that fit should be a real auxiliary to the naval seagoing peace establishment, After calling attention to the pressing meed of a naval reserve Secretary Moody, fn his recent report, said that “the results of the Spanish-American war assured everyone having knowledge o! /paval matters that steps should at once ,be taken to meet the one certain and ‘positive requirement which will face the pation on an outbreak of war—the jm mediate necessity of a large increase ir ‘the men of the pavy from £5 existing reserve, an increase which must in the main be made from the seafaring class. The Naval Academy Alumni Associa. tion, the Naval Order and the Naval Re serve Association have passed unani A FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN VANDERBILT'S CONDITION

po Physicians Now More Hopeful That He Will Recover—Temperature Falling.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—A sill further improvement was reportod in the con dition of Cornelius Vanderbilt this morning. His physicians appeared to be more hopeful that he will recover than they have been for the past week. NO 7 or oF pe Although no bulletin was ‘ssued, it was said that the patient's temperature ‘had been falling gradually. IMPROVEMENTS IN NEW YORK AND THEIR COST I I Sm Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel, from New Jer sey to Long Island, with a giant terminal in the heart of Manhattan... $70,000,000 Pennsylvaniz Railroad belt Mne around Brook lyn, with a bridge to 11i® Bronx, and immense docks at Bay Ridge and Creenville, N. J.....cu0 20,000,000 Rapid Transit subway.... 46,500,000 New York Central ter- minal nace vere 20,000,000 Three new East River 0 RA RO 52,000,000 Other transit I prove. RROBAB +uavis ssl sesansessn 34,505,000 Extension of Riverside 10g) SEE RAEN 5,500,000 Construction of the Grand Boulevard wean 4,008,000 Building of the new Cro DON GREE vie. cnn 6,000,000 Construction of the de rome Park reservoir.... 6,000.09 Extension of the dock SYSLEM ..ovvesvcssa asses 20,000,000 Building of sixty-five Car negie libraries 5,000,000 Completion of the New York Public Library.... 4,500,000 Construction of new Hall of Records veotnl.l 0 6,250,000 Building of the new cus. tom house ...v..s. 4,750,000 For site and building of new postoffice 2,500,000 For new small parks..... 5,000,000 For bridges over Harlem and Bronx ...pvssscsssns 4,500,000 For sites and buildings for new schools 10,000,000 Total for transit im provements 220,000,000 Total for other improve ROIS oussvisrnsasses eee $4,000,000 Grand total cerreresaans 304,000,000 stretches its unrivaled route, in sight of the majestic Hudson, until it reaches and then circles the great white tomb of Grant and the historic’ Claremont man sion To all intents and purposes Riverside Drive stops at Claremont. The fine Manhattan viaduct, it is true, carries the pleasure seeker further by a quarter of a mile, but only to take him through a conventional city street, away from the beautiful river, to the traffic of upper Broadway. Except to the privileged few, the Boul evard Lafayette is as much unknown as the East Side of lower Manhattan, ‘and yet the drive from One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Streets to the heights of in wood is without a parallel. i slopes, precipitous in many places, toW er up 100 feet on one side, and on the other the land just as precipitously slopes to the water. As far as the eye can see, through breaks in the foliage, the Hudson flashes in the sunlight, and wets the feet of the Palisades. This is the Riverside Drive par excellence, but, owing to its inac cessibility, is visited by few except resi dents of Washington Heights. mous resolutions indorsing the pressing need of a United States, naval reserve. The bil to provide for the enrollment and organization of a United States na val reserve states that it shall con sist of ex-officers and honorably dis charged petty officers and men of the United States Navy, and the United States naval auxiliary foree; officers, petty officers, and men who have served at least three years in the organized naval militia of any State, and received honorable discharges therefrom; togeth er with those of the officers and crews of seagoing and coastwise steamers, sailing vessels and fishing vessels and vachts, and others found qualified for the service who are citizens of the Unit ed States by birth or naturalization. Members of the United States Naval Reserve are not to be called into active service in time of peace unless they so elect, but they are to perform such duty in the form of drills, exercises, or courses of study as the Secretary of the Navy may determine. The bill also provides that any vessel, not a Government vessel, commanded by a commissioned officer of the United States Naval Reserve, which shall have in her complement at least five other officers and men of the reserve, shall be known as a United States Naval Re serve ship. The sum of $200,000, or so much there of as may be required, is asked for as an appropriation for the purpose of pay ing expenses. [It is intended that this amount shall comstitute a continuous an nual appropriation. ABNER M’KINLEY AT HEAD OF BIG COAL ENTERPRISE Ten Thousand Acres of Land in Penn sylvania Purchased by Company. CUMBERLAND Md Dec 29 A} CUMBERLAND, Md., Dec. 22.—Abnen McKinley, brother of the late President, i= at the head of a company just formed for the purchase of 10,000 acres of coal land near Stoyestown, Somerset county, Pa. The land is just over the Maryland line, and underlaid with a continuation of the Maryland Big Vein seam. Engineers have gone over the tract and preparations have been begun. for active development in the spring. SENATOR HALE OPPOSED 10 RAPID NAVAL GROWTH Says Venezuelan Situation Is No Reason For Hurry. Mr. Hale of Maine, chairman of the ‘Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, in whose hands is the fate of a greater ‘nevy, sees nothing in the Venezuelan situation to cause a flutter of excite ‘ment, and sees no reason for rapidly Ircreasing the fighting strength of the United States at sea. Senator Hale does not go as far as Senator Platt against liberal appropria tions for new ships, but his view is dis tinctly against going forward more rap {idly than in the past. In discussing an increase in the navy vesterday Senator Hale said: “I see nothing whatever in the Ven ezuelan incident to cause excitement in jive matter or increasing the navy. This question of building up a navy is one in which 1 am much interested and to which I have given long and earnest con sideration. It cannot be done in a day. It cannot be done in a year. Congress should not be impressed with popular clamor growing out of temporary ex citement. “The navy will be increased each year, but I am not prepared to say that Con gress should authorize ships rashly, or go beyond what may be called a mod. erate growth. For a period of more than thirty years following the civil war the people of the United States had a horror of everything pertaining to the military. There was no demand for ships, and there was no emergency to create excitement. The situation would have been the same after the Spanish American war, had it been prolonged. “Instead of taking the view that 3 tremendous navy Is a guarantee of peace I am inclined to the opposite belief. If is a temptation to war. “We need a good navy. We dc not need the best navy in the world Our position of isolation in the West. {ern Hemisphere is different from tha! of any other great nation in the world Take, for instance, Germany and Eng land, surrounded as they are by old time enemies and with other nations ol Europe looking with enw upon thei: possessions in all parts of the world. I is not the part of good business for the United States to build a navy equal t« the necessities of these two countries a “I shall always work for a moderat. increase in the naval strength of the United States. I think, hcwever, the large battleships of 16,000 tons are no so practical as ships of smaller ton. {nage and greater speed. I know there i {a diversity of opinion among naval of ficers on this question, but it seems te {me (hat experience has taught us tha smaller battleships and armored cruis. ars are much more serviceable in time o .{war than t of larger tonnage. Wi can build three Oregons for what it wil {cost to construct the Connecticut, al ready authorized.” RAL SWAYNE LAID 10 REST IN ARLINGTON Military Funeral for Veteran of the Civil War. Funeral services over the remains of Gen, Wager Swayne, one of the heroes of the civil war, who died in New York, Thursday, took place from St. John's P. E. Mhurch, at 8:30 o'clock this morning. A the conclusion of the services the remains were escorted to Arlington Cemetery, by a large detachment of troops composed of a battery of artillery from Fort Myer and a battalion of en gineers from Washington Barracks. The escort was in charge of Col. E. L. Hug gins, Second Cavalry. The honorary pallbearers were Justice Harlan, Judge William Maury, of the Spanish Claims Commission; ex-Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, General Gilles. wie, Chief of Engineers; General Davis, Judge Advocate General, and General Breckinridge, 'nspector General, The funeral services were heid in St. Bartholemew's Church, in New York ves terday, but it was decided to hold ser vice in this city so the friends of the deceased general might pay their final tribute to him.

THE WASHINGTON TIMES, MONDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1902, MISS WILLARD’S PORTRAIT FORMALLY PRESENTED o Two First-Grade Students at Blake School Unveil Picture—Elab orate Exercises. A life-gize portrait of Frances E. Wil lard, the organizer of the National Wo man’s Christian Temperance Union, was presented to the Blake School, North Capitol and K Streets, this afternoon, by the North Capitol branch of the W. C. T U. The exercises took place in tie main corridor of the schocl house. Besides the speakers of the occasion, 400 children, pupils of Blake School, participated in the presentation. The program of the exercises was as follows: Address bythe presiding officer, flag salute zud pledge by the pupils, un veiling of the portrait by two of the first grade children, presentation address, Mrs. Don P. Blaine; acceptance, Miss Roach, principal of the school, and an address by the Rev. Dr. Joseph Muir, of Temple Baptist Church. The exercises closed with the singing of the “Star Spangled Banner,” by the pupils, led by Mrs. Grace Swett, Pinehurst Sleeper, Also Parlor Car on Seaboard Air Line's 57 es Through Florida drains. Tourist tickets per mitting stop overs now on sale at ticket of fice, 1421 Pennsylvania Avenue. W, E. Conklyn, General Agent. NEGRO SEEKS TO BE CHAPLAIN OF SENATE Tennessee Editor Coming to the Capital in Interest of Candidacy. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 22.—Edi tor William McGill, colored, of the “Hot Shots,” a weekly newspaper published here and at Birmingham, for the negroes, left this city last night for Washington, in the Interests of his candidacy for chaplain of the Senate of the Fifty eighth Congress, for which he made ap plication a few days ago. McGill is one of the leading negroes of this section and probably ranks next to Booker Washington. He has been one of the leaders against the “Lily White” movement. He believes that, inasmuch as Presi dent Roosevelt has shown that he favors recognition of the negrees, he can se HUMBERTS PROMISE 10 ASTONISH PARIS

Threaten Revelations in Re gard to Gigantic Swindle. MADRID, Dee. 22.—The French consul here visited the Humberts in jail this morning. The prisoners asked that the newspapers be sent to them. The request was granted, and the prisoners read them with great avidity. Mme. Humbert, in an interview, sald they were honorable people. As to finan cial affairs, she would say nothing until they arrived in Paris. She declared that they had intended all the time to give themselves up to the authorities as soon as the formalities of the prosecution had been arranged. The idea of appearing in a court of law did not frighten them, she said, as they were sure to be acquitted. Their case had been prejudiced by private ven geance and political passions. What they desired was to have light thrown on the case as quickly as possible.

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PARIS, Dec. 22.—Police Inspector Hen nion has gone to the Spanish frontier to await the handing over there of the Humberts by the Madrid authorities. M pe 4 2 The Madrid correspondent of the ‘Fi garo' sends an interview which he had with Romain D’Aurignac in prison here.

I’Aurignac stated the family was in excellent health and was grateful for the treatment received. He was astonished at_the arrest of Parayre, the former steward, who wag absolutely innocent, he said, of zny wrongdoing. Romain said the stories about the family were grossly exaggerated. He continued: “We have never handled so many mil lions as has been said. Our transac tions were perfectly legal. The bank ruptcy which followed and the present actior were due solely to the vengeance of the banker Cattani, who lent my sie ter 200,000 francs at a rate of interest so high that the sum due amounted to 300,000 francs. “Even when this sum nas paid we still owed Cattani 300,000 francs, which he demanded immediately. My sister asked for delay, but her request was met with ‘threats of legel proceedings, and the campaign against us commenced forth with in the press and courts, which wers in the pay of Cattani.” In conclusion D'Aurignac remarked: “The French government knew per: fectly well that we were in Madrid. Wi ‘wrote many letters to Paris without.con. cealment. Our arrest meets the reeds of the political combinations of the hour.” Mme. Humbert complained that sh had been robbed of the whole of he daughter's fortune. She added: “I want to return to Paris in order t unmesk at any cost the real criminals Those who have insulted us shall pa dearly for their infamy. “The securities we gave Mme. Mugic constituted our entire fortune, We shal offer it to our creditors.” The “‘Patrie” expresses the opiniol that M. Patenotre, the late ambassado to Paris, caused the arrest of the Hum berts in order to embarrass M. Del casse, the minister of foreign affairs who recalled him somewhat abruptly. The Humberts will leave Madrid fo Paris tomorrow. hrm", GERMAN CROWN PRINCE ANGERS LIBERAL PRESS

Told to Go Back to School and Keep Out of Politics—His Anti Socialistic Speech. BERLIN, Dec. 22.—Crown Prince Fred erick William is the object of attacks by the Liberal and Socialist press. The crown prince, speaking to labor ers at Oels recently, referred to the So cialists as a miserable element. The newspapers are advising his highness to remain a studept and to keep out of pol itics until he has reached years of ma tury.

ALDERMEN PLACED ON LABOR BLACKLIST _— of ver for chise them Onc algerr so the: their r ‘blacklist Througl Was Via Baitim ington 8:45 22.—The members ‘ted Union are still Yermen who voted sansyivania fran 1 never forgive names of the Den meetings, embered and ‘aced on the obi tations. aves Wash cure the influence of the Administration for this appointment. He is understood to have strong backing. The Rev. W. H. Milburn, former chap lain of the Sepate, tendered his resig nation, which was accepted December 1, on the opening of Congress, on account of ill health. Mr. Milburn was born in Philadelphia in 1823. He lost the sight of one of his eyes at the age of five, and finally be came totally blind. He was elected chaplain of Congress first in 1845 and ‘again in 1853. In 1885 he was choser chaplain of the House of Representa tives and of the Senate in 1893, serving until his resignation. FLORODORA BEAUTY GIVEN HER FREEDOM Marie Wilson Granted. an Absolute Divorce. Marie Wilson is no longer bound Ly matrimonial ties, and may now spend ‘her money in her characteristic lavish way. An interlocutory decree of absolute divorce was granted her from her hus band, R. Henry Wimsatt, in New York, on Saturday, by Judge MacLean. Washington people are familiar with the history of Marie Wilson. It has been dished up by the press in varying forms for several years. As a member of the “Florodora sextet,” she was spoken of as a Washington girl. When she made an acquaintance with a suc cessful Wall Street operator, which enabled her to make a modest fortune of $750,000, she was called a lucky Wash ington girl. When in her numerous sep arations {rom her husband. and contro versies over their child, she was given a local address, because tie sensational character of the news story made it worth while. POPP PPPIIPPPIPIII™Y 2000000 POPIIIIIIBININIVINENNNIT NS A Washington Girl. So when Marie Wilson oblains a di vorce from her husband, R. Henry Wim satt, naturally she is called a Washing ton girl, and, in fact, is more so now than ever before, for she has built near the Chain Bridge, close to the District line, a home suitable to the wealth she possesses. She is living quietly, now that her separation has taken place, with her father as her only companion. Mr. Wimsatt could not be seen yester day, but a friend of his who had men tioned the subject of the divorce to him reports that the husband would net dis cuss the question even with his boon companions. Marie Wilsen's father was for many years a grocer at the corner of Thir teenth and M Streets northwest but sold hic place of business after the death of his wife a year ago. He is now employed at the store, though it is said that his daughter nas urged him to give up the work. The former actress is now twenty-four years old. When she was sixteen she eloped with and married the man frem whom she has just been divorced. Three years ago, while they were tem porarily living apart, the husband. who was employed in the Government Print ing Office in this city, took their child then two years old, to New York, and placed it in the keeping of iriends at the Parker House. His wife followed, and upon learning the location of the room where the child was kept visited the room, picked up the sleeping baby and reached the main corridor of the hote before she was overtaken. There a fighi followed for the possession of the infant As usual in such instances, sympathy was with the mother and she won. Later the child was accidentally burned t« death in this city, but that was after (he husband and wife were again reconciled In “Florodora” Sextet. Marts RFE Antes at dE a ewe Marie Wilson's stage career began through private theatricals in Washing ton. Her beauty of face and form at tracted 2 New York manager, and it was not long before she accepted an offer of a minor part in “The Belle of New York.” Beauty rather than genius won for her a place in the “Florodera sex tet.” Capital was made out of her Wall Street success, and a local society paper used a story, which though interesting to read, was not appreciated by her hus ‘band or her brother. Together they went to the office of the paper, the hus ‘band to demand a retraction, While they ‘were discussing the affair with the editor the brother gave force to his remarks by a generous use of his muscle. The result was that the editor remained in doors a few days, and the relatives of the actress forfeited collateral in police court. Miss Wilson affects automobiles, jew elry, and sometimes horses. She attracts attention wherever she goes. She likes stage life, and says that sometime she ‘may go back to it. Few friends are re ceived gt her home, though she has been known to entertain lavishly in New York. SEFTN—On Saturday, December 20, 1502, at 10 p. m., WILLIAM M. SEFTON, Sr., beloved husband of Sarah CC. Sefton, aged sixty-nine years. Funeral Wednesday, December 24, at 1 o'clock from his late residence, 1837 Fourteenth Stroet northwest Relatives and friends respectfully invited, de2-9¢ PENDERGRASS—Departed this life Sat urday. December 20, 1902, at 10:30 a, m., JOJN H. PENDERGRASS, the beloved husband of Mary H. Pendergrass. Gone, but not forgotten. By MRS. ADA HAWKINS His remains are to be sent to Charleston, 8. C., to rest with family. ve —77 (South Carolina papers please copy.) It UNDERTAKERS. 1. WILLIAM LEE, UNDERTAKER AND LIVERY, 2 Penn. Ave. MN, W.. Washington, D. DIED. CONGRESS MAY ASK AN EXPLANATICN (Continued from First Page.) (Continued from First Page.) son why it should be established, came up, and he was informed that he could expect nothing more in the matter of rural free delivery routes. Instances of this sort, where these de mands have been made, are common, and usually the member of Congress has found that in order to get his deserts he is obliged to do the bidding of the Postoffice Department trust. Another in cident is pointed out to show the man ner in which affai=s are conducted in the department, acd which are carefully kept from the knowledge of the Post master General. A young woman who had been in the service for a vear as a clerk desired an opportunity of paying a visit to Indian apolis. She was made an inspector and sent out to make an incuiry «into tho conduct in office of a man who had held his position for five years, aud against ‘whom there had never been complaint MUCH-DECORATED SOUTH AFRICAN WARRIOR HERE Henry McGee, Winner of King's, Queen's, and Colonial Medals, Ar rives on St. Louis. NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—On board the American Line steamer, St. Louis, which arrived this morning from Southampton and Cherbourg, was Henry McGee, whe has seen much service in the late South African war. He served in Lord Strath cona's contingent, and later in the South Africa colonial constabulary, and has won the King's, Queen's, and colonial medals for gallantry in war. Other passengers were F. C. Bartlett, Mme. Bauvlet, J. T. Coolidge, jr., Coun tess Spottiswood Mackin, Alfred Par sons, A. R. A., and Baronne B, D'Eve stein. MOTHER GOOSE SUGAR LOAF RHYMES. 3

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i CASTORIA forinfants ard Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought UR. MAGNIEN DIES AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS SENATOR BACON FEARS Funeral Services in Balti more Tomorrow. END COMES WITHOUT PAIN Distinguished Roman Prelate For Over Twenty-Five Years President of St. Mary's Seminary. aia JE othe dee, tii Rk oly SE bob LB morning at 6:45 o'clock a‘ St. Mary's Seminary, where he had been in a criti cal condition for several days. He was surrounded in his last mom- ats by the Very Rev. Dr. E. Dyer, his successor in the office of president of the seminary; several members of the faculty, a tew students, and his nurses. Dr. Charles O'Donovan, his physician, who spent Saturday night at his bedside, was also in attendance. The end came very quletly; there was no convulsion, ne struggle, not even any labored breathing.

The students of the seminary were at tending mass In the chapel at the time, Dr. Magnien’s death was announced to them there. Telegrams were then sent to the Very Rev. Father Le Bas, the super ior general of the Society of St. Sulpice, Paris, and to members of the hierarchy and priests in all parts of the country.

One of the students was dispatched to Forest Glen, Montgomery county, whither Cardinal Gibbens had gone on Saturday, to acquaint his eminence with the news. But hearing that the cardi nal had spent the night in Washing ton, Rev. M. F. Dinneen, a professor of the seminary, went to that city on a similar mission.

Taken Ill Three Years Ago. Dr. Magnien, who, for a quarter of a

century presided over the destinies of historic St. Mary's, the oldest Catholic seminary in the United States, was ta ken ill about three years ago with a complication of kidney and heart dis ease. He went to Paris for treatment, and on his return it was hoped that a cure had been effected. Early last summer, however. Dr, Mag nien’s condition became muck worse and before the seminary year closed he was conveyed to St. Joseph's Hos pital, where it was thought he would die. His strong constitution was in his favor, and he improved so much that he was able to go out. But the disease had too firm a Lold, and he gradually grew weaker, until a few weeks ago, when hope was abandoned. A Teacher of Priests. In his death the Catholic church in the United States loses a prominert fig ure, and it would be difficult to exag gerate his influence upon the hundreds of priests who have gome out from St. Mary's to all parts of the land. Dr. Magnien was a many-sided man and pos sessed of great abilities, which were dis played in various lines. He was pre eminently a teacher of priests and seem ed speciaily gifted for such a vocation. n 0 trine. His power of winning the confidence of those around him was remarkable. Of a generous disposition, he won the hearis of all who came in contact with him, and his obliging manners will long be remembered. As the confidant and adviser of Cardinal Gibbons, his work for the church in this country was ex tensive. Dr. Magnien was a native of France, where he was born sixty-five years ago,

Arrangements for the funeral, which will take place from the Cathedral to morrow morning at 16:30 o'clock, have already been made. ~The chanting of the office for the dead by the seminarians wil] begin at 10:30 o'clock at the Cathedral, and at 11 o'clock Cardinal Gibbons will celebrate a pontifical mass of requiem. Bishop P. J. Donahue, of Wheeling, who studied at the seminary under Dr. Magnien, has been selected to deliver the funeral ser mon. Lying in State. Dr. Magnien’s remains are lying in state in the recreation hall of the main building of the seminary, which has been decorated by seminarians under the supervision of the Rev. Leo Besnard, 8. 8. The body, which is robed in priestly vestments, with a purple chasuable, rests on a catafalque draped in biack. In his hands, which are clasped upon his breast, is a crucifix. At the head and foot of the catafalque are, lighted candles in high candlesticks. The vestibule and entrance hall of the main building are draped in black and white,

Knowing that Dr. Magnien had many friends among the laity in the city, the priests at the seminary invite all persons who desire to visit the hall where the re mains of the eminent priest rest. Priests and seminarians -will constantly keep watch until the funeral tomorrow morn ing. This morning at 9 o'clock a solemn re qulem mass was offered up in the semi pary chapel, The officers of the mass were: Celebrant, the Very Rev. Dr. B. R. Dyer, 8S. 8.; deacon, the Rev. Mr. No lan: subdeacon, the Rev. Mr. Brennan; master of ceremonies, Mr. Crowley; cen ser bearer, Mr. Fealy, acolytes, Messrs. Fay and O'Neill; candle bearers, Messrs. Lockey, Mueller, Kane and Hill. At this service the Rev. Dr. Paulinus T. Dissez, S. 8., professor of theology and a life long [riend of Dr. Magnien, will preach the sermon.

After the funeral service tomorrow Dr, Magnien’s remains ‘will be interred in the graveyard within the seminary grounds. Cardinal Gibbons, who visited two churches near Washington yesterday, feels keenly Dr. Magnien's death. When he returned to the city last evening he denied himself to all callers. His emi nence wrote the following: Me “In the death of Very Rev. Dr. Mag nlen the community of St, Sulpice, the diocese of Baltimore and the American Church have sustained a great loss. His demise Is a source of d-ep affliction to myself, for he was my cherished friend and counselor for twenty-five years.” EE

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Bears the Ww M i Bears the Signature 2 of ZA A THE ‘WASHINGTON TIMES, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1902, 3 UNCLE SAM HAS LARGE TRADE WITH COLONIES Non-Contiguous Territory Supplies Large and Grow ing Market to Producers and Manufacturers. The non-contiguous territory of the United States is supplying a large and growing market to the producers and manufacturers of the United States. The October statement of the Treasury DBu reau of Statistics shows that the ship ments of merchandise from the United States to Porto Rico in the ten months ending with October, 1902, amounted to practically $10,000,000—a million dollars a month—against $6,750,000 in the corre sponding months of last year.

To the Philippines the shipments in the ten months ending with October were over $4,000,000, against a little over $3.000,000 in the corresponding months of last year, and $2,750,000 in the same months of 1900,

To the Hawaiian Islands the collection of statistics of shipments was only re sumed with the month of June, and the figures therefore do not cover the ten months’ period as is the case in the com merce with Porto Rico and the Philip pines: but the annual shipments from the United States to the Hawaiian Islands are estimated at about $20,000,000 per an num. To Alaska, the record of shipments was begun with June, and amounted during the four months ending with October to nearly $3,000,000. The figures at hand for GENERAL WOOD A VISITOR A GIRARD COLLEGE Former Rough Rider Says Students Appear Happy. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22.-Fifteen ‘hundred boy students of Girard College stood at attention yesterday morning as Gen. Leonard Weod passed up the broad walk leading to the college chapel. A faint cheer, which started in the rear of the ranks, soon swelled into a chorus that caused the visitor to doff his hat and bow to the smiling faces about him. it was a great day for the cadets, large and small, for the former colonel of the “Rough Riders” joined in their life for the greater part of the day and talked to them as only a man with a knowledge of boys could. General Wood, in company with Mrs. Wood, Dallas Sanders, one of the direc tors of the college, and his sister, hllss Sanders, arrived at the institution at 14 o'clock and attended the morning chapel service, President Adam H. Fetter oif introduced General Wood, who made a short address to the boys. After the service the party was shown through the college buildings, including the dormitories and the great dining hall, where the many students were do ing full justice to a good dinger. On leaving the college the general and party were driven to the residence of Dallas Sanders, whose guest he was dur ing his visit in Philadelphia. At 3:43 o'clock General and Mrs. Wood left on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for Washington. Before leaving he expressed himesel” as being surprised at the completeness of the college arrangements. He said: “I have never seen a more happy or contented looking lot of boys in my life. Unlike students of institutions built on a similar scope, in which so much same ness of character is noticeable, the boys at this college seem to have an individu ality. They all look as though they had $5 in their trousers pocket—thorough ly independent.” ‘SPECIAL N NOTICE. We will positively guarantee to do all en- PAE graving and have the goods ready for delivery on or befor. Wednesday evening, December 24. FOLLOW THE CROWDS. They'll lead you to Castelberg’s every time. The Christmas rush here is greater than ever. Buyers two and three deep---and every one being waited on to his perfect satisfaction. Any man or woman in Washington who wants to make a present of a Diamond, Watch, Jewelry, Silverware, Cut Glass, etc. and wants to save money will follow the crowds to Castelberg’s. We can guarantee them prices at least a fourth less than others will ask for the same quality goods. Let us have your account. CASTELBERG’S, Washington's Leading Jeweiers, 835 Pennsyivania Avenue.

a San ali BS i these four non-contiguous Territories, Porto Rice, Hawali, the Philippines and Alaska, indicate that they will furnish during the year about to end a market for about §10,000,000 worth of the prod ucts of the United States, chiefly agricul tural and manufactured products. On the import side the report of the Bureau of Statistics indicates that these island Territories are also contributing largely to the growing demand of the United States for tropical products. In the ten months ending with October, the shipments from Hawaii to the United States amounted in round terms to $21, 000,060, and those from Porto Rico to the United States te nearly $9,000,000, against $6,500,000 in the corresponding months of last ycar; while from the Philippines the receipts were over $7,000,000, and from Alaska over £8,000,000, in the four months ending with October. These figures indi cate that the annual contribution of trop ical products by the tropical territory under the control of the United States will amount in the presemt year to about $45,000,000, and that the receipts of mer chandise from Alaska will amount to $15,000,000, making the total receipts of merchandise from the non-contiguous territory nearly or quite $60,900,000 in value, and the shipments from the United States to that territory $40,900,000. HUBAN SKIN OFFERED AS CHRISTMAS GIFT Newspaper Men's Sacrifice for Printer’s Devil.

LOCKPORT, N. Y., Dec. 22.—Nicholas Donner, a “printer's devil” in the com posing room of a local mewspaper, will receive an unusual Christmas present tomorrow. To save Nicholis’' life Raiph Goble, a reporter; Alfred J. Clark, a compositor; Harry G. Few and Benjamin Lovell, pressmen of the news paper, will submit themselves to a sur geon's knife, permitting the doctor to take tventy pieces of skin from each to graft on the boy's body. Donner, who is sixteen years old, was lighting a gasoline stove three months ago in the metal room of a newspaper establishment, when the vapor explod ed. His grease-soanked clothing got afire and he ran into the composing room a living torch. William Robinson, a linotype operator, clapped one hand over “Nick's” mouth, $0 that he could net inhale the flames, and with the other hand beat down the flames. Robinson was badly burned, and was laid up three weeks, but “Nick,” the pet of the establishment, was sav ed, The lad's arms, legs, and face were badly burned. For weeks he could not sleep, except under the influence of opiates. The newspaper men attended “Nick,” and told him stories to make him forget his torture, Dr. Ferdinand A. Kittinger recently announced that “Nick” was doing well, except that sev eral bad places refused to heal. The doctor wished to get healthy skin to graft on the stubborn wounds. The four young men then volunteered to furnish the requiicd cuticle. SIXTEEN KILLED IN GALIFORNIA WRECK Other Passengers of “Owl” Train Fatally Injured.

BYRON, Cal, Dec. 22 —Sixteen ar dead, and others have “een so serious ly Injured that their a.ath is expe t. ed, as a result of the rear-end collisior between the “Stockton flyer” and the “Owl” train on the Southern Pacific here Saturday night. Passengers toc severely injured to be taken to thei: ‘homes were taken to the Southern Pa. cific Hospital at San Pranchtr an day. On the way to the hospital five victims died. Twenty-two of the injured reached tle hospital, where it was announced that R. Post, of Fowler, Cal, and Lee Son a Chinaman, of San Francisco, probab ly would succumb. Of the twenty-two patients injured only three were per mitted to receive visitors, so seriously were they suffering. The list of dead so far identified fol lows: ELIZABETH I. SMITH, Fresno, Cal. aged thirty-eight. CLARENCE D. OLUFFS, Fresno, Cal. aged twenty-two, MISS BIRDIE ELLIOTT, San Fran cisco, aged twenty-two. MABEL VEZEY, Modesto, Cal., aged nineteen. GEORGE SESSIONS, Oakland, Cal, aged fifty, CHARLES OWENS, Fresno, Cal., aged fifty-five. MISS MYERS, Fresno, Cal. oS OPERT RENICK, San Francisco, al. LEN IRWIN, Oakland. W. F. TEMPLE. LUNG TIA GONG, Chinese gifl, San Francisco. The unidentified dead include one white man, evidently a sailor, two Chi nese, one Japanese woman, and a Jap anese child. ER

The dead were brought here yester day, and an inguest will be held today. Most of the corpses are terribly muti lated, which made the work of identifi cation very dificult. The injured were taken to Oakland. Most of them are re ported recovering, and further casual ties are not anticipated. The collision was a rear-end one. The engine of the local plowed its way into the rear coach of the “Owl,” which was filled with Fresno people. The passen gers who escaped death were hurled to the forward part of the coach and crushed in the mass of debris. Their sufferings and danger were intensified by the clouds of scalding steam that poured from the shattered boiler of the Stockton engine. OBJECTS TO CHRISTMAS CAROLS IN THE SCHOOLS Nebraskan Asks That Action Be Brought Against Teachers and Directors. LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 22.—As a result of the recent supreme court decision against the reading of the Bible and singing sacred songs in the public schools of Nebraska, application has been made to the county attorney al Lincoln to prohibit the rendition of Christmas carols and semi-religious songe In one of the district schools of this county during school hours. John Chriss, of Princeton, is the ap plicant, and he demands that an action be brought against the teacher and di rectors. The county attorney has told Mr. Chriss he had no sympathy with his complaint, and that he will not inter fere. In the meantime, E. BE. Kretsinger, a Beatrice lawyer, will apply for a re hearing of the Bible case. Mr. Kret ginger’s brief is in the nature of a chal lenge to the court to force its mandate. He says 6,466 schools of the 6,666 in the State are ignoring the decision, and practically asks the court what it {is going to do about it. WHOLE FRESHMAN CLASS SUSPENDED AT ST. LOUIS Washington University Students Struggle for Possession of College Gymnasium.

R—— ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22.—Chancellor Chap lian abruptly ended the anrual battle between the freshmen and sophomores of Washington University for possession of the varsity gymnasium by suspending the entire body of freshmen.

The sophomores had possession of the gymnasium. Barbed wire was stretched across the windows. The freshmen gathered in force and prepared to storm the stronghold, when the chancellor ap peared, and ordered them back to their asses. Faliing to obey they were sus pended. Both classes at once held in dignation meetings, and appointed com mittees to wait upon the faculty in an endeavor to have the order rescinded but thus far their efforts have been with out effect. LAD’S DEATH DUE TO VACCINE POISONING JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Dee. 22.—Harry Leis, ten years old, son of Sebastian Leis, is dead of poison resulting from vaccination. Four new cases of smallpox have de veloped since yesterday. There are now twenty-four patients in the emergency hospital. ES TE Jim Dumps had breakfast just at seven, And every day, about eleven, He'd feel so sort of gone and weak, As if he should a bracer seek. To work he then took Force with him

And braced on that, Wise “Sunny Jim.” §The Ready-to-Serve Cereal braces beneficially, Sweet, crisp fclles of wheat and malt, Gained Greatly in Strengh, “One of my customers told me this mom. ing that hic Sad been using Force dally since April 28d, and during time he has galned greatly in streagil *“Hexny M. C=ups.” PRIC EXERCISES POWERFUL SWAY at the Hub Furniture Company This Week. 59 IR) for Large, Handsomely Tufted Oak Frame Couch; springs and buttons. fine velour cov ring; cost elsewhere $14.00. ol Velou Covered Couch; $3.75 for elour overe« ouc t cisewhere $5.50. The best in Pianos Is the cheapest in the long run. We sell you a good one, 10-year guarantee, mahog any cases— R for Tufted Velour Couch; $6.95 cost elsewhere $10.00. $150. $200 and $300 4 $3.50 for Selid Oak Desk, cost else where $5. $3 Qf for Oak Morris Chatr, with J good cushion; cost elsewhere $6.00. $6 for a large, Finely Finished Oak Morris Chair; cost else where $10.00, $4.95 for pretty Golden Oak Desk, 1st elsewhere $7.50, $2.95 for Mahogany Finish Pedestal; cost elsewhere $5.00, $4 15 for Pretty Brass Trimmed, White Enameled Crib; cost $6.50 elsewhere. THE Hus Furniture Co. Formerly Wash B. Williams, Seventh and D Sireets Northwest. PITTSBURG, Dec. 22.—“ James Horner, of Hill Avenue, was arrested and fined $2 for violating a borough ordinance.” This is the entry James Horner, chief burgess of Wilkinsburg, wrote upon the docket over which he presides. Then he took $2 fromr his wallet and placed it in a special compartment of his official money box. The burgess had fined himself, After causing the arrest of 132 of his fellow townsmen for violationg a bor ough ordinance which provides that all snow: shali be promptly shoveled off the sidewalks Horner found that he, too, had failed to live up to the mandate of the law. The burgess had employed a negro dur ing the recent snowfall to clean the pavement in front of his house, but the man did uot perform the work. In the evening, when the borough's chief magis trate went home after a hard day's work at levying fines against his neigh bors, he saw that his sidewalk was ankle deep with snow and slush. Hence the self-administered punish ment, duly docketed, BURGESS FINES HIMSELF, THEN PAYS THE PENALTY Discovered That He Had Violated an Ordinance and Filed Into Dock.

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GASTELLANE BOYS Stt AN UNFAWIILIAR FLAG 4 One Has to Ask What the Stars and Stripes Are. THE COUNTESS ANNA HOME Helen Gould Greets Her Sister's Chil dren for the First Time—Count Boni Coming Later. NEW YORK, Dec. 22. he two little sons of the Countess Pon! de Castellane, Boniface and George, the elder six years old and his brother five, looked upon America yesterday for the first time. It was also the first time that their aunt, Miss Helen Gould, who met them at the pier, bad seen the children. I I wl n George became tired and sat down upen the luggage as the ship was being warped into her dock. Suddenly his eye was attracted by some waving flashes of color upon the pler. A Strange Insignia. “Oh, what flag is that with a red stripe and then a white and then a red and a white again?’ he inquired with much curiosity. “Why, that is the American flag, George, dear,” replied the nurse. “Oh!” replied George, as if conscious that he had betrayed an unfamiliarity with the emblem of his mother's coun try, for to the boa the nurse wore was pinned a tipy American flag. Count Boni was obliged to remain in France to conduct the campalgn for his re-election to the Chamber of Deputies, which was invalidated, so the Countess de Castellane, who was Miss Anna Gould, cam¢ over without him. They arrived on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, which made a good trip, notwithstanding rough seas, high and irregular swells, snow storms and reduced speed. The countess, who looked to be in fine health, with a rose upon each cheek, had a suite on the port side 2f the saloon deck amidships. A private dining room was also placed at her disposal. Stood Trip Well. The little family party all stood the trip well. As the ship came up the bay the Countess de Castellane, the little boys and the nurse, an Irish, French-speaking, raotherly woman, il stood on the prom enade deck, while the stewards brought up their hand luggage, consisting of more than “half a ‘dozen large leather bags, cases, satchels, and boxes, all marked with a big “C."”

The little boys wore long, loosely-buiit coats of gray squirrel skin and caps of the same. Each wore brown kid gloves and carried a littie tan leather bag. Boni and George are blonde and Blue eyed, like their father. The nose of each tilts up a little bit. They are bright children, speaking both French end English with equal correctness. Boyish Curiosity. The boys were brimful of curiosity as they peeked through the rods of the ship's rail at the wonders of the shore. The land of their mother's birth awed them. They looked at the shore, the buildings, and the shipping with wide open eyes. The photographers, whom the nurse roundly and soundly rebuked for wishs ing to take pictures of the countess, were objects of mysterious, well-bred in terest to the youngsters. Countess de Castellane said that she ‘Was too busy to give a long interview. “My errand here is to spend the holi days with my brothers and sister,” she said. “I do not know just how long I shall remain. “Christmas, of course, we will spend with my sister, Miss Helen Gould. “My health is very good, and I left the count well. He will ‘not come over e month as he is detained at home for f business,” “When it came time to descend the gangplank the countess took leave of peveral friends, among whom were Miss A. Green, of Parie; Mr. and Mrs. Mor ton Mitchell, and a young man who carried the countess’ King Charles spaniel down the plank. The spaniel had been constantly held by its mistress by leather jeash. At the foot of the gangplank Miss Helen Gould took each of her squirrel coated nephews to her heart. There was a hearty, unaffected, joyful greeting be tween the sisters. Edwin Gould was also there and kissed each of the boys after his sister. All were detained for awnile by the customs inspection, and then they went away together in Edwin Gould's theater coach to the Hotel Cambr dge. BASHFUL BACHELOR SEEKING A WIFE Willing to Give $12,000 Cash to the Right Woman. WILKESBARRE, Pa. Dec. 22.—John Fisher, of this city, desires a wife, and is willing to giv: $12,000 in cash to the woman who meets his ideal and is will. ing to become Mrs. Fisher. These are the qualifications that the woman who geeks to win Mr. Fisher must possess: She may be a widow. She must be childless. She must be close to thirty-five. She should be a German. She must be able to run a poultry rd. She must know something about farm oh She must be kind. As an offset against these require ments thie is the sort of a husband shq wiil get if she weds Mr. Fisher: He is kind. 3 He is true. He is fond of home, He is a bachelor, He is just forty-seven. He is well-to-do, he is handy around the house, has not married because he never met the right sort of a woman, Mr Fisher admits that he !s bashful and to make known his quest of a through the medium of the public rather than sue In person. He Nveg at 36 Northampton Street, Wilkes barre. Mr, Fisher withes ’it distinctly Bgdettood that aa w even though possessed of a need apply it she bas children, BARBARIG SPLENDOR Al UELHI FOR THE DURBAR Wealth of the East Display ed by Native Princes. COSTLY CASHMERE SHAWLS Trappings for Elephants and Camels Set With Gold and Jewels—Lecrd Curzon’s Tent. X W he a vEsitgca Owa. VR tne pPplailis Ssuals rounding the town are hundreds of tents for the accommodation of the princes and their followers.

Ki i I v Everybody is armed and artillery is planted about conspicuously. A con stant stream of native cavalrymen is passing to and fro between the encamp ments and the town. The tents occupy a stretch of ground eight miles long. Some of the biggest princes have at least 500 military and civil attendants. Some of the native ‘rulers have quarters in the town, but most of them sleep and eat under their own canvas, Tented Villages. Each ruler has his tented village, apart from every other. There are sev enty of them and they are arranged like the letter T, the cross bar being re served for the prince and his household, and the perpendicular acting as a main, street with tents pitched on both sides. The picture presented by the canvas dotted plain recalis the fabulous stories of the richness of the East. Every In dian ruler has either levied secret taxes or gone to the treasure house of his an cestors to provide for his accommoda tion. Each is actuated by a desire to outshine everyone else, and the result ig a mass of sumptuous upholstering. The tents are hung with rich silks em broidered with gold and with costly tapestry paintings. The canvas dwelling of the Maharaja of Cashmere is almost completely composed of priceless cash mere shawls which could not be bought with all the money of J. P. Morgan. Requirements of Religion. Some of the little kingdoms are rep resented by princesses and queens, who are compelled by their religion to remain entirely concealed. They go about in palanquins, borne by giant natives, and are entirely surrounded by strong body guards of troopers. A number of the representatives of hill districts are very poor. Thelr mod est outfits contrast strangely with thaq encampments of the wealthy rulers. There Is a touch of barbaric pomp and splendor in the herds of elvphacts and camels that serve in the retinue of the princes. All the animals are rich ly caparisoned. Their trappings are set with gold and studded with torquoises, and in some cases with emeralds and diamonds. There are over a thousand attendants to wait on the animals, which are not aliowed to mingle to gether, but are kept each in the canvas village to which he belongs. The British Tents. Out beyond the native encampments are the tents of the British civil and military officials, who are to take part in the Durbar. The same rivalry exists among them is among the rajahs, and some of the officers have spent small for tunes in decorating their canvas homes. The tent to be occupied by Lord and Lady Curson is on a stretch of ground by itself, and was furnished by the Brit ish government with the idea of im pressing the native rulers. As it stands it is probably worth $25,000. Back in the other direction toward the rear of the town are hotel tents, erected for the accommodation of vis itors from England. No previous Durbar has been attended by so many society people. There are, according to a local estimate, 3,000 per sons who have come to Delhi from Eng land for the single purpose of seeing the show. They are roughing it, for the tents are mostly poor affairs, and many of them were put up in a rush to aec commodate visitors who had not pro vided for themselves beforehand. NE Accommodation for Visitors. Three miles beyond the encampment workmen have begun the erection of an amphitheater, where the proclamation declaring King Edward Emperor of India is to be reared. There will be sitting room for 8,000 visitors, and standing room for 4,000 more. ET It is not anticipated that the holding of this Durbar will consume more than an hour and a half. As soon as the vice roy appears the proclamation will be ready, and will be translated into Urdu. An artillery salute wili be fired, the massed bands will play the national an them, and Lord Curzon will make an ad dress. Then there will be more salutes, and more music, and the viceroy will declare the Durbar at an end. p— In the course of the week there will ke banquets and entertainments, with fireworks displays in Delhi, and the exodus will not begin for several days after the actual Durbar is over, BOY SHOOTS FATHER IN DEFENSE OF HIS MOTHER Gives Himself Up to the Police-—Wound Not Necessarily Fatal. CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—Everett Lamp hear, fourteen years old, rushed to his mother’s ald with a rifle when she was attacked by her husband yesterday after. noon, The boy sent a bullet into his father’s neck which felled hinr to the floor. Asking his mother if she had been hurt by the blows showered upon her and receiving a reply in the negative, the boy imprinted a Kiss on the tearstain ed check of the mother and then called the police and surrendered himself. The wound will not necessarily prove fatal, EE ee Sy EE rl el el i i UERELIGT STANDARD (IL BARGE AFIRt Sailor Struck Match and Is Killed by Explosion. GLOUCESTER, Mass., Dec. 22.—The identity of the unknown barge which was burned oY here last night was made known today. She was Standard Oil barge No, 48, owned by the Standard Oil Company. This information was brought to port today by Captain Hamiiton, of the schooner Blanch. v2aings The Blanch was on a fishing trip, and last Thursday, when about eighty miles south-southeast of High'and Light, picked up with the barge. She was then apparently a derelict, and there was no sign of life aboard. Captain Hamilton determined to make an effort to tow the barge to port, and lines were put aboard. 4 Yesterday the schooner and the barge had reached a point about five miles southeast of Eastern Point. George Riley, of Gloucester, a member of the crew of the Blanch, went aboard the barge. He went down into the forward part of the vessel in search of chains. Groping around in the darkness he struck a match. Instantly there was a terrific ex plosion, and parts of the body of Riley were blown on board of his own vessel. Immediately a sheet of flame enveloped the barge and it became apparent that she was doomed. Captain Hamilton held by, however, in the hope of saving her, but finally gave it up anil made port here this morning. MR. FETTIS PROMOTED. C. 8. Fettis has been promoted to special agent of the classification divi elon of the Postoffice Department at a salary of $2,000 a year. The position is en important one, We are show ing an unequaled assortment of graceful designs in Parlor Cabi nets at prices that permit of no competition. There are many patterns for you to choose from, with open shelves or with glassin closed Cabinets. You could hardly find anything more appropriate for a ‘gift. 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Ben a8y 0 buy 3 mi PIREE i Why EG fave one Late Saturday evening the body was found hanging from a walnut tree about a quarter of a mile from her home. An inquest was held by Justice of the Peace Joseph M. Kendricks. The jury gave a verdiet of sulelde, DOWIE INVADES BALTIMORE. BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 22.—John Al exander Dowie proposes to enter the religious field of Baltimore. The for mal announcement was made yesterday by Professor Charles Ellis, one of Dowie's assistants at Zion City, that a house-to-house canvass would be mada to gain converts, Services were held at the home of Miss Caroline North, 1137 North Mouni Street, and about a dozen followers of the Chicago Elijah were preseut, but it was sald that as many more were kept at home by the rain. Professor Ellis announced that in the near future Dowie would provide a hall for the meeting of his followers. Open Evenings Until Christmas. tn SS) N.S —t 0 Bh wa hh ahh a

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Freach jegs and hand earvings. Special at CADN 631-639 Mass. Ave. THE NEWS OF GEORGETOWN. The West Washington Baptist Church, at the corner of Thirty-first and N Streets northwest, which wis recently freed from debt by the Baptist Associa tion, is now being completed. The con templated improvements represent an outiay of a large sum. Last week Rev. Cornelius Coleman, the pastor, extend ed the right hand o* fellowship to twen ty-eight persons, who recently joined the church, as a result of the gospel meet ings conducted at the church by Evan gelist Martin of Kentucky.

0 George U. Morris Post, No. 19, Grand Army of the Republic, has elected of ficers for the ensuing year as follows: Commander, George W. Fletcher; senior vice commander, James Taylor; junior vice commander, Martin Lichty; quarter master, Rudolph Ullmer; surgeon, Dr. J. F. R. Appleby; officer of the day, Wal ter B., Sebastian; officer of the guard, George W. Golden; Inside sentinel, Thomas Brown; outside sentinel, Fred erick Kettner. The officers will be in stalled at the next regular meeting of the post, which will be held January 12, at Stohlman’s Hall, on N Street. Ra The members of Potomac Command ery, No. 3, Knights Templar, will as semble at Masonic Hall on Christmas Day, and will generally observe the day. The sentiment of the occasion will be “To our most eminent grand master, READINGS FOR THE BLIND. Under the direction of Etta Josselyn Giffen, volunteers will conduct a series of readings and musicales in the read ing room for the blind, Library of Con gress, this week, beginning this after noon. The program follows: Monday, December 22, Mrs. A. A. Judges; Tues day, December 23, musicale under direc tion of Miss Elizabeth Sewall: Friday, December 26, Miss C, Keith; Saturday, December 27, Miss Mary Johnson. Henry Bates Stoddard: May our order under his sway become the noblest champion of Christmas virtues.” The Rev. Frank L. Day, pastor of the West Washington Methodist Epis copal Church South, was acting chaplain of the United States Senate last week in the absence of Dr. Milburn, who re cently resigned on account of ill health. Mrs. B. Norris Rittenhouse, daughter of Mrs. Lizzie Tucker, of Thirty-third and P Streets northwest, {is suffering from an attack of typhoid fever, at her home near Fort leavenworth, Kansas. Mrs. Tucker, who went there several ‘weeks ago, has returned. ~The ladies of West Washington Luth eran Church gave u housewarming sur prise last evening to the pastor, the Rev. Stanley Billheimer, at his new apartments in the Irving, in Cooke Park. Martin McKenna, of Thirty-fourth Street northwest, who is now in New York, was recently operated upon for appendicitis. The operation was suc cessful, and the patient is rapidly recov ering.

Edward Cameron, of 3268 N Street nerthwest, is at the Georgetown Uni versity, suffering with a broken ankle. He slipped and fell Sunday week while walking down Valley Street, near Q. EXERCISES POSTPONED. Memorial exercises intended for yes terday afternoon at the Second Baptist Church have been postponed until the second Sunday in January on account of the inclement weather. It had been plan ned to have Senator William E. Mason, Representative Ames Allen, Judson W. Lyons, Register of the Treasury, and others deliver addresses and they will probably be on the program at the post poned date. Congress will have convened again and other members may be invit ed to sneak. MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED. mn Ernest Littleford and Rosa A. Man= gum, both of Deanwood, D. C. ‘Erkay Peyton and Jiunie Garnett. Walter Shepherd and Ida Nelson. Joseph H. Bishop and Vesta U. Fod« dreil. Henry W. B. Zundt, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Anna L. Buete, District of Columbia. James H. Winters and Martha Jack son. George Thorne, Newport News, Vay and Eva G. Skillman. 9 $400 Se $230. $6 Monthly Payments. It is easy iJ Luv when we mals it 20 easy to pay for a good Up right Plano. Here's a thoroughly geod and worthy Upright Grand Piano—full size—rich, dark mahog any case—3J pedals—3 strings—and all latest improvements—a prac tically new Piano for less than half price—au: including free a handsome stool—scarf—and one year's tuning. Buy the Plano and we'll deliver it any time you say up tec Xmas sve 1'>N, Alto cne nearly new Upright Piano at $1€0—a modern piano in every respect—also 50 Square Pianos of best makes at $25, $35, $45, $55, and $65, on $1 weekly payments, FACTORY, BRADBURY. war:nooms, 225 Pa. Ave. I eI I III HH I HTN." E: Bedding at Manufacturers’ Wholesale Prices. We manufacture all kinds of Bed ding, which we seli at manufactur ers’ wholesale prices. A Saving to You of at Least 50 Per Cent. Woven Wire Springs.... §1.25 Shuck M Tn 3.05 Shuck M with evant, Rattan Mattresses, with eat-33 50 A A i Ra M with on anoressas, WB wet $3.90 reame Sworn Yar 004 All in larger size. r i K L Special.

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ISTIC PROMOTERS HAVE LOTS OF TROUBLE

Corbett and McGovern Bout May Be Called Off.

JEFFRIES FINDS A TARTAR

Knocked Down by jack Mionroe in Butte, Mont.—Bob Fitzsimmons To Be Taken On.

X-RAY used for examination, diagnosis, and Now that Gov. A. T- Bliss, of Michi gan, has declined to allow the Corbett McGovern bout to be pulled off at the Metropolitan Athletic Club, in Detroit, the pugilistic promoters are at their wits’ ends. From Pittsburg, San Francisco, Louisville, and others cities offers have been received to carry cut the affair. 1

LouisWNlle looks like the Lest city of the bunch. The managers of the South ern Athletic Club say that, although an injunction was handed down against the sport the last time the two boxers were scheduled to meet, things have changed and a “mill” might be pulled off with out interference on the part of the au thorities.

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Jeffries and Fitzsimmons continue to make lots of money on their theatrical tour. Thousands of people have flocked to the various Western playhouses to see their exhibition bout. Last week and ever since they started out, both of the men have been meeting all-comers. They post a sum of monéy which they agree to give to any one who can “stay” four rounds with either. Jeffries lost $250 by failing to put out a boxer named Jack Monroe at Butte, Mon., on Satur day night. Monroe is amateur cham pion of the Pacific Coast. He was there with a wallop and got in a few good ones on the champion. Once he sent the champion to his knees. At the end of the fourth round Monroe was on his feet and declared that he would stay eight rounds for $500. To this the cham pion’'s manager would not agree,

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Tom Jenkins, the world’s champion catch-as-catch-can wrestler, will meet George Bothner, of New York, tonight. Jenkins weighs about 205 pounds, while his opponent will weigh only 130. Jen kins has agreed to forfeit all claim to the purse which has been offered if he does not pin the little fellow’s should ers to the mat three times within an hour. Although in point of weight he has the advantage over Bothner, the latter's friends declare, he cannot turn the trick, and will be lucky if he throws the Gothamite once. Bothner has gone on with the best wrestlers both for

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Kid Sullivan, the local boxer, and Frank Houseman, the champion feather weight wrestler of the South, and a popular Washington boy, will wrestle at the Empire Theater tomorrow night. Houseman has agreed to throw Sullivan in thirty minutes.

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Houseman recently returned to Wash ington from Chicago. He left this city about two months ago, meeting all com ers. He took on sixty-seven wrestlers through the Middle West, and found only two who could stay fifteen minutes with him. In a bout with a heavyweight in Chicago he had a bone in his right wrist fractured.

1 io NAVAL FOOTBALL GAMES DISAPPROVED

B House Naval Committee May Attempt to Prevent Middies From Playing.

i B Football playing by the Middies of the Naval Academy does not meet with the approval of the House Committee on Naval Affairs, and there is a disposition to prohibit it in future. EB 7

B re B To do this a provision may be placed in tbe naval appropriation bill provid ing that no games shall be played out elde the Naval Academy grounds. The House Committee on Military Affairs rather rejoices in the prowess of the cadets at the Military Academy, and be lleves the annual games are a good thing. J B B Ll ie A majority of the members of Con grees believe footnall playirg is some thing the superintendent of the Academy can regulate without the enactment of jezisiation.

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Tuesday night a wrestling bout will be held on the Empire stage, after the per formance, beiween Frank Huseman and “Kid Sullfvan, both local boys. Accord ing to the arrangement the fopmer is to throw Sullivan in thirty minutes. The management of the theater has offered a $50 purse to winger, according to agree. ment iv]

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CENTRALIA, Iil., Dec. 22.—Prof. Eru est Kalkbrenner has stopped his spiri tualistic treatment of Dora Meck, in an effort to end her sleep, which has reached the eighty-fifth day.

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MATTERS OF INTEREST TO LOCAL BOWLERS Standing of the Several Teams and Individual Aver ages of Players.

All of the local bowling leagues sus pended their schedules Saturday until after the holidays. The past week has been a busy one on the alleys, and the bowlers should be able to renew their work with more energy after Christmas. S———————————

In the District League, the veteran among the local bowling leagues, le Saengerbund, and Jolly Fat Mens Club, are tied for first place, with averages of .687. Last week these two teams and the Golden Eagles were tied for first honors, with ten victories and five de feats, but the defeat administered to the Golden Eagles by Carroll Institute throws them into third place. Takoma Park is still hopelessly last eatmen in The Bureau team still has a command ing lead in the race for the Times cup, with .776 average, 1 per cent behind their average up to last week. The In terior Department team is second, with .740 average, and made a gain of 32 per cent during the week. The high individ val averages, it is claimed, is due to the alleys on which the teams bowl, and the other players in other leagues contend that the Departmental’'s aver ages should not be compared with theirs. As all of the alleys in the different leagues have been remodeled this sea son, this excuse seems rather lame.

__ 3 Anything below the .222 single mark !s only ordinary bowling in the Departme;. tal League. Lord, of the Bureau quint, still holds the highest average, with 184. Bunn, of the Interiors, is stil\sec one, with ,183, and Garrett, of the same team. third with 176 Harrison and Barclay are tied for the highest individual average in the Bank Clerks’ League, with an average of 172 pins in thirty games. By winning three games and losing one, Riggs Bank has tied the Safe Deposit Company fur first place in the league. The latter team suffered det: .t in one of its three games d ring the past week. The Columbia National Bank and Bell Co. have im proved their standing considerably.

The Officers broke the tie during the past week and now lead the Fourand a-half Streets by 22 per cent. The Me tropolitans have a clean lead over the rest for third place. In the individual averages there has been but little change. July 8, 158)—Jake in Whitney, Brown, Holt, and Ham hold down the positions in the order na 3 Clark, who was fourth last week, bowled below his standard and has fallen back to seventh place. Standing of Bank Clerks’ League. Won. Lost. P.Ct. Riggs National Bank.... 22 National Safe Deposit... 22 Second National Bank... 21 Columbia Natignal Bank 16 Nat. Metrepolitan Bank.. 14 Wash. Loan Trust Co.. 13 West End Naticnal Bank 12 Am, Security Trust Co. 12 Bel RD s sss ssnnsvrvnn 12 National Capital Bank.. 3 8 8 9 14 13 20 20 18 18 19 HERE De

tess 8 Aver- Games age. Played. Harrison WIE LG 30 BRRCIRY use nvsnsnanssnness FE 30 Walker Cicsssdenbeanntens 167 27 WAFL ..oivineiinas ROR 165 30 WHISON sescsencssnsranasnns 163 24 RNAP deearcssssarsnssvrss 163 27 GRISEHE .aainesssrssssunnns 163 33 Taylor .....covvneeinnnnnnns 162 27 C. Bright...coovnescssrcenes 161 27 Eckloff A TT ae 160

PLATE PRINTERS BOWLING LEAGUE Averages and Individual Standing of Members. The end of the past week found mo change in the standing of the teams in this league. The steady improvement of the players in this league has been noteworthy both in team work and in dividual averages,

Land still ieads In individual averages and Hardie moved up from fourth to second place, shoving Helmerichs and Lord each down a peg. The players which eompose the Bureau team in the Departmental League are by far the best in the Plate Printers’ League. The first seven, with the exception of O’Con~ wor, play with the Departmental leaders.

mess— eee] Standing of the teams: rer New York....... 14 4 ATT Washington 10 8 bb Philadelphia 10 5 RAH St Ronis... vw’ 4] A460 BOSON ..vreenies $8 12 333 Chicago wok 13 .266 Individua) averages: High To'l Games. score. pins. Land, St. Louis..... 15 211 2.634 ‘Hardie, New York.. 18 208 Helmerichs, St. L.. 15 205 Lord, Philadelphia. 18 243 Johnson, Wash. 3 19 Hess, Chicago...... 15 198 Stanton, New York. 18 194 Budke, New York.. 18 204 Orspada, Chleago... 15 210 Lavender, Boston... 18 189 Miller, New York.. 12 209 Morrison, Wash.... 18 186 bras ARR: Aaer Yasha Me

Is lad 00 Ly 11 3 1 J r Won. Lost. Cent. Prost ons SEEZEERE EERE th Ne Total Pins. 14,120 12,198 13,104 11,004 10, 973 Aver. 176.9 170.1 167.9 167.3 166.2 156.6 164.6 167.17 High games—New Yorks, 900; Wash ingtons, 808; Chicagos, 877. High scores—Lord, 243, Kilpatrick, 222; Land, 211; Orspada, 210; Miller, 209. Henry Simms and Mabel Gr»y, col ored, were in Police Court today on the charge of highway robbery, and they were held for the grand jury in bonds of $1,000 each. It is alleged that they drugged George Doremus, of Richmond, Va., and robbed him of a gold watch and 360.

Rufus Brown, the negro who was caught in the aci of breaking into a house only a few yards from the First precinct bg Policeman Catts on Satur day night, demanded u jury trial when his case was called this morning in the United States branch of the Criminal Court. It is claimed Brown entered the house and was making preparations to carry away his plunder when the po liceman caught him.

Departmental League. Bank Clerks’ League. Railway Relief Association. Y Ten Highest Averages. CHARGED WITH ROBBERY. DEMANDS JURY TRIAL. THE WASHINGTON TIMES. MONDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1902. Ten Highest Individual Scores. Williams, Census, 256, 205. Barr, Commissioners, 255, 224, 224, 216. Bunn, Interior, 246, 222, 211, 206, 202,

4 201, 201. Parker, Commissioners, 236, 216, 210, 205, 203, 201. Leimbach, Postoffice, 234, 232, 202, 201. Lord, Bureau, 232, 229, 214, 213, 210, 208, 207, 202. Crist, Navy Yard, 230, 226, 214. Myers, Commissioners, 225, 208, 204, Bishop, Postoffice, 225. Nelligan, Commissioners, 224. Highest team total: Interior Depart ment, 1,033. Individual averages and highest scores: Aver- High't Games. age. score, Lord, Bureau 30 (184 232 Bunn, Interior 27 .183 247 Garrett, Interior 27 A179 21 Gould, Postoffice 21 AT9 223 Leimbach, Postoffice 24 178 234 Parker, Comm'rs 29 ATS 236 Crist, Navy Yard... 24 17% 230 Myers, Comm'rs 30 A74 225 Lemmon, Interior 24 A74 218 Land, Bureau 30 172 222 Bishop, Postoffice 18 A72 226 Hardie, Bureau 30 AT71 208 Barr, Comm'rs 24 AT 255 Helmerichs, Bureau. 30 170 201 Deyo, Treasurer 27 L169 216 Rice, Interior 21 .169 199 Livingston, Interior 18 .169 192 Gorman, War 15 168 199

Elliott, Treasury ..-27 A537 208 Smith, Comm'rs 27 167 206 Standing of the Teams. Per Total Team Teams. Won. L’'st. C't. Pins. Ave. Bureau E. P. 23 7 .766 25,871 862 Interior Dept. 20 7 .740 23510 R70 Commissioners 21 9 .700 25,449 848 Postoffice 17 10 .629 22,258 524 Treasury 12 15 444 21280 788 War Dept. 9 21 .300 23,524 784 Navy Yard 7 20 .259 20,738 768 Census Office 5 256 .166 22,284 742 Railway Relief Association. standing of the teams AVasasans Vi aE VYEeweee Per HI'h't Won. Lost. Ce’t. Ga'es, OBER. .zuss crus 12 3 800 768 Four-and-a-half St. 14 4 371 818 Metropolitan 13 122 88% CIOrKS ..on cuiiveninss 12 6 .666 833 Eleventh Street 9 9 500 813 Lighting Company 8 10 444 S05 City and Suburban... 6 9 400 T48 Mechanical 6 12 333 824 Track Roadway 4 14 222 TW Columbia" .....oc0. 3 15 .166 749 Ten Men With Highest Average. Standing of teams: Games played. Aferage. Whitney...co eines. 18 Brown....:se0tc00n UT Ug Sr ORR LT Re Na, AIRE 15 Melting... eevee 18 Hawkins.... cc... 15 DOASOI.. co (xe asvs 18 167.10 166.5 162.5 157.3 153.6 152.14 152.2 151.1 150.10 149.17 High game. 199 192 179 186 174 210 187 186 192 179 tanding Jf Teams in District League. Saengerbund. Jolly Fat Men serena Won. Lost. P.Ct. teen EE Golden Eagles........... Carroll Institute DEE 11 687 687 625 .562 375 062 AMERICAN CAPITAL INVESTED IN MEXICO Fully Half a Billion Dollars in Enterprises. According to a report to the State De partment from Consul General A. DD. Bar Jow, at Mexico City, half a billion dollars of American capital is invested in various enterprises throughout Mexico, by 1,117 companies, firms, and iudividuals. The report continues:

“This amount has practically been all invested in the past quarter of a cen tury, and about one-half of it has been invested within the past five years. “The imgzetus given to Mexico's indus tries by this enormous augmentation of the nation’s working capital accounts in no small degree for the industrial progress which it has made during the past twenty-five years. “With Mexico buying 58 per cent of all her imports from the United States and selling 80 per cent of all her exports to the United States, and with this enor mous investment of American capital in Mexico, the commercial bond between the sister republics is one that can hardly be broken. It is one, too, that is constanily growing in strength. The flow of Amer ican money into this republic has appar ently only begun. “More American capital ie invested in the railroads of Mexico than in any other single line—about 70 per cent of the total. In this line American capital dominates. “Next in importance to the railroads, from the point of view of American cap ital invested, is the mining Industry, the a being, in round figures, $80,0¢9, PENNSYLVANIA MOB YELLS “KILL THE NIGGER” John Wilson Bites Policeman’s Face and Is Beaten Into Submission. CHESTER, Pa., Dec. 22.—Officer Levia McDonald Saturday night went to the rescue of Mrs. Wisoa, colored, who was being brutally beaten by her husbard. Wilson turned on the policeman, bit a big plece of flesh from his face, and in fiicted other Injuries of a serious char acter, A platoon of police went to MeDon ald’s assistance. The negro fought like a wild beast, and was not taken irio custody until beaten into submission with clube. Wilson was committed to jall on the charge of mayhem and as saulting an o’ .cer. A great crowd fol lowed the patrol wagonm, yelling “Kill the nigger.’

JORN L. SQUANDERED ONE MILLION DOLLARS RIE Famcus Pugilist Won Large Fortune With His Fists. Reciting interesting anecdotes of his career and relating incidents of his travels while a professional pugilist, John Lawrence Sullivan, once the most famous boxer who ever donned a glove, would not impress one as being the man who had thrown away a fortune. His latest escapade in Boston, where he is alleged to have spent a whole day in throwing moeney about the streets, re calls the immense fortune he has syuan derud since the memorable day in 1852 when he defeated “Paddy” Ryan at Richburg, Miss. Some interesting figures of the money made by Sullivan can be found in the following table, which is a careful com pilation of the different amounts he won during his long ring and touring career: May 16, 1881—John Flood, Yonkers, N. Y., eight rounds. I I TTI ST TT $750 February 7, 1882 —Paidy Ryan, Missis 3ippl, DINE TONNE «.sxversanrvsrensses 5,000 July 17, 1882— “Tug” Wilson, New York, SOUR POUNEAS. ..uousxsisretnnammanmsnnanes 18,000 May 14, 1883—Charley Mitchell, New York, three rounds, stopped. 8,000 August 6, 1833 Herbert A. Slade (*'Ma ori”), New York, three rounds........, 14,000 Tour of the country under Pat Sheedy’s WRBABCIICIE ..suuvadocsthntineonhonsnss 500,000 June 30, I884—Failed to meet Mitchell, New York, money split..... awash 5,000 November 10, 1884-~John M. Laflin, New York, three rounds............. senses 12,000 November 17, 1884—Alf. Greenfield, New York. four rounds............. ETORNA 12,000 January 12, 1885—Alf. ureenfield, Bos LOR, JOUr POUND... 2s sess saaenass sas 4,000 January 19, 1s85—Paddy Ryan, New York, thirty sesoiids eam i anh 13,000 June 13, 1885—Jac Burke, Chicago, Ve TOURAS. sone sasnanes steameans. 8,600 August 29, 1885—Dominick McCaffrey, Cincinnati, SIX POUMEB. «os sens vcs san ass 11,000 November 13, 1885—Paddy Ryan, San Francisco, three rounds.. aarssnsase 9,000 January 18, 1887—Patsy Cardiff, apolis, six rounds (broke his arm).. 5,000 December 9, 1887—Started tour of Eng land and Ireland, management of Harry Phillips. coeeuninssssspsseees 100,000 aren 10, 1885 Charley Mitchell, “in ra A i AS a 15.000 Dur 1800—Successful theatrical tour. 25000 During 1801 Australian DOMES sinisannnas 10,000 September 7, 1802—Lost to James J. Corbet .......cc.oahernsnsbanstivens ses August 21, 1806 Tom Sharkey, New York, mo deciBlon. .saes. du saagnensce 2,000 Benefits at different times.............. 10.000 Total, Aboub. ....ivisesacarnsnnnsnsannes T80,000 In this table no account is taken of a number of other money earning things in which Sullivan has engaged. He has received at various times a world of valuable presents, and in many cases he traveled in stste without a cent of ex pense to himself and his immediate par ty. In that way had Sullivan been in clined to be a bit careful in the matter of keeping hold of some of his money, he might today have a more than com forta. ie fortune. NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY SWINDLES MANY HOTELS Remarkable Record Achieved in Three Weeks by an East Syracuse Lad. SYRACUSE, N. Y., Dec. 22.—A nine year-old boy, giving the name of Frank Brigden, was taken to East Syracuse vesterday by a Canastota policeman, and there placed in charge of his uncle, William H. Melmotte. The boy's story of his life for the past three weeks is remarkable. His success in getting free meals at hotels and free rides on trains was remarkable. The lad is the son of Charles Brigden, of Pittsburg, Pa., a train dispatcher, and is a bright, well-dresed boy. Three weeks ago he ran away from home and went to find his grandmother at Conneaut, Ohio, with whom he wish ed to live. He had no money, but rzan aged to get through by pretending that he was riding with some or: else, and his small size helpe? him out. His grandmother was away visiting, and he decided to go to his uncle at East Syra cuse. Friday he arived in this city. His method here is a sample of his sys tem at hotels generally.

He registered at the Warner Hotel and asked for a room with bath, saying that his father would arrive ir a day or two. He was readily believed. He re mained over night and had breakfast, for which he signed a check. Then he took the train for East Syr.cuse. He boarded the wrong train and it took him past his destination. At Canastota he was put off by a New York Central de tective sud turned over to the police. CHEST OF GEMS IS UNEARTHED IN MEXICO Were Hidden Beneath Flagstone In Chapel of a College. MEXICO CITY, Dee. 22.—Senor Ola varia, director of Las Vozcainas College, reports to the government the discov ery at that institution of a hidden chest containing a solid silver image of the Virgin, inlaid with gold and inerusted with gems, 192 diamonds, 342 emeralds, 26 rubies, 4 jacinths, and 1,987 pearls, The gems will become the property of the government, The director was told of the existence of the chest by an old matron of the college, who says that ity hiding place was confided to her years ago by a former matron while on her deathbed. The chest was hidden be« neath a flagstone in the chapel. There is much alarm on the west coast over the reported appearance of the bu bonic plague at Maatlan. a OUTLAWS BESEIGED BY FARMERS AND DETECTIVES LOOGOTEE, Ind., Dec. 22.—Farmers have surrounded in a barn west of this place the outlaws wbo held up the night clerks at Patterson's restaurant, robbed two stores and attempted to rob the White River Bank here Saturday morn ing. 3 A posse of armed men went out last night to assist {n the capture. The de tectives, who arrived in the interest of the bank and insurance companies, also went out to assist the farmers. MANNER OF OBSERVING CHRISTMAS IN ORIENT Army of Chinese Forsake Buddha for the Cross and Adopt Ceremonies of Latter. _L. J Men change their religious faiths but not their national tastes and habits. An army of Chinese have forsaken Buddha for the Cross and adopted the ceremonies and symbolism of the latter without relinquishing the decorative customs of the older worship. They open Christmas Day with a mighty salvo of firecrackers as they do their own New Year, and serve on the Yuletide board the roast pig sacred to the gods of their race. On Good Friday they wear white sack cloth and snowy mourning neck scarfs as they do at funerals. On Easter there are more firecrackers as well as lilles, bright flowers, eatables, and fruits. Xmas Tree Introduced. In the places where American, Eng lish, and German missionaries have proselytized, the Christmas tree has been introduced to the Orient and has proven a welcome visitor. It was not altogether a stranger in the Far East. In the festivals of the North Wind in the midwinter, of the returning sun at the winter solstice, and of the first day of the New Year the branches of evergreen irees and even whole trees have been employed for centuries as ornaments. A small fir, spruce, or cndar has long been used as a roof talisman to insure good luck or fueng-suey to the house be neath. At the first shaving of a baby boy's head a green branch crossed with threads strung with scraps of scarlet paper is a familiar decoration. Strings of Popped Rice. When, therefore, the converted China man came to embellish the Christmas tree he found himself at home. Instead of strings of popped corn he employed strings of popped rice, some plain and dead white, others glittering with sugar, and still others deftly stained in scar let and gold. Rice offers endless opportunities to a clever cook and replaces the cake and plaster of paris of American Christmas trees. The rice flour is made into a glut enous dough, which is cut into seginents, CHICAGO HAS PLAN T0 REGULATE BARBERS Ordinance Introduced Requiring Them to Keep Razors Sharp and Mouths Shut. CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—Itf the “whiskers” ordinance which Alderman Hart intro duced in the council becomes a law ir will remove much of the torture under which mankind is now suffering. Hart's law requires all barbers to be licensed, to keep sharp razors, to Keep their mouths shut, no matter what argument the customer starts, A barber who cuts or sking customers will be deprived of his license. He must have *‘ability to prepare and fit for use the ordinary tools used by barbers, in cluding the proper antiseptic treatment of tools,” and he must know ‘“‘the nature and effect of diseases of the skin and scalp.” The use of sponges and powder puffs are prohibited; a separate towel must be used for each person; every shop ‘must be provided with runring hqt and cold water, and a barber must c¢ se his hands thoroughly after serving each customer. Barbers who have worked two years in Chicago need not take the examina tion. All they will have to do will be ‘to submit proof of their exemption and pay $2 to the city collector. All new barbers and newcomers must take the examination, and the cost of a cer tificate to them is to be $5. “MAN SMALL POTATOES AND FEW IN A ROW” “Flourishes In the Morning; In the Evening the Undertaker Hath Him.” ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 22.—Atianta has just had a unique banquet. This was a gravediggers' feast, given by a well known firm of undertakers, Barclay Brandon. The guests were séxtons, undertakers, doctors, newspaper men and a few lawyers. In describing why all these classes were invited the “Journal” says: “The doctor starts the ball rolling when the patient comes under his care. This is the first link in the human chain. Following in close order comes the un dertaker, who prepares the unlucky mortal for the last sad rites. With no undue loss of time the newspaper prints the obituary and the sexten follows by digging the grave. The lawyers follow by administering the estate. Each man at the festal board has a fellow feeling for the other man, and all are linked close ly by the bond that joins them to gether.” Among the toasts responded to, with witty speeches, were: “What Are We Here For?" Col. John C. Reed, a member of the cemetery com mittee of the city council. “The Future State of Man,” H. H. Cabanass, of the “Atlanta Journal.” “From the Cradle to the Grave is but a Day's Journey,” J. T. Wallace, of Mexico. “After Life, Death, and After Death, the Undertaker,” Mr. Barclay, the under taker. Dr. George Brown and Dr. Van Dyke also spoke in a professional way, and an other member of the council cemetery committee, J. H. Harwell, gave cheerful advice. In the midst of the repast a lawyer told a .umorous story and then the sex ton toned the dinner bell. The following toast was drunk to the grave liggers present: “All things come to those who walt.” This cheerful entertalnment was con cluded by the assembled guests drawing for the left hind foot of a graveyard rabbit that had been caught and killed in Oakland Cemetery. fastened, and then fried in boiling lard. It expands into a hollow yellow or brown sphere resembling an orange. Cut Into Figures. Cold boiled rice, white or colored, is cut into cubes, pyramids, hearts, and other shapes and dipped in boiling sugar. Popped rice is strung on long straws and then made into crosses, anchors, wreaths, stars, and lozenges. Another kind of graceful ornamontation is made by threading little circles, squares, or hearts of scarlet gold or ultramarine paper with the finest cotton or silk thread. These are festooned from branch to branch, from tree to walls, and around the walls Just below the ceiling. At a few feet the threads are invisible and the gayly tint ed scraps of paper seem floating in the air Another use of the thread idea is de lightful in its oddity and grace. A lignt gray sewing silk is made into a giant cobweb which may be in a corner of the rcob near the ceiling or between several branches of a tree. To it are fastened gaudy spiders made of fluffy cotton. In place of flies little crystallized fruits or hardy flowers are attached to the threads, Leaves cut from scarlet, yel low, gray, and brown paper are stitched here and there to the web. Of pendants attached to the tree the variety is great and striking. The iavor ite way is candied or gingered fruit— red plums, tiny oranges, pieces of car ambola, mandarin orange, blood orange, figs, strings of watermelon seeds, white and black, squash seeds, almonds, peach pits, and cherry pits; cakes of every shape and color; candies and other sweetmeats. Bright effects are obtain ed by a liberal use of gold and silver tinsel, diminutive nrirrors, and little flags. The tinsel is applied directly to the trunk and branches, sprinkled on the fir needles, or wrapped around wood en frameworks. CHICKEN HUNT HELD BY NEGRO CHURCH MEMBERS Leg of Fowl Under Bibles on Pulpit, and Girl Found It. TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 22.—The con gregation of the St. Paul African Zion Methodist Church enjoyed a chicken hunt Thursday night. The parishioners were confined in the Sunday school room, while the pastor, the Rev. J. E. Rodgers, took a chicken leg and hid it under the Bible on the pulpit. I The finder was entitled to a chicken under the rules of the game. When ev erything was in readiness the congrega tion was let into the church, and the search began. One member climbed in the organ loft and searched among the pipes of the instrument. Another member went over all the pews, but the last one in the room. So phia A. Scraggs, fourteen years old, went directly to the pulpit. and with a triumphant shout pulled the chicken's leg from under the Bible. Xn WHEN IN DOUBT BUY AT HOUSE HErmmanN'S JE J 1 nm A BIG VARIETY 1-2. EB sree... AT ALL SORTS OF PRICES. OPEN EVENINGS. CASH OR CREDIT. We Close Xmas Eve at 6 P. M. Chafing Dishes, &c. Lamps, &c. W have a large stock of Chafing A Ereny Swplay iy Lampe Dishes and Spirit Kettles, in many of al} kin or a Et different styles; also Trays and Sa oe APs Metal Q re 4 amps d Spoons, etc., to go with them. Lamps, with globes to We offer a very handsome Nickel match; also a full line of Gas Portable or Drop Lights, Student Lamps, and a large assortment of Odd Globes. We have a handsome Par lor Lamp, with globe $1 00 to match, as low as.. 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SOLE Y, No LLERSONAL MENTION. OY We Pa a a aa an J Son of the British Ambassador Arrives Jor the Christmas Holidays---M»r. Mor gan's Dinner and Dance at Rausch er Ss. The debutantes have held the center of the stage for the past month. Hard ly a day but some entertainment, a tea or a luncheon or a dinner, has been given in honor of the buds, but, like Oliver Twist, they are continually asking for more and their appetite for gailety re sembles that of the great anaconda at the Zoo for rabbits. This week, with its many festivities, should, however, satisfy their craving. Tonight both Mr. Morgan and Mr. Clark will give large balls to which all the delwtantes are asked. Tomorrow, Mrs. Glover will entertain at luncheon and in the evening the Sixty Couple Cotillion, preceded Dy at least a dozen dinners, will take place. The bal poudre for Miss Gwendoline Ffoulke is set for Wednes day, nearly all of the guests of which have accepted invitations to dinners be forehand. Not only are Miss Ffoulke's guests expected lo appear in powdered hair but to wear white costumes. Thurs day is naturally a home day. A num per of Christmas parties have been ar ranged, however, and Mrs. Stilson Hutchins will give a tea Christmas af ternoon. Friday, the Italian ambassador gives a small dance in honor of Miss Roosevelt, the daughter of the President. On Saturday Miss Bates’ wedding will take place, Mrs. Henry I. Finley will entertain at a tea in honor of Miss Kel ton, and the de Margeries will give a dinner for the daughter of the President.

Formerly the debutantes were got in vited to dinners, which were deemed more suited to their elders, but in the last few seasons it has become the custom to include them and debutante dinners are pow as fashionable as debutante lunch eons and teas. It is an excellent inno vation, since their presence makes the dinners shorter and lighter and, as some of the graybeards of society can attest, brighter.

Mrs. Robert Fulton Cutting, of New York, gave a dinner in honor of Miss Roos 'velt, the daughter of the President, Satur lay evening. Miss Roosevelt will return to town this afternoon and will be present at Mr. Morgan's dinner dance at Rauscher’s thie avening

Sidney Herbert, the eldest son of the British ambassador, arrived on the Kai ger Wilhelm der Grosse yesterday to pass the vacation with his parents. He is a strong, healthy, and enterprising lad, and, according to his fellowpas sengere a good sailor. The charge d'affaires of the French embassy and Mme. de Margerie have sent out invitations for a dimmer in honor of Miss Roosevelt, the daughter of the President, on Saturday evening, Jan wary 30 The Misses Patten have sent out in vitations for a dinner on Wadnesday, January 28. Two young Englishmen, the Hon. George Howard, a sen of Lord Carlisle, and Arthur Stanley, a member of the family to which the late Dean Stan ley belonged, are staying at the Albany. Edwin Morgan, of the State Department, gives a dinner and smali dance, at which they will be guests, at Rauscher’s, to night. Among the guests will be the Belgian minister and Baroness Mon cheur, Mr. and Mme. de Margerie, the Portuguese minister, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, jr., Mr. and Mrs. J. Ridgley Carter, the Misses Hitchcock, the Misses Warder, Count Quadt Mr. Norman, Mr. Riano, Mr. Dering, Major McCauley, Walter Berry, Countess Mar guerite Cassini, Miss Des Planques, and about forty others, who will be received by Mrs. Cowles and Mrs. H. H. D. Peirce. Miss Roosevelt is expected also to be of the guests.

Postmaster General and Mrs, Payne have invitations out for a dinner on De cember 27. YAeut, Robert Stirling Clark will give a dance at the New Willard this evening to which some 500 guests have been ask od. There will be a cotillion of five fig ures. The first dance of the Bixty Couple Cotilion will take place a Masonic Tem ple tomorrow evening. The date of the first Monday Zvening Dance is December 29, The Charity Ball will be given Friday evening, January 2. Mr. and Mrs. Seymour will entertain fn honor of thelr daughter, Elsle, at a ball on Tuesday, December 30,

Mrs. Postlethwaite will give a ball in honor of her daughter, Carolyn, who made her debut this winter, at Rausch er's Wednesday, December 31. Mrs. Huff will give a dance Monday, January 5, in honor of her daughter, Carolyn. The first cotillion of the Bachelors is set for Wednesday, January 7. The com mittee ure P. Lee Phillips, Lieutenant Davis, Major Montgomery Macomb, Rich The White House. The Dinlomatic Corps. Dinners. Ralls and Dances. AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON AND OTHER CITIES. ard Merrick, Van Ness Phillp, George Howard, and Charles L. McCawley. ard Merrick, van Ness FPhillp, George Howard, and Charles L. McCawley. Notes, Mr. and Mrs. Levi P. Morton will sail for Europe after the holidays, and will pass the remainder of the season abroad. The Misses Horstmann, of Rhode Isl and Avenue, have gone to Florida, where they will pass the winter. Miss Susie Barksdale, of Washing ton, is visiting Mrs. Mann S. Valentine, of 915 West Franklin Street, Richmond

Miss Nellie Hodge Gordon, of Rich mond, who is attending school here, has returned home to spent the Christmas holidays and will have as her guest Miss Emma Hull, of Augusta, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Chapman Smith, of Philadelphia, and their little girl, are passing the holidays with Mrs. Smith's father, Charles M. Ffoulke.

Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Tyler have re turned to Washington and taken posses sion of their home on Farragut Square.

Mrs. Horatio R. Bigelow, of N Street, will give a luncheon Friday, January 2, in honor of Miss Elsie Dodge.

The friends of Mrs. John H. Mitchell, wife of the Senator from Oregon, will be glad to know that she is very much im proved in health and was present at the reception General and Mrs, Porter gave at the embassy in Paris last Monday. Among the other Americans noticed were her daughter, the Duchesse de la Rochefoucauid, Bellamy Storer, the United States ambassador 40 Austria Hungary; the United States minister to ‘the Netherlands and Mrs. Stanford Newel, Mr. Garrett, the secretary of the United States legation at The Hague; Mr. Thackara, Miss Thackara, Miss Sherman, Mrs. Eads Hazard and Mr. and Mrs. L. U. Benet. Mrs. Fuller, wife of the eh’»f justice, will receive this afternoon, as will the wives of the justices of the United States Suprema Court.

[Rei Mrs. Howry, wife of Judge Charles B. Howry, of the Court of Claims, will re ceive this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Harriman, of New York, who passed last week in Wash ington, have returned home. Senator and Mrs. Russell A. Alger have gone to Detroit to pass the Christ mas holidays. They are expected to re turn January 1.

Mary Johnston, synonymous with Au drey of the hair, has set up an estab lishment in East Grace Street, Rich mond. Her father and her two sisters constitute her household. Her father, a fine old gentleman, was a )najor in the Confederate army, and one of her sisters, a trained nurse, has given up nursing to live with her. The other sis ter is a school girl of fifteen.

Miss Johnston is the head of the house. She “gives out” and “takes in,” as the ““darkies’” say. Her “drawing rooms” have an air of “liveableness” which {is attractive. There are flowers and books and a work box, little womanly touches which characterize the author of “Audrey.” What would one who did not know fancy the author of “Audrey” to be? Tall? Dashing? Gushing? No' at all. Petite, retiring, very quiet, with large eyes and a frail appearance. She is earnest, candid and seemingly not the least elated by success. She drives about town in her stylish brougham sr her low victoria, and people do not call the little lady in her velvet and furs either proud or condescending, but rather anxious to obscure herself.

Miss I. C. Violet Houk, one of the many beautiful Southern girls in Wash ington, is going on the stage. She is Miss I. C. Violet Houk, one of the many beautiful Southern girls in Wash ington, is going on the stage. She is the daughter of the late Leonidas OC. Houk, for years a representative of Tennessee in Congress. Miss Houk spent her childhood in Washington, but finished her ecucation in Europe, spending several years In Paris. She ertered society after return ing to America with her mother. Miss Houk went to West Point for commence ment week as the guest of General and Mrs. Longstreet, and was considered the most beautiful girl at, and the belle of, the ball.

Last winter she was a leader of the young and merry set and took'a promi nent part in amateur theatricals. It is expected she will make a decided suec cess, as her ability is remarkable for one 80 Young. Barnard College sophomores gave a very pretty dance Saturday evening in the Brinckerhof Theater of the college. It was the sophomore class’ first affair of the kind and was under the patronage of Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler, Miss Laura Gill, dean of the college; Miss Gertrude Margerite Hirst, and Miss Vir gina C. Glldersleeve.

Miss Blanche Emory, daughter of Com mander W. H. Emory, U. 8. N., per formed the feat of taking the high fence on the Frank Gray Griswold place in the Meadowbrook hunt last Thursday. The Viscomtesse Bonnefont de Vari nay, of Paris, a young and chr ming widow, who has been in New Vv for some weeks at the Plaza Hotel, having come over to settle some business mat ters connected with her late father’s es

New York Gossin THE WASHINGTON TIMES, MONDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1902. tate, will sail for home on Tuesday. The countess, who is an unusually clever wo man, has made 2 sensation through her good looks and her gowns at Sherry’s, the Waldorf, and the theaters. She has learned enough English since she came to this country to carry on a conversa tion. The countess has been a guest at several informal entertainments and re ceptions. She expresses herself as so charmed with America that she hopes to return next sumer.

Mrs. Edward Victor Loew introduced Miss Margaret Jloew at a reception Saturday afternoon, in their home, 25 Wes* Fifty-seventh Street. Mise Louvns bury, Miss Hollins, and Miss Fanshawe received with the debutante.

Among the passeugers on the Kalser Wilhelm der Grosse, which arrived in New York yesterday from Bremen, was the Countess de Boni Castellane and her children. The courfftess expects to be joined by Count Castellane, who re mained on the other side to conduct his campaign for re-election to the chamber of deputies, next month.

Raltimore Societv. Mrs. Charles W, Walker and daughters Louise and Julie‘. are spending a few days in Washington during the holidays with her sister, Mrs. Samuel Tucker, 2153 L Street northwest.

A dinner in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Preston, jr., was given Satur day night by Mr. and Mrs. William M. Ellicott, at their residence, 106 Ridge wood Road, Roland Park.

Miss Lilllan Louise Ringgold, whose marriage to Mr. John M. Requardt, of the Baltimore bar, will take place Jan uary 7, is a daughter of Mr. John J. Ringgold, of Baltimore county, and a descendant of the old Ringgold family of Maryland, one of whose members— Major Ringgold—was distinguished for bravery during the Revolutionary war. Miss Ringgold was educated at the Notre Dame of Maryland, Charles Street MENUS TO GLADDEN CHRISTMAS DINERS

Two interesting menu cards for Christmas dinne,s, prepared for The Times by Louis Suter, chef of the Hotel Barton, are here given. The first is for a family party, at home, to cost ap proximately $1 per plate, or $5 for a family of five.

Family Dinner, $1 Per Plate. Blue Pointe Oysters. Consomme Ravenne. Olives, Celery. Filet of Potoma. Bass Normande. Cucumbers. Pocmmes Hollandaise. Quall Braise Catalane. Sorbet au Rum. Roast voderloin of Beef Pique. Potato Parisienne. Aeparagus, Sauce Mouss line.

Salade Julienne. Fancy Ice Cream. Assorted Caltes. Demitasse. Hotel Barton Christmas Menu. The second menu will be submitted to the guests of the Barton on Christmas, for their delectation, at a cost of $4 per plate.

CAPTAIN M'CARTNEY'S ACTIVE CAREER CLOSES Was One of the Besi-Known Officers in the Naval Service. Ce; t>in Daniel P. McCartney, who was appointed to the navy in 1861 and retired in 1892, died last evening at the home of his brother-in-law, William M. Irvin, 1704 Nineteenth Street northwest, of pneumonia. The funeral will be held in St. Matthew's Church, at 10 o'clock to morrow morning, and the interment wiil be at Arlington. Captain McCartney was a native of Ireland and was seventy-two years old. He is survived by his wife and his two sisters. 1

Captain McCartney was one of the best-known officers in the naval service, He was a man of intelligence and of strong individuality. He entered the navy as third assistant engineer July 1, 1861, serving during the civil war on both the North and South Atlantic sta ‘tions. Like most other naval officers of that time, hig service was one of con stant activity and more or less hard ship.

After the war he was assigned to a number of special services, in all of which he acquitted himself with honor. At intervals he was detailed for long cruises in South American, Chinese, and European waters. In 1881 he was pro moted to chief engineer, and in Novem ber, 1892, he was placed on the retired list. At the beginning of the Spanish war he was one of the first to return to {ea i

active service, and was again assigned to special duty.

IN AID OF CHRISTMAS CHARITY. ig

Mrs. Charles F. Joy, wife of Represen tative Joy, of St. Louis, has adopted a novel plan of aiding a worthy charity during the Christmas time. Mrs. Joy has designed and caused to be executed a large number of Christmas cards, hand some calendars and a variety of the novelties that are In great demand and popular favor at this season. She will offer these for sale at her residence, 1223 Connecticut Avenue this after noon and evening, until 11:30 p. m, The articles to be offered at the sale cover wide range, embracing nearly everything that is to be found on the counters of the dealers in holiday novel ties. The attractive feature of the dis play is that all of the goods are especial ly designed and made for this sale, thus enaLling the purchaser to make selec tions that can not be duplicated at the stores. The articles range in value from a few cents to several dollars. The pro ceeds of the sale will be devoted to mak ing a “Happy Christmas’ for the Salva tion Army.

Debutantes Hold Center of Social Stage. Many Entertainments to Which They Are Bidden---Miss Roosevelt Returns 1 oda. Avenue, and has an exquisite soprano voice. She has traveled extensively and bas a wide circle of friends both in Bal timore and Baltimore county. The wedding will take place at the old family estate, Spring Hill, near Towson. Miss lL. Courtenaye O'Donnell, of New York, is spending the Christmas holi days with her aunt, Mrs. A. L. Gorter, and Miss Elizabeth Thompson at their residence, on East Chase Street.

Mr. and Mrs. Creorge F. Robinson, of Washington, have been visiting Mrs. Robinson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Sloan, at their home on West Monu ment Street. Mrs. Robinson was former ly Miss Elizabeth Bash Sloan.

Social Doings in Philadelphia. A tea will be given this afternoon by Mrs, Walter Langdon Eustis to formally introduce to society Miss Mary Eustis Hazlehurst, from 4 to 6 o'clock. The card of Miss Mary Hamiltor Whelen is inclosed with the invitation,

A dinner will be given this evening by Capt. and Mrs. John Seiser Muckle, 2023 Walnut Street, for the Philadelphia of ficers of the governor's staff.

Cards have been received here an nouncing the engagement of Alice Lil lian, only daughter of United States Con sul General Richard Gueather, at Frank fort-on-the-Main, to Vice Consul Eugene Motz, of Chile, formerly of Mexico, where Consul Guenther wag stationed for several years. Mr. Motz is from Stuttgart, Wurttemberg, Germany. All of

-_— An epicure can be well satisfied by in dulging in such good things to eat. Canapee caviar et d’anchois. Sherry. Blue Point Oysters, Little Necks. Essence of Chicken Van Dyck. Creme d’Asperges.

Souffle of Chicken Capusin. Stuffed Olives. Celery. Salted Almonds. Boiled Salmon Bavaroise, Spanish Makere; Montmorency. Cucumbers. Pommes Noisettes. Sauterne. Voisettes of Beef Brillat Savarin. Sweet Breads Bussy. Roman Punch. Roast Quail au Cresson. Prime Ribs of Beef, Yorkshire Pudding. French Carrots, Glaces. Brussel Sprouts. Potato Fondante. Sweet Potato Risolis. St. Julien. Salade Chiffonade. Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce. Bisquits Tortoul. Petits Four. Fruits de Saison. Assorted Cakes. Cheese and Crakers. Demitasse. RECEIVER MAY OUST PREACHER-EXECUTOR Attorneys in Dissler Will Case Make a Move. READING, Dec. 22.—Attorneys for the heirs In the Dissler will contest have given notice that they will apply for a receiver to take charge of the assets of the estate now in the hands of the executor, the Rev. Dr. Samuel R. Brid enbaugh, pastor of the Second Reformed Church here. Attorneys for the heirs filed, in last July, a bill in equity against the Rev. Mr. Bridenbaugh, in which a receiver was asked for. The property sought to have placed in charge of the receiver was estimated to be worth about $13.000. It is now proposed to ask the executor to make an accounting of the money given him by Mrs. Dissler during her lifetinye. Judge Bland overruled Mr. Briden baugh’'s exceptions io the decision of the orphans’ court, making him the de fendant in the issue to be framea for the trial of the case iu the civil court. He had desired to be the plaintiff, OPEN EVENINGS. MUSICAL GIFTS APPROPRIATE FOR XMAS. Musica Toys to Panos and Organs DROOP'S MUSIC HOUSE, Steinway and other Pianos, 925 PA. AVE. the relatives of Consul and Mrs. Emile Guenther, nee Schioerb, are German, and the announcements were made sole ly in the German language. A litle amusement is caused here over the ract that the engagement of a United States consul general's daughter should be dis tributed in German among a large colony of Americans, 50 per cent of whom have not been here long enough to be able to read it without an interpreter. aa i A luncheon in honor of the Misses Baer, daughters of George F, Baer, pres ident of the Reading Railroad, was giv en yesterda by Mrs. Joseph Baldwin Hutchinson, wife of J. B. Hutchinson, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at 1304 Spruce Street. Those present were Miss Helen Baer, Miss May Baer, Miss Nel lie Baer, Miss May Bell, Miss’ Nancy Lea, Miss Kitty Lea, Miss Jane P. Griswoid, Miss Elizabeth Shippen Green, and Miss Annie Emlen Hamersly. is The Hon, James Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell, of Montreal, Canada, while traveling through the United States, visited thelr cousin, Mrs. Wiliam H. Ab bott, of 35 North Parson Street, West Philadelphia. Te News has been received by some of the relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel of their intended departure from London next week for Cannes, where they have taken a house.

Miss Irene Hare, who has been the guest of several persons in this city, will return to her home in Washington in a few days. HANGS UP STOCKING FOR THE IOIST TIME Centenarian Takes Keen De light in the Holidays. ole PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22—If Mrs. Mary Nixon, of Bryn Mawr, lives until Christmas Day she will be 102 years old and at the same time achieve the record of having her stocking hung up 101 times for Kriss Kringle. The oll woman is a great stickler for the proper holiday observances, and so Christmas is doubly celebrated, as her birthday and the greatest holiday of them all. Sixteen great-grandnieces and nephews, together with many other descendants, will help make Mrs. Nixon's birthday a happy one. She vesides with her niece, Miss Hannah Cline. in Lancaster Avenue. She is the grandaunt of Levi S. Kline, treasurer of Lower Merion township, and is related to many of the residents throughout that section of the country. Mrs. Nixon wa= born at the corner of Twelfth and Locust Streets, in 1800, be ing the daughter of Henry Vollum, a merchant. She was one of twenty-one children, none of whom: lived to be more than half her age. Mrs. Nixon has been a widow for thirty years. She is remark ably well preserved, appearing as young as most women of seventy years. he mr

All of her mental faculties are retained, and she can remember and describe La fayette's visit to Philadelphia, as well as many incidents of the war of 1812. Mrs, Nixon is as much surprised as anyone at her longevity. She has had every dis ease that the ordinary mortal is heir to, including smallpox. The belief that she will never see arother Christmas after thie does not depress Mrs. Nixon, and she

is entering into the pians for a great cel ebration with keen delight MRS. PAIRO’S FUNERAT The funeral of Mrs. Mary Jane Pairo, who died at her home, 2201 S Street northwest, on Friday afternoon. took place from the family residence at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Interment was private. Mrs. Pairo was the widow of Charles W. Pairo. Her death was the result of a stroke of paralysis. which occurred ten days ago. She conducted a girls’ school at Rock Hill and It as estate. Frank T. Ravi ngs, 1505 Penna. Ave there that many of the now prominent women of this city received their educa tion. Mrs. Pairo is survived by Richard E. Pairo, a lawyer of this city, and Misses Alice and Elinor Paijro. nOYAL ARGH MASONS 10 HONOR THEIR DEAD Services at Masonic Temple This Evening.

e—— Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter, No. 3, of the District of Columbia, will hold its annual memorial services at the Ma sonic Temple, Ninth and F Streets northavest, at 7:30 o'clock this evening.

The memorial committee is composed of Companions Charles H. Smith, J. Claude Keiper, and Jacobus Jones. The roilowing are the names of the mem ‘bers of the chapter who have died since the last services were held.

Companions George 8. Prindle, Henry Ralph, jr.; Robert H. Gunnell, Octavius L. Pruden, J. W. Abel, and C. Arthur Snyder.

The order of the exercises will Le as follows: Musie. Prayer. Companion Rev. Charles F. Sontag. Reports: Companion George S. Prindle, by Com panion J. Claude Keiper. Companion Henry Ralph, jr., by Com panion Robert O'Donnell.

Musie. Companion Robert H. Gunnell, by the Rev. Companion J. J. Muir. Companion Octavius L. Pruden, by Com panion E. A. Keeler. Music. Companion J. W. Abel, by Companion Jacobus 8S. Jones Companion C. Arthur Snyder, by Com panion James T. Gibbs. Music. Address, Companion Willian E. An drews. Music. Benediction. v

MANOR HOUSE CHAPTER HOLDS OPEN SESSION

Arthur G. Gehr, of Honolulu, Delivers Haif-Hour Talk—Musical Program.

A feature of the open session of Manor House Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, held Saturday night at the Riggs House was a half-hour talk by Arthur G. Gehr, of Honolulu, Hawail. It was expected that Lieut. William E. Saf ford would give an illustrated lecture on Guam, but illness prevented his pres ence. i Several instrumen al selections were played by pupils Mrs. Routt-Johuson, and songs sung by pupils of Prof. Bisch off. A brief business session of the chapter was held, at which Mrs, Minnie L. Bal linger, the regent, presided. Mrs. Greenwood-Stanley, chairman of the committee of reception, was in charge of the social session. She was assisted by Miss Chandler and Miss Goddard.

Mr. Gehr is a Chicagoan by birth, and has spent the past three years in Hono lulu, where he has large business inter ests. He is now in Washington in the interest of the construction of the Ko halia water ditch. His brother, Herbert Gehr, is also in Hawali, and is interest ed in the construction of a railway 120 miles in length, which will extend from Hilo to the Kohalia district.

Mrs. Greenwood-Stanley, chairman of the commitiee on resolutions, offered a resolution on the death of Mrs. Mary Barr Warfleld Gibbons, a member of the chapter, who died recently. It was or dered spread upon the minutes of the organization. The next open meeting will be held January 17 next, when Judgs Watson, formerly attorney general of Ohio, will read a paper on the “Lawrer of the American Revclution.”

Those who contributed to the musical part of the program were Grace Grecen wood Colyer, who sang ‘‘Bobolink;” Ethel Summy, who played “Silver Spring.” Gladys Strong, “Tarantelle;” Roberta Amies, “Bubbling Spring,” and Lillian Love, “Rigoletto.” The final number, “Good Night, Sweet Dreams,” was sung oy Miss Colyer.

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WEE THE MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC WORLDS JOHN DREW is fond of telling a story which has to do with a time when the Daly company was on tour. They were booked to appear for two nights in a small Illinois town. After the first night's performance, Drew, in company with John Gilbert, returned to the rural hotel and was seated in the lobby, smoking, when a man, whose garb proclaimed him a native of the place, circled about the actors three or four times, as if waiting for an opportunity to enter into the conversation. a.

“There’ll be something doing in a min ute,” whispered Gilbert. “Just wait and see.” Finally, the native gained courage and approached.

“lI was to the opry house tonight,” he sald, by way of introducing himself.

“Ah, indeed!” answered Gilbert, “And were you edified?” “Huh, well I don’t know ‘bout that. Me and a friend went over. Say, you folks ought to stay some time. Me and my friend decided that your show was the best thing that’s been here since Hinkty Dumpy.’’ Vi "n MISS ELIZABETH MARBURY, whose duty it is to collect Hall Caine’s royal ties from “The Eternal City” entertain “ed a distinguished company at dinner just before the author sailed from New York. During the evening she told an anecdote which must have pleased Mr. ‘Caine wonderfully, in view of his recent experiences with American critics: Last summer Miss Marbury was the guest of Sardou in Paris, One day a ser "mant brought in .the mail, when the “dramatist picked up a small bundle, say ing: m—

“Thies is my daily packet of abuse.” He explained that the package contained cuttings from the French newspapers, and that the notices were regularly the

y 3 Edgar Thorne, the father of Howard Thorne, the hero of the story, having been unjustly suspected of robbing his employers, Undercliff Monckton, Boston shipping merchants, of 85,000, goes away and is lost at sea on the sailing sip Juan Fernandez, bound for Aus tralia. money supposed to have been #tolen is of under circumstances which lead Howard to belicve, when he comes to know of them twenty years later, that his father's ruin had been deliberately planned by the junior partner, Moncitn, Sneough, jealousy and and spite. Mr. Underc and treats him like a aelin When Pe. young maan is in Harvard the firm receives a letter—in Thorme's handwriting—inclosing a draft reimburse them for the amount lost while 4 i

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p his care, The draft ip brought by Cap Latimer, of the firm's brig N I

h CO ifiged that his Homa is alive, on Nati to search for him, but is annoyed te I ad I has, as a fellow-passenger, Carter Monckton, son of the man he believes to be his father's enemy. Carter is a hard Sriwer, and ostensibly takes the trip to

Te Bef a oo mate of the Naida ls Sydney the captain's daughter, a beautiful snd cultured girl. Both passengers fall in love with her, and so add to their enmity. Howard ant izes Atwell, ome of the sailors, by Soovfag Bim onte Shen 38 1 aborts

Sydney. Atwell has a private supply of A on board, from which he supplies Carter, who becomes friendly with him, Another of the crew, Howard discovers, had been re cent] ed on an uncharted island in the South Pacific, from which he had been rescued i a

uss CHAPTER XIV. (Continued). On the Edge of Eternity.

forward and helped Thorne to his feet. “Seein’ as the Naida’s a wreck, an’ things are generally changed,” said Jessop slowly, “Tom and nie have signed articles with Mr. Thorne here.”

a _.. EE —_—_ HBB SDSSS SDD! 3355533555555 55553233 Amid the silence of both parties they led him up the beach and were quickly out of sight. Atwell gave a command in a low voice to his followers. They prepared at once to launch the long boat. They took the water cask and provisions out of the cutter and placed them ia their craft. Then seizing an ax Atwell chopped a 2 dy in the cutter’s bottom.

EE my hearties,” be said, with an evil smile, “I guess you'll stay here for ‘one while. We'll bid you good-by for the present.”

y He motioned Monckten into the long “boat which his men had already run ‘down into the surf, and followed him self. The next moment they pushed off and the little party of officers and the cook were deserted on the snore, v Sessions made another examination of the wounded captain. W v “He isn't dead yet,” he assured his companions. ‘The bullet took an up ward course and lies under the skin on top of the shoulder. Lend me your knife, Pepper, and I'll cut it out.” id "Tonio went for water and Sessions probed and cleansed the wound with his Minger. “It hasn't touched the lung,” he sald “The old man’s hard hit all round, but i reckon he'll come out of it.” “Yes, but how will we come out of it?" queried Pepper, gloomily. “We shan’t starve nor freeze,” he turned the first officer. ‘What we must do is to join forces with Thorne and his party.” But they did nothing toward this that ny. They found a more sheltered place among the boulders and removed the captain to it. The compass and instru ments which were in the locker of the small boat were also taken to their new camp. Pepper and the cook rescued a number of valuable articles from the wreck, Including casks of bread and meat and a small ches! of carpenters tools. \W \W y They saw Jessop and Slields oceupled in the same work on the other side o the inlet. But Atwell and his party ha¢ disappeared with their boat nround ti western point of the island. Wy W \W/ The pext morning, however, Ton Shields made his appearance at the offi. cers’ camp.

T two neutral sailors stepped COPYRIGHT RY FRANK A. MUSNSEY. 'S

THIS STORY WAS BEGUN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5.

i SYNOPSIS OF PRE VIOUS CHAPTERS.

reverse of complimentary. “When the critics commence to praise me,” said he, “then I shall know that I am in nerd of sympathy and that my days of useful ness are past.’

CLYDE FITCH wrote a play and called it “The Stubbornness of Geraldine.” Weber and Fields have now written an other and called it “The Stickiness of Gelatine.” *_ OUMIROFF, the Russian baritone, who has come to this country for a concert tons, is said to have a voice of beautiful quality and unusual range. His singing, especially his use of the mezzo voce, has received high praise from prominent mu sical critics of Europe. His forte is the interpretation of his native folk-songs.

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h MAUD MacCARTHY, the young Ir¢h violinist, has attained a singular distine tion in the United States. Of all the for eign artists who have come to America this season she seems to be the only one who has created no disappointment. The others have been preceded individually by enough press matter for the whole lot of them put together. The pubiic has been told of their genius until American concert-goers have heen led to expect such art as has never been brought to these shores. The result, in nearly every instance, has been keen disappointment. ‘Miss MacCarthy came almost unheralded, and her success was pronounced from the Bl ‘beginning. J BLANCHE WALSH is making a pro found impression as Salammbo in “The Daughter of Hamwmilear.” LI ANDREAS DIPPEL, the German tenor, has abandoned his concert tour and can celed all dates. Mr, Dippel has in pre vious years been singing at the Metro A NOVEL OF MUTINY AND MYSTERY—By W. BERT FOSTER.

by a white man who mysteriously appeared with a ship's long boat, in which they made the long vofage to Auckland. This man Howard believes to be his father. Severe storms drive the Naida from her course. She springs 2 leak, snd the pumps are kept going until the crew, led by Atwell, rise in mutiny. The officers regain control, but in the meantime the brig is dismasted by a hurricane, and becon Yumhuguble fs driven on an island whi EIT or Tr Toe oo WAI Tr or Setmop Jecogui The crew ouch shore in the long boat, the officers in the cutter, but Howard, felled by a murderous blow from an unknown assailant, is left behind. Recoveri he ludiin 40 3 Geit ing some things of Sy has gathered adh RB ne My Tg Th) Sydney, seeing him, rushes in to help him ashore, but both are carried, bruised and half drowned, into an inlet, where they find a cave in which they build a fire and spend the night. Sydney is touched by Howard's tnought fulness in bri her things from the wreck, and both feel wn more closely together through their strange experiences. Attempting to cross the inlet in the morning to rejoin the otners they are carried off their feet by a strong current making into a tunnel in the high cliff that surrounds the island. Though seem by Carter, he makes no move to save them. Sydney is swept from Howard's grasp, but he manages to cling to a rock. He is found more than half dead hy Jessop and Shields, who bring him to the camp. Howard denounces Carter. Captain Latimer throttles Carter and is shot by Atwell, who then disarms the officers and asks Jessop and his mate Shields with which party they side. “Well, what is it?" demanded Ses sions, who hardly knew whether to look ‘upon the sailor as a friend or an enemy. “Mr. Thorne sends to know ‘ow the cap'n is, sir,” replied Tom, with a pull ‘at his forelock. ‘““He’s not badly hurt,” said Sessions, “an’ is doing as well as can be ex pected.” “Well, sir,” went on the sailor, “Mr. Thorne was sayin’ as ‘ow you was wel come to bring ‘im up to our place an’ come yourselves. We've found a nice, light, dry cave an’ made it comfortable.” “So Mr. Thorne says that, does he?” asked Sessions curiously. “And what do you and Jessop say’ “Why, sir,” replied the Englishman awkwardly, “as we looks at hit, we ain't bound no longer by our harticles. Mr. Thorne, e's ahired of us both, an’ wot 'e savs goes.” “Oh, that's it, is it? Then I reckon we'll accept the offer, eh, Pepper” “That's my mind,” responded the third mate. “Thorne’'s got as much to fear from Atwell and his crew as we have, We'd best join forces, say 1.” They lald Captain Latimer 2pon a piece of sail cloth that had been in the cutter and carried him to the cave where Thorne and his two companions had established themselves, It was right beside the tunnel at the head of the inlet, and the entrance could be easily guarded. Thorne was yet too stiff and lame to do any work himself; but under his supervision the two sailors bad per formed wonders. The rope he had useq to lash himse:f to the raft on the night of the wreck, and which he had had the forethought to bring ashore when he found his valise, was rigged across the treacherous inlet. With this life line it was an easy matter to cross. The two sailors had brought across the inlet a great quantity of the wreck age Thorne had saved the morning be fore, and the cave was partially filled with bales, casks, and boxes. Part of the Naida’'s cargo had been sewing ma chines and farming tools. The first named were of no use to them, of course; but scme of the latter had been cast up by the sea, and Thorne had care fully saved them. Casks of meat and bread from the brig's stores were piled in the cave, too; and Jessop had found time to gather some cocoanuts ‘rom a grove up the coast and cut off the tops of several cabbage palms. They were well supplied with food. “If we only had arms and ammuni tion,” sighed Pepper, after he and 'To nio had brought up the articles they had saved from the wreck. “If we only had them, we'd be ir first-rate circum TH EI SN EE IH ITT TTI I IOI OI III III——,——— politan with the Grau company, but this year decided to appear in concert. He sang November 9 in a Daniel Frohman concert at the I etropolitan.

AUSTRALIA is attempting to persuade Manager Maurice Campbell to send ien rietta Crosman to*that country and take with her not only “The Sword of the King," her play of this season, but also “Mistress Nell,” ‘““As You Like It,” “Madeline,” and “Nance Oldfield.” The tour, as one manager outlined it, in cluded a stop at Honolulu for a few performances. The Australian stood ready to guarantee Miss Crosman almost an independent fortune for the Auystra lian tour. Australians had heard so much of her fame and artistic successes, he said, that a visit to that country would be a triumph. At present there is no likelihood Miss Crosman will leave America. She says she is doing well enough here, and Australia is a long way (rom home. THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA, having been placed upon a permanent basis, will probably play this season in Boston, and possibly give another con cert in New York. It is also possible that a spring tour through some of the other principal cities of the Middle West will be a part of the plan. ADA CROSSLEY, an English contralto, is booked ro sail on January 10 for her ..#t concert tour in America. She will be heard in all tie principal cities east of the Missouri River. LI “CARL CRUSADA,” the young man who is at present musical director for Richard Mansfield, has the latter tc thank both for his name and his good fortune. A year ago he was a trunk 2 Or I Se re A ge lr ES J SR i ea Tae TREE EEE EO SR REE NE a NR YI Ea a a a bE TT a a i aa a i a stances—for castaways. If had a good Marlin repeater—or a Winchester—I'd agree to settle with Atwell and his whole gang, if they attack us.” “As it is, we haven't a blessed thing to defend ourselves with,” said Sessions gloomily. It v “Not quite,” interposed Thorne. He brought out from the cave his revolver, newly cleaned and oiled. Every cham ber was loaded. “I've got a valise hid den up the coast yonder,” he added, “and among other things in it are two or three boxes of cartridges. 1'll go after them before long.” But it was several days before he felt well enough to undertake the jaunt. Meanwhile an off shore gale had blown almost every vestige of the wreck away from the island. They could rescue no more of the brig’'s cargo. But they had already got together a great pile of broken spars and plank and cordage on the shore, besides the supplies in the cave. Nothing had been seen or heard of Atwell and his friends, and they aoped the long boat had left the island and been olown so far away by the storm that the mutineers would not land again. Thorne talked with Jessop about making a journey of exploration around the island and of trying, if possible, tc scale the cliff. “It can't be done, sir,” the sailor de clared. “I tried that when I was here before. A goat couldn't get uy them “But I believe there is something be hind the cliffs,” Thorne said. “I don't know whether it's a basin of water, con nected with the ocean by this inlet, or whether it’s land. There's something there. And then from the top of the cliff we'd have a better chance of see ing land, if there's any near; or ships if they sailed by.” However, he had to admit that so far as could be seen on this side of the isl and there was no possible path to the summit of the cliff. They had occupied the cave near the inlet a week before Thorne felt strong enough to go for the valise he had hid den where Sydney and he had stayed the night of the wreck. He went alone, found the bag, and carried it back tc the inlet. As he started to cross he saw that the tide had just turned and was now making strongly into the tun rel. At low water, as now, the entrance to the mysterious passage was high enough for a good-sized hoat to get through. Had the cutter been whole he would have been tempted to explore the place. Stepping out upon the further bank he noticed, for the first time, that the plateau in front of the cave was de serted. Neither the ofticers of the Naida, the cook, nor the two sailors were in sight. Captain Latimer had not moved from his bed since being brought te it, and he was never left alone. But as Thorpe hastened up the bank of the in let he heard loud voices and a sudden fusillade of pistol shots from the direc tion of the beach. Startled by the sounds, he sprang ufon a boulder and strove to gain a view of the shore. Al he couid zee was a crowd of men strug gling, nearly a quarter of a mile away, and who were friends and who enemies he could net tell. “Look out for yourself, Thorne!" he heard Pepper shout. “These fiends have got the best of “1.” There was a loarse cry from Atwell, and Thorne saw the mutineer and sev eral’ of his gang running up the Incline toward him. “Look out for the cap'n!” Sessions commanded. Thorne fired a shot at the mutineers, checking their advance, and darted back to the entrance of the cavern. The opening was 80 narrow that but one of the attacking party could approach at a time.- With his revolver he was prac tically master of the situation. As he entered he gianced in the di THE WASHINGTON TiMES, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1902. handler traveling with “Beaucaire,”” one of the humblest members of the organ ization. But he always carried a violin about with him, and played it at every spare moment. The other workmen re marked on the fact, and also noticed that he played remarkably well for a man of his apparent station in life. Mr. Mansfield finally heard of it, and ques tioned the stage manager. Learning that Carl—the only name the young man went by—not only had some musical ability, but was a faithful and efficient workman, the star called him back to his special car one day, as the organi zation was on its way to Chicago and made him play for him. Mr. Mansfield was at once persuaded that he knew more about music than one who had merely picked up a few tunes, and cross-questioned him. Carl said that he was a graduate of the Prague Conservatory, one year behind Kubelik, and had come to this country with a band of young German musicians, who had an idea that managers were not necessary for success in America. The organization had been stranded before it had given one concert, and he had been forced to get what work he could.

“Well,” said Mr. Mansfield, “you are ne longer a workman; you are one of our artists. And your salary will be doubled.” When ‘‘Beaucaire’” opened in Chicago, to Carl was given a last name to suit the star, and he was put in the cast (Lo play a viclin solo. He was twice re called on the opening night, and was kept on the bill the rest of the season. And this year he is musical director. FRANCIS ROGERS has been asked to sing at the White House January 9. He also sang there in the McKinley Admin istration. rection of the captain's bed. It was empty, nor was the wounded man any where in the cave. While trying to understand this strange disappearance, he heard a step outside. He ran to the mouth of the cavern. Atwell was com ing stealthily up the path. Thorne cocked his revolver instantly, but the mutineer saw him. “Hold on, sir!” he shouted, holding up his hand. “I ain't armed, I'm here for a talk.” “Well, talk quick.” “Well, sir, me an’ my mates have been livin' on t'other +'de of the island, an’ we didn't have ne chance to save any of the brig's stores. We want our share of them stores in the cave and the compass an’ sextant that was in the locker of the cutter.” “What for?” “Why, we're minded to provision our boat weil and find our way to the Mar quesas. I'm a good navigator.” “And leave us to our fate?” “That isn't the way to look at it,” responded Atwell pacifically. “The whole crowd of us couldn't go im that long ‘boat, and the cutter is too small even if it wasn’t smashed. There isn’t any use expecting a ship to sail by this isl and. It's too far out o' the line of trade. But when we get to the Marquesas we'll send a boat back for you.” “Do you suppose we'd trust to your promise to send us help?’ demanded ‘Thorne. “I don’t see but what you'll have to,” replied Atwell surily. “1 guess I'll keep the instruments and stores,” sald Thorne. “You'll not leave this island unless we all go.” “You think so, do you?" cried Atwell in anger. “I've got the rest of your crowd—all but old Latimer—an’ I'll shoot every one of them!" “If you touch one of them you'll suf fer for it,” replied Thorne. “I was counted something of a pisial shot in Boston. I've got plenty of ammunition and I'll pick you off, one by one, if you darm those men.” “Maledictions on you!” roared Atwell. “I ought to have finished you when I ‘had the chance. 1 thought I did, before I left the brig.” “Bo it was you who assaulted me, ¢h?” ‘he asked. “And I have been laying it to my friend Monckton.” “Menckton!” exclaitaed Atwell, in dis gust. “He hasn't got enough sand to kill a mosquito. Don’t you forget that I am the chap who tried to do you. And the next time I'll be successful—you an’ the cap'n both.” “Now, I've heard enough,” said Thorne, sharply. “You get back out of range or your gang of cutthroats will be without a leader.” "See here--you talk to Latimer about it, an’ see what he says,” said Atwell trying to swallow his chagrin. “1 ean't.” “You can't?” ““No; he’s not here.” “You're lying, I believe!" declared At well. “You're welcome to your belief. He's disappeared. I'm here alone. I'm a des perate man—I don’t care much whether I live or die. You fellows won't get in here while I can keep you out. Now hustle along.” Atwell slunk slowly out of sight. Thorne was tempted to put a bullet through him as he went. He knew that the mutineer would not have hesitated at such an aet himself, but Thorne was handicapped by preconceived ideas of honor. That night he lay at the entrance of the cave, his weapon cocked and ready to his hand. He was determined that no one should enter the place ex cepting over his dead body. He dared not sleep —at least, not in the night. How long he could hold out against his be siegers he did not know. The condition of his friends in Atwell’s hands worried him, too. But, most of all, he feared for Captain Latimer's safety. (WILL BE CONTINUED TOMORROW AND EVERY WEEK DAY UNTIL COMPLETED.) 5S SIREET RAILWAY FOR CITY OF MANILA

Present System Inadequate and Service Infrequent The chief of the Bureau of Insular Af fairs of the War Department has just received by the last mail from Manila the full text of the enactment of the Philippine Commission providing for the granting of a franchise to construct an electric street railway on the streets of Manila and its suburbs and a franchise to construct, maintain, and operate an electric light, heat, and power system in the city of Manila and its suburbs, after cempetitive bidding. The present street car system in Ma ‘nila is inadequate; the cars are small and drawn by the native Filipino ponies, the service is infrequent, and then only ‘along a very few of the more important “thoroughfares. It is at present the prae ‘tice of all classes to hire public cabs, called carrymatas br quilezes, in going from one point to another in the city. The charge for the use of these cabs is from 15 to 20 cents for the course. The demand for these public vehicles ia such, however, that despite the fact that li .censes have been issued to upwards of four thousand, the number is entirely in adequate to meet the demands and it is impossible to secure public transport during certain hours of the day.’ With an American and European popu lation of more than 20,000, and a native and Chinese population of upwards of 300,000 living in a city covering an area of twenty square miles, it will be ap parent that there is a broad fleld for the installation of a suitable and adequate street rallway system. The climatic con ditions during the greater part of the 4 a 1T A R I I H ot I pl ARE

year are such as to render walkiag diffi cult and unpleasant, and it is belleved that the percentage of the population that will have recourse to a properly conducted street system of transporta tion will be greater than in the average American city. The route of the: proposed system as fixed by the Philippine Commission is thirty-five miles long, and is so ar ranged as to furnish a satisfactory sys tem of transportation from any part of the city to any other part, and, with out passing through any territory which would not regularly contribute its quota of passengers, takes in two race courses and the baseball park. The interest of the population, both American, European and native, in horse racing, due to the fact that many forms of recreation resorted to by residents of the United States are impracticable, is such that meets are held during one or two days of each week practically all the year round except during a short period at the height of the rainy season. This traffic in itself, it is believed, would contribute much to the revenues of the street railway system. BALTIMORE ALL-STARS DEFEAT LOCAL Y. M. C. A The “All-Stars,” of Baltimore, easily defeated the local Y. M. C. A, In the game of indoor baseball played in the association gymnasium Saturday. The visitors pounded cut fourteen runs off Speare. who was not half ag effective as usual, while Cuddy, Who did the strong arm work for the Baltimore lads held the locals down to eight runs, most of which were made at the eleventh hour, when the game was practically won and lost. The features of the contest were the splendid pitching done by the visiting twirler and the clever base running and heavy hitting of the visit ors. The Baltimore lads did not get as many hits as the locals, but their speedy running won the game for them. Cuddy’s support was also of the gilt-edge triple plate order. ar a If you want work tosert A If you want help A Wan A If you have rooms fo Persone A let Washington a II you have houses to A rent and you 2 If you want agents win ges A If you want anything resuits iA ie se ADVERTISE IN ee MN MN The Washington Times Situation or Help Wanted Ads, Rooms for Rent, Rooms and Board, and

ER a A Boarding 1c a Word. All Other Classified Liners, One Day, 2¢ a Word. Three or More Consecutive Days, 1c a Word. Fe BALTIMORE NIMRODS KILL BIG WILD BOAR 3 3 One Dog Slain Before Two Loads of Buckshot Finished the Game After Long Chase. BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 22.—Henry T. Frankenfeld, of Baltimore county, near the Pennsylvania line, is the hero of a wild boar hunt which lasted two days and finally resulted in the killing of a uge and fierce brute that weighed 269 pounds. Frankenfeid was accompanied by his two sons, Harry and Clarence. Several years ago number of weaithy Germans imported a number of wild boars from their native land and turned them loose on their reservation near Porter Lake, Pike county, Pa. Several have escaped during the last few years and are suspected of having multiplied rapidly and haunt the densely wooded tracts on the Maryland-Pennsylvania line. The killing of the boar was accom plished after a chase of twenty-seven miles. One dog was killed by the boar, but he made ro attack on the men. Two loads of buckshot, fired at a range of fifty vards, did the business. N The boar’s tusks were three inches long and very sharp. The hair was black and tipped with gray. The meat was found to be good. |B Fine Lamps; and Globes. NOTHING BETTER for gift pur poses than a beautiful Lamp Globe. You'll select from the finest 4 collection in the city when you buy MM rYrYYYY hers All the newest designs in Lamps and the I-test and prettiest 4 creations in Glokes and imported and domestic domes X db A dh gb su sb aS Ah 4b 4. a db 0 ub Sa ny de 8 Other giit goods, such as Gas and Electric Portables, Bric-a-brac, Candelabra, and Fireplace Fixings of every sort. S$: SHEDD ca 432 Ninth Street. Everything Eatable at One Store. POULTRY, FINE CANDIES, TURKEYS, FRUIT CAKES, DUCKS, WASHED FIGS, GAME, SHELLED NUTS, MEATS, STUFFED DATES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS, CRYSTALLIZED GINGER, PLUM PUDDINGS, CONSERVED FRUITS, MALAGA RAISINS, MINCE MEAT, IMPORTED CHEESES, COCOAS AND CHOOOLATE, SALAD DRESSINGS, FINE WINES, AND LIQUORS. Wm. T. Reed, 19th and Pa. Ave. ORDER NOW FOR CHRISTMAS. 1t OSTEOPATHY. R. GEO, D. KIRKPATRICK, Bond Bin] 14th snd New York ave. nw. Hours 9 to 5. Pnone 1562.F. ové-Smos W Ea as Man's MissiononEarth: As set forth in THEE GOLD MEDAL PRIZE TREATISE, the best Medical Work of this or auy age, entitled The Selohes of Life, or Self. reservation. Library Edition. Full Gilt, 8% pr with Engravings and Prescriptions, only $1, by sg oall, sealed fn plain package. It 1s a tressare for EVERY MAN, young, Middle-Aged and Old. Write X for it to-day. The Secret Key to Health, Happiness, gorous MANHOOD and hale ress old age. The Peabody Medical Institute, Xo. 4 Bulfinch St. (o ite Revers House, Boston, Mass.), the oldest and best in and 3 wHEERR Vi dd MEM MIMLELEBE BALE x country: established in 1860. Author and for more than Thirty Years chief Consulting Physician to the Institute, graduate of Hare vard Medical College, class 1864. Consul tation by letter or in person, 9 to 6.3% Sanday, 10 to 1. 5 Know Thyself Manual, a Vade Mecum g brochure, FREE, scaied: Inclose cents for 3 EDITO Treats on Fxbausted Yianty. or ears the Peabody ORS NOTE Medica) Institute hasbeen X a fixe fact, and it will remain so. It Is as standard as American Gold. The Peabody Medical Jostitute has many minor but no equais.— Boston Herald. FHF EREXXEXXXRNX% YEARS OLD FINEZA The best and most popular Rye Whiskey s-.1 in Washington. Ab solutely pure and possesses a bou quet that comes only with age. $1 Full Quart. Bon Ton, Six 158 Full Years Oid CHAS. KRAEMER, 3 “5 piece Guaranteed Carving Set, $1. Guaranteed Razors, $1. Pocket Kuives, 25¢ and 50c. Barney Ferry lee ates, Se, Tool Chests, $8 XMAS TREE HOLDERS 5c to 65¢. JOHN B. ESPEY, 1630°Ea ve. Don't Bother With Coal —it's too expensive, and will be so all winter. Buy Gas Heaters —to heat the house. They're safe and reliable. Consume only a few cents worth of fuel a day, and give the amount of heat needed. We're showing an ciegant line of Gas Heaters. Gas Appliance tichangs, 1424 New York Ave. The Sort of ALE You'll Appreciate. Ballantine's; sold at “Shooma ker's;"" light, wholesome; a deli cious appetizer; a splendid tomic for the convalescing. $1 a Dozen Bottles. 1331 E Street N. W. CO {GRESSIONAL COFFEE, 32c Ib. GREAT PACIF ATLANTIC EEA dh Corner Seventh and E.

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GOVERNMENT MACHINERY AND THOSE WHO OPERATE IT Special Agents of Treasury Department Make Seizures for Attempted Smug gling—Commissioner General Sargent Reports on Conditions at Ellis Island—Bureau of Ethnoiogy—Work of Geological Survey.

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—_. H. L. Piper, assistant general superin tendent of the Life-Saving Service, has been away from his desk for several days on account of illness. 4 Two seizures by special agents for smuggling were reported at the Treas ury department Saturday. Special Agent J. Curtiss, of New York, telegraphed tho seizure’ by him of 362 pounds of Sumatra tobacco. It was brought in by the steamship Vaderland. One of the fire men of the ship was arrested In connec tion with the smuggling. As there is a duty of $1.85 per pound on Sumatra to bacco, it pays well to smuggle it in, and it is often attempted. The other seizure was made by Special Agent O'Neill. A stallion appraised at $180 was smuggled into this country by G. O. Sawyer for Dr. W. F. Clark, of Boston. O'Neill ras the smugglers to earth. Commissioner General Sargent, who has recently returned from a visit to Ellis Island, reports that facilities for receiving and detaining immigrants there are not lerge enough to accommo date the large numbers that come to New York now. Commissioner Williams is making plans for new detention rooms and a new shed is being put up. The Commissioner General says a large ma jority of the immigrants coming into that port are from southern Europe. They are of a very low class and illiter ate. a Dr. Whitehead, president of the bank at Nome, Alaska, ha= sent Assistant Secretary Alles a clever piece of Indian workmanship in the shape of a crib bage board made of a walrus tusk. On the tusk are carved a map of the Alas kan const and pictures of animals found in that country. Mr. Alles’ brother is an emplove of the bank at Nome. a Of 12,011 immigrants to arrive at Ellis Island from December 1 to December 10, 393 were deported, and the percentage held for special inquiry was 16.85. The percentage held for special! inquiry dur ing the same pericd in 1901 was 7. POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. Howard Bacon, of the Third Assistant Postmaster General's office, has received a Christmas present in the shape of an addition to his family. _t is a fine, large, baby boy. Mr. Bacon has been ill with typhoid fever, bu‘ it is rapidly recover ing A fraud order was issued on Saturday against a matrimonial bureau rum by a man named Chinn, in St. Louis. Chin has been receiving a large amount 0 mail, but it will n~w all go to the dead letter office. He was arrested and sent to prison for eighteen months.

C. 8. Fettis has been promoted to the place of special ageat of the classification division at a salary of $2,000. BUREAU OF STATISTICS. Our noncontiguous Territories are be coming valuable to us from a commer cial point of view, as is shown by the statistics for the year furnished by the bureau. Shipments of merchandise from the United States to Porto Rico have amounted to $1,000.00 a month; to the Philippines, $400,000 a month. The an nual shipments to the Hawaiian islands is estimated at $20,000,000, anc to Alaska about $5,000000. The figures at hand show these four Territories will furnish withia the year about to end a market for about $40,000,000 worth oi the prod ucts of the United States.

On the import side, the shipments from the colonies to the I'nited States will amount to nearly 3$60.000000. Of this amount about $21,000,000 worth will come from ihe Hawaiian Islands, $9.006,000 from Porto Rico, $9,000,000 from Alaska. and $7,000 000 from the Philippines. CYANGELIST INGLIS

English Visitor Speaks Under Auspices of Y. M. C. A. Charles Inglis, one of the foremost evangelists of England, made an ad dress at the Lafayetie Opera House yes terday afternoon at a meeting under the auspices of the Young Men's Chris tian Association. In spite of the un favorable weather, a large crowd was present, filling the parquet aad bal conies of the theater. Mr. Inglis built bis remarks arouud the difference in the attitudes of F:lix and Paul toward God. There is nothing iv the appearance of Charles Inglis that would distinguish his as the eminent evangelist he is. To the casual observer, he looks like prosperous man of affairs. He jx a lit. tle above medicm height, inclined {o ward stoutness, and the picture of ro health. His hair is sprinkled with gray, as Is also his mustache, which adorns a kindly face. In short, he could not be better described than to say that he seems the personification of geniality and kindliness. As a speaker, Mr. Inglis exerts a rare, magnetic influence on his audience. His form of delivery is graceful, and classifies him as am orator of a high type. His words are well chosen, and to the point, and they leave a deep Im pression on the hearer. Moreover, he has the faculty of holding the close at tenticn of an audience i At the close of his address yester day, Mr. Inglis made an unusual re aquest of the audience. Baying that he WAR DEPARTMENT. There are few clerks in the Govern ment service who have had the varied experiences enjoyed by Mr. Robert Kear ney, one of the most trusted clerks in the Commissary Department of the War De partment. In the civil war, Mr. Kearney, who ig a distant relative of the famous General Kearney, was a commissary clerk with the army in the field. At present he has charge of the money ac counts of the Commissary General's Of fice, and daily makes out Government cheeks for thousands of dellars. Mr. Kearney is one of the best story-tellers in the War Department, and is noted with the officers and clerks for his dry humor and bright wit. He has a beauti ful place in Virginia about five or six miles from this city. William Wetzel, chief of the accounts division of the Commissary General's Office, is a well-known citizen of this city, where he has been prominently identified with business enterprises for the past thirty-five years. It is said at the War Department that there is little about subsistence matters not known by Mr, Wetzel, who has held his present po sition for many years. “Old Bill Wet zel,” as he is familiarly known at the ‘War Department, is extrefrely well liked by the large force of clerks under his supervision. Kind and considerate, he is a striet disciplinarian, and man ages to keep the work of his division up tec date. The one bright spot in the long, dark corridors of the State, War, and Navy Department building is located om the third floor on the War side, where dummy soldiers, arranged in groups, and wear ing types of the uniforms of the United States Army from the early days of the Revolution, distinguished by buckskin and powder horns, down to the present day of khaki! and the Krag-Joigensen rifle, stand in military array. Every year thousands of visitors to Washing ton go to see these types of the soldiers and uniforms of the army of the past and present, and all unite in saying that the display is creditable to the Quartermas ter's Department. Mr. Ebert, the uai form expert of the War Department, who lost an arm in the service, deserves

the credit for this interesting exhibit, ‘which under his supervision, has been so artistically arranged that the dummy men look as if they were ail about to walk out of their glass cases, and tell stories of the gallant American wars of the moldering past. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

The largest branch of the Goverment Printing Office is that of the “s* cifica tion division” in charge of Capt. #illiam R. Ramsey, which ig located in the Un ion Building in G Street.. This branch does, exclusively, work fon the Patent Office—printing the patent specifications, “Official Gazette,” and many other publications. Captain Ram sey has about 300 employes under his charge, and it is not infrequent that this force works nightly and on Sundays te keep up with the rush of business. The weight of the type used in this office is about five tons, or twice as much as is used in any other Government branch printing office. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY A striking and interesting topographic map of portions of Marathon, Lincoin, and Langlade counties in central Wis consin Is now in press and will shortly be issued by the Survey. The town of Wasau from which the map takes its name, Merrill, and other smaller settle ments along the Wisconsin River appear on the map, which represents the latest and most careful work of the Survey. The scale, which is one-half inch 10 the mile fs sufficiently large to siiow with exactness all boundaries ana highways and drainage features and indicate the locations of individual dwellings as well as the larger settlements. wished to learn the religious attitude of the people of Washington as repre sented by those present, he earnestly asked that all the Christians before him would declare their bellef by rising. For a moment, the audience appeared too much surprised by the strange request to understand its full meaning. Then, as If by general assent, they quickly rose. But few remained seated. Mr. Inglis began his address by telling the story of Felix and Paul. “Look at them.” he sald: “Felix the ruler and Paul the prisoner. And yet 1 would rather a thousznd times have Leen Paul in the darkness with his conscience than Felix in all kis giory without a con science. “If there is any name that appears in the pages of the Holy Bible that I ah hor, if there is any man who to me is despicable and loathsome, it is Felix. He sent for Paul and asked him con cerning the faith of Jesus Christ, and when Paul had finished his story the hardened ruler turned to him and said, ‘Go thy way." Oh, brother, whatever else yeu do, do not teii the Guspel of Jesus Christ go its way. Stretch out your arms, advance toward it, and say ‘Come.’ “If I want Ife, if I want peace and happiness, if I want pardon,” he contin ued, “the fivst step is this: I will have to listen. You may think of the way men ought to listen, but let me tell you that whep God speaks we should listen with all the fervor that our souls pos SEBS. “There i8 no one in the audience who realizes the value of conviction more than I do. But it is not enough to be convinced, to feel keenly the word that is preached. We must have more than conviction. We must not rest until we have ‘made an unconditional surrender to the Almighty God—until he is speak ing to our heart and conscience.” i In closing be sald: “Our eternal desti THE WASHINGTON TIMES. MONDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1902. 9 NAVY DEPARTMENT. Darius Green, of the Bureau of Con struction and Repair, of the Navy De partment, each month issues a table showing the progress made during the month In the work on vessels uader con struction for the navy. Recent reports have not shown as satisfactory progress as is desired by the Navy Department, but Mr. Green explains that this is largely due to the strikes and the delays incidental to obtaining the armor for the vessels from the armor manufacturers. Anyone can obtain from Mr. Green a copy of his monthly progress report.

Up to this, only three enlisted men of the navy have been promoted to the commissioned rank of ensign. They are: Henry B. Soule, Francis Martin, and Louis J. Connelly, all gunners. Under the existing law, enlisted men, not ex ceeding six in number, may be so pro moted each year. This provision has not been generally utilized in the service. Enlisted men feel, whether with or with out reason, that there wo 1d be social discrimination against them iu the ward room after such promotion and have generally preferred to retain their rank and pay as warrant officers Se it is not considered likely that Secrotary Moody's advocacy of the raising of the lMmit to twelve per year will substan:ially in crease the number of thes® promo tions. BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. Prof. McGee was particularly struck during his trip to Mexico by the recent development of the largest gold region of that country. It includes a triangular belt, gre and comparatively narrow, in the ‘western half of Sonora. When Prof. McGee visited that country three years ago he called attention to the de posits of gold in that region repeatedly, but little attention was paid to It at the time. But sow the development of the gold mines bas been taken up by a num ber of large firms and is being encour aged by the Government. This ac.lon of the Government is particularly signifi cant, because Mexico is the last of the countries to run their finances on a silver basis. The decrease in the value of silver has put the country in a rather embar rassing position, and many prominent Mexicans are urging a goid basis. Gold is found in southern Mexico also, thougi it has never been utilized to any great extent. Prof. McGee gives two reasons for non-development of the gold mines. First, the gold region is an arid country and hard to maintain life in. Second, sil ver has been a tradition in Mexico, haud ed down from the aborigines. The Span lards under Cortez came to look for gold, but found silver in great quantities, and thelr descendants have continued in their footsteps.

PATENT OFFICE. S. Morris Pool, assistant chief of the issue and “Gazette division, has been employed in the Patent Office since April, 1867, and has held his present position since April 16, 1889. The onerous work of getting out the “OfMclal Gazette” every Tuesday at noon, gives Mr. Poo! little spare time. John W. Babson, chief of the division, and Mr. Pool may fre quently be seen at their desks long after office hours. When one comes face to face with the duties of the drafting division of the Patent Office, one is apt to “sigh anq lodk, and sigh again.” Wallace W. Hite, chief of this division, has a right to sigh sometimes himself, especially when drawings from “our country relations come through his hands for inventions relating to combination bootjack and pistol, trunk and bath-tub, ete. The in ventors of these arrangements expect to find gold mines in their ideas, but Mr. Hite could put their minds at rest in short order if his advice were asked. ny may deperd even upon this after noon’s meeting. I ask you to make the right choice. A hope that will never fade is what we want. Are we willing to let Ged rulé us without a rival? For God's terms today are an unconditional surrender. “The most dangerous barrier in the world is an idol. We all have them in some form at the beginning. And some time in our lives the question comes: ‘Are we wiiling to let the idol rule the throne or let God rule us ithout a rival? Everyone can today put his finger on that idol which is keeping him out of the kingdom of heaven.” DELUDED WOMAN THINKS SHE'S MRS. VANDERBILT

Creates Sensation in Church By Trying to Take Up Collection For Taxes. MANSFIELD, Ohio, Dec. 22.—A de cided sensation was created in St. John's Evangelical Church yesterday morning by the outbreak of Mrs. Catherine Sick rod, sixty years old, wife of Martin Bickrod, whose particular delusion is that she is Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, and that the taxes on the church prop erty are not pald. She put in an appearance at the church with a basket and announce] that she was going to take up a collec tion in order to secure money to pay the taxes. The Rev. W. N. Dresel, the pastor, mildly sought to dissuade her from her purpose, but she was not to be deterred and began an active canvass with her basket, remonstrating violent ly with all who did not make a contri bution. The woman caused such a commotion in the sanctuary that finally the pastor, assisted by a member of the congrega tion, took her from the church by force and placed her In the custody of the po lice. PASTOR FORMALLY INDUGTED INTO OFFICE

Ceremanies at St. Mark’s Evangelical Church. SERMON BY DR. ALBERT Large Congregations at Morning and Evening Services Despite In clement Weather. 1

LHE UStaliauiva afi vilcs occupying Lac attention of the congregation at both ‘the morning and evening services. The ceremonies by which the new pastor was inducted into hls position were simple and impressive. The Rev. Charles 8S. Albert, D. D., of Philadelphia, Mterary editor of the Lutheran Publi (cation Society, was delegated by the ‘head of the Lutheran church in the East to perform the ceremony. He de voted the morning to a sermon in which {hie charged the new pastor with his duties. In the evening he charged the j Songtegatiog with its duties toward the pastor, and then formally installed the Rev. Mr. Frantz in his office. aistorig In spite of the exceedingly inclement weather the church was well filled at both services and cordial and kindly greetings were expressed by the mem bers of the congrezation to their new leader. In his sermon last evening Dr. Albert urged upon his hearers the im portance of the part played by the con gregation of any church in its rela tion to the minister. The purposes of the congregatica he outlined as follows: To build up the faith in Christ; to train the young to Christian life; to carry the nok off a the N gospel to others and to make a Chris tian home for strangers in the city. Part of Congregation. “It is not the province of the minister to do this alone,” sald Dr. Albert. “Negligence of the members may pre vent or retard a minister more than is generally known. All must help, not one.” Dr. Albert then cited the signal victory ghined by Admiral Dewey in Ma' nila Bay as an instance in which every one from the commander down to the humblest stoker in the fire hole had helped win the fight. Back of these men, too, he said, were the men who delved in the mines, who smelted the iron, who made the steel, who lald the keels, and construcied the battleships. Credit for the victory was due to them as well as to the men who actually took part in the conflict. So every congregation, by united effort of the minister and all the members, will win Its fight against sin.

Obedience to the pastor on the part of the congregation, he said, was also essential. On the other hand, if the minister does not bring out the teach ings of Christ, then Dr. Albert sald this factor fell to the ground. He expressed it as his belief that when a pastor fail ed to longer teach Christianity it was time for the congregation to part com pany with him. Fault-finding on the part of members was 2lso a detracting element to success. One member alone could prove a continual thorn in the side of the pastor and eventually might ruin his best efforts. Worship By Proxy. Dr. Albert scored what he termed the modern methods of worshiping by proxy. He said he was glad to see in St. ‘Mark's the good old-fashioned way of worshiping God together, the pastor and congregation both taking part in the service. He sald ke did not like the new quartet choir, which sang entirely alone, leaving the congregation to merely listen. One of the strongest factors In church worship he held was congrega tional singing of the old hymns which have made the church famous, and have touched hearts the world over. 1fe said he believed that Christ still placed an important part in the assemblage: of Congress and he felt sure that he eater ed into the home of the President, as he did that of his martyred predecessor.

Dr. Albert also pleaded for full attend ance, “It 1s difficult for any pastor to be eloquent in the presence of empty pews,” was the epigrammatic manner in which he put it. In conclusion Dr. Albert asked that the congregation let the min ister feel that It was with him in his work and that it was glad to give him ald whenever possible, Comes From Virginia. The Rev. Mr. Frantz is about thirty years old. He Is a native of Virginia and was born at Salem. He Is a descendant of the famous Marshall family. He re ceived his early education in the schools at Salem and was graduated from Roa noke College. He then entered the Luth eran Theological Seminary at Gettys burg, from which he was graduated (in 1895. His first pastorate was at St. Luke's Church in Baltimore. He stayed there several years, largely building up the church and getting it out of debt, and then resigned to take a course of study abroad, but was prevented from going by circumstances over which he had no control. Mr. Frantz was chosea pastor of St. Mark's on October 13 last, the same day on which the Rev. John C. Bowers resigned to go to Calvary Luth ern Church in Baltimore. He accepted the following week and has been servirg in the pulpit each Sunday since. St. Mark's Church is entering upon one of the most promising decades in its career. It was organized about twelve years ago aud was reorganized in 1896. The presest active membership is 125, The edifice has been entirely refitted and the total indebtedness has been reduced from $9,000 to $5,000. ITALY AT THWORMIOVES FAIR, ROME, Dec. 22. —Premier S8aracco has convoked the council of ministers to dis; ET, TET oe TE TYE ROME, Dec. 22. —Premier Saracco has convoked the council of ministers to dis; cuss the question of Italy's participation in the St. Louis Exposition. “INVOKING THE LAW” AS APPL'ED LOCALLY The Rev. John Van Schaick, Jr., Preaches on District Con= ditions and Methods of Improving Them. The Rev. John Van Schaick, jr., In his series of sermons on darkest Washing ton, chose for his theme last night, “in voking the Law.” His text was Psalm, exix:70, “I delight in Thy Law.” Like all the sermons of this series, he gave to bis audience the fruits of a thorough scudy of District conditions, which pre eminently fite him to talk on those af fairs which are of interest to every citizen of Washington. Last night he told of past and future needs; what the District has asked and is asking of Congress. He sald in part: “Law is both human and divine. God's great laws are wrapped around the uni verse. More and more as we come *o unfold them do they fill us with wonder and delight.

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“Man also has been making laws to govern the world. His human laws are also divine as they partake of the di vine reason, justice, and truth. “Two weeks ago 1 sat and looked into the faces of 1,800 cheering men and women. They were listening to the story of Ireland's wrongs as told by Davitt and Blake. They were cheering ideals of justice and equity in govern mental affairs. the “I wondered how many realized the nature of the laws under which they live and the contrast between outside control and self-government. The most wonderful thing about that meeting was the fact that it was possible to hoid it. T Letters From Socialists. “I have been receiving a large num ber of socialist letters and documents since I declared publicly that the cure for poverty and injustice was not in changing ‘he social system. Some have asserted that I preach mere platitudes pleasant to hear. The fact is I preach Christianity, and my remedy calls for too much sacrifice on the part of these would-be reformers. “The hardest thing in this world is not indulging in denunciation—is not writing anonymous letters—the hardest thing in this world is to give ourselves to those who need us. “We are a self-governing people. We can make and unmake laws. We choose those who enforce the jaws. We can have what we want. I do not say there is no injustice, political or industrial. “I do not assert that there are no in equalities to correct. Bui I do claim that liberty is not lying dead under the iron-shod feet of greed. The whole so clalist program starts at the wrong end. It begins and ends with law. My program begins and ends with man. Man is back of and higher than law. Let us elevate men and we will elevate law. let us go to the immigrant and throw good influences about him. Let us de strow the slums and rescue the future voters from its power. Let us stop this ranting, this denunciation, this fireeat ing, and apply some common sense fo social conditions. Because evil has grown up with good in this land, let us not upset the social syctem and sacri fice the good. Let us cut ;t out. The way to cut it out is mot by talking about brotherhood. It is going to the unfortunate man, like the Master went, and showing him we are his brother and hig friend. The toller, the laboring ms, needs ‘not alms but a friend.” He needs above all things some one sensible enough to look at the world through his eyes and fearless enough te tell him the truth. “In the first place, then, let us thank God for all the wise laws we have. Let us constantly Influence public sentiment so that wiser ones will be passed and unwise once repealed. District Government. “In this District of Columbia we have a government of the people by Congress through Commissioners. This is not as CHRISTMAS SERVICE AT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH Story Told In Parable and Sacred Mu sic by Sunday School Classes.

The Calvary Baptist Church celebrated its Christmas service last night. The Rev. Samuel H. Greene, pastor, presided, and the exercises were highly interest ing. Miss Miriam Hammer sang ‘“‘Come Back Today to Bethlehe.d,” after which the story of the Christ Child was told by seven of the boys and girls, mem bers of the Sunday school. The order was as follows: The Vir gin Mother; “No Room in the Inn;" chorus, “Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne,” Barnby; the Quiet Night; chorus, “0, Little Town of Bethlehem," Ackley; the Holy Birth; song, “The Gift,” Behrend, girls’ chorus; the Angel Song: recitation, “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear;” response, “Glory to God in the Highest,” Fillmore, ladies’ and girls’ choruses; the Adoration of the Shepherds; octet, ‘‘Bethiehem Town,” Becker; the Babe of Bethlehem; song, “There Came a Little Child to Earth,” Walton, primary department. Richie McLean and the boy choir of the school sang “That Song Divine,” and the program was continued as follows: The Visit of the Wise Men; trio, “Say, Where Is He That Is Bora King of the Jews?" Mendelssohn, ladies’ chorus; chorus, “There Came Three Kings,” Smith; Our Gifts to the King, offering; Christmas Gladness; hymn, “Jey to the World," Handel; benediction; organ re cessional, “Hallelujah Chorus,” Handel, A. D. Mayo. y Dr. Greene pronounced the benedic tion. Small’s Flowers for Christmas. J. H. Small Sons, Florists, 14th and G sts, Washington; 1153 Broadway and Waldorf-As toria, N. Y, fcan Beauty roses, violets, carnations, all tinas floral novelties. de20,21.22 28 arbitrary as It appears, for public senti ment is carefully watched and heeded. “The President, in his message, told Congress that slum tenements should not be allowed to grow up in our midst. He pointed out the danger of houses of the back alley type. “We ask now of Congress wiser laws on this subject. Queer stories are told as to why the law proposed twelve years ago failed. The press favored it. The people indorsed it. The Commissioners approved, but certain real estate inter ests fought and killed it. “It provided that no dwelling house should be built in an alley less than forty feet wide, and that had not been opened through from street to street, and then not until proper water, paving, and sewerage had been provided. “One Senator said" he had property of bis own involved, and then made an cloquent plea to his brethren to defeat the measur: and increase the strength of the police force. Think of it! To deprive men of that which makes for noble living anc provide at the same time a larger club to whip them into ilne! The day of such statesmanship, thank God, is passed. “As Jacob Riis sald Friday night, ‘You cannot expect children té live like pigs and then grow up to vote like men.’ ‘We Invoke the aid of the law in de stroying the slum tenement. What if jt is the negro who Is mainly concerned. I am ashamed of the attitude many of my Northern friends take toward the negro In this city of Washington. We have much to learn from the South. Harshness, unkindn. ss, neglect of the negro here in Washington is not South ern. It is Northern. If we glory in the spirit of anti-slavery days, let us show a little of it here and now in our lives. We invoke the aid of the law also in establishing playgrounds for children in crowded sections. We can purchase now for a few thousands land that by and by will cost millions. No boy can grow up right who has not a chance to fill his lungs and kick a ball. Let us take him off the policeman’s beat and give him one of his own. What Congress Has Done. “Congress has heard the cry of this people for relief from the malaria and fever-breeding germs of the Anacostia flats and the Eastern Branch. Surveys are being nade. Let the work go on. It will prevent untold suffering and pov erty. It will save human life. Every consideration of humanity calls for the clearing out of that stagnant river, “We are building a filtration plant for our water supp's and constructing a sewage disposal system. The work must not stop through lack of funds. We in voke the aid of the law to abate nui sances and to safeguard the health of the people of this District. “So much for public interests—now for private. “We invoke the law to secure a poor man his rights. Legal ald societies lke that in New York are not charities. They are evidences of public-spirited citizen ship. They give wise counsel. They save the poor man from legal sharks. “We invoke the law to compel men to support their familles. This is the last resort. Charity workers try (riendship and encouragement and moral cuasion first. When this fails they must s‘ernly apply the law. We invoke the l-w to reform and punish criminals. I agree with Judge Bundy that all punish ment should be reformatory, that our jail must be made a school and a work shop—not a loafing place for idlers. “We invoke the law to save the chil dren. I agree with Judge Kimball that no machinery is calculated to do more good than the Juvenile Court. The law which gave ve a Board of Children’s Guardians and a probatien officer is thoroughly modern and up to date. Of that I shall speak more next week in my concluding address upon ‘Crimes Against Criminals CAPTAIN PATRICK O’FARRELL PASSES AWAY Widely Known Irish-American Citizen of Washington—Strong Anti Imperialist. Capt. Patrick O'Farrell, one of the most widely known Irish-American citi zens of Washington, dled at his home, 2602 University Place, last evening. Sev eral months ago he suffered from a stroke of paralysis, and since then had ‘been confined to his home. Captaln O'Farrell gained much promi nence in the past few years on account of his antagonism to the expansion pol. icy of the Republican party. His views on the point were so pronounced that he became estranged from many political friends. All his life he was a strong Re publican, but whilc the expansion agita tion question was at its height he be came president of on anti-imperialist league, Captain O'Farrell was bora in the County Cavan, Ireland, in 1832. He came to this country when a young man, and enlisted in the Union service with a number of friends, who came ovem with him. Fe was assigned to Company G, Sixty-n.oth New York Infantry, and served throughout the war with distine tion. Before the close of the war he made a captain. Captain O'Farrell was a the Loyal Legion, the Union Veteran Le gion, and was conspicuous in G. A. R. circles. He was also identified with the Apti-Trust League, the Irish-American Historical Society, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and the Washington Chess Club. He is survived by Mrs. O'Farrell a son, and daughter. The funeral will prcbably take place on Wednesday. In terment will be made at Arlington. CASTORIA rorinfants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought MRS. GRANT TRUE TYPE OF AMERICAN MATRON

2 Dr. Bristol Eulogizes Mem= ory of Dead Woman. “HELPED MAKE HUSBAND” Points Out Grandeur of a Life Devoted To Home Rather Than to Society. A large crowd gathored at the Metro« politan Methodist Episcopal Church yes= terday to hear the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Frank M. Bristol, deliver a memorial sermon on the deaws of Mrs. Julia Deng Grant. It was a sermon full of force and an earpest iribuie to a noble wos man. “Because of the brief time allotted for the funeral services of Mrs. Grant yesterday, nothing was sald of her beau tiful character,” sald Dr. Bristol, “‘g gracious woman retaineth honor,’ is the scriptural selection I shall take for my theme. Our Americanism demands for this woman the right to repose beaiad her illustrious husband. They were i one in petriotism and duty and shall be as one forever in an immortality. True Greatness In Woman, 5 “True greatness in a woman does demand that she be a Deborah, a of Arc, a George Eliot; it does not re quire her to step from femininity the world of action and among men affairs. The home furnishes as broad field and an opportunity as great as arena of politics ior the work of good woman. It is ns: the ‘but the gracious, woman that re ‘honor. “The word ‘gracious’ conveys to us the knowledge of a woman of culture, gen= ‘tleness, and good breeding: a da of God and a daughter of the peoples’ ‘Martha Custis married George Washing-, ‘ton and by her traits of character made him the man he was. Julia Dent helped God to make a great man of Ulysses S. Grant. She discovered U. 8. Grant. She saw in him power and greatness before anyone else. “Julia Dent was a plain, substantial girl, not very beautiful and not very cultured, but a common-sense and do<' mestic young woman. She was an in finitely better type of American girlhood than the Gibson girl of tedsy. Grant was plain, stolid, and democratic man. A flippant society girl could have seen nothing attractive in the young leuten= ant. Julia Dent saw his real manhood and married him. “Lifted Genius From Oblivion.” “Since the death of General Grant Mrs. Grant has led 2 quiet, retired life. Through illness and infirmities she has not been active socially. Maybe the younger generation has let her slip from its memory. American people must re= member the gracious wife of the great seldler. Ne man owed more to his wife than did General Grant, and it is doubt ful if he would ever have reached fame had it not been ici Lei infiuence. She helped to lift that genius from oblivion. “Few people have ever begun life to gether in a more modest home than theirs. It was a small house, illy lo< cated in Detroit. Some ons told the’ young man the place was poorly located and in a very noisy neighborhood. Char= acteristic of the great general's biunt~ ness, he replied: ‘If home has hell outa" side of it, there is heaven within.” Mrs, Grant was simple in her tastes. Her’ domesticity was a crowning feature.” The pastor then recited many pleas ing incidents of her devotion to her children and pointed out the grandeur of a woman whose life is” devoted to home! and family rather than more worldly matters, by nature laid upon the shoul+! ders of men. Life Before Public. 3 Continuing, Dr. Bristol referred to heg ilfe before the public. He sald: i “She was ths T=:z:zz who was to be, the first lady in the land, the mistress: of the White House. Once in that town a man came to ask young Grant for a contribution toward building a church’ in the neighborhood. Mr. Grant g gave a sum, and when asked by the ftor what he thought of the need of church for the neighborhood, answered ‘l do not attend church as much as should, but Julia and the children do. think we should have a Sunday schoo here, too.” This was the feeling in heart—for Julia and the children. This, was the mother that typified the fi that ‘the hand that rocks the rules the world.’ “Every such motlier Is worthy of her eulogy. The highest praise that can ba; bestowed upon woman are those of de-; voted and faithful motherhood. All great’ men come from a gracious motherhood. As long as we have true, devoted moth-! ers we shall have liberty and greatness in our land. “She was twice the lady of the Whita House; gracious, diplomatic, and do mestic. Probably she did not put on quite as much style as some of the so ciety crowd desired. Mrs. Grant car ried with her into the White House the same spirit that made heaven of the lit tle, humble home in Detroit many years before. J H Her Valuable Influence. “Then and since Mrs. Grant has ever exerted a valuable and powerful in fluence in cementing the sections of the country together aft® that memorable struggle. To t ry“last her hesrt and voice svare-for peace. She was a South

oman, but she had given herself for better or for worse to the Nerthern sol dier. Her Southern birth gave her a pe cullarly great and pleasing influence over Southern wcemen in her task to bind up the broken hearts and destroy the gulf between them and their North ern sisters. “Mrs. Grant was a devoted grand mother, a true and faithful mother, and a loving and faithful wife. She was a gracious woman. Today her body sleeps with that Af har harn I TTY TT TS Bears the Siguatare 3 of AS TLR

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TIMES WANT ADS BRING RESULTS. RATES FOR ADVERTISING: SITUATIONS or HELP WANTED ADS. ROOMS FOR WENT BOARDING ROOMS AND BOARD ONE CENT A WORD. Minimum charge, 15¢, one insertion. ALL OTHER CLASSIFIED LINERS— TWO CENTS A WORD. THREE OR MORE CONSECUTIVE DAYS, ONE CENT A WORD, HELP WANTED--FEMALE. AMA ss WW ERAT A AM TTTR A aE n WANTED ~A colored girl for general house work. Ap 437 H st. nw. io at Ww ANTED— Cook and ch amber maid, nurse, and 1013 New York ave. Rn, WANTED- Three young Indi to wait on coun i

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nw, 3 as wo Ww ANTED- Experienced white waitress for Junchroom. 1233 7th st. nw. 1t WANTED N whi te nurse to care for a baby and two small children; good reference re- quired; right salary to right person. Address BUX 97, this office. de22-3t WANTED Two white girls; maid and nurse; also cook, $25. Inquire Flat 1, 1223 92d et. nw. 1t WANTED—Cook okt and chambermaid, $18 and $25: private family; also nurse. Inquire 1635 11th st. nw, It Ww ANTED-- Three plain cooks, two chamber maids, city; three gurls, Florence, Mass. In- quire 1211 Tot st. it a w ANTED—An expeiienced girl for "conte etion ery store. 1522 ith st. nw, 1t w ANTED—A young, healthy colored girl: "wash and iron; clean house; family of four. 1215 st. nw, it WANTED—A setiled woman to do general housework; k; stay nights. 10 Eye st. ne. de22 2-2 WANTED—Woman for general housework in small family; go home mehts. Anwply at once, 1751 Madison st. nw. de22-2t WANTED—A young girl for light housework. Apply 1917 ldth st. 1t ar——————————————————————————————— WANTED--Cooks, $12, $14, £15, $18, $%0, R25; ivate families: also waitresses, nurses, cham rmaids. LADIES" EXCHANGE, 807 Vermont ave, 1t WANTED—A cook; wash and iron and do gen. eral housework; stay nights; small family. 2083 H st. nw. de22-2¢ eee ete ees. WANTED—A settled colored woman for gen eral housework. Call 424 5th st. nw, de22-2t WANTED—A girl in kitchen, at once. 809 F st. nw. It WANTED—A colored woman as cook or general worker. 1747 Oregon ave. nw. 1t faces merase WANTED Young lady, $5 to $7 week. Apply after 10:30 a. m., Room 524 10th st. nw. it tn ——————_t————— a _—— tp WANTED—A colored girl for general house work; ome who understands cooking; also washerwoman. Apply 209 New Jersey ave. nw. it WANTED Lady stenographer, typewriter; $5 week; specify qualifications, age, recommenda tions. Address BY BOX 84, this office, de21-3t -3t 58 manager salesroom, bakery and confec tionary. OLDE HOME DINING ROOMS, 717 11th 1ith st. nw. de2!-3¢ WANTED—A oung lady to demonstrate coffee January 1. BOX 76, this office. de20-3t WANTED--Plain writer, young lady from n Jidterveds $5 week, Call Monday, _— 6. femmes WANTED At once, experienced waist and skirt hands. Apply 723 18th st. nw. S20 3t AR WRN WANTED—Forewoman in laundry worki 25 fT rr Ta ra: within miles of a ain posi tion permanent. Address, references, BOX 70, this office. viog de20-3t SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE. EE WANTED By lady of artistic taste, ition as assistant with modiste. Address BOX 835, this x de?21.2t SITUATIONS WANTED MALE. seullion. 2141 P st. nw. SO dean WANTED By a first-class male cook, situation. Address ROOM 11, Webster Law Building. de22-2¢ WANTED—By drug clerk, eighteen months’ ex Patines. situation. Address X 73, this office, deo 1 WANTED—HORSES AND VEHICLES WANTED—Ten dirt wagons. 2d st. and Rhode Jsland ave. nw. it WANTED Teams to haul coul. S. 8. DAIFH SONS, Coal and Firewood, 208 Florida ave. ne. WANTED-—MONEY. WANTED—$6,000 at 4% per cent, for three or five years; new residence at R Washington Heights; i $7,000 now on to be paid off. Ad dress BOX 50, this office. de20-3t WANTED—A DOG. WANTED Party leaving the city desires tr buy, at once, a male bull terrier pup, young WANTED Party leaving ving the is SRY desires to buy, at once, a male bull young enough to be trained: state isthe D0. J and markings ay where can be seen; liberal commission to ecting sale. Address BOX 75, this he de20 8t WANTED-For. cash, house, Southwest, near Commission, between $34 and 6th sts. Pe ave. preferred. C. BOYER SON, 016 ¥F st nw dole 2s "WANTED—-MISCELLANEOUS. THAN LLEL—RISVELLADNLRUUD, press RTH rs

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3 ANT i ca WANTED-—-HOUSES. WANTED—#0 white men willing to work eight hours a day. Apply to either Director, York State Folks, Chaperons Opera Company, stage door, Lafayette Opera House, where all the big shows pla- a. m. sharp Tuesday. it Th WANTED—Y oung man from country; $8 per week to start. 1200 Ny York ave. nw, It Ww ANTED Xe oung coor od man as porter in store; also one to attend to horse. 13% New York ave. nw. Le or WANTED-—-Stout boy for bicycle “repair shop. mht. ow. ao alt WANTED—A boy to help in kitchen and do general work. 809 E st. nw, MJ WANTED—Colored elevator boy at LINCOLR HOTEL, 10th and H sts. nw. WANTED Two waiters, two dishwashers. two teamsters. Inguire Flat 1, 1223 22d St. nw. It WANTED D—Boy, private family; also dish washer; two teamsters, $8. Inquire 1635 11th st. nw. i It WANTED Help for all departments in hotels. BURGESS" HOTEL AGNCY, 58 10th st.; phone 2511-Y. It WANTED—Several young men for private fam ilies and boarding houses; two bell men, four waiters, three dishwashers, cook, today and to morrow, SHACKL E FORD'S, 806 E st. nw. It WANTED—C ornice workers, at once. AMER ICAN FIREPROOFING C0, 220 4% st. nw. de22-2t WANTED—Fifty men. Apply stage door, Na tional Theater, r, December 23, 9:30 a.m. It Ww ANTED—A ood, "sober ‘barber. #09 Tth st. nw. G. MILLER 1t WANTED—AI members o of the American Cooks’ Association to meet Wednesday evening, De cember 24, ROOM 11, Webster Law Building. R. DAVENPORT, Manager. de22-2t r——————————————— i WANTED--At once, a good barber; good guar antee, ec. Apply 00 Pennsylvania ave... It WANTED—Tailor, "who “understands milit military work. M. BROWN CO., 720 13th st. nw. 1t WANTED —An experienced man to wash milk bottles. SWISS DAIRY, 408 East Capitol st. de22-4t 2 waiter, BRESNAHAN, 426 Sth st. nw. it WANTED—Men to learn barber trade; new system; eight weeks compietes; $19 to $13 weekly guaranteed when through; special ac commodations for strangers. For free catal containing all particulars address MOLE BARBER SCHOOL, New York city. des ot WANTED—Colored boy as porter and to de liver must come well recommended. THE HAT BOX, 915 Pennsylvania ax ave. it WANTED-Plumber’s helpers. Apply C. E. BARRICK, 214 13% st. sw. 1t itssaimeeateete ete it so mpg WANTED--Young white man to work in fac tory. Apply W. O. GOTTWALS, 2129 14th st. nw, it WANTED -Twenty five good colored cr draw ers. Meet me at Sixth Streit pen, Tuesday evening, 9 o'clock, or call 8 place nw. It WANTED By manufacturing comp: Young man; $10 week. Call after 10, 6, 524 10th st. it WANTED—A first-class white barber, at once. Apply 1234 Tth st. nw. de21-3t WANTED—At once, two experienced collectors. Apply 416 7th st. nw. de21-2t ee a WANTED-—Any intelligent person may earn good income corresponding for newspapers; ex ence unnecessary: send part. PRESS SYNDICATE, Lockport, NX. de21-71 WANTED—Canvassers for a holiday article: quick seller. Apply 138 East Capitol st. de20-3 WANTED Laborers and teamsters; $1.85 day. S. S. DAISH SONS, Coal and Fire. wood, 208 Florida ave. ne, WANTED Three tous, furnished, for light housekeeping gentleman and housekeeper. dress BOX 74, this office. de20-3t LARGE second-story front room; good family board, heat and gas, for two, $10 per. week. 615 6th st. nw. de21-3t FOR WELL FURNISHED and heated rooms, with meals, apply to 1212 K st. nw. de?1-3t ROOM, with board for two, $4 weekly each; nice home. 714 5th st. nw, deal -3t arrestee 0 ROOM AND BOARD for $3.50 a week at 931 New Jersey ave. nw. lh ug FOR RENT—Rooms, with board. 718 11th st. nw de21-5t amen 1214 NEW YORK AVE. —Two nicely furnished rooms on parlor floor; other rooms, with ‘or without board; rates moderate. de20 3t Library: lange. bright fivst or second floor room; table board. de20-3¢ OMS AXD EXCELLENT BOARD, reasonable. #20 Rhode Island ave. nw. de20-3t FURNISHED ROOMS and table board: steam neat; central location. 415 4th st. nw. deld-Tt Beautiful location, Jowa Circle, near 0 ot.; single and double rooms; two and three room suites; private bath; well appointed dining room; Oriental room; smoking room; ping-pong and Manhattan pool free to guests; special monthly restaurant and room ra del-30t FOR SALE—An old-established and well equip ped oyster business, including stock, fixtures, and good will; located on the best business thoroughtare in the city; been established for over twenty years, and doing a good business at present; owner is obliged (0 sell to devote his time to other interests. Address BOX 45, this office. de2-5t FOR SALE—Bread and cake stand in market, cheap. Inquire Cigar Store, 6th ani K sts. nw. de22-3t DAIKY LUNCH ROOM, near depot; clearing $100 month; come quick. NEW Y. /K BUSI NESS BROKERS, 611 F st. de2l-3t DINING ROOM; daily sales, $20; cheap rent; ill health cause. NEW YORK BUSINESS BROKERS, 611 F st. de2l-5t BARGAINS in grocery stores in all parts of city. DUNLAP, #06 at. 1-3t WANTED-—To buy a small or provision store in Northwest for $20 or Address BOX 82, this office. de21-3¢ GROCERY, Northeast; worth $700; will sell for $450; snap. NEW YORK BUSINESS BROK ERS, 611 F st. de21-8t CIGAR STORE, F st.; open through; investiga tion; chance lifetime. NEW YORK BUSINESS BROKERS, €11 F st. de21-3t DESIRABLE rooming house, very cheap. DUN. LAP, 98 F wt. Sh} FOR SALE—Entire hotel and restaurant furnish ings and fixtures at private sale, at once. 225 Pennsylvania ave. uw. de2l-5t rs SEVERAL PERSONS with $100 each can pur chase a ground floor interest in a coal oil land deal about to incorporate; safe investment; sure profit. Address BO 78, this office, __de20 it FOR SALE—~Lunchroom; will sacrifice if sold before Christmas. 3 H st. nw, i de20-3t FOR SALE—One of the best hotels in the city; forty rooms; furnished; steam heat; long lease; good chance to make money; reason for selling, bad health. Address BOX 71, this office. der Bt PRINTING—~Good work at reasonabin prices FRANK H. GIBSON 00, 1200 G #t. nw. nodo-tf FOR RENT—-WAREHOUSES. FOR RENT For storage, light manufacturing, ete. well lighted two story brick building (77x 25 feet); on lower floor, stable (six stalls) and large wagon house; elevator and every con. venience; cheap rent. Apply %0 lith st. se. dels. Mm AC HRISTMAS PRES ENT to the workingman can be had in the money saved by buying a suit or overcoat, sligh'ly used, from the only re liable place of its Lind. JUSTH’S OLD STAND, G19 D st, de?2-7t MME. THEO, Card Reader, Palmist, Medium. Removes spells, reunites the separated, gives luck. German spoken. v2 H st. nw. 25¢, Sc. de21 2 LADY WOULD LIKE to have a baby; hoy pre ferred; no ions asked; as soon a» horn. Address BOX 54, this office. e203 MME. DAVIS, born clairvoyant and card reader, 1228 25th st. nw., Washington, D, C. dels lit HELP WANTED—MALE. WANTED—ROOMS. ROOMS AND BOARD. BUSINESS CHANCES. PERSONALS. THE WASHING FOR RENT--UNFURNiSHED zooms FOR RENT—Three unfurnished rooms. “ors 5th st. ne. de22-3t FOR RENT —Three desirable rooms, facing south, or light housekeeping; cheap. 231 Mas achusetts Ave. ne, de22-3t FOR RKENT—Four nice rooms, first Boor; la- robes, range, sink, and bath; $10. 601 L st. ne. de20-3t FOR SALE—-MISCELLANEOUS. THE GUARANTEE SEWING MACHINE COS! Christmas offering: New oak drop leaf machine, MO; new drop head, $15; second-hand machines, $5 up, guaranteed; new machines, all makes, nall price; on credit, 3 cents weekly; renting, 0 cents weekly. 420 4% st. sw.; open intil Uy p. m. de22-Tt FOR “SALE—Grap! phones, “records, and sup plies. WHITSON BROS., 1416 1lith st. nw. 3

open evenings. de?2 3t SPECIAL—One gallon port, sherry, blac iby ITY, catawba, or claret wine for 75 cents; ow. BOX (24 bottles) beer for 8 cents; deliver «dl in| unlettered wagons. TilOS. R. BEAVERS, 423 4% st. sw.; phone, Main 1006-D. de22-3t FOR SALE—Two pawn tic kets for handso me solitaire and cluster diamond rings. Can be seen any time; cheap if sold at once Address BOX 86, this office, de22-2t FOR SALE New violin, bow, and case, $5; fine for beginner. Address BOX 93, this office. de22-3t i ROSENFELD'S pure ice cream in individual blocks, $1.35 per gallon. 812 H ne. ’Phone East 306-A. Special rates to lodges and churches. dels-ti FOR SALE—Fine violin, with box. Address HOVSIPIAN, S01 12th st. nw. de2]-3t FOR SALE--Rockers, couches, bedroom suites, barber fixtures, oak barroom fixtures, parlor sultes; most anything you need—-at FRIES CO., 48 loth st. nw. de?l- Jt FOR SALE Large mirror front cherry “fold bed, $25; cost #60- largest wardrobe in the city—something unusual. See us—save money. FRIF FRIES CO., CO., 400 10th st. de21-3t FOR SALES —Shoemaker ov overstru square piano, worth $60, for $40; see us. FRIES (0., 409 10th st. nw. de2i St FOR SA SALE —Furniture, slightly used, used, from 425 Q st. nw. foldirg bed, extension table, mirrors, dressers, .ilet ware, matir-sses, iron bed, sewing machine, rockers, dining chairs, and lots of other things; see me. OPWOOD, sth and K sts. nw.—the man who saves you money. de21-3t FOR SALE—lLarge double white enamel and brass bed, iron spring, and hair mattress; all in perfect condition; cheap. Address BOX 80, tii Me ee. dents FOR SALE- Remington typewriter, Jerfect or der, $28.50; must sell. 315 6th st. de21-3t FOR SALE— Rambler bicycle, rr ie r, $14; cost $5. 315 6th st. nw. de21-3t FOR SALE SALE—Five piece parlor suite, $23; cost $40; never used. 315 6th st. nw, deZi-3t FOR SALE—Sewing machine, good as new, $10; cost #0. 315 _315 6th st. nw. defl-Bt FOR SALE—Old a antique mahogany, claw wardrobe, double doors, front and sides 3156 6th st. nw. a den1-8t FOR SALE—Hallwood cash register, $50; cost $125; perfect order. 315 6th st. nw. de21-3t FOR SALE—Cheap, new cuckoo clock and sev eral mew parlor clocks, at Jewelry Store, 520 4 st. sw, de21-3t FOR SALE—Furniture of three-story residence, tly and completely furnished; owner has to city; will sell everything as standing, Yery cheap. 651 Maryland ave. ne. Take 13th D car. deniat FOR SALE—Fine tone violin, including leather case, for $22; cost double. Address 79, this office, wh GENTS solid gold aches, $30, worth $60. J. DRUKKER, h st. and Pennsylvania ave., open nights, de20-3t SILVER fhanlaie bags, $3; worth $7. J. DRUKKER, 12th st. Pennsylvania ave., up stairs; open nights. de20-3t GENT'S led chal chains, $2; worth $5. J. DRU 12th st. and Pennsylvania ave.; up stairs. de20-3t LARGE STOCK of of watches, diainonds, und Jes elry of all descriptions; must be sold; no rea sonable offer refused; a word tc the wise should be sufficient. J. PRURBERS Soret 11h it. nd ave., upstairs; open de20-2t Sa RNS FOR SALE Vine pianc; aiso Whitney baby carriage. 218 6th st. se. -1e20-3t FOR 4 Ap sickness, will sell Fischer paclor suite, 4-carat diamond pris ih furniture, carpets. 2020 12th st. nw. de 31 FOR SALE—Chreap, 5x7 camera, five plate holders, tripod, and leather carrying case; fine condition. 501 Tth st. t. sw. de). at FOR SALE—Cheap, Cycle Poco camera, No. 3, in first-class esndition, with five plateholders, carrying case, developing rags, and Neliring's focus finder; $10. 1405 P st. delat FOR SALE—Two good fresh cows, cheap. 8516 Brightwood ave. 0-3t FOR SALE Two very fine imported orted oil paint. So 2313 M st. nw. de20-3t OR SALE—Or trade for double-barrel breech-loading shotgun, yard of thirteen fine Brown Leghorns; prize winners. JOHN P. JOHNSTON, 71k Lowell st., Brookland, D. dedp3t FOR SALE—1305 New Jersey ave. nw., one wagon pole, 3 oil tanks, 60 gallons each; 12 wire SEOs 112-drawer show case, 5 “feet high; 1 8foot long showcase, 1 glass desk top, 1 desk, 2 draws; 2 horses, 1 large sheet iron kettle, "75 gallons. de20-3t FOR SALE—First 1008 model bicyele in city if is our “BUFFALO KING,” a beauty, $30; worth $50: 87.50 cash, $6 monthly; give him a new wheel. RAY COGSWELL (0, 3019 M st. nw. de20-3¢ FOR SALE—Oak wood, cord lengths, delivered on sidewalk in cord lots at $7 per cord, Ad dress BOX 63, this office. deld 6t FOR SALE- Chickering Square Piano heautiinl CONEY sone assis rnrnssinnesies $75. Fine Upright Piano (second Just Flae Upright Plano (almost new). wod Squares and Organs. 25. a on easy monthly payments. Fine Upright Piano, $145 cash. 0, J. DE MULL (O., dels uf zu G st. nw. FOR SALE—~Gr at bargain; 25 horsepower New Fra gas engine, good as new; cost $750, by rea scnable offer refused. Inquire at office, WASH. INGTON TIMES, 10th and D sts. dels-uf FOR FOR SALE Eight- Hoot Du Parquet range, (wo fire boxes, two ovens. Address BOX 39, this office. _del7-7t FOR SALE—Xmas Piano bargains. The follow: ing slightly used piancs on time or casy pay: ments: Stieff, Knabe, Marshall Wendalil, Bradbury, and other makes; all uprights; casl or casy payments. STIEFF PIANO WARE. ROOMS, 521 lith et. nw. J. C. Conliff, Man PIANOS FOR XMAS. Prices never lower--lerms never easier. cone 165.90 i i PIANOS FOR XMAS. Prices never lower--lerms never easier. —~STODART PIANO, $35. —CHICKERING PIANO, $55, ~—KNABE PIANO, $75. ~—STEINWAY PIANO, $100, $1 WEEKLY PAYMENTS. BRADBURY FACTORY WAREROOMS, 1225 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, FOR SALE-On credit, lace curtains, blankets, dress goods, suits, waists, men’s and boys’ cloth ing. Address BOX 307, this office. “ded- 2 5FOOT CURTAIY POLES, with fixtures, 19c. carpet lining, 3c and be yard; stair pads, 10¢; matting ho 10¢ i &ood quality floor olicloth, 25¢ yard. BLATT'S, 11th and H sts. ne. self FOR SALE--Good «quality opaque shades, fitted to your windows, only 25c; the best qual ity oil opaque shades, S0c; hung free; wil] call with samples. KLEEBL ATT'S, 11th and H sts ne. Pl Phone, East 25- LB elo-f FOR FOR SALE—$ for Morris “chairs with hair cushion; #6 for hair mattress in two parts; bedroom and parlor suites, $1 per week. Get our prices. REDMOUND'S, 311-818 7th st. nw. «9! TO CLOSE O oLT at sacrifice, violins, ma’ dolins, banjos, guitars, accordions, shotgu rifles, watches, and jewelry. JULIUS (OHE 114 7th st. nw. de20-01 $2 PERFECTION Oil. BURNER, $8 Best a most economical; adapted to all ranges a cook stoves; cooks and hakes perfectly; he: your boilers; on exhibition; all kinds oil bur ers repaired. 511 9th st, nw. secund floc de20-2t PIANO TUNING, $1.50; factory expert. JA R. DURITY, 3056 12th st. se de20-st FULL DRESs SU ns Jor hire, $1. FULIU COHEN, 1104 7th st. __dels-30t SPANISH quickly rks SENOR GOMAR 707 1uth. dels 1c THE WASHINGTON TIMES, MONDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1902. 3 MISCELLANEOUS. FOR RENT--FURNISHED ROOMS. IRR

FOR RENT—One nicely furnished room on first floor. 742 5th st. mw. de22-3t FoR RENT Nicely furnished “hall 1 room, $5. S13 1 8. nw. de22-3t FOR RENT~Warm room in apartment near Bu mean bBasraving and Printing and Agricuiture; furnished or unfurnished. Address BOX 92, this offic e, a. de22-2t FOR RENT-—Lange, nicely furni furnished rooms; heat, gas, and baw... reasonable. 613 6th st. nw. de22-3t FOR RENT Three unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping; in Northwest; heat and gas. Ad dress F. V., care Carrier i, City Postotfice. de 21- St FOR RENT—!nfurnished front room for office or house keeping. 1m 1 41% st. sw. de21-3t FOR RENT -Three unfurnished rooms; bath. 1437 C st, sw. de21.3t a FOR RENT Unfurnished rooms at 1425 sth st, nw, de21-Tt FOR RENT--Nicely furnished well heated front room. 225 34 st. nw, de21-3t to FOR RENT-—216 C st. nw., large and small rooms. aA, de21-7t FOR RE NT—Two furnished rooms uear Capitol, reascnable. 117 B st. ne. de20-3t [3 JR RENT—One single and one double front room, 2d floor, with board, 801 H st. nw. de20-3t FOR RENT—C ozy front room, $8, furnished. 303 F nw, 4e20-3t FOR RENT-1120 9th st. nw., furnished rooms; light housekeeping. de2-3t FOR RENT—704 10th st. nw., dining room snd kitchen; board taken in exchange, de20-3¢ FOR RENT Fiat on Arst ficor. Apply 401 G Ww, de20 3t FOR RENT Nicely furnished well neated room, recscnable; bath and gas. 215 Oth st. sw., rear National Museum. FOR RENT- Large 2d story furnished frong room. No. 622 H st. nw. de20-5t £12 Second floor; two rooms: newly Pikuiaheds light housekeeping; to careful couple. 907 F "ow. FURNISHED ROOMS, 414 6th st. nw., with or without board; hot water heat. del7-6t THE most accessible location in Washington; new house, new furniture; rooms single or 5 suite; steam heat, hot water, private baths; bath for every two rooms; rates reasonable. THE PATIENCE, 910 E st. nw. dels-tf FOR RENT--FURNISEED OR UN. FURNISHED ROOMS. FOR RENT-—-Two or three unfurnished or fur nished rooms, second floor; heat and gas; near Capitol. 2]2 2d st. ne. de2-3t FOR RENT-—Nice furnished or unfurnished rooms. 418 Oth st. sw. de22.3t FOR RENT—Three rooms; furnished or unfur nished light housekeeping permitted. Call 730 13th st. nw, 49 NEW YORK AVE. NW.—Two large fur nished or unfurnished rooms for light ing; gas, heat, and bath. de21-2t FOR RENT- Furnished hall room, $5; back par lor, furnished or unfurnished. 725 13th st. nw. de-3t Reward if returned to 41 O st. ne, de22 tna ebm LOST—Saturday evening, between K st, and New York ave. me; mel Halt store, hava pocketbook, contain and change. eral reward if returned to MRS. J. E. HIATT, 261 N de21-3t EE A LOST Wednesday, brown and white bird dog. -3t st. nw. LOST—Pair of gold spectacles. Liberal reward if returned to J. J. BARRY, 930 F st. sw. de21-3t LOST—Thursday, 18th, a small white bull ter rier, cut ears and tail; name Snow. Reward if returned to 453 Sth st. sw. de20-3t LOST—A white bull terrier, with brindle spots; anyone returning him to address on collar or to 1925 F st. will be rewarded. de20-3t LOST—Small diamond oy gail at Wood ward Lothrop’s, fourth reception room. Finder will receive I reward if returned to 526 Oth st. sw., after 7 p. m. de20-3L FOUND. tt FOUND-—Pound, marble, and fruit cake at 12 cents per pound; five-pound cake, 60 cents. WILKINS" CAFE, 924 9th st. nw. de22.-7t FOUND—Lacey’s Ice cream absolutely pure. 70 cents per lon. Delivered in unlettered wagons. 607 New York ave. nw. mlo-tf FOR SALE--EORSES VEHICLES. FOR SALE—At 1210 and 1215 Ohio ave. we have several cheap wagons, buggies, and wheels; nothing in reason n reason refused. GEYER'S. __de22-3¢ FOR SALE—Coupe, horse, harness, and license. licenwe. Call after 4 p. m., 325 Maryland ave. sw. de22-3t FOR SALE--Twelve head of horses, suitable for light and heavy hauling; also one fast driving mare, suitable for lady to ride or drive: also pair of matched three-year-old ponies for chil dren to ride or drive. Rear 453 Pennsylvania ave. nw. de22-3t FOR SALE-—Black work mare, $35. 610 415 st. SW. de?1-3t FOR SALE Bay horse, cight years old; weight, 1.260 pounds. 5M G st. sw. de20-3t FOR SALE—Cheap for cash, four-wheel herdic cab, in good condition. Call at 22 HE st. ne. _de 0 3t FOR "SALE or trade— Covered plat latform delivery wagon, English road cart, saddle, bridle, and blanket; two wagon or carriage poles (com plete); all in good condition. 201 K st. me. del7-6t Alia LAY. TY Aan Bh BN. NCSA BIRDS, DOGS, ETC. FOR SALE-—New importation of fern bails and other designg made of ferns in shapes of hoats, birds, monkeys, anchors, cte.: also fine lot of Angora cats, Cuban poodle, Manchester ter rier, spaniels, fox terriers, and best lot of singing canaries. SCHMID'S BIRD STORE, 712 12th st. nw. de22-3¢ WALL PAPER. i ROOMS PAPERED, $1.75 up; house painting; Jowest prices. CARLISLE BROS., 1105 6th at. ne.; phone, East 306-D. del9-3 NOLTE, 824 9th st. nw, is constantly recely ing the latest and most attractive designs in Wall Papers, and papers rooms from $2.00 up. Call a investigate for yourself and be com: vinced. mls-tf FOR RENT—HOUSES. FOR RENT--House, 608 Douglass court; four rooms, $7.5; between 4th and 5th, G and H sts. nw. M. F, RUPPERT, 1021 7th st. nw. de21-3t FOR RENT—1116 Florida ave. ne.; bay window brick; wine rooms and bath. WILLIAM G. DUNNE, 1116 H st. ne. de21-3t FOR ET lone of mine rooms and store. Call 201 E st. me. de20-3t FOR RENT 8% 13t. st. se., six rooms, bath, cellar. front porch and large back yard. GEO. ROTH, 319 13th st. se de20-5t ee FOR .E—SUBURBAN. pm—— HOY ‘R OWN LANDLORD, near Mo h $100 cash and $20 monthly. i drop postal, telephone, or age illustrated “booklet,” h Columbia Heights. Car e property, N R. GORDON, AL 704 14th st. nw. LOST. I -SUBURBAN. George county, Md., about of Congress Heights, D. C., eight rooms, and 32 acres; Apply M. ADDISON, =08 de20-3t trookland, two Blocks cars, ruit, ete.; 31450. D. C. ennsylvania ave, de20 3t ind sixteen acres land, ¥15 PIERCE, Vienna, Va. FOREIGN MAILS. WASHINGTON, D. C., POSTOFFICE, NOTICE, Should be read daily, as changes may occur at any time. FOREIGN MAILS are dispatched to the ports of sailing daily, and the schedule of closings is arranged on the presumption of their uninter rupted overland transit. For the week ending December 27, 192, the last connecting closes will be made from the MAIN OFFICE as fol Yowrw Trans-Atlantic Mails. MONDAY—(c) At 11:25 p. m. for ITALY di rect, per s. s. Lombardia, from New York. Mai! must be directed "Per 2. 8. Lombardia.” TUESDAY —(a) At 7:15 p. m. for EUROPE, per 8. 8. St. Louis, from New York, via South ampton, At 11:25 p. m. for GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, per s. s. Cymric, from New York, via Queenstown. Mail for other parts of EU ROPE must be directed “Per 3. s. Cymric.” WEDNESDAY (c) At 9:15 p. m. for FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, TURKEY, EGYPT, GREECE, BRITISH INDIA, and LORENZO MARGE per s. 8. La Savoie, from New York, via Havre. Mail for other parts of EUROPE must be directed ‘Per s. 5. 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(h) Mails for MEXICO overland, unless specially addressed for dispatch by steamers sailing from New York, Blade here daily at 10:00 a. m. and 10 p.m. (0) (h) Mails for BELIZE, PUERTO CORTEZ, and GUATEMALA, by rail to New Orleans, and thence via steamer, ciose here daily at 10:65 m, and 10:00 p. m., the connecting closes for which being on Mondays. (I) (h) Mails for COSTA RICA, by rail to New Or leans, and thence via steamer, close here daily at 10:05 a. m. and 10:00 p. m., the connecting closes for which being on Tuesdays. (bh) Trans-Pacific Mails. Mails for CHINA®, JAPAN, HAWAII and specially addressed matter for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS**, via San Francisco, close here daily at 6:30 p. m. up to December 22, inclusive, for dispatch per s. 8. Peru. (0) ils Pd HAWAII, via San Francisco, elose here daily at 6:30 p. m. up to December 22, inclusive, for dispatch per s. s. Zealandia. (0) Mails for CHINA* and JAPAN, via Van ecouver and Victoria, B. C., close here daily at 6:30 p. m. up to December 23, inclusive, for dispatch per 8. 8. Empress of India. Merchan dise for the United States Postal Agency at ed China, cannot be forwarded via Can 0 Mails for CHINA* and JAPAN, via Seattle, close here daily at 6:30 p. m. up to Decem ber 24, inclusive, for dispatch per s. s. Rio jun Maru. (0) Mails for the PHILIPPINE A via San Francisco, close here daily at 6:30 m. up to December 27, inclusive, for dispatch per U. 8. transport. (0) Mails for CHINA®*, JAPAN, HAWAII, and PHILIPPINE ISLANDS** “via San Francisco, close here daily at 6:30 p. m. up to December 29, inclusive, for dispatch per s. s. Coptic. (0) Mails for AUSTRALIA (except those for West Australia, which are dispatched via Europe), KEW ZEALAND, FLII, SAMOA, and HAWAII via San Francisco, close here daily at 6:30 p- m up to Janavary 3, inclusive, for dis patch per s. s. Sonoma. (0) Mails for AUSTRALIA (except those for West Australia, which go via Europe, and New Zealand, mails for which are dispatched via San Franc isco), and FIJI ISLANDS (mail must be specially nares) via Vancouver and Vie toria, B. C.. close here daily at 6:30 p. m. up to pF 3, inclusive, for dispatch per s. s. Moana. (0) Mails for TAHITI and MARQUESAS ISLANDS, via San Francisco, close here daily at 6:30 p. m. up to January 6, inclusive, for dispatch 8s. Mariposa. 0) *Mails for COCHIN CHINA are dispatched to New York, N. Y., for connection with Euro ean steamers. **PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (Military Mail) dis patched to San Francisco at all closings for that office, to connect with Government transports, i the sailings of which are irregular. REGISTERED MAILS close at the MAIN OF FICE as follows: (a) At 8:20 p. m. same day; at 1:45 p. m. same day; (c) At 8:45 p. m. same day; (d) at 5:30 a. m. same day: at 5:45 p. m. same day; (f) at 9:35 a. m. same day: (h) at 1:15 p. m. same day; (k) at 5:43 p. m. previous day; (0) at 2:50 a. m. same day; (p) at 11:30 a. m. same day JOHN A. MERRITT, Postmaster. FOR RENT--STORES. FOR RENT—Premises 631 G st. nw.; oecupied for vears as electric and machine shop. del8-Tt FOR SALE-—HOUSES. FOR SALE. 15 XK ot. se., 6-room DrIGK.....cnnvesnnsnvins 000 152 and 1564 Francis st. se., rent $12, for...$1,100 200 and 22 M st. se., rent £19.50. £1,900 1817 B at. ne., lot 2XARB....coveecnnnnnes $1,050 JOHN F. DONOHOE SON, 308 EAST CAPITOL ST. de21-tf FOR EXCHANGE. WILL EXCHANGE a eood collection of foreign stamps for a good bicycle, Address BOX 91, this Slice de? 3t FOR RENT—FLATS. FOR RE NT- L ovely flat; all improvements; partly furnished; by January 1. 508 10th st. nw. v., seo ond Moor. de22 at FOR RENT- Fine three-room flat with heat and light; second floor; light housekeeping. 617 K st. nw, de20-3t SOUTHERN RAIL WAY. Schedule effective November 30. 1902. Schedule elicctive November JU, LW, Trains leave from Fenusylvania Station. £:10 a. m. Daily. Local for Warreaton, Charlotte, and way stations. 16.51 a. m. Daily. Washington and Florida Limited. First-class coaches and drawing-room sleeper to Jacksonville, Fla. Dining car service. 11:15 a. m. Daily. United States Fast Mail. First-class coaches and drawing-room to New Orleans. Dining car service. 4:01 p. m. Week Days. Local for Harrison burg and way stations on Manassas branch, 4:30 p. m. Daily. Local for Warrenton and B40 p. m. Daily. New York and Atlanta Ex press. First-class coach and sleeper to Atlanta: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Sunset Route. Tourist sleeper Washington to San Francisco. Pullman buffet service. 0:50 p. m. Daily. New York and Florida Expresa. First-class coach and sleeper to Cam den, Summerville, Charleston, Savannah, Jack sonville, and Port Tampa; sleeper to Augusta, and connection for Aiken. Dining car service. W0ml p.m. Daily. New York and slemphis Limited (%ia Lynchburg;. First-class ccach and sleeping car to Roanoke, Knoxville, Chat tanvoga, and Memphis, sleeper to New Orieans. Dining car service. 19:45 p. m. Daily. Washington and South western Limited. All Pullman train, club and observation cars to Atlanta ard Macon; sleep ers to Nashville, Atlanta, Macon, Memphis. New Urleans. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday through sleeper to Pinchurst. Dining car ser vice. Leave Washington, 8:50 a. m. and 4:40 p. m. daily. Week days, 1:00 p. m., 4:55 p. m., and 6:25 p. m. Latter for Leesburg only. Through trains from the South arrive Wash ington 6:42 a. m., 6:52 a. m., 7:40 a. m., 9:45 la. m., 2:00 p. m., 9:15 p. m., and 9:50 p. m. daily. Local trains from Harrisonburg, 11:55 a. m. week days and £:05 p. m. daily. From Charlottesville, 8:28 a. m. and 9:50 p. m. daily. Tickets, sleeping car reservations, and de tr tod information can be had at ticket offices, 705 5th St., 5i1 Pennsylvania Ave., and Penn sylvinia Station. Baggage checked through trom hotels and residences. 'Fhone 1640, P. R. R. Cab Service. C. H. ACKERT, Genera! Manager, 8. H. HARDWICK, General Pass'r Agent. L. SS BROWN. General Asent. TRAINS ON BLUEMONT BRANCH. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. CHINA, JAPAN, AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Intended Steamship Sailings from Vancouver. EMPRESS Op INDIA...Dec. 29, March 28, 1%08 EMPRESS OF JAPAN... Jan. 26, April 13, 1908 EMPRESS OF CHINA... _.. Feb. 23, May 4, 1908 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND AUSTRALIA. AORANGI. Dec. 12—-MOANA..... Jan. 9, 1903 All information at 1229 Penna. Ave. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. NEW YORK—SOUTHAMPTON—LONDON. St. Louis, Dec.24,19a.m. St. Paul. Jan. 7, 10 a.m. Phil’a..Dec. 81, 10 2.m.|Phil’a.Jan. 2I, 10 a.m. RED STAR LINE. NEW YORK—ANTWERP—P ARIS. Kroonl'd.Jan. 10 a.m. Finland.Jan.ii, 10 a.m, Zeeland. Jan. 10, 10 a.m. Vaderl’d.Jan. 24,102. m. INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION COMPANY, COMPANY'S WASHINGTON OFFICE, 1308 F St. N. W,, or Geo. W. Moss, 1411 G St. NX. W, NORFOLK WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT COMPANY. [41H TERRE Every day in the year from foot of Tth st. for FL Monroe, Norfolk, Noupost News, and all points south, by the perb, powerful steci palace Prion re. News," “Yorfolk,” and Ww 6:2C pm Ly. Portsmouth 5:00 pm pon wy 7:00 pmiLv, Norfolk....6:00 pm Ft. Monroe 7:00 am|Lv. Ft. Monroe 7:00 pm Norfolk... 8:00 am Ar. Alexandria 6:20 am Portamouth 8:15 am Ar. Washington 7:00 am 2& Through connections made at Nor folk with steamers of Old Dominion Steamship Co. for New York, and Mer chantz and Miners’ Steamships for Bos ton. For further information apply at general ticket office, Bond Building, 14tL Bd N. rt or 7th st. wharf, Wash ingran. Bb CALLAHAN, Gen. Mgr. MARTIN BROS, Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Agents, 1925 Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. FOR SALE Here are some bargains in smail properties FOR INVESTORS. Do not keep your money idl. wher. you can make it pay you 19 per cent. These ure new propositions and will sell quickly. Investigate at once. Call at office or write. Prompt and courteous attention to every iry. FOR Price—850—will bri; 1—A small brick house; lot 14x90" located ne. nents for 34.9% per mo. Price--$80—will buy— 2—A small frame house; 5 rooms; located ne. Rents for $6.50 per mo. Price-—§775—will buy— 8A 6-room frame house; 26th st. nw. Rents for $6.75 per mo. Price—8§1,150—will buy— 4—A small 4 room brick: 22d st. nw. Rents for 20.59 per mo. Price—81,200—will buy— 5—A small 4room brick house in the north west. Rents for £10.50 per mo. Price —#$1,#00—will huy— 6—A small 5-room brick house; good location; attractive for the small home buyer. our books show an uninterrupted tenancy for five vears; house in perfect condition. Rents for $12.50 per mo. For Sale— Price—$2 000 will buy— 7—A 6-room frame house; lot 15x100; I st. near 22d nw. Rents for $18.50 per mo. For Sale—Price—$2,600-— $—8-room house; located 24th near L st. Rents for $20.00 per mo. LOOK ATTHIS— 4 houses on M st., near 25th; rented at $540 year; always remted. Price, for quick sale, only $3,100. £3,200 will buy two 2story bricks om avenue car line; steady renters at $26.00 per month. de?21-2t MARTIN BROS. 1925 Pa. ave. BARGAIN NEAR GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, $3,175.00. MODERN TWO-STORY AND CELLAR BAY WINDOW PRESSED BRICK DWELLING, LO CATED IN BEST SECTION OF “HH STREET, ON CAR LINE. SIX LARGE ROOMS, BATH; GOOD-SIZED LOT TO REAR ALLEY. WELL RENTED, PAYING 9 PER CENT NOW. CAN BE MADE TO PAY 9 PER CENT. THIS PROP 1aTY IS A SNAP AND CANNOT BE AGAIN DUPLICATED IN THIS SPLENDID INVEST MENT AND HOME SECTION, APPLY TO SOLE AGENT. JOSEPH 1. WELLER, “Honest Dealing in Realty,” Tel. E. 853. No. 602 F st. ow. deld-tf FOR SALE--House, standing alone on lot 50x150, located between 13th and l4th sts. nw., near Mount Pleasant. House is Colonial style of architecture, brick and white stone trimmings; eight rooms, bath, and cellar; lurge verandas— in fact, all modern improvements. Price, only $6, 500-8500 to $1,000 cash, balance to suit. Crance for speculation, FULTON RR. GORDON, Telephone, Main 508-M. 704 14th st. nw. de21-T8 JLYW TO BE YOUR OWN LANDLORD, near aount Pleasant, with £100 cash and $20 monthly. For full particulars drop postal, telephone, or call for new, 16-page illustrated *‘booklet,” plat, ete., of North Columbia Heights. Car riage free to see the property. FULTON 2, GORDON, Telephone, Main 563-M. 704 1ith st. nw. de21-Tt WE HAVE BUYERS for small houses. We ean sell yours quickly; tell us where it is. If yon have a howse to rent, we can rent it for you. NEW YORK REAL ESTATE BROKERS, 61" F st de?1-3t WE HAVE SEVERAL FIXE PROPERTIES to exchange for lots Northwest. NEW YORK DI AT TOT ATE RIGITIDG Rt E cb arn RAILROADS. AMERICAN LINE. STEAMBOATS. REAL ESTATE. FENNSYLVARIA RAILROAD. STATIVN CUKALRK UF diXdid AND B sO». Fo A.M. Daily, PiTissurG wrior and Diu Lars Lwrisburg Ww Fitlsoung. Ww A M DAILY, PENNSYLVANIA LiN ITED—Pulluian Siecping, Dising, Smoking, and Ubservalion Curs Mairisburg Ww Cliicago, Cin~ Cinnall, indisnapois, St Toledo, and Uetrvat. Bullet Parlor Car to Har lshurg. I. A, M. DAILY, FAST LINE—Pullman Buget rarior Car to harrisburg. bullet Pasior Lar parrisbuig to Pit S.0 P.M wally, CoiCauO AND ST. LOUIS LAPKES —Sieepinig Car Washington to St Louls, and Siecping anc Vining Cwsis Barrisburg 10 indianapois, at, Lous, Leweville (via Car Cilllall) ald Chicago. i215 P.M bAiLy, ST. LOUIS EXPRESS— Pullman Sleeping Car Harrisburg to St. Louis AS FM. palLY, WESLLKN EAPRES Pulls Lian Siceplng Car 0 Pittsburg and Chicago. ining Car w Chicago. i:45 M. DAILY, CLEVELAND AND CINCI% NAT EAPKESS—Pulliaan S.eeping Cars Wash glon w Fulsburg, aud barsowg to Cleves ald and LCincinoail. Vining Car. ow PF. M, DAILY, PACIEC bAPRES}—Pull an Sueeyilig Lar w ru Ti A.M. DAILY, BUFFASW DAY EXP Wilk Wirvugh bruiler Bulset Fanor Car Loaches Ww pullalo, via Braponuie Jutstion. (0 A. MAM. for hane, Canandaigua, Kochester, fw Magara ralis dally, except dunday. J0:30 A. M. for Elmira snd kenovg dally, ex Copl dunday. For willamsport daily, $:90 2. M. iO FL ML ALLY, BUFFALU NiGHY EXPRESS, with through Buldet Sleeping Car and Coackies to Buftaio, via Eumporiuin Junction. 40 PF. AM. DALY tor Erie; for Rochester, Buttalo, and Nuagara Falls dey, exceps Satur ay Guy, Wilh Dlecpilg Lar Wwasaingown tw Wis PF. M. lor trie. Cunangaigus, Kochester, bufialo, and Niagara rals daily. Fullmaa Sieeping Car Wasuwington tw Kochester Satur days ouly. 4:0 P.M. “CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED Daily for New York, all Parior Cars, with Dining Car {rom Baltimore. hi Phiiadeipma, New York, and the East. Express, 5:30 (Dining Car), 7:00 (Dining Car), (9d (Dining Car), 8:lv (Dung Car), vw, WW (Vining Car), ws, and 11:00 (Dining Lar Livan Wilnuobgwony A. M., 12:40, 3:lo, 4:u (Unang Car wom paitisore), Uo, 00 M., 12:00 night. UD Suauers. 9:30 (Mnme vars 70 (viming Car), 7:7 (Dming Carn), ini (Lining war;, Yaw, Je.s, Mow (Dug Car Sout Willgtlon) A. all, 2:05, $:5, 4: aing Car sum Baiumore), 6:0, WwW PP. M., Vor Piselphia only, Express, 7:46 AM kor “8X. M. week days, Zi, 4:10, and 5:40 FP. M, y. ter Boston, without change, 7.45 A. M. week GRYS and 4:30 M. daily. Yor Plitimore, 5:00, 5:3, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 7:80, $300, Bue, Vi, Ww, 10:25, ww, 1:0 A M., 12:15, 12:40, 1:38, Zw, $05, 3: (#:00 Limited), 4:10, 4:29, i, 4:00, 5:40, 0:13, 6:00, Tilo, 7-46, 10:w, 1U:de, 11:36 P. M., ang Jz: night. Un Sundays, 0:30, 7:00, 1:3, P51, 5:10, vow, WUS, 0:Z5, 10:00, 11:0 A. "12:15, 1:15, 2:1, 2:15, 3:30 (4: Limated), is: 19, 4.20, io, 5:0, GM G0, 7:49, Tia Ww, lv: P H ‘or Pope's Creek Line, 8 A ina a 2. Ween-lays. Sunuays, or Annapolis, 7:45 A. M., 12:15 and 4:20 P. week-aays. Sundiys, §:ou AM. and 5:49 P.M. Ticket offices, corner Fifteenth snd Ste—orc {and at the station. Sixth and B Sireets, where 3 can be lefi oi lhe checking of baggage K ErESE to destination from hotels and n Telephone call “1640 for Pennsylvania Rail road Cab Service. 4. B. HUTCHINSON, J. R. WOOD. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RY. Schedule Effective November 28, 1902. drains Leave rennsyivama Station. 2:00 PF. mu vauy—Ciouiddall Ade LOULS VILLE eXrupss. solid vesubue train foe Cincinnati. Keaches Clncinnau 7:30 a. m., Lowsville 10:30 a. m., >t. Louis S:4o p. ma mo, Chicago 5:3 p. m. cipnati and Louisviile yi Pace Cane Cinclanat: ty St. Louis and Chicago. Dining Car. 6:40 P. M Daily CHICAGG AND ST. Louis SPECIAL. A lid Stihl electric-lighted train, arriving 11:45 a. a ncaa §:45 p. m. Chicago 3:40 p. m. daily. tt man sleepers to Cincinnati, Indiapapolis and St. Louis without change. 0. Car Cin cinnati to Chitage. mung Car 11:10 PF, M. Daily—F. F. V. LIMITED. Solid rein for Cincwanati. Pullman Sleepers to Cincinnati, Lexington, and Louisville without change. Comparuneot Sleeper to Virginia Hot Springs Tuesday, Thursday, and Satgrday. Sleepers Cincinnati to Chicago and St. Louis. Dining, Car. Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio office, 518 Pennsylvania avenue; 609 Four teenth street, near F, and at the statioc. Telephone call 1640 for "Pennsylvania R. R. Cab H. W. FULLER, Service. General Passenger Agent Ce Tw BALTIMORE AND OHIO R. R. Leave Washington, [ew Jersey Ave. and C SL Chicago and Northwest, *10.3 a. m., *$:20 p- m. Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Louisville, *10:00 a I. "4:35 pa mM. EO Pittsburg and Cleveland, *10:30 a, m., *8:43 p- m, and *1:00 Columbus snd Wheeling, *6:20 p. m. Winchester, (8:36 a m., [4:35 and [}6:30 bik Luray, *4:15 p. m. Annapolis, |/7:30, **8:30, [[11:50 a. m., [}4:30, "5:25 p. m. Frederick, ||8:35, **9:00, |{10:50 a. m., **1:15, ||14:30, and [6:20 p. m. Hagerstown, [10:00 a. m. and |/5:30 p. m. Boyd and way points, ||8:8§, 0 a mm, "1.15, ||4:30, 5:50, **10:15, }/11:30 p. m. Gaithersburg and way points, [[8:35, **9:00 a. m., |112:50, **1:15, 13:39, ||4:%0, *5-00, ||3:30, *7:056, **10:15, |{11:5€ da. Washington Junction and way points, [8:35 **9:00 2. m., **1:15, |i$:30, ||5:30 p. m. Baltimore, week days, x3:00, 5:00, 6:30, X7:00, 7:90, x8:30, 8:35, x92:30, x10:00, 11:30 a. m., x12:20 nooa, x1:35, x3:90, x4:00, x4:30, 4:55. x5:05, 5:25, x6:%0, ©:30, x8:00, x10:00, x11:30, 11:35 p. m. Sundays, x3:00, x7:05, 7:80, x8:36, x9:00 a. m., xI12:20, 1:15, x83:00, p All trains illuminated with Pintsch Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and the East, “3:00, “7:00 (Diner), ||8:30 (Buf fet), **9:00 (Diner), [10:00 Y Be lie *12:20 (Diner), *3:0 (“Royal Limited,” Diner), [4:00 (Philadelphia only), *5:08 Diner), “5:00 and *11:30 Pp. m. (Sleeping Car open at 10:00 o'clock). otis City, 17:05, [10:00 a. m., {l12:20, “Dally. HExrept Sunday. *“*Sunday only. xpress trains. Baggage called for and checked from hotels and residences by Union Transfer Co. on orders left st ticket offices, 619 Pennsylvania Avenue northwest, New York Avenue and Fifteenth Street. and at station. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY Leave Washington, Penna. R. R. Station. 10:41 a. m. SEABOARD MAIL Through Daily. Pullman Sleepers to Jackson ville, connecting at Hamlet with Pullman Sleeper to Atlanta. 7 p.m. sEamoan) EXPRESS—Solid Pp aily. train to Jacksonville and Tampa, with Pullman, Drawing Roofn, Sleep ing Car and Cafe Dining Car. Pullman Sleeper to Atlanta. These trains offer excellent schedules and service to Petersburg, Raleigh, Southern Pines (Pinehurst), Camden, Coiumbia, Savannah, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Tam ps, Key West, and Florida points; aise Cuba, Charlotte, Athens, Atlanta, New Orleans, Chat tarmooga, Nashville, Memphis, points West and Scuthwest, 4:10 2. m. LOCAL—To Pet Raleigh, Daily. Southern Pines (Pinehurst), Hamict, and intermediate pointes Office, 1421 Penna. Ave. C. B. RYAN, W. E. CONKLYN, Gen'l Pass'r Agent. Gen'l Agt. Pass'r Dept. WASHINGTON SOUTHERN RAIL WAY. Schedule in effect November 30, 1902. For lichmond, Va. and poids South, via Alesandria and rroderichsourg. Leave station, Oth ana B streets, s:lV a. oS 3:16 p. nm (ning car) for Richmond and points on Ate lentic Coast Line and Florida; 10:41 a. m., 7:0 p. m. daily (Florida and Metropelitar Limited), for Richmond and points on Sea board Air Line and Florida; 10:41 m. trair connects at Richmond with O. O. Ry Newport News. Old Peint Comfort, etc, 7:40 a m. week days, 4:45 p. mm. daily, Richmond only. Puliman or parlor cars on zl above trains, Accommodation for Quantico, 7: a. m., Sunday oniy; 4:75 p. m. week days, 8:00 p. m., exeept Saturdaiv. E. T. D. MYERS, W. D. DUKE, W. P. TAYLOR President. General Mgr, Traffic Mgr hmond. Vg ge? RAILROADS. ROYAL BLUE LINE.

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OIA ALPHA EPSILON IN ANNUAL CONVENTION 12 Greek Letter Fraternity to Meet in This City. Washington is entertaining the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity this week, and already more than one hundred college students, of which the organization is composed, have arrived, and by temor row morning the number will be doubled. The object of the meeting is the na tional convention of the fraternity which is held every two years. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is one of the largest in the United States, and the convention to be held will be the forty second in the history of the soclety. President McKiniey was for several years the most prominent member of Sigma Aipha Epsilon, having been initi ated into its secrets while serving as governor of Ohio. He was interested in the welfare of the fraternity, and always pleased to recognize and give the “grip” to any of his brothers. Although belonging to another frater nity, it is expected President Roosevelt will grant the delegates an audience somelime during their visit. As each active chapter and alumni as sociation In the United States is en titied to one delegate, there will be about sixty representatives, but including oth er visitors who will accompany their voting delegates, there will be two hun dred “Sigs’ in the city during the week. The program for the convention is as foliows: Tonight, at the New Willard, the convention will be tendered an in formal reception and smoker by the Washington Alumni Association: Tues day morning, at 10 o'clock, the conven tion will hold its first business session. and will also meet on Wednesday and Friday for the transaction of important business, On Christmas Day no busizess sessions will be held, but it will be gion over to sightseeing and festivities, with noonday dinner at the Ebbitt House and a large party at one of the theaters that night. With the banquet at the New Wil lard on Friday the week's sojourn of this popular body will be brought to a close. On that occasion speeches will be made by Hou. C. B. Howry, of the Court of Claims, and Hon. F, D. Flood, member of Congress. The Washington Alumni Association, which will act as host on the oc casion of the smoker tonight, was formed a few months ago to promote good-fellowship and renew old ties among about fifty members who reside Eh.

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LONE X-ROXCOK XE in the District of Columbia, as well as to be able to take an active part during the convention. The officers of the as sociation are: Judge C. B. Howry, president; C. McRae, vice president; C. 8. Hawes, secretary, and Walter Burt, treasurer. The executive and entertain ment committees having charge of the details and arrangements for the en tertainment of the convention are com posed of Messrs. C. 8S. Hawes, J. E. Lightle, A. T. Ellis, J. M. Maccias, and L. W. Janney, all of this city. The following are enrolled as mem bers of the Washington Alumni Associa tion: 8. W. Aholt, H. C. Ansley, R. M. Barr, A. R. Berkley, J. A. Bethune, Wal ter Burt, G. W. Brown, D. A. Chambers, C, C. Colemen, T. H. Daniel, Lieut. Fred L. Dengler, U. 8. A.; J. B. Duke, Rev. Mr. Dunlap, E. O. Eastwood, A. T. Ellis, Hon. H. D. Flood, C. 8. Hawes, Prof. Howard, judge C. B. Howry, C. H. Cable, L. A. Janney, W. B. Jaynes, Lieut. R. M. Kirby-Smith, U. S. A; F. H. Lemly, Capt. W. B. Lemly, J. E. Lightle, Dr. J. H. London, J. M. Macias, W. F. Mc Cammon, CC. E. McRae, Dr. O. T. Mason, J. A. Maught, B. F. Micou, J. O. Norton, D. C. Roper, T. J. Ryland, F. B. Saeg muller, A. D. Shammel, Dr Z. T. Sowers, J. F. StareX, Rev. C. D. Taylor, Shelter 0. Vickers, F. E. Warren, Major K. K. Webster, J. T. Williams. FLYING EXPERIMENTS Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, the scientist and inventor, has not yet ar rived in Washington from Cape Breton Island where he passed the summer ex perimenting with kites in an endeavor to discover the principles of aerial navi gation. At his residence. 1311 Connecti cut Avenue northwest, this morning, it was said, that he would probably reach the city tomorrow night or Wednesday morning. In passing through Montreal on his way home, Prof. Bell said that he believ ed his experiments in kite flying would enable him to solve the flying machine problem and that he would make the de tails of ‘his experiments public later, when he would lay them before some scientific body Pursuant to the recommendation of J. T. Petty, the auditor. the draft of the bill submitted by Arthur H. 0'Con nor, Assistant Corporation Counsel, to validate the verdict of th® jury of con demnation for the opening of a minor street in the square bounded by M. N. Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-fifth Streets northwest, has been returned with a view to drafting certain amendments thereto. Among other things the Au ditor suggested that this legislation be included in a separate bill, rather than that it should be passed as a part of the deficiency bill PRO. BELL'S KITE OPENING OF STREET Christmas Flowers The floral show at Gude’s, 1224 F Street. this Christmas is peerless. The growing plants com mand particular attention. The Azaleas, Cycla men, and other winter plants were never better, while the cut flowers seem to have bloomed their best for Christmas time. 1t i GIRL DRCWNED NEAR EIGHTH STREET WHARF Throngs Close at Hand, But There Was No Attempt at Rescue. Rosie M. Tavtor, colored, was drowned near the Eighth Street wharf last even ing. There was a large crowd on the wharf, but no one saw her fall except the girl's escort, Benjamin Woedy, who gave the alarm. It is gaia that he made no attempt at rescue, He claims that Le saws she was excited and warned her that she was about to step off. The crew of the Harry Randall immediately commenced a search for the body end found it in .bout twenty m.nutes. It is believed the girl was bewildered and excited by the crush at the wharf and walked off. She was nineteen years old and lived in Brockland. Coroner Nevitt gave a certificate of accidental death. MINOR REPAIRS FOR THE LIVINGSTON ROAD J. L, Heiskeil, of 1006 F Street north west, will be informed by the Secretary to the District Commissioners that only minor repairs can be made before nest spring to the Livingston Road from Con gress Heights to the District Line. Mr. Heiskell complained in a recent lettes to the board that he found the road much out of repair, and he feared during the winter it would become impassable io travel. Morris Hacker, Superintendent of Roads, made an jevestigation and report ed the condition of the road wae not so bad as represented. He zaid it was out of repair in places, but these would be attended to. As for any extensive re pairs he said it was not best to make them with the winter coming on. Mr. Hacker said the road would be kept un der observation, and in the spring such repairs as the funds at the disposal of the surface division would be used in putting the roadway in better condition. PLES NA Fire Mahogany susic Cabinet, door frome, finely finished, construction, Soild ©ok Ty rorund Frooch bert swell dis mirror fimtisted Arrely rine piase Ir crt Ke N N THE WASHINGTON TIMES, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1902. PROCEEDINGS TO SETTLE WILL OF WILLIAM O'DONNELL me re EL AEA SF Ary re Proceotlugs relative to the settlement of the estate of the late William O'Don neil have been instituted in the probate branch of the Supreme Court of ihe Dis trict. He left an estate valued at about $205,006, a small portion of which is cash in bank. The heirs to the property are the widow of the testator, five sons and daughter A petition asking that the will be ad mitted to groblite was filed by Margaret J. O'Donnell and Daniel A. O'Donnell, by their attorneys, Lambert Baker. It 1s said that in lien of dower by the agreement Mrs. O'Donnell is to receive an annuity of $1,320, and premises 1229 New Jersey Avenue for life, free from all cost of taxes and repairs: By the terms of the will of William O'Donnell almost his entire estate was left in trust for Mrs. O'Donnell, The trustee was instructed to distrib ute the income from the estate, less 10 per cent, among the heirs. At the death of Mrs. O'Donnell the trustee is directed to convey the property by title to the re maining heirs. With the exception of the change re sulting from the agreement entered infq by the heirs, the court is asked to, in all other respects, give full force to the provisions of the will. >PO PC POOPIeDP A BUSINESS STREET On the recommendation of Capt. H. C. Newcomer, assistant to the Engineer Commissioner, the District Commission ers have declared H Street northwest, between North Capitol and First Streets, a business street. Captain Newcomer says that 65 per cent of the property is used for business purposes, and that H Streets, between Fourteenih Street rorthwest and Fifteenth Street north east, except this square, has been de clared a business street. TO CURE A COLD INONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. This signature ex 4 on ev ery box, 2bc. Shaffer's Bicoming Plants make pret Xmas gifts. 14th and 1, 1711 Pa, ave, it i RBS CONDITION OF STREET FR REPRE: Tah A The District Commissioners have di rected their secretary to inform T. Cush ing Danie! that no action can now be taken in reference to his complaint of the bad condition of Richmond Street leading cut to Woodley Inn. Mr, Dan iel declared iu his letter to the Comfnis sioners that the bighway was practical ily impassabie. The decision of the Commissioners was based upon a repori received from Mor ris Hacker, Superintendent of Roads. Hg said he bad made a personal examination of the road. He found it in fair condi tion for a gravel road. He said it wag intended soon to extend Massachusetts Avenue to Richmond Street which woud furnish a new and better approach to Wcodley Inn. Mr. Hacker thought in view of the propesed improvement it would not be wise to put special im provement on Richmond Street at this time. FP VTPPP2 0222000220299 0% 099904 A I So OR SPECIAL PRICES ON Christmas Candies. A car load of the best French Mixed Candies, 15¢ kind—3 Ibs. for 25¢, 10¢ To Large assortment of fine choco lates and Bon Bons 15¢ 1b., 2 Ibs for 25c. Clear Toys, 15¢ 1b., 2 Ibs. for 25c. A car load mixed nuts, 15¢ 1b., 2 Ibs. for 26c¢ Church Fairs and Sunday schools supplied at special rates. A call will benefit you. The Greater New York PPP OPO NTOPOPNNYPONS Ea JE I NPN SNP. Confectionery, 712 Seventh Street N. W, 4

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