The Washington Times (Washington [D.C.])
December 28, 1902

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GREAT DURBAR AT DELHI TOMORROW The great durbar, or coronation cere mony incident to proclaiming King Ed ward VIT of England as Emperor of India, commences at Delhi tomorrow.

TT 2 India is par excellence the land ef display. This characteristic prevails throughout the length and breadth of the country. It is reflected in the gen eral mode of living observed in the of ficial ranks; in the architecture of the towns, and in the dress of the natives of all but the lowest classe, To the oriental mind a gorgeous setting is ap propriate to even the most trivial mat ters. It is not to be wondered at, there fore, that when a really important event is In progress—such as the forthcoming durbar ceremony-—it is conducted on the most elaborate scale.

The city of Delhi has been selected as the locale of the great spectacle for a variety of reasons. In the Arst place it is the most convert situated town in the whole of ia, where a large number of people can be assem

"bled at one time, and in the second 1t is at Delhi that the last ceremony of the same nature was carried out. This was in 1877, when Lord Lytton (the viceroy of that date) organized the memorable durbar at which Queen Viec toria was proclaimed Empress of india. v i eee 1

The arrangements in force on this historic occasion will to a great ‘extent serve as a precedent in the forth coming one. The splendors of five and twenty years ago, however, are to be eclipsed, for Lord Curzon naturally feels that the fact that the 1303 durbar is a coronation one invests it with special significance. Among the guests at the vice-regal party will ba H. R, H. the Duke of Connaught, the Duke und Duch ess of Portland, Mrs. Craigie, and Mrs. and Miss Leiter.

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in London society have also announced their Intention of attending the function. Included in this latter category are the Earl and Countess of Lonsdale and the ‘Earl and Countess of Crewe, Lord and Lady Wolverton, Sir Saville, and Lady Crossley. The governors of the differ ent presidencies and Lord Kitchener hava also issued Invitations to their per sonal friends. Then over a hundred na tives chiefs (each of whom will be ac companied by a considerable retinue of personal followers) are to be present, while some 50,000 troops are already con verging on the scene. Altogether the authorities are making arrangemeats for the presence of about 200,000 individ

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This large army will during its stay at Delhi be accommodated in a series of camps, occupying in the aggregate an area of thirty miles, former on a large plain just outside the city. In one por tion of this an amphitheater is being constructed, and it is from this point that the viceroy will direct the proceed ings, These are to commence at noon 0D January 1, when, to the accompaniment of a salvo of artillery and the strains of martial music, Lord Curzon will pro claim his majesty, Edward VII, “Em peror of India.” n'

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Functions Tomorrow. Prior to this, however, certain other functions in connection with the actual durbar itself will take place. These are to be inaugurated by the state entry into Delhi of the vice regal party on Monday. Lord Curzon and his suite will arrive in the city on elephants, the animals being caparisoned in the most magnificent fashion imaginable. The ‘““howdah,” for example, on which his excellency rides is of purple velvet, heavily adorned with geld and silver and emblazoned with the insignia of royalty. Ia front are the fignres of Britannia and Minerva guard ing the imperial crown, while on the panels are the royal arms. The four feet of the “howdah” are formed by repre sentations of the British lion and the Bengal tiger, the unicorn and the dra gon, ornamented with various heraldic devices,

1: $8 98 f Mm 1 gh aE AEE Ks FY m C24 MN «i: Ce {A X 3 Altogether, the ceremonies are to be spread over a period of about a fort night, and will include displays of fire. works, banquets, military reviews, and Anvestitures of orders and decorations. In connection with this last-named fune tion, it is confidently anticipated that the distribution of “honors” —notably the Star of India—will be on the most lavish uate, A large proportion will be re Served for dignitaries among the na tives, while the European civil and mili tary officiais will, of course, have their mn Io JX. mn =r ETS ERR NEW Ty AR TT C= Mn o es a7 =f i Nn sidVa HA V7) Mn {A {A f 3

4A K rac claims to recognition in this manner fully observed mn The ceremony of January 1 will be of Jan open-air nature entirely. In addition ito the actual proclamation, it will in ‘clude the presentation to the viceroy of the ruling princes and their suites, to gy with the principal among the na ‘tive chiefs. These will offer fealty In Oriental fashion to Lord Curzon, as rep resentative of the King-Emperor. In

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the evening there will be a great state banquet in the fort. This is a building within the city walls, which was at one time the palace of the kings of Delhi. It is, despite the “tinkering” it has un ‘dergone during its British occupation, 8till a magnificent specimen of Moslem architecture. It dates from the first half of the seventeenth century, and is the result of over twenty years’ labor on ithe part of an army of workmen, and ‘the expenditure of an almost incredible amount of rupees. Within its walls are contained a number of splendidly de signed reception rooms and pavilions, the chief among which it the Hall of Au dience. This chamber is specially re markable for the beauty of its carvings and decorations.

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Other Buildings of Note. Other buildings deserving of note eith er in Delhi or in the immediate vicinity comprise the Minar Monument, the Black Mosque, and the Jama Masjid (or Great Mosque). This last was erected by the celebrated Shah Jehan and is con PYL, 3. IB Ly re “xs

4 sidered to be one of the finest edifices of the Rind to be met with in any part Ws mn W A W of the world. Flve thousand men were employed continuously for six years in its construction. It is composed of red sandstone with white marble domes and minarets of pink and white in alternate stripes, gharply silhouetted against the m iY mn RA ge

Open-Air Ceremony. a gky. As may be imagined, the general effect is striking in the extreme. Turf-Covered Plain. A mile to the northwest of Delhi is a turf-covered plain known as “The Ridge" and famous for all time in Eng lish history as the scene of countless gallant exploits on the part ef the Brii ish troops when the city was held by the mutineere in the memorable cam paign of 1857. After four months’ con tinuous fizhting by day and night a breach was effected in the walls #-d the revolting Sepoys (who, during their oc cupancy of the town, had cruelly mas wacred all thé Europeans) put to fight. In commeinoration of the splendid brav ery ol those soldiers who fell in the siege the government shortly afterward erecied a memorial. It is built of the all-prevailing red sandstene, and takes the form of an eight-sided Gothle spire. The architecture iz essentially British, and suggests nothing so much as a Wes leyan mission house. The Silver Strect. The principal street of Delhi is the Chandni Chauk (or “Silver Street). It is a broad, well-laid-out thorouzhfare, lighted by electricity, and is threequar ters of a mile in length. Ii contains sev eral handsome public buildings, conspie uous among which are the Clock Tower and the Institute, with the municipal offices and museum forming a part of the same block. The shops (or “‘dookans,” in the native language) in this street are chiefly occupied by goldsmiths and Jewelers, for whose products, by the way, Delhi has considerable reputation. There is also in the town a large boot factory, concerning which rather an amusing story is told. It appears thar a large supply of boots was once wanted for the Middlesex Regiment, which at the time was quartered In the vicinity. The commanding officer accordingly in structed the native foreman to send the necessary number of pairs. As time went on and the goods failed to arrive a telegram of inquiry was dispatched. This elicited the following reply: “Let ter received, but not understood. Male sex we know; also female sex. Middle sex, however, not familiar. Please send specimen.” Neer the Chandni Chauk are the public gardens. These are beantifully arranged, and are the great resort of the profes sional classes when the heat of the day has somewhat subsided. On certain evenings in the week one or other of the bands of the different regiments sta tioned in the garrison plays in them for a couple of hours. 3333 332333332333333333333333933 EW YE AR With New Furnitura for the Home, Pris Exceptionally Low Prices for the Coming Week, W prices from 8165 up. WE WILL TRUST YOU. handles; finely finished, best make; lke cut, WE WILL TRUST YOU. 39c¢c. WE WILL TRUST YOU. This Solid Oak Chiffonier; 5 iarge drawers, solid brass handies; con~ struction guaranteed; has no equal for the money. $3.98. WE WILL TRUST YOU. Very W Costamer. Ww A most Ww convealent W BOA article Ww for WwW 4 bedroom A Start New Year with a cele= WwW brated Byrne Piano, New York and or Ww London, widely known for its sweet- Solid Oak Dresser: shaped han Ww ness In tome and easy touch—ten French bevel plate glass; large 3 Ww years' guarantee with each plano— roomy drawers: soild brass Only, NY 4 i Duy your Oil 22] 7 Heaters now. We have large line to select from. We guarantee every Heater seli, even our very low= V we Not too late to buy Carpers, at Closi Mm est priced ones. prices we offer. Are giving extra in- DE ag out oye ioe of Nor Hands Wd AX ducements this week: ris Chairs at very iow prices. andsome lnc of Lamps in Ww Mm One Ilke cut, Ingrain, 30c¢ up. all colors and grades. Price Mn $3.98 Brussels, 62c up. Prices starting at $3.48 ro ours before purchasing. Our Ww -X. we Velvets, 80c up. he high prices start at 1] Mm WE WILL Axminster, $1.25 up. the highest priced ones. 65¢ \s pd ICT VV, 5 4 N TRUST YOU. WE WILL TRUST YOU. WE WILL TRUST YOU, WE WILL TRUST YOU. Ww aN arge tine 4 Hal Ww Racks; 1173 solid Ww oak, Ws French glass, A hand Ww Mm ly iis This Combination Kitcher Table, A complete line of ail grades of ome at pa Solid Gakx Bedroom Sulie: bevel exactly ke cut, consisting of Parlor Suites, We are selling a $7 98 Plate mirror; finely finished; nicely 2 Drawers, very good S-piece suite, nicely Ww pa trimmed; best construction; best Hem Bound, upholstered, good springs in seat, wE Ws suite ever shown, i Fiour Bin, and well finished, NN WILL W AI I Vegetable Bin. v mn $13.75. var price, 6.50 $14.75. rust mn WE WILL TRUST YOU. WE WILL TRUST YOU. WE WILL TRUST YOU. YOu. Ww l.a 1 Formerly ey Mayer Pettit, 41 h-41 {1 pp

Mayer C rrr ELKINS URGES NEGRO FOR LIBERIAN MINISTER Rumored That Present Incumbent ‘Will Be Re lieved—Caliers at White House. L alae Senator Elkins of West Virginia was a caller at the White House offices twice yesterday. He came in the morning with Senator Scott and, finding that the President had gone out riding, made an appointment for the afternoon. At 4 o'clock he saw the President. The West Virginia Senators were de sirous of urging a colored man from that State for a position in the diplo matic service. According to a rumor, the present minister to Liberia, John R. A. Crossland, will shortly L~ relieved of his post, in consequence of charges filed against him. Mr. Elkins learned, how ever, that the President cannot consider any candidate for the position at this time. Mr. Elkins’ candidate was C. H. Payne, of Huntingdon. “He is splendidly equipped, mentally and in every other way,” said the Sena SCHOONER ASHORE OFF NEW JERSEY COAST Crews Work in Nipping Cold te Keep Out Water—Aided by Life-Savers. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec. 27.—The three-masted schooner, Mary Prescott, 140 feet in length, drove ashore this morning on a bar near Little Beach Life-faving Station, three miles abeve Atlantic City. The schooner sprang a leak shortly after grounding at 7 a. m. The Little Beach and Little Egg Harbor LifeSav ing crews went aboard and worked with the vessel's crew to keep the water out of the hold. She has a cargo of lumber, end there is imminent fear that she will go to pieces. The nipping cold weather is making the work of the seamen difficult. The wrecking tug, North America, from Phil adelphia, arrived this afterpoon, and is preparing to try to pull the schooner ir The will of Elijah Boose, dated De cember 1, was filed yesterday for probate in the office of the Register of Wills for the District. He leaves his estate to his wife, Sallie Boose. THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1902. 5 3 A a BR RR, Ee a WILL OF ELITAH BOOSFE. tor, with the customary feeling of pride which a statesman evinces in his con stituents. “He {8 an orator, and could gather a crowd of people—white people. too—anywhere he chose to make an ad dress. He has the respect of the peo ple in our State and 1 was hoping to see him soon in some such diplomatic poet as that of Liberia.” Senator Culberson and_Representative Cooper of Texas introduced to the Presi dent George G. Green, United States marshal for the Northern distriet of Texas, His term i8 soon to expire and the Texas machine is reported to be trying to prevent his reappointment. A brief statement of the situation was made to the Pesident. Secretary Hay had a half hour's con ference with the President in the after noon, BULLET FOUND IN BRAIN OF TRACK WALKER Jacob Bostic Apparently Murdered and Body Placed on Track. LANCASTER, Dec. 27.—The body of Jacob H. Bostic, the Pennsylvania Rall read trackwalker who wae killed on Sat urday night, December 13, near Bain bridge. was exhumed yesterday in the Maytown Cemetery, and Coroner Witmer conducted a post-mortem examination in the hope of finding evidence that would lead to the detection of the murderers. The district attorney believed thay Bostic had first been shot, and the be. lef proved correct, for a twenty-two caliber bullet was found in the base of the brain. It is now conjectured that the murderers first shot their victim ana that the bullet not proving effective, he was then clubbed to dsath, the club be ing found near the scene of the crime. Strong evidence has been secured against Clarence McCoy and William Guterman, who are in jail awaiting a hearing on the murder charge. The finding of the bullet is considered an important clue, as one of the men had a twenty-two caliber revolver on his per son when arrested. ALASKANS 10 PRESS TERRITORYS GLAIRS Many Abuses Alleged to Ex ist There. Before Congress adjourns a large rep resentaticn of Alaskans will arrive here to press the claims of that territory for amended laws to take ‘he place of many they now claim are unjust and unrea scnable. Already there are a number of Alaskans on_the scene ard all are busy interviewing the Senators and Repre sentatives ag te the propesed changes. Although there are but 65.000 people on the peninsula, the thought of State hood ig in the mind of alm~st every cit izen, and it may not be many years un til they will make the appeal fcr admis gion. At presert, however, the time of the lobbyists mow in the city is oeccu pled in urging amendments to the tax laws, “Just think,” sad one Alaskan last night, “that every mile of railrcad built in Alaska is taxed $1C0, while In the Western States as much as $1,000 bonus is given for every mile of railroad con structed. Alaska pays into the United States $100,000 in taxes every year, and that eum is far In excess of the States themselves, prorortionately. “Every month sees new faces in our country and it will be but a few years vntil we will have 500.000 )»eople in Alaska. Alaska will produce more gold, I predict, than all the rest of the world. It will be but a brief period until all her output will have ex ceeded that of California in all the years of that State's production. “We are opposed to the methods of ‘the United States officials In Alaska, cor a part of them at least. I am here to complain of the actions of some of the deputies who have willfuly vicleted the laws they are supposed to enforce. They have even connived to rod miners out of their claims, and in many cases have succeeded. “If the Government will only send us good honest marshals and deputies and compel them to leok after the du ties of their offices instead of trying to enrich their pockets we will have the best country in the whole world If they do not, then the Government must expect to abide by the resuits of the quick judgment which some of tions rough miners are likely to mete out. OVERDOSE OF LAUDANUM. William P. Fry, thirty-one years old, took a dose of laudanum yesterday af ternoon at his home, 2270 Eleventh Street northwest. He was removed to the Emergency Hospital, where he soon re covered. 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BATTERY OF ARTILLERY IN FAVOR BY GUARDSMEN

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The attention of the District of Col umbia National Guardsmen has again beer called to the organization of a RYattery of light artillery. Gen. George H. Harries, and almost all of the Guardsmen believe the battery could be organized within a short time and with out any trouble. Previous to the wai with Spain in 1898, the lighl! artillery of the District was one of its strongest organizations.

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The re-establishment of this brancn of the service has been talked over on

several occasions, and now it is bhe lieved the time is ripe for action. he men in the ranks as well as the officers

have entered into the matter with en thusiasm, and if their present earnest hard work is continued it will only be a short while before the battery is organized.

There is probably no other National Guard in any of the States which has s0 many eligible artillerymen to choose a battery from. Many members of the local militia served in the artillery in the war with Spain, and like the duty better than infantry service.

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There are also a nurober of enlisted men in the National Guard as well who have served one, two, and three en listments in the regular army, and who are familiar with the workings of a light artillery battery. It has been as certained that there are sufficient men

perience in handling small-sized field are also a few officers who have ex —_—eee guns. TE Since the close of the SpanishAmeri can war in 1898 there bas been no bat of artillery connected with the militia, and those who belonged it before it disbanded, have heen king hard and faithfully for iis re

i Efforts have been ‘made each fall and Epring to reorganize it. but for lack of interest the plan hae fallen through each time. The number of promoters of the project has increased within the past year or so, and now that the plan has sufficient backing it is expected the enlistments will start immediately.

The organization of the proposed cav alry regiment is also talked of. Al though It is said that the cavairy bas more supporters than the artillery, it is believed by those who are not goncerned in either that the artillery will be the first to be equipped. Just at present rifle practice demands the Guardsmen’'s attention, but next summer, when in terest in outdcor affairs is revived, it is thought the cavalry command will be added to the Guard amd go into camp with the other organizations. TS

The local sharpshooters and marks men have discussed maiters of interes: to them since the closing of the Ordway TOO MUCH WORK FOR MEMBERS OF CABINET —y

There ought to be some way by which members of the Cabinet could be reliev ed of the greater part of the routine work that comes to them from their po sitions at the head of the executive de partments. In theory, a Cabinet minister should be the adviser of the President in the more important questions of pol icy that have to do with his own par ticular department, besides giving coun cil on the larger questions of Admin istration procedure. To undertake more than this is a tax upon physical and mental strength to which few men are equal. All the executive departments have a great mass of routine detail. This is true especially of the Treasury, the Postofice, and the Interior. A Sec retary of the Treasury or the Interior, or a Postnmaster General, if he under took to follow tle limitless details of the various bureaus under him would find himself up against a proposition far beyond his power. To a certain extent this Is recognized, but not so complete iy as it ought to be. a samt mm——

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Mr. Payne Overworked. V N a The member of the Cabinet who ‘s most overworked just now is the Post. master General and there ie no good reason for it. Mr. Payne spends hours; a day at his desk attending to routine matters which might just as well be handled by his subordinates. He was 11] a few days ago, and when he returned to his desk the first task that confronted hinr was to sign his name to over four hundred commissions for postoffice offi cials in ail parts of the country, who will be ertitled during the coming year to transportation on account of Gov ernment business. Any clerk in the de. partment could have done it just as well, and yet, under the present system, the Ea

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i rifle range, and have at this late day discovered, or think they have, that they are handicapped in the interstate match es because they have no indoor prac tice during the winter, while in the States the Guardsmen practice as rig idly in the winter as they do in summer. They claim the reputation of the Dis irict is at stake. and they cannot de fend it an the proper manner if they do not have more practice.

pe At almost every State armory a large rifle rarge is provided for the marks men and sharpshooters to practice. while in this city only a small fifty or Sixty vard gailery is fitted up, and those connected with the Guard use 1t at will. The militiamen want a new and upto date indoor ringe, 100 yards in length, so the men who have become expert with the gun can continue their prac tice and keep ir gobd trim. Major James E. Bell, inspector general of rifle practice, is searching for suitable quarters for the badly needed range. Great difficulty has been encountered because of the few buildings of sufficient length. The old Capital Traction car barns on Capitol Hill seem to be the most promising site. These sheds are suitable in every particular, and a fur ther investigation has been ordered. If they are found to be what Is needed, the marksmen will do their work there in the future, The policemen-guardsmen’s revolver mateh, scheduled to be shot off on Tues day, has been postponed until the fol lowing afternoon at 2 o'clock. An ad mission fee will be charged, and the proceeds donated to the blind and aflict ed persons in the city. A number of prominent citizens and merchants have donated prizes and tro phies to be awarded the winners of the team and individual matches. Princi pal among the donors is John Doyle Car mody, who has offered a handsome sil ver cup, two feet in height and hand somely ornamented and decorated with relief figures. This challenge cup is to be kept by the winning team for thirty days and then another match will be arranged. After it has been won a cer tain number of times by the same or ganization it becomes its property. in the Guard to man a battery. There y The individual prizes have been offered by local jewelers and proprietors of sporting goods stores. Capt. Horace M, Bell, the son of Major James E. Bell, inspector of rifle praec tice of the District militia, is visiting his father for several days. Captain Bell 1s following in the footsteps of his ranking officer in recently being made inspector of rifle practice of the Second Regiment, N, J. N. G. The following guardsmen have been ordered honorably discharged: His own application—Private Lawrence Peyser, Signal Corps; Private Hynes E. Terry, Ambulance Corps. Removal from the District—Private John R. Moore, Company C, First Bat talion; Private Alfred F. Rudolph, Com pany C, First Battalion; Private John B. Tower, Company C, First Battalion: Pri vate Newton E. Zepp, Company C, First Battalion. The following have been ordered “dis ‘honorably discharged: Exp@#ion from the company—Private Harry H. Buck, Company C, First Bat talion;-Private Willlam H. Huntington, Company. C, First Battalion; Private Obed H. Waple, Company OC, First Bat talion. i a Postmaster General felt that every pa per must be personally signed by him. Secretary Hay understands the busi ness better, He never appears at the department after he goes home to lunch at 1 o'clock. The result is that people whom it is really necessary for him to see have ample opportunity in the morn ing, while in the afternoon the Secretary at his desk in his own llbrary at home can work to some purpose without in terruption upon questions of real mo ment.

4 Mr. Chandler's Joke. Willlam E. Chandler has finished his work in the New Hampshire constitu tional convention and is back again ad justing claims which come before the Spanish Claims Commission. He has taken more real delight in the last three weeks’ labor In Concord than in all that he has had to do since he gave up his place in the Senate. Mr. Chandler was greatly pleased when the Democrats of bis precinct in Concord joined the Re publicans in electing him a member of the constitutional convention. It was the first time in a long political career that he ever had an opporiunity to accept office at the hands of his political op ponents. The night before election he was wand ring about the city of Con cord la company with Clarence John: son. It was very quiei. Not a sign of political excitement anywhere. The pair strolled up to the Republican headquar ters. Nobody was there to welcome them. Then they strolied into the Democratie committee. The officer in charge look ed up in surprise. came in,” said Mr. Chandler, "to make my usual contribu tion to my campaign committee before election, The Democratic party has nom inated me for delegate to the coustitu tonal convention and I want to nay my share of expenses. am a litite short of money just now, but I have got about 4.000 copies of my speech om bimetal lism at horse and your committee is wel come te them." CAL

The committceman took it seriously and thanked the Senator for his contri bution.

Richard A. O'Brien, Assistant In spector of Plumbing, has forwarded to the District Commissioners the proposal of H. I. Gregory for the installation of stoves and wire guards in certain school buildings, and has recommended that the Salue ve accepled. STOVES FOR SCHOOLS. SCULPTOR RUCKSTUHL RESIGNS HIS POSITION PB --PH V R _- THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1902. No Longer Connected With St. Louis Fair. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27.—Frederick Well ington Ruckstuhl, of New York, has re signed his positfon as chief of srulpture for the World's Fair because of a dis agreement with certain Exposition of ficials. Karl Bitter, chief of sculpture at Chicago and Buffalo, has been appointed to fill the vacancy. 4

ai The friction betweem Mr. Ruckstuhl and men over him has been apparent for some time. Mr. Ruckstuhl was not willing to be hampered in carrying out the work as he believed it should be done, and his views were not shared by others in authority. Mr Ruckstubl lays all the blame for the difficulties at St. Louis at the feet of Isaac Taylor, the director of works at the Exposition. “My relations with all in authority were pleasant except with Mr. Taylor,” he said today. “My plans were ap proved with a flattering report by a cominittee composed of Augustus St. Gaudens, Daniel C. French, and J. Q. A. Ward, and I was enthusiastic. “Then began a series of humiliations and attempts to deny me power until it became unbearable. 1 can assign no reason for Mr. Taylor's actions other than that he wanted to be the whole Ex position. My quarrel is entirely with him, and rather than submit to his in fluence I resigned.” AMERICAN WHO WAS SENT TO ST. HELENA Johannesburg Brewer Wants John Bull to Pay. YORK, Pa, Dec. 27.—Henry Mack, an American citizen, for nine years a resi dent of Johannesburg, South Africa, is visiting his brother, William Mack, of this city. Previous to the South African war Henry was a brewer at Johannesburg, and when the British army took that city he was made a prisoner. He was transported to the island of St, Helena, where he was held a prisoner by the British for two years and two months. On November 22 last h- was released, and came direct to America, reaching York yesterday. Teday he left with Congressman Lew is, for Washington, where he will for mally make out a claim against the Brit ish government. Established 1876. ‘Phone E. 275 M. THE LAST IVIONDAY: OF THIS YEAR ——RECORD-MAKING BARGAINS. O— ol rs _—— a a a SN EET NSE Great Dress Goods Sale.

25TH MID-SEASON SALE has made horongh preparation and ean AINS offered are the

The time for our arrived. We have safely cay the BA RG shown in this e ity. B—— greatest ever 256 Plaid Dress Goods 25¢ Wool Hop Sacking for. Cut fron displayed on eenter bargain ta bles for easy choosing; 2,200 yards of 25¢ plaid dress goods, and 1,700 yards of wool Hop Sacking in the cor rect fall colorings. ET Woolen Dress Goods re, 0. oN The eolors are blael, purple, the values are 39¢ ihe piece, “16c ray, mode, green, width is 38 to 42 inches wide; per yard. Choice Monday, 16e. 50g Wag! Dress Goods Ni 1 le the new basket weave effeet. navy, g red, and old rose; the All-woo! Zibeline in the season's most popular dress fabrie—dark gray, med gray, hight gray, brown, blue, and garnet; 38 inches wide; sirietly all-wool. The oreatest bargain of the sea son for 25 05; Heavy Golf oth 0) BG. Heavy (zolf {lot} fomobile coa Sy is smitable for unlined skirts, an folk Suits: worth He to ihe per 51. 0 al 8, 50 Wile Suitings for 5c

02-ineh fine Venetian, suitable for Suits and Skirts; also heavy All- wool Golf 8 “aitings, “worth $1. 50 per yard EE Rh api fC

we ana 01 yard. EVENS NE" REGORD-MAKING BARGA WE The Second Floor Resplendent With Bargains. 1,000 pairs Warm Black Mitts, for Ladies 8c and Misses, a 10¢ article, for, pair............ Ladies’ trea i 1c We offer for Monday Pants, full regular made, heavy ribbed and fleece lined. All sizes. They are shown everywhere for 25¢. Here to morrow for 1le each. Not two suits to one pur chaser. 50 dozen Ladies’ Vests and over Hew Cotton Blankets por pair. 39c About 50 pair of those 10-4 Cotton Domet Blankets, Bargain for with pretty colored borders. They are a article, Men for 39. Men's heavy fl leece-lined Healt h 50e Underwear—“grayv with white fleece,” the warmest and most durable under wear. In all sizes; full regular made: a 69¢ value, for He. Blankets $2 25 We have only 22 oie left; they are full size, and very warm. A pretty coray, with Idee border. Would grace any bed and more durable than white. A $4 article, for $2.25 Great Stocking Sale. 00 doz. Ladies’ fast blael made have all 20 dozen fancy Step ladies’ fast col ored stockings, worth 10¢ and 2 per pair. On center table, for easy choosing, for le pair. Not over 4 pairs to one purchaser. 11~ por k, full regular

sizes, worth 25e. Eh EAE FORTNIGHTLY MEETING OF THE MISSOURI CLUB J. B. Conkling Discusses the Louisiana Purchase—Officers Elected. At the fortnightly meeting of the Mis souri Sociely, the following officers were elected: President, H. Newson; vice president, J. C. Conklin; treasurer, Horace Phelps; secretary, Miss Hazel Witten. The committees appointed were: Reception, J. C. Conklin, Miss Phelps, and Miss Anderson; financier, H. Phelps, Mr. Burkhardt, and Mr. Norton; pro gram, Miss Burkhardt, Miss Witten, and Mrs, Deane. After the election an address was de livered by I. B. Conkling, of the paymas ter's office in the navy yard. His sub ject was the “Louisiana Purchase.” PREFERRED DEATH TO THE DIVORCE COURT Mrs. Bott Wished to Re-Marry, But Feared the Necessary Ordeal. TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 27.—Mrs. Maud A. H. Bott is dead by her own hands be cause, it is said by her relatives, she could not marry William Fletcher with out resorting to the divorce court to sever the relations between herself and her husband.

Mrs. Bott committed suicide yesterday by shooting herself in the head with a pistol at the house of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Holland, Hewitt and Division Streets, Her body was found lying on the floor with a wound in her right temple. She wore a night dress and a pair of slippers, having left her bed to Carry out her purpose. Mrs. Bott, while young, married James Bott, but had not lived with him for four years. Of late, her father says, she had been receiving the attentions of Fletcher. According to the father’s state ment, Fletcher proposed marriage, but Mrs. Bott, knowing that she would have to undergo the proceedings of the di vorce court, refused. The father says that Mrs. Bott was in love with Fletch er and, while she permitted him to call, she refused to petition in court for a di Yoree. MICHAEL MURPHY CAUGHT. Michael Murphy, alias Daniels, who escaped from the workhouse in October, was captured in Chicago Friday. The po lice authorities of this city will not send for him, and he will be tried in Chicago for several offenses. Murphy and two of his partners in crime, ar rested here the first day of the Grand Army encampment, escaped from the workhouse the last day of October. Great Stocking Sale. 60 doz. Ladies’ fast black, full regular made: have all sizes, worth 25¢. 50 dozen fancy striped ladies’ fast col ored stockings, worth 10¢ and 25e¢ per pair. table, for easy choosing, for 1le pair. to one purchaser. On center Not over 4 pairs "RELIGION" AND “NEGRO” 10 BE DISCUSSED American Academy Opens Sessions Tomorrow. The American Negro Academy will hold the opening session of its sixth an nual meeting in Lincoln Memorial Temple, Eleventh and R Streets north west, tomorrow morning. The conven tion will continue until the following day, when the final session will be held. The principal topics under discussion will be “Religion” and “The Negro.” In the membership of the academy, are enrolled a number of prominent negro ministers and professors, who will at tend the meeting. It is expected that thirty-seven delegatesgwill be present on the initial day. The officers of the academy are W. E. B. DuBois, president; Kelley Miller, the Rev. J. Albert Johnson, William H. Crogman and the Rev. Matthew Ander son, vice presidents; J. W. Cromwell, corresponding secretary; the Rev. F. J. Grimke, treasurer. The members of the executive committee, all of whom re side in Washington, are: Kelley Miller, the Rev. F. J. Grimke, John L. Love, W. B. Hayson, and John W. Cromwell. The other resident members of the academy are George M. Lightfoot, C. C. Cook, of the faculty of Howard University, and a Justice of the peace, and Robert H. Terrell. The following will be the program for the two days: Monday—10 a. m., session called to or der; minutes of last meeting and execu tive committee read: reports of secre ary-treasurer: voutine and new busi ness. 2 p. m., address, “Contemporary Evolution of the Negro,” Rev. Thomas G. Harper, M. A., London, England. 7:30 p- m., president's address, W. E. B. Du Bois, Atlanta University; “Is the Negro Church Fulfliling Its Mission?" Alex. Walters, Jersey City, N. J.; “The Gene sis of the Negro Church,” Benjamin T. Tanner, Philadelphia, Pa. Tuesday—10 a. m., “The Defects of the Negro Church,” Orishatukeh Faduma, Troy, N. C.; “A Historical and Psycho logical Account of the Genesis and De velopment of the Negro's Religion,” W. H. Ferris, Tower Hill Instifute, R. I. 7:30 p. m., “The Necessity of Higher Training for the Negro Ministry,” T. G. Steward, U. 8. A.; “The Institutional Church and the Negro,” Matthew Ander son, Philadelphia, Pa. BEHEADED MAN FOUND BESIDE RAILWAY TRACK County Detective Says Non-Union Miner Was Run Over, Not Murdered. WILKESBARRE, Pa., De>. 27.—~County Detective Jones has decided that John Wachs, the non-union man who was found dead orn the Lehigh Valley Rail road on Christmas morning, was killed by a train, and not murdered. Murder was suspected from the nature of the injuries. Wachs, who worked dur ing the strike, had many cnemies. His ‘house was dynamited in the strike, and last week he testified before the coal ‘commission at Scranton about that fact and the ill treatment. PITTSTON, Pa., Dec. 27.—The behead ed remains of John Wachs, a non-union miner, were found beside the Lehigh Valley Railroad tracks. At first it was thought to be a case of accident. Investigation seemed to indicate that it was a cruel killing. The head was cleanly severed {rom the body, as if chopped with a cleaver or a broad ax. There was no blood on the railroad tracks. No train traveled over the track where the body was found between midnight and morning. The remains were found at a point where all trains run slowly, and the crew of the midnight express is positive that the train did not run over anvhody WASHINGTON DRESSED BEEF. One of the finest displays of “Wash ington Dressed Beef” ever placed on show in any city this. side of New York, is to be seen on the stands of Thomas T. Keane, in the Seveath Street wing of the Center Market. This splendid show of meats has attracted the atten tion of almost everyone who has visited the market within the past week, and has brought forth much favorable com ment, because of its healthy and fresh appearance. “It is a well-known fact,” Mr. Keane said yesterday, “that cattle, when ship ped long distances, often contract fever, but our display, which also includes lamb, veal, and mutton, is raised in Maryland and Virginia, and only has to come a short distance t@this market. It is, therefore, healthier and better than the Western meat.” WELL-KNOWN CLUBMAN DEAD. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.—John Bar ker Ellison, who for three years has rep resented the firm of J. B. Ellison Sons, in New York, died today in Bryn Mawr Hospital. Mr. Ellison made his home in New York at the Athletie Club. He belonged to practically every club in Philadelphia, and was a noted wing shot and enthusiastic automobilist. Great Silk Sale. Our reputation for “good wearing sun will not be impaired by the qualities offered for tomorrow, although the prices are much lower than what is usually asked for poorer grades. 59¢ Rustle Taffeta Silk, “guaranteed,” for. 38c 7o¢ Rustle Taffeta Silk, “guaranteed.” for. 55¢ 85e¢ Rustle Taffeta Silk, “enaranteed.” for 65¢c We have black and every eolor; also the light even ing shades. A great ehance for a durable waist, dress, or petticoat, at unusually low priee. Yard: wide Black Rustie Taffeta “Guaranteed” for “19c $1.00 value Black Pean de Levant, 79¢ “Guaranteed” Yard-wide Black Peau de Soie, $1.50 $i 9 value, “guaranteed” a Yard-wide Black Moire Velour, gnar- $1 i9 anteed Yard-wide Black Taffeta, “guaran- $i i9 teed” a Domestics Reduced. Another big lot of the pretty striped fast eolored Outings, which are worth 10e. On een- 5%c ter bargain tables, for RES imiskeag Apron Sinzhams. The best fast colored Apro n Ginghams are the Amoskeag and Lancaster brands; pretty cheeks; 6c worth Se per yard, for 50 dozen tg. white Huck Towels, with hemmed edges. and red fast colored borders: alse pisin 8ic white; a good 12%e towel. Monday, special for

We Don’t Stop —at “good enough”—BEST ENGRAV ING is the rule and not the exception —here. Sketches submitted. Joyce Engraving C0. iiame. y Spb. ds de a densa tel Sind Ll MA lat ff dh dh fh ge. ge dn 4b dn Sh gb ih fib dh Mh Sh oh Go gu Sh gb Sh Se Sb 8 ai. gb db MS fh dh 0 ae 8 2 gu i ib gu zo sa A Barber Ross, HEATERS he coal question is more uncer aie than ever—better secure a few Ofl or Gas Heaters now while you can—as th y are growing ararecer every day. Still have a few left of the Standard Lighting Company's New Process Oil Heaters $4. 00 Hen Ser 54.50 and $5.00 OFS Af.. cevicoson anieneknsesn Gas Jet Gas Heaters at. Sl 00 Bs Smug, i- 52. 00 up BOE, ITOM. .cvvvcennas amford Odorless My pont rs. 4 ee $4.00 up SKATES. E Barney Berry All-clamp Ice Skates..... 50¢ up Weather Stri Strips, Foot rop postal or ‘phone 626 and we'll Re vou up all the Weather Strip vou need at 1 cent a foot. 1t’}]] make the house easier to heat by keeping the warm air in and the cold air out. We'll send a man to give you an estimate for any weather stripping you wish done— if you say so. Barber Ross, [1th and G Sts. Was Chris. Xander's WW Xmas trade so unpre Sedentedfly reat? hat stock of Wines and Ditiliates Ne only the most intelligently selected wva rieties—because his deliveries are prompt —and his empioyes always courteous? QUALITY HOUSE. 309 Tth St.

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LITTLE FEAR THAT COL. LYNCH WILL MEET DEATH ON SCAFFOLD Following Precedent Estab lished by Queen Victoria, He Will Probably Be Im prisoned for a Term of Years and Then Pardoned.

High treason, the crime for which the Australian-born journalist, Arthur Lynch, who commanded the Second Irish Corps of the Boer army in the recent war in South Africa, has just been indicted by the grand jury in London, bears a name so redolent of medieval times, when people convicted thereof were sub jected to the most appalling of punish ments, that there are many of the read ers of The Times who will be disposed to regard the proceedings against the imprisoned member of parliament for Galway as a piece of monarchical ana chronism which would not be tolerated for one moment in this great and glori ous republic.

Yet the United States has to this day in its code of laws, statutes dealing with high treason, analogous to those of Great Britain, and under the terms of which Col. Arthur Lynch could have been in dicted in American courts of law had he been a citizen of the United States in stead of a British subject, and had he borne arms against Uncle Sam instead of against John Bull. The punishment for high treason In the United States is, ac cording to the act of 1862, either death or imprisonment at hard labor for a period of not less than five years, a fine of not less than $10,000, and a perpetual disability from holding any office under the United States,

Treason Against States. Treason against the latter cannot, of course, be dealt with by any but Fed-. eral courts. But many of the individual States have their own laws as to trea gon committed against their particular Commonwealth, generally following, however, the lines of the Uniied States statutes bearing on the subject. Where &s in Great Britain and in other coun tries of the Old Worid the crime of high treason—universally regarded as the most heinous of all offenses—em braces a large number of felonies, here in the United States high treason con sists exclusively in “levying war against the United States, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and com fort.” Now Colonel Lynch undoubtedly “‘ad hered” to Great Britain's enemies, the Boers, in the South African war, and gave them “aid and comfort” at the ex pense of the British empire, of which be is by birth a citizen. He, therefore, is. from a legal point of view, an offend er against the laws of high treason, laws which, while of ancient origin, as far as England is concerned, are altogether modern in the case of the United States.

Whether the British government is wise or judicious in applying them to “Col. Arthur Lynch is open to question. F in the first place it is calculated to endow him in the eyes of many with a sort of halo of political martyrdom, while the legal procedure in connection with his trial Is of such a ponderous and costly character as well as so rare iy employed that it. suggests the use of a harpoon in spearing a minnow. The British authorities have, however, had ‘their hands in a measure forced by the section of the Galway nationalists in electing Arthur Lynch to represent them in parliament, and it is more than prob able that if he had not been returned as a member of the Home Rule party in the house of commons, he would have re mained unmolested, and no notice would have been taken of the fact that he had borne arms against the English flag in the Boer war.

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AAA High treason im war time in the field ie, according to the prerogative of the British erown, dealt with by means of court-martial. In times of peace there are twe methods by which It is tried— where the proceedings are sometimes preceded by impeachment by the house of lords, or by a court composed usually of the lord chief justice of the realm and a jury. If the offender is a peer of the realm he has, of course, the right to de mand trial by his peers, i

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Be 4 government official, or great dignitary of the realm, and is resorted to only at the Instance of the house of commons, which acts as prosecutor, the house of lords combining the functions of judge and jury. The course which is about to be adopted in the case of Ccionel Lynch is a trial by the lord chief justice and a jury. England's statutes on the subject of treason date back to the year 1351, one of the clauses thereof defining as high trea son “adherence to the king's enemies in his realm, giving them aid and comfort in the realm or elsewhere,” and the pen altles provided for the n»nunishment on conviction comprised bu.ning at the stake when the offender vas a woman, and where men were concerned the hanging, cutting down before the extine tion of life, disembowelment and dis memberment, the head and the four quarters of the body remaining at the disposal of the zrown.

In the subsequent centuries the laws of high treason were added to in a manner to comprise all sorts of offenses against the sovereign and against the state, King Henry VIII actually securing from par liament the enactment of a law rendering it high treason for the consort of the monarch to have been guilty of any in discretion prior to becoming his queen. This statute was, 1 need hardly add, de vised for the purpose of enabling this royal Blue Beard to rid himself of one of his numerous consorts by sending her to the scaffold for the crime of high trea son.

Penalties Restricted. But by successive acts of Parliament in 1817, 1848, and lastly 1870, high trea son was defined within more reasonable limits, and the penalties restricted in the cases enumerated to death by hanging and penal servitude, the burning at the stake, the hanging, the drawing on the hurdle to the place of execution, the be heading and quartering being abolished.

As the ‘statute of treasons’” now stands, it provides for the punishment as an act of high treasou of the as sassin of the sovereign, of his consort or of the heir-apparent, the attempt “0 assassinate, the conspiring to do so, and even the endeavor to harm or maim them. The consort of the monarch can, according to the present state of the law, no longer be held gulity of treason in the case of matrimonial misconduct, but the co-respondent in the case would be punishable as such, while in the event of the throne being occupied by a Queen regent, the prince consort would in the event of indiscretions render himself liable to the penalties provided for high treason.

Any attempts, whether successful or not, to imprison or restrain the monarch, to abduet him, or to engage in any con spiracy with one of these objects in view, constitute high treason, and so, too, do acts of warfare and rebellion by Brit ish citizens against the established gov

ernment. i Owing to the peculiar wording of these amendments of 1548 and 1870, doubt pre valls as to whether the particular of fense of Arthur Lynch has been specifi cally included therein. If that is not the case he could only be tried under the act of 1351, in the reign of King Edward III, and, inasmuch as the abolition of the drawing and quartering merely re lates to those cases of treason covered by the amendments of 1848 and 1876, Lynch’s Status,

|S OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVING BY MEN IN THE ARMY There is at east one respect in which the enlisted rien of the United States Army have a marked advantage over the commissioned officers. This is the chance given them by the Government to in vest their savings with the best possible security, and where they will be ailow ed 4 per cent Interest. It almest means that the enlisted men of our army can obtain at par as much security as Is given to the holder of a United States Government bond, bearing 4 per cent in terest, and selling in the market as high as 136. In his report, Secretary Root calls attention to this scheme for the promotion of individual economy in the army. The act of May 15, 1872, obliges the Government to act practically as a savings bank for the enlisted men. Un der this act the soldiers may deposit their savings in sums of not less than $6 with paymasters, and on all de posits of not less than $560, which are allowed to remain undrawn for six months or longer, the Government is to pay Interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum. BH

The bill was adopted in order to en courage the men to save something of their pay. Ae they were often stationed far away from savings banks, or might be rapidly moved from one point to an other, it was a good idea to allow them to make deposits with Uncle 8am. The table which Secretary Root gives in his report shows how well the men appre ciate this opportunity to save money which would otherwise have probably been spent to no purpose. During the fiscal year ended June 20, 1902, there were 80,883 separate deposits made, and the aggregate amount of deposits was $2,660,250.66. These figures were smaller than those for 1900 or 1901, but the rea son for this Is found in the decreases In the size of the army, 8 Is shown by the statement that, in the year 1902, 104,109 men were paid their deposits on dis charge, against less than 79,006 in 1901 and 27571 in 1900. In the four years from 1899 the aggregate amount thus deposited was $10,811,086.74, while the principal paid out in that time amounted to $7,974,514.60. The interest pald In the four years was $366,701.02. The Paymas ter General reports that on the 30th day of June, 1902, there was standing to the credit of the enlisted men no less than the very tidy sum of $4,269,244.81, a H a

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the member for Galway will be theoreti cally speaking in danger of these penal ties in the event of conviction. More over, if condemned to capital punish ment his execution would, according to statute, have to take place in public, instead of in private.

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It is probable, however, that the court will deal lenlently with the former colonel of the Irish Transvaal brigade, and that no advantage will be taken of the terrible barbarities provided by the act of 1351, under which he is ap parently to be tried. In all probability he will escape with a forfeiture of fran chise and ipso facto his seat in parlia ment, and a term of imprisonment, which is almost certain to be abbreviat ed by an act of clemency on the part of the crown.

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The last trial on the charge of high treason in England took place Just twenty years ago, when MacLean was tried at Reading by a court presided over by Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, assisted by Baron Huddleston, for shoot ing at the late Queen Victoria as she was leaving the railroad station at Windsor. He was acquitted on the ground ~f ineeuity, and ordered to be confined .s a criminal lunatic at Broad moor Asylum “during her majesty’'s pleasure.”

The Indictment against him was for high treasen, which must not be con foundad with the so-called ‘treason fel ony,” for which the Fenian dynamiters Were gentenced to penal servitude for life in 1887. JFrevious to the case of MacLean there was that of William Smith O'Brien, M. P., who was tried for high treason in Yeptember, 1848, at Clon mel, in Ireland, found guilty of tie charge and sentenced by the lord chtef Justice to be hanged, afterward behead ed, and then quartered.

The Queen's Mercy. The Queen, however, commuted this terrible sentence passed upon the leader of the sanguinary encounter between the insurgents and the police, known as the Ballingarry affray, to one of penal servi tude for life, and some fifteen years later he was pardoned and allowed to return home from Australia, to which he had been deported. Some eight years earlier the Chartist leader Frost was in dicted for high treason, but had the capital sentence pronounced against him commuted and was afterward pardoned.

Indeed, the last cases of execution for high treason were those of the so-called Cato Street conspirators in the year 1820, who it may be remembered were arrested when about to murder the members of the cabinet, a erime which was to be followed by the assassination of King George. They met death on the gailows, but were spared the ignominy of dlsemboweling, beheading, and quar tering. Nor is there any instance of these barbarous practices beng resorted to in cases of high treason 'n Great Britain since the eighteenth century. There is small prospect of the member from Ga'way being cut up if convicted.

EX-ATTACHE, Secretary Root recommends that this privilege be also extended to officers, and he gives some good reasons for his views. It may ba argued that the offi cers receive salaries sufficiently large to allow them to Invest in other things, and that when Uncle Sam can borrow money in the vicinity of 2 per cent it is not fair to ask him to pay officers dou bie that rate on their deposits. But this objection could be met by limiting the amount to a reasonable sum. Even if no limit could be placed on the amount that could be deposited, provided it did not«exceed an officer's salary, it is a question M it would not be good busi ness policy in the end for Unele Sam to thus foster a spirit of saving among his commissioned officers. It would give them a sufficient return on their savings, $0 that the conservative at least would not become involved in business affairs that would take their attention away from thelr army work. THE EASTERN OUESTION Dr. John W. Foster, ex-Secretary of State, is 10 dellver two lectures on the Eastern question before the School of Comparative Jurisprudence and Diplom acy of the Columbian University. The first will be on “The China-Japan War and Its Results,” and will be delivered Monday, January 5; the second lecture, en “The Spanish War of 1898; Its Re sults in the Orient,” will occur Monday, January 12. Both of these lectures will be In University Hall, Fifteenth and H Streets, from 4:20 until 5:30 on the days named, and will be open to the public. EXPERT TO INVESTIGATE It has been decided by '.a offi cials of the United States Marine Hospital Service to send an expert to the coast of the Gulf of California in Mexico to Investigate the reports of the appear ance of plague among the immigrant Chinese there No one has yet been designated for the mission. Authentic reports have been received by the service of the appearance of the dreaded disease among the people named. Pinchurst Sleeper, Also Parlor Car on Seaboard Air Line’s Through Florida trains. Tourist tickets per mitting stop overs now on sale at ticket of 1 fice, 1421 Pennsylvania Avenue. W. E, Conkiyn, General Agent. LOGAL MASONS GUARD AGAINST VANDALISM

Memoria! Bridge Cornerstone to Be Removed.

Vandals, either ¢f the souvenirseek ing type or those who destroy simply ior the Jove of it, will not be given an ¢o portunity to deface the cornerstone of the projected Memorial Arch Bridge it local masons can prevent It.

Application has been made tc Col. Theedore A. Bingham, Superintendent of Public Buildings snd Grounds, for per mission to have the ston® removed to Lafayette Square until it is ready to oc cupy its final resting place. It is now in a much exposed position on the site of the new Department of Justice build Ing, at the corner of Madison Place and Pennsylvania Avenue. The stone is said to be one of the finest pleces of carving ever turned out by local masons. It represents the com bined efforts of some of the most capa ble men in the Stone Cutters’ Umyjon, and is looked upon by them with pride. It is mammoth in size anc has attracted a great deal of .ic*enijon in its present conspicuous pousitioa,

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Since that time the stone has remained at the corner designated, but it is the desire of those Interested in It to have it placed in the Lafayette Park, where it will be under the eye of one of Colonel Bingham's watchmen.

SECRETARY ROOT RETURNS. Secretary Root, of the War Depart ment, was at his desk again yesterday after a short visit to his family In New York.

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“If they're Rich’s Shoes they're proper.”

Ten-one F, €or. 10th. Entire Bldg. "Phone ‘‘one-fifty.”

The social season at the National Capital is now fair ly at its height. 1903 will be ushered in with one contin ual round of brilliant events —balls, receptions, dinners, weddings, teas, and the like. The new year will find us with a stock of exclusive footwear sasily surpassing ell previous showings we have ever gathered for your delectation. The store is overflowing with dainty nov elties in slippers and shoes— the assortment is well-nigh endless. Sach footwear as you'll find only here—the creations of the molders of footwear fashions the “novelties” of the footwear world. Almost every shade in the dainty satin slippers is to be found in our stock and when outoftheordi nary effects are desired we make to order. lil lj

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lil H Yesterday we closed the biggest week since the estab lishment of the Rich shoe store. The growth of this business is most encouraging. From a most humble begin ning it has inereased to won drous proportions, 4 It is all the more of a sat isfaction—this growth— be cause of the prophecies when we opened across the way of many shoe merchants of our immediate collapse. And when we began to show novelty footwear in complete assortments then they vehemently declared that our faiiore was certain. While not craving the eredit, it is a fact that be cause of this store’s progres siveness it is no longer neces sary for particular people and those who follow fash:on closely to send to New York for the correct fashions in footwear for the distinetive and exclusive styles which have been approved by fash. ion setters, Their showing here has been simultaneous with their showing in the leading shops of the metropolis. And our varieties have heen equally comprehensive. This not only applies to street footwear, but to even ing, wedding, reception, car riage, shooting, hunting, rid ing, golfing, and feneing footwear, which at all times are shown here in a most complete assortment. B Rich's Sons, High-grade Footwear, Ten-one F, Cor. 10th. PRE HISTORIC MOUND MAY SOON BE REMOVED Owner More Interested in Town Lots Than in Aboriginal Research.

MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va., Dec. 27.— There is fear that the historic mound from which Mcundsville received {ts name will soon be a thing of the past unless some moverent is made to save it.

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(At The Palais Royal.) 4 MN Christmas has only just gone, but these coming days of 1902 bring you rarest of bargains among the things left over. Ready for 1903 New Year festivities, with Glassware, Table Linen, and Silver. The Palais Royal is the ever-ready store. A few hints below: Best of Cut Glassware. At 10 Per Cent Discount, When it is remembered that Palais Royal prices for Cut Glass are from 10 to 15 per cent less than prevailing the 10 per cent discount will he better appreciated. One tenth dedueted from the price marked on any piece on the Basement floor. The $40 punch bowls can be had for $36—and sueh bowls will cost vou $45 elsewhere. Lesser priced pieces at proportionately low prices. Ridiculously little quotations for imitation of eut glass. Imitation Cut Glass Punch Bowls in revolving Imitation Cut Glass Wine Glasses for ORE, ov views aid 9c BRANT. wens aastains sens Aa. sons senisarnstssess ons $1.98 Water Tumblers, very thin and CDErAveR. Sales Se Imitation Cut Glass Punch Glasses, usually $1 x 0 RE La re RED EE CI TO The Water Tumblers, very thin, bit not engraved....... dc Imitation Cut Glass Pruit Bowls for only.......... 10¢ Water Tumblers, such as sell for 25¢ dozen....8 for 9¢ Imitation Cut Glass Fruit Saucers.............. 8 for S¢ Wine Glasses, such as sell for 50¢ dozen.......8 for 15¢ CD hail SL SA CRE alt ae he meat” a Li ha Li fad (J Site Co he a did Rogers’ Spoons, Cf Six for “49 4

16-dwt. Knives, set of 6, $2.00 value............... $1.35 Carlton Forks, Al quality, $2.00 value......... 6 for $8c 13gwt Rai yea Huseeshoe brand 75 yalua'} jo8 Ha La Perle Table Spoons, set of six 98¢ value........ Te oS, A SYA crv en LUI

W. R. Brand Knives, set of six, $1.25 value........ 8c La rerie Dessert Spoons, set of six, 98¢ valve......89¢

Oxford Brand Knives, set of six, $1.25 value........ 9c La Perle Forks, set of six, 98¢c value................ Te Sterling-plate Brand Knives, cet of six, 98¢ value...5% Carlton Orange Spoons, set of six, $1.39 value....., T9¢ Carlton Table Spoons, Al quality $2.00 value...§ tor 88¢ Carlton Berry Spoons, each in box, 79¢ value......49¢

Carlton Tea Spoons, Al quality, $1.00 value....6 for 49¢ Carlton Butter Knives, Al quality, 25¢ value....... 13¢

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$7.49 Per Cent Discount ba Ma a ug tg ae et dn Choice of all Imported Smoking Tables marked at various prices from $1 25 to $14.98. You deduct one quarter from the price marked orn any you select. Choice of all Smokers’ Articles—a grand collection—ticketed 25¢ and up to $4.98 each, Any Traveling Set—those of leath er with toilet needs inside. Prices range from 98c to $20 the set. Collar and Cuff Boxes are here at 49¢c 10 $4.50. Drinking Flasks are here from the simplest to the most elaborate; from 0c to $5 each. Writing Tables are here of va rious leathers at 4% to $10—less 25 Der cent discount. Go to “The Men's Corner” for any of the above articles—and see one quarter is deducted from the marked price. For your convenience and ours great tables are to be filled with articles suitable for New Yea ents, at so mueh for choice. To assure rapid sales greatly reduced prices are guoted in all departs abhi au The Tables devoted to Bric-a-brac will be the leading feature. Pleces that were 49c are to go om ‘‘the 23¢ tables.” Pieces worth 75¢ are to be on the 49¢ table. The 75¢ table ig to contain erstwhile $1 pieces, while the 98c¢ table will contain Vases, Urns, Jars, Brets, and Figures worth up th $3. The tables on this floor will con tain Dress Goods which will be cut in waist and dress patterns; Dress Trimmings, Laces, and Linings, which may be included. And here are Table Linens, Towels, Badwear, etc.—all at reduced prices. [0c 13¢ 2c The 12%e to 35¢ Handkerchiefs left over from Christ mas are to be gathered into three monster lots at 10e, 13e, and 2le for ehoice. Coye early tomorrow morning and piek out the best bargains on these and other tables told of above. Palais Royal, Gand 11th sts, +e

Rm im de db 6 Sh AN Sh. fb. dee Sih Sb £5. i. Sh 4. S85 HS Sb gb Sb Gb. an ab a. TY TTT TITTIES ys The After-Christmas Sale. 25 20 iC cent Discount Per Cent Dicrnuint Par Cant I {In the Men's Corner. Tables Full at 25¢, 49¢, 75¢, and 98c. Basement Floor. Second Fleor. says he has decided to have it removed next summer and the square en which it stands laid out in town lots. Mr. Me Fadden says he cannot afford to leave land so admirably situated stand as a bill of expense whereas if the mound was removed the land could be disposed of at fancy figures.

ee This mound is one of the largest of those known to have been built by men of prehistoric age and is covered with large forest trees. It is supposed to have been used by a race of aborigines as a hurfal ground, as numerous skele tens have been found by excavations made in it.

ASHE FELIS CDRA. Choire of the Ladies’ and Men's Siik Umbrellas at $5 to $20 and La dies’ Ra‘n Coats at $15.98 to $25—at 20 per rent discount. Go to second floor for Silks and Wool Dress Goods and secure waist and dress patterns at a saving of 20 per cent. (Un Basement Floor, Choice of the Bisque Busts ticket ed at various prices from $5 to $14. See you buy at one-half the marked price. And when on this basement floor don’t fail to hunt for and find other equally good bargains. Note that Ladies’ Pocketbook$ worth up to $3.50 are to go on one of the 98¢ tables. Note, too, that silver-plated pieces that were on the $1 table are to go on the 75¢ table. Stop at “the 25¢ table,” at G Street door, and find articles worth 50c and up. Go to the Art Department and find Celluloid and other Fancy Boxes worth $1—on the 0c table. Go to “The Men's Corner” and find Drinking Flasks, Smoking Sets, 3il ver-inlaid Glass Vases, worth up to $1—on “the 19¢ table.” The tabled filled with 35¢ to 50¢ Handkerchiefs at only 29¢ for choice will be quickly discovered. Per Cent Discount (In Various Departments Per Cent Discount (On Basement Floor.) On First Floor. Here are the bright and cezy Ei derdown Sacques; here, too, are Waists Skirts, Wrappers, Aprons, and Caps, Furs for Ladies and Chil dren, Fascinators, Warm Night Rcbes, and little children's garments of every descrintion. And Corsets— think of best $5 French Corsets for only $1.69. They are here. Suggestions here include Furni ture, the odd pieces that make such acceptable gifts. Rugs tee; Rich Tapestry Portieres and Lace Cur tains. Art Pletwrae i= Art Prames— at 20 per cent discount—one-fifth off marked prices. MONT PELEE AGAIN IN VIOLENT ERUPTION Steamer Reports Volcanoes as Emitting Dense Gray Smoke and Dust on Friday Last.

ST. THOMAS, D. W. IL., Dec. 27.~The steamar, Newington, which has rived here, reports that she Pierre, Martinique, at 10:30 o'clock Fri day morning. At that time Mont Pelee was in state of violent eruption, and was emit ting a dense grey smoke and dust to a great height. d St.

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(On Various Floors.) Choice of the famous Rogers Al Table Silver. One-tenth off the less than-usual prices. First floor.

Any one of the highly ornamental Table Lamps you'll ind in basement can be yours at one-tenth less than the marked price.

Third floor for the Children’s Fur Sets and High-ciass Cloth and Silk Coats at 10 per cent discount. Basement floor for Cut Glass at one-tenth less than the price-marks tell you. Shakers Salt and Pepper, 25c to 98c. Bottles, Oil and Vinegar, 98¢ to $3.98. Bottles, Water, $1.69 to 37.98. Pitchers Water, $2.25 to $1293. Bowls, Fruit, $3.98 to $19.98. Trays, Spoen, $3.75 to $5.00. Vases, Flower, $8.25 to $15.00. Bowls Punch, $33.00 to $65.00. Note that lese than weual prices are already marked om these Cut Glass pieces.

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I0100R RAYNER SAID T0 ASPIRE 10 BE SENATOR

Rumored That He Will Soon Announce Candidacy. GOV. SMITH ANTAGONISTIC Indications Point to an Animated Con test for McComas’ Seat. BALTIMORE, Md, Dec, 27.—A well defined rumor is afloat in political cir cles that Attorney General isidor Rayner will shortly after New Year Day an nounce himself as a candidate for the United States Senate, or at least for the votes of the Democratic members of the next Legislature, Should Mr. Rayner take this step it may be set down for a certainty that his action ie not the result of any machine prompting. It is no secret that the pow ers which new control the Democratic party in this State do not take him into their confidence in any way whatever, Governor Smith Antagonistic. Tt will be remembered that when Gov erner Smith wished legal advice in re gard to the famous extra session of the Legislature and the election law whieh was passed at that tsme he consulted, not the Democratic attorney general of the State, but former Attorney General Jehn P. Poe. i Mr. Rayner’s alleged candidacy opens up many possibilities. In the firdt place, it, of course means a hot primary fight ‘with Mr. Rayner and his following on one side, and Governor Smith, who ia also generally credited with being a Sen alorial aspirant, en the oiher. Mr. Ed win Warfield, who has stoutly asserted his intention to form no combination to further. bi ambition to be the next gov ernor, would, probably find it impossi ble to stay in the fight and remain neu tral. A

Former Governor Frank Brown has fer some time given evidence of a yearning for a good old-time political “scrap,” and, in view of his frequent public ut terances, there is Lut little doubt that his well-known powers of organization would not be arrayed on the side of the Gorman-Rasin ring. The Municipal Campaign. The municipal campaign will begin to warm up early in the beginning of the new year. Many mayoralty candidates are spoken of in a desultory way, but at present it looks like a fight of the fie}d against former Mayor Latrobe for the Democratic nomination. Barly ir the fight one redoubtable champion wil probahly loom up large in the field, an¢ to him the opposition to General Latrobe will flock. Whether Mayor Hayes will be the champion or not is the question which is now troubling city hall circles Bl In case of a fight between Mr. Rayner and Governor Smith, the latter would _have tbe influence of Sen ator-eieet Gorman, but it has been re. marked recently that Mr. Gorman's in terest in his political allies is not sc marked as it was before his own seat was secure, and he would not be likely to become very enthusiastic. In addi. tion, Mr. Gorman is supposed to cherist an ambition for the Democratic nomina. tion for the Presidency in 1904 and i would be distinctiy bad policy for hin to become involved to any great degree ina factional fight.

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OFFICERS TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO THE PRESIDENT The Secretaries of War and Navy have issued orders directing officers of the respective military services to pay their respects to the President, as is custom ary on New Year Day. The Secretary of War directs in his order, that all officers of the army in thia city assemble in full dress uniform at the Seeretary’s office in the War Depart ment, on January 1, 1803, not later than 11:25 a. m., Acting Secretary Darling's order fol lows: “December 23, 1902. “Officers of the navy and Marine Corps in this city will assemble in spe. cial full dress uniform at the office of the Secretary of the Navy, Navy Depart ment, at 11:30 a. m., Thursday, January 1, 1203, whence they will proceed to the White House to pay their respects to the President of the United States.” At the New Year reception of next Thursday, the officers of the army will, for the first time, wear the new full dress uniforms recently prescribed by Becretary of War. The new uniform is far more brililant than those used in the past; more gold lace will be evident. The funeral of Miss Lucinda Hosmer, who died Friday night at her home, 1223 H Street northeast, will take place tomorrow afternoon. She was the last survivor of a family of thirteen childrer, and was the daugh ter of Castallio and Ruth Hosmer. Her father was an officer in the war of 1812 For many years, Miss Hosmer was a re form worker in Massachusetts, being es pecially active during the lifetime of Garrison, Phillips, and Douglass.

When Miss Lucy Stone inaugurated the discussion of woman's suffrage, she subscribed for the “Woman's Journal,” and continued taking the paper for twenty-seven years. She was active in circulating petitions to legislatures for the passage of suffrage laws. Miss Hos mer was also active In temperance work.

BuY’S WILD RIDE IN _ ria SUFFOLK, Va. Dec. 27.—Although fmprisoned on a driving wheel of a pas senger locomotive at Franklin, Va. and whirled over and over for a considerable distance, sixteen-year-old William Law. rence yet lives and is only a little hurt, No outery from Lawrence was heard In wild ride, but the train stopped at a water tank, where he was rescued. The boy's clothing had been caught in the wheel when the locomotive started. the cor 1 op Janua 1 at MISS HOSMER’'S FUNERAL. Rehearsals for the next concert of the Washington Symphony Orchestra are progressing to the eminent satisfaction of Cohductor Reginald De Koven, who promises to eclipse the very gratifying character of the first concert early this month. The next concert, which takes place on Tuesday, January 6, will have the same range of artistic diversity that marked the concert of last season and the first one of the present year. Mr. De Koven will be heard for the first time in Washington in the capacity of the com poser of chamber music, a suite of his compositions having been incorporated in the program. The soloist of the occa sion will be Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the eminent Russian pianist, who will be heard in a Rubinstein and a Chopin num per. This is in line with the policy of the management of the orchestra to in troduce a noted virtuoso at every con cert. Mr. E. H. Droop, who is manifest ing an extremely active interest in the success of the crchestra, during the past week received a letter from Ovide Musin, the violin soloist of the last concert, ‘dated Chicago, in whieh he pays the highest tribute to Mr. De Koven, by cail ing him the ablest American conductor of tlassic music. The good feeling that prevails among the promoters of the symphony orchestra, more particularly the guarantors, is shown by the fact that one of the latter during the past week, treated the entire orchestra to a holiday feast, which took place Friday afternoon. Under the prevailing gondi the or chestra is in shape to ize every artis tic expectation centered in itg perform ances. dated (hicago, In whieh ne pays 1Q€ highest tribute to Mr. De Koven, by cail ing him the ablest American conductor of tlassic music. The good feeling that prevails among the promoters of the symphony orchestra, more particularly the guarantors, is shown by the fact that one of the latter during the past week, treated the entire orchestra to a holiday feast, which took place Friday afternoon. Under the prevailing eouditiona the or chestra is in shape to realize every artis- tic expectation centered in itg perform ances. The Choral Society will give its six teenth performance of the “Messiah” Tuesday evening, at the Congregational Church, Tenth and G Stree morthwest. At each recurrent Christmas diences assemble in on York: Washington, and other cities to hear “the familiar sounds of this great ‘work, which age seems to make more attrac tive and acquaintance more delightful. Change is introduced from year to year by new voices in the solo parts. Mrs. De Moss, the soprano, and Mrs. Dorothy Pollock, the contralto, are strangers here, the former already well known through participation in the Cincinnati Festivals, the Bach Festival, at Bethle hem, and the concerts of the New York Oratorio Society, tae latter, as yet, with out wide fame, but destined through the possession of a rich voice and a fine method to a future of distinction. The men, Nicholas Danty, tenor, and Ericsson Bushnoll,» ‘are old favor ites in Washington, and their return is pleasantly anticipated, The current week will be a quiet one in local musical circles, as the holiday season is always void of musical enter lainment. There are no announcements for ghis week except in the matter of choir programs. Many of the churches will repeat their istmas today, while some ho Ferre sim to New Year Day. The latter course will probably be that of most of the Roman tholic churches in Washington. lally prepared program of music be offered today at the Sixteenth gt Baptist Church under the direc "of the organist, Percy Foster. An extra chorus of mixed voices has been engaged to assist the quartet composed of Miss Damon, soprano; Miss Salome Sire Wyngate, contralto; Mr. Poston, tenor, and Mr, Luebkert, bass. The services at St. Paul's English Lu therzan Church, Eleventh and H Streets northwest, will be appropriately observ ed today by sjecial music under the di rection of William J. Palmer. This will include Alexander's “There Were Shep herds;:*” the festival chorus, “Exulta Zicn,” by Hammerel, and Shelley's “Chime, Ye Bells of Heaven.” In the evening the Sabbath schooi will present the Christmas cantata, “The Star of Promise,” into which will be interpreted Berthold Tours’ “Sing. O Heavens™ Adolph Adam’s “O, Holy Night,” and the “Gloria in Excelsis,” from Gounod's mass to “Ut. Cecilia. Miss Halley, who is now the soprano soloist at the Church of the Epiphany will resign from that position February 1 to accept a similar one in the choip of Calvary Baptist Church. Miss Halley is a pupil of Mrs. H. H. Mills, and is one of the most experienced apd popular singers in Washington. Her voice is a full, musical dramatic soprano, and she sings with all the fervor and intelligence of an artist. Her interpr( ation of the soprano score in Liza Lehmann’'s set ting to Omar Khayyam's ‘“Rublyat,” given at the Columbia Theater last win ter, is still remembered as one of the most delightful features cf that recital. The local public need bave no fear that they are not te hear some 00d music within a short time, for with the beginning of the new year, recitals will be the order of the day, Creatore is booked for a concert at the National Theater Sunday evening, January 4, whe": he and his orchestra, will be assisted by Mme, Barlli, who is said to be a beau tiful woman and an excellent ginger. Her volce is a soprano of high range and pleasing lyric quality. The most inter esting feature of these concerts is the personality of the conductor. He is an Italian of high artistic temperament and throws such energy into his work that his gestures and agile mannerisms nover fail to rivet the attention of his audi ences. Creatore has challenged the ability of many of the prominent writers and cartoonists of America whose com. bined efforts, even, seem to 2'] in ade quately expressing his peculiar conduct. The program he has arranged for hig Washington concert is to include the march and overture of “Tannhauser,” Paderewskl's “Minuet,” Liszt's “Hun garian Rhapsodie, No, 2,” the overturg to “Zampa,” and Creatore’'s march, “The American Xavv” The sale af coate fas

LOCOMOTIVE WHEEL MATTERS OF INTEREST TO WASHINGTON MUSIC LOVERS National Theater, and at Smith's agency, 1327 F Street northwest. it atc San SM een ate LL 1327 F Street northwest. Haley's Band is scheduled for another interesting evening of music at the Na tional Thaeter, January 25. Zelie de Lussan will appear at the Columbia Theater Wednesday afternoon, January 7, in a song recital. The an nouncement is doubly interesting in that Mlle. de Lussan has just stated that she contemplates retiring permanently from the stage. Her course is due to no other reason than that she will exchange the glare of the footlights for the softer glow of the fireside and become Mme. Henrico Robeldo, the interesting event to take place next spring. The singer's prospective husband is a Brazilian cof tee grower and exporter, and it is said that the two first met in New York. Mlle. de Lussan is a New York girl, who has run the gamut of opera from *Lit tle Buttercup” to “Carmen.” She made a success in Wagner festivals, and as a result received an offer from the Bos tonians, who were then just coming into public notice. Her interpretation of the role of Carmen later attracted the no tice of Colonel Mapleson, the noted im pressario, who afterward became her manager and took her to London. She ‘made her debut in the English capital as the heroine of Bizet's opera when only twenty years of age, and has been a strong favorite in England since. After her marriage, Mlle. de Lussan will re side in New York with her husband. Her concert will prove doubly interesting to Washington music lovers, in that her as sisting artist is a local musician, Angelo Fronani, to whose efforts many of the best musical entertainments of the past two or three seasons were due. ’Mr. Fronani has been engaged for Mile. de Lussan's tour of America, and wherever ‘he has appeared, his work as accom panist and soloist has received high commendation from the press. His friends and admirers here will be glad to hear him as a professional concert player, although his efforts in the ama teur field were none the less interestiog from an artistic point of view. The next concert Ry the Symphony Orchégtra of Washington will he’ ‘given at the National Theater Tuesday after noon, Japuary 7. Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the Russian pianist, will be the dwloist His appearance with the Symphond Or chestra will not be the pianist's Waush ington debut, as he was here two years ago and created a favorable impres sion. Gabrilowitsch has cultivated works of the more poetic pond Since his coming to the United States for his current concert tour he has met with much favorable comment from the American press, especially that of New York, where he has beer giving a series of recitals under the management of Danie] Frohman. At the Symphony con cert a Rubinstein concerto and a group of Chopin numbers will figure on the pianist’s program. Ea Arfangements have been comyWted by Reginald De Koven for the February concert by the orchestra, when Mme. Fritzi Scheff of the Metropolitan Opera Company will be the assisting artist. When the Emperor of Germany goes to Rome for the laying of the corner stone of the monument to Goethe there will. bg a curious gala performance at the tina Theater. Amn act of mn gpera each by Mascagni, Puccini, Leon cavello, and Franchetti will be given. Each composer will conduct kis own worl Maurice Grau’'s opera stars had a merry Christmas. Hardly one of the Metropolitan singers failed to receive gifts from Europe, and they jointly sent Mr. Grau a handsome silver loving cup. Mme. Sembrich received a costly set of sables from Warsaw, Edouard de Reszke had a cablegram from his brother Jean, saying that a flne saddie horse awaited the big basso in their stables in Paris. Fritzi Scheff found a glittering diamond heart on her dresser, and Signor Scotti, the popular buri tone, received editions de luxe of the operas of Verdi and Puccini, his fav. orite composers. Accompanied by sixty-eight bandsmen, a business manager, a private secretary, and two press agents, Sousa salled for England last week. For soveral days it locked as if Sousa might have to do the ‘concert tour all by himself. While many of his admirers may contend that he 'is more than haif the show-—certainly he contributes the best part of the delsarte —-it is more than even his closest friend should expect that he give the concerts ‘without the aid of a few of his musicians. ‘However, little Dan Cupid has been in vading the band ranks recently, and sey eral of the brides would not consent to their husbands leaving them for such a jong period as that which will elapse be fore the o-ganization returns to America. Some of ihe men positively refused to leave without their wives, and with the ald of his friendly eyeglass Sousa skir ‘mished through town and country for substitutes. These were, fortunately, found in time to set forth in search of new fields to conquer. Frederick Lamond, the French pianist, has returned to England after a rather unpromising concert tour of two months in this country. Lamond is booked for a tour through Russia, which will begin in January. 1 Breaks up Colds and Cures the GRIP THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1902. BIOLOGICAL SOGIETY ELECTS ITS OFFICERS

Professor Evermann Is the New President. i MANY ADDITIONAL MEwmBERS Abou: Seventy-Five Have Been Ad mitted Within the Past Year. The annual meeting and election of of ficers of the Biological Society of Wash ingtor was held last evening in the rooms of the Cosmos Club. The follow ing were chosen: President, B. W. Evermann; vice pres tdents, W. H. Ashmead (re-elected), F HH. Knowlton (re-elected), T. S. Palmer, Ww. P. Hay; recording secretary, W. H. Osgood (re-elected); councilors, A. F. Woods (re-elected), H. J. Webber (re elected), M. B. Waite (re-elected), C. L. Pollard (re-elected), J. N. Rose At the conclusion of the election the society, according to its usual custom, nomivated Prof. Evermann as vice pres {dent ¢f the Washington Academy of Science. Each of the scientific societies in the city is entitled to name a vice president of the academy. Prof. Evermann appointed W. P. Hay, Garrett S. Miller, jr., and David White as mewbers of the committee on publica tion, and V. K. Chestnut, A. B. Baker, A. F. Woods, M. B. Lyons, and Vernon Bai ley on the committee on communications. Prof. Sargent Admitted. Prof. Charles Sargent, director of the Arnoid Arboretum, was elected a mem ber of the society. The retiring officers of the society were President F. A. Lucas, Vice Presi dents W. H. Ashmead, B. W. Evermann, F. H. Knowlton, and T. 8. Palmer, Re cording Secretary W. H. Osgood, Corre sponding Secretary T. W, Stanton, Treasure David White, Councilors A. F. Woods, H. J. Webber, M. B. Waite, W. P. Hay, and C. L. Pollard. The election held last night marked the twenty-third anniversary of the Bio logical Society, which is one of the old est scientific organizations in Washing ten, being outranked in age only by the Philoscphieal Scelety. The society has a membership at present of £42 about seventy-five new members haviag been taken in this year. A majority of the members are active, The society meets cn the second and fourth Saturdays of each month at the Cosmos Club, The New President. Prof. Evermann, thé newly elected president is the iththyologist of the United States Fish Commission and has charge of the division of statistics. Two years ago Prof. Evermann accompanied Dr, David Starr Jordan, president of Le lard Stanford University, to the Sand. wich Islands to study the fish inhabiting the waters of that vicinity, and three years £go he paid a similar visit to Par. to. ico. ae ao is joint author with Dr. Jordan of the w on “Fishes of North Amer ica,” published by the National Museum He is algo the author of the work en titled “American Food and Game Fish. Mr. Lucas, the retiring president, is the head of the division of anatomy and vertibrate fossils of the National Mu. seum. He served as president of the society for two years. i a A

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Robber Guards Street While Comrade Works. UNION, Mo., Dec. 27.—The bank here was robbed iis morning between 1 and 2 o'clock. The burglars got away wit $15,000. So far as known the actual work wat done by two men, though others are be lieved to have been stationed about the town to prevent interference by citizens. One man worked inside the bank while 8 second stood in the street. With a revolver in either hand, he dis+ charged ome or the other whenever he saw anyone moving about. Two shots were fired at Oscar Busch, when he came to his bedrcom window to ascertain the cause of the disturbance. It required four explosions before the vault and safe were shattered. The eracksman prepared his blast and lighted ‘the fuse, and then would jump out of ‘window back of the vault until after the ‘explosicn. He would coolly pe-enter the ‘bank by walking around ‘to the fromt ‘door, when he would prepare for suo ‘explosion. The entire contents of the safe word carried away. 5 When the men completed their work they leisurely walked down the street east from the fink, and were soon out of town. No clue has been. disco’ as to who they were, but evidently they were experts at their business. The bank carried a burglar of $10,000. It is said the depositors lose nothing.

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