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The times., 1897-11-08
NEW ORLEANS MEET.
The Opening Day Has Been Post
poned Until December 4.

The Opening Day Has Been Post
poned Until December 4.
New Orleans, Nov. THE winter race
meet, which was to have begun November
13, Eas been postponed until December A.
This was rendered necessary by the ina
bilty OF the horse owners to get their horses
here in time. There were only a half
dozen horses at the Fair Grounds, and
the races were consequently impossible
This pastponement will throw out three of
the stakes already closed, the inaugural
Handicap, the Thanksgiving Handicap, and
the Magnolia Selling Stakes, bnt the
entrance money will be refunded and the
events will be renewed later in the meet
ing.
The December program was already
pretty we'll filled, and it was deemed wise
TO let il alone as ii stood, especially rs il
was too late to open events to be run SO
early in the meeting. 1t is understood that
there is no important event on the card
for the opening day, but valuable over
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Intcrela@~ Football Games.

Since the abandonment of football with
outside teams at Georgetown College three
years ago, tie students have been obliged
20 expena Their peHt-up energy in the inter
class games. Aneleven, representative even
Of the college alone, has not since ap-
peared iron Jhe gridirou- Now, however,
team nas beenoreauized by the Greeks, :
which - composed OF ne best PLAYERS Of
authe classes aud which woaId he wor ny
TO represent the university. The post
graduate department has also put out a
team, and their challenge for a game
has been accepted by the Greeks to fe
PLACED Sunday, November IA. The prob
able line up Of the two teams follow:
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How TO Cure bilious Collie.

II suffered for weeks with collie and pains
In my stomach caused by biliousness and
had to take me dtcine 81 the while until
used Chamberlain's Coiic, Cholera and
DiarFhoea Remedy, which cured me.
have since recornmendedit it TO good many
people, Mrs +. Butler, Fairhayen, Conn
Persons who are subject 10 bilious collie can
v ard oss th; attack by. taking this remedy
as soon as the first symptoms appear. Sold
by Henry Evans, wholesale AMI retail
druggists. 93s stitpdaeonn ave. and 5
ST. NV and 142S Nd. ave, he.
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Parker, Bridget s Co.,
315 9TH ST.

night event will be arranged which viii
bring out fine class OF horses and ade-
qCately fiji the place OF the Inaugural
Handicap on the opening day program.
All the big events, except the three
voided by the enforced postponement, viii
be run OFT as already scheduled.
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ss-We give the Green Trading Stamps
with each purchase of 10
cents or more,
Those Il stunning /"
English Top
Goats

II AVE broad, square
Il a wide and loose and
hang straight down
without a wrinkle. Made of
hne tan coverts and guaran-
teed fast black cheviots !;
patch pockets with raw
edge finish. They are right
up to the minute in style
and finish. Men of taste
will size them up at a glance
as the SWEETEST top coats
shown this season. We are
selling them at only $40 to
SIS - Notwithstanding the
fact that all tailors get $40
to $40 for them.
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First rsce-George Il. Ketcham Red
Spider. Ten spot
seooEd race-Lady Disdain; Hardly; Bar
della.
Tmrd race-AIbert s; Kaiser Ludwig,
Marshall.
Fourth race -Pe-cyF.- Saratoga: IIairpin
Firth raoe-Dr. Catlctt; Ben Ronald
Sally ClicIuOt.
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Kid LGviguo. in parting from Sam Firz
patrick, has lost his best friend in the
world OF pugilis,n and the one VITO dd
more tilan any other man TO make Ia.
vlgne champion. When Fitzpatrick brought
Lavicne East in order to obtain a fight
with Griffo, his chances were 1 TO 100.
lie had no friends and he was not class ed
with Gnffo or anycther fast ones IN what
was then the featheTweight class. Fitz-
patrck stuck by Layigne through thick
and thin, and sometimes it was pretty
thin steddiag. Lavigne could fight, but
Could not talk, Fitzpatrick could do both.
Quietly, but never losing an inch os
ground, nc pushed forward. He was both
trai1cr and manager, and improved La
viene's rSiti':g form 90 per cent, while
his management was faultless. Try rs
he rGay Layigne viii find it Impossible
to obtain the services Of more capable
nan.
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The Rnsr Little Rec

(From the Cincinnati Inquirer)
Wallace-Whatis the reason johnny isn't
wearing his Little Defender badge any
more?
Mrs WalIace-He doesn't seem to be
SO fond of rinistering to dumb animals
since he put poor, little, half-frozen bee
in his pocket to get it warm.
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GOSSIP OF THE PUG|L|sTs
Hurst Will Referee the Raedy.
Moore Contest.
WALCOTT SHOWED "YELLOW"
Best Authority in san Francisco
Says the Black Fellow Quit
Lavignc Lost "a Good Friend III
Sam Fitzpatriok-E English Critics
Elated Over Sullivan's Defeat.

Tim Hurst has been specially engaged
to referee tie Raedy-Moore boat, which
may possibly take place at the Spa Atii-
letic Club oil November g. Hurst is now
In Buffalo, N. Y, and has been appointed
official referee OF the Empire Athletic CLUB
Of that city. which is to be devoted exclu-
sively to boxing, and has the backing oe
President Franklin, of the Buffalo Base
bah CI1b. Bin Clymer is the manager OF
Fraukhn's club. The fact that Hurst VIII
be imported especially from Buffalo t.
referee the Racdy-Moore bout VIII meet
with the unanimous Endorsement OF wash
ington Queeusbury patrons. Moore VIII
arrive in Washington week before the
bout, and finish his training in this city.
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llth and F StS. N. W.

nothing but even money VIII be offered
Harvard men generally are pleased that
Yale waH yesterday, for a victory over
the Chicago eleven win insure a close and
exciting contest next Saturday.
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The hest opinion which one gets from
Frisco is that Joe Naleott did beautiful
case of quit in his fight against Kid La
Gsne. There is hardly any other way of
looking at it.
The fellow who on yesterday sent cie-
patch 10 a New York PAPER TO the effect
that Walcott would again make all effort
TO go up against Layigne must have been
joking. Not for ice" is just now a IA
yorite song with the colored boxer.
In mUre than one con test in which he has
participated Walcott has shown clearly
enough that the yellow streak was pretty
well running throughhis makeup This has
on more tIian one occasion been spoken OF in
this co.umn.
l 10 not mention this now because Wa
cott has been whipped. l never did quite
believe in throwing the gaff into the under
dog. but, Walcott was never quite the
fellow to see any great good in tie other
men whom be fought and defeated.
When WaIcott met Tom Tray in Music
Hall few years ago he wanted TO quit
twice during the battle and he wound have
done 50 were it not for the efforts of Tom
ORourke and other men who were behind
him.
Oh another occasion before he was
known as champion be met Tom Pow
ars over IL South Boston. Powers was
a rough and tumble lad, and at one stage
he had Waicott ready "a cunt, but Pow
crs' poor condition made him weak, anu
then Walcctt became a cyclone.
This was shown IL many a contest
where Walcutt had all the best OF IL.
When hc had 2 mark III front Of him lie
was woRdrT.
But when racing a man who could punch
- hard as himself there never was a
time wien Joseph would not willingly
lay down ana think it over.
1t S this knowledge Of Waleots which
convinccs me that he will give Kid La
vigne vide berth in the future. There
may be men in this wide world Of cuIS
whom Wa.co;c can punch cut as nicely
as the fellows whom he slammed in the
old days but Lavigne is not in that class.
Waloott has his fun IN punching out
marks lie las no business with Layigne
for the KID is a fighter.
The times., 1897-11-08

The campaign in Massachusetts, has been
one of the hottest in the country. On the
ballot are the names of two candidates for
chief consul, George W Dorntee, and Sterl
ing Elliott, one mare for vice consul, Albert
q. rockingham, and one for secretary
treasurer, Arthur X. Peck. The ballot con
tains the names of seventy-six candidates
for representatives.. But fifty mine are to
be elected, and only that number of nam es
must he marked OH the ballot. II more
should be marked the ballot would be thrown
out, so that voters are asked to count the
number for wEum they vote with especial
care.
In connection with the voting for repre-
sentatives thelast sensation of the campaign
was sprung on Monday, and likely to react
on its authors with telling effect The
daily press published a list of twentv-nine
names. alleged TO have been sent out by the
machine" TO its particular friends, ask
ing them TO vote forthese twenty-nin eand 10
others, thus ignoring the remaining thirt '
candidates for representatives who Were
nominated in the machine" ticket. twas
said Cbatthis throw do VI" would react un
its alleged authors and result in harm
rather thar good.
The times., 1897-11-08
WILL RACE TWENTY MILES
Entries All in for the Conduit
Affair Today.
L. A. W. ANNUAL ELECTIONS
Hot Contests for Official Positions
in the League All Over the Coun-
try. Fight in Massachusetts Is
the Fiercest in the History of
the Big Organization.

The entries for the twenty-inile handicap
road race, which viii be held on the
Conduit road today, have closed. The
list : quite & large one and comprises most
or the local amateurs as well a S some from
other cities. The list of prizes is asfollows.
Rambler bicycle, Eclipse bicyle, $25 orcer
on House S Hermann, donated by House &
Herrmann; diamond scarf pin, diamond ring,
PAIR goldand diamond cuff buttons. pair gold
cuff buttons, donated by Charles Z, Wood.
pair kahg6roo tires doaated bytne National
India Rubber Company; pair Morgan 4
Wright tires, ,enated by Morgan & Wright
Company; pair Dreadnaught tires, donated
by Dreadnaught Tire Company; scarf pin,
pair tailcr-made trousers, donated by s
GInsberg; bath robe sweater, donated by
Larriinure q Ridenour. Gillian saddle, do
mated by Gillian Manufacturing Company;
hammock saddle donated by Il. C Phillips
Manufae turing Company; Searchlght !alup,
donated by the Bridgeport Brass Company
Ncverout lamp, donated hy Rose Manufac-
trring Company; Ham Diamond lamps
donated hy G. Ham Manufacturing COU,-
pauy: pair Emerson shoes, donated by the
Emerson shoeCompany; Ben brake donated
by the Universal Trading Company, Nal
colin braEe, donated by Robert Malcolm
Company aluminium roller bell, doua ted by
the Alulrmum Bell Company; FauItless
roller brake. donated by Faultless Roller
Brake Company: Beyin foot brake, do
mated by Bevin Bros Manufacturing Com
pany; waYs nufflet, Yeeder cyclometer,
donated byV eeder Manufacturing Company.
Heath foot pump donated by Heath Quimby
Company also for the last man TO cross tlie
tape snall drum, donated by Mr. j
Wood.
The following officials win act during
The race:
Referee, :. e Simpson; judges. L. B.
Graves, j. D. lasiey, William Gettinger,
John Woernef, " K. Larrmore; tiiners ;,
j. F Broadlent, H. shuster, F. Potts, G.
l.. Petze r. NJ. Dobbins; un,pires, c. E.
WooG. W Prince, W. J. Tubman, j. II
Pining; clerk If course, Rudolph Jose;
handicapper William Jose; starter RI
doiph Jose.
This road race is under the management
of MeSsrs. William. and Rudolph jose
who 50 ah,y conducted the road race given
last year ty the Washington Road Club.
Should the weather prove unfavorable the
race viii ,.e postponed until the following
Monday. November 3.
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seIcctIons % rodar,. Rnces.

q
races Were withdrawn and VIII be eligible
70 start as the others may be scratched.
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FOR HIRE.

FOR HIRE-To drummers and business
men, horse and buggy or Dayton, So per
day, and special prices for pleasure driving.
Apply to the REX STA BLES, rear 615 E
st. NV; telephone call, 100. ap30-tf
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Your credit is good al Lansburgh's Fur
niture House, 18th and F sts. oc3-tf
The times., 1897-11-08

This line OF overcoatings includes Camp
Fur Beavers, Meltons and other leading
weaves. Youuray S25 ana $40 for same
garment elsewhere.
The times., 1897-11-08

The animal elections OF the State diyi-
sioBs OF the l.. A w. are now in progress
ali over the country. In some Instances,
such as Ohio aud West Virginia, the elec-
uon is over and the results are known.
II other States the polls do not close
Until November / 0 or Is. The waTnesJ
contests are In Massachusetts and illinois,
while in Connecticut there is a lively fight
and In Maine and other States there aie
opposing candidates.
Following is a list OF nominations il
addition 20 those published Inst Week:
District Of Columbia-For chief consul
William I Robertson, official: John Woer
ner. jr independ ent; for vice consul,
". L. Larrimore; for secretary-t treasurer
Charles Z. Wood, official; j. s. Zeigler
independent.
Iowa-Fur chief consul, 4. c. Miller for
vice consal, j. A. Gallaher; for secretary
treasurer, E. a Sherman, E F. Carter.
Maryland-For Chief consul, Conway "
Sans. for vice consul, William GuIland;
for secretary-treasurer Robert II. Carr, jr.
Minnesota-For chief consul, Albert B.
Ooirt; COR vice consul F. L. Hoxfe; for
secteraIy-trcasureT, Charles z. Pond.
Nebraska-For chief consul. D. j. o 'Brien;
for vice consul, J. A. Peuson; for secretary.
treasurer. Di. +. c. Allen, Fred II E. Kind.
The election in the Ohio division was
concluded with the following result, there
having been no opposition
Chief consul--Dr. William D. Kempron,
Cincinnati. reelected.
Vice consul Arthur E. Chase, Toledo,
reelected.
Secret lry- -treasurer-Wflis C. Munro.
Cincinnati reelected.
RepresentatiN es -at-Large j. B Griffith.
Steubenvi5c: VIII .Saxton, Canton; Milton
g. Gill, Toledo; s W. Miller, Columbus.
Charles F. Ecnry, Marietta; j MiItOE
Finch, Dayton; Fred y. Tynes, Portsmouth,:
Charles f. Williams, Cincinnati; s L.
GhasteT, Fostoria; Parker G. Reed, Chilli
cothe; George L. Ralston, Cleveland;
". Mcdonald, Xenia; Louis p Bennett,
Mansfield: Michael &. II eintz, Cincinnati
In West Virginia there was 40 oppusi-
tion and the folio wing Were elected:
Chief Consul Charles H. Geiger.
Secretary Treasurer H. Boughner.
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the foundations for city in this wild
country. There came ship.Ioads of bricks
and building implements from England,
with which they reared stately residences
and high business blocks.
Parallel with the river, and high above
tidewater, they laid out the main street
OF Dumfries, which was in few years
lined with fine stores. The city was a
success from the time the first stone was
laid, and as it progressed more stores were
built, fine large grist mill, and huge
warehouses and shipyards were erected
on the river.
Ships came from across the sea and an
chored, as many as twenty at time, IN
the lower river, aw aiting their turns to get
to the wharf for while the river was deep,
it became narrow, and put q check on
those who sought the trade OF Dumfries.
Shiploads OF flour, grain, cotton, tobacco,
and the products of this fertile territory
were sent back TO the mother country, in
exchange for everything needed by the col
onists.
Dumfries grew rapidly. It's splendid
commercial success attracted other indus
tries, ana healthy growth in population,
wealth and influence was realized. The
main street was fringed by double row
of substantial business blocks for half
mile, while back on the commanding hills
were the residences OF the well-to-do.
Through the main portion OF the town
failing spring sent babbiing brook.
which was spanned on this main street by
stone viaduct, which still stands firm
and strong. @'',f
Merchants waxed rich and lived extray-
agantly; business was booming and trades
men were well employed, but in the midst
of this unusual prosperity there came a
halt The idea of seclusion, which prompt
ed the founders To establish their city off
of the m ain river, worked like u charm for
a time. All during the Revolutionary war
when nearly all the other forts were block
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STOLE HER OWN WATCH.
Strange Exploit Performed by a
Young St. Louis S1mnambuIist.
ST. Louis Republic.

ST LOUIS Repubitc.
The detectives of this city have been
searching the pawnshops for the last two
weeks for a valuable gold watch, and this
will be the first intinlatiOn that they have
had that the timepiece has been recovered.
The watch belongs to a young womanin Ca
banne and is costly one, butitis prizedes-
pecially because it was presented 70 her by
her motheras a reward for some particular
thing done or left undone. butthat hasnoth
ing TO do with the story. One day about two
weeks ago the young woman startled her
family by announcing that she had lost her
watch. She thought at first that it had
dropped out Of its original place OF conceal
ment, but later on, when her family had
questioned her and coached her little, she
concluded that she had been robbed. Then
she went to police headquarters andtoldher
story. Some OF the things she told she knew
TO be facts; other parts she really believed,
although they were purelyimag ginary. Any
way, the police agreed she had been
robbed and proceeded to look after the
watch and the thieves who stoleit.
For nearly a week the young woman
mourned the loss of her watch. going each
day to the four courts stoinquireifthere was
any news of herjeweI. Therewas none, but,
as is customary with detectives. they had q
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mile, hair nile, one mile, two miles, be-
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any city south of Philadelphia, Alexan-
andria flourished and declined after Dunn
fries began to lose the glory of her depart
ing trade. Washington was not surveyed
when t was in the heydey its existence.
Georgetown and Bladensburg, further up
the Potomac, drew their supplies from
Dumfries, and, as far as tile settlement of
Baltimore on the north to North Carolina
on the south, there was no disputing the
dominion of Dunfries
There are few persons now living there
who are descendants of the original Scotch.
Justice Reid is probably the only person
who can trace his family connection back
to the founders of the city. The Times man
/ found him ina. reminiscent mood, and his
story of the town is substantially as fol
lows:
Seyen young ScotcIlmen from Dunfrie-
shire. with the financial backing of Glas-
cow. came to the new world to establish
a city. They found the English in possess
sion of the ames River country, the Quakers
of tie Della ware, the Dutch on the Hud-
son, and the Puritans on the coast Of New
England. So they decided on the Poto-
mae Their first plan-one which they near
ly carried into .effect-was to establish
their town ON the main river, near where
Quantico now stands, but the exposure to
pirates md enemies prompted them to aban-
don that idea; so after repeated councils and
many expeditionsu and down the Potomac
they concluded to seclude their town at the
head of navigation on the Quantico, which
was then broad, deep water way, and one
which they thought well adapted for their
purpose.
The natural advantages were great here.
The hills were full of building stone,
springs of purest water gushed forth on
every side, and the water power began
where the navigation for ocean vessels
ended. They quarried stone, and laid
The morning times., 1897-01-10

clew. and promised to have the thieves and
booty in a few days.
One evening last week she went to her
dresser for a freshiy-Iaundered robe-de-
mutt. From the top drawer of the dresser
she took the garment tenderly, adniring
the lace with which the bosom was em-
belIished, aud mentally commenting on the
poor manner in which it had been ironed.
AS she uDfolded the filTny thing she noticed
an unusual weightinesS about it, and on in
veStigating she found that something hard
and heavy waSconcealedin one Ofthc waist
bands. Further investigation revealed the
lost watch.
So great was the Joy of the young woman
at recovering her lost treasure that she
rushed downstairs to acquaint her sister
with her find. Thesister atthe time was en-
tertaining young man, but the young wo-
man, in her joy over finding the watch,
rushed into the parlor before she realized
that She was not in a presentable condition
for the Company OF men. When the con-
sternatiOn OF the party had in manner sub
sided, they sought an explanation OF the
curious hiding of the watch The only
solution at all plausible was that the young
woman, who, when a Child, had been known
as q somnamtuliSt, had suffered return
of her old malady, and while asleep had
hidden the watch so well that it could not
be found, except by accident.
1t may be uodeSty, OF it may be simply
a Discrimination to admit that she is sleep
walker; anyway. the young woman has re-
fused tn make known TO the police that her
| watch has been found and now she is
dreading being called upon to identify
some one as a thief, or something that
never was stolen, for it is reasonably GER
tain that If the police do not take the tip
from this they will follow up this watch
case until some one is arrested
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and horses and COW roam at viii.
The Remaining Relics.

ne REMAINING Relics.
The few remaining relics of the old
city are easily located. Only four of these
old buildings have withstood the ravages
or hundred years, theaIoss of business,
the closing of navigation and the big fire.
Those that stand are built in the substantial
manner which characterized the buildings
of colonial America.
There were no six or eightinch walls in
last century's houses. These walls meas
ure two feet, or more. Several Of them
are as substantial as the day the peculiarly
shaped English brick Were cemented to-
gether, and except for the exterior wood
work, are in good state of preservation,
twoofthem being occupied
The II ost commanding of these is the
uninhabited Tibbs' mansion, which stands
high OH the hillside, overlooking the entire
valley. On closer inspection it shows
some signs of dilapidation in the front
porch, but once inside the substantial room S
and comfortable surroundings dispel any
thought of unsafoness.
The interior shows that culture and re-
finement once reigned there The wood
work is elaborate. From the floor to the
window sills of stone the rooms are paneled
in black walnut, while between the
windows, set into the massive walls, are
the took shelves. Intricately carved wood
forms cornices and ornaments at the cell
ings and frames at the mantels to contain
huge mirrors or works of the old masters.
Not far from the Tibbs house is a
smaller building whose cornerstone tells
of the date Of its erection, 1774. While
it is not the oldest, it is the most dilapi-
dated. The family living near by occu-
pied this house for more than quarter
Of century, and moved out in 1889,
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one may easily leap across. are the ruins o I
tie mill. The Qgantioo was a very differ
ent stream Il hundred and odd years ago.
1t rises considerably now, when the srows
melt IN the spring, but at that time it was
navigable for ships a. mile beyond the
wharves OF thismil, where flourwas ground
and loaded ON vessels for transatlantic
trade. ista
Parallel with the stream is the track
OF the liyeliest thing in all Dumfries. 1t
is a narI ow- -guage engine and string Of
cars which came putting down from among
the hills with loads of wood and coal at in
tervals during the day. Beyond the track
is the public square, where the pigs root un-