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The times., 1898-07-14
The Railroad Rate War

An effort was made yesterday by a del
egation of railroad men to get the inter
state commerce commission to interfere
in the matter of the rate war which has
been in progress between the Canadian
Pacific Railroad and the American trunk
lines for some time past. The delegation
was composed of D. B. Caldwell, chair
man of the Western Passenger Asso-
citation: P. s Eustis, general passenger
agent of the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy Railroad; J. Sebastion. general
passenger agent of the Chicago. Rock ISL
and and Pacific Railroad. and George
H. Heafford. general passenger agent of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railroad.
The times., 1898-07-14

When we read of an elephant hunter who
has been trampled to death in the wilds of
India, we wonder at the foolhardiness of
man who will travel round the world and
endure all manner of hardships, in order to
court death in a far away jungle A man
does not have to make journey to India
in order to court death in a manner equally
foolhardy
Thousands of hard working men are daily
counting death in a much more certain
form, without ever leaving their native vii
lagos or cities. They are the men who neg
lect their health They are the men who
court death from consumption, or some
other deadly disease due to improper or
insufficient nourishment. The man who
suffers from bilious or nervous disorders.
who has weak stomach and an impaired
digestion, who has lost the power to eat,
rest or sleep, and who fails to take prompt
steps to remedy these conditions, is court
ing death in the guise of some fatal malady.
DR.. PieTce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures oS per cent of all cases of bronchial.
throat and laryngial affections that lead ND
to consumption. 1t soothes the cough.
facilitates expectoration and restores the
lost appetite. 1t corrects all disorders of
the digestion, makes the assimilation of
the l1fe-givlng elements of the food perfect.
1t invisorates the liver and purifes and en-
riches the blood It is the great blood
maker, hesh-builder, nerve tonic and re-
storative. It is the best of all known med
icines for nervous disorders. Dealers sell
1t and have nothing else lust as good -
had bad cough and got so low with it that
l could not sit up" writes Mrs Mittie GRAY. of
New London. Union Co., Ark. "Our family
physician told my husband that 1 had consrr,r-
ton. had pains through my chest and spit up
blood. took your Golden Medical Discovery
ana 1t cured me. saved my life"
The times., 1898-07-14

curacy from the navy and war cores
pondents. They write under serious dis
advantages. If they are with the army.
they have no horses, and can't visit the
lines. If they are on dispatch boats,
they can't be present at the battles
and they must run over TO Kingston, ia
maica, a hundred miles off. to SEND their
letters. Nearly all they get is hearsay.
and more or less mixed with error. But
among them, there are some who have
purposes to serve, and who wilfuly cir
cuiate falsehoods among more credulOus
OF their brethren. expecting them TO be
repeated in correspondence. Now. all
these stories discredited. the Cubans have
one earmark; they disparage the dis
cipline maintained by Garcia and tend to
convince the American people that the
Cubans are not fitted 10 conduct a stable
government and should have nothing TO
say about the terms Of peace or the forms
OF their future political institutions. The
people who instigate these lying reports
are in favor Of giving an indemnity to
Spain. secured upon the future revenues
of Cuba; and they propose to use the
United States as an agent 20 fasten this
burden upon our allies. They would
favor the temporary cession 10 the
United States of the Philippines and
Porto Rico. provided the CUbans shall
be made TO nay the debt incurred by
Spain in robbing and enslaving them.
Who are interested in maintaining the
value of the Spanish bOnds2 The holders.
Of course. Who are the holders? There
are many powerful bankers among them.
but il may be doubted whether any of
these WELD an influence equal 70 that of
the Vatican, which holds several hundred
millions of interest-beariug Spanish bonds
The history is interesting: In 1885 the
clerical party in Catholic Spain was de-
feated politically; sweeping DEGREES of
cOnfiscation of church property followed
and these led TO a diplomatic quarrel be-
tween the Pope and Spain which was pro-
tracted until 1859. Then an agreement
was reached by which a large amount OF
church property was sold and the above
issue OF bonds made to the Pope. Span
ish bankruptcy means most damaging
loss TO the papal treasury. Need I say
that every holder of Spanish bonds in
Spain, in Italy or elsewhere is interested
in seeing that Cuban revenues shall he
pledged to sustain the value of Spanish
bonds and in excluding Cubans from hav-
ing any voice in the future institutions of
their cOuntry2
A persistent and well-studied attempt
viii be made to accomplish this end.
The interest of the United States lies in
supporting the rights and conciIiating the
friendship Of the Cubans. Now is the
llIne 10 extend TO them the glad hand. and
by kindly services win their devotion
II We do this Americans can seek in
great numbers the beautiful isle when
this cruel war IS over; they will be well
coined as neighbors. planters. fellow-c:ti-
zens, merchants. railroad men. bridge
builders and miners. We have now a grand
opportunity 10 show the best qualities of
American manhood; It will be fearful
biunder to neglect it.
ba- =
bans The press should begin bv curb
ing the imaginations of its young CORE
spondents. Jealousy of our allies is
unworthy; in this war there is glory
enough for ALL
WILLIAM BIRNEY.
The times., 1898-07-14
THINGS THEATRICAL

The third Of the series of revivals was
given last night by the Columbia Stock
Company. when it reproduced William
Gillette and Frances H. Burnett's beauti-
full bit of sentiment, ''EsmeraIda." The
piece ranks not only as the best presenta-
ton given here during the Summer sea
son, but as an unparalleled artistic sue
cess. The smoothness and finish of the
offering is rarely seen even in road Or
ganizations, while the parts are in the
hands of able and well qualified PLAYERS.
Edward Aackay's portrayal Of Dave Har-
dy is, as aforesaid, as conscientious q
piece of acting as has been seen here in
many months. and it carries the house
with it. Eleanora Browning. too, con-
tributes some powerful scenes, her emo
tional work at the end of the third act
being nothing less than superb. The ..oId
man" Rogers of James A Barrows has
all the pathOs and humor of life. while
William IngersolI and Maud Haslam.
with John Lancaster and Florence VII
berham, extract no end of brightness from
the lighter roles. Mrs FindIay makes q
fair Mrs. Rogers. The remaining two
parts are acceptabIy done by George Bass
and Alexander Kearney.
Clivette. the juggler and shadowgra-
phist at Glen Echo this week, is undoubt-
edly one of the cIeve.- entertainers
Washington has ever seen. Jugglers
there have been in plenty, of all degrees
of exDeTtness. and aiso an occasional
painter of shadow pictures; but CHvette
combines the best features of the two
professions with the grace and charm of
the born amuser. HIS likeness to the
elder Hermann has been noted, ana, as
In the case of the great magician, it is
his manner of rescuting his act as much
as the tricks themselves. that is thor
ouShly pleasing. Therefore 1t is good to
learn that the management have decided
to continue CIivette for another week.
Owing TO the inclement weather. many
people have not yet seen him, but his
fame is spreading. and he will be.a well
come features for another period.
The operetta, Charity Begins at
Home" shows Miss Viola D'Armon. the
contralto of the Parry Opera Company. in
comedy role. which is rather a surprise
TO those accustomed to hearing her in
ports like Erminie. Allene Crater, Frank
Deshon, Charles Hawley and Tom DAILY
also come out strong in this musical
comedy. so the patrons of Glen Echo
have pleasant anticipations Of their work
in ''Galatea" on Monday. This piece IS L
shortened version of w S Giibert's fam
Gus comedy, "Pygmalion and Galatea.
and it is said 10 abound in good humor
as we'll music. The DILL will be filed
out with some of the best vaudeville
talent from the New York roof gardens
and halls. for the popularity of Glen
EchO's operate sandwiches" has been
sufficiently established 10 warrant a CON
tinuatiOn of this novel style of Summer
entertainment
The car service IS being constantly i'm
proved, and it is now possible TO take in
the entire performance and return to
town by II O'Clock
The times., 1898-07-14
EDUCATORS ARE LEAVING.
MEMBERS of the National Associo-
ton PIensed With tho c..


The National Educational Associa ton
convention being thing of the past
large numbers of delegates are departing
on every outgoing train With this
augmentation of their passenger business
the railroad people find their hands well
filled.
The departing delegates seemed well
pleased with their stay at the National
Capital. They are delighted with the
beauty of the city, and are more than
satisfied with the reception which they
have received at the hands of their
Washington friends.
Many were loath to leave. there be-
ing so many things in Washington which
could be impaired to school children in
all parts of the country However :,
number of the teachers, more fortunate
than their fellows. are still in the citv
and will continue to visit the varioHs
points of interest until the time Iinit
of their tickets expires.
The times., 1898-07-14
AN ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.
Dir. MeseroIe, Who Shot Theodore
Larbig, to Wed Miss 1IaItbr

Dir. Meserole, Who Shot Theodore
Larbig, to Wed Miss aIaItby.
The engagement of Darwin James Mes
erole, son of Gen. J. V MeseroIe. and
Miss Katherine L. Maltby, who conducts
a finishing school for young ladies in
Brooklyn. has been announced in New
York
Mr. Meserole is the man who. years
ago, shot Theodore Larbfg in the fiat
of Mrs. "D;Fie" Comstock, at No. S7s
Sackett Street, Brooklyn. The trial
which followed created a sensation. Mrs
Comstock was the daughter of d. C.
Forney, Of Washington, and she was
belle in the earlier days. She married
Walter Comstock, a Providence million
aire. Larbig had become deeply infatuat-
ed with her about five months before his
death. 1t was brought out in the trial
that he had tried TO kill Mrs. Comstock
in Mt of jealous rage and then attack
ed Meserole, who shot him dead
A great change came over MeseroIes
life while he was in Jail and since his re-
lease he has devoted himself to caring
for the unfortunate.
In December. 1894. Mrs. Edith Arm
strong, who is said TO have been "Ds vie''
Comstock, died in a Kansas City Jail.
The times., 1898-07-14
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses yesterday were grant
ed to the following peresons: Robert
Jenkins and Eva Fortune, District of Co.
lumbia; Julian Wilkins and Ellen Carter.
District of Columbia; Walter c. Green
and Emma B. Hall, Markham. Va: John
S. Whit and Mathilde S. Gorsard. Dis
trict Of Columbia; William H Blunginger
and Emily A. CASTOR, Baltimore, Nd. ::
John L. Helm, Frederick Md, and Lena
b. Lohners, District Of Columbia.
The times., 1898-07-14
COOK CAN'T SPOIL.
Grape Nuts Need No Cooking and
the Flavor Is Assured.

People want food that has palatable.
toothsome taste, and one that will recall
a pleasant taste whenever the name is
mentioned. That feature is a strong one
IN Grape-Nuts, the new breakfast food
No cooking is required, hence the taste
is not dependent on the cook but is just
what the makers intend it to be.
1t is often served cold and dry with a
bit of rich cream in part of the saucer
If one wants a hot dish, little hot
milk can be poured over some Grape
Nuts and there you are, most fetching
dish, furnishing the high nutritive value
of grape sugar.
Grape-Nuts sold by grocers.
The times., 1898-07-14

Il have used ChamberIain's Cough Pom
edy in my family for years and always
with good results, says Mr. w. b. Cooner
OF El Rio, Cal For small children We
find ii especially effective" For sale bv
Henry Evans, wholesale and retail drug
gist, 9SS F St NV and Conn ave. and s
81. NV. and 1928 Nd ave ne.
The times., 1898-07-14
TRY GRAIN.QI TRY GRtlN.nI

ask your Grocer tods Y TO show you PACK.
nks OF SRAtA-O. the new food drink that
laAes es lhe place OF coffee. The children NAV
erlnK u without In Jury as well as tie adulf.
zl " no Try lt, Ike IL. GRAIN-O has that
tMIcn M sea- brown OF Mocha or Java but it ia
Lntoe from pure grains, and the most tlelE
cate stomach receives IL without diStress
One-Quarter tbe price OF corfee. 30 and 25o
Sef package. Sold by all grocers. la27-1
The times., 1898-07-14
FUNERAL oF ADMIRAL AMMEN
The Brave Flag Defender Laid to
Rest al Arlington.

Rtst HI NrIIhEtOn,
The remains of the late Rear Admiral
Ammen. who died Monday at the Naval
Hospital, were laid to rest yesterday in
the Arlington National Cemetery, in the
presence of a number of mourning friends
and relatives.
The funeral services took place at St
Paul's Catholic Church, the rector, Rev
Father Mackin, officiating.
AT the request of Rear Admiral Ammen
the military display that would otherwise
have attended the funeral was done away
with. Many prominent military and ma
The times., 1898-07-14

Mrs. Mary S. Gist. who was delegate
both to the Federation Of Womans Clubs
at Denver and the Mothers Congress at
Salt Lake City, has returned TO Wash
ington. Like other District representa-
tiyes. she has come home enthusiastic
in her praises of the hospitality and pa
triotism of the women of the great
Northwest.
The times., 1898-07-14
Mems suits, Sa.9S

Mems fine custom-made fancy
worsted and blue and black chew
iOts-and nObby light plaid cassi-
meres and club checks-excIusiv
materials such as the tailors give
you at $50 and which have been
here at S15-gO for S698.
The times., 1898-07-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Hunt. of Connect
cut Avenue, left yesterday for an ex-
tended tour through the west. After Wis
iting the Yellow Stone Park, Yosemite
and other picturesque points of the Pa
cifc slope. they will go to Alaska, where
Mr.. Ellis Hunt. Jr., has been established
in business for the past two years.
The times., 1898-07-14
Bike suits, S2&.

Mems al-wooI cashmere and
cheviOt bicycle suits, in the great
est variety of patterns-pants have
kersey cuffs and the whole suit is
made in best manner. Sold for S..
Rebuilding sale price, $2.4S
The times., 1898-07-14
Golf pants, 79C.

A lot of mems summer covert golf
pants, with covert golf cuffs, which
sold originally for S1-50, will be put
on sale at 79c. pair.
The times., 1898-07-14

Among the Americans who attended the
state ball at Buckingham Palace, Lon
don, last Friday night were ex-senator
Calvin 5. Brice and his daughter. Miss
Brice The American embassy was well
represented at the ball, which was the
last Of the season.
The times., 1898-07-14

Mrs Mills. wife of Senator Mills of
Texas. and her daughter-in-law, Mrs
Charles II. Mills, left yesterday TO spend
the Summer at Asbury Park. Mr.. c. II.
Mills who has been appointed major on
Gen Henry's STAFF. is now at Santiago
The times., 1898-07-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Spalding an
nounce the marriage Of their daughter.
Margarita, TO Mr.. Philip Gerry, Monday,
July Il. at 1909 Yale Street.
The times., 1898-07-14

Ex-Secretary John Sherman and Mrs.
Sherman have returned TO Washington
the la,ter wonderfully iRvigorated from
their trip to Alaska and the Pacific Coast.
They may leave the city again short
ly. but in the meantime are enjoying the
quiet restfulness of their X Street home
The times., 1898-07-14

Ambassador and Mrs. Draper. who ar
rived from Italy a short time ago for
a Summer visit home are now at Hope
dale, Mass, where they will remain a
week or two before going TO Bar Harbor
Owing TO the recent death OF her mother.
Mrs. Draper win take no part in the So
cial life Of the season during her stay.
The times., 1898-07-14

The Countess Won Goetzen is now at
Atlantic City but will leave shortly for
a tour of the Eastern resorts. Count Won
Goetzen. formerly military attache at the
German embassy this city, is at Tampa
with o.her foreign officials watching the
progress of the war
The times., 1898-07-14

Mrs Allen. wife Of Col. Charles J.
Allen, United States Army. with her
daughter. has closed her house on JEFF
fers9n Place and gone to the family Sum-
mer cottage at Marthas Vineyard.
The times., 1898-07-14

Cardinal Gibbons spent last week /at
EIkins, ". Va, when he was the guest
alternately, Of MIR. and Mrs. r. {. Ker-
ems. Senator Elkins and ex-senator Da-
Wis, all Of whom have Summer homes
near each other on the mountain heights.
The times., 1898-07-14

Mrs. W 3. Gurley and family are oc-
cupying their cottage at Brent Point
Nantucket, Mass.
The times., 1898-07-14

The Misses OIL, of No. 420 Third Street
northwest, are spending the Summer at
Chestnut Cottage, Rockville, Md.
The times., 1898-07-14

Mrs. Ross Thompson. with her two chill
dren. has gone TO Henderson Harbor, \,
Y for the remainder of the Summer.
The times., 1898-07-14

Speaker Reed and his daughter. Miss
Katharine Reed spent few days at
Manhattan Beach last week before going
to their home in Portland. Maine. whittier
they were accompanied by Mrs. Reed.
The times., 1898-07-14

Mr. and Mrs. W. c. Whittemore who
will spend the Summer in continental
travel, are now at the Carlsbad Springs.
The times., 1898-07-14

Bishop Satterlee and family are occu-
pying a cottage at Twilight Park, Cat
skill Mountains, for the season.
The times., 1898-07-14

Mrs. ]. o. Mason, jr., left last evening
for Knoxville, Tenn, where she will spend
the Summer with relatives.
The times., 1898-07-14
S1.2o TO baltimore and Re- St.25
turn via PennsyINnnin RafIrnnh

Account n. E. A, tickets on sale July
to 15, good only on day of sale. Tickets
on sale July l6 and L. good TO return
until July 1s All trains except Con-
gressional Limited. jy13-4t, en-
The times., 1898-07-14

Representative and Mrs. Hit were
among last weeks visitors to Manhattan
Beach.
The times., 1898-07-14

Word comes from Eemstead, L. l.,
that the condition OF Mrs. William c.
Whitney grows more critical each day
The recent warm weather unneryed her.
and sapped her vitality. Although the
cool wave was favorable to her improve
ment the proposed trip TO Bar Harbor
has been postponed, as her present con-
dition viii hardly permit of her being
taken on such a journey.
The physicians are hopeful. but dread
the effects of a return of the warm
weather. Should she become stronger
everything is in readiness to start i'm
mediately for Bar Harbor.
The times., 1898-07-14

Mr.. William c. Marrow is at Narragan,
sett Pier
The times., 1898-07-14

Don't worry about cash
when we offer you credit at
Tr:ces as low as those of the
cash stores.
The times., 1898-07-14
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The French ambassador, NJ. cambon.
has returned from New York. where he
went few days ago to attend the re-
quiem mass solemnized at st. Vincent's
Catholic Church. for the repose of the
souls of those who lost their lives on the
French steamer Bourgogne.
The times., 1898-07-14
KINGS PALACE
New Department Store.
BIGGEST BARGAINS IN TOWN.
sI2-sl4 9Th St us Market Space


REGULAR sl.OO CRASH SKIRTS RE- oc
DUCED TO.............. ................ - 1OA
EISENMHNN'S.
SQ5 eth St 1926 Pa Ave
The times., 1898-07-14

A promise to pay will give
YOU unlimited buying power
) throughout our store
! We only ask a little money
) as you can spare it-once a $
J, week or once a month.
; During July we offer re-
; duced prices in all depart
ments. There are bargains
7 in every line.
Our mattings are tackled I
down free. Carpets are 4
made, lined and laid without Z
charge - that's acCommoda-
ton. ,
The times., 1898-07-14

Wilson have made the comfortable dis
cOvery that their white stone residence,
set airily on the heights of Connecticut
Avenue. is ideally adapted for a summer
residence, and are therefore bearing with
commendable philosophy the fortunes-or
miSfortunes-of war that neceSsitate
their remaining in town. Miss Wilson
is what Miss Alcott calls home girl, and
frankly acknowledges that her loftiest
ambition is TO make her domestic realm
all that is CHEEKY for her father and
brothers-and no one knows better than
they how charming she has succeeded.
During the sessions of the National Edu
cational Society they numbered among
their guests Prof Beardshaw president
of the Iowa State College and State SUI
peyintendent of public instruction.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-01-22

their dress." said q married man re-
GENTLY. mo matter how much OF Q
dandy the man may have been before
marriage. as q rule he begins 10 show
unmistakable signs. shortly afterward.
that he cares nothing about his per-
sonal appearance. It has been popu-
larly supposed that the reason for this
is because q man. once he Is married,
thinks that his mission In life as a
good dresser Is ended. and that he can
wear soiled linen and old clothes to his
hearts content. or because the wife
does not think to have clean collars
and cuffs laid ON hand for him. This
idea Is all wrong. for all women like
to have their husbands look well. and
at least clean. for they we'll know 1t
Is reflection upon themselves IL the
husband looks otherwise, and they are
too selfish to want any such notion to
gain credence. The real reason. how
ever. Is jealousy. A friend OF mine.
when asked him why he always wore
the same necktie. told me that IL he
changed his tie or clothes or shirt. and
often IL he shaved himself. his wife
thought 1t was because he wanted to
look nice for some other woman's bene-
| fit, until. out of sheer desperation, he
| preferred to go about looking almost
unkempt rather than have his wife
nag him."
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-01-22
women In tho Orient.

Mrs. Slapham Pennington, an Amer
lean, who has travelled extensively in
Turkey, Egypt and the east and has
had unusual advantages for observing
the women of the harems there, has
brought out little book which she
calls "A Key to the Orient" wherein
very different aspect from that gem
orally received is taken of the rela-
tions of the sexes there. The western
world generally holds that women in
all Mohammedan countries are the
mere slaves of the men, creatures of
pleasure, and are finally denied soul.
Far from this being the case. Mrs.
Pennington urges. they are held in the
highest honor, and even the work Of
household drudgery. which makes life
so hardly to be borne elsewhere, is
there In the hands OF men.
Another of the notions she over
throws has to do with the prevalence
OF polygamy. It Is exceedingly rare,
she observes, to find man of more
than one wife, except In the cases Of
officials, whose rank compels them. as
social duty, to maintain a large
household. Even then II is rather
more than likely that the pasha or hey
will wed successive wives, diyorcing
each In turn. with a sufficient settle
ment to keep her from want. aa he
marrles successor--a practice which,
as Mrs. Pennington points out, does not
differ by much from the usage grow
ing In England and America. II ia
true that there are no love matches
In the American sense of the word but
every girl Is given plenty of oppor-
tunity to see the candidate for her
hand at distance, az from a lattice
window, and IL she express the slight
est repugnance the matter IA mt
pressed further. All the matrimonial
arrangements devolve on the mothers
OF the young couple. who may safely
be presumed to have their interests
at heart, and there Is very little nm
happiness after marriage az a result
When welded IL Is considered nnault-
able for young wives to take unon
themselves the care Of housekeeping
30 they go to live with their husbands
family. As soon as motherhood bIesaea
the young matron she Is believed even
by the most fanatical moslems IN be
endowed with soul and she is thence-
forth held In the highest reapect
Her days run calmly on" says the
writer, only broken by the rejoicings
over the successive babes, and by the
excitement Of other weddings in her
family, and at last she is called 10 ta,Fa
the place OF honor vacated by her
mother or mother-in-law and TO ruIe
the harem."