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The times., 1898-01-12
SEIZURES OF SEAL SKINS
Americans on the Northeastern
Border Victims Of New Law.
Three Cans and One Sack Decorate
the Walls Of the Customs Office
ut st. Adams.

ST. Adams. Vt, Jan. 1.-THE chief
port of entry in the northeast part of
New England has been among the first
to hear the indignant protest against
the new law prohibiting the importa-
ton of sealskins in any form to this
country. Out of four seizures made
since Friday night all have operated
to the detriment of the citizens of the
United States. Hanging in the office
of the collector in charge of this port,
are three Sealsllin- caps and one sack
They represent money value OF about
$3.50. All We're purchased in the United
States and all were seized from United
States citizens. The regulations OF the
Treasury Department governing the
enforcement of the new law reached
this port last Friday.
The first seizure was made Saturday
night from passenger on Central
Vermont railroad train, en- route from
Montreal to Worcester, Mass. 1t was
sealskin sack, valued at $500, the
property of Miss Rocheleau, of Worces-
ter. Although she strongly protested
TO Inspector Lebeau that she had not
heard of the new law, and that the
sack was bought in the United States.
the inspector had no alternative and
seized the garment The young wo-
man continued her journey clad in an
overcoat loaned by a fellow passenger.
The caps that hang in the custom
house are the property of Arthur Anc-
til, of Burlington, Vt. Mrs. Gravelle, of
Barre. Vt, and Arthur Hilliard, of Chi
cago. Mr. Hillard's cap was seized
Monday night He was travelling from
Chicago to Proctor, Vt, via the Grand
Trunk railroad and passed through
| Canada with his baggage in bond. He
borrowed a hat from customs officer
| in order not to finish his journey Dare
! headed Although the law says that al
| sealskins seized must be destroyed.
! Collector Burleson is waiting in hopes
! that some modification of the law Will
/ enable him to restore the seized prop
/ erty to the owners. If nothing is done
within few days the articles Will be
! burned.
People going from this country into
| Canada suffer under the new law.
| Hardly a through train for Montreal
| but what has on board some paSSen-
| ger who is obliged to wait Over train
! to obtain the certificate necessary 10
| fake their sealskin into Canada and re-
| turn with them without fear of seizure
The inspectors on the trains say that
most people are entirely ignorant OF
! the law
The times., 1898-01-12
Ministers After the Fichters

Buffalo, \. Y, jan 11.-The Methodist
Minister'S Association today announced
their intention of doing everything possible
10 stop the fight between Kid' Mop artland
and Leslie Pierce, scheduled ro- the Olympic
Athletic Club tomorrow. 1t was supposed
that pending the appeal from Judge Wood
wards decision taken by the fighters, who
We're arrested some weeks ago, no further
attempt would tie made TO interfere with
bouts in this city. The president of the
Ministers Association, however, states
most emphstically that no fight viii come
off in Buffalo this week, or any other
week if they can preventit, and they think
they can.
The times., 1898-01-12
STILL PROMISES A FLOOD.

Gum Boots aud Life Boats are in
Order, Says the Sage.
The weather sage was secluded behind
q fog bank last night.
He was fixing his Joints with pomade
and gasoline. now and then rubbing in a
lirle rattlesnak e-on and lirne-Ju At
intervals he would soak his feet in hot
tar.
Treating yourself for rheumatism, are
youa' suggested the reporter, as lac pulled
alongside.
You bet i" responded the Sage, tickling
himself with a boat hook. A man has to
hump himself 10 get aheadoi the uudertak-
ers during a spell OF weather like this. A
night OF this characteris strongly suggestive
of bad coughs. Grape, silver plated handles,
hack rides, and head stones. To some OF as
il suggests white pinionS, and TO more of
US It suggests a fire escape. For nIy part,
/ shall insist that my bIrial robe be cut out
Of asbestos, and that my grave shall be
next door to pump. This kind of weather
is apt to take a man off quicker than a
grade-croSslng. / would rather step on a
trolley than TO take stroll tonight
I've lost my grip on this weather, =
Remarked the Sage, as lie cast despair
ing glance into his rainbauel. The
brakes won't work, and I've found 1T
impossible TO choke off the hydrostatic
pressure. I shouldn't be surprised if tie
creSts OF the Alleghenies should he flooded,
and ships would once more 20 up as far
as Bladensburg II would not aStound ne
if the Ana costa River should he inun-
dated. Yes, sir, this is a wet SPELL
Are these the same kind of clouds
that Iour'd upon the House of York;
asked the reporter.
Young man. said the Sage, Lord
Bacon never thought OF moisture as drench-
ful this. Humidity like the present
would have washed off the victorious
wreaths that bound the brows of Chester,
coated the bruised arms an thick with
rust, turned the dreadful marches into
swimming matches, and the barbed Steeis
into the deep bosom of the ocean buried"
What are the Indications asked The
Times man.
Gun boots and iifeboats," said the
Sage.
The times., 1898-01-12

Graham the Pecksniffs, the only Mark
Tapley and his landlady of the Dragon.
and several other characters involved
in the adventures of Tom. The char
acters are the characters of Dickens:
the costumes are the costumes Of 1880;
and the gentle. artistic acting is Will
lard'S own.
The piece is in three acts, the first
taking place in the home of the Peck
shifts, the second in the garden of that
mansion. where Toms idol is rudely
shattered, and the third in the London
lodgings, where Tom and his sister
lived and ate beefsteak puddings, one
of which. of course, is made on the
stage. Mr.. Werner Charges was the
Pecksniff of the occasion. and made
himself beautifully obnoxious. from the
time when he appeared in the bosom of
his family to his exit at the end of the
last act. He succeeded in getting out
of the room without bodily injury, but
a series of hearty and suggestive
thumps on the stairs relieved the mind
of Mark TapIey, and greatly encour-
aged the audience. Mr.. J. G. Taylor
did some very fine and subtle character
work as the elder Martin, and Mrs. Os-
wald Yorke was a charming dimpled
and picturesque little Ruth. while Miss
Maud Hoffman succeeded in living up
to the angelic character of Mary in
such q way as make her very human
and Iovable. Little Miss Ruby Johnson
won q round of applause for her pretty
acting of d child's part. The four floors
/ of the Lafayette were crowded, in spite
of the weather.
The times., 1898-01-12

William Price; P. c. T., A. S. Dono-
phan; organist. Mrs. Kate Hogan. w
II. Hope was elected as lodge deputy.
The lodge starts with membership OF
eighteen.
Judge Love, of the county court, has
appointed the following delegates to the
sugar beet convention: Alexandria
county,. T. Haney, Frank Hume.
Harrison Hatch, j. T. Sisson, DR.. d.
n. Rust, Curtis B. Graham, and
George Veitch. Fairfax county-H. d.
Rice, Smith Fairfax, EnOs Fairfax,
Benjamin Simpson, George Harrison.
John Wells, George L. Kenyon, w. 5.
Smoot. II. L. Salisbury, Alfred Leigh,
j. II. Hurst, G. W. Dey, George Aud,
c. Luken, E. Thompson, and G. w.
Triplett.
A committee of Lee Camp are ar
ranging for the celebration of Gen.
Lees birthday by a banquet on the
night of the 22d instant. Col. II. Kyd
Douglass will be the orator of the even
ing. Judge Grimsley. of Culpeper, will
respond to the toast to the cavalry and
Col. Del Kemper to the artillery. Con-
gressman Allen. of Mississippi, has ad-
vised the committee that he will be
unable to attend.
The stockholders of the First Ma
tional Bank met today and elected the
following directors: Joseph Broders,
James F. Muir, Noble Lindsey NJ. b.
Harlow and Gardner l. Boothe. AT
meeting Of the stockholders of the Citi-
zens' National Bank Benoni Wheat.
Edward l.. Dainserfield, Francis l..
Smith. William B. SmOot and William
II. Lambert were elected directors
The annual meetings of the Peoples
Gas Savings Company of America: of
the Peoples Gas Savings Association
of the District of Columbia: of the Peo-
pies Gas Savings Company of Balti-
more: of the McLachlen Real Estate
and Loan Company of Washington,
and of the COchnower Marble Com
pany We're held in this city today. Mat
terS of interest TO the members of the
different corporations were considered.
George Sterns. John Bales and Aleck
Rowe refused to work on the chain
gang today and We're put on bread
and water diet.
Frank WarfieId has sold to W. III.
Hall a lot of ground on Washington
street. between Oronoco and Pendleton,
for S400.
Mrs. Albert Metzger. who lived at
210 North Pitt street, left today for her
home in Columbia, s. G. She was in
destitute circumstances. with four little
children. having been deserted by her
husband. Through the efforts of Po
liceman Sherwood she was supplied
with a ticket for Columbia.
The blacksmith shop of Milffleton s.
Ford was robbed last night of guam
tity of tools.
Alexandria Council. No. 621, Royal
Arcanum. met tonight and installed the
officers recently elected.
Mr. Theodore Teed, who resided in
this city for many years, died at the
home of his daughter, in Tarrytown
n. Y, on January 8. He was ninety
five years of age.
The times., 1898-01-12
NO DEMAND FOR DAMAGES
The State Department Denies
knowledge Of a Cable Suit.
The Western Union May Ask 81 ,OO0,-
600 for LOSSES Through the
Havana Censorship.

The story printed yesterday in New
York newspaper alleging that the
Western Union Telegraph Company
would sue the Spanish government for
damages amounting to from 100000 to
81, 100000, said to be due to the Spanish
censorship of the Havana-K West
cable, is denied at the State Depart
ment through which the demand is
alleged to materialize. In the office cf
the Solicitor of the State Department,
and in other offices of that department,
they state that no such intimation has
been made to this government. AT the
Western Union office here 1t was stated
that the story was not believed to be
true.
The basis of the stated claim is the
loss of business growing out of the
refusal of the Spanish government to
permit the free use of the cable to the
press and other sources of business
Nice-President Clark, of the Western
Union Company, who has had immedi-
ate charge of the cable business, is said
to have made the representations In
the case to the government officials in
this city, and is said to have received
but very little encouragement.
The right of the Spanish government
is not utHltu III Time Ol wal, Dul tiS
point is made that Spain herself has
declared that there is no war.
Mr.. Clark's method of getting the
evidence for the claim is that the COM
pany had kept a careful record of its
business between Havana and this
country in order to prepare its claim-for
damages Nearly all of the press cor
respondents and business men in Cuba
who have been unable to get their mes
sages past the Censor in Havana have
sent them privately to Key West, Tam
pa or Jacksonville TO be put on the tele-
graph wires there. In like manner
similar messages intended for Havana
have been sent to these points by wire
to be forwarded thence in the form of
letters to Havana by steamer.
The Western Union agents at all
these points have kept an account of
all messages thus treated and have
forwarded weekly reports to Vice
President Clarks office in New York.
The times., 1898-01-12
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.

The following Navy and Army orders
We're issued yesterday:
Passed Assistant Engineer r. c. Bieg.
detached from the Bureau of Steam
Engineering January 10, and to Cam
den; connection at Princeton January
90.
Lieut.. F. L. Chaplin, detached from
Indiana January Is, sick and on leave
three months. permitted to delay re-
porting home.
The following changes in stations of
officers of the pay department are or
dered to take effect January 81, 1898:
Lieut.. Col. Frank NJ. Coke, deputy
paymaster general, is relieved from du-
ty as chief paymaster Department of
the Columbia, and will report in person
to the commanding general Department
of California for duty as chief paymas-
ter Of that department.
Major Charles II. Whpple paymas-
ter, is relieved from duty at ST. Paul,
Mimi, and will report in person to the
commanding general Department of the
Columbia for duty as chief paymaster
of that department.
By direction of the Acting Secretary
of War the leave of absence granted
Major Richard l.. Hoxie, corps of en-
gineers, in special orders No. 81, De-
cember 20, 1897, headquarters corps of
engineers. is extended one month.
The leave of absence granted Second
Lieut.. Franklin S. Hatton, Second In
fantry, in special orders No. 49, Octo-
Der Is, 1897, Department of Dakota. is
extended one month.
The following named enlisted men.
now at the posts designated after their
respective names, will be discharged
from the service of the United States
on receipt of this order by the com
manding officers of their respective sta
tions:
Private Shellie w. Bell, Company d,
Tenth Infantry, Fort Sill, o. T.
Private Charles w. Hayes. COMPANY
F, Seventh Infantry, Fort Logan. Col.
Private Frank III. La Voice, Company
B, Twenty-first Infantry, Plattsbure
Barracks, y. Y.
Private John Jones. Battery D, First
Artillery, now at Jackson Barracks
La, is transferred to the Third Infant
ry, and will be sent to the headquarters
of that regiment, Fort Smelling, Mimi.
| for assignment to company.
The following named enlisted men
now at the posts designated after theil
respective names, will be discharged
| from the service of the United States
under paragraphs 144 and 146 of the
regulations, on receipt of this order
| unless otherwise set forth herein. by
| the commanding officers of their re-
spective stations:
Private Herman Meth. Company A.
The times., 1898-01-12
City Brevities.

An original widows pension was granted
10 Laura Morgan, of this city, Yesterday
Thomas W. Grimes, of No. 1857 DeSales
street, fell from his bicycle at Tmrtieth
and NJ streets northwest yesterday afternoon
and fractured his left knee cap
The case of the United states against
Harry f. sands, g1ocer, charged with
technical felonious assault on Mamie
stevens, was nolle pressed by the district
attorney yesterday.
Frank Dante, a. pressman living at No.
1910 Eighth street, and employed upon
the Home Magazine, at Fourteenth street
and Florida avenue, on Monday afternoon,
while at work, had has left arm caught IN
the machinery. The arm was manSied.
Dante was removed TO Garfield Hospital
The times., 1898-01-12
Fourteenth Infantry. Vancouver Bar

Fourteenth Infantry, Vancouver Bar
racks, Wash.
Private Nell A. Mcdonnell, Troop d,
Second Cavalry, Fort Riley, Kan, on
January Is, 1S9S
Under paragraph 155 of the regula-
tions Privates Joseph j. Herring and
Louis c. Levin, Company H, Twelfth
Infantry, now at Fort Niobrara, Neb.,
will be sent to Whipple Barracks, A.
T., for medical treatment.
Private William f. Pannett. Troop II,
Sixth Cavalry, now at Fort Myer, Va,
is, upon his own application, trans
ferred to Troop b, Sixth Cavalry, and
Will be sent TO the station of that troop,
Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The expenses
of the transfer will be borne by the sol
der, and transportation will not be fur
nished by the Quartermaster's Depart
ment.
Private Robert J. Pfeiffer Company
+, Seventh Infantry, now at Fort Lo-
gan, Col. is transferred to Troop i,
Second Cavalry, stationed at the same
post.
The times., 1898-01-12
May Come in without Insnection

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Howell issued instructions yesterday to
the customs officers who seized the seal
skin garments OF persons crossing the Sus-
pension Bridge at Niagara Fails from
Canada to the United States. Mr.. Howell
says If the officers are satisfied that the
garments were owned by the persons
wearing them prior to the passage of the
law, December 90, they shall admit the
sealskins into the country. The decision is
general. Any American whu owned a seal
skin garment prior TO December % is en-
titled to pass through the custom houses
without interference.
The times., 1898-01-12
DYSPEPSIA.

Kemember that GRON ER UFA-
HAMS remedy is GU ARANTEED
to remove all distress FROM THE
FIRST DOSE 1t is folly to suffer
when a soc. bottle, procured from
your druggist, will correct In
stantly all unpleasant symptoms
An infalIible Specific for Dyspepsia,
Heartburn, GasGritis, and ali dis
eases arising from an impaired
Digestive System Write to Grover
Graham Co., Sewburgh, y. Y, for
pamphlet
The times., 1898-01-12
E. s. willard in "rom pinch..

Lovers of Dickens and lovers of E. S.
Willard were both happy at the La
fayette last night, and if the spirit of
the great novelist was lowering any
where about he must surely have been
happy also. 1t is long odds, but he
called the shade of Cruikshank to share
his happiness, for all the characters on
the stage looked exactly as If they had
walked cut of the pictures of that i'm
mortal illustrator. and become living,
breathing. talking embodiments of the
ideas of Dickens. Tom Pinch" is a
dramatization out of Martin Chuzzle-
wit" presenting Tora a:la his sister,
old Martin, young Martin. sweet Mary
The times., 1898-01-12
DTRRANT WILL BE CREMATED.
His Corpse Conveyed to Pasadena
by His Father.

by His Father.
san Francisco, Jan. l1.-Tonight the
body Of Theodore Durrant, denied sep
ulcher or cremation here, Will go on a
train 20 Passadena, where it will be
cremated. The corpse was taken from
the family home early this morning and
pla ced in an undertaker's vault, from
which it was removed this afternoon to
the train.
Both removals We're made under the
direct supervision Of bis father, who will
not let the body get out of his sight
until il is reduced TO ashes. The eXtraor-
dinary precautions taken are due To the
unusual efforts made by the surgeons to
get possession of the body, or even to
secure an opportunity to examine the
brain.
Durrant show ed by his conduct in prison,
his trial and on the galiows that he
was one of the most remarkable abnOrmalS
of the century, and sn examination of
his brain by experts would, it is thought,
have heen "A great benefit to alienism.
The times., 1898-01-12
MIR. GAGE WILL BE THERE.
The House Banking and Currency
Committee Hea ring Today.

Committee Hearing Today.
The Indianapolis Monetary Commission
Will wait on the House Committee on
Banking and Currency today The views
of the commission on the existing and
proposed financial conditions will be
given the committee, and the commission
will also explain the bill which has been
presented in the House and referred to
the Banking Committee.
An interested listener to these expla ma :
tions will he Secretary Gage. He has said
he would be present. Henry {. Payne,
a member of the Indianapolis commission,
arrived in this city on Monday night and
other members reached here yesterday.
The hearing will be so largely attended
today that it is probable that it will be
held in the room of the Committee on
Accounts, which is much larger than the
one assigned 10 Banking and Currency.
The times., 1898-01-12
WILL CREATE CONFUSION.
Mr.. Greeley's Opinion of the Classi.
ficatioD Patent Bill.

Deputy Commissioner of Patents Greeley
was before the House COMMITTEES on
Patents yesterday. lie was asked to
give his views Of the classification bill'
visions create sweeping changes and a
thorough reorganization OF the Patent Of
flee business.
Mr.. Greeley assured the committee that
the bill, IL passed as 1t now is, would
create confusion. The bill viii be with
held until MI. Greeley can submit bill
which will, in his judgment, cover the
defects ia the one discussed yesterday.
The times., 1898-01-12
Grnnt Circle Enferfains

Us. Grant Circle, Ladies of the G. r.,
held a reception last evening at Typo
graphical Temple, where refreshments
Were served after the installation of Of
ficers recently announced as elected. Mrs
+. q. Calvert, the newly elected president
or the circle, and the other officers re-
ceived not only the circle, but a large
number OF the circles friends.
The times., 1898-01-12
UNABLE TO INDICT ZANOLI.
No Evidence Upon Which to Charge
Him With Wife Murder.

New York Jan. 11.-After an hours
consultation with Prof. Witthaus today
District Attorney Gardiner declared that
the case of Charles Zanoli, suspected of
wholesale wife poisoning, would be left in
the hands of Magistrate Flammer, to be dis
posed of tomorrow as he may see fit.
Prof. Witthausshas not found in the re-
mains OF Jennie Sohmer any mineral poison
other than those which the embalming fluid
contained and he will not be able to swear
positively that there was any other poison
i'm the body.
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She Wants a consu1ship.

Mrs. Cora Chaplin Weed, of Iowa, has
filed with the President petition in which
800 Iowans join for her appointment to
consulship either in Germany or Switzer-
land. Mrs. Weed is reputed to be quite
linguist. Ex-senator Blair some time ago
urged the appointment of lady for
South American consulship, but the appoint
ment has not yet been made.
The times., 1898-01-12
MIR. kENNEDY's TRIAL TO-DAY.
He Is Technically Placed Under Ar
rest. the Bond Being $1,000

Mr.. john kennedy, the coal dealer w hose
loads OF coal were held up on Saturday
on their way TO the Denn;son School on
account Of alleged short weight, VIII he
tried in the police court today. He was
served yesterday with a warrant charging
him W ith violating special statute gainst
selling short-weight coal. He was only
technically placed under arrest and his
attorney, j. Alpheus johnson, went ilnme-
diately to the court and gave bond in 81 GOO
for his apnearance.
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Both plead Not Guilty.

Edward Smith. colored. charged with the
murder of Edinonia jackson, in November,
and Will lam NJ. Strother, the colored
newsboy charged with the assassination
of Rosa Talbot. on October 10, were ar
raigned and both pleaded not guilty yes
terday-
The times., 1898-01-12
MAY BLOCK THE DECISION.
A New Phase in the Nineteenth
Street Extension Cases.

StFCet EAte1SIOH LUSeS.
teenth- street extension cases may never
go into effect. The District Commissioners
are dissatisfied with the findings of the
jury, as are many others who are inter
ested.
The Commissioners yesterday, through
their attorneys in the street extension
cases, flied motion with Judge Cox
that the awards he vacated and set aside
by the court. The grounds sta ted are
that, in the opinion OF the Commissioners.
the awards are unreasona bic, excessive
and unjust. The motion will be argued
tomorrow
The times., 1898-01-12
BALTIMORE & OHIO BULLETIN.

Through tourist sleeping cars to the Pa
cific Coas st from this city, running via Tin
cinnati st. Louis, Iron Mountain route
Southern Pacific and El faSo, on fast
Western Express, leaving Washington 3:4t
D. M. every Tuesday. Item
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INSPECT WASHINGTON STREETS.
A Baltimore Council Commit ec Here
for the Purpose.

for the Purpose.
A delegation of Bait gentlemen
from the joint standing committee on
highways of the Baltimore city council,
called on the District Commissioners yes
terday to gain information about Wash
ington's street paving.
In the party We're Thomas Skinner,
John A. Wright, g n. Numsen, Jacob Fizone,
Albert II. Holk, and George Geblin e.
Albert H. Holk, and George Gebline. They
went through the District building with
the Commissioners Spending large part
of their time in the laboratory. Afterward
there was short trip about the city streets.
The Baltimore council intends to make
extensive improvements in the city's pave
lnents and these people came over for the
very latest.
The times., 1898-01-12

Do you know that yOu can have
The Morning, Evening and Sunday
Times--the only COMPLETE news
paper published in Washington
served to you by carrier for fifty
cents Il month?
The times., 1898-01-12
just Before Going TO Bed

d:ink n bottle nf our champagne or
''Ruby'' lager. It makes you sleep wei.
Case of "A bottles delivered 81. Wash
Brewery Co., 4th and sts. ne. 1t
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Ere Does $1,000 nnmaae

The residence of Mr.. f. A. Fenton,
No. 2o24 = street. was damaged by.fire
TO the extent OF about 81 900 yesterday
morning.
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Confirmed.

Sidney l.. Wilson, Of Washington, Dis
trict of Columbia, TO be pension agent nj
Washington, was confirmed yesterday.
The times., 1898-01-12
RIPANS TABULES

greatly relieved that fully believe they viii
ntirey"