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The times., 1898-08-12
THE DEMOCRACY OF NEW YORK
Croker Wins the First Round OF
Campaign NnReuvers


Campaign NnReuyers.
New York, Aug u.-Richard Croker
has won in the first fight with David B.
Hill for position Hill wanted a late
meeting of the State committee. Croker
wanted an early meeting. Elliott Dan
forth, who is chairman of the committee,
sided with Hill. Croker worked petit
ton and got sufficient signatures 10 or
der the call. Danforth came up from
Long Branch this morning after spend
ing the night with Hill. He reached his
office shortly after noon. He Immediate
iy went TO the long distance telephone
box. saying he would not talk until aft
er he had telephoned. He spent an hour
talking over the wire and then, having
reached a satisfactory conclusion, said:
Il have been requested on behalf of
number of the State committee to call
the committee together in Saratoga on
Saturday evening next for the purpose of
fixing a time and place for holding the
Democratic State convention. Since the
request was made I have consulted sew
eral of these party leaders and have con-
cluded. in view Of the requests made in
behalf of the New York and Kings
County members, TO convene the COM
mittee at the Grand Union Hotel. Sara
toga, at Y o'clock noon on Saturday.
My own judgment is that longer no.
tice should have been given Of the meet
ing of the committee and that II would
have been better TO fix the date of meet
ing for the last of this month.
Senator Hill was of the opinion that
the usual notice should have been given
and the date fixed at such time as 10
afford all members of the committee op-
portunity to return from vacations be-
fore being called together"
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Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railway Company, 175 first mortgage
bonds of Atlantic and North Carolina
Railway Company. 100 bonds valued at
$500 each in the Citizens Water and Gas
Company. of Williamsport. Pa: 267
bonds valued at $4,000 of the District of
Columbia, and his residence and all per-
sonal property in Port Deposit
The others who are named in the Will
as legatees are Lemuel G. Tome Henry
NJ. GOhn. Elizabeth ]. Sitter. Andrew
Gohn. Fanny Craley, Catharine L. Ar
mold. Adaline E. KlIneyoung. Mrs. Caro-
line Keener. Sidney Ann Tome, John
Tome, the Jacob Tome Institute. of Port
Deposit; Mary J. Kimble. Ann E. Tome.
William II. Tome, Mrs. Mary T. Wash
ington. Jacob T. Tome, Cornelius c.
Tome. Peter E. Tome. Mary Ann Heffer.
Jacob T. Gohn. Andrew GOhn. Collrine
A. Love, Simon z. Klineyoung, Ann
f. Smith. Catharine +. Snyder, the Tome
Memorial NJ. e. Church, of Port Deposit:
Hopeweli Cemetery Association, Jacob T.
Preston, Jacob 7. Reynolds. all of whom
are bequeathed large sums OF money and
a portion of the real property of the de-
ceased
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Meeting of Scientists

The fftieth meeting of the American
Association for the advancement of
Science is TO be convened in Boston next
week Washington will be represented by
the following well-known men in scientific
circles: DR.. Marcus benjamin, H ]. New
comb, John Hyde Henry Farquhar, Prof.
Cleveland Able, DR.. Artemus Martin,
Prof. ]. R. Eastman, Dr. William H.
Dell. Prof. Theodore Gill, and -Messrs
c. l. Marlatt. II. A. Williams. Herbert ].
Weber, E. L. Greene, Charles Louis Pol
lard, Erwin F. Smith, Milton Whitney,
.. F. Cook, and D. G. Fairchild.
DR.. L. O. Howard, of the Agricultural
Department, is permanent secretary. Prof.
Charles Z. Munroe, of the Columbian
University, is secretary of the American
Chemical Society, an affiliated organiza-
1iOn
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A Demand for Recognition

New York. Aug. n.-Edward E. Lee, of
New York, Richard Croker's representa-
tive, was elected president of the Negro
Democratic League at the second session
of its convention yesterday. George f..
Taylor. of Iowa, was elected general sec
retary. In the platform adopted are the
following declarat tions:
We most emphatically censure the present Ad-
ministratiGn of the War Department for dscrim-
mating against negroes as army officers bellev-
ing, as do, that candidates for any or all OF
such positions should be judged upon the basis of
merit and not color.
We are proud of the valor and he-oism dis
played by the negro troops at the battle OF Santi-
ago. 1t is but repetition of what the negro sol
der has done in every from that OF the
Revolution to the present time
We are unalteraby opposed to the un-American
exclusion of negroes from the West Point Mill .ary
School and the Naval Academy at Annapolis. and
to the opposition against negroes in the artillery
service.
The resolutions were adopted unani-
mously.
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POLITICAL PUZZLES.
New York Republicans at Sea Com
ceI ming Rooses eIt,s Ambitions.

New York, Aug. u.-Gov. Black will
a denomination, and will permit none
to be made in his behalf Not a single
delegate so far elected has been in
structed for him.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt is expected to
arrive at Montauk Point today, and his
admirers believe that the effect of his
presence will be to make his gubernato-
rial boom irresistible.
Gov. Blacks attitude toward the Re-
publican State convention was announc-
ed Yesterday by the Troy newspaper
which is regarded as his personal organ
as follows:
Gov Black is willing to leave to the
Republican State convention the choice
of nominees for the State ticket and is
too conscious of the proprieties of his po-
sition in public Office and in personal re-
lationship to his party and all its MEM
bers to interfere in advance with the
work of the convention. He is said to
confidentially await the action of the as
sembled Republicans of the State in
naming the right ticket and the winning
ticket. and before that time will make
no choice among candidates"
Independent Republicans are burning
with curiosity 10 know what is in let
ter from Col. Roosevelt which they have
in their possession. 1t was written in
answer to a letter sent by Samuel T.
French. the former secretary of the in
dependent general committee, telling
Col. Roosevelt that the Independents
wanted him to run for governor and CIV
ing him details calculated to draw out a
significant reply.
Mr. French. owing to pressure of pri-
vate business, resigned before the an
swer came and is not now in the city
The independents do not know whether
the letter is personal communication
to him or was intended for the organiZa-
tion, and therefore they are guarding It
unopened. They know that it is from
their favorite, because in place of a
stamp ii bears the legend Soldiers
Letter, Col. Theodore Roosevelt" and is
postmarked Santiago"
In this letter Col. Roosevelt may an
nounce his candidacy. or he may decline
to allow his name to be used, or he may
thank his friends and avoid committing
himself. These possibilities are tantal-
izing the Independents, and they are
enabled to endure the suspense only by
the thought that Col. Roosevelt will be
here in person in a few hours, and can
then speak for himself
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srATIoNERY-UNITED STATES HOUSE

sTATIONERY-UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, Clerks Once House Of
Representatives. T. :. Washington. d. c. Au-
gust 5 lS9S->ealed proposals VIII be recsiv- d at
this cffice until II O'CLOCK NJ SEPTEMBER
6. 1885 Tor furnishing stationery for the House
OF Representatives during the fiscal year ending
June 90 1899 Blank forms Of proposals.. bIanS
bonds and necessary information viii be FUR
nished on application 10 the Stationery Clerk.
The clerk reserves the right 10 waive detects
and reject any or all bids or parts OF bids
Proposals should be addressed to the Clerk OF
the House Of Representative. and indo-s-d PRO
pOsals for Stationery" Proposals and specimens
must be delivered al the ofhce OF the Clerk OF
the House, free or charge. 4 MCDOWELL.
Clerk L. :. House Of Representatives
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LEGAL NOTICE.

IN THE JUSTICES COURT OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA-Bei0re Hon. Charles :
Bundy J. T.. John L Willige plaintiff vs. Eli-
gene c. Lucas. defendant Law No 1855 A
summons in due form having been issued out Of
this court 10 a lawful constable Of this District
for the said defendant, and the same having
been by said constable returned rot T. be
found, il Is hereby ordered that sad defendant
cause his appearance 10 be entered herein On ur
before the frst Tuesday OF September Is9s;
otherwise the cause VIII be proceeded with as in
case Of default C. 5 Bl-NDY
iy29. aus, u Justice % tfe Peace
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PROPOSAL.

PROPOSALS for constructing an addition to sta
ton house No. :, on lots Is, 10 and 20,
square SCI, L St, Washington, D. C.-Cfice of
Commissioners D. c. Washington. d. C.. Au.
gust T. lsgs. Sealed proposals viii be received
az this Office until y NJ, on AUGUST 90 Is9s.
for constructing an addition TO station house No.
: on L ST. Nv. Washington. d. c.
Blank forms of proposals and Specifications to-
gether with al the necessary information. can be
obtained upon application therefor az the Office
OF the Inspector Of Buildings OF the District OF
Columbia. and bids upon these forms only viii
be considered. The right Is reserved To reject any
or all bids Proposals must be incl0sed in an
envelope sealed. and indorsed on the outside:
Proposals Tor Constructing an Addition 10 SJl-
tion House No s, on L =. NV. Washington. d.
c." JOHN b. WIGHT, JOHN ". ROSS, Ian
SING H BEACH, Commissioners. D. C.
au5-6t-exsu-em
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About one month ago my child wbi,

About one month ago my child which
is fifteen months old, had an attack Of
diarrhoea accompanied by vomiting I
gave il such remedies as are usually given
in such cases, but as nothing gave relief
we sent for a physician and it was under
his care for week. At this time the
child had been sick for about ten DAYS
and was having about twenty-five opera
tions of the bowels every twelve
hours, and we were convinced that unless
it soon obtained relief it would not live
Chamberlain Colic, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy was recommended, and
decided to try it. I soon noticed a
change for the better: by its continued
use complete cure was brought about
and it is now perfectly healthy.-C. /.
Boggs, Stumptown, Gilmer, Co., w. Va
For sale by Henry Evans. wholesale and
retail druggist, 9SS Street northwest
and Connecticut Avenue and S Street
northwest and -142S Maryland Avenue
northeast.
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Ex-Gov FicWcr a Bryan MAN

New York, Aug. 1.-THE interesting
fact has been disclosed that ex-Gov. Ros-
well P Flower voted for the Democrats
Presidential electors in 1896. He thus has
kept his regular" position in the DEM
ocratic party. Mr.. Flowers friends point
out that he foughs Bryan bitterly, and
that he only voted for the Democratic
electors when convinced that Bryan was
defeated It can be surmised that the
disclosure of 1.-The Interesting circumstance
that Mr.. Flower did not desert the DEM
ocratic party in 1886 is made just at this
time with the view of advancing his
chances of being nominated for governor
by the Democratic party this year.
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IN MENORIAM

DAWSON-In loving remembrance of EDWARD
L. DAWSON, who died one year ago yesterday.
August L. 1897.
Oh, God, how mysterious and strange are thy
ways,
To take from OUT loved one in the best Of his
days.
I will 20 TO his grave, where his spirit has fed
And beneath the green sod he is laid with the
dead,
Where the heart that loved is turning 20 clay,
And in CalvaTy's cold dews he is passing away.
BY HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN
Oh, grandpapa. 1t seems hard that ycu have
passed away;
1t seems so short to 50 young, but it's just
one year today.
BY HIS GRANDCHILDREN. LUCY AND MAG
GLE.
baltimore Sun please copy)
Item
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Electric Light Monopoly

Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE Chicago Edison
Company has completed the absorption
of every important corporation now fur
nishing electric light inside the city linn
it's of Chicago. and consequently now has
a monopoly of the business of the city.
Eleven companies have been taken into
the fold. The only electric light company
not included in the deal is the Cosmopoli-
tan, and while it has a franchise and
some wires laid, it has mot yet got a
plant and is not prepared to go into busi-
ness.
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The Mccartney FnsIurt.

Late letters from Gloucester, Mass.
where John Mccartney has been taken
by his family. give the information that
his physical condition is very serious.
The affection Of his lower limbs has pro-
gressed so rapidly that he cannot use
his legs. even with the aid of crutches.
Mentally. he seems TO have undergone
an equally sad change. apparently taking
no interest in his business affairs. and
rarely referring to them. His friends
fear that he viii not improve
AS the investigation of the books
of the concern is proceeded with the fail
ure Is found to be worse than the first
reports represented it 10 be. The deficit
will amount it is thought. to over $780,
600
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A BOY RoBBER.
He Is Captured Under N Bed in n
Jersey City House

Jersey City House.
New York. Aug. 11-If Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Holden, of Jersey City, had found
(. real man burglar under their bed they
might have felt more fattered on the
score of the attractiveness of their jew
els and plate.
But strip of lad, twelve years old.
and small at that, even when he con-
fessed his designs upon their property.
seemed such small object to prosecute
that he would have escaped the clutches
of the law except for the police.
The lad was brought before Police Jus
tice Potts today, and his story being fully
told, he was held TO answer a charge of
grand larceny.
Last night Mr.. and Mrs. Holden re-
turned to their residence, at No 80 Sew
enth Street, after a trolley ride. Mrs.
Holden had already got into bed and her
husband was about to turn out the light
when he noticed strange shoe sticking
out from under the bed
There was a hole in the toe of the shoe,
and from the hole protruded a bare toe.
Mr. Holden stuck his hand under the
bed and pulled out little Johnnie Con-
way, who said he was real burglar and
lived at No. 3lS Eighth Street.
There is a police station on the same
block with Mr. Holden's house, and
while Mrs Holden held the fort at home
Mr.. Holden escorted the burglar to it.
There Johnnie Conway broke down and
again said he was a real burglar, this
time confessing instead of boasting.
''Ephraim Budd md me crawled in at a
window to rob the house after we saw
the people go out. They come back be-
fore we finished the job Eph got out
at the winder, but 1 didn't have the
time, so I crawled under the bed
The Conway lad stated in court today
that he and young Budd who is two
years his senior, have carried on sys-
tematic burglary all Summer. watching
for houses whose occupants were absent
for the time being, and robbing them
during the interval of absence.
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Chopped of His Toes.

]. c. Baden, farmer. living near South
Boston, Va. came into the Emergency
Hospital yesterday afternoon and asked
the surgeons TO doctor his foot. He said
he had been chopping wood when the
axe flew off the handle and struck the
foot. The bones and tendons of 1he
three outer toes were cut through and
The toes were hanging by a shred of the
skin. Baden said he had left home at
8 o'clock yesterday morning and did not
arrive in this city till o'clock in the
afternoon. His injuries were dressed
and he was sent to the surgical ward
for further treatment.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICE.-washing d. C..
Aug 5. 1sS8.-By direction OF a
majority Of the acting corporators
Of the East Washington Heights
Traction Railroad Company. the
first meeting OF the stockholders
OF the said company for the choice OF
directors will be held at the Office of
Blair & Thorn. 4l2 Fifth Street north
west, Washington. d. G., on FRIDAY,
AUG. IL. 1893. at o'clock in the after
noon The polls will be open from 10 5
O'Clock.
CHARLES A. BARKER.
due-9t-am Clerk.
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THE WEATHER SAGE WORKING.
Promises Another Period of Heat,
But Less Intense

The weather sage again tempts the
temper of the public by predicting
warmer weather for today. He is not on
ly courageous enough to do this. but
even more. He says that IT will also be
cloudy, which means more humidity, more
sweltering and smore suffering Upon the
part of the public.
1t is not to be inferred that the public
will give itself much worry about the
promises thus made by the sage, for re-
cent experience has no doubt taught the
lesson of waiting and seeing before be-
lieving weather forecasts.
He is perhaps as cognizant OF the po-
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DIED

C0LE-0n Thursday. August H. ISgS. EDITH
MAHAN COLE, beloved wife OF Seth E. Cole. in
the 23d year OF her age.
Notice Of funeral hereafter
Baltimore and Alexandria papers please copy.
II
COLE-Entered into rest Wednesday. August
TO- 1s9s. at Columbia Hospital. after a short
and painful Illness. ANNE ELIZABETH COLE,
beloved wife Of Samuel Cole, and mother Of
J. F. and Cora Cole, in the seventy-fourth year
of her age
Funeral from her late residence. No. 2lS
Street southeast; thence to ST. Augustine's
Church, where requiem mass will be sung at 10
o'clock. Saturday, August 13.
May she rest in peace. aui1-2t
The times., 1898-08-12
RECKLESS nririnn

Frank Sells living at No. l9s c Street
norteast. was run over and slightly in
jured by q team Of horses driven by
Hugh o'Neil. Of Bladensburg, at the cor
ner of First and c Streets northwest yes
terday afternoon. ONeil was arrested
and locked up at No. 6 staten. charged
with reckless driving and Sells was taken
to Emergency Hospital, where his iniu-
ries were dressed, after which he went
home.
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A Farmers, Raid en- Snakes

Oakland, Md, Aug. ia party of
farmers descended upon a snake den at
New Germany, Garrett County, Tues
day and in an hour dispatched sixty
eight rattlers, the smallest measur-
ing four feet and having ten rattles. on
the previous day another party killed
eighteen.
The times., 1898-08-12
AUCTION SALES
WALTER B. WILLIAMS 4 Co. AuetioDeer,

WALTER B. WILLIAMS & Co. Auctioneers
TRUSTEES SALE Of house No 32I6 st NV,
Washington. d. C.-By virtue of a deed Of
trust recorded in Liber l274 folio 45I Of the
land records Of the District Of Columbia We viii
sell al public auction in front OF the Dremeisas
on SATURDAY. AUGUST 20. 1855 at O'CLOCK
p. ". part Of lot s.. in square No I2Is in that
part Of the city OF Washington formerly known
as Georgetown in the District OF Columbia the
same fronting 20 feet l inch on the south side Of
y Street. by depth Of $50 feet and living next
east Of the east 10 feet II inches Of said lot So
Terms Of Sale-Cash- 4 deposit Of 500 re-
quired at time Of sale. Conveyancing stamps
and recording at cost Of purchaser
J. HOLDSWORTH GORDON.
Trustee.
CHARLES H. FICKLISG.
au9-d&ds-em Trustee.
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SPECIAL NOTICE. will sell you life
Insurance and guarantee the premiums
TO be less every year The policies will
contain guarantees for their sale for
cash. or their pledge for loans. after two
% years. I will negotiate a limited
amount Of insurance. Up 70 80 900. on the
lives of persons who have made appIica-
ton to other companies and been dec 'ined
T. D. HADDAWAY. 5is Fourteenth Street
northwest or P. o. Box 503 ap1T-tf
The times., 1898-08-12

DR.. Henry's Blood Tea is the
only remedy recognized by physi-
clans as positive cure for liver
complaints.
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WILL OF JACOB TOME.
bequeaths Greater Part of His Prop
crty to His Widow

crty TO HIS Widow,
"A copy of the will of Jacob Tome, of
Port Deposit. Md, was filed for yester-
day in the Orphans Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
To his wife, Evalyn s. Tome, in lieu
or dover, all the stock of which he died
possessed in the Citizens National Bank
OF Washington. National Bank of Fred
ericksburg. Va, National Bank of Elk
ton, Md; Third National Bank, of Balti-
more, and the Cecil National Bank, of
Port Deposit: 1.4O0 shares in the Della
ware Railway Company I25 shares in the
The times., 1898-08-12
DEATH OF ROBERT BEALL.
Was for Years the Capitals Most
Prominent BOOKSELLER

"HTtHeUt HUOfNStIItf.
Robert Beall, whose book store on
Pennsylvania Avenue, east of Sixth
Street northwest, was for many years
the fayorite rendezvous of statesmen.
bibliophiies. scholars, and men of lore in
general, breathed his last at Providence
Hospital at any early hour yesterday
morning.
Few dealers in political and historic
literature in America were better known
throughout the country than the de-
ceased. and the news of his demise Will
be received with universal regret. Death
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weekend Excursions via b. & O.

From Washington 10 Annapolis juno
ton, Frederick. Charlestown, and inter-
mediate points at greatly reduced rates.
Tickets sold Saturday and Sunday DUR
ing the season. valid for return until Mon
DAY following. je10-w&f
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81 % To baltimore and Return 81 %
via Pennsylvania Railroad

Saturdays and Sundays during August.
Good to return until following Monday.
All trains except Congressional Limited
tn, h,fri,sat p. m. -th, fri, sat, ,Su-a.m.
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UNDERTAKERs.

THOMAS o. JONES-Undertake and embaluaer..
SIG II st. ne; everything strictly irst-elfss
and az reasonable terms; have as an assistant
the only lady embalmer in Washington; graduate
OF Champion College of Embalming aul2-lmo
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-04-14

exposed to the most unsatisfactory con-
ditions. As the scarcity of TODD increased
with the devastation of the depopulated
areas OF production, restitution and want
became misery and starvation. Month
by month the death rate increased in
alarming ratio. BY March, 1898, accord
ing to conservative estimates from official
Spanish sources. the mortality among the
reconcentrados from starvation and the
disease thereto incident exceeded so per
centum OF the total number Re.
concentration, adopted avowedly az a
war measure, in order to cut off the re-
sources OF the insurgents, worked it's pre-
destined result. As said in nv message
OF last December it was not civilized war
fare; it WAS determination, and the only
peace 1t could beget was that of the will
derness and the grave"
He speaks of the relief offered the snf.
ierers through contributions from this
country. We give the following:
Nearly $500 900 in money and supplies
has already reached the sufferers and
more is forthcoming. The supplies are
admitted duty free and transportation to
the interior has been arranged go that the
relief, at first OF necessity confined to
Havana and the larger cities, is now ex-
tended TO all the towns where suffering
existed. Thousands Of lives have been
saved. The war in Cuba is of
such nature that short of subiugation
or determination, a final military victory
for either side seems impracticabIe. The
alternative lies in the physical execution
OF one or the other party. or perhaps both,
a condition which in effect ended the ten
years war by the truce of San Juan. The
prospect of such conclusion OF the pres
ent strife is contingency hardly to be
contemplated with equanimity by the
civilized world, and least of all by the
United States"
A considerable space is given in quoting
from messages Of Presidents Jackson,
Van Buren, and Grant.
SAID IN my message OF Deem Der
last: 1t is to be seriously considered
whether the Cuban instruction possesses
beyond dispute the attributes Of statehood
which alone can demand the recognition
of beligerency in its favor Nor
from the standpoint of expedience do
think it would be wise or prudent for this
government to recognize at this time the
independence of the so-called Cuban Re-