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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1898-12-23

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en- ellie.
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chez nous, que 1e ne la reoonna1
trail pas.
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vons pas ohangde.
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d venue tres Jolie.
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calme..
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femme. Tn ne reconnais plus ia
file.
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vonne 6tait autrement .Au loin
on SO fat des id6es.
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son chapeau... -. ses giants. cal
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q renfant, toute surprise du chan.
cement qui s'6tait produ1t en- ellie.
dams tout son etre....
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de fete de voir ga flle....qui de-
puts des mois reva1t au moment
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qui seralt 81 ]oyeuse. 81 transport
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sir, d~'6craser sur ses l6vres ses
levres br1lantes.
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guile. ..devenue pressure indif-
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de cheveux bonds. ...avec I'm Pc
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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1898-12-23
temblait on ellie s'e.re ins ensibllise

femblait on ellie s'e.re ins ensibllise
brusquement.
Ellie 6tait c%onstern6e, 81 ouvan-
ice. Ellie n'aimsit plus 4vonne,
Ellie n'aima1t plus % lille. Que &C.
tait-il done passed. Ellie je>a sur
son MARI un regard oh Jeff are.
ment ct CONNIE nm vague eHroi,
puts lui salslsssnt brusquement
le bras:
-Partons, dlt.elle.
Et ellie ~Ientra1na,
La n%ourrice go dlsalt;
EFT ellie sen va sans embrasser
ga file. Que pepse-t-elle2
The times., 1898-12-07
CANNOT BE REMEDIED NOW.
The District Computing Engineer
Investigates a Complaint.

W. ID. p. King has entered a complaint
with the District Commissioners against
the alleged dangerous condition of the
sidewalk in front of the Raleigh Hotel.
at the northeast corner of Twelfth Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue. The complaint
does undertake to describe IN detail the
conditions.
c. b. Hunt, the computing engineer OF
the District. who was sent to investigate.
states that the complainant cannot find
fault with the condition of the surface
of the roadway or sidewalk al the locality
in question. but that he undoubtedly does
complain OF the high step from the side
walk to the roadway and the fact that
the present asphalt surface is so formed
that the gutter is q matter of two feet
from. the curb. He explains that these
conditions have existed for a long time
and cannot be remedied except by gen.
eral resurfacing of the roadway pave
ment in this vicinity.
1T would be unprecedented, he says,
ito undertake such work in the present
condition of the roadway pavement. and
l recommend that the complainant be in
formed that as soon as the condition of
the roadway justifies its general resurfac-
ing, the cause of the complaint will be
corrected. but that the present resurfac-
ing of the roadway is not justifiable.'
The recommendations of Engineer Hunt
have been indorsed by Engineer Commits
sioner Beach.
The times., 1898-12-07
THE .-Ap1NG STAMP CASE.
Judge KimbnlI Directs n Verdict of
Nor GutIfy

Judge Kimbnll Directs a Verdict of
Not Guilty.
Judge Kimball, in the case of the Dis
trict of Columbia against Harry King. jr.,
charged with conducting gift enterprise,
yesterday directed the jury to return a
verdict of not guilty, which was done
it was an interesting case and set at
rest the question whether BONA fide mer-
chants may issue trading stamps to the
customers.
Mr.. King, the defendant, is the pro-
prietor of Kings Palace The information
lodged against him set forth that lie has
at divers times given To his customers a
device commonly called a trading stamp
When the customers had secured GER
tain number of them, the stamps would
be redeemed in premiums. it was charg-
ed that this constituted gift enterprise
Messrs. Mullowney and Pugh, counsel
for the Government, stated to the court
that the trial was in the nature of test
case. They desired a ruling on the appli-
cation of the law to this business method
The defendant was represented by Leon
Tobriner, pleaded not guilty and demand
ed trial by jury.
Detective Bauer was the only witness
for the prosecution. He testified that he
had visited Kings Palace and had been
given several trading stamps in considera-
ton of purchases which he had made.
The defendant testified that he con-
ducts department stores at No. Sl2 and Sl4
Seventh Street northwest, and 7l5 Market
Space. He said he did nor purchase the
stamps from a trading stamp firm. They
were his property and he redeemend them.
He explained that the stamps were given
as a discount on goods sold. and We're
distributed for the purpose of increas-
ing his custom. He showed that a nI.In-
Der of merchants use premium cards.
These had never been called into ques-
ton. The defendant stated that, instead
of using cards. he employed the stamps.
Under crOss-eXamination. Mr.. King testi-
fed that the discount amounted Ia per
cent.
The case was submitted without ,rgu-
ment. Judge Kimball. in his charge. said
that Mr. King had clearly not violated the
law. He read the decision in the familiar
trading stamp cases. The Washington
Trading Stamp Company WAS not mer-
camille concern within the meaning Of
the law. 1t sold stamps 10 merchants
and redeemed them in premiums. They
made their profit because fewer stamps
We're presented for redemption than were
uttered. The court held that u merchant
may give a discount on his goods if he
so desires Judge Kimball then directed
the jury to bring in a verdict of not
guilty.
The times., 1898-12-07
ABUSED THEIR PRIVILEGE.
All the Posts Must Now he Re
mayed.

The District Commissioners have dt-
rected that four hitchinE posts which
were recently erected in front of the store
of Saks & Co, be removed. and that a re-
quest for the erection of three more posts
be denied, on account of the failure to
comply with the conditions of the pre-
vious permit allowing the placing of the
poles.
The permit for the erection of four poles
was granted to the clothing company on
November 81 They were TO replace as
many awning posts and were to be twenty
feet apart. Computing Engineer Hunt
has informed the Commissioners that the
permit has been evaded in its execution,
in that the posts erected do not occupy
the holes of the original drawing. but are
spaced twelve feet apart. The company
then requested a permit for the erection
of three additional poles. If this were
granted, there would be a. line of posts
fronting the building and only twelve feet
apart. THE denomination 'hitching posts
has further been used in misleading
manner" concludes Engineer hunt, "the
purpose of the posts by the curbing being
to provide stands for bicycles. ] believe
the entire authority heretofore granted
for the posts in that locality should be
withdrawn. the present posts removed and
the permit requested denied" These rec
concentrations have been approved by
Commissioners Beach and Wight, and the
orders will be issued as recommended
The times., 1898-12-07
CHIEF PARRIs's REPORT.
November Statistics of The Fire De
pnrtmcnt.

Joseph Paris. chief of the local fire
department. yesterday submitted to the
District Commissioners his report cover
ing the work OF the department during
the month of November.
During that period there We're Il alarms,
a decrease OF as compared with the
previous month. and an increase of
Z as compared with the cor
responding month of the previous year
were 16 local or silent alarms, for which
no bells were sounded, which We're an
swered by the department.
The estimated loss for the month was
Sal, ,S25, covered by an insurance of So G25
against a loss of Sl5,2I5 and an insurance
Of $3.50 for the previous month, and
loss of Sl5.2a5 insurance s13,950 for the
corresponding month of the preceding
year.
The loss at the Capitol fire amounted to
SSl,200 with no insurance This disproves
the exaggerated statements to the effect
that the Capitol building was damaged
10 the extent Of several hundred thou
sand dollars
G. A. Knabe, of Engine Company No.
u, was severely burned AT u fire from box
No. eS7, and Albert Hnabe and Ema
Dahl We're fatally burned at the same
fire. Assistant Foreman p. r. Davis, of
Truck Company ID was severely injured
at the same fire.
Engine Company No. 10 reports the res
cue of two children by Assistant Foreman
T. d. McLane at local alarm Of fire at
No. 324 Polk Street, Anacostia.
Engine Company No. 10 reports Clara
and Harry Thomas burned TO death at
fire from box No ei5, and that Mabel
Thomas, the mother, was severely burned
in attempting to rescue them.
The chief reports that irregular strik-
ing of fire alarms was recorded from
seven different boxes.
The times., 1898-12-07
.4akA4z&s,
The Days
of '0S
Are Numbered.

The breach is narrowing twixt
now and Christmas, and tie spell
of Yuie is gaining strength and
power. Bit by bit the various
parts of the store are giving way
to the power of the holidays, and
the holiday stocks are growing
bolder and bolder in their demands
OH room. We're squeezing all the
space we can for EN- for we've pre-
pared ali array here that stands
supreme and peerless). You'll
find. yourself in an interminable
maze of pretty things and sensible
gifts and dainty presents. You'll
want to stay in "tovland" all day
long The whole Johnson & Lut-
trell building is brinful of play
things We've packed it, nook
and GRANNY. with the best toys.
Garnered 'em from all over the
world Imported 'em ourselves
straight from the toy makers. and
you save pennies and dimes and
quarters and half dollars by our
straig ght with-the-industry- -transac-
ton.
The times., 1898-12-07
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses We're
issued yesterday: William E. Boyle and
Louise A Pidcock; William II. Johnson
and Lucinda Gregory; George S. Wilson
and Ada Byron Shaw: John R. Byron and
Katie B. Turner. Prince George County.
Md: Philip H. Chew and Sedonia Casey,
Prince George County, Nd: Elmer w.
Marshall and Charlotte Flock; John Dan
gerfield and Mary Blue; Joseph F. Parker
and Rosalie Kelly; T. Wilton Medford
and Frances B. Lane; John E. Johnson
and Essie Davis; John n. Harris and
Beulah jackson; Stephen n. Morse and
Genevra Thomas; William B. Smith,
n. Y, and Maud V. Cooper; Henry HaG-
genmater and Otelia Baldwin; Jerry r.
Jackson and Annie Thomas.
The times., 1898-12-07
THE DEATH OF SMITH PETIT.
A Highly Respected Resident Passes
AySay

Smith Petit, one of the Oldest and most
highly respected residents of Washington,
died yesterday at his home, No. 2ls Third
Street. after prolonged Illness.
The deceased 'ame TO this city some
years before he ha l attained his majority
and by close attention to business amass.
ed considerable wealth. He was reckoned
among the largest real property holders
in the city, his holdings being estimated
at between $S5o,000 and $500, 600 Mr. Pettit's
first business enterprise in this city was
with Mr.. Dripp, with whom he formed
partnership in 1857, and established an
iron mill at the corner of Fourteenth
Street and Ohio Avenue. under the firm
name of Petit & Dripp. The partnership
was dissolved more than a year ago and
the business was continued by Mr.. Petit
alone.
The times., 1898-12-07
DISMISSED THE APPEAL.
A Damage Suit satisfactorily Al
iustcd.

In the suit of Rodolph Claughton, ad-
ministrator of the estate of Hirom o.
Claughton against the Baltimore and Po-
tomac Railroad for $4,000 damages, The
appeal of the defendant from the iudG-
ment of the lower court was yesterday
dismissed by the Court of Appeals, on
motion of ]. s. Flannery, attorney for
the appellant
The original suit was brought against
the Baltimore and Potomac Railway for
S10,0c0 for the death of Hirom o. Claugh-
ton, who was killed at Deanwood Cross
ing in 1897 by one of the trains of the
defendant.
The case was heard before Justice Nc
Comas and "a jury the plaintiff being rep
resented by Frank II. Mackay. A
Judgment was rendered for $4,000 in
favor of Claughton and an appeal was
taken.
1t is understood that the appeal was
withdrawn because of the fact that the
matter has been adjusted to the satisfac-
tion Of the parties concerned.
The times., 1898-12-07
WHEELS WITHOUT OWNERS.
The Bicycle Livery nt Police Hend.
quarters.

AS an unusual circumstance thee are
at present in the keeping of the detec-
tives at police headquarters eight
recovered bicycles. which have never
been reported to the police as missing.
Not infrequently bicycles are found
abandoned on the street and brought in
to headquarters to await claimant and
Identification. In several instances
wheels have been recovered by the po-
lice from persons who have no claim on
them. In the latter Instances, as in the
former, the wheels are often held to
await report, which never comes
The detective office has been unusually
busy recently endeavoring to find own
ers for recovered wheels. As rule, the
positions are reversed and the police
meet with greater success in locating
wheels than owners. AT present the de-
tectives have in their possession
the following bicycles: / Walnly.
Stockton. one Challenge. one boys Cres-
cent. one lady's hawthorne, one lady's
Duchess and one lauy's Fowler Any
one of these can be recovered upon a
proper application for and identification
of the property by the owner.
The times., 1898-12-07
Veterans Elect omcer..

Encampment No. 60, Union Veteran Le-
gion, at it's annual election. elected unani-
mously the following named persons for
the ensuing year: Colonel, Hannibal D..
Norton; lieutenant colonel. Gideon A.
Lyon; major, Charles d. Stephens; sur
geon. Bernard Wagner; chaplain. William
H Womersley: quartermaster, Norris II
Merrill and officer of the day. Lewis n
Wilcox. These officers, together with the
appointive officers, will be installed at the
first meeting in January, which will be
the 7th proXimo.
The times., 1898-12-07

Pains in the chest when a person has
a cold indicate tendency toward pneu-
monia. piece of flannel dampened with
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on
to the chest over the seat of pain will
promptly relieve the pain and prevent the
threatened attack of pneumonia. This
same treatment will cure lame back in
a few hours. Sold by Henry Evans,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist, 9SS F
Street northwest and Connecticut Avenue
and S Street northwest and 1i2S Maryland
Avenue northeast.
The times., 1898-12-07
BITTEN DURING A MELEE.
Brothers Appear nt the Emergency
HoSpitaI.

William and Louis Lanaurice. colored.
were visited at their home, at 215 Vir-
ginia Avenue southwest, yesterday after
noon by some pugnacious friends. Malt
refreshments We're served and then de-
veloped the pugnacity OF the guests. The
brothers in the melee were severely bitten
by their assailarts. They appeared at
the Emergency Hospital, where their
wounds We're cauterized and dressed
The times., 1898-12-07
FooTPADs HELD RESPONSIBLE.
The story of au Attempted
Robbery

A man who gave his name as William
Hesen, of Ill Third Street northeast, was
taken to the Emergency Hospital yester-
day morning suffering with an ugly cash,
which required several stitches, in his
right forearm. He claims to have been
held up on the Long Bridge by three men,
who demanded money from him. Upon
his refusal to comply with their demand,
he claims they set upon him with clubs
ana a knife. He says that flight saved his
life.
The times., 1898-12-07
A SUIT FOR NOTES DUE.
Executors Wish to Collect Te
Thousand Dollars,

Suit was filed yesterday by Leon To-
briner and others, executors of the estate
of John II. Click, against George W.
White, for the collection of 0.000 due on
two notes of 5000 each and dated Janu-
airy 4, 1893, payable to the order of John
II. Click
The notes We're to run for four Years
The times., 1898-12-07
JOHN thc jolly croMdx

At the .'Alhambra," 4th and Z me-, every
evening. Good music Fine salt water
oysters in every style. Wash Brewery
Co.'S Beers served direct from the vaults
The times., 1898-12-07

Maerzen and Senate Beer only sl.25 pc,
case. Phone 634.
The times., 1898-12-07
Prices and Wraps
Brimmed with
TimeIireSS.

so Misses strictly all-wool Jack
cts i'll navy and black.
Sizes ID to 20 years X UA
Worth S. Special. VA'/O
OHe lot of fine Misses Jackets in
tan and brown. The brown ones
are all silk lined. Sizes ? to IS
:. : ss ss1;: t : As1Ss5 IA < 4 from rom 1898
One table of Ladies' fine all-wool
Kersey Cloth Jackets in back and
navy. All silk lined G[ 10
Marked from $40 to-, 1910
so strictly all-wool tailor-made
Skirts, lined, interlined, and strap
ed from S to.. SZ.v0
so fine Seal Collarettes. Satin
lined and pointed Persian leg yoke
viceable, Worth s. 50 S4./b
The times., 1898-12-07

15c and 25c pure Linen Handker-
chiefs-fancy color borders. neat and
pretty designs. You have never seen
anything like them at the Price
The times., 1898-12-07

The greatest values ever offered 10
variety of nobby, st ylish suits in al
Mixtures, neat cassimeres. plain blac
fast colors. Choice of single or double.
aways for those who prefer them. 2
Italian cloth. Ovcrcoats in black ant
and fine black thibets. Some are hal
with Farmers satin and serge.
The times., 1898-12-07

Take any OF these suits or oyercoats
comparison with the garments made b
or Not a garment viii suffer by suc
half dozen STYLES. made up in real Sc
English Meltons-Fine DiagonaIs-i
fects- Overcoats in black and blue NJ
beauties in winter-weight Coverts ct,
The times., 1898-12-07

15c and 20c grade OF four-ply Linen
Eollars-mostly the we l-known brand
of Curtis Il Co.'-aH styles-turn-
down. standing and wing col 5.
Quality guaranteed. The price
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-06

funds set apart by the fathers for
the support and education of the
orphan children of his people,
was impeachei, found guilty and
cannot vote, hold Office nor testify
in the courts as consequence, yet
we see him rushing to the front
and insisting on being counted as
one of the patriots of the country.
We hear of him visiting the de-
partments at Washington and pos
ing as a man of influence and
respectability, when in fact he
ought not to be running loose. If
the poor Cherokee tribe cannot be
represented by other than man
of this character at the seat of the
Great Father at Washington, it is
time to call a halt. Certain it is
that nobody at home would be-
lieve, or even stop TO listen to
Ivey, and it is hardly possible
that he will "cut much ice" in
Washington. He is the Benedict
Arnold of the Cherok ees.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-06

longer than it can safely be paiC
out. The report has been mad,
and the department is in posses
sion of the same, but as the Law
appropriating the money emanat
ed from congress, we will mos
likely await an expression of the
pleasure of congress before pro.
ceeding further. If the committee
expresses desire for the report
we have made, we will transmit il
to them"
One member today expressed
the opinion that a resolution would
likely be presented to congress re.
calling the appropriation of the
s400, 900 of the Creek funds made
in the last session
The report of Superintendent
Chas. D. Walcott, of the United
States geological survey, relative
to the progress and sta tus of the
Indian Territory survey is inter
esting, and contains many pithy
facts.
1t states, among other things:
That it is desirable to complete
the survey along Red river during
the winter, so that the surveyors
may escape the malaria of that Sec
ton; that much more work has
been done by the survey than was
at first contemplated, the addition
al work including the iron monu-
ments set at every township cor
ner, upon the brass cap of which
have been stamped the township
courses and elevation above sea
level, as determined by the run
ming of lines of spirit levels from
the base monument at Fort Smith,
Ark; that this work will necessi-
tate the setting of 1900 posts and
the running of 4, 900 miles of spirit
levels; that the cost of posts has
been $1,000, and of spirit level
lines s13, 900; that instead lof the
usual number of three copies of
land office plats, there have been
transmitted to the general land of.
flee twenty copies, thus providing
for future demands in connection
with the subdivision of land and
the settlement of land questions in
with the Indian Terri
tory; that the topographic map of
the Territory will be the best yet
made, and that if it had been made
independent of the regular survey
would have cost $4,000; that it
will be the best and most elaborate
in existence, with the exception of
Massachusetts,, Connecticut a nd
Rhode Island; that up to this time
there has been appropriated for
the survey the sum of $500, 900, |
of the Chickasaw nation,
and that the sum of sl41 800 has
been appropriated for its survey; /
and that the whole survey of the
Indian Territory is expected to be
completed by July /, 1898. |
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-06

The next.great question for con-
gress and the courts to settle will
be the title to town property in
the five tribes. In legislating upon
this subject congress should not
lose sight of the fact that the towns
in the Cherokee country are in an
entirely different condition to
those in the other hibes. In the
Cherokee country the town lots
and Improvements are the prop
erty ofthe Cherokees, while in the
other nations the opposite is the
condition.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-06

THE sentiment among the Chero-
KEGS in favor of selling out the
entire lands and other common
property of the tribe, is undoubt-
edly growing. The scheme that at
first seemed to lack the essential
elements of feasibility, and on the
whole was considered as a wild
and impracticable plan, has grown
to be a popular one. This notion
is not confined to the full-blood
Indian by any means. That the
money could be divided more salts
factory than can the land, is ap-
parent, and that reason alone
commends the plan of selling out
to all. OF course all who desire to
remain could do so, taking their
improvements at just valuation.
If the United States would give
any encouragement whatever to
the scheme the Indians would
certainly adopt it.