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The evening times., 1899-01-14
OAKLAND SANITARIUM.
Transfer Of West Virginia Insti-
tuition TO Maryland.

Oakland Nd. Jan. 1.-THE Oakland
Hotel, the property Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company. at Oakland. Gar
rett county. has been leased to the Mount
Pisgah Chautauqua Sanitarium Company,
of Charleston. ". Va. for FIVE years. The
institution viii be known as the Oakland
SanitaFium. Dr. W. VI. Longstreth, the
superintendent. took formal possession
January II. All Of the officers. except the
superintendent. who will reside in Oak
land permanently. now live at Charleston.
Rev. u. 5. Hammond. y. D.. is the presi-
dent, Gov. George w. Atkinson. Of West
Virginia vice president; Judge II. C. Nc
Whorter, of the supreme court of West
Virginia treasurer. George W. Connell
secretary. and Dr. ". VI. Longstreth. the
superintendent. The hotel is one of the
most beautiful places in Oakland: il con-
JaiEs about 400 rooms and is a building
well suited for a sanitarium. steam
heating plant viii be installed and the
building repaiuted and papered. A bath
ing peel will also be constructed. The
sum of SIS. 600 will be expended in making
Improvements. This institution will add
greatly TO the prosperity or Oakland The
hotel was at one time a popular summer
home. No better location along the line
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad could
have been secured for such an institution
as a sanitaTium.
The evening times., 1899-01-14
Chance for Mathematics.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat)
4 group of turfmen stood by the cigar stand
III of the hotel corridors and amused them
selves tossing nickels. heads or tails.
III fairly tossed coin falls head up six times. -
said one of the party, what are the odds the
seventh throw?''
Three TO one it comes tails" replied an
other.
You're wrong said the first speaker: ''the
chances are exactly even, the same as they were
at the start"
That's true remarked a third member of the
group, although il doesn't seem So \ hun
dred throws will show an average of almost fifty
heads and fifty tails, but the chances for eacl
individual throw are exactly even, regardless OF
what went before. | was at Monte Carlo last
year, he continued ''and amused watching
the gamblers in the big casino playing systems.
II red would win say four time handwriting
everybody would double up Oh black The more
times one color showed in succession the bigger
were the bets on the other. which was mathe
matically am error, although you couldn't con
vince gambler of it. Once while | was there
red won twelve times and over 10000 francs were
staked on black One lone player had the nerve
TO put 90 francs on red. 1t won and he let the
bet lie and it wen again. Then everybody
got sudden idea Il would win once more. and
1t was played to the limit. That time black
showed
Did you ever hear about runs of color?, asked
somebody.
Il did over there replied the man who had
been TO Monte Carlo 1T is generally believed
that when one color wins the odds are in fayo,
OF 1t winning twice more. There is no sense in
IT, but the records OF the game q good deal
to confirm the superstition. Queer thing,
chance
The evening times., 1899-01-14
Reported Fight With Dredrers

81. Michael's Md. Jan. Reports reached ST
MiciIaels Thursday OF an encounter with ovs-
ter dredgcrs at the mouth OF Choptank River bv
the police sloop Eliza Hayward. The HAYWARD
ran into a fleet OF dredgers at the mouth of the
Chopiank. and they all opened fire upon the Tav.
wand. which returned the fire. with the effect that
she scattered the dfedeers. but unable TO can
ture more than one boat. Reports from Broad
Creek Neck say HAT clnnonading was kept ND for
some time. but il not stated tlat ANYBODY was
hurt Capt. Haddaway chased several of the
boats INTO Harris Creek, where one of the vessels
was grounded. and the police soop also ran
aground IN the efforts to capture the vessel A
Telegram was sent 10 Annapolis for the Governor
Mel.ane 10 proceed 10 Harris Creek TO pull the
Hayward off and TO tow the captured vessel into
port.
The evening times., 1899-01-14
HOStetter'S
Stomach
BitterS.
BISHOP CHATARD VERY ILL.
A Prominent Catholic Clergyman
Stricken With Paralysis.


Indianapolis, Jan. 1.-THE Right Rev.
Francis Silas Chatard, bishop of the Roman
Catholic diocese of Indianapolis, is strick-
en- with paralysis and his recovery is re-
garded as uncertain. His brother, DR..
Ferdinand Chatard, of Baltimore, has been
called
Bishop Chatard is one of the best-known
of the Roman Catholic hierarchy. He is
a writer and educator, and was for ten
years rector of the American College at
Rome. His best-known literary work is a
volume of essays, many of which were de-
livered in St Johns Church here, entitled
Christian Truths"
Bichop Chatard was born in Baltimore
in 1884. He was graduated at Mount St.
Mary's College, Emmitsburg Md, in 1853.
He studied medicine and practiced in Bal
timore, but in 1857 determined to enter the
clergy of the Catholic Church. He attend
ed the Urban College at Rome.
After six years study he won the cap
of doctor of divinity in a public thesis.
He was soon after appointed vice rector
of the American College, and when Bishop
McCloskey resigned the Rev. DR.. Chatard
succeeded him as rector.
His efforts during the Vatican council
were recognized by Pope Plus IN, who
presented to him a gold medal. In 1878
DIR. Chatard visited America to raise funds
to sustain the American College, and was
successful. While he was in this country
Bishop Maurice De st. Palais bishop Of
the diocese of Vincennes, now Indianapolis.
died When the Rev. DIR. Chatard return
ed TO Rome he was appointed TO succeed
Bishop De St. Palais The same year he
was consecrated and began his residence in
this city. Subsequently the See was
changed from Vincennes TO Indianapolis.
The evening times., 1899-01-14
KICKED TO DEATH.
Dcplorabic street Car Fight in New
York.

New York Jan. IA man who was
later identified as Wilson P. Marchbank,
head stenographer for the law firm OF Tn
termeyer & Marshall, caught rapidly
moving Thirty-fourth Street horse
car last night and was kicked
off by the conductor Michael
MCGOWAN. as he climbed onto the
platform. Marchbank rolled into the gut
ter and died in a few minutes. \ police
man who had seen the incident stopped
the car only by threatening TO shoot the
driver
The conductor when arrested said that
Marchbank had been twice elected from
the car after a fight for refusing to pay his
fare. When put of the second time March
bank, according to the conductor, caught
hold of the handle, and. running along
with the car shouted that he would ki /
him when he got on board again. As he
jumped on the car. the conductor says. he
determined to take no chances and kicke 1
him II was an accident that he was
killed the conductor says. and that he is
sorry he is dead. The driver said he knew
nothing about the trouble.
When Lawyer Maurice Untermeyer saw
the body he burst into tears and said:
He has been with us for years, and was
a nCst valued emp!oye. This will kill his
young wife" Mr.. Untermeyer sent a tel
egram &c Mrs Marchhank, who lives in
Greenpoiht. apprsing her of her husband 5
death.
The evening times., 1899-01-14

keeper of printed books that the great
ceiling Of the reading-room could be re-
painted this autumn. but unfortunately
there was no time for the work 10 be ear
ried out. The ceiling. which is now Of q
dull brown hue. picked cut with some
what faded gliding. was To be colO-ed N
white and gold. The effect wou d have
been 10 add an air OF light 10 the huge
room. which is now decidedly gloomy on
dark days, owing To the sombre tiuts Of
the dome. The miles Of bTasswOrk on the
shelves and gallery railings werc. how
ever, cleansed and polished Gntii they
look almost new
A difficult part of the work was the
testing of the great chains by which the
four principal electric lamps are suspended
from the dome. This was done by means
Of ladders and scafolding. the electric cur
rent being, OF course. turned OF. This year
the Keeper of Printed Books is able TO
make a remarkable boast. and one highly.
creditable TO the British reader. After the
semi-annual stOckTaking not a single book
was reported missing, nor was there a sin
gle case discovered of wilIful mutiiation
This is all the more remarkable as in the
National Library Of France and the New
York Astor- -Lenox-T -Tilden Library where
iar greater restrictions .revaiI not year
goes by that several books are not report
ed stolen, and scores of cases Of mutilatiOn
come 10 light.
The electric light apparatus is next ex-
amined the catalogues gone over, a1d the
great clock in the readingrOsm mas its
face washed and its works looked after
Meanwhile he windows are being wash
ed. and new cords added 20 the blinds.
The clerk of the works completes the
hOusecIeaning by sending a flying quail
ron of sweepers armed with b-GO IS 70
sweep out OF doors all remaining -eviIenc-
Is OF dust or disaTTay. This accomplish
cd, the sign Library Closed is rem we'd
for another six months and tho r9s+ers
ere welcome TO return. The grea' British
storehOuse OF learning has had ITS half
The evening times., 1899-01-14
HELD UP WITH HIS OWN PISTOL
Thief Gets n Clerk tn Load Re
| v0Iycr aud Then Robs Him.

Camden, \. j.. Jan. IA robber went
into Elwood Antrim's hardware store
within a stones throw of police headquar-
ters in Stockton at p. m. yesterday.
Let me see some revolvers, said he.
Clerk Pennock produced a box full.
VIII 32-calibre cartridges fit these?"
Yes" replied the clerk, who obligingly
put cartridges in one of the pistols
Pocketing an empty one, and leveling
the loaded one at the astonished clerk s
head, the robber demanded the money in
the cash drawer. He got 1t and ran out.
So did Pennock. Jail Warden Click join
ed in the chase. The stranger was found
counting his money. He pulled his pistol
but Click got the drop On him, and after
a hard fight in which his nose was broken
the man was taken to jail He is tall, we'll
dressed and says his name is Henry Cos
tello, but refuses to talk about himself.
The evening times., 1899-01-14
A STORY WITH A MORAL.
How Modern Alexander Solved "a
GOrdian-knOt Problem.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.)

(From the Brooklyn Eagle)
Sunday night Governor Roosevelt reach
ed the executive mansion at II O'Clock,
after call On relatives in another part or
Albany. His persistent ringing of the bell
went unanswered. The thermometer was
waltZing ten degrees below zero on the
airy doorstep of the great house on top OF
the big Eagle Street hill.
Disinclined tC be kept out where he had
acquired a right to be in, the governor
smashed plate glass window pane with
a bunch of keys. got his hand to the catch
holding the sash turned il, raised the win
dow and climbed in. The "watchInan
was snoring in another part of the house.
The governor broke into the house in
somewhat the same way in which he
broke into the nomination.
His family-fairly representative Of the
public-were asleep in conscious safety
Were they not under his care2 Had he
not shown he could look out for them and
give an account of himself II was their
right-indeed. it was their business-to
sleep in the time set for that function
so TO speak.
They had right TO depend on him.
They did The governor had a right to
feel that he could depend on the watch
man. until he discovered that he could
not He made that discovery. Then he
acted on his own responsibiIity-quite ef-
fectively.
The watchman may unconsciously stand
for the politicians, large OF little They
may go to sleep when they ought to be
wide awake. They may by carelessness
invite the intrusion of rapacious elements
or bar the right of the people to their
own. The public. from Sunday nights in
cident, may feel sure that their governor
has a way Of getting where he has right
TO De, and that when he cannot get there
in the usual way. he knows how 10 get
there in another way. even if some smash
ing has to be done
Remarks about a night key are purpose
ly withheld, for night key would spoil
the whole moral Of this beautiful story.
The evening times., 1899-01-14
FASHIONABLE THIEvERY.
Collecting Lucky Souvenirs" By
Theft
(From The Chicago TlbUue)

(Fron the Chicago Ir6Uue-J
.K.eptomania. remarked we'll known
club and society woman OF Chicago not
long ago. is a decidedly oyerwoFked
word. and stealing an ugly one. But the
present fad or fancy for collecting lucky
souvenirs abstracting them suFrepti-
tiously from the houses OF your friends
and acquaintance partakes of the
character OF one or both.
"A year or two ago the fad began. A
popular Chicago woman remarked one
day to an intimate friend.
&c oh, my dear. did you know hat !
have begun 10 collect souvenirs for luck
They do say, and she laughed as women
do when not quite sure of the approval
OF their eonsciences, that TO steal a sOUye-
mir brings on the best Of luck So ! bOr-
rowed,' with another nervous ripple Of
laughter, the tiny statue which stood
upon your library table.
The woman OF whom the statue had
been borrowed felt like demonstrating in
no gentle terms for that statue had a
souvenir value TO her as we'll and sae
really cherished IL But the bOrroEe- was
an old and weII-Ioyed friend She was
taken by surprise. and hardly knew how
10 act SO she let the matter pass u s.
Ienee- Perhaps by this tine she has be-
gun to collect souvenirs in this manner
herself. for the fad seems 70 have spread
fast and fuTiousiy- and about seved out
of every ten people whom one meets are
afflicted with it.
Yes. declared another Chicago wO-
man, who has wide and varied acquaint-
ance. I'm sorry 10 say II. but IL IS grow
ing actually unsafe 70 expose anything
Pretty which has no excessive CONN. .erciaI
value in Chicago Women take whatever
they fancy, under cover OF the new
lucky souvenir fad. AID. aithougI they
seldom abstract any ythIng OF great cost o.
worth, all manner Of dainty and simple
things With which the average woman
surrounds herself disappear constantly.
Il had little silver paper knife for in
stance which cost only couple of dol
lars. but which had been given me by a
dear friend, and one day 7 saw a woman
of my acquaintance who is suffering Sc
verely from the new fancy cycling it with
admiriDg glances. l feared for its safety
but could not well remark upon the in
tentions of which / suspected her. When
she came TO leave, however, she calmly
picked up the knife and slipped il into the
front of her waist.
. Lucky souvenir, my dear she told
me carelessly. although she really had the
grace 10 blush little. and it's so pretty
that / shall enjoy it doubly
Yes / responded. a little pointedIy.
I notice the pretty things are usually
chosen for the co-caIled lucky souvenir. >
I've lost a few such trifies myself
Well she answered. blushing little
more, when you come 10 my house YOU
must help yourself 10 something, too And
SO the matter ended. But it's an out
rageous fad in my opinion and the wom-
en- who indulge in it. like the college
boys who used 10 calmly bear away your
prettiest and most cherished stick pins
and fans before your eyes, apparently con-
slider that TO take thing in plain sight
or, if they do not do this. to tell YOU of
it afterward, quite straightens the matter
out, both socially and morally"
The evening times., 1899-01-14
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING.
Fatal shot Claimed 10 Have Been
Fired in SeIf-Defense.

Athens. Pa. Jan. IA mysterious
shooting affray occurred at 10 minutes
past o'clock yesterday morning al the
residence of George Rutledge on Elmer
Avenue. in Sayre. W. j. Henry, young
unmarried man, who boards on Lehigh
Avenue. was at Rutledge's home, and ac-
cording to his story Rutledge attacked
him with a knife. In self defense. so he
alleges, he shot his assailant The bullet
entered just back of his right eye and
lodged in the brain.
Rutledge lies at the r. \. Packer Hos
pital. and the doctors agree that he can
not live.
Henry Immediately after the shooting
ran for doctor. and later came to
Athens TO secure legal advice upon the
matter. He at cnce went back to Sayre
and gave himself up 10 the officers
The evening times., 1899-01-14
TO BUILD STEEL CARS.
Articles of Incorporation Filed in
New Jersey.

Trenton, y. J.. Jan. 1.-THE Pressed
Steel Car Company. with so .00O. 900 capi-
tai filed articles Of incorporation with the
secretary Of state yesterday morn
ing. Its New Jersey Office will
be Jersey City and its principal
agent Charles " King The COM
pany Will manufacture railway passenger
and freight cars, steel trucks and steel
parts of machinery
The capital stock is divided into go, 600
shares of 500 each
The incorporators are Adrian H Larkin.
Arthur Fl. Van Brunt and Francis l.. Pat
ton, Jr., of Jersey City, each len shares
The evening times., 1899-01-14
Governor Lowndes' Movements.

Annapolis, Md, Jan. 14.-Gov. Lowndes
stated last night that he expected there
would be number of applicants for the
position of supervisor OF election for Bal
timore city to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Mr.. j. Berry Turner The
governor will select from among four
names that will be furnished him. He said
Mr. Turner had given great satisfaction.
Gov. Lowndes will go TO Baltimore next
week. Last night he and Adjutant General
Wilmer were engaged at the executive
mansion discussing military matters in
connection with mastering out of the Fifth
Regiment
The evening times., 1899-01-14
The Trust Protector.
lFrom the Toledn B. \

When the Chinese wall of protection s battered
down no trust can he successful unless IL Le uni-
versal. Distance has been practically annihilatcd
and the only way supply and demand in any
branch of trade be organized is BY taking into
account the whole world We are at the mercy of
trusts now solely because We permit such an out
rageOus law the Dingley tariff law 10 stand
ON our statute books. Enacted oStensibly to raise
wages. it has lowered them. and the workman has
never received any benefit from IL. The trusts
and combinations which contributed literally TO
Republican campaign funds made the Dinglcv Law;
and like every protective tariff law ever adopted
il was the baldest kind Of class legislation
The evening times., 1899-01-14
AIger's New Power.
From the Galveston News.)

The scramble for franchises in Cuba has al
ready begun, and several applicants for electrical
privileges have put in their bids for special ia
vors combination of American and Canadian
capitalists is seeking to control the street rail-
way lines OF Havana. and it is claimed that
concession has been assured One offer ,f 81 $50.
600 for the exclusive surface railway franchise
is reported Secretary Alger is sure TO find his
authority in this line exceedingly o'aneer erous
Some great scandals almost sure to -n,,e OF
it. 1t is a question whether this power should
be lodged in any department, ana certainly
not in the that has distinguished itself by
making so many errors The question OF fran.
chises and concessions in our new depa udenties
is one of the most serious we have tG meet. and
unless great care is taken regulate the matter
at the very start, the United States will Rii. klv
find itself involved in a mess of jobbery and
corruption. This is the pare, unvarnishal truth,
which history holds perssten- -ly in open view
The evening times., 1899-01-14
ROBBERS ARRESTED.
Acknowledged Fbeir Guilt and Were
Committed for Trial.

Norrstown. Pa. Jan. IA number OF
wholesale robberies which have puzzled
the police for several months were proba
bly, cleared up last night when Alexander
Chapman and John Simmons were ar
rested with quantity of stolen goods in
their possession. The men became so bold
thar they entered the store OF John Bus
tard in the day time and escaped with con-
siderable plunder.
Mrs. William Fennell saw the men ard
furnished description which led 10 their
arrest. They acknowledged their guilt and
We're committed for trial
The evening times., 1899-01-14
New York Labor Convention.

Albany, n. Y, Jan. 1.-THE State Work.
ingman's Federation OF Labor, in session
here this morning adopted resolution, Of
fered by James P. Hooley, of Troy, chang
ing the date for its annual convention
from January, TO the second Tuesday in
September. 1t was exactly a two thirds
vote. the minimum necessary to amend the
constitution.
Samuel Prince, of New York, previously
offered a resolution. adopted yesterday.
that the Federation recommend TO it's
affiliated organizations to discuss the ad-
visibility of independent political action
Of the organized workingmen OF The State
The evening times., 1899-01-14
SET HIS BABY SISTER ABLAzE.
Fatal Result of ChiIa's Intended
Piece Of Fun.

Piece Of Fun.
Springfield, Mass. Jan. 4.-Mary Web
ber, eight months old, was burned to death
by her little brother Carl, who was left to
tend her.
Carl, who is only five years old, put a
newspaper in the babys hand and set fire
10 it, He thought il a great joke and went
10 tell his playmates. The baby's screams
brought the mother, who was in the yard
She found the child wrapped in flames and
threw a shawl around it, but this did not
put out the fire and the mother was badly
burned.
Neighbors rushed in and threw water on
the baby. II was taken 10 the hospital
bur died in an hour.
The evening times., 1899-01-14
No Visible Danger.
(From the Hartford Courant.

IFrOH the UaTtIOTu JOUrlHTl
We confidently expect to see the peace treaty
ratified. We are in the least afraid th.t lis
ratification will crack the Constitution. Cii-odge
the foundations Of political system and bring.
the whole edifce tumbling about our ears We
cheerfuIIy dsheiieye the predie ion that the r1n
of the Republic is TO date from the war OF lsgs
and the Administration Of William Mckinley
The evening times., 1899-01-14
4 conscientious Statement.

(From the Detroit Free Press}
What do you think Of your new neiehbors?f'
asked the hostess of the sweet old lady who
was calling.
''You know that / speak unkindlv ef
any one. have nothing to say OF her. but /
will say Of her husband that / feel sorry for
him.
The evening times., 1899-01-14
Not In the Swim,

From the Topeka State Journal.)
The returns thus far show no evidence that
anybody has given Sampson sword sr :x.ed to
kiss him.
The evening times., 1899-01-14
Alpha Medical Association,

Incorporated.
ORGANIZED TO BENEFIT THE PEOPLE.
FIRST CLASS MEDICAL OR SURGICAL SERv-
ICES AND ALL MEDICINES AND SURGICAL AP.
PLIANCES FURNISHED FOR A FAMILY OF s
FOR Sc PER YEAR. Easy payments. Physi-
clan at the Office during business hours
No extra charges whatever. Nothing to
pay until you get your certificate. Call and
inquire about it. Reference to those who have
been treated
j. T. ELLIS, Manager.
615 ST. n W. Hours-s:30 a. m. to D. m.
Physicians Sunday Hours, to IL a. m Other
hours by appointment
GOOD SOLICITORS WANTED.
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