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DROPPED DEAD.
". A. Roach, a Cotton Belt Car Re.
 psiror, Meets Sudden Death.

WednesdaY afternoon w. A. Roach, a mindle-aged white man employed on the rip track at the Cotton Belt shops as car repairer, complained of feeling unusually bad and applied to Foreman P. M Kilroy for certificate to get treatment from the company S physician, Dr. A. W. Troupe. He was given the permit and proceeded up town to the physician office.
 Just as he neared the ravine on East Third avenue he dropped, and before pedestrians, who happened nearby, reached him, he was dead
 The deceased was a perfect stran ger in Pine Bluff. having just re- gently come to this city and applied for and received work at the shops Whether or not he has relatives or from what place he came is rot known,
 Heart disease is said to have been the cause of his death, although those who saw tim immediately after he fell aud died, say he was overcome by the Eeat
 Tbe remains were carrled to Nc Fadden's undertaking parlors and prepared for burial. After an io. vestigation it developed that the deceased has a father ard two 'ro'nere living in Van Bureu, "here tbey ordered his remains s1lpped They will be sent to Van Suren this after noor
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BUREAU REPORT ON COTTON.

Following is the bureau report on cotton as received by the L. Fowler Board or Trade:
 This year, S4; last month, SIS; fn '9S. 9l.2; in '97, S6.7; in '96, SOL; in '95. v 3; in '94, 9ls; in '93, SO.4; in '92, S2.3.
 This bureau report is bullish. Cot ton futures up 27 points since Satur. urday, on reports of hot, dry wealth CT in the south, especially in Texas.
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4 WONDERFUL
Mrs. J. P. Batterton Curl ter of Double Sight by N

Almost everybody in knows ,Ir. Potter of n Restaurant, We'll, a feg Mr. Potter was the v rather peculiar misiall eyes suddenly saw tba and he was greatly frigs worried about his misha5r
 He sought the treatme specialists but received s He finally decided to go | for treatment. Just belte D parted he called upon Nil J. P. Batterton to bid Il bye. While there Mrs. curiously asked Mir. PogI her see his eyes, which is cred with eolored gogga so and Mrs. Batterton, NJ sessed with murh magngI bed the lids of the eyl times and in 30 minutes Potter's double. sight d and his former good a back to him.
 He was amazed and dun at the result aud was sol happy over his good lud jumped with joy aod cast. into the street. Mrs. was never aware of the fa possessed such a wonderI
 Having made arrangel Potter did not postpone the Windy City, bat tog his wife, departed at the time to enjoy a few weeI the Illinois metropolis.
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STOLE A GIRL,
Sam Wilson, Colored, Arrested and
 Charged With Kidnapping.

Wednesday afternoon Policeman Culpepper arrested negro man named Sam Wilson and had him locked up to await the action of the Stephens, Ark, authorities.
 "Wednesday about noon the local polIce authorities received a tele phone message from the Stephens authorities requesting them tt
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Miss Annie David returned Sunday from two weeks visit to her siste- Mrs. Bailey, in Pine Bluff.-Jones- boro Sun.
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hr R. L Byrd is reported to hp much improved today, and is now onsidered on the road to recovery
The evening times., 1899-01-21
THE TOILET OF AN EMPRESS.
Lnces. Jewels and Lingerie Worn
by Empress Josephine.
tFrom the Chicago \

The Empress Josephine gave three hours
every morning to dressing. Her toilet
was a great affair. and the women who
helped her were the most important wit
nesses of her life. Her staff was compos-
ed OF two first bedchamber women four
maids, a dame d'atour four women and
a femme de garderobe The first two wom-
en- were there for etiquette's sake: they
had large salaries and little TO do The
four maids who received the title of
danes d'announce had for their special
business to act as ushers TO open the door
to the Emperor to the princesses
When Josephine put on her muslin un-
dergarments the maids had TO choose
among fSS more or less embroidered and
garnished with the most expensive laces
Don't be surprised. says NJ Mason. ''at
these 500 pieces of lace lingerie; they
hardly suffice. as she changes them three
times day" The maids put on her stock
lngs-generally white, sometimes pink
She had in her wardrobe 95S pairs OF white
silk stockings, 80 pink silk stockings and
is flesh colored, worth from 1915 to SI4
per pair.
The shoes she wore in the morning were
usually of colored leather or silk In one
year she bought $50 pairs. These shoes
were very light and heelless; they seemed
to be part of the foot
NJ. Mason calculates that in stuffs for
gowns and for the making of them Jo-
sephine spent in six years 1914, ,73O. without
counting the great parures OF the corona
ton and of the grand ceremonies which
We're charged to special credits by the
Emperor She spent $500, 900 year for her
toilet, but jewelry is included and amounts
to nearly half of the sum. 1t is rather ex-
tIaordinary that she bought so many Jew
els. as she had at her command the spen-
dld Jewels OF the crown-at that time the
hnest IN existence-a complete set of dia-
monds, crown, diadem. comb. earrings
bracelets, necklace valued at nearly $500 :
600; set of rubies, one of turquoises one
OF pearls. What she bought herself could
not compare with these fine Jewels. but she
liked to buy, to change. to play, as it were
with her ornaments
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which is so pure and palatable. 1t
can be procured of relia bic dealers.
ja14,2l,2s -

market about o'clock in the morning
At the end of each month the dealers
from whom he buys send in their bills
and he carefully looks them over. The
ones he approves go to Mr.. w. II. Crook
who is a bonded paymaster apd a sort CT
second assistant secretary to the Presi-
dent Mr.. Crook submits an itemiZed ac-
count of the monthly expenditures for the
table, etc. to the President The latter
never pays cash for anything which goes
on his table. He pays for everything in
checks, drawing them up as the bills are
presented.
Mrs. Benjamin, typical South Carolina
negress, is the regular White Holse ecok
She comes from Senator Tillman's cd
home and is a mile minute on fried
chicken, hot bread and pies. The Presi-
dent likes her conception of pie crust
better than the finest French pastry In
fact, he would not give her up for 70 -ty
French cooks. On special occasions.
though, the steward smuggles In a
Frenchman from New York.
The domestic help furnished for the
White House by the Government is not
half enough. President Mckinley hires
out of his own pocket his housekeeper,
bedroom maids. cook. coachman, fo tran
stableman. walters. helpers around the
kitchen and the extra help for special oc-
casions. The linen, silverware, < ass and
china is all furnished by the Governme Mt
through the superintendent of public
buildings and grounds, an army officer
He promptly honors all acquisitions mad =
for alterations and additions, but Mr.
Mckinley has not asked for any change
in the accommodations. He has accepted
them just as Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland left
them.
The steward is responsible for the sta
bles and horses. but he does not person
ally superintend them. The Government
provides a suitable building with about
dozen stalls and a carriage room. IL also
hires a stable boss and one helper. Mr.
Mckinley provides his own footman and
coachman and additional helpers. The
present coachman is young, smooth faced
negro. quite fast but very good driver
The Mckinley livery is modest. 1t con-
sists OF black silk hats. long light tan
coats, which are silver buttoned down to
black boots. The carriages. three in num-
Der are handsome. but not ultra swell. The
harness is silver mounted to degree OF
good taste, and the horses six in number
are fairly well bred. The main pair comes
from West Virginia, heavy pair from
Pennsylvania, and third pair is made ND
of a Kentucky saddle horse and a horse
presented to Mr.. Mckinley by Mr. Fieisch-
mann, OF Cincinnati. Ohio. The President
has been In his stable but once the first
day of his administration, and he does not
seem TO take much interest in his horses
The evening times., 1899-01-21
THE GAMBLING NATIONS.
No Other Peoples Equal the Chinese
and Italians.
CFrom tie London Chronicle. }


OF all the nations of the earth who gam
ble-and they all do it more or less-the
Chlnese come in an easy first. Supersti-
tion and the gambling mania go in double
harness. and while the mandarins fly kites
TO decide what should be done about Wei
hai-wei and Talienwan, the humber Ce-
lestials gamble for dear life to pass the
tlne away. The Chinese play night and
day. says traveller, till they have lost
all they are worth, and then they usually
go and hang themselves'-from which il
would appear that the yellow danger is NOT
so formidable after all.
The Chinese lahorers in the United
States squander their earnings in a game
called white pigeons ticket" White by
the way, is the unlucky color for the
gamer and the lucky one for the keeper
of the gaming-hou These gentry keen
orange peel in a box believing that il
will bring them luck
The Italians are no less superstitious
and they gamble persistently the poor
people especially, in the government lot
teries. Everything has a number: a cat
dog, gondola. and the "Libro del Sog-
no-the lotto players oracle-wilI tell
you what the number is, and the rules
for interpreting the appearances in dreams
Visitors TO Venice, which has alwavs heen
a stronghold of gambling. may have seen
the declaration of the winning figures from
the Campanile of St. Mark's-the silent
eager crowd gathered round the boy with
the bandaged eyes who draws the numbers
from the cage.
There is a story told in Venice of mad
man who hailed a gondolier from the win
dow of the madnouse on the island TO tell
him the numbers he had dreamed. The
man put his money on them and won. and
from that day to this the gondoliers go
near the window as they pass in the hope
that the madman will call again. The
story is true.
The evening times., 1899-01-21
RURAL MAIL DELIVERY.
New Route for service in Hartford
County.

New Route for service in Hartford
County.
Havre de Grace, Md, Jan. 21.-The ar
rangements necessary for the establish
ment of free rural delivery of mail about
the country adjacent TO Hayre de Grace
have practically been completed.
NJ. s. Plummer, special agent of the
Postoffice Department has been here at
intervals for the past ten days looking
over the surrounding country, laying out
The proposed route etc He stated this
morning that all now lacking was the Sc
curing of competent carrier for the dis
tribution and collection of the mail over
the route. comprising 20 miles. Mr.. Plum
mer states that within the route as laid
out 800 families would be served with their
mail from three 10 five hours earlier than
at present, beginning February 10.
The route laid out is as follows: Leav-
ing Havre de Grace by way OF the Belalr
Road, to Lapidum Road, distance TWO
miles; thence out Lapidum Road 10 Lapi-
dunn postoffice, three miles; thence out
Darlington Road to Rock Run Mills, one
mile: thence out Rock Run Road to Os-
born's blacksmith shop, one mile; thence
by Rock Road run to Stevenson Road, one
mile; thence out Hopewell Road TO Gar
land postofiice one and one-haf miles;
thence 10 Wilkinson's store, one mile;
thence cut Aldino Road TO Havre de Grace
Read fourth mile; thence down Havre
de Grace Road to Christian Walkers
place one and one-half miles; thence on
Aberdeen Road TO Wesley Chapel, one and
one-half miles; thence to Havre de Grace,
four and one-half miles. via Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad station.
The establishment of this service is due
10 the efforts Of Congressman William b.
Baker, who has also established the Pow
haitian. Baltimore county. route and an
extension CT the route at Ellicott City.
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II. H. BERGMAN,
JAMES W. RADCLIFFE. Auetioneer.

TRUSTEES SALE OF SIX LOTS IN ISHER-
WOOD ID. G.
By virtue of a deed OF trlst. duly recorded in
Iiber No. 23Ji. al folio 262 et SEQ one y the
Land Records Of the District Of Columbia su.i AZ
the request OF the party secured thereby o.. fi.-
undersigned trustees. Will sell az public a.efia-
in front Of the premis :. IN THU hSDAN TTTE
26TH DAY OF JAW AIRY Isgo AT s-a1
O'CLOCK P. NJ. the following described real es-
tate situate IN the city of NasAingt. a. ll.ts..t
OF Columbia 20 wit: lot numbered tveiva ~,
in block square numbered three (SI ami io-.
numbered eleven tn. twelve (I5} sHG resr.....
QS). in block or square numbered nine % f.,
I=hervood. according Ia the plan and pLtf ff-r--
Of and recorded in Plat Book Alex T. Ss,r-
herd foIiO l3, one 0f the records in the Strv.,--
ors Office for said District. also lots one frI and
two (2l. in block fourteen CD. being in n six
lots. together with al the improvements rights
etc.
Terms OIe-Ihird cash; balance in one and rvro
year with interest at per cent, secured tv sle.d
OF trust on the property sold. OF all ,.4.5 a.
option u the purchase A deposit Of siO0 re-
quired at time Of sale: II terms Of sale are NOT
complied with within fifteen DAYS from aay of
sale the trustees reserve the right TO resell the
property, at risk and Of desauItjrs p,fr-
chaser after five (5) DAYS advertisements of s-ieh
resale in sOfae newspaper Published in Washing
ton. y. c. All CUEvcysuciIs. recording staInfs
ETC. At purchasers cost.
AYER COHEN
LEO BAUM.
d&ds Trr4..aaS
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iaIt-I2 I-2r-em. .d&ds
COMMISSIONERS, NOTICE.
OFFICE OF THE
COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
SOLN = -hA3AA-
Washington. y. C.. Jan. 8 800

Washington d. c. Jan g. 1899
Notice is hereby given that the CommIs-
( sioners of the District OF Coiumb intend
10 make the following named improve
ments, which are. in their judgment. nee
essary for the public health. safety and
comfort. Assessments for one-haIf the cost
OF the same Will be made as provided ia
public act No III. approved August Z. 1851
Parties who are interested IN the proposed
work are notified that the said COmmis-
: sioners will give a hearing AZ the District
Building on the 25TH DAY OF JANU AIRY.
. 1898. at IL O'Clock a m. in the board room
OF the Commissioners To any and al per
sons who may desire TO object thereto
LAY CEMENT SIDEWALK-On the $
Street, Florida Avenue and 21st Street
fronts OF lot 23. square -. at an estimated
cost of S325- On the south side OF PrOvi-
dence Street between 10th tWallacet and
18th (Duncanl Streets BroOkland abUyy-
ing lots in block H. BrOokland. at an esJi-
mated cost of $3.50. On the north side Of
Providence street. between eth tQueenl AMI
10th CWallace) Streets, BTookland ahutJ-
ing lots in block > BrooSland at an esti-
mated cost Of $500
SET NEW CURB AND LAY CEMENT
SIDEWALK-0n the west side of 18th
Street NV, between Whitney and Lydecker
Avenues. abutting lots in block A. Hol-
mead's subdivision. at an estimated cost OF
5000 On the south side of Street ne, be
tweent 18th and 14th Streets. abutting lots
in square 1929, and on the east side of 18th
Street ne. between f and F Streets,
abutting lots in square 1929. at an est
mated cost of S3. 400 On the north side Of
Street ne. between 18th and 14th abutt-
ing lots in square 1929. at an estimated
cost of 81 15S. On the west side Of Sd
Street and Delaware Avenue sw.. between
Mclean Avenue and o Street. abutting lots
| in square 546, at an estimated cost of SE30-
| On the south side of Lansing Street. be
| tween 10th tWallacel and 18th iBJ:rnsl
! Streets. Brookland, abutting blocks IL a2d
%, Brookland, at an estimated cost OF
| 81 200. On the east side of Illinois Avenue,
between Chesapeake and DesNOines
Streets, Brightwood Park. abutting lots IN
block II. Brightwood Park, at an estimated
cost OF 81, $50.
SET NEW GRANITE CURB-On the
north side of F Street ne. between 13Jh
and 18th Streets, abutIing lots in square
1923, at an estimated cost Of $3.50.
PAVE ALLEY WITH VITRIFIED or
ASPHALT BLOCK-Twenty- foot and ten
foot alleys abutting lots in Clarence p
Norment's subdivision of John Sherman-s
subdivision of Mount Pleasant (as recorded
in County Book II. page 106, Surveyors
Office, ID. c., at an estimated cost Of s. leo.
Alley in block 8. Washington Heights at
an estimated cost of S2.545.
JOHN B. WIGHT.
JOHN w ROSS
LANSING H BEACH
ia9-10-20-21 Commissioners D. C.
The evening times., 1899-01-21
A TREASURY THIEF.
Reminders of IL Robbery in Wash
ingtOn Twenty Years Ago.

From the Chicago Post.)
The Keck smuggling case, decided in ia
vor of the defendant by the Supreme Court
OF the United States, presents phase that
recalls celebrated robbery of the Treas
ury in Washington nearly twenty years
ago. In the Keck case the diamonds are
in the possession of the Government. AS
Keck has been acquitted of the offence of
smuggling by the highest Federal Court.
some good lawyers who heard the decision
hold he can recover possession of the jew
els. The case 10 which l refer as in one
phase resembling this was the theft by 4
Treasury employe in Washington of a
package of currency containing $50 600 in
$500 bills. The package was abstracted
at the noon hour, when the clerks are al
lowed time 10 leave the building for
luncheon The thief carried it to nearby
saloon and hid it, the keeper of the place
being supposed to stand in with him The
loss, of course, was soon discovered, and
everybody who could have taken the pack
age shadowed Suspicion quickly settled
on a certain employe. who was known to
frequent the saloon in question.
The large size of the bills gave the con-
spirators trouble. Finally they sent one
of their number to Saratoga to pay the
races with a part of the money. The rest
-S12. .000-they deposited in a bank in A.
exandria, Va, eight miles down the river
The man who went to Saratoga was of the
tin horn" gambler class. He lost his
head and played the race so bad y put
ting up $500 bill every time, that the
detectives soon took him in Arrests
were made, indictments found, but nobody
was convicted, for the simple reason Il at
the Government could not prove that the
money found on the '.tin horn" was a
part of the identical money that was
stolen from the Treasury. So like Keck.
they went free. The money in the Alex
andria bank remained there several wears.
until finally the late George Bliss. of New
York, came to Washington in 1882 as one
of the Government counsel in the star
route cases. He was employed to recover
The evening times., 1899-01-21
The Ravages of Grip.

That modern scOUrge, the Grip. poisonS the air
with its fatal germs. that home is sale
from its ravages. but multitudes have found 4
sure protection against this dangerous malady in
Dr. Kings New Discovery. When you feel a sore
ness in your bones and muscles. have clrills ana
fever with sore threat, pain in the back of the
head. catarrhal symptoms and stubborn cough.
YOU may know you have the Grip. and that YOU
need Dr. Kings New Discovery II viii prompt
ly cure the worst cough, heal the infamed mem
hranes kill the disease germs and prevent the
dreaded after effects Of the maladv. Price ~
cents and sI.O0. Money back if cured 4
trial bottle free at Henry Evans Wholesale and
ReIail Drug Store. 92s northwest. u
The evening times., 1899-01-21
CHURCH NOTICES.

REhINA. MEETNGS-Dr. T. T. Hale will nreacb
IN Gay Street Baptist Church. cor 3Ist and
sis-. Georgetown, at 7:3O p. IA. tonight; at
II a. M p m and 80 p. M Sunday. and
every evening next week at 80: baptizipp Tines
day evening. lt-em
MRS. No kl.ESS will hold circle in her parlors.
40 9Th ST. NV, Sunday evening at o'clock ;
private sittings daily. II te,,
THE PEOPLES CHI-RCH-f22 G. ST. NV Rev
Alex Kent minister, win be addressed af
ll:l5 by Thomson Jay Hudson IL d author of
: Tie Law Of Psychic Phenomena - and on ..The
Seienoe oi the Soul, Considered with Spa,.ial
Reference to the Future Life Seats frcp An
il - ~
The evening times., 1899-01-21
ARE CANCERS CURABLE :?

10000 persons die annually in the United States
from this dread disease because of want OF
knowledge b, physicisns generally to cure il,
Tut It can be cured as we'll any other disease
by one who knows how otreat it. II you have
tumor don't wait until ii gets in the glands OF
the neck ana eahEot cured, but have
il attended to at The lip, cheeks, nose, and
hreast are oftonest the sect % the disease Don't
allow the knife 10 Leaused. CHARLES ALLEN,
Y. D., No 1920 G ct. NV. delS-tf
The evening times., 1899-01-21
Carried Down
Stream.

marvellous rejuvenating properties of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will
prove an unfailing means of rescue and
restoration. i
It is very simple though eminently
scientific medicine. II is not mere slim
ulant like so many malt extracts. It re-
stores healthy power by reviving the in
nermost sources of vitality in the nutritive
system. II enables the digestive and
blood making organism to manufacture
good blood abufdantly and rapidly, so
that the immense waste.of tissue and nerve
fiber entailed by hard labor is Offset by
speedy upbuilding of fresh energy and
strength.
A prominent and venerable Illinois physician
D. w. Vowles. NJ. D., of Fowler Adams Co,
thirty-one l3D cents in stamps for The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser in cloth bind
ing. With this pittance for valuable work
truly gift to the public, must express my
high appreciation of the vast amount of good
that you have rendered the public correct
measure of your usefulness never has been and
never will be estimated by the public: no. not
even by the multitude of afflicted huma nifty that
has been relieved and cured by your med-
cInes. Wherever ] go or have been in the
United States, find persons who have used. and
are using Dr. Pierce's ncdicincs with satisfac-
ton for all conditions for which they are recon-
nlendcd. Never has one spoken dispsragingly
OF their action, and from having seen so often
their good effects. am also enthused with
hdencc In their action in and conditions
for which they recomrne nded. II is not
common for regular physicians TO endorse and
recommend proprietary medicines, but in this
case have no equivocation or hesitancy in so
doing
The quick constipation cure = Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Never gripe.
The evening times., 1899-01-21
How to preyen, puenno

You are perhaps aware that pneumonia always
results from a cold or from an attack of ia
grippe. During the epidemic of la grippe a few
years ago. when so many cases resulted in pne,l.
monia, il was observed that the attack was never
followed by that disease when Chamberlain 5
Cough Remedy was used. 1t counteracts any ten
dency of cold or la grippe to result in that dan.
gerors disease. 1t is the best remedy in the
world for colds aud la grippe. Every bottle
warranted. For sale by Henry Evans, Wholesale
ave. and st. NV. and 1923 Nd. ave ne
The evening times., 1899-01-21

this money. His contention was simple.
The Government could not prove its title
to the money. 1t did not belong to the
bank; ii must belong to somebody; there
fore, it belonged to the person who had
deposited it, How much that person got
of it is not known, but Bliss was high
priced lawyer.
The evening times., 1899-01-21
Farmer BADLY Hurt.

Nardiey, Pa. Jan. 2l-James Welsh a
prominent farmer of TaylorsviIIe, was bad
ly injured on the Delaware Bridge last
night His carriage collided with a team
gong In the opposite direction. and Mr.
Welsh was violently thrown, and becoming
entangled in the lines was dragged about
a hundred feet before he was rescued