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The evening times., 1899-01-09
TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETINGS.
Commander and Mrs. Booth-TucLer
Coming To This CITY.

Five special meetings will be held in
Washington next Sunday by Commander
and Mrs Booth-TuckeT, the national lead
ers of the Salvation Army, who are com
ing from New York for that purpose. Sun
day morning at II O'Clock Commander
Booth h-Tucker will conduct the services at
the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church,
corner of Fourth and Streets south
east, and Mrs. Booth Tucker will conduct
the services at the Eastern Presbyterian
Church. the corner of Sixth and Maryland
Avenue northeast.
Commander Booth Tucker will hold a
meeting at Masonic Temple. at the corner
Of Ninth and + Streets at o'clock Sunday
afternoon, particularly for those who are
not regular churchgoers; and Mrs. Booth
Tucker at O'Clock will conduct the regu-
lar meeting for men of the Young Mems
Christian Association in the lecture hall
of Columbian University.
In the evening at 1:30 o'clock Command
er and Mrs. th-Tucker will unite in
holding their closing meeting at the Lu
Their Place Memorial Church, corner of
Fourteenth Street and Vermont Avenue.
The meetings will be evengelstic in
character. and this will give an opportu-
nifty to see the Salvation Army leaders at
their best and in their most characteris-
tic work.
On their former visits to Washington
they have usually spoken primarily if not
chiefly about the work OF the Salvation
| Army, with especial reference to its phi
| lanthropic and charitable side which they
| found needed special attention when they
| took command in the United States. But
now. having set on foot numerous social
| and charitable operations which are pros
pering all over the country they are de-
voting special attention this year to the
strictly spiritual work Of the Salvation Ar
my.
Their $500 field officers a. their 500 posts
all over the United States were able to re-
port last year over 81 600 converts, but
| they are ambitious to increase. and if pos
sible, double, that number this year, and
| have started the Red Crusade, a forward
evangelistic movement for that purpose.
The evening times., 1899-01-09
WHEAT PRODUCTS OF
NEIGHB0RING STATES
SUPERIOR TO THE WESTERN
Decline of the Milling Industry
West of Rock Creek-Due To "a
Reduced Production

The action of the District Commissioners
few days ago in appointing q number OF
prominent -four dealers 10 inspect all the
flour used in the District has attracted at
tention TO the quality OF -four manufac-
tured by Georgetown mills Years ago.
when the milling business west of Rock
Creek was much larger than at the pres
ent time flour produced in these mills had
great reputation for excellence through
our the Eastern part OF the United States
anu large quantities were shipped by water
10 points all along the Atlantic Coast
Hthln the past twenty years the volume
Oh TINS trade has become less but the Cx-
celience of the flour has been kent IN IN
the 1orner standard. The reasons for the
Increase IN the amount of -four produced
Is not due TO any inferiority but is the re-
SUIT OF a reduction in the amount OF wheat
grown IN certain sections of Maryland and
virginia, which years ago produced enough
grain TO feed six or seven mills in George
town alone. TO say nothing of the mills
located nearer the grain fields
1t IS not generally known. but il is fact
nevertheless. so experienced millers say
that the quality of the wheat grown in the
shenandoah Valley and the upper counties
d maryland Is far superior to that raised
In any other part of the world The whoa,
|
Central States of this country and in those
OF the Red River Valley of Canada does
not compare with it. The product of these
sections lacks the maturity of that grown
| in Maryland and Virginia
In the West the wheat is sown in the
| sprinstime and reaped in the summer
! the seasons of the North not permitting
! later cultivation. As result the wheat
/ does net set a sufficient hardness and
| dryness.
In Maryland and Virginia whsat is sown
| late in the fall, remaining in the ground
| through the winter. and is not gathered
| until some time during the summer This
I length of time in the ground gives tie
peculiar flavor and ether qualities which
are lacking in Western wheat The pro-
! duct of the regions in the immediate vi
/ cinity of Washington weighs about three
pounds more to the bushel than does any
other wheat. consequently more flour can
be made from a buShel OF this kind than
can be made from the same amount of
any other variety.
During the time when wheat was pro-
duced in abundance in Maryland and Viz
ginla large cOnsignments of -four were
shipped abroad. notably TO South Amer
lea. 1t was well-known fact at the time
that flour made of Western wheat vouId
not keep until port was reached but
would sour on the journey. No such fau't
was found with flour made of Virginia OF
Maryland wheat
The evening times., 1899-01-09
the c. A. c. building in about weeks

the C. A. C. building in about weeks
time.
Mr.. Leet took for the central thought Of
his remarks the word Responsibility,
which. he said. should be ever kept in
mind by the Christian people of the Capt.
tai City. as they occupied a peculiarly re-
sponsible position toward the nation at
large. in that they were in position 10
urge the adoption of measures which would
inure to the benefit of all They could
keep in touch with the country at large
through those who visited the city from
other States. and thus exercise an intiu-
ence upon the National Congress.
Mr. Leet mentioned a number OF bills
which are now pending in Congress, and
said that Christians could do much toward
accomplishing desired results by lending
their aid in securing their passage or de
feat Ii nothing else, they could pray,
which was a good deal for the prayers OF
a righteous man availeth much
The evening times., 1899-01-09

seized the yellow hair and handed il in
mass TO the detective. The transforma-
ton was effective. Her hair was coal
black. but there was evidence that IT had
been dyed that color, although she denied
IL.
The young prisoner was taken TO the
matron's room and rigidly searched, bat
no plunder was found in her possession
She was then locked in n cell To await
hearing II is said tkat the girl was onca
an actress AS the cell door c,ossd upon
her the girl broke down completely.
Thank fortune, all is over she eXclalm-
ed. Il will be dead by night.
An hour after she was locked up DE-
tectiye McKeagen undertook TO lead her
from the cell to the Office OF Capt. Miller
of the detectives. for examination, The
Young woman seemed hysterical. As Nc
Keagen conducted her down the stairway
she pulled frcm the bosom OF her dress
box of face powder and tried TO swal ON
its contents The detective struck her
hand as the girl raised it to her mouth,
and most Of the powder was spilled upon
the steps.
"Oh, why didn't you lst ne Kill my
self" she moaned. Then she tainted d. al
away.
The evening times., 1899-01-09
GIRL BURGLAR CAUGHT.
Pretty Rose Naunt Leads PhiInael
uhin poI;ce n MnrrE Chcun


Philadelphia, Jan. 9.-After defying the
local police for two weeks, Rose Vaunt, the
New York girl, who is said to be bur-
glar was caught Saturday. She is a curl
osity to the detectives, not because she is
pretty, but because she is said to have
planned and carried out successfully sew
eral robberies although twice she was al
most caught by persons she is alleged to
have robbed. She, it is said, has for the
past three weeks carried on a system of
burglary which defeated the efforts of the
local Hawkshaws in arresting the culprit.
The girl is attractively dressed, stylish
and pretty, and not more than twenty
years old. She was arrested yesterday
while trying to pawn a watch She was
taken to the Central Police Station, where
she said her home was in New York, but
that she made occasional visits to this city.
Her face was exceedingly pale from effects
of arsenic eating. When she faced the de-
tectives she was told to take off her hat.
The girl complied readily and disclosed a
wealth of blonde hair
Don't you think you would look pret-
tier with your wig OFF," suggested de-
tective.
Miss Vaunt looked at him moment,
The evening times., 1899-01-09
GOOD CITIZENSHIP.
Interesting Services at the Ninth
Street Christian Church.

Street Christian Church.
The services yesterday evening at the
Ninth Street Christian Church. were in
charge of the good citizenship committee of
the Christian Endeavor Society, and a
large audience assembled to listen to ad-
dresses by Mr. Charles F. Nesbit, one of
the directors of the Y. NJ. c. A. and Mr.
Grant S. Leet, president of the District
Christian Endeayor Union.
Mr.. Nesbit gave an interesting talk on
the necessity of the common people being
good citizens, in order that those elected
TO high places might feel the responsibility
of enacting legislation in conformity with
the views of constituents, and cited the
life of the great commoner, Gladstone as
an example of the ideal good citizen, who
believed in the right of the common peo-
pie TO have a voice in governing the ma
tiop. The speaker said that prominent
among the institutions which stood for
those things which. tended to make good
citizens of the young men of the nation
was the Y. NJ. c. A. Mr.. Nesbit closed
his remarks with plea for the co-opera-
tion of his hearers with the organization
which he represented. and announced that
the Y. NJ. C. A. would take possession of
The evening times., 1899-01-09
E;mbs a~ainsf the NJ, *. & II.

Dallas. Texas, Jan. 9.-other Texas railways
have agreed to make common cause in behalf of
the Missouri Kansas and Texas, whose charter
Attorney General Crane is seeking to annul
Politicians offer many theories to account for
these proceedings. Many believe that the legisia-
ture will be appealed To TO establish depart
ment for the State Railway Commissions law
business. the chief 10 receive 100 year. Ii
is claimed Mr. Crane is slated for the place sAn-
other theory is that the Texas Pacific people
in New York are behind the movement. Ii 4
dissolution of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas
system of Texas as now consolidated. could be
brought about, the Texas and Pacific would
profit greatly
The evening times., 1899-01-09
Dead Infant Found.

The body OF a dead infant found on va
cant lot at the corner of Thirteenth Street and
Florida Avenue northwest at an carly hour this
morning by one of the policemen of the Eighth
precinct The body was taken to the station
house and the coroner was notified. He will view
the body late this afternoon and report the ad-
visibility OF an investigation with view to dis
covering the parents OF the child
The evening times., 1899-01-09
Count KaroIyi,s Suicide.

London. Jan. 9.-The corouer's inquest into
the suicide of Count Franz karolyi. the attache
of the Austrian embassy, who killed himself in
his private apartments on Saturday by shooting
himself in the head, held today. The medi-
cal evidence showed that karoy believed that he
was suffering from incurable cold. and as no
other cause for his act assigned, the jury
rendered a verdict of suicide while temporarily
The evening times., 1899-01-09
Ordered TO Pay AIimonS,

nn motion of William B. Riley. Justice Nc
CoinaS today issued an order, requiring James IT,
Isaac. who is suing his wife, Susie c. Isaac for
diyuroc. To pay her So per month alimony during
the reridcncy of the suit, and So counsel fees
The evening times., 1899-01-09

Mr.. C. ". Reed, proprietor OF the Hotel Del
lone, Omaha. one OF the finest new and modern
hotels in the West, says Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy: I'VE have used it in our family for
years with the most satisfactory result especially
for our children. for colds and Group" For sale
by Henry Evans. wholesale and retail Druggists
9Ss + st. NV. and Conn., and st. NV, and
li2S Nd ave- ne
The evening times., 1899-01-09
CASTo1TA.
Bears The ~ Inc kInu YOU have hKayS Bought
Signature as E1WHtZm
A Br Oker in Life Insurance

Why not a broker in life
insurance as well as in the
sale of stocks?
] understand the relative
values of all the companies
and cannot only guide you
right, but will tell you the
truth-all the truth.
j can do better for you than
you can do for yourself-much
better. If you prefer any
company l can get for you
the best rates, and without
cost to you.
If you contemplate insur-
ance come and see me.
L. ID. HADDAWAY,
Late General Agent Ny. Life Insur-
ance ompany.
INSURANCE BROKER,
SIC Fourteenth Street.
The evening times., 1899-01-09

$50 pairs of Nottingh am
lace curtains, in heavily work
ed patterns-full 90 in. wide
aud 81 yds. long-with whip
:: ::s5ia. ss55s ::,,:.:. s5:s: :: I'D q. S1.69
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
NEGOTIATIONS CHECKED
BY CANADA'S GAME

WASHINGTON. May 27.-To clear up
misunderstanding which appear to ex-
ist both in London and to some degree
IN this country as to the exact status
Of the negotiations between the United
States and Great Britain respecting
Cahadian-American issues, the follow
ing statements of the events that led
np TO the present conditions were Sc
cured from the best authority. When
the commission adjourned some months
ago, ii was because it had reached an
apparently insurmountable obstacle in
the shape Of the Alaskan boundary
question.
After the adjournment the two gov
ernments took up this particular ques-
ion with a view to settling it and thus
removing it from the path of the many
other important issues involved. There
were numerous delays owing to the
many exchanges Of views between
London, Washington and Ottawa and
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
GAGE AT HIGHLANDS ASYLUM.

Los ANGELES, May Ex-Governor
Henry T. Gage will appoint a sue
cessor to President Adina Mitchell of
the Whittier School trustees. He also
will Feappoint DR.. Walter Lindley a
member OF the board, for fear that the
doctors previous appointment by Cover
nor Budd may not have been legal be-
cause it was not confirmed by the SEN
ate.
The Governor went to Highlands Asy-
lum to-day. where the board of directors
of that institution met this afternoon
The Governor was accompanied by DR.. F.
W. Hatch, General Superintendent Of
State Hospitals. There has been more or
less speculation since yesterday as to
whether the State Senate could be con-
vened in extra session for the purpose Of
passing upon the Governors appoint
ments. The consensus of opinion among
lawyers is that the upper house cannot
meet unless the Governor should call a
session Of the Legislature as whole
Should such a session be deemed neces-
sary there would have to be a daily bal
lot for United States Senator. In that
event Colonel D. NJ. Burns undoubtedly
would be again a candidate until dis
placed by a Republican caucus. That Is
the opinion of Internal Revenue Col
lector John c. Lynch, now here. who is
one of Colonel Burns closest friends.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
NEW BIDS FOR THE
POSTOFFICE MASONRY WORK
Contractors Make Lower Estimates
and Granite viii Probably Be
Used on the Structure.

WASHINGTON. May 27-The Treasury
Department to-day reopened bids for ma
sonry work on the San Francisco Post
office. There were ten bidders at the last
opening, when the department rejected all
of them on account of the high prices.
To-day there were nine. OF the ten bid
ders at the last opening, f. f. Knowles Of
Oakland, Richardson & Gale of San Fran
cisco, City Improvement Company of San
Francisco and John Pierce of New York
City failed to make proposals to-day. The
following are to-day's bidders:
California Bridge and Construction
Company, Oakland-Granite, s798 745: mar
BILE, $SO9, ,432; time of completion. twenty
months.
Norcross Bros. Worcester, Mass-Gran-
ite, $3.50, 900; marble, 1858, 600; time, twenty
months.
S795,0o0; marble, $3.50 900; time, thirty
months.
Geddis & seerie Stone Company, Denver
Granite, s799,000; marble, $S56,0O0; time,
Bentley Construction Company, Port
land, Or.-One bid for granite, s779, 900;
time, twenty months.
Davidson Bros, Chicago-Four bids, all
different grades of granite: First SIT 600;
second, $79S 600; third, $4,000; fourth, $685.,
Co.,
Raymond Granite Company, San Fran
cisco-Granite, $sO7, 500; marble, 1890 900.
California Construction Company, San
F'rancisco-Rocklin granite, $ll3 500; Ray
mond granite, sS12 ,364; marble, $3.50, 900.
Time, twenty months.
William II. Ellis, Washington D. c.,
four bids, as follows: First bid, granite
S745, 900 marble $757 900; second bid, S76S, 800
marble granite, $S16,900 marble; third bid,
$799 900, granite $76S 500 fourth bid, $7s9, 900
granite, Ss16 900 marble. This firm at the
last opening submitted its proposal from
Cincinnati and was the lowest.
Supervising Architect Taylor said to The
Call correspondent to-day that the bids
were very much lower than at the last
opening, and he thought there was no
doubt of the acceptance of one ~of them.
II is believed that the contract will be
awarded TO the Ellis Company. Mr.. Tay-
lor is of the opinion that the San Fran
cisco Postoffice will be built of granite.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
USE THEIR VAULTS
FOR CEMETERIES
Los angeles UDdertokers Keep
Bodies in Their Possession
for Years.

revealed
of the kept
When Mrs j. T.
Honolulu the last steamer she
months Los Angeles
until could be communicated with
Phillips revealed unsatisfactory condition
failed disclose entry
Of could
evident still
of had died in
had from to three
number
O
investigation peculiar facts We're brought
indefinitely before
either sending
firm bodies
In the of the husband a
distant he months
always spaidfor the keepin
the
wish 10 bury the body finally decided
make home
The bodies
and
.,scAsoc
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

AI~--%A~NN'
PARIS, May 27.-At the bottom of
their hearts probably neither NJ. Cat
ralle Mendes nor NJ Georges Vanor
cares a rap whether the real Hamlet
was as slim as Nine. Sarah Bernhardt
or as fat as Flagstaff. NJ. Mendes is
keenly susceptible where Nine. Bern
hardt is concerned. 1t is d rather re-
markable thing in this egotlstlcal age,
for his SenSitiVeneSS is due to graU-
tude He looks upon the actress as his
savior and as the woman who pre-
vented him from living, and dying
literary machine. l once heard him
tell the story, and tears came into his
eyes as old memories were revived.
Few people know that MendeZ for over
five years wrote semi scientific and
general literary articles daily for the
Petit Parisien. He had previously gone
through a period of intense poverty, SO
that even slavery seemed better than
starvation. But it was dreary work
During his starvation days he had
written his superb play, "Meres En-
nemies," and had sent it to every thea
ter manager in Paris, always receiving
it back a little more tattered and dir
tier each time.
L was rapidly becoming stupefied, ="
said Mendes on the day he related the
story TO me.
Il went to my office in the morning,
wrote until noon, lunched and then be-
gan again, spacing out the lines au-
tcmatically until evening. l had no
ambition, no dreams, no hope. Every
time any theater changed hands l got
my 'Meres Ennemies' and sent it in
anew TO the director, not with the idea
that it would be accepted, but as a
mere matter of habit.
"One day Bernhardt took the Ambigu
Theater. / happened to be bored, just
at the moment, by a sort of hanger
on, who, under the excuse of running
errands for me now and again got a
few francs a week out of me. More to
be rid of him than anything else l sent
him off to SarahS with the eternal
'Meres EnnemieS.' A few days later l
was stunned TO receive note from her,
telling me she was about to- produce my
play"
Everybody familiar with the theatri-
cal history of Paris knows how she
kept her promise, for NJ. Mendes play
was a success never equaled until
"Cyrano." 1t cOnsecrated him as a mas
ter and the writer has never forgotten
that it was Sarah who brought his ser
vitude to an end. That is why he took
so much to heart NJ. Vanox's remarks
that Sarah was but a slender repre-
sentative of the fat, scant of breath
Hamlet.
Fortunately, the wound which NJ
Mendes received in the duel provoked
by his rather outspoken disapproval of
NJ VanoXs comments is less serious
than thought at first, and probably
within a very short time he will be at
work again upon a book reviewing the
poetry of the nineteenth century. which
he is commissioned to write by the Min
lister of BeauX Arts for the ex-
position. NJ. Mendes poetical equip
ment is prodigious. He knows how to
express his thoughts clearly, convinc-
ing and eloquently. 1t is said, in fact.
that some opinions in this official report
are so clearly expressed that there is
! likely to be a vast amount of heated
/ discussion when it is published. Prob
/ ably some more duels are in the per
/ spective.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

the authorities here became convinced
that an adjustment was hopeless But
the feeling in London was more hope
full, and when Sir Julian Pauncefote
reached London on his way to The
Hague, he held conferences with Lord
Salisbury which resulted in a definite
proposal for settling the boundary issue
and removing it as an obstacle Of the
commission. The main point of this
proposal was that a separate tribunal
of arbitration should pass on the
boundary question. 1t was cOmmuni
Gated to ambassador Choate and by
him to the State Department.
When the plan was received the
President was absent at Hot Springs,
Va, and it was felt desirable to await
his return before giving a final answer
There was little or no doubt that the
answer would have been favorable. Just
as the acceptance was about to be Civ
en-, the officials here were surprised TO
have presented what they regarded as
an extraordinary condition which Can
ada imposed in connection with the
submission of the question of arbitra-
ton. This condition was that Canada
should have Pyramid harbOr and
strip of territory on the Lynn Canal,
without reference to the general con-
clusiOns reached by the tribunal of ar
bitr&tion. This port and strip of terri
tory on the coast would have carried
also the back country leading TO the in
terror.
This condition, coming after the ar
bitration plan had been formally pro-
posed and was about to be accepted,
caused not only surprise but some in
! dignation among the officials here. 1t
/ was decided not TO accept this condition
and a peremptory refusal was given TO
the proposition. Thus the matter
stands. There is every reason TO be-
lieve that there will be no yielding of
the officials here to Canada's condition.
If it is withdrawn the arbitration may
/ yet be arranged as a means of settling
/ the boundary The opinion in the high
/ est quarters seems TO be positive that
without some adjustment of the bound
airy matter the resumption Of the work
! of the joint commission on the many
/ other topics considered is entirely i'm
probable