davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The evening times., 1899-01-17
CURRENT EVENTS
IN GEORGETOWN
RAILROAD CHARTER GRANTED
Washington and Rockville Line Ex-
pected to Increase Trade-C0m-
ing Entertainments.

The right of way over the Washington
and Rockville turnpike has been granted by
the commissioners of Montgomery county
TO the Rockville and Washington Railroad
Company Several weeks ago the authori-
ties of the county imposed certain COD,
ditions upon the railroad company among
which was the payment of $1,000 per year
for the right OF way over the turnpike. The
amount has been paid and the other cond-
tions complied with. 1t is understood that
the contract for constructing the remainder
OF the road have already been let and it
is expected that the work of constructing
the road will be begun as soon as the
weather permits. The road when complet-
ed will open up part OF Montgomery
county. which heretofore has been inac-
cessable on account of lack of railroad fa-
eilities. The section through which the
railroad passes is a rich agricultural dis
trict and il is anticipated by Georgetown
merchants that with easy means of com
munication the farmers will come to
Georgetown for the purpose of doing their
trading. The road will enter Rockville at
Cathedral Hill. short distance from the
B. o. station. 1t will pass directly in
front of the Agricultural Society's grounds
L
Street are discussing the spectacle which
the boys and girls of the Western High
School present when on the way 10 and
from school. The street is one of the
many in Georgetown which Is unimproyei
and just at this season of the year is eX-
ceedingly muddy and as there is no side
walk the boys and girls, in order 10 keep
out of the mud, which is nearly ankle
deep. attempt to walk on the curb Al
though the pupils have gained some GeX-
terity in what practically amounts to
tight-rope walking, they som times II ke
misstep and are precipitated into tAe
mud. The Commissioners for nearly a
year past have been promising II lay
sidewalks and otherwise improve the
streets between Thirty second Street and
the Western High School.
The ladies of the DumbaIton II. E.
Church will give a dinner at the church
next Friday evening for the purpose OF
raising funds 10 be used in paying for the
new edifice.
On Friday, February 3, an entertainment
will be given at the Dumbarton Avenue
Church which will consist of recital in
costume. Miss Anne Belle Gray will take
the leading pars and will be assisted by
well-knCWn local talent. The entertain
ment is to be for the benefit OF the build
ing fund CT the church. Rehearsals are
now being held several times a week.
Peter Berry, Georgetown boy, leaves
today for Cuba, where he will join the
ccmmissary department of the army.
Miss Maggie Roycraft. of Baltimore. is
the guest OF Mr. and Mrs. John Heuple at
their hcme, 1901 Prospect Street.
Mrs. Harry Folkman, wife of former
Sergeant Volkman, of the Seventh pre-
cinct. is seriously i'll with the grip at her
hCme, 23G0 Prospect Street
Capt. +. d. Cathell is lying i'll at his
home at 1854 o Street, with the grip
Policeman Grove is on the sick list.
The evening times., 1899-01-17
PRINTING OFFICE ANNEX.
The Condemnation Commission Re
sumes Its Work.

The commission appointed in October
last, by the Supreme Court of the District
for the purpose Of appraising the value of
certain lands, in the vicinity of the Gov
ernment Printing Office, condemned in Or
der to obtain space and place for the erec-
JiCn of an annex to that building, resum-
ed its work this morning to amend its
report in accord with an order issued by
Justice Cox.
This order requires that the report be
referred to the commissioners to be ad-
justed by correcting the arithmetieal er-
rors therein, by giving the names of the
owners Of each lot separately and by seq
regating the property of each person as set
out in one of the exhibits to the original
petition.
Justice Cox further ordered that said
commissioners be and they are hereby in
structed that the evidence offered on the
part of the Government of the tax assess
mnt and the option of the respondent Ell
len Costello was not proper evidence in
the case and said commissioners are here
by ordered to reconsider the value of said
property rejecting all of that evidence and
make report to the court within five days
in accordance with this order
The evening times., 1899-01-17
FLED FROM DISGRACE TO DIE.
Irvine Harriet Succumbs to Pneu-
aOnia in Shanghai, China

Louisville, Jan. IA cablegram was
received yesterday by Louisville rela-
tives announcing the death at Shanghai
China, of Irvine Barret, son OF the late
Thomas L. 5arret, president Of the Bank
of Kentucky. i.sl
Young Barret was victim of pneu
monia, contracted during a long ocean
voyage which he was taking as a honey
moon trip with his bride of a year, to
whom he was married in New York under
unusual and to his family. scandalous cir
cumstances. The young mans share of his
fathers estate was about s175. .0G0 and i'm
mediately upon receiving his inheritance
he entered upon a career of dissipation
which was capped by his sudden marriage
TO one of Oscar Hammersteins Olympia
soubrettes in New York after a proposal
and acceptance at wine supper.
Young Barret brought his bride home.
but finding the disapproval of the family
and society intolerable he started with his
V ife or trip around the world
The evening times., 1899-01-17
BROKE HIS BACK BY A FALL.
serious Accident to George Cheva
Iier Near Frederick nd

Frederick. Md, Jan. 17.-George Chey-
aiier aged tifty-five years, while engaged
in painting Corinthian column at the
county residence of Col Calvin R Mutt,
near Frederick City, fell from the scaf-
folding yesterday and broke his back He
fell about thirty feet. The tenth and
eleventh dorsal vertebrae were broken and
he was paralyzed from the hips down. He
was taken TO Monteyue Hospital. where
DrS. Franklin B. Smith and Harry P. Fahr-
ney attended to his injuries They enter
tain but slight hopes of his recovery He
lives al Gainesville. n. Y. and has an in
valid wife and three children there He is
an artist and being unable to procure work
at his profession, came here in search of
work from Baltimore and was employed to
assist in decorating Col. Nuts residence
The evening times., 1899-01-17
DEATH AND. PANIC In
4 TOBACCO FACTORY
Eighteen-Ton Driving Wheel
Bursts Into Fragments.
Two Employees Killed and Two Sc
yerely Injured.
Walls and Floors Tumble With a
Sound Like That of an
Earthquake.

Jersey City, N. j., jan 1.-THE eight
een-ton main driving wheel in the Conti-
mental Trust Company's tobacco factory,
formerly knawn as LoriIlard's tobacco fac
tory, on First Street, burst into a thou
sand fragments at 10 o'clock this morning.
killing two employees, severely injuring
two others and throwing nearly a thou
sand girls who worked on the three upper
floors into panic. The side wall of the
engine room on the ground floor and the
thick cement floors of the two stories i'm
mediately above the engine room were
cut through by the flying masses of metal
as though made of paper.
The killed are:
JAMES DELANEY, aged twenty eight years,
assistant engineer.
NORA MCCARTHY, aged twenty-five years.
The injured are: ~'---~
Mary Hickey, aged nineteen years, and Maggie
Dillon, aged twenty weight.
The crash of the parting floors and the
roar of falling walls sounded like an earth
quake.
The evening times., 1899-01-17
GENEROUS GIFT OF BOOKS.
Free Library Gets Another Donation
of Valuable Works.

The Public Library at 1926 New York
Avenue, has received another handsome
gift of books. The donors name is not
given. The gift consists of 266 volumes
and embracing full sets OF Dickens. Scott.
Cooper, Irving and Thaokeray, Audubon S
work on the Birds OF America" the
American Statesmen series, the ''Ameri-
can Cyelopedia" and other valuable books.
All are handsomely bound
a number of persons have been gratui-
tously assisting since the opening of the
Library on Thursday last, in answering
calls for books, but Notwithstanding this
fact the force is wholly inadequate TO do
the work The demand for books is far be-
yond expectation. The number of vol
umes given out in five days last week was
as follows: Tuesday. 290; Wednesday
160; Thursday, 1874; Friday. 119. and Sat
urday, 2A. The registration now includes
more than 1000 names
The evening times., 1899-01-17
Petition in Bankruptc,- Filled.

Joseph B. Chamberlain. clerk and man
ager of the Photographic supply business
at No. 519 Eleventh Street. today filed a
petition for voluntary bankruptcy The
total amount of liabilities listed is S.
153. .46 From this amount, it is stated, is
to be deducted Il 2-3 per cent, paid by H.
Clay Stewart, to whom the petitioner made
an assignment in 1894. The liabilities con-
sist of number of small amounts for pho
tographic supplies due dealers in Philadel-
phia and New York. The petitioner does
not make any return of assets.
The evening times., 1899-01-17
DEATH OF MRS. HooToN.
Siinistered TO the Wants Of the Sick
Wherever Found.

Mrs. Margaret Hooton, who died While
on a visit 10 her son-in-law, Mr. D. ].
Murphy, In this city, Saturday morning.
was about sixty years Of age and one OF
the most noted women Of fredericksburg
Va She was the widow Of the late Albert
RootCn, who for many years was suparin-
tendent of the Fredericksburg almshouse
She was an angel of mercy, ministaring to
the wants OF the sick wherever found. an
everybody knew and loved her She
leaves one sister. Miss Bette Lane. o,
Baltimore, and four brothers. Messrs
William L. Waite Henry ". Waite AID
Manlius F. Waite, of Spottsylvania, aad
Charles Waite of Cnlpeper County
The evening times., 1899-01-17
How to Preven, Pneumonia.

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 pueu-
inona, it was observed that the attack was never
followed by that disease when Chamberlain 8
CoGgh 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 and la grippe. Every bottle
warranted. For sale by Henry Evans Wholesale
ave. and St NV. and 142s Md ave. ne.
The evening times., 1899-01-17
Sell Credit Goods and Flee to spai,

Mobile, Ala, Jan. 17.-George r. Allen.
vice president of the National Manufac-
turers' Association, has just returned from
Havana. He says the Spanish merchants
are defrauding American merchants and
shippers.
He says the Spaniards purchase goods
on credit established before the war, sell
goods at fabulously low prices and do not
pay for the goods, thus making an i'm
mense profit. When they can get no more
goods they leave for Spain.
The evening times., 1899-01-17
General RawIins, Remains

President Mckinley yesterday signed the ioipt
resolutions which appropriates $500, or as much
thereof as may be necessary, for the expenses o
the removal of the remains of the late Gen .Jo,,r
A. Rawlins from Congressional Cemetery TO thf
National Cemetery at Arlington. The resolution
also provides for the removal to Arlington of tbs
base and granite shaft marking Cen. Raw,
lnis' burial spot.
The evening times., 1899-01-17
UNBERTAkERS.
AUGUSTUS BURGDORF CO.,
Cndcrtakers and Embnlmers,
socs SEVENTH STREET n. W.
First.cIass Service ,oIl-iyr
Wand. Indiana Men Mustered Out.

Representative Steele OF Indiana made
request of the President for the muster
ing out Of the One Hundred and Sixtieth
Indiana regiment. This regiment is now
scattered. one battalion in Cuba, one in
Georgia and one in North Carolina The
President deferred action until he can
confer with the War Department.
The evening times., 1899-01-17
Labor Unions Are Not Trusts.

Columbus, Jan. 17.-Judge Swartz. in
police court, sustained the demurrer to
affidavit against Carpenter Frank Wester-
man, who was arrested on the charge of
defying the State antitrust law in being
a member of a labor union. The court
held labor organizations We're not trusts.
The evening times., 1899-01-17
Sales of Washington County Land.

Hagerstown, Md, Jan. T.-Jacob V. Mullen
dore purchased eighteen acres of the land of the
Muliendere estate, near Rohrersrille, Washington
County, for S41.35 per acre Noah w. Cromise
bought thirty and quarter acres for S1s IS
an acre. The Boyer farm of 107 acres was sold
near Tregor to Daniel NJ Mulendore for $50. 20
per acre.
The evening times., 1899-01-17
HonorabIy Discharged.

By direction of the President, Major
Georage r. Flower, chief. surgeon. L. ).
Volunteers, is honorably discharged tie
service Of the United States by the Seere-
tary of War, to take effect FEBRUARY l,
1899. his services being no longer re4uir-
ed. He will proceed to his home.
The evening times., 1899-01-17
A SPEEDY CURE

for Lost Manhood, Weakness Nervous Debility
Impaired Memory, Results Of Errors OF Youth.
Blood Poison, Diseases OF Kidneys and other
organs Advice and valuable medical book. seal
ed free. Address DR. GRISDLE, IL Nest I2th
ST., New York City.
uo25 So, ,tu, thu-sino
The evening times., 1899-01-17
Iuuacx Cases Investigated.

Eight Iunacy cases were investigated to-
day by marshal's iuries. The proceedings
we're conducted by Assistant Marshal
Charles z. Wilson.
The evening times., 1899-01-17

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. BEGIN
MING TUESDAY MORNING. JAN
UARY II, service on Capital Railway
from Anaeostia to Navy Yard will be dis
continued, and free transfers will be
made to and from the cars of the Anacas-
tia Railway Company at Monroe and
Johnson Streets. ja16-2t
The evening times., 1899-01-17
viii of Minnie E. Lacy.

The will of Minnie E. Lacy, dated Oe-
tober %. 1890, was fled today for probate.
The deceased leaves her estate, consisting
of real and personal property, to her sis
ters Fannie A. and Jennie d. Lacy.
The evening times., 1899-01-17
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE nav

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. ALI drug
gsts refund the money if it fails to cure. DC
The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet.
seI9tu, .sa-tf
The evening times., 1899-01-17
"a - TozIA,
Bears the 1h6 Kind You Haze Always BOUGHT
Signature sf &zZzzu

Your children will not cough
all night if you give them DIR.
Henry's Cough Syrup. Price,
I5c.
ia11-2t
The evening times., 1899-01-17

SPECIAL NOTICE-The annual meeting
of the stockholders OF the Dime
Capital Savings System will be held at the
Office of the company. No. III s. Fairfax
Street, Alexandria, Va on MONDAY.
FEBRUARY 20. 1899. Polls open from .
10 3 p. m. Books closed for transfer of
stock February Is TO 20, inclusive.
CHAS. H. ALLESDER
ja17-7t-eod Secretary Treasurer.
The evening times., 1899-01-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICE-The annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Continental
Savings and Loan Company will be held at
the office of the company No. III s. Fair
fax Street, Alexandria. Va. on MONDAY
FEBRUARY 30. 1888. Polls open from >
TO ) p. m. Books closed for transfer of
stock February 13 TO 20. inclusive
CHAS- H. ALLENDER, Secretary
ja11-1t-eod
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13
A Thousand Tongues

Could not express tho rar'ure of
Annie E. Springer. cf 1925 Howard
st., Philadelphia, Pa, when she found
that DR.. Kings New Discovery Tor
Consumption bad completely cured
her Of a hacking cough that for man,
years had made life a burden. Al
'thcr remedies aid doctors could give
her 70 help. but SIZE says Of This ROya
Eure-'it Sc OF removed the pain IL
ny chest and [ can now sleep s, undl,
omethiDg | can scarcely rememb.
Going before. l feel like sounding
praises throughout the Universe S
will everyone who tries DR.. King,
y W Disc very for any trouble Of tb,
Threat, Chest or Lungs. Price SOC
and 81. Trial bottles tree at F. {
Dukes Drug Store; every bottl
guarai teed.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident, oe with NJ
John o iver cf Philadelphia, was th,
subject. is narrated by himse, f as 10
low: Il wss in & most dreadful c,u-
iition. NY skin was aim at yeli,w
ey-s sunken, tongue coated, pain COZ,
'inuAlly in back anI siics, no arpe,it.
gradually growing weaker dny b.
lay. Three physicians had given II,
ap Fortunately friesd advised tr,
ing Electric Bi;ters AID to my gres
] y aud surprise, the first bottle ma},
! d' c;dcd Improvement. l continue
her use for three We Ks, a1d am nov
well mar. know they saved NJ,
lie, a"d robbed the gave # arolhs,
victim" No one SHOULD fail 10 +.
hem. Q"ly so centa. guaranteed =
Dukes drug etore.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13

TIE Boston Museum OF Fine Arts
,as just received consignment of
hirteen valuable gems and jewels,
which comprise part Of the Marl-
borough collection. Amepg them is
The famous cameo. "The Marriage of
Cupid Psyche" for which $4,000
was paid. 1t was well known through
out the civilized world before the
Christian era began. For twenty
centuries it has been in the greatest
art gallaries of Europe.
Millions Of dollars is the value placed
by Mrs. Mary Bird, Harrisburg, Pa, on
the life Of her child, which was saved
from Group by tie use of One Minute
Cough Cure. It cures all coughs, colds
aud throat and lung troubles. F. c.
Duke.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13
CHAPTER Ill

II any man cometh unto me and hateth not his
own father and mother and wife and children and
brethren and sisters-yea, and his own life also
te cannot be my disciple. - And whosocver
forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my
disciple. 70" i.a.. ~
When Rachel Winslow and Virginia
Page separated after the meeting at the
First church on Sunday, they agreed to
continue their conversation the next
day. Virginia asked Rachel to come
and lunch with her at noon, and Rachel
accordingly rang The bell at the Page
mansion about half past H. Virginia
herself met her, and the two were soou
talking earnestly.
'The fact is" Rachel was saying
after they had been talking a few min
utes. 81 cannot reconcile it with my
Judgment of what he would do I cam
not tell another person what to do, but
! feel that 7 ought not to accept this
Offer" .r
"What will you do, then9" asked
Virginia, with great interest.
81 don't know yet, but have deoid-
ed to refuse ti,s offer"
Rachel picked up letter that had
been lying In her lap and ran over Its
contents again. 1t was q letter from
the manager Of a comic opera Offering
her place with q large travelling conn
pany for the. season. The salary was @
very large figure, and the prospect held
out by the manager was fiattering. He
had heard Rachel sing that Sunday
morning when the stranger had inter
rupted the service. He had been much
impressed. There was money in that
voice, and it ought to be used in comic
opera, so said the letter, and the man
ager wanted reply as soon as possible
rro DE Continued
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13
Good Road Notes.

Horses like to be we'll stalled, but not
in muddy highway.
oh, but those motor carriage folks
will be "hollerin" for good roads pretty
soonl
! Now is about the time of year when
nudholes are converted into job lots of
dust. Any in front of your houseH
The horse wanted good roads; the BIZ
cycle has tried to get good roads; the
automobile must have good roads
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13
A FriShtfuI BIunder

Wi | ofton cause horrible bat
ScsId, cut or bruise. Blck'en's Ar.
nica Sa!ve, the best in the world, vii
',l; the pain ard promptly heal d
Cures old sores, fever sores, ulcsr.
aoils, telons, corna, all skin erup;ioDa.
Best pie cure OH earth. Onty 25 CTS
= box. Cure guaranteed. Sold b,
f. c. Duke, druggist.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13

In Chicago the other day man
tried to disturb his wife by threaten.
ing TO kill himself, and was promptly
shot by the dutiful spouse "to save
him trouble as she declared. As Il
remedy for suicidal mania this
woman's plan is etlective.-Charles
ton Post.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13
That ThrObbin9 Headache

Would quickly leave you, if yo,
used DR.. Kings New Life PHI:
tEou7aLds of sufferers have prove
!he;r mstchless merit for sick an[
nervous headaches. They make rur
blood aid strong nerves and build W
your health. Easy TO take. Try then
Only 20 cents. M ,ney back if nc.
cured. Sold by F. G. Duke, drug IL,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13

Eat plenty, Kodpl Dyspep.ia Cure
will digest what you eat. l. care
all FIRMS of dyspepsia AID s.amac
troubles. Z. r. Gamble, Vernon,
Tex. saya, ut relieved ne from the
start and cured me. 1t is now ny
everlasting friend" F. G.. Duke.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13

The total bank clearings in the
United States for the week were
sl,752, ,9SS,539; per cert. increase
1916. Exclusive of New York $TO3,
479, 365; per cent. increase 23.1.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13

The great success of Chamberlain'a
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Rnmed
ia the treatment Of bowel complaints
nas made it standard over the greater
part c. the civilized world. For sale by
DR.. +. T.. Duke.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13

Joseph Stool ford, IIodg Ion, Me-,
healed sore running f,r seventeen
years and cured his piles Of long stand
ing hy using DtWitt's Witch Haze.
SAlve. It cures all skin diseases L. c.
Duke.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13

The Iaytean Government stea me,
Defense, used as an armed transport.
has gone ashore near Fortunt
Island, in the Bahamas, and will
be total wreck. All on board were
saved.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13

More than half the time when a
woman betrays secret, some man
is at the bottom of it.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13

Mckinley is reported to have de,
tel mined not to remove Otis. Du
he people have made up their minds
to remove McKiulcv.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13

Real prosperity is not when sSre
OF the favored few are making all t.,
money, but when all the people +,
making some money.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13

Subscribe now and read In His
Steps.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-10-13
IN HIS STEPS.
4sahat mnulh
Srsua Dp 2"
by Charles II. Sheldon.

CDptrfgtted and published In book form By The
Adrdnce Publishing Co. Of Chicugo
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-06-05
Monday,
Tuesday and
Wednesday

Your choice of one best lines of fabrics
yet offered the public They all choice patterns
and strictly seasonabe goods The line ranges in price
from 1oc 12 15c three yards for 25c You must
these goods to appreciate them.
Mitts.
Ladies' Klondike black silk mitts 25c 35c 45c SOC and
75c per pair.
Gloves.
Ladies black silk gloves SOC and 75c.
Sun BOnnets
A fine gingham Sun Bonnet in childrens, misses and
womens wear 29c each.
Union Suits
Ladies' Ribbed Union Suits weight 35c and 59c.
Children's Hose
Chidren heavy seamless ribbed hose 1oc pair