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scHRADER, THE HEALER, HERE,
He Arrives in the City and Attracts
Much Attention.

Schrader. the divine healer, who has per
haps caused more speculation and newspa-
per comment than any man in the United
States. is in town. For several days past
he has been seen in the streets dressed in
long. flowing robe of purple silk and
black velvet He wears no hat or head
covering of any kind and depends upon
his long hair for protection. Suspended
around his neck he wears a cross, upon
which is the image of the Saviour. When
a Times reporter called upon him at his
rooms. 905 E Street northwest, last night,
considerable difficulty was experienced in
gaining an audience. Hundreds of people
we're waiting to see him. so great has his
reputation as a healer of all diseases be-
come. He possesses great personal attrac-
ton He tells one in a voice that IS calm
with the sense of conviction that since his
birth thirty-three years ago. he has been
able. through the divine power OF God, TO
heal all manner of diseases by the simple
process of touching the person affected.
For nineteen years the divine healer has
been travelling from place 10 place, admin
istering TO the sick and diseased. He
claims to have made some remarkable
cures and is willing to produce the names
OF such persons if asked, 1t is understood
that number of Washington people have
been greatly benefited by his power, and
in one instance it is said that he restored
the voice OF man who had been speech
less for years He expects to remain IN
this city about three weeks.
The times., 1899-12-14
WHAT IS
THE REASON?

Why is it that you are not equal to tie
task Nature sets for you 70 do2
Why do you find weakness stealing over
You aud growing day by Gay
Why that sshy, chalky cOmPlexiOn2
Why that inability TO hold your uriue2
Why those distressing pains across your
back?
All these symptoms are uumistskeble
evidences of kidney trouble.
The kidneys. that make the human en-
gine Of life move as Nature intended. are
not working properly and should have
prompt attention.
II you need a medicine for kidney, bad
der or uric acid trouble. you can make no
mistake by using the famous new dscov-
cry, DR.. Kilmers Swamp Root IL gives
quick relief, and cures the most distressing
cases.
Hospitals use it in ali kinds OF cases.
especially severe and urgent ones. Doc
tors prescribe it freely in their practice
and in their families, and use it when they
need a kidney and bladder tonic them
selves.
Tens of thousands of grateful patients
have written to DR.. KiImer & Co. and
these letters have been fashioned into a
handy volume of ready reference. which
should be in every household This volume
and a sample bottle of swamp Root VIII
be mailed to any reader of this paper who
will send name and address TO Or. Kilmer
& Co. and state that he saw this offer in
The Washington Daily Times
II there is any doubt in your mind as to
your condition, take from your urine en-
arising about two ounces, place it in a
glass or bottle and let il stand twenty-four
hours If on examination it is milky or
cloudy, If there is a briek-dust setting, or
IL small particles float about in it, your
kidneys are in need of immediate attention.
Swamp Root is for sale everywhere iu
bottles of two sizes and two prices. fifty
cents and one dollar. Remember the name
swamp Root and the address, BinghamtoG
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supplied with these reports are each AS
sistant Secretary Of the several executive
departments of the Government requiring
them for official use; each Assistant Attor-
ney General; the Solicitor of the Depart
ment of State; the law clerk and examiner
of titles, Department OF Justice; the Comp
troller of the Currency, the Solicitor OF In
ternal Revenue the Judge Advocate Gen
eral. Navy Department; the Commissioner
Of Labor: the Civil Service Commission,
the Interstate Commerce Commission; the
Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United
States; the Marshal of the Supreme Court
of the United States; and the Attorney for
the District OF Columbia
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ASKS 10 SELL THE PROPERTY.
The steeIe-Masi Litigation Involves
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars.

The defendants in the case of Kate F.
Steele against William N. Masi and others.
through their attorneys, Lambert & Lam
bert. have filed their answers. The com
plainant asks the court to order a sale
Of property in this city valued at S200 900.
il which all the parties to the suit are
interested.
The bill states that the complainant is
the widow of the late Reginald Il Steele,
deceased, and that she. together with the
defendants. are all heirs of the late Fran
cisco Mast who died in this city IN 1887.
leaving a viii by which all his estate was
devised in different proportions to his
children. The complainant alleges that
she is q grandchild of Francisco Mast, and
as such. is entitled 10 a ole-twentieth in
teresJ in the estate; that. as the lots and
improvements are not susceptible of di-
vision in kind, a sale and apportiOnment
of the proceeds would be TO the interest
of ali parties concerned The court is re-
quested to decree a sale and appoint trus-
tees TO convey title
Some of the improved property described
in the suit includes The building known
as No. 723 Thirteenth Street northwest
the stOrehouses numbered AIS and 42g
Tenth Street northwest. the residence No
41S n Street northwest, and the dwelling
No. sos r Street northwest
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PRIVATE PENSIONS FOR MANY.
Senntors Introduce Bills Providing
for Their Constituents.

SenntOrR Introduce B1iiS A'FON ihlhS
for Their Constituents.
The session of the Senate yesterday was
short At the open session of forty min
utes many private pension bills were in
troduced Mr.. GaIlinger Chairman of the
Committee on Pensions, submitted the re-
port of the special committee authorized
at the last session to investigate and re-
port on the existing pension legislation.
The committee recommended a commits
sion. composed of learned jurists, one of
them to be a member Of the Grand Army
of the Republic, TO take under consideTa-
tion the whole pension system.
A bill to establish telegraphic communi-
cation between the United States and Ha-
wall was introduced by Senator Lodge.
Several other bills for this purpose have
been introduced in both houses at the
present session.
joint resolution was submitted by
Senator Wellington. of Maryland. lroyid-
ing that the Joint Committee on Library
arrange for the purchase OF Clark Mills
statue of Salmon p. Chase late Chief
Justice of the United States. The resolu-
tion appropriates $25, 600 for this purpose
The Senate agreed TO a resolution which
was reported fayorably from the Com
nittee on the Contingent Expenses of the
SENATE, pIuNlu IiiaI tLiS CNPoii'e9 ~
Cured under the direction of the Presi-
dent pro tenn of the Senate in arranging
for and attending the funeral of the late
Vice President Garret A. Hobart at Pater-
son. \. J., should be paid out of the con
tingent fund OF the Senate
At 12.40 o'clock the Senate went into
executive session on the subject of CON
frming recess nominations. In the forty
minutes taken up in this way, the nomi-
nation OF John A. Merritt to be post
master at Washington, was confirmed as
was that OF Henry Robinson appointed
postmaster at Concord, n. H.. over which
considerable of fight had been made.
The Senate win meet today at Il o clock
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN on TIE ~.


tentiou Of the Undersigned 10 apply TO
the Commissioners OF the District % CO.
iumbIa. OF the 18th day OF December. A. d.
1883. for a charter OF Incorporation under
the provisions Of an act OF Congress eutl-
tled an act 70 provide sOr the iucorpora-
HoH OF trust, loan, mortgage. and certain
other corporations within the District OF
Columbia. approved October l. 1890
TIE name Of the proposed company shall
be the Union Trust and Storage Company
OF the District OF Columbia"
The company Is 10 be organized for the
purpose OF doing 4 general trust. loan.
mortgage. storage. warehouse. and eleva-
tor business in the District OF Columbia.
and such other business as may be author
izee BY SAID act OF Congress.
The names OF the proposed corporatora
are: Arthur d. Addison. Daniel g. Clark.
Joseph II. Crawford. Michael J. Colbert
George W. Cissei !. Maury Dove. Robert
B. Donaldson, Lynn o. DeI.ashmutt Thom-
as NJ. Gale. Bernard r. Green. George Glib
son, George z. Hamilton. Walter s. Har-
ban. Rudolph Kaufman. James 3. Lam
BE. Frederick b. Mcclure. Theodore J..
Mayer. J. Nota McGiIl. William r. Nc
Knew. James G.. Payne. Francis A. Rich
ardsOn. Edward J. Stellwagen. John n.
Small. ir-: 2. Francis saul. Charles c.
Thorn and Joseph Z. Willard
ucl6to del4 .iuc.sNS
The times., 1899-12-14
The Shopping Face.

Did YOU ever notice the shopping facc2 It's a
revelation TO physiognomists. IL carries new
symbol OF elruestness and determination. Look be
tween the ewes and see that little line OF per
pleity: in the opinion Of many IL gives the whole
couutensncc a pleading aspect, and a pleading
expression on the female face IS the dart that cuts
a mans heart string at every shot. When you
See a woman shopping with her husband, ii YOU
look closely Won will observe that she has TWO
of thes, faint liues Eyes slightly squiuted at
the corners and pair of resoIutely compressed
lips complete the shopping face After studying
the characters OF the shopping face, perhaps YOU
would like to know something about the high
grade beers OF HeuTich's brews. Order OF
Maerzen senate or Lager from the Arlington
Bottliug Co by 'phoning six thirty-four, and you
will readily find out by their delicious iavors that
Heurich's is brewed OF the best malt and hops.
The times., 1899-12-14
Centennial Committee Named.

The Speaker of the House of Representa-
tiyes yesterday named a committee on the
centennial celebration of the removal of the
seat CT government to Washington TO CO.
operate with the committee representing
the District of Columbia. The committee
on the part of the House consists of Rep
resentatives Cannon, Illinois; Grout, YER
mont: Heatwole, Minnesota; Sherman, New
York; Hemenway, Indiana; Gamble South
Dakota: Bailey, Texas; Cowherd, Missou-
ri. De Vries, California, and Bell, Colorado.
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Committees Not Yet Reported.

Both political parties in the Senate yes
terday continued their committee work on
the reorganization of the Senate commit
tees. The Republican list went to the
printers last night in what was believed 10
be a complete form, but the work went on
again during the day, the expectation OF the
committee being that a report would be
ready for the caucus today. There is great
secrecy preserved in regard to the personnel
of committees. and the names VIII not be
announced until after the caucus has
passed on the work of the special commit
tee. This procedure applies alike to both
the Republican and Democratic propagan
da. There is still a belief that the an
nouncements will be acted upon by the
Senate some time before that body adjOurns
today.
The times., 1899-12-14
nnmnges for lIutIlnted Limbs.

The jury in the case of Otto Haagcr against the
Capital Railway Company for $4,000. claimed as
damage for personal injuries, yesterday returned
verdict awarding the plaintiff Stjdo. The
claim for damages based upon personal IN.
jurcs received by Haarer in an accident which
occurred the Capital Railway on the night
Of July 10, ls9S, in which both his legs were
broken. The fracture OF his right leg such
as to necesstate amputltiou below the knee.
The times., 1899-12-14
To remove Diamond Reef.

An appropriation of S1.OOOOOO is carried
by bill introduced by Representative
briggs of New York, for the removal and
destruction of Diamond Reef, a serious OBJ
struction to the navigation of the East
River, New York Harbor, in accordance
with the recommendation Of the Chief OF
Engineers.
The times., 1899-12-14

Senator Stewart of Nevada has introduced
in the Senate joint resolution authorizing
the President to appoint to the Naval Acac-
envy acting naval cadets who served with
credit during the war with Spain.
The times., 1899-12-14
Another Antf-Trust BIN.

Among the flood of bills directed against
trusts which have already been presented
TO the Senate is one which was offered yes
terday by Senator Chiffon of Texas. 1t is
bill to regulate the transportation Of
goods manufactured or sold under d con-
tract or conspiracy in restraint OF trade.
The times., 1899-12-14
MILLIONS FOR A CANAL.
Representative Hepburn's Measure
Asks Big Appropriation.

Asks Big Appropriation.
Among the interoceanic canal bills pend
ing before the House Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce is one by
Representative Hepburn OF Iowa. Under
this bill the President of the United States
is authorized TO acquire from the States of
Costa Rica and Nicaragua control of such
territory as may be desirable for the pur-
poses Of the proposed canal from Greytown
to Breto
The sum of $4,000 600 is asked to carry
on the work
Representative Burton Of Ohio introduced
a joint resolution yesterday authorizing the
printing of the report of the Nicaragua
Canal Commission.
The times., 1899-12-14
DIED.

CARDELLA-On Wednesday December IS. 1892
at $3.50 a Iu., MARGARET CARDELLA Widow
OF the late r. Frank Cardella.
Funeral from her late residence, 725l2 9th st.
nw Friday, December 10. at l o'clock. Friends
invited to attend. interment at Arlington.
(St. Louis papers please copy)
The times., 1899-12-14
THE MERGENTHALER DIVIDEND
The Usual Rate of Five Dollars n
share Continued.

The usual quarterly dividend of s.
share has been declared on the stock OF
the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. The
books close on December 10. and the divi-
dend will be paid on December %. The
dividend comprises the regular payment OF
II per cent and the usual recent extra
payment Of the same amount.
A director Of the Mergenthaler Company
is authority for the statement that there
is now in the treasury 100000 in cash,
which will be increased nearly, If not quite,
TO 81, ,O00,0 before the dividend is paid
The company has more than earned its
dividend during the quarter
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ON FOREIGN MATTERS.
A Meeting of the senate Committee
Is Held.

Is Held.
A meeting Of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations was held this morning,
and Senators Money and Bacon, the two
new members appointed at the close OF the
las tsession, met with the committee for
the first time.
There is still one vacancy IN the com
mittee. which will undoubtedly be filled by
the appointment OF a Democratic Senator.
The committee met for the purpose CT
considering Presidential appointments made
during the recess.
The times., 1899-12-14

OFFICE OF THE MUTUAL FIRE INsUR-
ANCE COMPANY OF the District OF
Columbia. s02 Pennsylvania Avenue north
west. Washington. Oct. is. 1893.
Policy holders are ECtided that on and
after NOVEMBER /. 1882 the managers
will pay q return OF savings. In proportion
TO the surrender value OF each policy, our
Of the savings OF 1888
One per centum premium charge for tn
surancs the coming year, Is payable to the
company az same tine. INSURANCE POL
ICIES MUST BE PRESENTED. that pay
ments may be stamped thereon.
This company insures brick dwellings as
from 81 to s1.25 per 81, ,0o0 OF Insurance.,
and frame dwellings. without Ehlngls root
at from S2-50 to $3.50 per $1,000
Please present your policies early ana
avoid the crowd.
Ry order OF Board OF Managers.
L. PIERCE BOTELER,
8. II. WALKER. Secretary
President ec1s-H
The times., 1899-12-14
IL cntnrrh Your Life,s Cloud.-

Is Catnrrh Your Lifc's CIoud!-
Eminent nose and throat specialists in daily
practice highly recommend DIR. Asnew's Catarrhal
Powder. as safe sure, permanent painless, and
harmless, in all cases Of SoId Ia tHe HEAD ION !
siTtis. Hoarseness, and Catarrh. 1t gives relief
in 10 minutes, and banishes the disease ike
magic. Sold by F. $ Williams, 9th and + sts
EdIuunds & Williams. Sd and Pa. ave-.
The times., 1899-12-14
SECRETARY GAGE ON SILVER.
Statement on the Condition of Bull
lion Purchased Under Act of 1890.


lion Purchased Under Act of 1890.
The Secretary Of the Treasury. in re-
sponse to a Senate resolution, yesterday
made the following statement regarding
the condition of the silver bullion pur-
chased under the act of 1890:
Purchased. 16S. .674. .6S2 ounces of a coinage
value of $21S, ,0S4, ,43S. and yielding a seig-
niorage of $62. 153. 436 Treasury notes
amounting to $155, ,931 COZ were issued in
payment fer the bullion. To December 1
there had been coined from this bullion
101 ,062, III silver dollars, upon which the
seigniorage was S27, ,02S, ,174.
The Treasury notes redeemed in silver
dollars and retired aggregated S66, 904, ,722,
and $50 026, 2S0 of these notes were out
standing at that date. The standard silver
dollars in the Treasury then numbered
7,4O2. 231. and the silver bullion at hand
was valued at (cost $S1 624,O49.
The times., 1899-12-14
General wnshinston's Winter GarB.

The statue Of George washington, which
stands at the east front of the Capitol, was
yesterday shielded in This is an annual
proceeding The sculptor, for some reason,
ehiseled Washington with exceedingly lit
tie clothing on. great box Is placed
around and over the image each winter and
is removed in the spring. This box is pop
ularly called General Washington's pine
overcoat." The statue was designed TO be
placed in Statuary Hall, it is said. but was
too large to pass the portal Of the building.
The times., 1899-12-14
TO Distribute supreme Court Reports

Representative jenkins of Wisconsin has
introduced a bill in the House TO provide
for the further distribution of the reports
of the Supreme Court. The persons to be
The times., 1899-12-14
FINANCE THB ONE Theme
Steady Flow Of the Debate on the
Currency Bill.

some Wit mud Much Logic CharHc-
terize the Third Days Discussion
Of the Pending geslsurc-Repre-
sentntisc Cushman of Washington
Heard for the First Time.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

FEDERAL LODGE NO. L. F. A. a. NJ
The brethren are notified that a special
communication which every member is ur-
gently desired 20 attend will be he'd as tha
lodge room az Masonic Temple. Thursday
morning, az 4-45 o'clock sharp. 70 partici-
pate in the Centennial Memorial services at
Mount Vernon. Dark clothing ard bats are
necessary. Bring your Iambskin apron
HARRY b. MASON
Worshipful Master.
G. Y. ATLFE. Secretary
The times., 1899-12-14

SPECIAL NOTICE-A meeting OF tbs
stockholders OF The National MetropOIl-
tan Firc Insurance Company OF the Dlstrtcg
Of Columbia will he held DECEMBER z6
1893, for the election % directors PoIls
open az II M, and close at 1 clock D. N.
SAM CROSS. Secretary. uo23-tf
The times., 1899-12-14
EDUCATIONAL.

MISS BALCH'S Business College and Civil Services
Institute, lZ24 18th ST. Nv; thousands pre-
pared; civil service census examinations. define
The times., 1899-12-14
LEARN TO sing AT SIGHT.
THE CHoRAL soCIETY,s

Sight Singing Glasses meet every Tuesday even
ing at Shedon's Hall. I0O4 Street northwest.
Elementary class, 70 g Advanced elass. % q
Lessons l0c each The celebrated -Damrosch
System" IS used
PROF KIRKPATRICK
organist GEd Choir Master At Trinity Church.
Conductor no30-Imo
The times., 1899-12-14
ro cuRE Ia GRIPPI IN TMo pAYs

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All drug
gists refund the money il II fails to cure l. "
Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
The times., 1899-12-14
TO place UIdes on the Free List.

A bill amending the Dlngley tariff law,
by placing hides on the free list was in
troduced in the Senate yesterday by Mr..
Lodge of Massachusetts,. Hides now pay
a duty of 10 per cent ad yalorem.
The times., 1899-12-14
A Little Girl

gan mshs Chrisimss Tree Ornaments, vi.h Scrsy
Book PlrtuFes. Tinsel. Metallic, Fancy Paper etc
Open evenings Everything a.
J. JAY GoULD'S, 42I 9th 81.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09
He Undoubtedly Would Have Been
Killed Had It Not Been for
a Strange Superstition.
LONDON LETTER.

There are few less known regions on
the earth's surface than Thibet. Ow-
ing to the jealous exclusiveness of the
Cnlnese authorities, the religious IA
natlcism of the Thibetans themselves
and n wild and difficult nature Of the
country, Thibet has remained isolated
from the world longer and more COM
pietely than any other region in Asia.
nevertheless, from the fourteenth CEN
Jury EDWARDS explorers have entered
and crossed the country. A few have
even penetrated to Lhasa, including
one Manning, in 1911. But since two
french missionaries got there in 1S45
foreign feet have not entered the cap
ital Of Thibet. The practical reason
why, which is the outcome of the causes
Just mentioned, will be found in Henry
Savage Landor's account of his recep-
ton by the Lamas and the tortures he
endured at their hands.
When the first accounts of his suf-
ferings reached England, there was a
not unnatural disposition to regard
them as travellers tales but Mr..
Landor has, very properly, appended
TO MS own statement the official docu-
ments OF the government inquiry into
his case, documents which completely
establish the truth of the tale of the
terrible cruelty to which his character
lstically British love of adventure ex-
posed him.
MI. Landor arrived in India in April,
1896, and made his first attempt to en-
ter Thibet towards the end of May.
But the Forbidden Land was equal to
its reputation; the Thibetan authori-
ties prevented him from entering the
country by the Lippu LEX Pass-the
easiest route-and it was only in the
middle of July that he entered Thibet
by the Lumpia Pass, was again turned
back, but ultimately succeeded in get
ting across the mountains to Mansaro-
war. Soon after that his followers,
originally thirty in number, were re-
duced to two, the rest having gradually
come to the conclusion that the air of
Thibet was not healthy for foreigners.
Before that, however, Mr.. Lander had
been rewarded for his trouble in get
ting across the frontier by the savage
grandeur of the Thibetan scenery. The
natural castle" is a good example of
the physical character of that wild and
rugged land. 1t was, he says, only with
the aid Of a telescope that he was able
to make out that the supposed castle
was nothing but a work of nature.
Finding himself left with only two
attendants, Mr.. Lander was at the mer-
cy Of the natives. He was engaged in
buying a horse at a place called Tuck
er when he and his servants, Chan
den Sing and Man Sing, were treach-
erously attacked by an overwhelming
force of Thibetans, thrown down, beat
en-, kicked, and finally led off, tightly
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-02-09
The Blessing of Laughter.

Some one has said that " a sense nj
the ludicrous and the faculty of laugh
ter are the most useful parts Of our
nature. Laughter is essentially a
social, a sympathetic and a contagious
power. Some nations, particularly the
Orientals, are said never to laugh; but
all European nations have been great
laughers, and the ludicrous has played
an important part even in their his
tory. By means of laughter, absolute
monarchs have been controlled, and
even Demos. himself, has been made
to laugh at his own follies till he was
almost shamed into good sense. Quack!
cries, hypocrisies, and affectations OF
all kinds have been exposed and. SUP.
pressed, and the reformation was pro-
NOTED by the united efforts of reason
and ridicule. The sense of the ludicrous
and of the pathetic have their sources
not far from each other in the highest
part of our nature. A good laugh, per-
iodically administered, would excite
those sympathetic feelings and genial
dispositions which are most needed for
regenerating our moral system. Then
men, whom we have sent home laugh
ing, would have experienced al hour'e
pleasure without fear or misgiving al
the time and without remorse or re-
action afterwards"