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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30

comes the inevitable smoke on the deck
above The next meal after breakfast is,
OF course. dinner, and here again the me
nu is by no means OF an extensive char
acter.
The soldier cocks-who. by the way. US
ually draw their cooked ratiOns from the
chefs Of the ship-cannot ring many
changes on the allowance which the admi-
rally portions out 20 Tommy when afOat.
To begin with. the daily allowance Of wa
ter per head is six pintS at least. with
minimum Of one gallon when the ship is in
the tropics OF meat there are twelve
ounces of salt beef on Sunday and ditto on
Wednesday, with an equal quantity OF pork
en- Tuesday and Friday. and twelve ounces
Of preserved meat on the three remaining
days OF the week Where cold storage Is
provided fresh beef etc. may be dispensed
in lieu of the salt meat mentioned. On
Sunday. Tuesday. and Thursday eleven
ounces Of biscuit are forthcoming. and on
other days one pound of fresh bread. while
each week Thomas is allowed twelve
ounces Of iOur, together with One-Quarter
pound Of raisins and ditto OF rice. The
supply Of sugar Is more generous. being
four ounces on Sunday and half that guam
tity on other days
There is not much chance OF a soldier
Cape. for on four days OF the week he has
two ounces Of preserved potatoes, along
with two ounces of compressed vegetables.
each week. and last. but not least espe-
cialIy when the possibilities Of salt pork
are considered, four ninths Of a pint Of
split peas per week. With such visnds as
these, aided by one sixth OF a pint Of vine
gar. half an ounce Of mustard. one-siNth
OF an ounce Of pepper, six ounces Of
pickles, and two ounces Of salt per man
per week, a skillful mess cook has, Of
course, the materials for producing nutri-
tious. if not luxurious, meals. OF tea the
daily allowance per man is half an ounce,
and half this quantity is considered equal
TO an alternative ounce Of chocolate or
coffee. There is, il VIII be noticed no
fruit. jam butter or cheese, and Thomas,
If he wants these delicacies, must pur-
chase them as he does his drink at the
canteen and stores provided on all troop
ers. His early supper over, he whiles
away the time as best lie chooses until
Sis When he must be ia his hammock.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
a CRUEL PRACTICAL JOKE.
Mean Trick of a HumOrist Upon n
New Orleans Business Man


FroIn the New Orleans Times Democrat)
An agent for several manufacturing cos
Germs, who has an Office no great distance
from Exchange Alley, was the victim OF a
cruel but eminenuy successful practical
joke last Saturday He was summoned 10
court Unexpectedly in the course Of the
morning and as he expected some callers
he LETT his place open with a card on the
door stating he would be hack in an hour
AS soon as he disappeared a humoTist OF
the neighbOrhood hung a plaCard outside,
bearing the following legend:
"WANTED-At once, men for the Bocr army;
wages sloo a month gold; passage paid; cn-
qulre within
Inside half an hour the Office was packed
with a crowd. in which the unwashed and
tough element largely prGdOminated. ard
other would-be warriors paraded the hall
They were all anxious 70 fight for the
downtroddeu burgher at 500 per. At that
stage OF events the hJmorist took down
the sign and substituted the word Saliva
ton" for -BOer' in the first line Wien
the agent returned a little later he W
amazed and startled At the sight of the
throng, and rushed in Tor an eXpIanat ion.
He was confronted by a similar demand,
and for five minutes or so there was roar
and tangle Of many tongues Then all
hands poured out 10 consult the sign. which
bad meanwhile been replaced. What en-
sued is described by an eyewitness as &c
hottest time dat ever happened on dc
block" Fortunately for the agent. the
funny gentleman who conceived the pot
was betrayed by a small boy, and the en-
ragged -ecruits promptly scattered. looking
for his scalp, but he had taken the ala, m
and fled. According 10 ncighbOThOOd re-
port he is somewhere up the country n tho
top of a tall tree, waiting for a protocol
10 be signed.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
BOB FITzsIMMoNs TALKS.
He Declares He Was Dragged Dur
ing His Inst Eight

NEW YORK. Jan. 3O.-After resting
eight months under the stigma OF what he
terms an undeserved defeat. Robert Fitz-
simmons now proclaims that he was drug
ged when he was whipped by James JET
fries for the championship Of the world at
Coney Island last June.
Fitzsimmons says that the drug WIS
given him IN the water which ne dranl,
during the carly part Of the fight. and that
he has no recollection Of anything that
happened after he went out for the third
round. He vaguely recalls asking his seq
onds who it was that he was fighting with
but does not remember what answer tl,e,,
gave him. He also has a a faint recollec-
lIOh OF nearing Julian tell him TO stand up
during the tenth round
For nearly two months after tho 6gbt
Fttzsimmons says he had great difficulty
IN remembering the ordinary incidents of
the day Gadually he came to himself. and
as he recovered he became more and more
convinced that he ha1 met foul play. He
charges no particular person with drugging
him, cOntenting himself with the assertion
that when he does learn who was the in
stigator of the crime he win make certain
that. the same person does not repeat the
operation,
The poison Fitzslmmons believes was
taken during the rest between the second
and third rounds, when he took a long
drink OF mineral water. Following that
have only hay recollection of one OF two
incidents of the fight. he said
John l.. Sullivan has declared ever since
the -FitzsimmOns tight that Fitz
was drugged that night, and many otberu
say ne was not himself In the ring.
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pany The ground ct a rental in advance Of
the rate previously paid.
Mr.. Hanlon failed 10 comply with the
conditions Of this letter, and neither called
in person at the Office of the trustees nor
sent messenger, but sent letter, which
was eeeived during the afternoon of the
22d, which, as stated in an interview OF
Dr. Charles f Sadtler. one " the trustees,
heretofore published was neither a rejec-
ton nor an acceptance OF the terms offer ed
by the trustees
After all this. on the 25th of January
as heretofore stated the trustees executed
lease Of the property to Mr. Peterson,
representing Mr.. McGraw and the promot-
ers of the new baseball association. who
are now, therefore, fully entitled to the
property for one year from the date OF
their lease The trustees desire this state
ment Of the facts to be made to prevent a
possible misunderstanding. due to Mr.. Han
Ions public statements. that there has
been any partiality. other than in his own
favor, in the selection of tenants or that
they acted otherwise than in the interest
OF their trust estate. without regard TO
baseball contentious
There is no provision in the lease held
by the Exhibition Company relating to the
removal OF fixtures"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
ToMMY ATKINS AFLoAT.
HIS Life on the Transports En- Route
20 Africa.


CFrom the London Naval and Military Record)
We hear much of the embarkation Of
Tommy Atkins for the front, and also Of
his doingS when arrived at the seat Of war.
But between the two happenings there is
blank. How does he live on shipboard2
What does he do during his leisure mo-
ments2 How is he fed, how does he
generally conduct HIMSELF These are
questions. says "Syren and shipping" TO
which nine persons out Of ten will reply,
We do not know"
There is a notion abroad that a soldier
af1Oat IS practically a third-class passen-
ger, and treated as such. No such thing
He Is passenger inssmuch as he is an
individual-nOt one OF the crew carried on
shipboard-but he is a soldier ever, and
subjected TO much the same discipline and
routine as when on shore. Storage pas
sengers are carried, at least on the more
up-tO-date boats ia closed berths Tommy
is fed and housed Ia the open troop deck
Ranging from the ships sides are plain.
substantial deal tables secured, with the
attached seats, to snowy Wilderness. In a
ship Of big beam, say a sixty -footer, each
table accommodates mess OF eighteen
men, and in the transport Bavarian each
troop deck-the one forward and the other
aft Of the engine room spaces-has seats
for over 1000 men. At the ships side end
Of each table was powerful electric light.
while the beams above hold the hammock
hooks from which Tommy hangs the can
vas couch in which he slept during the
night. The soldiers night terminates at
G a. m, when the first buele blows. Then
follows tie frs act Of the day's routine
The hamuo cks are unslung and taken
with the bhdjinS TO the deck ;.bove, where
they are aired until 1880 a. T. Then they
are taken down an slowed n the room
set apart for that purpose. fter the ham
moeks, etc. are taken on the upper deck
comes brea fast, consisting OF dry bread
and chocolate and nothing more. And then
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
GREEK LETTER SOCIETIES.
President Harper, of Chicago. Incites
Anti-Fraternity War

CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-"The Greek letter
fraternities at the University Of Chicago"
said President Harper % the freshmen
class, have ct initiated he best men in
college. Strange as it may seem. the fra
terniues have failed TO recognize many
men In college who are far stronger, So
cially, and especially intellectually. than
their own members. While these organi-
nations may have good influence in some
ways, there are others in which young
men squander their time foo!ishly and cor
.upt their souls"
These remarks have increased the feel
ing between the Greeks" and "Barba-
rians' until It is likely 10 result in an
anu-Fraternity war. President Harper
son IS a Fraternity member.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
TROUBLE OVER A CORPSE.
A Body Held for Express Charges In
Pennsylvania.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3O.-Lawyer SEQ
vel. Of Camden, representing Mrs. c. Z.
Woodward, of New Egypt yesterday made
an effort TO secure the body Of George
Woodward, her son, which is held by the
station agent at New Egypt
Mrs. Woodward is separated from her
husband, who is a prominent physician.
Their marital troubles were fully venti-
lated recently in the courts, when DR..
Woodward was ordered TO pay his wife 81
a week alimOny. Their son, George, who
went to Colorado Springs TO regain his
health, died there. The doctor ordered the
remains embalmed, prepared for burial and
sent by express TO New Egypt
When the body arrived on Friday he re-
fused 10 receive IL or pay the express
charges OF S247. Mrs. Woodward then tried
to obtain the remains. The station agent
sid he could not deliver the remains to
drs. Woodward, as she was not the con-
signee.
Lawyer Scovel will invoke the aid OF the
local board OF health II Dr. Woodward
does not consent 70 Mrs. Woodward OBJ
tanning possession Of the body
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
A CLAIM FOR PROTECTION.
The Association FIIsS IN Application
with President Young.

Baseball enthusiasts In Washington
seem TO doubt the report that Providence
has been finally selected as an association
city. They are inclined to believe that il
the necessary financial backing can be as
sured today or tomorrow Washington viii
be made the fourth association city IN the
East.
The American Association has fled with
President E. Young an application for
membership and protection under The ma
tiOnal agreement with clubs located in
Chicago and St Louis in the West, and
with Boston and Philadelphia in the East.
Contracts with the Chicago League club
were approved today as follows: Frank L.
Chance. T G DOnahue. 4 F. Nichols. J.
J. Callahan. C. C. GTifith. Virgil Garvin.
John Taylor, W. L. Everett, ". j. Nc
Cormick. James Ryan Frank Quinn Sam
uel MeTtes, Daniel Green, s. NJ. Dungeon,
W. T. Clingman, J. a. Mccarthy Charles
Dexter F. B. Killen. II. s Wolverton
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
The Paul Pry of the Capitol.
From the Springfield Republican

(FTOm Inc Springfield hcnubIican.1
There is danger in overzeal. as Rev Wilbur +.
Crafts. Of Washington, is finding out. His charge
that when the President and Cabinet went 10 the
Capitol TO sign bills the last day OF the last
Congress many bottles of champagne were taken
into tle Presidents room, and that the President
drained his glass as he signed the bills which
were rushing through in the closing hours Of the
session. was bad blunder The parsOn mistOok
mineral water for champagne. No one who knows
William Mckinley could charge him with being
wine-bibbeT. Intempersnce in behalf Of temper
ance always Tecois, and it is time the prohibitory
breL..en found this ont
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
scotland and Iceland Excluded.

From Golfers Necky.)
On New Year Day there went into force in
England an act for which female assistants are
already blessing Parliament. Il provides that in
all rooms Of a shop where goods actually re-
tailed 70 the public. and where female assistants
are employed, the employer shall provide seats
behind the counter, or IN other suitable positions
and such seats shall be in proportion Of not less
than one seat TO every three female assistants en-
plOyod In connection with the act, it is a little
strange, however, that the House of Lords refused
10 allow il to be applied to Scotland and il was
never even suggested that its operation should be
extended 10 Ireland
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
A SOLDIER SHOT DEAD.
He Tried 10 Act as Peacemnker With
Fatal Results

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 2O.-James
O'Neili Gleason, former member of the
Twentieth Kansas Volunteer Regiment who
was with his regiment throughout the Ma
Mia campaign, was shot dead yesterday
in a saloon quarrel. Gleason was a bar
keeper and tried to prevent a row between
Ernest Marriott and a strange man.
As Gleason was trying TO separate them.
Marriott turned on him and shot him dead.
Marriott has not been arrested yet. He is
a Spaniard and son of a famous artist who
has painted many pictures Of California
scenes
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
CHIcAGo's BIG BOA CONSTRUCTOR
King GeOrEe About to Have His
Monthly Meal.

To consume seven live chickens feathers
and all, for a single meal sounds appalling
and yet that is the portion meted out TO
King George. the monster Doe constructor
which was added to the Lincoln Park Zoo
logical collection yesterday. To be sure.
the big snake, which measures twenty-five
TO twenty-fOur feet, eats only once
month and he is due to have meal in
few days. his last sustenance havin0 been
taken IN the middle OF last De- mber
while he was travelling with a circus in
Tennessee, under the management Of his
owner. Miss Viola Ellsworth
Scores OF visitors at the park today
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL.
Prof. Atvater Renews Experiments
With the CalOrfmeter,

HARTFORD, Conn, Jan 3O.-Hsrry
Wells, assistant professor in chemistry at
Wesleyan College, has taken up a resi-
dence in Prof Atwater's respiration calori-
meter and will remain there nine days.
His food will be either mixed with alcohol
or largely composed OF alcohol during the
whole term. Wells will be given a rest
for nine days, and at the end Of this period
will go back for nine days. This expert
ment will be repeated thrice and the re-
suits are expected TO be much more salts
factory in all ways than the former trial.
Wells was examined as 10 his physical
fitness previous to entering the calorimeter
and was found TO be in splendid shape. lie
has never used alcohol in any form and
offers a splendid subject for the trial
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
Enterprise without rroht.


Atleli4 tli- A'N'otoA tANlaAn-J
The iadieations are that the Commonwealth
Of Massachusetts, will shortly be out Of the rail-
road business and 10 Is doubtful 4 % ever goes
into 10 again. II the proposition 10 purchase the
state holdings OF stock in the Fitchburg rail-
road Is carried out the Commonwealth viii have
realized altogether 100000 on its original
Investment Of about SIS 600. 200 in the Hoosac
tunnel. without taking any account Of interest,
which would double the outlay.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
Choked to Death at supper.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Jan. 3O.-George
Stanton, a resident of Kingston, cboked to
death while eating his supper last evening.
He had been confined to his room by ill
ness and his daughter carried his supper
to him. He had eaten only little when
he suddenly began choking, and before
medical aid could be summoned he had
choked to death. The deceased was sew
enty years old
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
The Paper Era.

(From the New Orleans Times Democrat)
This is distinctively paper age. We have had
flint, bronze, and iron ages. and We have come
now to an age Of paper White the main
Of that article is Of course, in the publishing
business, this is but one of the many purposes
to which it is devoted. Paper is growing more
and more IN favor and entering into more uses
until Bellamy's dream in Equality that il will
become the chief material used by man, the cub
stitute for cloth, wood, and even metal, does
not seem at all wild, OF even Distant
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30

viewed the snake in bis new quarters. lie
weighs 223 pounds.
King George viii be given a bath to-
morrow. His skin is due TO come on soon
after the bath, Keeper NcCurren says,
and when that happens the snake Viii
come out Of the semi-cOmatOse and blind
condition IN which he exists just prior 20
shedding With the renewal Of activity
seven large chickens will be placed in the
cage for him 10 eat
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
Not u seIf-Made Man

Nfrom tine Chicago Tribune)
am sorry to disappont you. young man."
said the great railway magnatc 10 the reporter
who had called in for the purpose Of writing him
up, but did not begin at the bottom and work
my way up. never BACKED the boots Of the
engine-wipers, and never carried beer for .Ae
JanitoT OF the roundhouse. I was kicked through
college by my father, inherited fortune, which
] invested in railroad shares. and I hold this
job because | have votes enough to control il
IL Is too bad, my young friend. but We can't
all be seli-made men. We would become tire
some" And no bowed the caller out.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
A DEAL IN SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
An Option Given ON the 10000
shares of the Croker Estate.

shares of the NrOcker Estate.
SAN FRANCISCO Jan. 30.-Word comes
from New York that the Speyers have
taken an option on George Crocker's
Southern Pacific stock. He owned one
fourth Of the entire Croker holding. or
$4,000 shares, and he is said TO have re-
ceived $4,000 600 This is on the basis OF
$50 a share. The other members Of tho
family, some time ago, received from the
Speyers an aggregate OF IS. $50 600, OF S3S
a share for 225. 900 shares. Mrs. Jane
Stanford received 81 geo. 600 for her $780,
600 shares on a basis OF $40 a share.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
A Definition.


(From the London Tmth)
A =chooiulsster sends US an answer given by a
boy in a general information examination.
Asked who Tom Mann was. the boy replied: Tom
man is what one calls A woman Who behaves Ike
a man as one calls bOyish girl tom boy"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
PAULKRUGER'S iron HEAD
Characteristics Of the President of
the TPansVaal.

Cordial and an Incorporating
Halter of the English Minister of
COIOnies-When Enraxed His An
ger Rivals That of nm IufurIated
BUli-His Aversion to Gambling.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30
FROZEN BEEF IN FAVOR
It's Use for Troops in the Philippines
Recommended.

The Acting CommissHTy General of
the Army Receives a Report From
Captain KrRuthOfT, Assistant Quar-
termaster at MRniIR-Fresh Ment
Found go BE Very Unsatisfactory.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-30

A fine line Of Ladies' Suits in glol
quality ,-heviot, Hcmespun, Venetiln
etc The Jackets are either hyir0Er
doubled breasted, or tight-ftting. sk---s
with new box pleat, inlaid
pleat, or saddle back: nice 4 ~
ly lined: worth up to SIS. QOs IL
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1900-12-28

"oH, DIKU DIX BONTRl" EXCLAIMED CLEM.
having left its mark upon him his was
a choice estheticism with an insist
enee for tasteful and ornamental sur
roundlngs, SO that their table was al
ways rarely we'll appointed.
The absence OF decoration struck
Glenn as she gave a few touches to the
celery, olives and wintergreen.
Downing a warm suit aud fur lined
Jacket without telling Nance OF her In
tentIon, she started OF toward a spot
she knew some miles away, where
along the high bank OF n shallow, riot
Gus stream grew trees OF holly In luxu-
RANT perfection.
al wonder what he has developed
into? He used TO be detestable and
hateful boy" unused Glen. reverting
back mentally TO the expected arrival
by the evening train or Edward Single
ton, whose property, until he became
OF age, had been locked after by the
doctor, according to the will OF his old
time friend. Ned's father.
Eight years! That's long time"
unused Glen.
"Weil, I hope his travels have I'M
proved him, for his college days were
bad enough"
"Heigh hOI l wish he would stay
away and not tumble down on us to
spoil our delightful New Years. l new
er could stand him." grr
Glenn recalled what q villainous
tease Ned had been when on his visit
20 them during vacation