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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
BUILDING INSPECTORS REPORT.
work Done i'm the District During
Last Month

The Inspector Of Buildings has sub
mitted to the Commissioners his report OF
building operations ia the District for the
month OF February.
Permits were issued for the number and
character OF buildings as follows:
Twenty nine brick dwellings. s2s-. 500. fyro
frame dwellings. 5000; tReutv-three Nrirk r.
pals $50. fourteen frame repairs. s. rs. one
apartment house, 50, 900; seven engine and boiI-
ca. si0.aS5; three brick stables O00: two frame
stables, SO; two frame waiting rooms. $500: two
vaults, S225; one wood and coal ward Ss9l. ons
hneE sacd, $500 sixteen frame sheis. S53a MAI.
ing total o. JOS structures at q cost o. s884 as
The following summary will show the
distribution OF Improvements in the diff
fenent sections Of the city and the value
Of the same
NorthWe est, buildings. s223 2z5. rspsirs. e. 4l0.
.slias oaudingz, sl,e1o; repsrs. 81 qs5: south
east uuildings. $500; repsirs 81 SEQ; noribe,f
ndndings sli,d25. repairs. S52s. southwest Iaill
lngs SSo1; repsirs s5l5 Total building sos
SO; total repairs LESS f'-'
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03

John Davis, indicted for larceny from
the person. and Oscar Budd. charged with
grand larceny when called for arraignment
yesterday in Criminal CcSt No. l. failed
TO respond, and their bali was forfeited.
Davis attorney appeared in court later in
the day and stated to Justice Clabaugh
that his client did not understand that he
would be called for Arraignment until to-
day. or he would have been present. He
promised to have the absent defendant in
court this morning
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03

PHILADELPHIA, March What prom
ises to be the greatest 10O-yard race ever
witnessed in this country will take place
at the University of Pennsylvania relay
games on Franklin Field. next month
The four fastest sprinters in the country
are entered and a record breaking race IA
assured. The contestants are: Alvin c.
Kraenzlein, University of Pennsylvania;
F. ". Jarvis Princeton; A. F. Duffy.
Georgetown University, and J. W y.
Tewksbury, University Of Pennsylvania.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03

HIGHLAND LIGHT Mass, March .
The fishing schooner MOndego. Captain
Hickey, OF Gloucester, from Georges
Bank. with so 900 pounds OF haddOck went
ashore last night four miles south OF
Nauset Light Her crew of eighteen men
were saved by the Nauset Light life saw
ing crew. The vessel lies high on the
beach and will probably be total loss.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03

The Gay Morning Glories" will bud and
blossom next week at Kernans, where they
are to give what the press agent calls "a
series Of enjoyable performances. These
performances are begun with the enact
ment of a skit, dubbed Mile. CharmiOn's
Reception" Next are presented Webb and
Hassan, daring scrobats; Dryden and Les
lie, sketchists; Black and Franks, singers
and dancers; Grant and Grant coined ans;
Bessie Taylor, soubrette. and Harry Wal
tiers. a Hebrew impersOnator. Finally, the
extravaganza, "Helens Fate or. the
Cruise OF the Goldbug" Is to be done by
the entire company which is ayerred to in
clude any number Of mirthmakers and OF
pretty girls. Scenery, costumes, proper
ties. and light effects are said TO be all
that could be desired. There will be the
usual matiuees
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03

PHILADELPHIA. March "A despatch
from the Delaware Breakwater announces
that the British steamer Mokta from
Huelva which passed there this morning
on her way to this city, has aboard four
of the crew of the abandoned schooner
Golden Sheaf. which left this city on Feb
ruary Is for CRAFTSMANSHIP. St CrOix with
a cargo of $50 tons of bituminOus coal val
ued at 81, 467, and was commanded by Cap
tain Chandler
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03

Charles Cash vas charged by Judge Kimlsrf
Yesterday with an assault on bis wife No.
The woman reiented, however. and pet-tioned
in his 0vH behalf blamed her fo- ~ ,ss.,,it
and promised there would not be rfrefitjo5
a. T. His personal bonds were talen.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
If Your

children have stopped growing,
something is wrong, and serious
trouble may be near. Such chill
dren should take SCOTS Emul-
sion; it's just the fat and bone
forming food they need. Growth
will begin again, and the children
will become strong and robust.
Al all druggists SOC and 500
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
An Alleged Assault ON a woman.

was held at the Fifth precinct station last
night on a charge OF assaulting Anna Harrod.
who lives in the southeastern section Of the city
Policeman Bum arrested the accused. The case
will be heard today before Judge Kimball.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
Female Nurses for the Army.

The Senate Committee on Military Affairs
yesterday gave a hearing TO a delegation
Of women in support Of the establishment
of a corps Of female nurses in the Army
No action was taken on the hill
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
RAILROAD PLANS FAVORED
The Boar Of Trad Discusses the
B. q 0. Proposition.

New Routes and improvements AR-
proved-ConEreSs Asked to strike
From the Pending Biu The Allow
ance of Si.5Oo.OOO for Part OF the
Cost Estimated for the Work.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03

Once more p B. Chase Will return to a
house bill" next week at the Grand and
a roster Of great length testifes to the
managers endeavor to make the entertain
ment worth while. The first of the names
announced is that of Lydia Yeamans Titus,
whose ability as a mimic and serio-comic
never has been questioned. Miss Titus has
not been seen here since the engagement
Of the Sandow, vaudeville combination
so many years ago" as they warble in
"Pinafore" Next are advertised Bonner
a trained equine Of reputation. and Haines
and Pettingill, comedians who are said to
be ''cOrkers burnt Oorkers. De FeauX
and De Veaux a musical team, will per-
form on various instruments, while Sey-
mour and Dupree, who are called The
Chinaman and the Soubrette.' claim nov
city in the way of a turn" Dick and
Alice McAvoy will present their sketch,
"Caseys Corner" and there will be intro
duced the Sutcliffe family of acrobats.
With a single exception, none OF these PEG
pie ever has been at the Grand, and the
patrons Of the commOdiOus theatre. there
fore. are likely to find the offerings Of
double interest.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03

One of the most interesting scenes In
"A Colonial Girl" which Howard Gould
PLAYS next week at the Columbia, occurs IN
the reproduction Of a most interesting res
idence-the Remsen mansion. This old
place was built, as were many OF the
period, with a secret underground passage
running to the Hudson River, and thus al
fording opportunity for escape during the
troublesome times of 1852, when fire.
quently hard pressed patriot was Obliged
to vanish suddenly. Two houses containing
such passages are well known. They are
the De Peyster home. at Yonkers, n. Y,
and the Florence home, at Albany. The
chances that such an existence give
dramatist readily can be imagined, and the
episode in "A Colonial Girl that shows
the disappearance of Godfrey Remsen te-
hind a clock with his temperance at the
bramble- choked entrance of the tunnel IS
said to be wonderfully exciting. "A Colo
NAL Girl is the work of Grace Furniss and
Abby Sage Richardson. II had an extended
run at the New York Lyceum. and is guar
anteed by other evidences of success. Mr..
Gould promises to be quite adequate TO its
requirements.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
VAUGHN CLASS BANQUET
The Ninth Annual Dinner an En-
iOyable Affair.

Representative FoSs. Prof. Hender-
son, =. W. Woodward. General
ShalIenberger. and MIR. Vaughn
Among the Speakers of the Even
ing - Souvenirs for the Guests.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
THINGS THEATRICAL.
COIumbin-"Bea BrummeI. :"

The Prince Of Wales. Francis Kingdom
LORD Manly. .-.--..-...-. -Cecil Butler
Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Sheridan Block
Mr.. Brummel ..,..............R Richard Mansfield
Reginald Courtesy Prince Lloyd
Mortimer ...........-...... G.. Andrews
M Abraham. .....................Fre Frederic Bachus
Bailifs. Frederick Thomson and Edwin BedeR
Simpson. George Seybolt
Bendou. Charles Quinn
Mr Oliver Nincent..............-.W William Griffith
Mariana Vincent. Edith Evelyn
Kathleen. Bertha Blanchard
The Duchess OF bennington. .............,..
Ethel Knight Mollistou
Lady Farthingale. Mabel Frayne
A French Lodging House Keeper .Myra Brooks
Ms. st. Helen GliddOn
The great audience that assembled yes
ter-evening at the Columbia cared but lit
tie as to the authorship of Beau Brum-
MEL then presented. 1t needed not the
claims of Actor Mansfield or Of Playwright
Fitch. II only realized that the brain-lips
of some genius had breathed into a shadow
the vital breath Of life; had constructed
human being from the few vague anecdotes
that have come down from the society of
a past generation-a society that has been
described as being notable sOr ballet
dancers and bufioons for pride and venom
for gaming and drunkenness; a society that
thought more Of the invention OF a salad or
a waistcoat than Of the most worthy deed
Of self-sacrifce or abnegation.
Richard Mansfeld's Beau does not age.
His work in the role is as delightful, as
graceful, and as artistic as when the piece
was initially viewed. His. characterize
tion shows all the traditional fopperies and
affectations-a heart warm and throbbing
beneath fine linen. The 'artis makes the
man who made the vogue rise above his
native atmosphere of artihciality. spleen,
and viciousness through sheer grandeur OF
soul The Beau Of Mr.. Mansfield is not the
Beau Of history, who was oyertaken by ruin
and madness when refased 1he further
friendship of "Sherrys fat friend"-the
Prince. but is so much In Itself that the
liberty never has been called unwarranted.
The supporting organization of last night
was not OF remarkable strength, although
the performance proved satisfactory. The
Vincent Of William Griffith and the Prince
of Francis Kingdom were eonspicuously
good; Sheridan Block made Sherry"
rather uninteresting fellow, and the Lord
Manly of Cecil Butler was acceptable.
The presentation was marked by that COM
pleteness which one expects from Mr..
Mansfield The First Violin is TO- be re-
peated this afternoon, and Or. Jekyll and
Mr.. Hyde" will be the farewell bill.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
FRIENDLY CROWS
4 Pair Thet Haant . schoolhSuse- Cav Visitor tc scotCs
 Status,

Two crows, said by some in the heighborbood to have been here many years, cav and sometimes fight on the turrets of the Franklin public school building at the southeast corner of Thirteenth and H streets in this city. This is crows nature. But the strange thing about it is that they are never seen about the building ex- cept on Saturday, Sunday and holi- day. The presence md noise of the pupils about the grounds might be said to keep the crows away. But the crows are never seen during school hours when there are no children about. Saturdays and Sundays may, by some sort of count of time in the nature of the crows. be known to them. "But how about the occasional holidays?" asks the janitor of the building. Holidays are irregular, but the crows know when one comes, and as surely as it does they are on the turrets or about them all day. They come early and stay late, but no one who has watched them knows where
 
 one direction and again in an oppo- site direction.
 There are two colonies of crows about the national capital. One lives out on Columbia heights, in the north ern end of the city, the other on the Virginia shore at the base of the hills of Arlington. It is said by people who have studied crowology that neither flock ever crosses the Potomac.
 There is another old crow which pays a weekly visit to the equestrian statue of Gen. Scott. He usually cir cles about the head of the general, hops down for a minute and then flies away. cawing as he flies. The visit is not made on any particular day, but people in the. vicinity say it occurs about once in seven davs.-WashinG- ton Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
MAN WITH THE DRUM.
He ls the Most Necessary and iA- PoPtant Personsse in . Street
 PF0ceSston.

The man, with. the drum is very int portant individual these days of street processions. He keeps things moving and men from tagging behind quick step time and is altogether thorough ly indispensable person in parade The band only plays at intervals, but the drum beats steadily on, says the Chicago Chronicle.
 Victory in battle is often due to the man with the drum. but he sounds the summons to march on and the inspira- tion of the tap fires the spirit and in. flames the soul and sets the heyday in the blood rioting hotly with no thought or power to attend the decision of the judgment.
 The man with the drums at the Audi toriun is always the most interesting character in the ensemble of the or chsstra. High in the center he stands among his fellows and his arms fly thi> way and that among the kettledrums and his flexible wrists and fingers arr in perpetual molten. keeping the pad ded drumsticks going. Tn some parts of the Wagner music he would sound the alarm of his beat with a savage sat isfaction. and in vorspiel to the Meister- singer his famous bombardment never failed to bring 8 smile of mirthful en- joyment to the generally impassive eountenance of the leader of the or. chestra,
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16

| honey combs stood at right angles to the joists. They were an inch in thick ness andeabous ten inches square. The squares of honeycomb set on edge side by side, completely filled the space be. tween the beams. To take them it was only necessary to detach them at each side from the beam and lift them out. The members of the family had all the honey they wanted and it was freely distributed to ,eighbors and friends.
 The "robbinR" took place in the fali A small amount was left for the bees to subsist rpoi.. MT. Goldman thought 1t would be better to transfer the bees to 6 hive and take them out of the house. There were some disadvantages connected with their presence in the bathroom now. especially since the hole had been bored in the floor to get at them. The children could enter the room and take the bees up from their place by the double handful, and smooth them along their laps with their hands, but the workers of the colony were opposed to certain mem bers of the family, and stung them whenever they got chance. That was why Mir. Goldman desired to put them in hive in the yard.
 The hive was prepared, and an effort was made to induce the bees to enter it, but the effort was not a success. It brought about a Echism in the colony, however, and nearly all the bees went away. During the blizzard last Febru- ary the colony that remained beneath the bathroom perishedA and Mir. God man thought he had gotten rid of the bees. s5-e se9--
 About a year after the exodus of the bees swarm that seemed larger than the one that had gone away returned to the Harlem avenue house and reoccu- pied their old quarters. While enter ing through tie aperture in the wall the beees swarmed about the waste pipe, and formed bundle about as large as q halt-bushel basket. They have remained there ever since, supply. ing the family with honey at intervals.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
BEES IN A BATHROOM
A Baltimore Family Supplied with H0aey by . Big Working
 Colony.

Honey bees of different times and countries have chosen many peculiar locations for their homes, but none have shown themselves more domestic in their choice than colony in north west Baltimore, which has invaded 6 dwelling-house. and cannot be induced to go elsewhere. This colony, which has thousands of members, has pre- mpted for its own use part of the .,wel:ing 1945 Harlem avenue, occupied by MT. E. J. Goldman, says the Balti- more American.
 When that gentleman moved into the house, several years ago, he noticed that large number of bees collected around the windows of the bathroom, on the second floor. and, on observing < them closely, he saw that they came out and went :nto the opening in the house wall through which the pipe from the bathtub ran.. He concluded that there was hive somewhere in the vicinity of the bathroom, and en cutting out 0 small section o9 the flooring he found in the vacant space under the floor, and between the jeists, on which the floor ing reste.i, what seemed to him mill lion bees, with q large amount of honey.
 Tubs and large pans were brought into requisition to hold the honey. The
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

In proportion to its size. a fly walks Is times as fast as man can run.
 The longest recorded haIr growing on female head was eight feet. The longest recorded beard was l2 feet.
 Among the I53.GO0 inhabitants which the last census gave 10 New Mexico there were 10000 Indians and 5U.UGt Mexicans.
 Stone street was the first street il New York city paved with cobbl, stones. hence it's name. The paving was done ID the year 1857.
 The Japanese ride American bicycles and play baseball; they use AmerlcaL expressions in connection with ihe game. as "one strike" nome base. etc.
 The oldest love-letter in the world is proposal of marriage for the hanG of an Egyptian princess. made 3.5Ou years ago It is in the form of an in- scribed brick. and is therefore not only the oldest, but the most supstantIai love-letter that has ever been written.
 William Foley. of Brooklyn, aged II. suffered from wood in his stomach. It
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
SPARROW KILLING.
It Is Made . Profitable Business iA One Section of the State
 of Illinois.

There Is apparently no limit Co the industries of the westernland. A unique pursuit is that which obtains in it's greatest glory in Illinois. Near Nilwood, small station north of Car l;nville, the "sparrowist" operates with an enthusiasm entirely worthy of the dollars his occupation brings him.
 The "sparrowist," be it understood, says the New York Herald, is any per son of uncertain or uncertain age who by hook, crook or any other way may do to death one or more of the com mon or garden spRrrows which are personae non gratae in the N;lwood neighborhood. Sometimes the spar rowixt" sprinkles lime in the places where the little birds are wont to con- gregate. Sometimes he lays traps and snares. Sometimes he takes his trusty shotgun in hand and let's go at the most promisingly numerous flock of what the county regards as pests. Every time sparrow comes his way it means two cents to the slayer. Such is the bounty.
 You wouldn't think that man could get riotously rich off sparrow killing, would you? We'll, he doesn't. But sometimes he takes t1ore money out of the county treasury than the fund custodian likes to see go for this pur- pose. So it was recently, when the county clerk was confronted with sparrow orders calling. for the pay ment of $500 of the good legal tender of the land. The county clerk gasped awhile. He'd never heard of Nil wood bird bill of that extent, and he'd been around some himself. but there was the 70. K." of the town clerk. And the "sparrowists" were paid. The Investigation which followed resulted in the arrest of the town clerk, and it is believed that the bills won't be so heavy in the future. The county authorities say they are heartily in favor of the extermination, but when 1t comes to a claim of killing off 25.- , 600 within a comparatively limited time they get their doubting caps on. Meanwhile. the vicinity of Nilwood. III, is highly unfavorable to the health of the sparrow tribe.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
GRANTS FAST HORSE.
The Learned PPOA0uneement of COakIing eA It Agreed with
 the Buteher's.

When Gen. Grant was president he was fond of fine horses. as everybody knows, and drove the fastest trotter in Washington. It was his greatest pleas ure to go out on the squeduct road, which is a dead level from Georgetown to Cabin John bridge, and let his horse out to its full speed. People who knew his habits used to go out there sunny afternoons for the novelty of seeing the president of the United States driv- ing at 2:30 gait. But butcher in Washington had horse that could beat the presidents, and very often he ap- peared on the road to show his animals speed and annoy the president. He would hang around the end Of the aque- duct bridge until the presidents light buggy and stylish stopper had passed. and would follow them until he reached 8 wide place in the road. Then he would let his horse cut. and fhe butcher cart would go bt unding along until he had thrown dust in the presidents eyes for awhile, when he would slacken up and let Gen. Grant go by, only to pass him again and again, as often as he pleased without the slighest regard for the pride or the office of the chief magistrate. of this great nation.
 Gen. Grant was a very patient, self contained man, but doubt if anything that ever occurred in his life annoyed him so much as that butcher. He was compelled to abandon the Ioad which runs along the top of the tunnel that brings the water from the upper Potomac to Washington. and seek oth- CT drives in order to avoid his tor mentor, but the villa ;n still pursued him, and used to hang around La Fayette square in his old bUtcher's cart so that he could follow the president in any Gii. rection be might take. Finally Gen. Grant took Col. Condit Smith into his confidence end asked him 10 negotiate quietly for the purchase of the horse, which was accomplished for $500.
 The next morning Senator Conkling and Senator Jones, of Nevada. were in- yited to inspect the wonderful animal, and accompanied Gen. Grant to the white house stables. just south of the btdtc uSFdEt thcHt' CcHdlOi OOAcs uc, clined to express an opinion as 10 the merits of the animal. He said that he claimed to know all about mines, but had never set up as an expert on horses, but Mir. Conkling, who probably knew less. pretended to examine the animal with great care. He looked at his feet and twisted his tail; he inspected his hoofs minutely, gazed steadily for sev- eral moments into his eyes, rubbed his legs with knowing air, and finally, turning to Gen. Grant, remarked with an air of judicial authority:
 "it's mighty fine horse, MT. Presi- dent, but would rather have the s5o0."
 That's exactly what the butcher said" retcrted Gen. Contributing ton Cor. Chicago Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-06-16
comsl,ment rs,h . s,,.~.

Talk about delightfully put compli- ments. heard girl at supper de. liver herself of a perfect jewel the other night. She leaned across the table-the table next me-to say 1t, and she meant we'll.
 'oh. Miss Dumdum," she said. cor. dially, live got a trade-last for you" <
 "A swaP?" asked Miss Dumdum. beamihg with anticipatory delight.
 'Uhhuh," answered the other. Lieut.. Bulbul said it."
 "Oh. do tell it!" pleaded Miss Dunn dunn, eagerly.
 Tt was an awfully nice one," said the first girl, "and Lieut.. Bulbul meant it, too. He said you waltzed divinely. He said he was awfully sur prised. too. to find it out, so I know he meant it. He said he wouldn't have thought from seeing you walk that you could dance at all."-Washington Post.