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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-14
THE Willy FILIPINO.
His Astonishing Success n n Light
ninE-Change Artist.

CFrosn ti,e New orleans Times. Democrat)
Talk about Frigoli and your lightning
change artists. said one of the First Ten
nesseo troopers who passed through the
city last Monday. they simply amt in II
with the humble. everyday Filipino The
rapidity with which one of those brown
gentlemen can switch from o rampant in
surgent. dressed in red pants and a Maui
ser. TO a meek and lonely amigo. wearing
dirty white psjsmas and benevolent
smile. is next door TO miraculous. and their
talent in that line is without a doubt the
principal thing that has thus far prolonged
the war When we made reconnaissance
north OF noilo last spring my company had
"A pretty sharp brush one afternoon with a
party of insurgents. entrenched outside OF
the town of Moio. and finally scattered all
but about half dozen, who were apparent
- cut of at the end of river ditch
when we reached the spot however.
We were very much surprised TO find that
they had disappeared. Near by. under the
brow of a hill was a small bamboo hut.
and a squad Of us rushed over TO search IL.
Inside we found five amigos. dressed In
the usual white linen suits OF the country.
and apparently frightened half to death.
A. soon as they saw US they set up
shout OF joy and began to tell us how
Aguinaldo and his men had terrorized the
entire region and prevented the poor ma
tives from making their crops. While
they gahbled on they shed tears Of pure
happiness. embraced our knees. and called
us their saviors. and as only two or three
minutes Rad elapsed since we had seen the
insurgents full uniformed. in the trench.
II never occurred TO us to connect them
with our new friends.
I'VE asked whether any soldiers had
gone By, and they looked blank and shook
their heads Not more than half an hour
later my company was sent back over the
same ground 10 take up position or the
north Of the town. and as we neared the
little house 1--WE uniformed insurgents sud-
denly rushed ont the back door and made
a Decline for the woods. We brought
down the FIRST chap and the 9th, rs got
away l recognize the dead man as one
OF our party Of amigos who had so recently
welcomed US with fearful Joy. and. upon
my word ! could hardly help laughing
The brown Tsscals had made Two lightning
changes and were 10 doubt about to march
of IN triumph whsn our company sudden
Is put in an appearance. Such incidents
were common during the campaign and l
mention this merely as an illustration OF
native dexterity and duplicity. Where
they kept these changes Of costumes we
were never able 10 discover"
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REPAIRING LoNDoN's TOWER
Modern Additions To the City's Nnci-
cnt Monument Removed

From the. London News.)
That venerable part of the Tower of
London known as the Bloody Tower is un-
dergoing considerable repairs at the hands
OF the masons. The upper portion OF It.
which faces Traitors Gate has been re-
faced in parts. pointed and colored to re-
semble age. The building is to he re-
stored all around. Chalk, in large blocks
enters hugely into the composition of the
inner parts of the walls. and is declared
by tho masons to be as hard. If not harder
than ever 1t was. Some parts of the wall
by the Tower are fourteen feet thick.
The greater part of the outer surface of
the Bloody Tower. like that OF the Bell
Tower and some others. has since the Hear
1892 been Dlastcred over at various times
with Roman cement. into which shallow
portions of flint have been specifically
embedded. This was in rough imitation c:
the old solid flint work OF ancient times
which actually formed parts Of walls. and
is seen in perfection in st. Saviour's.
Southwark. and as it was calculated to
deceive. and became dangerous through its
rottenness-the hInts falling. and so on
il was all removed The lower portion OF
the Tower. built OF square blocks Of ashlar
stone. has had a lot of superiiuous Roman
cement striped from it. and looks SOM,
what incongruous in comparison with tn
OF masonry; but that is unavoidable, and
may in a measure yet be remedied
RESERVATIONS and repairs have often been
caTelessly done in much earlier years For
instance. the doorway that led from Raj
eigh's Walk directly to the room in the
Bloody Tower in which the infant princes
were supposed TO have been murdered had
been bricked up from the inside to give
support TO n portion of the Tower. This
has all been removed and the Tower
strengthened In more reyerential way
The old oak door, with it's heavy fastenings.
which had been covered by the wall. lies
now on its side on the wall and when the
rOttenness at the bottom is repaired is to
he restored to its place 1t was through
this doorway that Dghton. Forrest, ana
Tyrell are said to have passed to their
fearful work. Raleigh. Cranmer. and Rid
ley have certainly passed through IL when
prisoners here in the Tower and Cranmer
often. when he daily took his dinner with
the lieutenant OF the fortress. So say the
authorities. Portions OF the old houses.
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WIRELESS TELEGRAPH PLANS.


prom the New orleans Timcs -Dcmcc1stD
81 have reason to believe that the Gov
eminent will not do anything further at
present with wireless telegraphy" said a
Federal official stationed in this city. 1T
Is known. OF course, that experiments
were In progress and while the plans have
never been given out there Is no harm in
saying that they included signal stations
at the two forts at the mouth OF the river.
The programme was abandoned for two
reasons: first failure to come TO terms
with Signnr Marcoui. and second. a toler
ably complete demonstration that the cleo
trio waves could not be directed at will to
one certain point. Marcuni had confer
ence with the War Department and it Is
understood that he refused positively to
sell his apparatus outright. He wanted to
rent It on a royalty. which was not regard
ed as desirable arrangement
There are two American systems which
might have been used, but the Government
did not care to take chances on a squabble
about patent rights. particularly rs there
was every reason TO believe that the ap-
paratus would not be practical in actual
service As | said before it was shown
conclusively that the waves cannot be con-
centrated on one point with any certainty.
Something has been done in that line with
an arrangement of mirrors but IL will not
work in real service. The waves spread
out in concentric circles. and anybody in
radius of forty miles can either intercept
or confuse the message by simply running
wire from so TO 100 feet into the air. A
steeple or tall tree-copd be utilized for
the purpose. These sgIS the Hctual facts
about wireless telegiRpby NJ 10 date. II
II had proven practical the Government
was prepared TO take it up on large scale.
but as matters now stand it will be pigeon
holed, so 10 speak. Until the inventors get
a little further along"
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which are to be seen above that part of
the battlements known as Queen Elizabeth's
Walk, which connects the Bell and Beau
champ towers. are also undergoing restora-
ton. 1t is said that Queen Elizabeth used
this walk when she was a prisoner in the
BELL Tower. hence its name The old
houses had sunk quite fifteen inches. and
had to be raised to their proper height by
hydraulic means. Had they not been seen
to in time they would in all probability
have tubled down and buried the esteemed
lieutenant of the Tower. who lodges in
them. In their ruins.
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Ia battle pictures painted prior to the
war of 1s-o ar,is,s vero fond of introduc-
H.. ...t,,.. -, It'll ,h,,. .,.rjctol
JUS i"4i'''i! JANUS "H''"
as picking thelr way over Tue pou'es VI
dead and wounded in the very thick OF the
fight the instrumentaIists blowing away
-, 49,, H. or;o, ~ ony,,isb ami the
,-,-,,,,
drummers-1afucu'"riy the U"sS vi "'i''ls'
pounding the parchment as IL TO we Win
the roar of the artillery and the crash OF
,ho ox,lodi,c ebalis Such incidents were
- a., i,,,,,.;,,,r,.
SO'"e ''HieS t''', ""' '"'''
for example the famous taoie'u P"'''
ing the meeting between Wellington ana
Butcher contains a mounted hussar band,
who a,o ronrosan,ad nc hlarinp forth a tri-
- :. -. ,,,s;,,,
,,,. ~ ttrht,.
whereas Tue i''' ouu'''oh V. ''i'
effective group is proved TO nave peeh ah
artistic liberty pure and simple. That
there was. however. one British cavalry
hand rrosep+ Of tho hattie of Waterloo
-
may pe ueuuceu ilohi 'he iue' 'u"'
drum, emblazoned a.th the royal arms anu
bearing the inscription wi Queens own
Hussars." was found by Belgian on the
field and taken away by him as memento
of the day. After his death II was given
by his son TO the local band at Boondael,
where it probably played conspicuous
part in many village lete, from Mhoae
possession ii passed into the hah's OF
Mahlloh 20. VINO sem II 70 tne my a.
Military Exhibition oil lSso' however, IN
furnishing ptiet cohne.'eu ne, go
uediins WIN the presehce vi Janus t III pae
Us ~ VIII lis VI an pe s-ss
pa. ~" - -, ~
IT, 81 a., 81, aud tho ro,,s;-, eng
l. ne D'sle ,ne lei r,,,r,taI &c.,
,,,its ,,,,ronn IN wrs,s orr,
,.'. NJ ,,i,,,,ir =, ,,a oiab,-
~. 49,, y, ,.b;eh rn-i,s F-oda,ici, IT
- - rsco;,,,I ,s ,,resent from the
So - T,,rIic,. cor,nie,a Tanissarv
- RI. char.c,aristfc instr,r,ents If
p"Hu iHt
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-14
VIM MARIANI
Mariani Wine World Famous Ionic

y mild stimulant The only one that has
no unpleasant reaction. and that produces
no harmful effects. This is asserted after
continued experience during the past
thirty-fye years.
Ali druggists Refuse Substitutes
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TRu sTEEs' SALES.
THOMAS J. OWEN, Aacts=. ei5 F s.. ). ".
TRUSTEES SALE or TwO-sToRY BRICK
DWELLING. STU ATE 40. % DEFREEs
STREET NORTHWEST. " WASHINGTON D. G..

TRUSTEES SALE or TwOsToRY BRICK
DWELLING. SITUATE No. % DEFREEs
STREET NORTHWEST. WASHINGTON, u. G.
D. virtue of a certain deed oi trust given to W
dated September 8. lsss. and recorded in Liber
1854 az folio 406. % the land records Of the
District Of Columbia. and At the request Of the
party occurred, We will sell. public auction, in
'front.' Of the premises, o. TUESDAY, JANUARY
&C. 1900. at go O'Clock P. m. the following de
scribed property. situate and lying in the City
of Washing ton District OF Columbia. being to
wit: Lot numbered Isl. in u. H. Warmers sub
division Of certain lots in square numbered 623,
as said subdivision appears Of record in tine sur.
veyors Tor said District ia Lber 10. at folio I6.
together with the improvements thereon.
Terms Of sale; One-thiTd cash and tie balance
in two equal inst3llnenis at and twd years
with interest from the day Of sale upon the de-
ferred payments. 10 be secured by deed Of trust
upon the property sold. or ali cash at the op-
ton Of the purchaser. deposit Of 500 required
on acceptance o. bid. All eonseyancing record
ing aud stamps at cost Of purchaser Sale to
be closed within aiteen days. otherwise the tr,s-
tee. reserve the right resell at the risk and
Ct the deisutins purchaser.
WILLIAM MNYSE
WI L. WILLIAMS
Trustees.
BARNARD & JOHNSON.
Attorneys Columbian Building.
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BRASS BANDS IN BATTLE
An English War Feature That Has
Long Been Obsolete.

in Old Military Pic
turcs-Thc Last Musicians Employ
ed in the Campaign between nui-
Enrin and scrvin-Trcnchcry of
the Beers mt BronI.hor~t -pruit.
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simultaneously the spirit OF The disheirt-
cned assailants underwent startling
transformation. They plucked up courage
again. responded cheerfully to the word of
command and finally succeeded in hur ing
the enemy back from the position he had
won. In fact, such was the remarkable
nature OF the metamorphosis from
dispirited to spirited troops that in all sub
sequent assaults SEobeieff had the lands
enliven with their strains. National hymns
and marches formed the principal feature
of the programme, but on several occa-
sions the firing line fought their way across
bullet swept zones with the haunting re-
frain of Strauss waltz ringing in their
ears
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The Last Hands in Battle.


The short though sanguinary campaign
between Bulgaria and Servia in the au-
tumn OF 1885, witnessed the last instance
of the employment of bands during active
hostlities: and here. too, the example set
by Skobeleff was pushed 20 truly start
ling extreme. Tie third day of the battle
Of Slivnica found the Seryians apparently
impregnably posted on the sleeps hills in
the neighborhood OF Dragoman. Nothing
daunted. however. the brave BulgaFians
formed for frontal attack. and General
Rendered. issued the extraordinary order
that every battalion of infantry would be
not only accompanied but headed by its
band playing the ''Djumi Martha" the ma
tional air. Accordingly the charging bat
talions toiled up the ascent In this forma-
ton, the bands meyer ceasing playing for
one instant. A German. officer attacked to
The staff OF Prince Alexander OF Batteu-
berg in recording his experiences. states
that the progress Of each unit could be
easily followed by the cresccndo and dimi-
raendo of the music. In the most exposed
places the air became thin and ragged,
and the rattle Of the bullets on the brass
instruments was plainly audible from the
valley below. Then. when the crest was
reached. and the Servians broke and Ded,
the 'Djumi Martha Swelled forth again
in victorious volume. Strange to relate.
though. the casualties among the must
clans were nothing like as serious as one
would have expected 3.
Since 1851. when the "Queen's Regula
tons have laid down that bsndsmen are
to be effective as soldiers. TO be perfectly
drilled. and to be liable TO serve in the
ranks in any emergency the bands OF Brit
ish regiments have discarded all musical
responsibilities when accompanying their
units on active service. But there is one
comparatively recent instance-it is the
last on recOrd-Of British military band
finding themselves in action with their in
struments about them. Al the present
iuncture the engagement at Bronkhorst
Spruit. on December 20. 1880, possesses pc
culiar significance. and the details OF that
treacherously planned disaster are, alas,
too familiar 10 need recapitulation. There
fore it only concerns this paper to point out
that the band OF the ambusCaded Ninety
fourth Regiment. under Colonel Anstruth-
er. was in its usual place at the head of the
column and was abruptly stopped playing
by the terrible volley which so uneNpect
eddy commenced the first Boer war. The
musicians. indeed. suffered heavily in this
one-sided affair. for their instruments and
comparative helplessness rendered them an
easy target-a circumstance OF which the
Beers took every advantage. as the casual
ty returns will testify.-Pall Mall Gazette.
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Take plenty of outdoor and indoor eX-
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Attorneys. Columbian Building.
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FDWTN Z, " IFINs
EDW ARD 7. FLETCHER.
Trustees.
The times., 1900-12-20
THE SENATE ROUTINE.
Sunday Openings mt the Congress
sionaI Library Favored.

In the Senate yesterday PRIOR to it's going
into executive session. Mr. Hale asked for
the immediate consideration of joint
resolution appointing Charles A. Boutelle
captain on the retired list of the navy
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Tillman presented a petition signed
by the farmers of many Western States
asking that subsidy be placed on all g.
ricUltural products. in line with that to
be placed on the merchant marine.
Mr.. Chandler offered a resolution dis
charging the Committee on Contingent
Expenses from further consideration Of
the resolution providing for an investiga-
tion of the credentials of William A.
Clark and Martin Maginnis. On motion
of MIR. Jones of Arkansas the resolution
was laid on the table
Mr.. Foraker presented a bill extending
the jurisdiction Of United States Courts to
Porto Rico.
MIR. Mcmillan presented bills providing
for the widening of the Aqueduct
Bridge in the District CT Columbia. to
regulate the assessment and reassessment
of water main taxes in the District of CO.
lumbia. and to regulate operation of gas
works in the District of Columbia.
Mr.. Mcmillan offered a resolution in
structing the Committee on the District Of
Columbia TO investigate the relative mer-
its of the mechanical and sand methods Of
filtration. The resolution was referred to
the Committee on Contingent Expenses.
Thirty minutes were then devoted to the
passage of pension bills.
TIE proposed amendment OF Senator Nc
MILAN to the Legislative, Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bill providing for
the opening Of the Library OF Congress
Sunday afternoon and night was reported
hack TO the Senate by Mr. Wetmore. Chair
man of the Committee on the Library. As
reported, the Amendment provides for the
opening of the Library from . to 10 p m.
Sundays. and appropriates $4,000 for the
extra services Of employees Of the Library
and 81 fer employees and additional en-
ployes under the superintendent of the
Library BUILDING and grounds. Accom-
panying the report are letters from Libra.
rian Putnam strongly endorsing the plan
for the opening Of the libraries Sunday
afternoons and evenings. and giving a list
CT the great libraries OF the country that
are kept open a portion Of Sunday.
Senator Bacon introduced a resolution
calling upon the Secretary of War to fur
nish Congress with Deputy Auditor
Lawshe's report on Cuban postal expen-
dilures under Rathbone's administration
there.
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ex-Commissioner of the District OF
! Columbia.
Mr. Sims also opposed the bill, elabor-
| atlng certain of the arguments made by
Mr.. Cowherd. Mr.. Norton of Ohio asked
, IL the commissioners of the District had
not examined the matter of cost. and IL
! he did not think their Judgment letter
than his. Mr.. Sims replied: 81 do, il
l were certain that nothing had affected
| their judgment other than scientific in
formation" This answer called forth ap-
plause on the Democratic side.
Mr.. Richardson OF Tennessee address,
ed the committee in opposition TO the bill
and especially to that feature which con-
templates the location of the roun1house
in the ~" near lexington. He said this
would ruin the property of many worthy
citizens. He thought the matter OF the
location of the roundhouse ought to be ad-
tusted by the conferees. Mr.. Babcoclt and
Mr. jenkins Concurred in this opinion.
Mr.. Seudder of New York opposed the
bill, saying the charge for excavating and
filling was too high.
Mr.. Cowherd offered to amend the sec
tion relating to the elevation of tracks by
hXing the sum which the District is to pay
the railroad company at S750,000 instead
of S1,50O,O00- This was defeated. He then
moved to amend by reducing it to 81, ,000.-
600. This was also voted down.
The Committee of the Whole arose at
4:5O and the bills were reported to the
House. The question being put upon the
third reading of the Pennsylvania bill,
Mr.. Cowherd moved to recommit with in
structions to report a bill providing for
the removal of the tracks and station
from the Mall On a division the motion
to recommit was lost-ayes 62. noes 113.
Mr.. COwherd demanded the yeas and
nays on the final passage of the bill. The
vote was: Yeas 163. nays II, present I.
Mr.. Moody of Massachusetts. who had
been Chairman of the Committee of the
Whole. voted against the bill Messrs.
Hay. Rixey, and Otey, of Virginia, voted
for it.
The Baltimore and Ohio bill was then
passed on division by vote of ayes 159.
noes Al.
The House adjourned at 5:2s until noon
today
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

OFFICE OF THE MUTUAL FIRE INSUR-
ANCE COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA. Washington. November 6
19O0.-Policy holders are notified that the
managers have ordered raid the members
a return of savings IN proportion to
the value Of each policy at the close of
1899. Renewals fer 12Ct must bc paid the
company at the same time at the rate o,
i per cent on the premium notes. and
POLICIES MUST BE PRESENTED that
payments may be entered thereon. Poll
cies exp:re ol the last Monday in pecem-
Der t3lsti. Please attend early and avoid
the crowd. ~. n. II. CHURCH, President
l.. FIERCE EoTELEE. Secretary.
mes, ,ta .:nc.lst
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now TO BREAK UP. COLD.

s'In the winter Of 1893 and 1893 I was taken
doR a with 4 severe attack Of Ia grippe" says
Mr. +. L. Hewitt. the wcll-knoyn druggist Of
Winfield. No. The only medicine | used was
two bottles of (5O-cent size) Chambcriain's Cough
Remedy. II broke up the cold and stopped the
cough like magic, and | have not since been
troubled with ia grippe" This remedy has be
come famous Tor its cures Of bad colds and
Ia grippe. Druggists use it themselves, and in
their families. because it IS the best. For sale
at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by Henry Evans,
wholesale and retail. and all druggists
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nnhsii,atstsntsaa,,Hostetter's nsiass nhi, ta
good digestion !S Stomach
and fightsoif dys- A0hAAfA
pepsia, bi!iousness, RsfAopc
and constipation. -
DIED.

DUDLEY-on Tuesday, December IS 1900. at
her residence $40 Elm ST., lie Droit Park
AMY ELIZABETH wife Of Lewis F, Dudle,. and
daughter Of Granville and Elizabeth +. Fern. "a.
Funeral from late residence THURSDAY, D.cani-
her 20. at y m. Burial at Glendale. Nd. Item
GRAFTON Wedneslay. December 10 1900, at
) a. m. at her residence 2lS9 10Th st. nv.
JULIA NJ widow Of the late Adolphus Graf and
mother Of Frank g. and Charles J. Graf and
Mrs George Culver, in the sixty-sixth year Of her
:.c.
May her soul rest in peace.
Funeral viii take place at st. Paui's Church
at a. m Friday. December 81 1900 Interment
at St Mary's Catholic Cemetery.
deI9-2t,em
GANNON-On Tuesday. December 49, 1900 at
9:i5 O'Clock p m, JAMES A.. son of the late
James and Mary Cannon. eyed twent ty-scven years
Funeral from the residence of his uncle Mt
Charles NJ McDonoush. 1906 Twenty first Street
northwest on THURSDAY. December 20. at $50
O'Clock a II. Requiem Tdss at ST. Stephens
Church at o. No flowers, IT t,cm