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The evening times., 1900-03-05
TWO CHURCHES REcoNcILED.
Congregations Reunited After n Lon:
Dispute Over Doctrine.

WINCHESTER, Va. March 5.-The Kent
Street and the Loudoun Street Presbyteri-
an Churches held congregational meetings
yesterday and by an almost unanimous
vote decided to reunite the two churches.
The basis of union formulated by COM
mittee from each branch was that both
churches be dissolved and that the new
church be known as The Presbyterian
Church of Winchester" The Loudoun
Street Church will be used for worship.
Rev. Or. James r. Graham, the present
pastor of Kent Street Church. will be made
pastor emeritus of the united church and
a minister with active duties will be call
ed.
special meeting of Winchester Presby-
terry will be called about March q to con-
firm the action of the churches today. The
two churches were split in 1888 on ques-
tions of doctrine. These differences were
afterward adjusted. although no reunion
took place until yesterday. The time for
reuRiting was made ripe by the resigna
tion several months ago of Rev. DR.. Henry
NJ White of the Loudoun Street Church
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BEATEN BY BURGLARS.
A Man and His wife NenrIy Murder
ed for Their Money.

NORFOLK. Va, March 5.-Early yester-
day morning a burglar entered the resi-
dence of George W. T. Miller, baker. in
Bramberton, ard after nearly numbering
Miller aud his wife, took small sum of
money, and escaped. Details of the brutal
affair are furnished by Allen. a twelve
year-old son of the Millers, who was in
the room when the assault was made.
The boy was awakened by a noise and
saw a negro in the room. Too frightened
to make an outcry. the boy hid his head
beneath the bed clothing. With a piece
of scantling the burglar struck Mrs.
Miller across the face. The blow rendered
her unconscious and fractured her nose
and jaw. He then struck her sleeping
husband several blows on the head, in
ficting serious, possibly fatal, injuries
Securing what little money there was IN
the house the thief made good his es-
ceape. An empty pocketbook and the b!uc-
geon with which the deed was committed
we're left in the back yard. The police
are searching for the burglar. and have
strong clew to his identity. The condition
of Mr.. and Mrs. Miller is critical.
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MONEY FOR THE INSANE.
The Hospital Superintendent Applies
for "a Deficiency Allowance.

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for "a Deficiency Allowance.
The Government Hospital for the Insane.
through Superintendent A. B. Richardson,
has asked for a deficiency appropriation OF
S53 0S0 for the current fiscal year. The sum
Of $4,000 is asked for current expenses.
$4,000 for repairs and improvements. and
So 0S0 for furnishing the new laundry Of
the institution. In a letter to the Secre-
tary Of the Interior, Superintendent Rich
ardson says:
Il am sorry that we are compelled to
ask for a somewhat larger deficiency than
those granted in recent years. but the sit
uation is such, as / have found 1t, as to
make this amount necessary with as close
economy as the conditions al present here
will permit The total deficiency allowed
for the preceding year in the support fund
amounted to about $50 600, including the
amount allowed in the Deficiency bill last
year. and that allowed in the Urgent De-
ficiency bill this year, which was to be ap-
piled to the completion of the expenditures
of the same wear. These amounts too.
were not as large as they should have been,
as the conditions at the beginning OF this
year necessitated holding off purchases un
I'll the beginning Of the present year TO
such an extent that the expenditures for
the first three months Of this year were
considerably in excess of the average. We
have tried to estimate as carefully as pos
sible the amount actually required for the
remaining months of this year. and to fix
the amount requested at just what viii be
required TO meet the expenses OF this pc
riod -
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SEIZURE OF A STEAMSHIP.
The Grand Duchess Again Figures
in "a Tax-CoIIcctIng Farce.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, March 5.-The
second step in the Grand Duchess matter
was taken Saturday, when Treasurer J.
M Curtis posted notices of the sale Of the
steamship on April under the libel en-
tered against her for taxes under the as
seSsment of State Commissioner Russell,
who took the initial step in the matter.
The officers of the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company have Civ
en- bond in the sum OF s. 900 for the ap-
pearance of the ship April 4. Saturday
Treasurer Curtis went to the shipyard TO
take charge Of the vessel. He was met by
Captain Harlon, of the Duchess, who is a
bluff and hearty old salt. Mr., Curtis stat
ed his errand and the captain said:
'All right. 20 ahead; but if you put a
man on board that ship | and all my men
will leave it, and We will make the State
pay our expenses, too. while we are of -
Mr.. Curtis told the captain that if he
latter would promise TO have the vessel
on hand when wanted he would refrain
from taking charge. but Captain Hanion
would promise nothing
The Treasurer finally decided to let the
matter rest, being content with keeping
an eye on the Grand DucheSS. VI course
the ship will not be sold The same farce
has been enacted before. the commissioner
assessing the vessel al $500 600 in 1898 and
for Si00. 600 last year. 1t is for the taxes
in this last assessment that the ship has
been libeled. In the first case the ship
yard proved that the vessel was not the
property of the yard. but of the Plant
Line and was relieved by court from pay
ment of the tax. The same course Will
undoubtedly be pursued again. In the
meantime II is said that Commissioner
Russell has collected his 1 per cent COM
mission on the two assessments. amount
ing to 81 zoo and the State is out just ex-
actly that amount, as il will be impossible
to recover the taxes on the ship. The
Grand Duchess is one of the finest passen-
ger ships built in this country. and is
worth proably a little more than a mil
lion dollars. The ship sailed Saturday
night.
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T. G,SCHNEITZGR FINED
Judge SeOtfs Action in the Theatre
Ticket Spectators Case.
The Penalty Imposed by the Court
on the Ground of Obstructing the
Street-hajOr Sylvester Appears as
PrOBecuting Witness-His Expert
enee of Last Saturday Night.

Frank c. Schweitzer, recently acquitted
in the Police Court of a charge of con-
ducting gift enterprise, was this morning
fined by Judge Scott $40 for obstructing
the street in front of the New Grand Thea
! tire Saturday. The action of the court, IL
! is claimed, established a precedent and
| dealt a deathblow to theatre ticket specu-
| lation.
| The complainant against Schweitzer was
| Plimpton B. Chase, manager of the New
| Grand Theatre and the principal prosecut-
! ing witness was Major Richard Sylvester.
Superintendent of Police. Mr. Chase did
not testify nor did any attache OF his the
atre All were present in court, however,
to be ready if they were needed
The arrest of Schweitzer Saturday night,
il is said. was-the result of a determina-
tion on the part OF the theatre management
TO break up the practice of speculating in
theatre tickets. Spectators il is said
piled their business extensively last week
and on previous occasions. They sent as
sistants TO the box Office to purchase tick
cts in advance Of performance In num-
bers that did not attract attention cause
suspicion. The management of the theatre
made every effort. ii Is said. to stop the
speculation. A notice was posted in the
front door of the theatre to the effect that
tickets purchased from Spectators would
not be accepted in the theatre.
The spectators. ii is said. desired Mr..
Chase to refuse to accept tickets sold by
them. and threatened damage suits 1t
is said the spectators frequently accom-
panied those who purchased tickets from
them to the theatre door and demanded
admission for them. The spectators even
grew so bold and defiant, il was said that
Friday night they announced their inten-
tion of having fifty operators in front of
the theatre. The spectators were doing a
good business Saturday night when Major
Sylvester, accompanied by his wife and
daughter. arrived at the theatre. Major
Sylvester. when accosted by ticket seller.
ordered the man away from the theatre.
The spectators and those engaged with
him refused 10 leave whereupOn Major
Sylvester sought Manager Chase and was
told the men were not authorized to sell
tickets.
SchweitZer was then pointed out it is
said by someone as the most active Of the
speculators and Policeman Downs was
ordered by his superior officer TO place
Schwetzer under arrest. The man was
taken to No. | station. where he left s.
collateral for his appearance in court this
morning.
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RUBBER TRUST BEATEN
A Decision Given In Favor of the
Late Joseph Banigan.

PROVIDENCE. X. l.. March 5.-The APP
pellate Court today gave decision for the
plaintiff in the action for damages brought
by the late Joseph Banigan against the
United States Rubber Company of New
York for salary due him as president and
member of the executive committee. His
salary in 1895 was S25 O00. The following
year. trouble having arisen and the COM
mittee antagonizing Banigan. his salary
was reduced to S10.5CG.
The court said that the salaries of other
officers of the company were not reduced
and that Banigan had not been treated
fairly nor honestly. and the court fixed his
salary at the rate of s17.500 per annum.
Thus far the Banigans have won in every
decision handed down in the long series OF
litigation with the big rubber trust.
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AN OPERA HOUSE BURNED.
Disastrous Sunday Fires in TIVE
Pennsylvania Towns.

CORRY, Pa, March 5.-The village OF
Spartansburg, just south of this city, was
visited by another disastrous fire yester-
day. The tannery known as the Western
Union Tannery was destroyed. with the
contents, including the unfinished leather
etc. With no means to fight the fire, the
town was helpless, the citizens standing
by and watching the only industry of the
town being destroyed. The loss is $50, 900,
fully covered by insurance. a hot journal
in the drying room is supposed to have
caused the fire. Fifty men will be unem-
ployed, but the company intends to re-
build at once.
The Cory Opera House. with it's entire
contents, was destroyed by fire yesterday.
The house was built in 1890 by DR.. John
Weeks. of Brooklyn, n. Y. and was one of
the finest theatres in this part of the
State easily seating LOCO persons. The
National Hotel and the Cory Steam Laun-
dry buildings were badly damaged. Loss
on opera house, $40, ,000. with small insur-
ance; other losses, $1,000. insured.
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sinking Artesian wells.

CUMBERLAND Md, March 5.-The peo-
pie of Cumberland are going ahead with
ths sinking of artesian wells and thus OBJ
tanning their own supplies independently
Of the city works. This is especially true
in South Cumberland. On nearly every
street six or eight wells which supply very
good water can be found, and as many as
twenty families are supplied by one we'll.
Nearly every lot purchaser signifies his in
tention of sinking a we'll. Gen. Joseph
Sprigg, chairman of the Cumberland Good
Water League. has been quite sick for some
days, and is still confined to his home.
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STRANGE SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
\ Mother Asks $500 for Injury TO
Her Feelings.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va, March THE
decision In. the case OF Hobbs vs. Caffee in
favor Of the defendant ends unique case,
so far as the judicial annals of this State
are concerned. Some time ago Holly
Hobbs. welI-known Pythian. Of Hinton.
". Va. was killed in the yards OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in this city.
The body was embalmed by J. II. Caffee
& Son and shipped to West Virginia
According to the complaint set forth in
the bill of the plaintiff. the body was i'm
properly embalmed and decOmpOsed be-
fore it reached the home OF his mother.
who was thereby damaged to the extent OF
$500, her sensibilities and emotions being
affected to that extent by failure 70 look
upon the features of her son. The jury.
however. could not see the matter in that
light. and brought in a verdict Saturday
for the defendants.
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SECRETARY ROOT DELAYED.
The Transport Sedgwick Late In Ar
riying at Tampa.

The Quartermaster's Department vas
kept busy today trying to get boat to
carry Secretary Root from Tampa, Fla. to
Havana. The transport Sedgwick, which
had been ordered to Tampa for the pur-
pose, had not arrived this morning.
Secretary Root arrived at Tampa SGtur-
day evening and was scheduled to leave
yesterday. The party boarded a Govern
ment tug boat and went out TO Egmont
Key, where the Sedgwick was supposed to
be waiting for them. The boat was not
there and a telegram TO that effect was
sent the Quartermaster's Department.
despatch was received by Quartermastsr
General Ludington late Saturday night
from Jupiter Inlet, on the east Florida
coast, stating that the Sedgwick had pass
ed that point Saturday and signaled that
she had been delayed by storms. The dis
tance from Jupiter to Egmont is about 400
miles and the Sedgwick is expected TO
reach Egmont some time today The Sec
ret2ry and party will be delayed about
thirty-six to forty-eight hours by the
Sedgwick being behind time.
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SHOT DEAD AZ A DANCE.
A Helpless kentuclsian's Useless Plea
for His Life.

LONDON, Ky, March Sat East Bern.
stadt, a mining town in this county, in a
resort kept by Edward Smallwood, Millard
Hughes, a young man who was attending
dance there. was set upon Saturday
night by Leonard Smallwood Hamp
Gragg, and others, and, while begging for
his life. shot to death.
AS he lay On the floor dying his muir
derer. Leonard Smallwood took seat by
the fire and coolly lit a cigarette
After the revel was over Edward SMALL
wood. the proprietor, brought in his bed
that had been moved out to accommodate
the dangers. and went to sleep within
three fett of the murdered man. He was
found sleeping there Sunday morning and
arrested on the charge of aiding in the
murder.
Leonard Smallwood. Hamp Gragg Ed
ward Smallwood. and Lizzie Smallwood.
the murderer's sister were handcuffed to-
gether and brought here yesterday
Leonard Smallwood served two years in
the penitentiary for the murder of his
brother.
Lynching was strongly talked of by the
300 citizens who viewed the body of young
Hughes.
The evening times., 1900-03-05
EZRA w. LEACH'S WILL.
The Contestants AIlege the TestatOr
Wns of Unsound Mind.

Hearing in the contest of the will OF
Ezra W. Leach. of Anacostia. d. c.. was
begun today before Justice Cole. sitting
for probate business. The will of the de-
ceased is dated December 81, 1895, and
names Samuel II. Lucas as sole legatee.
The beneficiary was not relative of the
deceased. A caveat protesting against the
admitting of the will TO probate was filed
by Gustave Leach, William T. Leach. and
several other relatives of the testator on
the grounds that the deceased was not Of
sound mind at the time of the making OF
his will and that undue influence had been
exercised by the beneficiary, Lucas. The
contestants are represented by John II.
Adriaans and the legatee by J. J. Darling
ton
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DIED IN A DRUG STORE.
A baltimore Woman Stricken on Her
Way to Church.

BALTIMORE. March 5.-Mrs. Fannie n.
Ball. aged forty-seven years. of North Gil
NOR Street, died suddenly last night of
heart disease. in the drug store of DR..
Owen c. Smith. Pennsylvania Avenue and
Hoffman Street Mrs. Ball. with her hus-
band, George V Ball, had taken tea with
a friend on Madison Avenue, and was on
her way to the First Baptist Church to
attend service, when she complain
ed of shortness of breath and of feeling
badly. She sat down a few minutes and
then attempted to walk on. but was again
compelled to sit down, and grew so much
worse that her husband, with the aid of
Patrolman Clark, carried her into the
drug store.
DR.. c. NJ. Cook was hastily summoned
but Mrs. Ball lived only five or six min
utes after getting into the store, and only
about fifteen minutes after she began feel
ing badly.
The evening times., 1900-03-05
A Trip 10 Newport News

Lieut.. Commander W. H. H. Sutherland
commander of the Dolphin, called upon
Secretary Long this morning in regard to
the trip Of the despatch boat to Newport
News, Va, Friday with the House Com
mittee on Naval Affairs. The Secretary
said that he would be unable to accompany
the committee. but was sure the Repre-
sentatives would enjoy the trip and gain
information of much value by inspecting
the battleship Kearsarge.
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DIED.

HAWKTNS-At Boston. Mass, on Thursday.
March /, 1900, MARY A. HAWKINS. wife of James
F. Hawkins, and daughter of David C.. and Mary
A. Wright. in the thirty third year OF her age.
Funeral Monday, March 3, at o'clock p. m.
at Mount Zion Church. Friends are respectfully
invited. 1t
P0WERS-0n Sunday. March 4, 1900, EDMUND
NJ. POWERS (Eddie), late Company ID. Sixth
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. at the Mount Yer
non Hotel. 21S FOur-aEd-a half Street northwest.
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
Minneapolis papers please copy. 1t
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SHOT IN A RACE WAR.
One Man Likely to Die From His
Wound.

MOUNT CARMEL. Pa, March 5.-A war
at Natalie. town two miles north of here,
this afternoon, and when the smoke clear
ed away it was found that two men had
been shot. The battle took place in a dou-
bic house one side of which was occupied
by Italians and the other by Slavonians.
A dispute arose and an Italian fired a shot
through a partition of the house with a
gun. the load landing in the breast of John
Wanchok. His injuries are not serious.
Wanchok was badly scared and called
for help. Joseph Dunko went to his as
sistance. Rocco Zucorelli, 1t is alleged,
intercepted him with revolver and fired,
the bullet entering Dunko's breast. He is
in dying condition. Zucorelli was ar
rested, and is now in Jail here.
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TO RESUME THE ENQUIRY.
The Industrial Commission Again in
Session Tomorrow.

NFrNIOn IDmOrrON,
The Industrial Commission will resume
its sessions tomorrow morning when the
hearing Of employees of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Company will take
place. This hearing will probably con-
tiRue for several days. Railroad compa-
nies all over the country are very much
interested in it,
On NAY l. the Commission Will resume
its investigation of the trust question. A
number of officials of prominent consoli-
dated companies will be examined. One
Of the corporations included in the list is
the great Iron and Steel Trust which is
now being organized This trust, IL is
said. has an enormous capital and viii
be controlled by the Standard oil and Car
negie interests.
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P. J. FITZGERALD, AZ and sts. sw
QUIGLEY PHARMACY, 21st and G sts. NV
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CHARLES SCHERER, 32d and sts NV.
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TAXATION FOR PORTO RICO.
DIR. HOIlsnder to Recommend Plan
for the Island.


for the Island.
BALTIMORE. March 5.-Dr. Jacob II
Holsnder, Associate Professor of Finance
at the Johns Hopkins University, who has
recently been appointed by Secretary ol
War Root special commissioner to rec
ommend a plan Of taxation for the Island
of Porto Rico, expects to sail from New
York on United States transport that
will leave about March II.
He will spend several months in Porto
Rico studying the conditions there. leave
having been granted him for the purpose
by the university. When asked if his re-
port would include recommendations con-
corning the tariff taxes on American goods
DR.. Hollander said that it would. and that.
while the House had passed bill recent
ly fixing those rates. that bill. even if il
became law would be in effect only two
years, according to its provisions. while
his report would recommend a permanent
system OF taxation.
The evening times., 1900-03-05
cbeerfuIpess and Ha,pipess

"A bright home makes merry heart" When
YOU 20 rome from hard days work YOU will
always want bright and cheerful faces to greet
Won. The only way to accomplish this is hy the
drinking of Heurich's beer. Order case OF
Mserzen, Senate or Lager Beer frcm the Arling-
ton Bottling Co, 80 that your family can in
duIge in little pleasure and the change in their
countenances will be most peTceptible
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FORGED HIS FATHERS NAME.
A Boy COnfesses to Obtaining 500
on - Bogus Check


CUMBERLAND, Nd, March 5.-Waite
Nsmsley, aged nineteen years. from Bev-
erly. ". Va, was arrested in Cumberland,
charged with forging his fathers name for
S700. He fell in with a newsboy on the
West Virginia Central train, who piloted
him 10 a hotel. The newsboy stayed all
night with him, an the next morning
Wanlsley missed $135 out OF his purse of
$500. He notified the police and in the
meanwhile the police received a telegram
from Wamsley's father asking them to ar
rest his son.
The young man was placed in the police
station. where he made a confession. say
ing he had forged his fathers name to
check for 500. He accounted for ii all
except $40 and the sum taken by the news
boy. which was all recovered eXcept S5
Wamsley's father will come for him and
take him home.
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A brakeman Bcheaded.

MOUNT CARMEL, Pa, March 5.-Wil-
liam Thirlow, brakeman on the Lehigh
Valley Road, fell from his train here yes
terday afternoon and was beheaded. He
was thirty-three years of age. and is sur
viyed by wife and three children.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

A MEETING OF COLONIAL BEACH
PROPERTY OWNERS will be held at
221 | Street northwest.
TUESDAY. MARCH g. 80 p. m.
All are requested to attend as matters
of Importance will be presented.
lt.em
n. WADE, the well-knOwn barber. can
now be found with G. W. TURNER,
402 Ninth Street northwest. 1t
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

opc ,xIzED UNDER, THE LAWS or THE DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA.