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of the construction Of tlsa law and also 20 ..0e
the opinion of other attorneys or 20 act rs'l'>s
of the Attorney Generals opinion
You express the belief that ID sufficient pres
sure from the better class of citizens from al
over the country is brought 10 bear Upun the
President YOU viii secure such an Interpretation
as viii follow and force the law according -o i'-
meaning
You ak uhal The recipient Of the letl.e sd-
dress bYisf letter so the President. Stating ft"
hope that be will fulfill his promise
Iua,nuch as / assume that you are NOS willing
10 disseminate @ false statement especially with
reference 10 the President ot the United states.
I deem IL any duty TO call your attention O" The
flct that shortly after tbe visit o. the commit
tee which YOU refer Co. the President dio reicr
70 the Attorney General the law which You have
mentioned and asked him 10 90 over the quc'-
tiou and reconsider ms opinion The Attorney
General did SO, and reported TO the President
that after a careful consideration ot thc case
nc was unable To come 20 any conclusion dihrr-
emit fp,m tEat 6rst reported.
Furthermore. nj the request of The President
the legal effect OF the suti-clntecn law was con
-idered by the present Secretary OF War, whose
dufy il Is TO enforce the law 90 the extent 90 its
LOCAL effect and that officer (Wh0 IS considered TO
be a LAWYER Of reputation coucuucd IN the views
and opinion given Co the President by the At
torpev General. Consequently. the President has
been enforcing the law according to itS real
meaning as interpreted TO him by the officers N
he Government who are charged with iJs inter-
probation and enforcement
I respectfully suggest. therefore that you mod
fv YOUR circular letter by stating the real isets
OF the case. and that you take pains 10 see WHAT
ever pressure may be- brought upon the Presi-
dent sbal he pressure based upon true under
Standing Of The facts
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for the calendar year just passed-S1. 325. COO
fall short Of this amount 442J 600. and
this latter figure would be larger II the
City and Suburban were included In the Of
fetal estimate.
II is reasonable 70 suppose however.
that. with the rapid transit now in opera
tion largely, the figures for the fiscal year
will more nearly equal the official es-
innate Than those for the calendar year do.
There was expended on improvements
during the year about 1900 0G0 The Ana
costa construction has cost about 81
OOo. 600. The Columbia extension cost dur
ing the year about $500 600. and there was
expended a like amount on other lines.
The Washington Traction and Electric
Company owns nearly the entire capital
stock OF all these companies. A few shares
OF the Metropolitan stock are owned by
Mrs. L. T. Letter. and in some OF the other
companies there are outside holders. 10 IS
permissible to seneralize broadly. however.
that the net earnings Of all the lines
$3.50 900 are applicable 10 the uses Of the
syndicate company. after the payment OF
the interest on the bonded debt Of the con
stituent companies. The interest on the
outstanding constituent companies bonds
is not known accurately. but Il is so large
that the balance for the Traction Company
will not be nearly as much as officially es-
timated when the Traction Company was
formed.
The following additional facts may be
noted from the reports;
Amount 81 funded and o. floating debts respec-
lively: Capital Company. $4,000 and SIZE. AZ. Z;
Washington and Great Fslls. 100000 s8I.07S-lS;
City and Suburban. 81 100 900 S7s.5IS II; George
town and Teuleytown. 100000. Sl49.55s.69; Ana
costa aud Potomac, s., go 900. none; Brightwood
$3.50, G0O. 1881 q43 10. Columbia. 5000. 600, nOncS
Metropolitan. S2.Stl 90.
Total expenditures, including operating eN-
panses above gwen; Capital Company, S2l .259- 90;
Washington and Great Falls. SIS $3.50. City and
suburban. Sl56, 9I2.20; Georgetown and Tenley-
town. S33. l47S0; AnacOStia and Potomac, sos
9s7 06; Brghtwood $40. 625.O6; Columbia, 1885,
CLASS, Metropolitan 500 $3.50.
Amount OF dividends declared: Capital Com
pany. none; Washington and Great Falls, none
City and Suburban. none; Georgetown and Tenley-
town, none Anscostis and Potomac more; Bright
wood, none; Columbia, $4,000: Metropolitan. S93
574.50
Total number OF passengers garfield; Capital
Company. IO34. 4ai; Washington and Great Falls,
$40, SS5; City and Suburban. 4.Ss-Sgl; George
town and Tenleytown. 20 1885, Anseostia and
Potomac. 1851, ssh; Brightwood- 1-55s-ss5; Column
bis. $50 263: Metropolitan. 27.I2f,75S.-
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RULES FOR COLLEGE SPORTS.
" a>hinEt0u aud Lee University
Athletic Regulations.

AAhAetaE he& utUNtDnN-
LEXINGTON. Va. Feb. PROF II. s..
George Tucker. dean OF the law faculty and
acting president of Washington and Lee
University in the absence OF Hon. William
L. Wilson. president. has. with the faculty
passed the regulations for athletics al the
university. tt was determined that the
faculty committee on physical culture be-
enlarged so as 10 consist of three members.
Among the new rules are the following
provisions:
Limiting college games TO regular student
amateurs
Making physical examinations necessary
for men on teams.
Students not to accompany athletic teams
except on holidays and then only at the
discretion Of the president.
Athletic teams not to have contests else
where than upon the university grounds
with any except teams from other iustitu-
lions OF learning.
Professional coaches 10 b. employed on
ly with the written permission of the chair
man OF the committee on physical culture
Baseball and football teams to gel leaves
of absence to PLAY intercollegiate match
games not longer than four days I'm the
session
Athletic teams not permitted 70 leave
Lexington for match games except or the
following conditions: Ca) Every outstand-
ing obligation Of the athletic ASSOCIATION
must have been already paid tbl There
must be in the treasury OF the association
to the credit OF the team cash sufficient 20
cover the trip expenses. but the guarantee
Of competing team may be regarded as
cash.
Students under twenty years old noJ
to leave with a team except upon written
permission Of their parents or guardians
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THE MYSTERY UNsoLvED.
No CIew tU the Identity Of Corpse
Found in n Box.


Found in II Box.
BALTIMORE, Feb. THE police have
as vet no definite clew to the identity Of
the man who is supposed TO have been
murdered in this city and whose body
was shipped TO Sioux City. Iowa. by way
Of the United States Express Company.
Among those reported missing since the
FIRST OF the year is John Fields, Of 1915
East Monument Street. description or
whom almost tallies. with that OF the
corpse found in the box. Fields made
his home with Mrs Mary f. Carroll. his
sister. and left there stating that he
was gsing to the Soldiers Home at Hamp-
ton. Va That he did not go at once is
evidenced by the fact that he was seen
later on South Charles Street. When he
left home ne had very little money, but
his pension was due. This he did not
draw Since December % he has not been
seen by any one and his sister fears he
has met with foul play. On the left side
Of his head he had a bad shot wound re-
ceived during the civil war. On his left
arm the name Rosie" that Of his wife
was tattOOed.
While the police here advance the theo-
" that the body was shipped from Balti-
more they have nothing definite on which
to base the assumption. The notices Of
mysterious disappearance in the hands
of the police refer to another man who
could be the murdered one. On December
81 1893. Charles Tisch. a German fifty
nine years old disappeared from Chicago.
His description fits pretty closely that
of the body.
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MARRIED A CUBAN HEIREss.
William SneRd. Formerly of Lynch
burg. WEEDS Miss lEnaGa.

LYNCHBURG, Va, Feb. News has
been received here announcing the mar
riage OF Mr.. William c. Sneed, formerly
Of this city. and Miss Maria Reyes Yznaga,
of Havana. Cuba. The marriage which
was a secret one. was contracted at Jack
sonyille Fla. d".ing the war with Spain.
but has only recently been made public
The bride is not only great social ia
vorite in HavauS but also in the United
States. where she has spent quite num-
Der Of years. Sha is closely related TO the
Yznagas Of New cYrk and Is a cousin OF
the Duchess OF Manchester. Her family is
one OF the ealthiest in Cuba
Mr.. Sneed is a son of the late DR.. E. F.
Snead, OF Lyn chburg. and is one Of the best
known young men in Virginia. He served
through the Spanish American war as a
member OF General Lees staff and was
afterward pointed 10 q Government posi-
ton IN Cuba. He recently resigned this to
accept an appointment in the Philippine
Islands.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02
The letter Of Attorney General Griggs to
Mrs. Ellis. replying 10 the 'rcular reads.
Whoopisg Cough in Souih Dakota.

1t isn't often the Democrat takes any
stock in proprietary preparations. but
having had occasion to use the Chamber
lain's Cough Cure IN recent case Of
whooping cough we found il most ex-
ceIlent remedy. and one that gives she
child Immediate relief. Being pleasant TO
the taste children do not object to TAX
ing it, and tt keeps the cough loose. and
if given freely and as directed. there is
practically no danger whatever from the
disea=e.-"HoV-ard. S D.. Democrat"
For sale by Henry Evans, wholesale and
retail, and all druggists.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02
CUBAN COMMERCIAL VESSELS.
4 Bill Providing for RefundinE OF
Tonnage Taxes.

4 Bill Providing for RefundinE OF
Tonnage Taxes.
The Committee on Insular Affairs OF the
House Of Representatives, 10 which was
referred the Senate bill relating to Cuban
vessels. has recommended as an amend
ment the following:
That the Secretary Of the Treasury is
hereby authorized to refund out Of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated. upon application and satisfac-
tory evidence, tonnage taxes and light
dues which have been imposed on vessels
owned by citizens of Cuba entering ports
of the United States since April. II. 1889,
which have been in excess Of the tonnage
taxes prescribed by section II OF the act
of June 70, 1886.
"At the close Of the war with Spain the
inhabitants Of the Island of Cuba owned a
number OF vessels that had been employed
in coasting trade and 10 some extent in
trade with this country. They were YES
sells Of capacity. and the owners mostly
declined to continue TO navigate them I'M
der the Spanish flag and refused to trans
fer them to any other foreign country.
The Cuban flag had no international sg-
nifcance especially after the ratification
Of the Paris Treaty.
Cuba did not become part OF the Uni
ted states and her vessels had no right TO
the American flag. This Government, by
the lerms Of the Paris Treaty, continued
its military occupation of the island and
undertook 70 discharge certain interna-
tional obligations on behalf OF the people
thereof. On the June 16, 1899, President
Mckinley made an order providing that
Cuban vessels. duly dOcumented as such,
should carry the Cuban flag as a distine-
tive signal. and float the American eoiors
above II 10 Difference 10 the peculiar lime
tied control which this country had as
sumed over the affairs of the island
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02
FROM SORROW TO JOY.
4 Wake over son Changes {" a
Jubilee.

CHICAGO. Feb. An affecting family
reunion took place last night at the home
Of Alderman Charles Martin 1888 Union
Avenue. II occurred upon the alderman's
return from a flying trip 20 St Louis.
whittier he had been called by the St
Louis police to claim the body OF his son.
reported killed by railroad train.
When the coffin was all ready and pre-
parations had been made for the wake at
the house. young Martin waike' in. He
had been assaulted and robbed the pre-
vious day by tTamps and his clothes and
valuables were taken. Il Is believed that
one Of the robber tramps was killed at St
Louis and the stolen clothes caused the
mistake in the Identification The family
changed the wake 70 jubilee.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02

few doses of MUNYON'S COLD
CURE viii break up any cold and
prevent pneumonia IL relieves head.
no-se. throat, ami lungs almost In
sinntly. These little sugar pellets
rRu be conveniently carried In the
vest pocket for use at any time, or
anywhere. Price 20 cts. at all drug
Eists.
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ANNUAL REPORTS FILED.
business Of the Washington Traction
ComPany's Railways.

The annual reports for 1899 Of the eight
city and suburban street railways Of the
District, controlled by the Washington
Traction and Electric Company. we're sub
mitted to the Senate yesterday. The re-
ports are OF particular interest 10 business
men. because Of the fact that they are
the first made since the organization Of
the Washington Traction and Electric
Company. and the first showing a full
years business under the control Of that
syndicate. The reports submitted are those
of the Capital Railway. the Washington
and Great Falls. the City and Suburban.
the Georgetown and Tenleytown. the
Anaeostia. the BrightwoOd. and the Met
ropOlitan
Briefly stated, the figures given show
that all of the lines have done less bust
ness than in the previous year. The
gross receipts are smaller. The lines
which show net earnings for the year
show a less amount than IN 1895 and
those which show a dAfcit exhibit an in
crease in this respec.. Three lines only,
the Metropolitan, tie Columbia, and the
Great Falls show net earnings. On all
the suburban lines. excepting the Great
Falls. the operating expenses were larger
than the total receipts.
Officers Of the company attribute this
decrease in business TO the construction
under way on many OF the lines during
a greater part OF the year. In some
cases cars have not been operated for
long periods. and at all times the torn
up streets and other disadvantages during
improvements are said 10 have cut into
returns. IL is probable also that the uni
versal transfer system on the lines has
reduced receipts up to this time whatever
its result will be when al the lines are in
operation satisfactorily with rapid transit
The gross receipts, operating expenses
and net earnings on all the lines are as
F1II
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02
MUNYON'S FAMOUS REHEDIES.

Ills Rheumatism Cure relieves in few hours
seldom fails 20 cure In few days; his Dyspepsia
ture will cure cny case 81 indigestion OF stomach
;rou6le; 80 per cent Of kidney complaints. incIud.
mg B1ghts Disease. can be cured with his Kidney
Cure. 81 cures for 81 ailments. Every druggist
SELL them-nostly 2b cents vial. II you are in
hopt to the nature Of your disease. call upon
0unyous doctors THEIR SERVICES ARE FREE
623 Thirteenth St. N. W.
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ter he made specific enquiry as TO what
pledges were pade by representatives OF
Philadelphia and also expressed a desire
TO know by whom and in what terms The
hedges were made.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02
HeCht's Greater Stores Set the Town Wondering

h mere e We
m d P
There De btup he rendering # these g The alterations in blI % already td
Inh q @ an d fh viii Re tore q I
W Be x g
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II is interesting to note in passing that
the Official estimate OF the Washington
Traction and Electric Company officers last
summer was that the gross earnings OF
these lines. excepting the City and Sub
urban, for the year beginning July l. 1899
would be 81. $50 eco. The actual earnings
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02
THAT CONVENTION FUND
The Philadelphia Republicans Cash
Net Yet FOFtkcz Ming.

Number OF Leading Politicians De-
nouncc the Committee for Using
Opern boune Tactics-N Threat
Made To TRk- the National Dele
gates To New York or Chicago.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02

Those who once drink Heur;ch's beer viii al
WAYS favor A pure beer like MaeTzen, Senate, and
Lager. The qualities Of these beers always leave
a reminder Of how beer brewed Of the best
male ana hops taste. Phone ga, Arlington Bot
Ting Co, fer case.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02

II you are tired taking the large old-fashioned
gripping pills, try Carter's Little Liver Pills and
take some comfort. A man can't stand every
thing. One pill dose. Try them.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02
The Hat and Cap Reductions.

Our Hat Department was one OF the
first to take stock and the inventory
reductions were made last week. The
prices are already so absurdly low that
further reductions are impossible.
Every Hat is silk-lined and has silk
band. The shapes are ali the fayOrites
OF 800. Choice OF Mems Alpines,
DeTbys, Rough Riders. Crushes.
etc; $50 and 81 values. Re QGC
duced to.......-........... o.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02

GXNAMD not recommended r.
- w HAiAA everything: but II you
ROOT t si61s}: !, li Ti b. q ,oI bad
the remedy you need. At druggists in
cent and dollar sizes. You may have q
bottle OF this wonderful new discovery by
free; also pamphlet telling all about Il an
great cures
address DR.. Kiimer Co. Binghamton. N
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02
Csc Sheet Music. I6c.


Ben Hur Chariot Race"
May OShes"
Indy Ny Black Belle. Do"
Down Old New England Way"
Ben Hur Waltz
Without Your Love. Let Ne Die"
"ImpecuniOus Davis"
Reception Night"
And hundreds Of other 25c music at
Ice per copy.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02
Boys SOC Caps, l9C.

We have gathered all the small lots
OF Boys Caps into one lot Some are
Golf Caps. all wool. with silk lining
Others are silk-lined Tams. In choice
colors. Some are Military Caps. with
leather visor and silver band and
buttons. with braided crowns. 10C
Values up to soc. Reduced to-. ~
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02

Csc Sheet Music, SC.
We select LOCO copies Of popular hits
as special leader for Saturday. Reg
ular 25c music at Sc Among the titles
are:
In Vale Of Chilhowec"
Il Want Real Coon
Put Oh the Golden Robe.
Mammals Kinky Headed Coon"
Flora Lee
The Song We Love to Hear"
The Prayer ! Learned at Mothers
Knee" and many others.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-02

Saturday Linen Specials.
Small lot superior Glass tic
Towels. fringed; sc value. "
All-linen Plaid Glass Toweling; 1ZC
regular Sc lue................. 10
Ali-linen Huck Towels; fast
edge borders good size; u lie Q2C
Pleached Honeycomb Towels; en-
bossed; fringed; size 23X45; 15c OsC
Nalue- sssss -
A small lot OF Monte Cloth Bureau
Scarfs with Nile green centres;
fringed all around; while they 19JC
White Table Damask rich
designs, usually sells al 25c. 1QC
for.........-.-..-.... ~
All-linen Damask Doilies. with S0C
red borders: 81 value; per doz.. ~
Turkey Red SIS Table Covers.
warranted fast cOlors; always 81, Coo
now ...--.---.-.--...N W
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623 Thirteenth st. \. ".
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-01-30
Death Of . Carrier Pigeon.

Acarrier pigeon met with an untimely
end in midlake off Racine recently, and
it's message will never be delivered. AS
the Byron Whitaker steamed up Lake
Michigan Capt. Lewis Elliott noticed a
pigeon which seemed to be tired
out trying to reach the vessel.
The bird was surrounded by flock of
seagulls, which seemed to be bent on
keeping it from reaching the boat.
Finally the bird succeeded in getting
away from it's tormentors, and came
toward the Whitaker with great speed.
It alighted on the top of the smoke
stack, was instantly overcome by the
heat and fell inside. So interested was
Capt. Elliott in his visitor that he had
the breeding of the boiler removed,
but the bird was dead before it was
reached. A message tied to its right
leg had been burned off. On the leftleg
was silver ring with the marks &c
55s."-Chicago Evening News.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-01-30
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The vegetable ivory of Ecuador is the
nut of a native palm. The exports
amount to 1850 tons per annum, OF
which two-thirds go to Germany and
one-sixth to the United States.
The German firm of Krupp are said
to be making trial of some light five-ceD-
timeter field pieces which are con-
structed of compressed paper. The
good service of paper in car wheels sug-
gested the experiment.
A Chicago workingman has discov-
cred process by which plate glass can
be made from Stag, the waste material
in iron and steel manufacture, and the
federal steel trust proposes to build a
plant to turn out the new product.
A glass factory has been started at
st. Helens, England, in which the whole
system of blowing is replaced by an
automatic arrangement of molds and
blowpipes worked by compressed air.
The output has been much increased.
Press dispatches report the success
full trial of telephone apparatus, with
out wires, from moving trains, by Prof.
D'Avar, of Rome, Italy. According to
accounts several trials have been mad e
on trains running northward from that
city.
One great reason for the popularity
of the automobile is that it can be more
readily managed by women than horse
drawn vehicles. Many women object
to driving horses on account of their
liability to shy or bolt. The automo-
bile offers marked advantages in this
respect, but no lady should try running
an automobile until she thoroughly un-
derstands the mechanism.
AT the southern entrance to the Suez
canal, at Port Tewfk, there is an oil
installation. The oil is stored in vast
quantities in tanks for use either by
ships or in houses. The tanks each
have capacity of 1000 tons of liquid
fuel for such steamers as may be fitted
to burn it. Special trucks are provided
for sending oil by rail and the wants of
the neighborhood are supplied by small
oil tanks.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-01-30

years. Before that time Bill and Ben
were known as inseparable-in fact
had been schoolmates together-and
had purposely arranged it so as they
might operate upon the same line.
The primary cause of the estrange-
ment is not known even to the most in
innate friends of the men. 1t is be-
Geyed to have been some trivial affair.
which an explanation would easily have
set right. Both, however. felt too much
pride to take that step. The first in
timation that snything was amiss be-
tween the two which their acquaint-
ances and fellow-employes had was
that they were not seen as much to-
gether after working hours and ceased
to visit each other.
1t last, SO it is said by employees of
the road, Walsh reported bis erstwhile
friend for some slight fault, and a
few weeks after Lindsay reported
Walsh for the same error. From that
time on greetings and conversations
were at an end between the two men
Among the other employees Of the
line the two are spoken of as the
"mutes." They furnish much merri-
ment TO their fellow-workmen, who
have many wagers up as to which shall
first break the silence.
At noon when it is time for the mo-
torneer to eat his dinner. the conductor
goes to the front platform and touches
him on the shoulder with his finger.
The signal is readily understood. Lind
say leaves his post and while dining
Walsh takes charge of the car. On his
return the conductor takes his leave
This thing is kept up for 365 days in
the year. Both men have been in the
service of the company for many years,
and the managers say that both stand
high upon the books.-St. Louis Re-
public.