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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-09
REPUBLICANS IN A FIGHT.
4 Row over the National Convention
I'm philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA. April "A serious
conflict is brewing between the Republi-
can National Convention Committee and
the quarrelsome local politicians who are
entrusted with the arrangements for the
convention to be held here in June. Broken
promises and bad faith have caused bitter
words and il is said that II the members
OF the National Committee had known one
month ago what is only too apparent 20
them now. the convention would never
have come to Philadelphia. Nsminally. it
Is question Of money. but the trouble has
its source in Quay's Intellectual efforts 20
get his seat in the United states Senate.
The finance committee proposes TO hold
back the remaining 81. coo of the 100000
guarantee TO pay for the expenses Of alter
ing the Convention Hall This meets with
vigorous opposition from the National
Committee Senator Hanna demands the
money. The finance com.a!Jtee pays no at
teutiou to him. 1t appears 70 be deter
mined that no further portion Of the guar
antee fund shall be paid 10 Hanna uutl
The cost a. remCdeli1g the auditorium IS
taken care Of. 10 is unlikely mat other eN-
ment viii be deducted from tEe promised
fund
The local committeeman are surprised
they say. that Hanna cannot see the fair
ness Of this course. They -all attention tr
the Fact that the SlGC 600 % -se made ny
the Young Republicans ara the Trades
League Gtur-eU=u was made without au-
thority and that iJ is not bindtng upon the
present committee. Hanua's reply 20 this
is that the promise vas made by PniIa-
delphiaus who appeared before the Ma
tioual Committee and lurcd Lde convention
away from Chicago and that Trades League
was represented 20 include f.c00 business
firms Of the city who would nave DO trou-
ble iU raising 500 0Co-
When Mayor Ashbridgo took hOd Of the
fund the reform Republicans ard the
Trades League men were cr1wdcI 90 the
wall Some % them were given unimp0r-
taut places On committees. bl.t the raising
OF the convention fund became an out-and-
out machine affair This disgruntloI the
Teformers. ami undoubtedly has resulted in
keeping back a number Of contributions
that would otherwise have come in. The
/ local fight eliminated a few days ago IA
the removal from control Of aIi counciImen
who were known 10 be autagoUistiC 70 ma
chine methods.
This relates 20 national Affairs only as
| it bears upon the determination Of the ma
chine men TO bother Senator Hanna in col
lecting the remaining S5.GVd due his COM
mittee on the guaraute .Ind Hanna says
he viii have the none: the machine poll
( tlciarS say they woulo like 20 see him get
IL unless all the patronage goes their Wav.
It is estimated that $50, 600 viii pay fer E.
modelling the Convention Hall and rhat
the committee Will ultimately get $50
coo which is considered quite enough uu-
der The circumstances
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BIG FIRE IN NEW YORK.
Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars
Worth of Property Burns

NEW YORK. April 9.--A ffe. that start
cd in the rear Of stable IN Creenpont,
Brooklyn, eerly this morriag. swert over
four bIccks. destroyed the buildings ani
property Of six manufacturing concerns
and caused loss OF about SS0o. .0Ce. six
persons, asleep 10 tie stable where it
started, were taken cut partly osereome
by smcIe. Fifty horses were also recoy-
cred from the building.
Hundreds OF people FED from tencments
threatened by the IRE, taking their belong
ings with them, and there was a scene Ct
great confusion. The AREA burned was
bounded by Box. Clay, and Duck Stree s
and Newtown Creek.
The property burned Was that o. the fol-
lowing firms: Z. c. Smith Manufacturing z
Company, Oakland ana Box Streets, loss
SiO0 00G; Post & McCard Iron Work. P-ge
Avenue and Prospect Street. loss slC0 co.;
Alexander Cullom. coal yard. Page Avenue
and Ash Street, loss S100. .0Q0, B-ooklyn Oh
Works, Oakland Avenue and Ash Stieet,
loss $4,000: Dewey. Right. Church & Co,
soda water manufacturers. estimated less
$4,000; Preferred Wood Yard. Page and
Prospect Streets loss S75. COO. Many 9TH
er firms were also burned out.
Forty hremen were caught IN an alley
way. where they had run a line OF hose
and in a sudden outburst Of fame which
swept down upon them. they narrowly es-
capped with their lives. Eleven hundred
feet Of hose had 10 be abandoned by the
men when they fed. Much OF the hose
was destroyed Some Of the men we're
exhausted by inhaling smoke and heat
but ali recovered
The FIRE has thrown 1500 men out Of
work
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-09
MOUNTS FOR BRITISH SOLDIERS
Fresh Cavalry aud Infantry Horses
Arrive mt HIocmfontcin.

Fresh Cavalry aud Infantry Horses
Arrive mt HIocmfOntcin.
BLOEMFONTEIN. April IA large
number Of remounts for the cavalry and
mounted infantry have arrived here. Seven
hundred Of the horses came by way Of
Norvals Pout and were eight days making
the trip. They we're escorted by hussars
and the animals grazed on the veldt They
are in good condition. General Roberts
will inspect them tomorrow.
Some Beers fired few Ineffective shots
at the hussars as they were moving north
with the horses "Wednesday.
The Ninth Division. General COlville's
went southeast TO BietGCntein yesterday. g..
having been reported that a conference OF
Boer leaders would Zoe held there The
Beers learned OF the advance of the British
and the meeting was abandoned The Brit
ish force saw the retreating Beers The
Field Artillery threw several shells into
the enemy's column. but with what effect
is not known. as the Beers succeeded in ef-
fecting their escape.
Langmans Hospital is occupying the
Ramblers Club which has spacious and
attractive grounds attached 10 it There
are fifty beds for medical patients in the
gymnasium and theatre. SurEiCal tents are
pitched IN the adjoining playground.
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LONDON. April 9.-The situation in
South Africa is far from reassuring. and
the feeling here is one Of intense anxiesy.
Gen. Gatacre. sent out by Gen. Roberts 10
reCapture nearly 600 prisoners now with
the Beers, not only reports that he has been
able TO find no trace OF the missing. but
that the enemy has retaken and now &C
cupies Reddersburg. His latest despatch
SAYS he has engaged a large force Of Beers;
his silence since then is Interpreted as
another re:uIse.
Bloemfonteiu is not cut of, as was
thought On Friday might to be the ease but
the dispatches from the Free state capital
seem to Indicate that communication viii
cease soon unless there is an. early move
meut On force by Lord Roberts.
Though no uI,her heavy loss has been
reported. small slirmishes have resulted
almost invariably in the Beers favor. es-
pecially near Springfield and Rouxyille 1;
seems clear that the Free Staters in all
directions are rcjoining their commandos
being encouraged by success and also In
part cOercCd by threats OF the command
ants
Roberts apparently remains paralyzed
and mis- difficulties are increasing daily in
getting supplies and much-needed horses
through from the south The effect Of last
weeks events is already noticeable. for
the continental press is indulging in scath-
ing criticism Of British generalship. Even
here Lord Roberts is not escaping entirely.
1t is expected that the Beers will now
resume activity in Natal. where the news
OF late has been exceedingly scanty.
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READY TO BET ON DEWEY.
New York SpecUIntorS Have Faith i'm
Ills Wiau.ng ii Nominated.


NEW YORK. April a-The Herald TO-
day says
"Admira. Dewey-s candidacy for the
Presidential nomination has brought ante
convention betting 20 a standstHI. and the
gamblers who wager on elections. not
from the standpoint OF Individual senti-
mei s. but purely from "a business point OF
view are not making any propositions Of
odds ,u any Of those who have been named
as lin l. candidates.
Joe Ven Zig. who several weeks ago Of
fe-ed the oposition that If Mckinley and
Bryan were the candidates he would bet
S,0.OO0 against $1,000 on McKinley's eIoc-
tioD, SAYS that il Dewcy succeeds in win
ming the nomlpaJion ne will only offen even
money anc Will take the Dewey end OF the
bet. VenCig has been heavy better in all
National ard State elections and has also
h.,ndled q ~ placed the money for some OF
the heaviest election betters in the coun-
try.
Il figured President Mckinley a five to
one chance as against Bryan" said John
r. COnsidine last night and was ready TO
wager my money al those odds. but with
Admiral Dewey IN the field things appear
in very different light and / shall hold
off AMI dc no betting until after the con-
yentiOus. CE,u Il Dewey is nominated /
shall ger NY money on him. for he is
the lOgiCs. winner. 4 well-established
war record IS the strongest qualification a
candidate can carry in the field OF politics.
He viii be the natural favorite In the bet
ting J 'hink, as things look today.
Their is never much money bet on the
result OF conyentiors. except in the cities
where the cOnven ions are held. and n IS
not until the conventions are ended and
the campaign is wcll under way that the
big betting men begin TO figure on laying
their money out. With Mckinley and Dew
ey running there viii De big betting this
year on the result Of the election"
y do not think there will be very much
betting until after the conventions" said
Honest John" Kelly. Then IL McKin-
ley and Dewey make the race there viii
be heavy betting. at, I should Judge about
evens. ] don't think there will be any de-
cided favorite. although il Bryan should
get the nomination against Mckinley il
looks as though the latter would be a top
heavy favorite.'
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-09
GOSSIP IN COLUMBUS.
The Administration Forewarned Of
Admiral Dcvvey'S Candidncy.

Admiral DcWey'S Candidacy.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. April 9.-Gossip and
paragraphers have had such merry time
Of it this week. making Mrs. Dewey the
source and inspiration Of the AdmiraTs
Presidential ambition. that 10 may add sea-
soning 20 the consomme Of Dewey talk n
record that IL was another Washington
society woman who first told about Dew
ey's wanting 10 run for President In
stead Of insisting upon a woman's pre-
rogatiye OF having the last say. this wom-
an bad the first say and she was laughed
al for her pains.
She vas Mrs. John A. Logan. II was
soon after Mrs. Logans son the major.
afterward shot i'm battle. landed in Ma
Mia. One morning very early for call
Mrs. Logan hurried over TO the White
House and told the President she had Just
received an important letter from the ma
ior. He had written that there was a
plan-Najor Logan called il a conspiracy
-inimical 10 the Administration Dewey
vas 70 marry John r. McLean's sister and
was 10 be brought out as the Democratic
candidate for President
The President would not believe the
story, but in face OF Mrs. Logan's posi-
tveness disguised his doubts. To mem
bers Of the Cabinet and his official family
whom he regaled with this Manila tale. he
expressed his increduhty which they shar-
ed But Mrs Logan probably has not for
gotten her fruitless morning call al the
White House
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SENTENCED FOR GAMBLING.
4 Negro Cripple Fined Fifteen Dol
Inrs in the Police Cnnrt

George Richardson. colored cripple.
who las long been familiar object Of
charity in the streets. was tL,s morning
aIraig2ef before Judge KimbalI charged
win permitting gambling on his premises.
Richardson entered plea of guilty and
represented 10 the court that the total
amount OF money in the game being played
was but 80 cents He stated that while he
was charged with gambling he had indulg-
ed in the game simply for pastime Judge
Kimbell stated that it was a case Of easy
come. easy go. The idea" he said. of
a man begging and soliciting sympathy and
aid because he is a cripple and then gamb-
ling away what he has begged fine os
$40 and a sentence Of fifteen days IN jail
were imposed.
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ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE.
Dawson city, Record for a single

Jay.
VICTORIA British Columbia April g.
An epidemic q suicide seems 10 have
struck Dawson on March =. gor. by Gu
rious coincidence. on that date there were
three attempts at solf-destrucuou, the
cause IL each case being drink. The trio
were Corp. y. W. Watson. OF the Yukon
Field Force, who shot himself through
the hip. but will recover. Eddie Dolau. a
variety performer. wei known all alocg
the coast, who has a flesh wound I'm his
breast, but will also pull through, and
Captain Thornton. q visitor in the K'uu-
dix, from Edinburgh Scotland. who sent
a .3S-calihre missile crashing JbIocgh his
brain
Watson had been missing from the bar
racks for twenty days aud i'm the course
Of his wild carousal had resortcd 90 les
perate eXpejieuts iu order 10 obtain funds.
He CashCd 'WO bogus checks and then
tried highway robbery. holding up two
pedestrians ia bread daylight at a pistols
mouth He is row az the Police Hes
pital, and on rs recovery will be tried
by court martial His family are among
the nobility of Eci7nd while a bIOthe-
Colonel Watson is or Gen. Sir Redvers
Buffers stan. .,1d b-other-in-law. Ken
uedy, is ah3 ~CryiIs' the Queen in South
Africa.
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A YOUNG VETERAN SUICIDES.
IH-HenIth Makes IA Former Soldier
DcspOndcnI.

CHICAGO. April 9.-Taylor G. We'd. a
veteran Of the war in the Philippines
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head in a room at the Mem
tone Hotel, Dearborn AveuGe and Erie
Streets, last night
The victim was thirty four wears OLD.
and a son OF T. s Wood. a wealthy mine
owner Of Leadviie, Colo lie was ser
geant in the First Colorado Volunteer In
fantry, and was in the Philippines until
about six months age. Tl-health is sup
posed to have been the cause
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-09
SUFFRAGE IN THE DISTRICT.
Bills Introduced Providing a Repre-
sentative Government.


a bill to establish a representative form
Of Government for The citizens Of the Dis
triet Of Columbia vas introduced in the
Senate today 10y Mr. Penrose. a similar bill
being introduced in the House by Mr.
Mudd. The measure provides for the abol-
ishment Of the Offices Of the District Com
miszioners at the expiration Of one year
and authorizes the election Of two Iegis-
latiye bodies. board Of aldermen and q
common council. The second section OF the
bill provides that taxes for local purpose
shall be paid onc-half by the citizens OF
the District and oDe-half by the General
Government as at present.
The board Of aldermen is to consist OF
eleven members and the bill designates the
legislative districts in which they shall
be chosen. The board Of common council
is 20 consist OF thirty-two members chosen
from the legislative districts Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. and eleven Of whom
must be appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate. These latter ap-
pointmeuts. however. must be made from
certain legislative districts.
Members OF both boards shall be persons
who have resided in the District Of Coiun-
bia at least three years previous 10 their
election or appointment. Each member Of
the council and OF the board Of aldermen
IS 70 receive a salary Of $500 a year
The mayor OF the city is TO be ex-ofIicio
presiding officer Of the boe-d Of aldermen.
The term OF Office Of the mayor is hred
at two years and he is 10 be elected By che
citizens Of the District az the same time
and in the same manner as the aldermen
and the cOuucilmen. He mus have been
a resident Of the District Of Columbia for
AT least five years previOLs 10 his election
and his salary is fixed at 5000 a year
While acting as mayor he must not engage
in any other business. His power OF veto
extends for a period Of ten days after an
ordinance Is enacted.
The bill provides that the FIRST election
shall take place the second Tuesday in No
vember Of the year after the bin is passed
Other officers to be elected at the same
time are secretary Of tho District Of Co
lumbia al s. $50 q year. a health officer al
$4,000 a year a deputy health of3cer az
$3.50 a year, and a long list Of other Of
fciais. including those for the public
schools.
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MYSTERIOUS POISONING CASE.
Thirty Disabled Veterans Are Made
DSathly sick.

NEWARK, y. j., April "a mysterious
case OF wholesale poisoning has developed
in the New Jersey Home for Disabled Vet
erans In Kearny. II has leaked out that
thirty OF the inmates were suddenly at
tackled yesterday morning with yioIen,
rotehing and vomiting. followed, in many
cases. by utter collapse. Only the hardest
work by physicians saved the lives OF sew
eral.
Ptomaine poisoning is believed TO have
caused the trouble although Major Rogers
superintendent OF the home. and Dr. Eu-
gene Goldberg have. after the most care
full investigation. failed 10 discover any
trace Of poison in the food the patients ate.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-09
BRADLEY TO BE REWARDED.
:, sHIucky Republicans to Nominate
Him for Representative.


Him for RePreSentatiVe.
LOUISVILLE Ky. April 9.-As a re-
ware for former Governor Bradley. the
Louisville Republicans will nominate him
for the House OF Representatives IN this,
the Fifth, district although he is a resident
Of the Eighth Congressional district. The
Republican ;saders have decided on this as
the best plan 20 harmonic the party in
Louisville and 20 make Bradley the party
leader in Kentucky.
Former Representative William Owens.
who defeated Col. W. c. P. Breckinridge
Is also after the Republican nomination
for Representative in Louisville. Owens
win move here to practice law.
Bids for part OF the 100000 GoebeI re-
ward fund are coming in fast and in the
past week three witnesses have made at
tempts to secure part OF the fund. one OF
these men was William Thalwieuer. Of
New Albany who was investigated and eX-
posed by the Republicans. The accused Re
publiCans say they have evidence 10 prove
that testimony has been bought State
Treasurer Day. a Republican. has sent The
Goebel prosecution word that he is ready
20 testify before the grand jury.
Taylor is expecting a call for troops by
the authorities Of Middlesboro today The
trouble is due to two governments having
been set up in that city, each mayor and
his cabinet claiming TO have been elected.
Much excitement was caused by clash
of the authorities last night when Will
Moslcy. a special policeman. shot Charles
Cecil. a deputy sheriff. and was himself
( killed later by unknown persons. War
rants were sworn out for the arrest Of
Chief OF Police King. John Nosley a
brother of the man killed. and William
Sullivan. The latter two were extra po-
licenlen and went with King TO arrest a
negro released yesterday by the city
| judge. The warrants were issued for the
men on account Of its being said that King
had ordered them to shoot Cecil. The
I feeling between the two factions is bitter
: and The. -ffuaffgl, Is alarming
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Refuse fo Aid strikerr.

ALTOONA, Pa. April s.-The 10, 0OJ min
ers employed by the Berwin White Coal
Mining Company, ar Windber. in the Cen
trail Pennsylvania coal field, yesterday re-
fused 10 aid in the strike movement which
the miners, officials have been endeavoring
to start In order TO aid and support the
striking miners in other parts Of this same
field. A mass meeting was held at Wind
Der. but only a few miners attended to it.
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HESITATION COSTS HER LIFE.
4 Woman Burned 20 Death ut Bal
ieySburE. Pa

DCNCANNON. Pa. ApFn Saturday
about Z o'clock. while ". ". Potter was
returning from a lodge at this place be
discoyered that The house occupied by
George Beers. at Baileysburg. was on FIRE.
As he could not arouse the inmates he
broke in the door and found the husband
wife and two children soundIy sleeping in
their rooms on the second fiOor
As the flames rushed up the stairway the
Two children were pitched out the window
20 Mr.. Potter and the husband follower.
Mrs. Beers hesitated and that instanS ths
floor sank into the flames. carrying her
with it, Her charred remains were dis
covered among the ruins this morning. She
was formerly a miss Page, and was aged
about twenty five years.
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FUNERAL OF GENERAL BACON
The Interment Tomorrow I'm Con.
EresEIOIaI Cemetery

The Interment Tomorrow i'm Con-
gresElOIRI Cemetery.
Funeral services over the remains Of Gen.
Peter F. Bacon, who died at 3 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon at the Garfield Memorial
Hospital, will be held Tuesday at I O'Clock
at the residence, 3S6 Indiana Avenue. Rev.
Richard P. Williams, Of Trinity Episcopal
Church, viii conduct the ceremony. There
will be no address
The interment will take place in the Con-
gressional Cemetery Immediately after the
ceremony. The funeral services and inter
ment will be private, and atteE.ied only by
the immediate family and friends OF the
deceased.
General Bacon was one OF the Oldest na-
tive residents Of Washington, and for many
years leading merchant Of the city.
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Man,s wiId Rom Cor Life.

wILLIAMSPORT, Pa, April 9.-Stum-
bling as he ran over the ties in the Penn
sylvania Railroad bridge last evening to es-
cape being run down by a train. Charles
Noll. fell. half stunned, aerDss the rail,
where he laid until the wheels Of the loco
motive were within a foot of him. when
by a superhuman effort he rolled of to the
beams between the track and side of the
bridge. He was seriously injured.
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THE BRYAN CANDIDATES.
Those Who Favor destruction of Del
egRfcS IC the Convention.

Those Who Favor Instruction Of Del
egHtcS tc the Convention.
The Executive Committee OF the Bryan
Democrats Of the District have announced
their ticket in tho twenty-five districts.
The men named are candidates fer
delegatez and alteraates to the District
Convention which will be held Thursday
OF this week for the purpo . OF
selecting six delegates 70 20 TO the Demo
cratic National Convention. This ticket
represents those who favor the instr Iction
Of delegates to vote for William J. bryan
and the reafirmation Of the Chicago plat
form The ticket Is generally accepted by
the voters as a strong one and the friends
Of tho Nebraskan Sre confident Of victory
at the primaries tomorrow night The
list follows:
First district-Delecatcs EietSr BeyCr.
Armstead Williams. j. T. Brashears. Al
ternates: Andrew Boyer. George W. Flow
er. Harry Perkins.
Second district-Delegates II. p. SulI-
van. W. NICK. Clayton. william T. Hol-
mead. jr. Alternates: Patrick Moore. John
Lower. Nesta Burns
Third district-Delegates John Sullivan,
Chris Hagor, John CFewley- Alternates:
F. Reynolds. r. CrosslS Joseph Couuor.
Fourth district-DeIegetes- John r.
Mason. James Cleary. George T. Hilton
Alternates H o. Kale. George G0snell,
Michael Morris
Fifth district Delegates. james Cieary,
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BASED ON THE ~sAPHor CASE.
A DAMAGE suIt brought Against I<aI.
amaEoo. With.

Ia PORTE. Ind. April the action q
the New York jury. in acquitting O,ga
Netherscle on the charge OF producing an
immoral play IN -Sapho.~ vii be the blsi 3
for an action for SI0.C00 damages aFaInst
the city Of Kalamazoo. Mich.
The authorities Of that city prohkitei
che production Of The play after the larg-
est theatre In the city had been sold cut
for the engagement ". A. Brady and
Manager Bush. OF the Opera House. are
the plaintiffs iu the action for $4,000 dam
ages