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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
NEW YoRK's CORRUPTION FUND
4 Plan to Raise 100000 to Inf1u.
ence Legislation.


NEW YORK, March Following close
| upon the order which Chief of Police Dew
Grey issued late on Thursday afternoon for
| bidding patrolmen to contribute to a fund
to influence legislation, it became known
today that the police force was only one
of three sources from which it was in
tended to raise big corruption fund for
the purpose of putting through" the Leg
| islature the Ford and Maher bills reducing
the hours OF duty of policemen and firemen.
| The gamblers and the iremen were to con-
| tribute to the fund, and it was to be used
| to defeat the Lewis bill, repeating the Hor-
! ton boxing law. the Fellows policy bill, as
well as to bring about the passage of the
| firemen's and policemen's measures. It
| was also intended that the fund should be
, used in an effort to knock out the bill pro-
hibiting telegraph and telephone companies
from serving pooirooms with betting odds
from the racetracks. 1t was said today that
this had not been as profitable a year for
these legislators in Albany as some others,
end that they were anxious to make little
money to help pay their expenses.
The assessments Of poolrooms. It WIS
said, ranged from $3.50 TO s4O0. The policy
kings were to put up $50, 0e0. The police
men of New York were to contribute $40
each, making a fund of $50. 900, and the
men in the fire department were to put
up 100000. The poolroom fund would
amount to about $50. 600, making the total
amount to be distributed about $4,000.
Most of it was destined for two Assembly
men and three Senators, whose names were
used with great freedom today by the men
who contributed to the bribery fund
This afternoon the police board met and
adopted a resolution designed to shut off
police contributions to the fund.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
HAS NO COMPETITOR.
One Patent Medicine Which Has the
Field 10 Itself,

prominent physician was recently
asked why it was there are so many blood
/ purifiers " nerve tonics. and medicines
! for every i'll except one of the most com
| mon and annoying diseases. viz, piles.
| He replied there are two principal rea-
! sons: First. physicians and people in gem
| eral have thought for years that the only
! permanent cure for piles was a surgical
| operation and that medicinal preparations
| were simply palliative and not a cure for
| &c trouble.
| Another reason is that piles, unlike
many other diseases. is in no sense an i'm
| aginary trouble. A sufferer from piles is
very much aware of the fact. and for this
reason the few pile salves and ointments,
etc. have been short lived because the pa
tient very soon discovered their worthless
ness.
He continues: However. there is a new
pile remedy which. judging from its pop
ularity and extent of its sale will soon
take the place of all other treatments for
piles. 1t has certainly made thousands of
cures in this obstinate disease and its
merit. repeatedly tested, has made It
famous among physicians and wherever in
troduced. The remedy is sold by drug
gists everywhere under name OF Pyramid
Pile Cure.
1t is in convenient. suppository form.
composed of harmless astringents and
healing oils, gives immediate relief in all
forms of piles and radical cure without
resort to the knife and without pain or
interference with daily occupation.
One strong recommendation for the rem
edy is that it contains no cocaine nor
opium and is absolutely safe TO use at any
time.
One of the suppositories is applied at
night, is absorbed and the cure is natural
and painless.
1t permanently cures itching bleeding
or protruding piles and is the only remedy
except a dangerous surgical operation that
will do so.
All druggists sell a complete treatment
OF the suppositories for so cents, and the
Pyramid Drug Company, of Marshall,
Mich. will mail free TO any address little
book on cause and cure of plies which may
be of assistance in chronic cases.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
RAILROAD PLANS FAVORED
The Boar of Trad Discusses the
B. q 0. Proposition.
New Routes and improvements An-
proyed-ConEress Asked to strike
From the Pending Bill the Allow
nnce of Sl.5oo.0O0 for Part of the
Cost Estimated for the Work.

After an extended debate, and despite
strong appeals from citizens of the locality
most affected. the local Board of Trade voted
last night TO approve the Baltimore and
Ohio project for abolishing grade crossings.
One change in the bill was recommended,
however, the vote thereon being unani-
nous. Congress was asked to strike out
the allowance of 81, 500, 900 proposed by the
railroad company and approved by the
Commissioners. In form the expression of
opinion of the Board was as follows:
"Inasmuch as the improvements provided
for in the Railroad bill and in this report
are properly the work of the railroad, we
are opposed to the appropriation of public
funds except TO pay the expenses OF
bridge approaches and changes OF grade
We regard the company's demand for
s.. 500 600 as unreasonable, and we recon-
mend that Congress be urged TO ignore
that request for a gratuity."
A report from subcommittee brought
the matter before the Board That sub
committee came into the meeting with
plan for an entire new route, which would
defect the Baltimore and Ohio tracks into
two curves TO the northeast of lexington.
The argument made was that the COM
panys project. as approved by the DIS
trict Commissioners, would close certain
streets in lexington, while the change
suggested would keep those streets clear.
Messrs A r. Server and W. ]. Hender-
son spoke very earnestly in favor OF the
committee report and against the railroad
company's plan. But the Board did not
concur, and by vote of Is to 1S rejected
those clauses of the committee report
which suggested any change of track route.
This vote, although small, was fairly rep
resentative. as those present at the meet
ing were the extremists on both sides.
On the second prorosition-that the rail-
road bear the expenses alone, except as to
bridges and approaches-there was little
debate. Only one member opposed the
amendment and he did not vote against II.
It was apparently the unanimous opinion
of the Beard that the Commissioners had
erred in recommending the allowance To
the railroad.
Several other subjects were to have been
discussed, but the meeting extended well
into the night before the vote on the rail-
road bill The only other action taken con-
cerned the early survey records OF the Dis
trict. It was advised by the Board that
such records be placed in the custody OF
the District Surveyor.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
hSHIP ANDTWO MEN Lost
The Schooner Golden Sheaf Aban-
dOned in Mid Ocean.
One Seaman end the Mate D-owned
While the Crew of the Steamer
MOkta Was Attempting n Rescue
The Captain and Four Men Saved
From Philadelphia Coal Laden.

PHILADELPHIA. March 1.-The steamer
Mokta, which arrived at Delaware Break
water this morning from Huelys Spain,
with five survivors OF shipwreck, reports
the total loss. in a terrible storm at sea
on February q, of the schooner Golden
Sheaf, which left Philadelphia Fehr Iary Is
for Christianstadt, st. Croix. with $50 tons
of bituminous coal, valued at 81, 461. No
news OF the schooner had reached her
agents since her departure from this port.
and enquiries regarding her were begin
ming to reach the Maritime Exchange.
The captain of the schooner, William
Chandler. and four of the crew were saved.
The mate. William Seyford, and one sea-
man were lost The name Of the seaman
drowned with Mate Seyford 10 not yet
known.
The Mokta reports that on Tuesday last,
February 81 in latitude "a degrees west,
longitude Sc degrees north. while terrific
gale was in progress, a dismantled
schooner was sighted in distress. 1t af-
terward proved to be the Golden Sheaf.
She was in extremely bad condition and
nothing could be done but abandon her in
the midst of the storm.
The Mokta with great difficulty rescued
four of the crew. while her captain, Chan
der, was picked up by an unknown Nor
wegian bark.
So great was the difficulty In getting
near the doomed vessel due TO the noun
famous seas and high gale. that the gal
liant captain and crew of the Mokta were
Obliged to stand by and see the mate and
one sailor go down in the sea alongside
the schooner.
The Golden Sheaf was a wooden schoon-
er, built in 1874 at Cape Elizabeth Me-.
and was the property of W. S. Jordan &
Co. Portland, Me. She registered 400 tons
and was 12S feet long 81 feet wide, and II
feet deep.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
THE LEAGUE MEETING.
Club Presidents Warned to BE Ready
for u Hurry Call.

NEW YORK, March John T. Brush,
Chairman of the National League Circuit
Committee, has sent out a circular letter
to the various club presidents relative to
the proposed meetings of the magnates.
One of these letters found its way into the
hands of the Brooklyn club president today.
Nothing short of a dynamite explosion
could have induced the President of the
Brooklyn Club to tell what the Brush letter
contained, but, as matter of fact. 1t SIM
ply notified the former manager of the
Brooklyns that he must hold himself in
readiness for hurry call to be Issued at
any moment. Il is probable that Brush
will order the meeting for the first Of next
week.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
THE PURE FOOD CONGRESS.
Additional Appointments to the Com
mittee on Reception.


The Reception Committee of the National
Pure Food and Drug Congress, appointed
with power to select sub committees, met
pursuant to adjournment at the National
Hotel, in psrlor 50, yesterday. There were
present Prof. W. D. Bigelow, of the De-
partment of Agriculture, Chairman, and
Messrs H. W. 0ffutt, A. f. Acker, J. f.
Brown. W. W Marmaduke. H. C. Brown
ing. and Captain De Ravenei.
After some discussion as to the repre-
sentatives and members of the committees
from the District of Columbia, it was de-
cided that each one of the organizations
entitled to representation in the congress,
which had appointed delegates and re-
ported their names to the secretary, would
be requested to secure the attendance of
their delegates at the meeting TO be held at
the National Hotel on Monday night next,
and delegates so appointed were requested
to act as members of the general reception
committee, and the representatives of the
various organizations were requested to act
especially as reception committee for
kindred visiting organizations. In addi-
ton to the delegates from the various or
CARNATIONS previously announced the fol-
lowing gentlemen were requested to repre-
sent their especial trades and professions:
TO be selected. Bakers, H. b. 'Leary, Boston
Bakery Company; A. C. Shannon, National Bis
cunt Company. Bottlers, Anherscr- Busch Com
psny; Pabst Brewing Company; J. Schlitz. Brew
eIs, Charles Heurch, and two others to be select
cd. Butchers, I. 7. kean; J. Henry Buseher;
Walter Brown Packing houses, the G. II. Ham
mond Company; Armour Company; Swift Com
pany. Butter, cheese, and eggs, II. G. CoburE;
C. NJ Oyster; Chaplin & Beall; NJ. Kingsley.
Coffee rossters, ]. f. Banes; W. C. Lown; S. r.
Waters. Confectioners, F. S. Huyler's; George
NJ Meuller John Sturile. Diaries Corbin Thomp
son; the Belmont Dairy; J. W. Gregg;
Wsggoner's Swift Dairy; L. E. Breun-
niger Distilles, Thomas j. Clark.
Flour, George W. Cassel, Georgetown; W. II. Ten
pey; NJ w. Gait. Provisions, John A. Hughes;
John Walker; C. A. DAILY. Saloons, Ernest Gersten-
berg; Frank Mann; Charles Deitz. Wines and
liquors, Henry Xander; Charles Kramer; the
To-Kalon Wine Company. Wholesale liquors.
Keenan, a. Pagan; Richards Co. Wholesale
druggists, L. A. Tschinelly.
After appointing the above committees
and directing the secretary Of the advisory
committee to notify them Of their appoint
ment and request them % attend the
meeting at the National Hotel on Monday
night at O'Clock, the committee ad-
journed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
Isaac Kent Pleads Guilty.

Isaac s. Kent colored, charged with ar
son. yesterday withdrew his plea of not
guilty and entered a plea of guilty to the
indictment. Kent is accused Of setting fire
to his own property, on premises II Fourth
Street northeast, in November last. When
he appeared in court his attorney, Perrie
Frisby, asked permission to offer some tes-
timony as to the defendants previous good
reputation. This was granted, and several
prominent residents Of the District said
that they had known Kent for seven or
eight years, and that they considered him.
until he was indicted for this offence,
sober, honest, and industrious man. Kent
for several years conducted grocery store
at Arundel on the Bay, Md. He was re-
manded to Jail to await sentence.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
BUILDING INSPECTORS REPORT.
Work Done i'm the District During
Last Month.

The Inspector of Buildings has sub
mitted 20 the Commissioners his report of
building operations in the District for The
month OF February.
Permits were issued for the number and
character OF buildings as follows:
Twenty nine brick dwellings. sza7. 800. Two
frame dwellings. 5000; twenty-three brick re.
pairs. ss,7lo: fourteen frame repairs. 81 rs; one
apartment house, $50, 900. seven engine and boil.
ems, sl0sS5 three brick stables S. 900; two frame
stables, $50; two frame waiting rooms, $500; two
vaults S225; one wood and coal yard $500: one
oriek shed, $500; sixteen frame sheds, $52a Max
ing total OF loS structures at cost Of sss4 T5s
The following summary will show the
distribution of Improvements in the diff
ferent sections of the city and the value
Of the same:
Northwest. buildings. SOB 225:- repairs. :, 4lo.
county, buildings $500. repsrs. Sl, 9s5; south
east buildings. l57oo; repairs 81 SEQ; northeast
buildings. sli,625: repairs S52s; Southwest biId
SO; total repairs, sIi 95s - T'-'
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
CAPTAIN METZGER INJURED.
Rum Down by Wagon on Eight
eenth Street.

Capt Philip Metzger, about sixty years
Of age. veteran of the civil war, and an
employe Of the Interior Department, was
run over and seriously injured Thursday
night about s o'clock at the corner Of
Eighteenth Street and Riggs Place north
west, by a wagon driven by Robert Dixon,
colored. Captain Metzger was removed to
his home, 1924 Eighteenth Street northwest
by the police of the Eighth precinct sta
ton and medical aid summoned. His con-
dition last night was reported as serious
Directly after the accident the police be-
gan an investigation, which resulted last
night In the arrest of Dixon. He was
locked up at the station, and will probably
be held to await the result of Captain
Metzger's Injuries IL was stated last night
that Dixon, who is employed as driver by
Henry C. Ewald, Of 1874 Fourteenth
Street northwest, was driving at a moder-
ate rate when the accident occurred. 1t Is
believed the injured man did not notice
the approach of the wagon until it was
almost upon him, and 1t was then too late
for him to avert the unfortunate accident
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
THE GATE CITY BREAKING UP
Cargo to the Value of $4,000 Re.
moved From the Ship.

NEW YORK. March 1.-The Savannah
Line steamer Gate City. which drove
ashore three miles west of Moriches, I. l.,
on the night of February S, broke in two
az o'clock this morning. While it was
hoped at first that she could be got off,
heavy gales drove the vessel further in
side the bar on which she struck and dam
aged her so that efforts to float her were
given up and the wreckers have confined
themselves to removing her cargo.
Over two-thirds of the cargo, greater
part of which is said to be unchanged.
has been removed from the wreck. What
is left consists of general merchandise and
a little cotton.
A despatch received in this city this
morning from the Moriches life saving
station stated that no one had been left
on board the Gate City. The crew and the
wreckers numbered thirty-five in all They
landed in their own boats this morning
and began to put up tents on the beach.
Three officers OF the Gate City are at the
Moriches life-saving station. The value of
the cargo taken out of the vessel is esti-
mated at about $50, 600. 1t is to be for
warded to its destination.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
THE TELEPHONE BILL.
The Business Mems Association Gives
1t Hearty Endorsements.

A special meeting of the Business Men
Association was held last evening at the
rooms Of the organization. 1S45 Pennsyl-
vania Avenue In the absence of the Presi-
dent. W. S. Knox. Mitchell Dyrenforth
occupied the chair, the other. members
nreseut being Messrs v Baldwin johnson,
8 C. Palmer w F. GUIDE, H. F. GetZ. j.
C. Ersood. John Leetch, William Hahn, O
H. Syme. W. W. Danenhower, H. F. Wood
ard. r. P Andrews. and Barry Buckley
Communications from the Georgetown
Citizens Association and from John A.
Baker. regarding the proposed Centennial
Avenue and the encroachments OF the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad upon the proposed
site. were read and refererd to the e1eeu-
tive committee for prompt action. The
meeting unanimously adopted motion TO
endorse the Washington Telephone bill,
and appointed committee composed OF the
following members to appear before the
Committee on the District OF Columbia in
Congress to urge the passage OF the Dill:
Aessrs. Woodland, Baldwin Johnson,
Hahn. Palmer, Ergood, Buckley, Dyren-
forth. and Danenhower-
The action of the Bar Association IN
making Chaplin Brown its president was
endorsed in a resolution commencing the
sterling qualities OF the man and his
worthiness for the position.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03

John Davis, indicted for larceny from
the person, and Oscar Budd. charged with
grand larceny, when called for arraignment
yesterday in Criminal Ccyt No. 1. failed
to respond, and their bali was forfeited
Davis attorney appeared in court later in
the day and stated to Justice Ciabaugh
that his client did not understand tina; he
would be called for arraignment until to-
day. or he would have been present. He
promised to have the absent defendant in
court this morning.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
The Garden VIII Case.

Argument in the Margret A. Garden con-
tested will case was concluded yesterday
afternoon. After the jury was instructed
by Justice Cole on the law governing the
case. it retired to the consultation room
A sealed verdict will be returned on Mon
day. The will of Margret A. Garden is be-
ing contested by her niece. Martha E
Smith, on the ground that it was not prop
erly executed and that undue influence had
been practiced upon the deceased. BY the
terms of the will the estate of the de-
ceased is left to Samuel A. Collier grand
nephew of Mrs Garden.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
DOGS BADLY TREATED.
A Complaint From the Humane So
ciety Concerning Them.

The District Commissioners have re-
ceived a communication from A. S. Pratt,
President of the Humane Society, in which
he says:
Frequent complaints having been made
TO the society OF the cruel treatment Of
dogs by the employees Of the Pcundmaster
in taking them from the streets, our
agents were instructed to investigate the
charges by following the wagons employed
in that work. for week or more. l re-
spectfuliy submit condensed statement Of
their report made through Agent Rabbit,
and trust, IL the same is found correct,
that an order be issued by your honorabla
body to have all dogs SO caught muzzlsd
before they are put in the wagon"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03

HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mass. March e.
The fishing schooner Mondego. Captain
Hickey. OF Gloucester. from Georges
Bank. with so, 600 pounds of haddock. went
ashore last night four miles south OF
Nauset Light. Her crew OF eighteen men
We're saved by the Nauset Light life saw
ing crew. The vessel lies high on the
beach and will probably be a total loss.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
No Money
in Advance.
Treatment
on Trial
and
Approval.
Free Trial Treatment

months Remedies OF wonderful power ana marvellous
trial
DEPOSIT or Obligation exposure collect delivery decep
honof anyk kind. ,u,u -.
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everybody tell that old self had died Yesterday and sell was
IF dumped CARLOAD gold my feet would
gsuchgla life method has done
In answering this and the to send
Write to the ERIE COMPANY Buffalo. N p and
the kcalled MANHOOD"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
A one-Hundred-Ynrd Foot Race.

PHILADELPHIA, March What PROM
Uses to be the greatest 1O0-yard race ever
witnessed in this country will take place
at the University of Pennsylvania relay
games. on Franklin Field, next month
The four fastest sprinters in the country
are entered and a record-breaking race "a
assured. The contestants are: Alvin C.
KraenZlein, University of Pennsylvania;
F. w. Jarvis. Princeton; A. F. Duffy
Georgetown University. and J. W. y.
Tewksbury, University of Pennsylvania
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
If YOur

children have stopped growing,
something is wrong, and serious
trouble may be near. Such chill
dren should take SCOTS Emul-
sion; it's just the fat and bone
forming food they need. Growth
will begin again, and the children
will become strong and robust.
A: all druggists; SOC and sr.oo.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
Pleaded for Her Bu,b,,s

Charles Cash was charged by Judge Kimbau
Yesterday with assault on his wife Magg;o
The woman relented, however and petitioned
the court for mercy toward her husband. cash
IN his own behalf. blamed her for inc ,sss,it
and promised there would not be reDetition
OF H. His personal bonds were taken.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
A Schooner Abandoned mt Sea.

PHILADELPHIA, March "A despatch
from the Delaware Breakwater announces
that the British steamer Mokta, from
Huelva, which passed there this morning
on her way to this city, has aboard four
of the crew of the abandoned schooner
Golden Sheaf, which left this city on Feb
ruary Is for Christianstadt, St. Croix, with
a cargo of 652 tons of bituminous coal val
ued at s1,467, and was commanded by Cap
tain Chandler
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03

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

The Senate Committee on Military Affairs
yesterday gave hearing to a delegation
of women in support of the establishment
of a corps of female nurses in the Army.
No action was taken on the bill
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03
"Coz,1pLefe Manhood
and How to Attain II. i"

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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-03

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