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The evening times., 1900-01-08
THE IRISH PRo-BoER MEETING.
The President of the Ancient order
of Uiherninns Tnlks

The meeting Of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians at the Ebbitt House for the pur-
pose of aiding the Beers in their struggle
with England resulted in no definite plans
being adopted.
Our statement. as published in The
Times said the national president OF the
order, John T. Heating, of Chicago. this
morning, lis substantially the result OF
our deliberations last night. Few details
have yet been perfected. but no time will Be
lost in Immediately getting to work to ac-
complish the object which we have at
public against the most tyrannical power
in the world.
Meetings will be held from time TO time
throughout the country. the society will
organize as one man, and | have not the
slightest hesitation in saying that we will
be able TO render no little assistance TO the
patriotic citizens Of the Transvaal Repub-
lie
Even should the Government not coin
eide with our views, and no legislation be
effected empowering US to act officially, We
feel sure that the generous sympathy Of the
people Of this country will more than com-
pensate us for the lack of such aid
1T is mainly through the people, who are
in reality the Government. that we hope to
arouse that sympathy and practical sup
port which will aid the Beers morally and
physically in their unequal struggle"
Mr. Heating left the city today for Chi
cago.
The evening times., 1900-01-08
POLICE FORCE CHANGES
Sergeant Moore Nominated to Sue
ceed Lieutenant Kelly.
A Score of other Promotions and
Many Transfers FolIow-Mnior SyI-
westerns Sweeping Recommends
tiOns-A White House PatroIman
Changed-HOdGes to Be n Sergeant.

Sergt James 4. Moore. of the First
Commissioners by Major Sylvester as the
successor Of Lieut. John F. Kelly, of the
Sixth precinct, who will be reduced at his
own request. The recommendation, it is
understood, will be approved, and Lieu
tenant Moore will be put in command of
the Sixth precinct He will assume his
new duties on January 16. Acting Sergt
Leslie Ellsworth of the Ninth precinct.
has been recommended for promotion as q
full sergeant, vice Sergeant Moore.
In addition Major Sylvester recommended
to the Commissioners the following promo
tions and appointments: Private Yulee
Hodges, of the First precinct, TO be made
acting sergeant, vice Ellsworth, promoted;
Policeman w. w Wheeler, of the Third
precinct, to be promoted from private of
class 1 to a private of class 2, vice Police
man Mcmahon, recently retired; Policeman
C. G. Nauck, of the Eighth precinct, to be
promoted from a private of class 1 to a
private of class 2, vice Policeman Henry,
recently deceased; Charles A. Evans, sta
IlODheopeT dl NJ L SldllOIl, " De
to a private of class l. vice Wheeler, pro-
NOTED; W. T. Raley, telephone operator at
Headquarters, to be promoted to be a pri-
vate of class l, vice Policeman Hawkins,
recently removed; Claiming NJ Edwards,
appointed private of class 1, vice Nauck,
promoted, and James A. Springman. ap-
pointed telephone operator at Headquar-
ters, vice Raley, promoted. All will go into
effect on January 16.
Major Sylvester has announced that a
number of transfers of policemen will be
made known tomorrow.
When Lieutenant Moore assumes his du-
ties at the Sixth precinct change will oc-
cur among the sergeants on duty there.
Sergeant Williams, of the Second precinct,
who is at present detailed at the White
House, will join the command of the new
lieutenant, and Sergeant Goss, who is at
present doing duty under Lieutenant Kelly,
will be detailed in charge of the squad at
the White House.
Lieutenant Kelly will be detailed for duty
at Headquarters, and will practically as
sumo the duties of major and superintend-
ent from the time Major Sylvester leaves
his Office until midnight, when he will be
released.
The position is just such as Lieutenant
Kelly desires, in the main, because it will |
give him an opportunity to try and recu-
perate his failing health.
The evening times., 1900-01-08
HER FIGHT WITH A BURGLAR.
Mrs. Collins Not Seriously Injured in
Inst Nights Encounter.

As the result of her encounter with an
armed burglar at her home, 1926 Twenty
ninth Street. last night Mrs Mary a.
Collins is today suffering from shock and
a knife wound inflicted on her hand.
The police have a coed description of
the burglar and are making every effort
TO apprehend him. According to the police.
the man is evidently a professional. and
a dangerous character.
When the burglar was discovered by
Mrs. Collins, he was in a room in an upper
story of the house. She heard him walk
ing about, and leaving her father in law.
who is eighty years Of age. and son, who
recently recovered from a serious lllress
in the siting-room in the basement, she
went into the street and called upstai~s
thinking that the noise she heard was made
by her son George, who had been calling
next door.
In answer to her call a strange voice in
the upper room answered This is
George" Mrs. Collins realized that the
voice was not that of her son and though
she is a small woman mounted the stairs
She found the burglar standing in the
hallway and seized him. The burglar retail
lated by cutting her with knife After
a struggle the man broke away from the
plucky woman and fled.
George Collins. who had heard the com
motion arrived on the scene at this time
and gave chase. He gained on the fugitive
and when close upon him was fired at. For
tunately the bullet went wide. 1t had the
desired effect of checking the pursuit, how
ever. and the burglar. after hard run.
dashed through a house in "Quackenbush
Row" near the point where Thirtieth
Street interseets the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal and made his escape.
The evening times., 1900-01-08
GREAT CYCLING MILEAGE.
Six New York Women Who Rode
MANY Centuries.


The official mileage report of Recording
| Centurion John T. Wall, of the Century
Road Club of America, for New York shows
some big figures in century riding for the
last year
In the course of the year 1899 six wheel
women of New York city pedaled total of
eli centuries, while in the same period an
equal number of metropolitan wheelmen
rodexa total of 49I centuries.
The remarkable long distance riding of
Miss Jane Yatman and Mrs. Jane Lindsey
in the rivalry between the two the early
part of last fall is well remembered. They
kept riding greater and greater distances
until Miss Yatman rode five centuries in
some eighty hours This was thought to be
the limit, but Mrs. Lindsey rode eight
without stopping Two other New York
ladies have ridden total of more centu-
ries than either of the long distance stars,
although the former only made one or two
1O0-mile runs at a time. The centuries
made by the six wheelwomen spoken of
above were divided as follows: Mrs. E. K.
Bayne, so; Miss Carrie Hitchcock, AS; Miss
Jane Yatman. 33; Mrs. Jane Lindsey, 80;
Mrs. May Smith, 25, and Mrs. Z. NJ. Hitch
cock, %.
OF the New York wheelmen who ride
centuries Gus Egloff easily stands first,
with total Of 131 centuries and 17,401
miles. Egoff's actual mileage is upward of
10000, but, according TO the Century Road
Club checking system, he is entitled only
to the score given. In the same manner c.
A. Lehritter, who stands second, has a pri
yate score OF more than $4,000 miles for the
year, though his official certificates show
only 1928 miles. He rode 121 centuries.
Lehritter, however, wins first prize in the
Metropolitan mileage competition, with a
percentage of 80 $40. This is because of
his worlds record ride OF 10 consecutive
centuries, begun on the evening of August
ls and completed on the afternoon of Au-
gust u. His total riding time in this feat
was lis hours and 40 minutes. Previous
TO this the longest continuous ride was for
10 centuries, made by Egloff a few weeks
earlier.
Egloff's centuries were made up of 121
singles, 29 doubles, II triples, l quad. /
quint, and lilo century trip. Lehritter
rode % single centuries, % doubles, tri-
pies. sextets, and / 15-century trip.
The scores of the leader follow:
Gus Egloff, 13f centuries, 17.401 miles; |
:. A. Lehritter. 121 centuries, 16, 32S miles; |
F. w. Hyde, IS centuries. 1875 miles; DR.. |
s. NJ. Mcintyre, II centuries, 16 432 miles, |
J. b. Post, "A centuries, 1910 miles; p. |
Thomas, % centuries, 1926 miles; c. f. |
Nylander, 81 centuries. II $40 miles; l. Gill |
EFT, GO centuries. 10 226 miles.
Centuries made by other wheelmen in !
Metropolitan competition; c. II. Fessen-
len, AZ; viii r. Brown, "A; J. l.. Demer-
Isl, 3S; Harry Galbraith, 81; John Simp- /
on. 81: A. Fehlhaber, SO; William Mar
hall, 80; H. ]. Genrich. 80; George Sweet |
20; William Halle. 80; p. s. Dieter, 20; |
William H. Lange, 23, and P. A. Dwyer, 23.
The evening times., 1900-01-08
UNDER A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Lee Clements to BE Arraigned for
Alleged Assault 10 KILL

Lee Clements, cclored, who was arrested
yesterday by the police of the Sixth pre-
cinct. charged with assaulting to kill Clay
ton Mitchell, is still held prisoner at No.
station. He will probably be arraigned
in court tomorrow morning. Mitchell is
confined TO a ward at the Emergency Hos
pital, and was today reported to be much h
improved. 1t is thought he will be able
10 appear against Clements In court in the
morning.
the assault on MITCHELL which was COM
mitted Saturday night, is said to have fol-
lowed a quarrel over a game of craps"
Mitchell is said to have slapped Clements
in the face. The act enraged Clements,
who went to his home and secured re-
volver. Later the men met at the corner
of Fourth and K Streets. There the quar-
rel was renewed, and Clements shot Mitch
ell in the neck Mitchell was at once re
moved TO the Emergency Hospital, and
Clements escaped.
After a search, the fugitive was finally
located yesterday by Acting Lieutenant
Byrnes, Acting Sergeant Whelan, and Po-
licemen Mullen and Bean. They found the
man hiding under a bed at 202 Massachu-
setts Avenue northwest He offered re-
sistance and threatened to shoot the police
men, When overpowered and searched it
was fond that the threat was empty, as
Clements had no revolver.
The evening times., 1900-01-08
TWO ARkAIGNED FOR MURDER.
George Ashton and Arthur Landon,
CoIored. Plead Not Guilty.

George Ashton and Arthur Landon, both
colored, charged with murder, We're ar
raigned today in Criminal Court No. l and
pleaded not guilty.
The former will be represented by Attor-
ney Thomas l.. Jones' and the latter by
w Preston Williamson.
Ashton is charged with killing Ida Jack
son. colored. on November % at her home
40 Nineteenth Street northwest, and Lam
don with numbering Henry Bradley, also
colored, on September Il, in a quarrel
about the latter's wife
The evening times., 1900-01-08
Missing From Tbeir Homes.

The police have been requested to look for two
missing people who disappeared from their homes
Saturday morning. Bessie Whitmore, nineteen
years of age left her horne, .6a9 II Street north
west early Saturday forenoon to visit a friend
in another part of the city. and has not yet been
heard from. William Wheaton, nine years of
age, is missing from his home, 32l. Tenth Street
southeast He wandered away about 3 O'Clock
Saturday morning. and is still missing.
The evening times., 1900-01-08
Cte Gpeuins C:ineS
MONDAY. JANrARY $. 100.
The weather Indications.

For the District of Columbia, Eastern Pennsyl-
vanis. New JeJrsey, Delaware, Maryland, and
Virginia-Fair and much colder tonight; fair
Tuesday; high northwesterly winds diminishing.
The evening times., 1900-01-08

Major Sylvester, Chief of Police, has received
a telegram from William II. Hughes, of Boston,
directing that his son, Alphonse Hughes and
Philip Morris, the boys who were arrested Ss<-
urday afternoon 10y Detective Tyscr at the Penn
sylvania depot be held until this afternoon, when
railroad fare win be sent for them 10 return to
Boston, The boys ran away from home.
The evening times., 1900-01-08

Columbia TfeatEe-Jamos I. Powers in "a
Runaway Girl;" evening.
Lafayette Square Opera House-Delia Stacey in
"A Bachelors Honeymoon" evening.
Grand Opera House-Joseph Harts Vaudeville
Company; afternoon and evening.
kernan's Lyceum-1opkns' Trans 0ceancs;"
q u ernnnn and evening
The evening times., 1900-01-08
1900 Goods at 1900 Prices.
KASH OR KREDIT.
EWERS BROS,
1920 eth st. n. w.
Marriage Licenses Issued.

Marriage licenses were issued today to: Charles
Watson and Lena Madison; Hugh 4. Burke and
Annie J. Fling; Samuel Reher. Z. s. A., ard
Cecilia s Miles: Lake ". Jones. this city and
Salie Steele. Fairfax county. Va; John llart-
well Dixon BambeTg. s C., and Man Alice
SeIke: Charles Norris and Annie Peterson;
Charles H. Dodd Boston Mass. and Fannie J..
Cox, this city; Leo :. West and Emma Lucas
The evening times., 1900-01-08
Charged with Grand Larceny.

Benjamin Wayne, colored, was put on trial to-
day in Criminal Court, No. !. on a charge Of
grand larceny. He is accused Of stealing $40 from
Albert Poole, also coloTed The alleged theft
took place on the night Of November p
The evening times., 1900-01-08
MUST SERVE A LONG TERM.
Peter Lee Sent to the Penitentiary
for Eight Years.

Peter Lee, colored, who was convicted in
Criminal Court 40. on Thursday last of
violation of the law of the age of consent,
was today sentenced by Justice Clabaugh
to imprisonment in the penitentiary at
Moundsville, W. Va, for term of eight
years.
The victim of Lees crime is Martha AL
len. a colOred girl about ten years of age.
The evening times., 1900-01-08
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
An Assistant Nurse Named.

On the recommendation of DIR. Percy ITckliag,
Annie Frisby was appointed a student nurse at
the Washington Asylum Hospital this morning
The evening times., 1900-01-08
TEMPERATURE.
TIE SUN AND MOON.

Temperature at 1 p. m.........................47 Al
Lowest temperature, a. m....................26 20
Highest temperature, , p. m.................-52
The evening times., 1900-01-08
EACH,

NOT A SINGLE SUIT AMONG
THE LOT THAT'S WORTH
ANY LESS THAN $3.50 AND
FROM THAT Up To $1,000.
IT'S ONE OF OUR 1900 SAC
RTFICES. WHICH WE DOUBT
COULD EVER BE REPEATED
AGAIN DURING THE NEW
CENTURY.
THE GOODS ARE ALL NEW
AND Up TO DATE IN MAKE.
FIT AND FINISH. THE MATE
RLALS OF WHICH THEY ARE
MADE INCLUDE SUCH STA
PIE WEAEES AS WHIP
CORDS, HOMESPCNS. NICU-
MAS, CHENIOTS, BROA d
CLOTHS AND FINE SERGES.
THE COLORS ARE ASSORTED
BROW Ms. TANS. BLUES.
GREYS. BLUE AND GREY
MIXTURES. ONFORDS. AND
BLACKS.
EVERY JACKET Il LINED
THROUGHOUT WITH GOOD
QUALITY TAFFETA, MADE
WITH EITHER SINGLE
BREASTED. TIGHT FITTING.
DOUBLE BREASTED OR FLY
FRONT. THE SKIRTS ARE
EITHER SADDLE OR HABIT
BACK, AND MADE WITH
BOTH WELT OR PLAIN
STITCHED SEAMS. EVERY
SIZE FROM 80 TO 40. WE Al
TER THESE SUITS WITHOUT
ANY EXTRA CHARGE.
The evening times., 1900-01-08
STREET LIGHTING.
To0AY'S AMUsEMENTs.

Lamps lit today ........................5:3 p.
Lamps out tomorrow w.....................G:2 AN.
The evening times., 1900-01-08
TIDE TABLE.

PHASES OF THE MOON FOR JANUARY.
New - Ist and 30th Full ...........-...-l5th
First auarter...sth Last quarter. .23d
The evening times., 1900-01-08
old DR.. HALLOCK'S
Wonderful Electric Pills
FOR
Weak, Nervous People.

These pills are for women and men.
young or old-for women or men who feel
old and rusty-for men or women with
shaky nerves, the blues. aches and pains
in the back and joints, all run down as
tired in the morning as when you went to
bed, nerves weak and wasting away skin
pale and specks flying before the eyes
After doctors and patent medicines fail,
DR.. Hallocks electric pills cure to stay
cured. The pills cure by restoring the
nerve centres and making new, rich blood.
Pale, pallid faces, drawn into premature
creases by worry, give place (under Dr.
Hallock's electric pills treatmenD to rosy
cheeks and the freshness of youth. Pains
in the back and aching joints are relieved
and permanently cured, the ambition of
youth is restored, new ideas, quickened
brain power renewed memory, are all
given by using Dr. Hallocks wonderful
electric pills. They are the very remedy you have
been ,5oking for Used in DIR. Hallocks private
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per box, or boxes, sufficient to cure the most OBJ
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The evening times., 1900-01-08

Sun rises .....1:l9 NJ. Sun sets. 500 TN
Moon rises............. Moon sets. Il 80 AN.
The evening times., 1900-01-08
E. STEVENS,
Ninth ST. and Pennsylvania Ave. !,
WASHINGTON, D. c.,

or sent direct from laboratory. prepaid, on re-
ceipt III price. Advice on all diseases from spe-
calists Free. Address HALL0Ck DRUG CO.,
10 Court st., Boston, Mass. Established 1S4S.
The evening times., 1900-01-08

Always fire beSf OF everything
for fhe Ieasf money
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-23
Three Kin Ia of British Colonies.

Great Britain has three general classes of colonies. Those controlled entirely by the home government arc crown colonies, and their funds and laws are managed by the administra- ton, which does as 1t pleases. A sec- ond class has what is called represen- tatiye government. In such the crown retains the veto power and controls the public officers. Those of the third class have responsible government. In such colonies the crown has no con- troi over any public officer except that t appoints the governor and retains it's veto on legislation
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-23
rosoeoANINo IN CANADA.
A Winter sport That Is Greatly En-
 joyed by All Classes.


 Tobogganing is one of the staple amusements in Canada. Sportsmen are not content with the naturally formed '.chutesa down the side of hill but construct artificial slides These are generally wooden erections with the planes fixed at an angle of 45 de- grees, and with sheer drop Of about 100 feet. Water is poured over the wooded deelivity, which iE the frosty air is soon transformed into ice, with surface as slippery as glass. When the bottom of the chute is reached the track extends over fields in as straight 8 direction as possible, though in some cases net particularly level, but the momentum gained by the toboggan in flying down the chute is sufficient to carry it over any slight uprisings In the ground. The Canadian toboggan is light, strong article, about five or six feet in length, and about 20 inches in width, composed of 8 number of nar- row wooden strips secured longitudi- nally together, curling upward at the front. A handrail sometimes extends along each side of the toboggan to en- able the passengers to hold on, but the general rule is for one passenger to clasp the person seated next in front, the whole row of travellers being thus linked together for their rapid flight. Tn some cases there are five or six oes cupants in one toboggan, and with such combined weight the sledge flies down the chute as if impelled from cannon. Both men and women enter into the sport with great gusto, for the fun is fast and furious. When there is only one traveller to the toboggan he lies prone upon it, and in this manner. on account of the small amount of re- sistanee that is offered by the atmos- phere, the maximum of speed is gained. The ehutes are properly controlled in order to avoid accidents. One tobog gan is not permitted to leave the sum- init of the chute until the preceding one has cleared the bottom of the slide Occasionally, by some misehanee fn cured through faulty manipulation of the toboggan, a spill occurs on the chute, and if a following toboggan were to dash into the overturned vessel the result would be relatively quite as dis, astrous and terrible as a collision be- tween express trains.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-23
FOURTH IN POPULATION
r'ds Is the Standing of the United
 States Among the Nations.

r'is Is the Standing of the United
 States Among the Nations.
 There were G, ,622, ,250 inhabitants in the United States ten years ago, ae- cording to the last census. Secretary Cages actuary of the treasury, who is close gaesser in matters of popula- tfon, computes the present population between Maine and California, Alaska, and Key West, at 76,148, 900. To this must be added the peoples brought un der the stars and stripes by the war with Spain and by the annexation Of Hawaii, to say nothing of Cuba, Porto Rico, and Guam If the Filipinos can be induced to stand still long enough to be counted they may possibly yield 2 million or two more, but unless the actuary has made a mistake in addi- tion there will yet remain a wide gap between the actual and the magnificent round number. For a decade or two longer, therefore, the United States must be content to remain in the fourth place in point of population among the nations of the earth. China despite the eneroachments upon her territory. still holds the lead, with 402. .6s0,000 men, women. and chil. dren within her borders; the British empire comes next. with 3S1, ,0S7 STA subjects, including the dusky fanatics of the Soudan; and the Russian em- pire is third, 129. .211, ,113 persons owing allegiance to the czar. No other na- ton, however, can show such rapid increase as that Of the United States. Geol ge Washington was president of nation numbering fewer than 3,000, 900 individuals It took 20 years for the population to double In 1910 1t was 7,23s,sS1, in 1920 it had reached only 9,635, ,S22, and 10 years later the total 1866, ,O20. From this time on it advanced by leaps and bounds. In 1s4o it was 1T,OO9, ,453, in 1850 it was es, 191 ,S76, in 1860 it had reached 31,- 443,321, and 30 years ago the census showed a population of 3S,55S,3TI. It aid not pass the 5O,O00, 900 mark until 1880, when it was 50, ,155, ,7S3, and the 'ast enumeration, 1890. gave total of e2.622. 2.250.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-23
An rx.raordina4. Obituary Notice.

Tn the Northampton (Englandl pa pers recently there appeared the fol lowing extraordinary obituary notice: Smith, January ,. at London. George Smith and John Smith, twin sons oi the late James Smith, of this towr. aged ST. The twins were both car makers. and lived at Peckham The coincidences do not end here, for each caught pneumonia following or influenza, one dying in the mrnine and the other in the evening
 c "A 9 rr o H rA.
 Bears the <s Ih8 Kind You Have Always Bought Signature sf %AHI2zs2Mx
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-23
The Ideal and t..e Real.

She was kindly-faced woman, and 1t was easy to see that she was bub- bling over with love for the little folk. She walked modestly into the office of the city editor and inquired: '.WiIl you please tell me which one of the staff it is that writes all those pretty little stories about children? I know he must love the little folks, because he writes such nice stories about them want to tell him precious little story about my darling boy, who is only" That's the man over there, |" interrupted the city editor. Which one, pray?" "That one with the corn cob pipe in bis mouth and swearing at the office boy. y."-Omaha World-Herald.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-23
An Interesting wemsn.

An interesting woman has just dieo in Russia. Irena Fedossova was one Of tho last ot those professional story. tellers who, before the spread of edu- cation, were very numerous in the east. She was quite il1iterata, but her memory was so phenomenal tha. she eeuld reeite over 100000 lines of heroic aud legendary poetry. She was ire Quently in St. Petersburg, and was often invited to the palaces of the Imperial family and nobility to g1ye recitaiions. In summer she wandered from town to village, and had neye, been absent from the famous fair Of Nishni Noygorod for sixty years
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-23
The noer's Battlefield Newspaper.

According. to Cape paper, the Boers have newspaper at the front, says a telegram in the paper ill question: Last night the Railway Volkstem car left the station for Gen. Joubert's laager. 1t consisted of a large, well-fitted-up goods van, arranged as printing or- flee, with special arrangements for typesetting and printing, as well as plenty of space for paper anu a desk for the editor. fixed up with a type- writer,-LoEdcn Globe