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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1900-02-16

Twenty three Days Tour via Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has arranged for personally-conducted
tour through Old Mexico by special Pull
man train Of parlor-smoking. dining.
sleeping. compartment. and observation
cars, to leave New York and Philadel-
phia February IL. visiting all the princi-
pal lpoints OF interest in the LAND of
Moniezuma." and spending FIVE days in
the City of Mexico.
Round-trip tickets. covering all neces-
sary expenses. $500 from all points on
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1900-02-16
PROPOSALS.

: PROPOSALS FOR GRADING Sec
ond Street and Sou,hgate Avenue will be
received by the Street Committee up to
noon. February 7Skf, 1900. Plats OF said
streets can be seen by applying to the
Chairman OF the undersigned Committee.
JOHN dep. DOUW. Chairman.
John b. FLOOD.
ELMER PARKINSON.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1900-02-16
SUNS RAYS HARNESSD
Wonderful Discovery of a
/. Washington Inventor.
A NEW POWER FOUND
if What He Claims 10 True, We Shall
Soon Need No Steam, Electric
ity, Wood, Coal Nor oiI-The Suns
Heat.

A Washington inventor claims to
have solved a problem upon which
scientists have expended years OF
thought and toll. AS is well known
70 every school boy. the source OF all
power is the heat and light OF the sun.
To collect this heat and make 1t serve
mankind at night and by day; to
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
TO STOP BOGUS BILLS.
Ii Is an Easy Matter to Insert Fraud
uIent Paragraphs

ALBANY. n. Y, May 23.-Secretary Of
State McIpnough believes there is grave
danger of the Rochester School bill fraud
being repeated unless there be a reform
in the present method Of legislative pro-
cedure. He believes that the investiga-
ton of the insertion OF the bogus text in
the Rochester bill by the Grand Jury Of
Monroe county reveals this fact. The Sec
rotary Of State returned to Albany yester-
day. and said:
The present system of comparing en-
crossed bills with original copy by the
municipal authorities OF New York is the
only correct method Of attending to this
grave duty. The New York authorities
fasten the bills sent to them by clerks Of
the Sepate or Assembly 10 the certificates
of approval with three clamps. These
clamps are fastened over a piece of blue
ribbon, which is carried down the paper
and place. beneath the stamp over the big
city scdi. 4 is impossible to separate the
leaves o. TIE bill or the certificates without
Out il being detected Unless this method
is pursued by other cities there is liable
to be fraud. 1t viii be much easier in the
case Of a general bill which does not have
to go TO city authorities for approval"
Governor Roosevelt, IL is said, viii advo-
cate the passage OF law next session
which will compel the giving OF a receipt
by one clerk 20 another, and to and from
the State Printer, as the bill passes from
hand TO hand
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
swINDLED BY A STRANGER.
Connecticut Man Puts His Name on {
Rocux Draft.

NORWALK, Conn, May 2s.-Leonard H.
Gault, Of Westport. is out of pocket to the
amount of about $500 as the result Of his
dealing with a stranger who called upon
him last Monday and purchased a second
hand steam engine TIE stranger gave his
name as George B. Smith, travelling agent
for the Allegan Foundry and Machiae Com
pany, Of Allegan. Mich, dealers in new
and second hand machinery Later Mr..
Gault received letter, purporting to come
from the firms headquarters in Michigan,
to tho effect that the sale was satisfactory.
On Saturday the swindler again APP
peared in Westpo1t, and. as the letter had
completely allayed any suspicious Mr..
Gault might have had, IL was an easy mat
ter to get him TO Identify his newly made
friend at the Westport National Bank
when he wanted 10 get an alleged draft
from his company cashed- Mr. Gault even
went so far as to put his name upon the
back Of the draft, which has now been pro-
tested and Mr.. Gault will have to stand
the loss Ii also appears that the post
mark "Allegan' o. the letter was made
with a rubber stamp. a fac-simile OF the
pOstoliice dater.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
SMILES, LAUGHS, AND OUTLAWS.
4 Case Where HIIarity Worked Bad
ENnerience.

prom the New YORK Commercial Advertiser-l
IF a man hasn't a sense OF humor he
might as well go to a dramatic school
early and make preparation for the newt
able. He must train himself TO laugh at
what seems nothing 10 him, but which to
the other fellows appears 10 be amusing
II he doesn't he'll never be very popular.
Take me. for instance. I'm an example II
I had been able to laugh at good stories
I'd be worth a good deal OF money right
now. Ny vacant stare OF my wild Ia, ha.
Of denonissal symptoms was my ruin.
When a man told me something and smiled
there was only one thing could do. That
l couldn't 'ook simply pleased One day
q man came 10 me and asked me how I'd
like a salary Of s.. 600 a year and smiled
I thought l. must be funny and guffawed
in his face. He was in earnest and
thought my roar meant that il was the
best thing in the joke line for any CHS
to think / could earn $41666 a month.
That's why I'm not treasurer Of the Blank
Company
But there's another way" said his
friend Just look bored and say, YES,
Jones told me that the other day"
You're an idiot How would that rave
worked with the s.. 900 job No the only
way is 10 learn all sorts OF laughs. from
smiles to the horse kind and use EN- by
number. But it's tco late for ne now
You can't teach an old dog new laughs
The speaker looked disheartened. His
friend, however laughed As a result the
horse laugh followed. He couldn't smile
even at his own jokes.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
DEAFNESS CURED,
BLINDNESS PREVENTED
Or. Wilson's Treatment Free and at Half Price This Month
at 7l5 Thirteenth Street n. ".

The National Association Of Physicians
and Surgeons. rs 18th St. ~ W.. will
give free treatment for deafness ard
also a free treatment for defective eye
sight or prevention of blindness, every
hour, but this treatment is not for charity
patients, and no person will be treated
unless clean and respectfully clothed, and
the same person will not be treated a Sec
ond time free. The association gives these
treatments so that honest investigators
may be able TO try and thereafter recon-
mend this most wonderfully effective treat
ment During this month deaf patients
VIII be treated at just half the regular
price.
DR.. Wilson's treatment not alone safely
and speedily cures ali the ordinary dis
eases OF the eye. but Ii also cures by
absorption no. only incipient cataracts. but
removes them completely, even after the
patients have become totally blind. hence.
the removal Of cataract by the blood
spilllng knife is no longer q necessity.
His home treatment for loss OF vision ard
diseases OF the eye can be sent to any
part OF the country by mail at very reason
able prices. symptom blanks, etc, sent
free on application.
Dr. Wilson's treatment has cured hun
dreds upon hundreds of deaf mutes. born
without hearing, and thousands upon
thousands OF persons totally deaf from
other causes.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
soCKALEXIS GETS MAD.
The COpper-FRced Bail Tosser As
sauIts a Coanterfeis Indian.

(FrOm the Hartford COurant)
In years gone by Sockalexis was a name
TO conjure with II meant money for its
owner. and any baseball manager who was
fortunate enough to obtain his services.
The best In the land was none too good
for Sock from the time he turned his back
Oh his wigw2m for the white mans col
Iege and became an expert on diamonds
the baseball variety SOcEaleXis was al
ways fond Of admiration and adulation. Hs
would give all his wampum for an approx
ing look from the 'loidies" all his beads
for the hero worship Of the gutter boys,
who eat, sleep. and dream baseball. And
now and again a pale face and a pretty
face was smitten, and the Indian accepted
her tokens of affection as his due.
But Sock has struck one of those tides
in the affairs Of men. No longer does tickle
fortune smile upon him League managers
have not learned that Re has been hiber-
mating in Hartford. They would not care
il they did. perchance- And meanwhile
Los moecasins are becoming frayed, his
beaded bearclOth has passed him by. and
his eagle feathers are worn down to the
quill
Sock hangs out in the ward The sa-
looms of Front Street are his hauntS and
his bed is where he happens to pitch his
tent There are still those who remember
the glamour of his reputation and who
consider it an honor to set EN- up for
the big brave, and thereby he is able TO
quench mis- thirst-that burning thirst
Sock always calls for Porter and as a re-
salt he is getting Stout Apparently, he
has lost all the love he ever had for his
race The other day he came upon wood
en- Indian displayed as A cigar store sign
The Indian was a Narragansett the same
u ibe to which Sock belongs "Oh. you
LrIte,'' he calculated in his purest Eng
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23

Explanatory circular with references
sent free on application.
We give particulars of few who have
recently been treated:
This is to certify that / heard nothing
In right ear for five years, but since taking
one OF DR.. Wilson's treatments have been
able to hear low whisper near bv and
ordinary conversation 60 feet distant
Mrs. NJ. REAVEL.
ga L st.
This is TO certify that I was deaf in
both ears. but had heard nothing In left
ear for six years, but since taking one of
DIR. Wilson's treatments l have been able
to hear loud whisper near by and crdi
nary conversation II feet distant.
". E. CAN'T.
2S03 p st. N w
This is to certify that was deaf in both
ears, but had heard nothing In left ear for
eight years, but since taking one of DR.
Wilson's treatments, / have been able to
hear low whisper close by, and ordinary
conversation 30 feet distant
WILLIAM H. NEWTON.
500 o ST. N w
In the private Office of the National As
ISOLATION of Physicians and Surgeons. us
18th st. N. W., free examinations of the
eye and ear are made every week day. from
$3.50 am. to .. m; Sundays and holt
days. 10 a. m. TO l p. m
Other Offices. $40 Fifth Avenue. New
York; l406 Arch ST.. Philadelphia, and Is
Boylston ST.. Boston.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
Death Of A. p. shockIey.

ELKToN, Nd, May pa. P. Shock
ley died in Elkton yesterday of cancer,
aged sixty-two years. He was one of the
5est-known auctioneers on the Eastern
Shore Of Maryland and Delaware He was
for thirty years baili1 and erIer of the Cir
cult Court for Cecil county. He was born
at Cherry Hill. Cecil county, and learned
the trade Of a carpenter. Mr.. Shockley
served several years as Town bailif and tax
collector, and when Judge Frederick Stump
was elected associate judge of the Circuit
Court. more than thirty years ago. was
appointed crier of the court and was later
made custodian of the courthouse While
participating in a Fourth of July eeletra-
ton in 1876 in Elkton he had his right arm
blown off by the premature discharge of a
cannon he was loading. He was n great
sportman, ard was considered the best
shot A Cecil county, Notwithstanding the
fact that he could only use his left hand
His children are Levin Shockley Of Will
mington, Del; Mrs. George Witworth. Of
Wilmington; and Miss Elizabeth Shockley
OF Elkton.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
BoNAPARTE AND THE BRITISH.
The French Emperor Once Wanted
TO Be an English Sailor.


There are. perhaps. very few people who
know that the great Napoleon once applied
for permission 10 enter the British navy.
Such, however. according to the Naval
ard Military Record Is the fact and MI.
Goshen has recenJly discovered in the
archives Of the Admiralty the original let
ter in which the request is made by Bona
parte, then a student al Brienne- He was.
as everyone knows, preparing for milf
tary career, but the school Inspectors re-
ported that he would make an excellent
naval officer. ard Sir William Fraser re-
lates that his application 10 the British
Admiralty was due 10 the influence OF his
fellow student, Lawley. afterward Lord
WenlOck.
Our contemporary adds: -BOnaparte,
when sending the letter. expressed his be-
lief that the application would not te
successful. because. though not religious
himself. he came of a fanatically Roman
Catholic family. and al that time Roman
Catholics were not welcome on British
warships- As we all know. BCnapaTte
proved a true prophet SingulaTly enough
il was only a chance which al a later date
prevented him from entering the British
army PaOii. the COrsican patriot. strongly
urged him 10 do so. PaOii al that tine
had some influence in British military cir
eles and would have procured Napoleon q
commission The latter considered the o.
fer and then declined Il on the ground
that the French revolution offered bril-
liant opportunities for a young officer Just
starting his career So he placed his
sword at the disposal OF his adopted cOun-
try"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
NEGRO SLAYER LYNCHED
A Colorado Mob Hangs Ia Prisoner
to a Telegraph Pole.
Fifteen Hundred Citizens of Pueblo
Take the. Alleged Offender From
the sherin's Officers After short
Resistance-The Victim Accused of
the Murder of Two Little Girls.

PUEBLO. Colo. May 23.-Calvin Kim
blern. a negro murderer was lynched by
a mob Of 15OO citizens, who took him from
train in the outskirts Of the city at l:So
o'clock this morning The sherin's officers
and the city authorities were helpless
against the throng of Infatuated men. AMI
after a short resistance, realized the use
Iessness Of continuing the struggle and
surrendered their prisoner.
Kimbiern had killed two little girls at
the Fries Orphans Home. in this city, in
an especially atroeious manner. and the
townspecple swore that they would ayenge
the crime.
When news was received during the
night that the negro had been arrested In
Denver. crowds assembled in public places
and prepared for the dealing out Of sleedy
justice.
AS soon as 1t was known that Kim5lern
would be brought here last night, the mob
arranged details OF the plan 10 lynch him
Guards were placed at the depots. and the
greater part Of the mob fastened to the
outskirts Of the city. where the train could
be intercepted before reaching the thickly
settled districts AS the train slowed
down, hundreds of men clambored aboard
the cars, and soon located the deputies
and their prisoners. Police officers were
on hand, but they were overpowered by the
frenzied mob. who carried OF the negro.
A rope was put around KimbleTn's Eeck
be was dragged 10 the corner of Santa Fe
Avenue and Eighth Street, and there he
was strung up. His cries for mercy were
not heard in the din Of the mob. which had
gathered to mete out punishment 10 him.
He begged and pleaded not TO be hanged.
saying he was innocent, and could prove it.
Missiles were thrown al him, and the
crowd that followed tortured him. 1t was
three blocks from the railroad station 10
the poe which furnished gibbet. and the
crowd had plenty Of chance 10 harm him
on his way
TIE rope was ready when reached the
corner Of the streets He offered no re-
sistance when the moose was put about his
throat One end Of the rope was put across
a telegraph pole diagonaily opposite the
Grand Hotel. Eager hands seized the end
OF the line that was 10 send him 10 his
death. and so violent was the pull that il
broke.
Another one was furnished, but il failed
10 hold the negro's weight and snapped
The third attempt. however. was success
full, and the man WIS hanged until he was
dead
The body was cut down by the mob soon
after the lynchinG and was cremated in
a nile OF railroad ties ..r
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
WANTS THIEF FOR TENANT.
A Connecticut Mnn Wishes a Person
He VIII Have 10 watch

He VIII Have 10 watch
WINSTED, Conn. May 23--This was the
queer advertisement that yesterday was
spread all over the town:
wANTED-A ;hief 10 occupy my place near Jes-
sup's: prefer one that has been IN states
Prison two years no honest man need apply.
CEPHEIS ROBERTS
Cepheus Roberts is one Of the richest
real estate owners in the township. He
owns many tenements, which he rents TO
persons who work In the Winsted factories.
The advertisement was inspired by The
mean trick that tenant on one Of Cepheus
Roberts farms played Oh him yesterday.
I is On the old Colebrook Road, near
George Jessup's place Mr. Roberts let 4
10 a man last September who came Wen
recommended.
He was called an honest man" be
moaned Mr.. Roberts. and / let Kim have
the farm. and didn't ask for any rent. /
thought he was square. and ! even let the
hay stay in the barn Now he's gone. and
all my hays gone. too. Fooled. bgosh."
This vas said 70 sympathizing neighbOrs
around the farm who had come over 10 see
Roberts searching in vain fOT his missing
tenant and his winters rent But he
didn't mourn long. Angry because he had
been cheated. he hitched up, drove into
town, and, entering the newspaper office.
pulled out roll Of bills as big as his fist
Here" he cried. IN give the hull
business il you'll git me a thiefi''
Forthwith the "ad" went into the paper
The news spread faster, however by word
Of mouth, and all Winsted is watching 70
see II any thief Will apply.
I'm going 10 see if a thief is really as
bad Is a person who has the reputation OF
being honest" said Roberts. "A thief
will watch; an honest maxwell, I'll be
burned if / wouldn't watch him-now!"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
Virginia Planning MIL Burned.

PETERSBURG, Va, May 23.-The Cen
trail planning mill. large brick building on
Long Market Street, owned and operated
by Mrs. Fannie Clark. was entirely de-
stroyed by fire last night, nothing but the
brick walls being left standing. The fire
started in the boiler room. but from what
cause is not known. The plant is a total
ruin. Stored in the mill was about so 600
feet OF dressed lumber, belonging to diff
ferent parties, all of which was burned
At this mill most of the lumber used BY the
tobacco factories here for tobacco caddies
and boxes was dressed. The total loss is
about $4,000. which is partly covered by
insurance. This mill was one Of the old
est buildings in the city, and was located in
close proximity TO q number of dwellings.
and but few hundred yards from the de-
pot property of the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way. The iremen by hard work succeeded
in keeping the flames confined within the
walls of the mill.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
The Double Crime of a Discharged
British Soldier.

YoNKERs, N Y, May pa double
crime WAS committed yesterday evening
~ Fairlawn. the country home OF Max
Nathan, President of the Nathan Manu-
featuring Company. 90 Liberty Street New
York. Marcus Stein, son-in-law of Mr..
Nathan. with his wife and family. came
from New York this afternoon with their
maid, pretty Swede named Lydia Par
son
Al about 6 O'Clock a young man called
al the house and asked TO see Lydia She
went TO the FROM door and the two had
few words Then the man shot her. She
ran through the house and out OF the rear
door to the lawn, where she fell dead
The man, on reaching the spot where the
girl lay, put a bullet in his brain, falling
dead at the side of the giIt
On investigation il was discovered that
the man was recently discharged from the
British army. 1t is believed that the
motive Of the crime was rejected love-
His name was Y. S Linegreen.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23

tact. and with whom they must necessarily
maintain relations. will be best subserVed
by the exercise of the powers Of govern
ment over them by the United States for
an indefinite period. This Is the opinion
of the Chief Justice OF the Philippine ISL
ands (Arellana), a Filipino by birth, and a
man of profound learning and universally
conceded integrity, who, perhaps more
deeply than anyone living, has studied the
character and is competent to pass judg-
faent on the condition and the needs Of
his countrymen. Yours. faithfully,
"THE0 SCHWAN,
"Brigadier General OF Volunteers"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
KANSAS cITY's NEW STRIKE.
a Clash Between Building COntrac-
tors and Labor Unions.

KANSAS CITY, May 23--The clash be
tween the building contractors and the
labor unions affiliated with the Building
Trades Council has become serious. The
police were called upon today 10 quell
fights between union men and non-uniOn
wOrkmen- Negro hOd carriers attacked
the white men who had taken their places
on the addition 10 St JOseph's Hospital
and on a new building near Seventeenth
and Locust Streets
Several shots we're fired Two negroes
were wounded and others severely beaten
by the police. Reserve policemen have
been placed on duty at every new building
The master plumbers have joined with
the other building men in the fight on the
Building Trades Council, and today forty
plumbing firms, members of the Master
Plumbers Association, locked out all the
men who refused 10 leave the council.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
THE DROWNED STUDENTS.
Young Augur's Body Sent TO Texas
Hay Funeral Today


NEW YORK. May 23--Memorial services
for Christopher c. Augur. one Of the young
students who were drowned on Sunday.
were held yesterday in Marquand Chapel,
Princeton University They were confust-
ed by President Patton. After the service
the undergraduates followed the body u
the Pennsylvania station, where IL was
placed on the 2:i0 p. N. train booked for
San Antonio. Tex. as OTdCrec by the
mother OF the dead youth.
The body Of Philip kingsland Hay, son
OF Col and Mrs. James R Hay, the other
victim of the accident. arrived at the a
rental home in the Enclosure Passaic Ave
nue.. Nutley, y. j.. Monday evening. Mrs.
Hay Is Frustrated over her fayorite sons
untimely end. She has just come home
from Philadelphia. where she had been vis-
iting her sister, Mrs. ". G. Smith Flu
neral services will be held today in Grace
Episcopal Church. Nutley. Rev. II. Fields
tanning will ofiiciate.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
JEWS TO AID BoERS.
An Expedition being Equipped
Among Chicago Hebrews


Among Chicago Hebrews
CHICAGO. May 23--The wife Of Dr..
Isaac Friedman, Of 1856 Rhodes Avenue,
asked advice at the Stanton Avenue police
station as TO what steps 20 take to pre-
vent her husband from joining an expe-
dition formed by Chicago Jews to help
the Beers in the field. DR.. Friedman is a
well-knOwn orthodox Jew Of Chicago.
Mrs Friedman said that since the out
break OF the Boer struggle he has been
an ardent partisan Of the Beers, and now
that the situation is growing desperate
for the defensive army has announced his
determination, sbe says, TO cast his for
tunes with the burghers. A meeting o.
the Jews intending 70 join the proposed
expedition was held on Saturday. Mrs
Friedman said she believed fifty men
would leave Chicago IN the party.
Were the Beers wealthy and power
full" said DR.. Friedman, I'VE would not
think Of Joining them, but they are weak
and poor and need help. The war is by
no means AT an end yet"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
New Trial for +, Rig,,,,st

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, May 23.-In the
Elizabeth City County Court yesterday
morning Judge Lee heard the motion for
the self-eonfessed bigamist, who was on
Wednesday convicted and sentenced to
three years in the penitentiary by a jury
After listening to a statement from Dr.
Styl, the insanity expert. Judge Lee de-
termined that Duyall was irresponsible
for his crime. and accordingly granted his
request for a new trial