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The evening times., 1900-02-17
CRoKER's SONS BUYING DOGS.
ta Agent i'm England Searching for
Prize Winners,

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Richard Croker,
Jr.. and Frank Croker, sons of the famous
Tammany chieftan. differ with their father
in their fancy for animals. fer while the
Tammany leader has an especial love for
horses his sons favor dogs To such an eX-
tent does their admiration carry them that
they have recently spent several thousand
dollars for dogs in England, having sent
John Whalen. a well-known New York
deg fancier and an experienced judge OF
dogs. TO England for the purpose of buying
other valuable animals.
These the Croker boys intend exhibit
ing at the coming kennel show in Madison
Square Garden. and with the records pos
sessed by the dogs obtained by Whalen.
there is strong probability that several
prizes will fall to them when the judges
make their awards.
Mr.. Croker's sons sent Mr.. Whalen to
England some time ago with instructions
to use his Judgment in the purchase OF
highly bred dogs after explaining 10 him
their views and wishes about the estab-
lisbment of kennels Richard Croker, ST..
is said not to have been aware OF his sons
intentions. and the fact that his boys have
several prize winners. as well as other fine
doys. was. IL is said. a surprise to him.
Mr. Whalen went to London and to Bir-
mingham in search OF dogs. When he re-
turned recently he had succeeded in buy
ing the champion bull bitch Petromosse,
fifty pounds weight, who has won more
than 100 first prizes. of which many were
! so guinedS each. She has never been beat
en- in dog show and Mr.. Whalen was
| obliged to pay Sl.250 for her.
Another fine animal is the bulldog Per
! simmon who has taken fifty first prizes.
| Mr.. Whalen was commissioned by Mr
! Croker's sons to pay 81 600 for the dog. \
| fine French bulldog and another English
| bulldog were obtained in Birming ham
! These were all for Richard Croker. jr.
| and. with four finely bred Manchester ter
riers which Whalen bought from John
Rogge, OF this city, will be entered IN ths
! show at Madison Square Garden,
Frank Croker's purchases through AF
| Whalen consisted of eight finely bred bull
terriers. which were bought in Birming-
ham. England. They will also be exhib-
| tied.
Richard Croker jr, is particularly anX-
| ious to obtain Rodney Stone, said TO b,
one of the best bulldogs in England. \
| Mr. Croker's direction Mr. Whalen yester
day cabled TO London. Offering $500 FOL
the animal.
With one or two exceptions. all the dog
! bought in England by Mr. Crokers sen:
! are now at the Central Park Kennels, il
| Central Park West and SiXty-ffth Street
! The other dogs are expected to arrive ii
| a steamer due today.
The evening times., 1900-02-17
DEATH OF AN ODD CHARACTER.
Mary Ann NoIoncy, OF New Works
Chinatown. PASSES Away.

NEW YORK, Feb. I7.-Chinatown is
grieving over death; and that is strange
for Chinatown. which usually gives a sigh
and then turns TO the long pipe or the can
OF beer and forgets death. which is al
ways at elbow there.
But Chinatown mourned for THE Rum
mager." who was the best known woman
in the quarter and in the workhouse on
Blackwelrs Island for fifteen years
During the last fifteen years she had no
home save the workhouse. When she was
free her only thought was of getting a
bit of food, all the drink possible, and of
kindly acts.
What are you doing. Mary Ann Mole
ney?" she was asked years ago.
Just rummaging around-just rum
maging." she always said and that is how
she got the name by which she was al
ways known.
She looked older than her fifty years be-
cause OF the life she led, but even that
could not destroy the traces of former
beauty. SHE must have been a very hand
some woman in her youth And she had
remarkably bright mind when she was
not sodden.
lie Cduit lIOlt llppSidi .
ireland. She was educated in a convent.
Her family was a fine one and sufficiently
we'll to do TO keep stable of race horses.
When "The Rummager" first appeared in
Chinatown she vas handsome woman.
Her only -~bition appeared TO be TO
keep drunk.
In the summertime she slept in The
Back Yard''-there is only ene in China
town, at Pell Street-cr on the roofs OF
houses. In winter she slept in a chair in
a saloon or in cellar. But as a rule she
was in the workhouse in winter. She has
spent nine of the last fifteen years in the
workhouse. She was very welcome pris-
oner there, for she would work.
For long time The Rummager" nas
been slowly dying. She was taken from
saloon at 8 Bowery on Thursday and
the end came in the Hudson Street Hos
| pital.
The evening times., 1900-02-17
THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
An Enquiry 4" he Made Into Lake
Transportation.

c. II. Keep. of Buffalo. Secretary of the
Lake Carriers Association. will appear be-
fore the United States Industrial Commits
sion Monday morning at 10 o'clock and
testify respecting lake transportation.
l.. V La Taste. of Montgomery, Ala,
President of the Travelling Mems Associa-
tion of Chicago, will address the Commis-
sion Tuesday morning on the relations OF
the trusts to the business Of the CONNER
cial drummer.
The balance of the week will be taken
up by the Commission in considering the
convct-labor report, and the trust ques-
tion Nothing definite has been decided as
10 either. 1t appears, however, that the
Commission finds it impossible to come to
a unanimous understanding with regard
to a report on the trust question, and ii
has not as yet been decided whether re-
mort with comment and recommendations
or the testimony only shall be submitted
! TO Congress.
The Commission will finish its labors by
! October of this year. the time allotted by
! Congress expiring then.
The evening times., 1900-02-17
DECLINED THE CHAIR.
Rear Admiral sampson Prefers a
Naval Job to One in Boston.

BOSTON. Feb 1.-THE Presidency o.
the Massachusetts Institute OF Technology
has been offered to Rear Admiral William
r. Sampson. and has been declined by
him. Admiral Sampson said:
Yes. il is said that have been oneTed
the presidency of the institute and de
rIined. The reason should be evident. u
would mean my leaving the service with
which | have been so long identified and
entering upon new life. for which | an
probably less fitted than for the one Wht h
I now hold While | appreciate the a0nor
conferred upon me and while. as mat
ter of fact. such a change would Hcah an
increase in salary. at my time OF lie me
change is not to be .hou51t or.
The evening times., 1900-02-17
MURDERED BY ROBBERS.
The Dead Body OF "a Jewish Prddler
Found.

GREENSBURG. Feb. 11.-Highvay-
men are operating with great bodness in
this county The latest victim was an un-
known peddler believed to be from Johns
town. whose dead body was found sticking
in a wire fence near Gratztown. Bruises
and cuts on his head. empty pockets. and
scattered goods indicated that he had been
murdered for his money. The coroner be
gan an investigation.
The other day Max Rosenthal and Simon
Freeland. Of Greensburg. were stopped by
highwaymen at a secluded spot on Laurel
Ridge The highwaymen. with six-shoot-
ers in hand ordered them to stop. tui
their lives were saved by the appearance
of a horseman. The outlaws fled up the
mountain side.
Another Jewish peddler was robbed oi
his money and goods within half a mile ot
here Wednesday night.
The evening times., 1900-02-17
GUILTY Oh, MANSLAUGHTER.
A Plea in tile MolIie Harris case Ae-
cepted.

3 cepted.
Mollie Harris colored, who is on trlai 1or
the murder of Alice Queenan, also colored'
on October last, today testified in her own
defence. -
Her story of the fatal affray was brief
and to the point in all its details. She
stated that she lived, both at Kate Jack
sons house in Cullinane's Alley and at her
uncles. about mile away. across the
James Creek Canal. Prior to the night on
which Alice Queenan was killed the witness
said she had trouble with her and that the
deceased had threatened to kill the witness.
She then told the circumstances of the
trouble which Immediately preceded the
killing. Her story was substantially the
same as that told by the witnesses By the
Government. except that she claimed that
there was long and hot fight in which the
deceased and her friends assaulted the wit
ness.
Continuing the witness admitted having
struck the fatal blow, but contended that
it was done in self-defence. She was not
aware of the fact that Alice Queenan was
dead when she left the alley to go to her
uncle's house in southeast Washington.
After she cut Alice Queenan. the witness
stated that she handed the knife to her
friend, Della Dyson who placed it in the
lining of her cape where it was found by
the police when she was arrested.
Cross mination by the pros cutting at
torney failed to develop anything new in
the witness's testimony. The evidence OF
the accused closed the case so far as the
introduction of testimony was concerned
Counsel for the defence submitted TO the
court seventeen requests for instruction TO
the jury and the Government offered seven
similar requests.
After argument over the charge to the
jury. the prisoners counsel. on behalf OF
the accused withdrew the plea of rot
guilty of murder, and entered plea OF
guilty OF manslaughter. The plea was &C
cepted by the court, and under instruc-
tions the jury returned verdict against
the defendant in accordance. She was re-
manded to Jail for sentence.
The evening times., 1900-02-17
Permit for n showcase Refused.

" c. Barnes recently applied Tor a permit 70
plac, glass show case in front OF his premises in
Eleventh Street In reply to his request the
Commissioners have informed him that the laws
Of the District will not allow them to issue the
hermit They state. however, that permit
would be granted for the building oi a show
window in front of his place. extending three
feet in front OF the building line
The evening times., 1900-02-17
Close at 9 O'C K Tonight.
S. KANN SONS & CO.,
9Th and Market Space.
CHASING THE BANDITS.
Arizona DesperadOes Pursued by n
sheriff and Posse.

PHOENIX. Ariz.. Feb. IA special
from Nogales says the sheriff and posse
are in close pursuit Of the three bandits
who held up the train on the Arizona and
New Mexico line at Fairbank, AriZ., Thurs
dav night. A hot fight is expected. EX-
press Messenger Milton, who was wounded
by the robbers after a plucky resistance,
is in the hospital at Tucson. He viii lose
an arm.
Milton has record of having killed sew
eral bandits and figured few years ago
in the capture OF Broncho Bill. q desperate
character who terroriZed Arizona for years
The evening times., 1900-02-17
RELIEF IN SIX HOURS.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease relieved
in six hours by 'New Great South American Kid
nev Cure 1t is great surprise on account OF
its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in
bladder, kidneys and back, in male or female
Relieves retention of water almost immediately.
II you want quick relief and cure this IS the
remedy. Sold by b. F. Whteside, 1921 Penn.
Ave. and Edward Stevens, Penn. Ave. and Ninth
Street Druggists.
The evening times., 1900-02-17
cbe.p Rates to Mardi Gras.

Account Of Mard Gras at New Orleans ard
Mobile the Southern Railway viii sell tickets at
rate of one iirst-class fare for the round trip,
tickets on sale February 20 to - inclusive, final
limit March Is. 1900. Three limited trains daily
to these points
The evening times., 1900-02-17
Travel a Luxury. .

The ..Roval Limited" finest dav train in the
world leaves Washington B. o. station. New
Jsrs,y Avenue and & Street. daily. ?. m, ar
rive, New York p. m. Splendid dining and cafe
car service.
The evening times., 1900-02-17
To Lakewood " j.. via Pennsylvania
~RaiIroad and Broad street Sta
ton. Philadelphia.

Leave Washington II a. m. week days. connect
ing at Broad Street Station. Philadelphia. Tor
Lakewood via Farmingdale. Rate, one way, so.
round trip, good foT eleven days, $50.
The evening times., 1900-02-17

Hcurich's M5erzcn Beer is only sold where q
olass framcl sign with the words 'MaeTzen Beer
in gold letters l. displayed This will be the only
infaIlible evidence 70 demonstrate to the patrons
# HD,rirE'- Nasrzrn that il l. sold on drIught
look for this particular sign if You have yolr
dorf-. about what l. served YOU.
The evening times., 1900-02-17
"The Only Way" "
&c.
Sunday
SundrieS.

Well call them Sunday needs. Uut prices
warrant buying d seyen-dayS' supply. or
even more just such toilet articles Jhat
YOU appreciate so much on an emergency
call to the medicine cabinet
Lambert's Lysterine, S-oz. size......l9c
orangewood Tcothpicks big package. So
Kinks Juvenile Soap........-...-.... fc
Hair Brushes. hne bristies ..-.......lOc
Eastman Cold CTeam...............l 10
Violet Breather Perfume Tablets.
daintiest floral leaves NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. lOc
Quintins Bath Tablets .--........... 10,
West India Bay Rum. 3-oz. bottles.
10 go for .......-..........-... iO'
Bourjcis Java Rice Powder ..........2l
BouIjois Rouge ..................-...-o
Bourjcis EyebrCw Pencils ..-.........o
Como Buttermnk Soap.............-.5 D
Good Whisk Blooms ................ 10
The evening times., 1900-02-17
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund thc money If it fails to cure
T. II. Groves signature Is on each box. 25c.
The evening times., 1900-02-17

TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN: The part
nership heretofore existing between
John III. Bradley. Peter A. Taltavull, and
Maurice F. Walsh, in the undertaking
business. at 443 Seventh Street southwest.
in the city of Washington. ID. C.. under the
firm name and style of Bradley. Taltavull
& Co., has this day been dissolved
by mutual consent, Mr.. Peter A. Taltavun
retiring.
The business will hereafter Be conducted
by John II. Bradley and Maurice p. Walsh,
under the firm name and style Of ]. H.
Bradley & Co., they having assumed
payment of all debts of the late firm. and
being authorized to receive and receipt foI
all accounts due to it.
Washington, d. c., Feb. 1S 1900.
JOHN II. BRADLEY.
PETER A. TALTAVULL.
MAURICE p. WALSH
The evening times., 1900-02-17

NOTICE-A meeting of the stockholders OF
the CHILLMAN CASTLE LAND I'M
PROVEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY will be held at 1921 G Street
northwest MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1900,
at $3.50 O'CLOCK P. NJ. By order OF the
Board Of Directors. R. G. ISRAEL. Secre-
tary. ieio-lot
The evening times., 1900-02-17
LEGISLATION FOR HAWAII
The Cullom and Hit Propositions
Now Before Congress.

While Similar in Many Respects,
Opiuion Differs Over Some of the
Provisions-The Dole Faction Fa-
vors the senate BiiI-Tbe House
Measure Urged by the Opposition.
The evening times., 1900-02-17
THE SNOW KING RElGDS
A Steady Fall of Fea'hery Flakes
Continues Unabated.

A Decided Drop in Temperature Pre-
dicted by the Wcat:e er Bureau-The
Origin of the Storm Traced 10 the
Sunny SOuth-Trafsc on the street
Railroads Not Seriously Hampered
The evening times., 1900-02-17

NOTICE-Annual meeting of the stock
holders of the CROSS MANUFACTCh
ING COMPANY The annual meeting OIL
the stockholders of the CROSS MANUFAC-
TURING COMPANY will be held at lhe
Hotel Fleischmann. Alexandria, va, az
3 O'CLOCK p. NJ. on THURSDAY, MARCH
/. 1900. BY order of the President and the
Board of Directors. HENRY +. GETZ,
Acting Secretary. feIo-l4t
The evening times., 1900-02-17
Two Kid
Glove Bargains.

women's Two-clasp Glace Kid Gloves,
IA black. white. and all colors. It's
he best value ever offered for as low coo
As OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ''''.-...-'
Women's Two-clasp Glace and Suede Kid
Gloves. in Black. White, and all colors;
every pair guaranteed and fitted 10 M
he hand. Special ............-.......
The evening times., 1900-02-17
? Handkerchief
Summers.

Women's All-linen Initial HsndkeT-
chiefs: hemstitched and hand-em DC
broidered: 25c quality; Saturday.. -
Women's An-lineH Unlauadered in
ltial Handkerchiefs; a very big ValU, 10C
~ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The evening times., 1900-02-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.

NOT1CE-THE HACKMEN AND CABMEN
RAN tonight at Seat Pleasant will be
nostpoued until February %. 1900.
eel
The evening times., 1900-02-17
S. Kanl, Sons &Co.
The Busy Corner.
Always the best OF eVerJfhfng
Tor fhe least money.
Close at 9 o'clock Tonight.
The Spot for
Book Lovers.

You've all heard OF the Busy Corner
Book shop. It's the talk of literary cir
cles and such a source Of convenience. You
don't hear that CID time worn excuse we
haven't got 1t. but itll be in shortly" Our
stock is always in the lines with demands
The moment a publication is announced
you can expect TO come here the next "a!
and find it among the others, way under
ropvright prices. Economy is a strong
feature of this department.
Visit fhe Book Department Early
and Often, in fhe Basement
The evening times., 1900-02-17

Another book Of local theatrical
interest
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-24
The Panama Hat.

The cheapest straw hat to buy
said a man who owns a beauty, sis,
after all, Panama, like this. LooB
here" He took down his big white
hat, which was creased down the mid.
die like pair of trousers, and rolled II
up tight; then he tossed it In the air.
With cracking sound 1t spread open
and futtered down to the floor in its
original shape, deep center crease and
all. you could soak this hat for a
week." he continued, "and iron it out
fiat afterwprd, but when you came to
put 1t on again 1t would be Just as you
see 1t now.
Women In Mexico and roundabout
all that region make the hats, using
straw that has been selected with more
care than could tell you of. The art
has been handed down in their families
from one generation to another, and it
is secret art. unknown to any other
people in the world.
These women, living so far away
from everything. are ignorant of the
fashions, and that is why the hats
never change their ugly shape. If they
were fashionably made, the demand
for them would be enormous. As 1t is,
hatters travel through all that country
and buy them UP at good prices.
THE perfect Panama hat costs at
least $780, and il YOU should pay $50 for
big and unusually light one you
would not be getting stuck."-Philadel-
phia Record.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-24
The production Of Ceyiare.

Two distinct varieties OF caviare are
manufactured In Russa--the granulat-
ed and the pressed forms. The granu-
lated form is obtained by passing the
fish roes under pressure through fine
meshed cIeve. The small eggs pass in
tact bue the envelopes are retained in
the sieve, To these pure salt Is added
In the proportion of one-twentieth or
one-iortieth. 1t Is intimately mixed
with the eggs by means OF kind Of
wooden spoon. The eaviare Is then
ready for consumption. 1t is packed
In round metallic boxes of one and II
half to five pounds and enveloped In
parchment for transportation. The
pressed caviare keeps better than the
granuated form.
To obtain 1t the fresh caviare Is treat
ed with Il solution of salt at 20 degrees
Baumc until the eggs acquire a GER
tain degree of hardness. This opera
tion requires considerable skill and ex-
perlence. If allowed 10 stay In the So
luton too long. the caviare will be too
salty. and u not long enough the eggs
cannot be preserved. The caylare is
then put into small sacks. which are
pressed under screw press to drive
out the excess of salt, 1t Is packed In
barrels containing up TO 1000 pounds
or left In the original sacks, which
measure 8 by 20 Inches. The average
export OF pressed caviare for the three
years 1896 to lS9S has been more than
5000 tons, representing value of ST.
100000. American.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-24
TINT Low Anl.nal. Nan.

Instead of the highest, man is IN
some respects the lowest of the animal
kingdom. Man is the most unchaste,
the most drunken, the most egotistlc,
the most miserly, the most hypocritical
and the most atrocIous of living crea.
lures. No onimal, except man, kills
for the mere sake, Of killing. For ,onp
being to take the life of another for
purposes Of selfish utility is bad
enough, conscience knows, but the in.
discriminate mhssht're of defenseless
victIms'by armed dad organized packs,
just for pnstime, Is beyond character
lzation. The human species is the only
species of animals that plunges to such
depths Of atrocity Even vipers and
hyenns do not kill for recreation.
No animal, except man, habitually
seeks wealth purely out Of an insane
impulse to accumulate, and no animal,
except man, gloats over accumulations
that are of no possible use to him, that
are an injury and an abomination and
In whose acquisition he has committed
lrreparable crimes upon others. There
are no mlllionaires-no professional, le-
gallzed, lifelong ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the birds and quadrupeds. No animal
except man spends so large part OF
his energies striving for superiority
not superiority in usefulness, but that
superiority which consists in simply
getting on the heads of ones fellows 10
crow-and no animal practices com.
mon. ordinary morality to the beings Of
the world In which he lives so little,
compared with the amount he breaches
1t, as man.-Humane Review.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-24
Not Piety, but Pork.


The following bit Of nonconformist
humor is taken from "The Earring
dons," an English romance. The speak
ers are Mrs. Bateson and Mrs. Han.
key, worthy wives. but not altogether
above feeling n certain pleasure in
showing up the ways of husbands:
They've no sense, men haven't"
said Mrs. Hankey; that's what's the
matter with them"
You never spoke truer word. Mrs
Hankey," replied Mrs. Bateson. "The
very best OF them don't pre-. erly know
the difference between their souls and
their stomachs, and they fancy they
are a-wrestllng with their doubts when
really it Is their dinners that arc
a-wrestling with them.
Now, take Bateson hisself," contin-
ued Mrs. Bateson. "a kinder husband
or better Methodist never drew breath,
yet so sure as he touches n bit of pork
he begins to worry hisself about the
doctrine of election till there's no lly-
Ing with him. And then he'll sit In the
front parlor and engage in prayer for
hours at time till I snys to him;
'Bateson,' says l. I'D be ashamed
to go troubling the Lord with a prayer
when pinch Of carbonate Of soda
would set things straight againr"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-24
A Famonr Prinnn.

Ibe celebrated Mamertine prison fur
alshes an important scene in Sienkie-
Ticz's story. QUO ,vadis." 1t is locat-
cd op the slope of the Capitoline, in
Rome, and, according to tradition, 1t
was begun by 4ncus Martius and later
enlarged 10y Seryius Tullius. Jugurtha
Is said to have been starved to death
here, the accomplices of Catiline stran-
gled by command OF Cicero and Seia-
nus, the minister and favorite of Tibe-
r.ls, executed. Church tradition has
c,nsecrated this prison as the place
where st. Peter and st. Paul were con-
fined by order of Nero Historian Hill.
lard says of It:
The Mamertine prison is hideous
vault divided into an upper and lower
portion scooped out of the solid rock
and lined with massive blocks In the
Etruscan style Of architecture. A more
heartbreaking place of confinement It
Is not easy to imagine. According to
the traditions Of the church, st. Peter
was imprisoned here by order of Nero.
and the pillar to which he was bound
and fountain which sprang up mirac-
ulonsly to furnish the water of baptism
to his Jallers. whom he converted, are
shown to the visitor. There is no rea-
son to doubt that Jugurtha was starv-
ed to death 10 these pitiless vaults.
Here, too, the companions of Catiline
were strangled. 1t Is curious fact
that the chances of literature and his
tory should have carved two such
names as those Of Sallust and Cicero
on these Cyclopean walls"