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1Hos. J. OWEN AucT1oSEER s1s ST. NV.


TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE LOTS,
FRONTING 551a FEET On 3lST STREET
NORTH OF X STREET, IMPROVED BY
LOTS.
By virtue of certain deed of trust to US, and
duly recorded In Liber No. 2249 folio 56 ct seq,
OF the land records of the District of Columbia
we, the undersigned trustees will SELL at public
auction In front of the premises, WEDNES-
A. D. 1900. AT HALFPAST FOUR O'CLOCK
M. the following described land and premises,
situate in the city of Washington. in the District
Of Columbia, and designated and being parts OF
lots 64 and 65 in old Georgetown {beiBg in square
now known No. 11YO In said city, beginning
694 feet 10 inches south from the southeast
Of 3lst and streets, and running thence north
with 31st street 80 feet 6 inches, and extending
with the width aforesaid by parallel lines right
angles with said 31st street 1O5 feet, less,
TO l4-foot alley In rear, together with the I'm
proyements, consisting Of above mentioned brick
stable.
Terms of sale: One-thfrd OF the purchase money
in cash. and the balance in equal INSTALL
ments payable in one and two years, with interest
at six t6, per centum per annun, payable semi
annually, from day of sale, for which notes Of
upon the property sold all cash. at the option
Of the purchaser. deposit Of $3.50 will be re-
quired Of the purchaser at the time Of sale All
cOnveyancing, recording, stamps and notarial fees
at the cost Of the purchaser. Terms of sale be
complied with within ten days from day OF sale
the property at the risk and Of the defaulting
purchaser.
JOSEPH ]. DARLINGTON Trustee
40 9Th ST.. Washington, D. C.
BLAIR LEE, Trustee,
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BY VIRTUE OF THE DEED OF TRUST To US
duly recorded amorg the land records of the Dis
trict of Columba, the undersigned trustees will sell
at public auction. in front Of premises, on WE'D
NESDAY. MAY SECOND. 1900. at HALF-PAST
FOUR O'CLOCK Pm, sublot 101, in square S55
upimproved.
Terms announced at sale. Right of resale for de
fault Of purchaser reserved: Conyeyancing and
revenue stamps at purchasers cost.
e WELSH ASHFORD Trustee,
1i10 street.
J. c. KENNEDY CAMPBELL. Trustee,
l413 G st. NV.
TH0S. ]. OWEN, Auetioneer,
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JANES W paTCJ JEEE Ar-frJnNFED
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
JAMES W. RArcLFFR, AUCrIoNEE

JAMES W. RADCLIFFE, AUcrIoNEER.
TRUSTEES SALE OF A TWO
STORY AND CELLAR BRICK
DWELLING, WITH TWO
STORY BRICK BUILDING IN
REAR; ALSO A TWO-STORY
BRICK STABLE. NO. 1897 H
STREET NORTHEAST.
BY virtue of deed of trust duly recorded in
Liber No. 23so. folio GA ct seq. of the land
records for the District of Columbia, and at the
request of the party secured thereby, the under
signed trustees will offer for sale, by pdblic
LoIHTH DAY OF MAY. AID. 1900. AT HALF
fASr FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the following de-
scribed real estate. situate in the city of Washing
ton. IN the DiStritt OF Columbia. to wit: Part of
lot numbered seventeen 40. in square numbered
ten hundred and twenty 1o27l. being the
twenty feet t2DD adjoining the twenty feet ,2o
OF said lot fronting II street. and extending
with that width to the Of said lot, together
with all the improvements, rights, &c.
Terms: ore-third cash. the balance in and
two years, with interest from the day OF sale, at
six per cent per annum. Secured by deed of trust
on the property sold. all cash. the option of
the purchaser. deposit of 500 required UPON
acc teptance of bid Ii the terms of sale not
complied with in 10 days from the day Of sale the
trustees the right resell the property at
the risk and cost OF the defauitng purchaser after
5 days advertisement OF such rcsile in
newspaper published in Washington, D. c. All con-
yeyancinS, stamps, &C. at the purchasers cost.
JOHN A. SCuAEFER,
WILLIAM Il. McCIOSKY,
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FUTURE DAYS,
JAMES W. RATCLIFFE, AUCrIONMR

CHANCERY SALE OF TWO FRAME HOUSES,
NOS. 31I AND 319 STREET NORTHEAST.
By virtue of decree of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia passed In equity cause
No, 2l22s, the undersigned trustees will offer for
sale In front of the premises on MONDAY. SEy-
ESTH DAY OF MAY, 1900 AT FIVE O'CLOCK
1. NJ the following described real estate 10 wit:
Subots numbered % and "a in Saur's subdivision
of square 176
Terms OF sale: One-third cash and the balance
In two equal installments. at and two years
WITH interest from the day of sale upon deferred
payments TO be secured by deed Of trust upon the
property sold, or all cash, at the option of the
purchaser deposit of one hundred dollars lS1OO)
upon each parcel will be required at the time of
purchase All recording. copveyancing and stamps
at cost of purchaser Sale to be completed within
ten days. otherwise resale risk and cost Of de-
fauiting purchaser.
JOHN ]. DOI-AN, Trustee
Fendall building.
CHARLES A. DOUGLASS Trustee
apL'-d&ds FendHll building.
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-uEaa' ~ ~ INVIF-S AIIIlUN ECR,
633, 637, 639 LA. AVE. NV.
Large Sale of Household
Effects of Every Descrip=
tion, Including Twenty
Loads of Storage Goods
from Merchants Parcel
Delivery Company, at
Auction.

On THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL TWENTY
SIXTH, at TEN O'CLOCK in front Of and on 1st
and I'd floors of our sales rooms, No 633 Louisiana
ave NV, we will offer and sell the largest and
most desirable collection of Household Furniture
and effects of every description offered this sea
son. Without enumeratng, the sale comprises
necessaries for the household from garret to eel
lar, included in which viii be found the entire
furniture of three private families. 1t
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THOMAS BOWLING. AUCTIoNEER,
No. el2 y st. NV.

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THOMAS BOWLING & CO.. AUcTIoNEERs.

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THE WEATHER.

ALABAMA FORECAST: WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY FAIR; NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS.
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JUDGE DAY
Renders Important Decision to Ma.
 tionaI Bank Stockholders.

Cincinnati, December 11.-Judge Way of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals has rendered a decision of importance to national bany stockholders The Mercan- tile National Bank of Cleveland had been assessed for taxation upon its capital stock at valuation of s519.32o. This was on the basis of a 60 per cent valuation. Later the State Board of Equalization increased the assessment by $123oOO. The bank protested. claiming that was "A per cent valuation and alleging the increase violated the Fed eral law, which secured to holders of na- tional bank stock the same treatment in the matter of taxes as is given to all other forms of money capital. The bank further charged that saving banks in Ohio were exempted from tax burdens in way alto gether different from national banks
 Judge Taft, who heard the case, ruled against the bank. Judge Day overruled Judge Taft's decision on the ground that the Board of Equilization had not served notice of the increase.
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GEN. CHAFFEE USED
 VIGOROUS LANGUAGE

Washington, December 1.-The War De- partrnent has received a report from Cen eral Chaffee of the incident that occurred at Pekin in connection with his representa- tions to Field Marshal von Waldersee. It appears that General Chaffee did use some pretty vigorous language in protesting against the thieving and footing of the for eign troops. What particularly hurt the feelings of Waldersee was a pointed vsfsr- ence by General Chaffee to the iact that this -disgraceful and unmilitary prc"'ice of footing was being indulged in, DC. by the men who did the fighting and opened the way to Pekin, but by the late corners. who had borne none of the brunt of conflict and hardship.
 Waldersee himself did not reach Pekin until long after the expeditonary force had occupied the town.
 It is recognized here officially that Gen. eral Chaffee had provocation for his deliv- erance, but regret is felt that he used this tone in addressing the field marshal It is significantly pointed out here that perhaps 1t was not encumbent upon General Chaf- fee to make any representations whatever on this subject to the field marshal, as there is no longer any official tie between them When the United States government changed the military representation in Pe- kin from an expeditionary force to mere legation guard, of course that guard did not come under the commander-fn-c chief, but was simply guard for Minister Con- ger.
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Sensational Developments in Connection With the
 Rebellion at the State University
WILL NOT TAKE
 THE INITIATIVE
The Netherlands Government So Decides in the Boer
 Question

The Hague, Dec. 1.-The Dutch govern ment today finally and definitely refused to take the initiative in behalf of arbitra- ton between the Transvaal and Great Brit ain.
 Replying in the second Chamber today to the interpolation of Count Van Bylant, notice of which was given yesterday, on the subject of the tension between the Netherlands and Portugal, the Foreign Minister, pr. w. H. Debaufort, sketched the story of the misunderstanding, which, he declared, had been exaggerated. He said the Dutch minister at Lisbon, Baron Heck eren, announced November IT that Portugal desired to withdraw the exequatur of Herr Pott as consul of the Netherlands at Lo- renzo Marques unless the government of the Netherlands would obviate the neces- sity by dismissing or recalling Herr Pott the official inlands government had no official information that Herr Pott had per mitted, as alleged, the importation of con- traband of war it could not accede to the demand for his recall without fuller in quiry, and it therefore instructed the min ister at Lisbon to cable to Herr Pott giving him clear way upon the matter Herr Pott then applied for leave to come to Europe, which was granted and the Netherlands proposed to Portugal that an investigation be made during the consurs visit and that three months be allowed for the rendering of a report on the subject
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Washington, Dec. 1.-The debate on the war revenue reduction bill opened in the House today by MT. Payne of New York, chairman of the ways and means commit tee, speaking on behalf of the majority and MT. Swanson of Virginia on behalf of the minority. The house adjourned early to permit the hall to be decorated for the ex- ercises in connection with the centennial celebration tomorrow. Before the war rev. enue bill was taken up resolution was adopted for the appointment of a special committee of five members to investigate the death of Oscar L. Booze of Bristol, Pa., who died recently it is alleged, as a result of haZng received while a cadet at West Point This course was taken over the head of the military committee, which reported in favor of allowing the War Department to conduct the inquiry The presentation of the resolution and the reading of the re- ports of the Secretary of War and Colonel Mills aroused great interest in the House. MT Driggs of New York, the author Of the original resolution, protested vigorously against the adoption of the substitute, as it did not include a provision for an invesu- eation of the general subject of hazing at West Point with view to putting a per manent stop to such practices. He declared that the practice of infamously hazng "plebs' at West Point was notorious. MT. Driegs declared that he would be in favor of abolishing the academy if these brutal practices could not be stopped. (Applause).
 Mir Wagner of Pennsylvania, who ap- pointed Cadet Booze, spoke in favor ot Congressional investigation. He said he did not presume to know the exact facts, but reputable newspapers had made state- ments relative to the case which had pro- foundly moved the people of the country.
 The Dreyfus Case.
 The gross outrages known to have been committed at the academy in the past, he said had aroused the conviction that the officers of the academy and Of the army were so jealous of the fair name of the academy that they guarded it as indis- creetly as the officers of France did in the Dreyfus case. He was not opposed to re- ceiying any information the Secretary of War had on the subject or to the proposed inquiry by the War Department, but he in- sisted that only Congressional inquiry would satisfy the country Such an inYes- tigation would bring out the facts and lead to action which would forever prevent ca dets from becoming the victims of hazing in the future.
 MT. Clayton of New York, who was him. self a graduate of West Point. defended the military academy. He said there was no necessity for bringing up the Dreyfus
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case The records of the academy stood for itself.
 why not investigate them?' asked MT. Wanger.
 ".rhe academy fears no investigation" replied MT. Clayton.
 ',The son of a washerwomen and or millionaire are on the same footing when they enter the academy"
 In concluding the debate MT. Hull said it was erroneous to believe that the army was interested in shielding West Point'
 If the charges of hazing should be proved" asked MT. Driggs, "is there any law which could reach the cadets who participated?'
 'The gentleman can answer that question as well as l." was the reply.
 .But if proven, and the War Depart" ment does not take steps to dismiss the guilty ones from the academy, congress will" (Applause)
 Mir Wangers resolution Tor speeiai committee. of five to investigate the case was adopssd without division.
 Reuuction of War Taxes.
 Consideration of the bill for the reduction of the war taxes was begun. MT. Payne of New York, chairman of the committee on ways and means, opened the debate
 Mir. Payne said that in reporting the pending bill, the committee felt as though they had gone to the furtnest limit in the amount of reduction with due regard to de- ficits The siXty-fVe million dollars re maining after the reduction proposed by the committee took effect would not equal the extraordinary expenses sure to iolloW as a result of the Spanish war The increase In expendtture would amount to al least $VO,- 00O,O00 The increase in naval expenditures for euuipment, together with the pensions growing out of the late war, would alone add to our expenditures $l0000,090 more
 Some members of the minority commit tee proposed to abolish all the war revenue and offer in place thereof an income tax. Of course" said he, "it is perfectly obvious to every thinking man that this would cause an immediate deficiency in our rev. enue The enactment of a new income law would not furnish a dollar of additional revenues. We already nave an income tax law upon the statute books which has not been repealed. but the Supreme Court has decided it unconstitutional What reason is there to suppose that a new enactment of this kind would met with any different fate"
 Another proposition has been made by tnle. minority to abolish the entire additional tax upon beer This would result in an ad- ditional reduction of $23, ,000 900. It would pro- duce the grcssest injustice. What argument is there in favor of reducing the entire tax on beer which does not apply with as great force ito the reduction of the entire additional tax on tobacco amounting to SIS, coo, GOO or the tax on bankers and brokers amounting to nearly $4,000OO0, and the re- maining taxes, amounting to $15,O00 900. Ger talnly the tax upon beer should never be wiped out until every other vestlge of the war taxes Is removed"
 Mir Swanson of Virginia, member of the committee on ways xand means, fol-
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IMPORTANT MATTERS COME UP
 IN BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS

lowed presenting the views of the minority. MT. Swanson said the Democratic party fully recognized urgent necessity Tor a re- duction in the revenues of this goVern- ment; during four years taxation had in- creased over S260, COG, GOO, and he declared that if this heavy burden was continued business and commerce would seriously suffer. He expressed regret that the Repub- licans had failed to avail themselves of the present excellent opportunity to devise a more just, equitable and permanent system of taxation. He then argued that there should be a reformation of the tariff and abolition of the customs duties which have created trusts and monopoles. He also insisted that this government should collect more revenue from capital, incomes and profits, rather than from the consump- ton and the business and occupation of the people that taxes should be levied on what a man has and not what he needs.'
 He said there should be a reduction made now in the revenues of S0000, 600 instead of $40000,000. With the organization of home government in Cuba, with the pacification of the Philippines and with a settlement of the Chinese complica tions, all of which the administra assured In less than two years. there ought to be an immediate re- duction in governmental expenditures.
 MT Swanson asserted that the only per sons who were benefited by a large surplus in the treasury were those who were seek ing extravagant and unjust appropriations; the national banks that were desirous of continuing the large governmental deposits free of interest, and the bondholders who desired the government to redeem their bonds at a high and exorbitant premium.
 In conclusion, MT Swanson stated that the minority would move to recommit the bill with instructions to provide for a re- duction of at least $70,00O,000
 The Speaker appointed the following mem- bers to constitute the special committee to investigate the alleged hazlng of Cadet Booze at West Point, in pursuance of the resolution adopted earlier in the session Messrs Marsh of Illinois, chairman; Wan ger of Pennsylvania, Smith of Iowa, Driggs of New York and Clayton of New York
 At 3:05 D. m. the House adjourned.
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THE SENATE.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The first speech in opposition to the ship subsidy bill in the Senate was delivered today by MT. Clay Of Georgia one of the minority members of the committee on commerce, which reported it to the Senate. He is recognized as one of the most vigorous opponents of the bill in the Senate, and during nearly two hours was accorded close attention by Senators on both sides of the chamber. In the early part of the session a lively coi- loquy was precipitated over the reference to committee of the Grout oleomargarine bill just passed by the House of Represen- tatives. It finally went to the committee on agriculture This was a victory for the friends of the bill.
 An order presented by Mr. Cockrell of Missouri was ratified by the Senate direct ing that the vancancies on the committees of the District of Columbia, the geoGogi- cal survey, Indian affairs, mines and min ing, Pacific islands and territories be filled by he appointment of Senator Towne of Minnesota The resolution offered yester day by MT. Hanna for the appointment by the President pro tenn of a committee of three Senators to make the necessary ar engagements for the inauguration of the President of the United States on the 4th of March was adopted without debate
 The Clark Case.
 MT. Carter called up his pending motion to refer the credentials of William A. Clark and Martin McGinnis, appointed Sem ators from Montana, to the committee on privileges and elections, and after some discussion the motion prevailed
 MT. Chandler asked that the resolution on the calendar declaring that William A. Clark was not duly and legally elected to a seat in the Senate of the United States by the Legislature of Montana be recom- mitted to the committee.
 MT Bacon of Georgia inquired what the object of the resolution was. MT. Chandler replied that before the Senate had had an opportunity to act upon the resolution the Senator from Montana (Mr. Clark) had gone through the form of resignation.
 That changes the entire aspect of the situation, said MT. Chandler, andsfor a time forestalled and prevented discussion of the questions involved. To be entirely frank with MT. Bacon, he said, another reason why he desired a recommittal of the ques- tjon- was that the committee might desire to take some positive action on the matter with which the resolution dealt. The whole case, he maintained, had not been disposed of by the resignation and departure of MT. Clark.
 In the course of long reply MT. Bacon held, that he could conceive of no legitimate purpose In the desire for a recommittal of a resolution which dealt with a question which was practically dead. He intimated that theschairman of the committee on privileges and elections might have some ulterior motive in view which he could not
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Chief Ripley Resigns.

Chicago December 1.-The Tribune says: '"rhe resignation of Joseph Ripley as su' perintendent of police of Chicago Is in the hands of Mayor Harrison. It was written and given to the Mayor just before Chief Ripley started on his Southern trip. The resignation has not been acted on yet. Mayor Harrison refuses to discuss the mat ter.'
 Mayor Carter Harrison this morning gave out an empnatic denial of the report that the resignation of Chief of Police Ripley was in his hands.
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Berlin, Dec 11.-2 D. m.-The German For to make the following statement regarding the Waldersee- Chaffee incident, based upon a cable dispatch just received from Field Marshal von Waldersee:
 General Chaffee wrote Field Marshal von Waldersee letter in a rough tone. Field Marshal von Waldersee refused to receive 1t, returning the same to General Chaffee. The latter then wrote a second letter, apol- ogizing for his objectionable expressions, whereupon Field Marshal von Waldersee invited General Chaffee to breakfast, and the incident was closed"
 As viewed in Paris. ! Paris December 11--An official of the French foreign office, speaking to repre- sentative of the Associated Press about General Chaffee's position in regard to loot ing, said:
 ''The fact is principally regrettable be- cause 1t is likely to result in break of concord under Field Marshal von Walder- see. Either Von Waldersee-is the interna- tional commander of all the forces in China or his position is an imaginary one. As the present status has apparently been quite satisfactory, anything which might 6<kason break in the ranks is disagree
 The foreign office official said that the order stopping the packing of the astro- nomical instruments at Pekin caused a de- sire that France should learn definitely her international rights-whether she was en- titled to their possession.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-16

Kaufman and Company. corner Fourth
and Bread Streets, will stay open every
NIGHT next week. and until Xmas.