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The times., 1901-06-27

1t is a noticeable fact that the George
town eight will be composed of the tallest
men who VIII sit in any boat at Pough-
keepise on July 2 The weight will not
exceed that of the Wisconsin men, who
are reported to be a husky lot of water
men But in nearly everything except
experience the boys from Georgetown
will compare favorably with their ad-
VeTSarieS.
There has been no particular develop
ment which sheds any light on the
prospect. The crews OF Syracuse, w IS
consin and Georgetown are now ON the
way TO the scene of the race. PennSyi-
yania is doing only fair work. Since the
news that Columbia S eight did the course
in faster time than it was ever roWed
before there has been silence at the boat
house of the Blue and Grey.
There has been deaf of talk about
Francis the Cornell oarsman, whom
Courtney expected no enter IN the single
SOULS. But the members OF the Cornell
varsity came to the. front with strenuous
objection. Francs, they pointed out, had
been trained by Ten Eyck, and not py
Courtney. Therefore they insisted that he
should not row under the colors or Cor
nell Courtney was won over to the side
of Francis but the EthacaES remained OBJ
will be patched up, however. AT any rate,
no one expects that the Cornell crew viii
be withdrawn from the race
Tonight the three crews of what might
he termed the outside colleges will dip
their oars in the Hudson for the first
time. Wisconsin and Syracuse viii ar
rive within a few hours OF Georgetown.
The Badgers prove to be red-hot Ia
YoTite Wisconsin or Columbia seems TO be
picked al present to win. GeOrSetOWniteS
look for third, and it viii be a big feather
in their caps If the Blue and Grey llnisaeS
ahead of Pennsylvania and Cornell
The times., 1901-06-27
GOOD BREAKFASTS.
stnrt the Dny Right.

The breakfast is perhaps the most i'm
portant meal of the day. Europeans usu-
ally eat a very light breakfast. Many
Americans have stomach trouble because
they eat too much or food of not the right
sort for the morning meal. An ideal
breakfast is a baked apple or some other
fruit, dish of Grape-Nuts Food with
little cream, and cup Of Postum Food
Coffee.
Leave off all meat. hot biscuits. etc.
Grape-Nuts and Postum both furnish the
phosphate of potash. together with other
food elements that go to make up brain
and nerve centres as well as muscle and
tissue and both can be digested by the
stomach of an infant.
II is the part OF wisdom nowadays to
use food especially selected for nourish-
ment and that can be easily digested.
Ten days trial of this breakfast and you
will feel as though you had Cleaned
house"
Tie exhilaration of bounding health is
worth a hundred times the small outlay
Of time and care in arranging such a
Mrs Riley, 125 Chestnut Street. Cam
den, n. j., says she formerly breakfasted
| on chops. hot biscuits. and coffee. After
such q meal l would have severe pains
! and they would last sometimes far into
| the night" She finally determined on a
| change in her diet and had for breakfast
| only Grape-Nuts Food and a little cream
I with Postum Food Coffee. Sne says In
| very few days the intestinal trouble
| an disappeared. ] have regained my old
| time weight. lost the irritability and ner-
! yousncss and life takes on new as
! pect.
day / simply drop everything and stir IL
| sn0onful OF Grape-Nuts in little cream
| or hot milk, and in ten minutes / have
| rCggiued my vigCr and freshness
Grape-N Nuts Food is best when served
iuet as IT comes from the package with
already been cooked ten or twelve hours
| i'm the process of manufacturing 1t. When
made up into puddings, pies, and other
deserts il does not hurt ii to be cooked
a gain. but when served simply as break
fast food it should never be cooked. Cn
tho contrary, Postum Coffee absolutely
must he boiled fifteen or twelty minutes
before the food value and flavor can be
brought out.
The times., 1901-06-27
MYSTERY IN a DEATH.
CoIored Woman Tells of Some
thing Put Into a Glass of Beer.

The police of the Eighth precinct police
station are at present busy investigating
the mysterious death Of Charles Wash
ington. young colored man. of 2240
Cleveland Avenue northwest.
The first notice the police received of
the mans death was when DR.. r. l..
Gaines. Of 2243 Brightwood Avenue north
west. and Dr. G. S. Johnson. Of 20l5 Yer
mont Avenue, appeared at the station
shortly after o'clock last night and in
formed Lieutenant Kenney that a colored
man had died suddenly on Cleveland Ave-
niue Both stated that they would not
issue the necessary death certificates un-
Ill the police had investigated the matter.
Lieutenant Kenney and Sergeant Bremen
man started out at once to look into the
matter.
Washington was employed as a ianitOr
in the Bliss building. on 3 Street north
west, between First and New Jersey Ave
hue northwest. Yesterday afternoon on
coming home from work he complained of
feeling III, il Is said. His wife finally sum
nDnCd the two physicians but upon their
arrival the man was dead. Both physi-
clans questioned the woman closely, and
II IS said she told them that cOlOred
man named Frank had given ner husband
something in q glass OF beer. Before she
was dead she said. The police learned
| later that the cOlored man Frank is also
an employe o. the Bliss building.
The Coroner. after viewing the remains,
before their removal from the house,
stated that in his opinion the man had
died natural death, but owing to the
peculiar circumstances. ne would hold an
autopsy over the remains this morning
ii the Sixth precinct station. In the mean
time the police Of the Eighth precinct are
making thorough investigation.
The times., 1901-06-27
PISTOL SHOTS IN AN ALLEY.
POIice Make Two Arrests in nm Effort
to Discover the Cause.

Half a dozen pistol shots fired in quick
succession caused fiutter of excitement
in Louise Alley southwest last night.
Word went out that a woman had been
shot, and the Fourth precinct police, in
the furry of the moment, laid hands on
Clarence Lomax and Frank Thomas, ne
groes. who were locked up. charged with
fast driving No weapon of any kind was
found on either OF the negroes. but the
police thought it might be well to put
them behind the bars until the shooting
could be investigated.
1t appears that Policemen Shannon,
Herbert. and Green were in Louise Alley
neighborhood about 10 o'clock, when they
heard shots, apparently from the alley.
All haste was malie by the police to enter
the alley a number of women were
standing in the court. and men, mostly
negroes, were gazing about to see what
was the matter. Mounted on a wagon
were Clarence LOmez and Frank Thomas,
and an unknown negro pointed suSpi-
ciously at them. The police pounced on
the negroes in the belief that they had
fired the shots, and took them to the sta
ton Pending investigation of the dis
turbance the men were held for alleged
fast driving Both prisoners deny having
any connection with the trouble.
The times., 1901-06-27
UNDUE INFLUENCE CHARGED.
An Effort by Sister to Set Aside
Thomas Il. Frances VIII.

Elizabeth b. Morgan, the sister OF
Thomas E. France. yesterday filed in the
Probate Cour' her answer to the petit
tion of Henry c. Stewart, the executor
under the will of Carrie A. France. From
the proceedings 1t appears that Thomas
+. France died on January IS. 1899. leaving
a viii by the terms of which he devised
all his property to his widow Carrie A.
France.
Shortly after the death Of Thomas E.
France Mrs. Morgan filed an objection to
her brothers will in the Probate Court,
but the case was permitted to rest in that
condition until the death of his widow,
Carrie A. France, a short time ago. when
Henry c. Stewart rs executor under the
will of Carrie A, France, filed a petition
praying that the will of Thomas r..
France be admitted to probdte and record
as to real estate. BY the terms of Carrie
a. France's viii she undertakes 10 devise
the property which is alleged to have
been devised to her by the will of her
husband Thomas Z. France. In her an
swer flied yesterday Mrs. Morgan, while
she admits that the said Thomas r.
France executed the paper filed as his
will alleges that at the time he executed
il he was not of sound and disposing mind
and capable Of executing a valid deed or
contract She also alleges that said viii
was procured by the unlawful persuasion.
irnportunities. and influence of persons
unknown to her when his mind was weak
and incapable of resisting such persuasion
and influence so that the said paper writ
ing did and does not express the VIII OF
the said Thomas y. France and is void
and of no effect in law.
The real estate in controversy is valued
nj about So 900, one of the pieces being
80 + Street northwest. Charles c. Cole
and r Golden Donaldson are named as
counsel for the complainant.
The times., 1901-06-27
ASSAULTED BY NEGROES.
Eighth Precinct Police Beat OF n
Gang of Rouphs.

Negroes almost pTeCipitated riot early
this morning in what is known as the
camp" not far from Howard University
The trouble began when John Willis, col
ored. aged twenty-three years, was ar
rested by Policeman Garrison, Of the
Eighth precinct station. Willis had been
disorderly, according to Garrison. and
hardy had the arrest been made before
friends OF the negro gathered for his res
cue
Garrison took his prisoner to the patrol
box, and sent in a call for the wagon.
Meanwhile negroes were c0ngregating
from every side, and stones and sticks be-
gan to fly through the air toward police
man and prisoner. Before any concerted
attack was made on the policeman the
patrol wagon appeared, carrying Police
man Johnson and others. The several
policemen charged the negroes and sepa-
rated them, after which Willis was put in
the wagon.
As the wagon was started for the sta
ton the gang Of negroes again appeared
and persistentIy attacked the wagon from
all sides. Stones, rocks and clubs were
thrown through the air. but after a while
the negroes seemed to tire of the sport
Then Policeman Garrison left the wagon
" AtbbAl4 10 Ills Dedl- lie Idu gone Dul
a few blocks when a stone was thrown
from behind a house by an unknown ne
gro and Garrison was struck on the side
and knocked down. He was able to arise.
however, and fired several shots from his
revolver at fleeing negro across vacant
lot. As other negroes appeared, however,
Garrison blew a distress call and several
policemen responded. The policemen at
tempted to round up twenty or thirty of
the negroes who were sSulking about. but
the latter fled at the sight of additional
re-enforcements.
On a former occasion the wagon of the
Eighth precinct was stoned and policemen
assaulted by negroes living in the same
locality. Especially is this true of the
beat patrolled last night by Garrison. This
beat is assigned to but a single police
man. while it is admittedly one of the
toughest in that section of the city. More
than a thousand negroes live in the
Camp" many of whom bear bad names
in police circles.
The times., 1901-06-27
A PRELIMINARY SIZZLE.
Citizens Try 10 Keep Cool in Spite
OF Hot Asphalt.

There were n number of cases of suG1en
Illness, due, it was said. to the heat, in
scribed on the books of the various nos
pitfalls yesterday. The hot spell which has
inconvenienced man and beast alike for
the past few days is to continue, If the
representations of the weather man are
az all to be relied upon. Horses undoubt-
edly suffered more from the intense Eays
of the sun than human beings did, for
the asphalt pavement added to their
greater discomfort.
1t has been noticed that in some parts
of the city the asphalt pavement is more
affected by the heat than in others, show
ing lack OF uniformity in the materials
used and the manner in which they were
put down. Wagons, horses, and even pc
destrians leave imprints on the soft as
phalt, which makes the burden of the
draft animals seem twice as heavy.
Haberdashers and clothiers, ice cream
gardens and pleasure resorts report buSi
ness in n nourishing condition ana Ter
vently wish that II may continue Tor an
indefinite period. They say that the early
part of the summer season. on account
of the rains and cool weather, has been a
poor one with them. and that people ought
to be satisfied with the hot weather, as
this is the season for it" The bathing
beach is another barometer of hot wealth
er Yesterday brought innumerab!e boys
and men to this popular resort. They
disported themselves in the cooling waves
TO their hearts content. The pumps
which furnish clear, cool spring water IN
some parts of the city were besieged all
day with men, women, and children,
awaiting their turn to drink or TO MI
cans. pitchers or buckets from the re-
freshing stream.
'.As this is only the fifth day of the
summer we can expect some pretty hot
weather yet" said official of the
Weather Bureau last night
The times., 1901-06-27
DENIAL MADE BY ITALY.
No Export Bounty on Sugar Accord
ing 10 the Embassy.

The italian Embassy here has pre-
sented a note to the State Department
denying that Italy pays an export bounty
on sugar, and will shortly submit a full
explanation of the circumstances which
gave rise to the belief on the part of the
Treasury Department, which the Italian
Government contends is erroneous, that
an export bounty was paid and led to the
PRONUNCIATION of Secretary Cages order
suspending the liquidation Of all sugars
imported from or produced in Italy" and
directing that the duties shall be esti-
mated in amount sufficient to cover addi-
tional duties equal to the above specified
duties"
1T appears highly probable, according
to Mr.. Cages order. that sugar produced
in that country receives indirect export
bounty as follows: Sugar below % Dutch
standard, $50 francs per 100 Kilograms;
sugar No 20 Dutch standard, 6.l3 francs
per 100 Kilograms These are the above
specified duties referred to.
No action will be taken by this Govern
ment in the matter until the detailed eX-
planation promised is furnished, and
meanwhile the Treasury Department Will
pursue its Investigations to ascertain posi-
lively whether the excise on Italian sugar
really amounts to the payment of boun~
ty
The times., 1901-06-27
DID NOT PLUNGE AFTER ALL.
A wOuId-Be Bridge Jumper Makes
Theatrical Prcnarntinnr

Considerable excitement was caused on
the spacious Pennsylvania Avenue south
east bridge shortly after o'clock last
night by the appearance of a neatly dress
I'd young man. who announced, in tones
loud enough to be heard in Twining City,
that he intended performing the famous
Steve Brodie act. by leaping from one of
the highest spans Of that structure into
the waters Of the Eastern Branch. Sew
eral citizens seized the man and de-
spatched messenger post haste 10 Twin
ing City for a policeman.
Sergeant Harry, of the Anacostia sta
tion. was riding TO his station when the
messenger, nearly exhausted from long
running, told him of the affair on the
bridge. The policeman galloped TO the
scene Of the trouble and found the young
man still anxious to perform the jump
ing act. Sergeant Harry at once placed
him under arrest and took him In the
patrol wagon 10 the Wa shngton Asylum
Hospital, as the police . ere of the opin-
ion that the man was Slightly deranged.
Upon arriving at that institution the
bridge jumper gave his name as William
Barry and said that he lived at 333 Mis-
souri, Avenue northwest. He also stated
that he had been drinking little during
the evening and at the time of his ar
rest he did not realize what he had done
lie WAS placed in a ward of the hospital
and his relatives were notified by the
Fifth precinct police. After finding that
the man was of sound mind, no charge
was entered against him.
The times., 1901-06-27
A NEW GUARDIAN ASKED.
Orphans Complain of the Manage
ment of Their Estate.

On letters written the court by Robert
Corcoran and Margaret CorcOran, orphans
Of the late William /. Corcoran, COM
planning of the conduct OF their guardian,
Annie Ai. Wise, Justice Anderson has is
sued an order requiring her to produce
the children in court on July next and
show cause why new guardian should
not be appointed, as requested by her
wards. II is also stated in the letters
written by the children that they were
net consulted in the appointment Of their
guardian, and they ask the court to ap-
point a trust company or some trust
worthy person instead Of Mrs. Mise 1t
Is further stated in the letters that Mrs
Wise cannot manage or take care Of chill
dren properly, much less the estate. Rob-
srt Corccran alleges that his guardian Is
cunning the estate into debt.
The children are sixteen and fourteen
years Of age. respectively, and are in
Philadelphia. The boy is at work and the
girl at school. There are also two other
children, William Corcorans fifteen years
old. and Raymond Corcoran, twelve years
old
The times., 1901-06-27
TWO RoBBERIEs IN a WEEK.
Mrs. Dodd's Boarding House Attracts
Those Seeking Money.

Mrs. Minnie Dodd, residing at l151 F
Street northwest, yesterday reported to
the police that she had been robbed of SI2.
She said that while engaged in serving
lunch to several Of her patrons during
lunch hour the thief entered her room and
stole her pocketbook containing the mon
ey.
The detectives who visited the house
found upon investigation that the finger
of suspicion pointed to one of the boarders
residing in the house. This is the second
time within one week that Mrs. Dodd has
been robbed. on last Saturday her room
was visited by a thief, who made off with
a purse containing sS3. No arrests have
vet been made, but the police believe they
can put their hands on the culprit at a
moments notice.
The times., 1901-06-27
oARSMEN OFF FOR THE RACE.
GeorGetown's Varsity Crew starts
for PoughIxeepsie.


Farewell cheers from a small body of
undergraduates followed the car of the
Georgetown crew, starting for Pough-
keepsie and the six-slded race on July 2
as the 10 o'clock train for New York pull
ed out of the Pennsylvania station last
night. The best squad of oarsmen ever
turned out by the Blue and Grey were
off to test their strength with that of
Columbia, Cornell. Wisconsin. Pennsylva-
mia. and Syracuse. on the Hudson. Pros
poets for Georgetown are brighter than
ever before. The crew is improving daily
Last night they took a short paddle on
the Potomac.
It's a better crcw- than we sent to
PoGghkeepsie lasts ysaF, said Claude r.
Zappone. the Georgetown coach. last
night; Stronger and faster. The men are
all in good condition, and will not grow
stale before the race. L expect them TO
improve steadily. What our chances are
l can't foreteIl. 1 have not seen the work
of the other crews The principal trouble
with the boat has been that many of the
men are new. and one especially so. not
having taken his place until about a
month ago.
Mr. Zappone did not leave with his crew
last night but Will join it at Poughkeep-
sic on Saturday. In the meantime the
men will be under charge Of w. X John
son, the manager, and Frank Kerns. cap
tain and stroke of the crew.
Two special cars. one for the shell and
one for the oarsmen, were given over to
the Georgetownites. All the members of
the crew and substitutes were in the
party. Eddie Byrue, Fred Soils, and
"Skeets' Manion were also in the party.
When the train pulled out there was a
good bit of cheering and all kinds Of
hope for good luck expressed On Mon
day a large number of Georgetown people
will leave for Poughkeepsie.
The statistics of the crew members are
as follows:
The times., 1901-06-27
Electric Cars for Mount vernon.

The interesting route, quickness OF the trip,
and the convenient schedule make the electric
trains Of the Washington Alexandra and Mount
Vernon Railway favorte means OF transporta-
ton 10 the home and tomb OF Washington.
Electric trains, which make the trip in either
direction in about fifty-fve minutes leave the
station. Thirteen-and a-half Street awl Pennsyl-
Yania Avenue, every hour from 10 a. m. 10
3. p. m. For almost the entire distance the trains
ran along the river, passing through the streets
q alexandria and trayersing the entire estate
at Mount Vernon. A competent guide accom-
panics each train. Stop-OyeT privileges at Alex
andria are allowed on all trains to the home and
tomb of Washington. Trains OF this line run
every iorty-hyc minutes for Arlington and Alex
andria.
The times., 1901-06-27
Father secures n SONS Arrest.

Frank Miller, forty three years OF age, was ar
arrested by Sergeant Doyle. Of the First pre-
cinct station, last night and locked up. charged
Sargeant Doyle upon the complaint Of his father,
Frank Miller, ST., who claimed that his son
had appropriated a paint brush, valued at sl.50.
which was the parents property The Aillers
resiJn ot SO7 Ninth Street northwest. The case
viii be given hearing in court this morning
The times., 1901-06-27
Two victims of the Heat.

TWO heat victims were reported yester-
day. John Dement,. twenty-one years of
age-IiVing at 210 Seventh Street south
west, was overcome yesterday afternoon
while distributing circulars on II Street
northeast Ananias Dyson, colored. TWEEN
n. years old, was walking on the BIadens-
bury Road, when stricken. Both men
were taken to the Casualty Hospital for
treatment
The times., 1901-06-27
May BE Sent TO the Asylum.

Isaac Thompkins, coored, forty years OF age.
whose home is at 2I25 d Street northwest, reached
the city last night in a helpless condition from
Culpcper. Va, where he has spent several months
past. The police cared for Thompkns last
night and today he will probably be sent to the
Washington Asylum Hospital. Friends OF the
man wore notified Of his condition.
The times., 1901-06-27
A workman Missing.

The police were last night asked to keep
lookout for Joseph Teal, forty years Of age. an
employe of the New York Dredging Company, who
has been missing from his home in this city
524 Eleventh Street southwest-since June % A
DESCRIPTION given the police by his relatives
states that he is about five feet ten inches in
height. with very dark hair
The times., 1901-06-27
Thirty Day Sentence for Woman.

Minnie Rideeway, about twenty-eight years old,
was prisoner III the Police Court yesterday,
charged with being disordcrly. policeman said
he found her drunk and wandering around on d
street Tuesday night. Miss Ridgeway in
a very nervous condition and refused 20 make any
statement Judge kimball sent her to the
vi 1.house for thirty days and ordered that she
be given medical treatment.
The times., 1901-06-27
Jacket Fonnd in the White Lot

Policeman High, OF the House of Detention,
would like to find the owner of lady's jacket
which ne discovered yesterday afternoon in the
grounds back OF the White House. Attached to
the Jacket is a pin, bearing the initials IN.
W. t." Mr.. High is holding the coat at his
hnnn for the oMncr.
The times., 1901-06-27
run Chnrres Agninst ann ola Man.

Horace Burbank, sixty years of age. IS held
at the First precinct station, charged with car
ryine concealed weapons and tresI'ss=:Hs 1t is
said Burbank had razor when he was arrested
in the Smithsonian Grounds late IN the evening.
Policemen sanford and Murphy say that the
urisoper WAS walking on the grass and otherwise
making himself obnoxious in the park. lie viii
he arraigncd today in the Police Court.
The times., 1901-06-27
DR.. Koch hCureS
CONSUMPTION
AND ASTHMA.

The German Government recognizes
Prof Kochs ability and pays him Hber-
ally for treating consumption and asthma
in their hospitals. He Is the first man
who ever did cure this fatal disease. He
has thousands of imitators. but none sue
ceed excepting those institutions which
have a direct communication with him.
like the Koch Lung Cure, at 627 Z Street
northwest, Washington, d. c.; 30 Ex-
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Twenty-second Street. New York City;
Al West Fayette Street, Baltimore. Md;
1894 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa; Ash
vile, n. c., and many other cities where
the great inhalation that cures Catarrh,
Bronchitis, Asthma, and Consumption Is
given. 1t throws the healing oils into
vapors and they are easily breathed into
the lungs.
Consultation and examination are free.
also the first treatment, So Street
northwest. There is no other office In
Washington.