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The Washington times., 1901-08-03
TO COMPETE WITH STEAM.
Extensive Electric Lines Being Built
in Central New York.

UTICA. n. y. Aug. 2.-The Consolidated
Street Railway Company, which will be in
corDorated in this city within a few days,
will, it is believed, be the nucleus of a
gigantic electric road system in central
New York. with the object of competing
for passengers and express traffic with
the steam roads and the American Ex
press Company.
The new company will be capitalized at
s5,JO0,0oO 1t is represented by Horace E.
Andrews. of Cleveland, a son of a former
partner of John d. Rockefeller in the oil
business. Associated with him are num-
ber of New York capitalists.
Mr.. Andrews syndicate row controls
all the street ear companies in this city.
Since February "a he has bought up the
Utica Belt Line Street Railway Company,
with seven separate lines in Utica and
two running to New Hartford, New York
Mills, and Whitesboro; the Utica and Mo
hawk Street Railway Company. the Utica
Suburban Railroad, the Utica and Deer
field Road, and the electric line running
from Herkimer, through the villages of
Mohawk and Ilion, to Frankfort.
The Utica and Mohawk Railroad is be-
ing extended to Frankfort, where it will
be connected with the line to Herkimer.
Engineers are surveying a line from
Herkimer tosIittIe Falls. The Herkimer
extension will b-( completed this year, and
the Little Falls extension next summer.
This will give continuous electric line
OF twenty-five miles running east of
Utica. The syndicate is extending the
Utica Suburban road to Rome, fifteen
miles west Of Utica, and franchises have
been secured for lines extending to Clin-
ton, where Hamilton College is located,
Sanquoit, Ciayvile. and number of other
small manufacturing villages. The roads
viii be equipped with the largest size
electric cars, and express cars Will be
placed on lines to the suburban towns.
The electric power at Trenton Falls will
be used by the company.
Electric lines at Syracuse and Rochester
are also being extended, and it is only
question of few years when the New
York Central Railroads lines will be par
aIleled by an electric system extending
across the State Traction companies are
being organized in many of the larger
villages in the hope that franchises which
they secure will, at no distant day. be a
marketable commodity
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
DIR. HENRY HoRLEBEcK DEAD.
The Well Known yellow Fever Ex-
pert Passcs AwnN.

CHARLESTON, S. c., Aug. 2.-Dr. Hen
ry Buckingham Horlebeck, formerly
President of the American Public Health
Association, and for twenty years the
health officer of Charleston, died here
early this morning. He was stricken
with paralysis several months ago.
DIR. Horlebeck was an authority on yell
low fever and had practical charge of
all quarantine matters in this section in
recent epidemics IN New Orleans.
In his will he left instructions to have
his body cremated and the ashes buried
here The body was shipped to n Staten
Island crematory this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
DECAMPED WITH HER MONEY.
A WOman's Expensive Experience
With nm Alleged Crook.


The police of the Second precinct sta
ton, together with several of the de-
tective sergeants from Headquarters. are
making a determined effort to locate
shrewd crook. who by his gentlemanly APP
pearance and fluent conversation man
aged to carry away from the home of
Mrs. Amelia +. Frye, of 1i24 Eleventh
Street northwest. Thursday morning,
roll of bills amounting to $50. This is
not the only case the police desire to
make out against him, should he be appre-
hended. Itis also believed that the stranger,
who is described as being rather boy
ish-looking, exceedingly well dressed, and
weighing about l40 pounds, is responsible
for several other robberies in the sec
ton where the last theft was committed.
The stranger called upon Mrs. Frye
early Thursday morning and Informed her
that he was a resident of New York and
a graduate of the Columbia University.
He stated that he had just received en-
ployment as a space writer on one of the
Washington newspapers, and that. as he
might stay in this city for some time, he
desired to rent a nice room, which he
heard Mrs. Frye had.
Mrs. Frye, not doubling the honesty of
her visitor escorted him upstairs and
showed to him room which she was
'uSSfrOuS oil ntlnG. lie expressed himself
as well pleased with it, and said he would
take it He added that if she did not OBJ
iect he would wait in the room for his
trunk, which he had told friend to send
to Mrs. Frye's. Mrs. Frye, wishing to be
as courteous as possible, complied with
his request and left him in the room.
Outside the door. near the room. was
trunk the property of Mrs. Frye, which
she had left there temporarily until she
should move it into another part of the
house. The stranger, as near as Precinct
Detective Evans and Detective Sergeant
Trumbo could learn from the investiga-
tion they made. evidently ransacked sew
eral adjoining rooms. and then opened
the trunk He discovered $50 concealed
therein, took possession of it, and made
his escape through the front door, while
the members of the family were out Of
the way.
Mrs. Frye returned to the room shortly
ana was greatly surprised to find it un-
occupied She then noticed that the trunk
had been tampered with and found her
self to be the loser of $50. She notified
the police at once, and they are at pres
ent engaged in locking for the thief
1t is the opinion of the detectives on
the case that the man is a professional
crook, as several other complaints have
been received by them from residents
complaining of the suspicious actions of
a man tallying minutely with the descrip-
tion given by Mrs. Frye. A message Civ
ing the mans description has been sent
to all the stations in the city
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
A Girl FriehtfuIIy Burned.

HARRISON, N. j., Aug. 2.-Lottie Bak-
er, eighteen years old. who worked for
Robert Torrance. at AZ Cleveland Ave
nue. was frightfulIy burned yesterday
afternoon by her clothes catching fire
from a gas stove. AS soon as she found
her clothing on fire she ran screaming in
to the street. TWO men seized "A blanket
from a wagon and smothered the flames
with it, She was carried to the Torrance
house and doctor sent for. Her cloth
ing was all burned of and she had been
burned from her neck to her feet She
was taken to St tsarnabas Hospital.
Newark. There is little hope of her fe-
covery.
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
BOY THIEVES UNDER ARREST.
4 Youthful Gang Apprehended in
New Jersey.

NEWARK, n. J., Aug. John Camp
bell, James Duh, Charles Nordie. Harry
Clifton, and Charles Brady, all of East
Newark, and Philip Brady. of Newark,
boys from twelve to sixteen years old,
were arrested yesterday by Chief of Po-
lice Rodgers, OF Harrison and several cit
izens after a long chase.
The prisoners have given to the police
of Harrison and Kearny great deal of
trouble Chief Rodgers has evidence of
six robberies that they have been impl-
Gated in, one of which was stealing a
horse and wagon from John Reicke. a
grocer, of Harrison. They confessed to
three robberies
Justice Lawless committed them to the
Hudson county Jail to await trial by
higher court.
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
MIGHT AFFECT OUR TRADE.
Probable Result of Trouble Be-
tween Venezuela and Colombia.
w. w. Cobbs. United states Consul mt
Colon. Asks the state Department
About the Propriety of Request
ing the Presence of Wnrship.

About the Propr1ety oi heputst-
ing the Presence of Wnrship.
The Acting Secretary of State, Mr.. AGee,
received despatch late yesterday after
noon from w. w. Cobbs, the United
States Consul at Colon. Colombia, stat
ing that he feared the threatened trouble
between Venezuela and Colombia would
seriously affect American trade. He also
asked if il would be proper for him to
request the presence of warship in
case there was any interference with
American commerce. Mr.. Cobbs mes
sage does not state that there has as
yet been any injury done to American
interests. but the tone of his despatch
indicates that he apprehends trouble.
Mr.. Adce at once took the message to
Acting Secretary Hackctt. and conferred
with him as TO what ships of the navy
We're available for service in Colombian
waters in case one is needed. At
present there are no warships within
many hundred miles of Venezuela or
Colombia. No action was taken upon
the matter, as at present. according to
the despatch, there is no interruption OF
American trade. The State Department,
however. desires to be prepared in case
it is necessary to send a warship there.
Earlier in the day Secretary Adee had a
conference with Rear Admiral Crownin-
shield upon the question of sending a ship
TO Venezuelan waters. and it was decided
that for the present the circumstances
did not justify such action.
Senor Pulido, representing Venezuela in
Washington, stated yesterday evening
that he had no news from his Govern
ment concerning the situation there or
in Colombia
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
Richmond Locomotive works.

RICHMOND. Va. Aug. 2.-H. A. Pit
kin, First Vice President, and ]. A.
Sauge, Mechanical Engineer. of the
American Locomotive Company. were
here yesterday and inspected the Rich
mond Locomotive Works recently pur-
chased by the company. They authoriz-
ed the expenditure of 100000 in improving
the plant. This sum will be spent in
electrical equipment and improvements to
machinery, which will enable the works
which now build about six engines a
week, to turn out eight or nine.
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
, cunora Line story Denied.

LONDON, Aug. 2.-The chairman of the
Cunard Line Steamship Company contra
diets the report printed in the Daily
Telegraph" yesterday that his company
had decided to build steamship capable
of making twenty-five knots an hour for
the purpose of capturing the Atlantic
record The ..Telegraph" stated that the
contract had not yet been placed. but the
designs had been prepared and estimates
invited for the construction OF such YES
col
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
liIroad Clerks Discharged.

tERLAND. Md. Aug. 2.-The new
6nent of the Baltimore and Ohio
has commenced to reduce the
korce of the transportation de-
all over the system. In Cum
e clerks in the general yard
partment have been notified
ryices will no longer be need
bri1 heretofore done by this
dispensed with altogether,
remainder will be divided
lther clerks. This will keep
clerks actively engaged, as
risk on all the divisions.
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
Suicide I'm an Ice Plant.

ORANGE, N. j., Aug. 2-Frederick
Hall, "a calker employed in the construc-
tion of the new building of the Orange
Mountain Ice Company. on Fourteenth
Street, East Orange. committed suicide
by hanging in the building Wednesday
night He was found hanging from one
of the pipes when the men came to work
Yesterday morning. He had been des-
pondent for several days. He leaves a
widow in Trenton, where he lived.
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
Drowned in Lake ChnmpInin.

MoRGANTOWN, w. Va, Aug. "A
telegram to his parents here states that
George Whitman. one OF the most popu-
lar young men of the town, was drowned
Wednesday In Lake Champlain while
bathing. He was seized with cramps.
Whitman WAS tweHty-seyen years of age
and recently graduated from the West
Virginia University, where he was bril-
liant student ard a powerful halfback on
its football team. He had been engaged
this summer In taking field course in
geology at Cornell
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
CHURCH NOTICES.

OPEN AIR SERvICE-These will be an open aif
service around the Peace Cross Mount ST. Alban
on the site of the cathedral of IS. Peter and
Paul on SUNDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 4, AT
) O'CLOCK. Chaplain Pierce, L. 5. n, of the
Philippines, will preach the sermon mi
The Washington times., 1901-08-03

SPECIAL N0TICE-Will parties who witnessed
accident to colored man ON Brightwood or Metro
politan Railroad Freedman's Hospital Tues
day evening, July 80 1901, about $50 pm,
please correspond with R0BT. E. MATrINGLY,
Attorney i72 La. ave. NV, City? m2-2
The Washington times., 1901-08-03

Chills and fever is a bottle OF Groves Tasteiess
Chill Tonic 1t is simply iron and qunne IN
tasteless form. No cure-no pay Price Soc.
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
SUMMER RESORTS.
PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS for the construction of a portion
of the low area trunk sewer. Office Of the Com
missioner d. c., Washington d. c., July 80,
l901.-Seaied proposals will be received at this
office until u O'CLOCK NJ, AUGUST 81 1901
for constructing sewers in the District of Column
bia. Specifications and blank forms of proposals
may be obtained at this office The right is re-
served TO reject any and all bids or parts of
bids. HENRY B. +. MCFARLAND. JOHN W..
ROSS. LANSING II. BEACH, Commissioners,
D.. C.
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
Account Bush Meeting.

81 Washington to PurceilvIlle, Va, and return
yia Southern Railway. Sunday morning.
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
SPECIAL NOTICES.

ALL BROTHERS OF WHITE EAGLE TRIBE NO
II, 1. o. X. NJ, and brothers of all sister tribes
are earnestly requested to meet at the wigwam
OF White Eagle Tribe No. IL. Four-and-a half
1901 at u O'Clock noon to attend the funeral
OF our late brother. A. c. Vogelweyd.
THOMAS r. BEAVERS Sachem.
Attest: S. NJ. PEARSON, Chief of Records.
The Washington times., 1901-08-03
EXECUrIvE oFFICE. COMMISSIONERS OF THE

EXECUTIVE OFFICE, COMMISSIONERS OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Washington, July %
l9OI.-SEALED PROPOSALS endorsed Proposals
for School Books will be received at this office
until ? O'CLOCK p. NJ, TUESDAY, AUGUST g.
1901. to furnish for the fiscal year 1902 public
school text books with and without exchange a.
provided in the District Of Columbia appropria-
tion law approved March I, 1901. Blank forms OF
proposals and specifications will be promptly fur
nished by the Property Clerk of said District upon
application to him at his office. 464 Louisiana
Avenue northwest, Washington, ID. c. BY order
OF the Beard OF Commissioners. WILLIAM TIN
n
The Washington times., 1901-08-03

tUN-
GRESS. Washington, ID. C., July 81, l90l.-Sealei
proposals for constructing. delivering, and erect
ing in place complete two steel-trussed covered
ways in the east courts of the Building for tho
Library of Congress will be received ut this Of
flee until O'CLOCK P. NJ. on TUESDAY. THE
18TH DAY OF AUGUST. 1901. and then publicly
opened. Specifications, general instructions con-
ditions. and blank forms Of proposal may bc
obtained upon application to this Office. BER-
NARD r. GREEN. Superintendent
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-07-18

close on his heels. and as they looked
up i'm surprise at the sudden shower
of soup and the unceremonious entry
of Jake, they saw me, and with
smothered sort of yell, they began
tumbling over each other, upset the
table and the tent and for the next
ten minutes there was the blamedest
mix-up you ever saw. l couldn't UNI
derstand what ii all meant, but ! had
sense enough to know that somebody
would be hurt in the wreck unless
help came pretty soon, and / took
hand at getting matters into shape.
BY doing this | had chance to catch
hold of an officer or two who couldn't
get away, and when they found |
wasn't a ghost they grew calmer and
began to explain. That was easy
enough, you know, when things were
quieter and we had pulled Jake out
from the bottom and restored him to
consciousness, for the darky had col
lapsed entirely. You know darkies
have no use for ghosts.
"They told me the story of the
man being killed on my horse, and,
thinking il was i, they had buried me
and had a real funeral sermon by a
preacher who lived at Marietta. Next
day they showed me my grave, and it
made me feel little bit queer to
look at it, but / wasn't sorry | was
able to do so. ! wrote to my sisters
explaining that the report of my
death was a mistake, and they wrote
me that they had gone into mourning
for me, but ] needn't worry on that
account. as the black dresses could be
trimmed in colors and still he useful.
You see, they were disposed to have
fun with me when they found / was
all right. What newspapers were in
existence had nice notices of me, and
the pleasant things said about me in
letters of coincidence TO the family
really made me quite satisfied that
something had happened to call forth
such expressions"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-07-18

dying daughter in the next town. 1t
is common thing for men TO give
her few dollars promptly and never
ask any questions. She has variety
of stories to tell. / think she is the
most successful beggar l know.
Crying at will is something l don't
understand. | have seen counterfeit
cries galore on the stage. but this
woman's cry is much nearer the real
thing. No, she does not hold a hand
kerchief to her eyes at all. She just
keeps her face well up, and sobs
freely, her tears rolling down her
checks that all may see them. She
can cry anywhere.
"I've seen that woman stop on the
sidewalk near where three men were
standing and sob as if her heart
would break. When one of the men
asked what the matter was, she re-
Piled she lived 20 miles away and had
lost her purse. The three men gave
her n dollar and half in a iitfy and
asked no questions. How often in a
day she does a turn like that | don't
know.
"She does her turn so artistically
that we hate TO turn the fraud down.
One time did interfere in the front
of a hotel, but the five men she had
cried to simply gave-me a stony
stare and waved me off, as they hand
ed her a few small bills. They
wouldn't hear my story, and swal-
lowed her tears of woe as trout
Jumps at a fly. l guess those men
would rather feel they'd helped a
poor woman than believe there was
such n fraud. That's why let
her go.
"No, I am sure she uses no onion,
or other pungent odors to cause her
tears. Her tear glands are ever ready
on tap and never appear to be empty.
Some days ago / asked doctor
about it and he couldn't explain 1T
more than TO say that practice makes
perfect, and that the tear glands
could be developed the same as any
other portion of the human body.
have promised TO show him the
woman some time"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-07-18
Thousands Sent Into Exile.

Every year large number of poor
sufferers whose lungs are sore and rack
ed with coughs are urged TO 60 to anoth-
er climate. But this is costly and not
always sure. Don't be an exile when
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton will cure you at home. It's the most
inialhble medicine for Coughs, Colds.
and all Throat and Lung diseases on
earth. The first dose brings relief. AS
founding cures result from persistent
use. Trial bottles free at Feldmeyer
Bros. City Drug Store. Price 50 cents
and 81 90. Every bottle guaranteed.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-07-18
Movements Of Naval Vessels

The Navy Department yesterday an
nounced that the gunboat Machias had
been placed in commission at the Boston
yard and will Join the North Atlantic
Squadron in few weeks The Scorpion
was placed out Of commission at the same
yard yesterday
Movements OF vessels were reported as
follows: The training ship Hartford is al
Stockholm; the collier Alexander is at
Guaymas, Mexico; the hospital ship So
lace LETT Hongkong tor Cavite; the Dol
phin, with the Maine Naval Militia
aboard. is at Rockland: the Lancaster.
from GARDENERS bay. for New York; the
Don Juan de Austria is at Cavite; the
Wompatuck and the Samar are at Cebu;
the Leyte is at Misamis.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-07-18
Hard ON the Liquor seller.

The police of Denmark, says an
exchange. have a curious way of
dealing with the drunk and incap-
able found in the streets. They
summon cab and place the patient
inside it; then drive to the station,
where he gets sober; then home.
where he arrives sober and sad. The
agents never leave him till they have
seen him safe in the family bosom.
Then the cabman makes his charge,
and the police surgeon makes him.
and the agents make their own
claim for special duty, and this bill
is presented to the host of the es-
tablishment where the culprit took
his last Overlooking glass.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-07-18

Col. Prentiss Ingraham, novelist, eS-
confederate officer. hero of several
wars, and an adventurous spirit gen
orally, had the floor.
Yes" he said in response TO an i'm
quiry from a Washington Star man,
II was buried just back of a little
church in Marietta. Ga"
''Alive?" asked the Mortified listener.
They didn't think l was at the
time" laughed the colonel. "but let
me explain. was soldering then for
the lost cause. and in the course of
my duties l slipped away one night
quite unbeknownst, as il were, TO do
some secret service work. The next
morning a shell from federal cannon
came over our way and exploded right
in front of a nan on my horse, with
the result that there were only scraps
of him left. Naturally enough, my
friends thought it was /, as the horse
was still recognizable, and they had a
funeral, at which | was leading char
acter, but did not even do thinking
part. My sisters were notified of my
death, and just back of the little
church was a grave with headstone
bearing an inscription including my
name and date or two. Which was a
good deal more than most soldiers got
at that time. OF course, l didn't know
anything about all this, and when my
work was finished, which was in about
ten days, / returned TO camp. / got
there about dusk, and headed for a
tent where we did our eating, such as
it was, and the first man i met was
Jake. our colored boy, who was going
into the tent with two-bushel basin
Of soup occupying both his hands.
"'Hello, Jake says l, never think
ing about anything but the soups
savory smell.
"But Jake didn't say word. He
just stared at me for an instant
turned a grayish white and dove
headforemost into the tent, hurting
the soup basin before him and scat
tering its contents over a half dozen
officers sitting around table. l was
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-07-18
Arnor Tested Successfully.

The first successful test Of the new
Kruppized armor which has been adopted
by the navy was held at the Indian Head
proving ground yesterday. The plate
was six inches thick ana represented
4I2 tons OF armor for the battleship Mis-
souri. Three shots were fire d. the pene-
ration being from ? \ to 3 inches. There
was no cracking of the plate. and as the
penetration was not above normal the
plate was pronounced satisfactory.
The Carnegie and the Midvale armor
concerns have made known TO the Navy
Department their willingness to enlarge
their plants so that the Government will
receive 500 tons of armor month from
each concern or an aggregate OF 81 ,ooc
tons a month instead of oo5 tons.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-07-18
Carr Pays So 80 For Assaulting Alderman
FeldmeYer

Fred Carr. colored. who assaulted
Alderman Jas. ID. Feldmeyer. OF the
Third ward on Tuesday evening. by
knocking him down and biting him on
the leg, appeared before Justice Davis
this morning and plead guilty, and was
fined IS. 80. The difficulty grew out OF
a dispute over Carr taking dirt from a
lot owned by Mr.. Feldmeyer, which he
hadpaid to have filled up on Calvert
street.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-07-18

iective yet discovered that will exactly
fit his case.
Breaking horses was all well
enough in the way of business, but for
pastime there was not enough excite
ment in it. Eddie found that some of
the long, lean steers that came up
from the great ranches of the south
west beat the fastest horses he could
find to ride. The only reason why they
could not get away from the cowboy
was because the brains of the man di-
rected the pursuing horse, while the
poor steer had no governing hand TO
help it out. but merely brute strength,
agility and speed. Now Eddie has har-
messed a steer and can cover ground
with it faster than any horse on the
ranch can go.