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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-06
KILLED IN a BARGAIN RUSH.
six-Year-OId Girl Meets Death in n
Department store

Six-Year-OId Girl Meets Death in :,
Department store
NEW YORK. Feb 6-EtheI Webster six
years old, was killed yesterday in a bar
gain counter rush in d Fulton Street
Brooklyn. department store The pace
was so crowded that il was with some .dff-
ficulty that the frantic grief-stricBer
mother fought her way TO the side Of her
dying child
II was late in the afternoon when Mrs
Webster with the little one left their
home at 552 Tenth Street. Brooklyn. Ar
rived al the store she stopped for Il mo-
menJ TO admire some marked down lace
curtains The child was separated from
her in the crush and cFa~led under The
table upon which the bargains were dis
played Nobody knows exactly what hap
peleG then
It is surmised that in rising TO her feet
on the other side she caught hold Of the
edge OF the Ia Bile. destroying its balance
Then the crowd Of women IL front jCsJIed
It and II overturned, crushing out her life
rs il fell In any event something tipped
up the table and IL overturned.
The store clerks quickly righted II and
picked up The child Mrs Webster re-
ognIzed the clothes from her place in The
crowd ana fought heF way through EN-
cited women gave her push fer push and
FOR moment there VAS panic Several
women tainted The child was dead when
Ms Webster reached her
Or. Lee Cox, hastily summoned broke
the news TO rEe stricken mother At urs-
me refused 20 believe him. Then. when
all her attempts 20 arouse the little one
had failed. she asked that carriage be
called and she carried the tiny body
home
At the Tenth Street house last night il
was said that Mrs. Webster was pros
trated and that II Was feared she might
die 81 the 5lrUck.
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DESTROYING THE FORESTS.
Quick Action necessary to Establish
the Southern Reserve

BRISTOL. Va Feb 6--Fresiden, Nc
Ilinley's recommendation with reference
to the establishment Of great forestry
reserve in the South embracing portions
OF Tennessee. North Carolina Georgia
and Kentucky. comes at q most opportuae
time if such a thing is to be accomplish ID
The great boundary Of timberIands in
Guided in the territory Indicated. If not
seizeI upon TO be made d reserve. VIII
before lorg have become scene Of deveI-
opmcnts in the line OF lumber manufar-
ture The growing demand for timber for
lumber manufacture is just now beginning
10 make inrUads upon the timber forests
Of the South. There is no better example
OF this tendency than in the territory
around Bristol Thousands OF acres OF
fine timber have already been marked for
destruction, and even at this early stage
of developments the lumber plants here
and within a radius Of twenty miles Cf
Bristol are turning out perhaps not less
than half a million feet of lumber daily
other plants Of the kind are to be estap-
Iished soon The Sheafer heirs. of Penn
sylyania. have just recently organized TO
build plant near Damascus. Va, with A
daily capacity Of q GOO feet James Strana.
a Co. of PHILADELPHIA nay,A Just ARRANGED
details for bringing TO Bristol their plant
which mas been operating AT Buffalo n.
y. and which has Il capacity Of - coo feet
daiIv The Empire Lumber and Mining
COmpany is now operating a Inmber plant
fifteen miles east of Bristol which has y
capacity of 1900 feet daily.
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NEW YORK. Feb. Car 129. Of The
Broadway Cable Line. was going south
| on Broadway near Spring Street this
morning about O'Clock. crowded to The
doors, when there was an explosion fol-
lowed by flame at the rear near the stove
heater
At the moment the explosion occurred
not only was the interior of the ear filed
with passengers. both standing up and
sitting. but the rear platform and even
the buffer was crowded. Every one OF the
passengers in the rear part of the car
was more or less burned. two men on the
/ buffer were knocked of by the force Of
the explosion, and. in the panic which
followed. numbers of those in the car
were knocked down and trampled on.
The car took fire Immediately after the
/ explosion and it was nearly twenty min
/ utes before the blaze was put out The
/ interior of the car was then practi .aily
destroyed
Those who were injured were taken to
d nearby drug store and their burns
/ dressed None of them went to the hos
pitaL Many went away without giving
! their names. but among those who we're in
! the car and who were injured were
J. r. Park of GatesYiIIe, Texas. guest
/ OF the Continental Hotel. hair and nous
tache singed off and coatwaist, coat. ard
overcoat burned.
Mrs Robert Rurnes. of city. confusion
from being knocked OF a rear platform
and shock
L. c, Townsend, of Pennsylvania. hair
singed
Isaac Levy. city. burned about face and
| hands.
W. L. Baird Of 179 Walker Street. con
tusions.
A. W Baird. OF 179 Walker Street, con-
I tusions Both the BaiFds were thrown of
the rear platform by the force of the ex-
pl0sion.
H s LYMAN. of SIS West 114th Street.
hands burned He had on pair OF white
kid gloves. which were partially burned
from his hands
William Nightingale. slightly burned.
There We're a least half a dozen others
who were more or less painfully burned or
bruised and who went on to their bust
ness or returned to their homes The ex-
plcsiOn came from the neighborhood Of the
heater but whether it vas from some
thing that had been put into the coal
stove whether il was an explosion OF
heated dust in the heating pipes that ran
under the seats, or whether the gas tank
which supplied gas to the lamps OF the
L.
II was thought however. that gas had
somehow escaped from the tank and be
come ignited from the stove Al any rate
just as the car was crossing Spring street
the explosion came. ana with il flames in
the rear part of the car and smoke
through all Of il. The forty or ffty pas
sengers who were crowded into the car
and hanging TO the platform and buffer
made a wild scramble to get out. Those
near the stove had flames shooting out
around them and those farther away IN
the ear were choked and blinded By
smoke
Mr. Park. who sat next to the stove.
had the flames eating through his over
coat and waistcoat before he could get
away As the crowd damned into the
doorway some fell and those held back
we're struggling both TO keep away from
the flames that shot out all about the
stove and to force their way 10 the street
Policemen pulled several cut Of the broken
windows i fire engine put out the flames
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THE CHESAPEAKE BEACH CASE.
Judge Briscoe Denies the Petition
for ReceiyershIp.


PRINCE FREDERICK. Md. Feb. $
The application and petition hled in the
Circuit Court Of Calvert county January
L BY John D. Alien and the John D. Allen
Company, OF Philadelphia asking for the
appointment of a receiver for the Chesa-
peake Beach Improvement Company and a
subsequent and similar petition and ap-
plieation fled by the Chesapeake Beach
Railway Company and the Chesapeake
Beach Hotel Company jointly against the
improvement Company have been denied
by Chief Judge John p Briscoe- 10 whom
the application was made.
The application for receiver for the
Chesapeake Beach Improvement Company
was denied in the first case for the reaon
that the bill OF complaint does not state
a case for the interposition Of court OF
equity; that the obligations OF the bill do
not make case to warrant the appoint
menJ Of a receiver and for reasons appa-
rent upon the face OF the bill and the pro
ceedings.
In the case of the Chesapeake Beach
Railway Company and the Chesapeake
Beach Hotel Company against the I'm
l4OhSiHtut company the court, IN SLal lHS
its opinion. says; AS the bill in this
case does not present a case for the ap-
pointment of a receiver by the court and
as il Will be dismissed it becomes unnec-
essary TO pass upon the questions sought
to be raised Hereunder. and the same IS
dismissed for reaOns apparent on the face
OF the bill and the proceedings"
The Chesap eake Beach Railway Compa-
ny claims the first lien upon the buildings,
etc. which have been erected by the
Chesapeake Beach Improvement Company
at the Beach under and by virtue Of an
agreement, 1t is claimed, between the par
ties In proceedings instituted in the Court
Of Chancery in the State of New Jersey,
January II, the Chesapeake Beach In
proFement Company was adjudged to be
lnsolvent and ex-Judge Richard F Miller
was appointed by the New Jersey court as
receiver in that State
For the work of supervising the erection
Of buildings at the Beach the John D. Al
len Company claims to Re creditors in
the sum OF 5000. John D. Allen, archi-
tect. as creditor for over "a, 000. and the
Railway Company for something over 81
bCV- About seyenty-fVe mechanics liens
have been filed with the clerk of the Cir
cult Court Of Calvert county. representing
various amounts against the Chesapeake
Beach Improvement Company.
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RUmoRED RAILWAY DEAL.
Three Prominent Western Lines to
BE Consolidated.

DENVER. Col. Feb, 6-Promuonr rail
road men here say that the Chicago. Rock
Island. and Pacific. Denver ana Rio Grande.
and Rio Graude Western railroads viii
soon be under one management and that
the hEancIeTs now arranging this coEsoli-
dation are in control Of the new company
just organized BY Senator Clark OF Mon
tana. 10 build a line from Salt Like TO
Los angel :. Cal
Presidrut JeGery. of the Denver and Rio
Graude, Is in New York. and is said 10 b
Working with the syndicate in completing
the details Of thc transaction With the
link between Salt Lake and Los Angeles.
this consolidation would have the short
est and most direct route from Chicago
10 the Pacific Ocean
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Maryland Coal Miners strike.

AOUNT SAVAGE. Nd, Feb. G.-The en-
plgyes al the cod mines of ". K Niyer q
Co al Nivcrt0u Pa in the Meyersduie re
gfoA, a few miles north Of Mount Savage.
Nd. have struck because Of the discharge
Of eighty-rine Grion miners who recently
Joined the uhiOH- These mines il is al
legged. have been paying only 90 cents Ton
ahiie the other mines of the region pay
- cents. About 2eo miners have been en-
plOyed. Two Polish Interpreters were ar
rested and taken 70 the Somerset Iail
charged with threatening The lives CT The
superintendent and others
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Hiss NETHERsoLE VERY Ill,
The Actress Must nderEo a Surg
cal Dneratinn.

the Actress Must Undergo "a SurEi-
cal Operation.
NEW YORK Feb 5--Miss Olga Neither
sole VIII not be able to play again this
season. and 1t is quite likely she VIII no.
return to the stage for a year She is
critically III now at the Hoffman Housa
in this city and must undergo a surgical
operation al Cnce. which viii uecess tate,
her retirement from the stage for a lon
period Miss NethersoIe has been IN i'll
health for some time.
The actress company in the meantime
had gone on Without her 10 Buffalo Wher
they VIII cCLtinUe 10 play until the end
Of this week when the members Of the
company vail be paid two weeks salary
in lieu OF notice. and the organization
disband-
The operation upon Miss Nethers ole,
viii be performed at q private s1nitariuq.
in this city. and as soon as she has re
covered sufficiently to stand the voyage
she VIII return to her home in England
OF her plans for the future nothing can
be said al present.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-06
Furniture Factory, 18th ard B.
BOrdered
Carpets
At Remnant Prices.

Hundreds of them ready for
Won Not Il size-not color
not a kind missing. y carpet for
every room in the house. You
KNOW they are made up from rem
nants-but to all intents and pur-
poses they are the same as if you
had them made to your order.
Only difference is in the price.
Quite an idea, this bOrdered car
pet one. 1t helps rs get rid of the
remnants-it gives you a fine car
pet at remnant price.
Bring the size of the room YOU
want to carpet with You when you
come
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-06
COATED A MAN WITH TAR.
FOGr West Nirsinians Arrested But
AitcrsNmrd HrIensed.

4ttrrNHTu released.
PARkERSBURG. ". Va. Feb. G.-Andv
DarJis. a machinist's helper. received A
coat Of TAR Monday night and accuszs Fob
ert Allen, Robert Madlgan. Harry Crottv
and Samuel Balsley Of giving il to him.
He states that they invited him into a
machine shop to help them drink q key
Of beer. and that they then threw borax
in his eyes cut OF half o. E.:s nustache.
cut punches Of hair out Of his head. and
poured tar over his head stripping him
and letting IL run down his BODY
When discovered yesterday morning
baralS was in pitiable condition. with
tar matted in has hair and all over his
body. The men he accuses were arrested
and taken before a magistrate on "a felony
charge As they denied it and there We're
no other witnesses. they were released
but were fined f0r assault. one witness
said he was outside the building where
they were and heard one Of them propose
that they put tar on Dardis. bul no one
saw them do IT,.
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A LETTER FROM Mr.. BRYAN.
Fight for Hnnimn Rights Must He
Continued. He says

BALTIMORE Feb G--Najor George G.
WsddeI burn. Secretary of the Citizens
Democratic Association. yesterday re
eeived the following letter from Col VII
liam Jennings Bryan.
Your letter received some 3ine. bur
has JUST been reached II the accumulation
Of my correspondence. Iicdse present mv
compliments 70 the asso cation and assure
them I appreciate tfoI- zeal during the
campaign ana the cor ndenCc expressed
since the election. '"Ie contest between
man and mammon IS a never ending one
and ~e must continue the fight for human
rights Yours very truly.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN
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Recognized aS the Rest

'Ialk little and we'll and YOU viii bc IooE Ell
upon as somebody" We DO not need 40 tax
very .uuch about the qualities OF Hcurrll's Lu,rs
NHrEz"u, SeIiltc. and Lager looked upon Ir
everybody a. the FurcSt and most wholesome Of
al heere- The reason Tor this recognition Is
that Heuricl's beers bGr,gcd OF lhe hest matt
and hop and are OF proper age before leaving Tie
brewery Phone fs5i Arlington Betting Co t,r
= case
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-06
pNEt,roNIA CAN BE PREVENTED

THIS disease always results from 4 cold or m
attack of the grip. and may be prevented b.
the timely use OF CAambcrIJin's Cough Remedy
That remedy was extensively used during the cpl
denies Of u grippe OF the past Jew years, and
not single case has eves been reported that
did not recover or that resulted in pUeumonia
which shows IL to be certain preventive OF
that dangerous disease. ChaIHusrIaIn'ss Cough
Remedy has gained worldwide reputation for
its cures Of colds and grip Fer sale by Henry
Evans, wholesale and retail. and all druggists.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-06
PANIC In A STREET CAR
An Explosion Near the Heater Fol
lowed by a Fire.

Several Passengers on the Broad-
WHY Cable Line in New York Burn
hiCIe Crowded ut the Time the Ac-
ctdent Took PIace-The Victims.
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PARKERSBCRG. ". Va, Feb. G-Airs
John Merritt known on the vaudeville
stage a. Clara Carlisle. was found dead
in bed Monday morning She had gone TO
bed apparently IN good health. and died
IA the night OF neuralgia OF the heart
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! BROWNS o's1 he voice.
1 a@Saz Relieve
RHEIMgssWEHE the throat.
BsAOssgaaaHA Cure coughs
TROCHES &c % Is s' &c. s :352
IN NfENORIAyI.

LOWRY-In loving remembrance Of our dea
father. ALBERT j. LOWRY, who dlg-i three wear
ago today FebruIr. s. SOS.
Loved leg life. II, Death remembered
o. BY His WIFE AND CHILDREN
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-06

The Commissioners today considered
several applications of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company for the
strlnging of wires for the Installation Of
telephones IN various parts Of the city
One of them was an application for per
nit 70 string two wires from Eighth
Street and Florida Avenue northwest 10
the residence Of z. c. Purner. at Sew
enth street and Whitney avenue north
west.
The Electrical Engineer il reporting up
On the application recommended that il
b. granted and that II should be specified
IN The permit that the wires in question
should be strung from the point mentioned
noTLhWaTd along Eighth Street TO Grant
Avenue, TO Seventh Street, and thence
u0TJhward along Seventh Street to the
residence named The electrical Engineer
informs the Commissioners that the cable
pole IT the corner Of Z ghth Street ana
Florida Avenue Is the nearest one to The
subscriber. and that the wires viii be
strung upon existing poles He also states
IS permit viii not authorize The
1g or any wires over private prop
he report concludes with The oh
IN that the authority for the Issue
permit is found in the recent de
( Judge Barnard II the test case
to teIessh-ne connections ou1zid.
units
applications were CONSIDERED
stringiug Of two wires from r rs,
nd Florida Avenue TO 1905 FIRST
northwest. for TWO wires from
--,~vleh and II Streets northeast 10 fsas
Bennlng Read: for two wires from he ca
bic pole the south end OF The Ana
costa Bridge TO premises 10 Nauroa
Street, AnacOstia. for two wires from
Fifteenth ana Binney Streets 20 2s21
Fourteenth Street northwest. and for TWO
WiFeo from Fifteenth and Blnnev Streets
to 1883 Bacon Street northwest
In reporting upon these applications
the Electrical Engineer recommended
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AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT
BrightwOOd Citizens Resolutions
Received by commissioners.

H'he Establishment of Industrial En-
ternrises in the District End"r~ed-
prOvaI Of the Boards Work-P~r-
nitS for StrInEiug Wires Granted.
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The Commissioners have issued an or
der that Capt. D D. Gaillard. Assistant to
the Engineer Commissioner. and Mr. Snow
den Ashford. Assistant Inspector Of Build
ings. are directed to proceed from Wash
ington. D. c. 10 Philadelphia and New
York city and return, on duty connected
with the constructed of buildings in the
District expenses of the trip to be charge
able to appropriations for constructing
such freprOof buildings as may be erected
by the District.
1t has been ordered by the Commission
ers that the time for completion OF
contract No 1858 with Herman &. Bur
CESS for constructing a school building in
Takoma Park D. c.. is hereby extended
to March y. 1901, without penalty or cost
of Inspection
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

NOTICE-Headquarte OF the Committee
on Parks and Reviewing Stands Vii
be opened for the sale of tickets o.. stands
located within the Court OF Honor Oh
MONDAY. FEBRUARY II. 1901. ut No
1880 f Street northwest Mail orders may
DC sent and will be filled IN regular order
JOHN B. I4ARNER
lie. Il Chairman 1885 T St y W
WE BUY UNDIVIDED INTERESTS -.
Real Estate and Perfect Titles
Parties vino failed TO pay 1895 taxes, al
whose property Was scid. can protect the.
from maturing TO a deed and loss Of prop
erty by calling at the c-ffice CT WASHING
TON LAW & CLAIMS CO. Room 7. a.
Louisiana Avenue northwest. city
noiS-tfem
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the issue Of the permits and submitted
reports similar IN terms TO that given
above
The Commissioners today approved the
reports and the permits Will be issued
as requested
The Commissioners today ordered that
The following work BE- done under the pro-
viEiouS Of the assessment system the same
having been duly advertised.
To set new curb and lay cement side
walk On the west side of Twelfth Street
Rr2Caland- from Dover Street TO Concord
Street al an estimated cost of 1851; TO be
assessed against lots in block Is, Brook
land abuttiEE on said Twelfth Street be
tween the limits named.
On the north side of Pennsylvania Ave
nue. northwest. from Jackson Place west
War.l 10 the west line of lot {. square Isl.
at an estimated COS OF SLOPE. to b. as
sesse4 against lots l, , ,. and !, square
167.
To reset curb and lay cement sidewalk
on the north side of r Street northwest.
from Thirty-second TO Thirty-third Street,
at an estimated cost Of $}27 TO be assess
ed against lots in square 1918 ahuttiIg or
said r Street between he limits named
On the east side Of Nineteenth Street
northwest. from Q Street ECrthward 70 the
north line Of iot II, square 1874, and en-
N-AS III sue u - Oi tStr l. blA4
/ Nineteenth Street eastward to the 1G--oot
/ alley east OF Nineteenth Street. abuttjng
/ lots IL 137, 112, 113 III and 115. square
! 1&f at an estimated cost of S4g0.
! To pave with vitrified or asphalt block.
! the alleys in the eastern PORTION of square
243. abutting lots IL 3. and - the north
! % feet by the depth thereof Of lot Is. and
/ lots "of IT. and of IS" abutting 1888
! feet each on the west side of the north aud
/ south 10-foot alley in the rear OF said
/ lots % and q. in square 245, At an es;i-
! mated cost Of So15.
! That catch basin be const--cted on the
/ soCth side CT Q Street northwest. y feet
| east of the east curb of First Stree; al an
| estimated cost of So, chargeable TO the
! current appropriation for main and pipe
! sewers
That all the alleys in square 1852 be
/ paved under the assessment system with
vitrifed or asphalt block at an estimated
| cost OF y, leo
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come

The Carpet sale is stirring
Washington. Saves YOU almost
0nc-third in carpets.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-03-25
REILR0HDS..

Annual meeting German Baptist, (Dunkards); Lincoln, Neb., May "A to 31 For the above occasion the St. L., l. M. & s. Ky. will sell tickets on May 22 to 26, inclusive, for the reduced rate of s19 for the round trip. Final return limit, June 4, 1901.
 Races at Little RockAMarch 25-3O; For the above occasion the following reduced rates will be in effect: On March A and 25, $1.25 for the round trip On March 23, 26, 27, 2S, 29 and 30, s17O for the round trip. All tickets limited for round trip until March 31.
 Annual Encampment C.. A. R., of Arkansas, at Hot Springs, Ark, March 29-3O For this occasion the Iron Mountain will sell tickets to Hot Springs and return at one fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale March 27 to 29, inclusive. Good re turning until April 1.
 General Assembly of the Presbyter- ian church in the United States, at title Rock, Ark, May 1926. For the above occasion the Iron Mountain will sell round trip tickets to Little Rock for $125, tickets on sale May IA, 15 and 16, with final return limit of June 1.
 Spring Meeting of Jockey Club, Memphis, Tenn, April 1-24. For this occasion the Iron Mountain will sell round trip tickets to Memphis, at one fare. Tickets on sale April 1, s, Is and 22 good returning seven days form date of sale. The large stake days of this meeting are Mont gomery Day. April 1, Derby Day, April s, Tennessee Oaks Day, April 16, Turf Congress Stakes Day, April g.
 Meeting of the Republican State Central Committee at Little Rock, Ark, March 26. For this occasion the Iron Mountain will sell round trip tickets to Little Rock for S1.25. Tickets on sale March 25 and 26, are good returning up to and including April l.
 H. N. ATWOOD, Agt.