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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
BOBR INVADERS RBAPPEAR
A Large Force in the Richmond
District, Cape Colony.
British Troops to Move Against
Them ut once-BurGhers Defeated
in n Fight at HoncyncNt hIoof.
Treason Trials Rt Dordrecht-

CAPE TOWN. April 27.-The Boer
invaders have again appeared in the
Richmond district of Cape Colony. 1t
Is understood that they are quite nu-
nerous and there are indications that
they VIII become aggressive unless soon
dispersed. 1t is reported here that q
formidable force Of British troops i'm
mediateiy moved against them in or
der to scatter the commands and pre-
vent depredations feared by the resi-
dents of the Richmond district
Among the prisoners captured in a
fight at II 3neynest KIoof, which result
ed in a complete defeat for the Beers,
was a cousin Of Mr.. Sauer, the ez-
Commissioner Of Public Works
The Treason Court is sitting at Dord-
reckt for the trial Of minor cases Of
Cape rebels. Only one out of a batch
of fifty cases was defended. All these
convicted were disfranchised for five
years.
At a meeting of the Diamond Fie,ds
branches of the South African League
today. at which Cecil Rhodes and Gen
tIdi bTdbdAt were PRESENT. II Wo9 ItSoIN-
/ ed to urge on the home Government the
| importance of making English the me-
dunn of instruction in the Transvaal
and Orange River Colony. 1t was
| claimed that this was in the best in
terests of the Dutch speaking colcaists.
| Sir Alfred Miner, the Governor of the
| TransvaaI and Orange River Colony,
| replied that this subject was receiving
/ his earnest considerati ation,
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LATE ARMY ORDERS.
Two Officers Detailed to Act or an
Examining Board.

Secretary Root today issued an order de-
failing Major William NJ Black, Corps of
Engineers, L s Army, and Capt.
Charles H. McKinstry, Corps Of Engi-
neers, Z. 6 Army. as members of the ex-
irnining board convened at Fort Totten,
New YORK
The following officers are ordered for ex-
animation as TO fitness for promotion:
First Lieut. James P. Jervey, First Lieut..
George p. Howell, First Lieut.. Charles W.
Kutz. Second Lieut.. Edward y. Johnston.
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DIR. KENNEDY's CASE.
New Evidence said to Assure Him Of
AcquittaI.

NEW YORK April 27--u is claimed
that new evidence has been discovered
which viii clear Dr. Samuel J. Kennedy
of the charge Of having murdered Dollie
Reynolds in the Grand Hotel
Robert z. Moore. Of CantweH & Moore,
his counsel, made this statement today
He would not say what the nature Of the
evidence was, but seemed convinced that
it would acquit his client Our detective
is working on this evidence said Mr.
Moore, and in two days we will know its
fun value
DR.. Kennedy viii be brought to trial for
the third time a week from Monday. on
the drst trial he was convicted aid SEN
fenced to death On the second the jury
stood ii to 1 for acuuittaI-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
A ROBBERY IN PARIS.

The American Express Company
Safe DyHamited by BUrgIars.
PARIS. April 27.-Burglars robbed the
Office Of the American Express Company
here last night.
They entered the building and blew the
safe open with dynamite.
The thieves had their faces covered with
handkercIsiefs. One story is 10 the effect
that the robbers were Americans. They
succeeded in carrying off q sum varioUsIy
estimated at from 1900 10 Is, ,etJ francs.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
FORTY CARLOADS OF PEANUTS.
4 Unique Train to Leave Norfolk,
Va, Today.

NORFOLK, Va, April "a SOL
i'd train Of forty cars viii leave
Norfolk today over the New York, PhiIa-
deIphia and Norfolk Railway Every car
will be loaded TO its fun capacity with No.
l Spanish sheIled peanuts. This train will
be gayiy decorated with flags and ads
Of the Mills Novelty Company, Of Chiea-
go. the purchasers Of the goods, and win
present a unique picture, besides being
by long odds the heaviest single shipment
OF peanuts ever made in the history of the
business
The Mills Novelty Company has pur-
chased fully $50 cars OF these goods in the
last thirty days. The Columbian Peanut
Company worked up and carried through
this biggest deal ever made in peanuts
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
CAUSED BY a GAS STOVE.
A Blaze IN George CrocIerys Home
on Fifth Avenue. Ne,v York.

NEW YORK, April 27.-The home Of
George Croker, at Fifth avenue and
East Sixty-fourth Street, narrowly escap-
ed destruction early this morning. One
OF the maids was using d gas stove and
the dry floor became ignited- The only
explanation is that the feeding pipe
sprung a leak near the burner and in that
way set the floor on fire.
The servants rushed in qsickly and the
fire had gained little headway before it
was eXtinguished. Smoke dIled the rooms
on the first floor, but the members Of the
family deny that the house was filled with
gas as was first reported. The damage
IS estimated at 5000.
Mr., Croker built his present home only
a. few years a go at a cost Of $259.G90 The
property has frontage on Fifth Avenue
Of thirty feet and extends dom Sixty
fourth Street 10 feet
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
MRS. ST. JOHNS CONDITION.
The Faith Cure Smallpox Patient
Said to BE Improving

SOUTHINGTON. Conn, April 27.-Rev.
J. c. St. John, husband Of the faith-cure
smallpox patient, came up from New
York today to see his wife He was not
allowed to enter the house, BUT talked
with Mr.. and Mrs. Woodruff in the yard,
while he stood down the road 1t is nine
davs since the disease started and no new
cases are reported.
Mrs. St Johns condition was greatly
improved today. The telephone placed in
the house does not work and 10 one is
allowed to fix it
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
AN ACCIDENT TO a COACH.
Fcur wealthy Men Badly Injured in
Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, April civilian L.
EIlzins. jr-- Joseph Widener, son of P. A.
B. Widener; Edward Browning. and Har-
risOn Gamer, four of the richest and most
popular young men here. were thrown
from a coach at Fifteenth and Spring Car
den Streets this noon and badly injured.
Joseph Widener's skull was fractured and
ne may die
The coacn was being drawn by four
horses. Gamer acting as driver The cor
ner was turned a bit too close, and the
vehicle upset EIkins and Widener are
thirty years old, and sons OF the widely
known trolley magnates- Mr.. Browning
for many years was first lieutenant of the
First City Troop. Gamer is q millionaire.
There-were five others on the coach, but
they escaped without injury.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
A woMAN-MADE NEWSPAPER.
London May Have an Imitation of
the Paris Ernnde

LONDON, April 27.-It is stated that F.
) Warde, Of New York, is promoting a
woman-made London newspaper on the
lines of the existing Paris Fronde.' Ev-
erything in connection with the paper
viii be done by women. from the making
Of the pulp to the distribution Of the
printed paper, with the exception Of fin
ancing.
The Inauguration of the paper seems to
depend upon the acceptance of the lead
ing roles by prominent literary women
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A FATAL FIRE IN CHICAGO.
Three Men Lose Their Lives and
Three Others DYING.


CHICAGO, April 2I--Three men lost
their lives at a fire early this morning in
a frame structure at 254S La Sale Street
Three others We're overcome and are dy-
ing. All were rag-piclers and were sleep
ing in a secondhand store owned by J.
FlaXneT.
The dead are George Gandroviski.
Thomas Conrad. and Jacob Rakowsky.
Sergeant Duffy arrested twelve of the
occupants and locked them up pending an
investigation of the supposed incendiary
origin of the blaze. Twenty men were
asleep in the building when the structure
caught fire. The fire was smoIdering for
some time and the building was filled
with smoke, when it WAS noticed by a
pedestrian. He turned in an alarm, and
when the engines arrived the men were
still asleep. The firemen broke down the
door and awakened the occupants.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
ALLOWANCES FOR FEBRUARY.
Pay for the Full Thirty-one Days by
the Army and Navy.

The Comptroller of the Treasury, in an
swer to a request by the Secretary of the
Navy for his opinion as to the manner Of
computation Of time in making payments
to employees OF the Government, replied
as follows:
THE practice in the army has been to
allow for three days pay in a common
year and two days pay in a leap year for
the month of February, where a soldier
entered the service on the last day Of that
month, and the same rule should be fol-
lowed in computing the pay of persons in
the naval service receiving monthly or
annual safa ries,,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
AN AIRSEIP FALLS.
The Inventor Nearly Loses His Life
at ArbOn.

GENEVA, April PA Swiss engineer
named SutteT, while conducting an ex-
pertinent with his airship at Arbon, near
Lake Constance, yesterday, nearly lost his
life
The machine rose to a height of fifty
yards and then became unmanageable and
bruised.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
ARRESTS OF FRENCH woRKMEN
Conflicting Stories Regarding the
Betrayal of Artillery Secrets.

PARIS. April 27.-The papers today tell
different stories regarding the arrest of
wCrkmen in the CommentTy arms factory
for betrayIng French artillery secrets to
German firms
The Petit Journal says one Of the
v7oTkmen at the factory offered to disclose
ti:e secret not only TO Germany. but to
the United States, Austria, and Spain.
The paper says sensational revelations are
expected. On the other hand. the eau
lois maintains the importance Of the ''af-
faiTe.' and says il believes that the dOCU-
ments which were seized were unimpoT-
taut.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
GREAT ACTIVITY AT NEWPORT
Part of the Torpedo Station Operat-
ing Day and Night.

NEWPORT. r L. April Z7--GreateT ac-
tivity is being displayed at the United
States torpedo station here than at any
time since the Spanish war. Parts Of
the station are working night and day,
preparing outfits for vessels not yet
launched
The officers are experimenting with a
new style of Whitehead torpedo six feet
longer than those in use.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
TO FIGHT THE REYNOLDS GANG
Kentucky Mountaineers Enlisted to
Suppress the Outlaws.

FRANKFORT. KY. April 27-Capt-
Fred Gordon and Henry LiIlis. the arse
nal keerer. have returned to Franfort
from Whitesburg. where they mustered
into the State service a company of for
ty-five mountaiueers. TO be used IL stamp
ing out the Reynolds gang of outlaws
They are armed with Winchester rifles,
with 2eo rounds of ammunition for each
man
The outlaws are said 10 number $50 and
their improvised fort in the mountains is
declared TO be impregnable- They are
well equipped with arms, ammunition
and food and it is said they have full
knowledge Of the movements of the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
FAILURES IN PORTO RICO.

4 Humncao Sugar Merchant and
Planter Makes an Assignment.
SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. April MAN
ueI Argueso. a sugar merchant and plant
CT OF Humacao, has failed. His liabilities
are stated 10 be S35G000. but the assets are
supposed TO be greater. The failure is
attributed to the striHgency Of the money
market
Several small failures followed the an
Houncement Of ArsUeso-s assignment.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
a CLASH WITH THE CHIN EsE.
The German Troops Said TO Have
Suffered severely.

LONDON. April PA des-aatch from
Pesin says that q telegram has been re
ceiYed at headquarters from a British Of
ficeT who is with the French portion of
the expedition against General Liu.
The telegram says the Germans
crossed the passes into the Province Of
Shansi On april . and pursued the Chi
nese for fifteen miles
A sharp fight occurred in which the Ger
mans had four men killed and five Off
Iers and eighty men wounded.
The Germans returned on April p.
While they were lighting the French
forces held the passes
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
DISORDERS IN RUSSIA.
Men become Violently Intoxicated
During the Easter Celebration

ST. PETERSBURG. April 27.-The
customary Easter drunkenness resulted
81 prolonged disorders at Taganrog and
Ekaterinaslav.
The streets Of the former place were
thronged for days by intoxicated men,
many Of whom were lying about in
helpless condition. Others. made violent
by vodka, raided a cemetery, where they
broke trees and monuments.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
MAY ATTEND A DRILL.

The President Invited by the League
of the Cross Cadets.
The President has received an invitation
from the First Regiment League Of the
Cross Cadets of the Archdiocese of San
Francisco, requesting his presence at the
annual competitive drill at the Mechanics
Pavilion in that city on Friday evening,
May Il. Col E. J. Power is the COM
manding officer.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
Get a Brea-h of salt Air
nf chesaneaISe Bench TomorrnYY.

Regular train leaves District Line Station Sun
days II a. n. Returning leaves the Beach $3.50
D. m Sunday rate % cents round trip. Good
table d'hote dinner served at the Casino for 30
cents. Excursion season opens May 30.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
THE CARNEGIE BILL SIGNED.
Governor odeII Authorizes the Ac
eenfnHce of the IlIIsrary Gift.

ceptaHce Of the Ltbrary Vtft'
ALBANY. N Y, April Ex-Governor
OdeII today signed Assembiyman Sey-
mours bill which permits New York city
to accept the $500. 900 gift of Andrew
Carnegie for free library system
The bill was drawn by Corporation
Counsel Whalen and authorizes the city
to purchase, erect, and maintain libraries,
also to enter into contract with Mr. Car
negie to accept his gift under the condi-
tions named by him
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27

The Hannibal has arrived AT Lambert s
Point The Buffalo has sailed from Port
Said for New York The Scorpion has ar
rived at New Orleans. The Alabama has
arrived at New York.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
THEIR SALARIES INCREASED.
Appointments and Promotions in the
Interior Department..

The following appointments and promo
tions have been made in the Department
of the Interior:
General Land Ofice-Appointments
Charles II Squire. of California, and Cy-
rus C Wells. OF Illinois, clerks s, 900 per
annum-
Pension Of1ce-Pronotions: AIphonzo
O. TfngIey, of Massachusetts, clerk, 8, 400
to 81 800 per an1um: Arthur l. Evans. of
Minnesota, clerk. $500 to s1,4OO per an
mum; Harvey c. Ellis, Of Vermont. clerk.
81 600 to $1,000 per annum; Knishton T.
Meade, of Pennsylvania. eOpyist, $500, to
clerk, 81 600 per annum; John A. Seller, of
Virginia, watchman, $720 to messenger
SSH per annum: Isaac S. Little of Penn
syIvania. special examiner, 81, 800, TO clerk
81, 400 per annum-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
D'oYLY CARTE's WILL.
The Estate of the London Manager
Amounts to e2IO,SI7.

LONDON. April 27.-The viii of D'Oyly
Carte. the late manager OF the Savoy
Theatre and the inpressario Of the Gil
bert and Sullivan operas, was fled for
probate today.
The estate amounts to e240SIT. Among
other bequests is one Of e1,000 TO Rosina
Brandram, who created all the principal
contralto parts in the Gilbert and Sullivan
operas at the Savoy Theatre.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
WILLIAM GRIMES NAMED.

He Succeeds william N Jenkins as
Secretary of Oklahoma.
The appointment of William Grimes. Of
Ilingfsher, Okla, as Secretary of the
Territory Of Oklahoma to succeed Viii
liam n. Jenkins, appointed Governor, was
announced today.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27

sI.25 To baltimore and Return Via
H. q o. Saturday and Sunday
ApriI q and 2s good for return until following
Monday Tickets good on all trains except Royal
Limited.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
zI-20 To Baltimore and Return SI-2J
Via Pennsylvania RafIrond.

Tickets on sale SatuTday~and Sunday April
p and 2S. good 10 return until Monday April y.
All trains except Congressional Limited.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
MAY BUY AN AIRSHIP.
The London War Office Said to BE
Negotiating.

LONDON, April 27.-Dr. Barton, Of this
city, the inventor of an aerial machine.
says that the War Office intends to buy
1t under certain conditions.
He declares that the machine can be
steeTed UerfeCtlv
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
The white House Turkish Rnth.

So Rowland wanted to call his Lafayette
Theatre i,aths. but he couldn't see Mr.. HANNA
No matter what your politics you'll agree that
the Turkish bath you get here can't be bettered-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
THE MADRID FIILPINos.
q Decision to Fight America TO the
Denfh.

LONDON. April PA despatch from
Madrid Of yesterdays date says the Fill
pino committee there has decided TO Con
tinUe the struggle against the Americans
to the death
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
SMASHED HIS OWN SALOON.
An ex-Prixefehier ADOPTS Mrs. Ma.
lions Tactics.

NEW YORK. april 27--Patrick Mooney,
an ex-prizedghter, adopted Carrie Ma
tons tactics and smashed the fixtures in
his own saloon at $40 Bowery last night
because business had been so poor that
he could not lift the mortgage on it and
because his license was t. lapse lay /
The police this morning found The sa-
loon door open and all the glassware and
windows smashed to finders. Mooney IS
roizsir-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27

FIynh's Business College, Sth and Il.
Business. Shorthand. Typewriting-S25 year.
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Higher Duty on Diamonds Expected.

BIRMINGHAM. England, April 27.-The
jewelers. here expect that tae duty on dia-
monds W.. he raised 8 per cent i'll May on
account of the war budget
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Interest paid on deposits subje TO check.
Banking dept, Union Trust < Storage Co. l4Il
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-27
ssRIood Tells,

U-Ah-SIa purihes the blood. gives yea appetite.
and vigor. At all drug stores.
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NorroIl. s Ma.ntnRsor. steamb boat &c

Delightful trips daily at $50 P. m from foOt
Norfolk, and the South Fer srhedule. see page Z.
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seNhere IA Touches IA Heals"
Zema-Cura positively cures eczema and dis
eases Of the skin. st all drug stores
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-06-13
AIBONITO

Con toda pompa celebr6 el eigno ouerldo
padre Fernandez ell mes de las flores, cuto
hermoSo sublime en- oor a la Augusta Reina
de los clelos
CoIocada la imagen en- ell centro del altar
mayor, decorandola con ell gusto que Siempre
ha tendo para clio la simpatlca Mercedes Pom,
enthusiastic presidenta de la congregation de-
Hljas de Maria, auxiliada por 6sta, dieron
comienzo los ejercicio] sagrados ell dfa 10 de
Mayo, sin interruption contnuaron hastl ell
81, verlicandose el 10 de JUNO la salve ell
siguente dii la miSa procession, actos todos
muy ordenados soemnes, que han deiado
gratos recuerdos en- cuantos eos asiStimos
Ell enthusiastic Pepe Pont los ameni76 no.
tab'emente, acompahando con ell anivesaro
la flauta, al gracioso Undo grupo que for.
maban unas cuantas nlhitaS, vestdas de ira ie
blanco con VeloS, que eran las encargadas de
depositar sus ofrendas de flores a la soberana
y eXcelsa Patrona.
Mereci6 placemes tawbien ell cofo de seho
ritas que dirije Ia popular bondadosa Ange-
llta Pont, angel de cardsd, como carlnosamen-
te aqnf Sc le llama: sin descansar sin rendlr.
les la fatiga, tuvleron su cargo todos los can
ticos religtosos, distingui6ndose especialmente
Maria Benet, lsabeltta Becerra, Ienada
Cruz, sintiendo no recordar las demas que for.
man ese grupo, pero hacienda constar Que IT,.
das lenaronIsu cOmettdo Ia mas perfecta sa.
tlsfacci6n de este pueblo cat6lico.
Incansable ell ministro del altar, que .por
fortuna ha tocado es pueblo, tamblen ha lie
vado efecto la procession del Corpus, en- la
tarde del domingo del corrlente mes, impri.
miendo ese hermoso acto TODD ell expleudor y
solemnidad que requera. Lucida concurren.
cia acOmpah6 la Sagrada Toma por todo ell re-
cinto del pueblo, siendo de notar oil orden oil
respeto de los aslstentes
En- resdmen. Por ell entusiasmo verdade.
ra vocacI6n de este dgno sacerdote Aibonto
Sc puede decir que es uno de los puebos en-
que DONNA mas ell sentimiento religoso, por
10 tanto, que conserve femente las creenclas
que nos legaron nuestros mayores.
Un vecino.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-06-13
Desde San Juan
(PARA "LA DEMOCRACIA J

En- cuanto la concurrencia que asisti6 q
la procession iuaguen de ella nuestros al consf-
derar que cuando la cabeza penetraba en- ell
atrio frente la calle de San Jos6-la cola
lamemosla asf, siguiendo ell simil-descendfa
por las gradas que al oeste dan acceso al
temple.
De t1doa los BALCONIES salfan lluvfas de flo-
res que cafan sobre los romeros, especiaImen-
te sobre e rojo palio que cubria al 0blspo la
santa Forma. Las ondas iban llenas de flores
Todas las congregaciones. cofradfas, aso-
ciaciones cat6icas, ordenes religiosas, colegios
escueas gremios, rivalizaron en- esplendor
fervoroso.
AIgunos nfios estaban primorosamente
vestidos de ANGELES pero ell de nuestro amigo
Arturo M6ndez Cardona era un prodglo. A
todos arrauco un grito de admiration
Recordaba aquellos angeles que tanta ce
lebridad dieron Murilo. Parecfa realments
aquel niho de rosa, marmol y nacar.
Y cierro con estas dos observaciones. ia
mas cref que la capital tuviera tanta mujer
hermosa, tanta cara linda, tanto peril greg0,
tantos ojos arabes, tantas circacianas. Sc
desbord6 la belleza en- honor de Cristo.
Y que la procession fu6 generalmente civi';
nj un asomo de elemento militAr, que antes
daba tono q la augusta ceremonial.
Marcos de 0bregon.
JUNO 10 de 1901.