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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18
Sold in Washington by
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022 + Street Northwest.

but fairly kept, papers were omitted to
be recorded, proofs of wills were not prop
eriy certified, accounts were omitted to be
stated, the records were months behind,
papers could not be procured except after
long delays, bonds were LIT incomplete,
costs were left untaxed and in general the
work was carried on in a most incomplete
and unsatisfactory manner.
with the largely increased fees which
l have collected by insisting upon the full
measure OF the law and by enforcing the
payment of moneys due the office, | have
been enabled to increase the force. and
thereby to bring the office to such a con-
dition that the work is now current and
the public is promptly and efficiently
served"
In speaking of the compensation paid
MS assistants Mr.. Dent states that in the
aggregate it amounts to s14.73O, while. in
MS opinion, a proper amount would be
$lS,90C. These amounts do not include his
own salary, which is $1,000 year, ard
which he does not recommend should be
increased with the compensation of the
other employees in the Office of the Regis
ter of Wills
Larry King, alleged swindler and pick
pocket, who was arrested in this city
Saturday, November "a last. by Detectives
hofne ana tlather, charged with rObbing
]. 2. Pepper, resident of Christianburg.
Va, will be arraigned for trial today in
Criminal Court No. 1. An indictment was
returned against the prisoner two months
ago. Mr.. Pepper came to the city last
night from his Virginia home to prosecute
the case against King
Since his arrest King has been lodged
in jail. At the time of his alleged opera
lions here Pepper was visiting in the city
and met King on Pennsylvania Avenue
northwest, near the Botanic Gardens.
Pepper says King addressed him on the
street, and volunteered the information
that seeds in plenty for garden purposes
could be had free OF. charge at the Botan-
ic Gardens, just across the street. Short
ly afterward, while Pepper was in the
grounds in search of seeds for the asking.
he again met King. who said he was pre-
pairing history of old Virginia families,
which contained a STORY of the Pep
pers." King said he would take Pepper
to see the book, and they went to a house
on Capitol HILL While there a rough
came in, announced himself from
Richmond, Va, and offered to bet on four
cards, which he drew from his pocket.
Later, 1t is said, Pepper made a bet, on
which he won 500, and another. on which
he lost considerably more. Then the
police were informed by Pepper, but his
former companions had disappeared.
Shortly afterward. however, King was ar
rested, and identified by Seymour Butler.
of the Pinkerton Agency, as a noted
swindler from the West.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18
TRIED TO HELP A FRIEND.
A Nan Arrested for Attempting Il
Give whisky to a Prisoner,

For trying to smuggle to an unfortu-
nate friend. who bad been locked up in
the Second precinc5 station. a bottle OF
whisky, and also for disorderly conduct
while in the above named station, Harry
Morris was locked up by Policeman Cooper
after a struggle and placed in cell Eext
10 that of his friend.
Morris came into the station yesterday
and asked Policeman Cooper if he might
carry some lunch to a friend who bad
been locked up. The policeman told him
he could, and took him to the cell door
of his friend. Just after he had handed
his friend the lunch Cooper saw Morris
slip his hand into his back pocket and
stand close up to the cell as if to pass the
prisoner something which he did not &c
sire the bluecoat TO see. Norris was not
quite sly enough. for Cooper, seeing the
flask, Immediately knocked it cut of Nor
ris' hands. After a struggle in trying TO
get him out of the cell room, Cooper de-
cided that the best policy would be TO let
him remain there. so he locked Morris
up until this morning, when the prisoner
will be given a trial before Judge Kimball
in the Police Court.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18
SENT HOME FOR BURIAL.
Remains of Otho Real to be Inferred
Mt Iceland, Md.

Funeral services over the remains Of
Ohio r. Beal, a retired farmer, who lived
at col Street northwest, will be held at
2:30 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon, the Rev.
r. B. Williams pastor of Trinity Episcopal
Church. officiating. The remains will be
inferred in the family lot in Prince George
County. from st. Barnabas Church, near
Iceland, Md.
Mr.. Beal was stricken with apoplexy
Saturday night shortly after leaving the
home of his son at the corner of Second
Street and Massachusetts Avenue north
west. and although medical aid was sum
rloned Immediately, died within ten min
utes afterward
He was ffty-three years old, and was
born near Upper Marlboro. Md Washington
J. Beal. father OF the deceased, was one of
the most prominent men Of that county,
possessing many slaves. and besides be-
ing engaged in tobacco planting on a large
scale.
About ten years ago Mr. Beal retired
from active work about his farms. and
came to this city to reside. bringing his
family with him, and while here was en-
gagged In the grocery business. a widow
and five children survive him.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18
CURESBLOOD POISON
Cancer, Eating Sores, Swollen
Glands.
COSTS NOTHING TO TRY

Contagious blood poison or deadly can
Ger are the worst and most deep-seated
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Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. b. drains the
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sold at drug stores, 81 per large bottle
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cases of Bad Blood. Over 1000 voluntary
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18

Miss Cynthia Force, daughter of the
late William Q. Force, who was severely
injured by falling from horse during a
runaway Saturday evening. was reported
better last night at the Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital She is still suffering
from bruises OF the head and limbs, but
Will probably be able to return to her
home, 1926 Seventeenth Street northwest,
today.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18
l.. GRIPPE QUICKLY CURED.

'.In the winter OF 1895 and 1883 / was taken
down with severe attack Of what is called Ia
grippe" says +. L. HeMett, prominent drug
cisi Of WINFIELD H. The only medicine / used
Was two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
cdy. II broke up the cold and stopped the
coughing like magic, and | have never since
been troubled with grip 'hamberlain's Cough
Remedy can always be depended upon to break
IN severe cold and ward OFF any threa tened
attack OF pneumonia. II Is pleasant to take, too
which makes il the most desirable and Of
the most popular preparations in use for these
ailments. For sale by Henry Evans, wholesale
and retail and all druggists.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Reward for False Alarm Fiends.

A reward Of $50 will hereafter be paid for in
formation that will lead to the arrest and con
vietion of any person turning in false alarm
of fire. This announcement was made yesterday
afternoon by Major sylvester, after consulta
ton with Fire Chief Paris. The numerous falst
alarms Of late have been n source OF great an
noyance to the members Of the Fire Department,
and il decided that drastic measures should
be adopted to put a stop to the practice.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18

Mamie Fisher, young girl residing at 1872 F
Street northwest, while getting of car 302 OF
the Capital Traction Company, between Thr-
tenth and Fourteenth Streets northwest last
night. fell and was seriously cut about the face
and hands. Freedmsn's Hospital ambulance was
summoned and the patient taken TO that insti-
tuition, where her injuries were dressed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18
Dnncn 1I51 IL quart bottles OF the WASH
iViiS @iof ington Brewing Co.'S Famous
For Beer S SSiasG Hop od BEER for g. De


There Will be no inquest in the case of Michael
Buckley, the switch tender of the Pennsylvania
Railroad who struck and instantly killed
by yard engine near the corner OF Sixth Street
and Virginia Avenue southwest early Sunday
morning. After thoroughly investigating the
circumstances, Coroner hewitt issued certificate
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18
Uncle Sam Don't Wear

A truss but he carries the Air
&-aS9..-s@S Cushion Truss ali over the Uaited
~ " States. Aen women and children
Near and Ike them. The Air Cushion Pad hold,
Nith co-..oTt; nothing else will. Consultation
and two weeks trial free. Lady In attendance for
.ades Office p2rlors, waiting. and consultation
ruoU!s on the same floor. Catalogues free. THE
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18

NatioHal-John Hare. evening.
Columhia-''A Runaway Girl evening.
Laiayette-"Cyr de berseric.' evening.
Academy OF Music-Thomas Z. Shea evening.
Kcrnan's-.' Partisan Widows afternoon and
evening.
Biiou-May Howard's Burlcsquers, afternoon ana
,NpniDn.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18
IN THE DISTRICT COURTS
Arguments Expected in the Park
ersburg census Mandamus.

The Mayor of the West Virginia City
Seeks to Compel Director Merriam
to Make Remuneration - The
Lnwson-Formyer Marriage-state-
ment From the Register of Wills.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18

Probably rain, with rising temperature, today
tomorrow fair; fresh easterly, shifting to n,rth-
erly, winds.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18

Lamps lit today OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 6;lJ T..
Lamps out tomorrow. ....................j:5d A!
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18
STREET LIGHTING.

High tide............... 7:l4 An. and 5;3s p NJ
Low tide................ 1926 AN. AMI l rs 1. NJ
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18

sun rosc......6;is AN. Sun sets......5 $40 Pm
Moon rosc.....G:O9 AN. Moon sets.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18
Baby Carriages and GO-Carts.

Our line for the coming spring is
complete and ready in every detail. We
are showing the choicest products and
styles of the three largest manufac-
turers in the country. 1t will be to
your advantage to see this assortment.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18
Edn1OnstOn's.
1884 F Street.
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MONDAY. FEBRrARY IS. l9Ol.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-18
Mattings and Carpets.

Our new spring line of Mattings are
now on sale. Novelty weaves of every
description; prices the very lowest.
Fancy Mating. yard. Sc
Extra heavy fancy mattings, a yard.1Sc
Ingram Carpets
27x5i Rugs. with fringe. .s9c
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-03
HOSPITALS OVERCROWDED

The hospitals in this city are badly
overcrowded and he doctors and nurses
are kept on the rush day and night look
ing after the patients The number of
heat victims has far exceeded the records
of the past dozen years. In some instances
the City Hospital in particular, extra
nurses have been employed to do the work
required these red hot days.
he City Hospital is crowded more than
Christ or ST. Franciss Hospitals. This is
because it is a free institution and mary
patients are sent from these two last
named places to the public hospital. In
fact, all inccrable patients at any time
are en- to the City Hospital.
The staff at the City Hospital manages
to stand the strain and the urses are
doing heroic work. All DAY and all night
the nurses and doctors watch the heat
victims. They use the ice baths fre-
quently. In all cases of prostration the
ice baths are used to reduce the temper
atIre of patients.
lii answer to inquiries made at Christ
and st. Francis's Hospitals, the reporter
was told that these places were. over
crowded and that it was the hardest kind
of work looking after the many patients
The nurses a nd doctors are over worked
ard extra help is needed do the great
amount of work required these days. The
patients are well cared for and every cf-
fort is made to save them from dying
from prostration.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-03
HEAT MADDENED HORSES
They Bolted and FaIIon Was
Badly Hurt.

Frank Fallon, thirty-five years old,
prominent milk dealer of the Heights,
lies at the point of death, as the result
of a runaway accident late yesterday af-
ternoon. His skull is fractured and he
has a high fever. The weather is
against him and his chances of recovery
are considered slim by the doctors who
are attending him.
The intense heat maddened the team
he was driving. The stable is located at
No. II Jewett avenue. Falon was driv-
ing the team over the curb into the
street when the horses bolted. In an
instant Fallon was precipitated from his
seat to the pavement. His head struck
with a resounding whack and the horses
went off up the street on dead run.
Fallon was picked up for dead He was
bleeding profusely from a terrible cash
on the back of his head. In an uncon-
scious condition, he was taken to his
home, No. 1876 Gardner avenue. Doctors
were summoned. The wound was dress
ed, but little could be done for Fallon at
that time. A slight fever developed over
night and today his condition is worse
than yesterday.
Fa1lon is a member of the Ninth Ward
Democratic Club. He has been in the
mil h1,c oil h
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-03

Horses cannot stand the heavy strain
and much time is consumed going over a
route.
No reports have been received regard
ing any scarcity of ice, for the crop last
winter was very good and all the big ice-
houses in the East were packed to over
flowing with ice long before the cutting
time was over. The difficulty seems to
lie in the transportation and in loading
wagons at the docks. There Is such
jam and crowding that time is lost IN
attempting to get positions in line. The
Grand street, Henderson street, Jersey
avenue and Pacific avenue distributing
places are rushed from early morning un-
til late into the night, handling ice. This
state of affairs will not be bettered un-
less the hot weather goes, for the horses
cannot do the unusual amount of Work
required of them in order to supply all
customers.
Some people have gone into the BUSH
ness in the past week and they are max
ing money. They have no regular GUS
toners, but simply drive from street to
street and sell all the ice they can handle
at a good price and profit. People are
only too willing to pay the amount asked
if they can get ice.
Hundreds Of people could get no Ice
yesterday. Icemen were as scarce on the
Heights as flies in winter. Some were
fortunate enough to get ice from their
butchers, grocers or from some beneyo-
lent saloon keeper.
A sample of the independence of some
icemen was witnessed yesterday on For
rest street. The iceman had brought a
small piece of ice to house and had
asked three times the price usually
charged. The customer refused to pay
the price, whereupon the iceman told the
lady that he would not serve ice to her
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-03
DOWN IN LITTLE ITALY.

And how have the folks OF Little Italy
Jared during the record breaking hot
spell? Well they're weathered the
weather How some of the did it, GOD
only knows. But after yesterdays re-
freshing showers of yesterday afternoon
Little Italy was the scene Of a regular
picnic.
Few of the numerous cases of heat
prostrations came from that locality. its
inhabitsnts are accustomed to heat But
thousands of them suffered just the same.
There was no night there sunday or
Monday. The stoops were alive with fam
lily groups, and n many roofs of the
tenement houses many families tried to
sleep but the general noises of motley
groups and even music of the zirner and
ACCORDION and song and laughter kept
them from sleeping. Here and there some
tired and sleepy soul could be dlscerned
nodding in the group of wideawahe COM
panions. Tired babes lay in sleepy moth
ers' laps. But even in the midnight hours
and those just preceding dawn the scene
was but a continuation of hat following
dusk and twilight.
Everybody staid outdoors. Even the
dinly lighted fly specked grogger1es We're
deserted but foam covered cans of beer
and ale Travelled in flocks therefrom to
the stoop or roof parties. At First and
Colgate streets the outdoor crowds were
thickest.
And the children! They were as thick as
flies But they seemed to look upon the
sudden turning of day into night as a
sort of a joke or a prolonged holiday.
Many weary mothers, however, looked
careworn and showed traces of suffering
Scattered scraps of conversation held IN
broken English, were caught here and
there which indicated that proyers were
going up for the speedy consummaticn
of The plans going forward for the con-
version of the plot for Little Italy's park
into a full fiedged breathing spot and re-
creation grounds during such heater
terms as that of the present.
The rain and hail, however, had cooled
off the atmosphere last night and those
worn out with nights of restlessness and
days of extreme heat sought couches ear
ly, and thes Gene last night i'll Little Italy
was only that which usually characterizes
Little Italy at such hours.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-03
HOTTER IN HOBOKEN.

Hoboken was like an oven yesterday.
Fearful as was the heat Monday, it was
worse yesterday, the mercury climbing to
10s.
The range of the thermometer was
A. NJ, 81; A. NJ, S5; 6 A. NJ, SO; Z A. NJ,
80; 8 A. NJ, 90; 10 A. NJ, 102; Ii A. M, 104;
noon, 1o6; i P. M, 107; P. NJ, 1OS; 3
P. NJ, 107.
In the night thousands of sufferers
sought relief along the river front, in the
parks and wherever they could find a
place to rest A small army of men,
women, children and babies lay on the
hillsides with faces turned skyward
greedily drinking in the breeze.
The Hudson and Church Square parks
were crowded during the night. Every
bench was occupied. Thousands of per-
sons lay on the grass in the parks in their
efforts to get wink of sleep in order to
fortify themselves for another terrible
day.
Men and women alike, and of all ages,
went to the recreation pier, foot of Sew
enth street, to find some sort of rest The
public bath did rushing business, and
it was with difficulty that order was
preserved. Men and women arrived in
droves, and hardly could they be restrain
ed so eager were they to go into the water
to stop their sufferings. Two hundred
men and boys were lined up at the en-
trance at o'clock yesterday morning.
The employees of the North-German
Lloyd, Hamburg g-American and the Hol-
and-American steamship companies suf-
fered extremely Special trains had to be
run to Lake Hopatcong and Mount Po-
como to accommodate the throng anxious
to escape the heat of the city.
Contractors suspended work rather than
run the risk of having their workmen
prostrated. Nearly all the factories
closed down. Postmaster Schroeder is
sued orders that only two deliveries
should be made by the letter carriers
while the hot spell lasted.
The dead were:-
John Herzig, 26 years old of No. so5
Willow avenue.
Maggie Dwan, IS years old, of No 2oS
Hudson street.
Elizabeth Brink, 7s years old. of No. rs
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-03
ASLEEP IN The STREETS

The people of the tenement districts
downtown have suffered terribly from
the heat, and every evening the stoops
and sidewalks have been crowded with
thinly clad men, women and children
searching for even the faintest breeze.
Mothers with babes in their arms and
fans in their hands cooling the infants as
best they could.
The four corner parks at Washington
and Grand streets last evening We're
crowded with people, AS there We're not
enough benches to supply the crowd they
sat on the grass and on the curo OUTSIDE
the railing of the park.
The same thing prevailed at Van Worst
and Hamilton parks. A noticeable lea
ture was the large number of baby car
riages at all the parks.
A News reporter visited number OF
streets in the lower tenement. section OF
the city at midnight. The stoops OF the
houses were crowded with their tenants.
Children were lying fast asleep on the
steps as we'll as old people, mothers
fatigued from attending to their house
hold duties in the sweltering weather,
with children in their arms, were half
asleep with their youngsters. On the
steps was the only place that sleep could
be second
On Henderson street, near Railroad ave-
nue., which section is becoming thickly
populated with Jews, youngsters were ly-
ing on their blankets with nothing over
them IN Railways, near the doors, sound
asleep On the east side of the street two
children, boy and girl lay side by side
on a blanket III front of small second
hand establishment. A little further up
the street stretched out on a coal box IN
front of a grocery store were three young
men, sound asleep, and small
fan, which was wound up, was so
constructed on a box along side of them
as to keep mosquitoes and flies off their
faces.
The same sights were witnessed all
along Henderson street as far as Fif-
teenth street.
The roofs were popular with occupants
of the tenements, and hundreds of them
made their beds there for the night.
On both the Morris and Morgan streets
docks last evening hundreds Of people sat
on the string pieces enjoying cool breeze
that lasted for short time after the
shower.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-03
American Quail for Sweden

The Importation of American quails
into Sweden by Count Claes Lewen-
haupt Of Fosstorjo has awakened lively
interest, says Consul Nelson in a report
to the State Department. More than
5000 quails, representing sum of about
Sc. .500 have been ordered for the spring,
and still more orders are expected The
birds will be sent in cages-ffty in each
pose. and the best hopes are entertained
as to successful transportation. The
small lot of American quails which were
set free in Count Lewenhaupt's estate at
Claes torp last spring have endured the
winter very well, and 1t appears that
Sweden has good prospects Of an in
crease in Its game birds. Exchange.