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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05
KINGS voIcE CARRIES WE'LL.
His Early Training in EIocution and
His German Accent.

From the London Chronicle-)
Everybody hearing the King speeches
during the past weeks has remarked anew
that his voice carries remarkably well.
The House of Lords is easily within the
common range, but the Kings voice is
one of the few voices that can make them
selves heard at speaking pitch in every
nook and Granny Of the Albert Hall This
penetratingness is not due merely to a
sounding quality Of voIce-it is the result
also OF a great deal of training and labor
AS a pupil in elocuti0n the prince was
taught young. There IS absolutely moth
ing clerical about his information All the
same his first master in the art of voice
production was clergyman. Mr. Tarver
Many stories were current IN those days
stories which had the rare and IN
Stalky quality OF being creditabIe TO both
pupil and master One morning. when
his Reverence said, Go on reading his
ROYAL HighnesS. with a franknesS that
has continued TO be his characteristic,
replied: i Shan't" MI TraVer, bowling
gravely, left the room. Next day the
Prince said: Mr.. Tarver, l was very
rude TO you yesterday; permit me to
apologize On another occasion the
Queen came with enquiries about the pu-
pills progress. Well, l regret to say that
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05
Maryland Miners, Decision.

CUMBERLAND. Nd. April 5--The ex-
ecutive board Of Georges Creek Meyers
dale District. No Is, United Mine Work
ers, met at MeyersdaIe Wednesday for
the purpose of deciding whether to
strike or go 10 work under the old scale.
The miners, according to the decision OF
the board, VIII work fer ten days under
the old scale pending the probable adjudi-
cation Of the differences. This VIII give a
chance for both sides to reach terms.
Some concessions have been made on
both sides already, and indications point
to an amicabIe settlement The mine
laborers, drivers. and trackmen Of
Meyersdale object to being reduced to
the Georges Creek basis, which means a
reduction Of about % per cent The scale
for the pick miners Of both regions re
mains the same
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05
so DR0WSY.
when True Natural Sleep Comes.

~ hEh
Actual changes take place in the little
corpuscles of the blood, and these changes
are brought about by changes in our
habits For instance. the coffee habit IS
said TO produce a thickeEed condition of
the blood-that is. under the microscope
the little round corpuscIes show apparent
fbres, an unnatural condition. which
makes trouble with the heart in cases of
coffee poisoning 1t also affects the com
plexion, frequently bringing on heart dis
ease in some eases. and stomach and
bowel troubles are common with coffee
drinkers
Coffee treated me very badly. indeed
I got SO / could not have a good nights
rest. and had not Tor FIVE years Ny eyes
and complexion were duiler than nv
mothers, who was also 4 great coffee
driuker-
physicians told me ! had acute kidney
and bladder trouble. / Was nervous al
most to ,.4e verge Of hyst-ria. and my
memory failed me l had GT0Pn So thin
l was little more than q shadow, and
people We're continually asking me how
much younger nay husband was than my
self-sO comforting to woman you
know In truth he is five years my senior
We'll. as a forlorn hope, / left of coffee
and took up Postum Food c flee about
year ago. 1 soon became so sleepy that
! could scarcely stay awake long enough
10 take care OF my baby. ] did NOS realize
that / was sleeping naturally and making
90 for lost time Finally I got pretty
well slept up,' the droyrs iness disap-
peareG. and ] felt decided Improvement
l. health. In three or four weeks | was
quite wei and only needed to regain my
flesh and complexion. | waited very pa
tieatIy for an Improvement in these con
GiuonS, but ii was about Eve months be
fore l WAS rewarded. Then sn almost in
Simultaneous change took place. and my
complexion became clear and ROSY |
gained in weight quickly. and friends
and uei@hbpTs commented on the re
InarkabIe change
i have been constantly growing bet
Ter and now am feeling in finer condition
than ever before in my life. and I can
surely say that l owe il all TO leaving
off coffee and using Postum Food Coffee.
My SlNte%-I-y ear-Old sister. Ike myself,
drank coffee from a child. For the last
four years she was able to go to school
only part of the time and the doctor
said she should not study al all l in
duced her TO Quit coffee and now her
bright eyes and fresh, fair complexion
show the result
1t viii be noticed that it took some
months before this woman secured the
result she wanted in the matter of COZ
plexion and flesh. The change from coffee
produces q change IN this particular
within a month usually but it is evident
in her case that IL required time to
change the corpuscle5 OF the blood, and
that when inst change was made the
recovery was very rapid
Name and address can be given by the
Postum Cereal Co, Ltd. at Battle Creek,
Mich
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT
The Auditor Makes an Argument
for Local Business Houses.
He Says No Contracts for Job Print
Ing or Supplies should Be Award
ed to Firms in other CIties-The
Transfer of Telegraph Poles

]. T. Petty, the Auditor of the District,
has submitted 70 the Commissioners fer
their consideration and approval
number Of suggestions relative 10 con-
tracts Tor JOB printing and the purchase
of supplies The Auditor is Of the opin-
ion that the job printing and the pur-
chase OF certain supplies should be con-
tracted for with parties in the District,
as matter of convenience TO the Com
rnissIoners and their subOrdinates- lie
states that the delay caused by sending
TO other cities and the attendant incon-
Venience, more than Offset any small
amounts that are saved by dealing with
outside firms In his communication TO
the Commissioners Mr. Petty says:
AS the time is near at hand for the
preparation Of the usual advertisements
for proposals from intending bidders, pre-
uminary TO the annual letting Of con-
tracts for work and supplies. I deem it
my duty to invite your attention in ad-
vance TO the item OF printing with q view
TO suggesting q change Of method, in re-
gard thereto, which will in my opinion
materially conduce to the interest Of ev-
cry department of the District Govern
ment
For many years it has been customary
to advertise in New York, Philadelphia,
and Baltimore for proposals for printing,
and contracts therefor of every character
from the least important Office blank to
the delinquent tax lists have at various
times been awarded in each Of these cities
THE execution of orders by contractors
so far removed from the offices making
the acquisitions has. IN the nature Of the
case, been frequently delayed TO such an
extent as to cause serious Inconvenience
and embarrassment In addition 70 the
delay there was also serious loss in one
instance, the entire pamphlet containing
the delinquent tax list, which cost over
s. 800 being rendered vaIuIess and the
sale void because of errors which were
due 10 the fact that the proof being
read in distant city was not corrected,
as # would have been had the work been
done al home under the supervision of
the trained force Of the Collectors Office
This difficulty has reached such proper
lions that work which is urgent and i'm
portsnt in its character IS often ordered
Of local printers, but always at the risk,
on the one hand. OF a disaiIOWaHce III our
accounts for the differences between con-
tract rates and open market prices, and
on the other, Of the accusation Of bad
faith by the contractor for giving 10
others orders which he considers should
rightfuily he placed with him
''The custom in vogue mas apparently
grown out OF what seems to me TO be a
nnisaDpTeheusiOn Of section >. Of the
Organic Act Of June HISS That pro-
vision is as follows:
- That hereafter when any repairs Of
streets. avenues. alleys, or sewers within
the District Of Columbia are to be made,
or when new paVements are to be sUbsti-
tufed IN place OF those worn out. new
ones laid, OF new streets opened, sewers
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05

ST LOUIS. April 5.-Mrs. Ida Knight. Of
No 3ll School Street, while being ope-
rated upon by surgeons, under the infu-
euce of chlOrofOrn. for tumOr at the City
Hospital, whistled the -Afiser@re7 from
II TroVatOre' clearly and with singular
sweetness At the completion of the air
she remained quiet for , period, but at In
tervals she struck up a tune from Verbs
opera and carried the air well. After the
operation when she had regafned c9r-
seriousness. she could remember nothing Of
having whisted or thought of the opera.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05
A MIsHAP TO THE THORNTON.
Tho Trial of the Torpedo Boat Again
Suffers Delay.

Official information to the effect that
the torpedo boat Thornton. witch vas
tried yesterday on the Barrenf Island
trial course in Chesapeake Bay. had met
with another misaap. has been received
a the Navy Department from Capt. j 5
Hemphiu. of the Trial Board. In a tele-
gram dated Annapolis, april 4, Captain
Henphiu says:
Second two hours trial Of Thornton
failed today on account Of carrying away
Of some pipes. due to vibration VIII Try
ShubTick tomorrow.
The extent Of the trouble IS not known
TO the department. Earlier IN the week
the Thornton had two slight accidents
while attempting TO make two hours
run. The Shubrick is another torpedo
boat
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05
MRS. CAROLINE HALL DEAD.
She Expired This Morning After a
Prolonged Illness.

She Expired This Morning After "A
Prolonged Illness.
After a prolonged illness, Mrs Caroline
Hail. widow Of the late Littleto1 s Hall,
a prominent business man Of Alexandra,
died this morning at the residence Of her
daughter Mrs Ferdinand H Gerdes, 1880
Tenth Street northwest Mrs Hail was
IN the eighty-fTst year Of her age, She
was born at Accotink. Va but the great
er portion Of her life was was spent in
Alexandria.
After the deeath Of her husband six
years ago Mrs Hall came TO this city,
where she resided ever since. She is sur
vived by six childreR-Mrs. Ferdinand II.
Gerdes Mrs F. L Hood James A, Frank
P. George W. and Charles ". Hail.
The funeral viii take place Sunday
efeernoon at 100 o'clock from the resi-
Jence Of Mrs. Gerdes. The Rev Edward
Warren will conduct the services The
irterEnent win be at Union Cemetery,
alexandria
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05
BILL TAYLOR CAPTURED.
The Notorious Train RobBer Again
Prisoner in Texas.

ROCK SPRINGS, Tex, April 5.-SheriT
NJ. c. Bozarth, of Edwards County, has
succeeded in capturing Bill Taylor, the
notorious train robber. under sentence Of
life Imprisonment for robbing a Southern
Pacific passenger train at Losier, Tex,
about two years ago
Taylor was in jail at Rock Springs
awaiting transportation to the peniten-
tiary when ne made his escape Bud
Newman. a member OF the gang of train
robbers of which Taylor was the leader,
turned States evidence at the time of
Taylors trial, and it was largely through
his testimony that Taylor was convicted
When Taylor escaped from jail he
went on hunt for Newman He came
across the latter on the Pecos River and
after 4 desperate fight with pistols Tay-
Tor shot and killed Newman. Since then
Taylor has been at large until run down
and captured by Sheriff Bozarth.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05
C"tarrh for twenty years ana

cured IN a few days--Hon- George James
OF Scranton Pa, says: II have been rnartvr
20 Catarrh ioF twenty years. constant hawking
cropping IN the throat. and pain IN the head verv
offensive breath l tried Or. Agnew's Catarrhal
Powder The hrst application gave instant relief
After using a few bottles 1 was cured - Fiftv
cents Sold by F. S. Williams Ninth and ,
Streets; Edmonds & Williams. Third street and
Pennsylvania Avenue-l
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05
An Office wrecked by safe Blowers.

CHICAGO, April Safe blowers
wrecked the interior OF Joseph IIraI-s
Office Wednesday. The safe was blown to
pieces and, after securing $257 in cur
rency and 81 III checks, the robbers made
their escape. The door Of the safe was
blown across the room, desks We're over
turned, shelves hurled TO the floor and
the entire office wrecked.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05
The steel Trust,s Trnnsfer onice,

NEW YORK, April 5-The United
States Steel Corporation has opened Il
transfer Office in the Empire Building. II
Broadway. with force of twenty clerks
In time 1t is expected that the forca
will be largely increased, and thai The
work Of the transfer Office viii be The
greatest OF any in the country
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05

can't get rid of the Princes German ac-
cent. and when he is older. and has TO
speak in public, the people VIII not be
pleased with it" The Queen ruled that
henceforth the future King should show
his progress in pure English by a daily
reading before her The country now
benefits IL the result
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05

the Anacostia Road. from Ridge Road TO
EInmersou Street, in East Washington
Park, recommends that the request be not
granted. This recommendation is based
upon the ground that under the act of
Congress prohibiting the stringing of
overhead wires east of Rock Creek. the
Commissioners are without authority to
grant the request. Mr.. Allen also calls
attention TO the fact that the nearest gas
lamp TO the locality mentioned Is over
mile distant and that the nearest naph-
tina lamp is about a mile and q half away
The Commissioners have approved the re-
port
With reference to the complaint of DR..
Henry Z Woodbury., of 2325 l. street
northwest requesting the removal of two
Old and unSightiy poles IN the alley OF
square 80. Mr. Alien informs the COmmis
siCners that the telephone company has
been requested TO StEs: ghten the poles re-
ferred 20 and to put them in better or
der
The Commissioners today passed finally
upon the case Of Policeman c. /. Yoe,
VINO was dismissed from the Police De
paItment or March g. charged with con
duet unbecoming an officer. On March
Il Voc asked the Commissioners to sus-
pend their action until he could prepare
a statement for iheiT consideration. This
the Commissioners did. and the statement
was submitted to Commissioner Ross
After The consideration of the case foT
several days Mr.. Ross recommended 10
his associates that he could see 10 reason
for q reversal Of their action. Especially
was he conE iEced Of this, inaSnuch as
tie statement OF Private zoe had been
submitted to Major Sylvester. who had
recommended that the action of March
9 be sustained ne Commissioners con
CURED With Mr. Ross in his motion, aud
zoe Was today dismissed from the police
force for conduct UnbecomiHB police
man
Joseph A O'Hare. of 1908 T Street
northwest. has requested the remission
OF interest and costs upon the assessment
against lot So square III, for paving alley.
J. w Daniel the Special Assessment
Clerk, has recommended that the request
be granted on the ground that the law
under which the assessment was made
mas been declared void by The Supreme
Court OF the District. The Commission
eTs approved the recommendation
B. H Warner, of GIG F Street north
west, has sent a communication to the
Commissioners informing them that tie
land Of Umatilla Street is the property of
the heirs OF Mary Il. Warner. and he
suggests that proceedings should be in
sUUuIcd for c0ndemning the same 10 put
it in proper shape for public use. The
iSttt'. OF MT warner has been noted by
the Commissioners.
The Commissioners today replied TO the
communication of the Central Labor
Union, which organization protested
against the employment Of convict labor
on public improvements The Commission
ers hold that such employment Of convicts
Is in accordance with the Appropriation
Act approved by Congress, March l. 1901,
as follows
For the purchase and repair Of cars.
carts. tools, or the hire Of the same. and
horses TO be used by the inmates Of the
Washington Asylum in the work Of
grading and pay Of dump men needed to
carry out the work, s. O0J."
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05

NEW YORK, April 5.-Arrived. Ger
manic, Liverpool; Rhein, Bremen; Island
Copenhagen; karamania, Leghoru. Ar
Tlyed OUT LAIN, from New York, at
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05
General Anderson Dead,

CHATTANOOGA April 5-Gen. G. F
Anderson, who was a famous Confederate
brigade commander and veteran of the
Mexican war, died yesterday at Admission,
Ala
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05
Control of Persian Customs.

ST. PETERSBURG. April 5--The No
Voc Eremya'' states that d Russian com
pany has acquired a seventy-fve. years
concession Of the Persian customs re
ceipts.
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built or any works the total cost CT
which shall exceed the sum of s.. 009 no
tice shall be given in one newspaper ia
Washington. and if the total cost shall
exceed 5000, then in one newspaper in
each OF the cities of New York, Phiadel-
phia, and Baltimore, also for one week,
for proposals. with full specifications as
to material for the whole or any portion
of the works proposed to be done
The words or any works. the total
cost Of which shall exceed the sum of
81 054' are those which have been held 10
include printing, but 1 am satisfied that
this item was not in the contemplation of
the law This sentence must by any fair
rule of construction, be considered as re
lating 10 work similar in character to that
which had Just been enumerated IN The
opening words of the paragraph or sec
ton
To hold otherwise might subject rs 10
even still greater annoyance than that al
ready experienced, for If q printer in New
York can claim the right TO the contract.
! know OF nothing that would bar one N
appear 70 be an extreme illustration and
YET ii is within the range Of possibility
under the construction Of the law which
has heretofore obtained
In view Of these considerations. I am
clearly OF opinion that no bid for the
printing Of the District Government
should be solicited or accepted. nor con-
tract therefor let. outside the District of
Columbia, and have the homer TO recon-
mend that action in accordance with this
view be taken when proposals shah be
invited for the fiscal year beginning July
I. 1901"
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In reporting upon the agreement Of
George J. Schroen, Of 1920 Street north
east, that he win paint all the lamp posts
in the District on which designation
frames and signs are exclusively main
tained with one coat of best ''AIarsenIes
Bottle green pain: for the sum Of. 10
cents post, Mr.. Allen approves the same
and recommends the acceptance Of the
offer. Mr Allen states that Mr. SchrUen
is now engaged in painting the naPhtha
posts for the street lighting contractors,
and can do these designation posts at the
same time ct a very small cost The
recommendation has been approved by
the Commissioners.
Mr.. Allen in considering the application
Of W = Young and others of BennIne
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05

Walter c Allen. the Electrical Engin-
eer. has forwarded a report to the Com
rnissioners upon the application OF the
chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company, asking that certain poles be
longing TO the District be turned over TO
the company Allen recommends that the
following poles be turned over TO the ap-
plicants IS requested. his recommended
ton being adopted by the Commissioners:
Pole 1S-B on the south side Of L
Street, between Sixteenth and Seven
teenth Streets northwest; pole 16Z-G on
the west side Of Seventeenth Street. be-
tween L and II Streets northwest: pole
117-A on the south side OF NJ Street, be
tween Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets
northwest; pole 24-B on ihe north side
OF NJ Street. between TwenJy-fOUTth and
TWenty-hfth Streets northwest; pole Z9Z
C on the north side of D Street. be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets
northwest. and pole IA on the south
side Of ! Street, between TWenty-first and
TwentE-second Streets northwest"
Mr.. Allen has also approved and for
Warded to the Commissioners a recon-
mendation OF Thomas ] Fisher. the
Inspector Of Electric Lighting. that two
and @ Streets northeast be relocated and
that an additional gas lamp be estab-
liShed at the northwest corner OF Seventh
Street and Morris Place northeast. at an
estimated cost OF Sl4. chargeabie 10 the
appropriation for street lighting for 1891.
The Commissioners approved this recon-
mendatiOn-
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Mr.. Allen in considering the application
of w B Young and others. Of Benning,
" no reauested that lights be erected on
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05

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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05

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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05

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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-05

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15
THE MOST COSTLY DRUGS.

From The Baltimore American
THE price of many drugs used in medicine Is
astonishing to those who not acquainted with
the subject" remarked a druggist. There are
several that worth their weight in gold about
$50 ounce) while 81 IS and So ounce are quite
common prices in pharmacy. 1 filled prescription
the other day that cost SIS.
But there is one drug that can recall that is
worth more than its weight In gold That is
pseudo physostigmine. / don't think that it has
popular 1t is too rich for that. In the phar
macists' list it quoted 81 grain. s4S7 80
ounce. The seed from which the drug is made
grows in India and Brazil. we'll as In parts of
South Africa. This seed. tradition says once
used by native chiefs ordeal. The ordeal
generally resulted in the death of the man upon
whom II was tried, and so was considered great
used now in the prescriptions for the treatment
of heart disease
Another drug that takes the palm for costli-
ness is. curiously enough. the that is perhaps
the most widely known by name of them all to the
general publiC-musk. Its retail price at the pres
ent moment is about 500 an ounce. 5000 pound
apothecary, or two and one half times the value
of gold, "a karats fine. IL Is obtained from the
musk deer a very rare animal and Is contained in
NAL. that ounce of the drug represents ap-
proximately of these precious animals. As
1t largely used for scent. the demand constantly
exceeds the supply, and the price has been steadily
advancing. There is no reason why II should not
go to $3.50 $500 during the few
years, as the musk deer is gradually vanishing
from the face of the EARTH"