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New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
SHOOTING.
SECOND DIVISION. NAVAL BATTALION. LEADS
IN MATCH FOR JosEPHTHAr, TROPHY.

The match for the Josephthal trophy was con-
tinued at the list Regiment Armory Saturday be-
tween the Second and Fourth divisions of the First
Naval Battalion. The high individual OF 50
points. made by ]. II. Birch. OF the Third Division.
still stands. as none OF the competitors able
to come IT, The highest score on Saturday
The Second Division leads In the tournament by
16l points The standing OF the divisions is
n
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
TO INSPECT CATTLE SHIPMENTS.
AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN CANADA
AND THE UNITED STATES.

AND THE UNITED STATES.
Washington, April 7.-As result Of negotiations
between Mr.. Wilson, the Secretary OF Agriculture
and the Canadian Minister OF Agriculture. an agree
rnent has been reached between the two admnistra-
tions by which Canada is to have a first class
veterinarian stationed in England TO test for tuoer-
culosis all British cattle shipped TO this country
by way OF Canada. The Canadian administration
wanted cattle to be admitted from Canada without
tests the border by American experts Inc
department at Washington would not agree 70 TINS.
Secretary Wilson said, however. that II Canada
would send To England agent who should nave
sufficient expert knowledge OF the subject. the
United States would admit cattle upon his certln,
cate that the cattle had been tested and found
free from tuberculosis This was agreed to by the
Canadian Minister 1t is officially explained tnat
10 per of live stock in the United states
and about 40 per cent in Great Britain have tuoer-
culosis. The cattle the continent Of Europe are
so diseased that this government will not permit
the admission OF any animals from there.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
ANOTHER BILLIARD TOURNAMENT

The billiard committee of the New-York Athletic
Club has decided to hold handicap. straight rail
tournament Walter G. Douglas champion billiard
player OF the club. and R D. Radcliffe ALREADY
among the entries According to the conditions
each will be $50 points. and every contestant
losing two games will be out Of the race.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
CYCLING.
FEW RIDERS VENTURE OUT ON THE DIsA.
GREEABLE EASTER DAY.

FEW RIDERS VENTURE OUT ON THE DIsA.
GREEABLE EASTER DAY.
The weather yesterday anything but enjoy.
able 20 those wro rode the wheel The rain OF the
morning and the hard storm Of the week put the
roads and streets in such cordition that it was
impossible to ride any distance without meeting
with some discomfort. In the afternoon at inter-
walls sprinkes of rain came down. which kept those
who wished to take long spin indoors. But in the
time that rain did not fall some Of the enhusi-
astic riders could be seen on most OF the avenues.
There many runs scheduled by dl1erent clubs
but nearly all of them were postponed
The automobile another vehicle that was
kept indoors and was only used by those who for
reasons had to use it. The riders who took occa-
sion TO venture on the Coney Island Cycle Path
when the rain did not fall had their troubles. The
path was IN a bad condition and in places there
were puddles OF water caused by the storms OF
the week. The Merrick Road another place
that visited by some wheelmen. The riders
who braved ride the path also had cause TO
remember the day. Toward evening. although the
and the clouds in the sky were threatening
that few riders ventured out
The monthly meeting Of the Associated Cycling
Clubs of Nev-Yo=k will be held tonight at the
house Of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club The
baseball schedule and the list of century runs
planned for the summer Will be made public.
well the plan Of action decided upon BY the
executive committee in reference to the measures
pending relative TO the existing street food
ing nuisance and conflicting local bicycle ordi-
nances.
An attempt is being made 70 revive the old New
York Bicycle Club which Of the first The
New-York Bicycle Club and the Manhattan Bicycle
Club the pioneers when the high wheels were
IN vogue. Many of the old members are now dele
gates for other clubs the Associated Cycle Clubs
and 1t is this band of veterans that proposes the
formation OF club under the old name
The Calumet Wheelnen have two baseball teams
in the field. and a series of games will be played.
Of which the winner will represent the club in the
Associated Cycling Clubs annual tournament
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
MILITARY VALUE OF WHEELMES.

AN ATTACK ON LONDON PROVES THAT 1T De-
PENDS ON THE WEATHER.
London. April Sin the Volunteer Cyclists
manouvres ordered by the British War Office, the
attack London this morning proved that the
military value OF wheeImen IS largely dependent on
the weather The attacking force outgeneralled the
defenders. but lost many men in the rain and
owing the bad roads that it unable to attack
IN force at the proper time.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

The holidays OF the week will also include an
interscholastic championship under the auspices OF
the Cutler schooboys Permission has been secured
for the use of the Oakland links at Bayside- Long
Island. and the tournament will be held there on
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday. The programme
includes a qualifying round on Wednesday, match
play on Thursday. and the finals and handicap on
EridaY-
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

Father Sergius" is said 20 be the title OF a
novel upon which TolstoI is at work. II deals
with the mental conflicts Of a monk who. once
a dissipated aristocrat. has come TO be regarded
as a saint
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
we eommittee row at work rev!s!ng metropoIItan

Philadelphia Will make a strong effort to awaken
interest in golf this Immediately following
the championship tournament OF the United States
Golf Association Atlantic City the second week
In September tournament will be held
over the course Of the Philadelphia Country Club
Bala. II will be n three day contest, extending
from September II to 10
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

The Great Masters of Art" series published
by the Macmillan Company is continued this
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

Mr. II. Rider Haggard has departed somewhat
from his familiar ground in his last story. which
the Longmans about to publish II is called
"Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch" The scene is
laid chiefly in Leyden in 1914, and the blood
seems TO flow freely in IT as in any Of Mr.
Haggard's stories. 1t tells Of the trials and ad-
ventures OF a burgher family of the time of
Philip III and William the Silent; Of life as Mr.
Haggard phrases II. during the most fearful
tyranny the western world has known" There
are a large number of spirited illustrations in
the book.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

week by the issue of a monograph on Piero
Della Francesca, by W. G. Waters. The sub
ject is difficult for satisfactory treatment
owing to imperfect knowledge of the facts OF
his life, beyond a few anecdotes contributed by
the garruous Vasari. and the further fact that
his legacy of painting" Mr.. Waters says,
''is in many cases irreparably injured" Like
the other volumes OF this series. this one is
an7nIv illustrated
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

The old trouble in getting titles is
brought up afresh by the announcement by
Little. Brown & Co. of Ellis Merediths The
Master Knot Of Human Fate" This is thought
by some TO come pretty close TO Conover Duffs
The Master Knot" published some three years
ago by Henry Holt & Co, OF which the title is
derived from the same line of Omar Khayyam's
"Rubaiyat."
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

The first two volumes of Mcclure Phillips &
Co.'S Temple "Moliere." in French. are now
ready. They are lie Bourgeois Gentilhomme
and lie Medecin Malgre Lui." The text is that
of Despois and Mesnard and the edition is in
16mo form. The same firm will also publish i'm
mediately Hene's "Buch der Leder," in Ger
man, which is also in the Temple edition.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

Richard Bagot, an English writer known as
the author OF a novel called "A Roman Mys-
terry published a couple of years ago, has
written another. Casting of Nets which John
Lane will publish. il deals with Roman Cathol-
icism. and has already attracted some attention
in London.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

The first volume in the Appletons' new Great
Peoples" series will be DR.. Martin A. s. Humes
book The Spanish People: Their Origin,
Growth and Influence" TO appear this month.
DR.. Hume writes with all the advantages Of the
modern historical specialist on a highly complex
theme. tracing the development of this COM
posite race from various racial units. and show
ing how Spain was the battle-ground upon which
decided the form into which modern civiliza-
ton should be moulded-whether Aryan or
Semitic, Christian or Moslem.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

curious little book that will interest folk
lorists chiefly. outside Of the Emerald Isle. is
p. ". Joyces Reading Book in Irish History"
intended by the author to guide the Irish youth
10 a knowledge Of his ancestors deeds. DR..
Joyce has translated these Historical and
mantle tales from ancient Irish manuscripts.
and Longmans. Green & Co. are publishing
them.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

David Harum" seems perennial The Apple
| tons report that last week two thousand copies
were sold in Chicago. and the book IS now far
| beyond the record OF half n million copies.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

In his historical study OF Charles William
Ferdinand. Duke OF Brunswick. which Long
mans. Green & Co. are bringing out. Lord Ed
rnond Fitzmaurice undertakes TO clear up an
nnsccountahle haziness that has clung around
a figure prominent in the history OF the French
Revolution and the empire. This duke a
nephew and the favorte pupil OF Frederick the
Great His i'll defined sphere and enigmatic
action in the events Of the period have long baf-
fed historical students. and il has been difficult
10 account for the unqUestioned position he has
occupied in camp and cabinet and in public
estimation.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

There certainly should be no tagging Of in
terest in the reading lesson OF children who
take it from the last issue in Scribners' series
OF school readers. This Is devoted to Mrs. Gus
ter's story of her husbands famous cam
paign in the Far West. II includes the last
fight on the Little Big Horn and many other
memories of the picturesque soldiers career in
the sixties and seventies. 1t is published under
the title of The Boy General"
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

Stanton III. Kings plain tale OF twelve years
bedore the mast. Dog Watches at Sea-" has
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

Harrison Robertson's novel Of Southern life,
THE Inlander" the Scribners say. has gone
into its eighth thousand within a fortnight after
its publication.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

Mr.. Augustine Birrell notes that the closing
hours Of the nineteenth century We're marked
by all the painful symptoms of extreme self
consciousness. In literature. he said the other
evening, it was hard to what left do
what niche remained unoccuped. But the
paths that were be trodden not
those our forefathers trod Our attitude toward
life and death. own language, our
thoughts. any bit of literary work did hon
estly. be it done well ill., would he an
echo or an imitation hut our own.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

The entire action Of Mrs. Burnetts new story.
THE Making of a Marchioness,' 10 appear in
the next number Of The Century" happens at
a house party spending few days English
country seat, among the guests being a number
of Americans. 1t is said TO be narrative Of
sustained gayety
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
The followIng ave the IndivIdual scores
EOTRTH DTVTSvO
TRAP SHOOTING CLUBS DISSATISFIED.

Total .............---.4sa Total .-..........s .s41
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

General Edward McCready, who is the author
OF The History OF South Carolina" recently
published. writes that he was comrade OF
b. X. Benson, whose story OF a spy in the Civil
War. Who Goes There?" has attracted con-
siderable attention. He says. Furthermore that
just such a case OF amnesia or pathological loss
OF memory, Mr. Benson describes and which
caused the spy in question 10 serve in the Union
and Confederate armies successfully came an
der his own observation. How far Mr. Benson's
story Is photographed is apparently doubt
ful. Hts remark TO the publishers that IL was
impossible 10 tell from the story on which side
he himself served IN the war seems TO be borne
out by the narrative.
The reproduction OF Albert DIrer's designs
illustrating the Apocalypse. promised some time
ago by Mr.. r.. II. Russell, will be ready for
publication at once. There sixteen plates.
The text is taken from the Book OF Revelation.
Mr. Fitz Roy Darlington has contributed in
PRODUCTION.
Miss Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler. new book
Co by the last OF April. II is said 10 present a
seres OF vivid miniatures OF English social life
and TO be characterized by the epigrammatic
quality shown in Miss Fowlers Isabel Car
naby."
Stanton II. Kings plain tale OF twelve years
before the mast. Dog Watches at Sea-" has
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

George Meredith's book of verse. "A
Reading Of Life. with Other POEMS" is soon TO he
published by the Scribners. The first poem. that
which gives its title to the book. is rather long
one in five or six divisions Most of the others
are short. some being but A few lines in length
The last group in the book consists OF some
translations from the Had into English hexam-
eters.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

American diplomacy is likely to increase in its
Importance with the growing power and infiu-
ence of the United States in other parts of the
world and instructive appreciation of this fact
is doubtless the bottom Of the growing con-
Germ felt in the history of our diplomatic rela-
tons in the last hundred years. significant
indication of this concern is found in the fact
that eX-Secretary John W. Fosters book. "A
Century of American Diplomacy" published last
autumn by Houghton Miff1in & Co. is in such
active demand that five impressions of it have
already heen called for
The Washington times., 1901-12-09
WALL PAPER.

WALL PAPER-5c up; painting and Paperhang-
ing g. e. YOUNGER, $40 New Jersey ave. NV.
m9-S
NoIrE saI 9Th st. NV. Is constantly receiving
III. latest and most attractive designs In Wall
Papers, and papers rooms IRON goo up Can
and investigate tor yourself and be convinced.
mia
The Washington times., 1901-12-09
Curse
DRINK
CURED BY
WHITE RIBBON REMEDY

Can be river IN glass Of Water. Tea. Cones
Without Patients knowledge.
white Ribbon Remedy viii cure or destroy the
a.,,.,ed appetite for alcoholic stimus7tA
whether the patient is a confirmed inebriate. "a
tippler" social dnnker. OF drunkaro.
Impos.ible for anyone 20 have an appetite
for alcoholic uquors siter uhng White Ribbon
Remedy.
Endorsed by Members OF w. &. II. u.
Mrs Moore. superintendent OF the Woman,
Christian Temperance Union, writes: 81 have
tested White Ribbon Remedy on very obstinate
drunkard. aud the cures have been many. In
many CASE. the Remedy was given secretly.
cheerfully recommend and endorse White Rib
bon Rtfneiy Members of our Union arc de-
lighted TO mud a practical and economical treat
mcnt 10 aid in our temperance work"
Mrs West. President Of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union. states: Il know OF -
many people redeemed from tie OF drink
by ths use Of White Ribbon Remedy that I
earnestl, request you to give It trsl. For
sale BY druggists everywhere. or by mail, q.
Trial package free by writing calling on
ARa A. NJ TOWNSEND Cor years Secretary
Of the woman's Christian Temperance Union),
2is FREMONT ST, BOSTON, MASS Sold in
Washington by Stevens Pharmacy, COL Penn
sylvsnis Avenue.
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Vanderbilt buying
OFFICE BOY SOLD CALLS.
Purcbn-ed $1,000 Bushels of Wheat
md Disappenrcd.

MILWAUKEE. Wis. Dec. S.-Walter E.
Brown. twenty-five years old. who came
up here in April from the Chicago offices
of Bartlett. Frazier & CO. to act as tele-
phone boy in the Milwaukee branch office
established on the local Board of Trade
at that time, disappeared SATURDAY one
hour before it was discovered that he
had sold calls on the firm for S5 geo BUSH
els Of wheat without reporting the same.
The calls were for delivery of the grain
at rs cents. Wheat went up to 81 within
a few minutes of opening Saturday morn
ing and the calls began 10 pour in upon
G H. Bail, local manager OF the Chicago
firil. who promptly covered all demands
made
The frm got in at 81 SIS cents. and IL 1T
decides TO settle at that price will lose
approximately 81 500. The calls. as is
usual. were each for LOCO bushels of
grain and eighty-hve calls were reported
from the following firms: Berger Critteu-
den Company 80 calls; l.. Bartlett, 80
calls: Lull FRANKIE Company. calls.
II is thought that there are several
firms that hold more calls which they
have not reported. and which they are
holding until Monday. in the expectation
that the market will go higher. As the
firm has no means of knowing how many
calls are outstanding and who holds tncm.
the local Offices are cnsiderably per
turbed The local manager left for Chi
cago last night to confer with ths Ch.ca-
go office
The Washington times., 1901-12-09
LEGAL NOTICES.

IN TIE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
or COLUMBIA FRIDAY. THE UTH DAY
or DECEMBER. -CATiIARlNE G. Me
GuWAN st 81 vs.. TiIE UNKNOWN HEIRS,
DEIISEES AND ALiENEEa OF JOHN COX,
THOMAS WILSON ct al. No. 22'bi. Equity
Docket 81.
on motion Of the plaintiffs, by Rslstou & sid
dons their solicitors, il Is, tins 9th day ot De
ceinber. 1891. ORDERED, That the defendants.
the unknown heirs. dCyisees and aliences Of John
Cox, Thomas Wilson Matilda Withcrington VIII
son, william Thcohald Wolfe Tone, and the un-
known persons claiming by, through or under
them, cause their appearance 60 be entered on
or before the first rule dny occurring forty days
after this day; otherwise the cause viii be pro-
ceeded with as in Of default
The object Of this suit Is TO establish and
perfect Of record the title Of the oomp.aIn1nts
in and 10 a lot Of ground situate in what IS now
known square 1919, in that part Of the city
uf Washington. District Of Columbia, formerly
called GcorgetoWn and being known a. and called
Kings Acre, described by metes aud bounds as
follows.
Beginning on the present east line OF Thirty
third formerly Market street At point distant
a. feet north from the north boundary line OF
original GeoryCtQWn; running thence north on
said street % feet inches, more or less, 10 the
southwest corner Of a brick house, formerly
Orrne's; thence eastcrly parallel with Cormcrly
FirsD Street 50 feet, more or less, TO the east
line Of the present enclosure; thence south parallel
With said ThiTty-thiTd Street q feet inches
and thence west s9 feet to the place Of beginning
together with the use of the brick wall along
the north line thereof. free ot cost or charge. 4
copy Of this order TO be published in the wash
ington Law Reporter and The Washington Times
q week for three successive weeks before said
rule dsy.
BY the Court:
CseaD A. G. BRADLEY, Justice. etc.
True copy Test:
]. H. YOUNG. Clerk etc.
BY J. ". LAT1NER Asst. CLERK.
de9.l623
The Washington times., 1901-12-09
Government Bouds.

Transactions On the New York Stock
Exchange curing tho week just ended
aggregated 4. .35s. .2a5 shares. Here are the
most active stocks:
The Washington times., 1901-12-09
SUDDEN DEATH OF A VETERAN
Coroner Issues Certificate After
Holding nm Autopsy.

Thomas Nordenstrake. an old pensioner,
was found dead an bed at his home. 927
Dinsmore Alley southwest, about $50
O'Clock yesterday morning by his colored
wife, TO whom he is said to have been
married twenty years.
Nordenstrake was siXty-fiye years old
and was a veteran Of the civil war. He
was not drinking man. his wife stated.
but in the line OF duty had contracted an
affection of the lungs and an injury TO
the right knee. Tor which he was drawing
a pension He had been complaining Of
being unwell for some days and had been
remaining In bed until quite late.
Yesterday morning when breakfast was
ready his wife called him. Receiving no
response. she vent to his room and found
him dead.
The Coroner was notified aud soon
called at the house Although he believed
that death was due to natural causes. he
was unable 10 state just what ended the
old mans life.
The body was accordingly removed TO
the morgue, where 9r autopsy was per-
formed upon IT. Following the post-mor-
TEN. Dr. hewitt stated that he would is-
sue a certificate of death from natural
causes.
The Washington times., 1901-12-09
COPPER RUMoRs DENIED.
DAILY Estrtc Holdings Not Thrown on
the Market.

BUTTE, Mont. Dec. s.-Rumors have
been persistent in Butte that the slump
IN Amalgamated Copper stock has been
caused by the fact that the large holdings
of the DAILY estate in both Amalgamated
and Anaconda have been thrown on the
market.
The manager OF the estate sends a de-
NAL from New York and the officials of
the DAILY Bank and Trust Company in
Butte also say the story is not founded on
facts. They claim that the bank and the
DAILY people both have great confidence IN
the future OF Amalgamated. and that they
are very large holders OF that and Ana
conds stock.
The story circulated is that Mrs. DAILY
had invested heavily in Amalgamated and
that at the time she unloaded her stock
her loss amounted to nearly S2,00o,oOO
The Washington times., 1901-12-09
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FOR HIRE.

FOR HIRE-Good teams at a moderate price for
pleasure or business; phone East 2vs NJ. S2t-s
New Jersey ave. nv. ms-o
FOR HIRE Horses, buggies and daytons; $50
and 500 per day, Tor drumming business
purposes PREST0N'S STABLES. cor. sth and
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