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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-29

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan 29,-At The
grand jury term Of the Alexandra
County Court yesterday Judge J. NJ Love
read the following clipping from Wash
ington newspaper in reference to an al
legged prizefght which recently took place
in the county: There was boxing con-
test arranged for Wednesday evening be-
tween two young Georgetown residents
named Hazel and HUH, for a purse con
tributed by friends The fight was TO have
taken place at a club headquarters On
Water Street but the police got wind OF
tire affair. and the fighters and hackers
were afraid TO pull off Che contest The
entire party adjourned to LAWYERS sa-
loon in RossIyn. where the fight took
place, beirg witnessed by about $50 local
sports. HUH was knocked out IN the
third round, the fight being against him
fIom the start" The Judge. after reading
he article, stated that he did not propose
to have any prizefig hting carried on in The
county, and he instructed the grand jury
TO secure evidence against all who par
ticipated in the affair and he would nave
them brought before the grand jury and
indicted for the offence The grand Jury
viii meet next Wednesday.
Yesterday afternoon Coroner Pur-
inquest was held at Dema mes uudeTta =
ing establishment over the remains Of tie
dead female infant which was found by
Robert Poindexter. c0lored, Yesterday
morning near the old canal locks The
following composed the jury John 4
Trimyer, foreman; Edgar Varied, jr-,
Richard Gibson. Charles B Marshall. Har-
vey W. SeiecIman. and W lillian c Baggetl-
The Jury after viewing the remains,
heard the evidence of DIT. Hugh AcGuirc,
who assisted Coroner Purvis in making
the autopsy Dr.. Mcclure said that il was
a live born child. apparently about I'VE
da IS old was either white or very
bright mulatto, and was in a bad state
Of accommodation He stated that rs
tongue protruded from its mouth, and
there was evidence Of a cord mark around
the throat which indicated that It had
been strangled 10 death. No other wit
nesses were examined. and the jury ed
journed until 10 O'Clock Thursday morn
ing. The child was buried in the Penny
Hin Cemetery at the expense OF the city
In the Corporation Court yesterday the
charter of the Iowa Apartment House
Company of Washington. which was re
Gently chartered in that city VAS amend
ed so as to increase the capital stock from
$3.50 600 to $3.50 eco.
special meeting of the city coun-
ell il is understood, viii be held to-
night 10 consider the proposition Of
George D. Hopkins and his assigns, who
ask for a certain piece OF property sit
uated near the old canal locks It is the
intention OF Mr. Hopkins and his assigns
to start a glass factory On the ground.
The subcommittee Of seven OF the bust
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MARBLE CORNER FAILS
Senator ProciOr's Vain Endeay0r
to control the Output.
Rival in the Vermont Field Gets
AheGd OF Him in Securing the sup
PEELED 10 send Agents over to
italy In Order to Obtain 1t.

RUTLAND. Vt. Jan. 29.-RedfeId Proc
tor. United States Senator froI1 Vermont
and proprietor Of the Vermont Marble
Company, who has been attempting to
corner the American output of statuary
marble and certain grades Of mercantile
marbles. has been outwitted, and has been
forced TO turn 10 Europe for grades of
marble that abound IN Vermont and i'm
port them at loss
For years Senator Proctor has been
known as the marble king of this country,
Aside from his quarries at West Rutland
and Proctor. the only quarry producing in
quantity both statuary and commercial
marbles needed by the Vermont Marble
Company to fiji its Southern contracts was
owned by J. b. HOLSTER, of this city.
The output of this quarry, located in
Florence Vt was owned under contract
by the True Blue Marble Company. Sena-
tor ProctOr's only real competitor. When
George E. Royce. President of the True
Blue Company. tried to renew the contract
he learned that Senator Proctor had
bought the entire output, the statuary
marble in his own quarries having sud
denly and Unexpectedly become exhausted.
Mr.. Royce took a tramp over the hills
about the HOLSTER quarry, and then sent
a lawyer 10 New Haven TO make enqui-
ries regarding the family of Prof New
bury. who. twenty years ago, ct the time
OF his death. was head Of the department
of geology Of Yale College
Il was found that the professors Wild
ow had died in Chicago and that the heirs
were living in modest circumstances in
Cleveland.
To that city Mr.. Royce's lawyer went
He found the Newbury heirs and told
them ne wanted 20 buy a ridge Of marble
land bought by the professor nearly fifty
years ago for a sum not greater tan
would now be paid for q good miIch COW
The heirs had never heard OF the land
When they were offered a small fortune
for It they lost no time in selling.
The ink was hardly dry upon the new
deed when Senator PrOctor's agents ap-
peared in Cleveland and hurried to the
home Of the Newbury heirs. only t. find
that Senator Proctor had been beaten. 4
few days later Senator Proctor offered
Mr. Royce a fabulous sum for the ridge,
but Mr. Royce refused TO sell.
In order 10 get the Hoilister marble to
the Rutland Railroad and thence to civil
cation branch line Of track = mile and
a quarter long owned by syndicate was
used. After he had obtained the output
OF The HOLSTER quarry Senator Proctor
began TO negotiate with the syndicate for
the road. but learned that it had Just
been sold 10 Nj Royce
Cut OF from access to the HollisteT
quarry, Senator Proctor has despatched
agents to Italy to contract for the output
Of Carrdra quarry
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HELD FOR RoBBING THE MAILS.
Prisoner Paints and Falls ON Com
miSsiOner's Desk

missioner DPShs
NEW YORK Jan 29-Chief postofi-e
Inspector John D. King had nr-scnar
before United States g.. Commissions
Shields yesterday afternoon for whom hi
and his staff of inspectors have been hunt
ing for nearly q year. The prisoner vas
William J. Zimmerman. who mas been a
CLERK in Postoffice Branch A. in Greene
Street. ever since his appointment. over
ten years ago He is about thi.ty-Gye
years old. and lived with his wife md
three children at 90 West Eighth Street.
in a neatly furnished fiat He broke down
completely when the charge was read to
him in court. and fell in a swoon on the
/ Commissioners desk He was accused CT
systematically robbing the mails for near
" d year, and is said to have realized d
| large sum OF money
Ten months ago the firm of J. Lynn &
Co. dealers in novelties, at IS Bond
Street complained 10 Chief Kins that
their mail was being stolen persistentIy,
and that their losses were assuming such
large proportions that they could not
stand it any longer. They declared that
in the two months preceding they had had
to apply TO the poStOfhce for duplicate
money orders TO the number Of S23. Chief
King took personal charge OF the case,
and. with Inspectors James and Jacobs,
has been a. work on it ever since Every
clerk in Branch 4, through which Lynn
q CO receive their mail has been under
survt ilIauce, and Swallowed for weeks at
time IN all. Chief King had seventeen
inspectors working under his GrderS,- but
the thief baf1eI-theiT best efforts.
Zimmerman reported for duty at 100
o'clock Sunday morning, and was kept tn
der close watch all day. He could not
make a movement that was not seen.
When he left the station in the evening
, he was arrested by Chief King and Inspec-
tors James and Jacobs. He was indignant
at his arrest and declared that it was an
outrage. The inspectors searched him,
however. and found $11 in cash and $36.S5
+. IN postage stamps. There was also found
an unopened letter addressed to J. Lynn
& Co. Zimmerman was locked up in the
Ludlow Street jail for the night. and was
yesterday taken TO Chief Kings office, IN
the PCstofi1ce Building There. 4-eordiEg
TO Mr. King, the prisoner broke down
completely and cried like q child He is
said TO have admitted that the money and
postage stamps found on him when 1T vas
arrested were taken from letters address
ed TO Lynn & Co. He is also reported TO
have said that all the letters containing
checks. money orders. express. orders. and
ordinary letters which he opened he threw
into the sewer. He said that his steal
ings covered a period of one year, but that
at first he stole only in a small way He
showed the effects OF hard drinking when
he was arraigned before Commissioner
Shields. His eyes were red He mOaned,
oh. my wife and children, What viii
they do?" He pleaded not guilty, and
when the Commissioner held him in $3.50
bail for examination on February ) he
tainted and fell on the Commissioner
desk He quickly recovered, however, and
was taken back to the Ludlow Street Jail
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-29
TIE BEST TEST
Is the Service and Experience OF
Years.

Years.
The best soldier is not the new recruit
of a few months service
The hest mechanic is not the apprentice,
and the best man in line is he who has
been tried by years Of service and eXpe-
rience-
This not only true OF men but Of nearly
everything else, and especially is it true
of medicines for disease New remedies
must be thoroughly tested and their merit
established beyond question before the in
telligent public viii put faith in them
There are many remedies which
have stood the JeSt OF ten years and con-
tinued 10 Increase IN popularity each
wear. but this is rue OF the Pyramid File
Cure. ard ii is the only pile cure that has
stood this test, and among the many pop
MAR medicines on the market il is the
only one which can be said to have no
competitor; its sale has steadily incr, as
ed from year TO year. and this result has
been not so much because of judiciOUs ad-
yertising as because it has been recon-
rnended by word of month from one cured
sufferer TO another.
Piles is supposed TO be caused in most
cases by a sedentary life and lack OF ex-
ercise. but it generally comes without any
apparent excuse, and often people who
live an active outdoor life are victims OF
the disease. A case in point Is that of
James Creeden. q lumberman and team
ster in northern Michigan. He says I
suffered for eight or nine years from Itch
ing and protruding piles sometimes so Sc
verely that l could scarcely walk, then l
would get better for a week or two but
the trouble always returned I could not
afford the expense Of an operation and
endured the disease until l was advised
by my mother who lived in Manistce, 10
give the Pyramid Pile Cure a trial.
l had never heard OF it, but when / lent
to town / asked my druggist about il and
he told me he had sold it for years and
never had complaint Of its failure TO
cure piles.
1 bought package and found not only
relief but a permanent cure after several
weeks regular use
One OF the 5est things about the Pyra-
mid Pile Cure found 10 be its conven-
fence. Being in suppository form and used
at night, it did not interfere with nay
daily work and Is simple and painless
All druggists III United States and Can
ada sell the Pyramid Pile Cure al 80 cents
per package
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ROCKEFELLER WINS a SUIT.
Gets = Verdict for the Recovery of
Yearly sl.Ooo.ooo.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, Jan 2s.-Roekefel-
Ter Won a victory in the Circuit Court yes
terday in the suit brought against him by
Capt. James Corrigan for the recovery OF
almost a million dollars claimed 10 be
due On sale OF stock By Corrigan to
Rockefeller while the securities were held
BIZ the latter as collateral for loan
The Circuit Court affirmed the decision
of the lower court IN favor of Rockefeller,
holding that Corrigan could not now re-
cover. The decision was on the law
points in the case.
The suit is based on the business trans
action which caused the enlargement be-
tween John .. Rockefeller and his broth
er Frank Frank Rockefeller and James
CorrIgan were associated in the purchase
OF iron ore lands in Michigan. and CORR
gan borrowed money from John D. Rookie
feller 10 help through the project. putting
up Standard Oil stock as security.
When the loan became due. IL is alleged,
Rockefeller bought the stock, but COrri-
gan claims he was given almost million
dollars less than the market value OF the
stock This amount he sued 10 recover.
Soon after this transaction the Roekefel-
Ter brothers fell cut, and they have been
unfriendiy since
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.so1L POOL" DECLARED A FACT.
Seansen Join in Il Statement Assert
ing That Ii Exists


NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 29.-The story re-
Gently told Of an oil lake in the Gulf off
the Louisiana and Texas coass, where the
oil came TO the surface from ! submarine
oil gusher. having been received with
skept,cism by number OF newspa pers,
c II. Burch harDormaster Of Sabine
Pass: Fred. T. Piummer master Of the
Viola; A Olsen, master Of the Amanda
Morre; +. " Taylor. master Of the Ceres,
Frank H. Murphy, master Of the Arbutus;
c. K Kelly. master Of the a. T. StoneHau.
and A d. Gunderson, master of the Olga,
join n the following statement
We have resided N this port for many
years, that We are personally acquainted
with every natural feature pertaining 10
the Gult beach in its entire length 10 Gal
weston Bay From time immemorial there
has existed directly of and along the
Gulf beach O. this section sn immense oil
pool. about one and one-haIf miles In
width and four miles in length This oil
pool up TO the date Of the storm OF 1855
was always known, as far as our ltnowI-
edge extends. 10 have been located on q
Inc directly south and opposite the point
On the Gulf beach known as Shell Ridge.
Since the storm Of 1886 this oil pool is
known TO have shifted some distance east
ward along the Cuffs edge toward Sabine
Pass. the result OF the filling up Of the
supposed proper point Of exit for the ais
deposit, causing II 20 seek another sur
face through which to percolate and reap
pear OF the waters.
We have always made this oil pool a
place OF safety which we sought without
sea-going vessels in time OF peril from
severe gales or storms. for when We an
choTed Il this oil sea We were safe, and
everything was calm
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-29
MORE ARTICLES APPROVED.
The Cuban Convention Cancels tn
Claims Providing for Expulsion.

The Cuban Convention Cancels the
Claims Providing for Expulsion.
HAVANA, Jan. 29.-The constitutional
convention has approved articles Il to
q inclusive Of the third section OF the
constitutional project. Article % was
changed to give TO the State the exclusive
right to grant degrees for the exercise Of
public professions Education VIII lie
free, the State to meet the expenses when
the municipalities cannot do so. Article
g was Cancelled No Cuban can be ex-
PEELED from the island or prevented from
landing therein.
a number of bandits. said to be Span
iards. recently seized the manager of a
sugar estate near CiCnfUegos and he'd
him until a ransom OF 400 cenJennes was
paid
The threatened strike Of the cartmen
has not occurred. General Wood. at
conference with the leaders CT the move
menJ, promised 10 look into their griev-
ances.
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a COUPLE REMARKED IN JAZZ.
The Husband Now on Trial the ThI. u
Time for Murder.

NEW ALBANY. Ind. Jan. 29.-Mrs.
Louis B. Gaines, Of this city. is connected
with q romantic marriage which Was yes
terday celebrated in the county jail at
Sherman, Tex.
Four years ago her husband. " B.
Gaines, was arrested on The charge Of
numbering Charley Koch his wife's broth
eT- He was convicted by a jury at Sher-
man. Tex. and sent to the penitentary
for life. His wife. after attending the trial
and assisting in prosecuting her husband,
returned here and got a divorce.
The case against her husband was re-
veTsed by the Criminal Court OF Appeals
Of Texas and he was remanded back for
another trial The second trial resulted in
the same sentence He went TO the peni-
Tertiary, his case being again appealed,
and again reversed by the higher court
Gaines then began a correspondence with
his former wife She Felented and left here
Wednesday for Texas They became recon
ciled and we're married today. their two
children Witnessing the ceremony.
Gaines was once more placed on trial
YESTERDAY
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-29
NEW TELEPHONE TRANSMITTED
The Constructor Declares 1t Superior
to Any Present system

HAZLETON. Pa. Jan 29.-Stephen En-
gel, a local jeweIer and inventor, has con
structed a telephone transmItter which,
experts say. VIII greatly Lessen the cost
OF equipment Of telephone plants and viii
make the same much clearer and more
distinct over long distances. The tests
made with the new transmjtter have
shown that with it only half the number
of batteries viii be needed while the
sound IS much more distinct.
over circuit OF ffty-fCur miles the
tick of q watch was heard as clearly as
if it were within foot of the ear. Mr..
EngeI has not patented his device. nor
viii he do so, for fear that some big tele-
phone company might eptisioUsly ac-
Quire the secret Of its construction and
involve him II expensive litigation
Mr. Engel says his transDlittsr is d5f-
feEent in construction from any other
ever patented; that he can make Z trans
mitter which viii be no larger than =
common thimbie and that. when manu-
featured IN wholesale. they viii eost
hardly q cent each.
Mr.. Ensel is a skilled nechz15c AID has
invented and patented number CT n
genious devices He is also the inventor
Of the Engel clock, which ne sold for
$4,000 and which was exhibited through
out the country It's construction IS SINH
lar to that Of the celebrated Strsscur5
clock
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A MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING.
woman Probably Fatally Wounded
on Fruit steamer

on n FUI1 steamer
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 2g.-Wrs Cavine
Wright, aged twenty-one years. Of 101
Vine Street, was shot in the hack last
night while on board the fruit steamer
Admiral Sampson. at Vine. Street wharf
Hymar Carlson. deck hand on board
the steamer. and who. ii is alleged, did
the shooting. rade his escape and he il,
sought for by the police of the Fifth and
Race Streets station. and the detective
force. The woman. in dying condition
was hurried &c the Pennsylvania Hospital
where fl vas found that the bullet had
probably shattered her spinal cord. After
several attempts TO locate the bullet the
physicians were unsuccessful.
Mystery surrounds the shooting The
young woman went 10 the vessel. Il is
said. 10 see her husband. William Wright,
who is an engineer on board the steamer.
They had only recently been married and
at times her husband is away for a week
at a time When the steamer arrived yes
terday she went to il. and after spending
several hours IN her company Wright left
to 20 TO the engine-room to DO some work
Subsequently, Carlson who is acquainted
with both Wright and his wife. came on
board No one was on the steamer at the
time and il is supposed that he went into
the statcrOOm where he met Mrs Wright.
What ensued between the TWO the police
are at a loss TO know
Il was while IN the engiEe-ro0m Of the
steamer that Wright was startled BY the
report g. a pistol which came from above
Hurrying 10 the stateroom where he had
Left his wife ne was Mortified 20 find her
lying on the floor with a bullet wound in
the back. A smoking revolver lay upon
the table The woman was conscious and
said that Carlson had accidentally shot her
with the revolver which he had been ex-
aiming. Wright hurriedly informed po-
hceman CT The Fifth and Race Streets sta
ton, and the ambulance OF the Pennsyl-
vania Hospital was summoned Carlson
cannot be found. The woman's husband is
held by the police until an Investigation is
made
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CURSED A MARYLAND JUDGE.
4 Convicted Bank Burglar Causes a
Scene in Court.

III 1buAs-
CUMBERLAND. Nd. Jan. 2s-smart-
Ing under The sentence of twenty-one
years in the Maryland penitentiary which
Judge David u. Sloan imposed on him for
attempting 10 rob the German Savings
Bank, in Cumberland, Mike Moore, the
leader OF the gang Of burglars and noted as
4 professional crook. in loud voice IN
open court cursed Judge Sloan, using the
yilest obscenity and profanity. His def
ant act created q sensation in the court
room
Alonzo Evy. convicted with Moore. was
given similar sentence OF twenty-one
years in the penitentiary. He is scarcely
tWeniy-one years q age. It was just after
Judge Sloan ceased saying tkat they might
devo5e their remaining years after being
released from prison 10 an honorable yo-
cation that Moore. VINO is a tall repulsive-
looking fellow, sprang 10 his feet and ours
ed the Judge
Judge Sloan said 10 him that the sen
reace had not Yet been recorded and it
Was IL MS power % make il ten years
more Moore was then being handcuffeE
and hustled from the courtroom, but he
deded Judge Sloan 10 increase his term
with q filthy epithet and yelled in prOfane
language
Just as he did this Deputy Sheriff James
Mcdonald chokei him until his tongue
hung out Judge Sloan did Lot add TO the
sentence The people were startled by the
mans sudacity and for some moments ST.
lenCe prevailed
Within Two hours after sentence was
pronounced Moore and EVy. chained to-
ge,heE hand and foot we're speeding on
their way 10 the peniteutiary in charge Of
Sheriff Martin and Policeman Edward
O'NeiII.
After Moore's outbJrst Judge Sloan or
dered the prisoners TO be taken at once
TO Baltimore and b. night they were both
safe IN the custody Of Warden WeyIer. It
is understood that Moore told Sheriff Mar
tin that If he mad had q revolver Judge
Sloan would never have Fassed sentence on
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THE GRIPPE.

seems 10 be epidemic, attack
ing 10th old and young, rich
and poor alike, It cannot be
prevented. The best thing to
do is to go to bed at once,
consult your Doctor, and is
soon as you get over the
acute attack, commence the
use of SCOTS EMUL-
SION. That viii restore the
vitality, and prevent Pneumon-
ia or Bronchitis. 1t Is a nat
ural remedy.
Send for trial bottle free.
SCOTT & BOVINE, 800 Pssh street, New York.
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VAST RAILWAY PLANS.
Some Details of the Canadian North
ern'S Ambitious Projects.

ern'S Ambitious Projects
WINNIPEG. Man. Jan. 29.-The plans Of
the Canadian Northern, the new ambi-
tious project for glrdIing the continent.
are beginning to come out. in so far as
they are concerned with the crossing of
the great plains and the Rockies An
nouneement is made here that the com
pany viii. in the coming summer, build
several lines across Manitoba. and will
connect its main line running east to
Superior with the main line that now
stretches west and north from this ctty
on its way 10 the Pacific
Announcement is also made that mum
eT0us other lines. some of them feeders
for the grain trade and some connections
with other roads, will be built in the
year
With the completion Of the line IS now
selected Canada VIII have another trans
continental road, and one along which a
tremendous local traffic viii be deveIoped
In general the line viii be from 100 to
300 miles north of the Canadian Pacific
and its Pacific port is at the ff-y-ffth
parallel, 400 miles north Of Vancouver
-Four thousand laborers are now com
ing West 10 finish the section north Of
Minnesota.
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CoLoRED LABOR FOR HAWAII.
Two Carloads of Men Shipped by
WY OF San E'rnncisso.

Two Carloads of Men Shipped by
Way OF San Francisco
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. Pa carload Of
colored men from Kentucky and Missis-
sppi passed through here yesterday for
san Francisco. where they VIII sail for
Hawaii 10 work on the sugar plantations
of that country. They come from around
Hopkinsville and were secured by a labor
agent for those Hawaiian planters who
believe that the negroes viii make better
farm Iaborers than the Porto Ricans.
The emigration movement is being for
warded by a number of cOl0red ministers.
who have formally and officially recon-
mended Hawaii as a paradise for their
fellows. The emigrart agents decline to
take away city negroes.