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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-05
MARRIAGE LICENSE REFUSED.
Litigation Growing Out of an AppII-
cation in Maryland.

EASTON Nd. Jan. 5.-SeveraI days ago
application was made to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court Of Talbot county for a mar
riage license for Col. James Seth Bart
lett. of Radcliffe Manor. and Mrs. Martha
Amanda Evans SJeckel. AS II was known
thai former husband Of Ms SteckeI was
living and rs no copy Of ( divorce judg-
melt was produced the clerk declined 10
issued the license.
Yesterday application was again made
for a marriage license and q copy OF d
judgh' emf OF divorce made By a PennsyI-
yania court between Mr. and Mrs SteckeI
vas filed. Meanwhile and before this a
bill in equity had been filed by the chill
dren OF Colonel Bartlett by a former mar
rage alleging mental incapacity and ask
ing that a committee be appointed TO take
charge Of Colonel BartIeJt's property. he
having entered into a marriage contract
with Mrs. Steckel in which he gave her i
valuable unencUmbered farm There
fCre the clerk again declined TO Issue the
license. and application has been made by
Colonel Bartlett's lawyers to Judge Fred
erick Stump for = maDdamus 10 compel
the clerk to issue the license
The attorneys IN the case are Col Os-
waId Tilghman and J. c. and c. Mulikin
for Colonel BARTLETT Seth & Wilson and
W Mason Shehan for the respondent and
Charles 6. Darlington for Frank G. Wright
son clerk OF the court. In the proceed
ings Colonel Bartlett's age is girer as
sereuty-sev5n and Mrs. SteCkeI's as forty
nine Mrs. SteckeI has been Colonel Bart
let's nurse for several years.
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DEATH OF MISS BERARD.
Served for Forty Yenrs as POstmTs-
tress at West Point.

NEW YORK. Jan 5--'Miss Berard is
dead" Four little simple words licked
over the wire from Hackensack. y. J..
but they bore a message which viii bring
sorrow to the hearts Of every officer ard
officers wife in the United States Army
Augusta Blanche Berard was the be
loved Of every cadet who has passed
through the West Point Academy in the
last forty years. Beautiful in youth,
charming, ympaehetic, proud of her
boys in youth and age alike. she had be
come sort of guardian angel for the
young soldiers. many Of whom had made
her the confdante of their secret joys
and SORROWS. and all of whom loved the
charming old lady in her later years sim
ply because hey could not help it.
Years ago. when Grant and Sherman
and Howard and Terry and their contem-
poraries were young. Prof Berard. her
father. was French professor at the Acad-
envy. She was then a beautiful young
girl. But more precious than mere phys
zeal beauty were the charms of heart and
mind and manner which she had inherited
Many an old general of today many a
grey soldier who has answered lights
out" forever. had his DAY dream Of max
ing Miss Berard his wife
But Miss Berard never had but one love
affair. It is one of West Points saddest
tradttions-Jhe story Of the young cayal-
~ officer whom she loved and was to
marry: who was detailed to West Point.
and who was thrown and killed by a vi
cious horse before her eyes. After that
she was a friend to all cadets, but d
sweetheart TO none.
After the death OF The old professor,
her mother was made postmistress at
West Point. When she died the office
fell IS if by right to Miss Berard- For
fOr-y years she held il. Only once did an
interloper attempt to get into her place
II was a NeWbuPg man. who was appoint
ed by President Cleveland But the ap-
pointment caused such a protest in the
War Department and elsewhere that il
was quickly withdrawn.
Age and i'll health compelled Miss Be
rard to resign her office in 1897. She re
tired . Hackcnsack, y J. and since
then has lived there quietly. She was
more than seventy years old Last Tues
day she was stricken with apopIexy. Yes
/ terday she died as peacefully as she had
lived
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-05

corps will participate in the inaugural
pageant. The delegation will be clad in
light cape coats with hats of a CORE
spending color.
One of the Oldest Republican organi-
cations in the United States. the Freu-
inghuysen Lancers Association of New
ark, y. J.. have communicated their IN
tentiOn to be represented 4 delegation
from the association has attended the ia
auguratiOn of every Republican PTesi-
dent In 1856. 80 members of the club
visited Mr. Mckinley at Canton. Ohio. At
the coming ceremonies $50 members of
the organization, preceded by a drum
corps OF seventeen pieces. viii march in
line. The costume OF the LauceFs is a
most elaborate uniform It consists Of
white, double breasted dress coats, trim
med with red; light blue trousers with
white or red stripe according TO rank:
white helmets with brass trimmings. ana
white and red fiouncing plumes- The Of
hCeTS VIII carry swords and the men
will be armed with solid steel lances.
The association takes its name from the
b former Republican Senator from New Jer-
Sey. Frederick FTeilinghuysen. a relative
OF whose is president OF the present or
Sanlzation. a committee of three mem
bers Of the Lancers. headed by Mr. Sam
mon, is now in this city attending to the
arrangements, and to select headquarters
for the proposed visit.
The Secretary OF the Civic Organizations
Committee has mailed Invitations to take
part in the inaugural parade to over
eighty Republican organizations scattered
in the various cities Of the nation. The
form of the invitation is as follows:
The Inaugural Committee IS DESTROYS
Of arranging SO as TO give proper place
and representation to the various or
CARNATIONS throughout the country which
desire to participate in the inaugural
ceremonies on the 4th of March next.
In assigning the different bodies to a
place in the line. regard must of course
he had. not only of the length Of the
procession. but to the appearance Of the
same. Ii Will aid the committee mate
rally to secure the information that
viii be afforded by having the enclosed
blank carefully and accurately filed cut
Organizations numbering less than fifty
cannot be assigned separate positions in
line
The blank which accompanies the in
yitation provides for the following in
formation; Name OF organization: where
located. postoffice address. date of
f0rmatioT:1 style of uniform; names of
officers; name OF the officer in command
in Washington: the number of men eX-
pected TO be IN line: whether a band
} Viii accompany The representation. and
! whether the organization is experienced
! IN marching.
Representative Jenkins t0.ay introduced
! in tne House Of Representatives a joint
/ resolution TO permit steam railroad com
! pGnies IL the District Of Columbia 10 tenn
. Porarjly occupy additional parts of streets
for the purpose of accommodating tl.s tray
cling public attending the inaugural cer=-
monies IN March. The temporary oecu-
paJiCE OF the streets shall rot exceed fl
in days and snail be subject 20 condi-
! tons prescribed by the District Commis-
sicners. The joint resolution vas refer
| red 10 the House District CoIlmit;c-.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-05
Chicago HygieniC Expert Pro-
pounds a New and Start
ling Theory.
Cspeeial @ lhe Neu - 49,

Chicago, Dee. DIR Albert H. Hoy, after
years Of patient research. says exercise Is posi-
lively unheaIthfuI for men past thirty-five years
of age Dr. Hoy has published 4 book Eat
ing and Drinking which Is praised hg the pro
ies~ion. He Is a specialist IN hySiene.
81 say that exercise for the business man or
men pas, middle aye i dztrimlntaI- 1 exclude
the young and the laborer. Every action. whether
Of tic brain or Of the muscles, destroys cells.
uses mp tissue, and creates waste matter to BE-
taken up by the blood and 10 be eliminated from
the system.
Now, unless such waste i eliminated 1t be
comes so Bzlch poison in the system. The great
eliminating machine Of the human body IS the
kidneys Unless the kidneys do their work the
system Is saturated with poison
senator Davis a Case in Point
"For instance, there IS the sad case Of Senator
Davis His tie poisoned by his stocking and
refused 20 heal Kidney complaint developed, or
rather the kidneys fer long time had not done
.helr full work. and the system vas 80 poisoned
that the toe became gaRgrened
The kidneys work easily during youth-up-
say, 70 tEjrtg-tive years q age But after fifty
they become slightly atrUphied. they shrink
little. This Is not disease. but a simple eject OF
he should ask his kidHevs to perform a little les
work, INSTEAD OF little more.
But suppose OF business not only uses
ais brain during business hours, but also puts 4
strain ON his muscles atterward There i waste
then 20 be carried Of mental waste and physical
waste. the bTokeH-d0wn brain cells and those Of
the muscles likewise. Thus the kidneys are forced
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MEN OVER IS YEARS OLD
DON'T NEED EXERCISE.

TO do double duty. to eliminate poisous resulting
fr0T7 two sorts Of action.
a Business man should get all The exercise he
needs from the requirements = his business. \
long walk only further calls upon his reserve
Fiolsut golf or tennis uuiy puts greater strain
upon has system II he says he needs fresh AIR.
oxygen. lae get II in hiS oEre, il the Latter
be properly ventilated. lie doesn't need 90 exer-
else 20 breathe fresh air
Rockefeller cited
s.Ioln D. R1ekefelier drives fast horsc That
gives aim GIr. 1rc L doesn't give him exercise
Joseph CHAMBERLAIN takes no exercise except what
he gets from stepping from his afice TO ms car
rage. He y never sick Senator hIlliam n
EvartS j. a verY old man he never exercised
That = his boast.
But business men sav. But 7 need exercise.
do rot feel wen unless I have it That means
generally that they eat 80 much You can poison
yo5Ir system b. eating too Huch- putting INTO
yourself more than the kidneys can eliminate
Nos CHanbe-IaiE, who takes no exercise have
no doubt, Is a igit eater
What LTe Have Always SNid.
We are pleased to note tina. scientists Of repu-
tstiea are eoInins 10 share the views held by the
pTopIsetors OF Warmers safe Cure for the past
twenty years liz that tie kldaeyS are the great
eliminating organs OF the sys-eTn- Nature made
them 50 ana man never has nor can improve on
nature If the poisoHs Of the sTstem are driven
out as nature intended. heath - assured, but Il
these great organs are overvorked. SICK, and
breaking dowa, allowing the poisonous vase
matter 10 ~ retained in me system. III health
Is cart-ia and unless Heip = given death VII
result
The SCI sbe eo-4rse 70 pursue : to put the kid
neys - goosi rarking order By the use OF v aT-
ner's safe Cure-a vegetable specific for all KID
Fev disorders; a cure that has been put TO the
s--=rest tess in al parts Of the civilized VyoFia
and never failed Of doing all that was eialined
for IT.
1t Is not physical exercise men and WOMEN
want but that the great organs 81 the system
s7..rri-a- their natural fanctious and Warmers
SAFE Cure Is the aid needed 90 pTt them and keep
them in perfect heaIth 4 fEee sample u tnts
great remedy VII be sent u anyone apply in I-F
ssnle h, Warmers safe Cure Co. Rochester, y Y
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-05
HOTEL CLERK KIDNAPPED.
a severe Gold the Only Serious Re.
suit OF His Adventure

suit OF HIS Adventure.
CORY. Pa. Jan Sat Warren late
Thursday night occurred a daring kid
naping that rivals the recent Omaha case.
John r sasterson. the clerk at the Car
yer House, the leading hotel. was the vic
tEm.
Mast ersOn. after finishing his duties.
Ief5 the hotel for mis- home. as usual On
4 corner near his home he Saw 4 bob
sled in which were seated tGo men. muf-
fed up so that bat little Of their features
were d:scernable. One Of the men ,.Sl1ed
10 be directed TO the nearest road to
jamestown. \. - Mesterson pointed cut
the road. and, saying Good night, start
ed on his way hOmewaTd hut no sooner
had he turned his back than both men
were upon him. and throwing him 10 the
ground quickly tied mis- hands and feet
and pushed a strong gag between his lips
MasterSOn was then thrown none too
gently, into the sled and hastily covered
with robes. straw. etc
The men whipped up the horse and sOCn
left the city far behind When they had
gone several miles they stopped the horse,
and. pulling the covers from the clerk.
who was nearly smOthered they cut the
ropes which hell him prisoner and stood
him up. MasteTsOn thought the men were
after his money. and lie told them that
they were mistaken. as he carried none
with him.
At that moment he glanced up the road
and saw light. The men also saw 1t:
they knocked him down. jumped into the
rig. and dashed the horses. disappearing
in the darkness. MasteTsOn. dazed from
his confinement and stiff from the roTes.
tried to get his bearings but In the nIy
blackness the light which had done such
service having vanished il was impossi-
BILE The young man wandered around in
the cold all the night and finally found
his way home early this morning He is
suffering from the cold both feet being
badly frozen, but no serious results are
looked for
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DIED

SEYEOUR-On FRIDAY January Z, 1901, LoJ-
ISIA B. SEYMOUR, beloved wife OF Edwin b
Seymour. aged thirty-three years
Funeral Sunday. January IS. at p m ron heF
late. residence. $500 VI St NV
Woodstock, Va. papers please copy Item
coRP0V-DeDarted this life. on Friday, Jan
uarv J. 1901 at G-4O p m. At Provldenee Hos
pftaI- after 4 short Illness, JULIA CoRRON tnee
Haggenmaker} aged fgrty-hye years
tfrneral Monday January :. 1901, &C : p M
from her sisters residence, 10 eth s. Sc Item
BAYLOR Friday, January 4. 1901. at l-42
n NJ WILLIAM H. c. BAYLE, beloved husband
- ErriIv c. Rayly and eldest son OF the late
Wfiiiam F and Margaret Bayly, horn August
rrpersI services ct his late residence. 10
N71esaeuth Street northwest, at : o'clock , m,
MONDAY. January = 1901 Intermeat private
ja5-St
REID-Cn Thursday. January 3, 1901, MRS.
FLIZABFTH REID widow Of Richard : Reid OF
Harmony yalIe-. near Langley. Fairfax Count ,
Va. nearly eighty-one years OF age
FaneraI al the late residence On Sunday Jan
uary c, 1901 II
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-05
vIGILANTEs IN INDIANA.
Spencer County Citizens Said to Have
Formed an Organization.

Spencer County Citizens said to Have
Formed an Organization
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan 5.-The State au-
tborities have been informed that some
I've hundred persons in Spencer County
have organized themselves into a vigi-
lance committee and have established Z
lynch court, and many negroes are being
ordered away from the county for al
legged offences committed within the past
two or three years It is said that the
organization holds meetings regularly
every Wednesday night. but always in
different place. and that jury of twelve
men is selected from the number present
and the evidence against persons is given
under oath as in a regular court The
jury passes upon il, and their verdict
is final in the case.
Last Wednesday night George Coleman.
an aged ColoTed man. living near Grand
View. was taken before the court and was
forced to give testimony against his own
son. being sworn and admonished to tell
the truth under threats Of punishment II
he swore falsely The next day his son
was ordered to leave the county. and
more than dozen other negroes have
now been ordered away
The vigilance committee IS said TO be
composed of prominent men OF both po-
liticaI parties. and all the records Of
persons who have been arrested for any
offences against the law are being hunted
up with a view to Kidding the county Of
them. So far only negroes have been CT
dered away. but it is said the committee
proposes to turn its attention to certain
white persons who are under suspicion
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STOPPED By TWO woMEN.
Railroad builders Halted ri the
Point of Shotgun.


ALTOONA, Pa, Jan 5-Mrz- Leah Bea-
rer, aged sixty-fse years, with beg
daughter. Viola held a construction gang
Of he Altoona. Clarified. and Northern
Railway at bay all night after driving the
workmen off the PREMISE late Thursday
evening.
Mrs Beamer detected the men al work
on her plot during the afternoon laying
tracks. Size warned them on. bat the men
merely laughed. When Mrs Beamer re-
turned TO the scene later. she WAS armed
Ordering the men away at the point Of 2
shotgun. she and Miss Viola tore up the
track already laid. Then they buiit q FIRE
and kept guard all night with the mercury
near zero Yesterday morning the reso-
Lutte woman appeared in court and secured
An Injunction. restraining further railroad
building until a bond sufficient to cover
damages was fled by the railroad com
Bany-
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BooKKEEPER UNDER ARREST.
Brewing Company EmpIoye Said to
Have Shortage of $4,000

NEW YORK. Jan. 5.-Augsst FriebeI
forty-f0ur years old. formerly q book
keeper for the George Ringler Brewing
Company, was arraigned in the Harlem
Police Court today charged with making
false entries in The company's books
Experts who have been at work on them
have found thai a shortage OF 81. gcp ez-
ISIS
Magistrate Meade held Friebel in $500
bail for examination Friebel was arrest
Cd yesterday by Detective Sergeant i-rice.
on complaint Of several Of the stock
holders Of the company Recently q fight
arose IN the company, and one side set
experts to work on The books. The soon
discovered q big shortage IN the accounts
1t is thought thar at least Two men we're
engag ed III the scheme through which Iha
company was deIrauded.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-05
2roRE PAY AND SHORTER HOURS
Structural Steel Workers Win Their
strike aud Return tn Work.

PITTSBURG. Pa Jan 5--The 900
structural steel worRers Y no struck on
"Wednesday all returned TO worh yesterday,
their demands having been granted by the
American Bridge Company afler con-
ference held with the strikers represen-
.ssr3yss I'm New York
III, men will receive 81 for nine hours
=. il. instead Of $40 for ten hours.
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DYNAMITE AS A PRESENT.
An Illinois Attorney Receives an In
fcrnal Machine by Mail.

=
formal Machine by Mail.
APRIS. III. Jan Thomas ). CoGman,
an attorney and collection agent residing
at Hume, received an internal machine
by mail yesterday 1t was box made
of wood with sliding TOP, and wrapped
in heavy manila paper Tearing of the
wrapper ne pulled open the lid. to which
a stout string was attached, and found
himself gazing into a death-deaIing in
strument. so cunningly devised that its
failure to perform its work may be count
ed little short Of miraculous
The box contained a pound stick Of dy-
Mantle, into which we're stuck a number
OF match heads with tacks so arranged as
to ignite them The box was mailed at
LoSansport, Ind. Who sent it is mys-
terry. as Mr.. CofrEnan has no known en-
envy.
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INJURED By GROUNDING.
4 Stranded Schooner FIoated, Then
Bezehed to AxoId Sinking

Beaehed to Avetd Sinking
LEWES. Del. Jan. The schooner
James Young. bound from Bermuda Hun
drecs for New York. while running up the
coast yesterday. grounded on one Of
the numerous shoals Of ChincOteague In
let. known as Turner's Lump. She was
hard and fast. but the life station laid an
anchor and hove her of. The schooner is
an old one and the jar caused when she
grounded strained her timbers so badly
that when the surfmen got her afoac
water began to literally pour in through
her seams and it was necessary TO tow
her inside ChIucoteague Inlet and beach
her 10 keep her from sinking. The
schooner IS lhlrIy-four years old
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-05
go Nireinin H.. FniIs-

NORFOLK. Va, Jan THE Bank Of
Be-izley. a small private bank at BerkIey
Va. owned by r. " Broofls. recently OF
Baltimore. has assigned 10 ". " Old The
liabilities are $4,000. The dspc=Iiors are
mainly small Hebrew merchants They be
Iieye the failure was unHarrautea Brooks
however. assigned all his Known holding
mainly eECumbeCsd properties COR t1s
be-eE. OF his creditors.
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LOVERS TEST OF COURAGE.
Married His Sweetheart, Who Had
Just Been Stricken with Smallpox.


Just Been Stricken with Smallpox.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. Jan. Bourbon san
ford. who has been in Cuba since he was
mustered out of the First Kentucky ser
vice. came 10 Kentucky 10 claim Miss
Carrie Hail Of PIeasureviIIe. for bride.
The marriage was 90 occur at s p m san
FORD went TO Newcastle, the county seat,
and secured license, returning &c ind
that during the day his sweetheart had
been taken with smallpox and that guards
We're about the house
Admission 10 the house was denied I'm.
and even the hotels refused him lodging
because ne had been with the young We
man for several evenings previous. Rather
than return south without the girl. he
decided 10 marry her while she had the
smallpox and to remain with her 10 nurse
her during her Illness Securing =
preacher and Jwo witnesses that would
20 with him. he was married standing It
the window
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BROOKE PosTLEY DEAD.
Retired Lawyer OF New YorL. "a Vie
IiIEs OF ApopIexy.

NEW YORK, Jan ten Br9oke
Postiey died suddenly yesterday while
riding on q cross-toHn car on Fifcs-uIn. p
Street. He was a victim of apopleHy.
General PostIey was well known As
lawyer, but had not practiced for some
years. lie lived at SIT Film avenue with
his son, Clarence PosJiey. the weIl-ku5sgu
yachtsman- The general was q member Of
the New York Club AID Of the LarchmonJ
Yacht Club. he was seYeHty-eight years
OF age.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-05

NORFOLK. Va. Jan. 5--Airs. Edward
D. Bradford. who as Miss Virginia Cooper
married Ar. Bradford about a year ago,
died here yesterday after short illness.
Mrs Bradford was one Of the most beau
-iful women Of Baltimore ard q social IA
Ycrite
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sOne Of Dr. Kings New Life Pills each night
for two weeks has put me in my teens AGAIN
writes D. IL Turner, Of DempseytoVn- Pa
They're the best in the world for liver stomach
and bowels Purely vegetable Never gripe-
only - cents at Henry Evans drug store, g.
Z Street northwest.
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10 CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAY

tn Laxative Promo Quininc Tablets All
druggists refund The money If il fails 10 cure
:. %, Ci.ye= signature Is OF each 5CI 2je.
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Every precaution j. taken that Aaerzen, Sen
ate and Lager should coataia nothing but the
superior qualities OF heslthiul beer and II YOU
phone est Arlington Bostling Co, for a case
Of Heurich's YOU viii readily ind out that these
beers are pure
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-05

For "a Cold IN the Head
Laxative Hromo-Q uinine TabI cts.
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HEADQUARTERS PUBLIC COMFORT.
Rooms 50S and SEQ, Fifth hocr. the
Evening star BUiIding-fu parties
wishing to furnish accommodations to
visitors during the inaugural are re-
Cuested to call at headquarters CT send
description Of quarters, stating number
of persons that can be supplied with
rooms. with and without meals, etc. also
list Of prices per dav-
NJ :. WELLER. Chairman.
Public Comfort Committee
faES-f nln-aul
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WE BUY UNDIVIDED INTERESTS N
Real Estate and Perfect Titles.
Parties vino failed &c pay 1898 taxes. aud
whose prosperity vas said. can protect then
from maturing to a deed and loss OF prop
erty By calling at the cGice OF WASHING
TON LAW & CLAIMS CO.. Room :. AZ
Louisiana Avenue northwest. city
no1S-tf, err