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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-07
NEWS FRoM ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA Va March Park
Agnew. Chairman OF the State Republi-
can Committee. announces that the pro-
posed meeting OF the Republican Commit
tee viii he held in Richmond Tuesday,
March I9. at O'Clock D. m, in Murphy s
Hotel The object Of the meeting is TO
I decide whether or not the Republicans
viii name candidates for the constItu-
tional convention
Mrs. Caroline Eliza beth King, aged ff-
ty-six years. died at her home, 40 North
Payne Street. yesterday after a brief i'll
ness Of pneumonia. The funeral viii take
place from her late residence Saturday
afternoon at o'clock Mrs King was
daughter of the late Richard House A
husband, three sons. and three daughters.
all grown, survive her.
Mrs Theodore Vale. residing at I7O7
Duke Street, last evening gave a progras-
sire euchre party IN honor of Il number
Of visiting friends. After the party
collation. was served. The first ladies'
prize was won by Miss Mary Murtaugh,
and the second by Miss Mamie Murtaugh.
The first gentIemans prize was won by
+. p. Burnett, and the second by William
Foster. jr-, both Of Philadelphia. Mrs.
Nettie Coffin and Miss Josephine Burnett
won the consolation prizes.
Mr. Claude Pickeu, who for a number
Of years has been bookkeeper for De W
Aitcheson, IN the WOOD and coal business.
has accepted a position IL the Office OF tn
Washington Hydraulic Press Brick Com
pany.
The Rev. Or. W. II. FaIkner, rector Of
St Peters Church. Baltimore. Will to-
night deliver the Lenten sermon at Christ
Episcopal Church
J. IL Leicht, Vice President Of the Con-
soIidaJed BreweTies. % Cleveland Ohio
IS visiting friends in this city.
blaze IN the rear part Of the cellar
OF the furniture store OF NJ Ruben Sons
1T King and 81. Asaph Streets. shortly
after O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
| brought out the entire fire department
The flames were eXtinguished before
much damage was done
Special services were held last night in
| Grace Episcopal Church. under the aus
pices Of me Brotherhood Of st. Andrew
The Joint Committee on Light and Pub
lie Property has approved the bills cover
ing the repairs recently made in the Office
OF the clerk of gas The light committee
ordered fiues for the heaters AT the cleo
tric plant.
The Relief fire engine truck which re-
comfy broke down, has been repaired and
is now in service.
Mrs. George ". Hart, Of South Caro-
| lima. is visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry r
Robertson, in North Columbus Street.
Miss Katherine Haslett and Miss Mar
garet Bolsnd, OF Baltimore, who have
been visiting Miss Mary Petit, have re
turned to their home.
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AN ENTERPRISE IN CUBA.
= brooklyn Syndicate Secures Pos.
session of a Larcs Tras.t Of I.nn,I

HAVANA. March IA syndicate Of
Brooklyn capitalists has just acquired a
big tract of land upon the north coast of
east Cuba, between Nipe and Baraco. in
Guiding two splendid deep water ports.
land-loeked, and surrounded by the con-
Pany's plantations. They have 1900 acres
OF bananas. $50 acres in sugar cane. and
$40 acres IN toUnSite. besides 30 g1G cacao
or chocolate plants in fuI bearing and
a third as many cOcOauut trees.
Gen Paul NandervOOrt. past Comma nd
er-In-Chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic. IS vice president and general
manager of the enterprise. which has
been incorporated in New Jersey as the
Columbia Cuba Improvement Cornva-
ny, with loss Appleton. eN-Cit- Tax
Collector for Brooklyn. as president: J.
l. llanse, ex-United States Consul. at
CardgnaS. Cuba. as second vice president:
Andrew Jacobs. as secretary; Walter H
Dunn. formerly with the Cuban Depart
ment OF Posts tunder the RathbOne-N Nicely
rsSime). as treasurer; Judge :. W. Van
diver, the counsel. and Herbet L Bulge
man. OF the Brooklyn Standa rti-U Union
and Col 9. A. Price. Of the Balch & Price
Company, as additional directors. The
syndicate propose the planting of an
American colony to be largely made of
Brooklyn people upon the property ac-
qulred.
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FEED CHILDREN
On Properly Selected Food. IL Pays
Big Dividends.

If parents will give just a little intelli-
gent thought TO the feeding OF their chill
dren the difference in the health of the
little folks viii pay, many times over, for
the small trouble
4 mother writes. saying: Our chill
dren are all so much better and stronger
than they have ever been since We made
q change in the character of the food
We have quit using potatoes three times
a day with coffee and so much meat Now
we give the little folks some fruit, either
fresh steWed, or canned, some Grape
Nuts with cream, occasionally some soft
boiled eggs. and some Postum Food Coffee
for breakfast and supper Then for din
ner they have some meat and Yegeta bIes.
IL would be hard TO realize the change
in the children. they have grown So
sturdy and strong, and we attribute this
change to the food elements that, | un-
derstand, exist in Grape-Nuts and Pos
tum.
A short time ago my baby was teeth
ing and had a great deal of stomach and
bowel trouble. Nothing seemed TO agree
with him until / tried Grape-Nuts sof-
tened and mixed with rich milk and lie
improved rapidly, and got sturdy and
we'll Gratefully, Mrs ---, Cakes. n.
D. Name given upon application TO Pos
tum Cereal Co., Rattle Greek, Mich.
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WHY SO MANY FAIL.
The Reason So Many Catarrh Rem
etieS Are UuSEcceSsfuI.

There are few troubles fer which there
are 50 many remedies and SO called
cures is for catarrh and il may ne
added there are few diseases so difficult
to really and permanently cure
IUhalerS. sprays powders and dOuChGS
relief, often for only n few hours. and il
Is doubtful if anything like a real cure
OF c@t2rrh E-aS ever accomplished by the
use Of local applications
CataTrh i d constitutional disease. it
IS in The blood Ike rheumatism and to
cure il requires an internal medicine to
act upon the blood, to drive out the ca
tarThaI poison from the system entirsl
and anyone can readily see that 4 SalVe
or powder or Inhaler which simply clears
of the mucous membrane Of The nose
ana throat can have no effect on the real
caISe=of catarrhal disease
The remarkable success OF the new ca
tarrh remedy. STARTS Catarrh Tablets,
IS because il drives out Of the system
I through the natural channels the ca
ldTrhat poison, the germs of grip. bron-
chltiS and consumption. and causes the
hawking. splitting and g2gging because
the exec Ssiye secretion Is no longer sup
! from the regular use Of Stuart'S Catarrh
Tablets
The remedy is in the form of large %
gram IGZengeS. pleasant and palatabie
composed only Of wholesome antiSeptics
and so safe 70 use that little children use
them with perfect safety and benefit if
the little one is suffering from colds,
Group or cough from any cause.
Stuart 8 Catarrh Tablets have been on
the market scarcely one year. yet they
nave met with such popularity and sue
cess that druggists everywhere in United
States and Canada now have them in
/ stock and report a constantly increasing
demand for them
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renee. said: Il am an herb doctress and
l do not as rule tell fortunes, but I do
accomplish many wonderful cures with a
secret preparation of herbs which I use
Ar. Sherwood was brought to my house
by his wife, who entertained doubts Of his
constancy- 1 -alked 10 him. telling him
TO be truer TO his wife, when he became
angry and raised sucnsa row that I had
70 put him out
When Justice Fowler rendered his de-
cision Nine. Speights became very much
excited. and, pulling a large roll of $3.50
and Sl,eo9 bills. which contained no less
than $1,000 or 10000. from her corsaga
she flung one of the $1,Oao bills upon the
desk
Then an u9IoOked-f0r difficulty arose
for neither the magistrate nor any OF the
policemen abcut the station had 81 coo
about them an no one in the neighbOr-
hood was able TO change the bill
W lille the Justice and Lieutenant Evans
were celebrating upon the matter a
young man who accompanied Nine
Speights stepped forward, and. producing
another large roll of bills. paid the fine
Then Nine Spell It's fshed up another
rOil-thiS time of so and 50 nOtes-whIch
measured at least six inches in diameter
and showed il careieSsIy into the man 5
oEercoat pocket ard the two walked out.
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COULD NOT CHANGE THE BILL.
A Baltimore Woman Offers a $1,000
Vote Mhen Fined SO.

BALTIMORE March The sight of
$4,000 in one roll is an unusual one at the
Southern police station and something
like CONSERVATION was produced there
yesterday afternoon when Nine. z. J.
Speights tossed a thousand-dollar bill on
Justice Fowler's desk. requesting him to
take it out of that. when he fined her
SO and costs for assaUIting William J. c.
Sherwood
So far as appearances went Nine
Speiehts would hardly have been suppos-
ed TO carry more than SO about with her
at a time. When she made her appear
auce at the staJionhouse she had on u
brown cloth wrap and under it she wore
4 shabby looking dress OF cheap rnateri-
al. For Il headdress she had a long wool
en- scarf which, after being drawn down
over her ears, was wound around her
neck and tied under her chin. But Nine.
Speights has great reputation in South
Baltimore, and many marvellous cures
are attributed 10 her powers Of healing bv
her admirers In telling Of events to
come she is acknowledged authority
among the superstitious, and her bust
ness has grown to be very large. II is
said, reaching all over the city. The ne
sroes look upon her as being possessed
OF supernatural powers, or as they Put
II. Il -hOOdoccr."
The fame of Nine. Speights reached the
ears of Mrs. William j. G. Sherwood. and
As there seemed to be something sur
rounding her husband which she wanted
cleared up by the oracle she induced him
to accompany her to Nine. SpeightS'
home.
Arriving there" Mr. Sherwood testi-
lied yesterday, we were ushered into a
dimly lighted room and sat down. Nine
Speights came up to me and rubbed some
thing over my face which Smelt like horse
radish- Whatever II was, IL made me very
drowsy- Thinking l was about to be over
pow cred with the solution ! resisted il
and jumping up told Nine Speights that
] had no confidence in her powers and
that she should go no further with her
antics She grew very angry and shoV-
ing ne down into the chair grabbed a
large shell which was upon the mantel
near by and struck me twice upon the
head. secured my hat and ran cut, fol-
lowed by my wife"
Nine. Speights, in explaining the ocaur-
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CONTINUED.

CONTINUED.
Soc pair for 80 pairs boys satin
calf shoes, with good soles
and uppers; sizes , to 81;
$3.50 values.
G9c pair for ladies' tan Oxfords,
made of fine Wei kid, with
white kid lining; $3.50 value.
93c fer good "a colored table
oilcloth; slightly imperfect.
49c pair for heavy 1914 blan-
kets; 75c values.
23e yard for extra heavy floor
oiIcloth; Soc values.
33c for ladies' percaIe shirt
waists-yariety of patterns;
Csc value.
39c for Toe black and coIored
underskirts, with deep fiounce
or pleated ruffle.
39c for gowns, drawers, corset
covers, and skirts-10 styles;
worth up to zoe.
ST. 8 for lot of boys good, we'll
made wool double breasted
suits.
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S"hns, acting for themselves and associ-
ates' nave already purchased between
half and tnree-quarters of a million
pounds and have put the price of coffee
up ! cent pound since the end of J.nv-
airy in the face of conditions that would
otherwise have caused an actual bear
market.
In this month alone the Lewisohns have
had delivered 10 them as a result of pur-
chase of March options about 30 600 lags.
and VIII get as much more before the com
ing Of April Their purchases have not
been only those OF coffee futures" or
options. in the New York Coffee EXCHANGE
or even OF spot coffee in this city. They
have been buying both Of these. but have
also bought freely in London, Hamburg
HaNre, and-what has not been their habit
betore-haYe bought directly in Brazil it
self
Compa risons Of the closing prices on
january 30 and yesterday show that the
advance has been from 50 10 100 points In
siH cases II IS an even 10V points or a cent
q p@3nd, most important advance 10 tho
vast army Of coffee drinkers thrOuehour
the world In most cases it means an in
crease in the final retail price Of consld-
erably more than & cent = pound
Coffee options have ranged in value be-
tween 2-55 cents a pound in the year Of
the great crop failure 1887 10 4 a cents
for which price the October Optior sold in
September, 1880 The present pric, of 8 %
for March 10 6-S5 for February would not
De 4 LISn one IN an ordinary year, but this
year the crop is unusually large.
The season runs from July to June 80
Already receipts for this season have
amounted to see, coo bags and viii prob
ably approximate the high figure of TO-
100000 bags, while next years crOp from
July l. 1891, 10 July, 1902, viii. according
TO present estimates. be a recOrd-bre aker
ranging from E.e6.0iJ to 900 bags
Receipts this calendar year have been a
much as 15O00 haas about 50 per cent
more than average receipts for January
and February There are no bad crop
reports In the face of these conditions
the LeWlsohns have been steadily putting
up the price When the market was
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CONTINUED.

CONTINUED.
15c for white applique bureau
and washstand scarfs and
shams and covers worth up to
35c.
55c yard for best stair or runner
oilcloth; Zoe sort; new line of
spring eOlors.
SOC for choice big lot pereaIe
wrappers; black, navy, and
cadet, with deep flounces;
braid trimmed; 81 values.
49c for choice of any lady's
dressing sacque in the house,
no matter what it sold for.
19c for lot of children's ging
ham dresses; dainty styles
12tc pair for lot of boys wool
knee pants.
39c for boys all wool knee pants
some with double seats and
knees.
Boys So flannel suits, $I19.
Lot of boys blue flannel sailor blouse
suits; all wool and trimmed with
sell regularly for as much as 50; for
81. g.
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BITUMINoUs MEN ACT.
4 Strike Declared Unless Their De
mandS Are Granted

4 Strike Declared Unless Their De-
mands Are Granted.
ALTOONA, Pa, March delegates to
the miners convention, representing the
central bituminous field, yesterday sprang
a surprise in the form Of a strike resolu-
ton calling out the entire field April /
unless the scale demands are granted by
the operators. The scale formulated
demands a dead work scale, a two-third
differential between machine AMI pick
mining. the check-on, and an eight-hour
day
The operators scof at the miners III
timatum, which is practically a demand
for a general wage advance They say
the conditions Of the coal trade are such
that the miners Will be fortunate to main
tain the present scale At u caucus to
night the operators decided TO cut the
pick-mining rate from 90 TO 50 cents q
ton. This viii place them on an equal
ty with the Maryland competing field
where a 55-cent rate obtains. 1t seems
probable that the differences will be split
and the old scale maintained without Il
strike.
The miners convention scored the bill
making arbitration compulsory IN labor
troubles, holding such a law inimical TO
freedom. i general holiday was declared
for April ]. when the eight-hoUr day VIII
be inauguraIed-
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Il to II.

75c pair for ladies' dongola but
ton and lace shoes, with pat
ent tips; $3.50 values.
59c pair ladies' spring heel lace
shoes; size 8 only; 81 value
$49S for ladies' black cheviot
skirts, trimmed with three
stitched bands Of satin; $3.50
values.
S11.50 for lot of ladies' Venetian
broadclOth, and cheviot suits,
in all new stylish jackets; SIS
values.
$2.98 for lot of silk waists of
fine taffeta, in great assert
ment of STYLES and in black
and all cOlOrs.
1c for > copies of music.
39c yard for satines, in every
shade, and regular soc value.
39c yard for heavy melton golf
cloth for rainy-day and walk
ing skirts; in brown and Ok
ford mixed.
sc yd. for small lot outing cloths
and feeced-back wrapper fan
neIettes; 10c and 124c sort.
SOC for ladies 50c 2neita" com
bination suits.
Half price for ladies sample
winter underwear
Half price for child's sample
winter underwear.
Half price for mems sample
winter underwear.
25c for mems 81 kid gloves;
sizes I and q
75c for ladies' fine kid gloves,
in all leading spring shades;
and all 81 values.
re for lot Zoe and 15c embroi-
derry edgings and insertings.
&c for lot 25c No. 40 satin rib
bOns; all colors.
39c for heavy white bed
spreads; all Coo sort.
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55c for ladies 81 kid gloves
. 19c for child's "E. T." waists;
all sizes; 25c sort.
25c for mems soc and 75c per-
cale shirts.
39c for mems SIC percale shirts,
. with / pair detached cuffs.
:. Csc for mems s1.25 Eclipse"
!. madras shirts; / pair cuffs
. zoe for mems Eclipse" $3.50
. silk shirts.
. dc yard for finch 15c taffeta
: ribbons.
. BE yard for lot Sc and Zoe en-
. broidery.
. 95c for lot wool dress goods in
: plain and striped effects; rem
!. nants of stutfs worth up to
soc.
15c yard for plain colored tat
fetaline, in good line of col
. 39c usually.
45c ward for figured and striped
colored JacOnet lawns; 128c
. sort.
!. DC for full piece whalebone cas-
ing.
. S2.49 for lot Of ladies' black
cheviot and homespun;
49,. ... trimmed
with three silk bands; $500
. values.
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SPRINGFIELD. No. March Gen. J.
2 Holland Is dead here at the age of
eiEhty-five years He came TO Spring
field from Tennessee and had resided
here for nearly sixty years. When Mar
n1auuke attacked Springfield on January
&, 1865, General Holland then brigadier
general of militia, prevented the s1rren-
der OF the Union forces and defeated the
ConfederateS- He had been President of
tho Holland Banking Company since lis
organization quarter of a century ago.
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TRIED TO XIII HIS WIFE.
Zimmerman Shot ut Two Persons Be.
fore Committing Suicide.

ATLANTIC CITY, y. J., March Al
bert Zimmerman, foTty-one years old
attempted TO kill his wife and her father
John WederOth, and then shot himself
dead at ? o'clock yesterday morning be
cause, friends say, she refused to permit
him to raise money on the property on
which they lived at AbsecOn. and title 10
which was Vested IN the woman.
Mr. and Mrs Zimmerman called at the
home Of friends Tuesday. evening AT 10
O'Clock the wife went home alone At ?
0 clock the husband appeared and quar-
rel followed Finally, he drew q pistol
and shot her in the face, infiicting q seri-
Gus wound When her father intcrfered
Zimmerman shot at him twice. Neither
shot, however, took effect. He then shot
himself through the head.
The suicides father was II business at
Second and Vine Streets, Philadelphia
When he died he left $4,000 70 his child
rem The man who killed himself received
$4,000. He invested this and retired.
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lie for large bristle hair brushes
99c yard for good "a colored la
BILE oilclOth; slightly imper-
feet.
S7.9S for lot of fine black broad
cloth skirts, trimmed with 10
rows of tucks.
25c yard for sc bIeached twilled
cotton crash.
1O4c yard for monster size
bleached -hOneycomb batl
towels; 19c value,
Sc for mems 81 red flannel dou-
lebreasted shirts.
29c for mems soc night shirts;
size II.
50c for mems Wamsutta night
shirts; sizes Il, ~, and 10;
S1.00 sort.
soc for mems domet flannel
night shirts; 81 value.
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strong lney would sell out a few options
taking them back at a lower figure
Bears on coffee vigorously predict that
the LeWlSOhnS viii come To grief with
their corner. as il means the CARRYING of
two or three million bags each year in the
way of a crop surplus. and that nothing
Tut crop failure will enable them TO
unload AT a profit. though they may make
money on minor sales by frightening the
shorts The bulls. on the other hand,
point 10 the rising rate of Brazilian eX-
changes as surely productive of higher
coffee prices This is the advantage on
which the damaud depends
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A Nov Vefn az CoaI Found.

CUMBERLAND. Md. March AFTER
many months of work, impeded by wa
ter, Goa was struck yesterday in the
shaft being sunk Ut Henry. W. Va. by
the Davis Coal and Coke Company at a
depth of 20 feet. The vein is six feet
wide and is known as the Thomas vein
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II to L.

Our 12c candy, Sc pound this
hour.
Our 19c candy 15c pound this
hour.
25c piece for SOC No. L black
velvet ribbons.
soc for mems 81 underwear;
isle thread; shirts in size 40
and drawers in size 30; in Z
colors.
Soc for mems $3.50 light blue
silk underwear; all sizes.
&c for ladies' 15c satin stock
collars.
1898 for lot of ladies' black tai
feta silk dress skirts; some
which were bought TO sell for
S15.
93c for lot ladies' muslin draw
ers, with deep hens and tucks.
soc for lot boys washable sailor
blouse suits; 81 values.
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4 PLAN TO CORNER COFFEE
metropolitan Syndicate Making
Some Large Purchases.
The LeyvisOhns and II. III. Rogers In
terested In the Deal Credited
With Having an Understanding
With the RothschiIds in the Matter

NEW YORK, March Coffee traders
all over the world are watching with re-
marllable interest movement inaug-
urated by the Lewisohns. Of this city.
who, with II. II. Rogers, Of the Standard
Oil COMPANY are the chief owners OF the
United Metals Selling Company, TO con-
troll the surplus Of the coffee crop and
duplicate on a far larger scale their SINH
lar deal Of fifteen years ago The coffee
trade says they are attempting a corner
The Iewisohns say:
we are simply investing. and we may
hold our coffee for two or three years -
They are credited with having an un-
Outstanding with the Rothschilds- One
thing is beyond dispute-The movement
is a big one. Rumor in the trade ascribes
1t in part 20 H H Rogers and the Stand
ard oil syndicate. The LewIsohns Will
not discuss the report, but Mr. Rogers
said, when questioned. that he knew
nothing about it.
II IS q fact. however, that the Levi
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Killed ms wife Win an A.

NOREOLK. Va, March 7-Enraged be-
cause she refused TO live with him. Robert
Edwards killed his wife near Gasburg. IN
brunswick county, with an AK. The muir
derer escaped.
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9 to 10.

+ scrim; kind that sells for DC.
! CSC for waterproof felt window
! shades; various colors; fix
|: lures complete.
I S5c pair for "A pairs mems sat
]. in calf Balls; sizes s to 81
!. only; $3.50 and S1.75 values.
!. lie pair for SO pairs infants
!. sOft-sole shoes, in six colors;
sizes 1 to 3; Boo usually.
]: $1.79 for lot ladies' black chev-
lot serge skirts; all wool.
]. 1c for , papers steel hairpins.
I5c for small lot remnants OF
bleached muslin.
35c yard for lot of remnants of
yard-wide percales and dress
ginghams.
! &c for mems Zoe balbriggan hose
!, Sc for mems 15c fancy hose,
! SC for mems 15c black hose.
I 15c for mems 25c imported hose.
: &c for ladies' be balbriggan
hose.
: 15c for ladies' 35c tan and
brown full regular made hose.
]. lie for infants ribbon trimmed
silk or cashmere caps; 39c
!. sort.
! 19c for infants slips and short
!. dresses of fine cambria.
: Boys well-made wool knee
!. pants; DC pair.
+ Sc for lot of boys percale shirt
!. waists; big variety of pat
! terms.