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The evening times., 1901-05-17
FOOD AND CLOTHING NEEDED.
\ Depot Established Here for the
Jacksonville Sufferers.

An important step. looking toward the
aid of the sufferers of the Jacksonville
hfe- has been taken by the establishment
OF local relief depot on the second floor
OF the Inter-Ocean Building on Ninth
Street. by the julius Lansburgh Furni-
ture Company. While n small amoUUt of
money has been raised in this city and
forwarded to the stricken Florida city.
there has been no relief extended in the
way of clothing for the destitute 1t Is
for this purpose that the depot has been
started
It is believed that many people in
Washington would be glad to contribute
food and clothing 70 the needy in Jack
sonyille If they knew where to send
such articles as they can give
The Southern, Adams. and United
States express companies have offered to
transport all supplies to Jacksonville
without cost. The Knox and the Little
field & AIvOTd express companies. Of this
city. have volunteered the use of their
wagons to call at any point in Washing
ton for contributions of goods. A teIe-
phone message or postal card addressed to
either OF these concerns TO the Julius
Lausburgh Furniture Company, 1926 L
Street northwest, or to the headquarters.
on the second floor Of the Inter-Ocean
Building, viii suffice to have the supplies
called for in a short time Clothing and
food. the latter of staple variety. are
most needed. Goods Will be shipped to
Jacksonville as rapidly as possible Ar
rangements have been made whereby the
clothing and food will be distributed
among the poorest and most destitute
people of that city. Julius Lansburgh
has received letter from Col II. II. Bra
dy, of Jacksonville. an eN-RepTesenE7 tive
in Congress. in which he states thsa- .he
condition of the poor in Jacksonville is
deplorabIe. Almost any kind of clothing
viii be of great help The depot in the
Inter-OCeau Building is the only one
which has been opened for contributions
of clothing. 1t is expected that the
Washington public will respond geneT-
Ously and quickly TO the appeal which has
been made
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THE FURNISHING OF BONDS.
Mr.. TrnceveII Says the Government
Cannot Legally Pay for Them

NJ Purcell. Special Disbursing Agent Of
the Industrial Commission, appealed April
% 1901 from the action of the Auditor
for the State and other departments, disal-
lowing an item Of $3.50. paid by Purcell
to Commissioner Joh NJ FaTquhar to re-
imbuTse him for expenses that he in
CURED in providing bond to qualify him
self to act as temporary disbursing officer
Of the Industrial Commission.
In passing on the appeal Robert J.
TraceweH, Comptroller of the Treasury,
whose decision was requested by Mr.. Pur-
cell said:
The Commission has 10 power to au-
thorize expenditures that were not pro-
vided for by law. It IS well settled that a
person appointed to an Office must bear
the expense Of qualifying himself for the
performance Of the duties of that Office.
He has his option to qualify or to de
cline the Office. and the expense he incuTs
in qualifying according to law must be
borne by him whether the Office is honor
airy or remunerative, unless special provis-
ion is made for such expenses in the stat
ute creating the office
An incorporated company may be &C
Cepted as surety. but there IS on provision
in the laws regulating that on other Sc
cuTity viii be accepted. and if such in
formation was given to Commissioner
Farquhar when he offered his bondsnen
II was without authority Of law and he
was not bound to observe II. -.
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sum OF money to tide the firm over its
difficulties and that this attempt proved
unsuccessful. Mr.. Johnson is understood
not to have given up hope of continuing
in busines until that time.
The firm Of Guriey & Johnson was form
ed in 1891 and its business has been very
large and important at all times During
the Flower panic-tvyo years ago it is un-
derstood that its losses were heavy in
the same way that they were last week,
owing to the inability and unwillingness
Of customers to pay. uD losses.
Despite these losses and others incurred
at other times the~proffts Of the business
at times have been immense. During the
year in which the Flower boom occurred
it is stated that their commissions
amounted TO more than I.0ll03l-
Mr. johnson became member of the
New York Stock Echange last year. The
business of the firm has grown larger
steadily \ few months ago it secured
large additional quarters in the Adams
building, ana durtng the present month ar
rangements have been made for a still
further extension of the offices so that in
a few days the entire lower floor of the
building would have been occupied by
them. The painters have been putting up
the firm name at 1885 during the past
week.
MI GurIey is 4 member Of one of the
oldest Washington families. He was en-
gagged in the brokerage business in local
securities and in real estate prior to the
formation of his partnership with Mr.
Johnson Mr. Johnson is also of a we'll
known local family, the son of the late
E Kurtz Johnson He is a young man,
less than thirty years OF age. but has
wide acquaintance in business and society
in this city and in New York, and has
been exceptionally popular.
The evening times., 1901-05-17
PIcKPocKETs II BUFFALO.
Police Making Efforts TO Captzre q
Clever Gang

BUFFALO, May IL-This morning Su-
Perintendent Bull Of the Police Depart
meRt, detailed a squad Of plain clothes
Taen to ride back and forth on the Elm
wood Avenue car line. one Of the direct
routes TO the PaH-Amcrican Exposition
grounds The superintendent order was
prompted by the discovery that gang
OF clever picBpockeJs is operating on this
line. In the past two days there have
been nearly a score Of victims Adam
Rehm. x-sUperIntendent of the poor
took particular precaution not to have his
500 gold watch stolen by winding the
chain IN and out Of the buttonhoIe several
times Late yesterday afternoon pick
pockets took both the watch and the
chain
At a combined meeting of The directors
and exposition members Of the various
exposition committees last night. It was
decided to put the attendance mark for
the exposition next Monday the formal
opening DAY. at 200 900 Business men an
nounced they would cooperate, and this
morning they are buying admission tick
cts for their employees and tacking signs
on the stores announcing they viii be
closed Monday Every business house in
the city wiz be visited and requested to
parIicinato
The evening times., 1901-05-17
THREE YEARS FOR BASS.
The Alleged SyyindIer Sentenced to
the PenitentInrr


Liston D. Bass, who was convicted
some time ago on two indictments charg-
ing him with using the United States
mails for unlawful purposes. was today
sentenced by Justice Barnard to three
years imprisonment in the penitentiary
and to pay a fine Of S1,009- The court i'm
posed a sentence of eIghteen. months i'm
pTisonment and a fine of $500 in each case
Justice Barnard refused to fix bail for the
prisoner pending an appeal to the Court
Of Appeals for the District and ordered
Bass committed to jail
IN passing sentence Justice Barnard
said he believed verdict of guilty was
warranted by the evidence in the case
The prisoner, he said. had had the ad-
vantage Of good education. high family
and is minister Of the gospel, and all
Of these the court said. the defendant
took advantage of TO deceive and defraUd
persons. Justice Barnard also said that
he believed Bass was wei aware of the
frauduieace Of his SCHEMES for obtaining
money from people.
When asked if ne had anything to say
why sentence should rot be imposed up
on him Bass said:
I entered upon my work with an honest
and upright purpose, conscious Of doing
nothing that was wrong"
Bass was indicted for using the United
States mail for advertising institutions
known as the Bureau of Civil Service In
struction and the Union Teachers Agen-
cy- In the conduct of the former he pro-
posed TO tit persons for passing examina-
tons before the Civil Service Comm ission.
and through the latter to place applicants
in the position Of securing situations as
teachers in schools md r-,41ec-ae II, .55erav
ent parts Of the United States and Cana
da
The evening times., 1901-05-17
SOLDIERS AGAINST SAILORS.
The Annual Baseball Game Between
west FoiHt-AunapcIis Cadets.


Nearly everyone In any way interested in
the army or the navy is displaying eager
ness as to the outcome OF the baseball
game 10 be played tomorrow afternoon at
Annapolis between the AIiddies and West
Point \ large number Of army and navy
officers viii leave for Annapolis tomor-
row at l2:I5 o'clock p. m. over the Balti-
more and Ohio to witness the contest.
which promises to be close and interesting.
4 large number Of waCers have been made
in the War and Navy Departments. Not
only the officers of these branches of the
national service. but even the clerks en-
ployed in the War and Navy Departments
are backing their fav0rites-
Graduates Of West Point and Annapolis
never lose interest in the affairs OF the
Army and Navy Academies, and veterans
grown grey n the service, display quite
as much enthusiasm as ''pIcbes" and
yearlinEs-" At the army and Navy Club
and 1T other points about the city fre-
quented by military men there has been
animated discussion for week past re-
gardins the merits and chances Of each
team.
There is almost as much interest dis
played in the annual baseball game OF
these institutions as there is in the annual
contest on the football field.
Last fail the AIiddies defeated the army
men on Franklin Field. Philadelphia This
fact makes the soldiers all the more anx-
ious to administer defeat TO the sailors
when they cross bats at Annapolis to-
morrow afternoon From all indicat tiouS
the contest viii he q close and hard
fought one One team may have an ap-
parent advantage on paper. but there is
such a spirit when the Middies and West
Pointers come together. that the contest
Is never won until it is finished. The
army team left West Point this afternoon
shortly after l o'clock 1t viii remain in
Baltimore tonight and go to the Naval
Academy early tomorrow morning After
the game they will be the guests of the
Naval Cadets until $50 o'clock Sunday
morning, when they leave for West
Point
The evening times., 1901-05-17
Hrdrogen Mnde From Acct,1ene-

Richard GueuIher. the United States
Consul General at Frankfort Germany.
writes to the State Department that Ger
man papers report that H Houbon. an
Enslishman. has invented d process for
making pure hydrogen from acetyIene-
He condenses acetyIene in q CaiIIet steel
bomb up TO five atmospheres, and ignites
it by means Of electricity Hydrogen and
carbon are formed; the latter precipitates
IN the form OF fine SCOT The process IS.
it is claimed. without danger and makes
it possible to generate hydrogen on
large scale very cheapIy. This invention
may mean much for balloon technics, the
consul general thinks, as the present
methods Of making hydrogen are expen-
sive
The evening times., 1901-05-17
The supper Did Not suit Him.

William Wallace who lives at 6i4 Tenth Street
northeast was charged IN TIE Police Court to
day with disordeFly conduct It WAS said that
on Monday night be INDUCED IN proiane language
toward his wife that attracted the attention OF
4 number Of persons Wallace admitted that he
was angry because fis wife offered him supper
that was not % his taste. lie was fined >, which
lie paid
The evening times., 1901-05-17
Drunk md wanted to Fight.

John Connolly. sixty years old, was in the Po-
lice Court today. charged with di7orterly con
duct. lie WAS said to have been drunk on Tenth
Street. last night and with irving to strike a
man with bottle. Connolly was also charged
with breaking glass on The street. 3ie said q
usan kicked him. Tie fined SO and in de
fault viii serve thirty days in the workhou7c-
The evening times., 1901-05-17
Held n Meetine on the streets.

Mary Cuddy and Carrie Goodrich held meet
ing at the corner OF Fourth an5 y streets north
west last night, and today were in the Police
Court charged with causing disorderIy as
sembly. They said they held the meeting because
they were told that some people IN that section
were very bad It was alleged that they blocked
the street and sidewalk. Judge kimbaH took
fTrafr fsrr-1vaI h0rEz
The evening times., 1901-05-17
Nicely Dressed Bat vagrant.

Harry Edmonston was fined $40 in the Police
Court today for YagTaHcy. EdInonston was neat
" dressed aud denied the charge The testimony
of two policemen was against him, however.
Ednonstou said hc was formerly engaged in the
lUucLroou business on Street northwest
The evening times., 1901-05-17
4 Grand May Bali Given.

The members OF ST. Augustine's congregation
gave grand May ball at Carol. Hail. last night.
The entertainment was for the benefit Of a fund
to be used for the purchase Of new organ, and
II p Chestham. Recorder Of Deeds Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia delivered an address The
Knights Of ST Augustine attended the ball in
q bodr. The committee consisted Of B. z. Wade
chairman; Miss Sarah Roster. secretary; Richard
Wells. j. r. johnson, George Garner, james u
Brown samuel SnoWden, james Dent, Joshua
SeIby
The evening times., 1901-05-17

The following extract from letter written
by Mr.. George Il. Leader. publisher Of the
Breeze" Akron. n y. Viii give you some
idea OF the great good that Is being done by
ChamberIain's Cough Remedy in curing colds
and grip: MY wife and self have used Cham
berIains Cough Remedy fer Ia grippe and wish
TO attest TO its Beneficial effects and thank the
manufacturers for the good they are doing suffer
ing humanity. Whenever I hear Gf case OF Ia
grippe I recommend this remedy" Fer sale BY
Henry Evans, Wholesale and Retail and all
Druggists.
The evening times., 1901-05-17
showed Temper in the Courtroom.

Maggie Nuusy, coiored. WIS fined 3 by Judge
KimfsII today for being disorderly. she got into
. word conflict with Annie Brown, coIored. It
was with difficulty that the Nunsy woman was
restrained from keeping the cozrt IN an uproar
during the trial She could not keep her temper
while Annie Brown was testifying. and repeatedly
burst out in denuuciatiou Of her.
The evening times., 1901-05-17

handsome ilnPsgtcd japanese teapot abso-
IuteIv frcr to each person making a z9-cenr
F.9-rcigase ar our stores tomorrow. Grand { MON
Tea Co 421-IZ9 7th 81. NV; 2Il-2I2- - Centre
Market IS Eastern &gEIet.
The evening times., 1901-05-17

ROSs-Gn Friday. Nav T. 1901. at Pas 1t the
home Of his mother, s2f New Jersey ave, NV,
HENRY PETERSEN ROSS. aged tSenty-thTee-
Funeral will take place from his mothers resi-
dence sunday Nay 80. 1861, at p N. Inter
ment Prospect Hin Cemetery.
(Baitiniere papers please cGpy-)
The evening times., 1901-05-17
Railroad Pacific Coas

JULY &c August G. Visiting Denver, salt Lake
civ San Francisco. Los AHgeles, Bauti Hot
Springs Special train. Only $3.50 round trip.
The evening times., 1901-05-17

Grand Union Tea Co. ~ and 42g 5th ST. NV
Stands 2II-2I22l3 Centre Market IS Eastern
Market
The evening times., 1901-05-17

Souvenirs free tomorrow, Grand Union Tea Co.,
<27-42g 9Th s.. NV.
The evening times., 1901-05-17
s0.75.

Ice Boxes. hardwood cases
and charcoal paclxing-SAKS 6 = 9
Brand-wOTth 81. SPECIAL % ,
Refrigerator Pans. made OF gaIvan-
lied iron, with riveted handles; strong
and substantial best size; IEC
Gas Stove Tubing. covered and
with patent ends; worth sc foot. &c
SfEClAL-- -------.-------
Curtain Stretchers. the star ad-
Unstable kind; with nickel
plated pins: regular price S11E
Sl5e SPECIAL ------------...-. EsAS
Garbage Cans. with tight-fitting
covers; I2-quart size; worth 49c- 0OC
SPECIAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES - =
Bread or Cutting Trays; the heavy
wooden kind; worth % SPE- 0c
NIAL4 .-...-.-------.-- ---------- =
Tea Kettles. 3-quart size: made
of galvanized iron; worth SOC &C
SFECIAL -------------- ------------- - -
Family Scales. weigh EEp to p pounds.
by ounces: everywhere they sell O &c
at $3.50. SPECIAL --.------.--....-ZO y
Dusenberry's Tar Camphor Balls
and Aohtliue. put uD IN size &c
packages; large &c Medium. -
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10c a yard.
Mems Furnishings.

IA
CFirst Floor. East)
Mems tancy Hose, in all the new
coIOrings; solid and
that's made for z5c......-. 5 f0r 5U0
Mems Neglfgee Shirts, plain Blue
and Red Madras, with long plated
bOsoms that permit leaving off the
vest; separate cuffs to match < &C
Others sell them at SI--.--..-.-. y ,
The Scriven Elastic Seam Jean
Drawers are well knOwn-these are
just like SCrivens s, made Of good quail
ity Jean Scriyen's are 75c. E0C
These are 25c a pair less. ~
Mems CoIored BaIbriggan Shirts and
Drawers; Shirts with French neck,
pearl buttons. Drawers with double
Stsssets, SuSpender tapes and
pearl buttons Compare them = &C
with any at sc. 6C...---.-..-....--.-. - )
Mems Fancy-bordered Handker-
chiefs, in patterns for men selected
by a man. Worth 15C : for > &C
each ---.--------------.---- ~ x -
10 gross CT 10c and 15c collar &c
buttons Choice tomorrow, for---O
The evening times., 1901-05-17
RefrigeratOrs.

> - - - = ~ - = -
these RefrigeratoTs
tomorrow you VIII
save . per cent
They are eur
own brand. fit-
ted with porcelain
lined water cooler,
charcoal packed
and galvanized lin
e q bic
shelves and waste
pipes, making this
the easiest cleaned
Refrigerator and
the greatest ice
saver on the mar
ket- strictly GUAR
ANTEED- Usual
price is $13. SPE-
CIAL
The evening times., 1901-05-17

Door Screens. made of best quality
wire. with fancy dowel and centre
rail; in 5 sizes, all complete Tor 4 &c
hanging ug-------------------. ----------
Water Coolers. porcelain lined, and
fitted with nickIe-piated fsu- S. @ :
, Gets. best at S3-SPECiAL-... Il -
Water Coolers. lined with galvanized
iron doesn't waste the ice and keeps
, the water cold; worth CSC SPE- + 0C
Gas Stoves. blue. farmer, with two
holes and fun uiCkie-plated 81 40
lLeys. worth Sl-75. SPECIAL ~
c;,s Stoves. with three holes; the
, yoIG make and the best; S O2
, worth 50 SPECIAL--.---.-.... - -
OH or Gas ovens. with inside shelves.
yer,- convenient and worth 9'c- &c
SpE.CrI 4 ..--.-.- ---.------ --------- - II
Puritan Blue Flame Oil stoves, ah-
s.oI7IteIZ- safe and thoroughly satIsfac-
Tor as cookers: regular price bought
from the maker 5 agent. So-9V- : =
Gpt[ttIAT ...--..---- - >
The Saks Gas Range, the best on
the market. with four holeS Oh IVP'
large baking oven and pToil-
Gr with side shelves; well so @
worth SI3. SPEClAl-----------
x feet of Standard Garden Hose,
CoiinIinr all mounted on 5 , 4
I,arfwo0d reel. SPECIAL 4 -
Lawn Mowers. bail bearing, knives
sharpened ready for use
: easy TO manipulate, worth 20
SPECIAL.-------------
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cover, such as sell at Sc SPE- 0C
3-ouart Granite Iron Tea or Coffee
Pots. heavily coated; the kind . &C
that are See SPECIAL----------- L ,
3-pint Granite Iron Berlin Sauce
Pans. with cover; instead of 25c. fCC
SPECiA L----.-.. .--.-..-....---
Mon Handles the patent kind that
can be used with brush or mop; AC
worth I5c SPECIAL---------.---- .
S-quart Galvanized Iron Buckets,
with patent bottom and strongly 1OC
riyeted; worth 20c. Special. *
Cedar Buckets, for water or
sIop: painted; worth 25c- SPE- &C
Pastry Boards, made of clear Ium-
ber and guaranteed not to split; , &C
best size; worth sec SPECIAL L =
Clothes Wringers. the Challenges"
strong and substantial with best quail
ity rubber rollers; worth $3.50. q &c
Ironing Boards. best quality lumber;
5-foot long; worth &c SPEC 4 0C
ClAL ------------------ Z =
Clothes Baskets. full willow, with
strong bottom and handles; GOC
worth 39c. SPECIAL .,...........A
The evening times., 1901-05-17
CAUSED BY STOCK PANIC
GUrley & Johnson, the Brokers,
Suspend Business.

Their Doors Closed This Morning,
and Bankruptcy Believed to Be
UnavoidabIe-A Statement Promis-
Cd-The IfnhfIitics about :S2OO.0OO
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-21
Drawing the Line on jackson.


A good story is told in Missouri at the
expense Of its once famous Governor,
Claiborne F. jackson, says Tit-Bits. Be
fore he solved the enigma of love-lock
he had married five sisters!-lin reasona-
BILE lapses of consecutiveness. After one
wife had been lost and appropriately
mourned he espoused another. and he
kept his counting within a narrow circle
of his own relatives, for he rather liked
the family.
The antiquated father of these girls was
almost deaf, and when the Governor went
to this octogenarian to ask for his sur
viving daughter the following conversa-
ton ensued
Il want Lizzie"
EN-"
81 want you to let me have Eliza
BETH"
"oh, you want Lizzie, do you? What
for?'
For my wifer
For life?"
Il want-to-marry-he
"Oh, yes! Just so. I hear you, boy"
I'm precious glad you do" muttered
the Governor.
Well" slowly responded the veteran,
you needn't halloa so that the whole
neghborhood knows it! Yes; you can
have her. You've got EN- all now, my lad;
but for goodness sake, If anything hap
pens to that ere poor misguided gal, don't
come and ask me for the old woman"
Jackson solemnly promised that he new
er would.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-21
FOLLOWING wHITNEY's IDEA.

Those who read Mr.. D. A. Tompkins'
book in which he treats of the cotton gin
and gives the history of its invention will
be struck with the fact that the idea of
a monopoly had as strong a hold on the
human mind a hundred years ago as 1t
has now. In the course of his book Mr..
Tompkins says:
"Whitney's plan in Georgia. as shown
by his letters and other evidence was to
own all the gins and gin all the cotton
made in the country. 1t is but human
nature that this sort of monopoly should
be odious to any community; and when
to this is added the fact las shown by
letters to Whitney in Connecticut, from
his partner, Miller in Georgia) that Whit
ney and Miller could not supply the de-
mand for gins, 1t seems natural that
there should have been much infringe
ment."
Whether the owners of the round-lap
bale invention will be more successful
than Whitney was remains to be seen. 1t
is to be presumed from the fact that
the machines for making the round-lap bale
are not for sale, but can only be rented,
that the owners of that invention nope in
time to bale the entire cotton crop of the
South. There is no ground, of course, for
saying that they would use their monopo-
ly to Cypress the cotton planters. if they
should succeed in getting control of the
business of baling cotton. OF that mat
| ter, however every one is at liberty to
draw his own conclusion. Just now it does
not look as if the round-lap bale would
| take the place of the standard bale Still
no one can tell what changes will take
place in baling cotton. 1t is probable
that the round-lap bale would make more
progress if the machines for making that
bale could be purchased. There is no
doubt some fear that IL the standard bale
should be abandoned the cotton planters
would be- to a certain extent, in the power
OF the company owning the round-lap bale
| machines