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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
Mr.. WILLARD WISHES
DISTRICT HOME RULE
Tells Commissioners All Local Offices
Should Be Filled by Wash
ingtonians.

In a personal communication to Com
missioner West. OF the District Board.
Josiah Willard has set forth what in his
opinion would be the benefit Of home
rule FOR the District OF Columbia. BY
home rule he means the appointment Of
District men TO the local Offices. Mr.
Willard hopes to see the time when the
Recorder OF Deeds, sealer OF Weights
and Measures. the judges and attorney
for the District shall be selected from
residents here.
Mr. Willard declares that the north
east section OF tn. city IN particular
has suffered from the lack OF such ap-
pointments. He asserts that his part
OF the District has been without repre-
sentation or the Board OF Commission
ers. and therefore without friends.
Mr.. Willard discusses at some length
the proposed railway terminal AID ar
CUES that the District should contribute
nothing 70 IT, Taxing the municipality
Ss,OO0,000 for It or its accessories Mr..
MiilaTd regards as a usurpatiou OF au-
thority on the part Of Congress. He
asks the Commissioners to protect the
rights OF citizens in this and other di-
rectiOns.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
DON'T WANT TO PAY DUTY
ON SPOILED PINEAPPLES
Supreme Court to Interpret
Customs Law.

Whether full duty can be collected on
that portion OF cargo OF imported fruit
which arrived in an utterly worthless
condition was the question submitted 10
the Supreme Court today in the suit
brought by s. NJ. Lawder & Sons Of Raj
timore. against the collector Of that
port
The law specifically provides that
when the damaged portion amounts TO 10
per cent Of the whole cargo the owner
may be relieved from payment OF duty
on that portion by abandoning IL to the
Government. In the case at point IT did
not amount TO 10 per cent, but the i'm
porters protested against paying duty on
the damaged pineapples on the ground
that they were not received by them or
actually brought into port. arriving in
an indistinguishabIe mass that was
never landed. but taken from the vessel
and dumped in the bay They said the
fruit did not come within the 10 per cent
limit for damaged" goods because II
was utterly destroyed
The board OF general customs apprais-
ers sustained the importers contention.
holding the loss should be treated as a
short shipment. The collector carried
the case 10 the Federal district court.
which confirmed that ruling and finally
TO the circuit court which reversed il
and ordered duty paid on the worthless
portion Of the cargo OF pineapples. The
importers then appealed TO the Supreme
Court for an Interpretation Of the law
on the subject
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

The members OF Local Assembly. No
T. binders at the Government Printing
ONCE. Will give a musical extravaganza
at the National Rifles Armory on New
Year Eve Fifty men and women are
rehearsing for the entertainment under
the direction Of Charles F. Weston.
member OF the union, who can direct
stage performance well as bind a
book. The title OF the extravaganza is
A Night al the Roof Garden" In the
cast are number Of good voices which.
with good, hard drill. il is expected. will
make the performance creditable. The
funds raised by the entertainments will
90 into the treasury Of the union
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
BANK CASHIER MISSING
SHORTAGE IN HIS BOOKS
Dunbar MagrudeT, Of Merchants and
Farmers Bank of Woodstock, Alb
sent Since Last Thursday.

WOODSTOCK. Va, Nov. 12.-Dunbal
P. Magruder. cashier OF the Merchants
and Farmers Bank, OF Woodstock. has
been missing since last Friday.
An examination OF the banks books
show z shortage OF several thousand dol
lars. The assets OF the bank will not
be affected by the shortage. The bank Is
operated by private parties. who have
made good all losses, and will continue
the business without loss TO any OF its
creditors. Nothing has been heard as 10
the whereabouts OF it's former cashier
There was no run on the bank today and
none Is expected.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
TWO NEGROES WOUNDED
IN A RAZOR ARRAY

Two negroes. Jack Butler and Joseph
Mudd. engaged in a cutting ARRAY in G
street between First and Second Streets.
southwest. at 1 o'clock this morning.
Butler was carried to the Emergency
Hospital. but his wounds were found 10
be only light gashes about the face
Mudd was found unconscious a half hour
after the night. He had a severe cut in
the abdomen He IS IN serious coadi-
ton AT the Emergency Hospital Mudd
was found fifty feet from the scene OF
Of the fight and close by him was an
open razor.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
DEAD NILLIONAIRE'S
BODY BROUGHT HOME
Remains Of John w. Mackay
in New York.

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-on board the
steamship Oceanic. which arrived today
from Europe. was the body OF the late
John W. Mackay. Mrs. Mackay was a
passenger on the steamer.
A large apartment between decks on
the steamer was fitted UP as a mortuary
chapel and in this the body Of the late
millionaire rested throughout the voy-
age.
Princess ColOnna. daughter OF the
Mackays. accompanied her mother to
this country.
The remains will be taken to Green
wood Cemetery.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
CHICAGO ANARCHISTS
DECLARE THEMSELVES

CHICAGO, Nov. ITO an audience of
$500 persons which crowded the North
Side Turner Hall last night. anarchistic
speakers openly declared themselves en-
emies OF the Government.
When referring 10 Czolgosz, who assas-
sinated President Mckinley. George
Brown. OF Philadelphia. upheld the ac-
tion OF the assassin. applause lasting
several seconds following
Last nights meeting marked the If
teenth annual anniversary OF the execu-
tion OF the FIVE anarchists who melted a
riot in Haymarket Square on the night
Of November II. 1857.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
CRUISER WEST VIRGINIA
LAUNCHED IN JANUARY
Quick and Efficient Work in Construct
ing New reyhound-LOuisiana
to Take Waves Same Time.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. Nov. 12.-The
cruiser West Virginia will be launched
in January. Work on the vessel is be-
ing rushed with all possible speed, as II
IS designed TO put the new battleship
Louisiana on her ways. The Pacific
lumber ship may be launched at the
same time.
Both vessels will leave the WAYS in a
remarkably short time after keel laying.
The Pacific Mail liner Siberia will prob
ably sail for New York Saturday. being
now completed. She viii be on exhibi-
ton there for some time and will take
on coal there for her trip around the
Horn.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
BISHOP POTTER'S BRIDE
TAKES PLEASURE TRIP
With Party Of Friends on Board Her
Private Car, Forme. Mrs. Clark
Visits Duluth.

CHICAGO. Nov. I2-Mrs. Henry c.
Potter. the bride OF Bishop Potter OF
New York. passed through Chicago with
party Of friends last light on a pleas
ure trip 10 Duluth in her private car.
The party arrived over the Michigan
Central road and was switched to the
Northwestern station. whence II started
al 10 o'clock for the North.
The party will pass through the city
again Thursday on the return trip.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
GENERAL CHAFFEE is
SAN FRANCISC0'S LION
Banquet and Reception Arranged in
Honor CT the WaIriOr-Starts for
East Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 12-General
Chaffee and his party will start FOR the
East Thursday evening and will reach
Chicago over the Chic-So and North
western Railway next Wednesday morn
ing
Tonight General Chaffee will be the
guest at banquet given by the Mer-
chants Association. and Thursday az
ternOon, just before his departure for
Chicago, a public reception will b. held
in the auditorium OF the Merchants Ex-
change.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
TO OVERHAUL METEOR III.

BIRMINGHAM. Nov I2.-The London
correspondent OF the Birmingham
Post" telegraphs that Emperor William
has decided 10 have his American built
schooner-yacht Meteor III ovorhauled
nd altered at a cost OF 10000. This is
necessary il she is to make a good show
Ing in next years contests.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
JUDGE TOOK MoRPISONS
BOND NOT TO FIGHT

Judge Kimball. IL the Police Court
yesterday. took the personal bonds OF
William Morrison. formerly a member
OF the District Fire Department. not to
interfere in the actions OF Alvin P. Gun
bingham. with whom he had a fght re-
Gently Morrison acknowledged hitting
Cunningham, but said he acted under
prOvocation.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
STATE DEPARTMENT.

The Secretary OF State has received a
report from United States Consul Co
vert. Of Lyons. France. which says that
great harm has been done by the phyl-
loXera 70 the vineyards in certain parts
OF Italy. which viii result in a large
demand for American vines for grating
purposes California gratis are pre-
ferred TO any others in this country.
and Il is expected that further supply
win be sent abroad.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
LAND OFFICE.

In the last fiscal year 19.4Ss. So. acres
Of public lands were disposed Of by the
Government. according to the annual re-
port Of Binger Hermann. Commissioner
OF the General Land Office. This is an
Increase of 3.925.739 acres over last
year OF the aggregate l .757. 5g3 acres
we're sold for cash, 17,6l4,792 were en-
braced in the miscellaneous entries. and
the remainder were Indian lands.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
WAR DEPARTMENT

Surgeon General O'ReIIIy Will use new
style bottles hereafter for the shipment
Of medicines. Heretofore bottles OF
nearly every shape were used. which
required unnecessary space in packing.
Now bottles Will be made of various
sizes so that when put together they
VIII take up equal spaces Of a square
foot OF TWO square feet. as the case NAV
BE- The bottles will now be put I'D in
corrugated cardboard cases instead OF
sawdust as formerly.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
THE DEPARTMENTS AND
THE DEPARTMENT WORKERS
Increase of Clerks the Teasuy-Od Pay Roll Found Office
for War Depamn-l5 Patents Granted to CanadanS-Cosng
Days of the ChySanthemm Show.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Assistant Secretary Frank L. Camp
bell will deliver a lecture on April at
the National Law School on Federal
Administrative Law" Under this sub
ject he will discuss the present system
in the Interior Department.
s. V. Proudft. assistant ATTIC rney OF
the department Will follow Assistant
Secretary Campbell by a series Of lee
lures treating more particularly oS the
laws and administration Of affairs in
the General Land ONCE
James T Parker, chief OF the divis-
ion OF public lands. submitted his an
nual report to the Secretary Of the In
terror few days ago, and IL will be
published within two weeks.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

Margaret N. Hanna, steuographer in
the office Of the Second Assistant Sec
rotary Of State. who accompanied Judge
William Penheld. the representative Of
the state Department IN the trial OF the
Pious Fund case before the arbitration
tribunal az The Hague. as his steno-
grapher. Is again at her desk in the
State Department. Miss Hanna was
probably the first woman stenographer
employed at The Hague
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE.

Dr. Henry R. Carter. OF the Marine
Hospital Service, has been detailed TO
attend the sessions OF the Egyptian
Medical Congress. which will be held in
Cairo. beginning December % next.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

Capt. J. A. p. Smith. in charge OF the
steam engineering department OF the
New York navy yard. arrived in town
Monday and says that there is excellent
progress on the machinery OF the new
battleship Connecticut, which Is under
construction at the Brooklyn navy yard
IN competition with the Louisiana at the
Newport News Shipbuilding Company.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

General Bragg. formerly consul gen
eTal at Havana and now consul gen
eral at Hongkong. called at the depart
ment yesterday 70 consult with the au-
thOrities in regard 70 his new duties.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
PATENT OFFICE.

The chief Of the application room and
mail room will hereafter test the inks
Of all applications and other manuscript
records, Those which are unable to
stand the tests required will not be
made part Of the office records. but
will be returned to the writer's.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

The Navy Department is stiu making
tests OF liquid fuel for naval purposes.
under the supervision OF Lieut.. Com
nandeT John R. Edwards. These expert
ments will be continued for the ne.
year Oils from California and Texs <
are under test
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.

The chrysanthemum show is now prac-
tically over. although the public stu has
access to the building and many pass
through each day and examine the flow
ers. The show which has been a great
success is to be closed within a few
days.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

Commander L. V Cottman has been
detached from the Bureau o. Navigation
and ordered 10 duty IN connection with
fitting out the Wyoming and 20 com
mand that vessel when commissioned.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

Fifteen patents were issued TO Cana
dams yesterday from the room OF John
W. BabsOn. chief OF the issue and Ca
zejte' division. This is the greatest
number OF patents issued TO persons in
Canada for some time.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
LOCAL MENTION.
Important to Men.

Inspect our fine tailor-made oyercoats fsligLt.
ly used. Very best at prizes to please peopIe
with limited means IL reliable Justh's Ola
Stand, 6lg d.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

Lieut.. ". Russell White has gone 10
Greenpoint, L. T.. with the board Of en-
gineers in charge OF the trials OF the
submarine boats Adder and Moccasin. He
expects 10 remain in Greenpoint for
week OF ten days.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

William 3. Davis. OF this city. clerk
IN the record and pension Office OF the
War Department. was promoted last
Tuesday from $1,000 to a 81 200 clerk
ship.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

Microbes, malaria, ana filthy water an done
away with by the Scaife Filters Estimate,
cheerfully n rushed The ". B. Scafe sons
Co.. National EOtel. Telephone East 70s
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

An idea as to the financial growth Of
the country can be gotten from the fact
that in the year 1850 it required bnly
nine clerks to performs all the work in
the othce OF the Treasurer OF the United
states The present number on the cler-
ical force Is 425.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

William B. Ridgely. Comptroller OF
the Currency. is in New Orleans, where
he is attending the twenty eighth annual
convention OF the American Bankers As
ISOLATION. Last night he delivered an
address on The Change in Banking
Conditions Mr.. Ridgely is expected
TO return to his duties by the end Of
this week
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

William Taylor. in charge OF field in
designations. Office Of pomologist. has
returned from the South. where he has
been investigating the pecan industry.
As the time approaches for the con-
vening OF Congress the officials Of the
Department Of Agriculture are prepared
for busy season. More demands are
made upon this department perhaps
than upon any other in the Government
by Representatives and Senator's desir-
ing packages o. seeds. Already requests
for next years garden seed have begun
10 come in through the mails. and when
congress convenes there is certain TO be
great many personal requests for seeds
TO be distributed among constituents.
G. c. Husman. specialist in viticuIture.
Office OF pomologist. mas been Informed
OF the death OF his father. George Hus-
man. Mr.. Husmau. ST.. was a prominent
vlticulturist, and lived in Napa. Cal.
S II Fulton, assistant in ponoIoRv.
is IN Kansas City inspecting fruit ship
ments.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

Harry 0. Nash. Of this city. has been
appointed under the civil service rules.
clerk in the Office OF the chief OF engin-
GERS Of the War Department, at an an
nual salary OF $500
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Admiral Charles O'Nel is making an
Inspection tour in Massachusetts,. Rhode
Island. New York. and Pennsylvania. He
Is expected to return on next Monday
or Tuesday.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

The torpedo boat Decatur, which was
built by the Trigg Shlpbuilding Com
pany, OF Richmond, Va. has been ac-
cepted by the Navy Department.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12
Lansburgh & Bro
Substantial Savings on
Staple
DOmcStiCS.

] Case alpine Rose Bleached Muslin. ward
Slae. long cloth anishi price, 14c. M &c
! lot yard-wide shrulk hnish Butchers Cot
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case - Pearl Bleached Sheet 10IC
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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

The guides in the Treasury Depart
ment who accompany the visitors in the
building and explain 10 them the work
ings OF Uncle Sans big banking insti-
tuition are having a lecture prepared for
them which they will be required to
commit 10 memory. This scheme will
ensure accuracy OF statement.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

Last year there were 10000, 900 domes-
tic money orders Issued by the 80, 1877
pOstmasters who are now authorized to
issue money orders. This represents
1916. 600 coo. that WIS exchanged in the
mails In this way. Each money order is
returned TO the Office OF the auditor for
the Postofflce Department as a voucher.
where IL is handled five times and check
ed against the pOstmaster's accounts be-
fore 1t can be entered in the money or
der ledger
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

Sid h Nealy was az the Treasury De-
partment yesterday 10 bid his friends
and associates in the Supervising Archi-
tects Office good-by before leaving the
United States for Pekin. China. where he
VIII have charge of the construction %
the buildings OF the United States lega-
ton He left this city last night and will
sail from Vancouver on November u
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

In the Office Of the Auditor for the
War Department there is an interesting
relic OF the early days OF the Govern
ment- Il is the first pay roll ever made
out In that office then known as the
Second Auditors Office. Il is dated April
/, 1917, and was written and signed BY
William Lee, who was Auditor at that
tine. The document shows that the en-
tire office force consisted Of sixteen en-
ployes. and the amount paid out in sal
aries for the month preceding its date
was $1.432-44- The present pay roll con-
tains the names Of upward OF 375 per
sons, who receive each month in salaries
an aggregate OF SIS. COO
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-12

S H Fulton, assistant in pomoIog-
is IN Kansas City inspecting fruit shir
ments.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-19
RESCUED FROM SHAME.
A 13-Year-OId Girl Found I'm Disor-
derby House.

A girl of Is years, unusually pretty
in form and features, was rescued
night before last from a disorderly
house in which she had taken up her
residence, and yesterday was turned
over by Supt. Reilly to worthy and
respectable couple, who offered and
promised to direct her errant steps in
the paths of virtue and right living.
The name of the girl is withheld.
Tuesday morning Supt. Reilly learned
by accident that she had just come to
the house of a woman on Price street,
and Immediately sent Detective Nose
Davis to effect her rescue. The girl
was taken from the house by Davis
and carried to the police station house
where, until yesterday afternoon, she
was the inmate of a cell.
To the superintendent the girl ear
nestly protested that she had yet
made no actual slip from virtue. She
has no living parents and declared
that life with her adopted parents,
because of the cruelties and indignities
to which she had been subjected, had
become uncomfortable. She left them
on Monday and went to the house
of the couple who later received her in
to their care.
lACy were 1I16IlQS Oh neT aQOpIeQ
parents, and told the child they would
not receive her; that she must go
back to her home and strive to do the
best she could. She spent Monday
night with a friend on Russell street
and on Tuesday, driven desperate by
the situation in which she was placed,
went to the disorderly house on Price
street, from which she was rescued.
She had been there only an hour or
two when she was taken away.
Her adopted parents refused to
receive her. They declared that the girl
had voluntarily left the shelter of their
roof and that they did not want to see
her again. 1t was while he faced this
difficult situation that Supt. Reilly was
advised of the willingness of her friends
to take the girl and care for her and
he gladly accepted the offer. She was
turned over to them in the superin-
tendent's office at the police barracks.
With tears and sobs she protested her
purpose to be a good girl and to give
no trouble and cause no grief or sor-
row to those whose kindness offered
her an escape from a life of shame.
The woman in whose house the girl
was found, has been placed on the
docket for keeping a disorderly house
ara will be given a hearing in the Po-
| lice Court this morning