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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
PROBING A LARCENY CASE.
Mystery Surrounds Woman's Loss Of
Money and Escape From Death.

The police are making a thorough in
vestigatiOn Of the mystery surrounding
the larceny Of So from Wiida Wade. who
resides at PIP Eleventh Street nor thwest.
and who had a narrow escape from death
by asphyxiation yesterday afternoon.
When the First precinct police started
the investigation they took into custody
a number Of Well-knoWn young men. wh0
were known 10 be well acquainted with
the woman, but all we're released. Wheth-
er the woman turned on the gas herself,
or whether IL was the work OF the sup
posed thief remains 70 be yet 1scertained.
This morning Captain BCardman de-
tailed Detective Sergeants Horne and
Hartisan upon TIE case with Instructions
for them 70 make q complete investiga-
tion into the matter and gather up all
information possible in hopes Of locating
the guilty party.
The woman's condition upon arrival at
the Emergency Hospital was considered
serious and II was not until late last
night that the surgeons pronounced her
TO be free from danger and she was al
lowed to depart for home. The loss Of the
money was discovered by the Wade WON
an upon her return home and a report
was made TO the police. SergeanJs Hart
ley and Kilmartin. who are familiar with
that section Of the city. at once took up
the investigation, end are still engaged in
working upon IL.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
ACCUSED OF MURDER
OF annie brown
Lawrence NOrman'S Trial in
Criminal Court.
NEGRO'S DEFENCE AN ALIBI
Colored Woman Was Found Drowned in
the Canal-Had Lived With Woman
and They Had Quaueled the Night She
Disappeared.

Lawrence Norman, colored, was put on
trial this morning in Criminal Court No.
/, charged with the murder Of Annie
Brown. also colored, on September p,
last
The woman is said to have been thrown
into the canal in Georgetown on the night
Of the tie mentioned. The defence will
be an abb. Norman claiming that he was
in no way connected with the death Of the
woman. Norman and the woman lived in
a house on Water Street, between Thir-
tieth and Thirty-frst Streets. and on the
night in question. Norman claims, he had
gone 20 sleep and was awakened by the
woman going through his pockets" He
says he struck the woman in the face
with his open hand. A few minutes after
ward she put on her hat and>walked to
ward the door. Norman il is said. asked
her where she was going and she re-
piled:
4 am going where you will never strike
me again"
She left the house. going in the direc-
tion Of the canal According 20 the story
told by herman. that was the last he ever
saw Of the woman alive.
A short while atferward the dead body
OF the woman was fished out Of the canal
Norman claims that he did not leave the
house after Annie Brown had left on the
night she met her death
The Government is represented by AS
sistant District Attorney Thomas G. Tay-
Tor, and the defendant by Attorney Samuel
y. Truitt
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
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address DR.. Kilmer Co. BinEhamton. n. 7.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
Aristotle's Theory Of Art.

Az The next meeting Of the Society for
Philosophical Enquiry. TO be held al the
Columbian University az 4;So p. m. Tues
day. March rs. 1902. ProI. George l. Ray
moud. Of Princeton University, will repeat
bis address On 'Arist0uc's Theory Of Art
Applied 20 Luerature-a Criticism OF
Realism" The public is cordially in
Yited.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
FUNERAL OF L. C. CHEW.
obseguies to Be Conducted at o'clock
This Afternoon.

Funeral services over the remains Of
MI. Leonard c. Chew, who died yesterday,
after a lingering illness OF Bright's dis
ease. will be conducted at his late resi-
dence. 2033 p Street northwest, at 4
O'Clock this afternoon.
Mr. Chew was forty fve years old and
had for the last twenty-four years been
one Of the most prominent clerks in the
War Department. His death is thought TO
BE- the result Of OverwOrk during the
Spanish-Americau war.
After the funeral services the BODY viii
be borne 10 Oak Hul for ,ntermenf. The
pallbearers will he INC mbers Of the *.
+. r. a society organized by a son Of
President Grant. and " which the de-
ceased was a charter member.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17

Nati0nal-Mary Mannering in Janice
Meredith" evening
Columbia-JeffersOn De Angels in a
Royal Rogue" evening
Lafayette-"The HugucnOts," evening
Academy Dangerous Women" even
ing.
ernan's-Rose Hill Company; after
noon and evening
Empire-HOpkins' Trans ceanica; 80
afternoon and evening.
Chase s-POlite vaudeville; afternoon
and evening.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17

By urgent request of many music-loying PEG
pc who have attended the French opera com
pany productions the past week the manage
ment ~ tie lafayette Opera House have ar
Hanged foT enc more performance OF tbs great
COMPANY tsuigLt, phea a grand pc.lo nance
81 ''The n l-uenot-,' vith all the leading
artists Of thc organization. viii be- given. Mons.
Doc, Bowman. Karloni. Mcsdamcs FOedor.
Laya d. Ter and lhambellan viii ali be seen
and heard Ia this evenings performance. The
prices VIII be - aud s. for the lower foor.
$50 and 81 Cor the balcony. aud IS cents ir
the drozs eircle
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

Fair. much colder tonight. with a cold
wave; Tuesday fair and cold. fresh north
west 10 north winds
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
Jury Panel Exhausted.

The morning session was taken up in
the selection Of jury. The regular panel
was exhausted. however. before the jury
was completed and Justice Anderson or
Gered twenty-five extra talesmen 10 report
for duty tomorrow morning.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
IT is NOW A COMMON
Precaution Against Sickness to Keep
ThaTp's Berkeley Pure Rye
IN the House.

The mail and telephone orders for Tharp's
Berkeley Pure Rye for medical use and for fam
lily trade are increasing so rapidly that another
private special delivery has been established TO
promptly nj the demand.
Ladies can be served within the hour az
their residences IN case q sickness OF ncces-
sity- Il IS merely uecessaryst0 call up main ll4l,
the Office Of james Tharp's sons
For malaria, chills and fever and spring trOu-
ble, Tharp's Berkeley Pure is unexceIled when
taken in connection with quiuine.
The system 40 this season needs a tonic, which
should be pure and strong.
Norfolk q Washington Steamboat Co
Delightful trips dzily az 6:s0 p. m. from foot
sth ST. 20 OlG Point Comfort Norfolk Virginia
Beach and Newport News. See ad. page :.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
STREET LIGHTING

High tide. An. and 2:10 PM.
Low tide ....-.....S:20 AN and 1906 Pm.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17

Prof. Ficl5's worm powders sold By druggists
~ every state 10 the Onion.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
ADJUSTMENTS.

Lamps lit today .6:47 p. VI
Lamps out tomorrow SIG A. N
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
TEMPERATTRE-
THE sun AND THE MOON.

Temperature at 9 a. m.-................ A.
Temperature at Y nOOn........-....... 46
Temperature at 1870 p. m--............. 4e
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
49C


10000 Yards Of fine machine-made
Torchon Laces and InsertinEs. repre-
senting IS complete match OIC
sets. which viii be offered to- ~
morrow at. Per yard Il
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
THE TIDE TABLE.

Sun rose.-6:10 AN. Sun SETS. SOS p VI
Moon rises-..------ Moon sets. i 20 4. NJ
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
10000 Yards of
SILK FOULARDS
AT, PER YARD,
20 cts.


never without 4 sensation. Our
buyer has just returned from
New York, where he was sum
moned to 20 through urgent
kilograms. TO make otfesS on
several big lots Of fine silks
which different importers and
manufacturers were anxious
TO close out. 1t required but
one thing-lcwness in price
In less time than il takes The
majority of merchants t. think
he bought 10000 yards of fine
FOulard Silks Of this seasons
newest patterns and colorings
so cheap that il will enable us
10 do a mighty good part in
your favor This one particu-
lar line Will give YOU a chance
Of saving fully 26c on every
yard purchased. We shall en-
deavOS to make this week an
other red-letter event. which
must 30 down in our business
annals as another great vie
tory for the Busy Corner silk
Department.
10000 yards Of fine All-SiIk
FOulard-the designs and col
Orings being of the most beau
tIful effects-thev come in
neat, medium, and large pat
terms, with most every shade
known to the silk Ioom-thcse
goods are actually worth zoe
per yard, hut will be put on
sale at the marvellous price of
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17

GIN IN for large heavy Oak Frame
ViV'JO Couch. 81 inches wide. 6 feet
2 inches long. fine velour covering.
fun tufted, spring edge, cost YOU any
where $500.
q o. TO- Oak Frame NelOur-cov
'J.JJ cred Couch. worth $3.50.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-22
Noondav 10 be Defined.

Three buildings of a Louisville cor
poration were burned at about midday,
and upon these buildings were insur-
ance policies amounting to nearly
twenty thousand dollars. The policies
expired at midday of the April day on
which the fire occurred.
The difference between the standard
time established by the railroad COM
panies and solar time at Louisville is
seventeen and one-half minutes. The
fire broke out at 11:45 o'clock, stand
ard time, or two minutes past noon,
solar time. Which is to govern? The
policies are silent, and the courts must
say which time is to be accepted-they
must say when moon" occurs in Louis
vile.
No doubt the insurance companies
will make This plain in future policies,
but under policies heretofore issued
the question is of interest. The in
surance companies claim that If the
railroads can disregard Old Sol, any
one else can, and thus we might have
a variety of "times," as well as hard
times now and then. The Kentucky
courts will primarily decide the knotty
point, and perhaps the supreme court
of the United States may be asked to
render a decision that will be authori-
tative and final.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-22
FERo. WARD RETURNS.

New York Telegram to the Detroit Jour-
nal.
Ferdinand Ward, who ruined General
Grant and causeu the Wall street crash
of 1884 is coming back to New York to
live. Since he got out of Sing Sing in
1892 Ward has been trying to get the
custody Of his son, Clarence, now nine
teen years old. Relatives Of the boys
mother, the first Mrs. Ward. successfully
fought his efforts. For more than year
Ward didn't know where the boy was,
but has now located him In Princeton
university.
When General Grant went to New York
in 1881 he entered into partnership with
Ward in the banking business. In 1884
the firm failed, owing to the frauds OF
Ward, who fled, leaving Grant bank
rupt Grant surrendered to creditors his
medals, swords, trophies and present.
from foreign governments. These wer'
afterward presented to the United State
and are preserved at Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-22
Growth of Socialism.

Two years ago the socialists
throughout the country cast but $4,000
votes; this year their vote will foot
up nearly 100000. This vote is by no
means confined to one section or one
state, although it is stronger in Massa-
chusetts and Pennsylvania than in any
other two states. The vote in Texas
was 1000, but in some of the other
southern states, including Alabama,
the new political force has not secured
much of foothold.
The socialist vote in Massachusetts
will aggregate about $4,000 against
10,761 last year. When the figures are
compiled in Pennsylvania a total of
about 10000 is expected for the social
list candidates. In New York city the
new party polled $4,000 votes. against
10000 last year, and the socialist up
state vote will equal that cast in the
city. In Chicago the socialist vote
rose this year to 10000; in Milwaukee
to II ,731; in Indiana to 10000; in Ohio
to fully as many as in Indiana; in
Minnesota to 10000, and in Kentucky
the vote was at least doubled.
Strangely enough, socialism is taking
root in the rural districts, although
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-22
The Banquet.

1.-THE banquet of the Birmingham Press
clug last night was one of the best
things of it's kind I ever saw" said a
prominent city official yesterday. ut had
the effect of bringing together all po-
litical enemies and making them rub
shoulders 1t did mucn to remove the
animosities which have existed for some
time In this section of the state.
1.-The club itself is great organiza-
ton. It brings peace and friendship
among political enemies as nothing else
can do. No prominent man, no matter
what his feelings towards the man next
to him at the Press club banquet might
be, could afford to show cooiness.
1.-THE talk Of Robert Lowe In regard to
the reporter being the power OF the press
was quite true. Without him. he said,
the editor is powerless. The paper de-
ponds on his honesty and his perception.
If he sees things wrong the paper loses
prestage and influence, and If he could
be bribed to write a thing to suit in
dividuals the press of America would not
be the strongest educational factor Of
the day, as it most certainly IS.
ut is the reporter that often makes or
mars the paper, and through the paper
moulds public opinion"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-22

as yet its chief power is IN the cities.
The growth of the new sentiment is
especially marked in the rural dis
tricts of Wisconsin. The socialists are
on the upgrade, and no doubt the new
party will soon be a factor in all our
popular contests.
The socialists come from both OF
the chief parties of the country, and
it is difficult to say what gives their
orators and editors SO many converts.
Perhaps, however. many are beginning
to think that the trusts can be sue
cessfully controlled IN no other way,
and they are therefore In favor Of hav-
ing the government. state and ma
tional, own all the public utilities, and
even of some things that are not pub
lie utilities. Whether their plans be
wise or unwise they are becoming
more popular, and the socialist lead
ers expect one million voters to ac-
eept their views and ticket in 1904.
This, however, does not mean that
the socialists are to control the coun-
try, for there are over 100000 voters
in the republic, and the socialists have
a long way to go before they capture
even one state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-22
WON'T EAT FRIENDS.
Japanese Decline to Make Meat o.
Cow or OK.

M. Zumoto, editor of the Japanese
Times, who is now visiting this coun-
try, writes: Barley Is the staple food
for fully 60 per cent of the population
OF Japan-that is, the peasantry; sec
ond in Importance are vegetables, and
fish comes third.
There is a general impression in
this country that the Japanese live on
rice, but that is not the case. The
peasant or small farmer raiseZ rice.
barley and wheat, but sells the rice
to the cities.
Barley is far more nutritious than
rice, and the country people are stur-
dy, long lived class, among whom per-
sons 80 years of age are frequently
found, while 20 and 80 years are US
ual. Most of the soldiers who have
been doing such good service In China
and Manchuria are from this class,
and 1t would be difficult to find more
hardy or enduring people.
In the merchant and official class
and the nobility the diet differs in the
substitution of rice for barley, the use
of more fish and the addition of meat
to certain extent. The peasant eats
no meat, because they regard cattle
with great affection as their friends
and helpers. They would no more
think of eating the flesh of a COW
or OK, without which their farming
would be impossible, than your people
would eat a pet animal. This feeling
may be the result, in measure. of
their Buddhistic religion, whose teach
ings are most humble.
Some idea of the small proportion
that flesh food bears to the entire diet
may be gained from the fact that in
1899 the number of cattle killed was
$4,000 head. This quantity was used
by about 100000 of people, the re-
mainder of the entire population of
about $4,000, 900 belonging to the peas
ant class.
THE peasants work in the fields
from sunrise to sunset, but they never
seem to be exhausted by the long day.
1.-THE city workers at trades, the
journeymen and apprentices, work
from 6 o'clock in the morning until 8
or 10 at night. They work in more
leisurely manner than in this country,
however, stopping every hour or two
to lie down for smoke. Their pipes
are so small that they hold only two
or three whiffs of tobacco, but that is
sufficient to refresh them, and the few
minutes of cheerful chat refreshes
them. They are not as rugged as the
country people, partly because of city
conditions and partly because they
eat more rice than barley.
"The work of the factory hands is
regulated by the government. Their
day Is from eight to ten hours, includ-
ing time for meals. They eat eggs
and barley, as they wish. Wheat is
seldom eaten by the poorer classes in
the city. Sometimes they have it, but
never oftener tnan once week. The
runners eat about the same diet, per-
haps with larger proportion OF bar
ley. :.
THAT the average diet is well
adapted to nourishing the whole body
seems certain, from the fact that
strong teeth and abundant hair are
characteristic of all classes. Badness
is a rarity and the people retain their
teeth IN did age"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-22
MITcHELL,s ABILITY.

From the Public Ledger.
If anybody was in doubt about John
Mitcheirs ability to present Iabor's side
of the case to the strike commission when
confronted with the able counsel retained
by the operators 1t seems that he may
be at ease. It is apparent from the way
the labor leader is holding his own when
subjected to the most searching ques-
tons that he knows his case better than
any lawyer could possibly learn 1t in a
short time. and that he can handle it
as well as any lawyer. The reports of the
hearings show that the interests of labor
will not suffer because Of lack of ability
in their counsel or from an inadequate
presentation of their side of the contro-
yersy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-22
ORIGIN OF PETROLEUM.
OF the Many Theories Advanced TWO
Stand Out.

From Mines and Minerals.
NJ the numerous theories advanced Tor
Tho exp1euation Of the generation OF Pc
tro,eurn two stand out pre-eminently.
First. the formation of the oil from
vegetable matter by subterranean decom-
nosition; and, secondly, its production
from carbonacious metallic compounds
in conjunction with steam. In both cases
terrestrial heat is thought TO have been
the producing agency. which Is assumed
to have originated in the center OF the
earth. The aforementioned theory Is
based upon the conception that carbon,
In the form of coal, was produced from
vegetable substances under the effect OF
heat. steam and pressure, and that ny
drocarbons In the gaseous and liquid
state were formed in q similar manner
from such material. This theory received
support, apparently. by the study OF the
products arising by the dry distillation
of coal in closed vessels, and by the char
acter of the gases and liquids thus OBJ
tanned, which resemble petroleum and
the vapors accompanying 1t in nature to
some extent. Subsequent researches as to
the compounds resulting from similar
treatment of animal fat showed that dis
tiration products were obtained. which
seem to justify the conclusion that these
Substances might have contributed also
to the formation Of the OH.
Much credit was given 10 the opserva-
lions, and the theory Of the origin Of pc
troleum from vegetable and animal tissue
generally accepted. though upon closer
investigation 1t was found that circum-
stances had been overlooked which ar
gued forcibiy against the occupation of
the theory. First among these was the
fact that petroleum had been round In
Pennsylvania and Canada In the most
ancient strata, like the Silurian and
Devonian, which are known to have con-
tained but very limited amounts of vege-
table debris. This fact, having been as
certained, the conclusion lay near that
these oils must have been generated in
the ancient strata mentioned or maybe
in the Archean below them, since the as
sumption of its origin from more recent
strata and its infiltration from above
must necessarily appear prepost erous on
account of the specific gravity of the oil,
which prevented it from descending, but
enabled 1t to float on water, and thus
to rise eventually even to the surface
Of the earth. Furthermore, it follows
from these deductions thar the genera
ton of the oil must have taken place
In more ancient strata like the siIurian
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-22
APPALLING DEATH ROLL.

From the st. Paul Globe.
Few people realize how frightful have
been the ravages of 1902 by disease and
disaster. Only little more than ten
months of the twelve are gone and yet
close to million persons have been swept
across the styx by epidemics, floods and
volcanoes.
Early in May series of eruptions in
Martinique and neighboring Islands in the
Caribbean sea snuffed out countless thous~
ands of lives
China overfowed its banks and tens of
thousands of Celestials were drowned like
rats in a trap.
Not in forty years has there been such
an epidemic of cholera as for the past six
months has been raging like prairie
fire in Egypt, Japan. China and the Phil
ippines. Official reports show that the
disease has been no respector of persons
but has ragged with equal virulence in the
slums of Canton and Shanghai and among
those of royal blood In Pekin. Neither did
the pestilence break out In one town and
spread to another. 1t appears to have
broken out almost in the same hour in
Manchuria, Shensi and half dozen other
provinces and Is now frightfully fatal in
almost every section of China. The bus
lest men in Japan have been the under
takers, and how dreadful has been the
mortality from the disease in the Philip
pine archipelago Is shown by the reports
made to this government by American
| officials stationed there. Though the sta
tistics have been kept imperfectly-in
some sections not at all-the loss by the
disease has easily been 100000 people since
the opening of the year.
And now comes the news that an cpl
demlc is sweeping over western Europe
and has already crossed Behring sea into
Alaska. Thousands have already died,
particularly in Kamschatka, and the liv-
] ing are so worn out with caring for the
! sick that they are in most cases them
selves fit subjects for the hospital.