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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-19
~TRlFLING," SAYS BIGELOW.
Doesn't Regard Action for Divorce as a
Serious Matter.

NEW YORK. March I9--POuItney Bige-
low, the author. was a passenger on the
Atlantic Transport liner Minneapolis.
which arrived here yesterday When seen
at the pier and asked what he knew about
the story that his wife had decided to
institute a suit against him he said.
This is the first 1 have heard OF it,
A newspaper clipping was handed 10 Mr..
Bigelow containing the announcement
that Mrs. Bigelow was sOcr to leave Lon
don for New York and that il was her in
tention to sue her husband. Mr.. Bigelow
read the clipping and then remarked.
well, that is a triGing matter com
pared with some Of the more important
things that 1 am interested in just now. "
DO you regard a suit for divorce
against a man as a tr:ejng natter" was
asked.
1t is trifing so far as the public is
concerned. I have more important mat
ters TO lay before the public than specu-
lations about possible divorce suits.
There are great national questions to be
discussed Tow and 1 am very much in
tcrested in them. 7 am engaged in writ
ing a book on colonial expansion. That
is the object OF my journey here and I
am not worrying about mere personal
matters
Are you not surprised at the state
ment that your wife is about 10 bring
suit against you?'
do / look surprised Am 1 ready 10
drop to the ground with astonishmentg'
was the way Mr.. Bigelow met the ques-
tion.
Mr.. BigelOW's attention was called to a
statement in a newspaper article that
Mrs. BigeloW in recent magazine story
which she had published laid considerable
stress upon the way in which the rela-
lions between a husband and wife some
times become strained. Mr.. BigelOw
looked at the extract from his wife s
story and said.
Really. / do not remember ever hay
ing seen that story before. As a matter
OF fact, ! cannot recall details about all
my own manuscripts and / surely cannot
be expected to remember everything my
wife has written. ! think we had better
not discuss this matter any further. We
have said all about IL that is necessary.
/ am going direct 10 Washington 10 get
material for the book on which / am en-
gagged. / wrote three chapters Of IL on
the way over. and / found that one can
write much better and more readily in a
steamship cabin than on dry land. No.
you need not ask me anything more about
my wife know nothing Of her future
movements"
Mr.. BigelOw has made his home in En-
gland for the last twelve years. but he
VIII now probably take up his residence
permanently II America His wife was
vel las ha
OF Edward s. Jaffrey, the merchant. They
have beeen married eighteen years and
have three children Mrs. BigelOW Is also
known as writer. A year ago she won
the 1900 prize offered by a magazine for
the best short story.
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ICE GORGE DAMS THE
MIGHTY MISSOURI
Upper Reaches of the Stream
Almost Dry.
Great River Suddenly Reduced to a
Rivulet-ThOusands Of Dollars I'M
periled by the Obstruction.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa. March 19.-The for
nation of huge ice gorge in the Mis-
souri, River imperils thousands of dollars
worth OF property IN this vicinity.
Early on Sunday morning the river sud
denly ceased running till the water was
but TWO feet deep at Chamberlain. & D..
and so sudden was the faH that = ferry
boat was stranded in midstream.
Last night the great stream was stin
running as no more than creek.
COurieTs sent up the river to find tn
trouble. reported yesterday a great ice
gorge had formed at Little Bend, sixty
miles above Chamberlain
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cHINAMEN WHIPPED OUT OF TOWN
Citizens Suspected Them of Trying to
Buy a Young Girl

ELKTON, Nd. March ia telephone
message was received from Delaware
City. Del. last night. saying that two
Philadelphia Cinnamon were en- route to
Chesapeake City with the inteEtiOn Of
securing Florence Lee. the fifteen-year-
old daughter OF John Lee, a Chesapeake
City Chinaman. and that they were to pay
800 for the girl The men shortly put in
an appearance and as they went 10 the
laundry OF Lee were closely watched.
After a while several citizens broke
open the door Of the laundry, and making
for the Cinnamon, caught them and threw
them into the street. John Lee was lock-
ed in room. while the girl was taken to
a private house nearby. The strangers
were warned TO flee the town immediate
", which they did under whip.
John Lee strenOusly denies that he was
going 20 sell the girl. and his story is
generally believed by the residents of
Chesapeake City. Florence Lee is a fav-
orite In the town, where she daily at
tends the public schools.
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ROCKEFELLER WINSIN
A VILLAGE ELECTION
A TILTED NEW YORKER
ATTEMPTS SELF-MURDER
Banker HOagland's Nephew Shoots Him
self n Denver.


self n Denver.
DENVER. March st. c. HoagIand.
Of New York city. a brother Of City
Treasurer ". r. Hoagland. OF Colorado
Springs. put a bullet through his body
at the Oxford Hotel yesterday, just Miss
ing his heart. His chances for life are
slight
HoaglaEd registered at the Oxford
Hotel March 10. He told those he met
he was a travelling salesman from New
FORK and added that he was a nephew OF
Hudson HOagland. vice president OF the
Broadway National Bank.
The girl l love has Tilted me, " he said
and without her lie Is not worth living
I will not tell her name. but she lives IN
New York city. I have been travelling ia
the West for some months. but three
weeks ago I was TO return TO New York
and get married I was unable 10 get
there on time and sent a letter OF ex-
PLANTATION. Three days ago received an
answer. My fancee declared our engage
ment OFT and said I need not return TO
her again. That started me drinking and
last night I decided TO kill myself
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-19
GIRLS OF BARNARD
DEMAND VENGEANCE
Fair Students Play Even for
the Tank Row.
They Decide to Sever All Relations With
The CeTcle Francois Of Columbia
University.

NEW YORK, March 19.-The girls OF
Barnard College French Society have de-
Glued to sever all relations with the
CcrcIe Francois Of Columbia University,
and 70 take no part with the university
undergraduates in the production Of the
annual French play, to the success OF
which students Of both sexes have here
tofore contributed. The action Of the
girls is in re prioaI upon the young men
for their conduct in the celebrated tank
row. in which the Columbians made a
fierce protest against the use Of the swim
ming tank IN the gymnasium by the Young
women. and demanded that their fair sis
tiers be barred from Columbia absolutely.
The French play has long been one Of
the star events Of the college year. The
reason given for the break is that Miss
Laura ID. Gill, Dean of Barnard. object
ed to rehearsaIs that could not well be
chaperoned. but the Columbia men. who
are sorely piqued. say that excuse won Z
do, declaring that the girls have been
moved solely by a spirit Of revenge for
imaginary wrongs. There is a touch OF
cruel sarcasm in an editorial in the
Barnard Bulletin" Of yesterday. in which
reference is made 10 the unfortunate"
position in which the Columbia men have
been placed.
We regret" says the article. that
the French society has so long delayed
in deciding TO live an existence fudepenI-
ent OF the Columbia organization. This
severing Of the connection of the two So
cieties was inevitable. but it is unfor-
tunate that the men should have ~
and even begun prepaI
nual play and then
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today are not favorable. as 1 understand
we play a twenty -four hours engage
meut entitled, Under the yellow Flag"
Last year Mr., Weir made the race for
delegate TO the International TvCograph-
zeal Convention, and was elected. recciv-
lag the highest number Of votes east for
more than dozen candidates.
Census Office clerks have had a morseI
for gossip during the past few days con-
ce,ring dashing widow until recently
emf ioyed there. Dame Rumor has It over
"a, Tres from Baltimore that the widow
an, a dentist recently of Washington, but
nov OF Detroit. Mich. were quietly mar
ried near Baltimore a few days ago At
any rate the very handsome and winsome
young woman in question has resigned her
Iositlon In the Census Office. The for
tun2te bridegroom is a graduate of Co.
luubia Dental College Of this city.
IF you will not tell anybody. not
breathe It to a soul I'll tell YOU some
thing real startling-s terrible
That happened at my married sisters
home last night" said a very pretty and
attractive Treasury Department clerk
yesterday as she wendell her way home
ward from office.
My sister is considered very hand
some woman and is immensely popular.
too. Wei. she likes TO entertain and en-
joy Iife-soeial life, you know. Her hus-
band-the horrid old bear-does not. He
stays at home generally and 'growis'
whenever sister is invited out.
Last night sister concluded she'd make
little call on a very dear girl friend and
then return home and try to make hub
| by happy, if such a thing we're possible.
No sooner was sister out Of the house
than her husband, feeling lonely. departed
also.
In an hours time sister had returned
with an escort-the brother Cf the young
/ lady she had visited-and finding her hus-
band out was puzzled whether 20 invite
her esc0rt-Jones. Wen call Eim-in or
not. She decided 10 run the risk Of her
husbands fearfully Jealous wrath-just
fer moment OF so. you know. FOolishly
! she brought in decanter CT wine and Of
fered Jones a glass. They drank 10 each
others health several times and sister
says both quite forgot the time-it was
rather late, I expect-when all Of a sud
den the night key was heard roughly in
/ serted in the front door
1t was sisters husband Should he
ALd d nun IN MS mouse al mat hour
| there would be trouble she well knew
Cold perspiratiOn broke out on her fore
head. while Jones looked like he was to
he hung.
Here. Jones. run upstairs into my
room and get in that big closet behind
/ my clothes. It's the only place,' And in
| moment she had pushed him towards
| the hack stairway Hubby had now got
\ ten in the front parlor. and brushing
/ aside the p0rtieres. stepped briskly into
/ the library and confronted his desperate
/ but now thoroughly calm wife
" Who has been here2' snarled the en-
( RACED k:sband.
! 40 one. dear Calm yourself What
| has excited you 500 approaching and
! attempting 10 embrace him.
/ There is some one here- Rne
/ ing wine. There arr
/ and who
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-19

The operators Of the adding machines
the arithmometers, as some insist on call
ing them, in the Census Omce-are a
pretty busy lot OF people these DAYS. A
weli-known Senator said to a Times re-
porter that it used to be get me a posi-
ton in the Census once" but now it has
changed. especially among the women 20
get me away from that adding machine d"
One Of the clerks however. who goes
about her work with a fOrbearancs that is
beautiful. is Miss Stella Blanchard. who
runs one Of the patent cOmputors in the
division Of methods and results. Mis-.
Blanchard Is a LOuisiauan By birth. but
has resided IA Washington for several
years. She is always in a good humor.
say those who work WITH her even when
trying TO find one Of those mistakes which
just won't be found. One Of her pastimes
IS painting. and her home is full OF pic
lures which bear silent witness to the
fact that hers is no mean skill with the
brush. Miss Blanchard is closely related
to the family Of Blanchards who have
been prominent in Louisiana politics for
years. She has a host OF friends both
beneath the Census roof and throughout
the city.
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turaI exhihi

g wishes. in view Of the
that The commercial treaty be
"A RIssia and Germany viii not be
renewed after next year, TO see samples
Of farm machinery and products from
other countries. and would like for United
States exporters to be represented. Il is
possible, il says, that the German goods
heretofore in use viii be replaced by
other foreign articles In this event. he
hopes TO see American articles ccme 70
the front
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Irving Lectures at Princeton.

PRINCETON, n. J.. March 19.-sir
Henry Irving win deliver his third lee
ture to the students here this afternoon.
de will be the guest OF Lawrence Hutton
and will return after the lecture to I'll
an engagement in New York tonight.
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His Employees Early at the
Polls North TarrytOwn.
BEER AND CIGARS PLAY PART
The Millionaire Works Hand in Hand
With Minister and Saloonkeeper to De-
feat the Man Who Beat His Pet Road
Scheme.

NEW YORK, March 19--NearIy nine
hundred votes were cast yesterday at ous
Of the most exciting elections ever held
in North TarrytoWn. There we're tw,
! tickets in the field One the Citizens
which was backed by John D. Rockefeller,
! and the other was the Peoples The
Rockefeller ticket was victorious by ma
/ jorities ranging from 90 TO 100
Nearly two hundred Italians and ne
sroes from the Rockefeller place we're sent
/ 70 the polls as soon as they were opened
and by o'clock all had voted Foreman
Riley stayed close 10 the polls all day.
and the night Waterman and other en-
ployes were on the alert to win votes.
Money was freely used by workers. it
is alleged. Each had his pockets hIled
with cigars, which were generously dis
tributed where il was thought they would
help the cause
Worked With Saloonkeeper.
One Of the surprises OF the day was that
John Melin. a saIoonkeeper. and Rookie
Teller worked hand In hand for the Citi-
zens' ticket Melin and Rockefeller had
DceA 9mDlu CutAllE5r anu only last LalL
Melin defeated RoekefeIler's candidate.
Reuben Robsa. for highway commissioner.
At another time Rockefeller wanted to
buy Melin's property to get rid Of him.
but Melin went to court and beat him
But yesterday MeIin had a wide open sa-
loon and beer. sandwiches and cigars
we're freely distributed
The Citizens ticket was headed by
James Lawn. a saIOonkeeper. for village
president John Eagan, Irving De Revere
and Michael J. Murphy are the successful
candidates for trustees
Lawn was opposed for the presidency
by John Weber, a lawyer. with an Office
in New York Weber had been an OBJ
structionist 70 Rockefeller and he had 70
be beaten. Nr. Rockefeller had a pet
scheme 70 build a road from his house TO
the Central station. He had all his plans
completed. but Weber refused TO allow
the road to cross his property and Rookie
teller had 70 give up the idea. The
lawyer also opposed Rockefeller when the
latter built the Gray Brook road, which
passes Webber's property.
Another strange feature OF the ~
was that the Rev cn~-
Methndi--
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HARVARD own gresTAPOLIS.
turned IL agafnsr
Final ArrangSl4.
Between Boat Crews.

DGNWCEu Dual NAcm s.
BOSTON, Mass, March 19-Captain
Billiard. of Harvard, announced last night
that the final arrangements for a race
between the Annapolis and . Weld or
Newell crew had been practically com
pleted.
After the class races. and after the
varsity squad has been picked, graded
crews viii be organized at both clubs.
The first crews Will have a race. the
winning crew to row against Annapolis.
The other crew in the inter-clUb race
will probably be sent TO Philadelphia. to
row the second crews from Cornell. Co
lumbia. Pennsylvania, and perhaps others
The class crews have been on the river
about two weeks.
The preliminary class races VIII be
rowed probably on April 9 and the final
races on April Il.
After the races the men will b-eak
training and n varsity squad OF twenty
two men viii be picked.
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Intinerary Mapped Out.

A New York executive committee. con-
sistiEg Of Mrs. Mary Hatch Willard and
Mrs Caroline FOOte Marsh. with head
quarters at M. Is West Forty-second
Street. fwas % once appointed for the
pilgrims and an itinerary mapped out.
Tickets are only obtainable upon the
invitation Of the executive committee
and viii be issued TO a limited number,
while the entire proceeds viii 20 10 the
Association for the Preservation of Vir-
gina Antiquities.
The start viii be made at $50 .. IN. on
May Il via the Old DOmiaioG line. The
return viii occur May -. and Norfolk.
Old Point Comfort. Richmond Peters
burg, Williamsburg. and Jamestown ISL
and viii be the principal stopping places.
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COUGHS UP A TOOTH.
Sudden Recovery Of Voice After Being
Speeches. Many Years.

COLUMBUS. March 19.-R c. Davis,
Of this city, VINO for many years has been
without voice and has been treated for
asthma catarrh and what not, has sud
denly recovered his voice by coughing
up a tooth II is supposed that Il had
lodged in a pocket about the vocal cords,
preventing their vibration.
He was formerly a bassO Of prominence
IN a church choir. His voice is husky yet,
but it is believed that 1t viii in q measure
recover its musical qualities.
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"a. T. E. Weir. OF
vision, Government Print
-mce. Mr. IS a Mississippian,
thirty years OF age. ana .'ved his ap-
pointment in the Big PriT.sls ut ten
years ago. when the Presi Lent issued his
call for volunteers 10 go 20 Cuba, Mr.
Weir was among the first to volunteer. AS
a private in Company c. First D. C. Vol
unteers. he saw hard service in front Of
santiago. and was one OF the best sol
diers in this excellent regiment
Mr.. Weir was the hUmOrist Of the regi-
ment. and the boys at home have not for
gotten yet. at least. many extracts Of let
tiers written 10 and published In the
"Trades Unionist" OF this city In one
letter. dated Santiago, August z, 1898,
h wrote:
There are all kinds Of Cubans camDed
about two miles from US. who had to
leave Santiago, and the girls all like the
United states soldiers. They arc nice
people. but hungry.
George Graves they were bent over a
little twO-by-four IRE flirting with a
piece Of sOwbelly.
we have had TO drills since our arrival
On the island, but still continue 10 keep
our heels together and salute with pain
ful regularity.
There was a bOatIOad Of ice cream
landed yesterday from New York for the
zick, and from the description the officers
give IL must be all right
Beer In this vicinity is 40 cents per
bottle, aud when you work sixteen out Of
twenty four hours you can buy one
The gent that wrote that stNty-second
article Of war was a peach. II includes
every crime known. There are only three
lines Of it. but IL speaks volumes They
can do anything on earth with you IN
der IT,
Tom Walsh. Of the Emmets. says
drawing beer on u Street is good enough
for him. and daily chants the tune:
Take Me-tO Ny Father "
Mr.. Weir. among other things. had the
following TO say Of his sea voyage home:
August 22-IBstead OF hanging on
hooks, as We did going down on the Ca
tania ito Cuba). we are now laid on
shelves. two on shelf, three deep. and
the game Is a dead ringer for a drying
room Ia a tobacco factory.
Seaslckness still prevails and squads
can be seen lined up az the rail almost
nny time. Some 81 the boys want TO get
on and walk. About the only thing ex-
citing happening 50 far today was a
walter coming along the deck dropping a
hot roll. which created a wild scene
among the priyates / ran fourth.
Unbiased San Salvador and one
ship last night, and sighted Cape HATTIE
ras. at II a. ID. Remainder of the dav
spent remembering the Maine and
knockipg- everything in general.
''Z5th-Everybody running easy this
morning Next outbreak expected al mess
call
z0th--We arc now anchored of Non
tauk Point. Our prospects for landing
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.au the
-.awing a long
..mfe he made a rush
-.Vset He opened the door
IRE was "A sell Of rage, and then
Just at this period OF the story the fair
young Treasury clerk had reached her
front door. and as the electric button was
pressed, she smilingly concluded:
Sister told me this morning she'd
have 10 stop eating minCe pie for din
ner. What. going SO soon. Why, there
viii be another car along shortly. So
sorry Wen, g00d-by. And my car dis
appeared around the corner"
Mr.. J. c. Hutchinson. the popular presi-
dent OF the National Association Of Rail-
way Mail Clerks for the Third division
has returned from Manchester. y. H..
where he attended the meeting Of the ex-
ecutiye committee Of the association. The
committee were honored by a big banquet
in Boston. They had a great deal OF
work before them and the affairs Of the
different divisions we're found to be in
a healthy condition. No division made a
better showing than the Third. which for
three consecutive terms has placed Mr.
Hutchinson at the helm OF its affairs.
The popularity OF his administration is
shown by the fact that in each Of The
three successive elections he has been
elected almost without opposition. The
organization is one Of great value to the
mail clerks. Through il they have estab-
lished relief fund. an insurance fund.
and number. Of other protective meas
ures- M Hutchinson is one Of the most
WaFm-hearted, prince-amOng-g good fellows
IN the service. His absence from his run
attending the meeting Of the committee
was all that saved him from being caught
last week in the wreck at Manassas. The
clerk who was substituting for him got
shaken up pretty badly and il is little
short Of miraculous that he came out as
well as he did Jolly Joe" as many OF
his friends call him, has d3nned his blue
jeans again and is distributing mail in
q hurry once again.
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Another reason why he opposed the Peo-
pies ticket was that il was favored by
Michael Martin and his friends Martin
Is the assessor who raised the Rockefeller
assessment and caused 50 many lawsuits
Threats we're made last night that an
Injunction would be served on the vii
lage board 10 prevent President Lawn and
Trustee De Revere from serving. The
president Is eX oficiO chief OF police. and
according 20 law no one can hold this
Office who is a salOOnkeeper. Trustee De
Revere does not own any property and
thus fails to possess one Of the qualifca-
tiOns Of d trustee.
In TarrytOwn the Republican ticket was
the only one ia the fcld- About thirty
women voted on the proposition to buy a
town hall Their votes killed it. Many
Of the women were wives Of prominent
men
In I-vington the whole Democratic ticket
was elected.
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Russians Want Our Goods.

Vice Consul Horodynski reports from
Warsaw, in regard to the openings for
American products at that point num-
her OF merchants. he says. desire 10 en-
ter into commercial relations with Amer
lean manufacturers Of paper, stationery,
leather Work, bOokbinding materials. and
this line Of trade generally; and they have
requested the consul to send addresses,
price lists, circulars. and samples, 50 as
10 enable the purchasers TO become IA
miliar with the qualities Of the products.
Under date Of February Z. Mr. F"--
dynsld sends traneiats-
the executiv
tural exhihi
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When the First District Of Columbia
Regiment of Volunteer Infantry was mus
tered out Of the United States service
on November 20. 1888, Private Herbert
". Myers, Of Company C, received an
appointment as clerk in the Pension Of
fee He was soon promoted to a desk
in Commissioner Evans private Office
Just before the holidays an extra
clerk was needed at the White House to
DO some special work requiring the high
est skin and efficiency. Commissioner
Evans was asked to recommend one OF
his best clerks, and he sent In Mr. Myers
name to Secretary CorteIyou. After a
few days trial Mr. Myers was found so
proficient in his duties and obliging and
courteous in manner that his detail al
the White House has been continued in
definitely
Mr. Myers holds the rank OF first lieu
tenant OF Spanish War Guards. a local
military company; is the sergeant maio-
OF the First Regiment District ~
bic Militia, and secTeta-
War Veteran
buf o.