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The Washington times., 1902-12-17
ADDITIONAL PRIvATES
FOR THE POLICE FORCE

On the favorable recommendation OF
the Superintendent OF Police. the Dis
trict Commissioners today appointed the
following additional privates OF the po-
lice force:
NJ E. Davis. at the instance Of T. r.
Newbold. for duty in and about the
premises Of the Merchants Transfer and
Storage Company, 920 E Street north
west.
James S Williams. William H. Fl.
Gould. and J. D. Herdman. at the in
stance Of o. B. George, for duty about
the warehouse Of the Adams Express
Company, Twelfth and E Streets south
west
Fred Warren, at the instance Of John
c. Haley. for duty between Ninth and
Fourteenth. East Capital and D Streets
northeast
F. A. Gardiner. at the instacne Of G..
F. Shut. for duty in and about the Ma
tional Hotel.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
FIRST INDOOR GAMES
OF SEASON AT NEW YORK
Irish Athletic Association VIII Have
All-Star Entries, Including
Arthur Duffey.

NJ P. Halpin. Of the New York
Athletic Club. feels firmly convinced
that the New York athletes Wood
Newton. Smith. and Grant will not only
win the inter-city four-mile relay race
at the games to be held by the Greater
New York Irish Athletic Association at
Madison Square Garden on December
p, but that they win also make a new
worlds record for the distance
The present record is held by the
University Of Pennsylvania quartet. and
is 1928 1-5. made in 1897. Wood IS
good for 4:8O. Newton for 4:32, smith
for 4:37. and Alec Grant for 4:2s for the
mile, and Halpin feels convinced that
Baulie, Bowen. and the two Orton boys
viii have all they can do TO hold the
New York flyers.
George salmon, OF the Cutler School
VIII enter a team IN the interschoIastic
relay race, and entries are coming in
rapidly for the other events and Duff
fey viii enter from Georgetown. The
prizes are attracting a great deal Of
attention, and the entry list is sure TO
be large one. as the first prize IS a
gold chain fob with a charm consist
ing or the OmCial Greater New York
Irish Athletic Association, set with a
diamond. The second prize viii be a
silver fob and a charm. a jeweled die
medal, and the third viii be a bronze
fob with jeweled die medal
The following are the events. Fifty
yard, novice; 8sO-yard run. handicap. Co
yard run, handicap. interscholastic
team relay race for the championship
Of America, G0O-yard run. haudIeap.
special 60-yard. 300-yard run. handicap /:
l-mile run, handicap; mile run.
scratch running hop. step. and a Jump.
and running high jump. entries for
which close with James +. Sullivan. 16-
/ IS Park Place on nncnnlhnr 92
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
CY SEYMOUR, BALL PLAYER,
Welded IN CINCINNATI

Bentley Seymour, ball player on the
Cincinnati team. and Miss Agnes Sachs
were married by Mayor Fleischmann in
Cincinnati yesterday. Seymour is one Of
the best known fiolders in the National
League.
Vice Mayor Christie gave the bride
away. Michael Donlin acted best man.
About fifty people witnessed the cere-
monies.
August Hermann. president Of the
Cincinnati Club. Vice Mayor Christie. and
Michael DOnliu signed the marriage GER
uhcate. Seymour insisted the mayor
should kiss the bride before the cere-
monies were over. but the latter refused
saying. After you" When Seymour had
asserted his own rights, the mayor most
willingly consented.
The SeymOurs viii make their home in
Cincinnati
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
SUCH A WILL.
An Old Germans Testament Rejected
by a Chicago Probate Court.

Chicago Tribune.
Christian Schlenker did hls best to will
his property 10 those Of his relatives he
liked but he failed. The will was con-
signed TO the improved vault at the
probate court. ana the estate will be di-
yided according 20 law.
The document was one Of the most Gu
rious seen in the probate court In recent
years. tn part it was as follows:
am over siXty-one years old. ] am
standing all alone GA the world. in so
fare as having 10 familie Of my own. But
] have some near relation. as there is
brother g. some nIcccs and nephews.
and I like that the little things / owne
schould come TO the rite PARTIES after
] am dcat"
some OF the bequosts are as follows:
OF make my niece Mary Feldner 400
Dollars & my niece WilhoImina Feldner
The balance of 100 Dollars present with.
u wish 10 pay nay funeral expenses
with, including burning my corps at the
Crematorium AT GraceIaud. II there Is
balance Of money left paid please TO
Clara Osterbusch. q niece from me.
The whole stock Of merchandise 7
have got. scball get over TO Clara Osfer-
busch with the clause I paying nv debts
out OF this fuud
The furniture with bodd g. everything
belong 10 this, schau have my nephew.
Bruno Hoerstel."
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
. Bank Clerks League.

The West End team seems TO have
struck its gait in the Bank Clerks
League and last night repeated its last
weeks success and took two games
rather handily from the Columbia Bank
ers. but lost the third by 28 pins. CO.
lumbia improved steadily as It went
along.
Ghisellfs bowling was feature OF the
set his clever young banker started
on with 2lS, and closed with 202. and
despite the fact that he dropped 70 I64
In his second. he averaged 1913 Eujngor
was his nearest neiRhbor with 1S5 ana
his ZIG was best Of the set.
The scores:
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London Express.

London Express
Given enough blasting powder and a
long fuse the removal Of mountains is
no impossible task even in this faithless
age. Recently one Of his majesty S
judges undertook the task OF upsetting
the Photographed features of Wales
After business at the Carnarvon Assizes
Justice BucknUl Travelled to Cilgwyn
Quarry. and al a height of 600 feet fred
a charge OF twenty three hundredweight
of blasting gelatine. which removed the
entire granite side Of a mountain. swept
old landmarks away. and remade Welsh
geography. The time fuse by which the
charge was fred gave the judge ten min
utes 20 escape to a place Of safety. Gil
gwyn Quarry rs yawning pit 500 feet
deep. and 800 men are employed there
The big blast. by enabling the quarry
men 10 reach more workable" slate
rock. will find employment for 100 more
WorkmeR.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR
POOR FROM Mr.. SCHWAB
Towns Of Homestead and Braddock OBJ
jects Of His Remembrance.

PITTSBURG. Dec. 1.-THE Christmas
gifts TO be given the people OF Home
stead and Braddock by Mr. and Mrs. c.
VI. Schwab win cost $1,000. A meeting
OF the ministers and representative cit
liens OF the two boroughs was held last
night. and the letter from the steel
king announcing the gifts was read.
Half the amount VIII be spent for toys
for children and the remainder will go
to the old people IN the form OF food.
clothing and money. A meeting OF the
committee formed to distribute the mon
ey viii be held in the council chamber
OF Braddock next Friday night.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
THE DEATH RECORD

The following deaths for twenty-fouI
hours were reported at the Health De-
partment up to noon today:
Jane W. Thompson. II years.
Julia Dent Grant, 76 years
Catherine A. Fisher. 81 years.
William K. Gaisberg. 81 years.
Betsy Rawlings. 90 years.
Julia Z. Pinney. 81 years.
Peter r. 3. Ostrom SO years.
John A. Campbell. 81 years.
William Vessels. 81 years.
Rosa Turner. p tears.
Alexander Kennedy. 70 years.
HOnOra Cocker years.
Edward Tompkins. years.
George f. WortMngton. years.
Olive Tom kns. years.
Infant Of walter c. and LILLIAN W
Stewart, deays.
Walter 7. Cook, day,
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
Plate Printers League.

The New Yorks took the Washingtons
into camp twice last night in a set
bowled in the Plate Printers League. on
the Golden Eagle alleys The winners
first was shy sixteen pins Of the 500
mark, and this was the best game bowIed.
Neither team bowled up to its stand
ard, but the results were good enough 20
keep them both IN first and second places.
respectively. The second was won BY
fourteen pins, and the third was lost
BY twenty-six
Hardie was easily the high man. with
ls4 average and his 20S and 200 were the
high singles. Johnson was next with 167
average. and ls5 single. and he picked
the l-7-9 spare.
The scores.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17

pie Of years before.
Lajoie's New HonOrs.
Napoleon Lajoie. the great second
baseman OF the Cleveland team and
generally conceded 20 De the greatest
baseball player Of the age. continues TO
have honors thrust upon him. 1t was not
enough 90 have bats and balls named
after him and then TO call scent
straight cigar the "Lajoie." but now a
Nebraska couple name their baby after
him. "Lajoie Pickard' is the name OF
the baby boy, only q couple of months
Old whose parents have chosen to honor
the great player by giving him a name
sake. The child's parents live at Nc
Cook Nob. The father was once a good
player himself. and today is one OF the
most enthusiastic followers OF the ma
uonal game and the players. He sent
Lajoie a picture OF the baby and in a
letter declared that he would name his
second son Napoleon. The modest ball
player answered the letter and sent the
proud father a box of 'Lajoie cigars"
Lajoie will begin his theatrical career
by taking part in the minstrel enter
tainment 10 be given at Youngstown on
December IS. by the Grounding Club.
Larry viii be one Of the end men.
Il was so warm az New Orleans Monday
that topcoats were discarded and straw
hats and shirt waists were In evidence
at the Crescent City track in the after
noon. A delegation OF Eastern racing
men, comprising Honest John" Kelly,
Sim Dicmel. Bob Davis and others.
arrived here today and were so charmed
with the warmth of the sun, after the
bleak. cold weather in New York, that
they sang In the Good Old Summer
Time" with great fervor
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
YAWNING JAIL DOES NOT
CLOSE ON DENVER MAYOR
Ten Days Respite GIa1ted Him, and
City Council Members Ad-
judged in Contempt.

DENVER. Col. Dec. 17.-Mayor r. r.
Wright and the eleven members Of the
city council whom Judge John l. Mullins
has declared to he in contempt for not
needing his Injunction did not go to Jail
yesterday.
Ten days more Of freedom have been
granted them, but when that time ex-
plres the judge will lock them all up
unless the supreme court inLerferes.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
SUIT FOR DAMAGES

Liston G. Schooley, late yesterday al
ternoon. filed suit in the Supreme Court
OF the District, against Leonard c.
Bailey, to recover $gO2.23. alleged to be
due on a promissory note. He also asks
damages in tho sum OF 81 900 because ~
the n-paymen; OF the note. Fred BeaII
Is named as counsel for the plaIutin
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
WILL wRESTLE TONIGHT.

Jim" Grant and Frank Snyder. two
clever local athletes, viii wrestle to a
finish tonight at the Empire for the
featherweight championship OF tho Dis
trict. The boys are well matched and
should pat up an interesting bout.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
CITIZENS COMPLAIN OF
ALEIANDRIA'S STREETS
Section Of Main Thorough
fare a Veritable MudhOle.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Dec. 17.-Since the
heavy rains Of the past few days King
Street between st. Asaph and Columbus
Streets has been a veritabIe mudhoIe.
This is due TO the fact that the cobble-
stones OF a portion Of these two squares
have been taken up PREPARATION. TO paw
ing that thoroughfare with vitrided
brick. The condition Of the street at
this time OF the yEr has been the cause
OF much adverse criticism. Many place
the blame upon the Washington. AIexan-
dria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway
Company.
The paving OF King Street from the
wharf to Fayette Street has been COM
pleted. with the exception Of a portion
Of these two blocks. The contractors
skipped this. owing to the fact that the
Electric Railway Company claimed from
time 10 time that a diamond switch. 70
be used there, would arrive in a few
days.
Weary OF delay, a few days ago the
work Of tearing up the cobblestones and
proceeding with the work was begun.
Many citizens predict that the street
viii remain in this condition until the
spring Of the year, unless some extra
ordinarily good weather is experienced.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17

Mrs. Prudence Woody. Of Portsmouth,
Va. is visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
William T. Emerson. 309 South Payne
Street. She will remain until after the
Christmas holidays.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
GOOD GAMES BOWLED
ON THREE LOCAL ALLEYS
"Shorts" Again Win From
Their Long" Rivals.
DEYO'S AND BROWNS SCORE
Broke District Record for Team Totals.
West End Takes Two From COlum-
bia-New York Beats Washington.

For the second time this month the
shorts" last night won a full set of
three games from the Longs" on the
Palace alleys. and are now holders OF
the championship The teams were pick
ed from various local leagues and in
cluded nearly all the cracks.
The shorts" average feet 8 inches
in height and their lanky rivals run up
an average Of feet l inch.
Each Of the winning games was over
the 900 mark and the team total 2,S55
pins. scoring a new local record. The
lowest total bowled by the Longs" was
S4l and the highest $50, and these would
have won any ordinary set. but the lit
tie fellows were out for blood and they
again made the Longs" shoot on strikes
and spares" while they were "long"
on everything from strikes to totals.
The Longs" did not do as well as
they did in the former set when they
bowled s67, $50, and s67. Last night they
were shy 81 pins Of the former total. On
the other hand. the Shorts" were
stronger all around and toppled over 81
pins more than before.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17

It is understood that a charter is in
course Of preparation for the Alexan-
dria knitting Mills. This plant is owned
by two AleEandrians, and it is under
stood that steps Will be taken 10 form a
Joint stock company.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17

Hughes Armi5tead. Of this city. who
has been in the Philippine Islands for
several years past, has returned In a
few days he viii leave for Central Amer
lea
The Washington times., 1902-12-17

c c. Chichester. a well-known resi-
dent. died at s o'clock last evening at
his home. Rose Cottage, Fairfax county
just west Of this city. Mr.. Chichester
was hfty-nine years OF age and is sur
yived by a wife and several grown chill
dren For many years he was engaged
I'm the butchering business and conduct
ed a store in this city on the south side
OF King Street. between Washington and
Columbus Streets. The funeral will take
place from his late home next Thursday
morning al 10 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17

CorneIia NJ. jewell has instituted legal
to secure a divorce from her
husband. Clarence E. Jewell. who is
said TO be nonresident Of the State.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17

In the corporation court yesterday aft
ernoon. with Judge L. c. Barley. presid-
ing. Pauline r. Jones qualified as guar
dian Of her infant children.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
BLASTING A MOUNTAIN.

Charles steele is i'll at his home. 21s
North Alfred Street.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
Browns and DeyO's Averages.

Crist was evidently not I'm form. and
after rolling 200 game he dropped down
to the sixties. Merritt fell down badly
in his first game and Brown took drop
In the second. otherwise he would have
bowled at least a 212 average. As ii
was he had 197 to his credit and 22s as
the best single Of the set. Deyo was in
fine form and bOwled 19S and little Mil
Ter had an average 1856 Every man
bowled over the 500 total mark.
Pearson was best for his side with 1871
and his 20i was high Barr was next
with $50 and POI single.
The scnrns.
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
Rogers and TIE Phillies.

Colonel Rogers, who is said TO have
the controlling interests In the Thua-
delphia National League Club states
that although he is willing 20 sell out
his share Of the team. as yet Barney
Dreyfuss OF no other man has purchased
II. The Colonel declares that ill-hcalth
has forced him 10 practically retire
from active duty. and that he is solici-
tous Of disposing OF his share Of the
team 10 the best advantage.
The baseball magnates OF the Southern
League are very busy these days ar
ranging a six-club league which win pay
them. II is said that this seasons
teams VIII be the strongest ever seen
IN a minor league and 'hat every sand
lotter who thinks he can play the ma
tional game viii not be flowed 10 re-
main on a team more tha. one day N
he does not show that ne proper stun is
IN him and thai DE car deliver the goods
This IS a chance Tor it uYr er or wash
ington's semi-pr0feseio-a uoys. and
should they decide q make The trip.
they Will ind c0nditio-s changed from
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
MATTERS OF INTEREST
IN THE WORLD OF SPORT
Corbett and McGovern Soon to Begin Training for
Championship Bout.
Lajoie's New HonOrs.

what they we're last season and a cou-
pie Of years before
The Washington times., 1902-12-17
Prizefght Stopped.

An armed posse Of deputy sherins dis
gulsed as clam diggers stnaoed a prize
fight from being pulled of al Port Ches-
ter. n. Y. on Sunday afternoon. Three
hundred or more OF the followers Of the
fstic fraternity. with all kinds of money
to wager on the outcome OF the proposed
mill. we're compelled TO return home
without seeing the fighters mix it up.
The hEht was 10 have been TO a hnien
between Fred VanuCh AMI Bob Hender-
son for a purse Of $50. The sheriff and
his deputies got wind OF the affair and
decided TO prevent H.
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Mcdiaeval OxforGshire.

For county which contains the old.
est university, Oxfordshire is strangely
medieval. There are villages where
no notion of medical science has pene.
trated, and where charms are the only
recognized cure for disease. A lady
who has lately been lecturing in the
neighborhood on sanitation. found that
whooping cough was always treated by
spider. The spider was sewn into
a piece of muslin and hung over the
curtain rod. and the death of the spider
means the end Of the cough. A few
weeks ago child was seized with Ill
ness, and the doctor ordered 'poultice:
on the chest" When he returned ht
found that the mother had CAREFUL,
laid the poultices on the oak ches
which stood by the bedside. The rem
edy appeared to her perfectly natural
This sounds like a joke; but 1t is lit
orally true.-London Chronicle.
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luccinp away Mt n PATIENTS tooth.


plugging away at a patients tooth.
"Dr. Forceps," said the directory
man, "will you please tell me your first
name?"
The doctor looked at the questioner,
scratched his head, hemmed q little.
and then, going to the bannisters,
leaned over and howled down to his
son, James, what's my Christian
name"
In a roar impregnated with disgust
and irreverence there came from be-
low stairs the answer. "Giles. you
fool"
To get down to the Widow Nevins
and her suit 1t is necessary to say that
the widow had three cavities In her
back teeth which needed filing. She
went to. DIR. Forceps and took her
seat in the operating chair. The doc
tor smade a careful examination and
informed his patient that one Of the
cavities was on the side Of the last
tooth In a position that was rather
difficult to reach. and he enjoined per
feet patience and quiet while he wai
attempting the filling. otherwise,
said he, ''it may be necessary for me
to drill from below, something dc
not wish to do"
The widows mouth was open and
the doctor worked away. She couldn'i
hold her lips and jaws apart Ions
enough to enable him to do what ht
wished with the tooth. so he said t.
her: II am sorry. but / shall have t.
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How Is the lonely British soldier
amusing himself at the South African
blockhouse? A writer In the Navy
and Army surmises that in nearly ev-
cry blockhouse would be found q sew
ing machine. above all things, Tom
my's heart loves a sewing machine.
Although he must know that he can
never succeed In getting 1t home to
England. yet IL he finds one on farm
he will tow it along with him. over
burdened as he already is, upon the
march. Wherein the exact fascination
lies is a mystery. but grizzled Reser-
visit and callow recruit alike cannot re-
sist this housewives help" There ia
quaintness in the idea Of the warrior
amusing himself with the mysteries
of the sewing machine In his melan.
choly loneliness. But he that sews Ia
tears will doubtless reap In Joy.
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and vivid realization OF its enormity.
produced by one touch of intense man
hood. In that darkest hour OF our
struggle for liberty. when the wlsesf
could not see their hands before them.
and the firmest knew not where TO
stop. the word of Cary of Ampthiil to
Patrick Henry was the lightning-hash
that revealed to these despairing pa
triots the precipice toward whose edge
they were now dragging their country;
and they drew back. 1t was the moral
thunderbolt that arrested the fiery
coursers of independence at the mo-
ment when they threatened to involve
the cause in irreparable disaster. All
| honor to Cary of Ampthill! Compared
with him, Brutus was a vaingloriOus
| weakling-a dupe and tool. America
owes Cary of Ampthill gratitude, but
has forgotten the debt and is forget
ting him. Already the cyclopaedias (es
pecially the up-to-date ones) are drop
ping his name. Yet he was one of tho
| very foremost men Of action in Vir
ginia during the Revolutionary period
ranking with the first intellects OF
the epoch" says Appleton's Cyclic
paedia of forty years ago, and certain
ly serving with distinction and unwav
ering fidelity the cause of his country
through its most trying vicissitudes
He Is described as "a man of singular
courage" whose "serene intrepidity
shrunk from no peril. and counted
no cost, where his honor or rights were
concerned" His contemporaries be
slowed on him the sobriquet "Olt
Iron," expressive of his infexible firm
ness. At the close of his term in TIT
State Senate, in the course of which
the Henry incident occurred. he re
tired to his estate of Ampthill, wher
he died not long after at the age o
fifty-six, esteemed and beloved by Wiz
ginians of all parties.-Philadelphi'
Record.
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Care in Making Axes.

An Ak is subject to rigid tests before
1t is pronounced perfect. The steel
must be of the required temper, the
weight of all axes of the same size
must be uniform, all must be ground
alike, and in various otner ways con-
form to an established standard. The
inspector who tests the quality of the
steel does so by hammering the blade
and striking the edge to ascertain
whether 1t be too brittle or not. An
ak that breaks during the test is
thrown aside to be made over. Before
the material of an ak is In the proper
shape 1t has been heated FIVE times, In
GLIDING the tempering process. and the
ak when completed has passed through
the hands of about forty wOrkmen
each Of whom has done something to-
ward perfecting 1t. After passing In
spection the axes 60 to the grinding
department, and from that to the pol
ishers, who finish them upon emery
| wheels.
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specimen, Of professor. wit.

DR.. varnadoe, a noted professor OF
Greek. is very fond of flowers, and
some days ago. on returning from his
college duties, he found in his front
yard pestiferous calf belonging to 9
neighbor. The doctor gave chase and
the animal plunged toward the flower
pit, and In another instant crashed
through the glass cover and mixed al
random with the pots and plants below,
When another professor passed a few
minutes later. he said gravely: Il dc
not understand. DR.. varnadoe, why
you should object so seriously to hav'
ing q modest cowslip added to your
fine collection of plants" The doctors
frowning face relaxed. "Ah. Sanborn.
he retorted, you see, this was only
worthless bulrush. The Argonaut.