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The Washington times., 1902-01-10
CHAIRMAN EDISON
NAMES COMMITTEE.
INAUGURAL DAY TO BE CHANGED
April 80 Has Been Suggested as an
Appropriate Date Question
Must BE Sumittcd to
Vote of States.

Mr.. John Joy Edison, chairman OF the
inaugural committee of 1901. has submit
ted to the District Commissioners the
names of the committee he was instructed
TO appoint to take proper steps to secure
a change in the date of Inauguration Day.
The committee consists irst of the Gov
ernors of States, to which are added the
following: Admiral George Dewey, Lieut..
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Justice John NJ.
Harlan, Commissioner Henry B. +. Mac
farland. John W. Foster. Charles j. Bell,
Charles C. Glover. Theodore w. Noyes,
Beriah wilkins. Frank A. Munsey. Henry
V. Boynton Thomas W. Smith, and S. W.
Woodward
Mr. Edison is by virtue OF his position
as chairman Of the inaugural committee
member of the committee he has named.
Change In Date.
1t will be recalled in this connection
that the inaugural committee at one OF
It's. meetings adopted a resolution favoring
a change in the date of the inaugural
tion of the President of the United States.
The resolution authorized the chairman.
Mr.. Edison, to appoint a committee of a
national character to effect the change in
the date to more suitable season of the
year.
Mr.. Edison called the attention of the
Commissioners of the District to the ac-
tion of the inaugural committee and he
was requested by them to suggest the
names of the proposed committee. Mr..
Edison took considera Bile time to consider
the personnel of the committee. submit
ting the names yesterday.
No Action Taken.
As yet no action has been taken with
reference to any particular date. except
that April 80 was suggested as an appro-
pirate date while the resolution was un-
der discussion by the inaugural commit
tee.
The wisdori &C naming the Governors of
States on the committee becomes ap-
parent when it is taken into account that
when the resolution has been acted upon
by Congress it must be ratified by the
States, or twc-thirds of them.
1t has been suggested that an appro-
pirate time in which to make the change
IN the date of Inauguration will be at the
end of the present administration. Pres
ident Roosevelt coming into Office upon
the death of Mr.. Mckinley viii! not have
served the full four years of the Presi-
Dental term. Therefore 1t has been sug-
gested that the objection Of lengthening
the term of the outgoing President by
the time between March and the date
to which the inauguration may be
changed has been overcome.
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ARMY ORDERS.

The following transfers are made in the
Second Infantry:
First Lieut.. Preston Brown from Com
pany F. to Company B.; First Lieut..
George De G. Catlin from Company to
Company X; First Lieut.. George D. Jar
rett from Company X to Company F.
Capt. Benjamin B. Hyer, Thirteenth
Cavalry, now on sick leave, of which he
ayailed himself at Fort Meade, s. D., will
report in person to the commanding Off
GER. General Hospital, Washington Bar
racks. for such treatment in that hospital
as he may require.
Leave of absence for four months on
surgeons certificate of disability is
granted Mai. John A. Baldwin, Twenty
second Infantry.
The leave of absence granted Capt
John p. Hams, Artillery Corps, is extend
ed one month.
The leave of absence on surgeons GER
tifcate Of disability granted Maj. Henry
l.. Harris, Artillery Corps, is extended
three months on surgeons certificate of
disability and he is granted permission
to go beyond sea.
Leave of absence for three months on
surgeons certificate of disability is grant
ed Capt. Stephen NJ. Foote, Artillery
Corps.
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DIED FROM EXPOSURE.
Passing Away of an Almost Con-
stant Occupant of WOrkhOuse.

Michael Lanhady, veteran in the lower
branch of the Police Court, and for the
past thirty years an almost continuous
resident of the workhouse, is dead. He
was given only two days liberty between
the expiration of one sentence and the i'm
position of another, but in that short time
he went on 4 spree and as q result of ex-
posure contracted a severe case of pneu-
monia, from which he died Tuesday morn
ing.
The deceased was a veteran OF the civil
war. and the body will be buried by the
Grand Army of the Republic, of which he
was a member. Undertaken ]. William
Lee is in charge OF the arrangements He
was sixty-five years old. and, whether
drunk or sober, was always harmless,
good natured, generous, and jovial.
A. one time Lanhady was we'll connect
ed in this city. but the last OF his rela-
tives, his mother. died and was buried
while he was serving a term in the work
house.
Up TO the time of his enlistment in the
army Larhady had never tasted liquor.
The first drink proved his downfall, and
during the past thirty years it is said
that he only sought release from the
workhouse to spend his pension money on
liquor. Despite his unquenchable thirst
he would always share his last nickel
with any person who might be with him.
Whenever arrested on a charge of dis
orderly conduct he invariably pleaded
guilty. but he rebelled against being
placed in the vagrant class. and would
fight such a charge to the end
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WOULD HAVE FINE IMPOSED.
Bicycle Officer Charged With Being
in Lunch Room Over Time.

Lieutenant John Kenney, of the Tenth
police precinct, recently forwarded to
Headquarters a report from Sergeant
J. II. Luton, charging Bicycle officer l..
Z. Gouldman with entering a lunch room
while on duty and remaining there
eighteen minutes.
Major Sylvester yesterday forwarded
the papers in the case to Commissioner
Ross. who has immediate supervision
over the Police Department, with the
statement that he has no objection to an
officer taking a cup of coffee. in ex-
treme weather. but that he is Of the
opinion that Private Gouldman remained
in the lunch room longer than was
necessary.
Attention was called to the fact that
the precinct is looked after by limited
number of policemen, and that the Off
GERS should realize, for that reason, that
they must give undivided attention to
their duty. Major Sylvester recommends
that Private Gouldman be fined S. and
warned that in the future he must so
regulate his time that he can attend
strictly to his police duties.
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HAMILTON PLEADED GUILTY.
Indictment Charged Him With OBJ
tanning Money Under False
Prctences.

Richard Hamilton pleaded guilty yes
terday in Criminal Court No. 1 to an in
dictment charging him with obtaining
sentenced by Justice Anderson to i'm
prisonment for a period of five years in
the penitentiary at Moundsville, W. Va.
An indictment charging him with en-
bezzlement was. at the suggestion OF the
District Attorney. nolle pressed. Hamil-
ton was arrested in New York on Novem-
ber II and was brought to this city by
Detectives Tyser and Trumbo.
The detectives tell the following story
OF Hamilton's misdoings:
A year ago or more Hamilton was in
New England, and chance led him to Fall
River. Mass, where he met Mr.. Clark.
At that time Hamilton professed to be
in search of work as salesman, and Mr..
Clark, being struck with the manner of
the prisoner. employed him.
Within short time Hamilton showed
ability as a salesman. and when Mr..
Clark was called away from Boston that
he might open a branch furniture estab-
iishment elsewhere he placed the ac-
cuSeu III temporary charge OIL tne mdln
store at the Hub. Hamilton made hay
while the sun shone thus upon him. 1t
is said he sold many chairs for spot cash,
which he appropriated to his own use.
giving vouchers in place of the ready
money. On the return of Mr.. Clark to
Boston some weeks later Hamilton is said
to have departed rather unceremoniously
and to have failed to account for the
money he had taken in. 1t is likely Mr.:
tl,,,
He brings charge of continued larceny
against Hamilton.
1t is charged by Mr.. William II. Moore,
of Moore & Co., dealers in mems fur
nishings. 203 Pennsylvania Avenue, that
Hamilton passed a worthless check for
s25 at his store some time in October
last. The check purported to be signed
by Sara Hamilton. mother of the pris-
oner, and was drawn on the Mechanics
National Bank of Baltimore.
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SUITS FOR LIMITED DIVORCE.
Two Petitions Filed and One An
swcr Made.

Mrs. Elizabeth Willike yesterday filed
suit for limited divorce against George
NJ. Willike On the grounds of non-sup-
port, cruelty. and drunkenness.
The parties to the proceedings were
married in 1888 in this city. Joseph d.
Wright is named as counsel for the COM
plainant.
Mrs. May D. Turner yesterday filed suit
for limited divorce from William F..
Trrner on the ground of desertion. She
aiso asks the court to restrain the de-
fendant from mclesting or interfering
with her, and further that he be restrain
ed from leaving this jurisdiction. A
Hoehling Is named as counsel for the
complainant.
Mrs. Lizzie E. Maddix, in her answer
to the suit for divorce filed against her
by William Eugene Maddix, denies the
charge of infidelity made against her.
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SALARIES FOR JUSTICES.
in Urgent Deficiency
Bill for First Months Pay

Mr.. c. s. Bundy, Justice of the Peace
appointed under the provisions of the
new code, has addressed the Commits
sioners of the District, requesting on
behalf of himself and the other justices
that an amount sufficient for their sal
aries be included in the urgent defci-
ency bill now pending in Congress.
Judge Bundy states that the first months
salary will fall due on February l, and
that he is informed by the District Audi
tor that unless the sum required is put
into this bill no funds will be provided
TO meet the salaries of the justices.
The Commissioners have sent to the
Appropriation Committees OF both
houses a request that an item for the
pay OF Justices OF the Peace be included
in the deficiency bill.
The Washington times., 1902-01-10
EUTERPE CLUB
GIVES RECITAL.
MANY MERITORIOUS NUMBERS.
Entertainment Proves n Treat Of
Rare ExccIlence-Much Credit
Due to Director a. G.
FrOnani.

Another of the series OF recitals by the
ton Club last night. The large hall was
completely filled with music lovers. who
found treat of rare excellence in the
well-selected programme offered. Espe-
cially noteworthy, and standing out above
the other decidedly meritorious numbers.
was the aria from Der Freischutz"
tWeber), by Mrs. Ivy Harriott Shade
Mrs. Shade demonstrated in her rendi-
tion of this selection that she is the peer
Of any soprano in Washington. She
shared honors with Mr. John Duffey's stir
ring rendition of Schumann's Two Gren-
adiers." His powerful baritone was ad-
mirably suited to the martial robustness
Of the piece.
Praise for All.
The programme opened with a trio
piano, violin, and 'cello-by Mrs. Stevens,
Miss Weisner, and Mr.. Angelo C. Fronani,
the last the director Of the Euterpe
Club. to whom much of the credit for the
success of the recitais thus far in the
season is due. The piece was a selection
from Richardson, and exceptionally we'll
rendered.
by request, In the place Of number as
signed to Mr.. Lee Cox, who was unable
to be present. Mr.. Howard Butterworth
gave a selection, "Anathema" (von
Fielitz). and he was followed by Miss
Marie Howe. whose two selections from
Chopin. valse in A fiat, and the IA
miliar Funeral March" from his sonata.
After Mrs. Shades solo. which came
next. Miss Anna l.. Marshall and Mr..
Angelo c. Fronani played in their usual
finished style an adagio from Mozart.
Made n Hit.
One of the prettiest selections on the
programme was Mr.. Howard Butter-
worth's For All Eternity" by Maseher-
oni. which was rendered with a violin
obligato by Miss Florence Stevens. Fol-
lowing this Miss Stevens played a selec-
tion from Mendelssohn, which was most
favorably received.
Miss Underwood's well-rendered con-
tralto solo was followed by the only solo
Of the evening by Mr.. John D..aey The
concluding number was trio from Rhein-
berger. rendered by request by Miss Flor
ence Stevens, Miss Florence Weisner, and
Mr.. Fronani.
The Washington times., 1902-01-10
LAW COMPLIED WITH.
Police Investigation of Female En-
plOyment in Local stores.

After a most thorough investigation
Major Sylvester yesterday announced that
the law requiring employers of female Ia
Dor in stores to provide seats for their
employees when not actually engaged in
waiting on customers or attending to
other duties was without exception be-
ing complied with in this city.
Several weeks ago the matter was
brought to the attention of the authori-
ties. Major Sylvester detailed an ofhcer
to investigate and report to him the con-
ditions as he found them. The report
showed that there were but two places in
the city where the law was not compiled
with.
By direction of the Major warrants
were procured for the offenders, but be-
fore they were served disposition was
shown to comply with the law, of which
the delinquents had been ignorant, and
the warrants were never served. Stools
have since been provided in the two
stores in question, and the matter is now
regarded as settled.
The Washington times., 1902-01-10
THE FOCUS FUNERAL.
Victim of Boiler Explosion Buried
Yesterday.

The funeral of William FOCUS, the vic-
tim of the boiler explosion which wreck
ed a portion of the residence of Mr.
Beale R. Howard, 1410 Sixteenth Street
northwest, Sunday morning took place
fran his late residence, 1907 K Street.
yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
The services were conducted by Rev.
Anderson Taylor, pastor of Shiloh
Church, assisted by Dr. James H. Hull, Of
the First Baptist Church, West Wash
ington, Interment was made at Harmony
Cemetery.
The following persons served as pail
bearers: Messrs. Vincent and William
Payne. Henry Powell, Philip Jones, and
Owen Brown.
The Washington times., 1902-01-10
EXPENSES OF THE DISTRICT.
A Per Capita Cost of S25.2f During
the Last Fiscal Year.

statement has been prepared at the
request OF the District Commissioners, for
the use of Representatives and Senator'S
in Congress, setting forth the per capita
expense of running the District govern
ment.
The calculation is based upon the money
actually spent during the last fiscal year
and shows per capita cost of $252i.
The Washington times., 1902-01-10
WATER CAUSES ALARM.
Supply in the New Mains Gives Cap
itOI Hill Residents Some Worry.


The turning on of the new water mains
Wednesday night brought CONSERVATION
into several households in the higher dis
tricts Of the city. The water pressure on
Capitol Hill was greater than it had ever
been known to be before and resulted in
the coursing Of the water through the
pipes with a creaking sound which led
some OF the occupants Of the buildings
to believe that the pipes were about to
burst.
In one instance they did do so. 1t was
at the residence of Mr.. Mahlon B. Stotsen-
burg, 1000 South Carolina Avenue south
east. Mrs. Stotsenburg was Just entering
the kitchen when the hot water boiler
burst, flooding the kitchen with boiling
water and filling the room with steam.
The water was shut off as soon as a
plumber could be secured Beyond the
cost of replacing the boiler no damage
was done.
The Washington times., 1902-01-10
Marriage Licenses Issued.

Heber E. Wheeler, East Bloomfield, N.
Y. and Emma N. Bartlett, District OF
Columbia.
Oscar He'll Wen and Nellie Douglass
Bosquet. both of Richmond, Va.
Frank II. Thatcher and Laurl L. Small
wood.
William Henry Young and Frances X.
Blum, both of Rosslyn, Va.
Walter Hamilton and Irene Dyer.
Samuel V. Bohgart, District of Column
bia and Laura I Sweeting.
James =. Wiley and Elizabeth Ingle.
The Washington times., 1902-01-10
A Call for Rev. benjamin Clayton.

The congregation OF the Anacostia
Baptist Church recently requested the
Rev Benjamin Clayton, of this city, to
serve as its pastor. His answer Is ex-
pected in the near future. Mr.. Clayton has
been actively engaged in evangelistic
work. but has had no regular charge. He
became known to the members of the Ana
costa Church during his recent labors
there. The congregation has been for
some time without a pastor. and they
decided to call upon Mr.. Clayton to fill
the pulpit.
The Washington times., 1902-01-10
Danish Planters Protesting.

LONDON. Jan. "a despatch to the
Central News from Copenhagen says one
hundred of the principal planters OF the
West Indies have cab!ed the Government
protesting against the transferonce OF
the islands to the American Government
without plebiscite. The protest will
probably not influence the Government S
action
The Washington times., 1902-01-10
TURNED OVER TO HIS BROTHER
Effects of Mr.. Samuel Presley-Re-
mains Buried in Louisiana.

The effects of the late Samuel Presley,
who committed suicide at the Ingleside.
1119 X Street northwest, next adjoining
the house in which Mrs. Ada Gilbert Dem
mis- was murderously assaulted, were yes
terday turned over to Mr.. Henry NJ. Pres
ley, brother of the deceased.
For time Mr.. Presley's name was free
ly used in connection with the Dennis
case, but after a most thorough investi-
CATION the detectives announced that in
no manner could he be connected with
that mystery. Mr.. Presley was most
charming gentleman, and was highly es-
teemed by his associates and acquaint-
ances.
The body was buried at his old home in
Louisiana.
The Washington times., 1902-01-10
WILL OF MRS. MARY S. GIsT.
Mrs. Saliie ID. Craig, Her Daughter
Named as Principal Heir.

TIE will of Mrs. Mary S. Gist, dated
March %, 1894. and codicil thereto, dated
September 13, 1901, was filed yesterday
for probate. The testatrix leaves her
household effects to her daughter. Mrs.
Sallie B. Craig.
The remainder of her estate is divided
between her daughter mentioned and her
son, Charles S. Sloane. The house of the
deceased. 1906 Street northwest, is left
to her daughter. Mrs. Craig, for life, or
SO long as she remains unmarried. She
and her brother, Mr.. Sloane, are author
lied to dispose OF the premises if they see
6t
The Washington times., 1902-01-10
LEGO GIRL HELD HERE.
Communication Opened With
Friends in New York City.
With

The case of Mary Lego. the eighteen
year-old girl who was found deserted and
penniless on the street Wednesday night.
and who claimed that she had been
brought to this city from her home in
New York by one-legged man. is now in
the hands OF the Board of Charities.
Her friends in New York have been
communicated with. and pending a reply
to the communication, Miss Lego will re-
main at the House of Detention. She says
that her mother is too poor to send for
her, and it is likely that she will be fur
nished with transportation at the expense
OF the city.
The Washington times., 1902-01-10
Courts without Jurics.

Courts Without Jurics.
In discussing the situation a prominent
member of the bar said:
The courts are practically without jul
ries for this month. and it seems. there
is no way to provide juries for next
month
The code made no provision for Janu-
airy jurieS. In order TO cure this glarinS
omission resolution was passed pro-
viding that juries summoned under the law
before January l, 1901, should serve as II
lawful juries under present law. The res
olution provided that vacancies should be
filled under existing law. 1t was then sup
posed that the resolution would be ap-
proved last year. and then ii would mean
that the vacancies should be filled under
the old law.
The resolution has not yet been ap-
proved. If it is approved il means by
use of existing Law the law of the code.
But meantime. without any law, the ju-
ries have been organized and all vacancies
filed The result is that there are now
no lawful juries and no way to get any.
AS grand jury is for three months. 1t
now seems there will be no way to secure
a grand jury till April.
Indictments Declared Invalid.
they will be of no more effect than if
found by town meeting. AS persons
charged with crime cannot waive rights,
no criminal cases can be tried as no such
person can give vitality to a dozen men
by agreeing that they shall be juries.
when, as a matter of fact, and of law,
they are not. But this is only the begin
ming of The general confusion. and danger,
and loss that is in store for this COM
munity by reason of the fact that a So
called code has been enacted.
"A few bankruptcy cases have been be-
gun this year. but it is now discovered
that the bankruptcy law. SO far as it
applies to the District. has been super
seded by general insolvency law for the
District. The most shameful thing that
is being said and done in the premises
is to lay the blame for this at the door
of Judge Cox. The so-called code is not
his. His code was practically and wholly
blotted out by this mongrel act which is
called a code"
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won't its return, i'll which case 1t shall
not be a law
And by the succeeding clause. "all or
ders. resolutions. and votes to which the
assent of both houses may be necessary,
except on a question of adjournment, must
take the course of bills"
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every bill which shall have passed
the House Of Representatives and the
Senate. shall, before it becomes a law,
he presented to the President.
II he approve. he shall sign it, but IL not,
he shall return it. with his objections.
to that house in which it shall have orig
mated, who shall enter thS objections at
large on their journal and proceed 20 re-
consider il. If. after such recons .Iera
tion, two-thirds of that hoUae shall agree
to pass the bill. it shall be sent, together
with the objections. to the other house,
by which il shall likewise he reconsid-
cred, and II approved by two-thirds OF
that house, il shall become q law.
II any bill shall not lie returned by the
President within ten days Sunday ex-
ccp'edl after II shall have been present
ed 10 him. the same shall be a law. in
Ede manner as II ne had signed il, unless
the Congress by their adjournment pre-
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Are the jurors serving in the different
branches of the Supreme Court of the
District legally empaneled?" is the ques-
tion which was discussed yesterday by
the members of the local bar.
The question was debated by the justices
of the court at a meeting held yester-
day at 1890 p. m. No definite conclusion
was reached
The Washington times., 1902-01-10

Is pairs tinselled Turkish Slippers.
sizes 3 to I; % prs. warm-l lined Velvet,
Felt. and Beaver Slippers. sizes to
s: broken sizes c. si.25 Sateen-Quilted
Slippers.
Amador ledger., 1902-09-19
Trading ON the Niger.

A recent traveller on the Niger writes:
Il was anxious to buy some fruit from
a native woman who came down to the
ship, and to this end 1 produced a
handful of coppers which 1 had
brought out from England / first
showed her five, then six, seven and
eight, but she pushed them all aside
in a most unceremonious manner.
More by way of joke than anything
else, | then produced a three penny
piece, which she at once accepted, Civ
ing me in return just twice as much as
l had asked for my eight coppers. 1
also discovered that she had a great
partiality for white glass bottles.
happened to have about half a dozen
empty soda water bottles, for which
she gave me the same number of eggs.
afterward found that any white glass
bottle had this purchasing power all
over Nigeria. The natives send them
to Bida, where they are melted and
made into rings about three or four
inches in diameter, to be worn either
as armlets or anklets."
Amador ledger., 1902-09-19
He Waa Dend

The English papers tell this story of
an incident in a revision court:
A certain person who figured on the
register was objected to by one of the
agents on the ground that he was dead
The revising barrister declined to ac-
cept the assurance, however, and de-
manded conclusive testimony on the
point.
Thereupon the agent of the other
side rose and gave corroborative evi-
dence as to the decease of the gentle
man in question.
"And pray, sir, how do you know the
mans deadT' demanded the barrister
"Well," was the reply, 81 don't know.
It's very difficult to prove"
"As l suspected" returned the irate
barrister You don't know whether
he's dead or not"
The barrister glanced triumphantly
around the court. His expression grad
ually underwent change as the wit
ness coolly continued:
Il was saying, sir, that l don't know
whether he is dead or not, but do
know this-they buried him about a
month ago on suspicion"