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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-11
AS SEEN BY SGHOOLMATES.
Boys From Groton Talk Of the PreSi-
dents sick son.


NEW YORK. Feb. I1-Without ref
erence to the cause which brought it
about the Groom schooIboys. whose
homes are in New York, are enjoying the
vacation which has been granted them
pending the recovery OF Teddy RoOse-
velt IT., and the other lads on the sick
list at Groton. The New York contingent
arrived here Sunday. fond parents meet
ing them at the Grand Central depot and
escorting them TO their homes. Yester-
day some OF them gravely discussed their
Impressions Of the boy toward whose sick
room al eyes are turned
If Il stand well with one's schoolmates
is proof Of worth. Teddy jr-, is all
right No GroJon boy regards the son Of
the President In any other light than as
a boy. to be measured by a boys stand
ard, and by this standard Teddy" ir.,
has been pronounced o. X
Hes just one Of the fellows. said
Roy Zabriskie. of No. 45 West Forty
eighth Street. 1T doesn't make any diff
ference to US who he is. and I don't think
il makes any difference to him. He's
nice fellow and We get along with him
aE we'll as with anybody else. He isn't
me class leader. and he isn't at the front
Of Gis class in his studies I think he's
about in the middle. 1 don't know what
made him sick other fellows get sick
AID he didn't do any more stunts than
they did I guess he was to be sick Any
how. The stuH tha- the newspapers have
printed about him never happened"
II WAS suggested to Master Zabrisbie
that perhaps Teddy" IT., had been hazed
by his fellow students. but he vigorously
denied that hazing was practiced al Gro
ton.
Reginald Bishop Lanier. OF No. 14g
Madison Avenue another -lassmate Of
young Roosevelt said, Il don't know
what made him sick. bur il wasn't that.
We don't haze Besides there wasn't any
reason 10 haze Roosevelt. He's g second
year boy now. / like him all right He's
popular enough among the fellows. aEd
keeps up with his studies like most OF
us. Nobody ever says anything about his
being the Presidents son. and I never
heard him refer % it. We're ali hoping
he viii get we'll. ard that's about all
know about it,"
Frank McNillen, of No 20 Union
Square. said: OF course. we all take
good deal Of outdoor exercise, but IL isn't
true that we have been d)ing foolish
stunts. as the papers say. The masters
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FRANK JAMES STOPS A PLAY.
objects TO E'The james Boys in MIS-
souri," "A Observation-Disclosures PLAY.

Objects 20 ''The James Boy. i'm Ms
souri," Observation-Disclosures PLAY.
KANSAS CITY. No. Feb. 11.-Frank
James, Mrs. Terelda samueIs. his mother.
and Or. Reuben SamueIs. his step-futher.
took steps today to step the production
Of The James Boys in Missouri" at the
Cilliss Theatre. They fled an Injunction
suit in the circuit court and secured a
temporary restraining order
The play is an outrage upon me and
my family said Frank James. but as
tickets had been sold for today's matinee
l consented to the play going on. don't
want this TO be understood as any con
cession, however, as I am determined to
stop this play il there is a law in Mis-
souri, to do it"
Frank James came from St. Louis to
stop this play He has been an actor him
self all the season up to a week ago.
For twenty years I have been trying
TO live down a reputation that came TO
me in early life" said Frank James this
morning For the last twenty years
have so lived that l have earned the
friendship and confidence Of a large part
Of the people and that friendship and con-
fdence is worth more TO me than ali the
money I could have. And now along
comes this gang of cheap pl-yers, who
go upon the stage representing myself.
my dead brother. Jesse. my old mother.
who is now very sick, and my step-father,
who has been an invalid for years. In
this play the whole James family Is made
to take part We are made to rob trains.
loot banks. and are posed as outlaws. and
the worst part OF it is the play glorifes
these outlaws and makes heroes OF them.
That's the main thing I object to. It's
Injurious 10 the youth Of the country"
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PROTEST AGAINST KERR BILL.
Counsel for Railroad Capitalists Ae-
lively Opposed 10 Measure.

Counsel for Railroad Capitalists Ae-
lively Opposed 10 Measure.
STATE HOUSE. Annapolis. Nd. Feb.
u--George r. Gather, OF Baltimore,
counsel for certain railroad capitalists.
had hearing this morning before the
Baltimore city delegation in reference to
Delegate Kerr's bin TO prevent the sale
Of The Y stern Maryland Railroad unless
the sale IS confirmed By a popular vote.
He Urged that nothing be done 20 pre-
vent an advantageous sale on The part Of
the city Of Baltimore, and said that IL a
referendum was desired a special election
should be held and not TO wait a year and
a half until a general election.
In answer 20 a question Of DELEGATE
Straus. Mr.. Gather said that he favored
a sale conditioned that the purchaser con
meet with a Western system Of railroad
and also make use Of the tidewater privi-
leges now held but not In use By the
Western Maryland COmpany.
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SICK BOY PASSES ONE CRISIS
AND NOW NEARING ANOTHER

nounced that DR.. Lambert concurred in
the diagnosis made by the physicians in
attendance. He said that Theodore was
suffering from double pneumonia. and
that his condition is serious It was too
early. however, he said. to state what
the outcome Of the illness would he.
VIII Not Give Condition.
Mr.. CorteIyou declined to give the pa
tents temperature and nulse and respi-
ration rates. He declared that the condi-
tons were practically unchanged and
that symptoms were about the same as
in the earlier part Of the day. he said
that he would endesvor 20 gain the Presi-
dent S consent to announce the existing
conditions in detail today
Mrs. Roosevelt. the physicians and
nurses. with two assistant trained nurses
from Boston. remained within call Of the
sick room throughout the night. The
room is situated on the second hoor az the
southeast corner Of the inhrmary The
window facing the south was kept raised
10 a height Of six or eight inches through
out the night. despite the bitter cold
During the course Of the night. the
means Of the patient could be heard is
suing from the sick room. with cries for
water and for his mother Once he
CRED out. stop"
Oxygen Was Administered
During the early evening hours the boy
was flushed and restless. and his breath
ing was labored. despite the powerful
respiratory and cardiac stimulants which
were administered.
II is believed that oxygen was admin
istered freely, although when Secretary
CortelyOu was questioned on this point
he at hrsu nesitsteo I'D then declared
that he could discuss no details Of the
treatment.
As the night gore on. and midnight ap-
preached. the boy became more restless.
and the doctors and nurses we're con
stantiy aitting about the room, their
shadows slIhouett5d against the drawn
window shade
Between the hours Of midnight and
100 there was stil greater activity in
the hospital building. although outside
not a sound disturbed the silence Of the
night.
0Mama Give Me Water
From 100 until 3 O'Clock the means Of
the sufferer were heard coming from the
open window.
Mamma, mamma. give me water" he
cried. and again, oh. stop. mother.
stop"
Graduai, the sounds became indistinct
and finally altogether inaudlble and quiet
prevailed IN the sick room
At $3.50 o'clock the lights in the room
were turned low. and it was evident that
the patient sept. In the meantime the
night hal grown intensely cold and the
only sound that broke the stiffness for
half an hour was the occasional dull.
solemn boom given forth as the frost
rent trees asunder and Jared the fouuda-
tions OF the school buildings
At 4 o'clock a sharp biting blast blew
up from the east and continued for an
hour. 1t walled mournfully through the
eyergreens on the campus. AT 8 and 6
O'Clock there was little stirring in the
sick room. and il seemed evident that the
patient still slept
Beautifully Clear Day.
The day broke clear and calm, and the
sick boy will have at least whatever OF
benefit may be derived from pure, dry
air and good weather.
Although President Roosevelt has alb
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LOOKING FOR EXPRESS AGENT.
Frank Fuller, of Hudson. Ohio,
Wanted by the Police.

BUFFALO, Feb H.-Frazk Fuller, OF
Hudson. Ohio. is being sought for "A this
city
The local police have been requested
TO arrest him II he IS caught here. and
the despatch in which this request was
made states that Fuller Is wanted on sus-
piciOn OF knowing something about the
Disappearance Of several thousands OF
dollars that was being sent BY Akron
Ohio, banks 20 Washington. to be re-
deemed.
press Company al Hudson and about the
time that a package OF money disappear
ed last Friday he said he was going to
Cleveland.
Nothing has been seen Of him since.
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FINED FOR VIOLATING
THE LOCAL SMOKE LAW
Traction Syndicate Pays 5000
on Twelve Complaints.
Superintendent sinclair Says Com
Pauy Is POvverIess TO Oppose the
LaYy-Other Warrants Issued

The energy with which the Health De
partment officials are conducting their
campaign against vioIators OF the smoke
law. and the apparent helplessness of its
victims was demonstrated in the Police
Court TO-DAY. when Mr.. Lindley E. Sinclair.
superintendent and general manager Of
the Washington Traction and Electric
Company. forfeited $500 on twelve iufor-
nations filed against that corporation
ach count.
iHforma tions named as the places
he smoke law was being disre-
four pOwoThouses OF the com
here we're from TWO to four in
rs against each establishment, or
dates.
ComPRBy's Declaration.
mpany has been in court four
times on similar charges within tho past
two months. Each time Mr.. Sinclair and
his attorney have appeared and appealed
for leniency on the ground that every
thing possible had been done to comply
with the law but that. owing TO the lack
OF inventive ingenuity to provide a de-
vice that would overcome the objections,
their efforts had failed. The court. how
ever had but one course to pursue and
each time fine OF $50 was imposed.
Impossible 40 Bent the Law.
When Sir. Sinclair failed to apear in
court today Judge Scott showed some
hesitancy in declarlng the $500 collateral
forfeited He said the amount was no
trivial one. and Re would like to hear
from the company before he took action.
Mr. Sinclair was then telephoned in re-
gard 70 the matter. He replied that the
corporation was helpless in the matter
and that it would simply be a waste OF
time for him 70 further fight the Law.
FOar Other Warrants
This word was hardly received before
another warrant was issued for NJ SIN
clair. charging him with violating the
smoke law a the Columbia Railway pow
erhouse Fifteenth and Fl Streets north
east This case viii be in court tomo--
row.
Warrants were also issued for Henry
c. BurCh, manager OF the Ebbitt House;
John Z. McGraw. superintendent OF the
Purity Ice Company's plant. Fifth and L
Streets northwest John D. Coughlan,
manager OF the Fendall Building. Four
snd-a-hsh and Streets northwest.
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vention for the expelling OF the Mace
domains from Turkey
They know that Miss Stone. who speaks
the Bulgarian language. has learned so
much OF their plans that it would be
dangerous TO release her, and are trying
to get the money for her release. and
then cut her threat.
Why They Refuse ReIeHse.
Hence the refusal on the part OF those
negotiating for Miss Sone's release 10
hand over the money until she is safe
The brigands refuse to release the mis-
sionary on these terms. II they had been
ordinary brigands, Miss Stone would have
been released months ago.
GargiulO. the dragoman Of the Ameri-
can Embassy OF Constantinople. is con-
tinuing the negotiations during Mr..
Eddy's absence.
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PATERSON HARD AT WORK.
kilograms Of Sympathy and Others
OF Aid Continue.

PATERSON. y. J.. Feb 1.-THE night
in this ire devastated city vas a quiet
one
-Four or five times the smoIdering
ruins blazed out in spots. but the hremen
On the ground quickly suppressed the
flames.
There was no attempt at Iooting. so the
soldiers on guard had little to do out
side Of their routine patrol duty.
Gangs Of men are again at work this
morning. cleaning up debris. dynamiting
and pulling down walls. and doing all
that can be done Al this time in prepare
ton for a speedy restoration Of the
burned district
kilograms are still pouring in from all
sections Of the country, Offering aid
Mayor HancOchclide replied with hearty
thanks and with the information that
Paterson VIII take care of her own suf-
ferers.
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So Declares Spencer Eddy
With Regard to Miss
Store.
THEY WILL VERY LIKELY KILL HER
Trying to Get Money Before
Cutting MiSSiOnary'S Throat.
SHE KNOWS TOO MUCH
Miss stone Eas Learned Since Her
Captivity Facts Her CaptOrs Can
not Afford to Have Told.

LONDON. Feb. 11.-SPencer Eddy,
Charge d'Affaires OF the United States
Embassy at ConstantinopIe, has arrived
here from the Turkish capital.
While Mr.. Eddy refuses to be officially
quoted. your correspondent learned from
him that the negotiations for Miss Ellen
NJ. Stones release have taken on the most
serious phase yet.
Captors Not Brigands.
Of the American missionary we're poll
ticians who captured Miss Stone for the
purpose Of showing Macedonian lawless-
ness. and thus obtaining foreign inter
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CHICAGO. Feb. I1.-Another return OF
the cold wave which has been passing
through this section sent the mercury to
two above at daylight this morning. The
weather map this morning shows heavy
SHOWS IN the Dakotas and Eastern Ne
braska. There are light SHOWS generally
saGl II the Missouri River. The tempera-
lures are moderate for the season.
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LEWISTON. Ne. Feb. 11--Mrs. NJ. J.
Fuller a sister Of Mrs Sarah n. Libby
whose death occurred recently Of pneu-
monia while under the ministratiOns OF
disciples Of The Holy Ghost and Us
School at Shiloh, writes a pubic letter
saying that the death Of her 81 ter should
not be passed unnOticed by the authorities
and that here should be an iRyestiga-
ton.
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WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
PeTished in Planes which Destroy
ed Her Home.

HACKENsACK, y. j. Feb. 1.-THE
residence Of A. F. Russell at OradeIl. a
short distance from here. was burned this
morning al o'clock.
Russell's mother perished in the flames
While his sister was injured by jumping
from second story window.
Russell Was on the ground floor Of the
house. ana had 40 diGlculty Ia escaping.
The origin OF the fire is not known. The
loss Is 5000
Coroner Curry Is now searching the
ruins for the remains Of Mrs Russell. the
mother
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look ont for US. and I guess we are able
10 take care Of ourselves. ike Roose-
Welt pretty we'll He stands with the rest
OF US in the class. but nobody makes any
fuss over hia because he is President
Rooseyelt's son We like him, and hope
he VIII soon get we'll"
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NEGOTIATIONS REOPENED.

Delegates Open communication
Again With Briga,IsdS.
LONDON. Feb. IA despatch from
ConstantinoPle says that the American
delegates remaining in Sores. Macedonia.
after the failure recently OF negotiations
for the ransOming OF the abducted Ameri-
can missionary, Miss Ellen NJ Stone. and
her companion, Nine TsiIka. have again
started negotiations with the brjgands.
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The failure is due 10 The fact that the
members Of the Commission are the paid
employees OF the roads whose acts they
are supposed to regulate Knowing this.
why doesn't Van Saut attack the Com
mission Because the creation Of the IN
terstate Commerce Commission was in
obedience - popular demand and Van
SAINT is not quixotic' enough to attack
a creation OF the people.
1 repeat that the merger will do
good. Il will show that the Commission
has failed in its duty: that the evils
still exist The public will seek a rem
ely and the advocates of Government
ownership Of the railroads will provide
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kaiser and Prince Made Members.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-The German En-
peror and his brother, Prince Eenry. we're
elected honorary members Of the Atlantic
Yacht Club al its annual meeting last
night at the Waldorf Astoria
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Impaired Digestion

May not be all that Is meant by dyspepsia
now, but it viii be il neglected.
The uneasiness after eating. fits OF nerv-
Gus headache, s0urness Of the stomach, and
disagreeabie beIching may not be very bad
now, but they will be II the stomach is
suffered to grow weaker.
Dyspepsia is such miserable disease
that the tendency TO it should be given
early attention This is completely over
come by
Hoods JarSdpGriLLG
Rhien sLrenclhen ttlarrh.ls - $3.50,
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Continued from First Page)

solutely forbidden the giving out Of in
formation relative 20 his sons condition
in the form OF official business. Secre-
tary COrtelyou last night consented to
receive newspaper men FIVE times a day
beginning with today.
The hours at which he viii be seen are
SIS and II o'clock in the morning. and
2-45. $50. and II O'Clock in the after
noon and evening.
DR.. Lambert's Diagnosis.
In the event Of an emergency the Sec
rotary said he would give out information
at other hours
Early in the evening Secretary CorteI-
you announced that young Roosevelt's
condition had not changed materially
throughout the day. Dr. Alexander
Lambert, the family physician. was then
on his way from New York. he said. and
the result OF his examination Of the pa
tient would be made known as early as
possible
DR.. Lambert reached Groton station al
6.3J and the Gardner residence al Csc
o'clock. Secretary Cortelyou made the
following statements in an interview at
O'Clock. after DR.. Lambert had visited
the inhrmary:
The boy has double pneumonia. The
situation is Otherwise unchanged tonight.
He is seriously sick. Il is yet too early
to say what the chances OF recovery are.
There are no symptoms Of cerebro-spinaI
meningitis"
As TO Prince Henry.
Secretary CorteIyou added that no in
formation has been received by President
Roosevelt 10 the effect that Prince Henry
has announced the postporement Of his
visit Mr. CorteIyOu also stated that he
was not aware that Miss Alice Roosevelt
would be summoned. to GrotOn from
Washington
Secretary Cortelyou. in response to
telephone call from the Powell cottage.
where the majority Of the newspaper men
are staying. said that young Roosevelt's
condition was unchanged. and that he has
not at any time since the beginning OF his
illness been unconscious. The President
he said, would leave the in1rmary at mid
night. and remain at the Gardner resi-
dence unless summoned to the bedside Of
his son.
other Sick Boys Better.
William Gammell. OF Providence. and
Howard Pollock, OF New York. two other
boys who came down with pneumonia two
days before Teddy" Roosevelt, ir., was
taken i'll are also patients in the inhrm-
airy. are said to be improving slowly.
A majority of the town folk OF Groton
and neighboring villages stubbornIy as
sert that what they term epidemics OF
pneumonia have prevailed in certain cir
cumscribed areas OF about thirty miles or
SO during the past two or three years.
and that these epidemics are due solely
TO atmospheric conditions. They main
tain that these peculiar banefuI atmos-
pheric influences hover about the village
persistently until many people are strick-
en- with the disease.
Pneumonia EpidemIcS.
They aver that another village or vii
lagos perhaps only three or four miles
away escape altogether and that not a
single case Of pneumonia develops during
an entire season. Other residents of this
community confidently assert that the
cases which have developed among the
Groton boys are due solely 20 playing in
the handbaH court until their bodies and
clothing we're moist with presperation
and then DegIecting 10 take the proper
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MUST READ THE NEWSPAPERS.
Up-tO-Date superintendent says II Is
Necessary for Teachers.

Necessary for Teachers.
READING. Pa, Feb lL-City Superiu-
tendent Mackey this afternoon sent to
each school teacher a bulletin OF infor-
nation and advice. He says:
Il wish emphaticaIIy to recommend TO
teachers OF every grade TO read the daily
papers. and 10 keep informed in regard
70 the most important measures before
Congress, General Assembly and Coun-
ellis and the leading issues involved in
city. state. and national political cam
paigus
In my Judgment the teacher who says
she never reads the papers is not qualified
TO teach Read the papers intelIigently
discriminatory, and use iudiciOugIy in
your school work the Information which
you gain
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VIII Not Anect Under.tandinE.

BERLIN. Feb 1.-The withdrawal Of
the British troops from Wei-hai-weI VII
save no eject on the understanding be-
tween Great Britain and germanv No
pOurDarleTs on the subject have even
been op med.
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New HampuhIre Man Frozen.

MANCHESTER. n. H.. Feb. I.-Louis
LazzOn was frozen to death some time dur
ing last night His body was found at
Martins Ferry this morning.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take laxative Brom0 Quiuire Tablets An druS-
gj-rs refund the money II IL fails TO cure Z S.
Groves signature Is on each box. ~
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

A GENERAL MEETING OF the stockholders Of
the Columbia Pulverizing Company vii be held
al The once Of the Company. rs South Royal
St.. Alexandra, Va, AT 1880 A. ~. on JED
NESDAN. Marco 5. 1902 b. order Of the
Board Of Directors. constituting a majority u
the stockholders. r. 2. DONALDSON.
LOUIS BENEF. JR President
Secretary. assoc
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HARVARD RETURNS CHARGES.
Wholesale Accusations of PROBES
siOnRIism Against Yale.

BOSTON, Feb. 1L-Harvard men reply
70 Yale charges Of professionalism against
Herman. Ristine and Campbell by whole
sale charges against Yale athletes
Johnny Hart. directly accused OF pro-
fessionalisL1. and half a dozen othS-s are
declared 20 nave been Ineligible
Harvard ill not renew the fve-year
agreement
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In Pay of Railroads

state commerce act has failed OF execu-
ton.
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Beautifully clear Day.

The day broke clear and calm, and the
sick boy will have at least whatever OF
benefit may be derived from pure, dry
air and good weather.
Although President Roosevelt has alb