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The Washington times., 1902-03-05
LAW CLASS SMOKER.
Columbian Students Make Merry at
Rauscher's.

Formally and dread of terrifying ex-
| aminations gave place to mirth and solid
| enjoyment last night at the smoker of
the Columbian University law class of
1904, held at Rauschers, on C nnecticut
Avenue.
Almost the entire class was present
and all were bent upon having a thor
| oughly good time. The older persons
present, members of the faculty, and in
vited guests forgot for night that their
own school days were over and "swapped
jokes" with the youngest students pres
ent. Throughout the entire evening
fOrmality gave place to spirit of merri
ment and good cheer.
The features OF the evening. aside from
the mirth-proyoking events, were the ad-
| dresses by the invited guests and promi-
nent members of the class.
Mr.. Edward S. Evans, the president Of
the class, opened the series of addresses
| by few interesting remarks relative to
| the class and purpose for which the smok-
| er was held. He then introduced Mr.. B.
| McC. Leech, of Virginia, who spoke on
| Athletics
Mr. Leech is the vice president of the
class, and his remarks were listened to
with the greatest interest. He discussed
| the prospects of the athletic association
which is being formed at the university
this year, expressing his belief that the
| movement viii prove an entire success.
THE Study of Law" was the subject
of the second address. by Mr.. Philip R.
Hindman, of Pennsylvania. The speaker
cla int. yla ot
| and amusing stories with his remarks. He
| was heartily applauded by his classmates.
Mr.. T. a. Scott OF Missouri. was the
| last speaker Of the evening. He spoke IN
| highly entertaining manner OF the debat-
| ing society at the Columbian University.
Numerous toasts were then proposed
| and responded to by prominent members
| of the class. One OF the most amusing of
| these was by MIR. Maurice Frey, of this
| city.
An elaborate menu was Served, of which
| the embryo lawyers partOok freely.
| The committee in charge OF the smoker
| was as follows: Messrs. Charles Chap
man, of Illinois: G. ]. Cox, of Massachu-
sets: a. G. Pollock, of Virginia; Ers-
| kins Gordon. of the District OF Columbia,
and T. A. Scott. of Missouri.
| The invited guests were Prof. Arthur
| Peter LII. NJ, and Messrs W. NJ. Nor
ris, Ralph Smith, and Edward S. Evans
| Among the other members present were
Messrs. Lane. Davis. Scott. Taylor. Evans,
| Han, Finkelstine, Williams, Gordon
| Leech, Belote, Pollock. Chapman, l.. C..
| Fuller, Murphy, Hackney, keblinger,
| Brown, Pratt, Flourney, Frey, Lightfoot,
| Pierce, kreuse, Knowlton, c. f. Fuller,
Jones. Adee, Hoffman, Peterson, Graham,
Sells, Trip, Wiley, Nelson, Warner,
Fritche. Rayiey, H.ndman. Rogers, shlb-
| ley, GulicksOn and Baggarly.
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O. H. P. BELMONT BETTER.
Chances for Recovery From Pneumonia
Greatly Improved.

Representative o. H. p. Belmont. Of
New York, who lies i'll with pneumonia at
the New Willard Hotel was pronounced
better last night, and he is thought now
TO be on the road to recovery.
A statement made last night by DIR.
Penn Compton, attending physician to
Representative Belmont, follows:
THE condition of Representative Bel
mont tonight gives hope for his recovery.
He is much better. He is not out of
danger, but the crisis may be regarded as
almost passed.
Mrs. Belmont, who has been visiting in
the South, and who was notified of her
husbands condition several days ago, ar
rived here yesterday on special train.
She is constantly at the bedside OF her
husband.
AS the patient is now better, no other
relatives have been sent ior.
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CANAL QUESTION TO BIZ
FOUGHT OUT ON IT'S T1ER|TS

of such a project and was rather inclined
to doubt its truth.
Il have received absolutely no intima-
tion that such a syndicate has been form
ed" he said yesterday. Il read the
despatch in the newspaper today and that
is the first have heard of such a thing.
II cannot tell from what source the re-
port comes. If it were true | think that
l should certainly have received some
word OF II.
Even if it were true, however, it would
not affect the present negotiations. We
are bound to hold our present offer open
to the United States for one year yet
until March 4, 1903. and we shall certainly
stand by our agreement"
Senior Silva Without Advices.
Senor Silva. the Colombian Minister,
said yesterday that he had received no
news, either official or unofficial, tending
to confirm the report of the organization
Of an Anglo French syndicate. He said:
Il know nothing about it. 1t may be
true and it may not be true. At any rate,
the French company could not take ad-
vantage of the offer, as they are bound
to hold their present offer open to the
United States for one year yet"
report has been in circulation for
some time to the effect that Senator
Hanna and other leading Senators are ad-
vocating the Panama route merely for the
purpose of befogging the situation and
, making it certain that no canal bill will
become law at this session. All of these
Senators deny this. however, and say that
they think bill ought to be passed, and
that it will be passed.
All at Sea.
They confess that they are all at sea
as to the particular route that should be
chosen, but are almost unanimous in the
opinion that it would be to the interest
of the United States to accept the offer
of the Panama company. providing a per
feet title can be transferred. If this can
not be done. then the Senator's as a rule,
favor the adoption of the Spooner amend
ment to the bill passed by the House,
known as the Hepburn bill. which he Of
fered in the Senate en- the 2Sth Of
January.
This amendment provides for the ac-
ceptance of the canal company's offer,
| provided satisfactory title to said prop
erty can be obtained and the construc-
tion of the canal by the Panama route at
cost not to exceed s135.000,0oO; other
wise the President shall be authorized to
direct the Secretary of War to construct
a canal by the Nicaraguan route at an eX-
penditure not to exceed $3.50, GOO coo.
This proposition of Senator Spooner is
the one that all of the Senators except
those who are irrevocably committed to
the Nicaraguan route. are expected to
advocate and vote for, and is therefore the
one most likely to pass the Senate.
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FOUND 1T.
Coffee Was Doing the Work in Good
Style.


Members of the same family are af-
fected differently by coffee drinking. One
may feel the effect in disordered stom-
ach while another may have no trouble
with the stomach so far as known, but
have palpitation of the heart. and finally
organic heart disease. Of perhaps, in an
other. the kidneys may become affected.
As an illustration, a family in Murphys-
boro. ILL.,. reports an experience. Mrs
Cole discovered that the sour stomach and
nervous restless nights were caused by
coffee drinking. Her mother suffered
from nervousness when coffee was used
while the brother of the family became a
wreck directly from coffee drinking.
Mrs. Cole. in her letter, says, referring
to her brother: He went from one ply
sician to another and his case puzzled
them all until he had tried eleven different
physicians. Some thought he had apo
plexy, others locomotor ataXia, some ad-
yised operations to relieve the pressure
at certain points. Altogether his case be-
came so alarming that we were afraid to
leave him alone He frequently tainted
away. and was in most wretched con-
dition.
Finally one of the physicians suggested
that possibly coffee brought on some of
the symptoms. so he was persuaded to
give up coffee and begin the use of Postum
Food Coffee Then he began to recover,
and day by day, the old troubles left. Now
he has gotten entirely well. has gained
abou. thirty pounds and Is the picture OF
health OF course, he and his family use
Postum regularly. He says he would as
soon drink spoonful of poison as OF old
fashioned coffee.
"When we FIRST began to make Postum
II was boiled but a few minutes, and none
of us liked it, but since we began max
ing it properly by having 1t boil long
enough TO bring out the flavor We all con-
slider it superior to the old-fashioned cof-
fee. 1t is delicious when made right, and
that is easy.
"a number of our friends have been
cured of various ailments by leaving off
coffee and using Postum. With Mrs -
the coffee caused a smothering sensation,
bloating and serious trouble with the
heart. She has entirely recovered since
changing from common coffee to Postum.
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DEATH OF FATHER MANDALARI
Distinguished Catholic Educator Sue
cumbs to Pneumonia.

By the death of Rev. Antonio NJ. Man.
dalari, who succumbed to pneumonia
yesterday morning. the Jesuit Society
loses one of it's most accomplished edu-
Gators.
Father Mandalari has long been iden-
titled with Catholic educational institu-
tions of this country, and at the time of
his death was professor of philosophy at
the Gonzaga College.
He was born at Calabria, Italy, in
1912, and became a member of the or
der to which he devoted his life work
at an early age Shortly after taking the
vows he came to America, and has been
professor of philosophy at various in
stitutions of learning, including colleges
a Woodstock. Nd; Boston, Worcester,
Jef sey City, and Baltimore.
Owing to his pleasing personality, Fa-
ther Mandalari quickly made friends, and
was well known and liked in this city.
He first came here about six years ago,
but after remaining for several months
was called to another town. He returned
year or so ago and has since been
identified with the Gonzaga College.
About a week ago Father Maudaia-,
contracted a slight cold and developed
hacking cough Last Wednesday night he
grew worse, and in the morning medical
attendance was summoned. The physician
had no hesitancy in pronouncing the dis
ease pneumonia. and Father Mandalari
was removed to the Georgetown Univer
sity Hospital, where he died at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning.
Funeral services will be held at st.
Aloysius Church, corner of North Capitol
and l Streets. tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. They will include ''the offices
of the dead which will be said by local
and visiting priests, and requiem mass,
when Father Edward X. Fink, pastor of
the church, will officiate.
Interment will be made at the Jesuit
Cemetery in Georgetown.
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NAVY'S FOOTBALL GAMES.
Schedule for Next Fall Announced b,
Manager Brisbin.
lSpecial 10 Tho Washington limo

Special 10 The Washington Times.)
BALTIMORE, Nd, March 4.tThe fol-
lowing schedule of games for this year
has been announced by Manager Brisbin
of the Naval Academy football team; Oc-
tober 4. Georgetown; October or -, St
Johns College; October II. Princeton;
October is. Lehigh; October %, Buckneli;
November /. Pennsylvania State; Novem-
Der 8, Lafayette; November Is, Columbia (.
November 10, Pennsylvania; November %,
West Point.
Yale declined TO schedule a game. say
ing that the Southern trip last year was
not beneficial. The football team will
lose the following players by the gradu
alton Of the first class in May: Reed
Land Nichols, adams, Weaver, and
Freyer In the last named four the team
loses some of its best men, still the
Academy expects TO have a strong team
this year.
The following cadets on last years
team will probably play this year: C. E.
Smith. FaetZ, Carpenter, f. V. McNair,
Belknap, j. Rodgers. Oak, Whiting Sch
labach, Strassburger, and Soule
The Washington times., 1902-03-05
PUPILS GO ON STRIKE.
School Teachers Had Ridden on Boy
cotted Street Cars

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. March "A novel
strike is on n. seeleyville this county,
of over eighty school children, who took
their books away because all but one of
the school teachers had ridden on the boy
cottod street cars.
A strike of stree, car employees has been
on about two months. and the cars have
been running mostly with new men Thirty
children stayed at their desks. the par
ents are mostly miners.
Township Trustee Ripley refuses to dis
charge the teachers and says the children
will have To stay out until they get
ready to come back
The Washington times., 1902-03-05
POSSIBILITIES OF
CABINET POSITIONS
Secretary Long to Retire
About May 1.
Prominent Names Mentioned to Succeed
Kim-Opposition to Mr.. Hitchcock
The Department OF Commerce.

Secretary of the Navy John d. Long
will present his resignation to the Presi-
dent about May 1.
Up to the present time no selection has
been made to fill the vacancy which will
be caused in the Cabinet as a result of
Mr.. Longs resignation. Several promi-
nent politicians and well-known men are
under consideration.
There is no question that the Presi-
dent would like officially to tender the
billet of Secretary of the Navy to Gov
ernor Crane of Massachusetts,, and 1t is
believed strong influence is being brought
to bear upon that official to have him
look with more favor upon the honor of
becoming a member of President Roose-
velt's official family. The difficulty Is
that Mr.. Crane is very wealthy man
and feels that by entering the Cabinet
he will jeopardize his business interests
in Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Foss a Possibility.
Representative George E. Foss, of Illi-
nois, is also mentioned as a likely sue
cessor to Secretary Long. Mr.. Foss is at
present the chairman of the House Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, and therefore
well yersed in the technicalities of the
service, and especially well fitted to fill
the office. With Mr.. Foss' selection the
only difficulty is that it is deemed desir-
able by the President that New England,
and preferably a Massachusetts man, be
selected as Secretary of the Navy.
1t has been reported in Washington dur
ing the last few days that Curtis Guild, of
Boston, has been offered the place, but
the report has not been verified. Massa-
chusetts men and Republicans say that
Mr.. Guild might not care to accept the
place offered to him. as he is being
prominently mentioned as the Republi-
can nominee for Lieutenant Governor. 1t
is thought that Secretary Long will retire
about the 1st of May
With the departure of Mr.. Long from
the Navy Department and the relief of
Rear Admiral Crowninshield as Chief of
the Bureau of Navigation an entirely new
naval administration may be looked for.
Rear Admiral Taylor, who is slated to
succeed Crowinshield as chief of the most
important naval bureau, is considered to
be n man of great ability and fairness.
His advent in the department is awaited
with much interest by naval officers, and
will mark the beginning of radical changes
in the mode of conducting the manage
ment of the personnel of the service.
Opposition to Mr. Hitchcock.
There is no cessation in the efforts of
Western Senators and Representatives to
force the Secretary of the Interior, Mr..
Hitchcock, out of the Cabinet, to make
room for man more in touch with West
ern interests. AS yet there are no in
dications that Mr. Hitchcock intends to
oblige his enemies by resigning.
Members of the House of Representa-
tives who have given some consideration
to the subject of the Senate bill provid
ing for the creation of a Department of
Commerce and Industries are OF the opin-
ion that the bill will moi become a law
this session. If it does it is thought like
ly that W. ]. Calhoun, of Illinois, will
become the new Cabinet member.
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Senator Hanna to File a
Minority Report Favoring
Panama Route.
GENERAL ABBOTl'S TESTIMONY
Declares Southern Water
course a Bargain at
Twice the Price.
PRIVATE OFFER NOT BELIEVED
lister Deny knowledge of Proposition
of an Anglo-French Syndicate-Both
Incredulous-A Years Option.

Yesterdays action of the Senate Inter
oceanic Canals subcommittee, in voting
that the legal complications in the way
of a transfer of the title and property
of the Panama Canal Company to the
United States are insurmounJable, will, it
is said. have no practical effect upon the
canal question in the Senate.
1t was learned yesterday that this re-
port was decided upon by the subcommit-
tee in the most perfunctory way and with
out investigation into the merits of the
case. The subcommittee is composed of
Senators Foster of Louisiana and Turner
of Washington, Democrats, and Pritchard
of North Carolina Mitchell of Oregon,
and Kittredge of South Dakota, Repub-
licans.
Mr. Morgan Chairman
The chairman ex oficio is Senator Nor
gan. the chairman of the full committee
who, as is well known, is an uncompro-
missing advocate of the Nicaraguan route.
All the members of the subcommittee ex-
cept Senator Kittredge are also pro-
nounced in their advocacy of that route,
and he voted against the action of the
subcommittee. Mr.. Pritchard was absent.
but he too is known to favor the Mica
raguan route.
The legal questions involved were not
examined. Senator Morgan is writing the
report of the subcommittee as well as the
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report of the full committee in favor of
the Nicaragu2n route.
Senator Hanna is still actively opposed
to the Nicaraguan route, and will fight it
in committee, although he can accomplish
nothing, except to file a minority report,
which will probably be signed also by
Senator Kittredge, and perhaps one or
two other members of the committee.
This win bring the whole question before
the Senate, to be fought out on it's
merits.
Daily Sessions.
The full committee is holding sessions
almost daily now, and hopes to report
the bill within week. Yesterday the
testimony of General Abbott, United
States Army, retired, formerly Chief of
Engineers, and a member of the interna-
tional board that met in Paris and passed
upon the question of the practicability
of a Panama Canal at the time De Les
seps was at the head of the company,
was taken in connection with the report
of the Paris board.
General Abbott said that he still be-
lieved the Panama route to be the most
feasible and practicable of any, and thinks
the United States should accept the offer
of the Panama company to sell its prop
erty for $40, 100000.
General Abbott is strong advocate
OF the Panama route. He testified that
the United States co2ld pay $40, eco. 600 or
$50, coo for the canal rights and secure
u bargain.
1t was understood that he was called
before the committee at the request of
Senator Hanna
A Matter of Concern.
What gives friends of the Panama route
more concern than the opposition of the
Senate Committee is the report from
Paris that the Colombian Government an
nounces that it must be dealt with before
any transfer of title to the United States
is made. The friends of the canal pro-
ject think that this new feature of the
controversy may cause some trouble and
delay and lead the people of the United
States generally. and certain persons in
Congress particularly, to eXaggerate the
difficulties that stand in the way of bar
gain between the United States and the
Panama Canal Company.
Apparently no official notice has been
taken of the despatch from Colon that an
Anglo-French syndicate has offered the
Panama company $1,000 900 for what the
United States has been asked to buy for
$40,000.0O0 The Colombian Minister~aId
the counsel of the Panama company in
this city do not believe it. At any rate
the United States has an option for one
year.
Monsieur Lampre, the secretary gener-
al of the French company, who has been
conducting the negotiations here, said
yesterday that he had received no advices
The Washington times., 1902-03-05
C. C. GILLIAN NOMINATED.
Named for Congress in the Twelfth In
dianapolis District,

INDIANAPOLIS. March 4.-Clarence c.
Gilham, auditor of Lagrange County. was
nominated for Congress by the Republi-
cans Of the Twelfth district at Fort
Wayne this afternoon, defeating George
b. McGoogan on the first ballot by a vote
Of 63 to AZ.
The nominee is forty years old and a
popular county officer The district J
heavily Democratic.
The Washington times., 1902-03-05

pal city of Wisconsin, which is famed for
its thrift and its industry.
Il have heard it stated by you, as we'll
as by others, that the development of
Milwaukee is due largely to the German
element among its citizens, statement
which fills my heart with pride and glad
ness. inasmuch as / look upon the Ger
man element as one of the strongest ties
between Germany and the United States.
tCheers.l
II doubt it not that the people of Ger
man descent will in the future, as in the
past, be a credit to that country which
they proudly call their home
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PRAYED WITHOUT AUDITORS.
No Senators in Their Seats When Blind
Chaplain Made Invocation.

When the blind Chaplain OF the Senate
arose TO deliver the opening prayer yes
terday there was not Senator in the
chamber. For while his only auditors
were the squad OF pages, part OF whose
duties 1t is to be present when the
Chaplain arrives, the Presiding Officer'
and a few wondering sghtseers in the gal
lerieS.
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TO TAKE PRINCE HOME.
Captains Quarters in the Deutschland
Specially Reftted,

NEW YORK. March 4.-The Hamburg
American flyer Deutschland, which will
take Prince Henry of Prussia back to
Germany, arrived today from Hamburg,
Southampton, and Cherbourg, making the
excellent time of five days, twenty-five
hours and forty-six minutes despite a
daily succession of tempests and tall
seas.
Prince Henry will occupy on his voyage
home Captain Albers' room. which has
been refitted. The rooms of the chief
officer and second officer. on the port side
of the captains room. will be converted
into a smoking room for the prince.
The Washington times., 1902-03-05
HAD TO OMIT REVIEW.
Milwaukee Police Unable to Clear Streets
of Crowds.

What was to have been the one evening
feature of the Milwaukee reception had
10 be abandoned. This was the wild dash
before a reviewing stand of large pro-
portion of the Milwaukee Fire Depart
ment Thirty-two engines and hook and
ladder trucks were to have taken part,
and a balcony over one of the Plankin-
ton House entrances was gayly decorated
and prepared for the prince TO stand and
gee the spectacle.
Prince Henry was greatly interested in
this feature, and was much disappointed
at its abandonment. The trouble was that
the police were utterly unable to clear
the street of the immense crowd that
was drawn to the Plankinton by the ar
rival there of the prince and his party
The street was there packed with a
solid mass of people extending from curb
20 curb, and the police although they
made frantic efforts, could not succeed in
clearing them away.
1t looked for time as though there
might be a dangerous panic Screams
we're heard from the crowd and one finely
dressed woman was carried fainting into
the Plankinton House The prince and
his party, meantime. had been waiting
upstairs in the hotel parlor for over half
an hour.
The time for the banquet at the Hotel
Pfister was approaching. When the sit
uation in the street was explained il was
decided TO give the thing up.
In the hotel office, when Prince Henry
and his suite entered and left, he walked
through : lane of people that extended
from the door 10 the stairway. The hotel
office itself would have been densely
packed had not precautions been taken TO
prevent it.
Policemen were stationed at the door
with orders to admit nobody unless be
had card issued to guests by the hotel
or credentials from the Government or
municipal authorities.
Even with these precautions hundred
or more people were in the Office as the
prince passed, and one man, with voice
like a foreigner, called out Three cheers
for Henry" and they were given. Then
he demanded, Three cheers for Bot
Evans" and the response was even
louder than in the case of the prince.
The Princes Speech.
Prince Henry was the only speaker at
the banquet He said:
Mr.. Mayor, Gentlemen: II is a pleasure
to me to thank you for your hearty well
come and for the opportunity you have
given me OF seeing this lovely. handsome,
and sympathetic city Of yours. the prlnci-
The Washington times., 1902-03-05
Bicycle Reported Stolen.

Horace Bailey. OF 615 Fourteenth Street
northwest, has reported TO the police that
a bicycle valued at SIS has been stolen.
The wheel was taken while Bailey was in
side his residence, and he has no idea who
is the thief. Detectives Muller and Baur
have charge of the investigation of the
case.