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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
AUTOMOBILE PARADE
OF EIGHTY VEHICLES
Decorated SpeederS in Com
petition for a Prize.
TOday's Route Through the Northwest
Down the Avenue to Capitol and Re
view at the White House ElIipse.

The feature Of the automobile show to-
day viii be the parade this afternoon Of
decorated autos with the French speeder
Of Senator W A Clark in the lead Lieut.
Gen. Miles and Senator Clark will occupy
the flagship Of the auto fleet and Peter J.
Anderson. the Senator's chauffeur. will be
the pilot.
The parade viii start at O'Clock from
Franklin Park Fourteenth and I Streets.
t VIII traverse the streets Of the north
west section and then 90 down Pennsyl-
vani3 Avenue 70 the Capitol From there
II viii sweep around and head toward the
White Lot. circling the ellipse. A COM
mittee of critical judges viii be stationed
on the elIipse 20 choose the most strik-
ingly decorated vehicle. A prize viii be
presented 20 the winner at the armory
this evening There will be eighty We
hicIes ia line and some Of the floral and
other decorations are most striking and
ingenious.
The good attendance al the show con
tiuues. ard he interest seems TO be on
the increase. A new machine was ex-
hibitd in the lean department last night
Mr. Thompsons -Rcnault- a gasolene
auto. This vehicle Was formerly owned
by Jockey Tod" Sloan and won the ia
nous Paris Bordeaux race. II has a re-
cord OF a nile in - seconds.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
SECRET LETTER TO PLAYERS.
President Daily, of Protective AssOcia-
ton, Gives them Advice.

NEW YORK. April Another obstacle
has been put in the way Of the National
League maszates' move to set back some
Of the stars who have deserted the Ma
tional for berths in the American.
President DAILY, OF the Protective As
ISOLATION OF Professional Baseball Players,
has sent a secret notice TO the American
League players notifying them that IT is
10 the interests of the players TO respect
their contracts with the American League
clubs. Days notice he's evidently had
the effect intended The maEuates' ra:'
on the American League has now been
In working order for a week and none
OF the clubs have ISgt any OF their players
up 20 date Those who have refused Cat
teTing offers outright are Lsjoie and Flick
Of the Athletics. McGinnity and Bresna-
han Of Baltimore, AMI StahI Of Boston.
John T. Brush. chairman OF the eXecu-
tive committee Of the National LEAGUE, is
authority for the statement that the Cy-
ecutiye committee viii meet in this city
IS soon as convenient. certainly before
The beginning OF. the season on April &.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
MADE ONE Wife CARE
FOR OTHERS CHILDREN
Now Both Appear in Court
Against Him.
Walter Raymond Accused Of Having One
Home in YOnkers and Another
IN Newark.

NEW YORK. April S.-Walter Raymond,
Of Yonkers. was arraigned again yester-
day. charged with bigamy, before Judge
Kellogg, and was confronted by the Yon-
kers and Trenton women who say they
are his wives.
Mrs Alice Carter Raymond. the Yon-
kers wife, was first called She said that
she was married 70 Raymond on August
%. 1901. in the John Street Methodist
Church. New York. by the Rev J. Wesley
tombstone. She was living at Newark. y.
J., when she first met Raymond, she said,
and they went TO Newark on their we'd
ding trip. He had represented himself
as a widOweT. saying that his wife had
been dead eighteen months
One year ago last Easter he brought
two Of his children from Seabright. y J..
and she has cared for them ever since.
The Trenton wife was then called, much
10 RaymOnds surprise. She gave the
name OF Maggie Raymond. and said she
recognized the accused as her husband.
She was married TO him July q, 1SSS
at Trenton. y. j., and produced a GER
tifcate signed BY the Rev. William D.
Davis. of the Central VI. E. Church at
Trenton Raymond, she said, came from
Brownsberg. Pa. as did Mrs Raymond.
where they met Finally they separated,
he taking two Of the children and she
keeping two. Mrs. Raymond testified
that Raymond was a widOweT when she
married him. one child being with Ray
mOnd's mother in BTOwnsberg. When
Raymond first went to Y0nkers she said
he used 70 send money TO support the
children. He finally stopped, and has
sent her none OF late
Raymond was silent when asked il he
had anything 20 say Raymond obtained
a lawyer in court. and was then held in
g COO bail for the grand jury
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
FORCED OUT OF THE GUARD.
General Fitzsimmons Crosses Governor
Yates and Resigns

CHICAGO. April 9.-Gen. Charles Fitz-
simmons. commander Of the First Bri-
gade. Illinois National Guard has resign
ed because Of differences with Governor
Yates
Tie general was one OF the signers OF
the now famous Cullom- Mason-R eeves
round robin" which criticised the ac-
tion Of State officials for taking part in
the Illinois Senatorial fight Governor
Yates called upon Fitzsimmons for an
explanation. and the veteran said he
signed the round robin because he was
an American and a Republican. The
governor said this was not satisfactory.
whcrcupOn General FitZsimmous resign
Cd.
General Fitzsimmons last evening init
mated that he was not acceptable to the
governor because he had declined upon
several occasions TO don his glitteriug
regimentals and accompany the executive
on his junketing trips.
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the stubborn convict on his back and
forcing food in his mouth. a plan some
times resOrted 10 with Tecalcitrant pris-
oners; but Dr. Leach ordered the mans
removal to the prison hospital last sat
urday, where every effort is being made.
by mild means, so far, 20 persuade Ditriro
70 eat
The case has puzzled the physician and
all Of the authorities OF the prison. EX-
cept that he is suspected Of concealing
food from his plate and swallowing sur
reptitiOusiy. there is no evidence that Di-
triTO has taken a mOuthful Of food for two
weeks. Unless he can be forced 10 eat
medical experts may be called n 10 exam
inc him as a physiological wonder.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
LIEUTENANT BLOW
Was The PURCHASER
Successful Bidder for Ru-
benS' d" Holy Family"
Great Painting Nov Kept in Family, as
the Officer Was Related by Marriage
to Nj. Matthisssen.

NEW YORK, April 9.-It has been as
certained that the purchaser, for a sum
Of $50 600. OF the Holy Family" by Ru-
bens, at the recent sale OF the collection
OF the late r. 0. Matthiesseu, was Lieut.
George P. Blow. L. S u, MI. BLOW.
whose family comes from St Louis. and
counts among its members Peter Blow,
who was prominent in this city years
ago. and susan Blow. one OF the fore
most workers in the field OF kiudergar-
ten education in the United States. mar
ried daughter Of F. ". Matthiessen, Of
La Sale, III.
That gentleman. VINO is a brother Of
the collector whose paintings were sold,
Is millionaire, who made his fortune
in the zinc rolling mill business having
at one time possessed monopoly Of
tho trade.
Lieut. Blows record in the navy IS Of
the highest. He was an officer on the
Maine when she was destroyed in the
harbor Of Havana
The bidding on the Holy Family
was in a way sensatiODSL AT first the
bidders we're Alr. Herman Schaus. the
dealer. and Mr.. :. Henry Smith. the
Wall Street millionaire. Bids were
brisk up 20 SIC, 600. Then there was q
lulI until Auctioneer Kirby called at
tention to the fact that the late Mr.
Matthiessen had paid $50 coo FOR the
canvas. delivered 10 him here.
This started the bidding again. At
$4,000. Mr. Schaus dropped out and
Lieutenant Blow entered the contest with
his first bid. The price was raised $500
az a time by Mr.. Smith who sat ia an
obscure corner of the gallery and By
Lieutenant Blow
In addition TO the superb Rubeus.
Lieutenant Blow purchaser a number Of
other paintings at the sale. They were.
in their catalogue order. TiratellIs
''Washerwomau." S525; Balls Drawing
Water" 81 900. Rosa Bouheur'5 Nor
mandy Horse" $500 ReuouCs '-Last
Repairs 81. $50. and Rosa Bonhcur- s
.'Ram's Head" $1,000. His total puT-
chases amounted 10 Sf+S7j.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
JEWELS OF ACTRESS
CAUSE LITIGATION
Gems Once Owned by Beau
tiful' Caroline MiSkel.
MOTHER AND SISTERS CLAIM
Promised to Them, They Say, by Charles
H. HOyt, the Playwright, During His
wife's Southern Tour in "A Temper
ance Town"

NEW YORK, April diamonds. pearls,
and other rare jewels valued at nearly
$50 COO Q part Of the estate OF the late
Charles H. Hoyt. the playwright, will
soon become the subject Of litigation in
the Surrogate's Court. Apart from the
value Of the Jewels. most Of which were
worn first by Flora Walsh Hoyt, and
later. with some costly additions. by Car
oIine Miskel Hoyt, so much sentimental
and family interest is attached to them
that the contest promises to be exceed
ingly bitter
Jewels Held by Executor.
The jewels are now in the possession Of
Frank Mckee. Hoyt's former partner and
one of the executors OF The estate I'll"
claimants are Mrs. Mary ". Scales and
Miss Sarah Miskel Sales, The mother and
sister Of CaroliL- Mishvi Hoyt, who say
that shortly before Mr. Hoyt's death he
promised to give them the ems waich
had been worn by two Of the most heauu-
full women on the American stage. a. II.
Hummel. counsel for Mr.. Mckee Jays
that TIE claim Of Mrs. and Miss Scales is
preposterous.
Mr. Hoyt was twice married IN 1887,
when he was only twenty-five years Of
age. he married Flora Walsh singularly
handsome woman. She died a few years
later while he was on the high road 20
success and rapidly becoming rich.
Known as the Beautiful
In 1894 he first saw the beautiful"
Caroline Miskel in one Of his own plays
"a Temperance Town" and straishtway
fell in love With her. Their marriage
soon followed Hoyt died in October,
1898, after very brief illness.
Mr.. Hoyt's gifts to his first wife. Flora
Walsh, were magnificent. When Caroline
MiskeI became Mrs. Hoyt she received all
the jewels that had belonged 20 Flora
Walsh, and in her brief married life every
wish she uttered was gratifed so that. at
her death. her jewel case contained tia
ras. superb single stone necklace. cres-
cents, sunbUrsts. earrings, rings. dia-
mOnd encrusted watches. and ropes OF
pearls.
Claimed by Her Relatives.
These are the jewels that Mrs. and
Miss Scales claim. They sllege that while
they we're travelling through the South
with Mr. Hoyt in 1899 he promised 70 give
them ell the GlitteTinE ornaments that
Caroline Miskel had once called her own.
The estate is now settled or practically
so. and the legacies are paid. N- Nc
Kee was not IN this city yestcrLav but
Mr.. Hummei. his attorney. although dis
inclined 20 talk. said that Mrs. and Hiss
Scales demand would be fou ght 70 a
finish.
Mr.. Hoyt had physical possession OF
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
JUMPS TO RUNAWAYtS d
BACK TO SAVE WOMAN |
Lawyers Running Leap Lands Him in
Control of Frightened Team.

NEW YORK, April with cowboy
nOnchalance and agility Douglas Frap-
well, well-known attorney. Of Morris
town. n J., yesterday stopped a team
Of runaway horses and saved woman
from great bodily harm and perhaps death
by a trick he learned on the Western cat
tie ranges years ago
Miss PiersOn and her brother. DIT. Ste
phen Pierson. had returned from a drive,
and. stepping from the carriage, he
turned TO help her alight. Wind-whirled
paper frightened the horses. and before
Miss PiersOn could leave her seat they
were running up South street
Mr.. Frapwcll saw then. approaching,
ran to the middle OF the road, and making
a rum ne jump, landed on the back Of the
near horse. He soon brought the ami
mails to a standstill.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
PEACE NOT LIKELY.

BOer Delegates at Amsterdam Say Con-
ference Has Lasted Too Long.
AMSTERDAM. april 9.-The BOer dele
gates here say that from the prOIongation
OF the peace conference Of Acting Presi-
dent Schalkburgher and President Steyn,
it is evident that the peace effort VIII
prove abortive
II the question is submitted TO former
President Kruger. the delegates say. he
viii urge a continuation OF the war unless
the republics are given independence
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09

those jewels when Mrs. Scales says he
promised to give them 10 her" said Mr..
HuumcL Why did he not give them to
her and her daughter them The fact
that he did not do SO. and that there is
not q scrap Of writing showing that he
intended to. is proof hat their claim is
a UTfQQsteToUs one.
Wilder & Anderson. counsel for Mrs.
Scales and her daughter. were not ready
70 talk about the matter yesterday.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
This CONVICT CAN'T Be
Made TO TAKE FOOD
DitTirO Not Known to Have
Eaten for Two Weeks.
PRISON PHYSICIAN PUZZLED
Insisted Upon Being Hanged for the
Murder of venezial and Upon Being
Imprisoned, Resolved to Starve to
Death.

PHILADELPHIA, April 9.-The dietary
experts at the Eastern PeniteEt iary are
nonpIussed at the vitality Of prisoner
who has lived there for nearly two weeks
without food. Up 70 the present time he
holds record for economy Of main
tcuance which has never been approached
by any convict ever kept there But the
officials OF the prison are troubled with
some doubts as to whether he can sur
vive a sentence Of fifteen years IN
less there Is a radical cfzG@e in his
present habits. and on Saturday he was
placed in the prison hospital for treat
mcnt
The convict is Virgilia Ditriro, thirty
years old, who shot and killed Dominica
Venezial. in a laborer's boarding house at
the Falls Of SchuylkiH, on December 3,
DftrirO accused his fellow boardeT Of hav-
ing stolen $40 and VeneZiaI in retalia-
tion threatened at the first opportunity
10 kill him without waiting for the
opportunity - occur. Ditriro took the
initiative and shot Venezial to death.
Insisted on Being Hanged
He was tried and convicted of murder
In the first degree, but the Supreme
Court set aside the verdict AID plea OF
guilty Of murder in the second degree was
entered. upon which he was sentenced %
The penitentiary on March p for fifteen
years.
The strangest part Of the proceedings
was that Ditriro himself violently pro-
tested against a communication Of the death
penalty 10 a term of Imprisonment and
insisted on being hanged Up to that
time he had subsisted in the county prison
almost entirely on a diet Of white Do-
tatOes. boiled or baked, and developed an
odd mania for eating them only when they
were served with The skins on When
they we're peeled he refused to eat them
Could Not Be Made 20 Eat
After his sentence to the penitentiary
Ditriro formed a resolve not TO eat and
after four days Of a fruitless struggle to
overcome his whim the county prison au-
thorities turned him over TO the peniten-
tiary as a hard subject 20 influence
At Cherry Hill the convicted Italian
maintained his stolid persistence in starv-
ny himself The prison keepers served
his meals regularly, but they remained
untouched. DR.. Harmon Leach. the pris-
on physician. was finally summoned TO
make an examination Of the case Dr.
Leach found the mans vitality lowered.
but in no danger Of collapse. He found
him mentally in a state Of deep melan-
ChOlia. The keepers declared that DitTiro
mas malingering. and that he concealed
some Of the food from his meals and ate
n when UnObseTVed-
The prison authorities were about TO
adopt the disciplinary method Of throwing
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-26
STAGE NOTES.

Henry w. Savage will have six operas
on the road next season-two king
Dodo'' companies "Thc sultah Of suiu,"
"The Prince of Pilsen," the Castle Square
Opera company and new opera by
George AIDE, entitled Peggy of Paris"
1t has been reasserted positively that
James I. Powers, alias Jimmy" has
signed contract to star next season in
"The Smart Set," by Paul West and John
Bratton, under the management OF the
Schuberts and will open in New York.
Mrs. Fiske, Maurice Campbell, who
represents his wife, Henrietta Crosman.
and James *. Hackett. are reported to
have designs on Boston in the shape of
building new theater. All these people
want to play outside the syndicate.
Madame Rejane has signed contract
with Liebler & Co., by which that dis
tinguished artist binds herself for a If
teen weeks tour Of the United States, be-
ginning in October next In the mean
time Nine Rejane will first make a South
American tour. opening In Buenos Ayres.
Mrs. Nathalie Fellows. a daughter-n-
law of the late Colonel John r. Fellows,
is the latest aspirant for stage honors.
She has been In negotiation with George
w. Lederer and will shortly sign a con-
tract to appear in production which he
has now under way.
According to the year book of the
Shakespeare society of Germany, there
were $40 Shakespearean performances in
Germany during the year 1901. "Othello"
was the best liked. leading with 134 per-
formances. while the Merchant of Ven-
ice came next with 1l5. Hamlet" WAS
last. only seventy three performances.
Rosabel Morrison, who for several sea-
sons past has been living quietly at her
home in Harlem. will probably return to
Sfp q,
the daughter of Lewis Morrison. the well
known actor, and in private life is the
wife of Edward j. Abrams, the we'll
known theatrical manager.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-26
AVOCA.

The funeral of Michael Smalley, who
died at the Lackawanna hospital on
Tuesday took place yesterday morning
from the family residence in Moosc.
Interment was made in Honesdale.
The eight-months-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Knokles, of Miller Hill,
desd on Tuesday morning of cholera in
fantum. lnterment was made yesterday
In Marcy cemetery.
During Thursdays storm bolt struck
the stock barn at the Heidelberg colliery
and in few minutes the structure was
a mass of flames. There was no live
stock within and but little hay.
James Horan has returned home af-
ter several weeks stay In New York city.
The following enjoyed a ride to Siebels
grove on Thursday Misses Ruth Nor
ton, Leah Laird, Agnes, Anna. Ethel and
Ella Morton, Mary Widdal. Lizzie Month
bella, Margaret Graham, Stella Zelgler.
Ray Bradbury, James Donelson. Robert
Cranston, Austin and Charles Johnson.
Gilbert Alexander, George Chester,
George Morton, James Cranstoh.
The new reservoir of the Spring Brook
Water company was visited on Thursday
by the following, who spent a very pleas
ant day. At noon dinner was served by
the ladies': Misses Margaret Akman,
Jean Evanston, Grace and Anna Whyte,
Jean Newlin, Anna Hastee, Rachel Da-
Wis, May, Elizabeth and Nell Graham.
Margaret Anderson, Eva Krotzer, of
Pittston: Lulu Haines, of Binghamton;
Belle Monte and Kate McKutcheon. of
Moosic; Anna Mitchell. of Parsons; John
Hastee, James Cranston, George New
bar, Thomas Davis, Thomas Morton,
Frank Miller, Morris Johnson. Fred At
terholt, Robert Webber. William Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Muir.
John coad left this week to spend
some time in Harrisburg.
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season In both Europe and America Is
Nine. Lillian Blauvelt, the well known
soprano, who Is now spending the sum-
mer at Bar Harbor. She returns to Eng
land Sept. 2 for fthe great festivals at
Cardin and Norwich. after which she
makes tour through the British pro-
vinces. She comes to America again in
January, 1903, for limited number of en-
engagements. Her tour will include a
trip through the South In addition to her
Eastern engagements and she will be
heard In California for the first time.
Manager Sam s. Shubert of the Casino
and Herald Square theatres, has dicov-
cred In young Philadelphia society girl
a singer with remarkable range of
voice. She is Miss Hnola Hada Hurst
not yet II years Of age, and a girl of
wonderful beauty. Manager Shubert has
added her to IA Chinese Honeymoon"
company to get stage case. and where
she Will be under the special instruction
of Stage Manager Gerald Coventry.
Those who have heard Miss Hurst sing
say there Is n great future for her OH the
operate stage.
One of the first and most lasting i'm.
pressions created on the minds of those
who see "a Chinese Honeymoon" at the
Casino Is its absolute cleanness and
wholesomeness There is not sugges-
tion of smut or salaciousness throughout
nearly three hours of rollicking fun,
catchy tunefulness and bright stage pic
lures. This Is in such strong contrast to
other plays which have been produced at
Broadway theatres and alleged to be
musical comedies that 1t is the cause of
frequent comment The attendance at
the Casino clearly proves that even the
most blase dwellcrs in Gotham can be-
come enthusiastic over n really first class
and clean performance
The choir of the Elm Park church,
which is composed OF the following MEM
bers. Mrs. Ezra Connell, soprano: Mrs.
Leonore Thompson. contralto: Mr.. Alfred
Wooer, tenor: Mr. Philip Warren. bass,
and the organist. Mr.. J. Alfred Penning-
ton, will be absent during the month Of
August on their well-earned annual va
cation.
\ 4 i
Oliver Ditson company. the well-known
music publishing firm. have accepted and
will shortly publish Alfred Wooler's new
song. "My True Loves Eyes" This is
the fourth song of Mr.. Woolers now in
press, the other three being as follows:
"a Many Years Ago" Jesus, My
Cross Have Taken" and Loves Whis-
pering." Mr.. Wooler's reputation as
writer of first-class songs is rapidly
and many of his compost
tions are being used by the leading sing
ers of Enslands. as well as this country.
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Week 5 Social News

light for many years. A beautiful
spirit, a sweet and gentle soul has gone
out from the world and her presence
will be greatly missed.
The members of the Scranton party,
who have been at Blanchard, Me-, for
the past fortnight, are enjoying de-
lghtful trip. which will bring them
back by way of Montreal and Lake
Champlain. The party is composed Of
Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. Byxbee, Dr.. and
Mrs. d. A. Capwell and Mr.. and Mrs.
H. j. Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waller who have made
many friends here during previous vis-
its to this city, are again in Scranton
for few weeks. MIR. Waller Is an
auditor for the Standard Oil company.
Madame Lenore Thomson will go to
her home in Minneapolis on Monday,
to remain until September. On her re-
turn she will open studio in this city
for classes In voice culture.