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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
BABY ELEPHANT STOPS
TRAIN WITH BELLCORD
Playful Pachyderm Adopts Safer Method Thag That Made Fa
nous by Jumbo-Expert Soothed Him.

car, to apprise Conductor Suits of the
fact that his charge had broker. loose.
When the men re-entered the car
baby was executing a two-step of his
own invention. The conductor and mes
senger fearlessly crawied behind a wall
Of trunks and tried to soothe him.
The animal looked thoughtfully at the
two men-or. at least, at the pile Of
trunks behind which they were safely
located. Soon a look OF enlightenment
came over the animals couatenance,
and. as If he understood what they were
saying. reached up and pulled the bell
cord which ran along the top Of the
car The ear came TO a sudden stop.
Then the engineer began TO say uueom-
plimentary things, and the elephant
trumpeted the while as If to mock him.
The conductor went to the nearest
telephone office and explained matters
to the foreman of the Adams Express
Company IN New Jersey.
What are you going to do?" asked
the foreman.
That's what want you to ;eH me. 80
answered Suits.
What can you dor"
Nothing"
Then 20 on"
But what II he pulls the bell cord
again"
Pretend you don't hear It" was the
reply
When the train started again the ele-
plant found among other stuff in the
car a bag OF oats and a bale Of hay,
and declared hostilities of. When
Philadelphia was reached the Adams
Express Company secured an expert
animal trainer to accompany him. No
more trouble was caused by the froIic-
some elephant, and he is speeding qUi-
city toward Atlanta.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
PITTSBURG SMOKE
GIVES WAY TO FOG

PITTSBURG, jan I'm years citizens
of Pittsburg and vicinity have not ex-
perienced such a fog as spread itself
out as barrier to transportation prog
ress yesterday. It covered an area Of
fully twenty-five miles around the city,
and caused much trouble, especially to
the railroads and street railways.
A serious wreck occurred on the Nc
Keesport Division Traction Line at
Glassport. The motorman of one Of the
cars, John Fletcher, OF McKeesport, was
seriously injured. Both cars were badly
damaged.
A car on the Rebeeca Street Line
crashed into a wagon belonging to d.
Lutz & Sons Brewing Company. with
serious results. The driver of the wag-
on. Gustave Miller, Of Madison Avenue.
Allegheny, was thrown to the street His
right arm was broken, his head and body
cut, and it is thought he is injured in
ternally- The car was badly damaged.
Five persons were seriously injured
and FIVE others were badly shaken rp by
runaway car Of the Ptttsburg Railways
Company on Evans Avenue, McKeesport.
The Pennsylvania limited on the Penn
sylvania Railroad was held up for fifty
minutes n the fog Just east of Pittsburg.
The fast train was completely lost. "
the dispatcher being unaware of its
whereab bouts. It finally carefully felt its
way into the Union depot
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
WIFE AND MEDITERRANEAN
CHARGED WITH MURDER
Accused of Feeding Poison
10 William A. KiehL.

CORTLAND. y. I. Jan 2-yf7a-
Naude c. Kiehl, the girl widow, ard her
mother. Grs. Addie Fenner, have been
placed in jail here charged with the
murder o. William a. Kiebl, the young
womaas husband, last February.
Sheriff 0ving5on rode 80 South Onon-
daga in his sleigh and brought the eeo
prisoners. with Mrs. Kiehl's little baby.
70 the JAZZ here. where they vii be held
20 await the action Of the grand jury.
which meets Monday.
Mrs KiehI viii not discuss the charges
against her, Dut insists that she Is n
.nocent and viii be able 10 prove IT, Ser
mother VIII say nothing whatever This
Is the second arrest Of Mrs. KtehI-
She was FIRST arrested last September,
following the death O. her brother-ia-
Law. Adam KiehI, who was said to have
been fed With arsenic. At that time Ger
ou~r santce charged that lIrs- KIehi mad
poisoned Adam to prevent him from
marrying another young woman. Alter
being in jail several weeks she was dis
charged.
The coroner then startsd an inVesliga-
ton into the de2th Of her husband, eight
months before the death Of ADAM The
coroHer-s jury returned verdict We'd
nesday. charging Mrs kiehl and her
mother With having caused it with
poison.
The Jury alleges that there is Droba-
bic cause 10 believe" that Mrs. FeBner
purchased and mixed the aFsentcal
potion sent il 10 her daughter and that
Mrs. Kieni fed Is TO her husband on four
successive days
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
NEW STEAMERS FOR
THE JAPANESE TRADE
Shipowners Push Construction to Par
ticipate in the Subsidy.

Consul S. S. Lyon sends the State De
Partment from Kobe, November 25, 1902
a newspaper clipping to the effect that
the Nippon Yusen Kaisha is having six
steamers built-one of 5000 tons, one
of 5000 tons. three of 1000 tons each,
and one of ], 900 tons.
The first viii be put on the European
line, the next on the Australian line, and
the others on the North China line, and
in the Hokkaido coasting trade. The Nip
pom Yusen Kaisha. it is added. is com
PEELED to continue building on account
OF the terms OF the subsidy. which pro-
vides that no vessel older than fifteen
years is TO be employed, or. II employed.
is entitled TO participate in the subsidy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
NEW PROCESS OF MAKING
SUGAR DISCOVERED
Promises to ReVOlutlOniZe
Industry in Louisiana.

NEW. ORLEANS. La. Jan. 2.-Thomas
Wommack, a planter Of East Baton
Rouge parish, says he has discovered a
process for making sugar which prom
ises to revolutionize the industry in
Louisiana.
Wommack declines TO divulge his Sc
cret until he has obtained a patent He
says the process converts the whole
product from the ordinary syrup into
frst-class sugar. with only small per
eentage OF residue in the shape OF a
black kind OF glucose. with scarcely a
trace Of succrose in It. and as hard as
as brick.
He brought samples of this residue
product TO the sugar exchange for chemi-
cal examination. As an evidence Of the
success Of his discovery, every pound Of
sugar made by him this season is clear
white. first sugar
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
ALL T0DDIES MUST BE
SERVED IN CLEAN GLASSES

MORRISTOWN. n. J.. Jan. 2-That the
aldermen of the town of Madison intend
to have clean glasses from which to
drink when they feel like bending the
elbow is evidenced by the fact that they
have passed an ordinance requiring the
thorough cleansing of glasses in every
public drinking place, whether saloon,
hotel, drug store, barber shop or pool
room
The ordinance is to the effect that
glasses must not be reflIed. or used to
serve another customer, until they have
been washed in hot water and sterilized.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
MExfCAhS FLEE FROM
PLAQUES STRICKEN TOWN
Scientists Dispel Doubt As To Nature
Of the Disease.

MAZATLAN. Mexico. Jan There is
10 longer doubt that the disease now af-
nicting this city is genuine Asiatic
plague, for microscopic investigation
proves that bubonic pest bacciIi are in
the blood OF those afflicted with the dis
ease.
The plague has grown viruIent within
the last forty-eight hours, and the peO-
pie ere fleeing from the city at the rate
OF 300 per day. and some 5000 persons
have gone already.
More than so per cent of the persons
attacked are women. The news Of the
recrudescence Of the plague here has
reached the interior, and IS causing a
panic. Sanitary cordons Of armed men
have been placed around the towns TO
prevent the entrance Of anyone from
this place.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
GOL0-BEATER KILLS
HIS BR0THER-IN-LAW
Alleged Confession Of Wife Results in
Murder.

CHICAGO, Jan 2.-Beglnning the New
Year with a resolution to kill. Hermann
Rennock. gold-beater, went in search
OF his b7other-in-Iaw Thursday. and car
Tied out his purpose. The murdered man
was Oscar Kreitling. a florist.
KTeitling was shot while working in
his store. His wife was BY his side
After shooting Kreitling, Rennock was
overcome by grief. ard assisted his vic
tim to the Office Of a physician.
The shooting was the result of an al
legged confession made by 8Irs. Rennock
TO her husband on New Year eve.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
VIRGINIA PosTMAsTERs.

The following postmasters for Vir-
ginia have been commissioned by the
President: James II. Lam, Antelope,
Rockingham county; Charles ". Tan
quarry. Burnt Factory. Frederick county;
Fred II. Hartman. Jericho, Carroll coun-
ty; Daniel T. Zirkle, Mushet Augusta
county, Edward P Wassum, Wassum
smyth county; Upton T. Omohundro, IT.,
Glendower; Eugenia z. White, Hard
ware; Drury E, Moore, MoOre's Mill;
Newton A. Barrett, Sands; Edwin L.
Burrows. Sandy Hook; Emma A. Wo-
mack ThTock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
DEATH SAVES WOMAN
FROM THE P0ORH0USE
Old Mrs. Evans Worries Over Her Sad
Lot With Fatal Result.

PITTsTON, Pa. Jan. destined to
go to the poorhouse to commence her
new year, Mrs. CadwaIlader Evans, one
Of the pioneer residents of this city,
worried herself to death.
Mrs Evans. an oetogenariau. was to
be left homeless. and arrangements had
been made for her at the aImshouse. She
worried necessarily over the fact, and
death relieved her this morning, the
physicians ascribing her decease TO ex-
IRENE nervousness. brought about by her
fear of the poorhouse-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
TALK With 81 OFFICIALS
Law Committee Insist on Public Hear
ing Of Grievances Against Road.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2.-The State rail-
road commissioners returned from Al
bany today and resumed their secret
conferences with the L" road officials.
Il was not a star chambe- meeting.
only a private gathering" as CoL- Ash
ley Cole has so naiveIy explained Bat
Col. William King and members OF the
law committee Of the Merchants As
ISOLATION turned up IN the course OF tie
morning to insist on hearing, at which
some plain talk viii be given the com
missioners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
APPOINTED TIME FOR
SUICIDE CLUB MEMBER
Took carbolic Acid as Easiest Method
Of Self Destruction.

TOLEDO. Ohio. Jan. 2.-As two physi-
clans worked over Adoiph HeInIninger to
try TO save his life, he told them he be-
Ionged 70 a suicide club, and that his
appointed time had come. He had taken
carbalic acid. he said, as the easiest
meth I'd known to him to produce death
This was the only Information that
could be obtained from the man, who ap-
parently was IN perfect health when he
took the drug He was found in 3 barn,
where he had drunk The greater part Of
a bottle OF The acid. he cannot recover
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
BOSTON TEA PARTY
SEES DUTY REMOVED
Big Unloading of Chests at
Bonded Warehouses.

BOSTON. Jan. 2.-The duty on tea, 1o
cents a pound. vas stricken from the
tariff list yesterday. As 3 result there
was big unloading OF chests OF tea
from the Rosen Company bonded tea
warehouse in the city.
John Moir, Of Chase & sanborn. the
tea man OF the firm, says that his firm
had about 10000 chests of tea IN bond
yesterday when the duty was removed.
By the removal OF the duty the Gov
eminent viii lose S7.0e0.000.
The removal of the duty does not
mean that the consumers viii buy their
tea any cheaper, but that they viii set
a better grade for their money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
BUFFALO MERCHANTS
TAKING BAD MONEY
Stores Flooded With Counterfeit Half.
Dollars,

BUFFALO, N Y, Jan. 2,-store ans
shop keepers have been flooded with
counterfeit half dollars to an extent
that leads to the belief that d coun-
terfeiter's headquarters Is located in the
vicinity of this city
The Federal authorities have been no.
tilted. and Secret Service men are now
trying to locate the makers OF the bad
money The coins are we'll made. and
deceive readily.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
READY TO RETALIATE
VIII Take Part in Molding Grain Prices
on Account Of Withdrawal Of
Market Quotations.

CHICAGO. Jan 2--The board OF trade
viii leave the secIusion OF a retired life
Cd quiet alley within a few days and
branch out as a molder Of prices on grain
and provisions for the entire country.
Plans for the threatened retaliation Of
the board Of trade for cutting on its
market quotations have been practically
perfected, although officers of the organ
izauon refused 10 give out any state
ment.
The board viii keep open from g a. n.
TO $50 ?, n
The organization has had a boom in
membership recently. Twenty new
names are added to the roll. one Of them
IS George w. Ciawson. Of ST Louis, an
officer Of the organization Of bucket shop
men Of the country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
THREE BOYS DROWNED
WHILE SKATING

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 2-Three
boys lost their lives while skating on a
pond a short distance below The city
yesterday afternoon. They were Willie
Brown, aged eleven; Thomas Livesy.
aged fourteen, and W. L. Mann, aged
twelve.
The boys were a short distance from
the bank when the Ice broke They
plunged into the water. All attempts
to rescue them failed. Their Lodies
were recovered last night
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
PATENT OFFICE.

Edward B. Moore, Assistant Commits
sioner. was formerly editor Of the old
Morning News" and other papers. In
this line of work Mr.. Moore was also a
great success, but an offer in 1888
brought him upon the rolls Of the Pat
ent ONCE. Mr. Moore has held nearly
all the positions in this office that are
stepping stones TO his present one, and
was principal examiner for some time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
LABORER STRANGLED
BY HIS SHIRTsAND

FALL RIVER, Mass, Jan. Z-Joseph
PaehoicO, twenty-fOur years old. was
strangIed by his shirtband while al work
in the Crescent mill yesterday morning.
He was found lying between two draw
Ing frames, NAKED save for a thin strip
OF shirt.
It had held around his neck and
Choked him to death while the rest OF
his clothing was whirIed around a shaft
in which it had been accidentally caught
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Director Charles D. Walcott has per
haps been an official in the Survey as
long if not longer than any other mem
Der Of the present staff. DR.. WoIcott.
on July II, 1879, was originally selected
for a chair in the Survey, and on June
s, 1894, became Director. He received
his last appointment from New York.
but is now a resident of the District Of
Columbia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
EIGHT TRAIN STRIKES
BUGGY AND KILLS WOMAN

SARATOGA, n. Y, Jan. Mrs. Ellen
de Garmo, while attempting to drive
over a crossing at Gansevoort, Sara
toga county, last evening, was struck
and instantly killed by a freight train
on the Delaware and Hudson Railroad
She was aged seventy three years, and
a widow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
PENSION OFFICE.

Capt Horace J. Gambrill. a clerk in
the Pension Office, died very suddenly at
mis- nome in Alexandria yesterday morn
ing. Nj Gambrill was first appointed
to a position in the Pension Office IN
1879, and had held his present one since
1882 Mr. Gambrill was from North
Carolina, and was highly thought OF by
his many friends.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
EX-mAYORS TO HAVE
CHANCE TO EXPLAIN

HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 2.-The com
mittee appointed by Harrisburg councils
10 investigate the charges Of shortage
OF official funds at the mayors Office
during the administrations Of Mayors
Patterson and Fritchey. has issued sub
poenas for more witnesses.
Among the witnesses to be subpoenaed
viii be some Of those whose names were
submitted by the attorneys for Mayor
Mccormick during the. meetings Of the
committee. at which the mayor presented
his testimony The ex-mayors against
whom the charges are made viii be
given an opportunity TO appear before
the committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

Labor conditions in the British colonies
in the Southern Pacific have been thor
oughIy examined by the United States
Department Of Labor. IN New Zealand
and the States Of Australia there are
Cancellation and arbitration laws, which
are regulated by the government An
examination OF the work of the boards of
Cancellation shows that they have not
realized the hopes expressed by the au-
thor OF the act that they would do the
major portion Of the work. The great
difficulty lies in the fact that the con-
tending parties often take no notice of
the boards recommendations, but pro-
coed TO the arbitration court for the sake
Of the power to bind possessed by the
court. and not by the board. Members Of
the board have been known to stir up dis
putes between employees and employers,
which they subsequently have to con-
slider, because the system Of payment is
by fees for each sitting.
The court Of arbitration has proved
very satisfactory. They have q wider
jurisdiction, perhaps, than any other
court in the British dominIons. From it
there is practically no appeal. II hears
cases in any way it prefers, and is not
bound by the ordinary rules Of evidence.
The report says that on the part OF the
men employed, none Of that opposition
to compulsory arbitration which is such
q marked feature in England and the
United states has been found in the
colonies But while the effects are 50
far good, the time has not come when +
can be said with any certainty that it is
q measure which viii provide for the
solution of all labor troubles.
In New South Wales there is a labor
commission to provide work for the
unemployed. The duties Of the com
mission are to organize and control al
labor of both sexes not in employment
and assist the unemployed in securing
positions The work OF the commits
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02

The iron and steel manufacturers Of
the United States have prided them
selves upon their ability to fully supply
the home market and produce surplus
for expectation. That they were max
ing gains in this direction until the ex-
cepttonal demand Of recent years is evil
denced from the fact that imports of
iron and steel manufactures, which
amounted TO S67 .000. 600 in 1882, had
steadily fallen until they were only $12.-
eco coo in 1898 In 1900 there was a slight
increase. but in this last year the fig
ures will exceed those Of any year since
1891, when they were S53,OO0,00O- In the
eleven months ending November, 1902,
imports Of iron and steel and manufac-
lures of those materials amounted to
S3s, $50, 420, as against SO. 791,124. IN 1901
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Night shifts in the machine shops Of
the navy yard viii be resumed this
evening. They were suspended during
the holidays owing TO the absence of u
large number OF the employees who were
taking the remainder of their annual
leave It is said there viii be three
shifts in twenty-four hours when enough
coal can be obtained to permit Such
activity has not been INDUCED in since
the busy time in 1870, when everybody
was expecting serious trouble in China.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02

4 reception was given at the Museum
last evening in honor of the delegates
to the convention of the American As
ISOLATION for the Advancement OF
Science. All the visitors at the recep-
tion made a thorough tour of the build
ing. Secretary Langley and the entire
staff received Superintendent C. D
Walcott, Of the Geological Survey; Prof,
Alexander Graham Bell, and Prof. c. z.
White also assisted Relics of the late
Mrs. L. s. Grant were installed in the
Museum yesterday
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
BUREAU OF STATISTICS.

J. y. Whitney, chief clerk of the Blu
reau of Statistics, has been in Atlantic
City during the holidays. He is expected
to return to this city this week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
NATIONAL MUSEUM.

The division in charge of Prof. Lucas
is considered by many who know TO be
one of the most interesting in the
building Among other things 1t con
tains the hind legs of the horned Din
osauT, a very large reptile, the remains
of which occur in the laramie forma-
ton, upper Cretoceus, OF Converse
county, Wyo. This creatures legs are
about fifteen feet high and its body is
in proportion. Another exhibit in Prof.
Lucas charge is the extinct toothed
diver. a bird from the gray chalk Of
Logan county, Kan. This is the only
bird with teeth on record, and the speci-
men is considered very valuable by the
Museum authorities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02

William WilIingsford, head doOTkeep-
CT. has been an emplOye in the Mu-
scum for twenty years. When he first
entered upon his duties in this Office the
cases containing relics, etc, were few
and far between. Many rather unusual
questions are asked of Mr.. VIKINGS
ford by sightseers. as ''WheTeHaTe Wash
ingtons false teeth?" Isn't the cat that
jumped from the Monument here?' etc.
There are many other questions put to
the doorkeeper, and, OF course. he an
swers them all.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-23
Old Coins From Old MINIS.

The mint house, in Boston existed
about thirtyfour years. All the coins
issued from it bore the dates 1862 or
1862, the same dies being used proba-
bly, throughout the thirtyfour years Of
coinage. Some coins had been made
IN Bermuda for the use of the Virginia
colony as early as 1914. Copper coins
bearing the figure of an elephant were
struck i'll England for the Carolinas
and New England in 1904. Coins were
also struck for Maryland bearing the
eftigy of Lord Baltimore. A mint was
established in Rupert, VT. by legisla-
tive authority in 1885. whence copper
cents were issued, bearing on one side
pillow and sun rising from behind
hills and Oh the other radiated eye
surrounded by thirteen stars.