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The Washington times., 1903-05-26
POLICE OHHENDED
BY AUTONOBILISTS
Or. French and Mr.. FoSs Say Men
Are Not Lazy.

The police are not lazy" is the tenor
of two letters received by Major Sylves-
ter today from Dr. William B. French
and w. J. Foss, OF the American Cycle
Manufacturing Company. Both complain
they were misquoted by the newspapers
in saying the patrolmen were not ener-
getic. The communication from Mr.. Foss
reads as follows:
Just word to say that I regret
some of the unfortunate notoriety that
the automobilists have received during
the past week, in which the Police De-
partment has been connected.
In the first place. the speakers (Dr-
Frenchl remarks at the meeting on
Tuesday night last. was misquoted by
the newspapers, either willfully or from
error, and l wish to assure you, both
as a dealer and personally, that l have
the very highest regard for the Washing
ton police In my opinion they display
remarkably good judgment in enforcing
the regulations, and so far as l know,
they have been exceedingly fair in their
decisions
While l am frank TO admit. that am
not in sympathy with the new regula-
tions. this is simply from the fact that
they do not also apply TO horse-drawn
private vehicles, and l cannot find any
accidents caused by automobiles that
justify them. Furthermore it establishes
a precedent which is likely to be follow
ed by all the smaller municipalities
which will practically bar touring
~. he
with personal regards and again as
surfing you that I am in full sympathy
with the Washington police force, which
believe to be the best managed, and to
have the finest men of any police depart
ment in this country, I am" etc.
The letter from DR.. French reads:
In the Post of the goth instant. 1
was quoted as having said. at meeting
of automobilists at my house. That the
police, too lazy to work, will now have
us all tagged etc. Inasmuch as the
quotation is absolutely false and places
me in a false light in the eyes of the
police, l beg that you viii give this let
ter such attention as seems proper.
4 have numerous friends on the
force. being a native of this city. and
have no such opinion. On the contrary.
I feel very kindly towards it,
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
SPECIAL ORDERS TO
POLICE LIEUT.NANTS

Major Sylvester has ISSUE the fol-
lowing orders to his lieutenals:
When persons are brouat to the
stationhouses suffering fromloathsome
OF other diseases of a serias nature.
yoG will please call into rduisition
police surgeon. as set fort in para
graph 1877 of the manual, ad in max
ing disposition of the case e governed
BY the opinion of the srgeon pro-
vided, however, that everj means be
adopted to maintain the searity of the
prisoner
Instruct the members O your COM
mands to enforce the RECITATION rela-
tive TO reckless driving ad riding OF
bicycles, especially in trning street
corners
Members of the force and street
railroad crossing polieenan will wear
their coats buttoned unit further or
ders- When worn othergse it will be
construed as heretofore violation OF
the regulations.
IAN order directing tie wearing of
*hite gloves, PARTICULAR when details
are made. intends that tie helmet. uni
form. and equipments hall be neat
clean, and in keeping with dress attire
and such details when in duty should
De carefully and equal! assigned. with
view of securing elective service
freedom from conversatbn. and from in
difference TO the work hand"
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
ELECT NEW CAPTAIN

Admiral Dewey Naval Command,
Spanish War Veterans. assembled at
their new hall, 7I9 Sixth Street north
west, last evening TO elect captain, the
term of J. E. McCrink having expired.
]. H. Joins was chosen and was Installed
by the mastering officer of the corps. I.
n. Dolph.
Following the election further ar
rangements for the lawn fete on June Is
were discussed and the excursion 10
Chesapeake Beach on June 81 was also
considered. The Spanish War Veterans
Will have their headquarters after July
] at 719 Sixth Street. A five years lease,
with a buying option, has been obtained
on this building. The new hall is much
more commodious than their present
quarters on E Street and the veterans
regard their taking possession of II as
a turning point in the history of the or
ganization.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED.

officers for the coming year were
elected last night by the board of direc-
tors of the Wimodaughsis. They were:
President, Mrs NJ c. Lohr; vice presi-
dent Mrs. Anna NJ. Edgar; treasurer.
Mrs. Ida NJ. Colford: recording secre-
tary. Mrs Emma E Cameron; financial
secretary, Miss Hortense Keables; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Sarah T. An
drew; honorary vice presidents, Mrs.
Murilla Kicker. Mrs. Mary L. Bennett.
Mrs. Emily Rowland; vice president at
large. Rev. Anna H. Shaw. An illustrat-
ed lecture on Problems of Poverty in
Washington" will he given by Charles
Weller.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
SPECIAL APPEAL.
GRANTED TO WAGENHURST

The Court of Appeals. Justices Morris
and Shepard, has granted to Ellwood o.
Wagenhurst a special appeal from the
order of Judge Hagner, made on May D.
which required the Treasurer OF the Uni
ted States to deposit forthwith into the
registry CT the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict the moneys, bonds, and interest now
in his possession, but awarded TO Elias
Wineland II a decree made by Judge
Hagner on April I. The special appeal
is granted with supersedeas Of the
order OF May %, which directed the
funds to be paid into court.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26

Thomas Greene, 20, of Arlington, Va,
and Marie Smith. 81, of District of Co
lumbia.
Robert Whales. q. and Maud Little
page. 20.
Julius Hack, &c. and Dora Brase, 20.
Henry Stevens, q, and Della Johnson,
2h
Frank Eader, "a, OF New York city,
and Dora Johnson, 20, OF Brooklyn, n. Y.
Harry w. Decker. %, and Gertrude
Thompson, Is.
Augustine n. Lawrence. jr., "a. of New
York city, and Louise Lieber. %. of
District of Columbia
John w. Perkins, rs. and Celestine
Bowers 90.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
TO CANVASS CITY FOR
FOURTH OF JULY FUNDS
Additional Members of Finance Com
m;ttee.

Thomas w. Smith, chairman of the
finance committee to raise a fund for
the observance of Independence Day.
has added the following to the member
ship of his committee:
E. F. Abner, William J. Acker, r. P.
Andrews Byron S. Adams, Joseph Auer-
bach, H. C. Ansley.
Marcus Benjamin, John A. Baker
James F. Barbour, Jesse Brown. Horatio
browning, w w Burdette, L. S. Brown
S. s. Burdett, Emile Berliuer, ]. Edward
Browne.
William Wallace Case, J. D. Carmody
Eugene S. Cochran, Clarence Carson, P
r. Chase, w. H. H. Cissel, John Cas-
sells. H. P Cheatham, Max Cohen.
Edward K. De Puy. l.. o. DeLashmutt,
Jules A. Demonet, H. Rozier Dulaney. w.
w Dudley, George w. Driver. L. A.
Dent, j ]. Darlington, Lewis j. Davis. ].
Maury Dove, Gen Robert st. George Dy-
renforth
Rev. T. C, Easton, Charles R. Edmon-
Robert I. Fleming, Greed NJ Fulton,
Hon j. W. Foster. H. w. Fuller. H. K.
Fulton. P. L. Franklin.
Mathew Goddard. A. B. Graham. E. j.
Gardner.
Edward NJ. Gallaudet. Norman Gait.
George Gibson. James NJ. Green. A. S.
H. Greene, William A. Gordon.
Henry Hammond, S. B. Hege. t. B.
/ Hensey. W B. Hibbs. the Rev. Teunis
S. Hamlin, w. S. Harlan, Theodore
Holbrook. F. s. Hight. ]. Frank Hiss,
George E. Hamilton. J. c. Hornblower
George c. Henning. John E. Horrell, F
j. Heiberger, jr., R. Harris. Mrs. Archi-
bald Hopkins. Archibald Hopkins
Charles Jacobsen. F. H. Jackson
KoOn Kaufman DR.. A. r. A.
King. George T Keen. Charles Kraemer
Hon, W. P. kellogg, Charles Keidel. jr
Gen. A. NJ Legg, John Leetch, A.
| Maurice Low. Levi q. Letter.
| Capt. James P. McCrink, T. B. Nc
| CURE, John r Mclean, John McElroy,
IL. c. Malcolm, Henry May. Harrington
Mills. DR., G. L. Magruder, Willis l..
Moore, the Rev R. H. McKim, the Rev,
| ]. j. Muir, the Rev. J. H. Maxim, and
d. l. Murphy.
Allison Nailor. jr-. and the Rev. s. NJ
( Newman.
w. B. Orme.
Mrs. Fannie NJ Page, Thomas Nelson
Page, the Rev. F. d. Power. c. b. Pear
son. Clifford Pinchot, Herbert Putnam, S
c. Palmer. H B. Parker. and Mrs. Sarah
E. Pitman.
The Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, Clarence
| %. Rheem. DR.. A B. Richardson, F. K
1 Raymond, and Charles Rauscher.
s s. Shedd, Samuel S Smoot. Michae
scanIon. DR.. Z. T Sewers, Edwin
/ Stellwagen, the Rev D. J. Stafford. S
" stinemetz.
! T. J. Tally. Mrs Miranda Barney Tul
lcch, w. H Veerhoff.
George Westinghouse. Henry Wells
Somerset r. waters, H F. Woodward
lie. E. Wood, Dr. Ralph Walsh.
Edgar Youngman.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
THE DEATH RECORD.

The following deaths for twenty
four hours We're reported at the Health
department up to noon today:
Samuel BOSNIAN. a years.
James H. Padgett, 72 years.
Mary Vanguder, 81 years.
Sarah Johnson, 60 years.
Wilhelmina Bender, 90 years.
Charles D. Parker. 81 years.
Samuel H Wells, 40 years.
Lewis Carpenter. 4S years.
Henry c. Wooden. 80 years.
Ludwig Krafhoper, 81 years.
Joseph Davidson, &c years.
Thomas Willis, 35 years.
George Guy, SO years.
Ella Addison. SO years.
Mary Robertson, so years.
Eva Johnston, 81 years.
Sarah R. Carrall. 26 years.
Chariot Jackson. % years
Robert ]. Goodman, Is years.
Gladys V. Lane, 1 year.
Margaret V Jett, 9 months.
Josephine ADDISON. months.
Maude Keys, Z days.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
C0MMEMCEMENTS
I'M TWO SCHOOLS

The Sisters of the Convent of the
Visitation, Thirty-ffth between z and
Q Streets northwest, Georgetown, an
nounce that the annual commencement
exercises of their institution will take
place June 2, at $3.50 o'clock.
The commencement exercises of the
Washington Christian College. Four
teenth Street and Kenesaw Avenue
northwest. will be held tomorrow even
ing at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
MUST WARN cF olEN MANHoLEs.

On motion CT Commissioner West. the
District Board has requested the Cor
poration Counsel to draft a suitable
regulation. requiring the telephone and
electric companies 10 place a flag or
barricade to warn people on the street
when they open the manholes of their
underground conduits
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
LUNACY PROCEEDINGS
I'M DISTRICT COURTS

The District Commissioners have in
stituted proceedings in the Supreme
Court of the District TO determine the
mental condition of the following
ramed persons, alleged to be lunatics:
Hannah Johnson. Rebecca ]. Kirk, Pink
ney z. Mullen, Mary Tracey. Mary P.
Wlnslow, and Rufus J. Robson.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
MURDER THE CHARGE
AGAINST MAGGIE HITH
Accused Of Poisoning Mary Hhilton
Other Indictments.

The grand jury has reportedan in
d1etment against Maggie Smith charg-
ing her with murder. She ishccused
OF killing Mary Hamilton, by tisoning
her on March 30 last
The others against whom in(ctments
were reported are Arthur Montgomery
perjury; Charles James and Tomas II.
Grant, larceny; George TolHer, en-
bezzlement; Hamilton l.. Perne. false
pretenses. and Albert NJ. Raynnd, libel
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
TO SETTLE TRIKE.

For the purpose of considering and
adjusting the dificultRs existing be-
tween the international Association Of
Machinists and the officials of the Tn
ion Pacific Railroad gstem. confer
ence between representatives of the two
sides is arranged TO beheld in Omaha on
June !
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
CONVICTED OF LARCENY
NEGRO SHRlEKS AND FAINTS

II am innocent" shrieked Alice Beck
EFT, a negro woman. upon being convict
ed of larceny in Criminal Court, No. l.
She then threw her arms above her head
and, Keeling, fell to the floor in an I'M
conscious condition.
The woman was found guilty of steal
ing s55 from John Trammell, also black.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
PLUMBER LICENSED.

By order of the District Commission
ers John l. Harrison has been licensed
as master plumber and gasftter upon
fling OF proper bond.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
FoRFEITs COLLATERAL.

In the Juvenile branch of the Police
Court yesterday Vinson Walsh. fifteen
years of age. the son of Thomas +
Walsh, forfeited $50 on charge Of
speeding an automobile up Eleventh
Street northwest, Saturday afternoon.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
FREIGHT CARS WRECKED.

Three freight cars of the PennsyI-
yania Railroad were smashed by another
train backing into them at Virginia Ave
nue. and Street southwest last night.
The damage done amounted to $3.50.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
Eczema. No Cure. No PAY.

Your druggist will refund your money II
PAZ0 OINTMENT fails TO cue Rngworm Tet-
ter, Old Ulcers and Sores, Pinples. and pla *
heads on the face. and all ikin diseases. 80
cents
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
MEMORIAL DAY EXCURSION.
$3.50 To Old Point and Norfolk via $3.50
Norfolk and Washington Steamers

Tickets on sale Friday and Saturday, May %
and 30. good TO return Sunday, May 81, and Mon
day, June J. at So 80 for round trip For state
rooms phone Main 2200. See schedule page TO-
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
The Times
Camera Contest
Three of These Will Be Awarded
Money Prizes of SIS, So, and
So Respectively.

CONDITIONS-The conditions governing the awarding of
prizes follows:
The prints submitted be made by amateurs readers OF
The living within radius of twenty miles of Washing
ton negatives by themselves and the result of their
work through all processes and must be for the exclusive
The Times that it desires Previous publca-
will bar the print and subsequent publication
print will not be allowed except by special
of The Times The must bear the and adj
dress of the sender and safer to have prints mounted NO
print will be returned.
Where possible, descriptive text be SENT but this VIII
be considered awarding the The composition ar
stic general aactyene of the photograph
naming the prizewnner IL
picture of sender should be written the back
of the print, and not sent separately.
be delivered TO The
Times office not later than Saturday. May So
The successful competitors for this week will be announced
and their photographs reproduced Sunday, June T.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
Che Iintes.
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE DAY.

ACADEMIA Ruined Life and p m.
CHASE'S-''Wang," e:l5 p.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES company in 'Romeo and
Juliet Sis p. m.
LAFAYETTE-Berger stock company in "A
Celebrated Case sis p M.
LYCEUM-Phil Sheridan's City Sports 2:15
and Sis p
THIRTEENTH STREET AND COLUMBIA ROAD
Baseball, Church League, $50 p. IN.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
EXCURSIONS.
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED.

Iorfollt and Washington steamer for Norfolk
and Fortress Monroe. $50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
MATINEES ToMoRRoW.

CHASE 2:I5 p. M
LAFANETTE-Berger stock company in "A
Celebrated Case, 2:l5 p. m
LYCEUM-Phil Sheridan's City Sports, 2:l5
p m,
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
Wolfe Skirts, S4.96

Fashionable Wolfe Dress
Skirts, III new shade Of blue and
black; transparent weave, unlin-
ed; trimmed off with millineTs
folds of taffeta down front and
sides; train effect; $3.50 value,
for $4.9S.
The Washington times., 1903-05-26
Hourly Passenger Service to Baltimore
via B. & o. Railroad.

Every hour on the hour from 4 am to s pm
Returning in like manner.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-10-28
FEARS THE NAME SHEFFIELD
Negro Wouldn't Buy Razor Be-
cause 1t Bore That Title.

The negro in the Pataula circuit
who has ever faced Judge Sheffield has
recollection of the incident that will
linger with him for some time. 1t was
last Saturday that a negro went into q
store in FIT. Gaines and inquired for a
razor. Several razors were shown the
negro; he made his selection and was
in the act of paying for the same when
he discovered that the tonsorial article
he was about to purchase was made in
Sheffield, Eng. This broke up the
trade. The article was carefully placed
back on the counter, and the customer
went out saying that he has ''cur
'ous" feeling every time he thinks
about Judge Sheffield and a razor, and
that the name being on it would haunt
him in his sleep. So no kind of per
suasion could induce him to make the
purchase.-Ft. Games Sentinel.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-10-28

to seven feet. The floor is somewhat
like the convex surface of sphere.
The walls are rough, and show no
signs of stalactites.
The ante-chamber begins to slope
down. One who follows this incline
ward for twenty or thirty feet
reaches long hallway with q muddy
hoor-the mud having been deposited
by an underground stream which
works les way through the crevlces of
the rocks and finally comes out into
the open air about 100 yards from the
cave entrance. There are several
openings from this hallway, but all are
so narrow that they have never been
explored. Overhead the stalRctites
have taken many shapes, whose
beauty redeems the muddy cavern
from the commonplace and uninvit-
ing.
Going northeast from the entrance
one comes to a narrow passage about
two: feet high and twenty feet long.
This could most appropriately be call
ed "Fat Mans Misery" for it 10 with
difficulty that one succeeds in getting
through this passage. But the apart
ment into which it leads fully repaYs
one for all hardships. This room is
about fifty feet long, thirty feet wide
and ten feet high, and to it some haYe
given the name ballroom"
The walls on all sides are rough and
irregular. The floor is extremely un-
even and muddy, and across it flows
the stream mentioned. The roof is
covered with stalactites, which vary
from the size of small icicles to that
Iof a mans body. Some portions of
the roof are beautifully corrugated,
and exceed in splendor anything that
could be produced by the most skilled
sculptor. Unfortunately the brilliance
of the crystals has been dimmed by
the smoke and SCOT from the torches
and candles of the visitors. On the
left the stalactiJes and stalagmites
have united and formed great col.
umns. Here they have the appearance
of a large basin of water which was
streaming over on all sides and sud
denly turned to stone. There they
form a row of pipes, as Of some large
pipe organ.
The origin of this cave cannot be
very different from that of others.
The underground stream is still cut
ting away the soft limestone; the wa
ter, percolating through the thin sur
face layer, through which even the
roots of trees find their way, is still
forming beautiful stalactites and STA
lagmites. This continued increase, to-
gether with the many unknown regions
which will some day be explored, will
make Grier's cave familiar not only to
Georgians but to the people of other
sections.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-10-28
SLAVE TOEDUCATE NEGROES
Judge Gary Talks Against AppOr'
tiOnment of School Fund.

In charging the grand jury in Au'
gusta few DAYS ago Judge William
T. Gary created something of sensa-
tion BY declaring his opposition to the
use of white mems taxes to educate
negroes.
He said 1t spoiled good plow hands,
and if the negroes ability to acquire
education is conceded he sees no wis
dom In educating them to be lawyers,
doctors, etc., when there are no places
for them to fill. He had seen, with
tears in his eyes, old Confederates, too
poor to educate their own children
but paying taxes that went to educate
negroes.
He thought it was time for the grand
jury to see if something could not be
done to correct this evil.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-10-28
IAN IMMENSE CAVERN NEAR DAWSON
Exists i'm Limestone Northern Part Ran
doIph County. The Bottom of a Well Was Blown
Out, and Led Discovery.

Few people even in south Georgia
know that in Decatur county, in the
lime sink region, there are waterfalls
of great height and beauty, or that in
Randolph county there is large cave,
which on further investigation may
prove still more extensive, says an At
lauta dispatch.
The cave is situated about ten miles
north of Cutd bert. The entrance is
half mile east of the home of j. j.
Harden, on whose land it is. 1t was
first known to the white people in the
early '30s, just after the Creek war.
Samuel A. Grier had moved out to
what then was almost wilderness, in
habited only by wild animals, Indians
and few white men. The Indians
looked upon the whites as intruders,
and of course resisted every approach
wherever possible.
On a cold, frosty morning Mr.. Grier,
while out in the woods near his home,
noticed what he thought to be smoke
curling up from small hole in the
ground. Surprising that a scouting
party of Indians was concealed within
he gathered a party of his neighbors
and returned to drive out the supposed
marauders at the point of the baYonet.
The hole in the ground proved to be
an extensive cave, and the smoke only
vapor arising from underground
streams. No Indians were there; in
fact, it was learned afterwards that
the Indians were afraid .of the cave.
A few years after the discovery OF
the cave Mr.. Grier was having well
dug near his house. About twenty
feet below the surface they struck a
rock and found it necessary to do
some blasting. A thing then happen
/ ed which to those unacqualnted with
the geographical formation in the
neigh borhood seems incredible-the
bottom of the we'll was blown out.
A limestone rock lies just beneath
the surface there and extends over
several hundred acres, protruding here
and there into view. This rock is soft,
and contains about 80 per cent of lime.
1t is just the region in which the geol-
ogist would expect to find caves, and
he would not hesitate long in looking
for an entrance.
1t is usually expected that the en-
trance to a cave will be in the side of a
hill or mountain, but here ones pre-.
conceived notions are shocked, for he
sees only small round hole about two
feet in diameter in the almost level
ground. This opening goes through
about three feet of the rock.
A drop of ten feet through this aper-
ture puts one Immediately into what
may be called the ante chamber. 1t is
an apartment about thirty feet in d.
ameter, and varies in height from two
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-10-28
The Worlds Wheat Crup.

The worlds wheat crop is said to be
81, 900, 900 bushels short, but the United
States department of agriculture esti-
mates the yield in this country to be
$50, O28, 900 bushels, total which has
only been excelled three times in the
history of the nation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-10-28
A Cane Plantation.

A stock company has been formed in
Townsville to plant 100 acres in
choice seed cane near Pelham. 1t has
ordered 81, 900 worth of machinery an
will make syrup after the most ap-
proved process. Sweet potatoes and
other produce will also be raised.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-10-28
FOR VERY
STYLISH MEN

You won't see such Top Co ats
as we shall show you in any other
tore in town; you won't see on the
street, made by anybody, such
goods as these Hart Schaffner d
Marx overcoats.
You will be doing yourself fav
or by looking at these goods now;
and you'll be glad to pay little
more for them than for ordinary
clothes.
You'll be grateful to us for tell
ing you about them; drop In and
thank us some day.
FOR SALE BY
Al.
BALDWIN & CO..
Dawson. Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-10-28

J. E. NJ. -four, every sack guaran-
teed, at Wall Bros.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-03

When Mr.. Goodheart came home to
supper he found Mrs. Goodheart in a
state akin to dependency. which was
quite unusual with her.
why, my dear, what is the matter?"
he anXiously inquired.
'Matter enough" said she. "Our SER
want has left us, and here is letter
from Sarah Armatlge saying she will
be here tomorrow, and expects to stay
over Sunday with us. What on earth
is to be done?"
"Oh, that will be all right" said MI.
Goodheart. Harold can act as dining
room waiter, Millie can be maid of all
work, and you can be cook. You know
you are good one. We shall get along
swimmingly."
"And what will you do?" inquired
Mrs Goodheart.
Me? Oh, I'll be gentleman he
replied.
VERY well, we will try your plan.
Edmund" she said, cheerfu'ly, but |
am afraid We shall all feel rather awll-
ward in our unaccustomed roles
Mr.. Goodhcart says she was as cheer
ful as lark all the remainder Of the
evenlng.-New York Zines