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The Washington times., 1903-11-22
ANXIOUS MOTHER THINKS
SUICIDE IS HER SON

Mrs Mary Friedman, of Anaeostia,
yesterday called upon Captain Board
man. with the idea that the suicide of
Wednesday, in the Howard House. Bal
timore, was her son. Albert J. Fried
man. who disappeared from home some
time ago. This is the man who regis
tered as F. Benson, Washington. and,
prior to turning on the gas. took every
precaution against Identification. The
anxious mother bases her idea that it
is her missing boy on the published de-
scription. 1t was learned from Balti-
more that the man had not as yet been
identified, and the picture OF Friedman
will De sent to the Baltimore authorities
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
a WASHINGTON NAN
TELLS THE STORY or his CURE or
ASTHMA & CONSUMPTION

The wheeling in my air pipes could be heard
rooms away My shortness Of breath kept me
awake. 50 that / frequently sat up all night in
a cAai=.
II was unable TO work, had night sweats. and
every one knew that 1 had but short time 20
live
Just when was about TO give up in despair,
heard Of the cures that were being made By
the Koch Lung Cure. 1925 New York Avenue,
Washington, and ] applied for the Koch Inhala-
tion oily vapors, brcathed them into my lungss
and in less -han three months ! was a cured
man, whereas other doctors had given me up "
die. can now be seen al 1913 ~ Street south
west, Washington, where my neighbors viii tea
tifY 70 my wonderful cure.
JULIUS NJ BROWN
II you cannot make regular visits 20 the Koch
Lung Cure Offices. the Koch Home Treatment.
with especially prepared apparatus, can be sent
to your home without extra cost Write 70 the
Washington Office Of the Koch Lung Cure, 1235
New York Avenue. for descriptive booklet con-
tanning symptom blank. II
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
PHOTOGRAPHERS BACHRAcH
MUST PAY HEAVY FINE

Moses bechraeh. am T Street photog-
raphcr. was fined SO In the Police Court
yesterday by Judge Scott for creating
disorder In the District Building and
for assault and battery upon Detective
Carl Father Friday afternoon in the
photograph gallery.
Mr., Bachrach is alleged to have gone
to the personal tax Office in the munich
pal building and started rnmpds he
cause % per cent penalty had been
added to his personal tax for alleged
non-payfnent at Iuc proper time A war
rant for disorderly conduct was sworn
out against him and given to Father
To serve
When the detective arrived AT the gal
lely and made known his mission ne re-
ceived harsh treatment at Bachrsch' S
hands and was compelled to throw Mr..
Bachrach TO the floor and sit on him
until policeman arrived.
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
ASK RAIL WAY COMPANY
TO REMOVE TRACKS

The Commissioners of the District
have decided to request the Washington
Railway and Electric Company 10 an
nounce its intention concerning its
abandoned track on G Street southeast
between Eleventh and Seventeenth
Streets This action is taken upon a
complaint by the Washington Real Is
tate Company. which IS interested ia
property in that portion of the city.
The real estate company demanded 60
know If the tracks were TO be again
operated. or removed, and the street put
in its former condition.
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
NO APPLICATION FILED
FOR SWITCH ON SQUARE

A recent protest addressed to the Dis
trict Commissioners, objects to granting
permission for railroad. switches TO enter
the square bounded by North Capitol.
First, L and NJ Streets. The Commits
sioners will inform the author of the
protest that no application has been
made by the railroad company for a
switch in this locality. Some Of the
property owners nave communicated
with the Commissioners with reference
to a switch at this point, but they have
been notified in each case that the ap-
pHcation must come from the railroad
company.
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
Telephone Litigation
Settled Out of Court

Justice Barnard in the District Supreme
Court the company was successful. The
patrons then took an appeal TO the
Court OF Appeals of the District. That
tItbunal reversed the decision OF Justice
Barnard. The company. in turn. took
an appeal to the Supreme Court OF the
United States and there the Judgment
given by Justice Barnard WAS affirmed.
The case was. however. sent back to the
District court in order that additional
testimony might be taken relative to
the particular kind OF telephone instru-
ments referred to by the act of Con-
gress which fixed the rates.
In the litigation the company was rep
resented b. WorthingtOn, aeald &
Frailey and Judge jeremiah II Wilson.
che latter died before the termination Of
the litigation.
Grounded Circuit Phone.
On Thursday last Justice Barnard de-
cided what kind of instruments were
referred to in the act of Congress fixing
the rate for service in the District He
held that the act includes only the
ordinary grounded circuit telephone
with the equipment usual and ordinary
at the time the act was passed for local
communication in the District OF Co
lumbia.
BY the terms OF the decree the parties
to the cause were granted leave to take
further dispositions in the case bearing
upon the question whether the maxi
mum rates fixed by the act for grounded
circuit local public service are reason
able, and also dispositions bearing upon
the circumstances under which the tele-
phone company used and occupied the
streets or other public places in the
District of Columbia for the purpose Of
the erection Of its overhead lines or
the construction OF it's underground
plant
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
HOUSE ELEVATOR FALLS,
BUT NONE Is INJURED

The elevator on the Democratic side of
the House fell yesterday while several
persons were aboard the car. The acct
dent occurred while the elevator VS.
nearing the gallery floor and was caused
by the slipping Of the ropes from the
pulleys-
The car descended rapidly for ABOUT
four or five feet and was then caught
by the safety appliances. The passengers
were shaken up, but no one was in
jured. The machinery was adjusted in
a short while and the car was soon
again in operation
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
Has Been Holly Disputed
for Five Years.
AN ADJUSTMENT ANNOUNCED
Suit Begun in July, 1898, Occupied Best
Legal Talent of the
District.

The litigation between the Telephone
peake am Potomac Telephone Company
which has been pending in the District
courts for tie past five years. and which
was also taken on appeal TO the SUI
preme Court OF the United States, Ey
the company, mas been settled out of
court This statement was made yester-
day by Arthur A Birney. who. with
Henry F. Woodland and Bemphlu x
Peter were counsel for the patrons of
the telephone service OF the Chesapeake
and PotomSc Telephone Company.
The litigation was begun in July. 1898.
by James f Manning. who filed a pc
titiOn in the local court 70 restrain the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone.
Company from charging more for IT'S
telephone service than the rate fixed by
the act OF Congress of Jane 81 1885.
the highest rate fixed by the act BEING
$50 for the use Of single instrument.
Refused to Pay.
Many Of the subscribers for the ser
vice OF the telephone company. after
the passage OF the act Of June 80. ISas.
refused TO pay more than The price es>
tablished by law The company then no.
titled the patrons that il would remove
its instruments and appliances from
their premises II they did not pay the
price fixed by the company. Manning.
with other subscribers. then, after Of
Iersng the rate fixed BY Congress. anc
It being refused by the company. secured
an order from the local court restrain
Ing the telephone company from renov>
Ing its Instruments from their premises
until the matter was finally settled by
judicial decision.
At the hearing OF the case before
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
CHILD AT POINT OF DEATH
AND MOTHER BADLY BURNED

Lena Norris, a five-year-old negro
child. lies at the point of death in tho
childVens ward of Freedman's Hospital
and her mother is in an adjoining ward.
as the result Of severe burns Lena
is the daughter Of Vandal and Sarah
Morris. who live at 1719 Superior Street
northwest. Yesterday the child was
sweeping with q toy broom, when the
broom caught fire from an open fire.
place. She was burned all over the
body, and the mother was burned in put
ting out the flames
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
STREET RAILWAY COMPANY
SUED FOR $4,000 DAMAGES

DR.. Geo-get H. Heron and Laura Null
lea have began suit against the Wash
iLgton Railway and Electric Company
To recover $1,000 each as damages for
personal injuries In their declarations
the plaintiffs say that on August "a last,
a buggy in which they were riding was
struck By a car at Connecticut Avenus
and Seventeenth Street. and they were
seriously injured. Clayton +. Emig -
their counsel
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
DEATH RECORD.

The following deaths have been re
ported to the Health Department for thu
twenty-four hours ended at noon yes
terday:
Robert Mawhinney. Sc years.
Hugh Morgan. 81 years.
Patrick D0ugherty, n years.
Anna johnson, % years.
Bridget Welsh, "a years
Elizabeth Mearns. g years
William II. Harrison 63 years
Henry &. Bolton, so years.
Jesse T. Taylor, 90 years.
Amanda /. Whitney. 80 years.
Jane Carroll Sc years.
John Z. Headley. IS years.
Lettie Jones, As years.
John Ayers. 81 years.
Maria Bolts, q years.
May E Cayne, Is years
Rufas Harris. % years.
Margaret r. King. IS years.
Helen Bolger. years
Daisy Wilson, 4 years
Annie COwen, Is days.
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
MR.. KARI FILES HIS ANSWER.

Jacob Karr has filed his answer to the
petition Of Harrison A Benner asking
for the appointment of a receiver for
the Twentieth Century Cafe. Mr.. Karr
says the business known as the Twen-
tieth Century Cafe was purchased from
Benner and his wife In May last. In evil
dence Of this, bill of sale to Mr.. Kari
is filed as an exhibit. While the price
stated in the bill of sale is $40. it is said
the actual price paid was 5000. T. J..
PENDANT
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
ACCIDENTAL DEATH.

Acting Coroner Glazebrook yesterday
held an inquest into the death Of Frank
Butler, the negro who was run over at
Second and X Streets southeast the
night of November Il. and the jury gave
a verdict of accidental death. The testi-
mony showed that Butler was crossing
the tracks in an inclosed space. and
stepped from behind 2. switch engine In
time to be struck hY an express train.
He died Friday night at Freedman S
Hospital.
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
sI.as to Baltimore and Return Ever,

Saturday and Sunday. via 3. & o. r. +
All trains. both ways both days. eX
cept Royal Limited, leaving Washington
3, and Baltimore 1855 p. m.
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
The "ROyal Limited" Finest Train Be

tween washington and New York
Leaves Baltimore and Ohio station daily
3 .. m. arriving New York s p. m. All
Pullman, parlor, buffet-smoker, obserya-
ton, and dining cars.
The Washington times., 1903-11-22

Flowers for the Thanksgiving Table
and for gifts Beautiful selected chrys
anthemums and other specimen blooms
1924 f
The Washington times., 1903-11-22

Kann's SILK Taffeta
Binding:
No. quality,
piece. &C; doz. SOC
No. 2 quail
ity; piece. PKG;
dozen. .......... St.35
Kann's High Grade
Scissors; 35z TO 6 inch
IS lOnC.
No. / grade.
pair ..-.....-....-.25C
No. : grade;
pair .......-.--...- 6SC
These Scissors we
will keep sharpened
for a wear FREE.
Kann's Lightweight
Dress Shields.
Size 500. ?
Pair -.lSc pic 2ic
Kann's Luxus Anti
septic Dress Shields,
contain no rubber.
Size 800. > 3 / 8
Price lie Ice lsc zoe
The Washington times., 1903-11-22
Notions and Dressmakers'
Findings.

THERE. isn't day that passes but what
you have for things mentioned here,
and would md 1t paying thing to buy at
prices we name.
The Washington times., 1903-11-22

Best Machine Oil;
three bottles 80
Black Sewing
Silk; 3 spoois for Sc
Kings Cotton Bat
ting, lib. rolls,
Zoe; ? tor.........2 5c
j. J. CIark's 200-yd.
Spool Sewing Cot
ton ---.-......-.-.-., &c
Sanitary Safety Pins,
viii not rust. two
dozen -----------.-.- SC
Adamantine Dress
makers Pins: g
papers .-...-.......5C
eros Grain silk
st oc k q o liar
Foundation 100
Sanitary Hose Sup
pOr ter s, all
sizes ..-.,.-..-....--lOC
Granger Hooks and
Eyes: will never rust:
sole agents.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-07-29
French Plan Costly Tunnel.

A work to cost some S6,0O0OOO will
probably in the near future be begun
on the Seine II Is to be a tunnel un.
der the river, either at Tancarville or
Quillebeuf Between Rouen and the
sea there is no crossing Of the seine
except by boat, a condition that for
many years has caused great incon-
venience and retarded commercial
growth. Moreover, Havre is connect
ed with the rest Of France by only one
railroad line. The projected tunnel
will connect It with Pont.Audemer and
hence with the rest oil France. giving
two diverging lines from Havre--one
to the right and one to the left Of the
Seine.-Consular report.
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The Hotel SURGEON.

The hotel surgeon is a necessity to
the house and a luxury to the guests.
Each house Of any Importance keeps
one OF these medical gentlemen. All
they pay him is the free use Of an
ONCE and a sleeping room. To pay for
this he must look after the health OF
the help, which is no small job, as
there are from 500 to 500 men and
women on the pay roll. His free pa
tients will average twenty per day.
The guest Of the house is the one
who pays the freight. A man or
woman who is taken III doesn't stop
to ask what the cost will be. The
louise surgeon is sent for immedi.
ately, he is there instantly and he
calls as often as possible. When the
patient is ready TO move. he finds
the surgeons bill a part Of that Of
the hotel-New York Letter.
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GROW sEsr N rAs NoRrA.
These Animals and Plants Attain
Their Finest Development

These Animals and Plants Attain
Their Finest Development.
The interesting fact has lately come
to the attention OF the government
scientists that the frog (the edible va
rietyl attains It's greatest and best
development not, as one would Inn
aglne, In the semttropical swamps OF
Florida and Louisiana, but In far
northern Canada, on the extreme
northern limit at which these reptiles
are found. This bears out an old and
pretty safe rule that both plants and
animals attain their best development
at the northernmost point OF their
habitat. Thus the diamond.back ter
rapln Of the Chesapeake brings nearly
eight times the price Of the diamond
back of Louisiana, and the best or
aRges are grown, not In tropical Cuba
(people Of the older generation stu
remember the coarse-grained, sourish
Havana oranges), but in northern
Florida, where the trees are frequently
cut down by the hard frosts and cold
weather.-W Washington Post.
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Wooden Shoes In CHICAGO.

A Chicago drummer re emily under.
took to Josh" man who YVES wear
lrg a pair Of wooden shoes about the
streets Of that city, The Hcllander
offered to bet the Chicagoan that he
could shiny up tree faster than
the commercial man. botn men to 20
at II with shoes on, and the Hollander
won the bet One Arm in Holland
sells no less than 1000 pairs OF wood.
en- shoes a year there, Some are sold
as souvenirs, but the bulk to the PEG.
pie who learned to wear them in Hol.
land and have taught tnelr children
born in this country to wear them.
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Woman Animal Exeeutloner.

Mrs. Caroline Scott, OF frankfort,
Penn, has the reputation OF being
the greatest lover Of animals In that
town, yet she kills from 500 to 1000
animals every year. Mrs. Scott be-
gan her grewsome occupation thirty
Ave years ago when her interest In
dumb animals brought many cases
to her attention In which nothing
could be done but to put the animal
as painlessly as possible to death.
The work gradually extended, until
now Mrs. Scott is called upon when
ever any animal in Frankfort Is III
with an incurable disease or wound
ed beyond hope of recovery. She
kills them by putting them in q boz
and filling 1t with gas.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-07-29
the painters crait, and for the untram.

the painters crait, and for the untrSm.
meled development Of talents.
The student from the land Of the
free" arrives in Paris, let us say, in
the spring time, when all the chest.
nuts are budding and the gardens of
the Luxembourg are ablaze with color.
His friend, who has been over year,
and who is to take charge Of him.
does not think II necessary to meet
the train, he thinks bill" can find his
way to the quarter" all rlght-any
cocher will ten him where II is.
Arriving at the Care St. Lazare,
the man from Cooks is not to be
found, and the poor student, with his
luggage around him, is nearly in
despair, when twenty or more cochers
dance around him, letting out such a
volley of French that he involuntar.
lily Glars his hands over his ears.
Finally, the most persistent one,
after an interchange Of Incompetent.
olDAe NASuSu hhu Ehhlloh HouN AhC
more understandable, takes his trunks
in front and bill behind. and they
rattle down the cobbles.Ones Of the
Rue Amsterdam to the wide boulevard,
through narrow byways, across the
Pont de la Concorde and up a street
that is seemingly endless, narrow and
picturesque, to an impasse near the
Jardins Luxembourg.
The trunks and suit case are depos-
tied with the concierge, who laughs in
her ample sleeve to see the cabby paid
the extortionate fare which is his
octroi levied on every "nouveau'' who
comes to Paris. II is by this time
about $3.50 In the morning, as the stu
dent h. come over by the Newhayen
and Dieppe from London, and as he
starts to climb the six flights Of stairs
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-07-29
A Question Of PIuraIs.

Though many grammars give lists
Of words having irregular formation
Of plurals, the many KINDS Of fish or
fishes. with arbitrarily formed plur-
ais, are omitted. The need for such q
list is shown by quoting a few exam.
pies. For instance, people speak Of
herrings, but never OF Writings.
Every one writes soles. sprats, lam
phreys, anchovies, the singular form
rarely. II ever, doing for the plural,
but no one would write mackerels,
Gods. salmons or trouts. On the other
hand considerable uncertainty exists
concerning the form Of the plural OF
otner kinds. Who snail decide which
is correct, turbot or turbots, sturgeon
or surgeons, carp or carps?
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hrat,v Aonnrnts caIeuln,Ion.

Mr.. W. T. C. Hasson, a well-known
business man OF Honolulu, ls at the
Shoreham. Two weeks ago IN Hon.
ohlu I made an engagement with a
man to meet him in this city at s
O'Clock tonight" he said at Z o'clock
last night 81 arrived at $50 and
will be able to dress and have a
quarter OF an hour to spare. l pride
myself on having made my timetable
calculations pretty accurately
Washington Post.
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Parker's toilet completed, Le Nouveau
las bill" is destined to be called for
a time), go out on the street, where
they meet a crowd OF "ths fellows
some OF whom are old friends q
Bills" others to whom he Is present.
ed, and they all stop 10 chat together
As the atelier Is net "garri." they
set out for the shops on the Rue Van.
girard, where furniture Is sold second
hand, and succeed in buying for a
song. as Bill puts II, a couch, rush
seated stool. one or two old chairs and
a chest of drawers with carved legs
that dated back to the time Of Jeanne
dare. Parker sees that the purchases
are delivered, and. as he has a model
coming at 2. rushes on. promising 10
lock in during the evening lnd help
BIZ get settled.
Left alone, Bill" finds a little home.
sickness, which is not dispelled by the
gay laughter from the atelisr across
the way. nor from the song Of the ar
list In the atelier beneath his. He
feels very much alone, and is Just a
little disappointed in this quarter, Of
which he has heard so much. and
where everything is life and light and
gayety, according to those who wrote
books about 1t and who have never
lived there.
They find one Of the many a;eliers
has been vacant several weeks, and
the concierge has been instructed, she
says. to let II at an occasion, or
what we should call dirt cheap So
the bargain is struck.
Then he stiles a sigh. jumps up and
sets himself TO work, trying To whistle
merrily. She holds your hand and you
hold hers, and that's very good
sign" and thinking Of the "tootsey.
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rae PURSUIT OF PLEASURE.
Quest for Amusement New Carried 20
Unreasonable Length.

Quest for Amusement New Carried 20
Unreasonable Length.
A keen.eyed onlooker OF 1.-THE times
and the manners" remarks that "the
insatlate love Of pleasure Is the most
salient feature Of these early TWEEN.
tleth century days. This craving for
amusement pervades all claRses and
all ages. In fact, the mothers and
grandmothers manifest this trait In
an even more marked degree than the
younger women and the girls do;
while the country Is becoming de-
populated because farmers sons and
daughters refuse to remain where
plays, concerts and dances are not OF
frequent occurrence. In colleges and
girls schools the games are OF far
greater consequence than the studies
In the eyes of many of the students.
II is questionable" continues this
woman, whether these hard tollers
after enjoyment really attain their
end in most cases. There is good
deal of truth In the cynic's aphorism.
Life would be very pleasant If II were
not for It's pleasures. philadelphia
Times.
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PassIno Of the MIxed Drink.

People are abandoning the mixed
drinks that were so popular few
years ago 1t is not hard to stretch
ones memory TO recall the time when
John Collins, sherry cobblers, brandy
smashes and similar mixed drinks
were common; but hey are rarely
seen now, and even the mint julep
is fast losing its popularity. The
bartenders say cocktails are being
supplanted by straight drinks, and
they do not mix one drink now to
ten they put up a dozen years ago,
Straight drinks and highballs are the
most popular ones to-day, but the
cause Is unexplained.
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Chase YourseItlp

Eighty.seven brokers Of the Lon
con Stock exchange walked from Lon
don to Brighton. distance Of fifty
two miles. and ten Of them finished
the stunt within ten hours, the winner
in n.ne and one-half hours. Then
forty-eight brokers of the Paris bourse
walked <rom Paris to Fontainebleau,
distance Of twenty-five and one.halt
miles, and the winner covered the
distance in four hours and forty-five
minutes. deie would seem TO be 6
suggestion for our own brokers, who
find time hanging so heavily on their
hands nowadays. Take a walk.-Bos
ton Herald.
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Frederick Menge runs the dining.
hall (commons) at the University of
Pennsylvania. He was told that he'd
have between 200 and 300 regular
patrons The first day he sold Just
nineteen meals. The students have
no money" he is quoted as saying.
"only a few OF them eat breakfast
or dinner. The majority Of them eat
but a Decent meal In the evening.
and the rest Of the time they live
% milk. crackers and apDlOs."
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Fur oarment, 70 Ro AIuhsr.

The fur auctions held In London
every spring determine the price OF
fur garments for the following winter
season. A report OF the sales pub.
lished in trade journal indicates that
sealskin furs will be more expensive
than last winter. but ermine and silver
fox will be so per cent higher, and
mink, otter, beaver and hear will also
increase in price. Alaska sable has
gone up. 1t will be news to most PEG.
pie to learn that the harmless. neces.
sary cat" also lends his skin to keep
the cold out. At ell events domestic
cat" is quoted as, being 25 per cent
higher in price than at tie last spring
auction.