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The Washington times., 1903-07-08
GOVERNMENT TYPOS
ASK NEW PRIVILEGE
Want Permission to Fix Time for
Entering on Leaves of Absence.

A petition has been presented to the
Public Printer. Mr.. Palmer, by the en-
ployes OF the Government Printing Of
fee asking that employees be permitted
TO choose their own time IN which to
take their leaves.
The rule has always been that the en-
ployes going on leave shall draw their
pay on Wednesday. and their leave
therefore commences on Thursday. This
rule has been necessitated by the fact
that the Government Printing ONCE can
not draw out of the Treasury more than
100000 at a time. and cannot exceed
its bond of 100000. The regular paw
days OF the Printing once are Mondays
and Tuesdays. and those going on leave
are paid of on Wednesday in advance
for the time they are 70 be away. The
large payroll and the cost OF supplios
make IL impossible to pay of the ON
ployes going on leave every day. Tbs
law requires that the Printing once
shall pay of the supply bills and pay
rolls regularly. and the enormous num-
Der of accounts make It Impossible for
the officials TO submit a complete state
ment OF the expenditure of 800. 600 each
day. and no more money can be drawn
out Of the Treasury until such an ac-
count is submitted
Mr. Palmer has referred the. commit
tee Of employees who called upon him
with this request TO the chief clerk,
Captain Brian. who has the matter un-
der consideration and will probably give
his answer within a day OF two
THE privilege of selecting the day
upon which to begin their leaves would
be entirely new, II granted" said Captain
Brian this morning. ct is. OF course,
not always convenient for the employees
TO take their leaves at fixed times, and
a change such as the new rule would
involve would be gladly welcomed by the
several thousand employees Of the Gov
eminent Printing Office"
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Conditions in Virginia.

Conditions in Virginia.
c. z. Bolton. private secretary to
President Stevens. Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio. is at the Raleigh. He is en-
thusiastic over the rapid development
that is going on In all parts Of Virginia
especially along the lines OF the Chesa-
peake and Ohio.
Much is being said Of the develop
ment OF Norfolk and Newport News
which is true. but the newspapers seem
TO be overlooking Richmond entirely -
said he. There is no doubt that the
seacoast cities are bound 10 become
parts of a great central Atlantic port
in the future. II the meantime Rich
mond has been growing so fast that she
is now the largest manufacturing city
south of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers
next. OF course. 10 Louisville. AS an in
dication of the building activity, just
before ! left the capital of the Old
Dominion for Washington the plans for
FIVE eight and ten-stOry buildings were
filed. They are TO be constructed in the
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On a Tour.

Second Vice President Finley. of the
Southern. left Washington for the South
yesterday on a long tour OF inspection.
He is to go over the sections OF double
tracking. and in the country recently
visited by the cyclone and floods. He
may also go as far South as New Or
leans to look over the ground which
has been acquired by the Southern in
the recent deal with the St. Louis. Chi
cago, Memphis and New Orleans. for a
union station and great terminal facilt-
ties.
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STOLEN SHEHAN WILLS
NOT YET RECOVERED
Deputy Register Fails to Identify
Suspected Person.

Search for the Shehan wills. stolen
from the office Of the Register OF Wills
on Friday last, was continued today.
DR.. Griffith. Deputy Register. who
handed out the wills to the person who
took them from the office, visited the
Pension Office this morning for the pur-
pose Of Identifying a person supposed TO
be responsible for the removal OF the
documents from the Registers office.
bear any resemblance. DR.. Griffith said
to the one who asked for and was al
lowed to have the wills on Friday last
1t has also developed that a person in
Baltimore who was suspected of hav-
ing been connected with the theft Of the
wills is in no way responsible.
The disappearance OF the Shehan wills
recalls the loss of the will of Samuel H.
Boutwell,, about twenty-five years ago.
In that case, as in the present instance.
a stranger entered the ofice>of the Reg
lister OF Wills and asked permission to
read Boutwell's will. The document was
handed over BIZ one of the clerks. Il
was nut AStuhASu " Ahc teohF ana Was
never recovered
A short time after part of the will Of
Mrs. Elizabeth Earhart, of New Orleans,
who died In Washington. was stolen One
of the leaves OF paper on which the will
was written was torn in half, and one
part taken from the ofiee. The missing
part of the will was afterward recover
ed.Aand replaced among the records. and
is still on file.
In the case OF Boutwell,. employed in
the Navy Department. copy OF the will
was obtained at that department. and
used instead of the original.
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Artistic Advertising.

General Passenger Agent Conklyn, of
the Seaboard Air Line has received a
quantity of new advertising matter ex-
planning the beauties of the country
through which the lines OF the company
pass. One particular example OF the
printers art is transparent hanger of
green celluloid. on which are fiaring red
letters. In front OF a Tight at night it
is pretty. but in the sun the color com
bination strikes the eyes with a shock
that raises the hair Impressions
transmitted to the brain through the
eye, said Mr.. Conklyn, ARE more last
ing than many received by means of the
other senses. The greater the impress
sion, the longer It lasts. Hence the
hanger"
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PEOPLE TO Be TAUGHT
TO FIGHT CONSUMPI TON
COmmltteeOnLectIres Maps
Out Its Course.
DISCUURSES ILLUSTRATED
Stereopticon Views to Be Prepared and
All Glasses Of Public Institutions
to Be Supplied.

The subcommittee on lectures. a por-
tion Of the general committee on the
prevention Of consumption. held it's first
meeting Monday. at Sil Street north
west There were present: DR.. d. Percy
Hicking. chairman; DR.. G. w. GUSTS.
Rabbi Louis stern the Rev. John Van
Schaick. jr.; ". 5. Dufield. and Charles
+. Weller, secretary. The committee de-
cided 10 arrange for the giving of lee
lures explanatory Of the means by which
consumption can be prevented. in as
many different places as possible.
a list Of lecturers is i'm preparation.
stereopticon views are TO be provided.
end an attractive presentation of the
subject viii be furnished by the com
mittce TO churches. ministers meetings
labor unions. societies OF all kinds.
women's clubs. public schools. mems
clubs. and any other organizations thai
will provide an audience for the consid-
Grafton OF this important topic.
Opportunity for Questions.
1t was recommended at the meeting
yesterday that opportunity be afforded
as FAR as possible in connection with
each OF these public lectures for the
asking of questions by members OF the
audience.
In order that the various methods
for the destruction Of tuberculosis spu-
tum might be made clear and impress
sive. the committee instructed its secre
tary TO purchase and provide a special
set Of stereopticon views, which can be
each of these public lectures for the
fall campaign.
DR.. Custis and DR.. Hickling empha-
sized the fact that consumptives are es-
pecially sensitive people. and every &C
tion OF the committee should be plan
ned with view to protecting their
pride and sensitiveness. The committee
decided that all speakers should be ask
ed to. make known the fact that a com
sumptive is not a danger to the com
munity unless he is careless about the
out menace TO the latter.
No Menace to Associates.
II he does destroy his spittings. he
may be associated in the most intimate
relations with his fellow citizens with
menace 10 the latter
Therefore, all people interested are
urged by the committee on lectures not
TO close any avenues OF opportunity for
employment and social intercourse. and
not TO make more unpleasant in any man
ner the already painful position OF per-
sons suffering from consumption. pro-
Vlded that these patients DO not deposit
their spittings whore they can dry and
allow the bacilli 10 enter the air and
the dust OF the streets.
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MARSHALL HALL AND INDIAN
HEAD.

One needs only TO take a sail down
the river in the evening to Marshall
Hall and Indian Head on the steamer
Charles Manchester 10 realize how much
pleasure the Potomac affords the citi-
zens of Washington. The Manchester
makes these Indian Head trips every
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at $50
p. m, stopping at Marshall Hall both
ways. The Marshall Hall Band accom-
panies the steamer and furnishes music
for dancing at the Hall. Parties spend
ing the day at Marshall Hall may avail
themselves Of the Indian Head TIP
without extra cost. Day trips arc run
TO Marshal Hall at 10 a. m. and 2.3O
y. m.
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Obituary.

Obituary.
Sarah. the one-year-oId child NJ
George. Z. and Maggie Smith. died at
the home OF her parents on Seminary
Hill last night She was buried in Ivy
Hill Cemetery today, the Rev d. Wal
lis, Of the seminary. officiating.
The funeral or James 3. Martin will
take place from his late home. 426 South
Lee Street. this afternoon. the Rev. Dr..
Brooke. Of the Presbyterian Church Of
floating. The remains viii be Inferred
in Bcthel Cemetery.
The funeral Of Bruce Grover. who was
drowned ar the foot OF Franklin Street
Monday night. will take place from the
home OF his grandmother. Mrs Sarah
Javins. ~ South Fairfax Street The
Rev Mr. Jchers. Of Trinity ". E.
Church will conduct the funeral ser
vices. and The remains VIII be Inferred
in Bethel Cemetery.
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Rate Complaints.

I
Judging from the number of com
plants which are being received by the
Interstate Commerce Commission the
prosperity Of the railroads is raising
the ire of the shippers in various parts
of the country to an extent heretofore
unknown. II was said by an officer OF
the commission today. that not since
the organization of the commission has
there been so many accusations of un-
just treatment. mostly discrimination
in rates, filed with the body as there
has been during the six months ending
July /.
remarkable feature of the trouble
is the widespread discomfort. many OF
the complaints coming from the far
West. the far South. and the other dis
tant parts of the country. 1t is alleged
that rates are unfair on every known
commodity from the lumber and canned
fish of Washington and Oregon, the ore,
beef and grain of the West, to the
fruits of the Southern States and Cali
fornia.
In nearly every case the charge is
made that the long and short haul diff
ferentials are unjust The peach grower
OF the South does not understand why
it costs him as much TO ship his crates
to New York as It does the man VINO
grows oranges in California.
The Gamers of the Pacific Coast asked
yesterday if the commission would not
/ try and find out why they had 10 pay
| $3.50 a hundred pounds to ship fish to
| ogden, Utah. when they could ship the
same fish some seven hundred miles
/ farther. to Omaha and other cities in
! Nebraska. for 81 a hundred. What ir
1.-The name OF God" asks one correspond
ent in a private letter to the Interstate
/ Commerce Commission kind of a game
| is this any way? On what kind OF 4
| basis do they figure that it is just Il
carry our goods for 80 per cent less q
half thousand miles beyond a point tc
which they have what they call stand
ard rate? OF course. they talk about ths
! legality of competitive rates, but arc
there not as many roads running through
! Utah as any other state? Is it right
that such rates should be allowed tc
exist?''
This letter. which seems to contain
much more force than grammar, touche.
the matter in its heart. II is the key
mote of every complaint made recently
except that Of the Planters Compress
Company, of Boston. which is trying tC
/ find out why il should have to pay as
much per pound for the shipment OF its
cotton when IT is compressed in such
small compass that one car can hold a:
much as two cars Of the ordinarily balet
| cotton.
In this. case the compress company
thinks that it should get a reduction il
rates. claiming that the cost Of haul
/ ing two cars. and the use of the ears
I is just twice as much as If one had
been hauled loaded with roHnd bales. o
( course. there is a nice point involved
and the companies seem justified in re
/ fusing any reduction. asserting that on'
load weighs as much as two
In the difTerential haul matters. th'
commissioners believe that in some
cases the rates are unjustiied. and thel
are going to investigate. To go into al
OF the cases means a vast amount o
work It was said today that It woul,
be next spring before the commission
can render decisions
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SLAYERS SEEK BAIL.

TOPEKA, Kansas. July s.-Argunents
in the case of Chauncey Dewey. Clyde
Wilson, and W. J. Mcbride. charged
with killing the Berry family, were
made before the supreme court yester-
day on an application for admission TO
bail pending their trial in December.
The men claim the killing of the Berrys
was in self-defense.
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Saw Body of Drowned Man.

Yesterday about noon, Bud Roland,
chief engineer AT the Potomac electric
powerhouse. Thirty-third Street and the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. reported at
the Seventh precinct station. that he
had seen the body of man come 10 the
surface OF the water in the canal. and
then suddenly disappear from sight.
Precinct Detective Frank Burrows was
put on the case. Up 10 II O'Clock this
morning. however. no trace Of the sup
posed drowned man had been discovered.
The greater part Of yesterday after
noon the bed Of the canal near the spot
where Roland saw the body was thor
Oughly dragged. The dragging will be
continued today The local police take
but little stock i'm the report
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NOT IN CONTEMPT.

DENVER, July s.-The State supreme
court has dismissed the contempt pro-
ceedings against Mayor R r. Wright.
jr.. and members of the city council,
arising from the passage OF an ordi-
nance granting a street railway fran
chise In disregard OF an injunction is
sued by District Judge Mullens
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Kicked Policeman Who Arrested Him.

Policeman Guy Walsh Of the seventh
precinct. had considerable difficulty this
morning about l o'clock, in arresting
Charles Gladmon. a young white man.
FOR disorderly conduct. Gladmon kick
ed the policeman several times upon the
legs.
At the station an additional charge o.
assaulting an officer was placed opposite
his name. He left so 10 warrant his
appearance in court this morning. Glad
mon gave his age as twenty-five, ami
occupation as clerk.
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In the Mayors Court.

In the mayors court. the Hon. George
L. Simpson presiding. the following
cases were disposed OF this morning:
Nick Woolls and Charles Wright were
charged with disorderly conduct on the
Fourth Of July. Woolls was fined s. and
Wright was dismissed.
A number OF persons were before the
mayor charged with harboring dogs
upon which no license tax had been
paid. They were fined 81 each aud made
70 take out a license. Those who fail
to take out a license will have their
dogs shot by the police.
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WORCESTER CRICKETERS
DEFEAT THE SOMERSETS

LONDON, July s.-The cricket match
between the teams of Worcester and
Somerset counties today resulted in a
victory for Worcester by an inning and
100 runs.
The totals were:
Somerset-First inning, 143 runs; sec
ond inning. 33S runs
Worcester made $50 runs in the first
inning. The highest score was made by
II. K Foster, for Worcester, who tailed
21S runs
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SUNK IN THAMES

LONDON, July S.-The Swedish steam
er Everilda. while bound from this port
for Grimsby. was sunk yesterday by col
lision with the British steamer Iris
brook. Captain Kerr, from Pensacola by
way Of Norfolk, which was anchored in
the Thames.
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MANILA CABLE IDLE.

SAN FRANCISCO, July s.-AIthough
the Manila cable il completed and in
working ordsr. tho official announcement
has been made, upon notification from
headquarters, that the cable viii not be
open for business before the 18th OF this
month, and probably not until later.
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CROSS CONTINENT IN AUTO.

SAN FRANCISCO. July Sc. L. Ham
mond and l. L. Whitman, of Pasadena,
started from the city hall on an auto
mobile trip across the continent. They
bear a message from Mayor Schmidt to
Mayor Low OF New York. and expect to
deliver il in sixty days.
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Repairs to Masonic Hall.

The semi-annual meeting of The stock
holders of the Georgetown Masonic Hall
Association was held yesterday morning
at Masonic Hall on Thirty second street
near NJ. II was decided 10 make several
minor repairs 10 the bullying. for which
an appropriation was made. A dividend
OF per cent was declared.
The Washington times., 1903-07-08
Sunday School Excursion.

The Sunday school department of St.
Adams Chapel. of Tenleytown. D. c..
took an all-day excursion to River View
the past Monday. leaving Tenleytown
early in the morning on a special car.
chartered for the occasion, and return
ing late in the evening. The grounds
also had been chartered for the day and
a pleasant time was spent.
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Alexandria County Court.

In the Alexandria county court. Judge
Love presiding. the following business
was disposed Of;
The will OF Wesley Norris was ad-
mitted 10 probate.
Michael Dougherty was granted a Ii
eense 10 sell LIQUOR at Fort Myer
The court then adjourned for the term.
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Baseball at old Fair Grounds

The pane Of baseball to have been
played on the Fourth of July between
the Eastern Athletic Club OF Washing
ton and the Alexandrians. but which was
postponed on account Of the rain. will
be played OF the old fair grounds this
afternoon at O'Clock.
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NEWS OF RAILROADS
AND OF RAILROAD MEN

next year. This is unusual. considering
that up 10 the present time the run of
buildings has been three and four
stories, with a limit OF FIVE. We are
to have new postotfice soon. which Is
to cost 100000. while the city is to ex-
pend large amounts on streets and other
municipal works. A number of new fac
tories are being constructed. and bust
ness is booming generally"
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Returns TO Duty.

Deputy Marshal Karl Hansen, OF the
Georgetown police district, has re-
turned to duty after a thirty-day leave
This month he will serve the papers of
both Justice Paine's Court and OF JUS
tice II. Il. Webb, of the Sixth districr
10 relieve Deputy Marshal Emerson.
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In the United States Court.

In the United states Court. Judge Ed
mund Waddill presiding. the following
business was transacted yesterday:
John Ridout. OF Washington. was adj
mitted to~practice in the court.
The cases of the United States VS.. c.
+. Dawson and the United States VS.. T.
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Lawn Festival to Be Given.

A lawn festival viii be given under
the auspices OF Eldbrooke Methodist
Episcopal Church. of Tenleytown, d. c.,
Friday evening, July 10, on the lawn ad-
Joining the church The festival was
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CARD GAVE WARMING
OF SMALLPOX DANGER
TailOr'S Sign in Window
Puzzles Citizens.
VIEWS AS TO HIS PURPOSE
Health Authorities Assert Their Be
lief That Physician Incorrectly
Diagnosed Disease.

The warning sign which bangles from
window in the Inflated dwelling and
tailor shop at 2OO7 Fourteenth Street
northwest. and proclaims two coudLc-
tors from the Capital Traction Company
brought smallpox to this house." has
caused no end OF speculation on the part
OF the District Health officials and the
residents OF the neighborhood.
From psychological point of view.
the interested persons figure that the
card was placed there for revenge be-
cause Of the inconvenience of having
victims of the dread disease so near
home.
Looking at the unsolved mystery with
the eyes OF a humorist. they reach the
conclusion that II. o. Oraschin, the
tailor who was evidently the author OF
the inscription. is blessed with an excel
lent sense of pTactical-j joke making, and
so ornamented his front window for a
bit of fun and especially with view OF
amusing the neighbors.
Wanted Free Advertisement.
In the light of business enterprise,
the "deductors" have decided that Oras-
chin saw in the workings of fate a fine
chance for some free advertising. and
| by means OF the card attracted atten-
ton to his place.
From a pessimistic view of the situa-
ton. the amused residents fear the
tailor has visions of the possible ruina-
ton of his trade. and finds relief in
J giving the public a confidential tip on
his misfortune.
But from a side view of the affair
as furnished by the actual facts. the
Health officials have concluded that the
| sign is not based on real truth. loci
dentally they believe the much discuss
4 ed conductors contracted the disease
from other inmates OF the house.
II has developed since the card was
posted in the window that two cases OF
smallpox existed in the same dwelling
during the early part Of June. and were
treated under the belief that the pa
tients were suffering with another dis
ease. O..
Had welI-Developed Cases.
The Health officers have learned that
Mrs. EsteIle Mundie and her little daugh-
ter. Sarah. were stricken with smallpox
on June 3. physician was called IN
and their illness was incorrectly dag
/ nosed. While both were critically iii
| from well-developed cases OF the
scourge, the other occupants OF the
house were totally unaware of the i'm
| pending danger, and were permitted tc
go to and from the residence at viii.
The Health Department is convinced
however, that the physician merely
made a wrong diagnosis OF The two
cases, and had no intention 10 conceal
the real situation. This fact is INCHES
/ toned. and as a consequence no action
! will be taken.
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Here on Business.

G. S. Clarke, the general manager OF
the Mobile and Ohio. was in Washington
yesterday. He had a conference with
the officers OF the Southern.
Prosperity is the word wherever
have been" said he, because crops are
good and business is booming. The Mo-
bile and Ohio did more business during
time since the war
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2. w. FRENCH Made Manager.

Robert ". French. OF this city. has
been appointed by the r. P. Andrews
Paper Company. Of Washington. as man
ager of their stationery department.
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Real Estate Deal.

Mrs. Mary Z. Cline has bought from
Charles II. Zimmerman a lot on the
vest side Of Royal Street. between queen
and Cameron Streets.
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Loading Coal.

4 large barge of the Consolidation
Coal Company. is taking on cargo Of
Cumberland coal at the wharf at the
foot of Thirty-fourth Street. for New
England port.
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I'VE talk of drunkenness as a crime"
he continued. but tea and coffee drink
ing at meals is more injurious than
liquor to some men"
Tea and coffee drinking. Prof. -
told his class. is responsible for much OF
the restlessness of the American nation.
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THE NEWS OF GEORGETOWN

to have been given one week ago. at thu
residence OF Frank Israel. Universit,
Park. but on account OF the weather
was postponed.
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The Rev. Henry J. Cutler, pastor OF
ST. Mary's Catholic Church in this city.
is in Fredericksburg
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Then they take on
Postum Coffee
Because it furnishes

Because it furnishes
the Coffee flavor, charming color,
and all the pleasure of Coffee drinking
and does not destroy stomach and nerves,
but makes for the sure rebuilding
OF the entire body on healthful, sturdy lines.
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z p Hunter, OF this city, is IN Win
chester visiting relatives.
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Think they will quit ?

Yes Many of them with good health
the ncpien signs of disease by Coffee they quit