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The Washington times., 1903-10-09
Creditors Aiding.

The creditors of the Seaboard Air
Line firms. J. L. Williams & Sons, of
Richmond. and j. William Middendorf,
of Baltimore. have gone to their assis-
lance, and the firms may now have all
the time needed 10 settle their affairs
II is understood that the statement
submitted to the committee by Gohn L.
Williams & Sons shows at prevailing
market values an excess of assets over
liabilities amounting to 500, 900, and
that the figures from ]. William hidden
dorf & Co. show about $500, 900 in excess
of liabilities.
The arrangement to sell the stock OF
the two firms in the Consolidated Gas
Company will assist in the plans of the
committee. This is practically closed
and will yield about $3.50 900 in cash.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
PRIVATE OPEN DOOR FOR
COOLIES CLOSED BY LAW
Unearthing Of Plot to Bring in Chinese
Immigrants.

Dispatches from Manila announce that
rs the result of the unearthing by Col
lector of Customs Shuster. of a scheme
10 bring in Chinese coolies under the
Buise Of merchants. John T. Miller, for
merly inspector of immigration. is I'M
der arrest. and a warrant has been is
Jued for Inspector w. d. Ballantyne. now
In China.
Shuster has obtained a contract al
legged TO have been signed by Miller and
Ballantyne regarding a division of
profits. The contract mentions Carl
johnson. vice and acting consul at Annoy.
his interpreter and secretary, as bene-
fciaries.
Collector Shuster says he has evidence
connecting several United States con-
suls with the scheme. Many fraudulent
certificates are said to have been is
sued. A Chinese detective is alleged 10
have paid s400 to be passed through as
a merchant.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
WILL GET HIS REWARD
FOR CAPTURING DAVIS
New Orleans Resident Assisted in APP
prehension of Confederate President

John Camm. OF New Orleans, IS about
TO receive from the War Department his
share Of the reward offered for the cap
ture of Jefferson Davis A dispatch from
New Orleans says Camm has been noti-
fed by Secretary Root that he IS soon 10
receive s1.5O3.3S. his share OF the reward
of SloG. 900 offered for the capture Of The
President of the COnfederacy.
Camm was a lieutenant in Company c.
First Ohio Cavalry. and one of the party
which assisted in capturing Mr.. Davis at
Irwinville. Ga. on May 10. 1866. Mr.
Camm has In his possession the original
warrant for the arrest of Jefferson Davis
as issued By Andrew Johnson.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
10000 YOUNG MEN DODGE
GERMAN ARMY SERVICE
Desertions Attributed to Brutality of
Officers Toward Soldiers.

BERLIN. Oct. "a military journal
says that 10000 young men eligible for
military service, who have not reported
for enlistment this year, have been SEN
fenced in contumacy. It is presumed
they are out OF the country. This num-
Der is more than twice as many as
usual.
The military paper does not give any
reasons for this extraordinary desertion.
but is probably due to the frequent
publication Of incidents Of the brutality
Of non commissioned officers and others
toward privates in the army.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
THERE ARE 100000
CIVILIZED FILIPINOS
General Sanger Completes His Census
Taking in the Islands.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 9.-Gen. j.
P. Sanger. former chief of staff of Cen
eral Chaffee. but latterly in charge Of
the census work in the Philippines. has
arrived from Manila on his way to
Washington.
The census was accomplished with the
assistance of 1000 enumerators. and
the Government today is in possession
of 1000. 900 names. representing the civ
ilized portion of the native population
of the islands. BY carefully compiled
figures the uncivilized population is
placed at or about SOC, 000
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
RUSH ORDER FOR SHELLS
ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT

The Firth Sterling Steel Plant, az Nc
Keesport. Pa, manufacturing most of
the steel projectiles used by the United
States in the war with Spain. has dou-
bled it's force OF workmen to complete
rush order of s-inch shells for the Unit
ed States Government.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
Busy at Birmingham.

Local railroad men have received word
that things have begun TO boom again
at Birmingham. The Central Foundry
Company has resumed operation in its
sanitary pipe plant at Bessemer, after
an idleness caused by the accommodating
OF stock. orders are sufficient now to
operate the plant continuously for some
time
The Tennessee Coal and Iron Railroad
Company has relighted the fires in the
Open Hearth steel plant, at Ensley, af-
ter a short shutdown. Several indus
tries. stimulated by the last reduction in
the price OF raw materials have resumed
operations. including a number of pipe
plants.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
SILVER COSTS NEARLY
SIXTY CENTS AN OUNCE

The bureau of Mint at the Treasury
Department yesterday made the largest
purchase of silver for Philippine coinage
that has been made for weeks. The
amount bought was 42e. 900 ounces for
delivery in San Francisco. The metal
again commanded high price, the aver
age being 1913 cents per ounce.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
New Material.

Several carloads of the steel and iron
which the Baltimore and Ohio is to use
in its big freight station at lexington
reached the city today. The contractors
are hurrying forward work and it is ex-
pected that the placing OF foundations
for the big structure can be commenced
before cold weather.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
Record Shipments.

ReCOIu Shipments
Records for grain shipments through
Washington have been broken in the last
three weeks. More grain has gone
through the city than at any time In a
like period since the war. The reason
for this. local railroad men say, is the
cheap rate the railroads have been
giving from points in the West to Phila-
delphla and Baltimore which have
created a boom in the export trade from
the two cities mentioned. Therefore
wheat is being shipped East from all
points. and Washington is getting the
grain from parts of Ohio. West Virginia,
Virginia, Tennessee and kentucky. II is
said the cheap rate is to be continued in
operation until November 1. 1t is esti-
mated that half as many cars again have
gone through Washington this season as
last
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
Coal Shipments.

The shipment OF coal and coke origi-
mating on the lines of the Pennsylvania
east OF Pittsburg for the week ending
October amounted TO s35.375 tons. OF
which 47,340 tons we're anthracite. $685.
AIS tons bituminous. and 1872 $50 tons
coke. For the year TO date the ship
ments were 3.3i6,524 tons anthracite. d.
00S.S95 tons bituminous. and 7.4eS, 900
coke, total of 81 1923 .419 tons, or an in
crease over the corresponding period of
last year of 2.949, PIG tons.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
DOLCE STATS NEW Town.

LITTLE FALLS. Oct. 9.-since Alfred
Dodge. the founder OF Dolgeville, who
failed several years ago and went West
to start life over again. has succeeded
In getting a foothold in California, he
has founded a village after the plan
OF Dolgeville. and established manufac-
turing plants In Los Angeles.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
Fell From Ladder.

George Walker, fifty-nine years old, Of 2I7
Indiana Avenue northwest. was descending a
ladder in the rear Of the fremont House. Second
Street end Indiana Avenue. yesterday afternoon.
when he lost his balance and fell 20 the ground
distance Of ten feet, sustaining a scalp wound.
He refused TO go 10 hospital, and was treated
at home.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
Taken III in Church.

While attending church last night az Twelfth
and 2 Streets southeast, May Ball. sixteen years
old. OF 203 Ninth Street southeast was seized
with ft- She was removed from church and
sent home in the Fifth precinct patrol wagon
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
FLoGGEp PUPIL TO DEATH.

BERLIN. Oct. 9.-The trial of Dippold.
a private tutor. who tied Heinz Koch,
the son of Director Koch. of the Deutsch
Bank. to a bed and whipped him TO
death. began yesterday at Bayreuth.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
Cut Her Wrist.

Emma Ambush, negress. put her hand
through window az her home a. 617 Browns
Court southeast, while trying TO hoist the
window, cutting her wrist severely. She was
treated at the Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
Ran Away From Home.

The police have been asked 20 locate Samuel
r. Boyle, thirteen years old, who ran away
from bis home in Philadelphia on October ?.
and is thought 20 be in this city.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
Coal Rush Expected.

The officers OF the Reading Railroad
have put a large number of extra men
at Palo Alto at work repairing locomo-
tives. A rush in the coal trade is ex-
pected next month Superintendent
Veith says all the collieries now idle
for repairs will be in operation then.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
Kerosene Oil, Ioc.; Gasoline, rec per Gal.

each. We furnish the cans free. Drop postal
or phone East c4S- Home Safety Oil Delivery,
Half and X SIS. sw.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
LOCAL MENTION.

6os z ST. N.W.-Plymouth Rock Coffee
House serves Hamburger steak chicken pie,
oyster pie, and Washington cobber
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
II YOu Use Beer on Your Table

Get the best. by all means. Nat. Capital Brew
ing Co.'S '+Muenchener' is the puest and most
wholesome. Two GOz.. 1875, delivered. Phone 3D.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09

Genuine S., So, and 81 Sample Shoes,
Three hundred styles at s2s5 Keene's shoe
Store. 0C5 G. Street northwest
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
Merger Plans.

Merger Plans.
AS to the reports that the Gould
properties are to be merged into one
great corporation. President Ramsey
said: AT the present time we are
working upon plan for the consolida-
ton of corporations formed in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. These
concerns were incorporated in those
States to build the Pittsburg extension,
or what is generally known as the Pitts
burg. Carnegie and Western. sixty
miles in length. The Wheeling and Lake
Erie will be merged with these lines.
and in the end it is likely that the Wa
bash will lease the consolidated COM
pany."
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
HE MAY Be A CITIZEN,
AND THEN He MAY NOT
Status of Filipino Applicant
for Admission to Bar.
A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
Local Court Rejected Application for
Rule on Clerk to Show Cause for
Refusing Issue of Papers.

The status of the citizenship of An
tonic NJ. opisso y de Yzcaza. a Filipino,
who has successfully passed examination
for admission to practice in the Dis
trict courts. will in all probability be
questioned next Tuesday when he pre-
sents himself at a meeting Of the
justices of the Supreme Court of the
District to take the oath administered
to all attorneys. Mr.. Opisso is not an
American citizen. and it is understood
there is a difference of opinion among
the members of the local bar as to his
eligibility, under the circumstances, to
become a practitioner in the District OF
Columbia.
Mandamus Applied For.
Mr.. Opisso came into prominence in
the District about eighteen months ago
when he filed a petition in the Supreme
Court of the District, asking that writ
Of mandamus issue against John R.
Young. Clerk of the Court, to compel
that official to issue to him certificate
of his application for naturalization. Mr.
Young refused to issue the certificate
asked for, on the ground that Mr.. Opisso
was not able to renounce his allegiance
to any particular foreign prince or po-
tentate. as required by law.
Mr.. Opisso came to America soon af-
ter the close Of the Spanish-American
War. Before coming. however, be did not
avail himself of the opportunity and
privilege given him by the treaty of
peace either to renounce his allegiance
to Spain or vow allegiance to America.
Man Without Country.
The matter came up for argument be-
fore Justice Clabaugh, of the District
Supreme Court, who dismissed the rule
to show cause issued against Mr.. Young.
Since that time Mr. Opisso has been a
man without country. although he
greatly desires to become an American
citizen. at the time he made his appli-
cation for citizenship he was a student
in the law department of the Georgetown
University. He, however, continued his
studies. and successfully passed the ex-
animation recently held under the aus
pices of the Washington Bar Associa-
ticn- He will be presented for admis-
sion to practice at a meeting of the
justices of the Supreme Court of the
District. on Tuesday next. and at that
time his citizenship will probably be
questioned.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09

Our Welsbach Department Is Complete.
GIG l2th-C. A. Muddiman & Co.-l2ol C.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09
NEWS OF RAILROADS
AND OF RAILROAD MEN

train and switching service. The total
increase due to these advances in wages
and changes in rules will fully reach
$3.50, 900 a year.
The Washington times., 1903-10-09

Shafer Supplies Wedding Flowers.
Two stores, l4th and I, III Pa ave
The Washington times., 1903-10-09

Fancy poultry. schmid. 7I2 18th.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-19
RASR FALL NOTES

New London plays here to-day.
 Umpire shannon yesterday did good work.
 Batch was the star performer in yesterdays game. His fielding was su- perb. In four times at bat he made a single. double and two triples.
 .Rube" Vickers' antics are becoming nauseating. The crowd grew very tired of his fresh coaching and his glib talk to the bleacherites.
 Perkins isn't batting the ball. He has summed surprisingly in his bat ting. His work with the stick yester- day was of no avail whatever.
 Manager Canavan's presence in the game seems to be absolutely necessary for New Haven to win. With him on the bench the other players seem to lose themselves.
 Hartford and Springfield have per- Inanent leases of eighth and seventh places. respectively. That means that sixth place is, to the rest of the teams. last place. New Haven occupies it.
 The game with New London at 3:45 this afternoon is an important one. Both teams need the game but of the two. New Haven needs it more than New London. Kane will probably pitch for the Blues.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-19
REMAINS ARE CLAIMED.

|
 Brother of Kunda and Boarding Mis- tress Claim Victims Bodies. Mrs. Margaret Ferris, with whom So- phia Maiza, the young girl who was
 found dead in the Adams house, board- ed in New London, visited this city yes terday and claimed the remains. Mrs Ferris was much affected when she visited Coroner Mix to learn more of the details of the girls death She stated that the girl came to this coun- try from Poland two years ago and had worked steadily in New London ever
 since. She was in the habit of sending home money weekly. She met Kunda at New London and was engaged to
 him.. On Saturday she told Mrs. Ferris she was to go to New Haven, but would
 return that evening. Mrs. Ferris will make arrangements to bury her in this city.
 While Mrs Ferris was with Coroner Mix the brother of Kunda arrived at
 the office to claim the body of his brother. He came from New Britain and will probably take the remains there to be inferred Flynn, the under taker. has the body of Kunda at his place on Grand avenue. Enough money has been found on Kunda to pay for the burial, and there Is sme money in the possession of the coroner belonging to dead girl. 4x55
 Both declared. to the coroner that neither of the young people was at all familiar with the use of gas and prob- ably turned out the light and then on again without realizing what they were doing,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-19
WALLINGFoRD.

A break in the water main on Hall avenue under the railroad, north of the depot, was discovered late yesterday af- ternoon and men were at work re- pairing last evening.
 A trolley party of three ladies from New York e1 route. to Boston came up
 here from New Haven yesterday at 12:S3 and took the trolley for Meriden.
 A team from the Country club and Beaumont avenue Tennis club will play
 the Y. M. c. A. club in Meriden Sat- urday. s- z
 Mrs. Eliza F. Goddard. widow of Dwight Goddord, died yesterday morn- ing at the residence of Edwin S. Stew #ens. North Elm street, at 2:15, in the 79th year of her age, being IS years old January 15. ES
 The funeral will be from the house Thursday morning at g o'clock and the remains will be taken on the 9:5s train to Granby. Conn, for interment.. Besides her daughter. Mrs Edwin $. Stevens residing here she leaves three othr@ daughters. Mrs. William Daniels of Boston, Mrs. William Hyde of Plain vile. Mrs. David Hennessey of New York, and a son. Eugene Goddard, liv- ing in Granby. < @ %s .
 The employees of the H. L. Judd com pany's works will only have the work four hours net Saturday and get a full days pay. That day the foremens of the different departments of that fac- tory will have their first outing at Double Beach, and in order that the foremen may leave on the 11:25 train the works will shut down at Il o'clock.
 Another civil service examination for postoffice clerk and letter carrier will be held at town hall to-day beginning at o. m. The Examination will con- sist of seven subjects. as given below and as weighted: et
 Spelling, 10; arithmetic, 20; letter writ ing, 20; penmanship, 20; copying from plain copy. 10; United States geogra- phy, 10: reading addresses, 10..
 Company K will send team to the regimental shoot at Westville Septefn- Der IS. The brigade shoot will be held at the same place October 8.
 The schools will reopen on Tuesday, September s. |
 Special meetings of Wallace and Hubbard Hose companies will be held this evening in reference to attending
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-19

Fifth avenue restaurants at the dinner tables was a woman leaning on her el- bows. Why, even in some of tue smart est photographs ! haze seen of late women are posed with ciaspsd hands, leaning thelr elbows on the table,
 The American to whom the English woman was speaking admitttd, with . laugh, that everything she sad was true N
 T find myself doing the same s,ing,'' the American nonfeEEcd, especially since l ca,ns into tho poszsss!on Of a diamond pendant bracelet.
 '"The growth of the habit, think, dates from the time that the very slen- der chain bracelet wound sometimes twice around the arm ana finished with a jeweled pendant, came into fashion. As a rule the weight of the pendant swings,it toward the under part of the wrist; therefore 1t is seen to better ad- vantage when the arm is raised.
 Many of these ornaments are superb and possibly the owners think it would be all awful pity not to show them at their best. I had no idea, though that the habit had become so general that a stranger would notice It.
 General" echoed the English woman. "Why, it seems to me an exception to find New York woman who can get through meal without planting her el- bows on the table. Just look for your elf!A-New York Sun. .'''r .'''s -h
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-19
TRY FEEDING.
Instead of a Journey For Health,

The sick persons has not exhausted all of his resources until he has tried the value of proper, pure, and scientifically made food. TT s"...
 It often happens that when medical skill has been exhausted, a persor. thinks change. of climate necessary. That's the time to change the food.
 A big man in New York city whose normal weight,is around the 230 pound mark had run down to IFS pounds. T was so ill., he says, 'that my doctor ordered me to go South, but as could not afford to go I hesitated and then along came a friend who persuaded me to try the food Grape-Nuts.
 Am glad to say did so, for I gain ed back my lost 60 pounds, and now I feel fine all the time, never felt better ill all my life, and that means am we'll and strong didn't have to go South, saved the money and am all right. '' Name given by Postum Co.,, Battle Creek, Mich.
 This shows what delicious food can do when it is pure and the right kind.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-19
THE LIFE OF ANT o1rnEN.

How long may an ant queen live
 Tn their natural habitat some queens doubtless have short lives but by
 reason of the protection afforded them
 and the seclusion enforced by the work CTS they probably live much longer than other members of the community Within artificial surroundings they at- tain a comparatively long life. The old
 est emmet queen known to science was
 one preserved under the care of Sir
 John Lubbock. later Lord Avebury. A
 number of years ago, during visit to
 this distinguished naturalist at his
 country seat. High Elm, Kent, the writer for the first time saw this vener- able sovereign, living in the ingenious artificial formicary which had been pre- pared for her. She was then in the prime of life, as. it afterward appeared, being seven years old. ....~
 In the summer of 1887 Sir John was again visited. this was at his own house in London. After greetings, he was asked about his royal pet.
 T have sad news to tell you,", he answered.
 ; What? Is the queen dead?"
 :, 'She died only yesterday. I have not had the heart to tell the news as yet to my wife"
 i Having offered my hearty con- dolence, asked to see the dead queen. Sir John led the way to the room where his artificial nests were kept. The glass case which contained the special formicary in which the old ant had lived was opened up. Lying in one of the larger open spaces or rooms was the dead queen. She was surrounded by a crowd os workers, who were tenderly licking her, touching her with their antennae, and making other demonstra- tions, as if soliciting her attention or desiring to wake her out of sleep. Poor. dumb, loving, faithful creatures! There was no response. Their queen mother lay motionless beneath their den1onstra- tion.
 "They do not appear to have dis covered that she is really dead" re- marked Sir John. Afterward he wrote me of another queen died at thesage of fourteen. The ants dragged her body about with them when they moved until it fell to pieces.-Harpers Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-19
STATE LEAGUE STANDING.
VARIOUS ITEMS.

The digging of the channel under tllt
 East Chapel street bridge was. complet. ed last evening, so that traffic can be re- stunned this morning. Members of the New Haven Biscuit and Manufacturing company are Will. liam Beck, Thomas J. J. Bishop, Simon J. Hugo and James c. Twining. The company is capitalized at $2,000, divid- ed into 100 shares of the par value of $20 each. # r~'~.>s, &,-~' :
 In Norwich yesterday Charles H. Bo- land, aged fourteen, son of James .Bo- land, foreman for the Hopkins & AL len Arms company, committed suicide. He was found hanging to lilac bush in the back yard of his home. The night before he asked permission to witness a performance at the local theater. His father forbade him; hence the suicide.
 A half-holiday excursion to Savin Rock has been arranged by the Mutual Aid Association of the Waterbury Man ufacturing company for next Saturday afternoon.
 Governor Chamberlain will attend the international yacht race tomorrow in company with number of state off, cials and members of the legislature.
 Charles F. Brooker. of Ansonfa, con- corning whose probable retirement from membership on the republican na- tional committee there has been much talk ever since the ending of the mid summer convention of the republican party at Camp Chamberlain, said to a Waterbury American reporter yester- day morning: "All I know about my resignation from the committee is what I have read in the newspapers"