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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
Good Friday Lore.
m the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press
It is thought that the name Good Fri
day is a corruption of Goodies or Gods
Friday.
"Creepinge to the Crosse was years
ago part of the observance of the solemn
day in England.
In nearly all the English villages Of
Sussex marbles are played on Good Fri
day by the men as well as the boys.
The hanging of Judas in effigy is a
feature of the observance of Good Fri
day and Holy Saturday In some coun-
tries.
In the north of England a herb pud-
ding, in which the leaves of the passion
plant are a prominent ingredient, is eaten
on Good Friday.
In Catholic England Good Friday was
the day in which the king blessed GER
tain rings, a ceremony that was thought
to endow them with miraculous power
of curing cramps
In many parts of England a small loaf
of bread was baked on the morning of
Good Friday and kept until the next Good
Friday. The bread was not eaten, but
used as a medicine, being supposed to
acquire healing properties.
morning of Good Friday is ushered in
with a universal cry of Hot cross
buns!' There is a superstition that If hot
cross buns are eaten on this day they
will prevent disaster during the year.
In the palace chapel a crucifix was
erected, before which a carpet was laid:
along this the king and then the queen
crept to the cross. On Good Friday SO
runs the ancient chronicle, 1T shall be
declared howe creepinge to the crosse
signifyeth an humblynge of ourselfe to
Christie before the crosse and the kissynge
of it memoire of our redemption made
upon the crosse >"
While some of the old-time Good Fri
day customs are kept up, many have
died out. In the church of Glentfiam Lin
colnshire, England. is a tomb with figure
popularity known as Molly Grimes. This
figure used to be regularly washed every
Good Friday by seven old maids of Glen
than, with water brought from Newell
we'll But about 1882 the property was sold
without any provision for Molly Grimes
annual bath. SO that now she goes un-
washed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
THE COMING HORSE SHOW.
Members of the Mounted Police Will
Take Part

The entries for the open-air horse shcw.
to be held by the Chevy Chase Club May
1 and 2, will close Saturday, April 1S. AMI
should be addressed to Mr. Alexander b.
Legare, Metropolitan Club.
Nine members of the mounted squad OF
the police force will participate in the OPEN
air horse show of the Chevy Chase Club, to
be held May / and =. Major Sylvester re-
ceived letter this morning from MIR.
Woodbury. Blair, chairman of the executive
committee. thanking him for his acceptance
of the invitation to have the mounted force
take part in the affair.
Mr.. Blair says in his letter that the
police event will occur in class . The prize
offered is $50; s25 to the owner of the horse
who takes the first or blue-ribbon prize; S1l
for the second red ribbon, and $40 for
the third white ribbon. 1t will be the
purpose of the committee to award the
prizes to the horses that show the beat
conformation, training and adaptability for
the service in which they are employed and
in addition to the general requirements the
committee will consider any special quail
tiles of the horse which the owner may
wish to exhibit.
Those who are to compete for the prizes
have been informed that the best horses
will take their conformation and hardness
to count. The horses competing will oe
put through such exercises and maneuvers
az the judges may require.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
THOMAS JEFFERSON MARCH.
Leader santelmann Congratulated by
Admiral Dewey,

Admiral George Dewey Of the navy. pres
ident of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Association. has written to Lieut.. w. H.
santelmann. leader, Of the United States
Marine Band, congratuiating him upon his
new march, Thomas Jefferson" Admiral
Dewey says:
"As president of The Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Association II gives me great
pleasure to compliment you upon the ex-
cellent piece Of music you have composed
and named the 'ThJhas Jefferson March
I have heard it playedqby your band. and
enjoyed 1t thoroughly"
1t, and has met with q popular reception
wherever played. Admiral Dewey heard 1t
first at the Army and Navy League con-
cert for the soldiers and sailors and again
at the National Museum q few days ago
upon the occasion of the Naval Medical
School graduation exercises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
SAYS HE LOST ALL.
Aged Colored Man Toiled for Benefit
of His Boys.

pathetic incident was disclosed in the
Juvenile court yesterday afternoon, when
Oliver Beverly, fourteen-year-old mother
less colored boy, was committed to the re-
form school on a charge of incorrigibility.
He will remain in the school until he is
twenty-one years of age unless sooner dis
charged.
Jordan Beverly, the boys father, hod
carrier, more than seventy years of age,
who resides at PIG Trumbull street north
west, informed Judge Kimball that he had
three sons, land Oliver is my baby he
said
II have worked early and late" the old
man continued. Ito accomplish my one
aim in life, which has been to leave each
Of my boys 500 when 1 die; By denying
myself and saving all my pennies man
aged to save 500 which l had in the bank
that failed recently, leaving me nothing
and
The old man was unable to control his
feelings and gave way to tears as he tot
tered from the witness stand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
WAS NOT DORSEY FoULTZ.
Detectives Fail to Identify the Suspect
in Camden.

The colored man who was under ar
rest at Camden, N. j., yesterday on sus-
pfcion was not Dorsey Foultz, proving to
be some person other than the man who
is alleged to have killed Charles Robinson
in this city seven years ago. Detectives
Tyser and Muller, who were sent to Cam
den yesterday morning, were not certain
about the mans identity and SO informed
Capt Boardman last night. Edward Brock
enborough, colored who had been consult
ed at police headquarters about the case.
was summoned from his home on 9th street
about midnight and started toward Cam
den to see if he could identify the prisoner
He reached there today and Capt. Board
man received dispatch this afternoon in
forming him of the result. The outcome
of the inves legation is not surprising to
the police officials. Major Sylvester and
Capt. Boardman took the steps noted
merely because the information came
through su III channel that it could not
be ignored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
Experiences in Samoa.

At the April meeting of the Mems Club of
the Temple Baptist Church, held last
Tuesday evening, Judge William L. Cham
bers of the Spanish claims commission gave
an interesting address on his experiences In
Samoa. Judge Chambers was chief Justice
of that island on the adoption Of the auto
nomic form of government by England. Ger
many and the United States, and to him
was referred the matter of deciding the
kingship between the two native chiefs
aspiring for that honor. He told in his ad-
dress of his meeting Robert Louis Steven
son, of the strong friendship that sprang
up between them. and how popular Steven
son was with the natives.
At the conclusion of the address a social
time was spent in the banquet room, where
refreshments were served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
Drank While Wife Lay Dead.

Instead of caring for his dead wife, Levi
Dixon, colored resident of Freeman's
alley, has been In a state of intoxication
since Saturday night, according to wit
nesses in the Police Court today. Police
men Tompkins and Baker, who ended Lewis
career Of intoxication last night by arrest
ing him, explained to Judge Kimball that
the defendants wife died suddenly while
she was on the street Saturday afternoon,
and that when the body was removed to
her late home Levi found $16.75 in the
pocket of her skirt which he transferred to
his own pocket. and then left the house,
and has since been beastly drunk.
II haven't been drunk ever since my wife
died." Dixon declared 'but admit that
did feel good couple Of times"
what kind OF a man are you, anyway
the court asked, but before Levi had
chance to answer the question his honor
had said $50 or sixty days." and the wild
over retired to the cell room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
Will Lettuce Prevent Smallpox
From Medical Talk

Lettuce is an absolute preventive Of
smallpox. No one is in the least particle OF
danger of catching smallpox who eats a
little lettuce every day. Smallpox belongs
to the scorbutic class of diseases. Sailors
at sea, deprived of fresh vegetables, get
scurvy. Scurvy is a typical scorbutic dis
ease. Smallpox is another. Smallpox al
ways RACES during the winter season. when
the poor people are deprived of fresh vege-
table foods. Celery and onions are good for
this purpose. but there is such long inter
val between their being gathered and being
eaten that they lose most of their anti
scorbutic properties. Lettuce Is served
shortly after it is picked. and hence
tains the valuable properties which will
prevent smallpox. We say without tha
least hesitation or reserve that lettuce will
prevent smallpox. 1t is a thousand times
better than vaccination. 1t has no liabili-
ties, like vaccination. to produce other dis
eases. We are willing to stake our pro-
fessional reputation on the broad state
ment that any one who eats lettuce daily
will not catch smallpox, whether he be
vaccinated not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
CONVICTED OF vAGRANCY.
Woman Fined $40 and Sentenced in
Default of Payment

Mrs Mamie Warden. about thirty years
old wearing a neat-fitting black suit and
hat of the same color. who is employed in
n dry goods stoore in this city, appeared as
"A defendant In the Police Court this morn
ing on charge of vagrancy. of which she
was convicted and sentenced by Judge
Kimball to a term of thirty days in the
workhouse in default of fine of SO which
he imposed
Mrs Warden resides with her husband at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Hud-
son of 240 I'd street northeast. both OF
whom appeared witnesses against her.
as did also Policeman Davis who placed
the woman under arrest last night.
According to Mr.. and Mrs. Hudson, Mrs.
Warden is addicted 10 the use of intoxi-
cants and has made their lives miserable
by her boisterous conduct while under the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
Fire in Adlai E. stevenson,s House.

dispatch from Bloomington, ILL.,. yester-
day says: Adlai e. Stevenson, formerly
vice president OF the United States, lost
his hair and mustache and received pain
full burns on his face and hands today
while trying to extinguish fire in his
home. The fire started in a bed room.
When Mr.. Stevenson rushedl into the room
the curtains were In a blaze Without call
ting aid he attacked the flames.
: The hair on his head and his mnstache
was singed and his face blistered. The
loss to the house was $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
SIMPLY BREATHE IT
: A Few Minutes Use Of Hyomsi
Four Times q Day Cures Caterrh

The pleasantest, most convenient and the
only scientific method for the treatment and
cure Of eatarrh is Hyomei. Simply put
twenty drops of Hyomei in the inhaler that
comes with every package and then breathe
it for a few minutes four times day.
1t seems remarkable that 30 simple a way
for treating catarrh will effect cure, but
ths most important discoveries Of science
have always been the simplest. By breath
ing Hyomei In this way every particle Of
air that enters the air passages Of the threat
and head and goes into the lungs is charged
with q healing baIsam that kills the germs
and bacilli of catarrh and soothes and allxys
all irritation.
The first days use of Hyomei will show q
decided improvement and in short time
there will be no further trouble from ca
tarrh. It's action Is rapid and lasting.
You take no risk In buying Hyomei A
complete outfit costs $f.Oo. and II aftes
using you can say that 1t has not helped
you. your druggist will return your money.
What other treatment for catarrh is sold
under azgnarantee like thiss None other has
sufficient merit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
Hearing Postponed.

The case against Walter B. Dorset, the
colored policeman who is charged with
forging the name Of w. w. Martin, col
ored. brother officer. to promisory note
for SO. did not come up in the Police Court
today, having been continued until tomor-
row. Dorsett has been suspended from the
force until the matter can be finally dis
posed Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09

In Criminal Court No. today James
Martin, charged with committing an as
sault with a dangerous weapon, withdrew
his plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty.
Justice Anderson thereupon sentenced the
defendant to imprisonment In the District
Jail for four months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
The Controllers Conclusions.

But all this does not help Dr. Hart to de-
mand that 81 COO a month out of this appro-
priation be paid him.
eff the law is mandatory, about which 1
have decided convictions, but which would
not be appropriate for me to express in this
connection, because not necessary to the de-
cision of the matter before me. he could by
rendering to the board of children's guar
dams a contract prepared under the terms
of the law, upon their refusal to have exc
cuted the same, proceed by mandamus and
compel them to execute such contract.
IF the law is mandatory, the clause
therein providing for the execution of a
contract to support and maintain the
wards, even granting that the board had
discretion as to the terms of such contract.
which it undoubtedly had, was a discretion
limited by their duty to enter into such con-
tract when 1T was presented, safeguarding
the support and maintenance Of these
wards as provided by the law and not their
unlimited will as appears to have been in
sisted upon in section 16 of the contract
concluded on the 18th day Of October 1908.
IF the law is mandatory. DR.. Hart can
by proper proceeding in mandamus compel
this goard, upon proper tender of proper
contract, to execute 1t Tor the remainder of
the fiscal year. Moreover, II DR.. Hart has
stood ready and willing at all times to per-
form his part of the obligations cast upon
him by this appropriation act, and If he has
been prevented therefrom by the failure.
refusal or neglect of the responsible Of
ficials Of the board of children's guardians,
always assuming that the law is manda-
tory, he is not without remedy, but this
remedy is not the paying him of $1,000
month out of this appropriation for the
performance of a contract which he has not
executed, but is by an action of damages
against this corporation for a refusal to
execute a law mandatory in its nature, and
To 70 ho tod
in his personal damage. The measure OF
his damages is not 81 900 month, and this
appropriation is not liable to pay such dam
ages. but would be his reasonable profits
for the fulfllment of such contract If 1t
had been entered into and would be recov-
cradle against the corporation itself
For the reasons above I concur in the
decision of the auditor and the same is
fully anDrOved."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
The Ladies' as Guests,

The Mems Association of Hamhne M E.
Church entertained the ladies of the church
and congregation last evening in the par
lors of the church. the occasion being
Ladies' Night" After a brief address OF
welcome by the president of the associa-
ton, Mr.. Van Dyne, and a vocal solo by
Mr.. Bache, Mr.. Nelson r. Woods OF the
National Museum entertained the audience
with limitations of donaestic birds and ami.
mails. At the close Of the exercises refresh
ments were served by The men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
BON MARCHE, 31A=32O 9TH ST.

influence of liquor, which they said &C.
CURED frequently.
Mrs. Warden denied that she used in
toXicants. and said she could not have been
drunk testified to by the government
witnesses.
Judge Kimball announced that there was
no doubt in his mind to the testimony
cOrdinylY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
Lecture on Grains

Brains will be the subject of lecture
to be delivered tomorrow evening at =
o'clock at the Fifth Baptist Church. E
street between z8th@and 7thNstreets south
west. by Rev. F. M. Bristol. DID,, pastor
OF Metropolitan M. e. Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09

Oliver Pattersons bicycle was struck by
q street car. at New York avenue and l4th
street this morning. The rider ESCAPED
injury. but the front wheel OF his bicycle
was damaged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09

j is0,s .Oppe-40 gears the market and still
he best for Coughs and Colds. 25c. per bottle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
Mr.. Harris Contention.

Mr.. Hart, appears from a letter ad-
dressed by him to Mr. Douglass on March 3,
1903. contends that Congress in making the
appropriation by the act of July 1, 1902, Ito
enable the board of children's guardians to
contract for the care and maintenance of
sixty wards of the board at the Hart Farm
School, at the rate of 5000 per annum EACH
intended the $12 600 as, a grant to be made
to the Hart Farm School for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1903, regardless Of whether
a contract was made by the board and in
spite of the fact that as many as sixty
wards may not have been cared for, pro-
vided only that claimant stood ready at all
times to enter into and carry out contrcat
for the care and maintenance Of sixty
wards if furnished by the board and upon
this Interpretation he makes demand upon
Mr.. Douglass in this letter to pay to him
the difference between what he had actual
ly received, |. e., $1,567 90, and the sum
which he claims he Is entitled to on Febru-
airy %, being eight-twelfths Of the $4,000
appropriated, or $4,000 which difference he
claims amounts to $685.. 81.
The disbursing agent of the board re-
fused to accede to Mr.. Harris demand. r-s-
Auditor Turner held that the act of July
1, 1902, was not mandatory and he could
not approve the claim. Although technical
ly sustaining the auditor. Controller Trace
well makes some tart remarks After re-
viewing the circumstances of the case he
concludeS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
HART SCHOOL CLAIM
THE coNTRoL4T4F DECISION IS
AGAINST IT.
He Afirms the Opinion of the Auditor,
Which Disallewed the Conten-
ton of the Principal.

~ III
Controller Tracewen of the treasury has
rendered long decision approving an op1n-
ion of the auditor for the State and other
departments adverse 10 the claim of DR.. w.
H. H. Hart, principal of the Hart Farm
School, that he ought to be paid the entire
appropriation of $4,000 for the fiscal year
1903 for the care of wards of the board of
children's guardians.
The case is, a most interesting one
throughout. In the act making appropria-
tions for the District of Columbia for the
fiscal year 1908, approved July 1, 1902 was
the following:
'"To enable the board of childrens guar
dams to contract for the care and main
tenance Of sixty wards of the board at the
Hart Farm School. at the rate of 500 per
annum each, $1,000"
The Facts in the Case.
From the statement of the disbursing
agent of the board of children's guardians
it appears that for the six months pre-
ceding July I. 1902 the board had been
operating under contract with Mr.. Hart
for the care and maintenance of children
at his farm at the rate of $175 per annum
per capita. 1t continued to operate under
this contract by mutual consent, up to
July % 1902, except that the rate of pay
per capita in lieu of $40 The board being
unable in the meantime since the passage
of the act of July l, 1902 to secure the
signature of Mr.. Hart to a new contract
made up in accordance with it's interpreter
ton of the act the wards were removed
from the farm on that date, and relations
between Mr.. Hart and the board of chill
drenS guardians ceased. Later Mr.. Hart
consented to sign the contract which the
board had presented to him. and on Octo-
Der Is relations were again resumed.
The disbursing agent of the board, Mr..
Douglass, reports that for the care and
maintenance of children during the period
from July 1, 1902, to February 26, 1903, in
elusive, there was paid to Mr.. Hart, under
the terms of the contract entered into for
the fiscal year 1902, which was extended by
mutual consent to July 20, 1902, with the
modification of the rate to fit the act Of
July ], 1902, and the contract entered into
on October 10, 1902. the following sums, to
wit: July, $597.29; October, s2s27; Novem-
Der, $14O72; December. $25371; January,
$256Os; February, 1901 .O2: which said sums.
making total of 81, 567 90, were based upon
the number of wards cared for at the farm
during the months named at the rate of
500 per year for each child.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-01-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER..

WASHINGTON, D. c., December Goth.
Mr.. EDIToR:-To the intense relief of
persons familiar with the interior work
ings Of the White House and the State
Department the President has yielded to
the strong pressure brought to bear on
him by the Secretaries of State and War
and has foregone the pleasure of arbi.
trating the differences between Venezuela
and the foreign powers. The invitation
of Germany and Great Britain to arbitrate
their claims so t1attered the President that
for some time his better judgment was
obscured and it seemed that, in spite Of
the protests of Messrs. Hay and Root and
many of the republican Senators, he
would accept the position. So emphatic,
however, were the arguments against such
course, almost every republican news
paper protesting, that be was obliged to
yield and it now appears that the trouble
of Venezuela will be adjudicated by The
Hague Tribunal.
Through the enterprise of a metropoli
tan daily paper the terms of the Cuban
treaty have been made public and have
excited both admiration and criticism.
To those members of Congress who repre-
sent the manufacturing interests Of the
East the convention affords the utmost
satisfaction, but to those who represent
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-01-02
DEMOCRATS FLOOR
LEADER.

An interesting contest is in progress
among the Democratic members of the
House over the minority leadership of the
House during the Fifty eighth Congress.
Representative James D. Richardson,
of Tennessee, now holds that place Of
honor among his party associates, and it
is not settled yet whether he is to be
again candidate for the position. Ac-
cording to custom, the Democrat who
gets the nomination for Speaker at the
hands of his associates at the beginning
of the new Congress will be the floor
leader. So far as the Speakership nomi-
nation is concerned the honor will be an
empty one for Democrats. 1t was stated
sometime ago Mr.. Richardson would not be
a candidate for the Speakership unless the
Democrats carried the next House. 1t is
believed that he still holds to that position
and that the Republicans having retain
ed the House, he will not make an effort
to continue as floor leader.
Among the most prominent candidates
mentioned are John S. William, of Missis
sippi; Champ Clark and David A. De
Almond, of Missouri, and Oscar w.
Underwood, of Alabama. From present
appearances Mr. Williams has lead.
He is regarded as strong man in de-
bate and is also good parliamentarian.
According to the consensus of judgment
he would make an excellent floor leader.
1t is said that many of the Southern Demo
Gratis in the House have pledged their
support to him. In addition, it is said
that neither Mr. Clark nor Mr.. DeArmond
will be able to secure much support out
side of their own State delegation. Mr..
Underwood's friends are not making any
claims.
From now on the contest is expected
to be lively. Mr.. Williams friends ap-
pear to be the most active, and are conf
dent of winning.