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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
AIRSRIP NOT FLYING,
But MOSQUITOES ARE
Aerodromists Supplying Them
selves With Quinine and Netting.

Underwater, Va, Aug. 3.-Lang-
ley's aerial corps returned to the arb
today after their usual Sunday holi =
day in Washington The party has nov
been at Whitewater for nearly threa
weeks and a test of a model aerodrome
similar IN size to that used by Prof
Langley, in 1896, will probably take
place before the scientists shut Up shoI
and go TO Washington for their next
holiday.
Nearly all of the people Of Widewa-
ter have moved from their farms on the
river bank into the country in order to
escape from the malaria. The mosqui-
toes on the shores of the river are dan
gerously infected with malarial germs
during this season. Langley's men.
therefore. have imported large quaint
ties of quinine and mosquito netting ia
order to take all possible precautions
against malariaI chiIls and fever.
The work on the ark and the flying
machine is practically completed. II
only remains to pick out suitable
weather conditions. and a time when
the reporters are mapping. Then out
with the bird" and Mr. Manley will
leave news for Prof Langley.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
WARE is INDIGNANT
OVER MARTIN STORY
commissioner of Pensions Has No
Comment to Make.

The Commissioner of Pensions was
mighty indignant this morning whea
SHOWN the article which appeared IN
ne Times yesterday, telling of the
charges Of Albert Martin, of Parsons.
Kan. to the effect that General Metcalf.
OF the Topeka Pension Agency, had
openly admitted that Martin and two
other men had their salaries reduced
because Of politics. and that the gen
eral had declared that the reduction
OF the three competent employees, while
others incompetent had been advanced
In salary. was a damned outrage"
MT Ware was shown the story and
asked If he had read it, He said he had
not; but there seemed reason to believe
ne was familiar with its contents When
requested to make a statement abou.
what paper 1t had been published He
then turned his back on the reporter
and refused to make any comment.
The case was drawn TO the attention
Of the Civil Service Commission when
Martin first made his charges, but to
the Commission 1t was speciously ex-
planned that the reduction in the force
was made because il had been found
necessary to curtail the expenses OF the
agency by reducing the number of en-
ployes. That explanation was accepted.
but no notice seems to have been taken
Of the fact that three affidavits have
been made in which the atlantis declare
that General Metcah and other promi-
nent officials in the office admitted that
politics was at the bottom of the re-
auctions and promotions.
II what Martin says is true. it is one
of the most significant statements made
public In recent years about the Pension
Office.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
J. {. ENGLEHART SUES
TO Be REINSTATED

Joseph E. Englehart today filed a pc
tition in the Supreme Court Of the Dis
trtct asking that the District Commits
sioners be required to show cause why
they should not be held in contempt for
dismissing him from the Metropolitan
Police force.
In his petition, filed through Attor-
neys Hegarty & McDonough. Mr.. Engle-
hart says that some time ago the police
trial board recommended his dismissal
because Of physical incompetency An
appeal was taken from the decision of
the board on the ground that il is not
legally organized, and the matter was
taken to the Supreme Court Of the Dis
trict by petition for a writ of certiorari
The petition for the writ was denied
by Justice Anderson. From this Judgment
an appeal was noted TO the Court Of
Appeals for the District
l. Is stated that on July q last the
Commissioners dismissed Englehart from
the police force. This action was taken
IL IS contended. while Englehart's ap-
peal was pending and. therefore. wag in
contempt of the order OF court allowing
the appeal
The court is asked 20 issue an order
requiring the Commissioners 10 reiustdte
Englehart as a member of the police
force
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
COLONIES ADVANCED To
BRIGADIER GENERALS

Col. Edwin B. Atwood, of the Quar-
termaster's Department, was promoted
20 brigadier general yesterday and re-
tires today.
He is a native of Ohio, and entered
the civil war as a sergeant major in
the Forty-frst Ohio Infantry In 1851
BY the close OF the war he had ad-
vanced to the rank of major
He entered the regular service in
1866 as second lieutenant in the Six
teenth Infantry. He was made first lieu
Quartermaster's Department in 1875, AMI
has been in that department since that
time.
Colonel Atwoods promotion brings
about the following promotions in the
Quartermaster's Department:
Lieut.. Col. Joshua w. Jacobs. to colo
mel.
Major George Ruhlen. TO lieutenant
colonel.
Capt. Alfred NJ. Palmer, to major.
Col. Frank G. Smith. OF the Artillery
Corps. was promoted to brigadier gen
eral today and will retire tomorrow.
He was appointed from Ohio and en-
tered the Fourth Artillery in 1861 as a
second lieutenant. He was advanced to
first lieutenant the same year and be-
came a captain in 1857
He was made major of the Second Ar
tillery In 1891, and became lieutenant
colonel of the Sixth Artillery in 1898. He
was promoted TO colonel in the Artillery
Corps in 1901.
Other promotions today in the Artil-
lery Corps are: Lieut. Col. Benjamin K
Roberts. 10 colonel; Major Sydney w.
Taylor. to lieutenant colonel; Major
Charles Humphreys. to lieutenant colo
mel; Capt. Clarence DEEMS, TO major;
Capt. John V. White. 10 major; First
Lieut.. William r. Dooves, to captain;
First Lieut.. Alfred a. Starbird, to cap
tain; Second Lieut.. Frederick z. Gig
noux, TO first lieutenant; Second Lieut.
Robert B. Mitchell, to first lieutenant.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
STEAM FILTERS HELPERS
EXPECT To WIN STRIKE

A mass meeting OF steam and hot
water filters helpers who are still on
a strike for an increase in their wages
from $l-6O to 81 per diem. will be held
In Bessler's Hall. near Tenth Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue tomorrow.
The object of the meeting is to bind the
men closer together and to inspire them
with confidence of ultimate victory.
There are at present only one-half Of
the members of the association on the
street. The others have been granted
the increase by their employers and are
at work Today is the twenty-eighth
working day of the struggle. but the
strikers are just as confident of winning
out as they were on the day when they
made their request for the Increase.
Secretary Flanagan. of the HELPERS
Association. says there has been no dis
sension in nor any assertions from the
strikers ranks. despite much pressure
brought to bear upon them to submit the
matter OF wages to board of arbItIS-
ton The helpers say they ask the
bosses" 10 sign the agreement to nav
them 81 a day now and will submit all
future differences to arbitration
We are determined TO remain on the
bricks until our demands are granted"
said Secretary Flanagan this morning.
We are in a position to continue this
fight for months.
We realize that our very existence as
an organization depends on the outcome
OF this struggle. A great many of our
members have obtained temporary en-
ployment in other lines of work and we
are receiving strike benefits / wish TO
emphatically deny that we are in the
tottering condition the employers believe
we are
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
CHANGE
Quit Coffee and Got Well.

A woman's coffee experience is inter
estlng. For two weeks at time have
taken no food but skim milk. for solid
FOOD would ferment and cause such a
pressure OF gas and such distress that
could hardly breathe at times also ex-
crutiating pain and heart palpitation and
all the time ! was so nervous ana rest
less.
From childhood up l had been q cof-
Zee and tea drinker and for the past
twenty years have been trying different
physicians but could get only Temporary
reIlet. Ihen l read an article telling how
some one had been cured by leaving off
coffee and drinking Postum and IL seem
ed so pleasant Just 10 read about good
health l decided TO try Postum in place
OF coffee.
Il made the change from coffee to
Postum end such a change there is in
me that / don't feel like the same per-
son. We all found Postum delicious and
like ii better than coffee. My health now
is wonderfully good.
AS soon as | made the shift from cof-
fee to Postum l got better and now all
OF my troubles are gone. I am Heshy. mr.
food assimilates, the pressure in the
chest and palpitation are all gone my
bowels are regular. have no more
stomach trouble and my headaches are
gone Remember / did not use medicines
at ADJUST left off coffee and drank Pos,
tum steadily" Name given by Postum
Co.. Battle Creek. Mich
Send TO the company for particulars by
mail OF extension OF time on the 81. 500
cooks contest for 735 money prizes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
ANONYMOUS LETTER
MADE DOMESTIC RIFT
Divorce Suit In tituted, But With
drawn After Explanation.

Rufus e. Boyd. proprietor a lunch
room at 430 Eleventh Street northwest
! and his wife, Bertha NJ. Boyd. nee Zahn,
VINO reside at 81 Massachusetts, Avenue
northwest, are enjoying domestic fe-
iicity. after season of blight which
| threatened to terminate their marital
relations Thereby hangs a tale OF the
meddling of some unknown person, who
was afraid to make his or her identity
known 1t is story of a cloud OF
calumny rising on the domestic horizon
dispelled by the sunlight of truth
The facts so far given to the public
are the filing, on Wednesday, July 80. by
Mrs Boyd, OF a suit for divorce. in
which she charges her husband with
cruelty, drunkenness, desertion. and in
fidelity Friday this suit was with
drawn. Saturday there appeared, in a
local paper, the following advertise
ment:
500 REWARD WILL BE PAID FOR THE En-
posure OF the contemplate scoundrel who sent
an anonymous typewriter letter. July y to
my wife, b. which she filed suit and mad
certain eharges, and which she hereby ac-
knnwledges 10 be absolutely untrue.
(Signed) RUFUS L. BOYD.
BERTHA VI. BOYD.
Behind these facts lies the true story.
On Wednesday, July %, Mrs. Boyd re-
ceived a typewriter letter, stating that
If she would watch a certain house on
l Street northwest that night she would
see her husband return with woman
of questionable character, whom the
writer had seen him take out earlier in
the evening. The woman's name was
given. This letter was mailed under a
special delivery stamp. and was ad-
dressed to their former home
When she received this letter. Mrs
Boyd repaired to the address mentioned,
and took up her watch. She maintained
this watch for week, but at no time
did she see her husband or the other
woman. Nevertheless, so strongly had
the green-eyed monster taken possess
sion of her breast that she flied suit for
divorce, without acquainting her hus-
band OF her intention. He, in the mean
time, had noted her altered manner, but
did not know the cause. When he was
served with the divorce court summons
he did the only wise thing, for he went
directly to his wife, and from her de-
manded to know the cause for her ac-
ton. The reply was to produce the let
ter, and, since the allegations were IN
true, he soon persuaded her to look at
the anonymous communication with the
contempt il deserved, with the result
that the suit was at once withdrawn.
and the wife is as indignant as her hus-
band at the attempt to wreck their do
nestle happiness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
THINKS HE is IN DANGER
FROM HIS ENEMIES

/ William w. Owens is a patient at the
Washington Asylum Hospital, suffering
from insanity. and will later in the day
be sent temporarily to st. Elizabeth's
Insane Asylum. pending formal lunacy
proceeding. Owens lives at 923 Eighth
Street southeast. is forty-six years old.
and machinist in the navy yard.
Yesterday afternoon he approached
Policeman Holmes, of the First pre-
cinct and told him his life was in dan
ger from his enemies. Holmes sent him
to the Emergency Hospital, where his
condition was recognized. He was re-
turned TO the police station, and the
police surgeons were called upon to pass
on his condition. He was then sent
temporarily TO the Washington Asylum
Hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
AUCTION SALES.
JAMES W. RATcLrFFE. AUcTIoSEER.

Peremptory sale by auc-
ton of Al Brick and Frame
Houses on New Union De-
pot site, situate on Massa-
ChuSettS avenue northeast.
E street northeast, CaIifor-
mia street northeast, F street
northeast, q street north
east, First street northeast, H
street northeast, Jackson
street northeast, Delaware
avenue northeast, Second
street northeast. Cabbage
alley northeast and St. AIMS
court northeast. comprising
houses Nos. 10, "a, % and
100 Massachusetts, avenue
northeast; 100 E street north
east; 40 California street
northeast; Is, II, fO7, 100,
119, 1O2 and 1O8 F street
northeast; 116 and 118 q
street northeast; 7f8 and 724
First street northeast; II, Is,
80, 100, tf3. f29, and 1877
II street northeast; %, 4,
IS, y, and 70 jackson
street northeast: 90, %, II,
and "A q street northeast;
1873 Cabbage alley north
east; 1913 St. AIMS court
northeast; 815, 81, 827.
and 629 First street north
east; $40, 0f2, 828, OH. o2t
928, and go Delaware ave-
nue. northeast, and 90 Sec
ond street northeast, to be
removed.
On Tuesday, the 4th day
of August, A. D. 1908. COM
mencing at 10 o clock a. M,
| will sell, by public auc-
ton, IN front of each parcel,
the above brick and frame
houses; to be removed in 80
days from day of sale.
Terms OF sale. cash.
NOte--The purchaser or purchasers of each
parcel TO give bend or cash in the sum OF $500
Tor the faithful removal 81 said building or
buildings and clearing Of said grounds in the
lime specified u above
By order q GEORGE Z. HAMILTON
JySO, Sl-aul,3 Attorney for owners
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
CASINO CARRIED
SEVERED ARM IN HAND

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. Aug. Stony
z. Casino, an Italian stonecutter,
caused a sensation by walking along
The principal street of Welch. Mcdowell
county. swinging in his left hand his
right arm. which had been severed be-
low the elbow.
He walked along swinging the severed
member as careiessly az a man ordinar-
fly carries a cane. Casino had lost HIS
arm beneath a freight train and had
walked back TO town, a distance OF three
miles.
He apologized 10 several women who
gave signs of fainting
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
ASSAULTED HIS WIFE.

For striking his crippled wife several
times in the face and kicking her after
knocking her down, Thomas Duvau. a
negro. was fined SO. with thirty DAYS
in Jail In default. when given a hearing
in the Police Court today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
WRONG PLACE TO DIsRoBE.

Because he attempted tc disrobe and
throw his personal effects through the
White House fence at an early hour this
morning Washington Locker was fined
$50 or sixty days in Jail when the case
was heard by Judge Kimbail in the
Police Court today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
AT So. HE SINGS SOLO.

HANOVER. Pa, Aug. "a special
feature Of the German service in ST.
Matthew's Lutheran Church yesterday
VAS the singing OF solo by Henry Long,
fer sixtyone years leader OF the German
choir. Mr.. Long is eighty-thre years
old.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
STOLE TWO DOLLARS.

Judge Mills in the Police Court todaY
imposed a penalty of $40 fine or thirt!
days down on the farm upon Robert
Roam, a negro, for the larceny OF S;
from Clement Boston.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
MARRIED.

DE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I6, 1903.
at St. Mary's Church, BY the Rev. Father J. j.
Kelley. AUGUSTUS DE GRUMMOND, Jr., 10
MARY RHOADES, widow late John Rhoades,
L. s Y. IL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
SOLDIERS HOME BAND CONCERT

The United States Soldiers Home
Band. John S. Vi. Zimmerman. musical
director. will give a concert on the
grounds of the home this evening at 90
p. m The following is the program:
March. Banner Of Liberty" Zimmerman
overture, 'Luriine' .....................Wa Wallace
f1lgnins Chorus, " from ''Tannhau-
SIi -..--..-----.......-...N dgner
song TO the Evening star" from Tam
hauaer" ................... Wagner
Selection, The BaUercd Bride ..... STnetana
Waltz ''LazaTTe" ............. ..-. Blanke
Medley, ''Abll's Merry Melodies No s.. Smith
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
VandalS in Charge.

Owing to these stories 1t became i'm
possible for Mrs. Ransom to rent her
property, and it was fast going TO decay.
Vandals took everything OF a movable
character from the building. including
the marble nantes. massive chandeliers,
pipes for gas and water, even the paper
from the walls
During the encampment of the FRS.
regiment OF Kentucky volunteers here
during the Spanish-American war. sew
eral of them. who were friends of Mrs.
Ransom, volunteered to clear UP the
mystery surrounding her old home.
To accomplish this they obtained leave
from their colonel to spend a night in
the alleged haunted house They saw
nothing, but the groans Of agony and
noises that issued from an upper room
We're, they declare. of blood curdling
nature When the soldiers tried to in
vestigate. thinking they would find some
person who intended to brighten them
away, they were surprised upon enter
ing the room to And no sign of occu-
pancy- The dust was thick on the floor
and no footprints could be discovered.
Upon their return to the room below
the noise continued as before. They
returned TO camp the next morning none
the wiser for their adventure.
Mrs. Ransom, finding that her old home
was source of annoyance to her. de-
cided to have the building torn down 10
stop the stories about 1t. Now only 4
flight OF stone steps remains of It.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-03
SPOOKS DOOMED
IN A FINE MANSION
Old Home of Judge GOOdlOe
Torn Down.
STORIES WOULD NOT CEASE
Soldier Who Once Watched Here Told
of Most Unearthly
Noises.

LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. 3.-The place
where the mansion of the late Judge
Speed S. Goodloe once stood is now L
barren waste. owing to the popular
opinion that the house was haunted.
This mansion was one Of the most
costly and best known of historic old
homesteads in this city. 1t was located
on East Main Street. and was built by
Judge Goodloe as a home for his youns
bride, Miss Mary Shreve, of Louisville
He belonged to one of the oldest and
most aristocratic families in Kentucky
being related to the Clays, Smiths, Mar
shails, and other pioneer families.
Always Popular.
Being popular and entertaining. the
home to which he brought his bride was
the scene of much gayety, and his many
friends throughout the country always
made it their stopping place while in
the vicinity. They were always royalty
welcomed by Judge Goodloe and his
beautiful young wife.
About thirty years ago the Judge died
and several years afterward his widow
married Col. H. p. Ransom, a railroad
magnate. They lived until the death OF
Colonel Ransom, about fifteen years ago,
in the old Goodloe mansion
Colonel Ransom died suddenly from an
overdose of morphine, 1t was reported
In the meantime one of Mrs. Ransom's
daughters by her first husband had died
and been buried in the yard under a
lilac bush near one of the parlor win
dows
Not long after the death OF Colonel
Ransome his widow moved to Louisville
Soon after her departure tales of the
house being haunted began to circulate.
From that time reports of ghosts being
seen and heard in the old place were
numerous. and daily some neighbor told
or the ghosts he had seen walking
through the building at night
They described them as men clad in
white and carrying lanterns. They would
go 10 an upper window and peer out. as
II looking for some one. At other times
the neighbors would hear great noises
coming from the empty rooms of the
mansion, and sometimes heard the cries
OF a man who appeared TO be in great
agony.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-06
JUNO 6 de 1908.

Ha fijado su residencia aquf el apre-
ciable farmaceutico don Jose Calderon
Aponte, quien abrira una botica, que Sc
propone acreditar vendiendo q precios
iguales a los de las farmacias de San
Juan.
Conocidas las excelentes cualidades
del Sr. Calderon, Catafio esta de place
mes por contar con una familia mas y
tan diStinguida.
Yo lie ofrezco al Sr. Calderon, mi
consideration y afecto.
~ No pudiera evitarse que los
Chiquillos callejeros SUDAN a las plata
formas del tren cuando esta en- marcha2
Ell dia menos pensado sucede una des-
gracia y los conductores Seran respon-
Sables, cuando la policia debiera poner
coto a tales abuses.
Con meter en- ell "cacharro" tres 6
cuatro de los abusadores Sc corregirla
ese defecto.
Haga la prueba, sefiora polic1a.
Nv Mucho me place consignar que
el amigo "Boricua" sigue colaborando
en- "La Correspondence en- benefcio
de Catafio.
Que no decsjga esa buena labor, pai-
Sano.
Ell tempo todo 10 debilita.
~ Anoche estuvieron aquf los guar
dias Jose Julian Vazquez Y Narciso PIT
chan, del puesto de Rio Piedras, que
segufan ell rastro q unas reses cue Sc
han desaparecido en- Ell pueblo de Aguas
Buenas.
Anden listos los cuatreros, que las
Cosas no estan a plomo.
Estos guardias son nigromanticos.
Mucho ojo con la punta de la soga.
Corresponsa1.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-06
DE CAMUY
I'm actO piad0s0
Fue un nombre digno
( de Tunio de 1903

5 de JUNO de 1903.
Ell domingo pr6ximo tendrAn efecto
las honras ft1nebres que el conite fede-
raj de Camuy dedica a Ia memoria del
eSpaflol don Pedro Amador y Perez.
Han sido invitados al acto todos los
partidos polfticos, con el fin de que los
oradores que hablen sobre la vida p1-
blica del sef1or Amador puedan ser Ii
bres en- la expression de sus pensa mien-
tos, pues el principal asunto ser& colocar
una lapida sobre su tumba, declarando-
le hijo adoptivo de este pueblo.
va las invitaciones han circulado y
han sido invitados los siguientes orado-
res, quienes han dado sr conformidad:
Lcdo. Manuel Perez Aviles
Lcdo. Martinez Quintero
DON Jose de Diego, ;abogado
Don Alserto Brussi, abogado
Doa Ramon Nadal, abogado
Don Carlos Perez
Don Juan Zacarfas Rodriguez,
Notario
Sres. Aguirre y Audinot, medicos
Los o6cios religiosos serAn q las cua-
tro de La tarde y los discursos a las Gin
co, segdn indica la invitscion.
Corresponsal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-06
COmercial

DeSde el I o de este mes, cesa en-
sus operaciones la casa mercantil esta-
bIecida en- Ponce bajo ell nombre de A..
Morales Lebr6n, constituyendose en-
su 1ugar una sociedad regular colecti-
va, para dedicarse los mismoS nego-
clos y haciendose cargo de Su liquida-
cion.
Girara dicha sociedad bajo la raz6n
de Morales v. Cintron. cuyos socios
gestores son don Antonio Morales Le-
br6n y don Jose Cintron Cardona.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-06-06
A SuS lareS.

El diez y nueve del corriente lIega-
ran a esta ciudad los esposos Ventura
Aguayo, quienes Sc instalaran defniti-
vamente en- su residencia de Santurce.
La bella Sta. Mercedes, hija mayor de
estos distinguidos amigos, ha terminado
con notable aprovechamiento, sus estu-
dos, poSeyendo grandes conocimientos
de idiomas y una instruction artfstica
completa.
Llegue en- buena bora tan estimada
familia, que viene a aumentar ell esco-
jido n1mero de las que componen nues-
ira bueua Sociedac.