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The Washington times., 1904-10-10
WILL vIsIr WORLDS FAIR.

The Rev. Frank II. Havenner. pastor
Of the Dumbarton Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church. left town last week
for St Louis. accompanied by his sister,
Miss Nina Havenner, ana his cousin,
Miss Gussle Russell
The party will spend two weeks view
ing the sights of the exposition.
The Washington times., 1904-10-10
CORPORATION cOURT OLE.

The October term Of the corporation
court was opened by Judge Louis c.
Barley at the court house, in North
Fairfax Street, this morning The
docket was called and cases set for
hearing during the term.
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INTERPRETED WITH POLICE.

Clifton Ostel, a white man, was arrest
ed by Policemen Smith and Nicholson
last night on the charge Of interfering
with the police while in the discharge Oe
their duty. Justice Ceton fined Ostel
s. 30 for dlsOrderly conduct
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FORTUNE GOES UP
IN A STABLE FIRE
DOWney's Loss Is Placed at
a Hundred Thousand.
COSTLY VEHICLES BURNED
Ambassadors and Senators Lose Their
Equipages-Electrie Light Wire
Starts Blaze.

one hundred and forty horses, many
OF which were thoroUghbreds. were re-
leased. and driven pell-meu into L
Street. between Sixteenth and Seven
teenLh Streets northwest, yesterday.
They created a panic among the sew
eral thousand persons who were at
tracted TO Downey's stables, 1925 L
Street northwest, by a IRE, which origt-
mated from "a effectively insulated elecs
trio wire. and which did 100000 dam
uze.
no one was injured and all OF the
animals were finally curalIed by police
men, dremen, and citizens, and tied up
ia vacant lots.
Many carriages and private eQuipages-
belonging TO members OF the Diplomatic
Corps and the United states Senate,
were in the building. when the IRE &C
CURED, and every one Of them was de-
sJroyed. Downey lost 200 vehicles OF his
own.
The FIRE was discovered by a stable
hand at u:40 a. M. and fremen battled
with the flames until 4 o. clock In the
afternoon. before extinguishing them
Rube Waddell, the pitcher OF the
Philadelphia American Leas que baseball
team, assisted the hremen in lighting
the flames.
The Washington times., 1904-10-10
RETAIL MERCHANTS 10 MEET.

The Retail Merchants Protective Asso-
citation viii hold business meeting at
the rooms of the Business Mems League
az the southeast corner OF King and
washington Streets. tonight After the
The Washington times., 1904-10-10
ONE MINISTER FROM ABROAD.

The only minister from abroad who
Occupieda pulpit in an Alexandria church
yesterday was the Rev. J. a. Garrett
who preached at the Second Pres by
terrain Church at 1870 .. N.
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Convicted Of Larceny.
Plea for Cauteen

In his report General Davis included
an extract from the report of Capt c.
ID. Roberts acting Judge advocate OF
the Department of Texas, who makes a
plea for the cauteeu. He says dive
keepers have bought ground all around
the new post az Fort sam Houston, on
which they have begun erecting their
buildings These dives. he says. are
made possible. TO the sorrow OF the sol
der, by the abolition of the cauteen.
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G. A. R. MEN WILL -.

An important meeting OF the George
T. Morris Post, No. - c. A. r, VIII
be held this evening at stohiman's Hail,
on y Street
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MEMBERs oF COMMITTED.

J. Holdsworth Gordon and Frank j
Wissner have been appointed members
Of the advisory committee OF the Cen
traI Democratic association represent
ing the fourth district
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-cnuRr VIII VISIT COUNCIL.

Oriental Court no. 15, Junior o. u.
A. NJ. viii. on next Tuesday Night, pay
a fraternaI visit 70 Vienna Council No.
81. az Vienna. Va. The court VIII leave
Aiexaudria at 5:15 y. m, going by way
OF ROSsiyu on the electric ears.
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NEWS OF GEORGETOWN
SOL PERs0NAL EIENTION.

Mrs. Margaret 7. Waters. Of l2
Thirty-secold Street, is on an extended
visit 10 Denver. Col. being called away
on account of the illness Of her son.
William c. Waters.
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OFF FOR NEW YORK.

2. oliver Prodigy, of 1870 Thirty-second
street has gone 20 New York, where he
viii remain one week. He went for the
purpose of attending the convention or
carrfage dealers. of which he Is vice
T,rasfdeut The convention viii be held
I'm Gr.ud Central Palace.
The Washington times., 1904-10-10
REGIsrRY OFFIcE oPEN.

The registrars Of the different voting
precincts were at their desks, from sun
rise this morning 70 register voters Tor
The Washington times., 1904-10-10
WILL SPEAK AT MANASSAS.

Next Thursday James r. Cation and c.
c. CarIin, OF this city, viii address the
voters OF Manassas. at NiCoIs Hail. on
the issues Of the present campaign.
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Supreme Court Meets
For October Business
Lawyers Admitted to the Bar and a Call
Made at the White Fouse-Many CeIe-
brated Cases to Be Heard This Term

The Supreme Court OF the United
States reassembled today at noon for its
October session.
Following established custom. no off,
cial business was transacted beyond the
admission OF attorneys to the bar. This
done. the members OF the court, headed
by the venerable Chief Justice, Melviils
W FULLER, proceeded 10 the White
House, where they paid their respects TO
the President For this call the justices
were atured IN frock coats and high
hats, having doffed their siISen judicial
robes before leaving the Capitol
The call OF the docket viii be begun to-
morrow and the presentation OF argu-
ments in contested cases win be tn order
Monday, October u, will be the first day
upon which opinions Will be handed
down by the court Last term cases
have been pretty well cleared up. and
but few that are OF general Importance
or interest remain undecided.
Cases Fewer,
This years docket contains 883 cases,
which IS fifty less than were on the
docket "a year ago at this time. The one
IN which there Is probably the greatest
public interest IS that OF Swift & Co.
ct al. appellants, VS.. the United States, Do
commonly known q 3 the beef trust"
case.
Unlegs the Government should make
this motion 20 advance 1t viii not be
reacheI this year. however. The appel
Iauts, after considerable delay. have filed
their record in the case and are appar-
entity ready 20 night il.
Another antitrust case set Tor arr
gUmeut early in the term Is that OF i.
J. Smiley VS.. the State OF Kansas.
Smiley was convicted OF combining
with the grain buyers and dealers OF
Bison, Kan, 10 NIX the price OF grain Boy
means Of d pool He was sentenced I'd
I pay a hue of 500 and serve three months
/ IN jail, but has appealed on the alleged
ground OF the uucOusJitutiOnaIlty OF the
State law under which he was convicted
Gou.1 and Cassatt.
Another interesting case pending Is
/ the tight between the Western Union
7 Telegraph Company and the Penusylva-
MIA Railroad Company involving the
/ right OF the latter 70 cut down the poles
/ of the former along its right of way.
Next % the beef trust case the ar
/ guments ia the Deonage cases from Al
/ ALBANIA viii probably arouse the most
/ widespread interest.
/ Various features Of the recent Post
+ once Department scandals are also re
1 reach the Supreme Court this term
I Then. there Is the case OF Senator
Burton, OF Kansas convicted OF having
I used his Official influence cOrTuptly and
1 awaiting an opportunity % be heard
Z on his appeal
( Seven franchise tax cases from New
/ York, decided by Judge Alton D. Par
I ker, Involving the street car and other
public service corporations, are set fJI
[ argument some time ia November.
! Questions involving the land frauds
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the coming Presidential election. They
win remain az their posts until sunset
this evening.
The Washington times., 1904-10-10
EYANGELIsTIC MEETINGS SET.

Beginning tomorrow night the Rev.
r. y. Rodgers. evangelist VIII hold q
series Of meetings at the village chapel
The Washington times., 1904-10-10

Miss Lille Bremerman, OF 1913 Twenty
ninth Street, left last Saturday 70 spend
several weeks at the ST. Louis EEposi-
ton.
The Washington times., 1904-10-10

Joseph Dugan. of 831 II Street. Ieft
during the week for Columbia s. c..
where he is employed by the southern
Railroad.
The Washington times., 1904-10-10
MRs- sPATEs SERIOUSLY -.

Mrs. Marian Spates, OF 3403 2 Street
northwest, is lying dangerously i'll at
her home
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Miss Sabine Siebert. of 1854 Thirty
second Street. has returned from VISIT
10 the St Louis exposition
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Some Delay

There was some unfavora bic comment
and criticism from spectators, because
II the delay on the part of the hre-
men. in getting water on the fire. a
street car knocked down one OF the
bridges erected over the tracks 70 carry
the hose over the cars, so as 20 prevent
blocking Iramc. When the bridge fell
Jhe hose was detached from plug. This
caused the delay.
Commissioner Mcfarland. who was at
tending church, LEFT. and went 10 the
scene OF the FIRE. he made an invesji-
-gtl1u into the delay, and satisfied him-
SEX that the uremeu did all they could
Major Sylvester, Lieutenant Boyle and
Sergeant Doyle, together with reserves
Irom all OF the police precincts in the
cts, preserved order.
A handsome carriage just completed
for the French ambassador, was stored
4n the stable The vehicle Is said 10 have
cost upward OF S209J. il was burned
10 ashes. together with the private con-
YeyaECes OF Senators Wermore. Dryden,
Representative Hit S4lator Fairbanks
and AIRS. B, estIughouse. AIr. DoWney' s
assortment OF fine traps. victorias.
Coupes and JaIlyhoz were also destroyed.
The Washington times., 1904-10-10
chief Belts View.

Il saw that volume OF smoke coming
from the building and knew IL meant
business. IL was exactly like the one
which came from SJumph's furniture
store and burned the building 20 the
ground ia seventeen minutes.
Members Of No. j Engine Company
are deserving Of the highest praise for
the good work. The foreman IS 20 be
commended for turning In the alarm
Tor assistance so promptly. Had he
NOT done so when bee did few other
houses would have been burned 70 the
ground. The members OF the command
got right iu between the nre on the
fourth and third floors and worked as
they never did before. The position
which they took was the most impOr-
tanL OF all and they did good work In
an there were l25 nremeu on the scene,
and 4 never saw them work more in
diligently. effectively, or quicker ga nay
life"
Chief Belt took entire command of
the forces and directed the working as
signing the men where they could do
the most good. a portion Of the Fire
Department was stationed lu the alley
30 the rear OF the stable. So as - pre-
vent the destructive flames from spread
ing 20 IL Street houses.
Lieutenant Boyle, Sergeant Doyle, and
a number OF policemen rescued the
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General Alarm

Mr. Downey called his men, formed a
bucket brigade. ana worked manfuIly.
but cOuId not eXtlnZuish the blaze be-
cause of the headway 81 had gained The
foreman of no, q company turned in an
other alarm. When the other firemeu
responded and Chief Wagner saw the
serious nature OF the cOndaErauon he
sounded three other alarms, which
brought out almost every piece OF FIRE
fighting apparatus and every fireman In
the district.
8 ", and u. tracks B. ID. T. and IL, and
tbe water tower all responded.
Fire Chief Belt appeared after No.
Engine Company arrived. and turned in
the general alarm. Speaking OF the IRE
today be said.
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Stopped Services.

A. the time Of the discovery OF the
IRE services were being held in the Shi-
ION Baptist Church. whiCh adl0ius the
stable ga The left. The roar of the
names. yelling OF the stable hands, and
noise made 0y the dremen and their
apparatus disturbed the services. The
Rey. j. C. Taylor was reading his text
at the time, bur did not stop. after i'm
isLiag The reading he informed the con-
Sc .tlol rlat 81 Was safer on the out
side ard after ur1uCuucing Denedlctl1n
and -NprrszllE a hope that the edince
would De saved. be dismissed the conEre-
cation.
81. hlle one Of the stable hands in Mr.
DuHueE employ was on the fourth
ROOF Of Ln- building WlpiuE on a car
mage. DE heard "a spltteT and cracking
ana -LLrE some -lue smeileu smoke. He
lures -igarel and found that The caves
had been ser arre 1y the electric wire
lie sent 0uL the alarm. Realizing that
there was not "a moment 20 waste I'm run
ming 90 tre alarm box, Mr.. DoWney
reached 20 the messenger call box and
turned ID ana alarm from 81 also. The
alarm was sent 20 engine company =
al Seventeenth and x Streets north
west. just back Of the stable. Members
~ this command were on t-le scene In a
moment a pedestrian passing along X
street saw the flames issuing from the
southwest part Of the roof Of the build
Ing ana turned In an alarm from Six
EHeELH and III Streets.
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Heavy Losses.

lr- Downey, today, said the amount
~ stock -cusuE-e d by the flames was
valued az Ssaeo. on which he had S5a.r3
INSURANCE. making EiG .-ss S-d.o51- -r
Ile amount Of loss which is said 90
have fallen oH the parties having hand
s5a-e carriages in tLe stable IS estimated
al 5000 or $50 30 Nr. Downey has
s5j8sJ Insurance On the building, watch
NlI as IE=lIlOod have 20 be rebuilt
Irom the ground. He was doing busi-
ness tClay. The ire Insurance c0mDa-
mics involved were the Aetna. Potomac
hamburg Royal, Colonial, and Phoenix.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-14
Her Sense Of Humor.

Drew J. Linard, a civil engineer
who had charge Of one OF the most
difficult divisions on the Oroya rail-
road, recently completed in Peru, is
nearly always accompanied by his
wife when engaged in his various en-
cheering enterprises. Once while
riding mule-back through the noun
tains in Nicaragua they came to a
point from which could be seen both
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Mr..
Linard says he gazed at the sight for
several minutes, deeply impressed by
its msgnificence, and then, his wife
reaching the spot where he stood, he
said to her:
Bella, what do you think of this
view? Here you can see both oceans
at the same time!"
She glanced caFelessly from one
ocean to the other and replied: ooh,
so you can. How funny!"-New York
Times.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-14
WHAT oEHMANs cALL AuTo.
Il Is Described Fully BY an Express.
I've Name.

Il Is Described Fully BY an Express.
I've Name.
ut seems to me that the German
language has a bit the better OF the
English tongue when II comes to the
name given that useful and popular
thing, the automobile" said an obser-
want man in the New Orleans Times
Democrat, though l will admit there
Is chance for controversy on this
point. The German for automobile is
selbstfahrer, meaning literally self
driver This seems to me to be q
better and more expressive name for
the automobile. It seems to me to
come nearer describing the thing than
the English word. Yet 1t cannot be
insisted that English combination of
the words auto and mobile is alto
gether unhappy. 1t would mean al
most literally 'self.mover.' That is
very far from being bad. There are
n any worse combinations in this day
Of rapid word making. Still have a
strong preference for the German way
Of saying automobile. 'Selbstfahrer'
seems to me to At the bill.
by the way, the German for tele-
Chone is not bad either when you come
e think Of It. 'Fernsprecher' they say
In German. Here we have another
very happy combination. Literally
fernsprecher' means far-speaker.
This is what the telephone is from my
way of looking at It, Possibly it is not
SO musical as the English word. Yet
there is deal Of poetry in the idea
Of 'far-speaking.' something just bit
suggestive Of the echo. do not re-
gard this combination quite as fortu-
nate as the other one to which have
referred, but it is by no means bad
at that. like the other word and
think we could make no very serious
mistake If we should steal it and incor.
porate it in the English language. II
might simplify our language to some
extent because of the many uses to
which we have put the prefix auto al
ready"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-14
Harrlaan,s Unconscious Bull.

Edward Harrigan, the Irish come
dian, is occasionally guilty of an Irish
bull, as this incident proves. He was
seated at a table in a cafe with fed.
low-actor. The friend had ordered
whisky, and the liquor was served In
a decanter holding enough for several
drinks. They sat for some time talk.
ing, and when the time came for pay
ing the bill, the friend informed the
waiter that he had had but one drink.
'What?" said Harrigan. "Only one?
1t seems to me you have had two"
mo, Ned, only one, persisted the
friend.
We'll, perhaps you are right" said
Harrigan. I'm admit didn't see you
take the first drink, although I did see
you take the second. New York
Times.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-14
TypIeaI "ssa poa."

Commander Stuart, in charge of the
naval recruiting station in South
street, New York. has for his chief as
sistant William Manning. boatswain
who has been sailor for forty-nine
years. He is now 66 years old, but
does not look so. Manning has touched
at nearly every port known to mari
uers and was with Commodore Perry
on the historic expedition to Japan for
the purpose OF opening the ports OF
that country to American traders,
nearly half century ago. Eight
times in the course OF his career he
has re-enlisted and has finally come
TO the conclusion that life as land.
lubber is not worth living.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-14
WHAT TOMMY WOULD DO.
Meant to Change His Sleeping Hours
When a Man.

Meant to Change His Sleeping Hours
When a Man.
Tommy's disinclination to go to bed
at night is only exceeded by his re-
luctance to get up in the morning. The
regular daily routine includes driving
him to bed at p. m. and dragging
him therefrom at a. m. Sleep has
no attractions for him until it actually
enfolds him in its paralyzing embrace,
and then he sticks to the bed like a
woodtick to a woodchuck.
The other morning after his mother
had called him seven times, and fin
ally induced him to arise by firmly
grasping his left ear between her
thumb and forefnger, she walled:
"Oh, Tommy, Tommy, why do-o-o-n't
you get up when l call you? What
will become OF you when you get to
be MANI"
Il know" growled sleepy Tommy.
When get to be big man I'm not
a-goin' to get up in the morning
until two o'clock in the afternoon!"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-14
Before Fame Called.

That the thorns and thistIes lining
the way to success are not soon for
gotten is instanced by a remark of
Clyde Fitch to an applicant for a part
in one Of his productions.
WELL" said the young lady with
sigh Of relief after having obtained
promise of part in the play, 1T is
so pleasant to have something to live
on besides hope-parts are scarce this
fall"
YES" replied Mr.. Fitch. a reminis.
cent, far-away look in his eyes, 81 lived
on hope for ten years" and, with a
smile-"so did my landlady." New
York Times.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-14
Cow RaIls.

Scarlet purple, orange light
Fades to palest green;
Farmhouse windows grow less brigh
Where the glare has been.
Dusky lie the fields about,
And, family heard again,
Far off, thro' mist and dew,
Cow-bells down the lane,
Tinkle, tinkle, clink-a-clink,
Cow-bells down the lane.
Swallows cheep on clrcling wings;
Winds have chilly grown;
And the cricket shrlller sings:
Trees look strange and lone.
Nearer, clearer, past the woods,
A silvery refrain:
Winding slowly up the hill,
Cow-bells down the lane
Tinkle. tinkle, cllnk-a-clink,
COw-bells down the lane.
Bess and Brindle, Snowflake, Jet,
Breaths like neW-moWn hay;
Dewey noses, trickling wet,
Barnyard wend their way.
One by one, faint, pearly stars
Watch the twilight wane,
And the put-up bars shut out
Cow-bells down the lane,
Tinkle, tinlkle, cllnk-a-clink,
Gow-bells down the lane.
George Cooper in New York Sun.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-14
prseautIons to Evads Girls.

"The so-called evidences OF grip
which usually appear every winter"
said a well-known physician, "are
more imaginary than real. Although
this troublesome disease has never
yet reached the dimensions of an epi-
demic, it shows a marked increase
Immediately after fall Of snow. This
is entirely due to peculiar atmospheric
conditions which follow a snowfall,
and which affect the bronchial system
in such a way as to bring about the
unpleasant grip, After an unusually
severe snow storm. number of years
ago. had as many as eighty calls
a day, ell pure cases of the grip. 1t
is the day after the snowfall that one
must take the necessary precautions
to eVade the disease"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-14
NOT nulLT FoR TWO.
size Of Telegraph Operators Cage
Puzzled Cornwall Gentleman.

Size Of Telegraph Operators Cage
Puzzled Cornwall Gentleman.
Wedged in a corner OF one OF the
entrances to Jefferson Market is a
little v-shsped telegraph ONCE of the
Western Union Company. 1t Is said
TO be the smallest once in New York.
and to do more business in proportion
to its size than any other Office in the
great system that extends the length
and breadth. OF the land,
When the rather tall and comedy
young woman in charge Of the ONCE
enters for. business every morning one
of the clerks in an adjoining dairy
pushes a chair in after her and closes
the door, There Is room for no other
furniture except a small shelf for the
instrument and a hat peg. A strange
operator doing business with persons
pushing kilograms through the little
window would need pads on her funny
bones, but the one there regularly
knows how to dodge the jolsts.
"Sayp said fiorid, portly man who
had just been let of with a reprimand
in the neighboring ponce court, as he
cooled his fevered insides with glass
of buttermilk.
The operator peeped through the
little window at him.
do you wish to send a messenger"
she asked
"Notterday," replied the man. "No
messhage t'day. was only wOnderin'
how you'd manage, some fine mornin'
Ii ycIr mad make you wear an extra
skirt and do up your hair in an up
holstered pompadour?"- York
| Times.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-14
GIVES go"
Food That Carries One Along.

It's nice to know of food that not
only tastes delicious but that puts the
snap and go into one and supplies
staying power for the day.
A woman says: 81 have taken
enough medicine in my time to fur
nish q drug store, but in later and
wiser years have taken none but
have depended, for the health now
enjoy, on suitable and sustaining
food of which keep on hand tested
variety, plain but nourlshing.
"0f these my main dependence is
Grape-Nuts, especially If l have be-
fore me a day OF unusual effort eth
er mental or physical. In this case
fortify myself the FIRST thing Ia the
morning with about teaspoonfuls
Of Grape-Nuts moistened with cream
and not much else for breakfast and
the amount OF work can then carry
through successfully without fatigue
or exhaustion is a wonder to those
about me and even to myself
"Grape-Nuts food is certainly a
wonderful strengthened and is not a
stimuIant, for there is no reaction aft.
EDWARDS. but 1t is sustaining and
strengthening. as have proved by
long experience" Name given by
Postum Co, Battle Greek, Mich.
There's a reason four teaspoonfuls
OF Grape-Nuts and cream viii add
more strength and carry one further
than platefll OF coarse heavy food
that 10 nearly ali waste. Grape-Nuts
food 10 condensed. pre.digested and
delicious. It contains the parts OF
the Wheat and Barley grains that
supply the rebuilding parts for Brain
and Nerve Centera.
Look "a each pocksRe Tor q copy
81 tho moos little book rTho Road