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a pair of military hair brushes, a lady's
gold watch and fob chain, and several
other articles bring the aggregate up TO
$50.
But in the home OF John D. Biddis. on
Second Street, lexington, Ianridge
outdid himself He entered through a
basement door and went into the wine
cellar. Popping of corks was heard, but
the woman in the house thought the per-
sons who lived there, but were on a va
ca tiOn. had returned before they were
expected. and paid no attention to the
noise. Later she heard dishes rafting
and above all heard some one piay ling
ragtime on the piano
Woman Took Fright.
This was too much. and. realizing that
some one else was in the house, she
ran downstairs. The negro jumped from
the plano stool and then lay down On
a sofa, pretending that he was asleep.
The woman went for assistance, but
when she returned he was gone. In Mr.
Biddis' house the negro admits that he
stole two revolvers and three razors.
valued at So
A glimpse Of the negro was gotten
by persons who saw him coming from
one of the houses which he had robbed
and Detectives Peck and Pratt sent out
a description Of him. His name was
afterward learned and Green picked
the negro up on the street On the de-
scriptiOn furnished by the detectives.
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FINISHES EQUIPMENT
OF CARNEGIE LIBRARY

OF the supplemental gift of $4,000
from Andrew Carnegie 70 the Washing
ton Public Library. there is now in the
hands OF the Library Commission a bal
ance of S3.9j4.O5. which will be held
available for furniture and for building
alterations and improvements in the
library.
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CHRIS. HEURICH
CHEMISTS HOST
Eminent Scientists Drink
TOasts at Brewery.
DISCOVERER OF RADIUM ONE
Visitors From Abroad and Their Wives
Doing Washington Under Guild
ance Of Local Committee.

Quaf1ng many a toast in AIaerzen, not
ed chemists and millionaire manufac-
turers from abroad were entertained at
luncheon at the Chris. Heurich brewery
this afternoon.
The chemists arrived here this morn
ing from New York. where they have
been attending the sessions Of the So
ciety Of Chemical Industry, of which
they are members.
Local chemists, most Of whom are
connected with the Government. arrang-
ed for their entertainment here, and
chief among the functions. after a
morning Of sightseeing. was the brewery
luncheon especially arranged for them
by Mr. Heurich.
Ladies Among Visitors.
The visitors. among whom are many
ladies. reached the brewery on the water
front In automobiles. There long tables
had been spread for them in a big
sheltered storage room. and around
these the guests sat partaking Of the
good things set before them and pledg-
Ing each other in beer that with al the
authority OF chemical experts they pro-
nounced to be excellent.
This is the third affair OF the
kind that has been held at the Heu-
rich brewery. On a former occa sion
Prof. Ira Remsen, OF Johns Hopkins
University, was the guest Of honor. and
the affairs have always served 20 show
the feeling Of good will shared by the
chemists and brewers.
Many Distinguished Men.
There are many distinguished foreign
ers among the visitors Prominent
among these is Sir William Ramsay, K.
9. B.. r. r. S, Of London. the discov-
erer of radium. Sir William was a for
mer president Of the society He was
knighted by the King.
Recently Sir Williams Tame came par
ticula-ly before the pub ic on account
OF his startling discovery Of radium.
Only few days ago a new development
was reached In finding another product,
or gas, emanating from radium, known
as ''eX-radium.'
sir William is accompanying the
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Gown of the Bride.

The bride wore gown or white peau
dc sole made long. a lace trimmed bodice
and a tulle vail. A diamond necklace
and a diamond sunburst were her only
ornaments Her only attendant was her
ZOdchild Jelen COwel, of Bridgeport
Conn. who acted as ring bearer and
wore pale organdie gown, big picture
hat and carried a basket of white
flowers
Immediately following the church
ceremony there was reception in the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs H. p. r. Holt on
r Street The young people left on a
late train for their wedding journey, at
ter which they will take up their resi-
dence in Bridgeport
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CHILE TO BUILD RAILROADS.

VALPARAISO. Chile. Sept I3-The
government has decided to carry out
extensive irrigation works and the con-
structiOn of railroads in the provinces
Of Tacna and africa.
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LOCOMOTIVES RUN
PAST THE CAPITOL
Dirt Trains Rattle Over
the Broad Plaza.
WHISTLES SNORT DEFIANCE
Temporary Tracks Plsced Ten Feet
From Steps on East Front--Ex-
cavating for House Annex.
WHISTLES SNORT DEFIANCE

For the first time IN the history Of the
United States putting locomotives are
running In the shadow Of the dome Of
the Capitol.
OF course. the engines are not the
great passenger or freight train drawers
Of the Baltimore and Ono or the Penn
sylvenia, but they are engines. aud thev
are drawing trains.
Contractors Stewart and Wilmoth are
operating the line, with three ten-ton
locomotives and forty cats from the roll
Ing stock % the system. No passengers
are carried unless II be a workman OF two
who wants TO save time in crossing the
plaza.
The trains are being used in carting
away the dirt from the excavation ct
New Jersey Avenue and B Street, where
the contractors are busy getting ready
to lay the foundation for the new House
OF Representative office building. 1t is
their purpose to carry away fifteen feet of
dirt from the whole square. This dirt Is
piled into the little cars and hurried by
the putting engines across the intervening
space to North Capitol and G Street.
where the Baltimore and Ohio is using
the dirt 20 MI In the new Union Station
plaza, In which the grade must be raised
from ten TO thirty-hve feet.
No Train Schedules.
There are no schedules on this system,
but the trains run about every half
hour. In the fenced Enclosure, where
the Office building will stand, a huge
steam shovel is at work loading the
cars. AS fast as this operation is COM
pleted the trains are run across the
plaza ten feet from the steps leading
up to the main entrance Of the Capitol.
In fifteen minutes they have been
0umnp6 their
Just how long the railroad will re-
main IT. operation is a question the
contractors cannot at present answer.
If the ground to be eECaVated proves to
be sOf. and easily fandled, the work
rIaE be concluded ia two months. IT,
however. It should be hard. the trains
ma be V--f:tg across the plaza after
Congress meets
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A German Chemist.
The Local Committee.

The local committee on arrangements
IS headed by DR.. i. W. Wiley, with
Marcus Benjamin as secretary.
The visitors will make a trip to Cabin
John Bridge this afternoon. attend 4
cake walk and smoker at RausCher's to-
night. and tomorrow viii spend the day
visiting public buildings and later MAX
ing the trip 10 Mount Vernon
They will make their trip through the
United States IN a special train In the
larger cities the delegates will visit the
manufactures.
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HOW TO FIND OUT.

FIJI a bottle or common glass with
your water and let II stand twenty-four
hours; a sediment or settling indicates
an unhealthy condition Of the kidneys;
IL II stains the linen IL is evidence OF
kidney trouble; too frequent desire TO
pass il, or pain in the back. is also con-
vincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out OF order.
What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed that Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Rcot, the great kidney remedy,
fulhlls every wish in curing rheumatism.
pain in the back, kidneys. liver. bladder,
and every part of the urinary passage.
It corrects inability 10 hold water and
scalding pain in passing 1t. or bad ef-
fects following use Of liquor, wine, or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity Of being compelled 70 60 often
during the day, and to get up many
times during the night The mild and
the extraordinary effect Of Swamp-ROot
is soon realized. It stands the highest
for its wonderful cures Of the most dis
tressing cases. II you need a medicine
you should have the best. Sold by drug
gists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes.
You may have a sample bottle OF
Swamp-Root. the great kidney remedy.
and book that tells all about it, both
sent absolutely free by NAL Address
DR.. Kilmer & Co. BinghanIton, n. 7.
When writing be sure to mention that
you read this generous offer in Tbs
Washington Daily Times Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name.
Swamp Root. DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
and the address. Binghamton. y. Y. on
every bottle.
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MISS HELEN DAILY
WEEDS F. Y !. BURTON
The Minister a Relative of
Groom.
CEREMONY AT ST. JOHNS
Bride Attended by Little Helen CoweIl,
Who Acted as Ring Bearer and
Flower Girl
CEREMONY AT ST. JOHNS

An interesting wedding to the mu-
sicians of the city was that OF Miss
Helen DAILY, which took place at St.
Johns Episcopal Church at 4:3O o'clock
yesterday afternoon, and made her the
bride OF Frank Vail Burton. Of Bridge
port, Conn.
The Rev. James Van Buren,, S. T. D..
bishop of Porto Rico, a relative Of the
groom. performed the ceremony. He
was assisted by the Rev z S. Dunlap,
assistant rector Of St. Johns.
The bridegroom was attended by his
brother, Paul Gibson Burton, Of Balti-
more, and they awaited the coming of
the bride at the chancel. The ushers
were Wallace Morgan. of New York,
and George H. Lyon, Of Baltimore.
The choir entered the church at the
side of the chancel. and proceeded to
the back Of the church. where they met
n 1e 70 ii tbe cbancaI s,p Mii0 s5S
Voice That 3reathed Ger Eden"
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To Close wh1!i.key Ditch.

Proceedings at law have been in
stituted by M. Sykes to close
"whiskeye ditch (Which runs through
hisproperty he alleging that the VII
lage has failed to..mest tho require
ments Of the contract under which
the village was given the right to
make said ditch and the failure has
resulted IN damage to bis property
he clamis the village contracted
among other things, to build and
maintain three bridges of a specified
size with strength and approaches
to permit q team to drive over with
a load ito level off and seed tho bank
made in digging the dicth; to grade
around q well near the ditch; to fix
bank of dicth so it would not cave
In; to protect the shore Of tho lake
between q point near Ayers house
to a point near sign board on the
corner. All this the village has
failed to do but permitted tho water
in the lake to remain at such a
height as to overflow his land and
also permitted. sand to be taken
from the bank it was to protect.
He asks the court for an order to
recover the land and for damages.
Geo. W. Wilson is looking after Mr..
Sykes interest.
1t has been evident the last two
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summers that something would
have to be done with the stage OF
water in tho lake. Tho lake is not
deep because the high water and. .re-
moval of stone has washed tha
bank down and raised the water.
For the past two years the water
has stood on Mr.. sykss land because
tho outlet was too high to permit
tho water to run out enough. Be-
sides this the high water has damag
cd the road way just west of Ager's
and it would not require very high
water again to cut the read out in
bad shape. The council will probah
~ endeavor to. adjust matters with
Mr.. Skyes as this would be the best
way out of the dicfiulty. ~.
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Tho high school then started to do
business but their choice OF plays
was not happy ono ~ their end
runners were thrown back for loss
several times. Tho high school was
hold for downs on their forty yard
line and tho alumni began another
march for the goal. Ager and Tripp
alterhatod with Lewis in advancing
the hall by bucks, OF tackle. An end
run resulted in a loss. On third
down, . yards to gain Bedford drop
ped back for q drop kick. The high
school was of side and penalized 5
yards. The ball was kicked agsln
but messed the goal. The high school
punted out Of danger but the punt
was low and the alumni had the ball
on the high school IS yard line.
Glasgow made Is yards around
right end. Jones made 90 more
around left end Ager scored through
loft tackle. Bedford failed at goal.
Score alumni II, high school o.
Alumni kicked of and soon re-
gained the ball on 9 tumble and
started the third procession and got
within one yard Of goal line-when
Lewis took the ball for the last
plunge. The ball was knocked from
bis hands by McKeever aocidently
and Tupper picked it up and ran 10
yards for the high schools only
score. This was a fuke pure and
simple and it happened that no one
was near enough to prevent Tup-
per's getaway. High school kicked
goal. Score almuni II, high school
6. Half ended shortly after the next
kick off. p. .,5 =
During che first half R.: Hawley
fell on making an end run and
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they failed to put up the game they
were capable Of. At no time did fh<
high school got within 80 yards Of
their. r.opponents goal line. There il
an impression in the minds Of many
that tho older boys are: much heav
ier, but Captain AcKeever gave the
weights OF his players to tho writer
and the average is $50 pounds. The
alumni average q fraction over Isl
pounds. OF course Ager, Lewis and
Tripp are J. pretty. husky kids but
Loveless, Dow and Scott are not pig
mics in comparison at least not in
regard to weight.
For tho high school Loveless, Mott
aud Tupper played their positions in
fine shape, while the others were
gritty and game to the last. For the
alumni Ager, Jones and Tripp did
star work on defense while Bedford;
Glasgow and Lewis were noticably
good on defense.
A large but not very enthusiastic
crowd witnessed the contest and the
high school boys realized over $75
which will put their finances to the
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twisted his knee. Shortly after be
|retired, and his brother took hia
position while Bob Town was put in
to play guard. .~ 49,
The second half was amuch better
exhibition. The alumni received
tho ball on the kick of and they
slowly but surely tore up the stub
born defense offered by the high
school. Several times Lovelees
broke through and downed the man
with tho ball and the high school
line offered greater resistance to
Lewis, Ager and Tripp. The end
run netted short gains and after ten
minutes Of play Lowis went through
right tackle for the third touch
down. Bedford failed at goal.
Score alumni 16 high school 6.
Then both teams went in to play
the BEST football they possibly could
and tho ball went back and forth
bat always in the high school 'sterri-
tory: Ramage and Glsgo Y ran the
ball to the rs yard line. A criss-
cross between Hawley and Bedford
netted 20 more and tho alumni root
ers yclled for another touch down
but the high school held and Nc
Keever and Petit put the ball out
of danger by two short end runs.
The alumni held on the 80 yard line
and time was called with the ball in
their possession. Mott met with aq
unfortunate accident during this
half. He tackled a runner and in
some way broke his wrist just above
the joint Lawton took his place at
quarter. -1@--=.s-.. @
!. This game closes the season for
the locals and it was great disap-
pointment to their supporters that
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NOT "A SICK DAY SINCE.

II was taken severely sick with
kidney trouble. I tried all sorts of
medicines, none of which relieved
me. One day I saw an ad. of your
Electric Bitters and determined to
try that. After taking a few doses
! felt relieved, and soon thereafter
was entirely cured, and have not
seen sick day since. Neighbors Of
mine have been cured of Rheuma-
tism, Neuralgia, Liver and Kidney
troubles and General Debility
This is what B.F. Bass, Of Fremont,
writes. Only SOC, at All Drug
gists. =
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ALUMNI SPRING SURPRISE
The High School Defeated I6 to 6 and
s...5s: Wsre Oatclasssd =.

The fiigh School Defeated I6 to and
/! ,.5.-. g. Wsre Oatclssssd =.
The second annual foot ball gaml
between the high school and alumni
was played ct the f,ir grounds
Thanksgiv wing day before z large
crowd and contrary to general ex-
pectation tho high school was badly
dsfsated, much worse than tho
score indicates. In spite zof greet
efforts on their part the alumni
wore obliged to substitute Z player
8 it WAS absolutely imp posssible to
get eleven mon here. il ,.t .,.ss-
The high school was without Hag-
gard but it is extremely doubtful
whether he could make up the de-
foiency. On Offensive his presence
would have been a great help but no
& ono man could have withstood the
alumni attacks successfully 40 they
were varied so much and were sure.
Tho high school kicked of to the
I @alumni who made about twenty
yards on quarter back run BY Jones
They were held at that point and
Lewis punted on the third down.
The high school fumbled the punt
and the alumni regained the ball.
This tumble proved costly as the
alumni made the remaining 30 yards
in short order by a few tackle bucks
and another run by Jones around
left end and over the line for the
first touch down. Bedford punted
out and Jones kicked goal. Score
alumni 6 high school o. -
The high school received the kick
of and Tupper made good return.
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Lewis, Tuppsr. Goal kicks-Jones,
Tupper. Omcials-Kies and Stoute-
myer; timekeeer, Jas. Ramage Zines
men, Haggard and Smallwood; tme
of halves, 25- minutes; attendance
S5o.@
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-10-01
CINTUROH ELECTR|CO
"CROHH'' GRATIS
EL ClNTUR0N ELECTRICO MAS
FUERTE EN- EL MUNDO

Con la intenci6n de hacer conocer
8 introducir nuestro cintur6n electrico
&Crown3 en- los lugares donde no esta
ahn cOnocidO, queremos 70 audar uno
cualquier persona que 10 necesite
absOlutamente gratis. Els un ofre-
cimiento hecho por una frma segura
y honrada.
ST Vd. ha perdido a vitalidad y
Sc siente cansado y miserable, d6bil y
nervioso ST lie agobia una vejez pre-
matura, y el vigor de la juventud esta
perdido; ST padece de dolores de es-
palda, p9rdida de la virilidad, indi-
gesti6n 6 varicocela este cansado de
pagan dinero q los medicos sin sacar
alivio, puede Vd. ser curado con el
cintur6n electrico SCrown.1
Sabemos que nuestro cintur6n pue-
de sanarlo, y que Vd. deepu6s de Gu
rado 10 recomendara otros enfermos
Y que de este modo qued aremos indem-
de nuestro ofrecimiento libe-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-10-01
local

Desde aver empiezan desapa-
recer algunos pantanos de los que
afeaban las GALES de la Marina.
Parece que la Junta de Sanidad ha
tornado en- consideration nuestras JUS
tas quejas.
Ell que una vez use para la ane-
mia las xPildoras Rosadas del doctor
Paniagua,D no volvera q usar otra
preparation, pues sus resultados son
rapidos y seguros.
Hay gran animation entire los
padres d. familia para constituir la
liga de a tuberculosis.
Dice una Gaceta Medico terra
p5utica, que uno de los mejores diure-
ticos reconocidos en- ell mundo entero,
es Ia excelente bebida denominada
cerveza xPabs de Milwaukee, Siendo
sus dnicos agentes en- esta Isla los Sc
nores M. r. Calder6n y ca, Tetuan
nGmero II. San Juan, P. r.
-Ha llamado la atencion de algu-
nos vecinos de la playa de la Marina,
un bote, que tripulado por cinco ma
rluOS, Ma p6EIQdQ0ClQO dmdEEdO ou-
rante todo Ell dia de aver, q una bolla,
sin que Sc les haya visto hacer ma
niobra alguna.
-H=rmosas, preciosas y baratas
coronas f1nebres Sc venden en- <La
Exposition Universal.1
En- la iglesia de San Jose Sc es-
tan celebrando las novenas de la vir-
gen del Rosario.
"A la casa que habitan los pa
dres Paules Sc lie esta construyendo un
piso mas.
-Manana habra xmeeting1 unio-
nista en- la plaza p1blica de Carolina
-Esta noche tendra lugar en- el
teatro ell bale anunciado beneficio
de la <Asociaci6n de Mendigos.o
En- Ia maf1ana de hoy han salido
para la Islalos polic1as que componen
la banda de la insular. Estos pOlicfas
prestaran servicios donde han sido
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-10-01
Fiesta On0ndStiCa

Nuestro particular amigo don Mi
gnal Camel a4. celebr6 en- la noche del
jueves "a dia onomdstico.
Con tai 10 otiVo, invadieron su mo-
rada una gran parte de la juventud
capitalena, con ell objeto de saludarle.
I'll srdpr CanellaS con la afabili
d dad que IL Is proverbial, recibio q sus
amigos les ob,equi6 con esplendidez
suma, resultando aquella fiesta ono
ma ,tica, una elocuente demostracion
de las sinpatfas lie que gola el senor
Ca1 llas en- todas as classes sociales
DE- 5Au Juan.
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Alexandra Bozzo
Agente c0misionista y corredor
de Aduanas

j Sc habia ingl6s, frances, italiano
y y-espanol. en- asuntos de
Representante de importan-
tes casas de Europa y los Estados
Unidos. Solioita correspondence
Ofcina, Sol II. Telefono, 191.
Apartado, AT, San Juan.
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II Q T {: /

Con magnffcas comodidades para
los pasajeros, habitaciones ventil ad as,
baf1os modernos, gran servicio, mon
tadO en- Ell centro de esta ciudad, Gale
de la Cruz n1mero Is. Informara do
d a Aurea Cuadra
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-10-01

lestinados hasta que pasen las cleo
clones.
Sc encuentra ligeramente eufer-
no ell Lcdo Coll Cuchf.
Ell vapor &Coamoo saldra hoy
para | a isla.
Sc nos informa que despues de
haber llegado IN acuerdo los torce-
dores de ola Internacional1 con los
luenos de la misma, han vuelto hoy &
ocupar sus puestos.
La noticia que circul6 anoche en-
los peri6dicos de a localid ad respecto
de que serfa a Ultima Retreta que ce-
ebrarfa la Banda xJuventud del Co.
mercio0 en- "a Plaza de Baldorioty de
Castro, no es IN acuerdo, 81 bien 10
sera probablemente, 81 la Comision
que Sc nombre al efecto no da ell re-
sultado que Sc desea.
-Acercandose ell 2 de Noviembre,
dfa de la conmemoracion de los fieles
difuntos, recOmend las hermosas
baratas coronas f1nebres que vende
xLa Fama de Puerto Rico.~
Sc quejan los vecinos de la ca
lie de a Princesa (Marina) en- ell sitio
comprendido entire La fabrica de taba-
COS GEl Falco>, y la casa de nuestro
amigo Sr. Figueroa Fernandez, de la
insoportable peste que despide Ia al
cantarilla que en- aquel sitio existe.
Algunas personals que acostum-
braban salir por las tardes en- aquel
lugar q tomar aire, han tenido que
suspender sus paseos por series impo-
sible aguantar la fetidez.
-Dicen de Mayagtiez que pronto
empezara publicarse en- aquella ciu-
dad un nuevo periodico, que sera Or
gano del partido Republicano Puro.
Los empleados del gobierno y
los municlpales no podran ser jueces
de elecciones por estos cargos retri-
buidos.
Nos manifesto Mr.. Proctor que
la carretera que Sc ha hecho camino
de Trujillo alto, solo Sc hizo para ia
cilitar ell transporte de la piedra que
Sc saque de las canteras que hay por
aquellos contornos.
El senior Procton dice que ST los
vecinos de Trujillo ayudan al gobier-
no con carros bueyes solo Sc necesi-
tan de ocho nueve mil dollars para
terminar esa carretera.
--Treiuta sef1oritas han embarca-
do aver para los Estados Unidos con-
tratadas para hacer trabajos de teji-
dos en- San Luis.
Sc han inscrito en- el Registro
civil s. nacimientos durante Ell mes de
Septiembre.
Sc encuentra en- San Juan de re-