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The Washington times., 1904-04-26
DELTA TAU DELTA "FRATS"
MEET AT FESTAL BOARD

The Washington Alumni Association
of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity gave
a dinner last night at the Hotel Barton
which was attended by a large number
of graduate members of the fraternity
and the active members of Gamma Eta
chapter In Columbian University.
Among the members OF the Delta Tau
Delta fraternity in Washington are
Senator A. ]. Hopkins, Representatives
Washington Gardner and Champ Clark,
Capt Archibald w. Butt. L. 5. A: Jo-
seph S. Chamberlain. DR.. c. H. Stearns.
Il Wayland Vaughan, r. p. Teele, p.
&C. Adams w. d. Groesbeck. w. S.
Couch. l. c. Stockton. II. p. Machler,
CLYDE w Kelly. Lee F. Warner. Charles
S. Smith. James r. Raley. 0. L. Ferris,
c. w. Fairbank, A. Bruce Bielasloi,
Oliver P Jones. Lyman /. Pierce, Bruce
Atkinson, j. L. Suter. Frank S. Hem
mick. Frank w. Moore, Sam T Kla-
vans Major 1. w. Littell. 7. S. A,
Charles F. Conner. and II. B Nesbit.
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
CHICKEN THIEF TELLS
SECRET OF SUCCESS
"Shut Of Their Breath, Is Sol Butch
ers Plan-He Does Arts
tic Work.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, April 26.-''Yes.
sab. ledge, 1 'fess I stole the chickens,
but upon ma hOnah. sab. l nevah stuck
my tooth in one of them. l done the
artistic. the professional work and
anothah had charge OF the disposition
of the fowls Yep. l guess. l have de
wuk of chicken stealing dorTn to a pref
ty fine art, and l guess, sab. l could
give a few lessons If necessary. How
did ! do it? Wen. you see. a big board
was off the chicken house and me and
ma cork leg jest hObbled up and crawl
ed through the hole. l grabbed half
dozen hens by the neck. shut off their
breath and liked"
For this confessed crime of chicken
theft Sol Butcher. a one-legged negro,
was given a sentence 10 the State prison
for one TO three years.
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
BIG DOG SAVES BABY
HELD FAST IN SWAMP
Barking of Faithful Canine Brings Res
cue Party to Scene in Nick
Of Time.

LANCASTER, Pa, April 26.-With a
big dog at her side. trying to save her.
a two-year-oid daughter of Edward F.
Watson. of Mechanics Grove, was found
almost ifeless in a swamp nearly two
miles from her home.
When the little one was missed neigh
bors joined in a search. and the country
for miles around was secured, as 1T was
believed that she had been Kidnapped.
After several hours hunt the attention
of the searchers was attracted to a
swamp by the barking Of a dog, and
there they found the child in mud and
water up 10 her shoulders.
The faithful dog was Juggling at her
clothes in a futile effort TO eXtricate her
The child was rescued just in time as
she was in an exhausted condition. II
is supposed the little girl followed the
dog in wandering away.
The Washington times., 1904-04-26

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Swamp-Rcot, the great kidney ana
bladder remedy, is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases
swamp-Root VII: set your whole system
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trial.
SO Cottage ST., Melrose. Mass,
January IL 1904
Dear Sir:
Ever since I was in the army | had more
or less kidney trouble, and within the past
vear il became so severe and complicated that
/ suffered everything and was much alarmed
nv strength and power was fast leaving me.
l saw an advertisement OF Swamp-Root and
wrote asking for advice. | began the use OF
:he medicine and noted decided improvement
after taking Swansp-POOt only short time.
! continued its use and en- thankful TO say
that | ana entirely cured and strong In order
10 be very sure about this. / had doctor ex-
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know that your Swainp-ROot IS purely vege-
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The Washington times., 1904-04-26
HAS A SAY
The School Principal Talks About
Food.


The School Principal Talks About
Food.
The principal Of a high school In 9
houriShing California city SAYS.
For . years ] worked in the school
with only short summer vacations. /
formed the habit OF eating rapidly, mas
tieated poorly. which. coupled with my
sedentary work led 10 indigestion
liver trouble. lame back. and rheuma-
tism.
Upon consulting physicians some
doped me with drugs. while others pre-
scribed dieting, and sometimes I got
temporary relief, other times not. For
handicap TO my work, seldom laid up.
but often a burden 20 myself with lame
ness and rheumatic pains.
Two years ago l met an old friend 4
physician. who noticed at once my out
of-health condition. and vino prescribed
LOT me an exclusive diet OF Grape-Nuts.
milk. and fruit
Il followed his instructions, and In
two months felt like a new man with
TO more headaches rheumatism or liver
trouble and from that time 10 this
Grape-Nuts has been my main food for
morning and evening meals. am strong
CT and healthier than I have been for
bles.
physical and mental state, ] tell my
Deonle Methuselah may yet have 10
take second place among the old men.
for ! feel like ] Will live a great many
more years.
ITO all this remarkable change in
health ! am indebted 20 my wise friend
and Grape-Nuts, and / hope the Postum
Company viii continue 20 manufact uFe
this life and health giving food for
several centuries vet until / move 10 q
world where Indigestion Is unknown. %
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek Mich.
Ask any physician what he knows
about Grape Nuts. Those who have
tried II know thingS.
There's a reason"
Look IN each package for the famous
little book, The Road to MELVILLE"
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
Continued from First Page.)

enth Street merchants 10 procure an
asphalt pavement. Without the invalu-
able aid IL has given 10 the movement
the bill would probably have been pass
ed up by Congress as its predecessors
in former years.
THE new pavement Will be a great
advantage TO the business interests of
the street, as the present condition OF
the thOrOughfare is such that it keeps
away a class OF patronage that we all
would like to have. There is every
reason 10 believe that shops and stores
on Seventh Street would be patronized
by persons who do their shopping In
automobiles and carriages II the street
were properly paved
LAS II Is one of the great business
thoroughfares of the District, the street
should be put into shape as soon as
possible, so that business will no longer
be mterfered with
Thankful for Bill.
A F. EBERLY, stoves and ranges,
7lS Seventh Street: Il find IL difficult
- properly express my delight at the
passage OF the bill TO provide decent
Pavement for Seventh Street and the
appreciation we all feel Of the efforts
o. The Times in our behalf. 1t is the
only paper in the city which has pushed
this matter. and II deserves all the
actions"
Credit to The Times.
CHARLES KRAEMER, wines and
liquors. 73j Seventh Street: Il have
been working for seven years to set
asphalt pavement on Seventh Street,
and am very happy to see the effort
Of The Times crowned with success. II
II had not been for The Times / dare
say We would not have gotten the ball
through. IL is the only paper I'm Wash
ington that has ever made real efforts
IN our behalf. and we appreciate It"
The Work of Years.
DR. JOHN X. MAJOR. druggist. Sew
enth and G Streets: There is no doubt
bCt that Seventh Street WIZ be won
aerfully improved by asphalt pave
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
JUDGE FROM BERLIN
VISITS CRIMINAL COURT

DIR. Adolph Hartman, judge of the
circuit court in Berlin. was a guest of
Justice Pritchard today IN Criminal
Court No. ]. Judge Hartman was pre-
sented to Justice Pritchard by Assistant
District Attorney Hugh T. Taggart.
He is In this country studying the laws
and methods of procedure in the courts.
The Washington times., 1904-04-26

frequently founder in the streams to
the peril Of life.
officers are taught to swim at West
Point Officers who have entered the
service without West Point training
seem to have known how to swim, as
few deaths from drowning have been
reported among officers.
1t has been suggested that ability to
swim might be made one of the re-
quirements for enlistment i'm the army.
Recruiting officers do not take kindly to
this suggestion.
By detailing a good swimmer in each
company 10 instruct the men who do
not know how to swim il is believed the
commanding officers could soon have all
their men prepared for service in the
Philippines with little expense and trou-
BILE to the War Department.
Instruction at Annapolis.
Naval officers are instructed in swim
ming at Annapolis A midshipmaa VINO
does not know how to swim is required
to report to the athletic instructor at
the natatOrium unit; ne has proven his
ability to take care of himself in the
water.
Among the enlisted men in the navy,
however, there are many who are not
good swimmers
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
CAPTAIN ACKLEY RESTORED
TO ACTIVE SERVICE

Capt. Seth NJ Ackley. L. s. N. re-
tired. has been restored to the place in
the active list of the navy which he
would have held had he not been re-
tired for disability two and a half years
ago. He will take the place in the list
following Capt. c. T Hutchins.
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
THOSE WHO GROW THINGS
SHOULD NOT PAY LICENSE

In replying to several questions from
A. GUIDE & Bro, as 70 who are required to
procure florists licenses for selling
flowers. Assistant Corporation Counsel
A. L. Sinclair has submitted an opinion
holding that those who raise their flow,
ers should be exempted.
He also holds that a florist selling
flowers round or about a market, If he
does not himself raise or grow tbs,
flowers which he sells, ought to be re-
quired to secure the regular license for
florists. He says the s. tax provided for
dealers of all kinds in the markets does
not apply TO florists.
A florists license cost SO.
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
IESTRY YIELDS
TO LOT HOLDERS
Rock Creek Cemetery Man.
ayers COnciliatOry.
WILL NOW SETTLE CLAIMS
Committee of Indignation Meeting Con-
fers With Board-Satisfactory Re-
suits of the Interview.
WILL NOW SETTLE CLAIMS

Behind closed doors a conference be-
tween the executive committee of Rock
Creek Cemetery and the committee rep
resenting protesting lot owners was
held IN the vestry room of st. Paul's
Church, at the cemetery, yesterday
The result was apparently most salts
t3ctory to the committee of protestants,
who declared afterward that the ceme-
terry authorities were disposed TO settle
all their claims
1T has accomplished at least one re-
Fult," said Alfred Cammack. a commit
teeman, II shall have thirty rose bushes
hIch We're stolen from my grave re-
stored at the cemetery's expense. Of
Course. that is all that I could expect"
Pay for Jardiniere
Miss NJ. A. Moudy, another member
paid me for the jardiniere which 1 lost
l had often brought my claim up be-
fore, but 1t was turned down. OF
course I am very we'll pleased now, that
I should have been paid for my loss"
Albert Conway, chairman Of the COM
mittee. said: i have been assured that
the cemetery will not be left without a
Waterman. That was one Of our big
gest kicks, and If we can secure a guard
Tor the cemetery tnat would seem 10 De
a satisfactory settlement of our claims. -
Session Was Extended.
The session lasted for a considerable
time but no formal action was taken to
deny the charges of the protestants, the
executive committee of the cemetery
stipulating that these must be made in
writing. Mr. Conway said after the
meeting that he'would at once prepare
a series of questions a nd when completed
he would formally file these with the
vestrymen. 1t is not expected that a
response will be made for q week or
more and until that time the lot owners
who held a mass meeting at the Riggs
House last week will not be called to-
gether again. The answers to the
charges viii also be in writing.
Ii is probable that If a satisfactory
adjustment of the difficulties is made
through the committee they Will be
informed individually of the result OF
the investigation and no other meeting
will be called
The Washington times., 1904-04-26

pass your water frequently night and
day, smarting or irritation In passing.
brickdust or sediment in the urine, head
ache, backache. lame back, dizziness.
sleeplessness, nervousness, heart dis
turbance due TO bad kidney trouble. skin
erup.ions from bad blood, neuralgia,
rheumatism. diabetes, floating. irritable
ity. worn out feeling. lack OF ambition.
loss OF flesh, sallow complexion, or
Bright's disease.
If your water. when allowed TO remain
undisturbed in a glass Oh bottle fer
twenty-four hours, fms a sediment or
settling or has cloudy appearance. it
is evidence that your kidneys and blad-
de-. need immediate attention
Swamp Root is the great discovery OF
Dr. Kilmer, the eminent kidney and
bladder specialist. Hospitals use it with
wonderful success in both slight and
severe cases. Doctors recommend il to
their patients and use it In their own
families. because they recognize in
Swamp Root the greatest and most sue
cessful remedy.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
for sale at drug stores the world over in
bottles of two sizes and two prices-ffty
cents and one dollar. Remember the
name. Swamp-Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, and the address. Dinghamton.
y. Y. on every bottle.
5 Swamp Root in promptly curing even
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all The book contains many OF the
l letters received from men and women
Root is so well known that our readers
In sending your address 70 Or. kilmer
say you read this generous offer IN me
ors of this paper guarantee the genuine
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
SHIPS LEAVE PENSACOLA
EARLY NEXT MONTH

Rear Admiral Barker has advised the
Navy Department by telegraph that he
does not expect to leave Pensacola be-
fore May 5. His command includes the
Kearsarge. Maine. Iowa, Olympia, Bal
ttmore, and Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
ACTION is POSTPONED
ON ElGHT-H0UR BILL

By vote Of four TO three. two mem
bers being absent. the Senate Commit
tee on Education and Labor today de-
cided TO postpone further consideration
Of the eight-hOur bill until next Decem-
Der.
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
To Prove What Swamp-Root, the Great Kidney
Remedy, Will Do for YOU, Every Reader of
The Times May Have Sample Bottle Sent
Free by Mail.
Free by Mail.

unhealthy Kidneys responsible suf
kidney permitted continue, follow
10 attention
ycu
kidney kidneys
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
ADMIRAL DEWEY HEARD
ON NAVY STAFF PLAN

The House Committee on Naval At
fairs today heard Admiral Dewey and
all the chiefs of bureaus on the PROPOSE
ton 10 establish a general navy staH
Admiral Dewey favored the plan; all the
others opposed IL.
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
Help to Business.
Had and Energetic Work.

l. L. GOLDHEIM. Seventh and d
Streets: Every merchant on Seventh
Street will be glad 10 know that the
pavement question Is at last settled. To
have these stones replaced by asphalt
will be the greatest Improvement Sew
enth Street has ever known.
For this we can sincerely thank The
Times for its hard and energetic work
in this matter. We attribute the I'm
provement solely 10 The Times
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
Wood Would. Teach
Soldiers to Swin1
Calls Attention to Appalling Number of
Deaths by DroWning-WouIdD Detail an
Expert in Each Company

Mai Gen. Leonard Wood, command
ing the Department Of MindanaO. has
recommended that steps be taken by the
War Department to teach all men in
the service how to swim, This recon-
mendation was prompted by the large
number of deaths in the Philippines
from drowning.
In the decade ending with $780, BIS
men in the regular army were drowned.
Forty-nine deaths from drownings were
reported for 1902, and the figures have
not yet been complied for 1903 In the
years when the United States had a
large army in action in the Philippines
drownings were reported nearly every
da-.
Danger in Swift Streams.
On account of the swiftness of the
Philippine streams. which pour down
from the mountains across a limited
level area before reaching the sea, it is
almost impossible for a man who is not
strong swimmer to live il thrown into
the water
The scarcity of bridges and fords make
it necessary for soldiers in the islands
TO cross the streams under dangerous
conditions. Improvised ferryboats, I'M
equal to the demands made upon them
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
STREET PAVING
NOTABLE TIMES VICTORY

nent 1t will help business in every
way. / have been trying for fourteen
years 10 get asphalt, and | think we
owe a great deal TO The Times for the
help II has given us
Good Pavements Row.
WILLIAM BALLANTYNFc. 428 Sew
enth Street. Several years ago we be-
gan working for this asphalt pavement
and have been trying of and on ever
since TO get something through. without
success. We are delighted that we are
10 have good pavement at last, and APP
preciate the efforts Of The Times in our
behalf"
Now Feels Gratifed.
A MAYER. Bon Marche: Asphalt
pavement will improve Seventh Street
materially. l am among those who have
been trying for a number of years to
get Congress TO appropriate money for
this purpose. and feel gratifed that the
bill has at last gone through. II was
principally through the efforts of The
Times that the bin was passed. and we
appreciate the interest that paper took
in our cause"
Help to Business.
A. D. PRINCE, r. Harris & Co. 400
deserving Of Il great deal of credit for
the way it has pressed this pavement
question, and we heartily appreciate the
work IL has done. We have been work
ing for asphalt pavement for many
years, and when II IS laid IL Will be a
great help TO the business men of Sew
enth Street"
The Washington times., 1904-04-26
The Work Of Years.

DR. JOHN X. MAJOR. druggist. Sew
enth and G Streets: There is no doubt
bCt that Seventh Street WIZ be won
aerfully improved by asphalt pave
The colored American., 1904-02-27
DOINGS AT NORMAL, ALA.

NORMAL, ALA, Special.--Bishop l..
]. Coppins, who has been doing work
in South Africa since the general Con-
ference, spent a few hours with us at
Normal. He came to see President
Councill and the work at Normal
He delivered a very able and strong
lecture. Hon. H. V. Cashin, Of the U.
S. Land Office of Huntsville, Col. Pet
tibone, eX-Member of Congress, Col.
John Boyd, of the Daily Mercury, and
many others were present to hear the
good, distinguished Bishop.
The school has been full all the
year, many students however, are now
returning to their farms to make
ready their crops
There will be 136 graduates from
Normal this year, representing a doZ-
en- or more trades in the Industrial
Department, English, Normal and COZ
lege Courses in the Literary Depart
ment
Rev. l. c. Dawes, who for 10 years
was missionary in Africa, is now at
Normal taking a course in Printing
and giving instructions n the Tailor
| ing Department.
The colored American., 1904-02-27
BRUCE GRIT
IGNORANCE DEPLORABLE.

Now, the wise policy seems obvi-
Gus. We should agree that the keep
ing down of millions of people, even
if successful, would be destructive to
civilized society, and a menace to the
State. To treat them as if they had
already risen would be equally so;
therefore, an educational test for the
suffrage should be adopted and strict
ly applied, applicable to aChiteS and
blacks alike for ignorance in the
whites is deplorable. There is only
one way to make satisfactory mem
bers of society, whether white or
blacks, and that is, through education
in the widest sense. Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie addressing the meeting in
the interest OF Hampton Institute,
held in the Madison Square Garden
Concert Hall, February II, 1904
The colored American., 1904-02-27
A SOCIAL GATHERING.

Reception rendered by Mrs. n. Smith
at the residence of f\Miss L. ParnelI, PIP
Arthur Place, last Wednesday, in honor
of Miss L. Payne of Atlantic City,
Messrs. Blakey of Indianapolis, Rice
of Florida, Remos of Portugal and
Pratt of Ohio. Elaborate spread and
games, musical selections and dancing
the order of the evening. Among those
present were Mrs. NJ. Dorsey, Misses
NJ. E. Chase and NJ. King, Messrs. H.
Parnell, r. ]. Pollard, Boiler and l..
Pleasant and a host of others. The
feature of the evening was Mr.. Blaky's S
renditions on the guitar.
Mrs G. Blanch Drew, the wife of
Rev. Simon 2. w. Drew, who is con-
Quoting the great revival at the Metro
pOlitan Baptist Church is in the city.
She was born near New Canton, Va.
and was reared and educated in Rich
mond. Before her marriage to DR..
Drew she taught school in a number of
Southern States and was we'll and fa-
vorably known as a school teacher.
The colored American., 1904-02-27

TO the dogs. Last week it was a com
plete change about, Mr.. Lyons was
fairly lauded to the skies in a long,
extended editorial. Just how Broth
er Chase can blow hot and cold, both
hot and cold, at the same time we fail
to see. We read the editorial closely
but not one word in explanation of
Mr.. Chase's change of attitude toward
the Georgia contingent did we see.
Will Brother Chase kindly inform the
Hornet why this sudden flop? Did
the Bee err in its TRADE against the
Georgia contingent? If so it's change
was right, but not manly without ac-
knowledging its mistake.
FREDERICK M. HORNET
The colored American., 1904-02-27
STARTLED THE WORLD.

DR.. Agbebi's Race Sermon which
Europe, and America, has recently re-
ceiVed the following fresh comments:
From DR.. Moses Da Rocha, Edin-
burgh University, Scotland,-' DR.. Ag-
Debi's Inaugural Sermon has deserv-
edly created a sensation both in this
country and in America. 1t is really
an epoch making sermon. 1t marks
a stage in the liberation of the Afri-
can mind from the trammels of Euro
pean Ecclesiasticism. DR.. AgbeDi is
courage of his convictions, a rare
quality nowadays. He neither tempo
rises nor believes in compromises. [
have read the sermon with much in
terest and profit. 1t is simply magnif-
icent; so original, so thoughtful, so
suggestive. Japan has shown what it
is possible for a nation to become
without European Christianity. The
high ethical value of Christianity no
one denies. Its ennobling influence
Haeckel admits. But the Christian
ity of the churches is as far removed
from the Christianity of Christ as
night is from day, and this salient
point Dr. Agbebi has explained in his
able sermon. Lagos, as well as Sierra
Leone, ought to be proud of him.
The worth of a state in the long run
is, as Mill has taught us, the worth Of
the individuals composing it,
From J. Edestone Barnes, Esq, c..
E, Newgate, London, England.
Il have read the sermon with great
admiration and delight. 1 observe
that DR.. Agbebi is an Ethiopian
Christian-a pioneer of the goth Cen
tury, a scholar and messenger of the
Gospel truth las it is in Jesus" His
sermon will always be read and ap-
preciated as a foretaste of the good
things the Deity has reserved for At
rica, when he shall shortly arise to
stand in his lot"
l shall be glad to furnish copies CT
the American edition of this sermon
to any person desiring them on receipt
of 30 cents in cash or postage. It is
a sermon every thoughtful Negro
should read.
BRUCE GRIT
The colored American., 1904-02-27

Mrs. Mary Rawlings gave a candy
pull" Wednesday evening, February
10th, at her cozy and beautifully fur
nished residence, No. 1908 Eleventh
St, NV. A large number of ladies
and gentlemen were present Among
them were Misses Lily Morris, Bessie
Norris, Lynch, Williams, Poindexter
Gordon, Jackson and Messrs. Smith,
Contee, Lewis. Jackson, Williams. o. D
Morris, the printer, Prof. Brooks and
DIR. Bamfield