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The Washington times., 1904-03-14
HARNESS HORSES
GETTING READY
Spring Training at Hand-WashingtOn
Men to Go to BAltimore-Gentle-
mems Driving Park Lively.

BALTIMORE, March 14--Spring train
ing for harness horses will open up here
in the next few days. and the haunts
o. the regulars are beginning 70 take a
lively air on Sunday afternoons.
The principal training place viii be
Gentlemens Driving Park, where enter
prising Manager James Eagan has in
creased the stable room, and can ac-
commodate more horses than ever be-
fore. Entries for the spring races at all
the Baltimore tracks are coming in
well. and this promises 10 be the ban
ner year for the sport in this section
Tom Cannon and other Washington
ians are expected 10 bring their stables
10 Baltimore about April /
John Walker. the successful Philadel-
phia trainer, is at the Driving Park and
will operate a public stable there He
has the big money winner. Gypsy Red.
2.Oszs Robert A., 2.1414; Allagarda. 2.l714;
Kyler Boy. by Kyler Coast, and two
other good ones Gypsy Red is the star
Of the stable. with record Of seven
wins out Of eight starts last season, TO
say nothing of breaking the track rec
ords at Colchester and Easton. Nd and
Hughesville, Pa
Klippinger has come in with Court
land and another good one.
Larry Gray is preparing for big do
ings this season with his two cracks,
Effie Powers and Richard II. Ellie
Powers is about the gamest racing mare
On the track. She Is fourteen years old.
but appears as ready 70 90 the circuit
now as she did ten years ago, and last
year won a pot Of money for Larry
Bill Richardson is nosing around with
o. NJ. c.. but expects to have some 9th
ers ia a few days.
Pete Biggs has a green PAGER Of prom
Use.
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
HAD NOT SLEPT IN BED
FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS
Death of Charles Herrell From Expos
ure TO the Cold.

Charles Edward Herreu, who cd yes
terday of pneumonia at Berryviile. Va,
after having slept out Of doors for
thirty years, was a brother Of Capt
Henry A. Herren. a brick manufacturer,
OK Washington Two nephews. Lee I.
and Halle L. Herrel. sons OF Captain
Herrell. also reside in Washington, be-
ing engaged IN the lumber business.
Charles +. Herreu was seventy-five
years old. and a widely-known character
in Berry-ville. For thirty years OF his
life he had never slept in a house or
In a bed. had never covered himself
with bedclothes. had not taken any nedf-
cine. or required the services Of a ply
stefan
During the summer Herreu chose as
his sleeping quarters either a grave
yard. using a mound as his pillow. or a
sheltered spot under a tree. In the
winter he slept IN a shed but even dur
ing the severest weather he would not
cover himself with bedcIOthes He
maintained that sleeping in rooms was
unhealthy and that beds breed disease.
il was this peculiar belief that result
I'd in his death. He was found uncon-
scious several days ago In a shed. Pneu-
mOnia developed and his condition be-
came grave. To the last, however. he
refused 10 receive medical aid. and with
his dying breath declined the services OF
physician.
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
SCURRY OF NEGROES
FOLLOWED POLICE RAID

Because ne invited a few friends" TO
his house IN Shows Court northwest.
between Twenty-fourth and Twenty
fifth, I and X Streets. and started a
sociable game OF crap Oliver Adams. a
negro, was sent TO jail for six months
by Judge Scott. in the Police Court. to-
day. Oliver pleaded guilty 10 the charge
Of permitting gaming on his promises,
but explained that he had never run" a
crap game IN his house before and had
learned "a lesson by his experience Sat
Urday evening. The police Informed the
court that game had been working
at divers for several months, and when
the raid was made about twenty negroes
were there. They dashed through win
dows two and three at a time carrying
sashes and all with them.
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
SERMONS ON MATTER"
BY CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS

The sermons yesterday in the two
Christian Science Churches were on
Matter from the text in jeremiah.
IFS, Where are thy gods that thou
hast made thee? Let them arise. If
they can save thee in the time of thy
trouble"
The teaching of Christian Scieuce re-
garding matter Is becoming generally
UnderstOOd-that what the senses take
cOgnizance Of. the material world or
Tbenomena. about as, is a false sense of
The spiritual universe of Gods creation.
They are real TO the material sense, but
not real to spiritual sense. AS Paul
says, While We look not at the things
which are seen. but the things which
ara not seen, for the things which are
seen are temporal, but the things which
are not seen are eternal" The work of
Christian Science Is TO show how TO
subordinate the Elusive conditions or
material sense 10 the facts of divine
mind God, so we may know that here
ana now IS heaven. for God is here and
now. and where God is. only harmony
ran be We lint ourselves continually
when seeking causatiOn from a material
basis, and blind ourselves TO our spir-
itual birthright dominion over material
sense.
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
PRINCE PULUN WILL BE
GUEST OF SIR LANG
Cousin of Chinese Emperor Coming to
Visit st. Louis Exposition.

A Chinaman Of royal birth is on his
way 10 washington. He IS Prince
Pulun a cousin Of the Emperor OF
China. who is coming to this country
10 attend the opening exercises OF the
St. Louis Exposition.
Arrangements have been made where
by the prince will come TO Washington
to pay a visit to Sir Chentung Lang
Cheng. the Chinese minister. who. 1t IS
expected. Will entertain him royalty on
behalf Of his country.
The steamer on which the Chinese
prince and his suite are travelling is due
IN San Francisco in a weeks time, and
as the exposition does not open until
May. II IS probable that the party viii
come straight to Washington. after re-
naming a few days in the West and
they viii then be given an official vel
come by Sir Chentung Launching.
Of age, and dresses in gorgeous
costume. He is accompanied by a
retinue of prominent Chinese Or
hcials. At the exposition exercises in
St Louis they viii be given a promi-
ment part. The Chinese pavilion, which
was erected by the Chinese government
al great expense. and is Of attractive
design, is said to be an exact copy OF
the official residence occupied by Prince
PuluH in his native country the archI-
tect having taken the princes house
for a model.
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
LOw-DOwn Trick Used
By Foxy Book Dealer
Farmer BiII' SCulIy Spins Yarn of Guile and
Deceit PraCtiCed Upon Families OF the
Latel amented.

our lives. His scheme is original, too,
and works nine times out of ten.
He takes whole lot Of country
weekly, semi-Weekly and tri-Weekly
papers from all the Western and South
ern rural districts AS soon as they
come in he turns to the death notices
and gets a lot of names. Then he mails
a Bible to every one OF the dead per-
sons. The Bible is shipped by express,
Q. O. D. with a letter. The Bibles cost
him about 80 cents apiece wholesale, If
remember correctly, and he sends
them collect for $3.50 The letter to the
person announces that he has received
his order and forwards the Bible as
requested
Bill Generally Paid.
''Of course the family of the person
who has just died receives the letter
and the Bible and. nine times out OF ten.
pays the bill without question. They
are in no position. half the time. TO
think of the fake scheme that might be
behind it, and at other times they take
it for granted that the Bible was order
ed, and are glad enough to pay for it
and keep 1t as a memento of the lost
one
Many a time. no doubt. the payment
Of $3.50 means a great deal to some
widow or some young girl who has lost
d member of her immediate family, but
they generally pay up, and that shark
sits back in his New York Office and
coins money.
Did you ever hear OF such a low,
dirty scheme in your life?'
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
FITZGERALD
A NEW JOE GRIM

Baltimore seems TO have developed a
second Joe Grim in the person Of Willie
Fitzgerald. native Of that city and
a member Of the artillery battery at
Fort Howard Although an untrIed nov
ice. Fitzgerald went fifteen rounds 20
q draw with Billy Whistler on Friday
night al the NOnpareu Athletic CLUB,
near Baltimore.
Whistler was ten 10 twenty pounds
heavier than his opponent. ana has had
years Of experience as a boxer He
tried every trick known 70 the business
10 land a knockout but Fitzgerald was
on his feet and full OF business at the
end OF the bout and the tight was
called q draw.
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
DR.. ADAMS NAMED AS
PHOTOGRAPHER OF PERU

DR.. George l. Adams. of the United
States Geological Survey. has eeen Sc
lected Dy Director Walcott for the posi-
ton Of chief of the new division Of
NEUROLOGY just established by the Peru
Wan government
Director Walcott was asked 70 name
an official for the place. Dr. Adams will
leave here early in April, and will have
headquarters IN Lima. He will organize
a branch of government service for
hydrologic and hydrogra phic work.
Efforts viii be made TO develop arte-
sian wells to supply the towns with
water. and DR.. Adams viii take along
the latest American drilling machinery
and viii be aided by a topographic as
sistauJ and a well driller.
The Washington times., 1904-03-14

This young woman wrote to the De-
rartment Of Agriculture some days ago,
as told In The Times. and requested
that she be given a Jug. She stipulated
that it be sent to 1850 Langly Avenue,
Chicago" where she is at present re-
siding. The Agricultural Department
referred the request TO the District Com
mlssioners. who in turn transmitted it
TO the Health Department.
District Commissioner Macfarland has
approved the recommendation of Health
Officer Woodward that the young pc
titioner be informed that she can get
"a dog at any time on payment Of the
pound fee, g, and the cost OF trans
hitting the animal to Chicago"
Vexed Question Settled.
Thus the vexed question has been de-
c'ded. The Commissioners are free
from worry as to the kind Of dog to
send Gladys. the Health Officer has
wor new fame by solving the question
of how TO dispose of the request. Pound
raster Einstein has a chance TO get
rid of a dog, and Gladys viii have a
pet with which she can romp during
The Washington times., 1904-03-14

Talk about crooked deals around the
race tracks," said Farmer BIZ Scully
at the Barton a day or so ago. but 1
think the worst of them are mild com
pared TO a deal 1 heard about in New
York just before l came down here
Mr.. Scully is a KentucSian by BIRTH,
and one OF the best trainers in the bust
ness. His knowledge Of farms and
farming is profound, and whenever he
gives an opinion on the crops or any
thing else relating TO agriculture, what
he says goes. hence the name Farmer
Bill" AS teller OF stories he has few
equals and no superiors, and almost any
evening he may be found IN the Jockey
Club offices at the Barton, the center of
an interested group. every member of
which is listening attentive1y TO Far
mer Bills" stories Of his experiences
in Kentucky and Tennessee, and around
the race tracks.
New York Scheme.
This deal I am telling you about is
pulled of in New York, and is one Of
the foxiest and one of the lowest a man
ever played. It's anything on earth for
money in New York, so long as you keep
out Of the hands of the police.
In one OF the downtown streets thera
is a man who has a good-sized Office and
who employs eight or ten clerks to work
for him, and the money he makes would
keep any OF use comfortable the rest OF
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
RELAY TEAM WINS,
BUT DUFFEY LOSES
Georgetown Law Beat Hopkins and
Duffey Beat the Watkins
Third in Mile.

Georgetown runners were busy on
Saturday night The Georgetown Law
School relay team. composed Of p. Ed
InenstOn. j Huligan, F. TOder. and J.
Brennan. defeated the Johns Hopkins
University team in the Hopkins cage at
baltimore This squared things for the
defeat the Law School four suffered at
the hands OF the Hopkins boys in the
Georgetown games
Arthur Dudey. the sprint champion,
took part in the Irish Athletic Associa-
ton games in New York He was en-
tered in the 50-yard, but tried 10 beat
the gun. and was penanzed so heavily
that he finished last in his heat and
did not get a chance at the finals.
Charles a watkins, of the Olympia
Athletic Club. Of Washington. finished
g. close third In the mile run IN the HOE-
ktnS games The event was scratch
and was won by the speedy Griffith, Of
Hopkins. by a narrow margin
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
WILL TRANSFER ACADEMY
TO THE WORLDS FAIR
Cadets and Tactical Officers Will Spend
Ten Days on the Grounds
CT Exposition.

On May % the Military Academy viii
be transferred from West Point TO St.
Louis Orders have been issued by
the War Department for the encamp-
ment Of the cadet battalion at the St.
Louis exposition for ten days. begin
ming May %.
All the cadets and tactical officers OF
the Academy will make the trip to the
Western city. Horses and complete
equipment VIII be taken, and the ca
diets viii give exhibitions. showing the
training which they have at the nations
military school A model camp will be
established. and visitors viii have an
opportunity to see camp life at its best
Col. 2. A. Goodwin, Ninth Cavalry,
who has been looking after the War
Department interests at the St Louis
Exposition, has been relieved Of duty
there. and orders were issued yesterday
detailing Lieutenant Colonel KingSbury
Eighth Cavalry, TO duty there
The Washington times., 1904-03-14

the summer months This disposition
Of the matter is regarded on all sides
as a happy solution.
There are, however. a few who still
hold that the girl ought to have the
dog free of charge. They think her
.eagerness for the pet warrants the Dis
trict bearing the expense Of satisfying
her longing The difficulty is that there
is DO appropriation that could be made
u bear the expenditure. The emer-
gency fund might be called on, but
there would be difficulty in proving that
the sending of the dog is strictly an
emergency.
Any Old Dog.
At all events, the Commissioners are
freed from the responsibility of .choos-
ing the dog to be sent to Gladys. This
was the wearing side of the problem
whether 20 send a terrier or poodle,
IA setter or hound. The trouble Of de-
Gliding the point cast a gloom over the
whole District Building for days. Now
the atmosphere is tranquil again, and
Gladys Z. Tournier can choose any old
cog she wants. Mr.. Einstein viii ac-
cOmmOdate her.
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
HARVARD FOOTBALL
DATES ARE BUT TEN

Harvard has announced her football
dates. Ten games only are 10 be play
ed. Amherst Wesleyan. and Brown hay
ing been dropped.
The complete schedule October
Williams. at Cambridge: October 8.
Bowdoin. at Cambridge; October S. Uni
versity OF Maine. AT Cambridge: October
j. Bates. at Cambridge. October Is
West Point. az West Point; October p
Carlisle Indians at Cambridge; October
g. Pei nsylVania, az Cambridge; Novem-
Der .. Dartmouth, at Cambridge No
Vember y. Holy Cross, at Cambridge;
November 49, Yale, at New Haven
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
BAN JOHNSON DELAYED
IN NEW YORK CITY

Pan Johnson. president Of the Amer
lean League, who was to have arrived
here this morning. has been delayed IN
New York. where he IS transacting some
routine business Of the American
League. longer than he expected, and
viii not arrive I'm Washington until to-
J light
Before leaving this city for Gotham,
Ran promised that he would probably
divulge the name Of the manager of
the Washington club. and announce the
I.ssmes Of several new players who vii.
come here.
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
TEAM
Fits SOUTHWARK

CLEVELAND. March 1+.-Eleyen play
ers Of the Cleveland American League
Baseball Club left here Saturday after
noon over the Big Four Road for San
Antonio. where the spring trimming Will
be taken. Three other players Join the
team at St Louis. two are now at san
Antonio. and Elmer Flick and Pitcher
Dcnahue Will leave Cleveland TO-DAY
Eighteen men are under contract Man
ager Armour ana Charles vs.. S0mers,
owner Of the club. are with the players.
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
.SLEET ON TRACK
STOPPED WORK
Benning Too Dangerous
This Morning.
GRIFFIN HERE WITH STRING
All the Good Ones Out Yesterday, and
Some Fair Trials Recorded.
Masterman Does Well.

Trainers were afraid of the Benning
track this morning because Of the sleet.
which fell for several hours after dawn.
Otherwise the track would have been in
fairly good condition, bat its slightly
slippery surface made fast work dan
gerous, and all who were out were on
the slow side.
But most every trainer at the course
had his charges out yesterday. and
while no fast trials were recorded, good,
useful work was done
Frank FarrelTs string was out and
Unmasked and King Pepper We're sent
three-eighths at a two-minute lick; the
Columbia Stables Toscau was worked
the same distance at the same clip. and
the remainder OF the string was can
tered Preston and w. p. Burch were
or the slow side, as were the strings Of
Charlie Anderson, Theodore Coles, and
William Jennings.
Imperialist Breezed.
Billy Garth breezed Charlie Moore and
q m1iden three-year-old seven furlongs
in 1:42- Paul Clifford was sent the
same distance in 1:24. Imperialist was
breeZed mile and an eighth at two
minute gait. and others of the string
were given useful gallpps James
Boden's Falmouth worked three-quar-
terc in LIS. and Aasterman, his Ben
hing Handicap candidate, negotiated
seven furlongs in 1:2S1z. Gwyn Temp
kins had out his lot and LaVatOr
breeeZed three-eighths in O:4l
n. I. Griffin. whose entries at New
Orleans were recently refused because OF
ms effort to deceive the public and
bookmakers In the Sweet Pepper Incl
dent arrived here from New Orleans
with his string. including Payne, Floral
pei, Conundrum. Red Dsmsel, Princess
tulane. apd others.
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
COUNSEL TO DECIDE
ON MRS. WALSH'S CLAIM

District Commissioner AacfarIand has
recommended that Corporation Counsel
be asked to decide whether or not the
claim advanced by Mrs James B.
Walsh against the District for damages
deserves attention.
Mrs Walsh claims that she was badly
injured by being Knocked down BIZ r
fire engine on February Il last at the
corner of Massa Shusetts Avenue ara
Second Street northwest
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
BRIDEGRooMs PLEA FAILED.

LEBANON. Pa, March 14--Asking
mercy for the sake of his bride of two
weeks Clinton G. Light. Of Avon. was
sentenced to two and one-half years in
the Eastern Penitentiary for forgery.
Judge EhrgOod informed Light that he
could have saved a year by pleading
guilty
The Washington times., 1904-03-14

one who contracts it suffers in
body and mind, and if the poison
is not eradicated transmits the
faint to his children, and Conta-
gious Blood Poison thus becomes
responsible for many of the ills Of
childhood-Skin EruptiOns, Ca
tarrha1 Troubles, Sore Eyes.
Scalp Disease, White Swelling,
Scrofula and others just as bad.
S. S. S., the great vegetable blood
purifier and tonic, has loug been
recognized as a radical and safe
cure for Contagious Blood Poi
son. 1t counteracts the deadly
virus and cleanses and pnrifies
the diseased blood, and under its
tonic effect the general health
poison are gone The strong n
which are so often prescribed f
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
UNCERTAIN STATE
OF VOUCHER CASE
Death Of Principal Leaves
Matters Mixed.
MAY SUE PARKER'S ESTATE
Corporation Counsel Has Not Decided
Upon What Course District win
Pursue in Premises.

The officials Of the District govern
ment are wondering when the now f.
nous wrongful voucher case viii
come up for trial. The last develop
ment in the matter vas the Indefinite
postponement Of the trias before the
Supreme Court OF the District after the
date for the hearing had once been set.
This pOstponement was Occasioned by
The death of John c. Parker. against
whom the District Commissioners had
brought suit for the recovery Of 5000
alleged to have been paid Mr.. Parker
without the goods for which the
voucher was made out ever having been
delivered
Mr. Parker died nearly three weeks
ago, just two days before the date
fixed for the trial Of the case
Point at Issue.
The whole difficulty came from the
statement that the 5000. which was os-
tensfbIy TO pay for some maps furnished
the District. was used 10 satisfy the
claim OF Miss Frances 3. Johnston for
money due her for preparing school ex-
hibits for the Paris Exposition. The
maps, II Is claimed, were not turned
over TO the Board OF Education
Inquiry at the Corpora Nm Counsel
Office elected the information that it
was not known when the case would Do
called for trial. Since the death Of one
Of the principals in the transaction, the
logical result will be the prosecution OK
the suit against his estate. Il Is now
probable. however. that the authorities.
viii wait until the Parker estate mas
been settled
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
.RASIN STEPS OUT
AND QUITS GAME
Resigns as Political Boss
of Baltimore.
SEES SURE DEFEAT AHEAD
Has Been Forty Years at Helm and
Germans Second Mate for
Thirty Years.

BALTIMORE, Nd, March IA. Free
man Rasin, undisputed Democratic boss
OF Baltimore for forty years, who never
lost a primary and who has been Sen
ator Germans right bower for more
than thirty years. has quit the game.
The pace is too swift for the "Old
Man." as he is called by the machine
followers. and the disasters of the pres
ent year are to his far-reaching eye the
precursors Of certain defeat in the next
campaign which he might undertake.
No one sees more clearly than he that
the Gorman-Rasin star is set The "Old
Nam proposes to stand from under 1t
is not necessary for a wall TO fall on 1.
Freeman Rasin to tell him the building
Is coming down.
Il am now out OF politics for good. so
far as any activity as to nominating or
elccting tickets is concerned" he said
today. "Other people will have to put
up the tickets and go to the front for
them, as l have made my last fight"
His Remarkable Career.
It is said that Rasin's political career
is without parallel in the country. and
that there has never been a man in the
political history OF either party who has
succeeded in maintaining his supremacy
as boss OF the party organization for
so long and continuous a period as he.
His hold upon the party machinery
remained as firm and his friends as
loyal during the years when he was with
out patronage and the State and city
administrations were IN the hands Of
the Republicans. as they were when
the offices were controlled by Hasln
Democrats and the patronage was at his
disposal.
Il was in 1864 that Rasin first became
a member Of the Democratic executive
committed His connection with SeEA-
tor German dates from 1872. when the
combination was formed that resulted
in the nomination and election OF ex-
From that time up to the election OF
Mr. Rayner TO the Senate last month
the political relations between Mr.. COT
man and Mr.. Rasin were OF the Closest
Kept in Background.
Rasin has held but few offices. prefer
ing to remain behind the scenes where
the end Of the political wires were
He was born IN Kent county. on
March II. 1898. In 1867 he was elected
clerk Of the court of common pleas, was
reelected in 1873 by a majority Of 1900
and chosen for the third time in 1885,
thus serving eighteen consecutive years
in the Office.
In 1856 he was appointed naval Of
ficer for Baltimore by President Cleve~
land and served until 1890 Rasin was
| insurance commissioner from 1892 until
| 1895
1t can be said Of Rasin that he was
no ''milk-and- water" boss. His word
was law among his followers, and when
! the lip tip was passed they fell into
1 line behind his choice without hesita-
| ton and without question.
one Of the secrets Of his success as
political boss was that he played poll
! tics 365 days in the year.
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
ROBBERS HELD UP TRAIN.

MADRID. March H.-Five highway
Elen yesterday evening boarded the
Andalusian express near Granada. and
held UP the passengers. They obtained
considerable money and jewels and
escaped.
The Washington times., 1904-03-14
MAY KEEP pART on REwARp.

District Commissioner West has ap-
proved the recommendation Of Major
Sylvester that Policeman c. ". Ricketts,
be allowed 10 keep $40 OF the $50 reward
paid him for arresting Harry o. Toppin,
a deserter from the United States navy.