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The Washington times., 1904-12-31
INAUGURATION.

WANTED = Warm, comfortably furnished
rooms, with and without board. for inaugura,
visitors. at moderate prices; drst-c,ass r,a-
irons only. Also
VACANT HALLS AND BUILDINGS. hay-
ing heating, lighting, and sanitary accom-
modations. for use OF clubs etc Also
WINDOWS AND BALCONIES TO rent on
made.
WE ALSO FURNISH eating and sleeping
accommodations 70 DarCies OF to Zoo peo-
pie, at lower rates than any hotel or inGif-
Vidual in Washington This is the fifth {5thl
inauguration have handled. and we
GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Our patrons
reference
WE HAVE NO CONNECTION with any
committees. either openly or clandestine-do
not have restrictive contract OF TO DAYS
but viii furnish accommodations Ser one or
more days
THE CORPORATION AGENCY COMPANY.
Ills ST, over Halls
LORENZO G. WARFIELD, Sec'y and Treas.
de25-eOd-tf
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CONSUMPTION

Hope, fresh air, rest and
SCOTS Emulsion are the
greatest remedies for con-
sumption. SCOTS Emulsion
will always bring comfort and
relief = often cure. SCOTS
Emulsion does for the con-
sumptive what medicine alone
cannot do. It's the nourish-
ment in it that takes the pa
tent in long strides toward
health.
Wen send you a sample free
SCOTT & BOVINE 4oe Pearl Street, New York
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Continued from First Page.)

the wall, twelve feet thick. connecting
tne inner forts, under cover OF which
the Russians have hitherto been able 70
send re-enforcements to any point Such
re-erforcements can now only be sent
under fire of the enemy.
a military authority writing in the
sNovoe Vrcmya'' says that to bring up
reserves will now be a very difficult
task i bit fbs sim dni1d ifg1n5g is Tf5i possible
here that General Stoessel Will retire TO
I.iaotlshan unless the Japanese prevent
MIN from moving
Defenders Few.
CHICAGO, Dee. 31-The Daily News.
prints from its correspondent at the
headquarters of the third japanese army
before Port Arthur this dispatch dated
December %, sent via Kobe, under to-
days date:
1T is thought here from the eompara-
tive ease with which the enormously
strong Eralung fort was captured yes
terday that the Russians are finding
: increasingly difficult TO spare suffic-
lent men 10 defend their lines OF de-
After the first terrific explosion of
dynamite, which rent the walls of the
teft and killed numbers of Russians, the
Japanese assauiting forces effected a
iodgment in the front main works and
captured the first line OF light guns.
Position Enf1laded.
This position, however, was enfladed
by the guns on the Etze Mountain fort
and it became necessary to renew the
bombardment of Erhlung The main de-
fenses were torn and pounded and al
ternately subjected TO attacks by COM
panies Of japanese.
AT i p m the whole line advanced.
scaled the wall and carrying the second
line where the heavy guns were posted
went clear through to the gorge. where
the remnant of the Russian defenders
stlH held out in q strong barracks OF
masonry work.
From this they were ultimately
driven at a. M, leaving in the hands
OF the japanese three prisoners, four
large and seven small siege guns, thirty
quick firers and two machine guns
The garrison that so CALAMITY de-
Tended the fort consisted of 500 men of
the TWenty-sixth Regiment of East
Siberian snarpshooters.' -
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WINDSOR PRINT WORKS
DECLARED INSOLVENT

NORTH ADAMS. Mass. Dee. 31.-The
Windscr Print Works. of this city, is
insolvent and is without funds, accord
Tag to dispatch from Trenton, n. J.,
where the company was organized.
wee Chancellor Pitney yesterday ap-
pointed Jay Ten Eyck, of Newark, y. J..
receiver. The liabilities are sos, ,610 and
nortg ges. with no assets given. The
works closed down on Thursday The
Concern Tor a year or more has been in
difficulties IT was organized in 1Sqi
with Il capital stock of 81. 500 900
i he works have been run steadily and
between i90 and 600 people have been
employed. 'i
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He says the germ wakes great and
strong in dry weather Winter time
seems to be productive of pneumonia
and diphtheria among them, and re-
duces their death dealing procIivities TO
a minimum. At any rate the danger of
the snow germ, he thinks, is too small
for the Health Department to take any
notice of whatsoever.
He hints tnat the greatest use for
physicians during times of snow and ice
arises from the habit or people going
without their rubbers and getting tnefr
feet wet. By this he proves an alibi for
the germ.
What He Did Say.
His communication is as follows:
w hile then snow and ice, if allowed
10 remain on the sidewalks. may consti-
tute nuisance and menace to health,
there is no remedy for the condition
within the control of the Health Depart
ment.
'.fhe Inconvenience and danger arise
rather from soiled clothing, cold. and
GaInp feet, and liability to accidents,
than nan from the presence of germs.
nere IS no reason for believing con-
TIM es DR.. Woodward, that an undue
number of the germs which are collected
by reason OF the presence of snow and
ice on the sidewalks are of disease pro-
duclng varieties. ard even such germs
as do exist are not likely TO cause
trouble. so long as they remain on the
sidewalk
Such danger as exists from germs on
public tnoroughfares is. theoretically
at least, greatest during dry weather
When such germs are carried in the at
mospheTe and are liable to reach the
respiratory and digestive tracts of pass
ers-by.
Under such conditions, moreover
germs are probably carried into adjacent
dwelling houses by currents of air in
numbers far in excess of the number of
germs carried into such dwelling houses
from dirty sidewalks by means of shoes
and clothing
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DIED.

DOWNEY-The remains of the late JERE-
MIAH F. DOWNEY We're taken from yauIt
and inferred in his family lot, Mount O!fvet
Cemetery, Friday, December go 1904 al ?
p
May his soul rest in peace 1t
GRAY-On Thursday. December %, 1901. at
Georgetown University Hospital MARY
MARTHA, beloved mother Of Alice II. GRAY.
1t
HOUSE-On Friday, December 80 1904
JAMES M HOUSE, beloved husband of AG-
die S House II
PERRY-On Thursday, December zs. 1903
at Z:N a m, at his residence, 2361a Quincy
Street northeast. THOMAS r. beloved hus-
band of Grace Perry tnee DarlinS). aged
thirty-two years x
ROBINSON-On THURSDAY December -
1904. at her residence, @2I d Street southwest.
LIZZIE ROBINSON
Funeral Monday. January ,. 1905, at Il
o clock. il
May her soul rest in peace. Il
WESTON Friday, December CO., 1sO4 at
Black Mountain. N c.. after short Illness.
ELIZABETH WEST. wife of the late Robert
Athowe West, and mother of Henry Little
field .-est.
Notice of funeral hereafter II
WOODRUF'F-On Thursday December %
l90z, ct New Brighton, s l.. ISABELLA II
WOODRCFF, daughter of Caroline \. ana
the late Gen. J. c. Woodruff. {. S. \. Ii
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PORTO RICANS MAY
WORK ON ISTHMUS
Continued from First Pareo

cause TO complain of tho fac,I,t;As for
obtaining lodgings at eouitahIe rafes
Food is already plentif,J - -
cheap as it is In this country
The Panama Railroad has es+abIisra,7
commlssary where goods arr. sold at
cost plus the freight charges
mere are srumblers everywhers .r5
&c. 10 tnen can be laid reports from the
This statement ise made by an oeics,
OF the Canal Commission IN reply tn ft,l,s
letters OF complaint received from PIN
anna ''t-
Reports Exaggerated.
That man is apt TO exaggerate his
Ill fortune when disgruntled is wen
known. and another who is trying to
overcome untoward conditions Is apt to
oeittle wrongs as much as the other
VIII exaggerate This condition is an
parent, say conservative men, in the
letters from the isthmus in which the
writer's assert that they have to live
bike pigs.
The official view taken of the matter
IS that the men who have been doing
the writing are unused to tropical con-
uitions, I or IN fact any conditions out of
,nsv the ohi.ed states TO prove this Secre-
from several young men who have
served in she tropics before. and all are
enthusiastic over the country and the
Climate Not IntoieTabie.
The climate here is nothing like what
1t IS supposed to be- The days are natur-
ally hot, out the nights are cool. OF
course, in the rainy season. there is a
heavy shower regularly in the middle OF
the day This IS expected and a change
OF clothes removes all unpleasantness.
he work in the hills is wild but not
dangerous There are only two people in
the hospital.
The writer of this letter is a native of
Norfolk. Va, and a former resident of
Washington
Another says:
We are living seven in three rooms.
put the food Is good and none are com
plaining- We Day about so q month
at our mess, and We live Wet All ex-
penses amount TO about $40 q month
Causes of Discomfort.
The low moral tone of the isthn,us
and the absolute lack of variety aud
amusenents is thought to be ieF,i-=lss
niucn of the discomfort, If it exists be-
yond few grumbIers. There is rA9.;y
no place for the hundreds of Tnea 70
spend the evening unless II be fr the
gambling houses or resorts of question
able moral standards.
Reading rooms and CLUBS have beer
suggested to the commission as a means
OF overcoming this condition, and the
Young Mems Christian Association is
terment OF conditions. The average
clerk earns $50 month, so he has assout
% per cent of his salary in Wficsl 10
CIothe and enjoy himself
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
NOTHING PAID IN
MILLIONAIRE CLUB
Wound Up on Application
Of Laundry.
CONCERN FLAYED BY JUDGE
Grafton Syndicate Puts Names of J.
Pierpont Morgan and Senator
Depew on Committee.
CONCERN FLAYED BY JUDGE

LONDON, Dec. 31.-There is a pa
thetic story attaching to the Atlantic
Club. owned by the Grafton syndicate,
which wound up Monday in Justice
Warrinton's court on the application of
the St James laundry, to which is owing
the sum of s245.
The club was formed only two years
ago, and was intended as g combination
of English and American millionaires
with a leavening of ancient British no.
bility. The entrance fee was put at
fifty guineas (S225, from payment of
which ministers and ambassadors were
exempt
Alleged Membership.
Members of the committee were given
as the Earl of Albemarle, the Earl of
Kintore, Lord Lonsdale, Lord Craven
Colonel Lord Suffield. Lord Charles
Beresford, j. Pierpont Morgan, John
Jacob Astor, Chauncey NJ Depew and
others.
aires could hope to live up to; for in
stance, no member was allowed to lose
more than f1,000 CS5.000) a week at cards
on the CLUB premises.
Mr.. Terrell K c.. in court gave some
more information on the club. The sub
scribed ca pital, he said. was only s35.
while the liabilities were $4,000 or $60. 00e
Several thousands of shares had been
issued as fully paid up with no contract
or anything of the kind
Promised to WiEd Up.
Captain O'Keily, the director con-
tinued Mr.. Terrell. was the holder. for
no consideration, OF nearly all the share
capital Of the Grafton Syndicate, which
also owns the good will of the Riverside
Club, now being carried on at a loss
The ST. James Laundry Company in
November last presented petition for
Mr.. Terrell, ION faithful promise of the
syndicate to wind up voluntarily. The
judge said. I think this is Il rotten
syndicate. and that L ought to wind ii
up"
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
THE WASHINGTON TINES, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 81 1901
Germs Afford No Excuse
To Enforce SnOU Ren1OpQI
Does the Business, He Says-Not DR..
WOOdWard's Business.

DR.. Woodward. District Health officer,
has blasted another fond hope.
He disavows any authority by which
the Health Department can require the
removal of snow and. ice from the side
walks.
incidentally he comes to the defense
of the much abused germ that is sup
posed TO lurk in dark corners to spring
out at the slightest provocation on un-
suspecting victims
Forlorn Hope Destroyed.
Despairine of reaching the citizen who
fails to'remove snow from his sidewalk
by any other means. it was suggested
that the health regulations might be
brought to bear, by reason of the al
legged fact that snow and ice, if allowed
10 remain on the sidewalk, will collect
filth and germs.
This suggestion came to the Conrnis-
SioEers from DR.. j. NJ Craig.
The Health Offieer. however. ref,,se c
20 let the burden of keeping the side
walks clean in the winter time be
showed ont7 his shoulders under the
the Invisible germ He expressed his
views OF the. germ in general. and the
snow germ IN Particular in writing to
the Commissioners today.
An Inofensive Germ.
He brings to light a number of new
and interesting facts about The nature
and life Of the ever present baeiIh. For
instance. he leads one to believe that a
nice respectable germ wiz not cause
anybody any trouble as long as it sticks
TO the sidewalk.
If the germ gets ambitious and rises
10 the higher atmosphere Dr. Woodward
viii not answer for the consequences
but he thinks that ever then the s;r.ow
germ family is. not yet as deDraved as
germs he might name but doesn't
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS
ARE SENT HOME

ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 3-It is re-
ported that the battleship Orel and the
protected cruiser Izumrud. the former
with Admiral Rogestvensky's squadron
and last heard of from Cape Town, and
the latter with Admiral Eoelkersahn' s
SQUADRON, which recently coaIed at and
sailed from Jibutii, French Somaliland.
have been recalled, as unfit to proceed
ON active service
Admiral Skrydlof has been ordered
aome. II is reported that he will be
given command OF the Third squadron.
end ultimately succeed Admiral Rogest-
yenSky
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
GENERAL MACARTHUR
PRAISES SIGNAL CORPS

General Macarthur, commanding the
Pacific division, in his report to the de-
partment on the joint maneuvers held
curing The summer at Atascadero. Cal,
ana AT American Lake. Wash, says the
most notable event connected with the
exercises resulted from the 1esourceful-
ness of the Signal Corps under Lieutei1-
ant Gordale at American Lake. when
under the pressure of emergencies many
ingenious and valuable electrical deYo-
onstrations were made
Tne report recommends a perma nent
continuance of the maneuyers
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DEATH RECORD

Beebe. Charles E. 6S 419 2d st nw.
Belt; Hattie r.. i. 10 9Th ST ne
Clarke. George w ST. 5l3 L st Sc
tlavin. John J.. 49, l235 North c,apItoI 90
Gray. Mary N, 90, Georgetown Univ. Hosp
EeFndon. Daisy. %. Freedmahs Hospital
Johnson Washington. H. Freedrnan's Eosn
Jones; infant OF benjamin =, and Caroline N.
l hour. 18th ST. ne 49,
Ready. Ellen. 10, 34Oz St NV
Lewis. Margaret l. Georgetown T-nIv Hos,
Sewell. Ruth. S. 5il New Jersey ave NV
Tflly. Edward r, &c. 923 rs St NV.
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
Wants Private Whipping.

Commissioner Macfarland beng asked
his opinion of the whipping post said:
IN spite of the objections raised
against ii L am still as strongly as ever
in favor of the proposition of the Presi-
dent that probably some form of cor
pcral punishment would be the most ef-
fectiye way of meeting crimes of cruelty
against the weak and especially the
physical cruelty of brutal husbands to
their wives. The wife beater should be
beaten himself. but in private, not in
public
Privacy of such punishment would
prevent its having any de1noralizing
effect upon the man himself, for such
character needs such treatment. just
as some boys can only be controlled with
the rcd. 1t would certainly have a de-
terrent effect upon crimes of that class
Every other kind of punishment has
failed with such men, but this. l be-
iieve. would succeed. l don't think it
would be necessary to have more than
one or two such whippings. or course
they would be done humanely in any
cYent. But there is something in a
physical Punishment of this sort which
makes a greater impression than IS pos
sible with any other kind
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
| OGO DECLINES
A RECEPTION

TOKYO. Dec 2L-AdmiraI Togo has
declined the offer of 4 reception in his
honor By the municipality, pleading tha.
he is too busy to attend TO it.
He intends 70 devote mis- time in Tohvo
staff
The admiral today attended the funeral
services of the officers anG men ltiIIet,
at Port Arthur He read their eulogx.
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
STORM WRECKS
THE SEVASTOPOL

LONDON. Dec. 31.-The Rome corre-
spondent of the Central News wires
that a telegram received by the italian
ravy department from Chefoo an
nounces that heavy storm at Port
Arthur has completed the destruction
OF the Russian battleship SeyastopoI
The other damaged Russian Warshfps
also suffered severely -
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
CITIZENS OPPOSE A
WHIPPING POST HERE

they could torture their husbands meo-
taHy until deSerGon would be almost
justified. For example, take a man who
has once struck his wife in the heat OF
passion. A light blow of which he IS
afterward Intensely ashamed Some No-
man would forever afterw4Td threaten.
III have you whipped2 WHAT man
would stand it?
Il do not think that such law would
restrain wife -beaters. Indeed. | think
that it would instead. only make them
more brutal There are a great man,
men who would rather die than be
whipped; in fact !. myself. am one OF
them
There is yet another great and glar-
ms flaw IN such a punishment The
whipping post could not and never
would be enforced fairly and without
consideration of color and position
Every negro who struck his wife would
De whipped, and whipped soundly
W Hite men, even the lower element
ur'iesS they Were universally recognized
as utterly worthless, would get off pro-
vided little influence could be brought
70 bear Prominent business merl-and
there are many of these who strike
lhsir wives, too-would get off without
difficulty. and with little or no notorietyr
bad thing, first. because il would IN
crease deSertion, which is already TOO
common an occurrence: second. because
IN many cases it would change a wife
no means least, because il would be
enforced only IN the cases of people of
my own colorS
The thing to do is to sentence every
1lfe-be3tcr. be he white or black. in
hut ntial or a nobody, to Il stipulated
length of time in the chain gang-say
month, for instance The punishment
would be longer but, | would rather
serve five months in the chain gang
than receive one lash at the whipping
DCSl
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
GIL LAMP ExPLoDFs.

A coaI-oil lamp exploded at the home
of Samuel Fairfax, 515 Twentieth Street
northwest, shortly after 5 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. and caused a sl:cht
fire An alarm was sounded from hov
80. but the blaze was extznguished be-
fore members of No. engine company
could reach the scene.
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
H. [. BRIDGMAN GOES
TO EGYPT AND CONGO

LONDON, Dec 31.-Herbert L. Bricg-
man, of Brooklyn. n. Y. left London
tonight for the Congo by way of Naples
and Cairo. At Cairo Mr.. Bridgnan Will
join Explorer j. j. Harrison, and both
VIII go TO the Congo, where Mr.. BriGg-
man will look into conditions in the Free
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
CHURCH NOTICES.

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, Sth ard H
sts. NV; Rev Samuel H Greene. D. D..
pastor.-S-30 a. m, Sunday school. P H
Bristow. superintendent Public worship.
with sermon by the pastor. II g. and
7-30 pm Teachers Bible Club, Thursday, Z
meetings Tuesday, pm and Sunday, 6-s5
pm All are cordially invited II
THE WESLEYAN PENTECoSTAL CHURCH
will hold Sundays services in Northeast Tenn
pie. ne. between 1ith and 18th sts-
twice during the day Services will be at 10
a. m. and o. m Revival services Will
be held every evening during the week in
the Temple and a 10 a m. day service Will
be held in the church. 9Th and D SITS NV 1t
SECOND CHURCH OF CHRIST. Scientist.
Hail 1902 18th St nw--Serviees Sunday II
am subject Life Sunday school. 10-i5
am; Wednesday. 8 pm Reading room,
Traders Bank Building. 10Th st and Penn
sylvania are II
VEDANTA SOCIETY
Headquarters. % West 7th St. New York
Swami Abhedananda Of India Sunday les-
lures. II q
January Necessity of symbols.
January S-Perfect Health
January 15-HUman Affection and Divine
Love.
January 2e-Transnli grafton
January 29-Work Is Worship IL
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE-First Church OF
Service Sunday. IL a m and D. m sub
5ect Life Sunday school, 10 a m .
"Wednesday. pm Public cordially invited
All seats free. Reading rooms IN the Traders
National Bank Building. corner Pennsylvania
ave and 10th II
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
TOGO PLANS TO SINK
BALTIC FLEET GOLFERS

with one of the type of submarines now
in the Crited States Navy
Mr. Lake is said TO have received as
surances that his desires will be graft
fed. The Lake company's force of
dra ughtsmen and mechanics have been
sent from this city TO Newport News
and the Office here is in charge of one
man.
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
A Juror Who Voted 4No."

Daniel Freeman. coIored one of the
two members of the grand jury who OPP
posed the whipping post re,ommenda-
tion said today:
The whipping pest if established.
would be a disgrace to The ,.i15- II
would cause desertion to oe ar everyday
occurrence. What man would return to
woman and work for her arIef he hat.
peen publicly whipp.I on her account
1t would also pat a phrase :, INC
mouths of some women with which
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
LADIES,

Examine the New Domestic Sewing
Machine" either chain or lockstitch
pail bearing and very simple, sold on
monthly payments Special discount for
cash DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE
AGENCY S2S z ST NV deZ-3mo
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
A Long Step Backward.

In discussing the matter of the whip
ping post Mr.. Weller said the suggestion
had served TO infiame the imagination
of the public and 10 take its attention
away from more important recommends
atlons regarding local affairs made in
the Presidents message. He declares
the Police Court methods now in prac-
tice are too mechanical. and the estab-
Eshnent of the whipping post viii be
but another mechanical form of punish
ment. III addition 10 being q long step
backward to inhumau practices
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
The Commissioners of Pharmacy

VIII hold an examination for registra-
ton MONDAY, JANUARY g. 1865 9
a. m. at National College of Pharmacy
Candidates must have their applica-
lions, together with the fee provided by
law, filed with the secretary before
January 2 1895
HENRY A JOHNSTON, Phar.D.,
Secretary
12N New Jersey Avenue northwest.
The Washington times., 1904-12-31

A MEETING of the stockholders of the
Capital Traction Company for the eIec-
ton Of directors viii be held at the Office
OF the company, Union Passenger Sta
ton, On Wednesday. the I1th day OF
January, is55 The polls viii be opened
at 10 a. NJ and closed at L n. G. T.
DUNLOP. President c. NJ KOONES,
Secretary de26-l5t-exsu
THE STOCKHOLDERS of the Fire
mems Insurance Company Of Washing
office of the company On Monday, jan
uary ?, 1896, between the hours OF y m
and 1 p NJ, for the purpose of electing
thirteen directors for the ensuing year.
c. W. HOWARD. Secretary de2S-I1I
The Washington times., 1904-12-31

THE AMERICAN SECURITY AND
TRUST COMPANY has declared q
quarterly dividend of one and three
quarters per cent, payable January 10,
1905, to the stockholders OF record AT
the close of business on December 81,
1904, and the transfer books or the COM
pany will be closed between said dates
inclusive CHARLES J. BELL PreSi-
dent. JAMES F. HOOD, Secretary.
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
A GuARANrEED cuaE roe FILES.

itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles
Your druggist. Will refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT falls to you in to II days
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
TO CURE a COLD M ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Brono Quinine Tablets su
DRUGGISTS refund the money If il falls to cure
T. w. Groves signature is on each tcx. 3
The Washington times., 1904-12-31
MAUGuRAL coMMrFrEE.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC COMFORT.
Room 800, Corcoran Building. 18th St N ".
All parties desiring TO furnish quarters
TO visitors during the Inaugural period
are requested TO cali al this office or
send description Of rooms. stating the
number OF persons that can be supplied
with sleeping accommodates with or
without meals, terms, etc
M /. WELLER, Chairman.
de20-30t Committee on Public Comfort