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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-23
DAWES COMMISSION MAY
NOT Be ABOLISHED
While Two Remaining Members May
Resign Chairman Bixby Would
Remain to Wind Up Affairs.

officials of the Interior Department
deny most emphaucaHy that there is a
likelihood Of the Dawes commission be-
ing abolished. as has been reported
There have been already a number Of
designations on account of the Bona
parte report and for other causes. and
it is rumored that the designations of
Commissioner Breckenridge anti Com
missioner Needles are looked for. Should
these two resign there viii be only one
member Of the commission left, Chair
man Tams Bixby
It is not denied at the Interior De-
paTtment that Breckenridge and Needles
might resign. If they should do so sue
cCssors TO them might or might not be
appointed. The BOnaparte report rec
ommends the abolition of the commits
sion and the appointment of one man
10 wind UP its affairs, as the commits
sion viii not continue longer than July.
1908, the date of its expiration.
Should Needles and Breckenridge re-
sign, Bixby would be left to wind up
the affairs OF the commission and II
seems probable that this Will be the out
come. The commission would then die
d natural Death without being abolished
10y positive action on the part OF the
Government.
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Died Intestate.
NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE. Nd. March 23.-At the
iatimation Of General Harries, vice pres
ident of the Washington and Rockville
Railway Company. that he would like
to meet some Of the representative cit
liens of this place looking toward an
understanding in reference to the rail-
road dispute now existing between the
company and the town Of Rockville,
there was a meeting held in the court
house here. when plans were discussed.
Philip D. Laird was chosen chairman
Several members Of the council were
present Resolutions were adopted as
First. that the road should run to
the west end Of the town.
Second that If the road failed to do
this, the bin now pending in the Legis-
lature would be pressed.
Third, that an ordinance affOrding Suf-
dcient protection TO the town would be
agreed upon and enforced.
The chairman appointed committee
of five To meet General HarrieS in the
near future TO discuss this question and
TO present 10 him conditions under
which the cars can again enter the linn
its of the town. The committee is com
posed of William II. Lamar, Edward c.
Peter, William r. Humphrey, Jacob
Poss. and the chairman
An elOplr couple, James w Boyd.
aged twenty and Eta S. Boyd, aged
nineteen. third cousins. both from Har-
Vey Mills, Warren county, Va. were
married al this place Monday afternoon
by the Rev w +. Locke.
N the circuit court here, Judge John
C MOtter on the bench. the appeal
docket was taken Up yesterday morn
ing.
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EFFICIENCY OF THE
ORDNANCE BUREAU
Bill Providing for Assignments. Grades and Changes in
This Branch of the Military Service

Army legislation pending in Congress
has been added to by a bill introduced
by Mr.. Proctor. acting chairman of the
Military Affairs Committee to increase
the efficiency Of the Ordnance Depart
ment.
The bill provides that the Ordnance
Department shall consist OF one chief
of ordnance, with the rank Of brigadier
general; seven coIonels, zen lieutenant
colonies, twenty-one majors, twenty
three captains. twenty-three first lieu
tenants. and the enlisted men. including
ordnance sergeants. as now authorized
by law. Vacancies created shall. as far
as possible. be filed by promotion ac-
cOrding to seniority as now prescribed
by Jaw, except that the chief IF ordnance
shall be selected from the permanent
officers Of the corps, for a period of four
years.
Vacancies in the grades Of captain
and first lieutenant Of ordnance shall be
filed by detail from the army at large,
from the same grade or the grade be-
low for four years. after which no Off
Ger shall again be eligible for detail
until he has served one year out OF the
department officers shall be detailed
subject to such examination as may be
prescribed by the Secretary of War, and
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Secretary Shan Stands
By Two Widow Clerks
DefieS Civil Service Rules and Protests of
Commissioners That Women and Their
Children May Have Living

TWO temporary clerkships in the
Treasury Department are just now wor-
rying the heads of the Civil Service
Commission.
In spite of the rules. which should be
obeycd by all officials IN the Government
service, the Secretary of the Treasury
has persisted In keeping two women
clerks in their places beyond the term
allowed for temporary service" The
Civil Service Commissioners have made
their protest in writing, pointing out the
various sections and paragraphs in such
and such laws that are being violated
by the continuance of the clerks in Of
fec, and have offered TO certify
clerks on the waiting list for the places
But the Secretary of the Treasury says
he wants none Of the certified clerks
You may make your protests. gentle
men, Secretary Shaw said to the Com
missioners verbally. You will have
done your duty when you have
made those protests. but I think the two
clerks will hold on just the same. They
are the only cases that I know Of in
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Bill Sunday ChaSeS
Devil Into Mississippi
Women's Clubs at Sterling, ILL.,, Publicly Re-
nounCe Card PIaying--PeopIe Go to Meet
ing and Saloons Are Deserted.

CHICAGO, March 23.-"Old Bill" Sun
day. the chum of king Kelly, "Sil-
ver' Flint. Ed Williamson. and
Tom" Burns. eighteen years ago on the
Chicago champion ball team, is now. at
fOrty-one years of age, chasing the
devil into the Mississippi River
He has closed his great work at
Sterling. III. where 165, 600 persons at
tended his meetings in forty days and
half as many more heard him by tele-
rhcne. Whole towns and communities
were converted by him.
After one sermon on ''amusements"
the effect of his work was quickly seen.
The next day it was announced that
fourteen whist clubs had been dis
banded, that two dancing classes had
been broken up, that one merchant had
bought his partners share in a stock
OF 80 decks of playing cards that he
might burn them, that card tables were
smashed and burned at scores of homes
in the city, and that in Rock Falls sew
eraI dances projected by the wealthiest
leople had been abandoned.
The disruption of the whist clubs be-
gan on the night the sermon was
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which have violated those sacred rules
OF yours. and / think will keep on vfo-
latfng them The women who hold
these places are both widows. with
three or four children apiece If throw
them out Of their little clerksl1fps they
will have to be separated from their
children. for they viii not be able to
keep them In bread If they hold these
temporary places they can just man
age to get along
But what am / to do about it2'' one
Of the Civil Service Commissioners
asked the Secretary
"Oh, make your protest In writing.
replied the Secretary. You will then
have a clear conscience. 1 think my
duty just at present is to keep those
poor women in"
Under the civil service laws the heads
Of executive departments are allowed TO
make temporary appointments" when
emergencies arise. but the appointees
cannot hold their places longer than
thirty days. If clerks are needed for a
longer period than a month the Civil
Service Commission is supposed to make
the appointments from the waiting
list"
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preached. At the close of the sermon
Miss Clara Cochran. president of the
Young Women's Club. in Sterling. pub
licly announced that she would never
again play a game of cards. The mem
bers of every other card club in the city
made a similar announcement next day,
and now there is not left a single club
in the city except one composed Of
business men. and it is not a card club.
Every womans club is abandoned. The
business houses have been closed in the
evening. the crowds have disappeared
from the streets and saloons are de-
serted
Mr.. Sunday is a medium-sized but
powerful man. He has n sonorous
voice and flashing eyes His arms beat
the air necessarily. He PAGES contin-
ually from side to side of the platform
his words roll out in never-ending
denunciation Of wick edness and appeals
for righteousness. With his voice he
could preach to 80. 600 as well as 5000
The irreligious find no escape from him
in the distant rear seats. Though a
choir of 200 voices may stand singing
on the platform, his voice rings clear
above it.
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PERMIT FOR EXTENSION
CANNOT BE GRANTED
Costello's Saloon Is Within 400 Feet Of
Jewish Synagogue.

Corporation Counsel Duvall submit
ted an opinion 20 the District Commits
sioners today saying that the short dis
lance between the Jewish Synagogue
and the barroom of w J. and ]. A
Costello. 604-5l0 G Street northwest,
takes from the excise board the
right TO grant the Costellos a IL
cense for adding to their barroom by
using the doors at 600 and COZ as en-
frances to their establishment
The present law says that no place
shall be licensed as a barrOom If within
400 feet OF a place of worship. This bar
OF the present law. however, and the
owners thought that for this reason they
would not be affected by it.
The Corporation Counsel SAYS the IL
cense for the extension cannot be grant
ed
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MUST INTERPRET
jim CROW LAW
Courts May Have to Decide
Points.
STATUS OF EXPRESS TRAINS
Several to Philadelphia and New York
Stop at a Humber of Mary
land Stations

BALTIMORE. Md. March 23.-It will
probably be necessary Tor the courts TO
decide what kind of trains on the Penn
sylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio, and
the other railroads come under the new
Jim Crow law
There were two bills, one relating to
railroads and the other TO steamboats,.
While the bill declares that the law ap-
plies only to local trains, railroe u law
yers say. trains should have been desig-
mated. Some express trains to Philadel-
phia and New York stop at number of
stations in Maryland and might be term
ed local part of the way. 1t is not be-
ieved, however, that trains between
Philadelphia and Washington, which
stop at Odenton, Bowie, Annapolis
Junction HaVTe de Grace. Singerly, and
PerryVille come within the purview of
the act and are therefore exempt from
use of separate cars for negroes.
The steam boat measure requires the
captain. purser. or other officer in
charge to separate the white and negro
passengers in the sitting, sleeping, and
eating departments.
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
TO CANAL COMMISSION
President Writes That Ability and Not
Influence Must Be Criterion
of Appointments.

President Roosevelt has addressed a
letter to the Isthmian Canal Commission
in which he gives them general instruc-
uons how the work IS to be conducted.
Ability. and not influence" he saws.
must be the criterion for the appoint
ment Of employees and contractors. Fur
Their, the President says:
The plans are to be carefully made
with a view to the needs not only OF the
moment. but of the future The ex-
pendttures are to be supervised as rig
orously as if they were being made for
private corporation dependent for its
profits upon the returns. You are to
secure the best talent this country can
afford TO meet the conditions created
by every need which may arise The
methods for achieving the results must
be yours. What this nation will insist
upon is that the results be achieved
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NEAL WILL RETURN
TO BALTIMORE HOME

Having recovered from the effects of
The Illuminating gas which he inhaled
while an occupant OF room in the
American House on Sunday night. A. G..
Neal. has been released from the Emer-
gency Hospital, and has signified his in
tention of going to his home in Balti-
more.
Neal was found unconscious on his
bed by Walter Roosevelt, a cousin of
President Roosevelt. who had the young
man removed 10 the Emergency Hos
p1taL The physicians say Neal did not
say whether he had attempted suicide
Persons at the American House are di-
vided in their opinion as to whether il
was an attempted suicide or accident
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-23
DOORS IN GAS PIPES.

IN answer to numerous complaints
made by residents TO the Georgetown
Gas Light Company, about the bad
OdoTs which escape from the gas pipes
in their homes, President w. Riley
Decide says this condition is due to the
using OF a quantity of inferior coal
containing an unusually large amount
OF sulphur. He also SAYS the company
has entered into a contract with an
other coal firm. and that the odors will
cease in a day OF two. Many Of the
residents say the odOr was caused by
the company using cheap oil in the
manufacture Of the gas, but this is de-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-23
UNITED STATES MONEY
IN DEMAND AT BOGOTA

United States currency is in great de-
mand in Colombia. according TO consul
lar reports from that country. II is said
that nearly all business transactions in
Colombia are based upon United States
currency Much of the coin Of the
United States is in circulation and IL IS
said that a large amount of American
nickels, dimes. quarters. and dollars Is
necessary. Much gold is in circulation.
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SALE OF WHARF PROPERTY.

The property owned by the Inland
Seaboard Company, on Water Street,
Georgetown. IL is understood. viii soon
change hands. Several days ago the
representatives of a large construction
company offered $47 zoo for the prop
erty. and il is thought the offer Will be
year
Recently the demands for George
town water front property have been
great and there are indications that
the railroad facilities being installed in
and about Georgetown viii have the eff
feet Of making the section great COM
mercial center. There seems to be no
doubt now that the Baltimore and Ohio
road win enter GEORGETOWN.
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STREET IMPROVEMENT.

The matter Of the improvement Of
streets in the West End will come be-
fore the Board of Commissioners today.
A number Of Georgetown citizens will
appear before the Board to- speak of the
many needed improvements. A strong
effort viii be made this year to secure
an appropriation for the repaving Of
Water Street from the Aqueduct Bridge
to Rock Creek. A petition signed by all
Of the property owners and merchants
on the street asking for the improve
ment has been sent the Commissioners
over one thousand tons of merchandise
are hauled back and forth over this
street daily.
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the vacancies shall be flied as now pro-
vided for by law.
Vacancies in the grade cf major of
ordnance. after promotion of al per-
manent officers nov in the Ordnance De-
partment. shall be filled by the appoint
ment Of officers of the grade next below,
who shall have served by detail in the
Ordnance Department, the selection to
be made as the result of an examination,
AZ proved by the Secretary of War"
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NEWS FROM BOYDS.

BOYDs. Nd. March By August 1
the Baltimore ana Ohio Railraad ex-
poets to have its new steel bridge now
building across the Monocacy River fin
ished- The road can then send the
large Atlantic passenger engines over
this division 10 handle its Worlds Fair
traffic for St. Louis. This type Of engine
Is massive in size and has great power
well a speed. The erection of this
bridge commenced early last summer
and required the building Of several new
stone piers and the rebuilding of old
ones.
The body Of Ms. Cora Belle Benton,
who died in Baltimore Sunday was in
TERED in the Methodist Episcopal Ceme-
terry at HyattstOwn near BOyds, yester-
day. near the remains of her father.
q. " DutrOW. who died at his home al
HyattstOWn on Thursday last. Mrs.
Benton was born In Hyattstown and
was well known. She was the wife of
MQrgan 5. Benton. of Baltimore. A Sis
ter, Mrs. Fannie King Of Purdum. and
a brother. W. H. Dutr0w, Of byatts-
town, survive her. The Rev. c NJ Yost
officiated Al the funeral
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SENT TO ST. ELIzARETH,s.

After an examination by Drs. Vale
and Marbury, police surgeons, it was
decided that Morris Miller, twenty-one
years old. arrested last night on sus-
picion of insanity. was Of unsound mind
and he was removed TO St. Elizabeth s
Asylum for the Insane.
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LODGE ANNIVERSARY.

Potomac Lodge. No. >. F. a. A. NJ. OF
Georgetown, VIII hoiG its 18th ami
versary banquet, at Masonic Hail. on
the evening Of April p The following
committee is making arrangements for
the celebration; j. q. Huddleston,
chairman; lie Roy c. McNeal, George
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LOCAL MENTION.
Purity Is No. the only virtue

OF Nat. Cap. Brewing Co. s "Muenches
ner' Beer-its delicious and heaIthful as
well. dOz.. S1.25. Phone. Do
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First in the Field.

William J. Zeh, the coal man, nakes A
bold bid for the coal trade Dy quoting
exceptionally low prices for fuel.
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WATCH TIE SKIN FOR signs oF BAD BLOOD.


itching of
off by
infand by oily appearance
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CLASS WINS BANNER.

Class No. of the Sunday school of
the Dumbarton Avenue Methodist Epis-
copal Church of Georgetown. Miss Hell
en- Smith. teacher. also known as the
John Henry Wilson class won the
banner this year for raising the largest
fund of ali Ct the Sunday school classes
for the Foreign Missionary Society The
banner was awarded to the winning
class last Sunday. 1t IS Of blue satin
and inscribed, John Henry Wilson
Class, 1904"
For the past six years the prize has
been won by the class known as the
Buds Of Promise" Mrs Isaac Birch
teacher. The John Henry Wilson
class this year collected about $50 The
entire collections Of the Sunday school
amounted 10 about 500. which is the
largest amount accumulated since 1855.
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DOMESTIC SUES
DEAD MANS HEIRS
Wants S6,84O for Nineteen
Years Work.
WAS DlGGINS' H0USEKEEPER
Mary Mcguire Claims That Verbal
Contract Was Made Between
Parties-Left No Will.

Mary Mcguire has begun proceedings
in the District Supreme Court against
Thomas. Mary T., and Margaret Dig
gins, heirs al law of the late Patrick
Diggins. TO recover $3.50. as wages for
nineteen years service rendered Patrick
Diggins The defendants named are
nieces and a nephew of the deceased
and are under twenty-One years of age.
According TO her declaration, Med by
Attorney Leon TObrlner, Mrs Mcguire
SAYS that i'm June, 1SS4 at the urgent
request of Patrick Diggins, she became
his housekeeper.
Entered Into Contract.
BY the terms of her contract with him.
she says. he agreed that in considera-
ton of her taking UP her residence with
him. taking care of his home. furnish
ing him all comforts, and administering
10 MS wants for the remainder Of his
lie. ne would compensate her for such
services by deVising to her, by his last
VIII and ties lament, lot mum bered %, IN
square numbered l9S. improved by prem
lses numbered 1903 L Street northwest,
this city; that, relying upon such prom
Use and contract. she entered upon the
duties of hOusekeeper for him, remOV-
ing with her family from her residence
TO the house on l. Street, and from
that time on she took care Of him, ad-
miniStering TO all his wants, mending
and washing his clothes. furnishing MIN MIN
his meals, and in every respect FULLY
complied with her contract and agree
ment
Died Intestate.
In September. 1903. Diggins died. So far
as the complainant could ascertain, he
left no will whatsoever, and failed TO
compensate her, as he agreed to do She
says that her services are worth the
sum herein mentioned, and that his real
estate. which consists Of properties on
/ Street. between Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth.. and in South Washington, should
be sold for the purposes of paying her
claim, as also the claims Of other cred
itOrs.
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NEWS OF GEORGETOWN

S. Waters, Isaac Birch. William s.
Waddey, James s. Raeburn, Ernest G.
Boeger, the Rev. Stanley Billheimer.
Lem Towers, jr., W. Clyde Hunt, Rob
ert Is. ClOakey. and Richard S. Clifton
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Two Burner, Double Round Nick Oil
Cooker. $50. a. EbsrIy,s Sons. rs 7th st.
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and red, o1shgurlng blotches, p1mples,
blackheads, and all manner of torment
ing, itching eruptions break through and
continue until the riotous, feverish blood
has been restored to its normal state
At this season the system should
have d thorough cleansing, the blood pur-
flied and all the bodily organs toned up
and strengthened, or you may look out
for a return of your old skin trouble
later on, for as long as a remnant of the
disease remains in the blood it is liable
to come back. The use of lotions, pow
ders, soaps and salves in diseases of the
skin do but little good, for the blood and
not the skin is the real seat of the trouble
1t IS internal, not external. The humor
or poison i'll the blood is the cause of the
eruption, and a blood purifier and not
lotions or salves is required in the treat
nlent of these skin diseases. Face pow
ders and cosmetics of various kinds cover
up for the time being the ugly blemishes,
blackheads and pimples and glaze over
the rough red skin, but the impurities in
the blood will continue to break out until
the evil is corrected at its fountain head.
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For Easter Get the Latest, an Ostrich Or
Emu Egg Of schmid's. 10 18th st.
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When You Want Cut
o. anything Joyce engraving Co.. Star Bldg.