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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-07
MANY BILLS PASSED.
House Takes Action on Many Matters
Deficiency Appropriation Bill Dis
cuSSel.
Yours very truly,
SOL BEAR & CO

washington, Feburay 23.-The ses-
sion of the House today was devoid OF
incidents such as marked the clos
ing hours yesterday. AS an evidence
of the approaching adjournment, a
large number of bills were passed by
unanimous consent and an evening
session was held in order to discuss the
general deficiency appropriation bill.
During the day the bills amending
The homestead laws as to lands in South
Dakota and Colorado SO as to permit
the entry of GAO acres instead OF 160
were discussed. Final action then.
however, was prevented by the dila-
tory tactics Of the opposition.
Nj. Hemenway in explaining the gen
eral deficiency bill laid especial empha-
sis on the action of the committee la
framing a provision designed to curtail
the abuse Of creating deficiencies III
the several departments. After calling
attention to the vast increase in the de-
Ifciencies his yea owe those of last
Iyear, Mr.. Livingston, of Georgia, as
lserted that there must be something
radically wrong in the management OF
llne departments ne SAIL lhdI III AAio
it was due to contracts made
land expenditures unadvertised and he
thought the practice should stop.
The best way to correct the growing
EVIL was to adopt the provision referred
to by Mr.. Hemenway, as an illustrd-
ltion Of the extent to which Deficiencies
we're piled VI he cited the items in the
bill of 81, s60,77 for the navy n 81
1e2, 945 for the treasury department.
Mr.. Longworth. of Ohio, under lati-
Itude of debate, discussed the subject
!of the necessity for Increasing the sal
laries of ambassadors, incidentally max
ling a plea for the raising of the Presi-
dents salary to s1G0. COO.
After some further debate the House
~Ia6iaurned until tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-07

Re-.bs !, The Kind You Have Always Bought
s'ss q &MzZM
Not Yet.

Lincoln'S humor often got him ont
of trying situations and tempered his
refusal of favors, as happened dur
ing the civil war when a gentleman
asked him for a pass through the
federal lines to Richmond. 81 should
be happy to oblige you" said Lin
coin. If my passes We're respected.
Tut the fact is, within the last two
years I have given passes to Rich
,fAnnd to a quarter Of a million men.
and mo- one has got there yet
Progressive Farmer.
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gas,. 4ha 4 Tho Kind You Have Always Baughk.
# gNIZM
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-07
Combinations by the Senate

washington, March 1.-The Senate
today confirmed the following nomina-
tons:
Joseph ". J. Lee. Maryland, consul
general at Panama: captain Albert 3
Snow TO be q ear admiral in the navy
Postmasters: North Carolina -
Francis J. Reed, Biltmore; Charles NJ
Hoover, Townsville.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-07

Why suffer with headache. consti-
patton. stomach, kidney and liver
troubles. when HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea will cure your No
money wanted unless you are cured.
rs cents. Tea or Tablests. r. r. Bel
iany. all
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-07

The United States a is appar-
emily as much opposed to impeach-
ment as the juries in some sections are
to capital Observation-Disclosures o.
server.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-03-07
BOND MATTER SETTLED.
AGREEMENT REACHED Is salts.
FACTORY AND HONORABLE

Legislature Arranging to Adjourn
Tuesday Nighf-Fighf ON the State
Gcologist-Insitei TO Attend install
lation OF DR.. Alderman rs Prcsi-
dent OF the University OF Virginia.
Wilson tn Vote ON Dispcnsary.
The Washington times., 1905-02-16
WASTING AWAY

It's the small but constant
loss of flesh that indicates
physical waste the gradual
slipping away of healthy flesh,
pound by pound, which no
ordinary food seems to re-
store. SCOTS Emulsion will
restore it. This Emulsion is
the greatest flesh builder OBJ
tainable. SCOTS Emulsion
first stops the wasting-tllat's
one gain. Then when it sup
plies new flesh and takes one
back to normal strength and
weight, that's another gain
and a big one.
Wen send you a sample. free
SCOTT & BOVINE. 400 Pearl Street New Yosz
The Washington times., 1905-02-16
Trade Mark In Shoes
Led to Tdentif1 cation

BOSTON. Feb 16.-The enigma Of the
identity Of TIE young man found dead
Tuesday In his apartments at the Hotel
Touraine, after taking his own life. has
been solved,
It is known that the suicide is Hiram
McCouum. OF LoekpoFt. n. Y, president
Of the third year medical class at the
George Washington University, Wash
ington, D. G.. and a clerk in the War
Department. -
Although the young man had cleverly
cbliterated every visible mark on his
belongings, which might betray his
identity. the police examining his sIsoes
discovered a secret trade mark and
symbols showing his shoes were made
by a Broekton. Mass. firm.
From this clue his identity was estab-
lished.
Though the suicide is identified. thc
mystery IS only deepened. No motive is
known for the act.
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NO ACID FOUND ON
PAINTER HAMRY'S ROPE
ieontinned From First Issse.)


rope by which the scafYolding was sus-
pended, and leaves Captain Boardman
and his men without ground upon which
to stand. They have abandoned the
idea of further investigation of the case
unless new developments induce new
suspicious. IN the meantime they ac-
cept the theory of accident
Thorough Analysis Made.
The ragged ends of rope, at the break
ing point. were cut off by the police
after the Coroner's inquest, at which it
was freely charged that some persistent
enemy of the unfortunate young paint
.er had sought and taken his life, and
that acid had been placed on the rope
to accomplish this brutal and cruel pur-
rose. The rope ends were turned over
to Or. Lynch and by him d thorough
ANALYSIS, for the purpose Of discovering
| the presence Of acid. was made.
The analysis not only destroyed the
theory that acid had been placed on
the rope purposely by some naiignant
enemy but also that which attributed
the breaking of the rope to acid from
the kits Of timers working on the roof.
Another Theory Exploded.
In the meantime another story has
gone by the board. It has been ascer-
tanned that the letter signed Kate, :
found in Frank Hanby's pocket when
his body was. searched at the morgue,
and at first thought to contain a posi-
bic elsie to the solution of the mystery,
Was written by a young woman who has
not been in Washington since last Octo-
Der. The letter was sent to Handy last
August. and apparently had been thrust
into his pocket and remained there ever
since
The relatives of the young woman say
that during the three months of her Wis
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II TO Washington last fall Frank Handy
came TO the house to see her not more
tnan half doZea times While they
We're good friends there was no quest on
or love between them. The young people
mad known each other several years be-
fore, when they both lived in Anacostia.
The painter. il is said was always a
qatet and well-behayed young man. In
deed, the girls used to say that he was
too quiet. The fact that he was mar
risd man came to the family as a dis
tinct surprise
The letter which suggested an engage
Hneut down town was signed Emma
and was not that found on his body 1t
was this engagement Handy started to
keep When he was warned away
Accepts Accident Theory.
I'VE are forced to accept the theory
of accident said Captain Boardnan
this morning, for we have absolutely
nothing 10 Justify suspicion of foul
play, Unless there should be new de-
veiopments in the case, which / for one
do not expect. the police will take no
further action. The report of DR..
Lynch leaves us without anything upon
which to proceed.
The fact that the rope was tested,
even short time before the occurrence
OF the accident tells nothing, however.
a rope may stand the strain of a test
perfectly and yet fail to bear the weight
for which 1t is intended.
perfect Illustration of this fact is
involved in the execution yesterday of
RaisfngeF, the New Jersey murderer
The rope was tested but when the drop
teu II broke. 1t may have been so IL
this case: the test NAV have strained
the rope to the breaking point. and the
added weigh, Of Handy and the scat
folding completed the work A flaw
the severing of few strands on the
sharp edge of the roof or cornfce-any
relatively little thing of this character
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of man who had taken morphine, but
mad sEored and hence attracted atten-
tic.l to his condition before the drug
had had time TO prove fatal, ne said:
! That's it. Morphine viii defeat itself
unless one is careful.
Il remember that the earnest way in
which he said 1t almost made me shiver
He was joviai In dignifed way but he
liked to discuss morbid subjects. [ SUP
posed It was the physicians instinct.
Might Have Been Saved.
Il shall always feel that had / only
been able to persuade him to stay until
the boys came down to breakfast Sun
day morning. he would EeVer have killed
himself. HIS mind was in a terrible
condition He had not slept during thu
night and was overworked.
But 1 think. had he sat with us q
while, he might nave forgotten himself
and his awful purpose. He hesitated
when | asked him to stay and he seem
ed to feel himself weakening and rushed
eff
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Friend Knows No Reason
For McCollum' Suicide

Frederick r. WhiIrle, a fellow-War
Department clerk, who sat at the desk
next TO Hiram McCoilum. and who was
perhaps MeCollum's particular chum,
said:
81 cannot think of any possible reason
why Hiram should have been led to
take his life.
II was associated with him both in
outside in his college life. my connec-
ton with George Washington Unuer=
sity being1with the Law Seheel.-9.s.------
Mac, as We all used 10 cali him,
was an energetic and popular fellow.
He took the lead in everything. It is
barely possible that in this he over
exerted himself and that a breakdown
resulted.
Subject to Insomnia.
Sometimes he was troubled with in
somnia. So far as know, however, he
was in excellent spirits before he went
away.
He never told US he was going to re-
sign. I never heard him talk about his
love affairs. and I don't know that he
had any serious attachment.
Il can say, Of my own knowledge, he
did not leave single debt in the world.
His record in the War Department was
Inblemished.
He was always a great athlete, and
We used TO row on the river a lot"
Mr Whipple was named In the letter
which AfccolIum wrote from New York
as the man TO whom he desired that
the balance OF his salary should be
The Washington times., 1905-02-16
No Union Interference
With MIR. Ernst or Men

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
VIII you kindly insert in your columns
this statement III regard to the death OF
Frank Handy, the painter who fell
and was killed on February 12 at tbs
Cairo apartment house? AT the inquest
It was stated by a witness that possibly
the union painters were instrumental iT
causing the death Of Handy, because he
was hon-union man. and it was iati.
mated that acid had been used on ths
ropes. causing them TO break and flIr
the unfortunate man TO his death,
Mr.. Ernst and the men in his employ
tried to make it appear that the unioI
painters were responsible for the dealt
Of Handy, because his shop and the
men he employed were non-union.
wish the public TO know that the unior
painters of this city would not ssoop sc
low as to cause a man to lose his life
just because he did not belong to the
union, and, Furthermore. we do not in.
terfere with Mr.. Ernst or his man what
soever. WILLIAM NJ LEWIS.
Business Agent, Painters Union 3es.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

ATTENTION District Corpora tons. Let
US file and publish your annual stzfe-
ments before the Garfield Biz uilIIifIes
your charter: everything for s300 COR
PORATION AGENCY co, Lis f. Phone
Main 3fG0 fet3-e0d f.ss
I0-INCH disc talking machine records,
now, soc each while they last. Good as
sortment. Come and hear them. Room
.. go & street, a. E. JONES, Mana ger.
jaI9-30t
NEW DOMESTIC sewing machine,
either chain Or lock STITCH two ma
chimes in onei ltghEesl running ball
bearing machine : simple and durable.
sold On monthly payments. Special
discount for cash, Phone or mail orders
promptly attended to. DOMESTIC
SEWING MACHINE CO. AGENCY. SO
ST. NV. Machines rented, 69e week.
The Washington times., 1905-02-16

may have started the break that finally
proved fatal
One suspicfot,s circumstance remains.
The ends OF the rope seemed TO indi-
cate II had been partially cut and PAL
tiaily Irokef1. one portion being clean.
and even, and the other jagged and
rough While this suggests the posi-
biiity of FOUL play, It may yet be ex-
piained in several ways which entirely
accord with the theory of accident
The Washington times., 1905-02-16
ATLANTIC CITY HOTELS.

The Washington Times advertis-
ing representative in Atlantic City
IS John G. Benson, general manager
OF the Resort Advertising Co, Bart
lett building, North Carolina and
Atlantic avenues. All advertisements
will be accepted at the same rates as
at the home office Of The Washing
ton Times.
The Washington times., 1905-02-16
Household Goods

All 25c and 30c Window Shades, de-
I prieei eoiors. Green Ticket 1oc
A number OF remnants of standard
brands Table Oilcloth, while they last
tomorrow. Green Ticket fXlc
price. per yard Isl
Fancy Cushion Tops, attractive de-
T priee values. Green Ticket 10e
Fancy Pillow Shams that sold 1ac
for 15c. Green Ticket price. AZ
u-4 All-wooI Cal Blankets, in white
and gray; were s4.9S pair. So 0c
10-inci, Ali-iinen Damask; the &c
Ioc grade. Green Ticket price. >
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turned over. This letter is on file. in
the Office OF the Military Secretary.
1t was written on Sunday and was
addressed TO the Secretary Of War, fer
which ref,sel9 the resignation was not
acted upon until day after it had been
The Washington times., 1905-02-16
Children'S Wear

Cambria Baby Slips. trim-
med with ruffieS; worth 25c. fnfc
Green Ticket price....-..-......,A Z2
Chndren.s Aprons-made with deep
ruffies over the shoulders-good quail
ity India Linen-sizes TO s years.
Slightly soiled from handling; 1Oc
worth 29c. Green Ticket price. y
Children's light Percale Dresses
Mother Hubbard style; worth 10Ic
25c. Green Ticket price. e 2
Soiled and mussed Caps. in assorted
colors-regularly 81 and $3.50 1910
Green Ticket price. & 2
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McCollum's Resignation.


The letter was as follows
Waldorf-Astoria, Feb. Is.
The Honorable the Secretary OF war:
please accept my resignation as clerk,
class NJ S. O., to take effect TINS GATE ,t1e;
paid to Frederick r. Whipple, Room d.
War Department. Very respectfully,
HIRAM McCGLLUM.
Send acceptance of resignation to me
at l416 Hopkins street northwest, Wash
ington. D. C
r. ]. Fitzgerald. another of McCol-
Inns fellow-clerks, accounted for the
found in McCollum's room, by the fact
that one day McColium had made Il note
of the address of Neal in connection
with a business undertaking and had
probably forgotten to scratch It out
Mccolium's Record
McCollum was twenty-eight years old.
He was a clerk of correspondence in the
enlisted mans division of the military
seeretary's office. The rooms of this di-
vision are in the basement of the War
Department building.
McCollum was drawing a salary of
8, 200 a year. His superior officers say
his record was good He was absent
for a few days without permission once
| or twice He came here in 1898
He drew S25 OF his salary on Saturday.
This left SIS balance due him at the
time Of his death.
McCollum left Washington Sunday
night. He said he was going for little
trip.
He was a Mason. During the Spanish
American war he served in Cuba with
New York regiment.
Explanation Is Insanity.
Not one of McCollum's many friends
was able TO offer any explanation of
his act, All knew him to be III the best
| OF general health. jovial and good
natured. He was not known TO have
serious care of any Bind,
His father, who lives in Leckport, n.
Y. is said TO be wealthy. McCollum
only recently returned from a visit of
over month TO his home.
Mrs. Belden's Statement.
Mrs BeIden, at whose house Mccol-
lum roomed, said
II cant understand why Mac should
have done this thing. There was abso-
iuteIy 10 reason The poor boy studied
| too hard, I suppose.
He often spoke of suicide, and said
anyone had a right to throw away that
cut their seeking IT. But never
dreamed he would throw his own life
i away.
:. Mae was an agnostic, but he was
] absolutely good. have never known a
| young man with more exemplary.
/: habits. He was a great reader OF deep
| Emerson Victor Hugo, and the other
great thinkers, with all of whose works
| he was perfectly familiar
Talked Much of Suicide.
| Suicide seemed to be mania with
| him, and he was continually talking of
!! IT.
:. The man who threatens to kill him
| self never does it, he said once.
Another time when I had told him
The Washington times., 1905-02-16
keady-fo-Wear Garments

Goats (n9t this seasons styles)-me-
dunn and heavy weight-in odds
and eI.ds only. Green Ticket n &C
ETiee- .--.-................& -
IL Children.s Coats, In blue and tan
pFaid and velvet tTfmmed-sizes 6. g.
and 10 years worth g and 81 = &C
Green Ticket price. >
children.s Coats-Military effects
red and brown-in zibeIine and plain
cloths-sfZes and 8 years;
worth 81 and S.. Green Tick Ct xS
Ct price 8sI1
ID Ladies and Misses. Black Kersey
cloth Coats, y and ~ IN. lengths
heavy satin iining-sizes IS and Is
years and 81 and a. Not this seasons
STYLES. Formerly as high as orc
sI2aa Green Ticket price. >
u Ladies' Walking Skirts, blacks,
blues-iiare bottoTns-neatly stitched
AL a.. iengths-worth s. Green ST 90
a lot of Ladies' and Misses. Suits, in
plain cloths and a variety OF mixtures
IN black, blue, and brown effects. also
novelties. DoubIe-breasted and fly
front styles-24 in. Jackets. with loose
or tfght-ftting backs. some trimmed in
velvet, others in braid or silk-aIl sizes
-sl2 and SIS values Green n TX
I1eket price,. FL >
20 Ladies' Suits. in Venetian, cfeviot,
zipeline, worsted, and novelty cloths.
in black. brown, gray. blue and mix
lures. SILK and satin lined Jackets: in
= and &c In lengths-ioose and tight
fitting styles. Worth SIS and S 7 TX
SIS. Green Ticket price,. - ,
One lot Of Ladies fine Kersey cloth
Coats-20 in all. in black. tan, and cas-
tori inches long-heayy satin lin
iugs-strictiy tailor made Regularly
81 and sl5 values. Green S n TX
IS Ladies Kersey Cloth Coats. In
black and castor-Veivet trimmed. and
some with plain and notch collars Ali
sizes. Regular Sc and $50 0E
values. Green Ticket price Z.1O
Odds and ends Of Percale Wrappers
cut full and in good iengths-deep
founces on bottom: worth 81 E0c
and s1.25. Green Ticket price. ,
Odds and ends in Ladies Bingham
Aprons-g6od size-good quail
ityt; worth 21c. Green Ticket 10Ic
pfsce s'r"-,---.- az
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Dress Goods and Donlesfics

All the remnants OF Dress Goods to
go regardless Of cost. Lengths Of from
liz to yards, In Wolfe, Cassimeres,
Eoiiine. Brilfiantine, Etamine Serge,
Henrietta, Scotch Mixtures. Melrose,
and Albatross.
White Goods Remnants, GineHarrl
Remnants, and all other Cotton -sem-
nants-goods that sold for 121Ac, e
16o, and Zoe. Green Ticket price. p
All Dress Goods that sold for from
4sc to SEC yard, TO go tomorrow = nc
Fine. suitings. Of weight and color
and dark effects; worth see. &C
Green Ticket price. y
Small lot of Indigo Blue and Black
Calico-neat designs. Green A Ic
Ticket price. per yard.........
Silkolines. in beautiful effects, for
scarfs: regularly 15c yard Tic
Green Ticket price. kk2
3S-iach Percales-light and dark col
ors. in most attractive line OF patterns:
Ticket price. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~
Fine Imported French sateens-white
ground. with neat black figures: al
ways &c yard. Green Ticket f7IC
price. .
Fine Al: English Long Cloth: the
kind usually sold at 121ac yard. Gao
Green Ticket price. .................C 4
French Flannelette, suitable OF kim
onos and wrappers-moStly Persian de-
signs,-the 15c quality. Green Ole
Ilcket priGe. neutrality-suspicious..
Cretonnes. in Is different pat sac
terms. regularly Zoe. TO close. "a
Striped Ginghams-a, large assert
iarly for 121zc, Green Ticket QIc
pFlcS. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Z
The Washington times., 1905-02-16

back that all of the marks described
had been found.
McColium's parents were notified by
wire. Ills father Immediately started
for Boston
That the deceased prepared for his
self-destruction deliberately was shown
by the condition OF his effects Every
precaution had been taken TO make
Identification impossible.
It was only with the aid of a micro
scope that the police Were able to trace
the insignia III McC-, Wash, d. c. on
the suit case. McCollum had scratched
them off with a penlSnife.
Every button had been cut from his
trousers and disposed Of None Of them
were found by the police.
No Identification Marks.
In his suit case was q complete change
of underwear On the bureau were sew
eral gold stickpins. as well as a hand
some set CT toilet articles.
Not one thing offered the slightest
clue TO the identity OF the man, how
ever.
There was only one thing left to work
On. This was the copy of Macbeth, /"
we'll worn and marked in passa ees,
which showed the reader had oeen de-
pressed in mind
On several of the pages the name a. 3
Neal was inscribed.
Subsequent Investigations discover that
the book had been the property of A 3.
Neal, graduate of the law department
st the George Washington University
west. Mr.. Neal says he lent the book
to friend several months ago and is
unable to account for it being in -the
possession of MeColluIns s
The Washington times., 1905-02-16

TO CURE 4 COLD m ONE Day.
Take Laxative Bron1o Qi.inine Tablets All
druggists refund the money Il It falls 10 cure
Z. w. GrJye's signature is on each box. 3
cents.
The Washington times., 1905-02-16

NeCkWear
A line of pretty fancy Neekwear. in
silk linen. and venice lace: In all col
ors; a variety of styles Sold
regularly at Csc Green Ticket fnC
PitiS ~
New Mesh Veilfngs. in the new
shades of ed and white and black:
also a line Of Complexion Veilings.
Regular soc value. Green 10C
Ticket price. .............-.. -. ~
New Blue. Black, and White
Neck Ruching. Green Ticket DC
The Washington times., 1905-02-16
Underwear and Hosiery

Odd lot soiled Cambria skirts, with
deep ffounce of lace and embroidery;
worth S1.25 and S1.5o. Green 7 &C
Ticket price
Lot of Underwear, consisting OF
Drawers, Chemise, Skirts. and Cor
set Covers, trimmed with good quail
ity lace and embroidery: worth y DC
39c. Green Ticket price.......... 4
Another lot of Skirts, Chemise, Short
Skirts, ard Corset Covers. trimmed
with lace a15 insertion and embroid
cries, and also long skirts, with
wide ruffle at bottom: soc and
75e garments. Green Ticket z DC
price Observation-Disclosures. -
so dozen Ladies' Muslin Drawers.
made with deep rufffe and trimmed
with laces: 25c garments. Green &C
Ticket price,. -..,..----......---A
80 dozen Ladies' Fast Black Hose
full seamless; regular 12l2c &c
goods. Green Ticket pFice........ >
Odds and ends of Children's Ribbed
Hose-fast black. with double heel
and toe; 15c goods. Green &c
All 50c sno zoe Heavyweight QTc
Underwear. Green Ticket price. -
Ladies' All-wooI Oneida Suits, In
white and gray-ali sizes; 4 &C
worth $125. Green Ticket price. ~
Ladies Half-wool Oneida Union
Suits: all sizes: worth 98c. 4 &C
Green Ticket price...........,....
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NEW CLARION ts sss p. Ave.
Sun parlor- So up weekly 8. K BoNIFACE.
HOTEL RIDDLE

Open ali year European and Am. Plan.
Ocean front rooms. Hos and cold sea ard
fresh water baths Orchestra c. r. MYERS.
The Washington times., 1905-02-16

BEAUMONT saasss ss. ave. mr. a ssssa
$3.50 daily; special weekly. ]. B. CORE.
The Washington times., 1905-02-16
THE Lorraine.

EUROPEAN PLAN, FIREPROOF.
Adjoining Boardwalk; full ocean view. Open
all year. Long distance phones in rooms I:
fresh and water in baths. Pure wafer
from artesian Well. SIS feet deep: ice made
from this water. White service.
JAMES R. KEENAN,.