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The Washington times., 1905-10-28
DISTRICT LEAGUE
BASKETBALL PLANS
Officers Elected and Schedule Adopted
for Promising Organization-First
Game on Wednesday.

Basketball on a large scale was pro-
1ected last night at the meeting OF the
District Basketball League at the Y
Nj. C A to adopt a schedule and elect
officers for the season which begins
next Wednesday night.
The best teams in the District are I'm
this league and with the impetus which
the sport received last winter should
produce higher class of basketbai n
than has ever before been seen ia
Washington.
The officers OF the league are: Presi
dent. Lieut. Col. L NJ Brett; vice presi-
dent, Lieut. ]. w. Crawford: secretary
Capt. G. =. Edwards; treasurer. Lieut.
NJ. p. Britain: umpires. Orlando Ross.
Joe Moriarity, Ed Handiboe and Harold
Woodhead
The schedule is as follows:
November ]. Coxeoran VS.. Columbia
Athletic Club: 3, Company A. First
Regiment; 4. Y. NJ. C. A VS.. Ordways;
a. CAROLS VS. c. A. c.: s. Corcorans
VS.. Y. NJ. c. A: 1e. Company G VS..
Ordways; 13. Company A, Second Regi-
ment, VS.. Company G; 10 Ordways VS..
CAROLS; IS. Y. NJ c. A VS. Company
A, First Regiment; 20, Ordways VS.. c.
A. c.; q, Company a. First Regiment.
VS.. Company q; "a. CAROLS VS. Com
pany A. Second Regiment; %. Corcorans
VS.. Company @.
December. Ordways VS.. Company A,
Second Regiment; ?, Y. NJ. c. A VS..
CAROLS; 4. Company G.. VS.. Y NJ c.
A; 5. CAROLS VS.. Corcorans; s. Com
pany a, First Regiment, VS.. c. A C
January 3. Corcorans VS.. c. A. c.; 5
Ordways VS.. Company A, First Regi-
ment; 10. Company A. Second Regi-
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ment. VS.. c. a. c.; u, CAROLS VS..
Ordways; IL. Y NJ. c. A. VS.. Corcorans:
ID. Ordways VS.. c. A c.; 16, CAROLS
vs. Y NJ G. A: IS. Corcorans VS.. Com
pany A. First Regiment: 10. Ordways
VS. Company G; q. CAROLS VS.. c. 4.
~ "a. Company A, First Regiment. VS.
Ordways: 25. CorcOrans VS. Company
A. Second Regiment; 27. Y. NJ. G. a
VS.. Company @; 81, Company A, Second
Regiment, Us. Y NJ. c. A
February z, Corcorans VS. CAROLS: 5.
Company @, VS. G. a c.; g. CAROLS
VS.. Company A. First Regiment; 4.
Ordways VS. Corcorans; TO- Y M C.
a. VS.. Company A. Second Regiment;
y. Company A. First Regiment, VS. c.
A C; Il, Company A Second Regiment
VS.. CAROLS; l6, Ordways VS.. Y. II. c.
A; 20. CAROLS VS. Company G.: %
Company A. Second Regiment. VS.
Company A First Regiment; a, Y. NJ
c. A. VS.. c. A. c; q, Company A.
First Regiment, VS.. Corcorans; Is. Com
pany G. VS.. c. A. G.
March 2. Company A, Second Regi-
ment. VS.. Ordways; 5. Company A, First
Regiment, VS. CAROLS; Z, Company g
VS.. Corcorans; 8 Company A, Second
Regiment. VS.. c. A c.: 12 Company
A. Second Regiment. VS. Corcorans; ii.
Company G VS.. CAROLS: 16. Company
A. First Regiment VS. Y. u. c. A; 49,
Ordways VS.. G. A. c.; u. Company G
vs. Company A. Second Regiment; q,
Company a. First Regiment. VS.. Com
pany c.
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL. =
Few People Know How Useful it Is in
Preserving Health and Beauty.

Nearly everybody knows that charcoal
IS the safest and most efficient disin-
fectant and purifier In nature. but few
realize its value when taken into the
human system for the same cleansing
purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy that the more
you take Of II the better, ii is not a
drug at all. but simply absorbs the gases
and impurities always present In the
stomach and intestines. and carries them
out OF the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking. drinking, or after eating onions
and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and i'm
proves the compleZion. ii whitens the
teeth. and further acts as a natural and
eminently safe cathartic.
1t absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels: it
disinfects the mouth and throat from
the poison OF cntarrh
All druggists sell charcoal in one form
or another. but probably the best char
coal and the most for the money Is In
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges: they are
composed OF the finest powdered Willow
charcoal and other harmless antisep-
ties in tablet form or rather in the form
OF large pleasant-taSting lOZengSS.
the charcoal being mixed with honey.
The daily usc of these loZenges will
soon tell in a much improved condition
Of the general health. better complexion,
sweeter breath. and purer blood. and the
beauty OF il is. that no possible harm
can result from their continued use.
but. on the contrary, great benefit.
A Buffalo physician In speaking OF the
benefits of charcoal says: Il advise
Stuart's Charcoal LoZenges to all pa
tients suffering from gas in stomach and
bowels. and To clear the complexion and
purify the breath. mouth. end throat;
/ also believe the liver is greatly bene-
fitted by the daily use OF them; they cost
but twenty-five cents a box at drug
stores. and although IN some sense a
patent preparation. yet ! believe / get
more and better charcoal in Stuart s
Charcoal LoZenges than in any Of the
a-S5s-e aharoaal tahlata"
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in the exposition. When this is sup
piled and Mr.. Francis approves the
form of letter to the different foreign
sovereigns. the department viii pre-
pare finely engrossed letters introduc-
Ing Mr.. Francis to each Of the rulers
and advising them that he is the ac-
credited special commissioner sent to
convey the thanks OF the President OF
the United States and Of the United
States Government
Year for His Tour.
1t is estimated that it will take the
greater part Of year for Mr.. Francis
to visit each of the countries and be
received by each Of the sovereigns. At
each court there will have to be GER
tain formalities before his presenta-
ton, and most OF the rulers will in
sist on extending to Mr.. Francis some
special courtesies and entertainment.
While the Secretary Of State thus
far speaks of him as special commits
sioner, it is expected that he VIII be
received by the rulers as the special
envoy of the President of the United
States, and be accepted as of equal
temporary rank with an ambassador.
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
CARRIERS RETURN
CHEERS COLUMBIA

NEW YORK. Oct 2s.-with Carter
back in the line as fulIback and eligible
for the game with Princeton this after
noon, the Columbia football team yes
terday ran through signals for about
forty minutes.
Carter behind the line will strengthen
Il greatly. and the hopes for a Column
bia victory-that are pretty strong right
now-are based on his reappearance
Columbia has grown quite sure now that
her team will win, and the boys are
looking about for money that they have
heard Princeton has to offer. They
would like odds, of course, and may be
they will get them. for Princeton is
confident that the Columbia team is due
FOR nothing but a beating.
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
SMALLPOX FOUND
IN CITY BUILDING
Two Employees of District
Have Dreaded Disease.
MIXED FREELY WITH CLERKS
Many Municipal Forces Came in Con-
tact With wander Las Brothers.
Action Prompt.

The sharpest smallpox attack of the
year is in progress. The disease has
invaded the vicinity OF the Health Office
itself.
Yesterday afternoon Harry V. wander
Las. clerk in the Office of the property
clerk. District building. died after three
days Illness. AT s o'clock this morning
his brother, David r. wander Las, OF
12iS1s Duncan street northeast, employ
ed as carpenter in the office of the
superintendent of repairs, was taken to
the smallpox hospital. With him went
his little eighteen-month-old daughter,
who Is also suffering from the disease.
Called Chicken Pox."
Harry B. wander Las contracted
smallpox from his brother. Since Oc-
tober 5, David has been suffering from
what his family physician diagnosed as
chicken pox-" All the. time, it is now
known. he had smallpox
October Is he reported for duty at the
Office of superintendent Coleman and
was put to work. He has mixed freely
with scores of people in police stations
and engine houses, where he worked.
Last Friday he was introduced to a
number of the clerks and officials in the
property office by his brother. All shook
hands with him and chatted a good
while.
An expert from the Health Depart.
ment. investigating Harry's case yes
terday. found David covered with typi-
cal smallpox scabs. As physicians
think the scaling period the most
dangerous in the progress OF the di-
sease. there are scores of scared men
and women in Washington this morn
Ing. who have talked and even shaken
davs
Last night the two rooms occupied by
the clerical force OF the property clerk
were thoroughly fumigated. The homes
OF the wander Las brothers have been
disinfected and their wives sent to the
quarantine station. No steps will be
taken toward Quarantining the property
clerks office unless further. develop
ment necessitates such action.
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS.

In circuit court of Alexandria county.
Judge Charles E- Nicol presiding, the
following business was transacted:
Commonwealth VS.. Wallace Twyman,
colored. indicted for robbery and as
sault- The jury returned a verdict Of
guilty, and of petit larceny. Penalty
was fixed at fifteen days IN jail
The jury in the case of the Common
wealth vs. Fred Lee returned a verdict
Of guilty. and fixed penalty at three
months in Jail Lee was indicted for
housebre aking.
The jury in the case of the Common
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
CITIZENS DEMAND
IMPROVED STREETS
Southwest Washington As
sociatiOn Holds Meeting.
PRESIDENT COM NJ EN- D & D
Reappointment of Commissioner West
Favorably Commented Upon by
Members and Visitors.
PRESIDENT COM NJ EN- Ed

One hundred and one attended the
monthly meeting Of the Southwest Citi-
zen's Association In Grace Parish
Church, Ninth and d streets. last night
Never before has such a large attend
ance been noted and in addition to the
members OF the organization a large
number of visitors from other assocIa-
tions from various sections of the city
were present.
A vote of thanks was rendered Presi-
dent Roosevelt for reappointing Henry
L. West as District Commissioner.
Remove Railroad Tracks.
A report was received from Chairman
Johnson, OF the committee on rail-
roads. After 1t was read, a committee.
of which r. Harry Johnson was named
! as chairman, was chosen to call upon
the Commissioners and request them to
have Maryland and Virginia avenues
cleared of the railroad tracks that are
now laid on them. The citizens OF the
southwest section of the city want the
Southern, Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac. and Chesapeake and Ohio
passenger and freight trains to enter the
city by some other route. and it is for
the purpose OF discussing ways and
means that the committee will visit the
Commissioners.
The methods by which dead animals
are carried through the streets of the
southwest part of the city was con-
demned In no uncertain terms by sew
eral members OF the association.
Thoroughfares Need Improving.
A report was received from the COM
mittee on streets. of which DIR. Millard
Thompson is chairman. The latter. after
making a speech on the rcappointment
of Commissioner West, told the assem-
bled citizens of the needs Of the locality,
and urged them TO have the thorough
fares improved at an early date. Other
routine business held the attention Of
the members until almost II o'clock,
when a motion to adjourn was made.
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Thoroughfares Need Improving.
CROSS RIVER STREET CAR
BRINGS OUT FlREMEN

Fire in one of the cars of the Wash
ington. Alexandria. and Mt Vernon
cars brought engine and truck COM
panies TO Fourteenth and streets
northwest last night about 7:l5 o'clock.
The blaze was put out with d hand eX-
tinguisher, and little damage was done
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
LOCKED IN LODGE ROOM.

Some excitement was created in the
city hall last evening when an Alexan-
dria merchant endeavored to get out of
the room OF Alexandria Washington
Lodge of Masons. 1t seems that Louis
Bendheim, an Alexandria carpet dealer.
had gone there on business. and the
janitor, not knowing he was there.
locked the door. When the prisoner
started TO go he found the door fasten-
ed. He knocked for nearly two hours,
when the 1anitor reappeared and re-
leased him.
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
MRS. cHEwNrNe's DEATH.

Mrs. Elizabeth Gilman Chewing,
who for many years resided In this
city. died at the home OF her daughter,
Mrs. c. p. Mahood, in Lynchburg last
Wednesday. She had many friends in
this city who hear OF her death with
regret
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
LADIES' EUCHRE PARTY.

Arrangements have been completed for
the progressive euchre party to be given
by the lsdies' auxiliary OF Lee Camp,
Confederate Veterans, at the Lyceum
Hall next Monday night Among the
prizes Will be a hall rack, carving set,
handsome chair, two tons of coal. etc
The Washington times., 1905-10-28

wealth VS.. Angelic I.amecello, indicted
for housebreaking and larceny, returned
a verdict of guilty, and penalty was
placed at six months in jail
The court today has been busy with
the $1,000 damage suit brought by Net
tie c. Elsom against the Washington,
Alexandria and Mt Vernon Railway
Company
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
CANAL COMMISSION
NEARLY BANKRUPT
Hardly Enough Left to Pay
Salaries.
TEN MILLION ALMOST GONE
Work of Sanitation on the Island Has
Taken Up Lot Of
Money.

The Panama Canal Commission is
nearly bankrupt.
OF the $1,000. .O00 appropriated by Con-
gress on June Is, 1902. barely enough
money is left to pay salaries OF employees
for the next two months. There re-
mains only about $4,000 in the commits
sion's treasury. AS a result. Congress is
to be appealed to to make an emergency
appropriation.
A carefully prepared statement OF the
expenditures of the commission from the
date of the slo.0oo.00O appropriation UP
to June 30. 1905. has been made up and
printed for publication today. 1t shows
that the expenditures up to June 80 of
this year were s40oe, ,543.76, leaving a bal
ance on that date of s6.0S3, 1853. repre-
senting what was then left from the
Congressional appropriation, and some
miscellaneous receipts from other
sources.
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TO MOVE COURTHOUSE.

II is rumored in this city that a plan
Is on foot for the building OF a new
courthouse for Alexandria county, at
Rosslyn and the removal of the court
from Fort Myer to that place. 1t is
also stated that the present courthouse
building will be used as a schoelhouse
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, Oct 2s.-Mrs.
Jane Cox, one of the oldest inhabitants
of Annendale, died at her home at that
place last evening. Mrs. Cox was eighty
years of age, and had resided at Amen
dale nearly her whole life. She is sur
vived by a large family. The funeral
will take place from the Methodist
Church at Annendale tomorrow after
noon at 3 O'clock
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
DAVID DANGERS GIFT
REACHES WASHINGTON
Will Be Received by Daughters of
American Revolution With Ap-
propriate Ceremonies.

The replica of the bronze bas relief
by David dangers. representing the
most famous Americans from the time
OF washington to that of the artist,
which was presented through the French
ambassador to the Daughters OF the
American Revelation. has arrived in
washington, and during next month
will be received with appropriate cere-
monies
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Iusserand's Announcement.

The announcement of the gift was
made by NJ. Jusserand at the time of
the dedication OF the National Memorial
Hall The bas relief is the gift OF Ma
dame Leferme. who is descendant or
the sculptor. and a member. as NJ. Jus
serand says in a letter TO Mrs. Donald
Mclean, "of one OF those many fapilies
lea IS hereditary"
NJ Jusserand has notified Mrs Nc
Lean. president general OF the society.
OF the arrival of the souvenir. and she
has asked that he retain IL In his DOS
session until her arrival in Washing
ton.
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
hidBLE FAT MEN
GOT THREE GAMES

In the District League last night the
Jolly Fat Men took three straight from
the Market House quint The work of
the adipose bowlers was high class. The
high man was Bresnahan. who made 22s.
took the whole set from the
Printers in the Departmental League.
Last nights scores follow:
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
FUNERAL OF sILAs DENTY.

The funeral of the late Silas Denty
took place this afternoon from old Po-
hick Church. The funeral services were
conducted by the Rev. Mr.. Meade.
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
DEMOCRATS TO MEET.

A meeting OF the city Democratic COM
mittee viii be held at the Hotel Fleisch-
mann this evening, when arrangements
Ior the election on the seventh day of
November viii be completed
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
DROWNED WHEN SHIP STRIKES.

HELIGOLAND, Prussia. Oct 2S.-The
Spanish steamer Zuria, from Rosario for
Hamburg. went to pieces on the South
Rocks during a gale. Nine OF her crew
were drowned and sevSntasn vare vAd-
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE.

Constable A. }. Payne last evening
arrested I'D Johnson, colored, charged
with placing an obstructio on the
track of the electric railroad between
this city and Mt Vernon. He Will be
tried by the Fairfax county authorities
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
GEORGIANA WAS FINED.

Georgiana Lewis, colored, was before
Justice Cation In the police court this
morning on the charge OF disorderiy
conduct. She was fined S.
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
EPwoRTH LEAGUE ENTERrAINs

The Epworth League held q literary
and musical meeting at the Methodist
Episcopal Church South last night. An
Interesting program was presented.
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
Made Heavy Payments.

1t is announced, however, by J. B..
Bishop, the special press agent of the
canal commission, that a supplementary
statement is being prepared for submis-
sion to Congress, which will bring the
record OF the expenditures down to Oc-
tober l.
There have been q good many heavy
payments made since the end of the fis-
cal year. said Mr.. Bishop. by jan
uary l there will be nothing left, and
we shall have TO ask Congress for an
emergency appropriation just as soon as
II meets
The monthly expenses on the 18th
mus have averaged about $4,000. The
work OF sanitation on the isthmus has
taken a lot Of money. Partial payments
have been made on some large con-
tracts, and the two big steamships pur-
chased for the Panama steamship line
at a cost of s1.3OOO00. form a big item"
Operations of Commission.
The financial report OF the commission
made public today, covers all the opera
tionse OF the commission from June 2s.
1862, TO June 80, 1906. The largest item
of expense was that of material. sup
plies. and equipment. s1.0S7, ,726e4. The
next largest was canal construction,
S694 292 33
According to the report the work Of
administration alone has cost the Gov
ernment in the three years named
s2e3 274.97. The expenses OF the office of
the chief engineer are stated to have
heen sl6l ,5o5-s2
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
HA|NES SKIPPED
ONLY FOR WHILE
Deserter Says He Started to
Return at Once.
UNEXPECTED CHANCE CAME
Stepped Out of Court for One Nor.
Look at Other Mans
Wife.

Robert T. Haines. who walked out Of
Police Court yesterday morning after
being sentenced to one year in iail. is
again in custody, and will be taken to
the workhouse today to serve his sem
tence.
haines. who is only eighteen years old
and deserter from the Marine Corps.
walked into the Sixth precinct station
iast night and asked the desk sergeant
II ne was wanted When he gave his
nan sndlne the sergeant replied: II should
UP In cell -'AA-
For Girls Sake.
Haines this morning told how he es-
capped. He said that he had no intention
OF trying TO get away when he left tba
witness stand. but it was so easy that
ne =. could not resist the temptation.
walked down from the stand . saia
Halnes, and when | got to the rriS-
pner pen, Bailiff Sweitzer said: Lock
MN up thought, of course that fha
mafush heard him. and started down
me. AS oeniho
Wit Was Quick.
Sweitzer must have spoken so low
.hat no one heard him. for when L
looked around, was standing beside
bainn kendig and there was no one
Leninu me- heSitated a minute and
kendlg must have thought l had been
alsenarsed Tor he made no attempt to
take me in custody
continued down the steps ieisurely.
passing a half dozen policemen b:,t
none or them seemed to take any notice
OF me- When reached the door
decided that the best thing I could do
woulo De 20 go back and give myself
up and have the. thing over with. j
even went half way up the stairs
For Girls Sake.
Then thought that I would like to
see the girl again. and it was such a
nice day that couldn't go back into
The girl, of whom Haines spoke. Is
the married woman on whom he was
calling when he got into trouble.
The Washington times., 1905-10-28
For Public Reception.

She expects to come early in Novem-
her and arrangements for the public
reception OF the gift will then be made
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-01-26
WE DENY IT.

The brash and thoughtless editor of that
extraordinarily entertaining newspaper the
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, is out with
this paragraph with which to stimulate the
highly spiced appetite of his readers:
"The discovery # a number of double
stars in California ny Lick Observatory is
laughed to sccrn in prohibition Maine,
where the quadruplex variety is always
discovered the morning after"
In the words of an esteemed fellow citi-
zen of this State, we deny the allegation
and we repudate the alligator. In Maine
there is no morning after. There is no
dark brown taste. There is no demand for
the fragrant Glove. No sun rises on the
scene set off with empty bottles. There is
not corkscrew in the place, and every au-
tomoble is practical water wagon set to
steam. We look with scorn upon the jibes
of our friend in Cincinnati, where the
breath of the brewery rises to assail the
pure and maiden smile of each rare sunlit
dawn; and we point with pride,-we re-
peat, We Point With Pride, to the words of
The Honorable Charles Eugene Littlefeld
OF Maine, as spread in ink upon the pages
of the Congressional Record: "There are no
open bars in Maine"
And we do not favor the fouf-star system,
either. When Maine club starts out to
study astronomy it generally goes it blind.
Portland Advertiser.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-01-26
POOR FISHING.
Men In Our Coast Towns Getting Dis
cOuraged.

COurage0.
For many, many years the men living
along our coast line, and on the banks
of our rivers, have depended to large
extent for labor in the shipyards, on the
ice fields and fishing. OF late, however,
the shipyards have been almost desert
ed, the ice trust has practically killed
the once very important source of
revenue and the last two winters have
been so cold and stormy that the fisher
men have had little opportunity to do
much in that line.
The independent finds that the fisher
men are very much discouraged and
they say that there is not enough in
this once lucrative employment to
pay them to keep their boats and gear
in repair much less to get anything for
| their time. 1t will be remembered that
last winter was much like this and to
get fish, Holsters or CLANS was almost
out of the question. This season many
of the men have taken up their pounds
and traps and given up in despair and
| will attempt no more until spring.
Some of the men have gone into the
woods cutting logs and wood but the
men who employ them tell the indie
pendent that they have had such hard
| luck fishing this winter that they are
hard up and want their money every
day or two to buy actual necessities for
their families. Il tell you," said man
who knows the condition of things in
the coast towns as well as anyone
''this is a mighty hard winter for the
men along our coast. Bath indie
pendent.