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REACH AN AGREEMENT HEIRS DISPOSE OP PROPERTY TO SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. Compromise Whereby Litigation Over Realty in Vicinity of Takoma Park Is Discontinued. A compromise agreement has been effect "d hetwecn the heirs of what is known as the "Thornton tract," Lipscomb and Earn est, trustees', addition to Takoma Park, and th" Seventh Day Adventists for the pur chase of a tract of land, comprising nearly five acres, about one-half lying within the District and the remainder in the corporate limits of Takoma Park, Md., just across the District line. According to the agreement an increased price is to be paid by the Seventh Day Ad ventists for two lots on the Maryland side. in addition to the property which has been in litigation, and the relinquishment of three lots comprised within the original offer for that part of the tract as was pro posed to be taken in the District of Colum bia, which are to be returned to the trus tees as the. property of the heirs. The agreement, which was approved by the trustees for that portion of the property in the District, was signed by Wilton J. Lam bert and Daniel W. Baker, counsel for the exceptants; John P. Earnest, counsel for the remaining adult heirs; Charles P. Power and William T. Power, by their guardian, William W. Boarman; Andrew A. Lipscomb and John P. Earnest, trustees, and W. W. Prescott, a member of the board of trus tees of the Review and Herald Publishing Association of the Seventh Day Adventists. The let of the signatures were attached to the papers late Thursday evening, and the papers in the case filed by Messrs. Lam bert and Baker in the District Supreme Court Saturday morning. Decree of Sale. June 23 last a decree was passed to the effect that the offer of William W. Prescott, representing the Seventh Day Adventists, to purchase lots numbered 12, 18, 14, 15, 16, 17. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26, in block numbered 8, in Lipscomb and Earn est, trustees', addition to Takoma Park, as reported by the trustees, Andrew A. Lips comb and John P. Earnest, be accepted, and that the sale of the lots be finally rati fled and confirmed to the Review and Herald Publishing Association, upon the association complying fully with the terms of sale, William W. Prescott later assign ing his purchase of the lots to the associa tion. Previous to the order being issued, parties claiming to represent five-sixths of the entire tract filed answers to the report of the trustees and entered objections to the cor.firmation of the sale to the Seventh Day Adventists, advocated by the trustees. The offer of the Adventists was 4 cents per square foot, and in the opinion of the heirs this was grossly inadequate and did not represent more than a third of the value of the property. The heirs in their answer stated that part of the land adjacent to that which was, purchased had been sold for 10 cents per square foot, and that offers of a similar sum for other portions had been refused by the trustees. It was declared that the most valuable part of the Thorn ton tract would be taken, leaving undesira ble portions on either side unsold. The sale was approved by Justice Anderson in Equity Court June 15, the judge announcing that he considered 4 cents a foot a good price for the land. An appeal was taken from this decision, which was noted in open court by the counsel for the heirs, and the matter was taken to the Court of Appeals of the Dis trict. Terms of the Agreement. The agreement entered into provides that the heirs shall dismiss their appeal from the order of ratification of the sale. The Adventists have agreed to purchase from the trustees lots 6 and 7, in block 6. in the above subdivision, for the sum of $848.45 in cash, upon the final ratification of the sale by the court. In return the Seventh Day Adventists are to waive all right and title to lots 24, 25 and 26, in block numbered 8, in the same subdivision, which sales have heretofore Been ratified and confirmed by the court to the Adventists, and to relin quish and return the lots to the trustees, it being deemed necessary for the more ef fectual revesting of the title to these three lots. The property is located on Carroll ave nue between Willow and Laurel avenues, near the log cabin. On Carroll avenue the property has a frontage of 879 feet on the south side, running back to a depth of 484 feet on Willow avenue and a depth of 448 feet on Laurel avenue, after deducting the three lots which were returned to the trus tees, The property purchased by the Adven tists on the Maryland side consisted of about four acres and was purchased by W. W. Prescott, representing the Review and Herald Publishing Association. This asso elation consists of W. W. Prescott, Prof. W. T. Bland, S. N. Curtiss, W. M. Lewis and Dr. J. H. Neal!, and the trustees of the general conference corporation of the Sev enth Day Adventists, consisting of A. G3. Daniels, president; H. W. Cottrell, A. I'. Needham, S. N. Curtiss, Prof. W. T. Bland and J. N. Nelson. At the time of the pur chase the proposition was made by the trustees of the property offering it to the two boards of trustees of the Adventists at 4 cents per square foot. The sale of the land was ratified and con firmed by Judge John C. Motter in equity court of Montgomery county, Md., in Octo ber. The heirs of the property took a simi lar view of the valuation of the property and noted an appeal to the court of appeals of Maryland. The property affected by the compromise agreement consists of lots numbered 1, 2, 4. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 10,. 11, 12. 131 and 14, in block numbered 5; lots numbered 1, 2. 8. 4. 5. 8. 9, 10 and 11, in block 8. and lots 8.3, 84, 85', 36, 817, 38 li9 and 40~ in block 3, in Lipscomb and Earnest, trustees', subdivision, which sale was reported by the trustees to the court for the price of 4 cents per square foot. The agreement between the heirs of the property and the purchasers, subject to the approval by the court, was signed by Wil ton J. Lambert and D. W. Baker, counsel for all of the adult heirs; W. W. Prescott. representing the Seventh Day Adventists. and John P. Earnest and Andrew A. Lips ccmb, trustees of the property. Appeal Diied. Under the terms of the agreement the heirs have dismissed thbir appeal and in consideration the Adventists are to pur chase lots b and 7 in block numbered 6. of the subdivision, for the sum of $848.45, upon the ratification of the sale by the Equity Court, In other words, the sum of 5 cents per square foot has been charged for lots 1, 2, 4 and 5, in block numbered 6, thereby increasing the price of the property under the previous sale to $822.97, this sum to be added to the purchase price of lots 6 and 7, in block 6. which lots are to be taken by the Adventists at 4 cant. per foot, amount ing to $520.48, making the purchase price of these lots $848.45. The property in question is located on Carroll avenue, between Willow and Laurel avenues, in Montgomery county, just across the District line. It has a frontage of 8'79 feet on the south side of Carroll avenue, running back to a depth of twenty-five feet on Willow avenue and 265 feet on Laurel avenue, being almost triangular in shape. On the north side of Carroll avenue the property has a fronta.ge of 100 feet on the west side of Willow avenue, running back to Tulip avenue, a distance of 896 feet. On the east side of Willow avenue the frontage measures 276 feet. with a depth of 440 feet. Property to Ee Improved. Now that a final settlement ham been made in regard to the property, the Ad ventists will turn their attentIon to the Im provement of the property and the erection of the numerous buildings, according to their original plans at the time of the pur chase. It is the intention of the Adventists to establish the general offBees and publish ing plant on the property. The plant will be located within the District line and will occupy the lots facing Willow avenue. The presm room, warehouse, factory and stables will be located on the same property in the rear of the main building. It is the intention of the officers of the association to set aside three of the lots at the corner of Willow and Carroll avenues to be converted into a erk, adorned with shrubbery, flowers 0.4 IObs: In1 the cnter of the e.-==beg grundwUi to erecte ahnrcsh a tha Aaamemom. mintnch roll and Laurel avenues, surrounded en al aides with grean lawns and beautied wit] dower beds, trees and shrubbery. A mal parsonage will adjoin the Church eflfied The property on the north aide of EV-A avenue will be devoted for the best for residential purposes by the Seventh Del Adventists. MEAT TRUST TO BLAMI TEN BANK1tS ABE ELF-SLMIl IN IOWA DURING 1904. Record Year of Disasters, With Fort3 Failures and $12,000,000 Lost to Depositorw An unprecedented record of disastei among Iowa banks will be disclosed by the report of the state auditor of Iowa for 1904 Culminating last week with the closing 01 the savings bank at Dedham this is thi year's startling record: Ten bank cashiers dead by suicide. Forty banks wrecked and their surplu: squandered. Twelve millions of dollars lost to depos itors. In two instances bank officers have ab sconded with funds, thus accounting for thI failure, but the remarkable number of fail ures due to similar circumstances ha: aroused the curiosity of the whole state tc ascertain the cause. These are the suicides of the year du4 to bank failures, so far as the state offi cials know: H. C. Spencer and his son, cashier and as sistant cashier of the Grinnell Nationa Bank. George D. Wood, cashier of the Bank 0: Colfax, Colfax, Iowa. Charles Wood, cashier of the Citizens Bank of St. Charles. F. L. La Rue, cashier of the Cornini State Bank. G. D. Utterback, cashier of the Sigour ney Savings Bank. H. W. Main, cashier of the Linn Grov4 Bank. Cashier of the Lone Tree Bank. Two other suicides early in the year whose names are not recalled by the at taches of the state auditor's office. Tragedy Followed Tragedy. It Is only within the past few days tha the state has become aware of the magni tude of the disaster and the tragedies at tending them, many of the failures havini been kept quiet. Not until the two suicidec in quick succession at Lone Tree and*Linr Grove, and the failure of the Sheldon Stat Bank, with losses amounting to man3 thousands, creating a state-wide sensation was general attention attracted to thi serious condition of affairs. The failure of the bank at Colfax, the National bank aJ Storm Lake and the bank at Siogurney with the suicide of the cashier, added t< the sensation. The suicide of Cashier Utterback of the Sigourney Bank was followed by the dis. covery of extensive forgeries which he hac perpetrated to cover ip a shortage whici had been running for some time. -Hie shortage, like those of the eight othei cashier sulcl4es, was apparently due to oni of two causes-epeculation on the Chicagt board of trade and the juggling of pricei by the meat trust. Disasters Charged to Meat Trust. The meat trust Is blamed by thousands throughout Iowa for the year's tragedies. In almost every bank that failed large quantities of paper, based on higher- prices for live stock, were found, the makers be ing unable to meet their loans, owing to the cut in prices of live stock. In almost every case the cashier had trusted to the prices of cattle remaining high, and this, coupled with speculative plunge, on the board of trade, accomplished their ruin. Back of this recklessness, State Bank Ex aminer Cox declares, is the lax banking law of the state, and as a result of the rear's melancholy record efforts are already making to amend this law. The epidemic of banking suicides started with that of Cashier George D. Wood of the Bank of Colfax. He was regarded as one Df the shrewdest and most trustworthy bankers of the state, and his suicide oauIed a great sensation. Investigation de veloped that he personally had been a large investor In live stock and had loaned ex tensively for cattle purchases. The drop in cattle prices brought him face to face with ruin, if not dishonor, and he took his life. Wood had been accounted the wealthiest and moet public-spirited man in his county, and imputation of dishonesty is hotly re sented by every man in his home city. The cause of his downfall- Is illustrated by the sale, after his suicide, of pa representin a face value of $175,000 for State Ban) Examiner Cox declares that such worthlesi paper would never have been admitted tc the bank if the institution had been subjec1 to state Inspection. A Six-Figure Failure. The death of E. H. McCutchon, one of the best known politicians in the state precipitated the wreck of the bank at Hol stein. Directly after his death it was dis covered that the losses at this bank would run into the six figures. The Modert Woodmen were caught for $100,000. The collapse of the savings-bank at Ne's Liberty, one of the most recent to fail was due to the embezzlement of $80,000 by Cashier Arnold Beuthien, wiho ihad become an investor in the Cleyveland Theater, ai Chicago. The bank failure at Imogene was due t< the embezzlement of $30,000 by the son o: the president. but every cent of this losi was made good by the president. The sor later returned and was not punished. Defalcations and forgeries, as well as suicides, have attended the many failures In the list of failures made up by the state auditor the defalcation of $35,000 at Iowa Falls and the more recent defalcation ~ $35,000 from the Wappelo Bank are not ii cluded. In both of these cases the guilt) men are doing time in the penitentiary. Curious features of the situation are thai the suicides at Lone Tree and at Cedas Rapids were not followed by failure. Banll Examiner Cox insists that the causes o: the wrecks are normal, and that robberl and crime by the bank officials, followei by speculation on the board of trade, havE marked the failures. He says that thE Iowa banking system is at fault, because private banks of t he state are not subjec to state supervision. At present private banks are treated just as private business concerns are. State Auditor B. F. Carrol shares the view of 1Examiner Ccx. Senator Lewis of Page county, a promi nent banker and member of the committet on banking, says that In most cases thi ruined banks have loaned money exten sively on mortgages and cattle. rn th case of the bank at Mount Ayr 1t was found that Day Dunning's failure in live stock precipitated the collapse. Prominent Men Pound Guilty and Sen tenned to isn. In accordance with the verdict of thi jury in the trial of the alleged fraudulen bond conspirators, at Port au Prince Hayti, the court has pron,ounced judgmen as follows: It acquIts Hibard Roy, former ministe: of finance, and two high officials; condemn: Hilbruinl Guillauime, former minister c war, to penal servitude for life; the hig officials of the National Bank of Hayti ar sentenced to four years' imprisonment, an two sons of former President Saih, II. Ged eon, a former minister ,and Saint Viotor former minister of foreign awtai'st to the years' imprisonment. Judgment again. those persons who are in contumacy wil be pronounced later. . The action against the above-mentioned persons grew out of an act of the Haytia congress of 19dB, authoriainig the consolida tion of the national debt in a bond issu of about $6,000,0Q0 and an additional 6213, 2S2 to be paid th -bank for financing' th deaL. Before the transaction was comn pleted the government of President Nord came into power. The bank 0eals were nim ed a year ago om the charge o cosii with the seeretary ef th, trees ury in fraudetly eesing frem pN.,0 to .8,000 In bonde and ot aflased briber) The trua.- bega Neber 3, a ef oit the. peeme-wistms mn h SUNDAY OBSERVANOE OPEN LZk TO OLZ1 Y BY SEVENTH DAY ADV:NTISTL Proposition Advanced That Sunday Zeeping and Sunday Legislating Are Wrong-Bible Quoted. The resident Seventh Day Adventist min isters of Washington, in an open letter ad dressed to the Protestant clergy of the city present arguments and Scriptural quo tatldns intended to support the contention of the Seventh Day Adventist Church that Saturday, rather than Sunday, is the day to be observed as a day of rest. The open letter of the Adventist minis ter, it is 'stated, is inspired by the reports of the meeting of Protestant ministers held here the 12th of this month, when plans were formulated for opening the new year with a campaign for the better observance of Sunday in the city of Washington, and to secure the passage of legislation forbid ding the transaction of certain kinds of business on Sundays. The letter referred to is signed by A. G. Daniels, W. W. Prescott, W. A. Spicer, I. H. Evans, J. S. Washburn, Luther Warren, K. C. Russell, G. B. Thompson, W. A. Col cord, Lewis C. Sheafe, B. G. Wilkinson, O. O. Farnsworth, V. H. Lucas, T. W. Mace. They state to the Protestant minis ters of the city that they wish, "In the spirit of Christian kindness, and as brethren with you in the ministry, to present from a Bible standpoint what to us appears to be the truth respecting the Sabbath question, and why both Sunday keeping and Sunday legislation are wrong." The writers declare that they thoroughly agree with the other Protestant ministers that there is pressing need of a world-wide campaign in favor of "better Sabbath keeping," but the Adventist ministers caution their brethren of other faiths to be sure that all that is done is Christian and is done in a Christian way. Only Bible Command. In Exodus xx:8-11, the writers state, is found the only command in the whole Bible for a weekly Sabbath. This reference reads: "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord." All through the Bible, the writers claim, the seventh day of the week is referred to in such terms as "My holy day." "My Sabbaths," "The Lord's day," etc. The Adventist ministers declare that "God blessed and sanctified the seventh day after He had rested upon it, and be cause He had rested; so it was the seventh day of all future time that God set apart for a sacred, holy, religious use. As the Sabbath was made for man, the rest, bless ing and sanctification are for man." The writers quote numerous references from the Old Testament having reference to the "seventh day" and the Sabbath, and in this connection declare that. "In the very cen,ter of the honored ten commands God placed the seventh-day Sabbath, thus clearly showing the differ ence between it and the shadowy, cere monial sabbaths given through Moses. God intends that everybody shall see this difference. "Where His ministers put no difference between the holy and the common, and hid their eyes from His Sabbath, He complained of it, and says He is profaned. (Ezek., xxii:26.) "In Matt., xxiii:1, we are told that the New Testament Sabbath is the day just before the first day of the week. Luke tells us that it is the Sabbath according to the commandment (Luke, xxiii:56), thus identifying it with the Sabbath of crea tion. Every Bible Christian, from Adam to John the Beloved, honored God's holy day; and no professed Christian ever thought of keeping any other day for the Sabbath for many, many years after Jesus went back to Heaven. Savior's Manual Labor, "Till Jesus was thirty years old, he was a carpenter, so we know that, according to the command, He worked at His carpen ter's bench six days (Sunday included), and rested the seventh-day Sabbath. To follow Jesus we must do as He did. "Jesus magnified the law; that is, He re vealed things in it that had not been seen. He taught that hatred is murder; an evil thought, adultery, &c. He also magnified the Sabbath, and made it honorable by tearing away the burdens placed upon it by the Jews, and revealing in it, bHis acts, the rest and blessing originally placed there. When accused of breaking the Sabbath, He responded: 'It is lawful to do well on the Sabbath days;' that is, it is according to the law. (Matt., xii:12.)". In summing up the argument, the Ad ventist ministers say: "In the face of all this evidence from the Christian's standard, the Bible, how is it that for so many years Christians have been resting upon another day and tread ing under foot God's holy day? "The Bible gives a clear answer to this question. In the seventh chapter of Dan iel is revealed a power that should fight against God, His people, and His law. In Daniel vii:26 we are told that this power would 'wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws.' The people and law of the Most High were to be in the bands of this power for 1,200 years. "Sunday was the 'wild solar holiday of all pagan times.' Little by little, as the bars were let down to accommodate the prac tices of the heathen, the people, though still all keeping the seventh-day Sabbath, were led to attach a certain anount of sanctity to the first day of the week because Christ rose from the dead on that day. Satan was thus paving the way for his contenm plated change in the law of God. Constantine's Sunday Law. "In A. D. 821, Constantine, a pagan em peror, made a Sunday law. Constantine was a sun worshiper, and In his law he calls Sunday the 'venerable day of the sun.' "Worldly bishops united with the pagan emperor to lead the people to honor the heathen Sunday, and trample under foot the Lord's day. "In A. D. 364, at the council of Laodicea, the fallen church anathematized all who should keep t-he Sabbath, and commandad every one to honor the Sunday. The dark ages followed, during which Sabbath-keep ers were killed and banishd. The true church was In the wilderness. (Rev., xii:6 14.) "Now, God appeals to His true children, both Catholic and Protestant, to take their -feet off from His holy day, and call it hon orable, the holy of the Lord, and by thus honoring the true God, help to build up again the breach that was made in God's law. (Isa., eviii:1,2,12-14.) State Laws. "Today nearly all the states of our Union contain laws honoring the Sunday, while the Lord's day Is constantly trampled under foot and made the busiest day of all the week. At the present moment two Sunday bills are pending before the lawmakers Ihere at the seat of government. There Is also a widespread movement amnong nearly all religious bodies In favor of a universal Sunday law. "Dlear brethr'en, may God help us to listen to His appeal, turn away from man made institutions, and honor the Creator and Redeemer. To our mind, we have reached the time foretold by the Apostle Paul, when many are turned away from the truth and are turned unto fables. (2 Tim., iv :1-4.) Let us be careful that we do nothing to encourage this condition. "If any position here set forth is not in harmony with the truth, we shalt he gL&d to have It pointed out from the Scriptures. We desire only the truth. "Trusting you will not be offended by these plain words, we are, with love and respect, your brethren in the Lord." A&merican Trade Chanoes in Morocco. James W. S. Langerman', formerly United States vice consul general at Tangier, Mo rocco, is in New York on his way to report tto the sultan of Morocco, whose personal representative he was at the St. Louis expo sition. Speaking of Morqeeo and its desire for American tra4, Mr. Iangerman said: "Never before ~'ssuch an opportunity presented to American industries to secure a foothold in Moroeeco. It seems strange, but it is a fast nevertheless, that, in this c ountry, where about 1000,000 pheople live, there is but one big Anierican ind doing business, and that Is the S=Ae Company. -"The sultan and 1n fact allhmfnhet Iwant to trade with Amerieans. 'hyrealise Whtthe Assesses in bsns will temflIv atty t siu irv~ persnalhy tte 1 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS CARDS IN A nDS OF MANY S1MrLA T BOYS. Some Touching Appeals Made to Pedes trians in Holiday Shop ping Crowds. Dodging in and out of the Christmas crowds on the business thoroughfare. of Washington during the recent bustling days of preparation for the holiday season were scores of boys, black and white, big and little, greeting the scurrying pedestrians with printed Christmas greetings in many designs and colors and varied styles of composition. These cards were thrust into the hands of men and womern with the request: "Giv' wot yer pleas,' mister, an' make a poor boy happy." The printing of these "Christmas Greet ings" has become quite an industry in this city, and cards or slips of paper are fur nished for so much per dozen to bootblacks, barbers, newsboys, cripples and blind per sons, containing sentiments in verse which are supposed to appeal to the purses of light-hearted holiday buyers. There is a p oet-printer in this city who doe a rushing business at this season by selling "greet ings" of his own composition to urchins of the streets. The ides. was suggested to him by the New Year greetings which have for many years been distributed by newspaper carriers among the people they serve through sunshine and shadow, rain, snow and storm. In these twentieth century days holiday greetings have come into pretty general use. After you have your shoes polished the polishier is apt to hand you a 'pink or yel low card headed in large type, "Bootblaok's Christmas Greeting," which informs you that "Christmas is with us once again And the bootblack calls on you, To help him on his weary way By giving a.nir two. "His lot is hard and his pathway rough, Yet he sticks to his duty true, So help him enjoy his Christmas day By giving a nickel or two." Barber's Christmas Greeting. Then there is the "Barber's Christmam Greeting," copies of which are handed out by "tonsorial artists" in some of 'the city's shops to patrons who have just had their Christmas shave or hair cut. No verbal ap peal for a cash co'ntribit.ion to the Santa Claus fund of the wielder of rasor and shears is made. None Ae~ necessary for the colored card~ makes the appeal in cold type and in rhythmic measures Here is what the patron reads: "How are you patron? Here, take a meat In your liarber's easy chair. He'll shave you clean.gnd make you look neat, And brush and comay7er heir, He wiul pa,y the greatest attention to you, *And wish yeu a merry,g~ time, "And he will be very i In his hand you'll ,rP'a dime To help bims eajaoy thn~ test of al1 The holidays ofthe years By makg his liRt). pass feel glad. ,And 41llig their haut. With cheer." The poet-printer basn a warlety of "News boys' Christmas Greetings"'in stock from which his patrons smay melect the "poetry" of their choice. The little venders of news form the greater number of his customers, hence his desire to -gstt them .just what their fancies call for. "Last year," he said. "I got up something real nice and touching (in more senses than one), for the neersboys; but it: didn't seem to catch them. One of them said- he wanted something mere plain 's any special effort was "uppish poetry that wouldnit take." Then I got out this little rhyme, which takes like wildCre and hundreds of boys are selling them:* -"When Obrietaas bellsar , And ye6 genaos i06 s ar Why set turn *ih~Pofls He serves you tute 'The 0 (Resolu s to know and choose th o the choice of confecti+ noment in selecting NA@IB Upon them correct fo royal, certifying to their eptance for banquet, lunc rhere exquisite dessert coi NABISCO Sugar Waf lavors-vanilla, chocolate, 'ESTINO-Another confect palate-an airy tei and concealing a k NATIONAL BIS ness and is largely carried on by a color ed man, who has a small printing office near the Capitol. His patrons 'represeni every phase of hard luck in the under hall of humanity. He keeps in stock a large assortment of cards and "dodgers" whicl he claims will fit any class of patrons. "the lame, the halt and the blind." Should some itinerant grafter drop in whose disa bilities require special treatment in prose or poetry, the colored printer is equal to the emergency, and forthwith composes something to suit the customer. The other day a big hobo, who said he was "all broke up" as the result of being in a railroad smashup, called at the printery and said he wanted about one hundred cards that were "heart rendering" and would reach the wallets of "the chilly poeple of Wash ington." This fellow, the .colored printer said, appeared to be as strong as an ox, and there was nothing about him to indi cate that he had been injured. He paid for the cards in pennies, which he had col lected, no doubt, from those who believed his hard luck story. Some of the cards in stock for blind men are couched in anything but elegant language. One of them concludes a ram bling statement, with this appeal: "Now, neighbors, I am blind and I cannot see the sunlight on the snow. I cannot see to work, therefore give of your plenty to a poor sightless outcast." In a box on one of the shelves was a va riety of cards in bright colors. The box was lasbeled: "For one-leg men-elther right or left leg." Another box is Jabeled: "For sick men and consumptives." Wash ington's printery for unfortunate wayfar era Is certainly a unique and interesting place for the study of the off-side of hu man nature. GIVEN CHmRTIAN BURTIaLT An Examiple.of Charity by a Washing ton Besident. An example of Christmas charity Is to be found in the action of a certain woman resident of the District, whose name is withheld, but whose generosity was made public yesterday by Dr. Woodward, the District health officer. There died in the Washington Asylum HospItal. December 16. a poor white woman named Nannie San ford. She was sixty-five years of age and had come here for medical aid from Sharps. After her lonely deatly it seemed certain that her remains would have to be burled in the potter's field. Thie body was sent to the morgue and an advertisement inserted in the papers, In the hope that some rela tives or friend of the woman would appear and attend to the funeral. Nothing was heard from such a source. however, and the body was'-about to be placed in the ordinary coffn used in such cases and interred at the city's expense, when, to the surprise of the authorities, a comniunication was received from a woman of the city, -who was an en tire stranger to the dead woman, offering to bury the unfortunate one at her own, ex he advertisement in the paper had borne fruit after all, for this woman had seen it. and moved by the spirit of Christian love which is so potent in somne hearts at the yuletide season, she was not content until she had done this kindness. In consequence the remains of the woman who died were given a quiet but appropriate funeral and a little space in Prospect Hill cemetery became their resting place. CWOBE TO POET ARTHUR. . apanese Capture Important Positiona -Bussians Betire. The following report was- received fronm the besiegers at Port Arthur at Tokyo ye. terday: "A body of our right wing surprised the enemy at Housanytantun, probably Hou sanyentao, and Siaofantun (the latter abot six and a half miles northwest of Port Ar thur) at 10 o'clodk Saturday night and oc cupied the villages, and, subsequently, di. lodging the enemy, occupied the whole ol Talluchiatun (about five miles north of Pori Arthur) at 2:5 o'clock this morging, "Our repeated attacks during the past few dmas were uniformly succefl, and now the whple of the enmy's advaced post tins fr-min ou~ right wing are in eus ne" tion for 1905 V e best-then, when it come Mns, you will not hesitate SUGAR WAFERS rm has set the crown of ap goodness by unreserved ac heon, tea-for any occasioi fections are desired. :rs are made in the followir lemon, orange and mint. on to please the eye and charm th< ture of shell shaped like an almoni rnel of delicately flavored cream. CUIT COMPANY Myako Hatsuse, Yoshino, Helyen and Sal yem. H1e admonishes the ships to which the blockading duty is now intrusted to re double their vigilance. He enumerates Rus sian ships sunk at Port Arthur, and his list shows there remain only the Otvajni and a few destroyers. Tokyo is again a great milit camp according to cablegram from that place last night, and the scenes of last spring, when the first armies were mobilised and dis patched, are being duplicated. Thousands of recruits and reservists are assembled. drilling and equipping, preparatory to tak ing the field. The permanent and tempo rary barracks are filled, and it is necessary to billet the soldiers bropght to the city. Aoyama field is the center of activity, where infantry, cavalry and artillery are constantly drilling. The batteries fire blank char es for the purpose of breaking in the new horses. The general military proprations are enormous. It is planned to ve Field Mar shal Oyama a rough total o half a million men, with a heavily increased artillery arm, besides providing a defense for For mosa and the southern islands in anticipa tion of the Russian second Pacins squad ron's attempt to seise a base. The port of Kelung, in Formosa, has been declared in a state of siege, and other positions in For mosa and the Pescadores are porsig Winter is not interfering with the Japanese transport service. The railway between Dalny and Yentai Is working well, and the running time between Tokyo and Liaoyang is six days. COLO3ADO ELECTION TROUBLE. Bpublicanl Leaders Plani to Throw Out 1,800- Precincts. if the fifteenth general assembly of Colo rado. which is to meet on Wednesday, Jan uary 4, shall effectuate the plans formu lated by the managers of the republican pot-election campa.igni, a dispatch from Denver avers that Gov. James H. Peabody may serve as chief executive of this state for two years more, despite the fact that Alva Adams still has nearly 10,000 plurality since the votes of five Denver precincts were thrown out by order of the supreme court in consequence of frauds, exposed in contempt proceedings against election offR Therre will be a republican majority of thirty or more in the general assembly. which wl canvass the vote for state offi cers. I$ is proposed to have the general assembly appoint a special contest com mittee of from nine to twelve members, to which will be submitted the evidence of wholesale election frauds in Denver and possibly some other counties, which evi dence the republican committees have been collecting since the election. The republican managers maintain that with the fraudulent vote of Denver elimi nated, Gov. Peabody will have at least 7,000 plrality In this county and 2,000 in the state. The republicans say they do not in tend that the legal votes shall be sifted from the illegal a d then counted. or that the legislature all reject the entire vote of Denver county, but they propose that about 1,800 democratic proclit in the state shall be thrown out on the ground of aleged frauds and that the vote of the re publican precincts shall be counted. They assert that the supreme court has estab lished a precedent for such procedure. This radical program Is opposed by some conservative republican leaders, and until the legislature meets and takes action It caiot be known certainly whether Pea b or Adams will ge governor for the no two years. The democratic leaders are preparing to contest vigorously the attempt to reseat Peabody. The democratic mannagers declare there is a monstrous conspiray behind the disclo sure. of fraud shown In the contempt po ceedings before the suprem court. Te say that the bunches of surious ballets, l in one handwriting, fon In the bones from different precincts, could not have been placed in the boxes en election day without having been observed by the watchers, and charge that the boxes have been tampered with since eletion, ,legal vote. being ab stracted and spuriotas ballots subststted therefor. Lihtshlp No, 4 fhms the TaB-of-the Horseshoe station, in Cha*eeqk bear; No. 72; fr- Dbaaond mnn ad No. R the neleW e en-mi bent ene whiebhas bees assint duty on the Cape Lessot sbs gWdesti Caess aes at Battismee be-msa residy see sees Tr winl spdr 9i taggwesa statiims is a 8mw S CHRISTMAS BOMANUE LONESOME 5ansr1ram ImM i@O HOME ~OME One of His lriends and a Trio of Girig Enter Into a Con It wa. immediately after the last Grid' iron dinner when three of the dineru, be4 fose saying good night to one anothr stopped on their way home at one of tb langm club. near by to take ? art look at the celebrated paintings whie adorned the wafll of the club house. ThM conversation a.t the club took a reminiscent~ turn, probably by reason of the bewltohln hour and the earlier pleasurable ifuas of the evening, and visions of spns seemed to dance before the mind of one O~ the men, particularly a superb old beobe4 lor, who, it seemed, began to realise tb force of a certain Biblical injunction.On of the others remarked on the magnifleS, appointments of the club house and *h great honor the privilege must be to on to be a member of much a club. "Ye.," observed the host, the other tw gtlemen were not members of the elubi 'Yes, it is a great pleasure, but at times grow tired of it, and really long for a 11f with more responsibilities." After a brief stay at the club the hose invited his friends to his bachelor apart. ments, which were not far away from thse club. After trudging through the deepen' lng snow for ten or fifteen minutes, the a reached his hotel, where they found a wan welcome within, which contrasted most agreeably with the cold night without. / Dwelling in the Past. The soft glow of a shaded lamp accene tuated the mellowness of the atmospherew and caused the conversation to return to reminiscences, the aspirations of long ago% and the hopes that still spring eternal in; the human breast. "Yes," said one of the guests. "this is U charming place, and you must be a con. tented and happy man here in these iuz. urious quarters without a care or sorrow.''b "Oh," explained the host, "it is ver nice. I have spared neither pains o money to make it so, yet I am not =atle fled. I would rather have a littlehe elsewhere with a wife and two ortbr children than anything that is here." That was a rose of speech that was not r waste its sweetness on the deset sire Itraveled on and on until it reached ears of three young women, aprms clerks, who averred that If the wich p resied in that sentence rematned unfute flled. It would not be becsase emh et theou eid not subscribe to that bachele" es eats. A Christmas package was pse laturday by one of his friende, who h the honor and pleasure of makring ta umidnight visit, which was addressedt lonesomne bachelor at the club houseas renminder of the good time spont there thai evening. The three girts, learnin of ~lpaelse age. asked If they could hae lhpivle lege of wraping and preparing it flr ment. It was given them, adth pared the p"akage in the dalminmt possible, and each girl tied a - color of ribbon around it-onepikU other blue, and still another, re; a4 they hope that when the paokage iszre ceived the bachelor will not be lo0g IS showing under which color he ieires te enlist. While the girls have presented red, pin and blue ribbon for his constdeation, itl believed that the color they hold eeu and dearest to their hearts Is the old, id honored yellow. and whren ment hete rolls round the bachelor smay leern. they prefer~ that aster to all others. I doee this his Christin will net be es somma but will be resItt with the he~ asen he dedree and so reohly dssereo Mrs. Mary Utepard e Phme..... T., oslebrated he soUth htv als berm ta Iwead . s Mrs sat up ali ight in t ImhIIo theol etesd