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Fashionable
Footwear
ipecially
Priced
N' L Y the
''elect'' of
! footwear fash
ions find show
r o o m a t
Crocker's. Onr
styles are cor
rect, our qual
ities beyond question and
our shapes are notable for
grace, ease and that air of
exclusiveness which is the
distinguishing mark Of
high-bred footwear. And
such footwear was never
priced so low.
Women's
Gibson Ties,
in dark russet, patent colt
and black vici kid, $3 and
$3.50 value. Easter week
special at
Women's
White
Oxfords
and Gibson Ties, one of the
most popular fads of the
season. Easter week spe
cial at
?49 ^
?98
Hen's
Oxfords,
011 the fashionable new kite
shape last?in patent colt
and russet Russia calf?
$3.50 is what you'll pay for
like quality and style else
where. Easter week spe
cial at
Crocker's
939 Pa. Ave.
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I.ike Neuralgia, is now known to
be a nervous disease. The kidneys
become weak through lack of nerve
energy, and fail to filter the uric acid
from the blood; this acid attack?
and burns the nerves and muscles",
and consumes the oil in the joints,
producing inflammation, fever, swell
ing?pain.
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must restore the kidney nerves and
muscles, and neutralize the effect of
the acid upon the joints and tissues
with Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine,
a nerve medicine, which has made
mam cures of this painful disease.
Nervine strengthens the kidney
nerves and increases the circulation,
and relief is assured.
Belore I took I>r Miles' Nervine I hud boon
loosing fur a wire fo- lbeumatlsm for ??, years.
The lust time 1 was lsld up fur several months,
could noi get ?I r ut bed or i?i foot on the floor.
1 tiled remedies t., rub In. to drink, doctor*' pre
scriptions. ,1c. hut none of them had any effect.
One day I -cad about Dr. Mile*' Nervine and got a
bottl-. After the firm .Use I had a jrood night's
rest, and after takl.it half a bottle the pains dis
appeared. and I went out and walked all nroutd
the totvj. lu a week I went to work, and was
perfectly cired. hut "out lulled to take the medi
cine for a time, to make sure the pains would not
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GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS
Citizens Object to Abolition
of Magisterial District.
REGARDED AS MISTAKE
CONDUCTOR OF GREAT FALLS
ELECTRIC LINE INJURED.
Reception to Pastor of Dumbarton
Church?Funeral Services?Gen
eral and Personal.
Busines- men of West Washington are
apparently dissatisfied at the recent ac
tion of tlie Supreme Court in abolishing
the Georgetown magisterial district.
Georgetown, it is claimed, should not be
tacked on to any other district, principally
because of the very large territory com
prised in its distinct geographical boun
dary.
Under the arrangement just inaugurated
It will be necessary for all of the real es
tate men of the west end and all other
merchants, they say, '.0 bring their suits
at an office far removed from the territory
represented. The courts of the magis
trates, U is argued, are established as
courts of convenience, but this object is
defeated when Georgetown people are
forced to appear in a remote quarter to
prosecute their claims.
Georgetown people contend that the pres
ent arrangement will work a hardship, and
steps will be taken to make temporary ar
rangements providing at least for the loca
tion of a justice's office nearer the center
of the district designed to be benefited. If
the present arrangement is to stand, how
ever, Georgetown could expect no abler
justice, it is stated, than Justice Bundy.
Hut tlie arrangement in question will visit
financial loss as well as loss of time to the
citizens. No. 7 district originally com
prised the territory extending from Rock
creek westward to the District line, about
three miles ai d northward from the Poto
mac river to and including Chevy Chase
and the Zoological Park section.
The statement has been made by court
officials that District No. 7, though large in
area, furnished no large volume of business.
A number of business men have offered
the suggestion that the eastern boundary
of Georgetown district be extended to 20th
street from the river northward to the Dis
trict line. This additional territory, it. is
believed, would furnish sufficient additional
business to make original district No. 7
self-sustaining and would be a benefit by
contributing .to the convenience of George
town business men.
Conductor Injured.
John R. Lumsden, a conductor on the
Great Falls railroad, is suffering at his
home, 2401 ;?2d street, Georgetown, from in
juries sustained in an unfortunate accident
which happened Friday evening. Lumsden
was lowering the curtains on an electric
car at Little Falls station while the car
was in motion, and, losing his balance, fell
and received several cuts about the head
and shoulders. He was hurriedly taken to
Georgetown University Hospital, where his
wounds were dressed. His condition is not
serious.
Arangements have been perfected by the
young people of Dumbarton Avenu? Metho
dist Church for a reception tomorrow even
ing to the new pastor. Rev. George W.
King. The function will be held in the
Sunday school auditorium of tlie house of
worship, and an elaborate literary and
musical program will be a feature of the
occasion. Rev. Mr. King took charge of
the pastorate of the church two weeks ago
upon the transfer of Rev. Mr. Havenner to
Baltimore.
Celebration of Anniversary.
The one hundred and sixteenth annivers
ary of Potomac Lodge, No. 5, F. A. A. M.,
of Georgetown will be celebrated Wednes
day evening at the lodge hall. The prin
cipal speaker will be Mr. J. Holdsworth
Gordon. Potomac Lodge was among the
first organized in the District, and upon its
rolls are some of the most prominent men
who have figured in the political llfQ of the
capital during the last century.
Georgetown Council, No. 44, Grand United
Order of Odd Fellows, entertained Its mem
bers and friends at their nineteenth annual
banquet Thursday evening at Odd Fellows'
Hall, corner 28th street and Dumbarton ave
nue northwest. A large number of members
and their friends were in attendance. Prom
inent members of the lodge and officers of
the Grand Lodge were present, including
William L. Houston, grand director of the
order of the United States, and James L.
Turner, grand director in the District of
Columbia. George F. Beason presided a3
the toastmaster of the evening. About sixty
were seated at the tables. The committee
on arrangements consisted of S. C. Bur
nette, chairman; James L. Turner, secre
tary; Fenton Harris, Joseph N. Lawson,
Washington Johnson. Joseph E. Smothers,
George F. Beason and Richard Turner.
Funeral Services.
Tiie funeral of Mrs. Mary Kelly, whose
death occurred last Thursday, took place
at Holy Trinity Church yesterday after
noon. Brief prayer services were conducted
at ttie family residence, 12tt> 37th street
northwest, prior to the ceremonies at the
church. Mrs. Kelly was for many years a
resident of Georgetown. She was the widow
of the late John Kelly.
Funeral services over the remains of Wil
liam H. Nicholson, who died last Thursday,
were held yesterday at his late residence,
::oi2 M street northwest, at 2 o'clock. In
terment was in Glenwood. Mr. Nicholson
had been a resident of the vicinity for a
number of years, and during that time was
engaged in business. He was regarded with
the highest esteem by his associates for his
business ability and integrity. He is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Kate Nicholson.
Narrowly Escapes Death.
Little Rachael Drury, the youngest
daughter of Mrs. Joseph Drury of loOG
M4th street, very narrowly escaped death a
few days ago. While alone the child found
a rat biscuit in the dining room and pro
ceeded to eat it. The poisonous food had
hardly been swallowed when the little
child's mother came into the room and
learned what had happened. Dr. Hunter,
Mrs. Drury's brother-in-law, was at the
house and administered an emetic, which
soon placed her out of danger. The poison
contained in the biscuit, it is stated, would
have killed two dozen rats.
Personal Mention.
Lieut. W. W. Jordan of the seventh police
precinct, who was stricken with an attack
of acute indigestion at his desk Thursday
morning, was said last night to be some
what improved.
Capt. J. L. Morgan of the Georgetown
varsity base ball team is still in Iowa,
where he was called several weeks ago to
the bedside of his father, who is danger
ously ill.
C. K. Howe, a member of No. 3 chemical
engine company of Georgetown, is visiting
relatives in Richmond, Va.
Mr. John Hieston, who has been quite
seriously ill at Ills home in Georgetown, is
slowly recovering.
At the invitation of Prof. Ireland of the
Tenleytown public school Mr. K. IS. Stacey
will deliver a lecture at an early day be
fore the pupil*.
Policeman Charles Myer has been placed
on post duty at the Tenleytown substation.
Mr. Brainard II. Warner has completed
the erection of three handsome brick dwell
ings at the corner of 41st and Krie streets
northwest.
R. F. Crowley, formerly of Georgetown,
lias li cated In Alexandria county. Mr.
Crowley is deputy internal revenue collector
for that county.
The congregation of the West Washing
ton Baptist Church have agreed to supply
the allotment of $110 assessed for the sup
port of the Baptist Aged Women's Home.
Arrangements have been perfected by the
ladies of George U. Morris Relief Corps,
No. 12, of Georgetown for a dance at Baer's
Hall next Friday evening
The condition of Mrs. Ann Offutt, who
sustained painful injuries In an accident at
her home, 1322 :?!d#ilreet northwest, about
ten days ago, is reported to be better. Mrs.
Offutt's hip was fractured in a fall and
she has since been confined to her bed.
F. B. Weaver. ?Ui<i Q street northwest.
has secured a permit to make extensive re
pairs on his residence in Georgetown. Mr.
William Heller has also been granted a
permit to make necessary repairs on his
property at N street.
Messrs. Richardson & Burgess, contrac
tors. have leased the Wheatley planing mills
at :?th and T streets northwest.
Officers H. P. Short. O. J. Trenis, W. P.
llpis and E. W. Brown of the Georgetown
police, who were assigned to the tusk of
taking the police census west of Rock creek,
have completed their canvass and submitted
their reports to the commanding officer for
transmission to the department.
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
PROGRAMS OF EASTER MUSIC AT
LOCAL CHURCHES.
Death of Mrs. Margaret B. Kearney?
Old Pohick Church to Be
Occupied Today.
Special CorrespoiKk-ore of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va? April 22, 1905.
Easter will be celebrated tomorrow In tl>o
various churches of the city with appro
priate services and flora! decorations! The
musical program is especially attractive
this year, and will be rendered by weil
trained choirs, many of which have been
augmented by orchestras and additional
singers. The musical program and thosa
who will compose the choirs 111 the several
churches are as follows:
St. Paul's Episcopal Church?Prelude, An
dante. Sehnecker; processional hymn. 109.
Welcome. Happy Morning. Sullivan; an
them. Christ Our Passover. Schilling;
Gloria Patrla, 'Bialla; Tc Deuin in B fl.it,
Shelley; Jubilate in B flat. Schubert; Introit
Anthem, hymn 111, Christ (he Lord is Risen
Today. Wilson; Kyrie, Eivey; Gloria Tibi,
\v iske; hymn 12, The Strife Is O'er," Men
delssohn: offertory anthem. In the End of
the Sabbath. Goebel; offertorv ascription
All Tilings Come to Thee, O Lord, Whitn-y
Sanctus, Stabler; hymn ITil; Gloria in Ev
celsis. old chant; Postlude, Flagler. Choir
Sopranos, Miss Lucy M. CI raves. Ms.
rranklin De Der, Miss Lucy Brookes, Miss
Ruth Ashton and Mrs. Herbert Oliver
altos, Miss Bertha M. Jett, Mrs. Charles'
1. LIndscy and Miss Ruth Bryant; tenors
Mr. M. G. Leamen, Mr. S. Frank Fie'.d, Mr.
\\ libur Maddox. Mr. Benjamin WheatLy
and Mr. Phil Knox; bassos. Mr. Richard
Wirt, Mr. J. Harris Franklin, Mr. T. Nor
man Jones and Dr. Charles '1'. l.indsey; fiis^
viol n, Mr. T Brooke Amiss, jr.; s'cond
violin, Mr. W. H. Scholz; viola, Mr. Louis
M. Kreuger; 'csllo. Mr. Walter Whittlesey;
organist and director. Mr. Sherman B.
Fowler, assisted by Mr. S. Frank Field.
Christ Ep.scopaI Cliurch? Hymn, proces
sional, No. 121; "Christ Our Passover,"
Buck; "Gloria Patrii." Bialla; "Te lJeura,"
Alzamora; "Jubilata," in A flat, Hamm;
offertory, "Christ the l.ord Is Risen To
day," Wilson; hymns appropriate to the
day. Choir: Soprano, Miss Mai R. Green
well; contralto, M:ss Emma Houchens;
tetior, Mr. Kenneth Ogden; basso, Mr.
Charles W. Moore; organ.st. Mrs. Charles
G. Lennon.
St. Mary's Catholic Church?Kyrie, Gloria.
Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei. from La
Hache. Choir: Sopranos, Mrs. Jacob Brill,
Mrs. Peter Lawrence. Miss Annie Stouten
hurgh. Miss M. Creegan and Miss M. Nu
gent; altos, Mrs. Mamie Bowling, Miss An
nie Gorman and Miss Mamie Breen; tenors.
Messrs. P. F. Downey, T. A. Stoutenburgh
and I. P. Harlow;; basso, Mr. Robert Wen
zcl; organist, Mr. Joseph M. Monroe
Washington Street Method st Episcopal
Church South Morning service, anthems,
;?.right Easter Morn," by E. L. Asliford;
Sing Unto the Lord." Dr. Rodnev Dav
solo, "He Is Risen," Sehnecker, by Dr. c'
Outcalt. Evening service, antliems.
Joyful Easter Tide," Beirly; "He is
Risen," J. S. Fearis; solo, "Easter Dav Has
Crowned Him King," Hawthorne, Mrs. T.
A. Hulfish. Choir: Sopranos, Misses Vier
korn, Bontz and Grimes. Mrs. Outcalt and
Mrs. Field; altos, Mrs. Hulfish, Mrs Gil
liams, Misses Vierkorn and Pierpont; ten
ors. Messrs. Wilkins. Netherland and' Hill
bassos, Mr. Dinwiddle and Dr. Outcalt- or
ganist. Miss Alice E. Thomas.
Grace Episcopal Church: Morning serv
ice?Processional hymn, 51C; Easter an
them, by Mornington; Gloria Patri bv
!s?hn:1T?De? in C, by Whlttier;
Jubilate in A, by Meacham; hvmn in
troit 111; Kyrie, by Tours; Gloria Tibi
by Gounod; hymn. 121; offertory solo by
Mrs. Green; presentation. 405; Sanctus' by
Camldge; hymn, 225; Gloria in Excelsis
old chant; recessional hymn. 110 Even
ing service?Processional, 118; Gloria
Patri by Mendelssohn; Magnificat, by
Kettle; Deus, by Beethoven; anthem,
taster hymn; hymn, 122; oltertory. solo
by Miss Pulman; presentation 405; reces
sional hymn, 125. Choir?Masters Bryan
Pitts. Chaplin Evans, Charles King Em
met Scott, Leslie McCuen. Charles J
Deahl Jr. Mrs. Robert F. Green, Misses
Blanche Rulman. Florence Long Daisy
Murphy Nettle Rowen, Alice Williams,
Stella Moore, Mfs. Charles J. Deahl
Messrs. Talbot MeCuen. Henry Harris'
S?"r!es J Deahl. Frank T. King, William
Wilkinson and George Evans; organist
Ii. B. Ramey. The choir will appear in
vestments for the first time, and a new
two-manual, water-motor pipe organ will
be used.
Death of Mrs. Kearney.
Mrs. Margaret Beavers Kearney, widow
of the late Capt. Henry W. Kearney, died
at her late residence. "Wilton," in Fairfax
county, about 11 o'clock this morning. For
some time she has been in declining health,
having lately suffered several strokes of
paralysis. Mrs. Kearney was a lady of
estimable character and was highly esteem
ed by all who knew her. Nine children
survive her. The funeral services, which
will be conducted by Rev. J. P. Stump ot
the Methodist Episcopal Church South of
this city, will be held at her late residence
at 10 o'clock Monday morning, and the in
terment will be in Ivy. Hill cemetery.
General and Personal.
Bishop Gibson of the Episcopal diocese of
Virginia will hold eonlirmation services in
Christ Church tomorrow morning, and at
Grace Church in the evening.
The congregation of Pohick Church, Fair
fax county, will move back into the old
church tomorrow for Easter services, after
being out for two years, during which time
extensive repairs have been made. The
floor has been restored in exact imitation
of the original, and is said to be very
beautiful. The interior furnishings have
not as yet been completed, and temporary
furnishings have been put in for the serv
ices tomorrow. Rev. Everad Meade is the
rector.
in the game of base ball played this aft
ernoon between the team of the Episcopal
High School and the Rock Hill College
team, the latter won by the score of 17 to
!>. The battery for the High School was
Brown and Minton.
CHARGE OF THEFT.
Jerome Wilcox Accused of Abstracting
$20 From a Letter.
Jerome Wilcox, twenty-seven yejrs old,
was arrested last night by Detectives Par
ham and O'Brien and locked up to answer
a charge of theft. It Is alleged that he
abstracted a $20 bill from an envelope be
longing to George F. C. Houghton o( Buf
falo, N. V". Mr. Houghton was In the
rooms of the Y. M. C. A. several days ago
and did some letter writing. He ;iut a
$2:> bill in one envelope and started out
of the door ?or the pur)?ose of mailing it.
Wilcox, it is charged, witnessed the trans
action and offered to mail the letter. Mr.
Houghton. It Is alleged, gave him the let
ter to mail ,and afterward received word
from the recipient of it that the money
was missing.
Wilcox denies the charge. tl is said
by the detectives that the young man was
arrested several years ago and charged
with having stolen a letter from the Dris
coll lloUl. X'nless bond is furnished for
his appearance he will be held in custody
until tomorrow, when he will be given
a hearing in the Police Court.
Arrest in the Storey Case.
Post office Inspectors arrested Patrick J.
Kearns at Coney Island, New York,
on a warrant issued on an indictment
l charging him and others with using
the United States mails to defraud. The
inspectors who made the arrest say Kearns
was treasurer of the Storey Cotton Com
pany of Philadelphia, which recently col
lapsed. They allege he was known in that
city as Thomas Harper. The man under
arrest denies all knowledge of the affairs of
the Storey concern and declares that be
has never been In Philadelphia.
Unfted States Commissioner Benedict
placed him under $2.50U real estate ball, but
on Kearns' plea that he wanted to go to
the Aqueduct races he was taken before
Judge Thomas, who offered to accept $2,500
bail cash. The prisoner immediately pro
duced a "roll of bills and handed the court
live notes. The Indictment on whieh
Kearns was arrested charges that he de
frauded Julius Hymen, and Jt is charged
that the letter through which the fraud
was committed was mailed In Philadelphia.
Commissioner Benedict set Kearns' exami
nation for tomorrow.
A PROPOSED REUNION
FOURTH IMMUNES TO HOLT) IT AT
FREDERICKSBURG.
Will Have a Gathering of Spanish War
Veterans and an Encampment
for Three Days.
A regiment of United States soldiers who
were chargeable to the District of Colum
bia propose J.O celebrate their entry into
the service of the government on July 1, 2,
3 and 4, Ht05. This regiment, five com
panies of which were organized in lh<> Dis
trict of Columbia, known as the 4th Im
munes, or 4th United States Volunteers,
was loim^d in 1 SOS for particular service
in Cuba. On next Wednesday evening.
April 20, a meet'ng will be held at their
headquarters, 71'J tith street, to make ar
rangements for the proposed celebration.
At this meeting additional committees will
be appointed to complete the work already
partly done by the subcommittees which
have been appointed for the preliminary
work.
Five companies of the 4th Immune Regi
ment wore organized in Washington. They
were the first regiment to carry the Ameri
can flag through the wastes of Cuba. The
proposed celebration will take place on the j
old camp ground at Fredericksburg, Va. |
The chairman of the committee on ar
rangements there is acting Capt. W. II. i
Mellach, who had charge of the squadron j
of the mounted immunes in Cuba.
Committee to Report.
At tlie meeting next Wednesday night ;
additional committees will be appointed and
a program will he arranged for the ob
servance. A committee, of which Quar
termaster Sergeant Chas. Bartel is chair
man. with Daniel Eberly and Sergeant
Fred. W. Alexander, have made a trip to
Fredericksburg, and will make their report
to the meeting Wednesday night as to
their meeting with the mayor of Freder
icksburg and the common council of that
city. These officers have pledged thorn
selves to make the reunion ol" the 4th Int
munes. or 4th U. S. Volunteer Infantry, a
success. The opera house at Fredericks
burg lias been tendered the 4th Immunes
for the purpose of forming a regimental
organization. The old camp ground of the
regiment has been promised, and tlie flag I
staff, which was erected in 18S18. is still
standing, and the garrison flag will he j
hoisted on the staff July 1. The garrlsm
ilag lias been presented to Capt. W. it.
Mellach. The tentage has also been pre- I
sen ted to him. and the people of Freder
icksburg are looking forward to the re
union of the 4th Imrattnes as a happy
event. Thev will entertain the visitors,
and on Julv 4 will have a parade, which
will include the Spanish War Veterans,
the United Confederate Veterans of rreJ
erieksburg and vicinity, the 4th lmmuntes
and local organizations of the city o..
Fi edericksburg. In this connection it :s
proposed to make July 4 a day for the ie
unlon of the soldiers who wore the olue
and those who wore the gray, and it is
proposed to have the celebration annually
unde- the auspices of the Spanish War Vet
erans. On Maryes Heights, where the
most desperate charge in the world took
place, and where Cobb's Georgian
hurled back the desperate charges of the
Ir'sh Brigade, will be one of the most in
teresting points to the visitors.
Organized Under Col. Fettit.
The 4th Immune regiment was organized
under authority granted Col. James S. Pet
tit. who was at that time captain of the
1st United States Infantry. This regiment
was one of the immune regiments organized
especially for service in Cuba. Five com
panies of the regiment were formed in
Washington, the others being fromed in
Virginia and West Virginia. The regiment
rendezvoused at Fredricksburg, \ a.. June
8 1808 It served at Fredericksburg tor
two months, and then encamped at Camp
Cuba Libre, Jacksonville. Fla. for four
months, und*r command of Gen. J. Warren
Keifer who was a division commander
under'Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee. commanding
the 7th Army Corps. The regiment sailed
bv the transport Roumania from ternan
dina Fla., October 8, 18S)8. and arrived at
Manzanlllo. Cuba, October 14. They re
lieved the last of the Spanish garrison and
sent them back to Spain on transports that
had been provided by the United States
government. , , ..
The 4th Immune Regiment garrisoned the
towns of Bayano. Jiguane, Campetuela and
Niouero. with headquarters at Manzalllo,
Province of Santiago They remained there,
governing that province, till May 10, 18J!),
nearly eight months. That this was an
immune regiment was proved b> the fac..
{hat during their stay in Cuba only five
men died and only one of them from jellow
fevc ? and, notwithstanding the fact that
they occupied the old Spanish yellow-fever
hospitals the general health of the regt
ment was good. The regiment returned on
the transport Dixie to New ?. ' ? i1
by New Jerseji Central railroad and Le
high Valley railroad to Middle town. Pa.,
whence they were ordered to W asliing
Ton took part in the peace jubilee pa
rade and were complimented by President
McKinley upon the tine condition of the
regiment after such arduous service in the
1 The'"following circular has been Issued by
the committee on reunion ?* tlie ln*
mune or 4th United States Volunteer In
fantry:
Circular Issued.
Doar Sir: Col. Pettit having indorsed,
and desiring to have, a regimental reunion
of the Fourth Immunes, to be held at
Fredericksburg, Va., next spring, I called
a meeting and the following working com
mittee was formed: W. H. Mellach, chair
man; William Peacock, vice chairman:
John H. Ryan, secretary; Daniel C. Eberly.
treasurer. An advisory committee was also
formed, consisting of all the non-resident
"Tt'i's" proposed to have the reunion last
three diys, July 3, 4 and 5. tirst day,
regimental reunion and formation of per
manent organization; second day, enter
tainment by citizens of 1? redencksburg,
Vi and parade; third day, reunion of the
various companies, field, staff, baud, hos
pital corps and officers.
One large three-pole circus tent to be
Ditched for messing and meetings; fifteen
hospital tents for reunion of the various
companies, field, staff, band and hospital
corps- using our old camp ground if possi
ble' soldier grub to be furnished; the regu
lar garrison calis to be sounded, etc.
The committee has secured from the
railroad people a half-rate passage from
any point in Virginia, West Virginia, Mary
land and the District of Columbia. This,
providing we can guarantee three hundred
men. We figure the expense per man,
transportation and meals at $5.50, or $0 at
the outside.
As we desire all former members of the
regiment to attend, we wish you to call a
meeting of your old company to communi
cate with as many of its members as possi
ble. to find out how many will pledge them
selves to attend the reunion.
All the former officers are requested to
send a subscription, the amount being left
to their ludgraent. A receipt will be sent,
signed by the chairman, secretary and
treasurer; credit given on treasurer's books',
and donations noted on secretary's min
utes; money deposited in bank and drawn
out only by Joint signatures of chairman,
secretary and treasurer. A complete state
ment will bt; rendered at the reunion of all
receipts and disbursements.
Your friend,
W. H. MELLACH. Chairman.
Arm Fractured.
While working on a scaffold at the union
station yesterday afternoon Peter Chr's
tlanson. twenty-eight years old, fell and
fractured his arm. An ambulance was
summoned and the injured man was re
moved to the Casualty Hospital.
CARING FOR THE INSANE
Official Duties of Sanitary
Officer Frank.
A DELICATE TRUST
SUGGESTION FOB, ERECTION OF
HOSPITAL FOR INEBRIATES.
Many Persons Habitual Users of
Cocaine?Effect of Drug Upon
the Mind.
If you know of any one who is so unfor
tunate as to require treatment in the Hos
pital for the Insane, and desire to arrange
for the commitment. Sanitary Officer Frank
of the police department is the man to see.
In almost every case of insanity in which
District patients are sent to the Institu
tion he has to he consulted. While he has
not been raised above the rank of private
in the department, he has probably been
given more titles than has any other em
ploye of the District government. Almost
ever>body in the department knows him as
"Capt." Frank, while some of those with
whom he has business get the "sanitary"
twisted a little and ask for "Senator"
Frank.
So it follows that those who have ha'i
business with him have given him almost
every rank imaginable; but he never loses
art opportunity to correct the mistakes.
The duties performed by the sanitary
officer are such as to bring him jji contact
with many crazy persons, but he does not
hold to the thepry that such contact has a
had influence. In the discharge of his du
ties lie has to deal with all the cranks who
come here to see the President, and learns
much of the personal history of the fami
lies of the afflicted ones. There was a time
when he had to look after those who were
stranded here and who wanted transpor
tation to other places. This work acquainted
him with many residents of other sections
of the country, and in some quarters he be
came well known because of having dis
pensed this put of the District charity.
Many soldiers, inmates of the Hampton
Home and other Institutions, became ac
quainted with him, and some of them still
call upon him to pay their respects.
A number of the soldiers had acquired the
habit of coming h^re from Hampton to en
joy a vacation, and were nearly always
without funds when the time came for j
them to return It was due to the work
of the sanitary oflicer that a rule was
adopted at the institution requiring them
to purchase round-trip tickets before corn
ing away. Many amusing scenes were wit
'nessed in the office during the days when
veterans called to consult the officer re
garding transportation. So many of them
had been aided in this way that they looked
upon "Capt." Frank as being one of the;r
best friends. The old soldier who had
gone broke" and wanted to return always
ha<j a good excuse to offer for the impov
erished condition of his pocket book. All
kinds of excuses were invented and the ap
plicant for transportation always knew
what to expect when he appeared in the
"captain's office" to state his case.
Change Effected.
This work is no longer done by the po
lice. The handling of insane persons fur
nishes sufficient work to keep one man
more than busy.
During the course of a year nearly 500
alleged insanity cases have to be con
sidered. Last year the number went above
the 500 mark, and 4?>7 of the persons were
committed to the asylum. During the past
fiscal vear there were ninety of the so
called cranks to claim the attention of the
sanitary officer. Most of these came from
other localities and were sent to the states
in which they held legal residences.
During the long number of years he has
held the responsible position Santiary Offi
cer Frank has done all in his power to
have the authorities take active steps in
the direction of establishing an inebriate
asylum. In a recent report to Major Syl
vester he commented upon the necessity for
such an institution, and said:
"The establishment of an asylum for the
treatment of those addicted to the exces
sive use of alcohol, opium, morphine or
other narcotics seems to receive most earn
est indorsement by this community. The
year just closed has been no exception as
to the number of applications for treatment
of persons given to the excessive use of
liquor and drugs. Numerous sad stories
have been related by the wife or mother
concerning the waywardness of husband or
son. who, if not dipsomaniacs, are inebri
ates with uncontrollable desire for alco
hol or other stimulant and should be re
strained. I trust that in the near future
a hospital for the compulsory treatment of
this unfortunate class will be erected, for
I am sure such an institution would be in
the interest of morality and good govern
ment and meet a long-felt want."
Many Needing Treatment.
Th? need of such an Institution, it is
said, is more apparent at this time than it
was several years ago. It is not only the
victim of alcohol who needs such a place,
but the users of tpcalne, or "coke," as it is
called, and different forms of opium. Co
caine, some of the police say, is taking the
place of alcoholic stimulants with many
people and is doing a greater amount of
harm. "Capt." Frank thinks something
ought to be done to prevent the indiscrim
inate sale of cocaine as it is now dispensed
and then there would be fewer persons
sent to the hospital for the insane.
While lie has not yet had a great num
ber of the victims of cocaine to look after,
the police have them almost every day, and
with many of them it is perhaps only a
question of time before their friends will
have to call at headquarters and make out
applications in order to start the machin
ery which will eventually get them in the
asylum. The experience Sanitary Officer
Frank has had with victims of "dope" con
vinces him that such people go insane
quicker than those who use alcohol. They
arc also harder to manage.
A man under the influence of cocaine
usuallv has an exalted opinion of himself
and is more likely to do harm than those
who are otherwise affected. Most of them
have suicidal or homicidal tendencies and
are harder to restrain than are those who
are made insane by the use of liquor. With
the establishment of an inebriate asylum,
the sanitary officer thinks, the number of
insanity cases from these causes would de
crease, as many of the victims could get
treatment and would probably recover be
fore their minds became permanently im
paired.
Death of Wm. J. Latimer.
William J. Latimer, who was for many
years public surveyor in Prince George
county, Md., and who performed much sim
ilar work in the Anacostia section, where he
lived for some years, died Thursday even
ing at his home near Upper Marlboro,
Prince George county, Md. He had been
in failing health for a number of months
and his demise followed his removal to his
old country home from Anacostia. The de
ceased was sixty-five years of age. He was
a member of Anacostia Lodge, No..21, F. A.
A. M., and was a charter member of Min
eols Tribe, No. 14, Improved Order of Red
Men of Anacostia. He also held member
ship in a Washington lodge of the Knights
of Pythias. His funeral took placc yester
day morning from his late residence and the
remains were Interred at Accokeek, Prince
George county, Md. Mr. Latimer is sur
vived by his wife and several children.
Handbag Snatched by Thief.
Mrs. Julia McChesney, living at 1719 13th
street northwest, was robbed of her hard
bag while on tho street last night. She
was near l;$tfi and S streets when a col
order man snatched the bag from her hand.
There was only about $1 in cash and a
Rochdale ticket In the bag. The police
were told of the robbery, but Mrs. Mc
Chesney says she cannot identify the foot
pad.
Miss Eliza Lowery of Rodney, Ontario,
was brutally murdered Wednesday at her
home by a heavily masked man, supposed
to be a tramp, who called at the house and
demanded money.
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AFTER BAD PICTURES
POLICE STARTING ANOTHER
CRUSADE.
Capt. Gessford to Pass on Theatrical
Posters?Respectable Bounds
to Be Maintained.
Following a complaint by President Kel
lar of the Christian Endeavor Union, made
to the local authorities, the police have re
newed their crusade against alleged im
moral pictures. The complaint of Mr. Kel
iar was made on behalf of 8,OiH) Endeivor
ers, and referred more particularly to the
posters on the bill boards. Heretofore the
complaints also referred to advertising pic
tures in store windows and to certain publi
cations. Detective Proctor has been the
art censor for the department so far as
the outside work was concerned, and now
Capt. Gessford is to take a hand in the
work at headquarters. This work is not an
entirely new thing with the captain, for lie
has heretofore passed upon the character
of pictures that were intended to be ex
hibited. Many were passed and some were
passed upon as being unfit to be exposed.
"The department will do all in its power
to maintain respectable boards." Sl ij Syl- i
vester stated in a communication sent to
the District Commissioners two d:tys ago.
Bill posters have been notified by the
police that their bills are to be presented to
Capt. Gessford for inspection before they
are posted. The lieutenants of police have
been instructed to institute prosecutions in
all cases where pictures come within the
provisions of the law. In his communica
tion to the Commissioners, Maj. Sylvester
said:
Maj. Sylvester's Views.
"Time and again this department has
notified the bill posters that if anything
contrary to law was placed by them it
would result in their being taken to court.
As a general proposition they have been
quite willing to comply with the wishes of
the department, although at times some
bills have been posted which required ef
facing in order to make them acceptable.
In order to secure a conviction the prosecu
tion would be compelled to convince a jury
under the following definition of the Com
missioners as to what constitutes an ob
scene or immoral picture:
" "If a picture would suggest Impure
thoughts in the young and Inexperienced;
if its tendency is to create lewd ideas or to
corrupt or deprave the minds of persons
subject to such impressions; If its effect be
to excite Improper emotions and inward
thoughts; if It suggests an impure sense or
is liable to produce a depraved state or con
dition of mind and arouse the passions, it
would be Indecent."
"If a poster is suggestive of desperate
acts as seen in the play, it would not neces
sarily be obscene or Immoral. In my opinion,
under the law, but as I have heretofore
stated, it will be necessary for a jury '.o
pass upon the subject in the decision
given."
The crusade against alleged objectionable
pictures on fences and In store windows
was started by Maj. Sylvester some time
p.go. Mayor McCarthy of Richmond, who
recently conducted such an active tight
against such pictures in that city, communi
cated with Maj. Sylvester before he took
action. It was upon the information fur
nished by the superintendent of police
here, it is stated, that Mayor McCarthy
conducted his campaign. In that city pic
tures were taken from art stores and to
bacco dealers and the crusade assumed pro
portions which aroused the purity organiza
tions. A number of arrests were made and
penalties were imposed upon alleged of
fenders. !
KENSINGTON AND VICINITY.
April Meeting of Town Council?Gar
rett Park to Hold Election.
Special Correspondence of The Star.
KENSINGTON, Md.. April 21, 1903.
The regular April meeting of the town
council was held at the mayor's residence
last right and was attended by Mayor Eck
hardt, Counciimen Alton W. Corn well, Geo.
W. Chamberlaine, Frank T. Chapman and
Clerk and Treasurer N. G. Little. The treas
urer's report to April 21, 1905, inclusive, was
read and accepted, and is as follows: Bal
ance on hand May 1, 1905, $740.02; receipts,
$3,310.26. Disbursements?clerk and treas
urer's salary. $114.51; marshal's salary,
$287.50; scavenger's salary, $235: street
lighting. $229.53; redemption of bonds act,
1898, $400; act of 1902, $200; interest on
bonds, $400.5#; road repairs. $238.08; pay
ment of temporary loans, $550. Contingent
fund?New lamps and repairs to old ones,
$68.22; rent of oil house, $18; painting street
lamps and posts. $15.55; interest on tem
porary loans, $13.67; transcript of tax trans
fers, $3; premium on treasurer's bond, $7.50;
cutting grass and trees. $33.63; planting new
trees, $t32.58: new tools and repairs to old
ones, $14.43: rent of town hall, $9; station
ery, printing and advertising, $25.30; post
age, $17.43; fire extinguishers. $43.80; dog
tags, $3; new assessment, $68; removing
snow from sidewalks, $33.72; scavenger in
spection and collections, $36.88: repairing
ballot box, $1.50; marshal's badge, $1: re
fund of scavenger tax, $2.25; lime. $1.50; re
fund of deposit fund. $30. Total, $3,241.14,
leaving a balance on hand to date of $815.14,
which is appropriated as follows: General
fund, $303.66: sinking fund act. 1898, $297.97;
sinking fund act, 1902, $213.51. Total,
$815.14.
The clerk was authorized to have ballots
printed for the election to be held Mon
day. May 1, 1905. at which time two suc
cessors to Councilman George W. Cham
berlaine and Frank T. Chapman, whose
terms expire, are to be elected. Messrs.
Chamberlaine and Chapman have been re
quested to and have consented to stand
for re-election. These names and any oth
ers who may per: <;ally or in writing to
the clerk signify the intention of becoming
candidates for election may have their
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names added, if presented prior to Thurs
day. April 27. 1!Hl.->.
In the neighboring town of Garrett Park
preparations are being made for the ejec
tion of two eouncilmen to succeed Messrs.
F. Webb Hodge and Mr. Epps N'orris!
whose terms expire May 1, 1U05. Mr.
Hodge will in all probability succeed him
self. Mr. Nirris will not be a candidate for
re-election, having purchased a home !in
Kensington, which he will occupy very
shortly with his family. Mr. J. B1 Beavens
has been mentioned as a possible successor
to Mr. Norris.
The judges to preside at the Garrett Park
election will be Messrs. John N. Kelly, Co
lumbus Kickerts and H. S. Bruin.
The council of Garrett Park has also ap
pointed Messrs. Janson Defandorf, Charles
B. Sornberger and John W. Kelly assessors
of the property valuations within the town,
upon which the tax rate for luoj-tx; will
be based.
Laurel News.
Special Correspondence of The Star.
LAUREL, Md? April 22, 100*.
Intelligence has been received here of the
death of Mr. William Tell Steiger. by acci
dent, while working in the Union Iron
Works of San Francisco. "Tell" Steigcrj
as he was better known, had many friends
here. He was born in Howard county, near
Laurel, in 18ST?. In 1003 he entered St.
Matthew's School at San Mateo, and in tho
summer of 11)04 became an apprentice at
the Union Iron Works of San Franclsca
in the electrical department.
Mr. C. F. Dickens has sold his summer
cottage, located at Oak Crest, Md., two
miles from I-aurel, to Mr. George Pum
phrey of Washington, who is converting It
into art all-year-around cottage, where ha
will make his home permanently.
Capt. Hubert J. Haddock of the Cedrlo
was arrested twice Wednesday by the fed
eral authorities on charges of violating
the immigration laws?once for alipged per
mitting aliens to land in the United Slates
contrary to law, and again for alleged fail
ure to deport other foreigners when order
ed.
Minton Pyne, organist and choirmaster
at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, died In
Philadelphia Thursday of angina pectoris.
He leaves a, widow and two daughter*.
"Mr. Pyne was born in Bath, England, fifty
years ugo. His..father, who was also an
organis;, died recently at the age ot ninety
years. .?