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THE EVENING TBIES, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, FEBHUAEY 28, l0.
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Leo S. Whitehead Sent lo Jail to
Await Trial'
.XIIn AlIesTtl Wife Come From Ctnli
lo Accuse HI in of liitltlvll! '
Dri-inrcK That He IJ".rleil Her auiil
Stcn Children Tlie Defendant
Jtetleeiit In Ucsrnnl to the 3Intte.
Leo S. Whitehead, the allege.! bigamist,
Vho. ft ib said, descried a wife and seven
tibilirca In Salt Lake City, and who whs
arrosted last night on the complaint of
-wife No. 1, was arraigned in the Police
Court before Judge Kimball this morning
and at the request of counsel was granted
an indefinite continuance to prepare for
trial.
Detective Samuel Browne who arrested
Whitehead, and Mrs. Augustc M. White
head who followed her alleged husband
from St. Joseph, Mo., to this city, were iu
court to appear against the defendant.
Whitehead was remanded to jail to await
trial. Mrs. Whitehead No. 1. and her three-year-old
boy, who is with her. are quarter
ed at the Crittenton Home. The woman is
In destitute circumstances.
The coming of Mrs. Whitehead was an
nounced in a telegram to Major Sylvester,
vbich also acquainted him with the al
leged misdoings of Whitehead. The man
was located at his home. 127 Thirteenth
Street northeast, where he was living with
a woman who claimed to be his wife. He
was taken to Police Headquarters and
there confronted with the complainant,
who had been met at the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad station by Detective Browne.
The meeting was. a thorough surprise to
Whitehead. He declined to make any
statement except to say that he was di
vorced from his flrt-t wife. That state
ment Is denied by the woman.
At the Crittenton Home, in Third Street
northwest, last night. Mrs. Whitehead was
seen by a reporter. She told a story of
desertion and privation, and stated that
the should demand justice for herself and
her children. She stated that she had
married the prisoner nineteen years ago
In Salt Lake City. She said they had lived
happily together and had reared a family
'or seven children. She said her husband
was formerly a Mormon, but had lelin
qui&hed that faith, she thought, revcral
years ago. Altogether. Mrs. Whitehead
stated her husband's conduct wab an
enigma to her.
She said he left her early in June last,
wrote her several letters from this city.
ami told her lo o to St. Joseph. Mo., and
live with her sister until he was able to
raise funds to nay his fare back home i
This she did. Later, the wife said, she
received letters from her husband nromtB
ing to return home, but, she added, "he
failed to appear. Finally, the woman said,
ihe learned her husband had married in
BaHimorc. and then she borrowed money
and ctffio here. She states she will prose
cute the prisoner and demand iupport from
Whitehead U thiity-seren years of age
nnd has Wen in lMis4aeis as a carpet clean,
ejvat 3340 Twenty-second Street northwest.
He was fnwrl caaged in the same
business i Salt Lake City. He Is said to
Kr m inventor and li&i several nateats on
machinerv of various l.inds. The raft-
chiaery Hfefd lty Whitehead in the cleaning
of carpets is caW to have been greatly im
prove by him. A few months ago the
man lived at 1207 G Street northweet.
The alleged Mr. Whitehead No 2 ould
not be found at her home in Thirteenth
Street noithet. The house was locked
and it was nude) stood that Mrs. White
h" rWM gone to live tempoiai;3 ilh
Tfiendg in the neighborhood.
Information received this morning tr.wi
Cplain Friebej ger. of the Baltimore po
lk, is to the eifect that Leo S. Whitehead
and Adelaide Ct. Miller were married in
the Oriole Cit on January 4 by the Itcv
J. W. Starrow. The Baltimore police claim
to have a case of bigamy against White
Load, hwt because of the expense incident
to bringing witnesses from Salt Lake City
to prosecute the man it is doubtful if the
Baltimore authorities will endeavor to
prosecute.
MR. ROOT'S CUBAN TRIP.
The AVitr Seeretnrj ' l'arlj
Be
(wine ji Month.
Secretary Root announced today that the
party that will accompany him to Cuba
will be composed of Mrs. Boot. Miss Boot.
Edwnrd Boot, the Secretary's son: Colonel
Carter, the Assistant djutant General,
and Mr. Coursey, the Secretary's private
secretary. The iarty will go to Tampa.
Fla.. Frida. and sail for Cuba on the
transport Sedgwick. Sunday.
The tour will occupy about a month, the
party visiting Havana, Santiago, and oth
er large cities on the island, and the in
terior. The Secretary will enquire into
the existing conditions of Cuba with a view
of future legislation for the island.
DESERTIONS AT FORT SLOCTJM.
Colonel U'aril Heoeive n Statement
Coneernins Them.
Colonel Ward, the Assistant Adjutant
Genera!, has received a telegram from the
commanding officer of Fort Slocum, N. Y.,
giving the list of desertions at that place
for the past six months, as follows: Au
gust. 2; September. 0; October. 2; Novem
ber. 3: December, IS; January. "; Febru
ary, 14; total, S.". The dispatch gave no
reasons for tho desertions, but denied the
reports that half of the 1,000 recruits at
the fort were endeavoring to desert. The
recruits will be shipped to the Philippines
about March 15.
OH A SE
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and chocolates of inferior quality, doubtful -taste, and
doubtful composition.
Why not abstain from these altogether, and sub
stitute the digestible, wholesome
Van Houten's Chocolate
(For Eating),
which 15 of delicious flavor, and cheapest in' the end?
Sold in the following shapes:
Croquettes, in Tins.
Drops, in Tins. .
Square Tablets.
Small Bars.
The product ranks among the existing brands of
chocolate for eating as Van Houten's Cocoa does
among the cocoas: it is the most delicious in flavor and
the most economical in use.
ON TRIAL FOR ARSON.
The HitKrerKtfMrii Courtroom Crowded
Willi Siicctntor.
HAGERSTOWN. Md., Feb. 2S. The case
against John PofTenherger, of Cavetown,
charged with burning the barn of John D.
Davis, aCCaVSfown. on the night of Janu
ary 5, is on trial in the Circuit Cort. Tho
Court House is crowded.
The case he? excited considerable intcr-
cs.. tit i.'wcd belonging to a highly re
spectable family. He is thcon of Mr. 11.
X PofTenherger, who, with the prisoner's
ite, sat wlrh-him throughout yesterday's
session.
The chief witness yesterday was Mrs.
John 1). Dm is. She became greatly cx-
cited and wept freely. Being cros3-exam-'
ined by Mr. Keedy she rep.ied sharply,
aing she wanted him to understand the
did not tell lies.
She testified that on the night of the fire
she was washing dishes in the kitcJen
when, on Iookiug thxough the window at 9
o'clock, she epw the caw stable on tire. She
ran out. and near the stable saw Poffen
berger. A cow which had burst out tho
stable ran past her. She said to PofTen
herger. Did you turn out that one cow,
end If youMld. why didn't jou turn out tae
other?" She said Poffenberger replied.
'No; let her burn; you can't save her this
time!"
She said Poffenberger seemed drunk, and
later In the evening he came to her, pat
ted her on the shoulder and said: "It is
no use to worry; you can't save her; bet
ter go Into the house." Mrs. Davis told
him to go away, saying it was through
him the barn was on fire. A cow, ISO bar
rels of corn, wagons, harness, etc.. were
burned. Mrs. Davis said she released the
calves and her husband got the horses out.
She also stated in her testimony that her
husband had come from the barn just five
minutes before the fire, and the defence's
lawyers endeavored to prove that someone
else besides Poffenberger had burned the
barn. Several week3 before the barn
burned a straw stack near the barn was
burned, but the building at that time was
saved.
A number of witnesses testified to see
ing Poucnberger at the fire, and that
shortly before he was in Bonebrake's sa
loon. He told Bonebrake he was going to
Chewsville. but Bonebrake, suspecting him
because he got matches at the saloon,
watched him, and saw him go in the di
rection of the Davis barn.
Detectives Isaac Spandhaeur and John
Muller, both of Baltimore, testified that
Poffenberger had confessed to them he had
burned Davis' barn. Spandhaeur swere h
went disguised as an insurance agent to
Poffenberger's home, in Cavetown. and
there the accused told him he had burned
the barn. Muller swore that in jail he
got a confession out of Poffenberger,
which was overheard by Kobert Miller, col
ored, who" also testified that Poffenberger
bad confessed.
Poffenberger on the stand swore he was
at home with his wife when the fire broke
out. His wife testified the same. Consta
ble Rowland testified that Poffenberger
told him he was in the Cavetown school
house when the flro broke out.
BLACK STIIX MISSING.
The Police Following; Many Clews
" if (tout SneocHH.
ABERDEEN. Md.. Feb. 2S. A posse
from this place went to Darlington iu tho
northeastern part of Harford county yes
terday to search for William Black, the
negro accused of feloniously assaulting
Miss Jessie Bradford last Wednesday.
Several clews were received here that led
Ihe committee -to believe that Black is in
hiding in-thai section, but no results have
yet -I eh "attained. '
Reports from oilier sources indicate that
theriegro has crossed the Gunpowder on
his way to Baltimore, and many think that
he has boarded an oyster boat and gone
down the bayr -A- message was received
from a private source in Baltimore saying
that a man supposed to be Black was on an
oyster pungy in Canton Hollow. Mr.
George Wright, of Aberdeen, who knows
Black, went to Baltimore and saw th
man. but he was not the man who is
wanted.
There is still much suppressed excite
ment, and an organization of forty of the
most prominent men in the town has been
formed with the avowed intention of
lynching Black should he be caught.
Mary Black, the negro's wife, came to
Aberdeen from Baltimore yesterday and
walked from here to Havre de Grace. Lat
er she walked back to Aberdeen and went
to her home. She has been watched ever
since she left here last Friday, but has not
met her husband. Her return to her home
makes it seem feasible that Black is still
in hiding near his old home at Darlington.
Captain League, of the Baltimore harbor
police patrol. Is away with several officers
on the steam yacht Ivauhoe searching for
William Black. The Ivanhoe party will
make a thorough search of the different
fleets of oyster vessels before returning.
STUDENTS HAVE SMALLPOX.
Detroit Medico Contrnel the Disease
, from a C'adater.
DETROIT. Feb. 2S. Ninp students of
ihc Detroit College of Medicine are con
fined in the pest hospital with smallpox
and the college is under strict quarantine.
About two weeks ago the students dis
sected a negro's cadaier. shipped from the
South, so as to make a critical study of
the blood, which was said to be peculiarly
diseased.
The nine students now in the pesthouse
were present on that occasion, with two
others who are now at their homes in the
country with what is believed to be small
pox. None of the cases is severe. The
college authorities refuse to talk about
the matter.
A Cable From Australia lo the Cape.
MELBOURNE, Feb. 2S Details have
been arranged for an agreement between
the Australian colonies and the Eastern
Extension Cable Company for a projected
cable between Australia and the Cape.
rm IS
Daily
Letters of Soldiers Fihtin in tho
Ladysunlji Campaign.
(cxicrnl Ileetor "IneDtwinltl a Sur
vivor of the Battle nt Mnjiiliu Hill.
Sai I'd From l)c,illi. 'riiriiiiKh the
CrncniiKj' o'f tm A'llmlrlnx; liner.
CtijitiirliiK .Hoi-mom of the British.
LONDON, Feb. 19. Gen. Hector MaclJon
aid, who was wounded in the pursuit of
General Cronje, was one of the survivors
of the Majuba Hill disaster, nearly nine
teen years ago. '"Fighting Mae," then a
lieutenant, with a handful of men. defend
ed one corner of the modntaln top timid a
fierce fusillade from the Boer rifles, with
dead and wounded comrades lying about
him, and when at length the end of thai
bitter and terrible struggle came it found
him a prisoner. He had been taken fight
lug and had been overcome only by supe
rior force. One' of the Boers who ap
proached to receive tho submission of the
British remnant which still remained un
scathed was attracted by the sporran of the
stalwart Highlander, and snatched at it.
Still full of the spIrlt,of battle, Lieutenant
MacDonald struck down his ill-mannered
foe. Death for the desperate prisoner
seemed certain at this crisis, but the kind
fortune which had. hitherto, protected the
almost recklessly brave young Scot did not
deFert him in this, his worst and gravest
extremity. Upon a second Boer arriving to
dispatch the lieutenant with his1 rifle, the
first one generously interposed, forgiving
the blow which had laid him prostrate
"No; he Is a brave man. too good to kill
Let him lhe." General MacDcnald now
commands the Highland brigade, whose
battle cry at Magersfontein. when Wnu
chope fell, was "Remember Majuba."
A Boer soldier. Writing from the camp
outtlde of Ladysmith. November T. says
"It is now a fortnight already since we
have been round Ladysmith. Wc are all
mounted, and, thanks to the captured Brit
ish, wi ate at the present time fairly com
fortable. We hac passed through a great
deal of hardships already, and what will
the future biing us.' It is no longer a
Transvaal, but a South African war of in
dependence. We left our homes iu such a
hurry that we scarcely had time to pro
vide ourielves with necessaries even for a
few days. After wc had been on the fron
tier fourteen dayp we .crossed it on the
morning of October 12. With a lot of
turnings we. passed Majuba and Icing's
Nek close to the burial grounds and monu
ments to the memory of those who fell In
the 'SO war. We passed the night close tc
General Coliev's resting place with strange
feelings.
..dimeliiK to Dundee.
"The weather was continually wet. cold
and thunder;.. We had to sleep on the wet
ground, with only a blanket lo coer us
and ery little more to eat but dry bread,
so I can assure you it was not very invit
ing. Slowly we adxaneed with the guns.
The inhabitants liad all' left except a few
farmers. We broke open the shops which
wo passed and took all provisions and to
bacco. It was a rough time, but we did
nothing of which we need be ashamed. Wc
took Newcastle, which we found aban
doned, and a quantity of booty. After tin
we advanced to Dundee, but stopped a few
days at a place about tine and a hall
hours' distant from there. Frldav, .October
20. a part of our army under General Lu
cas Meyer attacked the-British ith 3.C0C
men with a few guns and. Maxims, but our
general Erasmus-ftf TifffglTO Him timely
assistance, so we onl heard the roar of the
gun?. If We had joined them in time we
could have turned, this, fight Into a brilliant
victory to our arms. As it was, they
fought from 2 a. m. until sunset, and then
our troops slowly retired
"We lost thirty-one killed and between
forty nnd fifty wounded The British lost
over 1.000, and for dajs thcy carted their
dead and wounded away. NeHrly a week
after the fight we still found forty very
much decomposed 'tiidlts. "That same day
300 Lancers came ourvy Tlwo friends
and myself took our positicusT and by con
tinually firing turned ihenu -Our numbers
having grown to fifteen, we succeeded in
bringing them to a standstill, and kept
them in their place for over an hour. By
that time we numbered "eighty itnd one
gun. When the fourth shell fell close to
them they hoisted the white flag, and we
tcek them all prisoners.--Gomlng liack to
our camp we were told that if we could
capture any horses from the enemy they
would become our property. The night
following I captured one in the British
camp, and brought it safely back. After
this we bombarded and took Dundee."
The Bnhiito Cnvnlry.
Trooper Frank Parks, of the Cape
Mounted Rifles, writing to the "Morning
Leader." from East Griqualand, says: "I
have plenty of work to do, and I am hardly
ever out of the saddle. Last week I was
wet through for three days; not a dry
thing to put on nor anything dry to sleep
in, and our food is not of the best. In
stead of giving us bread they serve-us out
flour. How can a can make bread and
cook meat in a storm on the veldt? I have
been fortunate enough to catch a spy from
Barkiv. He has not been tried yet. I do
not think the Boers will come into East
Griqualand, because they are frightened
of the Basutos. who are the finest light
cavalry in the world. They can ride down
an almost perpendicular mountain on their
ponies. They -showed the English what
they could do in the Basuto war."
A Red Cross nurse, of Colchester, tell3
of the visit of General Roberts and Gen
eral Kitchener to the Majestic, proceeding
to England with sick and wounded men
from the front. "Their arrival caused a
great deal of excitement, especially Gen
eral Roberts, who is a great favorite with
every Tommy; indeed, I may say every
one that knows anything of him. Before
leaving the vessel he enquired into the
nature of each individual- case, and left
many a soldier with a smile, in spite of
his sad condition. A more touching scene
it is impossible to describe the grand old
man taking leave of his boys. His crepe
badge, which ho was wearing for the
death of his son, brought many tears to
their eyes."
On the day before the Cplenso battle
Sergeant Baugh watched the play of the
artillery on the Boer trenches, and thus
records his impressions: "I borrowed the
captain's field glasses and went up on the
hill by our guns, but was chased away by
artillery officers. When they chased me
from one side of the hill I always man
aged to get up he other side. They let
me alone at the finish. Well, the shooting
was splendid. I could see our shells burst
ing right in their trenches. But what I
could not make out at the time was why
the Boers did not reply.' It did not strike
me that I might get hit if they did shoot. I
found out afterward that their guns would
not shoot as far as ours. All the time we
were shelling I only saw about thirty of
the enemy, and after oiir guns put four
shells among them nothing could be seen
of them."
The Itnsli for "Water.
Describing the rush for water after the
battle. Color Sergeant Baugh concludes: "I
took a party down to a stream to get wa
ter. I will not tell you what It Is like to
be thirsty when you can .hardly speak and
your lips are as black as mine. When I
reached the stream I saw lots of others the
same. At the water's side it was enough
to make one 111. Wounded men who had
managed to get there were lying down,
some dead beat and asleep,' others groaning
with their wounds. In the water (muddy
as soup) were three horses; two were dead
and a wounded one was looking very pit
ifully at us. We gave the wounded men a
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drink and covered them from the sun.
Wc then tool: cur water bottles back to
camp for our chaps at.d the water was like
wine to them "
This is a soldier's testimony as to Boer
shooting at moving objects: "We had to
send a hundred mounted men across tlie
lloer front to another position. They went
in sinule file, at Intervals of fifty paces,
and from the starting point at 1,200 yards
to the final 2.TC0 yards these men gallop
ed. Each man had an average of fifteen
shots fired at him, but neither horse nor
man was hit. Next day eight hundred
Doers made a right movement to drive in
our left. They found that they had made
a mistake, and began to get away iu par
tics cf thirty and fifty, and as they had
to cross a plain we had a good look In.
Finally a party of about 400 made a clean
bolt for it. spread out like a fan. and then
the fun got fast and furious. We had
everything turned on them three Maxims
Included, and they must have lost heavily,
as they had to go in the open until out of
range."
-Private .rtogecs, jiT the Medical Cor.D3, j
describes soine curious wounds wnicn he
saw at Co.e'nso. In one case a bullet
struck a man jaw. tunrend downward,
and ran doyflihjs.neck. Another man was
struck In the upper part of the thigh, and
the bullet passed out at the back cf the
knee. Uogers was attending to two men
in a ditch, one of whom was wounded in
the head, and the other in the arm. He
decided to dress, the head wound first ns
being the most serious. He told the man
to sit down In the meantime Almost im
mediately a piece of shell struck his hand
and almost tore one finger off. The next
minute, while Rogers was looking at this
further Injury, a shell went clean over the
man with the wounded head. He then
deemed it prudent to move away.
A CAR WRECKS A HEARSE.
The
Citfckct Hurled Through I'lntc
(Iiihs tfi the .Sldt-ii nlli.
XEW YORK, Feb. 2S. Mary X. Sheri
dan, a widow, of 721 Malone Street, West
Kobokcn. died a nonogenarian. While
her body w making its last journey
yesterday to Calvary Cemetery It was
hurled through the plate-glass side of an
overturned hearse by collision with a
Broadway cable car.
The casket, bottom up, was lifted from
under the wreck of the hearse In the mid
dle of Broadway, and then, for half an
hour, awaiting the arrival of another
hearse, the coffin stood on the curbstone
in Herald Square, the centre of a pushing.
muttering crowd. Magistrate Crane, in the
Jefferson Market Police Court, held that
the grlpman and the hearsedrlver were
about equally to blame, and discharged
them both.
Mrs. Sheridan's funeral arrangements
were in charge of James Dowd, sexton of
St. Francis Xavier's Catholic Church, who
is a nephew of the dead woman. Only last
Thursday he had buried his mother, who
had also died at a ripe old age. Today he
will bury John Dowd, a brother.
Coming from West Hoboken, the funeral
procession, which consisted of the hearsa
and four carriages, had crossed the Forty
second Street ferry nnd was bound down
Broadway to Thirty-fourth Street.
John Leber was driving the hearse,
which, together with the team of horses
attached to It, Is his own property. The
funeral was moving slowly south on the
west side of Broadway.
As it approached the Thirty-fourth
Street crossing, Leber, Instead of crossing
over the Thirty-fourth Street tracks to the
south side of that thoroughfare before
wheeling eastward toward the ferry, pull
ed his horses across the Broadway tracks,
and attempted, apparently, a short cut on
a diagonal line southeast into Thirty
fourth Street.
Cable car No. Cfl, with Thomas Itooney
at the wheel, was moving south at full
speed, and had got the signal to go ahead
over the Thirty-fourth Street crossing.
Rooney saw Leber swing his team directly
across the path of the approaching car.
The grlpman clanged his gong and shouted.
Then he applied the brake and threw oft
the grip.
But the car had too much headway to be
checked in time. The horses of the hearse
had just cleared the tracks, and the black
draped vehicle was directly across the rails
when the crash came.
Hundreds of persons at that busy corner
it was just fifteen minutes past noon
heard the loud .splintering crash of plate
glass and looked up in time to see the
hearse lifted bodily and overturned on Its
side. Leber managed to leap from his box,
clear of the wreck, and landed upon his
feet.
Policeman 'John, Sexton, aided by a corps
of volunteer helpers, soon had the wrecked
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hearse turned right side up, for the horsc,
fhrntlh nil fhp vlnrrnnf hnl ctrrw) en
rtnfl!w Tim clrloa nf till. Yinfirtfi liail noon !
made entirely of two long sheets of plate
glass. Not a fragment as large as a saucer
was now left sticking in the vehicle's
framework.
Buried under the litter of splintered
glass and torn drapery lay the casket. As
soon as the hearse could be lifted fiom
above It, the casket was carried to the
curbstone and partially covered with a fur
laprobe. There it remained until another
hearee arrived, when three policemen and
a hack driver placed it in the vehicle and
the journey to the ceuietory was resumed.
Meantime Policeman Sexton had i.ot
been idle. He Ward the indignant niutter
ings of the crowd and decided to get Roo
ney out of the way. Angry men and wo
men were shaking fists Inthe gripman's
face, when Sexton pushed him aboard a
car and took him to the power house at
Fiftieth Street- Leber accompanied them.
After the hearse driver and the gripman
had answered the questions put to them by
the superintendent. Policeman Sexton ac-
companled'theni to the West Thirtieth
Street police station, where each entered a
charge of reckless driving.
Leber said the hearse cost him S1.2T." one
year ago. He tstunated that to repair It
.would take about ?S00.
HEAVY SNOW IN CHICAGO.
AVorst Storm of the Senon ow llnc
Iiik There.
CHICAGO, III.. Feb. 2S By far the
worst snowstorm of the season is still
raging here and throughout the surround
ing States. The snow this morning is
nearly a foot deei on the level, and a
heavy northeast gale is drifting It badly.
The street railroad traffic Is demoral
ized, but through cars are running on all
the important lines. Suburban trains are
badly behind, and through trains are from
one to ten hours late, when they have
come through at all.
Killed in n "War (lunrrel.
AUSTIN, Feb. 2S. Elijah Stanton, aged
eighty-two years, and Jules Maner, aged
sixty years, inmates of the State Confed
erate Home, became Involved In a discus
sion of the British-Boer war yester
day. Stanton, who is an Irishman, sided
with the Boers, and Maner took up cudgels
for the British. The discussion led lo a
quarrel and Maner drew a knife and
stabbed Stanton twice in the arm and near
tho heart. The wounded man died this
evening. Maner was arrested.
Stops the Coucli
nnd rrorliH oil the Colli.
Laxative Promo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold In
enc day. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 23c.
Mnke Your Own Decision.
The people will decide as they think best. All
that i required for the people to decide what
beer is best is a taste of Ucuricli's Mterzcn. S?n
atc, cr Ijiger. Thee malt and hop Ix-verjfs
are highly recommended by tliose who know
what constitutes a beer that is pure and nwt
hralthful to the human sjstem. The ultimate
results in etcry examination into the qualities ol
Ileurich's beer will demonstrate that substitutes
are not used in brcwinff these high-grade been.
Thotie C31, Arlington Hcttling Vo., for a case
and be jour own critic as to the putity of
Ileurich's
Five' Stnte In Five Hour.
Tha "floral Limited," beautiful, swift, and rure,
leaves Washington U. fi O. R. 15. Station, cw
rrsey Aenue and C Street, daily. S p. m., ar-
Ives Xew York, S p. m. Exquisite dining and
cafe car service.
Curo all liver
ills, bilious
ness, Jaundice, sick headache, nausea. Indiges
tion, break up a cold, prevent a fever. 25c.
By mall of C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, .Mass.
SPECIAL. NOTICES.
T. F. MILLS has the mitring tools (large
and small) which touched the face of
Lincoln in taking his cast in the White
House sixty days before his death, by
Clark Mills and his son. It-em
THIS IS TO CERTIFY TO WHOM IT
may concern that on and after Feb
ruary 27 I will not be responsible for any
bill or debts contracted by my wife. Eva
Bayliss. C. W. BAYLISS.
fe-27,3t,cm '
NOTICE Annual meeting ot the stock
holders ot the CROSS MANUFACTUR
ING COMPANY. The annual meeting of
the stockholders of the CROSS MANUFAC
TURING COMPANY will be held at tho
Hotel Flclscbmann, Alexandria, Va., at
2 O'CLOCK P. M. on THURSDAY. MARCH
1, 1900. By order of the President and th9
Board of Directors. HENRY F. QETZ.
Acting Secretary. fel5-14t
DIED.
HOVEr In New York city on Saturday, Feb
ruary 24, 1800, niC'HAlSD UOVKY, youngest sen
of the late Ocn. Charles E. Hovey and Ilarrlette
F. Hovey, of apoplexy. (eiT-2t
The Popular Store.
The Safrtt
The Two. Great Sales Continued
Ladies' Shirt Waists. Sheets and Pillowcases.
Despite the present severe weather the crowds that visited our store la quest
of these great Shirt Waist. Sheet, nnd Pillow Case Bargains are Indeed grat-'
ifylng to the new management. We'll oler today additional values, greater aad
grander than ever. We'll be pleased to extend to you the privileges of our
credit system.
Four Lots of Ladies' Shirt Waists.
LOT 1 We'll sell three hundred
dozen Ladles' Percale Waiats, heatly
finished double yoke bac'.. and
.. ana r m
; cuffs. Kt
. for.. hmJ .
with laundered collar and
and worth every bit of 43c,
LOT 2 Here's a chance to secure La
dies' White Lawn Walst3, made with
three rows of tucks on the bias and
plctfted back latest -style..
Laundered collar and cuffs.
?49c
Other stores will sell 'em
75c. Our price
Now for the Sheets and Pillowcases.
Boston Sheets.
72x9 81:00 MxOO
49c 59c 69c
Defender Pillow Cases, Hemmed
45x36 64x35
12 1, c 16 c
Monarch Pillow Cases, Hemmed
42x35 54x2G
8y2c Wc j
5amuel Friedlander & Co.,
416 Seventh Street 416
All Goods Delivered
n
aoy carriages
Coming
f
Other Goods Sacrificed to3
BflnlrA D
u u sz 3H r ii a rs s & s a
It seems somewhat viatr weather to be talking about
Iiaby Camay's, but the calendar won't wait for the wea
ther, and our new Carriage and (Jo-Cart stock is all in and
clamoring for room to be fittingly exhibited. Mattings, too,
are arriviifg eye iV"" flay, and they will require to be shown.
All which ncct:S?i tales our making many special prices in
other lines in order to hurry up the sale of the goods. Re
member that" your credit is good for all you wish to buyf"
House & Herrmann,
901-903 Seventh St.,
Dont ' Pay
5.Q0
4
i
J JI "Dnrtrmt" ntH &fl .
ft ncgciii ai$&.yu
Xo limit to quantity. KE(iEXTS ''galore' ALL TIIE
TIME. Always of the same high degree of quality al
ways proper style always bearing our strong guarantee
for long-lived service always just as represented.
--ALWAYS IN DEMAND---1-
Tlie REGENT, 9
. m.
Second band
Square Piano3.
A
GREAT
FOR
A
CH
We must have the space these Square
Pianos occupy, hence the ridiculously
low prices quoted. A tactful, quick
person will get an unurually good bar
gain NOW.
1 Weber - - - $140
1 Mallet & Davis $25
1 Knabe - -
Knabe-Oale
I Haines - -
De Vine . - -
Waters - ?
$25
$10
$30
$40
$30
Hallet & Davis $50
1 Schomaker $90
1 New York Piano
Co. - - - $75
TERMS-$3o$5permonfh.
SANDERS & SIMM
PIANOS, onGAXS, AND MUSIC,
13i7 F Street N. TV.
Tercy S. Toiter, Mana;tr.
Place to Purchase.
Tlie Popular Store.
LOT 3 Ladles' Pereale Watots. In
t fancy itripes. made with thre rows of
Inserting on the bias; also Pique
Waists, in all the leading shades, made
with three rows of fine quality insert
ing. Also in this lot are some White-
Lawn Walsis. trimmed wUh two rows
of fine quality Inserting, nicely
IW
made, and perfeet fitting.
worth 51.25. for
LOT 4 Ladles Fancy Lawn Watt3.
in the leading shades, made with four
rows of inserting, with bunches of
tucks between each row. And another
lot consisting of Lad:e3" Fine Quality
White Lawn WaUts. made with
bunches of tucks and tine quality in
serting, latest style collar and
98C
cuffs: perfect fitting. Regular
1.CJ values, tor
Monarch Sheets.
5499 72xW 81x90 90iM
28c 37 c 4lc 44c
Monarch Pillow Cases, Hem
stitched. w y.c 12 y.c
Defender Bolster Cases.
4i72 43x72
24c 27c
in Unlettered Wagons.
Corner ot I (Eye) St.
& Mattings" I
3. -.... . . . .
J.
a pair for Shoes, no matter how
good they are represented to be.
when you can get THK P.EKT
SHOE VALVE OX EAKTEI,
43 Fa,
EDrCATIO.ML.
rKEM H. private lMBi at ror heme: meferate
price; ref. PROF. EL GENE MAR1K AUI
HAIN. l!tt ; t. nw. fed-Sr.em
PRIVATK LES50X PookltefplBK or iwfcrot
ics; evenings. 7:30 to 10. TEACHgJt. H3 A
si. ce. frt-7t
The best cure for (Mb
and Crip: 25c. It's :M
pithir, centaiiu real medi.
c.ne. At all dngWs
ATKINSON'S, Htb
and C.
LOST.
IOST Fox terri-r, real, white bo4r. wttk'MMk
face; no spots en bedr ; ) Hue mmmIm M;
answer i tw ot Rramty. ItcwaM if re
lumed te ItXt T t. bv. " H
ONUCnTAKEUS.
0". WILLIALI LE2,
Undertaker and I.lrcrj-,
J32 Penn. Av. cw.. VTajMnston, D. C.
Your Shirts
and Collars
-receive iue-i cccell. nt service ihit oec
i.u try our
U A I" N D It Y -You'll
Ueome a permanent palren. Nice
d-.nwMc finish on Shirt!, and btittonkek
rt (oiljr? that are Sft. pHaMe or
"anti swrar" (iind, that wit break jiw
f.nfcer nji!s. 'Phone 1537, gets qiitek.
iepcnw.
LMAN
STEAM
LAUNDRY
Corner Sixth and C Stj. 5.W.
;.w. 3
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