ANXIOUS TO FIND CLAESON
Ilclmsman of the Texas Needed by
Sampsons Friends
Wnnt II In TcHtlinonj KeRnrilliiB tlie
Iooii Mnde lij the Ilrookl n
Trj Inc Lurntc Illnl In Nvsfdcn
Mr HacIvCIt Ilrarn rrom IloIoii
If Gustaf E Claoon erstwhile first
quartermaster ot United States Jsay
aboard the b tttleshlp Texas Is mine he
will confer a frreat faor upon the Nay
Department and especially uion the
Judge adocate of the Schley Court of
Enquiry making his present where
abouts known to that official
Clacson Is a man upon whose cldcnce
the friends of Rear Admiral Sampson are
said to be placing much importance He
Is wanted as a witness before the Court
of Enquiry to assist in substantiating the
charges rondo against Kcar Admiral
Schley Claeson is said to hac been the
mm who was at the wheel aboard tho
Texas during the battle of Santiago and
was consequently at the helm when the
Brooklyn executed her famous loop By
him it is said that It is expected to proe
something in regard to how near the
Brookljn came to running down the Tex
as and how he was obliged the reverse
the course of the essel to prevent her
from being rammed by the flagship when
the order was given for the Brooklyn to
turn
Admiral Thlllp who commanded the
battltfchip Texas is dead and Clacson
cannot be found although strenuous ef
forts hae been put forth to nnd him
Of course there were other officers and
men aboard the battleship at the time
and the will be present at the enquiry
but the tcstlmonj of Captain Philip and
of First Quartermaster Claeson would be
It is said of much importance Without
them the charges In regard to the exe
cution of the loop lose much of their force
if at anj time they were of serious mo
ment
The department however deems Clae
sons testimony of so much Importance
that it has made enquiries con
cerning him in Sweden where he was
born and where It was thought he might
hae gone after leaving the service Dlli
gtnt effort to locate him in this country
has failed and no response has been re
ceived from the cablegrams which have
been sent to his home In Sweden enquir
ing after him
Clacson enlisted in the Navy at Boston
and went aboard the Wabash He was
aboard the Texas during the Santiago
campaign and at the wheel while the
light with Cerv eras fleet was in progsess
He left the service from the Vermont on
July S 1S at New York City No one
connected with the navy now knows
where he is When he enlisted he gave
the name of his next of kin as Gertrude
Suanson 3 Torggatten Torllhatten
Sweden A cablegram to net asking con
cerning him has brought no response
A CUeson is now not In the service of
th United States he could not be com
pelled to attend the hearing but an ef
fort will be made to induce him to come
and give testimony If he is found even
if he is across the water Tills gives an
Idea of the importance which is attached
to his testimony
There were no further new develop
ments jesterday In the matter of the
fechlevCourt of Enquiry The statement
is persistently made that Admiral Howl
son has not communicated with the Navy
Department In regard to the matter of his
alleged interview in the Boston Hecord
although it I said that he has written to
Acting Secretary Hackett and that of
ficial elects to term the communication
one of strictly a private character
It is alo said that he has written to
itr Hackett stating that he will be pres
ent and meet with the Court on Septem
ber 11 This letter however was in
acknowledgment of a letter nottfvlng hlra
of the place of holding the Court of En
quiry
Notwithstanding the fact that the name
of Bear Admiral Sampson is at the head
of the list of -witnesses presented to Rear
Admiral Schley as those who will appear
before the Court of Enquiry to testify
to the charges made against him It is
by no means certain that Sampson will
be present In his present state of health
It is said that he would not be able to
come to Washington and unless his con
dition materially Improves the Navy De
partment will not call him
It Is probable however that Schlevs
counsel will ask that a phjslclans cer
tificate be produced to show that he is
unable to attend and of course If he is
too ill to be here they will not press the
matter
Secret It is the hope of the friends of
Admiral Sampson that he will not be able
tn be in Washington to attend the court
for thev fear the cross fire which would
be directed toward him by counsel for
Admiral Schley They feel that he would
not be able to withstand a severe cross
examination such as he would doubtles
be subjected to and thnt counsel would
be able to confuse and tear to pieces his
statement to the injury of the case
against Schley In short they do not
wish to trust him upon the stand
Hence It is that in all probability Samp
son will be as he was at the battle of
Santiago absent
IW statement prepared by his friends
in the department and his attornevs will
le submitted after he has gone through
th form of subscribing to it and an
eltort will be made to have it admitted as
evidence Without the opportunity of
ross exanuration it is probable that
Schlejs counsel will object to Its ad
mission Should Simpson be able to
come to Washington he will no doubt
read his testimony ai prepared for him
b his friends It Is said that the pur
pose of the conference of Admiral Crown
lnshleld Captain Chadwlck and XV L
Stavton Sampsons attorney at Newport
was to arrange for the statement which
is to be submitted on behalf of Sampson
either by him Personally or as in affi
davit Sampson Is now at Burke Haven
N II and ii not being communicated
with In regard to his testimony or the
Court of Enquiry He Is said to be quite
111
PUNISHMENT FOB AN EDITOR
A Sllmienotn Man Tnrred und IVutli
ereil Ity Hln Inriulen
ST PAUL Jiinn Aug 13 XV S Cox
editor of the Bralnerd Arena was
kidnapped tonight by three unknown
men and taken into the country and
tarred and feathered
Mr Cox and a friend Tred Stourt
chief clerk In the office of the Mesaba
Iron Itange Road went calling on two
joung women at the home of Sir and
Mrs E B McCulIough Tho quartette
were sitting on the front porch when
three men with false beards and painted
faces suddenly appeared Stourt was told
that he was not the man wanted and
that no harm would befall hlra If he kept
his hands off
One of the men thrust a revolver Into
his face while the other two seized Cox
and sought to carry him to a buggv
standing in the road Stourt tried his
best to save his friend whereupon the
man with the revolver struck him on the
lie d with the weapon cutting the scalp
and making a bad wound Cox was then
thrown in a wagon and taken away
Tbey drove two miles and halted
While one man held him and a second
covered him with a revolver the third
took off his hat and poured the tar and
feathers over his head and fchoulders
The men then vanished without a word
nnd left him to find his way back to
town as best he could
The editor thinks he knows who two
of the men are desnite their painted
faces and false beards and sajs he will
forthwith take steps to secure satisfac
tion intimating that civil as will as
criminal suits will be brought Only the
other day after having Indulged In some
innuendoes in his gladiilorljl paper he
was chased up the street and into a
butchers lco box by Al Terris of Crow
County The kidmpplng Is thought to
bavc been prompted by Ferris
Hoods Pills Sir
ness Jaundice aiclc headache nausea indices
tlon break up a cold prevent a lever 2Sc
By mall of C I Hood Co Lowell Mass
INVESTIGATING HEB DEATH
CltlrnK Iolici Kntjulrc Into the
Cniifte of 31Ihs UnllV Demise
CHICAGO 111 Aug Inspector
Hunt of the Hvde Park police sUtlon
is trjlng to solve the mjsterv of the
death of Sllss Pearl M Bill the filented
joung musician He will have to decide
whether eIil was murdered whether she
took the fatal dose of morphine b acci
dent or whether she committtd suicide
and also learn who was the mjsterlous
min with the oung woman In the cafe
The girls parents insist that she was
drugged by the mjsterlous rain ln
ipictor Hunt saw fit todaj to question
Dr Denslow Lewis the girls friend
who attended her when blie was taken to
her Home Dr Lewis offered the follow
ing alibi
At 7 oclock Tuesday night I dined at
the Athletic Club and ltft there at 7S5
in company with Mr Welch a dentist
nnd Dr E H Lee I then walked to
Monroe and Dearborn Streets and took a
North Clark Strett car on my way to
1S35 North Hermitage Avenue where I
was to examine Eugene Prager for life
Insurance I transferred at the car barns
opposite the park and returned at 935 p
m to the Ferris Wheel Park I went
into the Rleiizl staved there till 9 50 p
m and went to the Coliseum at Division
and North Clark Streets Then I took a
car for the South Side caught an Illinois
Central train at 12 30 a m Wedncsd iy
and was in my bed at home 5100 Madison
Avenue at 1W a m I did not see Miss
Ball until I was called to attend her
Asked why he prepared his statement
so claboratelj the doctor said t
Well I felt nervous and realized that
there would be a fuss made I wanted
to be sure
The story told by the phvslclon caused
Inspector Hunt to take a still deeper in
terest In the case for the fact that the
doctor should have been at the Blcnzl at
tho identical time Miss Ball was leaving
the Ferris Wheel Park where she had
ppent the early evening with Miss Jean
ettc Farrar was regarded as more than
a mere coincidence Coroner Traeger may
order a post mortem examination and an
other investigation to be held as regards
Miss Balls death A diamond ring val
ued at KM which she is believed to have
worn when she left home is missing Dr
Lewis when asked today if he and Miss
Hall had intended maining said
Why talk about it The girl is dead
no matter what we would have done and
I do not deny that we were warm friends
It is useless to discuss It now
MILLIONAIRES HEB CARGO
Speculation AtTordft Excitement ou
the Steamer DciitMchlnml
NEW Tronic Aug 3 The Hamburg
American liner Dcutschlnnd clipped six
minutes off her previous best run from
Cherbourg on the trip she finished at this
port today No twin screw packet it Is
declared has ever brought so many mil
lionaires into Sandy Hook They repre
sent much of the wealth of Pennsjlvanla
and a part of that of other big States
The voj age was smooth and mlghc
have been monotonous if the millionaires
and the sporting folk Including Tod
Sloane the jockey had not created great
exeitemcnt bj speculation that smashed
all records nlloat and was the talk from
port to port Tod Sloane was auctioneer
of most of the pools sold on the davs
runs
The Jockey lost favor In the last part
of the voyage because he complained on
losing about J2000 to Mortimer L Schiff
at bridge whist and because he questioned
the ability of A R Peacock who was
short on ready money to offer a certified
check for J2W0 Inasmuch as Mr Peacock
was once Vice President of the Carnegie
Stel Companj and sold out his interest
for 511000000 he was somewhat surprised
by the Jockejs insinuation which was
whispered in the -presence of Mr Pea
cocks friends Sloane found he was
harking up the wrong tree and later
apologized
The spirit of speculation became strong
est on the latter half of the vojage There
were poker games in the smoking room
the entire time and the stewards almost
had to use swear words in elaborate Ger
man polvsvllables to get the plavers to
go to bed- The limit was usually 10 but
the games were so warm that there was
seldom less than 5000 In a pot
The biggest pool on a dajs run ever
auctioned off aboard a trans Atlantic
river was won by A R Peacock on Tues
day when the ship covered 372 knots Mr
Peacock gathered in 15OU0 On this day
ten vojagers Invested their vest pocket
change In a hat pool on the ship s run
They were John Drjden D M Clemson
J H Chambers A M Fox D W Gilles
pie M F Mustln George L McFarlane
r Moore C Tlndle and A R Peacock
Each put up 51200 making a pool of J12
50 the biggest ever heard of afloat Mr
Mustln who is President of the Pittsburg
Malleable Iron Company and really
doesnt need the money drew the lucky
number
There was another pool a mere trifle
of S1700 auctioned off on Wednesday on
the days run which was 578 knots Mor
timer Schiff who had been lucky at
cards bid for the number 57b His friends
entered into a conspiracy to prevent him
from getting that number and after they
had forced him to bid HO for It he sur
prised them by giving it up and bidding
for 578
DEAD MAY NTJM3ER THIRTY
Police Still UreilKinK for Iloillen in
the Bolim are
PHILADELPHIA Pa Aug 29 The
death lUt from jesterdav s explosion will
probably be thirtv in all There are now
nine dead Ail except two women have
been identified and nineteen are missing
The polite are of the opinion that there
are more bodies In the river and are
ttill dredging
No advance has been made in deter
mining the cause of the accident Coro
ner Dugan surveved the vessel today and
under lib direction all but a few inehes of
water was pumped from the hull his in
tention being to have her hauled to the
House of Correction wharf so that an
examination could be made It was jer
ceived that there were cracks In the hull
and fearing that It would sink If towed
out into the stream it was determined to
allow her to remain where she went
aground until the seams were calked
The coroner will tomorrow confer with
local Government officials and those of
the Wilmington Steamboat Company In
an effort to have a time set when all
three can pursue the investigation to
gether The United States Government
has all authority over tidewater and as
the accident occurred in midstrtam the
Government will take a hand In the de
termination of the case
Rob rt S Rodle supervising inspector
of United States steam vessels who has
charge of the district from Bangor Me
to Philadelphia viewed the wreck todaj
but said he would not begin his investiga
tion until the boiler which exploded and
which Is jet in the river had been found
WTFE BEATER TO BE WHIPPED
VcKro Sentenced ti He Iuhlinl at
HuKtTHiovv ii Md
HAGERSTOWN Md Aug 23 Abram
Moore colored has been sentenced to the
whipping post to receive thirty lashes for
wife heating This is the first case in
which whipping has been imposed for
this crime in this county for nearly ten
jears
Judge Stake said In sentencing Moore
that he Intended to make an example of
him and to let wives understand that
they are to be protected against the bru
tality of their husbands
A Ilnvnnit Thief Arrenfrd
HAVANA Aug 29 One of the thieves
who on Monday robbed E C Westall
chief of the money order bureau of the
postofllce here of H000 which Mr
Westall was taking to the treasury to
deposit has been arrested It Is said
that two men and two bojs vvcro con
cerned In the robbery
THE ONE FARE FIGHT WOfl
Brijriitnnotl Haihvay Afrrees to
JJebciinl Objectionable Older
AmKk SiilnirlinnltoN to Cimnenl vnt to
1rewpt fur t w Schedule at Present
CoiiipromtHe Vit let Acrt t il to
1 CltlxrtiN The Complin N Side
The citizens of the northern suburbs
nlong the line of the Brightwood Railwav
branch of the Washington Traction and
Electric Company have won their light
against the imposition of a double fare
for the ride to and from the centre of
the city The order of the railwav com
pany promulgated on Wednesday morn
ing imposing the double fare will not
po Into effect on Sunday morning as pro
posed and probnblj It will never be res
urrected b the companv President Mc
Dermott head of the railway sjstem and
of the Brightwood line last night agreed
with Wilton J Lambert representing tho
legal committee or the citizens that If
tlfe citizens would not press the company
for a more frequent trip schedule at pres
ent the company on Its part would re
scind its order and continue to carry pas
sengers for one fare as at present
The citizens of tho section Interested
have not as jet ratified this agreement
but It Is understood that a meeting of
their committee will be called immediately
for this purpose- nnd Mr Lambert said
last night that he bellevns no difficulty
will be met with In securing Its endorse
ment of the plan President McDermott
is understood to have gone very fully Into
the matter with Mr Lambert and to have
made it plain to him that the company is
loving money and would run much more
heavilv Into debt If the proposed new fifteen-minute
schedulo were put into effect
Mr Lambert stated last night that in
view of this and of the fact that tho
company was determined to carry out
its double fare plan at all hazards which
would inevitably be a great Injury to the
suburbs he should ndvlse the citizens as
their legal representative to accept the
compromise of the company
The following resolutions prepared by
Mr Lambert and President McDermott
last night and covering the ground of the
compromise will be submitted for adop
tion to the citizens committee appointed
on Wednesday
vVhcreM at a ireeting held in Talonw Hall in
Talonu ljrk on vujrust 27 the undersigned were
apiointed a committee to consider the proposed
hane In tho fare to be charced for transporta
tion over the line of the Drightwood Hallway
Companv and connecting lines and
Whereas it is represented to this committee
that the operation ol the Urihtnood Railway
Company for the year ending December 31 l
tJious that the operating expenses of said com
pany were oo231 27 and the receipts from the
earr ins oi passencers hut j399u 73 and
Whereas it is desirable in the mtrrest of both
the public and the company that said railway
should not be operated at a loss but upon a bajis
to be fixed in view ol the capacity of the com
pany and neccsJlieji of the people dependent
upon it for transportation and they believe both
these objects can be accomplished by Conces
sional action vesting the District Commi don
ers with povvcr to regulate the time table ol paid
railway throuchout the District as said necessi
ties may require
Resolved That the Ditrict Commissioners be
requested to bold the matter of the proposed
enforcement of the statutory requirements con
cerning said time table in abeyance until such
Congressional nction can be obtained and that in
the meantime the directors of the Brichtwood
Hallway Company be requested to suspend action
in the matter of change in the terms oi trans
portation
The fight of the Brightwood Bright
wood Park and Takoma Park citizens
against the Imposition of a double fare
was one of tbs most spirited and aggres
sive ever waged In the District From
tho appearance of the special notices of
the railway company li the morning
papers on Wednesday until the light was
won last night not a moment was lost
Into the thirty six hours of the fight were
crowded all the preparations for a big
mass meeting the meeting itself at Ta
koma Hall on Wednesday night at which
the entire section interested was fully
represented the making of numerous
fiery speeches the adoption of numerous
resolutions the apoolnting of several
committees the plan to bojeott the rail
way the plan to secure a bus line to the
suburbs the plan to appeal to the Balti
more and Ohio Railway the plan to ap
peal to the courts for a mandamus to
compel the railway to mi its cars into
the heart ot the city and finally two or
three conferences with the officials of the
railway which resulted In the backdown
of the company
On the other hand it is now learned
that the company was fully determined
to carry out its order until last night
The suggestion that there was any possi
bility that the order would lie reselnded
vesterday afternoon or until the compro
mise was proposed is entirely without
foundation The companv had printed
thousands of coupon tickets for use ac
cording to Its order and had them ready
for Issue Sunday morning at which time
the double fare would have gone Into
effect bejond question
Mr Iambert went to the offices of the
company jesterday for the purpose of
conferring with the management In the
hope of Inducing it to withdraw from its
proposed action President McDermott
and Vice President Harries were both
away from the clt and Mr Lambert
was closeted with General Manager If
XV Fuller for some hours Mr Iambert
acted as the representative of tho Legal
Committee appointed by the citizens
Judge Bundy was absent from the city
and not able to serve on the committee
and XV McIC Claj ton the third member
gave Mr Lambert a proxy to act for him
In the matter
The Interview with Mr Tuller produced
no result That gentleman told Mi Lam
bert that he had no power to riscind the
objectionable order and tint It was im
possible to reach any of the higher olll
cers of the companv He said that he
had been directed to carrj out the order
and proposed to do so
Mr Lambert went home and took up
again ids work on tho proposed man
damus proceedings lie received a tele
phono message from Mr Fuller lit In
the afternoon that Mr McDermott had
returned to the city unexpectedly and
would be glad to discuss the matter The
Lambert McDcrmott meeting then took
pi ice with the result mentioned
The arguments offered b President
McDermott were numerous and cogent
as reported b Mr Lambert He stitt d
very positive- that under the present
one fare svstem and under the present
schedule the company Is losing money
steudllv He said that if the schedule
providing for additional cars were adopt
ed there would be a still greater loss
This fact he said had determined the
company to adopt the doubl fare which
he asserted to be within the law
This was the compmjs side of the mat
ter He stated further his belief that the
citizens would have no chance of win
ning their fight and that the double faro
would be a fixture He argued for the
compromise that the citizens should con
sent to the old schedule which he did not
consider a great hardship for the sake
of avoiding the pajment of two fares
He stated his belief that it Is very much
to the Interests of the citizens that tho
should be a pajing concern
the proposal of the compromise is that
the mittir of the trip schedule hall be
held in abejance b the Commissioners
until Congress shall have had time to
make a law allowing them to regulate
schedules as thej Sfe fit for the best In
terests of all concerned
nHlifntftniilnnH n Buffalo
BUFFALO N Y Aug 9 The follow
ing visitors to the Pan American Exposi
tion from Washington are registered at
Buffalo hotels
Iroquois Ralph L Gaer and wife Mrs
Anderson and daughter Mr and Mrs V
C llerrick Ethel Hcrrlek Mrs L
Rodgers
Statler Miss Katherine OKeefe MIsa
St A O Connor Miss Iv I O Connor J
C Spauldlng Verone T Collnur Mrs J
A Lun
Mansion George V Sane
Columbia E A Kieldler nnd wife L
A Henry nnd wife W P Uernhart XV
XV Bolls Edward E QuinI
Park L M Emmctt
KUTGETS TEill
Fill
THE TIMES WASIIIiNGTO FJUDAY AUGUST 30 1001
1ari
VDJOURIT
Oiicers Elected rrt the Iimlss lllr
Crnml II n ei n i time nt
LOUISVILLE K Aug -3 The Grand
Encampment of the IVltedSt Ues Knights
Templar adjourned tcday jitter selecting
San rrancisco as the next place of meet
ing In 1S0I aid cbttltrg officers Sin
Francisco was recommended bj the com
mittee and the cncaukpmiirrl endorsed the
action of the committee b unanimous
vote
The following officers were elected
Henry Bates Stoddart Brjan Tex Grand
j Master George M Moulton of Chicago
I Deputj Grand Master the Rev Henrj
Wirren Rugg Providence R 1 Grand
Generalissimo V llllam B Melish Cin
cinnati Grand Captain General J A
Locke Portland Me Senior Warden II
Wales Lines Meridian Conn Grand
Trcnsurcr Frank II Thomas Junior
Warden John A Gerow Detroit Grand
Recorder
W II Majo was defeated for Grand
Treasurer after having served two terms
It was the one surprise of the encamp
ment
The following officers were appointed
Arthur McArthur of Troy N Y Grand
Standard Bearer C C Aosle Louisville
Grand Sword Bearer Robert Strong New
Orleins Grand Warden Charles Rose
brough Little Rock Grand Captain of
the Gunrd Tho prelate and the commit
tee will be appotuted later
The visiting Knights started In great
numbers for Mammoth Cave and
the Pan American Exposition
CUBAN DAY AT BUFFALO
Special ExcrclNc Held In Hie Temple
of Tllmle
BUFFALO N Y Aug 13 Cuban day
at the exposition was celebrated by ex
ercises In the Temple of Music Among
the speakers were I II Michado spe
cial Cuban school commissioner and Dr
Louis A Baralt The Havana Munici
pal Band was In attendance
Tour thousand people came here from
Medina today to see the show
BODE IN A WHEELBABROW
Tilt Police Take an Inrnly Prisoner
lo the Station
The sight of four stalwart policemen
two of them pushing a wheelbarrow the
other two busily engaged In keeping an
unruly prisoner who weighed nearly 200
pounds within the vehicle caused con
siderable amusement among the residents
in tho vicinity of the new Tenth pre
cinct station shortly after 9 oclock last
night
It has been many jears since the wheel
barrow has been used as a patrol wagon
In this and but few of the 00 police
men in this city are able to remember
that time Last night however the blue
coats were forced to resort to such a
method in order to land their prisoner in
the station
During tho past weeki laborers have
been busily engaged Inpaving the en
trance to the stable at the new station
consequently the patrol wagon was sent
to the Eighth precinct on U Street in
case of an emergency call
The man who was1 arrested and carried
to the statlonhouseIn the old time stjlc
was Victor Norgard thirty years of age
who had been arrested by Policemen
Ljnn and Barrett ai the corner of Tour
tenth and Parks Streets on the charge
of assaulting William Grayson a Capital
Traction car cmploje
Norgard It Is said was drinking and
refused to get out of his seat in a car
when requested to do so by Grajson The
latter then endeavpred to pull the ob
streperous passenger from the car and
as a result was beaten Norgard
being a man of Immervsejstature Police
men Lynn and Barrett put in an appear
ance and stnrted to the patrol box
with Norgard The bluecoats sent In a
call for the patrol wagon but to their
chagrin the wagon was out on an cmr
gency call consequently there was noth
ing for them to do but to walk their pris
oner to the station nearly eleven block
awaj
All went well until the rlo was within
four blocks of the station when Norgard
began to buck and refused to walk As
he was too hcavj for them to Bar
rett left Lvnn with the prisoner and has
tened to the station Once there it was
decided to try the wheelbarrow racket
and soon the bluccoat was speeding up
the street re enforced the presence
of two other policemen Norgard was
loaded unceremoniously Into the vehicle
and still struggling was rolled to the
station amid the applause of citizens
Once there he was charged with having
assaulted Grajson and also with having
acted in a disorderly manner on tho
street As he did not have tho necessary
collateral fee ne was placed tn the ceil
for u hearing in court this morning
MK VINSON TO SHOW CAUSE
Order Slicned li JuMtlec Barnard in
the Michael Suit
In connection with the petition filed by
William II Michael against Pejton D
Vinson and the R M Perry Company
asking for the appolntnient of a receiver
and an injunction to restrain the first
named defendant from disposing of cer
tain personal property and to compel the
specific performance of a contract Jus
tice BarnarJ signed an order
requiring Vinson to show cause on Sep
Umber 5 next why the relief asked for
should not be granted
It Is explainid that in October last
Michael advanced Vinson something over
t3H to complete certain contracts for
the constitution of sewers for the Dis
trict He also claims that Vinson prom
ised to sce ure the advance bj a chattel
trust on certain horses and engines used
In the construction of the sewers men
tioned This he states Vinson refused
to do
Michael also claims that Vinson
part of his personal propertj to the R
M Perry
At the present time Michael tates
there is about J3 W due Vinson on the
sewer contracts This monej he sajs
Is held the Commissioners and Vinson
declines to give him an order to draw it
He therefore asks that Vinson be re
strained from drawing this money fiom
the Commissioners and tint a receiver
b appointed to take charge of It and dis
hurse It under order of the court He
alo nsks that lusou be enjoined from
disposing of the remainder of his per
sonal property until the complainants
claim is sitisfled Edward I Gles is
named as counsel for the complainant
DENIED USE OF THE MAILS
Irtilld Orilc rn Indued AKnlllst n nu
Iruulse o t tiiieern
The Postmaster General upon recom
mendation from tlje Assistant Attorncj
General for the Fpstotate Department
jesterday issued fraud orders against the
Standard Oil Promotion nnd Investment
Atlantic nnd Pacific Oil Com
pany George W Chnney and William
Baer Ewlng of San Francisco Cal
The KChcme of this conern Is alleged
to have consisted in advertising that its
members were experts In the oil trade
that they solicited people to entrust them
with money for Investu ents for which
thej gunrantosl large n turns It is
stated that the smaller Investors received
large returns thU3 advertising the scheme
When the promoters had accumulated
SliUOO in this manner thej absconded
TROUBLE OVEB A HOESE
John Iaivnon C olnrril Arrenteil on
Complaint ot 111 Father
William H I awson colored caused the
arrest jesterdaj of his son John II
Liwson on 1 charge of lnrcenj Police
man Jackson of the Tourth precinct stn
tion found tl e accu ed at his home
corner ot Third nnd G Streets southwest
and he is In Id to await a lie iring tod iy
A horse aid to belong to William II
Law nun serins to be the bone of conten
tion betwe en father nnd son Young Iiw
son sajs he never had anj thing at all to
do with the horse
The pollo doubt whether the animal
Ins reillj been stolen It Is suspected
tint j cunt Law son may also be wanted
as a fugitie from the workhouse where
he has spent some time
doses 10 cents means four cures fioral
Headache IjIIis lrcirrt bale wire
TRACTIOH COMPANY SUITS
The City mill Suburban in Debt to
Other Syndicate Concerns
Vnnt Snms rlnli ied lj Ulectrlc
llKht iiniMntin anil llnltrd
Mat cm VIirtnii and Trut otn
ianlcN liir HrorKitnlratlnn llnns
The first formal steps toward the finan
cial reorganization of the street ralay
system of the Washington Traction and
Electric Company were taken jesterday
Several suits were filed against the Clty
and Suburban Railway Companj one of
the constituent comp inles for vast sums
of money loaned to it by the other con
stituent companies and the United
States Mortgc and Trust Company the
New Tork financial concern which aided
in forming the consolidation
No direct statement as to the signifi
cance of the suits could be obtained from
any officer of the Washington Traction
Company last night but It was learned
that the expectation Is to force the City
and Suburban Into the h inds of a re
ceiver and thus to foreclosure for failure
to settle the suits What the intention
of the management of tho Washington
Traction Company Is after this step has
been taken could not be learned It is
not known if In foreclosure sale It Is
intended to buj in the and Subur
ban at a low price relieved of some of
its stock nnd bonded indebtedness or to
let it go Into other hands
It Is said to be probable that other suits
of a similar nature will be filed against
others of the constituent companies that
have been ru nlng behind In their receipts
and unable to meet their obligations
Three suits were filed against
the City and Suburban to recover a to
tal of 193200 claimed to be due on prom
issory notes made payable on demand
In another suit to recover on a note for
J330O0 the Washington Traction and Elec
tric Companj which is the endorser is
nlso made a defendant with the City and
Suburban Company The entire sum in
which the and Suburban Is ulleged to
be in default is thus about 2230 k
In tho first suit filed the United States
Mortgage and Trust Company sues to re
cover on five notes aggregating 1323
The second suit Is by the United Stat2
Electric Lighting Company to recover on
two notes aggregating 31000 The third
is brought by the Anacostla and Potomac
River Railway Company on a note for
10000 The fourth suit is by the Colum
bia Company and Is against the
City and Suburban of Washing
ton and the ashlngton Traction and Elec
tric Company on a note the face rmurm
w hlch is 330U Fred McKennev and John
S Flannery are named as counsel for the
plaintiff
The Washington Traction nnd Electric
Company was formes two jears ago by
the purchase of the stocks of all the rall
waj s of the District except the Capital
Traction The two electric lighting com
panies were also purchased Practlcallj
all the capital stock of a number of the
companies was purchased and a very
large In every case The gentle
men who made the purchases and com
pleted tho deal sold out to a company form
ed for the purpose the Washington Trac
tion and Electric This concern Is
thus simply a holding company owning
the stocks of the constituent concerns
This company had an authorized bond
issue of 20 000 000 and an authorized capi
tal stock of 120iO0Q0 both of which were
simply collateral Issues based on the value
and earning power of the stock of the
constituent companies
The Washington Traction and Electric
Company has not been a pajing concern
from the beginning A number qf th
constituent companies among them the
and Suburban ran behind on the in
terest on their bonds and some of them
did not even earn their operating ex
penses Those concerns which did pay
were not productive enough to make up
for the deficiencies on the poorer lines
The result of this was shown last June
when the Washington Traction Company
was unable to meet the semi annual In
terest pajment on its bonds of which
about 13000000 had been Issued At that
time the Fnited States Mortgage and
Trust the trustee for the
bonds applied for a receiver for the com
panj in the Virginia courts and Its ap
plication was granted President Allan
C McDermott of the Washington Trac
tion Company and of the constituent
companies was made the receiver
Since that time a committee represent
ing the bondholders has been endeavoring
to formulate a plan for getting the com
panj out of its difficulties It was mani
fest to the committee almost from the
beginning that the companj would not
be able to meet Its Interest paj ments ac
cording to the original organization It
was proposed that the Issue of bonds be
cut down to about half and that pre
ferred stock be issued to the bondholders
In place of the bonds which thej would
give up It was also proposed that the
Interest rate be cut from 414 per cent to
1 per cent
A further step which seemed necessary
was that monej be raised to liquidate a
large floating debt and for working capi
tal It was proposed that this be aecom
rllslied bv an assessment on the capital
stock of the companj which was as
above stated 1JOUO000 It is said that
this latter plan was not found feasible
because the stockholders some of them
Were unable or unwilling to paj the as
sessment
People who have been familiar with the
affairs of the company have been con
v ineed that some further and more dras
tic measures would be nccessarj to place
it on a sound financial basis It has been
thought probable that some of the con
stituent eompanhs would be allowed to
go Into the hands of receivers as one of
thei e measures
A Ian w as tiasscd more than a v ear
ago providing for the entire reorganiza
tion of the Washington Traction sjstem
The law provided that the Washington
and Great Falls Rallwaj should be al
lowed to purchase the other constituent
companies and form them into ono con
cern doing awaj with the fiction of the
holding companj The provisions of this
law have never been carrlid out on ac
count of the financial difficulties of the
concern It Is understood that the steps
now taken arc in the nature of prelimi
uarj moves looking to the final earrjlng
outof the reorganization
FOUND A HUMAN FOOT
Police of till Eighth Precinct Iiiz
rleii Over a Masters
Considerable mjstcrj surrounds the
finding ot a human foot jesterdav after
noon on a vacant lot Clifton Best a
newsbov who brought the gruesome ob
ject to the Eighth precinct station where
with little ceremonj he turned It over
to Lieutenant Jordan In command of that
precinct
Clifton Bcit the jouth who made the
discover found It on a vacant lot be
tween rirst and Second Elm and U
Streets northwest He was on his way
home from having finished his paper
route when he came across the gruesome
object ljing In a lot of dirt The lot It
is said has been used frequently bj ash
men to dump tin lr cargoes but more
especially by the Street Cleaning Depart
ment Of late however so manj com
plaints had been made by citizens resid
ing In that section against the lot being
used as a dump that before Lieutenant
Kennej resigned command of the Eighth
precinct he gave orders that there was
to be no more dumping of waste materials
In that location
In onUr to clear up the matter arid as
certain if posdble how the foot which
was nppirentlj In good condition cime
to land on a vac nit lot Lieutenant Jor
dan ordend Sirbeant Doj le and Police
men ICillev and lilxson who patrol that
section of the cltj to make a thorough
Investigation
From a nsldcnt of that vleluitj Ser
gunt Dojle learned that several dajs ago
two strange men bail been seen about
the dumps and from all appearanos
thej wire apparently hunting through the
amount of waste material for some
object Despite the fact that Sergeant
Dojle and Policemen Kellej and Hlxson
made a thorough search of the lot shortly
k ndork last nlcht no other parts
nf a human bodj could be found
j ri o mid Return Via
II A O
Salurdaj and Sunday Aujut 31 and tn ptcmber 1
1112 O ST
S VLES
298
Womens Oxford and Black Dress
and Walking Skirts all wool black
and blue cheviot cloths some trimmed
new panel effect with satin some fiaro
i and flounce effects some with doubie
rume nounce all perfect and desirable
skirts and values worth up to 3 In
troductory special JJ93
S5 Waists S398
A lot of new fall taffeta Silk Waists
in nil the newest shades and blacks
handsome effects some all over tuck
ed some button trimmed Positively
3 grades for 353
Up to S198 Waists 98c
guur entire assortment or i M ITj
rnirl i fiQ sirilef b n aila r r av
33c Some white India Linen some
colored Waists of Lawn Dimity and
Batiste showing all the seasons de
sirable patterns and up-to-date effects
A glance will be sufficient j ou 11 sure
Ij purchase really remarkable bar
gains
10c Vests 6c
A lot of new gauze vests good
grade Some with half sleeves oth
ers sleeveless trimmed lace edge The
10c sort for Co
Up to S2
Underwear
98c
This lot comprises the very highest
grades of Underwear A showing of
Sklrts gowns corset covers drawers
etc All are made of excellent grade of
muslla and cambric They are In the
latest and most desirable effects and
several varieties of patterns are shown
In each piece AH are elaborately trim
med and well mad perfect in everj
feature Positively values worth up
to 2 Green Ticket Price c
on
Homescekers and Investors
The Columbia electric line U now completed
and running to
Kenilworth D C
Vnd the owners of the subdtrlaion have decided
to give the public an opportunity to secure
A Limited Number of Lots at
Public Auction
Monday September 2 at 3 PM
LOTS UfL POSITIVELY I1E SOLI TO THE
HIGHEST niDDFRa WITHOUT RESERVE
Onl 5c fare from an point in city Chance of
a lifetime to secure valuable lota in one of the
moit desirable sections of the District at pecu
lative prices Property may be purchased -it this
public sale for
A FEW CENTS PER FOOT
Ahich uill eventually be worth a dollar or more
One of the nicest and roost extluire neighbor
hoods in the District absolutely free from all
nuisances
Subdivision already Improved by 40 fine resi
dence public school now budding church AC
Hejlthv location Intersected by ctfy street
Beautiful ihade trees All Improvements
Lot sold on popular installment I Un of 3 per
month
10 per cent discount for caih at time of ile
Tickets and plat of subdivision ou arpltcatioa
at office of
Washington and Suburban
Real Estate Co
ULLN V MUX1PY PPES
PRESIDENTS DAY AT BTTFFALO
Mr MclClnlc o itit he Crnnd
Arm imnmiiiieiit
The President will isit the Pan-American
Exposition In Buffalo on September
4 which has been designated as Presi
dents day and a special programme has
bten arranged Upon his way back to
Canton it is expected that he will i dt
annu il i ncampment of the Grand
Army ot the Republic and delUer an ad
dress
The President tikes much pleasure In
meeting again with his old comrades and
as he was preented from being with
tham last jcar he will nnVe it a point
to attend the forthcoming encampment
Voting Women lit Court
Rose Jolinon Lottie llroan Tannic Sortli
ridsf Annie Smith Mar W11cr Jennn IXiiU
I IlUnclic Lewi and Mjdac Iiarics ranjlns in ae
from tmty to tent nc jcjm were jriaoniri
In the Police Court Urdav in aiwwrr to a
charge ot 1sn1nc3 t the nim t of Ml ort
SiHr who ia attorney fcr JlaiUe IJiitw and
nlamlir lean Jnde MUM Iiostponod the hear
ins ol the cast until tomorrow Mr
said he dot red time to get witnesses to show
that the charKe aaint lin clienU a unjust
Ilord in the sum of ifiW as rcq dred oi each
of the women to eruinre their ipptarancc llailje
lvavu and lllamhe le13 furnished Th
othir Ell are held at the Ilou e ot Detention
The joun women it is said ncnt to luaapraAe
Junction Wednesday and on the wa home ucre
very disorderly on a street car
ini
UOI On Monday ugut ifi 1001 it 35 X
Mre t southeast HOW RD lltOCTOli the 10
Iovid Infant son of lannic and Willard K Llojd
aed two jears
nearest Howard thou hait left in
V e thy low most dceplj feci
But an nnscl came and whispered
Darling Howard do come home
mm M Mwitiv
Fnmral ugiut 27 IOl Co ircs dorul Ccnic
ttry
Zrf -- V a c
KIMGS PALACE
PEPARTMEMT STORES
1 T15 rirKet Sptctj
Now open your eyes to a moyl importnt
Green Ticket Sale
A glance at the prices will convince yon of the saving the
money in your pocket Its to your iutercst to be oa hand early
Important Sale of Wrappers
We 111st closed a deal with a manufacturer rreMitnovi
entire slock of hlgh grnde wrappers 1 and ykoo 2es by
purchasing the entire assortment we bought them at a very
reasonable figure j oull be the one to profit ay the ex
498 Felt Turban
and Walking Hats
59c
change vve oner tne lot at uc x uey are raaeie ot lawn nnd
percale excellent grade some are embroidery some lace trimmed made In all
desirable and up-to-date patterns hav e full skirts and deep flounces nektlv
finished the otter is unprecedented j
Womens Stylish
Tailor made Suits
498
The balance of the lot of 3 and 9
suits for 4 93 They are well made and
perfect In every detail some arc plain
tailor made some are braid trimmed
some trimmed tastefully with taffeta
silk The ne vet effects in Jackets
Etons in single and double breasted
stjles some single and double-breasted
tight fitting effects they have new
culfs sleeves and backs some are
lined with taffeta silk The skirts are
full flaring and lined with high grade
spunglass percaline lining
Womens 1498
New Fall Suits
998
A handsome assortment of womens
broadcloth Venetian and pebble chev
iot suits In all the new fall shades
and the newest and most fashionable
effects They have the new Jackets
and nre handsomely finished Some
are braid trimmed some trimmed
with satin suits impossible to dupli
cate elsewhere for less than 103 In
troductory special 3S8
Womens S4 and 5
Fall Skirts
298
An excellent assortment of new felt
hats In turban and walking effects
suitable for sea shore and outing wear
and for early fall wear some trimmed
with breasts some with panne velvet
showing all color combinations Reg
ular 4 53 values elsewhere Introduc
tory Special 288
150 Trimmed
Duck Hats
EDCCATIOXAL
88c
Lot of womens fine quality stitched
brim corded duck hats trimmed vith
fine soft material artistically draped
on crown The L50 sort for sc
The same grade but without the
trimming JSc values we offer for Kta
98c Felt Fedoras 69c
A new lot of felt fedoras for the new
seasons wear the SSc grade for 63c
Childs I2ic
Hose
7ic
A lot of Childrens Ribbed Hose
double knee spliced heel and toe ex
tra length In other stores at liVic
here at 75ic
Womens 29c
Hose
19c
Odds and Ends of Ladles Lace Hose
fast black excellent grade spliced
heel and toe a 23c value for 13c
8c Napkins 4c
At half the actual value this lot of
white and colored damask napkins an
excellent grade some with fringed
edge3
Ginghams 6c
Remnants of fancy dress ginghams
best grade showing striped and check
ed patterns some light and some dark
effects From the piece this grade is
alwajs 12V4c Special at 614c
Batiste 9ic
Remnants o fancy Mercerized Ba
tiste embracing a variety of light and
dark colors in the newest scroll pat
terns dotted rtriped effects etc lav
ender blue pink tan grey green etc
The 23c sort for 94c
98c Bedspreads 69c
Double bed spreads honej comb de
signsell at 9Sc for 69c
39c Summer
Corsets
25c
A lot of 20 dozen lightweight white
double net heavily boned summer cor
sets ot excellent grades and embrac
ing the latest and most desirable
shapes will be put on sale today
for ijc
J
LAW DEPARTMENT
National University
Practical two jear course leading to degree
of LLC B Pot CTaduatc course of one additional
year leading to degree of LL 3L
34th annual opening of all clasne October 1
1901 at 6 30 oclock p m Evening sessions ex
clusively
For Catalogue apply to EUGEXE D CUtUST
Secretary and Treasurer Columbian Building
Tl irfcTlHC BUSINESS COLLEGE
MYNN J EIGHTH ND K STS
1llU w Established 1573 Day or Ttht
Session 25 a year Busine Shorthand Type
writing
St Johns College
VFUMONT WE AXD TIIOMIS CIRCLE
A Select Day School for Young Men and Itoyz
knghsh Science and Business Courses
Apply for Catalogue to BHOTHEK ABDAS
President
ST MARYS ACADEMY
Aloxandrla Va
Boarding and Day School for Youna Ladles and
Children The S2d year begins Tuesday Sept 3
Term- molerate lor catalogue ajdrcsa SISTER
SbPLIUOIt
liOCKULLE mabylad
Academy for bojs Home life and individual
lEslruction Teirs moderate Address
W P MASOV U S X A
special onccs
TO LL WHOM IT M i CONChEX I will not
be rcsKnble for any debts contracted by my
wife Lizzie M ttilhanu A J fl ILL Wis
hAirsHTS OF COIUJiniS Vr council to be in
stituted at Charlottesville ta SLMHY hfcP
Thlllltlt 1 Tram leaes Pcnnsyhama tatica it
5 01 a m Sunday Members desirm to secure
rediucd rate should meet at Carroll Hall Sat
urday Atigunt 31 at S p m
NOTICE OF DlSOLUTIoV
Voticc Is hereby siren that the partnership
heretofore exNtin between the undersigned under
the firm name oi K J Laltvrr Bro has been
dissolved by mutual consent and the business
uill hereafter be conducted by air Itobert J
Lalcger who lias assumed all indebtedness and
to whom all accounts are payable
ROBLBT J LAL1 CFIt
GtOltOL II LALLCHt
THE FIRM OF GRWIV HOFFaUV IS THbj
day discohed by mutual consent
Signed MMUI L CRWIV
JHt IIOfFMAV
Aneust M 1C0U eiS 3
SPFCIM NOTICF On and ifter Sundiv Sep
tcmbtr 1 1501 the Brirhtwood Hallway Com
pany will be operated from Florida trtsue and
V trect to the District line Free
lwtueen the Bnehtwood Railway Company an
the Metropolitan Railroad and Anacostla anl
Potomac ltucr Railroad companies will be abo
idied Coupon tickets four for 2i ccms stood
over the lines of the rlghtwood Metropolitan
and Capital Traction corrpauies may be pnr
iliased of conductors on the Rrightwuod car in
acconlance with the terms of the companys
charter II W r LI LI It Ccneral Manager
Hrightwnod Kallwaj Company
sprCHI NOTICE The issue ot commutation
boiiVs our the lires of the Washington Wood
side and lorest Olcn and Unci tuood llailuir
ccmpmies is suspended from this date until bli
ther ii tire II V FLLI V R General Manager
usust 27 1W1
SLlllIEU HUSOIITS
COLOMU BEACH Room and board at the
Wrcnwlle Cottage MRS M IlhltMlN excellent
d nncrs 30c to excursionists m20 7
j vnjjjAm lee
Undertaker und Xlvery
KZ fenx Ave N VI Wiihhcton U C