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the sun, Baltimore; monpay morning, January 14, 1901. 1 1 IN AND ABOUT TOWN MARRIAGE LICENSES Issued By The Clerk Of The Court Of Common Pleas. The following marriage licenses were Issued Saturday In Baltimore, the parties residing In Baltimore unless otherwise stated: Thomas Doughty, widower, Philadelphia, Obeliah C. Ball. Daniel C.

Gordon, 826 North Gay street, Georgia Virginia Keen. Samuel Fuxman, 3 East York street. Gildie Ber-man. Pietr De Blazi, 110 Market space, Jane Ris, widow. Frank Ryan, 1536 Friendsbury st, Ethel Stockup.

heimer was born at York, but came to Baltimore when quite young. For more than 20 years he had been in the cattle business. He was a member of the firm of Samuel Sundheimer with offices at the Union Stockyards. Mr. Oppenheimer was a member of Arcana Lodge of Masons, Phoenix Chapter of Royal Arch, the Scottish Rite, Royal Arcanum, Phoenix Club and attended the Har Sinai Temple.

MISS CARRIE P. DAUGHERTY. Miss Carrie P. Daugherty died suddenly yesterday at her home, 2028 Druid Hlll avenue, from an attack of neuralgia of the heart. She was an active worker In Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, and her sudden death was a shock to the congregation.

She had been organist of fhe Sunday-school, was active In the affairs of Clifton Mission and also in the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Miss Daugherty was a daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Daugherty.

MRS. L. B. TYLER. Mrs.

Lucretla Baltzell Tyler died yesterday of heart failure at thp residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Ellicott Fisher, in Philadelphia. Mrs. Tyler was well known In Baltimore and Frederick social circles. She leaves a daughter, Mrs.

Ellicott Frsher, of Philadelphia, and a son, Mr. E. Murray Tyler, of Baltimore. SUBURBS AND COUNTY Chester A. Freeland Killed, A Train Near Halethorpe.

Chester A. Freeland, the 13-year-old son of Mr. 'William S. Freeland, of Halethorpe, Baltimore county, was instantly killed? Sat urday morning by being run over by a pas senger train of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company at Arbutus Station. Officials of the railroad company say the boy was standing on the tracks with two other boys and that they looked as If they were about to board a freight train going north, when the passenger train came south and caught the Freeland boy, the other two escaping.

It is also said the boys were watching the operation of a steam shovel when the train came along. An inquest will be held tonight, Mr. Crosby Getting Acquainted. Roads Engineer Crosby held a conference Saturday with the road commissioners of the county at Ganzhorn's Hotel, in Baltimore. Nearly all the Commissioners were present, and they got acquainted with the Engineer and then talked over matters pertaining to road improvement in the county.

In the discussion which followed the question arose as to whether the road commissioners could employ their own horses and carts upon the roads." It was finally decidr ed to Invite the County Commissioners to meet the Engineer and road commissioners at Ganzhorn's next Saturday to determine this matter. Mr. Crosby said after5 the meeting-that under the law the road commissioners could not employ their own horses and carts except by special permission from the County Commissioners. After the meeting Mr. Crosby went over to the Hotel Lexington, where he had a talk with Mr.

J. F. C. Talbott, State's Attorney John Grason, Charles A. Councilman, Frederick Von Kapff and other representative citizens of the county.

Licensed To Marry. A marriage license was issued at Towson on Saturday to Charles Monroe Lawson, 20 years old, and Laura Louisa Masenheimer 23 years' old, both of McDonogh, Baltimore county. The written consent of the parents of the youthful prospective groom was filed with the application, which was made bv David H. Lawson, the father of the young man. Licenses were also issued to Georare Berryman, 62 years old, widower, and Miss Annie Belle Koons, 30 years old, both of Keisterstown, and to Arthur Clifton Bushey.

of Reisterstown, and Miss Alberta Ritter King, of Delight. Mrs. Griesacker Gets No Injunction. The demurrer filed to the bill of complaint of Kate Griesacker in her suit asrainst the Baltimore County Commissioners for an Injunction to restrain them from contracting wnn tne Baltimore ana Potomac Railroad to erect a bridge over the Washineton road. in the Thirteenth district, was overruled on Saturday in the Circuit Court at Towson.

The last Legislature passed a law authoriz ing the bridge to be built jointly bv the railroad company and the County Commis sioners, and an agreement was accordingly entered into by them. The plaintiff sued for an injunction on the ground that the law is unconstitutional. To Hold Taxpayers' Convention. A meeting of the committee of fifteen on organization appointed by the last conven tion of the taxpayers of Baltimore count was neia at 11 o'clock Saturday morninsr at tne omee of Mr. E.

L. Painter In Baltimore. In view of the favorable'legilation resulting from the last convention it was unanimously resolved to hold another meet ing at lowson the first week in February. iiiuse present at tne meetinjr were Messrs J. Wilson.

K. P. Choate. C. E.

L. Painter, Mel choir Hoshall. G. Albert Mays, Edward Peerce, E. F.

Raphel, James Rittenhouse, Alexander McCormick and Arthur Chenoweth. Court Will Things; Over It. Argument was heard Saturday by Judges Fowler and Burke, in the Circuit Court at Towson, on the demurrer filed to the bill of complaint in the case of Mrs. Ellen M. Turnbull against the National Mining and Milling Company.

The plaintiff sued to re- cover damages for the alleged failure of the aerenaant to lease mineral lands in South Carolina In accordance with an agreement. The demurrer raised the point that the agreement did not comply with the requirements of the statute of frauds and is therefore not valid. The Court reserved its decision. Lectured On Macbeth. Dr.

Frederick A. Sykes. of the America Society for the Extension of University Teaching, gave the secsnd of a course of lectures on literature at Notre Dame Col lege, Charles street extended. Saturday i8 Shakespeare's trag- edy of "Macbeth." of which thu Wrm-oi. gave a masterly analysis and review.

The third lecture of the Words worth, His Life and Works," will be giveu February 22. Local Teachers' Institutes. The Committee on T.rfpnl Towh tutes for Baltimore County decided to nolo meetings at the public schools at Highlandtown, Towson, Eklo and Arlington. It was agreed upon to notify th teachers of the respective district's by send ing out programs at least two weeks before the time of meeting. Suburban Personals.

Miss Nellie Pitts, of Cockeysville. is visitine her aunt. Mrs. William Emig. 1719 West Fayette street.

Miss Cora Rogers, of near North Point. Fifteenth district, -is spending several months with relatives in Baltimore. Rev. R. N.

Edwards, brother of Rev. John R. Edwards, pastor of the Towson Methodist Episcopal phurch. preached yesterday at the Towson church. dunxer ana fiis Brother-in-law.

Mr. Charles Shoemaker, entertained a number of friends yesterday at Mr. Junker home. Valley Farm, near LauraviUe, Baltimore county. Mr.

and Mrs. Frank A. Mershon, of Camden. N. have returned home after spending several days with Irs.

Charles M. Snyder, of Woodline Farm, near Sparrows Point, Fifteenth district. Mr. George F. Tibbitts.

secretary of the Tristate Union. Young Men's Christian Association, visited the rooms of the Govanstown Young Men's Chris tian Association, yesterday and remained for the young men meeting. Mr. Harry Larkin Caples. of Cockeysville.

son of Rev. Robert F. Caples and a graduate of the State rormal School, has gone to Montgomery county to teach, in one of the public schools. He left Saturday to accept the appointment. Rev.

Joseph S. Whittington, of Waverly, preached yesterday at Calvary Baptist Church, Towson. Rev. W. E.

Robertson, pastor of the church, is in Vir ginia, where he went on Friday to take the body of his son, William Edwin Robertson, who was lulled by being run over by a car of the United Railways and Electric Company at Towson Wednesday. Suburban Miscellany. Letters of administration were granted by the Or phans' Court of Baltimore County on Saturday to Sylvan Hayes Lauchheimer on the personal estate of I.udwig Hoddench. George W. Edger, who was arrested on the charge of committing a felonious assault on Eliza Preston, colored, who is employed by Deputy Sheriff Eugene Burke, was mscnargea irom cusioay on oaiuraay.

Alberta Davis, colored, was sent to the House of Correction for one year Saturday by Justice Herbert, of Towson. for assaulting Grace fountain, colored. Both girls were inmates of the Asylum for Colored Girl3 at Melvale. A jubilee service was held yesterday at Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church, of West Harford Circuit, to celebrate the payment of the indebtedness on the church property. Rev.

W. W. Davis is pas tor of the church. A party of gypsies has located a woods at Lu- rherville. on the Northern Central They lvf several line wagons and about 30 head of horses.

They attracted a gooa many persons yester day who visited the camp. A suzcestion and affidavit for removal was on Sat- nrdnv filed by the Mount Vernon-Woodberry Cotton ru-k nomnany in the suit instituted against oy Alice Delawder and John P. Delawder for damages sustained by overflowing the jplaintiff's lands. The Exact Truth Exacted. Caller Tou look like a good and truthful girl toll me Is your mistress really out 1 Domestic She is.

ma'am. Caller Where? Domestic At the elbows, ma'am. Chicago Tribune. THE SUN AND ITS ALMANAC Praise For The New Issue A Local Contemporary. From the Baltimore American, Sunday, January 1901.

The Sun Almanac for 1901 has made Its appearance, and well does it maintain the high reputation won by its predecessors. This is the twenty-sixth annual issue of the valuable publication, which has become recognized as an authority on many matters, and which is a handy compendium of vast amount of important information. It is the aim of the compilers of the almanac to make it above all things a Maryland book, and so well Is this done that few questions can arise concerning this State which cannot be promptly answered by a glance at it? Especial care is devoted to the compilation of its election figures, which are all the more important in this issue because of, the great national contest of 1900. In the almanac will be found a complete, accurate and official record of the vote cast In every city, town and district in the State, and comparisons with the votes cast in previous years. None the, less valuable is the list of State, city and county oflicers.

The almanac also contains the most Important records made In many fields of the world's work during the closing year of the nineteenth century, the census figures for 1900 and platform of all the political parties, while a number of pages are devoted to general Information on the most important topics of the day. A record of the notable events of the year and the general and local necrology are other features of the publication. The Sun Almanac, valuable as It is, is not sold, but is sent free 'to every subscriber. The Sun is now in its sixty-fourth year, and is In full enjoyment of that prosperity which it so well deserves. It is now and always has been conducted on the soundest business principles, and has never stooped to the employment of claptrap methods to Increase its circulation.

It has won the honor and respect of this community and is everywhere regarded as one of the model newspapers of the country. Those now in charge of its management are worthy successors of its honored founder, and there is no dancer that under them it will ever swerve from the path he marked out ior it. TELL TALES OF CRUELTY What Dr. Barabasa Learned From Dredgers From The Whiting. Rev.

Dr. M. Barabasz, pastor of Holy Rosary Polish Catholic Church, Eastern avenue, near Broadway, on Saturday visited the witnesses in the City Jail who are held to testify against Charles Mlddleton, master, and Richard W. Clayton, mate, of the oyster schooner James A. Whiting, who have been arrested by the United States authorities on the charge of cruelty and brutality to the members of the crew of that vessel.

Two of the wtnesses Joseph Bottallnsky and John Vasiljoic are Poles. Dr. Barabasz foud the two Polish witnesses greatly disturbed over their arrest, nobody hav- ig been successful in explaining to them" that they were simply detained as witnesses and that they were not to be tried for any offense. Before Dr. Barabasz left them they were made to understand that the Government was simply holding them as witnesses to testify against their persecutors and that as soon as the trial was over they would be released.

The men told Dr. Barabasz that they had shipped aboard the vessel early In November and that they understood they were to have been brought back to Baltimore and discharged by January 1, but their knowledge in that respect is not clear, they not being familiar with the English laaguage. Bottalinsky and Vallsjoic told Dr. Barabasz that they were fed poorly and were daily cuffed and beaten, by the captain and mate. They also stated that four Polish fellows who were on the vessel jumped overboard one night while the Whiting was anchored off a town and attempted to swin ashore to escape the cruel treatment which they had been subjected to.

Whether or not they reached the beach Is not known. A day or so afterward another Polish member of the crew was heard to remark that he could not stand the brutal treatment whleh he had been subjected to any longer and that he was going to desert at night. The next morning the man was missing, and when the man absence was reported to Captain Clayton he remarked: "Well, I guess he is in by this time." Dr. Barabasz says that both of his unfortunate countrymen had been in this country less than a year and that they were sent from New York to the Whiting. CARING FOR THE INSANE Dr.

E. N. Brush Says Sheppard And Pratt Hospital Have Done Much. The ninth annual report of the trustees and superintendent of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital has just been Issued. November 30 last 46 men aid 49 women were under treatment at the hospital.

During the vefr 52 men and 60 women had been discharged, 29 as recovered, 17 much Inmi-nrwl la imnriwpd and 27 as nnim- i proved. Death ended the lives of six men and six women. With regard to assertions that psychiatry has not kept pace with advances In other departments of medicine, Superintendent Brush says: "In hospital construction and management, in methods of care and nurs- ing, as much has been accomplished in the way of improvement as In any department of medical work. Much Indeed of value general hospital management and methods has been learned, by experience in hospitals for the insane." Speaking of the work of the institution during the nine years of its life, Dr. Brush says: "In the time which has since passed many questions of hospital policy have been met and answered and their solution has occupied much time and required careful deliberation.

During that time new and unexpected resources have been placed in the hands of the trustees and the horizon of the hospital's work and influence hasbeen broadened. It will not, I think, be deemed egotistical if It is asserted that thus far we have accomplished something in the mission Moses Sheppard Intended. We have stood for an Improved standard of care of the insane, and the voice and ex of this hospital have not been without influence In awakening public interest to the needs of this' unfortunate class In this State. Much remains to be done in this direction, and the efforts already put forth will not cease until Maryland recog nizes her duty to her wards and takes her place alongside those other States which have adopted an enlightened public policy in the care of the Insane. LOCAL BRIEFS Bits Of News Gathered In All Sections Of Baltimore.

Arrangements are being made to put electric lights In the Immaculate Conception Church, now lighted by gas. The con tract will soon be given out. Rev. 3. G.

Sadtler, rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, conducted services at the Johns Hopkins Hospital yesterday The Dixie Carnival and Amusement Company, of New Orleans," has moved to Baltimore and will give a cakewalk and vaudeville entertainment at Music Hall on a date to be decided upon later. The Ladies Aid Society of Christ English Evangelical Lutheran Church, of which Rev. L. M. Zimmerman Is pastor, will give a twentieth-century entertainment tomor-iww evening In the concert hail of the Academy of Music.

Albert Warren, 28 years old, 1011 Ais-quith street, while cleaning windows on the second floor of the Dougherty Building, Gay and Pratt streets, Saturday, fell to the pavement, breaking his right arm at the wrist and Injuring his right hip. He was sent to Johns Hopkins Hospital. Charles May was fined $5 and sent to jail for 30 days yesterday by Justice Fech-tlg, Central Police Station, for assaulting his aged mother, Mrs. Catherine May, living on Courtney street. She says he frequently beats her.

Mrs. May was formerly scrubwoman at the Central Police Station. Thomas Hlnes, 50 years old, and James Ryan, 32 years old, were each sent to the House of Correction for two months yesterday by Justice Fechtig, Central Police Station, for begging on the street. They got in trouble by stopping Patrolmen Coulter and Jamison on the streets and asking them for money. Mr.

William J. Sicmers was yesterday re-elected superintendent of the Scott Street United Brethren Sunday-school for the nineteenth consecutive term. Mr. George T. Rodenhi was elected secretary Mr.

George Pardoe, assistant secretary; Mrs. William J. Siemers, treasurer; Mr. Clifton Perkins, librarian; Mr. Thomas Grlner, assistant librarian, and Miss Sallle Loney, organist, Common Experience.

She Have you read that continued story in the paper He Not all of it. She How far did you get! He I finished the synopsis of preceding chap ter. Brooklyn. Life. NO "VEGETATING" HERE Capt.

Leary Describes Soldier Life At Baltimore. IT IS ACTIVE AND ARDUOUS What The Men Who Man The Defenses Of This City Have To Do Tweniy-Fonr Hours. The life of 'an American soldier in time of peace has excited considerable Interest since Cardinal Gibbons preached his sermon on the "Evils of in the Cathedral on Sunday, January 6, an account' Of which was published the follow- lngday In The Sun. After referring to the great stanaing armies of Europe the Cardinal referred to the soldiers as "young men vegetating In idleness in time of peace." This reference seems to have been understood by some people 'as applying equally to the American sohliers in time of peace, whose "strenuous" life Is now frequently discussed in military circles. Capt.

Peter Leary, commandant of Fort McHenry, when asked yesterday by a reporter of The Sun to describe the life of the soldiers now stationed-there, said: "I think Ifis well for the American citi zen to know the kind of life led in this country by the American soldier. "I wish you to understand before going any further that the phrase used by Cardi nal Gibbons in his sermon 'when we see these young men vegetating in idleness in time of peace'-did not strike me as being intended by the Cardinal to characterize American soldiers, but to be rather char-, acteristic of the tendency of the vast mili tary systems of Continental Europe, where the nations are in arms. Cardinal Gibbons has himself had experience of the life of the American soldiers in peace and In war. Forces At The Fort. "There can be no doubt that the life of our soldiers is an arduous one.

You have an example of it right here at this fort, which is the parent post of Forts Armistead and Carroll. Here Is stationed Battery Fourth Artillery, which consists of 110 en listed men and one officer present flr duty. There are 73 men here at present, 16 at Fort Carroll and 17 at Fort Armistead. Of these 73 men there are four non-commissioned officers and 11 privates who are on special duty. These Include overseers of labor, clerks, schoolteachers, a blacksmith, one carpenter, a baker, teamsters, one li brarian, an assistant cook" and one dining-room attendant.

There are now four men on the sick list, which Is usually smaller, and there are none in the guardhouse. The Daily Routine. Now let us consider the various duties and daily routine of the soldiers' life at this fort. Guard is maintained year in and year out. There is not a moment of the 24 hours of the day when there is not an alert sen tinel on the two posts of the guard here observing everything that takes place in sight or in hearing.

"At 3.30 A. M. the corporal of the guard proceeds to the cook's headquarters and awakens the cooks, who begin the prepara tions for the men's breakfasts. At 5.50 A. M.

the bugler of the guard sounds the first call for reveille. This is a signal for all hands to wake up, put on their clothes, perform their toilet and fall Into ranks by the Inst note of the assembly, sounded at 6.10 A. M. The morning gun is fifed at G.05 o'clock, and ten minutes later the breakfast call is sounded, whereupon the men sit down to that meal. -They have then from 6.15 to 6.40 In which to breakfast and smoke their pipes.

At 6.40 the first call for athletic drill is sounded and the assembly fo it at 6.45. This drill lasts for 10 minutes and consists of a series of vigorous exercises known as rifle drill, after theiofficlal manual of First Lieut. E. L. Butts, of the Twenty-first Infantry, which is used at all the posts.

"This drill is Indeed vigorous, and should anyone imagine that there is no exercise In it let him come down and see for himself. At 6.55 the bugler sounds the recall from the athletic drill and the first call for the infantry drill, the assembly for which is sounded at 7 A. M. They have then an active Infantry-drill, with Its various maneuvers, until 7.15, when the recall for that drill is sounded by the bugler of the guard. Working- The Big Guns.

"At 7.20 is sounded the first call for the drill and five minutes later the assemblycall. At this signal the men put on their canvas fatigue overalls and are marched down to the dock of this post and board the United States steamer General Hunt. All the men except those on the sick list, the guard and the men on extra or special duty are taken from Fort McHenry to Forts Armistead and Carroll; where they are exercised In the coast artillery drill at the modern and Intricate high-power and rapid-fire breach-loading guns there mounted. "This instruction involves not only actual service of the gun itself, but also all the details of magazine service and of the use of. angle-measuring instruments, flag signalling and all the auxiliary means by which coast artillery fire is made effective.

This drill lasts two and a half hours, after which the men are required to put the guns, carriages and emplacements In per fect condition as regards cleanliness, as well as to look after the effective working of the disappearing and barbette carriages on which these modern guns are mounted. That done the men of the battery who are not permanently stationed at these two forts return to Fort McHenry on the General "Upon return the detail for guard has to immediately clean up and prepare for guard mounting. They are subject to minute inspection, not only as regards the condition of their uniforms, but also their shoes and their guns, which must be polished and be in spick and span order. Time Soldiers Call Their Own. "At noon dinner is served and at 1 P.

M. the school call is sounded. Most of the men in the battery are required to attend the session of the schcwl, which lasts for one hour. At 2 P. M.

the men are at liberty to enjoy themselves in their own way. No restrictions are placed on the pass list. but no- man is allowed to be absent from any duty or roll call unless his name Is on the pass book, giving him permission to go to the city during such hours of duty. As a rule, however, nobody Is absent from any of the service calls unless especially authorized to be away. "The men on guard at Fort McHenry, which has two.

posts, consist of two noncommissioned oflicers, six privates and one musician. These men are on duty for 24 hours until relieved by a new guard each man being two hours. on and four hours off. The guard is divided into three reliefs. Everything Kept Clean.

"Outside of these 6trictly military duties there is every day except Sunday the regular detail of the old guard of the preceding day for the work of policing and cleaning up every part of the reservation, which Is always in good order and free from any possible accumulation of any kind of dirt. The old'guard fatigue party, as it is called, works from 7 A. M. to 11.45 A. and from 1 to 3.30 P.

M. "Its main duty now is to load up and deliver coal at the various dormitories, kitchens, shops and the officers' quarters, as well as to do all the necessary fatigue of loading ad unloading all the stores received at Fort McHenry for the use of its garrison, as well as for those of Forts Armistead, Carroll, Howard and Small-wood. "Thus it will be readily seen that the life of the American soldier, far from being idle, is really an active and arduous LAYS BLAME ON THE B. 0. Jury Holds Company Responsible For Death Of Edward Connor.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company was held responsible Saturday night by Coroner Jones' jury of inquest for the death of Edward Connor, 34 years old, 1S06 Bethel street, who was killed, with his two horses, while driving across Bush street crossing of the railroad Friday afternoon. The verdict was as follows: Edward Connor came to his death by being struck by train No. 506. engine No. 1322, at Bush street crossing of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the same being due to negligence on the part of the railroad company in not having a at the crossing and also in net having a proper signal at the crossing to-give warning cf approaching trains.

Gatekeeper Herman Mollman, who lives at 504 Columbia avenue, was the principal witness before the Jury. He said he had put down the gates at the crossing just as Connor and his team of two mules and two horses were about to cross. The train had not got near the crossing, so the gate keeper again raised the gates and Allowed Connor to attempt to cross the track. Be-for Connor had got across the train came thundering along and killed him and the two horses. Connor was unmarried.

His body was taken to the home of his brother, Mr. Patrick Conner, 1836 Durham street. a typhoid fever, 12; mumps, measles, chickenpox, 6. The annual death rate per 1,000 of the whole population was 20.66, based on a population of 541.000. The death rate according to the United States census returns for Baltimore's population was 22.98.

THE TAX LEVYTAN0LE Mr. Carter And Major Venable Will Argue Council's Case. Mr. Bernard Carter and Major Richard M. Venable will argue before the Court of Appeals the City Council's side of the suit nted-on Friday to determine the legal status of the tax levy ordinance.

President Gephart and Councilman Geo. Stewart Brown, the lawyers of the Democratic side of the First Branch, will assist preparing the case. Mr. Carter said last night that ne naa i been asked to take the case with Major Venable and had accepted and would argue 'the City Council's side of the question. "I have," said Mr.

Carter, "given no serious thought to the questions at issue, and my engagements are such that It would De impossible for me to get ready inside of two weeks." Mavor Hayes said yesterday that if agree able to the other side, he would request Chief Judge McSherry to set the case for January 22. in order to have the matter set tled as soon as possible. Mr. carter emphatically said that he could not be ready to argue the case at that time and would not attempt to go into it unless the date were set further ahead. He would not, he said, object to a week from January 22, but could hardly be prepared before.

The Councilmen, at a conference held Saturday afternoon, decided to fight the case to a finish, and Major enable prepare the briefs and necessary papers at once. The Council will meet tomorrow after noon at 5 o'clock and the Mayor's veto of the East Baltimore fire engine ordinances will be taken up by the First Branch. The Mavor disapproved the ordinances on the ground that they were unnecessary, being already provided for In the ordinance oi estimates. He says he does not care much what they do with the veto, as-their action either way will amount to nothing. The Second Branch hasi lready passed the ordinances over his veto.

REFUGE MAY GET NO MONET Jail Board Will Inquire Before Paying Over City Funds. Mayor Hayes said yesterday that, while he had not conferred with, anyone on the subject, in view of the report of the grand jury and the charges made against the Female House of Refuge, he did not think it advisable to turn over to that institution the appropriation of $5,000 from the city. The Jail Board, however, he said, had the matter In charge, and he be guided entirely by It. President Tippett, of the board, said that a committee composed of Me'ssrs. J.

L. Kernan, William Fait and D. Holljes woild Investigate the condition and man agement of the institution, and as no con tract had yet been executed between it and the city no funds would be paid over until a suitable report had been received. Citv Smith said that he would not pass another voucher In favor of the institution until an investigation had been made by the- city. JAN KRIGE YISITS BALTIMORE Boer Ex-Commander Guest OlWom tan's Auxiliary President.

Mr. Jan Krlge, an ex-commander in the Boer army, was in the city on Saturday as the guest of Miss Nellie L. Miller, presi dent of the Baltimore branch of the om an's Auxiliary of the Boer Relief Fund. Commandant Krige lectured in ton at the Masonic Temple yesterday for the benefit of the Boer Relief Fund. He will lecture for the same object in Baltimore on next Friday night at the Young Men's Christian Association.

The Com mandant was with a force of several hun dred who retreated into Portuguese terri tory after the battle of Dalmantha. Their return to their own forces being prevented. the Commandant made his escape on a German vessef bound for Holland. He spent a short time In that country before coming to America. He Intends to return to his own country as soon as possible.

Miss Miller has received, a copy of resolutions which were passed at a woman's congress recently held at Paarl, Cape Col ony. The convention was attended by over 1.500 women, both Dutch and English. In the resolutions the women recorded their protests against the Imprisonment and de portation of unprotected women and chil dren without investigation and in defiance of the laws and usages 6f modern warfare. The women also protest against the burn ing, plundering and destruction of private property, whereby women and children are rendered destitute, calling attention to the fact that the acts of the soldiers are a con traventlon of the resolutions of The Hague conference resolutions which England supported and to which she subscribed. The congress also demanded that an end be put to "the unjust war and the two republics be allowed to retain their Independence unimpaired." Miss Miller has also received a copy of the South African News, published at Cape Town.

A report is given in the paper of a congress held at Cape Town in December. The congress was attended by over 12,000 Cape Colonists 9i districts were represent ed by delegates, who, in turn, represented about 120,000 people. Strong resolutions were passed protesting against the cruelty practiced by the English soldiers In South Africa. Envoys were appointed at the meeting to go to England to plead the cause of the Boers. ATLANTIC TRUST RECEIVER Judge Sharp Appoints 31 r.

Michael Mullln. Michael A. Mullin was appointed bv Judge Sharp Saturday receiver for the At lantic Trust and Deposit Company, the bond being fixed at $23,000. The appoint nient was made after argument by attorneys for interested persons. William E.

Albertson, secretary and treasurer of the company, recently Instituted suit for a receiver. The company In Its answer consent eu to a recenrr uemg appoimen. jua Sharp said, in appointing Mr. Muliln, that It would be Impossible to allow representa tion to each class of persons interested. The Court had, therefore, determined not to appoint any interested persons, but one who had no connection with the case.

Isaac Robinson, for whose canned goods business receivers wore appointed some time ago, applied for the benefit of the bankruptcy law Saturday by M. 11. Walter, attorney. The schedules show Mr. Robinson's liabilities to be and assets At a meeting of Mr.

Robinson's creditors a few days ago It was agreed that he should go Into bankruptcy. Frank II. Cox, a cutter, 1608 Division street, also applied for the benefit of the bankruptcy law. He has liabilities of 1.160.07 and no assets. An order signed by Judge Sharp requires the of the firm of Blum Bros.

Harris to permit the members of the firm andfthelr attorneys to have access to the books of the firm. The order was passed upon a petition filed In the Circuit Court by Martin Lehmayer, attorney for the members of the firm. Kelly Gets Eight Years. Walter Kelly, alias Charles Howard, pleaded guilty Saturday, in Part 2 of the Criminal Court, of burglary, and was sentenced by Judge Dennis to eight years and eight months in the penitentiary. Kelly's offense was robbing the house of Thomas S.

Bennett, 2014 St. Paul street, on the 16th of last May. Kelly was pursued after the robbery, but he managed to escape at the time by jumping on a street car and forcing the motorman at the point of a pistol to hurry the car along. When he left the car Kelly jumped into a passing furniture wagon and forced the driver to speed his horses. Notes Prom The Courts.

Robert H. Jones filed a caveat to the will of his father. Robert B. Jones, in the Orphans' Court Saturday by William Colton and J. A.

McCarthy, attorneys. The testator died December 18. His "will, executed February 19. 1909. bequeaths $503 to the testator's son.

Robert IT. and the balance of the estate to George M. Jones, another son. James E. Byrd is named in the will as executor.

Another suit for an injunction to restrain the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company from paying a dividend on its common stock without the payment of a pro rata dividend on the preferred stock was filed Saturday in the Circuit Court. Nathaniel W. James is the complainant and John J. Donaldson is his attorney. The James E.

Patton Company, of Wisconsin, instituted suit in Circuit Court No. 2 to obtain an accounting from Taliaferro Thomas, the company's Maryland agents for the sale of paints, etc J. Kemp Bartlett is attorney for the complainant. George Albert Schmidt applied in Circuit Court No. 2 Saturday, by Jacob Rab.

attorney, for an absolute divorce from Mary I Schmidt on the ground of unfaithfulness. They were married July 8. 1893. Mrs. Timothy Bresnan filed her answer Saturday in Circuit Court No.

2 to the suit instituted by her mother, Mrs. Catherine Flanigan. It is alleged by Mrs. Flanigan that she owns a milk route from which her daughter has collected and deposited in bank about $2,000. Mrs.

Bresnan claims that the milk route belongs to Mr. MAY USE THE SUiyPLUS Mayor Hayes Says It Does Not Go To Sinking Fund. TTHAT HE FOUND IX CHARTER It Ilia View Is Sustained All Surplus Of Money Raised By Taxation Will Go Into The City Treasury. Mayor Hayes has made a discovery which practically revolutionizes a prominent feature of municipal finances and completely overturns tbe principle that has guided two administrationsythat the surplus Is sacred to the sinking fund. If the Law Department sustains this pinion of the Mayor's, the whole face of affairs at the City Hall will he changed, and several of the problems now confronting city officials will disappear.

The necessity for the citT to borrow money pend- ing-the collection of taxes will be obviated and the path of the City Register will be considerably smoothed. The discovery was made bv the Mayor Saturday in reading that section of the Charter referring to the Furplns, his attention having been directed to It by Mr. Edgar H. Gans. his counsel in the pending suit pver the tax levy, who Inquired where the $370,000 raised by the of $1.05 wouid go, considering that there Is no provision for it in the ordinance of estimates.

The Mayor answered that It would go Into the sinking fund, but later. In reading tbe Charter, became convinced that he was wrong, and that the whole Surplus of $435,000, except that part raised from rents, fees, licenses, franchises and minor privileges, goes into the City Treasury and Is available for city expenses. On the same principle the $370,000, which -be has consistently contended must go Into the sink- dug fund, will now have to go to the City Treasury. This, however, ne contenas. would not affect the use or tms sura, ami as long as there Is no provision In the ordi-' nance of estimates for schools and streets It cannot be spent for these purposes, but must remain in the Treasury until 1902, when It will be taken Into account-in making tip the ordinance for that year.

Mayor Is Astonished. The Mayor expressed his astonishment that the point "should have escaped botU Mayor Malster, his predecessor, and himself. He explains'that the Malster administration turned the surplus into the sinking fund for the first time, and the present administration followed. "Without exception, up to now, there has been no municipal official who has not taken it for granted that the surplus is sacred to the sinking fund and conld not be touched. The Mayor will lay the matter before the Law Department for an opinion.

What Charter Say. In explaining his reasons for believing the surplus can be used for city expenses he said yesterday: "I examined Saturday the language of the Charter relating to the disposal of the surplus at the close of a fiscal year. This language led me to believe that the surplus from taxation and departments does not go Into the general sinking fund, but that only the surplus or excess resulting over the estimated revenue from licenses, fees, rents, franchises, minor privileges and tases In arrears goes into the general sinking fund. All other surplus from amounts realized from taxation and unexpended balances from departments, sub-departments and commissions goes to the City Treasury and can be spent at the proper time to meet appropriations made in the ordinance of estimates. The language of Section 36 of the Charter, which leads me to this opinion, is as follows: "In case of any surplus arising in any fiscal year by reason of an excess of income received from the estimated revenue over the expenditure for such year the said surplus shall be passed to the Commissioners of Finance, to be credited to the general sinking fund.

The Difference Explained. "This phrase 'estimated revenue is given In Section 40 as well as in Section 36 a meaning clearly distinguishable from income derived from The city has two sources of Income one from taxation and the other being designated revenue as distinguishable from taxation. "This Is shown in the clause in Section 36 relating to temporary loans, where this language is used: "Xo temporary loan shall be authorized or made to pay any deficiency arising from a failure to realize sufficient income from revenue and taxation to i meet the amounts provided ior in saia oruinance ui estimates. "If this construction is considered correct by the Law Department, to which I shall refer it and ask for its opinion, then the city will be able always to use this surplus, except that from revenue, to meet its current expenses. "Take the surplus this year of over Ail of this but a small amount Is now available to meet current expenses If this construction is correct.

The result of such a construction, if correct, will be helpful to the finances of the city, because this surplus. Instead of going In its entirety to the sinking jfund. where it is not needed, can be used to lessen taxes by paying a part of the current municipal expenses." PROMOTIONS OF FIREMEN Lieut. John W. Coolc Succeeds Captain Jordan.

The Fire Board promoted Lieut. John Cook, of No. Cotnpany. to be captain, succeeding Capt. Malcolm W.

Jordan, now in charge of the Salvage Corps, and Pipeman John F. Maguire, of No. 11) Engine Company, was promoted to be lieutenant, to suc ceed Mr. Cook, promoted:" Other promotions, all of which were made Saturday, were a3 follows Pipeman George C. Lloyd, of Xo.

15 Engine Company, to be assistant engineman. Probationers Samuel Truett, H. W. Burkhardt, Henry Spittle," Wade H. Jones.

H. W. Crockett and J. McMahon were made regular firemen. President Cathcart voted for Lieut.

John L- Emerson, of No. 2 Hook-and-Ladder Company, for promotion to captain and Pipe-man C. M. Soper, of Xo. 7 Engine CcCmpany, for promotion to the lieutenancy, both being at the top of the eligible list.

For the same reason he voted for II. Darney for promotion to be regular fireman and Ii. R. Hig-jrins for assistant engineer. Considering the records of both Cook and Maguire and their long service of eight years in the department the other commissioners -decided they were better fitted for promotion, and it was by their votes they were promoted.

The board did not take up the list of substitutes in spite of Mr. Cathcart's desire to do so, in order to promote William Hedges, who Mr. M. F. Taylor says saved his life at a fire at his home on January 5.

The singular fact that no report of this was made by the district chief, and that there Is no report now on file concerning it, led Messrs. Sirich and Parrish to hold oft. Chief McAfee was requested by Mr. SIrlch to look into the matter and report to the board tomorrow. It 13 an invariable rule of the department that when a specially meritorious action Is performed by a fireman a report of It Is made to the board.

In this case no report was and Commissioners Sirich and I'arrish both expressed a desire to know why. Contracts For Supplies. The Board of Awards on Saturday awarded the following contracts for supplies for the City Engineer's Department for 1901: Cobblestones, rabble and broken stone, screenings, tc. Charles A. Hooke Son.

D. A. I. H. Peddicord tc Son.

Schwind Quarry Company and J. II. Atkinson. CnrDstones. uagstones, granite oiocks ocnwma Quarry Company.

I. II. Peddicord and J. H. Atkinson.

Charles A. Hooke Son also received a contract for granite paving blocks. Cement William D. Gill Son and National Building 'and Supply Company. Paints, oils, etc.

and William Weise. Jr. Charles J. Murphy Co. received the contract for a few oil cansr Sidewalk and sewer brick-Michael Adams, and the Baltimore Brick Company.

Hardware E. Scott Payne Bro. Pick handles H. Wear Co. Vitrified sewer pipe William Wirt Clark Son.

Asphalt paving block Maryland Pavement Com-spany. Lumber William D. Gill Son. City Engineer Fendall recommended to the board that the city do its own repair work on asphalt block streets, by which, he believed, considerable money- could be saved. Health Department Statistics.

The weekly mortality report of the Health Department showed a total of 225 deaths In tne city last week, an Increase of 29 over the previous week and 33 over the corresponding week of last year. The principal causes of death'1 were: Consumption. Pneumonia Broncho-pneumlnia Chronic Capillary bronchitis, Acute Typhoid fever Diphtheria Croup. 25 26 I 3 3 1 5 4 Rheumatism 2 Congestion and hemorrhage. 4 10 Paralysis 6 Convulsions of infants.

9 Heart disease 7 Diseases of old age 13 Improper nourishment 10 The births during the week were: White. 125; colored, 19; males, 67; females, TOTai, i. The new cases of infectious diseases Smallpox, diphtheria, 42; scarlet in ALMANAC FOR BALTIMORE THIS DAT Suof rises. .7.27 A.M.Sun 5.05 P.M. Moon rises.

1.55 A.M. Moon south.7.08 A.M: Street lights lit Monday .5.15 P.M. Street lights out 6.45 A.M. High water. .1.27 A.M., 2.12 P.M.

These calculations are expressed In Eastern standard time. PHASES OF THE MOON FOB JANUABT. Full moon 4th New moon 20th Last quarter 12th First quarter. TERS0NAL Brief Items About Baltimoreans And Their. Friends.

Mr. J. Peyton Clarke is at Hotel Luray, Atlantic City, N. J. Mrs.

C. Davenport and son, of Nqw Tork, are at the Stafford. Mr. Elliot Enneking, of Boston, is registered at the Stafford. Mr.

J. H. Leath is convalescing after an illness of 10 days of grip. Mr. A.

L. Baker, of Raleigh, N. is registered at the Rennert. Dr. Joseph Zervas, of New York, amvea at the Rennert yesterday.

Mr. James Armstrong sailed from New Tork for Europe Saturday. Mr. L. R.

Latrobe, of Washington, V. Is registered at the St. James. Miss Sarah Whiteford, or isew xorx, ar rived at the Stafford yesterday. Mrs.

M. H. Hecht and the Misses Hecht, of San Francisco, are at the Stafford. Messrs. John Dryden and J.

E. Ramsberg left Friday for an extended' tour through the West. Mr. and Mrs. Milton B.

Becker will De home on Tuesday, January 15, instead of Wednesday. Miss Ida Herzog is spending tne winter in Montreal, Canada, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Farrer.

Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Farlow Mallory, who were married in Baltimore Thursday, are at Palm Beach, Fla. Mrs. Jonathan K.

Taylor, 2229 Eutaw Place, has Issued Invitations for two teas to be given on the 15th and 22d of January. Owrne to very severe illness jurs. i. Neilson's family, the cards for her at home Wednesday have been recalled until further notice. Mr.

and Mrs. Charles G. Joyner announce the engagement of their daughter, Olive Elizabeth, to Col. James U. oit, oi N.

C. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Marine nave s-onp tn Reltsville.

Prince George's county, to see Mrs. Marine's mother, Mrs. Susanna TTnll. who is seriously 111. Air.

John Drew, who will play "Richard Carvel" here this week, has reserved apart ments at the Stafford and is expectea to nrrivo In the city this morning. Rev. B. B. James, the new pastor of the Cnncrpcrational Church, North ave nue and Hope street, preached last night nn "Tf Christ Came to This State." nn nornnnt of absence In New York Mrs.

W. R. K. Tavlor. of 1204 North Charles street, will not be at lome this Wednesday, but will be here the remaining Wednesdays in January.

Mr. Thomas Janney, Mr. George S. West and Mrs. Emma S.

West, of Baltimore, sailed from New York Saturday on the vvth ftprman Llovd steamer Kaiserin Maria Theresia, for Genoa. T.ate Paris exchanges register Misses and E. T. O'Neil, of Baltimore, at the TTntoi do Cnlnis. Paris, where were also stopping Mrs.

E. W. Frost and Mrs. TTrAv of "Washineton. D.

C. Mr. John H. Robinette, secretary to the m-PKidPnt of the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company, gave a reception Saturday night to about 40 officials of the i -r00 TITA(t- VArh company at nis nome, noo w. nvpnup.

Tim wpddins of Miss Anne Hough Uhler, darifrhtpr of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Uhler, of Alexandria.

to Mr. A. Herbert Oliver, of Washington, D. will take place Thursday evening, January 17, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Lbier, in Aiexanuna. Cards are out for the marriage or nr. Joseph Castelberg, of Baltimore, and Cornelia Adler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Adler, of New York.

The ceremony will take place Monday next at 5.30 P. M. at Sherry's, Fifth' avenue and Forty-fourth street, New York. Dr. John S.

Macintosh, formerly pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, now secretary of the Board of Church Extension, preached yesterday morning and last night at the Franklin Street Presbyterian Church, Franklin, and Cathedral streets. Mr. Joseph Bernolak left last night for Buffalo, N. where he will become the chief editor of the Polak Amerycea daily Polish paper printed there: Mr. Bernolak was formerly editor of the Polonia, a weekly paper devoted to Polish news and pub lished in Baltimore by tieorge neuauu Mis Caroline T.

Freer, of Huntington, W. and Miss Gertrude C. Filer, of Nor wich, are the guests or miss race Daiger, 220 South Patterson Park avenue. Miss Freer is the niece oi congressman FrPPr. of the Fourth West Virginia dis trict, and-Attorney-General-elect for that State.

a KneHal cablegram to Ihe bra irom Paris, France, says Charles Carroll, son of John Lee Carroll, of Maryland, was elected yesterday a permanent member of the Jockey Club, of which he was aireaay a temporary member. The proposer ana seconder were his brothers-in-law, Comte Jean Kergorlay and Baron Louis de la Grange. Died On The Street. Louis Tartar, colored, 65 years old, em ployed by F. R.

Kent, cotton DroKer, i West German street, was tasen in uuu-denly in front of Mr. Kent's place of business Saturday and died while being taken to the City Hospital. His body was sent to the morgue and Dr. N. G.

Keirle will hold an autopsy. When seized with the attack he fell on the pavement, and Coroner Saunders says he may have fractured his skull. Ice Plant For Highlandtown. Mr. J.F.

Wiessner is building an ice plant on his property at the corner of Eastern avenue and First street, Jiignianatown, which he will soon be aljle to open for busi ness. Tne plant IS Deing cousuuticu uiic huildines of the Wiessner Bros. Drew ery, which were absorbed by the Maryland" Brewing Company and later on Dougnt baek by Mr. J. F.

Wiessner. The business will be conducted Independent of the trust. Pasteur Patient From Tennessee. Clarence Earle Kennedy, 3 years old, of was received at the Pasteur department of the City Hospital yesterday for treatment. The child was bitten on the little finger of the left hand by a 3-months-old bull pupi that 18 days previously had been bitten by a stray dog thons-ht to have been mad.

Dr. jn. t. Keirle gave the child the first treatment. Runaway On Pimlico Road.

1 A horse attached to a buggy owned and driven by Mr. William P. West, 719 Ais quith street, became unmanagable while being driven on the Pimlico roaa yesteraay afternoon and ran away. When near the first tollgate on the Reisterstown road the buegy collided with a city lamp post, air, West was thrown out and had his head cut slightly. The buggy was damaged $10.

College Girls' Rom Ablare. Flames from an oil stove in the room of Mies T-nura K. Snvder. a student at the Womtrn's College, did about $100 damage' to her room In Home Maryland avenue and Twenty-fourth street, yesterday morn-ins. Miss Snyder, who is from Warren county, was slightly burned on her hands in an attempt to extmguisn tne nre vMiss Snyder was cooking in a chafing dish.

A canned Of Kidnanning. Nathan Pulley and Frances Nelson, dpi ored, were committed for court by Justice Fechtig. Central Police station, ssaturaay charged with kidnapping the infant child of Eliza Waters, colored. Pulley said the woman asked him to provide board for the Infant and that ho had! It taken to the home of the Nelson woman for that pur pose. Kneisel Quartet's Program.

The Kneisel Quartet will present a varied and elaborate program at tb.e Peabody on Wednesday afternoon. These are the com positions: String quartet in Haydn Etude in sharp minor, arranged for 'cello and strings Chopin Scherzo from quartet in minor Mendelssohn Piano quintet in Schumann Pianist, Mr. Harold Randolph. Teians Grateful For Relief. "Mr.

William D. Morrison, a merchant of Angleton, Texas, a small town near Galveston, has written to Mr. John S. Wilson expressing the thanks of the people of that place for. a carload of provisions from Baltimore, which, he says, has relieved about forty destitute families.

Investors In His Scheme Want A "Heart-To-Hearf Talk, BUT HE IS YERY HARD TO FIND Baltimoreans Invest $100,000 And Washingtonians $375,000 In His Big Dividend Scheme. Mr. R. C. Flower, whose financial feats in connection with thtf Atlantic Trust Company have riot passed into orgetf ulness, must have thought Baltimore a particularly rich field for his peculiar talents.

Mr. Flower's present whereabouts are unknown, and many people, not only in Baltimore, but in Washington, New York and other cities, who were induced through his local agents to purchase the stock of the Arizona, Eastern and Montana Smelting Ore Purchasing and Developing Company, are exceedingly anxious to lay eyes upon the promoter. The New York grand jury is looking into the affairs of the company Mr. Flower promoted, and Mr. Henry F.

New, of this city, the president of the concernhas gone to New York, presumably to testifybefore the investigating It is charged that behind the sale of the stock of the Arizona Eastern lies as huge swindle as ls been perpetrated in many days and that severafc men of hitherto good reputations will have much to explain. i Caught For A Million. Upward of a million dpllars'worth of the stock was placed. Of this amount it Is supposed that- Baltimore contributed about $100,000, Washington $375,000 and other cities mainly NewYoTk, Philadelphia and Brooklyn the balance. It wsis the old promise that proved the alluring bait, and when backed by the assurances of well-known men in each, of the victimized cities was simply irresistible.

Mr. J. O. Johnston acted as Mr. Flower's agent here and placed a large number of shares.

He says that he himself took 2,100 shares, which cost him $3.50 to $5 per share. What Mr. New Says. Mr. New, who is vice-president of the Union Trust Company and secretary of the Republican State Central Committee, says that he also is a heavy stockholder, and accepted tWe presidency in order that he might aid his fellow-victims in saving all that could be saved, if there were anything savable.

Mr. New, in a letter dated January 9 last to another stockholder, says I bought my stock under the same misrepresentations under which you bought yours, and it was for the. niirnose of exnosinz the rascality of those that perpetrated the frauds that I became president of the company in August of last year. I think there is evidence enough in my hands to send the guilty ones to the penitentiary. But before taking such steps the new management that went in with me has thought best to force restitution of as much of the ill-gotten gains as possible, and hopes by the annual stockholders' meeting on February 4 to be able to report that we have been successful.

It seems to have been the sole object of the former management to work the company for the purpose, of selling the stock and not for the development of the property for the benefit' of the stockholders. Mr. Wine A Heavy Loser. It is said that stock was sold in Washington, D. by Altus D.

Flower, son of R. C. Flower. For 10 months preceding last August M. J.

Wine, of Wash-in ettnn. was nresident of the company. He is said to have invested $50,000 In it. The company was supposed to own a copper mine called "Lone Pine," somewhere In the West, and other property. It purchased from the widow of Robert G.

Ingersoll a small smelter near Spokane, giving 25.000 of its stock in payment. It Is said fires have never been lighted In the smelter. In 1899 an engineer of Washington, D. made an examination of mines In Arizona said to belong to the company and made a favorable report, upon the strength of which the Baltimoreans involved Invested In the stock. It now appears that the property has not been worked, notwithstanding the dividends paid for five months.

Those Big Dividends. The New York Journal of yesterday, in a long expose of the methods employed by Mr. Flower in pushing the stock of the Arizona Eastern, had the following: If anything was lacking to establish the fraudulent character of the enterprise it was supplied yesterday by Woodbridge Clapp, who was private secretary to M. J. Wine, president of the Arizona and Eastern Company for 10 months, and himselt a holder several hundred dollars' worth of the stock.

According to Clapp the 2 per cent, monthly dividends, flv9 of which were issued, were not genuine dividends at all. but simply a bait for investors. None of the lage stockholders, who were supposed to be on the inside, received a penny in dividends. These were merely for the small fry and the outsiders. "I know." said Mr.

Clapp yesterday. that Mr. Wine invested $50,000 in hard cash in this company. He was not only prevented by Dr. Flower from selling any considerable portion: of his stock on the ground that it would not look well for the president of the company to be reducing his holdings, but he was debarred from receiving a single dividend.

"The small portion of Mr. Wine's stock which he disposed of to people he thought he wasN favoring Hnw dividends after it passed from his hands, be cause Flower did not dare give them an inkling of the character of the concern." "Did Mr. Wine and the directors of the company believe the didivends were earned?" was asked of Mr. Clapp. "They didn't know anything about it," was the answer.

"They took Flower's word that the money that went to pay the dividends to the outsiders represented net earnings. It was a Flower companj from beginning to end. The directors were only dummies. Mr. Wine, time and time again, exerted himself to have the management of the company transferred from Dr.

Flower to the board of directors. Whenever this or any other proposed reform was agitated Dr. Flower simply patted the agitators on the back and talked them out of their project and it always ended by things going exactly as Flower wished. "The man has the most extraordinary personality I ever encountered. You might be ever so suspicious of him, but when he talked to you he would make black white.

Notwithstanding my skepticism concerning the company I am sure Dr. Flower could have sold me a thousand shares of the stock if I had had the money to pay for it." Washingtonians Were Trusting. From Washington comes the following special dfspatch to The Sun: ft "Overconfidence In the representations or Dr. R. C.

Flower and Mr. W. J. Ashton, to- gether with a suite of empty rooms in tne Washington Loan and Trust Building and several thousand certificates of stock in the Arizona, Eastern and Montana Smelting, Ore Purchasing and Developing Company, tells the story of what may prove to be a monumental fraud. "A number of Washingtonians accepted Dr.

Flower's statements as to the company's resources and invested large sums of money In the stock he had for sale. As-nearly always proves the case, Dr. Flower was a man of pleasant demeanor, good con versation and hospitable inclinations and inspired the greatest confidence in his scheme. Among the local people who be lieved in him were: N. B.

Berry, insurance agent; Mrs. L. Mayne, employe In the Government Printing Office; W. W. Burdette, vice-pres ident Second National Bank; F.

H. Smith, nresident Union Savings Bank; S. B. Kal- bus, District Building; Ernest Colbert, a colored waiter; M. J.

Wine, real estate agent; Lester W. Barr, real estate agent; Sidney F. Marshall, lawyer; John C. Parker, book dealer; A. H.

Scott, James D. Prosser, Robert L. Ames, Woodbridge Clapp, J. H. Kimball and.

Jhn Luttrell. "Some of these doubtless made only small Investments, but more than one held 10,000 shares. "The disclosure came about through a circular letter issued by Henry F. New, of Baltimore, last president of the company. In that communication Mr.

New announced that the stock had been overvalued, but was not entirely without value, and the property could be developed aj a profit to the stocKnoiaers. ne ana otner neavy in vestors have sent a mining expert to examine the property. It is said the total losses will exceed $1,000,000." OBITUARY LINCOLN W. MARSTON. Lincoln W.

Marston, a retired merchant, died yesterday afternoon at his residence, 625 North Calvert street, of bronchitis and old age. He was 79 years old and had been critically 111 for about 10 days. Mr. Marston was born in Boston, but came to Baltimore with his family when a mere boy and had lived here ever since. He was engaged in the crockery and glass business for more than half a century, and from 1876 until about two years ago, when he retired, he conducted a store at the cor ner of German and Light streets.

Mr. Marston married Miss Josephine B. Shelley, of Virginia, who survives him. They had four children, none of whom is living. but two erandchlldren, Howard G.

and Henry W. Marston, sons of Henry W. Marston. survive their grandfather. He also left a brother, Mr.

Joseph R. Marston, of Luthervllle. Mr. Marston was a leadipg member of the Odd-Fellows for more than fifty years, and he will be buried with the rites of that order. He was also a trustee of the Associate Congregational Church.

i vnpnr.n nppRHP.iMER. Mr. Leopold Oppenheimer, who was stricken with paralysis of the right side late Tuesday night, died yesterday at the Maryland University Hospital. He had been paralyzed twice before. Mr.

Oppen- William a. Findley, Annie G. Dorsey, both of Washington, D. C. Samuel Baum, 134 South Eden 'street, Sophie Flinkman.

John Lautenklos, 2036 Jefferson street, Ada B. Cissel. Jacob Myriskin, 513 Aisquith street. Sure Dishter. COLORED.

William H. Carroll, Washington, D. Bessia Thomas. Deal For Locust Point Property. Some Important improvements for the benefit of the exporters of lumber of Balti more are contemplated by a deal for the sale of a large tract of water front prop- eryt on Locust Point, owned by the trustees of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Asylum and the estate of William Callow.

A syndicate, which Includes Mr. Richard W. Price, of the firm of Price Ilea id, and Mr. John L. Alcock, of John L.

Alcock contemplates utilizing the property in connection with the lumber business. The tract has a water frontage of 600 feet, with wharf privileges of about 800 feet. The purchase price is said to be $125,000. Special Service In Penitentiary. A special service was held at the Mary land Penitentiary yesterday afternoon by the Maryland Prisoners' Aid Association In commemoration of the forty-second anniversary of the creation of Sunday-schools In the penitentiary and the city jail.

Mr. Gqldsborough S. Griffith, president of the association and founder of the Sunday- schools, presided. Addresses were made by Rev. Dr.

E. L. Hubbard, pastor of the East Baltimore Methodist Episcopal Church, and Rev. C. Stoudenmire, chaplain and general agent of the association.

Woman Falls Overboard. Sophia Hoffman. 26 years old. accidentally fell overboard Saturday night at the foot of Broadway and was rescued by Patrolman Zeiler and Mr. Nicholas Hock.

She was taken into the ferry house of the Broadway Ferry Company, where she was supplied with dry clothing and then sent home. The woman said she was a domestic at 2006 West Lafayette avenue and that she visited Broadway for the purpose of making some purchases for her mother, who resides near where she is employed, and that she accidentally walked overboard. "To Protect Ami Defend." Helen Trusty and Marion Custer, colored, were committed for court Saturday by Justice Fechtig. Central Police Station, on a charge of stealing two coats, valued at $20, the property of Nathan Greenwald, 574 North Gay street, by whom they had been employed. Sergeant Hoyle arrested them, and upon one" found a paper signed by both and purporting to have been sworn to before a justice of the peace agreeing to "protect and defend each other" as long as they live.

They would not explain why they entered into such an agreement. Sent A Bullet Through His Lung. In a fit of despondency John E. Bolst, 25 years old. attempted suicide last night at 'his home, 1214 Peabody street, by shooting himself.

Bolst. who lives with his widowed mother, Mrs. Mary Bolst, has been suffering with kidney trouble for some time, and about S.30 o'clock last night attempted to end his life. The ball entered his left breast, penetrated his lung and lodged in his back. He was removed to St.

Joseph's Hospital in the Northeastern ambulance. His condition Is regarded as dangerous but not necessarily fatal. She Is Determined To Marry. A special dispatch to The Sun from Newport News says that Miss Lillie Burks, of Baltimore, who eloped to Newport News last Friday with S. J.

Bird, again refused to go back to her home when an officer called, at her boarding house, 225 Twenty-seventh street, and showed her a letter re ceived by the Chief of Police from her mother, which followed closely a telegram from Baltimore. Miss Burks says she will be married this week in Richmond and that she will not go back to Baltimore. For A Change Of Receivers. A circular letter has "been sent to the de positors of the Economy Savings Bank asking them to indicate whether they would prefer the court selecting Messrs. Robert M.

Rother and William A. Fisher as "re ceivers in place of Messrs. Thomas R. Clen- dinen and Wm. Colton.

Negotiations have been carried on by Mr. Daniel L. Brinton, who is also one of the receivers of the bank with the view of having Mr. Rother take charge of the assets of the bank. Died Of Old Age.

Jane Johnson, colored, said to have been 05 years old. died last Friday night at her home, 308 Bethel Court, which runs off from Saratoga street, near Gay. She had no attending physician. Coroner Saunders found thater death was due to old age. The body was sent to the morgue.

New Torlc And Florida-Limited. The Southern Railway announces the re sumption of the New York and Florida limited train from New York to St. Augustine, composed of dining, library. compartment, observation and drawing room sleeping cars. TO THE PAST Thou 'passionate sadness of the fallen leaves.

Thou hectic wood of autumn, silent, sere, Great souls have passed away, another year Gathers remembrance with the withered sheaves. On the horizon of oblivion's eves A dim light flickers at the shade of fear; The night of memory's muflled pulse Is here Man Is immovable, though nature grieves. As decades pass and centuries roll by We mortals come, and go, and come again: A chosen few, enrolled by fame on high. Though of the past, live still in minds of men. Forgctfulness is sweet, but sweeter yet Remembrance of a past without regret.

John B. Swann, in Mumey's Magazine. "Red Riding Hood" On The Stage. The story of Little Red Riding Hood, told in 30 spectacular transformation scenes of three acts, was introduced at the Chate-let, in Paris, on December 22 last. Instead of the solitary adventure with the wolf, says the Paris Herald, there Is a vastly complicated story of events in "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge," by Blum, Ferrier and Decourcelle.

Little Red Riding Hood escapes all the traps and pitfalls that are laid for her, thanks to her gJbd heart. She won't have any harm done to butterflios or flowers. So the Butterfly Fairy and the Flower Queen reward her with talismans that enable her to come safely to her grandmother, bringing the welcome cake. The grand-mdther Is also a fairy who, for loving a mortal, has been plunged into sleep, whence she will awake at the end of 100 years, provided one of her offspring brings her a cake. Nlchette (the name of Le Petit Chaperon Rouge) is entrusted with this task.

She has the destinies of her country in her little hands. Its King, Girandole XIV, Is at war with the neighboring potentate, Messire Le Lotip, who is both doughty warrior and wizard. Messire would make peace provided Girandole's son Florizel married the Loup's daughter. Giboulee, but Florizel is in love with Nlchette, although she is only the daughter of the pastrycook, Turlure. Nichette must at all cost awaken her grandmother, for the fairy "would smooth away all difficulties.

Little Red Riding Hood starts off with her godfather, Boniface, a scientist, and Fred, the Prince's confidential servant. On his side, Messire Le Loup goes off with his daughter and his evil genius, Maitre Re-nard. The fertile expedients resorted to on both sides form, the framework of scenes rich in all kinds of unexpected and delightful transformations. In the first act there Is a wondrous ballet danced by gigantic cockchafers, insects and butterflies; in the second act come the procession and dance of fans, beginning with the earliest fan, the figleaf used by Mother Eve. The most striking scenes are: Changing the post horses, the giant ears of wheat, the hostelry of silence, the forest of enchanted flowers, the vintage, the steel tower and the palace of the Fairy Queen.

Both Sides. Papa You saw that big boy whipping the little one and you didn't interfere? Suppose you had been that little boy? Bobbie-I did think of that, an' was going to part 'em, but then I happened to think, s'pose I was big boyt So I 'ma. alone. TttnBtt..