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JojfJefferson AffectionatelyGreeted at National

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Rip Van Winkle a fsiirytal dramawith which the life and art of JosephJefferson have long been interwovenwas performed again by that distin-guished actor and his company at theKational Theater last night The occa-sion was significant of many thInsa local reappearance of the actor whonow stands at the head of the Americanstags an impersonation in which alovable and fine personality is unitedwith a mellow and fully developed artand an audience which filled theaterand Included more than Its Just pro-portion of veteran playgoers But It de-rived its chliif character from a demonstation of xgard a seal of affectionearned from an almost limitless auditory by a slang and cheerful servicewhich Is probably without precedent InWashington and could perhaps occur

else than In the theaterMrv Jeffersons entry in the first act

in the suit of homespunstained with hunting and bespatteredwithonud evoked a welcome which rangIn corner of the building Eachof the ensuing scenes brought forth inIts turn some old and tried expressionor longremembered inflection of thevoice which either provoked the laughter of happiness or touched the sympathies until the eyes glistenedRip has not called for his dog Schneidertoo oCtcm or been too many timessuadd to take a drink Just this oncefor the incident to be new and full ofInterest And nt the end ot the playwith the old toast dying away Into sllenccCMr Jefferson allowed the curtainto him and leave him at thofootlights to talk happily with his audi-enceFrom Generation to Generation

He had delayed acknowledging theevenings welcome he said because hehad wished not to interrupt the platyFor tha audience still seemed to findinterest in It and wish to see it through

who heard hbn mustnoyr Know It by heart But he hadsomething to say which few of themknew although Jie had acted Rip notonly for th nr nd their fathers aadmothers bitt tfarvUielc grandfath cs andgrandmothers fLwUt It was th t h

thtit la In thfe flraisyfortyfle years ago this season

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tit he still cted y e pact of RIpthis was not his fault but that of hisaudiences It had been said of latethat he was about to retire from thestage He expected to do so possiblys c i But while his health continuedand his histrionic powers remained un-impaired and his performances ac Ripmet with such a cordial reception he

year to renewfriendships he had begun In Washing

so long agospeech teemed with good feeling

and contentment but it was not moredistinguished for those qualities thanthe reception It obtained Every sen-tence was applauded and the speakerwits interrupted by continued handclapping whenever he paused to takebreath Finally when the actor bowtrig with a grace and ease which contradicted both the shabbiness of hiscostume and the gray heirs of his longboard had retired off one side of theetnee the audience passed regretfullyfrom the building to compare notes onMr Jeffersons earlier appearances asRfp and dwell affectionately on the

days of our stageA Figure of Rare Distinction

That picture of old Rip standing be-

fore the curtain is the key to the wholeperfonnanpv It is still as in the earlierdays of career notable for the artwith which Mr bSerson embodies his

fond the consistent illusionWhich he creates It still exhales theair of fairytales and the mystic

of the stories which little chil-dren Invent It still builds with wood-en characters series of beautiful pic-tures whlc i the eye retracts for themind sometimes and the memory near-ly always As It must always do itntlll clears the ears of the roar ol city

and fills them instead with the pastffral sounds of Falling Water Villageand the peaceful ripple of the upperHudson

As lonjrjjas Mr Jefferson conUnues toQQt our stage will be the richer ft r thisembodiment and when Rip Van Winkleshall so steep in the Catakilts for

fcint It will live in the memory like theHamlet of Bdwin Booth and the Shy-

lock of Henry Irving an embodimenttrue to the character in a thousand detlls with the light of

and art and aglow with a spiritnjjar to that of life itself It was to

that th demonstration of last nighthire wJtoeea A D A

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Much Applauded at the EmpirChange of Cast

The Ministers Daughters ahit with the patrons of the 3m-

pjr Theater at Its opening performanceteat night It is a melodrama pure andsimple and its rapidly shifting scenesheld the attention of the audience fromrfre of Turtain natll the anal defeat of

vUlians The lastnamed are trying19 rob the ministers daughters of theirold homestead whL3t it chances isalso a valuable oil piuperty

Pauline Paull who was billed to playMillie Dre ton one of the ministersdaughters was called home on accountof a death in her family and her partwas admirably performed by Florence

after only a few hours study ofthe The other character rollMarian Drayton the other sister waswell taken by Agnes

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A BRILLIANT SPECTACLE

Anna Helds New Play aTriumph Investiture

RECEIVED AT COLUMBIA

Star Essays Emotionalported by a Good

Climax of Costumes

Masters of the arts have contributedconspicuously to the production ofMamselle Napoleon which was seenfor the flrst time locally at the Columbia Theater last night with Anna HeldIn the titular role Of all the musicalproductions seen in Washington withinthe past twelve months MrtmselleNapoleon is without exception themost gorgeously costumed and signally

Florenz Ziegfeld jr Miss Heldsmanager has manifestly expended everyeffort that money time and study couldInduce and the result is that he has ob-tained a series of stage pictures rarelysurpassed or even equaled The costumes provided for the large Choru3 arechanged with such rapidity alwayswith increasing beauty that the audi-ence Is kept in a continual state of ex-pectancy as to what new surprise Inmillinery awaits it Court stage andball gowns follow each other in daz-zling succession and the climax Is

reached when at the opera ball theentire feminine chorus appears in fol-ly dress presenting the most brilliantpicture in the series Mr Ziegfold hasattempted In musical comody whatother managers have reserved for theserious drama and the fact that a musi-cal production can bo and has been of-fered the public in such notable guiseshould prove a balm to the feelings ofthose persons who deplore the doguioracy of art in their of musi-cal presentationsA Stage Kaleidoscope-

One of the chief and alluring featuresof Msmselle Napoleon Is the balletat the opening of the third act which j

quite turpassee anything of Ita kindbeen in Washington for many seasonsIn this the services of the entire com-pany and a brass band are enlistedPnce follows dance with the abandoncharacteristic of such fetes and thescene Is one of supreme revelry Thearrangement of the dance is so Intricate the choruses so Inspiring and theentire scene so brilliant that thequestion which suggests Itself Is whatamount of been consumed in gaining such results

Of the play Ij need only bt sald thatJean Richepln its authorHerbert Its adapter have selected anincident In the life of Napoleon aroundwhich to weave a bit of a story with ainimical setting The stfcry littlesignificance except to bring nttr theplay Ndpoleon Fouche Le FebvreMme Sans and any number ofother characters Identified with the lifeand reign of the little Emperor Gustav Luders has contributed a group ofmusical numbers adequate to the gen-eral scheme of the piece and a cast ofprincipals selected from musical andcomedy circles assist the star In the in-terpretation of Mamselle NapoleonMiss Held Not an Emotionalist

Chief interest naturally centered inMise Helds portrayal of the wellknownactress and beauty of Napoleons timeMil Mars Critics of other citlefe haveaverred that Miss Held has made greatstrides in art in her assumption of thischaracter and that shq has surprisedher public by heretofore unknown dra-matic of which may betrue to those same critics But If theevident judgment of last nights audi-ence may serve as a criterion of MienHelds histrionic work her old and newadmirers will be content to see her inethereal comedy roles where she maycontinue to wear stunning toiletssing dainty songs and play havoc withher languorous eyes Miss Hold has notthe voice or the temperament for deepemotional work and is soon to muchmore advantage when making comic apera love than In serious demonstrationof the divine passion The gownsworn by Miss Hold are marvels of themilliners art and she sings her lays ascharmingly as of yore

Frak Rushworth formerly of the Bostonlans and one ef the best tenors nowbefore the public Is Mine Helds chiefvocal supporter His voice is smoothsympathetic and even more musicalthan when he sang the dashing role ofRobin Hood and it is a pleasure to hearso delightfully giver even the lightsongs he has In the Held piece Mathilda-CottreHy who refuses to get any olderplays Mme PhiHipard with the clever-ness that long ago planed her in theforemost rank of American charactercomediennes Joseph Herbert and DanMcAvoy do a brother comedy actthroughout the piece and succeeded inkeeping the audience highlyAnother comedian who unfortunately-has not been given his rightful share ofopportunities is Franz Ebert the famous BIllie Norton she oferstwhile variety fame plays the maidto Mars and a long line of playerscompletes the cast

IMPERIAL BURLESQUERS

MAKE A HIT AT LYCEUM-

His Sporty Wife Received a Number-of Encores

The Imperial Burlosquers are at theLyceum this week and give a goodshow The opening burlesque is enti-tled His Sporty Wife and mado a decided hit The feature of the burlesque-was the chorus which pleased the audience and received so many encores onits last song that part of the businesshad if be cut out Frank Byron andLouise Lanffdon In their sketch thoDude Detective made the hit of theolio Cliff Gordon gave a German po-litical speech John E Cain withMoore Edna Urline and Grace ForrestBurke presented tho sketch The NewBoy in proved exceedinglyclever

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PERFORMANCE

Play Full of Dramatic Interest Presented by an Excellent Company

Large Auilience Delighted

Marta of the Lowlands a dramafrom the pen of Angel Gulmera theSpanish playwright was produced forthe first time in Washington last nighton the stage of the Lafayette SquareOpera House and was thoroughly

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cluded many elements prominent In theintellectual life of the Capital Diplo-matists Congressmer high governmentofficials and a liberal contingent of otherpersons whoso approval of a dramaticproduction furnisher o fair standard ofits merits were present and repeatedlysignified their appreciation of play anaplayers by hearty prolonged applause

These demonstrations were eminentlydeserved Marta of the Lowlands Isto ba accounted one of thewery bestdramatic writings that have been placedbefore the American public in many aday In the dignity and strength Of Itsaction and the beaaty and force of Itsdiction it Is well nigh classic Frontbeginning to end there is not a situationthat is not the natural developmenteither of that which precedes It or ofthe consistent progress of the storyThere Is no grasping for claptrap effects no appeal to maudlin sentimentality no attempt to raise atthe expense of consistency Just as themore tragic situation of the play devel-op themselves from the elemental charact4ristlcs of the men and women in itJust so the comedy proceeds from thesimple but perfectly natural conditionsunder which these persons move andhave their being It may be cited as thebest proof of authors consummateart that even the comedy of his play hasa touch of the pathetic and thus re-mains essentially true to the spirit andthe purpose of the action

Story of the PlayThis te tfe story Marta is a child

of the streets whoso whole life as faxback as she caJi remember hn b6anpassed In assisting hr mother In soliciting aim In one of th scenes shetells how her mothers Irand was al-ways outstretched In begging posturehow even in the rigor of death it retained that form With the man whohad consorted with hoi mother shewanders about after her deathstill begging until they cOmto an estate owned by Sebastian whOoffers them shelter He becomes enamered of Marias beauty and by thetact that under Catalonlan traditloriarid conditions the master Is practi-cally lord of life and death in his domains accomplishes her ruin and re-tains her as his mistress Dissipationof his fortune makes it necessary forhim to marry an heiress but yet he Isunwilling to give up Marta He conceives the idea to marry her to a shopherd the mountains Manelich whomhe attracts by the offer oOnoking himthe miller He compels Jitarta to agreeto this scheme and in order to guardagainst her falling in love with Manelicit he persuades her that the shepherd-is fully cognizant of the shameful bar-gain and has consented for money toplay the part of complaisant husbandManelich is the pure child of natureHis philosophy of life is as simple asIt is touching its very simplicity raiseshim to the sublimeut heights of heroism-In his conduct towards Marts ofwhose relations to the master thegossips of the village have lost no timeto inform him Even under the adverse condltipns of their marriageManellchs Idve for Marts increasesand her feelings toward him changefrom contempt to affection Sebastianstill persecutes her with his unholypassion and exasperated by her con-fession of her love for Manelich attempts to force her submit when theshepherd enters kills the master andreturns with Marta to the mountainsPlot of Great Intensity-

It will be readily understood that such-a plot would furnish situations of overpowering intensity To an author lessstrongly imbued with the dignity of histheme and the lessons he desires to teachor to a playwright less skilled In pre-serving the equipoise of the action and

holding the mirror up tp nature thetemptation would have been strong toweave into the naturally somber tex-ture of the action some contrastingflashes of lurid color Not so GulmeraHe does not sacrifice naturalness to eccentricity nor rational sequences toabrupt climaxes His story unfolds it-

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trudes Itself unpleasantly upon the viewAnd Just as the Is told consistent-ly so the dramatic unities are consclentously observed antI the result Is a har-monious entity

Of the company presenting the playnothing can be said but in praise Eventhe part is performed satisfactorily Fernanda Bllscu gives a powerful Impersonation of Marta She preserves throughout the gloom in whichthe consciousness of the situation forcedupon her by Sebastian envelops her andthis is lightened only when the light ofher awakeninc love for Manullch pene-trates it Hobart Bosworth is admirableIn the role of Manelich From his firstentrance as the Joyous child of themountains to the tragic climax ofhis killing the mhster his portraituredoes not tall for a moment to enchainthe Intellleent Interest of the audienceEthel Browning aravc a delightful per-formance as Nurl an unsophisticatedloving child and kirkland asSebastian succeeded In the vil-lain without descending to melodramaticeffects Alexander Vincent made a decided hit as Tomes especially In his sar-castic rebuke to the women gossips

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A Series of Good Vaudeville ActsComedy Sketch Not Overdone

The Tramp Juggler

bill at Chases this week Js ore ofthe best seen at this house Sttw theseason began Opening with rn acro-batic dog and nuJnkey sketch ar L con-tinuing until the curtain falls on tua vltagraph pictures series Qf vaudevilleacts Is of more than ordinary interest

Mike Haggerty3 Daughter la thetitle of the RyanPJchfleld combinationThe comedy of the sketch is of the quitdrbll type and the humor findsdelineators In these two players A factso evident that it cannot escape the no-tice of regular vaudeville patrons andis worthy of mention is tie total absence of the hideous yelps guffawsuch characterizations that usuallymark vaudeville character acting

The Willis family a quartet of brothers and sisters is representative of thehighest type of vaudeville musicians andtheir performance elicited an enthusias-tic applause

Something different from the ordinaryline of variety entertainment is foundin the act of the Edmund Day CompanyMr Day is author of sketch abright creation depleting the entranceof an orphan girl Into the lives of twolone sea captains whose home Is an oldwhaling boat high and dry on land

A daring bit of tumbling is given bythe Johnston Davenport and LoreHatroupe In the form of a novelty entitled

Two Football Players and a FarmerHarrigan tramp Juggler wall known tolocal theatergoers appears in his clev-er monologue and puzzling act TheMisses Delmore scored a pronounced hitwith the audience in vocal and instru-mental selections and Mlle Christinaand her acrobatic animals were wellreceived

The vitagraph pictures showing viewsof logging in Canada are excellent

FROM RAGS TO RICHES

AT ACADEMY OF MUSIC

Cast Is a Well BalancedProves to Be Entertaining

From Rap to ruches a fouractmelodrama opened a weeks run lastnight at the Academy Of Music Theaudience voted th play a clean one in-

teresting and entertaining The leadingrole was essayed by Joseph Santley Hwas tlu defender of his sisters honorand at all times during the performanceequal to the trying situations and circumstances which surrounded him

The cast In From Rags to Riches Iswell balanced

Biglow Cooper as Cnarlas Jfontgomery the villain did well He was alsowell supported by Laurence SaatKx hWadventuress wife Theo KehrWald asold man Montgomery presentedcharacter cleverly The work of Laurette Cooney as Flossie the daughter-of Mrs Cooper was also good

JULIA ST GEORGE FAMOUSENGLISH ACTRESS DEAD

LQNDON NOV rr Julia Georgesknown as the Grandmother ofStage whose name was a householdword In the middle of the last centurydied Sunday at the St Pancras

She was eighty years old The Inquestresulted in a verdict of chronic alco-holism The deceased played Pauline toSir Henry Irvings Melnotte in 1869

TO REWARD COURAGE

OF ARMY ENGINEERS

Pensions Advocated for Their Widowsand Minor Children

Senator Dryden of Next Jersey believescourage in war Is n t shown lythose who carry t sword or musketand are en the Urine line H aequally high opinion of others whorisked their lives In hazardous employ-ment in connection with army move-ments In this class he puts the armyLocomotive engineers in whose Interesthe has Introduced In the Senate a billpensioning them or their widows andminor children A similar bill has beenIntroduced in the House by

Wiley of New JerseyInasmuch as army locomotive engin

eers were not enlisted men and do nocome under any portion of the pensionrules special legislation is necessary tocover their cases Mr Wiley expressedthe sentiment in favor of the measurewhen he wild

I consider the courage required by aman who was cooped up in a cab withhis life In peril from bushwhackersand also from tampering with his trackand with no opportunity to retaliate ofas high a character as that required toface a battery of artillery or an enemywhen he a chance to at least lirebuck

SLAIN BY A BURGLAR

IRONWOOD Mich Novtine Puckl was murdered in his saloonearly yesterday by a burglar who thenset the on fire A trunk thathad contained 00 was broken open andthe money was gone

EARL OF YARMOUTH COMING

LONDON Nov 17 The Earl andCountess of Yarmouth will be passen-gers on the White Star Line steamerNovember IS for New York

A HARVARD ATHLETES VIEWS

Physical Instructor Tells the StoryAfter Season of Hard Training-

By Prof J J FoleyAfter a season of hard training I lost

several pounds and did not get back tomy original weight until I took FatherJohns Medicine which I keep on handall the time finding that by taking Itafter exposure In the hard work oftraining r escape the colds which I havepreviously been troubled with It is th ibest remedy for colds an building uptha body I have used Not a patentmealtime

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ITEMS OF INTERESTFROM NEARBY STATES

MARYLAND

ANNAPOLISGovernor Smith with his family will

remove o Annapolis en Tuesday orWednesday of next week and will oocbpy the government house until theend of his term The house will therefore be open and ready for the

of Governor Smiths succedbor Edwin Warflekl when he assumes the of-fice of chief executive of the State onthe second Wednesday in January be-ing the thirteenth of the month

THROUGHOUT THE STATEThe circuit court for Charles county

convened in La Plata yesterday withJudges J P Briscoe and George CMerrick on the bench A B Posey wasmade foreman of the grand jury JudgeBriscoe delivered the charge to thejury He called special attention to thefact that in a certain section of thecounty gambling devices known as slotmachines were alleged to used andurged that diligent efforts be made toprevent this kind of lawlessness

Judge WItsenbacher yesterday appointed Alexander Nell J A Masonand Alexander R Hagner a committeefrom the Hagerstown bar to investigate-the conduct of George L Pendleton thenegro lawyer of Annapolis Pendletonwas sued by his wifes grandmotherEveline Walker for a sum she lent himThe Jury was not satisfied with a ver-dict against Pendleton but recommend-ed that he be imprisoned until the costsof the suit were paid As soon as heheard that verdict he tenderednmtion

The marriage of Annie of nearDeer Park to George Fitzwater ofNorth Glade took place at thte home ofthe brides parents Mr and Mrs Andrew Pysoll on Saturday The Rev WE George grandfather of the groomperfarmed the ceremony Mr George-Is eightyfour years old and has livedat Deer Park for a number of years

The Washington County Free Libraryounded by the late B F Newcomer of

Joltimore Is free of debt This announcement was made yesterday in theyearly report of the president EdwardPV Mealey who donated the site for thelibrary After the library was openedthere rested upon It a debt of some

The orphans court for Cecil countypassed the third account of the ex-

ecutors of Jacob Tome and made distribution The sum of 93416311 was passed-to the Jacob Tome Institute asary legatee

Elijah Todd of Seaford Del former-ly a farmer near Preston Caroline

died on Saturday at the home ofhis son Albert Todd In Camden N 1Mrs Todd and several grown childrensurvive

The Piltlmore and Ohio Railroad hasmade Brunswick a terminal for itspassenger fains and changes enginesthere Heretofore the passengerhas been from Baltimore to Cumberland

A negro supposed to be MatthewHollls Who Constable Wright ofSmyrna DeC several months ago wwarrested and lodged in the Centfirvllle-MB to await identification The negroprotests that he is not Ho-

Hlsmm OF ASBESTOS

SULPHUR AND BORAX

Annual Report Contained in RecentBulletin by Cen-

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A bulletin has been issued by theCensus Bureau OB the of as-bestos barytes bouxlte borax sulphurand pyrite for the year ending December31 1S32 The following figures are

Quarries Asbestos 4bauxite 38 borax sulphur andpjrrite 28

Average number of salaried employes and total salaries Asbestos 7and S2CS baryte 27 bad mSttbauxite 42 and JSS2W borax 14 and S1S

123 sulphur and pyrite M and 41800

ers and their total wages Asbestosand S 60 barytes 331 and 128 45baUxite 150 and 55870 borax 163 andS114SS5 sulphur and pyrite 97t andSttUft

The quantities of each mineral minedand their values were Asbestos 2805tone and 4200 barytes 5StO tons and

lfi S4 bouxlte 29228 tons and1M B6 borax 4 Wfl 2381614

sulphur and pyrites 397874 tons and

CONSIDERABLE DECREASETHE SALMON PACK

The pack of Alaskan salmon fisheriesfor this season will fall short of the un-precedented figures reached last year by

J00009 pounds said Mr Kutchinagent In charge of the Alaskan

fisheries This decrease is small whenit is remembered that the pa 3clast year amounted to

season must by no means beconsidered a failure and it Is probablethat the peck of a year ago couldhave beeu equaled had the packers

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VIRGINIA

RICHMONDThe fact that the Union Jack on the

Unlfed States Ifttg over the capitol wasdown yesterday displaying the dlatrasignal attracted a good deal of atten-tion The explanation was that the newjanitor was not familiar with the man-ner o hoisting the flag The GeneralAssembly put in a good days work onthe MIle reported by the joint commit-tee on revision

THROUGHOUT THE STATEThere was a slight run by small da

positors yesterday morning on the DimeSavings Bank of Portsmouth Va Therun was caused by the announcement ofthe bank directors that John H Down-Ing the cashier had disappeared Theofficers announced also that ho wasbonded for 85009 by a Baltimore

company and that any additionalloss would be replaced so that the dejpositors would not lose a cent

Under the special order of the day theVirginia Conference of the MethodistEpiscopal Church South at Charlottesyule yesterday the report of theeducational Blackwell of

said there had been amarked increase in attendance in all ofthe schools of the RandolphMacon

Charles M Gallagher fiftyfourold dropped dead at his boardingIn Roanoke yesterday morning Heleaves no relatives H Roanoke but lasaid to have relativesJn Pennsylvania-Mr Gallagher was a native of Irelandand was reputed to be wealthy He hadrecently erected several handsome resi-dence buildings and had others in courseof construction at the time of his death-

C J Rixey a large stockholder Inthe Rappahannock National Bank atWashington in Rappahannock countyhas subscribed for stock in the Frederlckburg and Rappahannock Railwayto the extent of 510000 Supervisor JohnJ Miller of Rappahannock county hasaiso taken a large batch ofamounting to

Sunday night burglars effected anentrance to Masons mill betweenoke and and using annary truck carted the safe from theoffice to the outside of the buildingwhere a large ax was used in smashing-In Five hundred dollars

of the safe and therobbers made off with the booty

Children playing on a car of theLynchburg Traction and Light Com-pany yesterday released th brake andjumped off The ear was on a side-track at the top of a long heavy gradeand in a moment it Attained a highspeed down the main line About four

from the side track It swepta corner colliding with an

car filled with passengers Thepassengers were considerablybut none was

Henry Brothers died yesterday afterat Ms home near Cypress Chapelaged eightyseven years He was

the oldest person In Nansemond countyon the the last registration

ST LOUIS TAX BOARD

SUSTAINED BK

Question of Illegal Valuation of Prop-

erty Now Settled

Tn the case of the State of Missouri-vs the Board of Equalization of thatState Justice Holmes of tho SupremoCourt of the United Statesav opinion affirming theth lower court In favor of the board

The State alleged that thewhich appraised properties andIn St Louis did not place the propervaluation on those owned ill severalrailway telegraph and telephone com-panies as well as other corporationsThe direct allegation of turning infraudulent valuations and having anulterior motive Is also said to havebeen made by the State The lowercourt held that the members ofboard were appointed to perform theirduty and to the best of their

appraising the propertiesthey did what they In their on

thought was fair and just to allconcgrned

JEWISH REFUGEESREPORT A MASSACRE

TANGIER Morocco Nov 17 A hundred Moorish Jews fugitives from Tazahsve arrived at Martin They say theSultans while in occupation ofTaza many Jews and illtreated women and girls

5iooooo SUIT DISMISSEDNEW Nov 17 After being

on and since last Junethe suit of Lawyer Michael P OConnor against the Metropolitan StreetRailway Company for 100600for alleged malicious prosecution wasdismissed without a trial by JusticeOGorman in the supreme court yegterday

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PROPERTY VALUATION

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Table Showing the Assessable Realty of

the District and the AnnualIncrease

The Increase n the assessed value oreal property in the District of Colum-bia during the past thirtyfour yearsisshown in an interesting table included-in the annual report of the Assessorrecently submitted to Commission-ers The valuation by years from 1ST

to 190 Inclusive follows 1871 79-

7iW isri 74K77 1873 7 9241674 J0C3a4S75 JS7S75041 5SS

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DYNAMITER ASKS 500CHICAGO Nov 17 Threats to

the Plaza Hotel a large andhotel fronting Lincoln Park havemade to William Hall manager ofbuilding In an anonymous Letter

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PILES

He Cant Eat Cant Sleep Cant GetComfort Any Way But One Pyra-

mid Pile Cure Will Cure HimGive Relief at

Known to FaiLJust a little pain may so distract a

mans mind that it will cost him hun-dreds of dollars Life is a battle Tosucceed one all his energies andall his brain apply to the ques-tion at hand Even a corn will makehim irritable cross angry and on an-gry man seldom succeeds The trifling

of a corn is a pleasant feeling bethe agonizing ache of piles That

is a pain which seems to pervade thewhole body It communicates itselfto all the parts near the seat of thetrouble and brings on a heavy draggingfeeling in the perineum Those whohave never so suffered do not know whatit means It racks the nerves preventssleep prevents concentrated thought andmakes a man lose flesh as fast as hewould with a virulent fever

And yet piles ore looked upon as alittle thing They are neglected allowedto run on from month to month andyear to year By and by comes a dan-gerous surgical operation Maybe itcures maybe it kills

There is only one sure safe and quickcure for piles It is the Pyramid PileCure It is a recent discovery and itsproperties are such that it cleansessoothes and heals the inflamed partsreduces the inflammation at once andwith continued treatment removes allswelling and all trace of the disease-It puts the membranes in a healthy ac-tive condition and cures completely andpermanently

Prom Victor Detroit Mich-I had you sooner because

the first box of the Pyramid PileI used helpod me so much and Ito walt until I was completelyand so it was that after usingboxes of your Pyramid Pile I amentirely cured of thefrom which I suffered six monthsand now I Pyramid Pillswhich help me very

From B H Ihave been troubled for fifteen yearswith piles and have tried different salvesand but never came across

Pyramid PileI used two BO cent boxes threeago and they have made a complete

and I am recommending them toI know to be afflicted Thanks

for the cureFrom Nixon 8 4 N Barn

brey is nowtime I should let you know that I amcured of bleeding piles If you onlyknew how I have suffered fromfor the last nine years in painApril I went to the drug store and boughta 50 cent box of Pyramid Pile andI found at last a iood cure I

trying to get cured of my pileshave foiled to cure me but

now I am happy to have a good sleepand be able to work also

Pyramid Pile Cure Is sold by druggistsgenerally If yours doesnt keep It hewill get It for you if you ask him Bookon cause and cure of piles sent freeAddress Pyramid Drug Co Marsnall-Mlch

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