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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-29

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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-29

The more credit you expect, the Les yea
get.-Atchison Globe. ,i;3i1,.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
The Canadian Trade.
THIS WOMAN'S CHICKENS
FOND OF GREENBACKS
Mrs. Hughes Poultry Consumed the
Sum Of S3z7.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2A-Mrs. Sylvester
Hughes. OF Corona. L. l.. complained
10 Magistrate Smith. Of the Flushing
police court, that her twelve white
Wyandotte chickens had eaten 1927 in
greenbacks. Mrs. Hughes had secured
the money from her son. Joseph. to
keep him from playing the races. and
shortly after feeding the chickens she
was Mortified 90 md the money gone
The prosperous appearance Of the
rooster first aroused my suspicious. +"
said she. He walked around the yard,
pulled out his chest. and crowed con
tinuously. I Their detected corner OF a
$50 bill sticking out Of his beak May
kill the hens unless they lay eggs 20
make up for e. ledger" asked Mrs.
Hughes.
"A dozen hens layin'- two eggs a day
would pay the loss in "A while. and I'd
have my chickens at the end OF it. But
unless they do. ledge. J am afraid the
hens will get too bloatod up to lay. or
well. can / chop of the head OF the
rooster. anyway? He eat at least $50 1
know
Perhaps the hens will lay golden
eggs suggested the Judge
well. eggs are high" continued Mrs.
Hughes solennly. ''and guess I'll keep
the chickens. but the rooster win have
to go"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
COLLEGE
CRUMBLING TO DUST
Little Remains of Historic Structure Formerly Home
of School Endowed by Father of His Country.

LEXINGTON, Va, Dec. 24-Tourists
travelling through historic old Virginia
and who stop over to view the last
resting places of Lee and Jackson, sell
dom fail to pay a visit to the ruins of
Liberty Hall. or Washington College one
of the first institutions of its kind
founded I'm America, and those who
have seen its historic walls of late have
noticed that they are fast crumbling 70
dust
Washington College was founded early
in the eighteenth century under another
name. and for years ranked as one of
the first and best institutions I'm America.
Soon after the close of the American
revolution its site was changed and a
new building. q handsome one for those
colonial days, was erected near the town
of Lexington, Va The building was
called Liberty Hall and was construct
ed of heavy blocks of limestone, taken
from a nearby quarry.
1t was a three-storv structure. divided
into twelve class rooms and substantial
enough to stand the storms of centuries.
Soon after it's erection Gen. George
Washington became interested in the
institution and to show his appreciation
Of it's worth he endowed it generously
with a good sum i'm the form Of valua-
Die canal stock. He showed his interest
IN other ways as well. paying frequent
visits to the school and Offering sug-
gestions as to the methods of instruc-
ton 1t was just after receiving the
gift OF canal stocks from General Wash
ington that the school was named in
honor of it's patron.
In the year 1890 Liberty Hall was de-
stroyed by fire and the instruction OF
The young Virginians was continued 8
rented apartments in the town OF Lex
ington. Some years after Washington
College was rebuilt upon the southern
end of a graceful ridge running along
the western part of the town. The Vir-
zinia Military Institute now stands upon
the north end Of the same ridge. Tho
institution fiourished and continued e
grow in popularity under the name OF
Washington Colleg euntil after the great
civil war. when Gen. Robert =. Lee was
given the presidency of it. and its name
was changed to Washington and Lee
University. The regular university sys-
tenn of points was instituted. and under
the administration of Virginia's great.
est son the institutions fame was spread
throughout the country
Although Liberty Hall was burned
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
ST. LOUIS IS DUBBED,
WHERE SATAN'S SEAT IS"
Pastor Bewails Bad Moral Tone of the
Worlds Fair City.

ST. LOUIS. Dec 24-Dr Samuel I.
Lindsay. pastor of the Oak Hill Presby-
terrain Church, takes a gloomy view of
the moral situation here. and says that
If Christ were on earth today he would
characterize the Worlds Fair City as
place where Satan-s seat is
DR.. Lindsay declares that there is
especial cause for alarm in St. Louis. ~
disclosed by the results of the Doodle in
vcstiEations. He said:
AN important factor in the degener-
acy Of modern cities is the ever-increas-
ing ratio of an undesirable foreign pop
ulation.
The trouble is in the political spoils
system. IL handicaps religious and NOR
al work at every step. 1t is at the bot
tom of all the boodling. all the grating.
and all the other evils that affect ti.e
city.
Also the brewing element controls
the city's politics.
Il do not think II is overdrawing the
matter to say If Christ We're here He
would characterize the city as He did
the ancient Pergamos.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
At ALTAR,
SHE KILLED HERSELF.
Wedding Guests Waited, But No Bride
groom Came for CeremOny-Girl
Sought His Home.

OIL CITY. Pa. Dec elena Stahl-
mann, twent 1.-TWO years old. committed
suicide today IL drinking carbolic acid.
after having been deserted by her
fiance. Thomas A. Edwards. to whom
she was to hare been married last night
Edwards whereabouts is unknown.
The pair obtained the marriage license
yesterday. and made all preparations FOR
the ceremony. which was to have taken
place at O'Clock. Miss Stahlmann.
her sister Emma, the only relative in
this country. and some invited friends
waited until 10 o'clock for Edwards ID
appear. Good-natured jests we're in
Gulged in at the expense Of the girl,
who finally secretly left the bridal p&<ty
and went TO the home OF Edwards
What she learned there is not kr-tTn.
but she returned to her guests and in
formed them that Edwards was taken
suddenly i'll, and the ceremony would
be postponed until today.
At noon her dead body was found in
her room. On stand was a cup that
contained the poison, and a letter al
dressed to her sister. the contents OF
which she refuses to divulge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
WILL CROSS CONTINENT
10 GIVE TESTIMONY
Witnesses in Mrs. COrdelia Botkin's
Case Going to San Francisco.

DOVER. Del. Dec. 24-Joshua Deane,
whose wife and .sister-in-law were pois-
oned by candy sent through the mails
from San Francisco. will go to San
Francisco next week TO attend the re-
trial of Mrs. Cordelia Botkin. who is
held for the murder OF the two women
He says several other witnesses win
make the trip across the Continent.
but declines to name them.
1t is believed they VIII be Miss Kemp,
who was assistant postmaster at tho
time the candy was received: Harry
Pennington, nephew of the poisoned
women, who carried the candy from
the postoffice, and Miss Leila Deane.
daughter of Mrs. Deane.
Mrs. Ida d. Deane and Mrs. John p.
Dunning died Au~ist. 1898. in agony
after eating heartily, OF the CANDY
which they supposed had been sent bS
friend Mrs. Botkin has been in jail
since that time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24

more than one hundred years ago. the
walls still ) tand. and Il Is cause for re-
greet to visitors of the historic spot. that
the Virginia historic societies have not
taken some steps toward keeping them
in a state of preservation. Substantial
as they are. the blasts of a century are
beginning to show. and the heavy stones
lie looseeiQ many places.
The walls now stand in a cattle pas
ture. and when viewed by a party OF
sightseers recently, were surrounded by
a herd of pigs. grunting their satisfac-
ton as they plowed up the ground about
the spot where more than a hundred
years ago the great Washington stood
and watched his proteges az work over
their three RS. Several contented cows
stood sleepily about. ard one lay be-
meath a tree which now grows where
was once the center of the building.
Greater evidences of neglect. however,
are seen upon closer examination of
the walls. The mortar is being washed
from between the stones by every rain.
and already they are beginaing to fall
apart and pile up in shapeless heaps
upon the ground.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
SERVED. FIFTEEN YEARS
FOR STEALING STAMP
Nebraska Convict Sentenced for Life
and Owes Release to President
McKinley's Clemency.

OMAHA. Neb. Dec. A.-Ellsworth p.
DeFrance. the Nebraska convict who
was released from the Sioux Falls gov
eminent prison after serving fifteen
years for stealing a two-csnt postage
stamp was originally sentenced for life.
but President Mckinley later committed
this sentence 10 fifteen years imprison-
ment
The same court which sent DeFrance
uD for life for stealing the stamp SEN
fenced Charles w Mosher to five years
Imprisonment for wrecl1ing the Capital
National Bank at Lincoln for $500 600
DeFrance held up and robbed a mail
carrier. He obtained only one stamp,
but the crime of forcibly robblng a mail
carrier is Punishable by life Imprison-
ment and De France received the max
imum sentence
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
FILIPINO Immigrants
MAKE NEW RECORD
Increase of 1888 Per Cent Over 1909
Only Seems Startling.

According to the figures issued by the
Department of Commerce and Labor
there has been a tremendous increase
in the percentage in immigration into
the United States from the Philippines
in the year just ended. In fact, the in
crease has been 1888 per cent.
The labor unions and others who fear
the coming to this country of that class
of aliens who can wax fat on a handful
of rice and piece of fish the size of a
silver dollar as a daily diet need not
fear as great a flood of the little brown
men as these figures suggest. Ii seems
that only three of the natives OF the
archipelago came TO the United States
in 1902 while in 1908 the number reached
ninety-nine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
GOLD MINE SOLD.

SANTA EULALIA. Mexico. Dec. a.
Albert G. Aiken. Of San Francisco, Cal,
has just purchased from Mrs. Pedro
Prieto the famous San Juan mine for
100000 in gold. The records show that
this mine has produced more than $50,
900 in its history.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
PLUNCER'S GIFT TO WIFE.

NEW YORK, Dec. A-Out of the
large profits he had made in this years
cotton campaign Daniel J. Sully has
set aside considerably more than S250-
900 as a Christmas present TO his wife
The gift will take the form of a she
five-story American basement house ir,
Sixty-second Street. about $50 feet of.
eFifth Avenue
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
Charles KEPT QUIET.

The charges against Andrew D. Bar
low. United States consul general at
the City of Mexico. which resulted IN
his resignation from the American Club,
have not been brought to the attention
Of the State Department
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
For the Holidays

You should not be without Drivers Fa-
nous Old Apple To-day. Egg Nogg. Mar
TIM. Manhattan. and Champagne Cock
tails. Full line imported and domestic
cigars at special prices. Geo. W. Driver
005 Pa ave
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE.
(special to The Washington Times.)-

ROCKVILLE. Md. Dec. 24-SamueI
II. Jones. for many years a deputy sher-
IN OF this county. I'm Wheaton district.
died at his home. near Wheaton. yes
terday morning. Mr.. Jones was one of
che leading citizens Of HIS neighborhood.
.He was sixty-sevcn years OF age, and
leaves six sons and three daughters. Of
whom two sons reside IN New York
City Brights disease was the cause
of his death
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24

Speers Wines; special holiday case; q
bottles. Oldest private stock: Chateau
wines, worth $3.50 given away until
New Year for SO: we also have s. cases
Write for circular list. Speer Wine Co,
Passaic. n J. This Is the wine that pro-
longs life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
LOCAL MENTION.
A Xmas Reminder.

Have Nat. Cap. Brewing Co. send you a
doz. $I-25; delivered. Phone. 222
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24

A marriage license was issued here TO
Cornelius SODer, aged twenty
years. Of Poolesville and Lillian Moss
burg. aged nineteen years, OF Seneca,
this county.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
Can Operate at Sea-

In dredging places where the waves
are apt to run high. the ordinary
method Of pouring the mud into sscows
alongside the dredge has been found i'm
practicable and dangerous. so of late
years the Government has gone in for
sea-going suction dredges of the type
which has been outlined for the special
work in giving Philadelphia thirty
five-foot channel. Three of these dredges
are now under construction in the yards
Of the Maryland Steel Company at
Sparrows Point, Md. for river and har-
Dor Improvement on the Atlantic Coast
1t has been suggested that the huge
dredge for Philadelphia may be used
in deepening the approaches to the
Panama Canal. and that it is only the
first OF a series 20 be built in readiness
for that enterprise. Much heavy sea
dredging will be required to prepare
those approaches. and should the great
size of the proposed dredge for Phila-
delphia not interfere with its usefulness
ii will furnish valuable lesson to the
engineers who will cut the ditch across
the isthmus.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
Al 500 Thirteenth Street NV.

Want advertisements and s1bscrip-
tons for the Evening and Sunday
following branches at regular off ce
rates: Library Pharmacy, % ST and Pa
Ave Sc. William II. Davis q Bro. Ilth
hand L SITS. NV: William c. Gentner
&.Or. 18th and L SITS. NV. l. French
knpsor. cor. 18th St, Rhode Island ave
y X SITS. NV; Theodore A. 7. Judd
81 7th and F sts. sw.: W Armstrong
q 7rh and II SITS ne: Astoria Phar-
W. a. Evans, mgr, cor 3rd and
- harles II. BlGmer. North Capt
Y SITS. ne; Il. A Neitch 10Th
Hpw.; II. A Yates, ne cor.
Is. NV; Quigiey's Phar-
@ SITS. NV. O'DonneIl
and q SITS Sc.
Pharmacy, corner
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
Genuine S., So, and 81 Sample Shoes,
Hot Tomales ard Chill

Three hundred styles at S2S5. Keene's
Shoe Store. sos g Street northwest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24

Order Xmas Flowers
At Skaters stores. 18th & I: I'LL Pa ave.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
Oil Heaters
Gas Radiators.

Gas Radiators. Oil Heaters.
s1s 18th st Aiuddiman & Co. 1904 c.
schmid's for pets. 7l2 18th st.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
NEW STYLE OF DREDGE
FOR WORK IN HARBORS
Specially Designed for Del
aware River.
CAN OPERATE IN OPEN SEA
Will Have Capacity of Fifteen Hundred
Cubic Yards, Digging and Discharg-
ing With It's Own Steam.

In anticipation of the final success of
the bill appropriating SS.50O000 for the
digging of a 35-foot channel TO Phila-
delphia. the War Department has al
ready begun drawing the plans for a
special dredge 70 do the work.
The plans call for the largest sea-go-
ing dredge in the world, and when com
pleted IL will be a valuable possession
Of the Engineering Corps. not only
for the work in Philadelphia interest,
but in widening and deepening the chan
mel to Baltimore. From what can be
learned the dredge Will be about 800 feet
long and 80 feet beam. She will have
capacity of 1880 cubic yards, which is
500 yards greater than any OF the
dredges- now doing Government work
She will be an interesting experiment
in the limits that may be reached in
building this style of craft -
Works by Suction
Suction will be the means by which
the river bottom viii be transferred to
the enormous dredge. The end of the
pipe is let down at the end of a long
steel beam and directed against the bot
tom. chopper, somewhat resembling
the propeller of ship. is slightly in
advance Of the mouth OF the tube and
cuts the mud into a thick mass. A
powerful fan on board the dredge ex-
hausts the air from the pipe. and the
mud and water are sucked" up into
the bins. where the water escapes
through holes in the sides.
The cost OF this powerful digger Is
estimated at between S30o, 900 and $500. 600.
and the time required for construction
is placed at from thirteen to sixteen
months Working on an ordinary river
bottom the dredge can all her enormous
bins in about two hours. After getting
full load she viii go to the dumping
ground under her own steam and return
for another load.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-24
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES
GROUP CURED

Group attacks child without varnspg
and needs very prompt attention or it may
prove serious, even fatal. If you notice
any symptoms of Group. give baby small
dose of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. 1t viii
relieve instantly and cure in a night
My three children were sick with the
Group and q severe, hard cough. After
having given the children half a bottle of
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup they were well,
and therefore can recommend It as the
best cough and Group remedy have ever
used.' Mrs. Cora Williams, Weston, Ind.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-20

statute The proceedings will, therefore, remain
secret.
Through his counsel Murphy entered the case
July Q, 1903 when motion was made that
the proceedings he dismissed, the subpoenas set
aside and the witnesses called be discharged,
for the reason that the magistrate had no juris-
diction to hear the proceedings or subpoena the
witnesses and that the witnesses had been sub
ppnaed and their testimony taken in secret
without notice to or the presence of the persons
accused in person or by counsel. 1t was also
asked that these be allowed to the informa-
ton. appear in person or by counsel, be con-
fronted by the witnesses against them, and that
the trial be public
In the statement of his reasons for denial JUS
tice Mayer states that the application in behalf
of Murphy proceeds on the theory that general
inquiry is pending before the ma gstrate. where
as in fact the magistrate has acquired jurisdic-
ton because there has been laid before him in
formation pursuant to the provisions of Section
145 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
|. BY this section the power of magistrate in
preliminary hearing differs from that Of a grand
jury mainly in that magistrate is limited in his
Jurisdiction to an inquiry started by information
that a person has been guilty of some desg
mated crime The case in point falls clearly
within this provision, Justice Mayer holds
In regard to the open hearing asked for, the
fact is pointed out that arrest has been made
and that there is no defendant as yet within
the strict meaning of the term. The law also
explicitly forbids the magistrate to admit to the
hearing any persons except the informant his
counsel. his witnesses. a judge of a court having
jurisdiction of the offence the Attorney General
and the District Attorney. The above mentioned
witnesses he clearly has the right to subpoena.
Mr.. Murphy therefore cannot claim any right
TO be represented at the hearing, much less TO
demand public investigation.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-20
ODDS STILL on RELLANCE.
4mericans Wager on Their Repre-
SeRtatiUe-TruSt to Big Sails.

Just on the eve of the first race of the series
between the contestants for the Americas Cup
most patriotic Americans were still hopeful that
the American defender will show herself BILE to
keep the cup safe this side for another year.
1t was something of a shock, however. to the
bettors to learn last night that twelve seconds
more had been added to the handicap the chal-
lenger was TO receive. Still. with a time allow
ance Of one minute and fifty-seven seconds
against her. the Reliance will sail to-day backed
by a good amount of > to l money. Her big
spread of canvas still inspires confidence.
Betting in Wall Street districts yesterday
a little brisker than Tuesday, though il fell
behind that of the day previous to the first race
eating 100 to So 400 on the Shamrock and
another bet of 800 even that she wins one race.
BirrweH, Buchanan & Co. bet 5000 on the Re
lance against 81 600 with T. Tucker on the
SERIES a little advance on the general odds.
Post & Co. announced that they would bet . to
l on the Reliance, and Harris Gates & Co. bet
$3.50 against $500 with A c. Gwynne the
Shamrock. r. w. Clifford also came in with
small bet of 5000 on the Reliance against S1G9
with E I. Connor.
r. S. Winsmore, of Dick Brothers & Co, has
on the Shamrock at 21a to 1, but also has s.. 800
the Reliance at the same odds. He has more
money on the Reliance a. > to 1. 1t was
ported that there plenty of Shamrock
money lying about the Street yesterday al 212 to
l, but it did not seem to be very well covered.
Betting on the curb" was insignificant.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-20
son BORN TO c. O. ISELIN.
Parents Think Birth an Omen That
Reliance VII Win.

Mr.. and Mrs. c. Oliver Iselin are receiving
congratulations over the arrival of a son yester-
day at the Iselin home in New-ROchelle. He
was not expected until later in the week. and his
early arrival is taken by his parents as an omen
that the Reliance will win the cup.
1t said at All View last evening that the
baby weighs eight pounds and six ounces and
is fine looking and healthy Mrs Iselin and
the baby were said to be doing well.
When the baby arrived yesterday morning.
Mr.. Iselin was the Reliance on the Atlantic
Highlands making the final preparations for
the race which is to be sailed to-day. A mes
sage was sent TO him. and he hurried home. Late
in the afternoon a private telephone fitted
up running from the Iselin home the tender
of the Reliance so that the yachtsman can keep
posted the baby's progress. This will be the
first year that Mrs Iselin has missed an inter
national race since her husband has been sailing
the cup defenders. She takes such keen interest
in the result that Il telephone extension will be
put in her that the movements of the
yachts be reported to her there.
Yesterday, Mrs. Iselin's father, William Cod
dard. of Providence, r. l., sent a message which
read Congratulations to my darling daughter
and grandson 1 delighted to hear that it
is boy" Later in the day Mr.. Iseiin's daugh-
ter communicated the news TO her friend, Miss
Alice Roosevelt at Oyster Bay Miss Roosevelt
and the President responded az once with
heartiest congratulations.
Mrs. Iselin Miss Hope Goddard. of the
we'll known Providence family, and the only
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. William Goddard.
She has been married to the yachtsman thirteen
had four children by mis- first wife, EleanOra,
twenty-twO Fannie. twenty, Adrian III, seven
teen and Oliver, jr.. fifteen. Both he and Mrs.
Isein it is said. preferred a SON