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The Washington times., 1903-12-20
DECISIONS SUBMITTED
IN RAILROAD CASES
Interstate Commerce Commission Solves
Knotty Problems in Freight Ship
ments and Passenger Fares.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
yesterday decided the cases of the Buck
eye Buggy Company. of Columbus. Ohio.
against the Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chi
'cago and st. Louis Railway company
and others. and of the c. S. Bell Com
pany, of Hilsboro. Ohio. against the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Rail-
way Company and the Norfolk and
Western Railway Company.
The Commission decides in these cases
that before allowing carload rating TO
carload shipment a carrier is entitled
to require that the goods shall be loaded
at one time and place. that but single
bin of lading shall be issued, and that
the shipment shall be from one. con-
signor 10 one consignee; but when the
goods are so loaded, and by the terms
of the sale become the property of the
consignee upon the delivery TO the car
rier. the carrier has no right TO in
quire whether consignee obtained his Il
tie from one or several owners.
Decisions were rendered in the cases
of w. II. II. Macloon versus the Boston
and Maine Railway Company and
others. and Samuel K. Behrend versus
the Washington Southern Railway Com
pany and others.
In the Macloon case the complainant
was charged a passenger fare from Bos-
ton, Mass, to GAINESVILLE, Wis, which
was 81 greater than the fare he had
paid from GAINESVILLE TO Boston. Upor
the investigation the Commission holds
that this was not unjust Discrimination
and did not. of itself, render the higher
rate unreasonable.
In the Behrend case the complainant
was charged a through passenger rat,
of 1876 from Washington, d. c., 4
Moseley, Va, passing through Rich
! mond, Va. although the sum of tn,
fares from Washington to Richmone
and from Richmond to Moseley wa
80 cents less.
The Commission holds that as In,
complainant was not subjected to unjus
discrimination. and the reasonablenes,
OF the transfer charge was not at
tackled. the complaint must be dis
missed.
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.OLD-TIME DRUMMER
FAST DISAPPEARING
He Has Become a Victim of the Big
Corporations.

The days Of the old-time drummer are
numbered. Even as the prairies and the
buffalo succum5ed TO advancing civiliza-
ton, the commercial traveller is vanish.
ing before the advancing trusts. The
members of this species are growing
fewer and fewer. and the day of what
practically will be final extinction is
not far off. From the ranks of the few
remaining drummers of commerce goes
un the cry: THE trusts did it,"
Who does not remember the drummer
Of yore, dapper, confident, suave. and
thoroughly at ease in Office or DESERT
AS gallant, as hardy in his search for q
sale. as the pioneer in hunt for a new
country, he journeyed over tbs broad
land TO the boundaries OF cas-. north.
south, and west. the private IF indus
try. making it possible by his work.
building with his hands the Franken-
stems which have been his .undoing. he
knew men and the human mind. the
old-time drummer and he brought 10
the aid of his business the arts and
subtle cunning of a Ulysses. the assur-
ance CT q Beau Brummel, and the
oratory and power OF conviction of a
Webster He read men whom he had
picked out as customers as the ply
stefan reads the symptoms Of disease.
Were fattery needed. gone could so
tickle the merchant who opened his or
derbook at the beck of self-adulation.
Versatile and Adaptable.
He was all things to all men. Creek
in Athens, a Roman in Rome. Were
his customer a self-made man, rough
in the exterior and scornful of the
conventions and niceties of tongue and
manner, the drummer could meet him
on his own ground. Were hs, grabbed,
sour, irritable, and insulting. the drum
mer had a demeanor as unTueded as q
newly Numbered dress shirt. lie could
not be insulted. Were the customer a
timid. deprecating one, not sure of his
own mind. the drummer was conviction
itself; his words were calculated 10 make
firm the belief that the moon is made
of green cheese. Patient, untiring, as
persevering as the spider, defeat was q
word he would not acknowledge know
irgly. With the gay, customer there was
no better companion for "A nights roys-
tering than the drummer He went to
church with the sanctimonious, to the
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
WOULD NOT INCREASE
THE PRESIDENTS TERN
Student Orators at the Columbian Uni
versity Take Part in Lively De-
bate on the Subject.

The proposition to lengthen the term
of the President and make him ineIi-
gible for reelection was defeated in the
debate between the Columbian and
Needham Debating Societies at the Co
lumbar University last night. The
Needham Society won.
The successful debaters were Carr
Helierstadt. Tennessee; r. B. Pharr
North Carolina; ]. a. Sedgwick, Iowa
The Columbian debaters We're J. /
Baldwin. New York; c. a. Davis, Idaho
W. II. MCDOWELL, Connecticut
Mr.. Sedgwick was named as the bes
individual debater. and Mr. Pharr a.
next best
The judges we're Representative Henr!
r. Gibson Of Tennessee. Representativ,
George j.. Legare Of South Carolina
and Prof W. r. Vance. Mr.. Gibson
made a speech. in which ne paid III
young orators a high compliment
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
LocKE,s VIEW OF DANCING.

Our poets appeal for dancing TO be
taught in the schools recalls the similar
view taken by John Locke in his
Thoughts Concerning Education, since,
as he says quantity, nothing appears TO
give Children so much becoming Conf
dence and Behavior. and so 10 raise
them TO the Conversation of those above
their age. For. though Dancing consists
only in outward Gracefulness of Motion,
yet I know not how IL gives Children
manly Thoughts and Carriage, more than
Anything" He adds. however, that the
teacher must be a good one; for, Il
think il more passable to put off the
Hat, and make a Leg. like an honest
Country Gentleman. than like an ill
fashioned Dancing Master" To put of
the Hat and make a Leg explains much
by the way. in the business" of the
ordinary costume play.-London Chron-
icle.
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
MOURNING IN KOREA.

KOREANS wear full mourning for their
fathers The dress is Of hemp cloth,
with hempen girdle- A face shield f
used TO show that the wearer IS a sin
ner and must not speak 10 anyone un-
less addressed The COSTUME is retained
for three years. the STEELE for three
months This is worn for a father only:
secondary mourning Is worn for a moth
er and no mourning at all for a wife
The hat is OF wicker. During lae Chino
Japanese war the United etaees minis
ter ordered every American citizen 20
have in readiness a dress Of this scrt
for disguise in case OF dight.-ExchanKe.
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
NAMES FOR THE LEFT HANDED.

In London the term for a ieft-handed
person Is kack-handed. the word being
also equivalent to awkward. IN Lanca-
shire it is k-pawed; in Yorkshire. gal
lock or gawk-handed. an expression dat
ing back to at least the seventeenth cen
fury. In Derbysfire are used the terms
keg-handed. cork-handed- or crazy
handed. while in the Teesdale district
cuddy-handed is common, and IN Not
tingham coochy-handed. In Dorset Il is
scrame-handed aud in Devonshire
coochy-hRnded- In Scotland we find
gawk-handed. Tn Ireland A ieft-handed
man is called a dthcgue. Not many
years ago Tim Healy used this word
in a speech at East wicklow in which
he said that Mr. O'Kelley could fight
with his left hand. and had already Civ
en- his opponent some ''kithogues' that
would spoil his political beauty during
the contest.-London Chronicle.
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
MAN FROM JESSUPS CUT
FOLLOWED BY THINGS"
~I'm Crazy" He Calmly Asserts, and
Sergeant Thompson Takes
Him at His Word

James Guilfoyl. late of Jessups Cut.
Nd walked into No. ! police station
last evening and calmly announced to
Sergeant Thompson that he was crazy
"Bughouse2" asked the sergeant
That's it Bugheuse," answered the
man, steadily.
They're after me-" asserted Guiifoyl
with a peculiar leer. Il am followed by
things. and at times my head becomes
Inflated like a balloon. am constantly
finding myself on the corners of streets
in strange towns. always pursued and
never able TO escape from my tormen-
tors. Until I appeal to some passerby for
permission to move. find myself bound
to the spot. and 1 have become des
perate.''
The man said he had just been re
leased from the Maryland House Of Cor
rection. where inmates are boarded al
the rate OF IL cents a day (estimated)
The sergeant concluded that Guilfoy
spoke the truth as to his insanity. and
locked him up for a medical exami-
nation.
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
IN THE CHURCHES.

Only two ministers from abroad Will
occupy pulpits in the Alexandria
churches tomorrow.
At the First Baptist Church. the Rev.
o. f. Flippo, d. D., WHY conduct all the
services.
Richard Morgan viii conduct the serv-
ices at the Railroad Reading Rooms to-
morrow.
The Rev. Mr.. Schroeder will conduct
services at the Emmanuel Lutheran
Church at o'clock. There will be No
other service in that church tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
Especial TO The washington Times,

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. 19.-GeOrge
w. Hummer Of Washington, son of a
well-known butcher at the Center Mar
ket. while getting off the electric cars
at st. Asaph. about o'clock this after
noon, was thrown down and his leg
broken. He was carried to the Alex
andria Hospital and the limb set by DR..
w. r. Purvis. His father soon arrived
and insisted that there were family rea-
sons why the boy should be removed
to Washington at once. He was, al
though in great pain, carried back to
Washington.
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
STRUCK BY A NEGRO.

After dark tonight information was
given tie police that Milton Franklin,
a negro, had assaulted Nat Phillips.
near 1923 Duke Street. Phillips teeth
were knocked ont. his face much bruised
and 1t was thought at one time that his
jaw had been broken. On his arrival
at the Alexandria Hospital the matron.
Mrs. Adamson, sewed UP a cash in his
face and he is now doing well. He al
ieges that he came out of Jones Hotel,
On Duke and Payne Streets. and that
Franklin assaulted him without cause.
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
Rox oFFIcE IN FIJI ISLANDS.

Another entertainer who visited the
Fiji Islands and gave his performance
before the natives had the following
receipts for one night: -Four sucking
pigs. SEQ cocOanuts. 1000 of a common
class Of moonstone collected on the
beach forty pearls. twenty-three model
canoes. 200 yards Of native cloth. forty
two Fiji costumes three whales teeth.
hundreds OF sharks teeth one or two
carloads OF beautiful coral. war lmple-
ments, such as spears. knobsticks. and
knives. native mats and pillows and
seven grog bowls.-Exchange.
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS.

The Sunday schools of Alexandria will
give their Christmas celebrations next
week, on the following DAYS:
Christ p. r. Church, December "a. at
o'clock: Grace P. r. Church, on De
cember &c: st. Paul's P E Church. at
4:S0 o'clock, on December "a; St. Mary s
Catholic Church. on December %. at :
o'clock; Methodist Protestant Church,
on December 2e. at 1880 o'clock: Imman-
uel Lutheran Church, December Is, at
7.30 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
HURT NEAR LFESBURG.

While descending from his locOmo-
tive near Leesburg last night, Charles
Lunsford. an engineer from this city,
fell through a trestle and sprained his
ankles, and otherwise bruised himself
He was brought home. where he received
medical attention and is tonight resting
comfortably
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
REPORTED SALE OF STEAMERS.

1t IS rumored around Alexandria that
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
bought the Washington and Mount YER
non ferry steamers. No notification Of
the report could be obtained in this city,
However.
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
ALEXANDRIA. NEWS NOTES

the Christmas holidays with his parents
in this city.
Samuel Mays is spending the holidays
with his parents in this city. Mr. Mays
is a student at the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute in Blacksburg.
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
BILL TO AUTHORIZE
SALE OF CANAL BONDS
Plan for District to Realize
on Old Asset.
A FACE VALUE OF $4,000
Were Received From Chesapeake and
Ohio Company by Corporations of
Washington and Georgetown.

The District Commissioners decided
yesterday TO make another effort to sell
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal bonds.
which represent one of the bad financial
deals entered into by the old corporation
of Washington. The Treasurer Of the
United States has carefully tucked away
in his Office $4,000 worth OF these bonds
with coupons attached. covering inter-
est from July 1, 1854, and also two GER
tifcates of indebtedness issued 10 the
corporation OF Washington, sggregating
1870 For all Of this rne Commission
ers now have an offer from David Rit-
tenhouse OF q cents on the dollar.
Mr.. Rittenhouse made this offer last
summer. but the Corporation Counsel
decided the bonds could not be sold
without the express authority OF Con-
gress. A bill asking for this authority
was drafted yesterday and viii be pre-
sented to Congress Immediately
Exchanged for Stock.
The bonds were received by the for
mer corporations OF the cities of \, ash
ington and Georgetown. from the Ches-
apeake and Ohio Canal Company, in
exchange for like amount of stock Is
sued by those corporations under ordi-
nances approved in 1917. to assist the
canal company 10 construct the cana
and its appurtenances.
All of this stock was subsequently
presented TO and duly redeemed By
those municipalities. so that the deben-
lures under consideration practically
represent a cash loan made by them tC
that company The District OF Column
bia is entitled to any proceeds that MAY
be derived from the disposal Of thes,
obligations. as it superseded the cor
porations of the cities Of Washington
and Georgetown. and succeeded to al
their rights. title. and interest therein
The Commissioners deem it advisable
that this Indebtedness should be mad.
an available asset as contemplated b.
the proposed bill. so that they will be il
position to negotiate II to the best al
vantage. IL it should become necessar,
or advisable to convert It into curren
revenue.
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
WAGON rs OVERTURNED.

Mrs. j. II. Fry was injured day or
two ago on the Washington and Alex
andria Road by the overturning of
wagon which she was driving. She
was taken to Washington for surgical
aid. Mrs. Fry is native CT Gunston.
Va
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
HOUSE AND LOT SOLD.

James Roberts has bought from Mrs.
n aria A. Fleming, a house and lot on
the west side of Fairfax Street, be-
tween Montgomery and Madison Streets.
The price paid was $125.
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
EUcHRE CLUB ENTERTAINED.

Mrs. Robert Fuller and Mrs. Albert
c. Murdaugh Entertained the Euchrc
Club at the fe sioepce of Mrs. Murdaugf
in Washington Street last night. Prizes
were won by =. W. Fuller. 5. l. Marye
Fannie Herbert, and Elsie DanenhOwer
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
MR.. PICKIN'S GUEST.

Claude l. H.tS-i4 has as HIS guest his
cousin. Henry living Batcheller, of St
Joseph. Me. -
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
GUARDIAN APPOINTED.

In the corporation court. the Hon
Louis c. Barley presiding. Catherine L.
McGahey was appointed guardian Of
Eleanor NJ. McGahey.
The Washington times., 1903-12-20
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

Leo T. DoNTTSv has returned from the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute to spend
The Washington times., 1903-12-20

theater with the sedate, yet harmless,
pleasure loving. His mind was store
house of information on all subjects
He knew the political situation In every
State and Territory from Kamchatka to
Bangor. from Cape Cod to the Golden
Gate He could describe every city In
the Union. talk thu dialect of the Down
Easter, the Southerner, the Westerner
and the Pennsylvania Dutchman- He
knew the names OF every railroad and
the territory il covered; he also knew
most of the conductors and trainmen.
He knew as much about hotels, from
the best to the worst. as their clerks,
and at the jump-and-hurry stations on
the edges of civilization he was served
by the waiting maids while Pullman
travellers fumed and went hungry.
Made Many Friends.
He made friends with everybody. dis
covered their hobbies and foibles. and
melted reserve as the sun melts the
snow. His name was known in every
town he stopped at, yet he was never
known 10 buy a gold brick Sr a lot of
green goods. He was the purveyOr of
stories, moral and immoral. IN hotel cor
ridor and railroad smoker. At a farm
house or s. a day caravansary he was
equally at home. His clothes were al
ways of the latest fashion, and he would
firt with almost anything that wore
skirts. Those were the palmy days OF
the expense account. The drummer
made his letters TO the firm on the sta
tionery OF a s. day American plan no
tel and took his meals and sleep on the
European plan at boarding house or a
hotel where his room cost him dollar
a night. How expenses incurred in mel
lowing customers up TO the order-giving
point stood out on .lis expense account
Intense was the rivalry between the rep
resentatives OF different houses when
they met in the same city. Every sale
made by one was a Waterloo for the
other, and even as triumphant generals
sent messages of victory to royal courts.
so the successful drummer telegraphed
his firm.
Buyers at Trade Centers
Now. though there be drummers. they
are not of the old school. and they are
fewer. The combinations Of business en-
! terprises. the merger OF various manu-
/ factories. the formation OF trusts in
everything from tacks TO tin cans. has
done away with the need OF the service
Of vast corps of outside men. Where
there were formerly hundreds OF manu-
facturers Of one class of goods. each
with its staff of drummers to divide the
entire country among them into a work
Germs employing in the aggregate One-
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-09-19
NOTICE or SALE.

Whereas. w. c. Buttman and
Charles ~. howe. doing business un.
der the firm name and style OF the Al.
buquerque Brick Company. did. on the
18th day of October. A. ID. 1899. exc
cute and deliver To the First National
Bank OF Albuquerque their certain
chattel mortgage OF that date. which
said chattel mortgage was on the l6th
day OF October. 1893, duly recorded in
volume = of Chattel Mortgages, page
10 preference to which Is hereby made
and made a part of this notice, and
thereby. then and there, conveyed to
the said First NationaI Bank of Albu-
querque. all the sheds. buildings. boil
ers, engines. brick machines, and 9th
or appliances for the manufacture of
brick and other clay products. situat-
ed upon the tract OF land leased by
said Buttman and Howe from Mary II.
Howe. situated In the county OF Berna
lilo and Territory of New Mexico.
and known as all that portion OF Lot
Four ca of Section Five co.. Town
snip Nine CO.. North. Range Three CD
East. which lies east of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Re Railroad. which
said chattel mortgage was given to Sc
cure a certain promissory note OF even
date Herewith tor the sum of Fifteen
Hundred Dollars. due one day after
the date thereof. with interest from
date at the rate of twelve tl2) per
cent per annum until paid, with ten
per cent additional on amount unpaid
II placed for collection in the hands OF
an attorney; and
Whereas. said promissory note 10
long past due and there is now due
thereon the sum Of Fifteen Hundred
Dollars. together with interest as
aforesaid from the 18th day OF March.
1903. together with attorneys fees as
aforesaid and
Whereas. the said First National
Bank. under the terms and conditions
o. said mortgage. has taken posses
sion OF the above described property
for the purpose OF selnng the same in
accordance with the terms OF said
mortgage;
Now. therefore. notice is hereby CIV
en- that on Saturday, the 26th day OF
SEPTEMBER. 1903 at the hour OF ten
O'Clock in the forenoon. upon the
above described premises, the under
signed will sell the above described
personal property at public auction to
the highest and best bidder for cash.
in accordance with the terms of said
chatte mortgage, and for the purpose
OF paying the amount due on said
promissory note as aforesaid. together
with the costs and expenses OF adver.
tlsing and sale of said property.
FIRST NATION ii. BANh OF ALBU-
QUEnQUE
i3y McMlilen and Reynolds
Its Attorneys.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-09-19

than that OF the entire city OF Lon.
don or Paris.
During the two weeks from October
rs to November /. Rev. John Alexan
der Dowie will occupy Madison
Square Garden with his host Of wor.
shippers Long ago he made known
his intention OF renting the place. but
only lately was the deal completed.
Not ouly ia he going to speak there
himself. but hundreds Of his followers
are 10 conduct there an establishment
the like OF which New York has never
seen. For two weeks parts OF the gar
den will be turned into huge cater
ing establishment. supplied and con.
trolled exclusively ~ Dowieities. The
catering department will be In charge
of the leaders most trusted followers,
managers OF the only hotel In the
now fomaus Zion city. A baptismal
pool is TO be constructed In the gar.
den. where converts will be baptized
Immediately upon making confession
and before they shall have had time
for their zeal to abate.
Still another new man has doomed
up for the candidacy. He is ex-secre.
tary Of the treasury, Joan g. Carlisle
Those who oppose the selection Of Mr..
Carlisle. however. urge that that last
year he attended the democratic state
convention as tammany delegate
The greater New York democracy IA
vors Mr. Carlisle. not the Wigwam.
MIR. Conreid's opera plans are all
definitely settled and interest centres
in the presentation OF "Parsifal" of
which there will be ten performances
only \ remarkable feature OF the
opera is that II will begin at 1--WE with
an hour and halfs recreation and
dinner hour given al seven o'clock.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-09-19
INDIAN SCHOOL NOTES.

The latest improvement at the school
is several hundred feet OF new side
walk which has been put down during
the last few days; also the foundation
for new cottage Is being put In
place.
Superintendent, Allen has purchased
a new horse and buggy for the use Of
mis- family.
MIR J. c. Levengood, superintendent
of the Fort Defiance injian school.
made a short call this week. lie has
been promoted and transferred to the
Mescalero agency and was on his wav
10 Fort Defiance to settle mp his &c
counts and turn over the reins 10 his
successor.
Mr.. Edwin Schanander. formerly
disciplinarian at this school, but for
the past year he has been at the Riv
erside school, California.
MIR Schanandore is a first class EN-
ploye and a very courteous gentleman
and II Is with pleasure that We wei
come him back again. He liked Cal
ifornia and the climate there quite
well, hut is pleased 10 get back to sun
ny .,ew Mexico.
! Mar. Joseph Abner leaves this even
ing for his home in Oklahoma, wners
ne will spend his vacalion among his
old time friends. lie will also look at
ter some business interests in thai
locality.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-09-19
CHIEF woorTEN A HuMoRlsr.
Shown by the Notices Displayed at
the Station.

Besides being the crack detective of
the force and a typical southern gen
tleman. that Chief of Police Wootten
las keen and grotesque sense Of hu-
NOR, no one will deny after one visit to
the police station.
Almost the first thing that greets
the eye upon your entrance is the
legend: mo Admittancc Except Upon
Business" Could you think of a more
exquisite piece of irony Then when
you enter the private Office a card
tells you to BE brief" You have
scarcely recovered from this when
your eye falls upon another card
stuck down in one corner OF the
rogues' gallery admonishing you to
Talk happiness; the world Is sad
enough without your woes"
Can you conceive OF what manner
of an animal It would be who would
not rejoice at being refused admit
lance 20 the police station, or who
would not like TO "be brief" when be-
ing "sweated' by Chief Wootten. or
who could talk happiness during the
process Ell Paso Times.