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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
How to Prolong Life.
From the London Mail.

Speaking before the Royal College Of
Physicians last evening. Sir Hermann WEBB
er said that the best way of prolonging life
was keeping every organ as far possible
in constant working order. and counteract-
ing the tendencies to premature death, in
herited as well as acquired. Moderation IN
eating, drinking and physical indulgence
was recommended as well pure air, reg
ular exercise every day in all weathers, sup
plemented by breathing exercises, walking
and climbing tours, going to bed early and
rising early and restricting the hours Of
sleep to six OF seven. Daily baths cold or
warm, or warm followed. by cold, according
to the individual conditions also tended to
prolong life.
LAS obtain good part of my income by
keeping people alive who really ought to
have died years before" said London
doctor yesterday perhaps / may be all
lowed to express an opinion. He who would
live long must eat heartily. The stress Of a.
long life entails q tremendous strain upon
ones vital energy. and this must be provid--
ed for. invariably recommend for the
aged diet largely consisting Of minced
beef. which Is about the most .nourishin9
food know. So long as one Is not a glut-
ton, there should be no limit to the appe>
lite OF the man who would live long. We
should make older bones II. as a nation.
we had better appetites and more to FEED
them with"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
HOLDS THE RECORD.
Rev. DR.. Pitzer Performs Three Mar.
rage Ceremonies at One Time.

Three couples were married yesterday at
single ceremony by Rev. DR.. A. w. Pitzer,
pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church,
who thus holds the record for bringing the
greatest joy to the greatest number in the
shortest space OF time.
All three Of the couples came from Vir-
ginia. They were Charles w. Williams and
Bessie P. Browne. Allen Lancaster and
Carrie Greigsley. and George Binns and
Lille May Jones. All were from Hanover
county except Miss Jones. who came from
Caroline county. The idea Of having the
three marriages performed, at once was
conceived by the girls. who have been
chims for long time and could not bear
to see one another married separately.
Speaking of the event. DR.. Pitzer said last
evening:
"No, never performed such task in my
life before. II any one else has been such q
blessing to mankind never heard of It, I
stood them up In a row., read the ceremony
of our church, and when came to the
point of asking for the vows called each
one by name. It was q big task to prevent
biunder, but sent them away rejoicing,
and believe 1t was all right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
As Extinct as the Dodo.

From tho Chicago Chronicle
Like the stage Irishman and his colleague,
the "Dutchman,'' Of the drama, IT is now
quite clear that the "hayseed of the funny
papers is creature of the imagination
rather than an actual type. He may have
been more or less verdant and unsophisti-
Gated once. but he is no longer. The rural
resident of the middle west at any rate, Is
at no disadvantage whatever as compared
with the dweller in the city. If the Jay" Of
tradition ever had an existence he has van
ished from this vicinity. The rural resident
of today has telephone and rural mail
delivery; he takes a daily newspaper-per-
haps more than one-and half a dozen mag
azines. He is probably better informed on
current topics than is the average city
dweller because he has more time to devote
to acquiring information. At any rate, he 10
nobody's fool, and the man who picks him
up with such an idea is going to find his
mistake very quickly. The easy mark
from the country has gone forever If, in
deed, he existed at all. The confidence man
of today seeks his victims, not In the rural
districts but among the tenants of sky
scrapers, who have fancy for Consolidated
Lake Superior and similar investments.
The jay like the dodo, is extinct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
Record Electric Automobile Run.

Mr.. Fred B. Whitney. clerk to the COM
mittee on naval affairs OF the House o;
Representatives, established a worlds rec
ord for long-distance automobling on one
charge in electric machine yesterday
afternoon. by running 121 miles in ten
hours and thirty-two minutes. an average
of twelve miles an hour. The start was
made Tuesday evening shortly after I
o'clock from the Dewey Hotel. In nine
hours the automobile had gone 1914 miles
Then the machine collided with a heavy
truck and was so damaged that 1t vas sen,
to the shop. At o'clock yesterday after
noon the trial was resumed, and the ma.
chine Travelled 14.8 miles In an hour and
thirty-two minutes. This Is said to be the
worlds record for run with Que charge
in an electric carriage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
Ordnance Department Examination.

With view Of filing the seventeen
vacancies in the ordnance department of
thu army, the chief of staff has arranged
for general examination on the LIST of
March next of all first and second lieu
tenants of the lire DESTROYS OF detail to
the ordnance department. These examina-
tons will be held in each division and de-
partment including those In the Philip
pines and other insular possessions. Sec
ond lieutenants detailed to service in the
ordnance department receive the pay and
emoluments of first ieutenants of the line
while so serving.
A board OF officers. consisting of Cap
tains B. w. Dunn. c.. LII. Ruggies and +.
c. Dickson, all Of the ordnance depart
ment, has been appointed to meet at Sandy
Hook N. J., on the 2Sth instant to prepare
an examination for lieutenants Of the line
of the army who may apply for detail in
the ordnance department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
. Difficulty as to Heat.

"The three main buildings on K street
are heated by separate furnaces, thus ne
cessitating the running Of three fires, and
to get from the basement of one building
to another 1t is necessary for the fireman to
go upstairs. cross over to the other build
ing and down into the basement again. The
buildings having been erected for residences
rather than offices. are in constant need Of
repairs. During the fiscal year ended June
80 last the department expended more than
81 600 in repairing its rented buildings.
THE buildings, with three furnaces under
them. are not fire-proof. There is not even
vault in any of the buildings. Aside from
what can be placed in two safes in the de-
partment, there Is nothing whatever pro-
tected from fire. The records of the Attor-
ney Generals Office run back to 1889, and
are kept in the basement Many of the
letter books and other records are more or
less damaged by the dampness.
In another basement are kept the sta
tionery supplies for United States courts.
1t may not be generally known, but all sup
plies, such as stationery, inks. typewriters,
books etc, for the use of the United States
courts all over the United States. including
Alaska and Hawaii are shipped from the
department In Washington. These supplies
are now scattered through the three base
ments, and are frequently damaged by the
dampness. But these supplies cannot be
moved to the upper f1oors-there Is no room
for them. and the building would not Cup
port the weight.
Much inconvenience is experienced be-
cause the offices cannot be properly ar
ranged with relation to one another. The
clerks in the disbursing clerks Office for
In stance, are distributed in six rooms
three rooms at one end of the hail. two at
the rear end of the same hall and one on
another floor.
I'm order to better protect the buildings
and their contents from fire the department
is now having installed, under the super
vision of the electrical department of the
District government, private fire alarm
box, with auxiliary stations on each floor.
so that general fire alarm can be turned
In at once from any part of the buildings. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
WABASH TRAINS COLLIDE.
Engineer Killed and Several Persons
Injured-Many Cattle Perish.

MEXICO, Mo-, December 24--A Wabash
railroad passenger train collided with a
cattle train near here today.
One engineer was killed and several per-
sons injured, but not fatally.
Many cattle persisted.
Another Wreck in Alabama.
A dispatch from Norris Ala, last night
says: Second section of through train No.
of the Louisville and Nashville railroad,
running one hour and fifteen minutes late,
collided head-on with the Decatur accom-
mediation train No. 8 one-fourth of mile
south of here this afternoon at 4:05 o'clock,
resulting in the killing of one person and
inJuring eighteen others.
1t is understood the accident was caused
by the second section of No disregarding
its orders, which provided that No. should
pass the Decatur accommodation at Morris
swith, near Newcastle. No. 3, which left
Louisville at o'clock this morning, was
made up into two sections on account of
the heavy holiday travel, and the Inflated
second section of the train was crowded
with passengers
Punishment Should Fit the Crime.
NORFOLK, Va, December 24.-Arthur
Lee, colored, who attempted to wreck a
Southern railway train last night by TAX
ing out bolts on the track crossing bridge
near Jefferson Junction, Va. and was
caught in the very act. entered plea of
guilty when arraigned for trial the Neck
lenburg county court, and was given five
years in the penitentiary. After sentence
had been passed the prisoner confessed to
having wrecked Southern railway train
In Halifax county, Va. and Judge Holmes
decided to hold Lee pending action by the
Halifax authorities in the matter of his
latest confession.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
Brave in the Face of Death.

Even IN the mental suffering of every one
about the scene the bravery and thought
fulness of the dying conductor was suff1ci-
ent to bring words of praise and common
dation.
Porter Hills, telling of his experience
said:
Il went to the smoking car and began
to get the injured out The car was the
most awful scene / ever witnessed. Men
were damned into all sorts of shapes. They
were on top of each other and buried under
heaps of dirt and seat cushions. When L
| tried to lift one man out found others so
| tightly wedged into the same place that
several had to be aided at one time. got
| seven men out before l stopped there. The
| dead were badly bruised, and some Of the
| scalded were in such fearful condition
that they would better be dead. Some of
those had lost their eyes entirely. The
baggage and clothing Of the passengers was
scattered all over the ground. Some of 1t
was soaked with blood. while in the heaps
of it could be seen piles of toys, telling the
pathetic tale of Christmas shopping that
came to such pitiful end"
When asked If there would be any In
vestigation on the part of the railroad Of
| fcials Superintendent d. w. Duer said:
No Investigation Necessary.
81 don't think that investigation is
| necessary to explain the affair. 1t is all
q
| heavy timbers under the dining coach, he
| said:
There is the cause of it. An extra heavy
| freight westbound has dropped those tim
bers on the track and proceeded. unconsci-
Gus Of the trouble it had left behind
Superintendent Loree's Statement.
| The official statement of Superintendent
W. C. Loree follows:
mo. II was derailed by running into
some switch timbers or timbers of about
| that size. derailing the engine and all cars.
| All the cars are badly damaged. Do not
| think any of the equipment will be able to
| go away from the accident on their own
| wheels, except possibly the Pullman cars
| and the diner. The engine lies across both
| tracks,. The baggage car Is over the bank.
| The first coach is partly over the bank.
| The balance of the train badly twisted I
/ Judge thirty-five people killed All the peo-
| pie killed were in the smoker. Escaping
| steam from the engine went into the first
coach. scalding the people. Very few of
the other passengers were injured. Injured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24

west, about noon today. A slight scalp
wound which he received was dressed at the
Emergency Hospital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
rhe Iowa Put in Commission. :

The Navy Department Is advised that the
drst-class battle ship Iowa has been placed
in commission at the navy yard, New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24

Actors and singers must prevent core throaeos
They have used Piso's Cure 10 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24

have been taken from wreck and are lying
on the bank. Engineer and fireman cannot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
Dead Foreigners Were Going to Europe
Transporting the Dead.

1t is not known here what arrange
ments have been made, If any, for bring
ing the dead back to Pittsburg. 1t was
stated at the offices of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad that the trainmaster and
other officials of the road who have that
matter in charge are all at the scene Of
the wreck. and If they have made any ar
rangements for bringing back the vic
Tins they have not let the office here
know. The passengers who escaped were
sent east on No. 10 and completed the
journey few hours late.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
GERMANY SEEKS NO
TERRITORY IN BRAZIL
Minister Treutler Explains ountry's
Aim Is Commercial.

RIO JANEIRO, Brazil. via Galveston.
Texas. May 30.-Mr Treutler. the Ger
man minister. who was guest at
banquet and dance rendered by the
state government of Sac Paula, at Curity-
ba, to the German colony, made an adj
dress during the ceremonies In which
he outlined his country's purposes in
South and Central America.
Minister Treutler declared that it was
untrue that Germany sought territory,
OF the organization of a state in Brazil.
Germany's purpose. he announced was to
take part with her products in the
struggle by European nations for COM
merciaI supremacy.
1t was the desire of his country, he
said. TO lead others in the sale Of goods,
and he was happy to see that the Ger
mans in Brazil held to their native Gus
toms while honoring the nation where
they lived.
The minister treasured the Brazilians
OF Germany's friendship.
David Thompson, the American min
lister. has held a conference with the
secretary of the public works department
on commercial affairs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
A COMPLETION OF THE
LIBRARY INSCRIPTIONS

The sixth revised edition of quota
lions and inscriptions IN the Library of
Congress has just been issued and forms
one of the most attractive booklets of
the year. The collection has been made
and compiled by Emily Louiseau Walter
and includes all the Interesting and
classic quotations so artistically in
scribed throughout the building.
Beginning with the north hall. first
floor, Miss Walter has covered the en-
tire building, making note OF each in
scription and here and there reproducing
many of the famous paintings. Among
the latter are Religion" THE Manu-
script Book, - Tradition" "Ganymede. -
Study" and the marble mosaic, His
tory
The booklet is attractively bound IN
dark green with letterings In gold.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
May Break Records.

1t is said if the officers of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works. at Philadelphia, are
not disappointed they Will have turned
out, by July l. the greatest number
of finished locomotives ever manufac
tured by any one concern in six months.
The production is fixed at one thousand
machines, which is two-thirds of the
number completed during the whole Of
1902, and only fifty machines less than
the whole output for 1901. The orders
for 1904 would indicate that the COM
pany Will have to enlarge its plant
Many of the locomotives are going
abroad
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
ESTABLISHES RECORD IN
THE MARRIAGE LINE

LONDON. May So.-There is man
living in Manchester who has estab-
lished a record IN the matter of wives.
He has been married eleven times. and
from none of his wives has he been di-
yCrced.
The first three died young. after being
married only few months. Two were
accidentally drowned, another commit
tea suicide, the seventh, eighth. and
ninth died OF feyers; the tenth was
killed by a wild bull, and the eleventh
las been hurt in q railway wreck. and
the doctors at the hospital say that she
cannot live.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
On Their Way Home.

The last of the delegates to the con-
vention of the American Association
of Railway Accountants, which took
place at Hot Springs. Va. passed.
through the city yesterday on their
way to their homes. They announced
the association had selected Saratoga
as the meeting place of the next con-
vention, and the following officers had
been elected: President, ]. W Rem
vania west of Ptttsburg; vice president.
A. D. Parker, general auditor of the
Colorado and Southern; second vice
president, J. o. Clifford. freight auditor
OF the Chicago and Northwestern, and
treasurer secretary. c. ]. Phillips, OF
Chicago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
Many Changes Tomorrow.

In connection with the affairs of the
Pennsylvania, it will be of interest to
the railroad world to recall that it is
tomorrow that the long contemplated
changes in the administrative officers OF
the system will take place. and more
men Will be shifted than have been at
one time in a quarter OF century.
Twenty-Five important officers are to be
moved. The most important OF these IS
John B.. Thayer, who becomes fifth vice
president, with general managerial pow
ers, and George w. Boyd, who becomes
general passenger agent.
Seven new Offices are created, among
them that Of general coal freight agent.
to which Joseph G. Searles was appoint
ed; passenger traffic manager, which
goes to James r. Wood; chief engineer
of maintenance of way, Joseph T. Rich
ards; superintendent OF freight trans
portation Robert N. Patterson; super
intendent of passenger transportation.
Charles VI. Schaeffer, and general agent
at Pittsburg, Herbert a. Jaggard.
AT his own request p. Frank Hunter.
who has been in i'll health for a long
time, VIII be retired, and George a.
Walker will be appointed to take his
place W. Hayward Drayton win be as
signed to the Long Island Railroad as
general freight agent.
The changes mean general trend of
Improvement that is to be followed
throughout the whole system.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
Gould-B. & 0. Story Denied.

Dispatches from Baltimore quote the
officers Of the Pennsylvania Railroad as
denying the r-umor that the Goulds have
either acquired control of the Baltimore
and Ohio, or are attempting to do SO.
The rumor was brought to Washington
by railroad man who had been in New
York on business, and it was retailed
by him simply as a Tunor- The Penn
sylvania men say that the Goulds would
have to spend nearly seventy million
dollars TO get the control mentioned,
and cite this as an impossibility. 1t IS
said. however, that the Rockefellers are
with the Goulds in many OF their rail
road enterprises, and seventy millions
would not be beyond the power OF these
men TO obtain if they really wanted it,
II is also said that the Pennsylvania has
only one-third of the stock of the Bal
timore and Ohio the remainder of the
stock being scattered throughout the
country. combination OF these stock
holders, If they could be organized into
an opposition, would make il interest
ing for those now in control. However,
the whole matter is one OF speculation,
! and as the officers of the Keystone sys-
TEN have seen fit to deny the rumor.
/ that ought to settle it
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
Against Sympathetic Strikes.

Dispatches received yesterday from
Denver announce that the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, now in annual
convention in the mountain city, have
adopted resolutions against sympathetic
strikes, and announced that hereafter
the organization will not countenance
them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
Important Conference.

An important conference was held yes
terday at Philadelphia between Presi-
dent Loree and other officers of the
Baltimore and Ohio, and President Baer
of the Philadelphia and Reading, at
which the renewal of the traffic arrange
ment for the year was discussed The
agreement was renewed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
Work on New Lines.

Charles NJ. Schaffer. superintendent Of
telegraph Of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
Is authority for the statement that the
Postal will have its lines in working or
der all over the system in six months.
Under the new arrangement the Postal
Will only leas the poles and wires from
the railroad, and Will not be allowed
to own them. as did the Western Union.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
Big Excursion Business.

Some records were smashed yesterday
by the Baltimore and Ohio in the way of
excursion business. The rush 20 Pen
Mar was so great that Col. S. B. Hege
ran out Of tickets, and all sorts of ex-
pediences had to be resorted to- 1t be
ing Decoration Day and the first day of
the regular summer Saturday half holt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
A BRIBER RESIGNS.

ST. LOUIS, May 3o.-Former State
Senator Charles F. Busche, who con-
fessed to having received brides In the
course of his term in the State senate.
has resigned as a member OF the Re-
publican State central committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
Several New Trains.

To meet the increased traffic for the
summer 1t Is announced that the Penn
sylvania will soon establish new series
of express trains for suburban and sea
side resort service, as well as a num-
Der of new trains between Philadelphia
and New York
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
SUICIDE ENDs RoMANcE.

SCRANTON. May 30.-The body Of
John Cavanaugh was found at the spot
Indicated in a letter left by Mary Nc
Andrew, the young mans sweetheart,
who committed suicide last night
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
On General Lees Staff.

\ prominent visitor Who came to
Washington yesterday over the Southern
Railroad was Gen. a. B. Alexander,
OF Georgia, who, when only twentytw two
years of age, was colonel of artillery
on the staff of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Cen
eral Alexander is a graduate Of West
Point.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
Offices Closed.

Nearly all of the main Offices of
the railroads in Washington were closed
at u o'clock yesterday. and most of the
officers and clerks left for country re-
sorts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
Back From California.

President G.. w. Stevens, OF the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad, has returned
from trip of inspection from the West.
He spent some time in California.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31
NEWS OF RAILROADS
AND OF RAILROAD MEN

day rush. thousands of people left town
for the mountains and other resorts
reached by the road. One hundred citi-
zens of Washington went on a special
train to Annapolis Junction Md, under
the guidance of Charles F. Weller
and Capt. F. Sharpe, to inspect
the Junior Republic. They remained
all day and returned IN the even
ing Several hundred people went to
Gettysburg, and as many more spent the
day at Washington Grove.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-31

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