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The Washington times., 1903-03-29

I the direction OF Manchester. Further
along the canal follows the bottom Of
the Mersey and twill Rivers. and at its
terminus the wharves in Manchester are
grouped alongside OF two arms Of an
artificial lake. Here the land has been
laid out TO accommodate the greatest
amount OF freight with the least amount
OF handling
Wharves at Convenient Points.
There are eight wharves. ranging in
length from $50 to 1850 feet. and in
width from 30 10 go feet. A mammoth
new wharf Is now being built which will
be 200 feet long and $50 feet wide. and
which will enable ten ships the size Of
the steamship New York TO unload at
once alongside. The largest locks are COO
feet long 50 that any ship not exceeding
this length. and thus including the ma
Jority OF Atlantic liners. IS able to use
the Manchester canal. 1t is estimated
that If The canal was utilized 10 it's full
est capacity fl could care FOR 145. 600 600
tons Of carg" in 800 working days Of the
year. This is double that at present
handled on the wharves of Liverpool.
OiteS IOI manu- 'aCluIlng HidntS.
The canal company purchased an
estate OF $500 acres on the banks and at
the terminal OF the canal. which is now
being sold. "A parcel at a time. as sites
for manufacturing plants. Much land has
already been bought by large American
concerns, and here has been built the
British plant OF the Westinghouse electric
works. occupying several acres OF land.
Within Immediate access Of the dock
are oil tanks. cattle yards and auction
rooms. grain elevator OF American
make, cold air 5torehouses for frozen
meat. huge warehouses for storing cot
ton and other bulky commodities. dry
docks. oil tanks. and canal pontoons to
accommodate every character OF cargo.
The different parts of wharfage property
are connected by railroad system forty
miles in extent, so that freight may be
unloaded direct from the ship into cars
for interior points. Consignments which
are 10 be sent TO other seacoast towns
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

are more easily disposed or than morn
ing editions Despite this fact. every
day there are three or four boys who
invariably get stuck" with a large
number of papers left on their hands
Then il is that they begin 20 think Of
some means or getting even. Possibly
they may have gotten to he newspaper
ofhce little late. or did not obtain a
good position in the line and conse-
quently were unable 10 obtain their pa 70
pers until most OF the other BOYS had
gotten theirs, hut whatever may have
been the cause of their getting stuck"
certain it is that they try hard 20 dis
pose Of them while the crowd is on
the street and use trickery when The
streets are not thronged with ready
customers
keys Little Trick
There was one little fellow called
''1key." who. up 10 the time he vas
taken in charge by the Board OF Chill
dren's Guardians. used 70 get stuck
every day. and with a large bundle OF
papers under his tiny arm would pro-
ceed to play upon the symPathies Of the
unsuspecting public When a pedestrian
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Oamins Of the Alleys Take
News Fresh From The Tele-
graph Wires Into Every
Home, Causing Tears of
Joy and Of Distress in
Many Instances.

CT ERE you are. mister, Wash
II ington Times, Extra New
- York, Latest editions! All
dc news oh de day fur ! cent. Extra.
Extra
such is the cry heard on the streets
or Washington each hour OF each day in
the year from The throats Of the sturdy
little Arabs who bring good cheer.
though oftentimes distress. TO those who
would have the daily news fresh from
the telef raph wires as it is furnished
each day by The Washington Times. O.
Tips on dc races. mister: yousc
can't lose if you has de right
tips, Ponies is picked right of
dc reel one cent copy. and sure
dats like taking candy from a child.
Oh. gwan, Amt got a cent? Sure. YOU
can pay me de mex time youse see me.
1 don't need de money I sells so many
Times Use buying me mudder a brick
house on de installment plan,'
such is the plant OF the thrifty little
rascal who knows a good thing when he
sees it. But all is not beer and skit-
ties with the little knights OF the
Street" for late in the evening as you
are leaving the theater. feeling fun OF
good cheer. you viii often be approached
by one Of these game little fellows with
the plant that he Is stuck
Say. mister. youse and de lady please
help feller out on his luck. Desc pa
pers is got string tied to dem. and
I'm stuck on me New Yorks Only l
cent for a extra paper-full account OF
DE- big murder. I can't 20 home till
sells out. or de old man would fix me
certain"
And you help him out by buying out
his whole bunch and telling him to keep
the papers and go on home.
But does he go home? Not bit Of il.
You are hardly out OF sight before he is
repeating the same plant to another.
and still another whose heart he feels
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Sells Papers Before and After School Hou.s.

he can reach because OF the fact Of an
evening spent in amusement with "one's
best girl
Since newspapers began to be circu-
lated the life Of newsboy has uecessa
rily been hard one and fun Of tempta-
tions.
Typical NewsboyS.
Taking the typical newsboy OF Wash
ington and studying him. We have a pc
culiar. eccentric. and interesting bit OF
humanity Of which too much cannot be
said There are some boys who sell the
morning papers. hang around a news
paper Office until the afternoon editions
are out. and secure enough money TO OBJ
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are unloaded directly into coastwise
steamships mOoTed alongside.
The facilities for dispatching trahic
TO all parts Of England from the docks
direct by rail give Manchester great ad-
vantage. Not only is there consider
able monetary saving. but the handling
OF the cargo is reduced to a minimum
by being loaded direct from ship to rail-
way truck when destined for interior
towns Fresh meat and Derishables es-
peciaIIy are kept in better condition by
being dispatched direct from the docks
by rail. instead OF having 10 be carried
from ship 10 railway station. as is the
case at Liverpool
II thus costs much less to ship goods
to the Manchester manufacturing dis
trict by way OF Manchester than Liver
pool
Vast Increase in Tonnage.
Since 1894, when the canal was opened.
its traffic has increased from 925. $50 tons
10 3.41S. .O59 tons In only the last six
months the traffic has shown half a mil
lion ton growth. The cotton industry.
which won for this district a world
wide prestige. but which in the face OF
American competition declined TO an
alarming extent in the last quarter cen
tury. has been quickened and prospered.
Whole villages OF empty houses have
been populated with incoming wOrkmen.
For the purpose OF accommodating this
growing commerce the canal company
is now enlarging its docks and ware
houses The population OF Manchester
has grown from zoe. 900 to 500. 600
Although new steamship lines have
opened between Manchester and certain
ports OF Italy and Spain. and also be-
tween Manchester and Norwegian
points nevertheless. IL is to America
that this English city looks for the bulk
OF its trade John X BytheIl. the chair
man OF the board Of directors OF the
Ship Canal Company. for example. show
ed how greatly England has now come
to depend upon American commerce. by
saying in his last report:
our revenue during the current year
will largely depend upon whether the
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NJ OW that the subject OF canals Is
i OF active interest in this country
because OF the ratification by the Senate
OF the Panama Canal treaty. the
especial attention OF American capital
lists has been attracted 30 the recent
report OF the Manchester Ship Canal
Company. OF England. which shows a
growth OF business OF 400 per cent in
the last eight years. Indeed. one set
OF American fnanciers. known common
" as the Morgan shipping combination,
and officially as the international Mer-
camille Marine Company. was so i'm
pressed with the development ar Man
chester as a port that It has just es-
tablished direct line Of steamships
between that city and Boston. In a
few months the two ships Of Lamport
and Holt. now plying between New York
and Manchester, will have new vessels
added to them. so that the growing COM
merce OF this inland English city will
soon make its influence felt the more
strongly upon many OF American export
and import houses.
A Boon to Manufacturers.
Twelve years ago Manchester was
practically suffering from lack OF com
munication with the outside world. Its
merchants and manufacturers were
compelled to ship their goods by the
way OF Liverpool thirty-two miles dis
tant. and the wharf rates at this port
had grown 50 costly that they ate up
profits and compelled curtailment OF
wages Manchester is the center OF a
vast manufacturing district, where town
is crowded against town. and where
from a height the whole country. as
far as the horizon reaches. seems to be
spiked with the smoking chlmneys OF
factories.
History of the Canal.
For years there had been talk about /
building a ship canal hat would extend |
for thirty-hve miles from Manchester I
to the mouth OF the Mersey River. |
There was water enough for a canal. /
What was lacking was a strong man /
Meetings were held; petitions were /
signed; speeches were made. Then /
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
LII TIE NEWSBOY ARABS OF THE STREET AND HOW THEY LIVE
How the Little Fellows Spend
Their Time and the Money
They Earn by the Sale OF
Daily and Sunday Papers.
How They Get Their Sleep.

! ~ ~'Sb ItCi OlSCD.
tions are published. But nevertheless
they hurry. and frequently get into
heated discussions, and in some cases
| fstic encounters because Of losing their
places in the line which has been
| formed
Sleep in Any Place.
In the winter months the lads always
seek some place where they can sleep
and keep warm at the same time. Their
favorite haunts. when the wintry blasts
are blowing, are Office and public build
ngs- When the new poslofice. which
has a number OF steam heaters in e.
was first erected. the boys focked there.
crowded between the walls and the radi-
ator and went to sleep There are
several watchmen at the Postofice. and
the frequent fights which the boys got
into over places behind the radiators
put the watchmen next" and the lads
were soon put out. Another favorite
place where they can keep warm and
sleep is over iron gratings in front of
restaurants and hotels, and also in
corners Of Office buildings Just over the
boiler rooms. When they are too tired
to hunt up place to sleep, which is
frequently the case, three or four of
them huddle together. cover their heads
with their coats. go 10 sleep. and arc
OF the world.
When the newsboy has obtained his
stock of papers. he then begins to figure
on how to get rid OF them. and strolls
up some street together with a friend
OF a 'buddie, - as he calls the boy for
whom he entertains the most friendly
feeling. and who usually travels with
him Just about the time the Sunday
Times is published the milkmen and
breadmen are hurrying around the city
serving their customers with these
necessary commodities.
Tackle Business Men.
Those who sell papers on the street
do not begin to get busy until the work
ing people begin to flock to their places
OF business. The boys take stands at
the street car transfer stations. where
they are sure to meet a number OF
people WHO wish &c find out what the
world has been doin; while they were I
sleeping the sleep of the just" The
department clerks and Government Off /
cials are ali patrons OF the newsboys. I
A large number OF boys have taken 1
stands right at the main entrances OF /
he Government Printing Office. War
Department. Treasury. Pension Office. /
census Office. and Postofice. These are /
he most desirable places to dispose
n papers and the newsbbys vie with |
Zach other to obtain them.
After having disposed Of their wares. /
he newsboys either 90 10 their homes /
r some street lunch room and appease /
heir hunger. but seldom do they ever I
at before having sold out After the /
neal, which is usually an unsubstantiaI I
me. they Immediately trot of 10 the
icinity OF the newspaper office and are
lways on the qui vive. lest an extra
'aper should be issued without their
knowledge. While waiting for some
hing to turn up. or for the evening
PAPER. they know not which. the BOYS
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Tricks Of the Trade ds Prac-
ticed by the Willy Ones on
the UnsusPecting Purchas-
ers-Papers Days Old Sold
as New-Fake Extras.

would pass the parking near the corner
Of Thirteenth Street and PENNSYLVANIA
Avenue. key would silently approach.
ard with ;ears streaming from his eyes
and exhibiting the large bundle OF pa
pers. would plead;
Mister. please buy paper; I
ain't sold a one this evenin'"
He was always careful 10 make this
plea under cover OF darkness. when he
could more successfully play upon the
sympathies OF the chsritably inclined
people, who believed that he had been
trying all day 20 dispose of his papers
but had been crowded out BY larger
boys who made more sales key carried
on this scheme for a long while before
he was finally caught up. One day a
pedestrian. who had been accosted on
numerous occasions BY him became sus-
Picious at meeting the boy at the same
place and hearing the same tale or woe
from him day after day. He looked at
the papers which the weeping urchin
carried under his arm and made the dis
covery that the editions were more than
month old and that key had taken
advantage OF those who believed him TO
be carrying on an honest. upright and
legitimate business. He finally gave
up the trick. because OF the unpleasant
sess of being taken to task for his wrong
doing. and also because the scheme was
rapidly becoming a universal one among
the newsboys. though key has gone
where he will be properly looked after
and cared for.
Newsboy Musicians.
Washington has something else in the
newsboy line that only a few cities in
the country have. That is a newsboys'
band. made up exclusively OF news ven
ders. This band was started about a
year ago. and has rapidly forged to the
front and Is today one OF the recognized
musical organizations Of the city With
in three months after the boys first
had musical instruments in their hands,
they knew how &c play popular and
sentimental pieces. and made their debut
at the Masonic Fair held last spring.
Owing TO their youthful appearance and
the excellence Of their concerts, they
won the hearts OF all their hearers. and
requests for concerts came in so fast
that hardly any Of them could be filled.
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Daniel AdamsOn called a meeting at
MS house. June p. 1882, and provisional
committee was formed to start the en-
terprise. IL was a long and bitter fight.
The wharf owners OF Liverpool. the
railroads. rival canal interests. and a
hundred and one other forces all com
bined 10 defeat the undertaking. Bill
after bill was KILLED in parliament. and
II was not until 1855 that the people OF
/ Manchester united in a great popular
celebration and thanksgiving. for the
final act had been passed and the canal
was assured.
The parliamentary proceedings alone
| cost SS500O0. Nine years later the canal
was opened TO traffic with roval ccre-
monies. The entire cost was So 900 600
Wonderful Feats of Engineering.
The construction Of the canal would
have been impossible a decade spo
Railroads had TO be diverted and car
ried across the route on bridges Of such
height that ships might pass beneath.
Canals that crossed its path had TO lie
turned away or purchased outright. and
In one case a small barge canal was
carried over the ship canal by means OF a
turn bridge made in the form OF a great.
elongated tub. which can carry a canal
boat, horses. crew and all as il swings
around. There are locks al either enf.
10 prevent the water escaping, and then.
when a ship has passed and the bridge
swings into place again. the locks are
opened. and the canal boat that has been
imprisoned can go on its way This
piece OF engineering is called the Bar
ton aqueduct II is 235 feet long. IS
feet wide. feet deep. and weighs on
the swing 400 tons.
Route of the Big Ditch
Because OF a minimum depth OF twen-
ty-six feet. the Manchester Ship Canal
permits ocean going ships OF this draft
TO enter it's locks at Eastman. on the
south shore OF the Mersey. about seven
miles from the central wharves OF Liver
pool. After following the shore Of the
Mersey TO RubcOrn it thcn strikes out
for some distance In a straight line in
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-23

Foley's Honey and Tar is peculiarly
adapted for asthma, bronchitis and
hoarseness. Alvarado Pharmacy.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-23
Homestead Entry No. 5541.)
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the interior, land office
at Santa Fe, N, NJ, May IS. 1903.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice
Of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim. and that said
proof will be made before the probate
clerk of Be7nalillo county. at Albu-
querque, N. M, on June 9th. 1908, viz:
Clinton C. Jones. for the N Il N w a
S E a N w a S w u N Il u Sec. 27.
T 10 N. r 4 K.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land, viz; Jacob
Loebs. of Albuquerque, N. NJ, Don j.
Rankin Of Albuquerque, N. NJ. David
WELLER of Albuquerque. N. NJ, John
Stobbe of Albuquerque. N. NJ.
MANUEL r. OTERO,
Register.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-23
A SIMPLE
Albuquerque People are Requested to
Honestly Answer This.

Is not the word of a representative
of Albuquerque more convinr.
ing than the doubtful utterances of
people living everywhere else in the
union? Read this:
Mrs. w. c. Wood, wv. c. Wood, IN
ployed in the Santa Fe railroad shops)
residence, 720 South Broadway, says:
when on a visit to Fall River, Mass,
| learned that Doan's Kidney Pills had
been a household necessity in that city
for years. Naturally when a person
has backache themselves and friends,
acquaintances and relatives continual
ly insist that a particular remedy shall
be tried, you at least consent to take
a course of the treatment. used
Doan's Kidney Pills and they stopped
an aggravated attack Of backaehe. only
one of many which had occurred in The
past. When l came west | brought
with me a dozen boxes of Doan's Kid
ney Pills long before they were so e
tensively known In California, as at
present. have not the slightest hest
tation in publicly stating that | know
from experience as well as observation
that this remedy a be absolutely de-
pended upon in all cases of kidney
complaint causing backache, lumbago
or other symptoms which follow in the
wake of that far TOO prevalent annoy
ance."
Just such emphatic endorsement ia
plentiful In Albuquerque. Call at the
Alvarado Pharmacy and ask what theil
customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price 81
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo. N
Y, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and taxi
no substitete. q
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-23
Early Times Of , W.
''"i s's:s$: ~" Albuquerque

river and moved upon the Los Lunas
Jail. A brisk interview with the Jail
guard, a securing of the keys, an adj
justment Of the prepared ropes, a
short and silent march, a brief listen
ing to the confessions of the crime, a
short pull, a strong pull and a pull all
together, a tying of two secure knots.
a wait of perhaps ten minutes. a re-
mount, a swift return ride to Albuquer.
que is a brief recital of the inhiction of
a just punishment for a revolving
crime and the method of its infiction.
II became evident at a later day that
these Mexicans were but hired tools of
the princelet who had been elected by
Little on the afternoon of the fifth and
that they went to Titles store to do
what they did at the command and I'M
der the pay of the %princelet.
1t was further asserted at a later
day that the lyIching of the assassins
was at the behest of the princelet,
that their mouths might be sealed
from divulging the terms of their last
employment and the name of their en-
ployer. That they were hired assas-
sins, | have no doubt. but | cannot
credit the employer with the lynching.
though he was capable of hiring it
done. 'Tis unfortunate that all the
facts were unknown on the evening of
the seventh. There would have been a
triple hanging, and the principal in
the crime would not be living today.
Jimmie Titles funeral was our first
funeral with music. His body was
carried to the grave behind the Ninth
United States Cavalry band, then here
furnishing music for the first fair.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-23
Homestead Entry No. 6274.)
Notice for Publication,

Department of the Interior. Land Of
fee at Santa Fe, N. NJ, May 20.
1903.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support OF his claim. and that said
proof will he made before the United
States court commissioner at San Ra-
fael, New Mexico, on June %, 1903 viz:
Jesus Abeita. for the WIZ Of SEA and
E1A of SWA. sec. "a, T. IL N, r. s w,
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
IN and cultivation Of said land: viz;
Donaciano Pine, Alferjo Montana,
Juan Mata Candelaria, Pablo Perea, all
of Cubero, N. NJ.
MANUEL h. OTERO,
Register.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-23

indianapolis, Ind, June 9-14, 1908,
annual meeting Travellers Protective
Association of America. Rate one fare
Plus So for round trip. Dates Of sale
June 7 and 8; final rteurn trip June 20.
For further information call at ticket
office. F. l.. Myers, agent.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-23
SCHOOL TEACHER
Used His Gun on Two Bad Men at
Sanderson, Tex.

Used His Gun on Two Bad Men at
Sanderson, Tex.
A disptach from Ell Paso, Tex. dated
May 20, says:
News has reached here of a terrible
duel and tragedy at Sanderson, Tex,
located in the desert country, 300
miles east of Ell Paso, resulting in the
killing of H. s. Biggs, the magistrate
and school teacher: Ed Bell, a citizen,
and r. c. Mahon, a deputy sheriff,
who was formely a cattleman.
Only most meager details reached
here. AS far as can be learned, a
quarrel arose between Bell and Fl. S.
Biggs over a letter received through
the p%ostoffice. Bell had beer working
for Mahon, and both lei were known
to be quarrelsome. Biggs was a very
quiet man and is not known to have
had any previous trouble. He had been
a school teacher in Sanderson for some
eight or nine years.
When Biggs and Bell had a row Ma
hon tried to separate the contestants
Biggs conducted a very nervy fight
against the two men, who, it seems
turned OF him during the fight. He
shot Bell through the head, killing
him instantly. and was in turn shot
through the heart by Mahon. While
lying on the floor of the p~ostoffice the
wounded man took deadly aim at Ma
hon and fired n shot, which fatally
wounded the deputy sheriff, who died
a few hours later.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-23

Grand Canyon illuminated Mounts"
Lesser Platinum Prints" on sale at
Santa Fe ticket office for rs cents. Call
and see samples. F. l.. Myers, agent.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-23

Boys w. l.. Douglas $3.50 shoes
strongest boys shoe in the world
made Of box calf or vici kid, at $3.50,
Simon Stern, Railroad Ave. Clothier.