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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
A FAMILY NAME.

The teacher of country school asked his pu-
nils one day If any of them could tell him who
Joan of Arc was.
The question was followed by profound silence.
Some OF the pupils stared 1.-THE teacher and
some turned and stared at another as II
seeking the information In the faces around them.
Finally boy burst out with:
ooh. yes, know--she was Noah's wife,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
WHITE & MacNAUGHT
Successors to Charles ID. White e Co.,
I11t6acrraSSiyea .Ie,x,alIs1r IIoI1se,

Ii, June, 1898, the firm of Charles
D. White & Co. started in business in
the present location of the above firm,
continuing in a small way and en-
ploying but few people. The business
has finally developed so that the pres
ent firm is now occupying the en-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
coUNTERPAINFuI

1F-'-7 7--s1-.7- New 100000 7
s.The rains coming dow in sheets
.'Ah! That evens things up.
GLOW so?'
the ear tn
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
THE TOWN MARKET FURNITURE
COMPANY.

Its Rapid GrOWfh, ManagemenL, eLC.
On Fifth street, Nos. %, "a and 20,
is the Town Market Furniture COM
pany, notable example of a success
full store on side street. Eighteen
months ago they moved from a two
story building across the street into
their present spacious new store. But
with all the room. comprising four
floors and basement, the store has
grown so that more space will soon
be necessary for the increased stock.
The credit of this wonderful growth
is due entirely to the business ability
and strenuous efforts Of the manager,
Mr.. J. f. Ranger. Recently q new
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
NOT THE ORDINARY SORT

80 77-I--77l PhiladeIph1a PFess.
Hes about the poorest actor / ever saw
said the first manager, "a regular ham. =
Perhaps he'll get over his faults In tine.
suggested the other.
Not much. He's q ham that can't be cured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
COPY OF MESSAGE
FOR EACH MEMBER
Secretary Barnes Takes 800
to the Capitol.
COMMITTEE PAYS ITS CALL
The President Informed of the Open
ing Session Of Fifty-eighth
Congress-.

The joint committee Of Congress to
inform the President that Congress was
ia regular session and ready % re-
ceive messages. composed of Senators
Hale and COcl1rell and Representative
John Sharp Williams and Hepburn. ar
rived at the White House shortly after
o'clock.
Assistant Secretary Barnes left the
White House for the Capitol at 1:l5 o.
m with 500 copies of the Presidents
message for observation-disclosures the SEN
ators and Representatives besides the
two official copies TO be read in the
Senate and House. Two cabs were re-
quired TO carry the copies.
Mr.. Barnes and his assistants had
loaded the copies into the cabs and stood
waiting for the call from the joint com
mittee appointed by Congress to notify
the President that the Fifty-eighth
regular session OF the legislative branch
of the Government was ready for bust
ness. As soon as the committee left the
Presidents Office he started for the
Capitol.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
CLARA zEIGLER, SHOT
BY PRINCESS, IS DEAD
Czech Actress Pays for Indiscreti0n
With Her Life--Elizabeth Must
Stand Trial.

BERLIN, Dec. THE Czech actress,
Clara Ieigler. who was shot by Princess
Elizabeth Windisch- Graetz. grand
daughter of King Leopold of Belgium,
and also of Emperor Franz Josef OF
Austria. died today
The "Frankfurter zeituns" today
gives the following version of the shoot
ing: Prince Otto brought Miss Zeigler
to his vita in Prague. and while he was
in rcam with her the princess tried
to gain admission. The valet at the door
tried to obstruct her passage. and Eliz-
abeth shot him. He is now in serious
condition. The princess then made her
way into the apartment and shot the
actress
Princess Elizabeth Will. in all proba-
bility. have to suffer the consequences
of her act, as she sacrificed all her priv
ileges whoa she married Prince Otto in
opposition to her imperial grandfather.
The princess, who is twenty years old,
is said TO be beautiful
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
CHINESE CARRIERS
HOLD UP THE MAILS
Extra Charge on Each Letter, or Celes-
tial Will Find Means to
Lose the Same.

Enterprising Chinese letter carriers.
with the true grating instinct. have
been causing all sorts of trouble for
persons in China receiving United States
mail by way OF Shanghai. Some months
ago n treaty was concluded by which
the usual foreign rates of postage We're
10 be charged for letters delivered in
China, and there was much rejoicing at
the reduction.
Now complaints have reached the
POstofice Department that the good eff
fects of the treaty have been nullified
by the action of the native carriers in
the Chinese service, in demanding from
the recipients of the letters personal
fees or tips. Knowing that the letters
were of Importance, and that failure to
deliver them, might mean great injury
to the addresse, the willy Cinnamon
have been shaking down" the mer-
chants and others for an extra charge
on each letter, threatening to bose or
not deliver letters i'm the future if the
demands were not met.
Exactly what the situation is has not
been learned at the Postofice Depart
ment. An investigation is now under
way, and protests against the graft"
of the yellow carriers has been made
to the Chinese authorities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
SPECIAL NOTICES.

AUTOaIOBILISTS ATTENTION. 4
meeting viii be held at my office. 6i3 18th
ST. NV. THURSDAY NIGHT AT 8
O'CLOCK. to discuss ways and means
to compel the enforcement Of the speed
law against the street railway COM
panies with the same diligence as IS ex-
ercised against the automobiles: let
every automobile man attend. Full
TON +. GORDON, 6l3 18th ST. NV.
de7-4t
" meeting OF the Bloomingdale. Ie
Droit Park. and Reservoir Heights Citt-
zens' Association will be held In the
Methodist Church, corner Rhode Island
Avenue and First Street northwest. at
20 MONDAY EVENING, December z
i903 Prof. a. T. Stuart, Superintendent
of Public Schools, and Barry Buckley,
ESQ. will address the meeting
CLAYTON +. ENG. President
D. L. BUCKINGHAM. Secretary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
DETECTIVE GOES SOUTH
FOR ACCUSED BROKER"
Weldon Expected to Bring Franklin
Patterson Back to the District
Tomorrow

Detective Ned " eedon has gone to
Washington, n. c. 20 appear agains;
and bring back FOL Trial Benjamin
Franklin Patterson, the alleged broker
and promoter. who figured here as the
senior member of the brokerage firm OF
Patterson & Cady. and who is said to
have laid down bogus paper to tho
amount Of several hundred dollars.
1t is charged that Patterson succeeded
in passing checks for 800 each on Ed
win S. La Fetra, proprietor of the hoteI
where he stopped with his invalid wife;
Nathan Horn, the tailor, of 657 F Street
northwest, and B. f. Edwards. a real
estate dealer at III Twelfth Street north
west. He is also said to have passed
one for 500 on Capt. A. w. Kelley. Sc,
Nor member of the firm of Kelley & Co.
commission merchants in Louisiana
Avenue northwest.
Patterson's graft here seems to have
been to present draft in payment of
a bill, and take the rest in CASH It
appears that Washington escaped lightly
from the influence of his personal at
Effectiveness and persuasive powers. as
1T is said that. prior to his arrival here
four months ago. he had passed as d
promoter of land and railroad schemes
in Richmond in a way which cost trust
ing individuals some thousands of dol
lars
Patterson will probably arrive here
tomorrow. His wife who is suffering
from nervous prostration. declines TO
see anyone, and has so far been kept
in ignorance of the arrest of her hus-
band yesterday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
COUNTESS RUSSELL ASKS
A SECOND DIVORCE
This Time 1t Is Her Coachman- Hus
band Whom She Accuses of
Misconduct.

LONDON, Dec I'm the divorce
court today the Countess Russell ap-
piled for a divorce from her coachman-
husband William Brown, alleging
cruelty d misconduct. The hearing
in the case viii be held on Thursday.
The countess welded experiences have
been anything but pleasant She was
divorced from Earl Russell over a year
age. after she had caused his punish
ment for an alleged bigamous mar
riage with Mrs. Noble Sommerville. an
American. Shortly afterwards she met
Brown, who posed as Prince Athrobald
Stuart de Moneda.
When MS real character was learned
she threatened to sue for divorce and
had him sent to Jail. They were re-
united, however. Their amicabie re-
iations did not last long. and now the
countess seeks a divorce.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
POSTOFFICE CLERKS
ENDORSE Mr.. MERRITT

A meeting of the local branch United
National Association Of POstoh1ce Clerks
was held at Stationary Engineers Hall
Sunday afternoon.
Resolutions indorsing the reappoint-
ment of Postmaster Merritt were adopt
ed. Under his administration reforms
had been instituted. it was asserted.
which have been as beneficial to the
clerks as they have been to the public.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
WILL NOT INTERFERE
IN COLORADO STRIKE
President Roosevelt Refuses Request of
Miners to Investigate Conditions.

Presiden3 Roosevelt win not interfere
in the Colorado strike. Re refused 10 do
so today or 10 undertake an investiga-
ton. Senators Teller and Patterson OF
Colorado called on tire President ana
laid before him dispatch sent 10 them
and signed by the executive board g
the Western Federation Of Miners. by
Charles II. Meyer, president. II was as
follows:
I'm behalf Of the metaliiferous miners
Of the State Of Colorado viii you per-
sOualiy request President Roosevelt TO
Immediately investigate conditions IN,
the San Juan and Cripple Creek dis,
tricts Of Colorado"
After a conference with the President
the Senators replied as follows:
The President states 10 US that I'm.
der present conditions he has neither
the power nor the right 10 take such
action as you request"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
ARRESTED AT JEWELLERS
FOR THEFT OF PEARLS

A young man who describes himself as
William Bernard, Of New York. was ar
rea'ed this afternoon by Detectives Baur
ar Hartigan. as z 'pennyweighter" A
short time before the arrest OF the
young man he entered the jewelry store
Of Shaw & Berry and asked to see some
pearl studs. He examined the stock. but
was not pleased. and was about 10 leave,
when a clerk accused him of stealing
four pearls. valued at Si25 The man adj
United his guilt and returned the prop
erty- The detectives were called for
and placed him under arrest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
A SURE lest
Of Whether Coffee Really Hurts or

Of Whether Coffee Really Hurts or Not.
Some folks drink coffee and suffer day
after day, but console themselves by
saying 4 don't believe IL hurts me, or
at any rate. am not sure that IL does. %
The sensible thing TO do IS 70 make
sure by leaving on coffee and using
Postum for a week or so. The trial is
pleasant and you may learn something
worth more than money 60 you IN the
way Of health and strength.
An intelligent woman who valued her
health and confer made sure She
says; i have proved positively that
when / used coffee I hal kidney and
bladder trouble. pSlpitatiOn Of heheart
stomach trouble, insomnia. and my com
plexion was sallOw and muddy; but ]
81 rid OF Ell these troubles when
quit coffee and took on Postum FOOD
Coffee. All my troubles disappeared
quickly, almost as II by magic and IN
their place / became strong and we'll
soon learned 10 like Postum as
Wen / ever liked coffee. and / would nOt
exchange my delicious cup 81 Postum
scr coffee and sickness for anything IN
The world" Name given by Postum
Co. Battle Greek, Mich.
Look in each package for a CODY ct
The famous little book. The Road TO
MELVILLE"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
PRESIDENTS PANAMA POLICY
APPROVED BY CONGRESSMAN

President Roosevelt's action in the
Panama situation has been heartily
approved by Representative Arthur L.
Bates. of Pennsylvania. at the annual
dinner of the Boston Club. He declared
the President did in the Panama mat
ter Just what jefferson did in the pur-
chase of Louisiana, what Madison did
in laying down the law to Spain, and
what Monroe did in enunciating a great
doctrine
Mr.. Bates denied the Administration
intrigued to bring about the revolution
and predicted the United States would
be digging the canal i'm a few months.
The policy of encouraging and building
up the American merchant marine was
advocated
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
IOWA GOVERNOR TO CALL
ON THE PRESIDENT

Governor Cummins of Iowa has ac-
cepted an Invitation to call on Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Politics will be dis
cussed and the Iowa idea of tariff re-
form. Governor Cummins is now in the
East and viii speak at Boston and
Harvard this week.
The Iowa governor viii remain In
Washington a week or ten days, and
Will present to the Secretary of War
an appeal from a recent ruling or the
War Department concerning the IN i
scriptiOns on the monuments OF the FIJI
teenth and Sixteenth Iowa Regiments
OF the battlefield of Shiloh.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07

Judiciary will devote its attention first
20 the Impeachment charges against
two Federal judges. Chairman Jenkins
has issued a call for a meeting Of his
committee to be held tomorrow.
At 1880 O'Clock the House reassembled
and the Presidents message was read.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
MOCcAsIN STILL hard AeRouNp

Dispatches from Norfolk state the sub
marine torpedo boat Moccasin is still
beached in Currituck Inlet, where the
sea is so rough that attempts to float
her have been futile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
POST OF TUCACAS OPEN
TO FOREIGN COMMERCE

MIR. Russell, the United States charge
d'affaires at Caracas. has informed the
State Department that the port of Tuca-
cas- has been opened 10 foreign com
merce.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
SEWING MACHINES.

II you need a sewing machine, now - your
chance 20 buy; on account Of making a change
in our business we must close out at once about
forty high-grade sewing machines at actual cost
price, from SO 20 SIS; regular prices. $40 and
S45- You will find these machines slightly de-
faced from being stored
ROBERTSON & BICKER-ON,
50 II STREET \. W.
Open till p. m. Phone E-s04-Y. no2s-tf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07

cam STICK PINS IN Q 81
OOLD NOVEL DESIGNS. . ] ~
They are desirable Xmas gifts, and guaranteed
solid gold. A suggestion
4. o. HUTTERLY. 6S2 C ST. NV.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
Leather GivabIes.

Leather GivableS.
Notes of the new things that make
rich and acceptable gifts. Least
prices. as a matter of course.
Genuine Safian Leather Bags, silt
or gun metal frames. silk lined. Mt
ted with inside purse; colors, red,
blue, green. and black; 81 O :
Nalue - at --------------- - -
Genuine Seal Carriage Bag. fitted
with purse. cardcase. and vinaI-
grette, Z or S-inch; also genuine wal
rus. tan. brown, or black; Sd 0E
usually sold for 81; at. each. Z.1O
Leather Wrist Bags. with
inside fittings; correct shapes &C
and styles; -
Wrist Bags. Auto Bags. and Chate-
laine Bags, OF walrus and seal
feathers. with Inside fittings, nc
Large-size Wrist Bags, Auto Bags
and Chatelaine Bags. Of superior
quality feathers, with large and
small purse inside; worth 81 On
$50; special value at......... Law
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07

Afercerized Pillow Cords. , &C
with tassels; worth Gee, for. 4 ,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07

Rure Linen Bureau Scarfs and
Pillow Shams. Of Mexican
drawn work; worth &c and 75c, A 0c
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-07
Art Department.

Jewels for fancy work. in all &C
coiors; special. per dozen.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-07-10
HE FOUND AN OPENING.
xs Was n Small One, But the AppIi- can't Found It Difficult
 to Fill.

Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco tells of an untiring politician who demanded a position. To escape him and kindred men the mayor had hied himself to the suburbs And in the suburbs the an. plicant halted the mayor, relates the Bos- ton Post. The politician placed his cane behind him and rested on it as a seat. Better opportunity had never been pre- sented for arguing his just claim. lis hdgeting caused the cane to move slight ly. Yes, sir said the office seeker, II am entitled to position in the city's service and am looking for an opening"
 "ls there any Rnd of work to which you are adapted?" asked the mayor.
 The man took courage from the ques. tion and said that any kind of an open ing would suit.
 By this time the mans unsteadiness had brought the cane, which was bearing his weight, precariously near knot hole. The mayor thought. In expectancy the applicant shifted his position The next instant he was endeavoring to follow his cane through hole in the board walk
 There" said the mayor, very much re- lieved, lis an opening for you Try and fill it; if you don't succeed, see the board of public works"
Newport weekly independent., 1903-07-10

The old plague stone still remains. built into the base of a monument which bears an inscription as follows:
 ''This monument Is erected by the Society of Natives, on the very spot of ground from which the markets were removed, and whose basis is the very stone on which exchanges were made whilst the city lay under the scourge of the destroying pestilence, in the year sixteen sundred sixtiy-six. The Society of Natives was found ed on the 26th of August, 1869, for the relief of the widows and orphans of their fellow-citizens who died ot the great plague"
 Beneath a spreading tree in the grounds of Tothby house, near Al. ford, Lincolnshire, is a plague stone About 275 years ago the inhabitants of Spilsby and the surrounding viii lages day after day toiled up to the top of Miles Cross hill, which over looks the wide marsh country, with Afford lying just at the foot.
 At the top they left food, etc., for the poor sufferers and took in return money deposited in vessels contain ing water or other liquid placed on the plague stone. Then the people of Afford came up the other side oi the hill for their supplies. Thus the two parties kept well apart.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-07-10
TUNNEL UNDER THE SEINE.
Engineering Work That Will Aid
 Growth of French Commerce.

A work to cost some $6,000,000 will probably be begun in the near future in the Seine. It will be tun- nel under the river, either at Tancar- vile or Quillebeuf Between Rouen and the sea there is no crossing of the Seine except by boat, condition that for many years has caused great inconvenience and retarded commercial growth. Moreover, Havre is connected with the rest of France by only one railroad line. The projected tunnel will connect it with Pont-Audemer and hence with the rest of France, giving two di- verging lines from Hayre-one to the right and one to the left of the Seine. Last year the chamber of commerce of Rouen and Havre fur nished $3,860 to an eminent French engineer, Jean Berlier-the con- structor of the Clichy and Concorde tunnels under the Seine at Paris-to make preliminary investigations as to the feasibility of the work. M. Berlier has recently published an ex- haustive pamphlet with map, draw ings, etc, showing the result of his investigations and giving an outline of the manner in which the work should be accomplished. He advo- cates double tunnel, the cost of which is estimated at 30,G00,000 francs (5,905, ,800), and so feasible is its construction considered that he asks no payment in carrying out the work until one-fourth of it is fin ished.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-07-10
DANGEROUS INDEED.
Wound Doctor Feared Would Heal
 Before He Could Dress It.

At the recent congress of physi- clans in New Orleans a story about Dr. Lorenz went the rounds, says the New York Tribune.
 pr. Lorenz some years ago was summoned suddenly to the bedside of Frenchman who had been wound ed in duel.
 "Come immediately, and bring plenty of surgeon appliances" said the summoner, 'for you will find your patient in serious situation. ,"
 Accordingly the physician and his assistant loaded into their carriage a great quantity of bandages, and iodoform gauge, and absorbent cot ton, together with probes of every size and shape, anaesthetics and splints. Great was their disgust, upon reaching the Frenchman', house, to find that nothing ailed him but a mere sword scratch in the fore arm.
 Dr. Lorenz, with a smile, sent his assistant for some warm water and waited for his arrival to dress the tiny wound. The Frenchman, grooming fearfully, said to him:
 ''Is my hurt serious, sir?"
 ''Very serious, indeed" {" replied the physician. "I'm afraid if my assist ant doesn't hurry it will heal itself before he gets back"
Newport weekly independent., 1903-07-10
OLD WILL SETTLED.
Most of the Legatees Born Since
 Filing of Document.

The estate of James w. Rob- inson was distributed recently in the superior court at San Diego There were Fl legatces, nearly every one of whom was born since the will was filed.
 Robinson, says the San Francisco Chronicle, was born about 1790 in Hamilton county, Indiana, where he resided for many years and was at enc time a Jaw partner of William Henry Harrison. He was married there in 1920, but in 1928 ran away from his wife and with another woman settled in Texas, where he was identified with the revolution of Sam Houston. Later, he was in the United States army and for two years was pris- oner at Vera Cruz, Mexico. He re- turned from the Mexican war and later was elected lieutenant governor of Texas.
 Meanwhile his wife, in Indiana, had procured divorce and he mar ried again. There were five children in the first family and one son in the second. Robinson came here in 1851, and secured possession of considerable property, which has since been subdivided into lots and blocks to form a part of the little suburb of Roseville, on the other side of the bay.
 He died in 1857, and the will, which asked that as much of the es- tate as possible be settled out of court, was filed in January, 1858. Nothing was done with it until about 1890, and meanwhile all of the chil- dren of both families died, leaving grandchildren, however, to partici- pate in the distribution.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-07-10
Motor Coats from Pony Skins.


 The increase of the motor-car hab- it among ladies has led to the intro- duction of many novelties in dress. The most remarkable innovation is the pony-skin coat, lined in the up, per part and sleeved with perforated wash-leather and trimmed with some soft fur. Mud, dust and oil are equal ly powerless to spoil these garments. Soap, hot water, and scrubbina brush properly applied restore tho pony-skin to its pristine gloss and cleanliness. Caps and toques of thn skin are very popular.