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The Washington times., 1903-12-21
VICAR KILLS HIMSELF
ON ALTAR STEPS
Disclosure Of Forgery He Committed in
Youth Preys Upon His Mind.

GENEVA. Dec. PA tragedy is re-
ported In the village church Of Erma-
tingen, near Constance. the vicar shoot
ing himself through the head on the
steps Of the altar.
Herr Stahel. the vicar. in his student
days. forged the matriculation certifi-
cate which opens the doors OF all Eu-
ropean universities. anu this fact some
how became public after twenty years.
He subsequently passed the most diff
cult examinations in Germany and
Switzerland. taking honors IN classics,
and then entered the church, but the
discovery Of his early fault preyed
greatly on his mind. and he conversed
with nobody.
Sunday he preached a brilliant ser
mon, taking for his text. I'm the midst
Of life we are IN DEATH" and five DAYS
afterward committed suicide in the
church he loved so well.
The Washington times., 1903-12-21
CHICAGO SOCIALISTS
CHEER LOUIS F. POST
Pandemonium Reigns When Speaker
Declares Their Belief Is Revolution.

CHICAGO. Dee H.-"The purpose of
you Socialists Is 20 abolish existing
things, root, and branch"
An uproar of wild cheers and violent
shouts Of affirmation from more than
one thousand intensely excited listeners
interrupted the single taxer. Louis f.
Post, when he flung out the foregoing
assertion as a reflection on the patriot
ism of the audience at the socialistic
single tax debate In West Twelfth
Street, Turner Hall, yesterday
Yes. socialism is revolution. isn't it?''
cried the speaker when the noise had
subsidized.
Again the remarkable demonstration
made the rafters shudder and for sew
eral minutes pandemonium seemed on
the verge OF breaking into violence
That's what We want" Down with
capital, Hurrah for the red flag
were cries that could be distinguished.
The Washington times., 1903-12-21
Rhode Islands Entry.

Rhode Islands Entry.
Since the collapse OF the Olney boom
some of the friends OF Gov. L. F. c.
Garvin. OF Rhode Island. have been
making an effort 10 boom him as New
England's candidate for first honors at
the hands of the forthcoming Demo-
critic national conventions, and the
suggestion has met with some degree OF
favor among Democrats OF other sec
lions. OF course. on the Presidential
course. the executive Of Little Rhody''
Is no such favorite as Senator German
Judge Parker. Mr.. Hearst. and some Of
the others. but it is nevertheless a fact
that he may be considered as one Of
the entries. and the probabilities are
that he viii be voted for by some of the
delegates in the national convention.
IL Rhode Island were as large as
Massachusetts,. and had the electoral
vote of the Bay State, there is no doubs
Governor Garvin would be a far more
conspicuous figure in the Democratic
field. Rhode Island has only four votes
in the Electoral College, and this at the
start is handicap when there are can
didates in doubtful States with thirty
seven electoral votes In one instance.
The Washington times., 1903-12-21

Now hath we joyous Christmastide
Come round to US again.
That fills our breasts with charity
And love unto all men.
And Christian grace is In we hearts
OF all beneath we sky.
Except We men who keep we shops,
Who soak us when we buy!
Edward Hanlon, who is booked to
meet Young Corbett in a scientific inter
change of fists. has decided that left
hand punch TO the jaw is as good a
punch as a fighter can use on his Oppo-
nent. III you can land IT right" con-
tinues the philosophic Mr. Hanlon, the
victory is yours" There is no doubt as
to the clearness of the reasoning. A
left-hand punch administered to a mans
Jaw. with the emphasis and precision.
say. of a mules kick. ought to be eff
fective. But these calculations of Mr..
Hanlon remind us that prizefghting
is much, like the struggle of life in which
we are all engaged. We win, mostly, by
beating other fellows, and there is no
way of foreseeing what the other fellow
viii be doing while we are landing our
left-hand punches.
]
are those three drays stopping in front
of our house for?
Mr.. Newhouse docking from the win
dow1-Oh. ahl A little surprise. my
dear The complete works of +. Marion
Crawford for Christmas present.
one doesn't wish to play the part OF
Gabriel Grub. or interfere in any way
with heaIthful. innocent enjoyment OF
the Christmas season. Enjoyment how
ever. which annoys others. is never
! permissible. at any season. It is to be
hoped. therefore. THAI Major Sylvester
viii not forget his promise 10 restrain
the young men and boys whose habit II
is to enter stores on Christmas Eve
and raise pandemonium with horns anc
cat calls. There is always p great throni
of shoppers In the storen at that time
who nave but this one remaining oppor
! tunity to make their selections. They
are more or less distracted at best. and
! the clerks are nervous and worn out
I Both to purchasers and clerks the horn
/ blowing can be little less than torture
| II the boys must blow. let them BC
| elsewhere than to the crowded stores
| Can it be true that a flying machine
\ that will really fly. and without balloon
| attachment, has at last been invented
| Such is the claim made for Orville and
/ Wilbur Wright's invention. 1t is a goot
omen, too. that the name Of the place
near where the experiment was made Il
Kitty Hawk. situated in North Carolina
GAS the propeller increased its revolu
| TONS" say the reports, the machin'
rose steadily in the air. and was sen
ahead for three miles IN the face OF th'
/ wind" This looks like business.
An Italian gunboat bombarded Durbo
in Italian Somaliland. and was driver
| on. the lieutenant in charge being killed
! Then the British attacked the town. an
were also repulsed. with loss. Thu
! Durbo must be inhabited by the kin 0
! Fuzzy Wuzzy. AS says Kipling:
'E's a daisy. 'e's ducky. IS a lamb,
Els injia-rubber idjit on the spree
Els The only thing that doesn't care
damn
For tils regiment O. British infan
tree.
] WhCr.eser was the so1alessness o
trusts better exemplified than in the &C
The Washington times., 1903-12-21
HITCH OVER LAND ACT.

LONDON. Dec Z--John Redmond.
speaking Of Bunningagain. County Sill
go. Ireland, yesterday, strongly protest
ed against decisions OF the legal officers
at Dublin Castle, which, he said, pre-
vented the proper operation Of the Irish
Land act in congested districts by en-
abling landlords 10 combine In a refusal
to sell grazing lands.
The Washington times., 1903-12-21
DIVINE WRATH SHOWN
IN MONT PELEE'S FIRES
Presidents Commissioner Says st.
Pierre Was Sinful and De-
based City.

SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Dec 1.-THE
Mont Pelee eruption was visitation OF
Gods wrath upon mans wickedness." IS
the opinion Of Frank r Robertson. one
Of the Presidents commission to ST
Pierre
At the Y NJ C A mass meeting, in
the Court Theater, yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Robertson said St Pierre was one
OF the most sinful and debased cities the
world ever had known.
The Washington times., 1903-12-21
FREE~HAND COMMENT
ON MEN AND MANNERS

ton of the Christmas tree syndicate.
that burned thirty full carloads of
spruces and pines at Philadelphia the
other day, to keep the price up? The
microscope has never yet been invented
strong enough to find he soul Of a
man who would be party to an act
like that. II Dante were alive and knew
of that Philadelphia bonfire, he would
put the perpetrators of 1t into his pur-
gatory, roasting to all eternity on piles
OF burning Christmas trees.
The laundryman who has been wash
ing for various municipal departments
enters a strong denial 10 the charge
that he performed his task ca relessly.
He says that the work was done well.
and that the complaints against him
were inspired by his competitors. As
for the four pillow cases in question
says the indignant laundryman, they
had never been in his laundry, nor in
any other. They had never been washed
at all Here then. is practical evil
dence that the laundryman I'm question
knows his business. He can tell. by
looking at It. whether a pillow case
has been washed or not. But the
cleansing of pillow cases is not the ar
tistic end of laundry work. 1t COM
pares with the ironing Of collars about
as fence painting with the exquisite
skill of the miniature artist. Can this
laundry in question. or any other IN
Washington, iron a collar so that Il
will not saw a mans head half of, or
leave him with red rim around his
neck as though he had been hanged
and didn't know it2 Any laundryman.
o1c
collars with a saw edge on them, like
the frill of a hard-shell crab, is an
enemy OF the human race.
These are the days when single men
feel more lonely than at any other sea-
son Of the year. One can imagine the
feelings OF the unmarried men connected
with the service of the White House. as
they watch the more fortunate en-
ployes marching off to their wives and
families. each man jack proudly carry
ing a turkey, the gift OF President
Roosevelt. These single men, and all
single men. If they cannot beg an invita-
ton TO sit at the board of some pater
familias. must eat their turkey dinner
at restaurants or boarding houses. And
what a tasteless thing is the boarding
house or restaurant turkey dinneri
But the unmarried fellows about the
White House need not expect sympathy
from anyone. If they wish to eat tur-
keys that are the gift Of President. OF
any turkeys at all that are seasoned
with sage and inions," love and joy. let
them go marry, forsooth. The way is
plain.
1t does seem as though women were
more easily imposed on than men. This
hypnotist, Heisman, who Is wanted In
so many places, Is accused principa Iy OF
separating various women from their
! money" and now the Dostoffice officials
are advocating heavier penalties fol-
those who use the mails TO defraud
women with ''work-at-home" schemes
The women in this case are always
asked to send a sum OF money for the
necessary outfit OF materials. The work
OF course, proves to be a delusion. and
the poor women simply throw their
money away. The punishment proposed
for this mail fraud. ten years in the pen
itentiary, does not seem a bit too severe
The Washington times., 1903-12-21
Ways and Means Vacancy.

The retirement OF Representative
George b. Mcclellan from Congress to
become mayor OF Greater New York
leaves a vacancy on the Ways end
Means Committee which 1t is conceded
will be filled by the appointment Of
New York Democrat. For a long time
there has been tendency to keep not
only certain sections of the country rep
resented upon this important committee,
bur certain States, and when a member
The Washington times., 1903-12-21
S. A. STEEL A SUICIDE.

HUNTINGDON. Pa, Dec 2l-SamueI
A Steel. the recognized leader Of the
Republican party in this country. deputy
piothonotary, and member of the
beard OF managers Of the Huntingdon
Industrial Reformatory, was found dead
yesterday with a bullet in his brain
which. II is supposed. ne fired through
his mouth
The Washington times., 1903-12-21
YOUNG MOTHER KILLED
BY DRUNKEN HUSBAND

CHICAGO. Dec. 2l.-Fred Pfiuogrot. a
machlnist, yesterday shot and killed his
wife and then committed suicide
Mrs. Phugrot was lying sick in bed.
with her week old baby. when. without
a word of warning. her husband stag
gered into the room intoxicated and
opened fire. The woman was shot twice
I'm the side and lived but few minutes
Phuogrot then shot himself I'm the
heart The child was unhurt.
The Washington times., 1903-12-21
MRS. WOOD TO AWAIT
ACTION OF THE SENATE

Mrs. Wood. wife Of Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood did not sail for the Philippines
yesterday on the transport Fitzpatrick,
which left New York for Manila.
Special permission was granted Mrs.
Wood to sail on the transport with her
three children. but she is said TO have
decided thaf II was better for her TO
walt in this country until the Senate
acts on General Woods appointment
The Washington times., 1903-12-21
TRADE WITH CANADA 5#
SHOWS LARGE INCREASE
Has Grown 80 Per Cent
Since 1893.
THIS YEAR is s2oo,ooo,op0
Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Furs, Minerals,
and Grains Make Up List of
Commodities.

Commerce between Canada and the
United States shows a RAPID gain both
in the figures Of the year about TO end
and in those OF the decennial period
which ends with the present year The
year s commerce with Canada. as shown
By the figures of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor viii aggregate
nearly s2e9, 1900. against less than $780,
10000 IN 1883. The increase occurs both IN
imports into the United States from
Canada and exports from the United
States 10 Canada.
United States imports from Canada,
which in 1883 amounted TO only Ss4. geo COO.
will in the present year reach about
20, 10000 Exports to Canada. which IN
1898, were So. 900, viii IN 1903 aggre-
gate about $780, 600 The total COM
merce with Canada has thus grown from
$9l. 100000 in 1898 10 approximately $751;
o00 900 in 1903.
The total commerce OF the United
States in the calendar year 1898 was
81 ,e52, O00. 600 and in 1893 Will aggregate
about g, 400, Ok. 0eS Thus the total com
merce Of the United States from 1898 20
1905 has increased about so per cent.
while its commerce with Canada has
mere than doubled it
Increase Since 1899.
On the import side the increase in our
purchases from Canada has been much
more rapid proportionately than from
other parts Of the world. The total i'm
ports Of the United States in 1893 were
$77s. 900. eco. and In the calendar year 1913
will aggregate about 81 ooo. coo. 900. an In
crease OF about so per cent while the
imports into the United States from
Canada meantime show an increase OF
about 60 per cent The total exports
from the United States which in 1893
were SS76. 00o GOO. Will. in 1906 approx
mate 81. 460, 10000, an increase OF Sc per
cent, while in our exports to Canada the
frcrease is about rs per cent
These figures are for calendar years IN
all cases. and are necessarily estimates
so far as they relate 10 the month OF
December this year.
Among the articles making up the
trade between the United States ana
! Canada are the following:
Cattle. horses. sheep. asbestos. fish,
furs and fur skins. undrsssed; hides
and skins, iron ore. nick Fl ore and matte.
silk, raw: lumber, timoer, agricultural
Implements, animals. be Oks, maps. etc.
readstuns-wheat; coal, raw cotton,
cotton manufactures. fiber manufac-
lures, iron and steel manufactures.
paper and manufactures. provisions On
Guiding dairy produc1s), seeds
The Washington times., 1903-12-21
Timely Suggestions.

Major Chavannes. who had charge Of
the company, reported the material as
efficient. and in the construction Of the
transport wagons superior 10 that Of
other nations. He also recommended
that commanding generals should them
selves make ascents in order to obtain
a correct idea OF the general situation
OF their own and the enemy's troops,
and not rely altogether on other OBJ
servers.
In order to insure more direct connec-
ton between the ground station below
and balloon and the headquarters a light
two-horse wagon. carrying the necessary
telegraph wire and working tools. should
be supplied. The French army has such
a wagon in its so-called derouleUse.
II is further recOmm aded that as
many general staff officers as possible
take the course at the school OF the bal
loon company, as well as practically
taking part in the balloon ascents, as
an essential part OF their military edu-
cation and training.
The Washington times., 1903-12-21
Sending Messages.

On September 16, at 5 o'clock ia the
morning. the balloon company was TO
be at Albisrieden- 1t was there on time
and made an ascent an hour and half
later. In spite Of a strong wind and
well-wOoded landscape. the enemy's
troops were readily observed and re-
ported at Ami ave and a half miles
away in a straight line). also at Rueti
and in the woods of Urdorf.
The method Of sending messages was
similar TO that generally used. The OBJ
server in the balloon telephoned down
TO the earth station. thence a messen-
ger took the message in two minutes
10 the public telephone IN Albisrieden.
whence an officer telephoned it to the
headquarters STAFF in Waldegg.
The balloon company, during these
maneuvers. marched for ten consecutive
days without a day OF rest between, and
returned to Bern without a single mar
on sick report and its horses and mate
rial In good condition.
The Washington times., 1903-12-21
Traveling With Filled Balloon.

On the following day the company
was directed TO join another division,
operating in the vicinity Of Muenster,
and to reach Roemerhof just south OF
Muenster ten miles from Sursee (where
the cylinders containing the hydrogen
for filling the balloon were obtained),
on time; this distance was marched
with filed balloon. the company arriv-
ing at Roemerhof at 8 o'clock in the
evening. ready for an early ascent In
the morning. in spite of the difficulty
of passing with filed balloon through
the streets of Muenster.
The march Of the other division Of
the army corps could be observed and
reported very early at a considerable
distance Rainy weather set in, and the
balloon company was ordered via Brem-
garten. weiningen. Dietikon and Bell
kon TO Remetswyl, over the steep slopes
of the Hasenberg. 1t arrived in Belikon
at the same time as the field artillery,
which had taken an easier road. but
the delay caused by the bad road was
fatal, and the enemy had almost com
pleted its pontoon bridge at Reussthal.
which might have been reported by the
balloon sufficiently early chad it been
in place. to be prevented The balloon
company accompanied the division in
it's retreat on Dietikon. and then
marched to Alstetten. where it went
into cantOnment
The Washington times., 1903-12-21
CORPS OF AERONAUTS
IN MILITARY SERVICE
Important Transportation
Tests in Swiss Maneuvers.
SOME SUCCESSFUL ASCENTS
Messages Telephoned From Clouds to
Earth-Staff Officers Urged to Take
Course of Instruction.

NEW YORK, Dec. H.-The interest in
military ballooning is growing in Eu-
rope. and balloons promise TO be Of
great use in future wars. The new bal
loon company which took part in the
recent autumn maneuvers of the Fourth
army corps in Switzerland had only
completed its organization in the sum
mer of 1872 Nevertheless it was able
to render efficient service. as may be
seen from the following brief summary
OF it's field work.
Leaving Bern on September s. it
reached Graenichen. in the vicinity Of
Aarau, without any sick or straggIers.
in three days; The average rate of
march, including halts. being 81 miles
an hour. On the 18th the company was
ordered to march at the rear of the
advance guard of one of the divisions.
and at Ober-Kulm made it's first ascent
to a height of about SS4 feet in very
foggy weather. In spite of the disad-
vantageous weather conditions, the OBJ
server in the balloon was able to make
many useful observations. and was es-
pecially useful in keeping the division
commander informed Of the movements
of a detachment sent out by him tc
cover his right flank.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-09
REGISTRATION NOTICE.

Com mencing Monday, Nov. End. the
city clerk will be at his office from 7: rs
p. m. to 8 p. m. for the purpose OF regis
tering voters who are unablet6 come e
the office in the day time. N.turalized
cirizens must bring their papers to the
Office in order tolget registered. Nov. q
the REGISTRATION books will, close. ] You
must get registered in order to vote at
the coming city election to be held, Dec.
9Th
The Office OF the city clerk is in East
Aberdeen, over the West & Slude mill
company's office.
Dated Aberdeen, Wash, Oct. 80, 1908.
p. F. Clark.
City Clerk.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-09

A child Of Mrs. Geo. T. Benson, when
getting his usual Saturday night bath,
stepped back against a hot stove which
burned him severely. The child was in
great agony and his mother could do
nothing to pacify him. Remembering
that she had a bottle of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm in the house, she thought she
would try it. In less than half an hour
after applying it the child was quiet and
asleep, and in less than two weeks was
well. Mrs. Benson is u well known resi-.
dent Of Kellar, Va. Pain Balm 10 an
antisePic linilnent and especially valu-
able for burns. cuts. bruises and sprains.
For sale BY All Druggists.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-09
INNER HARHOR IMPROVEMENT
Board Or Engineers To Locate Channel Al
hOquiam.

Owing to objections of Ho1uiam to the
channel in front of that city, Major Mill
Ills requested the war department to APP.
point board OF engineers to select def
mite channel, and on Saturday the fol-
lowing board was appointed by the de-
partment: Col Hener, of San Francisco
Major Langiett, OF Portland; and Capt.
Hart of San Francisco.
AS soon as this location is made the
work of dredging about mile of channel
from Cow Point westward, will begin. 1t
will cost between $4,000 and $40 900,
and the money is now available.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-09
Along the Water front
The schooner Alpha is at the Western
mill, loading for San Francisco

The schooner Alpha is at the Wester,
mill, loading for San Francisco.
| The schooner w. j. Patterson is at tn,
American mill, loading for San Pedro.
The schooner Falcon sailed from tn,
West u Slade mill, Saturday, for Sar
The schooner A. B. johnson is at the
West q olade mill, loading for San
Pedro.
The schooner Fred E. Sanders is load.
ing at the Anderson 4 Middleton mill
for San Pedro.
The schooner F. S. Redfield il at the
San Francisco. -0
The barkentne Wrestler sailed TO-DAY
from the West u Slade mill for Santa
Rosalia, Mexico.
The schooner James kolph sailed
Saturday from the Dryden & Leitch mill
for San Francisco.
The, schooner Cecilia Sudden is at the
Aberdeen Lumber & Shingle mills, load
ing for San Pedro.
The schooner David Evans is CONFLICT
ing her carg) by lighter from the Michi.
gan mill, for Sidney, Australia.
The schooner j. NJ. Coleman arrived
in port saturday, and is loading 1T the
Western mill for San Francisco.
The steamer Chehaiis arrived Satur.
day, to load lumber at the Aberdeen
Lumber X Shingle mills for San Pedro.
The steamer Coronado arrived in port
last night, and is loading lumber at the
Anderson IL Middleton mill for San
Pedro.
The schooner Sophia Christianson ar.
rived in port Saturday, and is loading at
the Aberdeen Lumber d Single mills
for San Pedro.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Twenty third Street northwest, be-
tween G and II Streets-George w. Lin
kins, executor, to Frank w. Tucker. part
original lot Z. square IS, s1.7OO.
- Arthur Place, northwest, between b
and Streets-Charles A. Sickel ct ux.
to William Smith. lot 81. square 633, $40.
c Street southeast, between New Jer-
sey Avenue and First Street-William
E. English ct ux. to Manor Real Estate
and Trust Company, original lot 10.
square SOP, $4,000
Nos. 81 and 319 Virginia Avenue
southeast-Mergaret Shanahan, execu-
trix, to c. Clinton James. part lot /.
square 797. 81. 800.
e Street southeast, between Four
teenth and Fifteenth Streets-Bertha r.
Hudson ct viz, Richard H, to Clarence
f. Sewers, lots 56 to SO. square 1869, $40.
ngdale-Thomas ii. Raisiip ct
ny. 70 James c. and Mary E. Lynn. lot
30, block IS. $40.
North Columbia Heights-George p,
Robinson ct al, to Mary A. McGrath
lot 80. block /, 1851 Same to A. Rosa
Hausmann, lot q, block 4, 1868. 73. Same
to Mary A. Sinks, lots "a and 20, block
1, $1,000. Same 10 Emma NJ. Martin
lots q, Is and 29, block 2. S2,9I2.74. Same
to Ellen l. Patterson, lot 36, block
1880. Same to Zeb La Pelle, lot /
block 2. sl.793.76 Same to Richard F
and Edward Bickerton. lot 6, block /
Sl,Ol2.50. Same to Ernest Nj. Ktdweil, lot
Is. block 2, $s61.75 Same to Alice Col
Inns. lots % and 30. block 3. 81. OBS. Same
to b. Edward McCann. lot 2. block l.
s15z.26. Same to Alexander l.. Mcmillan
lot II. block l. 81 ,511 Al. Same to David
A. Berkeley. lot II. block 4. Sl,S66.31.
Same to Lillian NJ. and James J. Nc
Carthy. lot 40. block 3. S1.o50.