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The Washington times., 1903-03-03
The Final Vote.
PERSONALITY OF NEW
DELAWARE SENATORS

J. Frank Alice has been the leader of
the Addicks forces in the Delaware
fight ever since the Boston gas man
MADE his appearance in 1889 and amazed
everybody ~ announcing that he wanted
20 20 TO the United States Senate
He made his debut in politics in 1885.
The Washington times., 1903-03-03
HINT OF COMPULSORY ARMY
SERVICE IN GREAT BRITAIN

LONDON. March 3.-Lord George
Hamilton. secretary Of state for India.
10 a speech delivered in London. de-
cIared that Great Britain was almost at
the end Of her tether in the matter OF
voluntary enlistment for the army.
He said ne hoped 10 see the day when
every male in the British Isles would
tie compelled TO undergo military train
Ing
The Washington times., 1903-03-03
MARIN WILL CONTEST RESUMED

Hearing in the Nairn will case was re-
aumed today before Justice Barnard
sitting for bate business. The pro-
ceedings were discontinued yesterday on
account OF the absence OF a member OF
he jury. who was attending the funeral
Of relative. The case has been on trial
for nearly 1--WE weeks. and 81 is probable
that the end will not be reached for
three OF four weeks more
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RECOMMEND TIME ALLOWANCES

The Board Of Police Surgeons have
transmitted 10 the Commissioners their
report for the month Of January. 1903.
AID in this they recommended time al
lCwance over thirty days on account Of
illness for the following members of the
department: y Chalmers. F. HibI. and
o. 7. Hauschild.
The Washington times., 1903-03-03
PATENT OFFICE BOOK STACKS.

f. A Hitchcock. Secretary OF the In
terror. has approved the recommends
ton % the board appointed TO award
the contract for the book stacks which
are TO be placed in the library OF the
Patent once. The contract goes 10 the
Art Metal Construction Company, OF
jamestown. y. y. at their bid OF
s2,0S9.
The Washington times., 1903-03-03
THE BREAKING OF THE
DELAWARE DEADLOCK

ana became The favOrite OF Addicks as
soon as the latter found him out. In
1892 Alice succeeded Judge Pennewill
a. member of the Republican State
central committee. and later he became
chairman o. the State committee Of thu
UuiCn. or Addicks Republicans
This party sent him to the State
senate in lS.S and 1902. each tine over
coming h opposition OF Democratic
and regular Republican candidates.
Allee's Club Room.
Alice has iewelry store in Dover.
and above II ne maintains a handsomely
furnished ciubroom for the entertain
msnt OF Addicks men from all over
Delaware. From this place he directed
nc campaign and made up his states
lie succeeded Addicks as president OF
the Bay State Gas Company OF Della
ware, and ne is also president Of the
Staten Island Brick Company. as well
as a director in other enterprises with
which Addicks is connected.
Alice was born in Dover forty-siX
years ago and is descendant o.
French Huguenot family. He was edu-
Gated in the public schools ami has al
ways been something OF student. He
is married and hes one son, who is at
college.
Ball Addicks' Foe
Dr. Lewis Hcislcr Ball has always
been as bitterly opposed 10 Addicks as
Alice has been friendly. His candidate
for the senate Was Col Henry a Du-
Pont until the latter retired in his IA
vor Addicks has made oveTtures TO Dr.
Ball at times. but these have always
been scOrnfully rejected.
II was not until 1898 that Dr. Ball TOOK
an active part In Delaware politics. lie
was then elected State treasurer Two
years later, when his nomination was
made by the Regular Republicans and &C
copied by the Union men. he was elect
ed to Congress by a large vote.
Dr.. Ball was renominated by the regu-
lars last year. but Addicks then put up
a candidate Of his own. William Michael
Dyrne. district attorney. and the result
vas that Henry 4. Houston. the Demo
cratic candidate. was elected.
Dr. Ball is native OF Wilmington
where he was born in 1861. He was
graduated from Delaware College with
the degree OF Phi. r. in 1882. and after
ward studied medicine in the University
OF Pennsylvania, receiving his degree OF
VI. d. in 1855.
The Washington times., 1903-03-03
NOT RECOMMENDED
FOR EVERYTHING.
But ii You Have Kidney. Liver or Bladder Trouble
You Will Find the Great Remedy Swamp
Root just What You Need

II used TO be considered that only urinary and
bladder troubles TO be traced to the kid
neyS. but now modern science proves that near
" all diseases have their beginning in the dis
order OF these most important organs
Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or out
of order you can understand how quickly your
entire body is affected. and how every organ
seems TO fail TO do its duty.
If you sick or feel badly" begin taking
the famous new discovery. DR.. kilmer's swamp
Root. because as soon as your Kidneys are wei!
they will help all the other organs &c health.
trial Will convince anyone.
The Washington times., 1903-03-03
Troops Withdrawn.

The Department OF Alaska was soon
merged into the Department OF Column
bia and ,ittlc Nv little the troops were
Withdrawn. In 1870 Fort wrongen was
abandoned; and June "a. 1877. the last
troops left the Territory
For fifteen years We had no troops Of
any sort in Alaska. In 1892 detach-
ment o. marines were sent 20 Sitka I'M
der Lieut.. (now captainl Joseph II. Pen
dIeton. who. after tour OF duty else
where. returned to Sitka in 1899. and
still commands the Marine Barracks
there
In 1905 Colonel Randall. Of he Eighth
Infantry. WIS sent TO Alaska with 4
battalion Of his regiment and two years
later the department was recreated. But
the troops did not go 70 Sitks; they
pushed much farther north. TO the gold
regions. and since 1S.S though he de
partment has again been abolished. they
have been garrisoning Fort Davis at
Nome. Fort Egbert. near Eagle City.
For; Gibbon, 81 Tanana. near Eagle:
Fort Liscum. AZ Liscum- Fort Sk1guay.
and Fort ST. Michael. at St. Michaels-
all OF these. roughly speaking. in the
bhon IEEitll. idI ubItu OF Sllhd- NOW.
however. IL is proposed TO fortify the
latter place and take over its defense
from the navy. Forts al Sitka will
serve to defend the southern terminal OF
the overland route TO the gold regions.
UnaIaska Island.
The plan includes. also. the fortifca-
lion Of Unalaska Island. on which are
the important harbors OF Unslaska and
Dutch Harbor. the two forming. perhaps.
the most important port in Alaska. Ev-
cry vessel plying between the Pacific
ports and the Yukon stops al one or the
other Of these pIaces--Un alaska on the
south. Dutch Harbor on the north. Of
the island. Al these places the only coal
north OF Sitka is stored. and forts on the
island would command the chief entrance
10 Behring Sea and make f. almost as
the Mediterranean has been made
British Lake an American lake. The
project or terrifying these points. there
fore. has not been formed too hastily. in
view OF the growing importance of Alas
ka. and tho increasing traf1c By land and
sea 10 and from its gold fields
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SIIKA AND UNALASKA
SOON TO Be FORTIFIED
Growing importance Of
Alaska Recognized

Sitl5a and Dutch HarbOr, UuaIaska Isl
and, Alaska, said now TO be under con
sideration by the War Department. will
be the last step in the incorporation of
Russian America into the Union.
The separation OF Alaska from Ore
EOn. and the creation or Federal courts
there. and the stationing OF troops at
several points in the gold regions. in
dictate the growing interest in Alaska;
but the project TO fOTtify the two most
important points in the country shows
that the permanent value OF the Terri
tory is recognized
The Washington times., 1903-03-03

The for these troubles DR. Eiuers
Root
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il
NIL cloudy if
IL in
No doctor
Il
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almost again
Root s. VIII YOU need oucan
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The Washington times., 1903-03-03
VENEZUELAN AFFAIR
IN HOUSE OF LORDS
TWeedmOuth and ROseberV
Criticise Ministry.

LONDON. March 3.-The Venezuela
affair was brought up in the house Of
lords yesterday on a motion OF Lord
Tweedmouth LiberaD. asking for fur
Their papers on the subject. He com
planned that the recently published
Blue Book did not clearly set forth the
exact statements made 20 the United
States Government with reference TO the
blockade. and said the dispatches con-
tanned in the Blue Book did not cor
respond with the statements OF Premier
Ba!four and the other ministers
Continuing. Lord Tweedmouth re-
marked that there was little cause for
cOngratulatiOn on the outcome OF the
affair and the cooperation with Ger
many. which he classed as an alliance
with power whose claims. methods.
policy and Interior objects in South
America were different from those OF
Great. Britain.
The Washington times., 1903-03-03
Military Department Created.

We took formal possession OF Alaska
on October ?. 1867. when Gen. Lowell II.
Rousseau succeeded the Russian gov
ernor as head OF the new Territory.
then called generally Russian America.
on October % the military Department
or Alaska was created. and thereafter
two regiments Of infantry and nine
troops OF cavalry were sent as garrison.
These we're stationed al New Arch
angel. or Sltka. and at Fort Wrangell.
southeast of that place. The head
quarters Of the department were at
Sitka. In the old Baranoff's Castle. on a
headland commanding the harbor.
This was a wooden building erected or
heavy logs and mounting a few guns
but its value as fort never amounted
to the traditional row OF pins II was
built about a hundred years 60 and
has been falling to pieces almost ever
since II was built
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Defends Alliance.

The foreign secretary. Lord LAns-
downe in replying. defended the CO.
operation with Germany. and said his
majesty's government had excellent
reasons for knowing how the United
States was likely to regard the action
taken. Throughout the negotiations
Lord Landsdowne added. not one word
had been written by the United States
Government which was Unthoughtful or
unfrie1dly.
Lord Rosehery. who followed. describ-
ed the Venezuelan Blue Book as being
massive. meagre. and reticent." and
said the money received by the allies
represented the proportion OF the bene-
its accruing to them.
Lord Rosebery added that he did not
believe the United States would be
satisfied with Great Britain's delay in
approaching that country. Continuing
he took a gloomy view OF the British
foreign relations.
After further discussion. in which the
Duke OF DevOnshire Earl Spencer. and
the Earl OF Selborne participated. Lord
TweedmOuths motion vas withdrawn
and the house adjourned.
The Washington times., 1903-03-03

Get Togethers" Alone Salts
fled. Apparently, With
Treaty-DemoCratS Sore,
Regulars Suspicious.
The Washington times., 1903-03-03

Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible
for more sickness and suffering than any other
disease. and n permitted TO continue much suf-
fering with fatal results TO follow.
Kidney trouble irritates the nerves. makes you
dizzy. restless. sleepiess and irritable: makes
you pass water often during the day and obIiGes
you 10 get up many times during the night.
Unhealthy kidneys cause rheumatism. gravel.
catarrh OF the bladder, pain or dull ache in the
back, joints and muscles: makes your head
ache and back ache, causes Indigestion. stomach
and liver trouble. you get sallow. yellow com
plexion. makes you feel AZ though you had heart
trouble; you may have plenty OF ambition, but
The Washington times., 1903-03-03
Doctors Prescribe swamp-Root

Gentlemen-''I have prescribed that wonderful rem
cdy for kidney and bladder complaints Dr. kiimer'
S'vanp-Boot, with most beneficial effect. and know OF
many cures by its These patients had kidney
Die a. diagnosed by other PHYSICIANS. and treated
out benefit Dr. hilncr's swamp Root effected a cure
am iib raj man and accept specific wherever End
n accepted school o. it, desperate
kidney or bladder complaint under uussr-
isiactory results tUn 10 Dr. Kimer's swamp Root
with most fsttcrinG results. shall continue pre-
scribe IL. and from personal observation that
SWamp-Root has great curative pTopcrties.'
The Washington times., 1903-03-03
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THE INTERNATIONAL LOVE FEAST.

London Snecial in New York Post

London Special in New York Post.
Nothing could be happier than the effects
of President Loubet's visit. A parable max
er puts the situation graphically in the
following duologue, headed I'm the Gloam-
ing" La Belle France: He's going TO
forget all about Waterloo" John Bull:
And she isn't going to mention that horrid
Fashoda any more Round the corner
Germany in the loudest of stage whispers
declares, II tell you I'm not listening
There is every reason TO expect early re-
suits from the intimate conversations be-
tween Lord Lansdowne and NJ. Delcasse
dI ring President Loubet's stay. West At
RIGA is uppermOst in diplomats minds. A
friendly Anglo-French delimitation of ter
pected to remove the risk of friction now
incurred by secret expeditions into unknown
side. West Africa is to have no Fashodas.
1t is even hoped as an item of the deal to
find i'm these delimitations a territorial
equivalent for the termination or least the
removal of what causes friction in FraRceS
treaty hold on the west shore of New
foundland.
The French Congo and its exclusive policy
towards British traders is not so easy of
adjustment, but a desire for a friendly
agreement is at least paramount. North
Africa now gives small anxiety, the status
quo having been quietly recognized there
by England, France and Italy.
The Kings PERSONAL part in this happy
relationship is generally and cordially rec
ognized. The lord mayor spoke more
sion House banquet: 1.-The King has in
scribed on his banner Peace upon earth
and good will to men," And unlike the
Cars peace, the Kings is the outcome of
infinite tact and an intimate knowledge of
the intricacies of the international situa-
ton. There was no ministerial prompting
in the initiation of this Anglo French af-
fair, nor in the unerring sagacity which
makes the King seize the visit of the
American squadron here and the approach
ing American visit of the Honorable Ar
tillery Company to emphasize his profound
belief in Anglo-Americanism. In the
phraseology of the. King, France is Eng
lands friend and America is Englands
brother, and all the while he manages to
keep on the friendliest possible terms with
his volatile nephew at Berlin, whose world
policy SO often of late has seemed to run
counter to cherished British interests
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-18

problems of the postal investigation Mr.
Payne has performed his official routine
work with scrupulous industry.
IN STATE DEPARTMENT.
There is one department in the govern
ment where the visitor is not liable TO be-
come deafened by the whir of departmental
machinery. This Is the dignifed branch OF
the government that is located in the SOUTH
ern end of the big State. War and Navy
building. and which is referred to by some
Of the underlings who occupy desks therein
the foreign Office" 1t is the Depart
ment of State, and is presided over by
Americas most successful diplomatist, Hon.
John Hay. The atmosphere in this depart
ment is quiet, and BUSINESS moves at Dig
nified pace. This does not mean, however,
that little work is performed there. Secre-
tary Hay carries on his shoulders a respon-
sibility scarcely second to that of the Pres
ident, His quiet manner. polite address and
dignified demeanor do not argue idlenesS or
lack Of work
Mr. Hay is in the habit of spending only
the morning hours in his office at the de-
partment, but the bullying portfolio that he
carries home with him to luncheon. shows
that few of his colleagues have harder or
more important work laid out for them in
the afternoon than he performs in the Sc
cluSion of his home. To meet Secretary Hay
in his office and listen TO his entertaining
anecdotes and pungent comment ques-
tions of state the visitor would regard him
as a man free from care and one leading a
dolce far niente existence. The smile, the
joke and repartee very often hide deep
thoughts and anxious care. Measured by
results, Secretary Hay does a work that
cannot be counted by hours, and which
drains mental and physical vitality.
1t is probably true, however, that the
clerks i'll the State Department take life
about as easy as any in the government
service. They are not hurried, and for some
reason or other. probably because they are
brought into contact with the circumlocu-
ton offices of other governments, they have
assumed an air of superiority over their
associates in other departments. They usu-
ally speak with the broad "a and forget
the sound of r.
All the other departments have at their
heads men noted for their business and pro-
fessional industry, under whose direction
the governments work is driven at the
fastest pace consistent with a six-hours-
and-a half day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-18
WIDOW TRIED TO END LIFE
MRS. ABBIE BRIsBYs SAVED BY
HEROIC TREATMENT.
She Became Angry Because Her Young
Daughter Was Out Late-Others
Who Were Tired of Life.

Mrs. Abbie Brisby, a young widow living
at 469 Cedar street, made an unsuccessful
attempt to commit suicide last night by
drinking about an ounce of chloroform,
after which she saturated her handkerchief
in the drug and held it to her nose.
Her little daughter found her lying on
the bed in her room in an unconscious con-
dtion and summoned DR.. Cunningham, of
the City Dispensary, who Immediately
adopted heroic methods and soon revived
her.
Before attempting her life Mrs. Brisby
wrote two notes, one to Superintendent
Taffe, of the police department in which
she explained the cause of her action, and
the other to a woman friend in the city,
bidding ,her goodbye.
Neighbors said that the woman's daugh-
ter was out rather late last night, and
when she came home, the mother remon-
strated with her, but the child's grand
mother interfered and quarrel resulted.
After the spat was over, it is said Mrs.
Brisby went to nearby drug
store and purchased the drug with
which she intended to take her
life. She then went to her room, locked
herself in, and wrote the two notes which
vived by the doctor Mrs. Brisby said that
aside from that would not talk on the sub
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-18
SOLDIERS AT A BANQUET.
Participants I'm the Santiago Cam
paign Hear Officers Speak.

DETROIT. July 17.-Veterans of the San
tiago campaign attended a banquet tonight
in the Masonic Temple. John M. Thurston
was the speaker of the evening, responding
to the toast, "Our Country" Col Arthur
l.. Wagner responded to the toast 1.-THE
Regular Army" Gen. Joseph Wheeler TO
THE Cavalry Division" Gen. Hamilton s.
Hawkins to 1.-The Infantry" and Maj. Gen.
Charles Dick, of the Ohio National Guard,
to The American Soldier" a letter was
read from Maj Gen. ]. c. breckenridge.
who was TO have responded to Our Heroic
Dead" but who was unable to be present
At the first business session of the reunion
to-day Mai A. G. Sharpe, u. S. A, secretary
and treasurer of the society, reported that
there was total membership I'm good
standing at present of 1893. For delinquency
and other reasons 1896 members have been
dropped. Major Sharpe reported a balance
of 500 in the treasury. This afternoon me-
MORALS were given for the following officers:
Mai. Gen. II. w. LawtOn, Mai. Gen. VIII
liam Ludlow, Lieut.. Col. John ID. Miley,
Maj. John A. Logan. Capt. Anton Springer,
First Lieut.. L. +. Koehler and Second
Lieut. Maxwell Keyes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-18
STARS THAT STEAL.

London Answers.

London Answers.
Jupiter is much the biggest member of
the family of stars which revolve around
our sun Consequently the power of his
attraction is greater than that possessed,
for instance, by the earth. Jupiter's eX-
plots as a burglar have caused very con-
siderable annoyance and Inconvenience to
astronomers in the days before his powers
were fully recognized.
In 1110 there appeared a line comet which
was found to have an elliptical orbit round
the sun of so comparatively small a size
that Mr.. LeXell its discoVerer, calculated
it would return I'm five and a half years
But in 1775 telescopes were vainly focused
on the spot where it was expected to re-
appear, aud again in l1Sl 1t disappointed all
observers. Mr.. Lexell plunged into fresh
calculations, and after much research
found that Jupiter was the culprit The
unfortunate comet had been rash enough
to plunge into the sphere of the giant plan
cts attraction. with the result that it had
been completely diverted from its former
orbit and flung off into quite a different
one of a twenty-year period 1t has never
been seen again by any one on this earth
and probably never will be.
Jupiter was also responsible for the de-
lay which occurred in the return of that
splendid vistapt known as Halleys comet
HALEY found that he was not the first
discoverer of this big comet 1t had ap-
peared at least twice previously. once sew
enty-five years before, and again seventy
six years before that. The astronomer con-
cluded that there would be further delay
III its third return. and predicted that its
next appearance would be SIS days later.
He did not 1--we to see it, but in 1913, the
year he he'd prophesied FOR its appearance,
astronomers were waiting for H.
But they waited for more than three
months before il did actually appear. aud
then found that 1t was the planet Saturn
they had to thank for delaying the comet
this extra 100 days.
The same comet appeared again in 1885.
this SINE late again. Not only had Jupiter
delayed IL SIS days and Saturn about loo
hftf "A "A in u
ing it, and had added another sixty-nine
days to its journey.
our own earth is by no means guiltless
1t is constantly picking up unconsidered
trifies of stardust. which range all the way
from the thirteen-foot-long mass of me-
teoric rock lately found by Professor Ward
in Mexico down 10 the intinitesimal par
ticles which are found on the roof of St
Paulis on the arctic SHOWS and at the bot
tom OF the sea. 1t is calculated that the to-
tai amount Of matter thus absorbed by Us