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The Washington times., 1903-08-25
FEENEY MAY YET LIVE
WITH A BROKEN NECK
Remarkable Operation at Emer-
gency on Negro Carpenter.

There would seem TO be a reasonable
Feeney. the negro carpenter who yes
terday fell from scaffolding in new
building at IS K Street northwest,
breaking his neck. The result was COM
plete paralysis Of the entire body below
the shoulders. due TO pressure on the
spinal cord of some fragments of the
broken fourth, fifth. and sixth cervical
vertebrae
Feeney is about forty-three years
old. and lives at A Defrees Street
northwest. He was working with Jo-
seph Dinsmore, about $3.50 O'Clock yes
terday morning, when the scaffolding
gave way, precipitating both men to the
basement, about thirty feet. Dinsmore
escaped with minor injuries. but when
Feeney reached the Emergency Hospi-
tai it was thought there was no chance
for him to survive.
AS last resort Dr. Vaughan, assisted
by Drs. Perkins, Hussey, and Starr, per-
formed the operation known as laminec-
tony. A section of the bones involved
was removed, leaving the cord exposed
The muscles and tissues were closed
about the cord and the opening sewed
up. This relieves the pressure on the
cord, and if the bruise in it heals the
man will recover the use of his muscles
within two or three weeks. The case is
still very grave one, but the physi-
clans are hopeful of complete recov-
cry, which will make the case one of
unusual note
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10:45 a. m.-Preparatory gun fred.
The starting gun was fired at II O'Clock.
Reliance crossed at 11:OO:32; Shamrock
at 1902 fat.
11:19-The Reliance is pointing high
er and is slowly increasing her lead
over the challenger.
11:23-Yachts still on port tack. with
Reliance over a mile and half in load
A gray back Southeastern is coming in.
and the excursion fleet will have diff
Guilty in following the yachts, because of
the dense mist.
Wind is now seven knots.
11:36-Reliapce gaining steadily.
11:43-Reliance tacks to starboard.
Shamrock still holds to her port board.
11:44-Shamrock tacks to starboard af-
ter crossing Reliances wake.
11:54-On starboaTd tack Shamrock is
gaining slightly on the American.
u m.-Shamrock Is doing better wark
than Reliance. and is pointing higher.
1917 p. m.-Wind at Highland Beach
has hauled to southwest. Should this
shift OF wind be felt at the points
where the yachts are sailing, il will
benefit Shamrock.
1890 - Wind off shore seven knots
south by east, while on shore il is
blowing southwest by west, still thick
eff shore.
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Mr.. ROOT RESIGNS;
TAFT TAKES PLACE

second in his class of 100 men, and was
1888 his alma mater gave to him the de-
gree of Ii. ID.
After leaving Yale he was graduated
from the law school of the Cincinnati
College in 1850. and was admitted 10 the
bar the same year. For two years he
was the law reporter of the Cincinnati
Commercial" Then he became the as
sistant prosecutor of Hamilton county
Ohio. and subsequently the collector of
internal revenue for the First district OF
Ohio. but resigned.
He resumed the general practice of
law. but became the assistant county So
licitor In few years. He was a judge OF
the superior court of Ohio from 1887 TO
$780, Solicitor General OF the United
States In 1902, dean and professor Of
the law department of the University of
Cincinnati in 1S96-19O0, when he resign
ed to become a United States district
judge of the Sixth circuit. He was made
president of the Philippines Commission
in 1900 and the first civil governor of the
islands June 5. 1901.
He was spoken of as President Nc
Kinley's choice for the Republican nom
ination in 1904. and has been talked of
as a Cabinet possibility at various
times during the last two years. Twice
it has been reported that he would be
appointed TO fill the next vacancy on
the United States Supreme Court bench,
and 1t has been said that President
Roosevelt would like to have Governor
Taft as his running mate on the next
Republican national ticket.
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dealing with this part of your work has
been as signal as your success III dealing
with the purely military ploblems
Ito very few statesmen, indeed, IN
any country. it is given at one and the
same time to achieve signal and strik-
ing triumphs in the administration and
reform of the military branch or the
government. and in the administration
of what was. In effect. department OF
insular dependencies, where the prob
lens we're new 10 our people and were
in themselves OF great difficulty.
Moreover. aside from your work in
these two divisions of the Government
service. l appreciate most keenly the
invaluable advice and assistance you
have rendered ME in innumerable mat
ters of weight not coming directly in
your department and province, but In
which l sought your aid with the GER
tainty OF not being disappointed. Your
position on the Alaskan Boundary Com
mission at the present moment is an
Illustration of these services.
May all good fortune attend you
wherever you are; the American people
wish you we'll and appreciate to the
full the debt due you for all that you
have done on their behalf.
Faithfully yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The Washington times., 1903-08-25
NEGRO BELLB0Y DIES
IN VACANT HOTEL ROOM

Edward Ross, a negro. twenty-three
years old. of 543 Ridge Street northwest.
was found dead in a vacant room of the
Shoreham Hotel, at Fifteenth and H
Streets northwest. this morning at $50.
when NJ. B. Fleet, the Waterman, went
TO awaken him TO go on duty.
Ross was employed at the hotel as a
bellboy. Last night he was drinking,
and returned to the hotel late at night,
saying that be did not want TO go home
in his condition. He sat down near the
elevator, and went TO sleep. The clerk.
presently noticing this, directed that he
be placed in a vacant room until morn
ing. He was, therefore, taken into this
room and seated on the floor, with his
back to the wall, where his body was
discovered this morning.
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Turns Them Back Marked
Returned for Postage, ="
Losing No Time in Dis
continuing the Franking
Privilege.
Mr.. MCFARLAND ORDERS
$1,000 WORTH POSTAGE
Purchase Made Out of the
Emergency Fund-Police
Department Especially
Handicapped by New
Ruling.

Returned for Postage" Approx
mately 200 letters were returned to the
offices of the District government on
the first mail this morning bearing that
significant comment, the inscription,
office of the Commissioners of the
District Of Columbia, Official Business"
having been ignored altogether. The
local postofflce authorities lost no time
in carrying out the order of the Post
master General. issued yesterday, deny
ing the Commissioners the right TO use
franked envelopes for any purpose, the
letters in question having been mailed
early yesterday afternoon
Commissioner mcfarland, upon being
advised of the state of affairs, issued i'm
mediate orders to Property Clerk Beckett
to purchase forthwith. $1,000 worth of
stamps, Of various denominations.
An interesting point has been raised
in regard to the emergency expenditure
of 81 900 ordered this morning by Com
missioner mcfarland. Should that item
be brought to the attention of the
Comptroller, he may consistently disap-
prove 1t, on the ground that the Dis
trict government, being part and parcel
of the Federal Government, has no right
to expend money for postage on official
mail matter. The fact remains that the
Comptroller has declared the District to
be an agency OF the Federal Govern
ment, and the Supreme Court has ruled
that the District is municipal corpora
tion proper, separate and distinct from
the Federal Government.
Instructs Division Chiefs.
An order was then issued to the heads
o. departments under the District gov
eminent as follows:
Whereas the Postmaster General has
notified the Commissioners that in &C
ccrdance with an opinion rendered OF
the 22d instant by the Assistant Attor-
ney General for the Postoffice Depart
ment. that they are not officers Of the
General Government of the United States,
nor is the business of the District of
Columbia the business of the United
States, within the meaning of the stat
utes authorizing the use of the penalty
envelopes. Therefore, they are not au-
velopes In performing the duties and
administering the powers intrusted to
IL en-, the postmaster at Washington, in
said District, has been directed TO re-
quire the payment of the proper rate
OF postage on all matter presented for
II aillng by the several officers and de-
partments Of the government of said
District; and
Whereas Congress has not provided
in terms any appropriation for the pay
ment of postage required for the official
business of said District; and
Whereas the appropriation for con
! tingent and miscellaneous expenses for
the current fiscal year has been so APP
portioned that it is absolutely impracti-
/ cable TO any part of the same with
out mourning a deficiency. which is pro-
hibited by the terms of the act making
the appropriation; and
whereas the existing condition as
| herein set forth constitutes an emer-
The Washington times., 1903-08-25
PROGRESS OF YACHT RACE
AS TOLD BY BULLETINS

1:10-Haze still thick off shore. Yachts
invisible since 1920 p. m. when they
were about two miles from the first mark.
with Reliance one minute ahead.
It is estimated that the boats rounded
the first mark about 1926 o'clock Re-
lance is believed to be still in the lead.
lis p. m.-Wind southwest by west at
eight knots.
LONG BRANCH, n. Jan observer
here caught the yachts rounding the first
mark as follows:
Reliance. 12:24:55.
Shamrock, 1925 81.
Deducting the time allowance, this
time. If accurate. gives Shamrock the
lead.
1:22-A wireless dispatch Just re-
ceived here puts Reliance nearly three
fourths of a mile ahead.
2:01-The mist is still thick off shore.
and the excursion fleet is gathering
at the finish. One OF the yachts can
be seen approaching the line about four
miles from finish. The racers are close
hauled on port tack.
2:05-Other racer discovered at 2:05.
2:0S-Reliance is leading by at least
four minutes. This will give her the
race, unless something unforeseen hap
pens.
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lane as the American. The Britisher go
ing On the Jersey shore. certainly held
her own with the American. The chal-
lengeT was making a brilliant showing
in the moderate air. and in the first hour
of sailing was certainly within her time
limit.
Captain Wringe, as the yachts stood
OFF shore on the starboard tack, gave
pretty show of carrying a boat to wind
ward. By constantly pinching out he
worked out some distance to weather of
the defender and then, with sheets
slightly started. attempted TO bear down
on him. BY this move the Englishman
cut down much of RelianCes lead.
The yachts stood along to the south
east. and at 1915, when within a couple
Of miles of the outer mark, they lost
themselves 10 view. Reliance had a
slight lead when they disappeared.
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along a-hying. but forty minutes of sail
Ing showed that Reliance had gained a
few seconds in her lead on Shamrock.
The yachts stood close in shore. and it
was evident that both shippers were
waiting for a shift of the wind, which
they apparently expected to haul more
TO the southwark
Reliance was the first 20 tack ship as
the yachts stood in toward the Jersey
shore. Barr flung her about TO star
board and stood away to the. southeast.
Captain Wringe held on and stood in
far across Reliance's wake, before put
ting his boat over TO starboard- Now
and then Captain Barr would pinch Re
lance into the wind. so that the jib
topsar shiyered. Captain Wringe seem
ed TO be sailing q better course on the
Etarboard tack and he held as high a
The Washington times., 1903-08-25
AUCTION SALES.
JAMES W. RADCLIFFE. AUcrIoyEER-

Peremptory sale by auction
of 81 Brick and Frame
Houses on new Union Depot
Station site, situated on Mas
SachusettS Avenue Northeast,
First Street Northeast, Cali
fornia Street Northeast, E
Street Northeast, F Street
Northeast, Chicago Street
Northeast, Delaware Avenue
Northeast, @ Street North
east, St. Ann s Court North
east, Cabbage Alley North
east. Jackson Street North
east, H Street Northeast, K
Street Northeast, Second
Street Northeast, | Street
Northeast, comprising brick
coal office Massachusetts,
Avenue and F Street North
east, 10, p, 1O2, and fO4
Massachusetts, Avenue North
east, 1O2 and fO4 E Street
Northeast, 5O1 and 500 First
Street Northeast, 2 brick sta
bleS and fence First and Cal
ifornia Streets Northeast,
and f23 F Street North
east, frame shed and brick
foundation adjoining Chi
cago Street Northeast, f24.
1926, and 1872 q Street North
east, northeast corner Della
ware Avenue and q Street
Northeast, 128 St. AIMS
Court, 113, f2f, 127. 13f,
1873, 1877 Cabbage Alley
Northeast, TT, 719, 721, 723,
Delaware Avenue Northeast.
"A, 70, 80 Jackson Street
Northeast, 724 and 7244
First Street Northeast, 81,
%, 100, f21 H Street North
east, 8f8 Delaware Avenue
Northeast, 8i3, go, 822,
OH, 913, 93f, and 933 First
Street Northeast, $50, 1872,
1874, and 40 | Street North
east, fO9 K Street Northeast,
918 Delaware Avenue North
east, and 914 Second Street
Northeast, to be removed.
ON THURSDAY, THE TWEEN
TY- SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST,
A. ID. 1908, COMMENCING AT 10
O'CLOCK A. NJ, | will sell by public
auction in front of each parcel the
above brick and frame houses, TO be
removed IN thirty days from the day
of sale.
TERMS OF SALE, CASH.
Note: The purchaser or purchasers Of each
/ parcel 70 give bond cash in the sum OF 500
! for the faithful removal OF said building or
| buildings and clearing Of said ground IN ths
| time specified as above. By order Of
J GEORGE +. HAMILTON,
/ sn94 81 Attorney for Owners
The Washington times., 1903-08-25
MAJOR SMITH, bill ARP"
DIES IN CARTERSV|LLE
Humorous Mouthpiece of South in
the Civil War.

ATLANTA. Ga. Aug. 25.-Mator
Charles H. Smith. Familiarity known
throughout the South under the nom de
guerre of "Bill Arp. the Sage of Barlow"
died at his home. THE Shadows" at
Gainesville, last night.
To the people of the South the writ
ii s of "Bill Arp" have appealed with
peculiar force. for he has been of them
and among them. His intense devotion
to the institutions amid which he has
spent his life has permeated nearly all
his writings.
Born at Lawrenceville. Ga. seventy
seven years ago. he was graduated at
Franklin College. Athens, at the age of
twenty-five years. and studied law. Re-
moving 10 Rome. Ga. he practiced his
profession there many years. and later
removed TO Cartersville During the
civil war he served the entire four
years. becoming major on the staff
of Brig. Gen. G. T. Anderson. of the
Third Georgia.
It is said that the real "Bill Arp" was
a country Wag at Rome, Ia, an odd
genius. uneducated and unkempt. but a
hearted man and a patriot. Major
Smith wrote a humorous criticism of
President Lincoln's first call for volun-
teers. Arp happened near when II was
read. After it was finished he said to
the major:
" Squire. them's my sentiments. Put
my name to it,
The major did so. and subsequent ar
ticles over that name made the writer's
fame.
The major IN the days OF his first fame
was the humorous mouthplece of the
South. He put into comic phrase
which yet had a serious relevancy-the
Confederate attitude toward the issues
that threatened the nation. His letters
were read In both North and South and
helped to throw a CLEAN OF sunshine
over the horrors of the war.
Besides his writings for Southern
newspapers, his books include "Bill Apps
Letters" "BiH Apps Scrapbook." The
Farm and Fireside,' a Side Show of
the Southern Side of the War" Fire
side Sketches" and Georgia as Col
ony and State"
The Washington times., 1903-08-25
TWO PERSONS OVERCOME
BY TORRlD ATMOSPHERE

Sarah Goldman. fourteen years old.
of 10 d Street northwest, was taken
suddenly i'll at noon. She is subject to
heart trouble. and the unusual heat
caused a fainting spell.
Robert Honesty, forty-four-year-old
negro, living at 1875 Marion Court
northwest. was overcome ny heat this
afternoon while unloading lumber from
a boat at the foot OF Thirty sixth Street
northwest He was taken to the
Georgetown University Hospital
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per, took down his intermediate club
topsail and prepared to send aloft a
bigger one. The wind at this time was
about seven knots, and there was every
reason to believe that the course would
be covered today within the time limit
The course of today's race will be
south by east, beat of ten miles. a
broad reach of ten miles northeast by
east and a reach home of ten miles west
northwest
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w. H. TAFT A SON
OF BUCKEYE STATE

William II. Taft. the first civil gov
ernor of the Philippines. was born III
Cincinnati on September Is. 1857. His
father was Alphonse Taft. jurist, Cab
met officer, and diplomatist William H
Taft prepared for college at the Wood
ward High School. Cincinnati. He was
graduated from Yale In 1873. standing
The Washington times., 1903-08-25
CHINESE CUT WIRES.

LONDON. Aug. 25.-Dispatches from
Shantung to the Times" state that the
Yellow River has burst it's north bank
near Tsinanfu. The German railway has
been damaged by foods. II is said that
the Chinese have destroyed many miles
of German telegraphs IN the Kaomi dis
trict.
The Washington times., 1903-08-25
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The opportunity is now presented you edu-
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Civil Service. Investigate. Call or write.
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DIED.

GRAHAM-On Monday, August %, 1903, at
$50 pm, at Garfield Hospital. DIR. II. HEN
DERSON GRAHAM, aged fifty-four years and
seven months.
Funeral at residence, So5 II Street northwest
Wednesday, II am Friends invited. Inter
ment Columbus. Ohio. 1t
The Washington times., 1903-08-25
CHEVY CHASE COLLEGE (lnoOrnorafed)

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EDUCATION FOR REAL LIFE

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For new announcement or further information
call at Office or address Mrs. Sara 4. Spencer.
Principal and Proprietor.
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Write for illustrated catalogue MRS PHOEBE
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Course Defined.

The committee boat navigator ranged
alongside the lightship at 1920 o'clock
and the committee began making obser-
yations Of the wind IN order to lay out
a course for the days contest. Capt.
Charley Barr. seeing that the English
nan vas carrying his biggest top ham
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TERMS OF SALE, CASH.
Note: The purchaser or purchasers Of each
parcel 20 give bond or cash in the sum OF 500
for the faithful removal OF said building or
buildings and clearing Of said ground in tbs
time specified as above. By order q
GEORGE F. HAMILTON,
su249t Attorney for Owners
The Washington times., 1903-08-25

ON THURSDAY, THE TWEEN
TY-SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST,
A. ID. 1908, COMMENCING AT 10
O'CLOCK A. NJ, | viii sell by public
auction in front of each parcel the
above brick and frame houses, TO be
removed II thirty days from the day
of sale.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-12

Flfnch-the acme of popular games
at Holidays Book Store, price 80 cents.
Phone 246.
The city 8 streets are quiet and or
derry now, since the gang of tough
characters infesting them of late have
been chased away.
The Americus Cornet Band was out
last night and rendered some excellent
music. It's one of the best colored
bands in the state.
Another shooting ARRAY occurred
Saturday night in the lower portion of
the county, wherin farmer shot ne
gro severely in the arm.
Only one sample hatcher showed up
after the 6 o'clock closing hour yester-
day, and the men who we're betting
on her were easy winners.
Feagin's forces made another sortie
into the camps of the unwashed last
night and bagged lot of crap shoot
ers and other vagabonds.
The picnic excursion to Macon on
Friday next still commands attention.
A great crowd will go on the special
leaving here at 1880 o'clock.
The wheat and oat harvest season is
at hand, but the insects have char
vested" the greater portion of each
crop growing in this section.
The unfavorable weather is hurting
crops very badly. Young cotton is
suffering no littla. and large area of
it may die from effects of cold
At the meeting of teachers Sunday
morning Holly Springs was selected as
the place for the First Methodist
school picnic on Friday next.
With half dozen pionics and q
hanging next Friday Americus, will be
anything than dull. But then Ameri-
Gus is nothing if not strenuous.
Americas now has a chance to en-
force tie yagrancy laws. Let the
idlers, white and black, be run out of
town or else made to go to work.
Speculative cotton Is still selling at
II cents in the bull and bear pool,
while the man behind the mule got
barely more than half that price.
Charles Alexander, the negro who
killed Pleas Goshea, another negro, at
Leslie on Saturday, is still in jail here
and has not had committal trial.
Rev. r. E. Neighbor will start
great revival meeting next week at
First Baptist Church, with double dai-
ly services during its continuance.
The tough element of the coIored
population is wrought up because the
Andersonville orgie is cut out this
year. The best element is glad of it.
Large assortment of fine pocket cut
lery, shears, and razors, fully guaran-
teed at M. s. Holidays, Phone GAG.