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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-31
VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA HOT SPRINGS.

200 FEEl ElstN a ! 4b4N
IN THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS
Where the Summer and Fan Climate. the
Waters. Baths. Hotels and Scenery have no
Equal America.
Rheumatism obesity and nervous troubles cured
New Coif Club House squash Court Longing Rooms.
T'fre-Poar Golf Tennis Courts
Pleasure Pool livery and al outdoor pastirnes
TIRE NEW HOMESTEAD
f uroues.forablv the resort hotel N
America Modern the conducted on me
broadest patronzed by the highest class Broker
direct \ y.
Pullman Compartment via Washington leaves New
YORK s.55 = n arrives Springs S-25 A. N ENcur-
sion tickets Chesapeake Ohio Offices 362 broadway
a. Offices PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. address
FRED STERRY. Manager. Hot Springs Va
The sun., 1903-06-28

Development At'ributetIto the Puzzl'nE
Servant Problem,

The servant problem is IA puzzlins in
Brooklyn as elsewhere. with the result that
kind of enforced ct operative housekeep-
ing has developed.
Mealtime in many Of the residence blocks
over there sees groups OF people-men,
women and children--wendng their way
from many different houses to one common
centre where they are fed.
One boarding house in a fine brown one
block serves three rounds Of each meal,
staving of the pangs OF hunger for about
fifty persona every day. Among these are
men who drive to their office~ daily in their
own carriages and others who come from
homes filled with the appointments Of
wealth and luxury.
The condition 10 30 common that dinner
pail has been invented. It is alleged, in re-
eponse to a demand for II. Certain II ID
that men and women prosperous in appear
ance are often seen carrying this little set
Of tin tiers In which coarse dinner Is
neatly packed for some member Of the
family temporarily prevented from getting
out after his or her accustomed ratfons.
1t 10 possible to carry in one Of them the
whole meal from soup to coffee In separate
compartments with ease and satisfaction,
40 far as the service OF the dinner at the
end OF the trip in concerned
The sun., 1903-06-28
the Road 10 the water Gnp.

With regard to the route for automobiles
and cyclists from New York to the Water
Gap. published In THE SUN last Sunday,
an interesting comment and correction
come from j. F. H. Of Bslviders. n, D.,
who is familiar with the road. Hs SAYS;
You state After leaving Oxford Fur
mace. turn right in front Of the drug store
and follow stl aight 10 Buttsville. where YOU
take tn" left fork past tho hotel and follow
il past Bridgeville, beyonI which you cross
the creek and at the top of the grade quar-.
ter of II milo further on turn left Cor
rect ion should BIZ made here. as the turn is
10 the right sharp is the word to find
this turn. but, il by any chance it should b
missed. a hundred feet further on |. anoth-,
turn to the right leading to the top "t IT,
' same hill Many Automobiles mis- 'h';
turn and CONG down to onr town AMI ar
then ,umisllA To return
The sun., 1903-06-28
TROUBLEsOFTHE LITTLE WOMAN
The. Don't Have Read! Made Garments to
EW Hcr--SO Bargains Of Use.

This is the day Of the big woman. The
little woman when she goes shopping finds
herself shut out from many OF the advan-
tages of her larger sisters. In bargain
sales particularly she can have no part
All the ready-made things displayed so
temptingy in the shops are in sizes termed
regular" which are far outside the small
womans dimensions. And the average
measure for woman's stature has become
larger within the last decade. So that the
shopping troubles Of the little woman
Of the future promise to he even greater
than they aret o-day.
The little woman does not realize prob
ably how far behind the standard she is
until warned to try the misses department
when she applies to look at suits or coats
or until she discovers that even so common
place thing as leather belt cannot be got
for her unless cobbler he petitioned to
inset a few additional eyelets that it
may be fastened at the desired point.
-For woman to be nobly planned is
just no much money in her pocket these
times" sighed little woman lately. Il
miss 1t all around"
For small woman to buy a readv-n,ade
skirt means practically that she must have
it made over from top to bottom to insure
anything like symmetry And the same
thing with coat, jackets, mackintoshes
or other desirabies.
The rcady-made corset for the little
woman is an impossibilitv. And the dress.
makers and tailors are so accustomed
now to making for big women. or very
nearly big women, that only by making
several Rarme nts successfully for the
little woman does ii seem to get through
their heads that she is planned on q small
and more delicate scale. for which allowance
must be made.
The little woman. who is properly pro-
portioned has trouble enough to get things
to put on. But the bothers OF the little
woman who is out of plumb in her dimen-
sions are threefold and fourfold She Of
the overlong waist or overlonR arms
or overaccentuated hip~ ia likely to be
months trying for a At Only II she he
aheurdly stout she may haprs n to get hold
Of biz woman'- gown or coat In which
her additional breadth will serve to take
up the Angth and so simplify the alterations
needed All things considered. the fat little
The sun., 1903-06-28

mechanical skill find themselves as helpless
~ ordinary day fiat robbers.
When We find men like Shinbnrn robbing
a country store. men like the late Chauncey
Johnson selling greengoods. which he did
lust before his death. and men like Big Ed
Rice picking pockets on a street car, we
realize that the days Of the big rocks
have passed away. The old exploits OF
these men read like fairy tales. If there
were ever any kings of crooks. surely
these were the men.
The way these petty thieves achieve fame
nowadays is amusing to one who. knows
the truth. For instance, know OF case
where miserable little thief, who never stole
anything more valuable than packing case
or book in his life; sneaked in the back H,
he hoped to get few silver spoons or forks
I'm the dining room he saw package on
the table. He grabbed ii and ran. When
he got out in the road at safe distance
he opened it and found he had $4,000
diamond and pearl necklace. ,.,
had been out OF sight OF the maid who was
supposed to have charge Of it less than
half minute. In thai half minute. by
accident. this fellow got it. He had " lese
than half an hour when he was caught.
We'll the record that tho romdncers
gave this thief waa . wonder. The trui's
al his life Of crime were reckoned up IN The
millions. The deets of daring that he had
performed were never e,uslled outside Of
dime novel.
He was called the King Of the Crooks,
the Prince OF the Crooks and few other
picturesque titles. And in this same acci-
dental way many little sneak thief has
become a monarch among thieves In an
hour.
There is no more king of the crooks
than there Ia n king OF honest men IL
any one rules crooks at all, 1t ia the men
who run fences and who conduct the saloons
and dives where thieves hang out.
Thieves are never organized in this
section of the country. Tramp thieves,
or 'yeggs.' have certain rules which govern
them when they are out on the road, hut
real crooks work by themselves or in
couples. There is no one man In the country
to-day who has either real or a senti
mental right to be called king of the crooks
Nevert heless. that will not prevent the
romancers from crowning cheap little
crooks as fast ss they are caught"
The sun., 1903-06-28

fair show with her sia,ers who lakc up
more space In the world-this on the
principle that little thinas can sometimes
edge In where big onee cent Ru' in
shopping the little woman il handicapped
The sun., 1903-06-28
WHO Is king OF The CROOKS?
INSPECTOR M'CLuSkY GIVES HIS
VIEWS on THE SCRJElT.
No Monarch Among Thieves. lie says.
Although Once on Time Certain In.
dIViduals Might Have .Iusti! Assumed
the TItle-Some Accidental Biz Hauis.

wv 'NcSsWStha' sSS ssso's'
Every time thief with a more or less
brilliant criminal record Is arrested now
adays some police official says: He is the
cleverest cracksman In the country: he is
easily king Of the crooks" The title king
of the Crooks" has been applied to so many
criminals in the last few years that 1t IL
hard to keep track OF them all.
One William DAILY, who has several
aliases. such as Altoona Bill, Big BILL"
&c. and who descends on rural post Offices
with stick dynamite and illuminate cap
when his funds run low, was recently
gathered in by the Federal authorities in
Pittsburg Hc was immediately called
the king of the crooks by the post office
inspectors who had been following him and
members OF his gang around the country
Mr.. Daily modestly rejected the honors
the post Office inspectors sought to heap
upon him. but il was Of no Use. All through
the West and the middle West the word
went that Altoona Bill, King OF the Crooks,
had been finally run TO earth.
Stories which would surprise Mr.. DAILY
ware told about him. Exploits Of a re-
markahe nature we're attributed TO
him. Some clippings containing accounts
OF his deeds reached Mr.. DAILY, causing him
to turn delicate purple in the back OF
the neck and to give utternnce to words OF
an emphatic, IL not elegant, nature.
The casa Of Mr., Daily is n sample one.
Mr. DAILY ia n, more king of the crooks
than any one of thousand other "yeggs'
who have been working the country pest
Offices during the last few years. Mr..
DAILY was never heard of In this city, where
surely the king Of the crooks ought to be
at least known.
On the general subject Of who is king Of
the crooks Inspector George McClusky.
head of the Detective Bureau, who knows
every criminal of note in the country. was
asked last week to say something
1T has become the custom to surround
crooks Of mediocre ability with picturesque
careers" he said "and AZ this doesn't hurt
society or injure the crooks have no OBJ
lection to il. But AS matter of fact there
is no such thing as a king Of the crooks.
-Years ago, before the genius of man
surrounded bank vaults with projections
of an electrical nature. which make them
impregnable. here were men like Mark
Shinburn. who in skill and daring stood
head and shoulders above others in the
same line. A man liko Shinburn might
we'll have been called king of the crooks.
Not that he ever was called by that title,
but II he had been, there was certainly
enough in his career to entitle him to the
distinction.
But nowadays all crooks are alike.
There are hundreds of thieves around this
city who never attempt Job Of any magni-
! tnde II ia OF 10 usc. Depositoriee of
, wealth are So protect I'd against thieves by
electrical devices that men OF the greatest
The sun., 1903-06-28

woman OF the stocky order has a better
chance than her thin or barely pll MP
sister.
There are some phases and aspects in
life in which the little woman might stand a
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-23
EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH.

The Conference on EDUCATION in the
South was opened in Richmond yester-
day.
The first session was held for organiza-
ton at $3.50 O'Clock. Robert G. Ogden,
president of the association, named DIR.
Walter II. Page, of New York; w. IL.
Baldwin, New York; DIR. G. F. Meserve,
of North Carolina Edgar Gardiner Muir
phy. of Alabama, and L. G. Branson, OF
Georgia, committee to recommend
officers for the year. They recommend
ed the continuance of the old officers
until further meeting, and it was an
nounced that the conference was open
for invitations for the next annual meet
ing. A cordial invitation was presented
from Montgomery, Ala, but it was stated
that Others were on the way, and in or
der to give them an opportunity to be
heard no action was taken.
Mr.. Ogden presided again at the night
meeting, and introduced Gov. A. }.
Montague. Governor Montague's ad-
dress was happy and in fine taste, and
elected much applause. The unity OF
the country as exemplifed in this move
ment was eloquently pictured and the
brotherhood of the States praised in glow
ng terms
Mr.. Ogden's response was peculiarly
happy and opened the way for very
cordial reception of his annual address,
which, though long and entering into
the history, purposes and details of the
work of the conference on southern
education, was listened to with great at
tentiOn.
Mr.. Ogden made very clear that the
conference was not for the distribution
of money, but for the awakening in the
South of desire for education and an
appreciation of the value of it. Fol-
lowing Mr.. Ogden's address the confer
ence adjourned to attend reception at
Richmond College.
Among the delegates to the conference
is Dr. Lyman Abbott, who yesterday gave
an interview on the negro question. He
said, among other things:
~ think, in the main, that the rela-
tons between the blacks and whites in
the South are much better than they are
in the North; that the doors to industrial
relations are more open to the negro in
the South than in the North; that if he
is industrious, honest and reasonably
intelligent, he has, on the whole, bet
ter chance in the South than in the
North, and, to put the whole thing in a
few sentences, if were NEGRO, ! would
rather live in a southern than in a
northern state.
81 must add the qualification" Dr.
Abbott continued, "that probably there
are exceptional communities in the South
where the negro is subjected to ex-
ceptional prejudices, and possibly excep-
tional communities in the North where
he would enjoy exceptional privileges. "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Prince of Wales will be appointed
president of the British commission for
the st. Louis Fair.
Alexander Ramsey died in st. Paul,
Mimi, last evening. He was Secretary
of War during President Hayes adj
ministration.
The annual report of the Pennsylvania
State Bureau of Mines shows that SO,
OIL, 551 tons of anthracite were mined
during 1902, a decrease of 22,994 400,
tons, compared with the production Of
1901.
Advices received at the Navy Depart.
ment from the Philippines record the
discovery OF a number of valuable isl
ands in the southern part Of the archi-
pelago, which are not on any of the
charts in the possession Of the govern
ment.
Bob Fitzsimmons, the fighter is prac.
tically penniless, owing to the fact that
Mrs. Fitzsimmons, who died last week,
left no will. Mrs. Fitzsimmons had
500, 600 and the house she and the
family lived in at Bath Beach. The
money and property, under the law, GO
to her children.
Lieut.. Gov. Curtis Guild, of Massa.
chusetts, addressing meeting of cotton
manufacturers at Boston yesterday advo
Gated crusade against the South to Sc,
cure uniformity of factory laws with
those of Massachusetts,. He says the
conditions in the South hurt the New
England mills.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-23
A Narrow Escape.

Americas, Ga, April 23.-With the
Sheriff about to tie the moose, with his
coffin in sight, and his grave already
dug, Monroe Adams, murderer of his
wife and daughter, was granted a re-
prieve on Wednesday by Governor Ter
rell. Had the respite arrived few
minutes later it would have found Adams
dangling from the gallOws. Adams is
the negro murderer in whom white wO-
men of Americas have manifested much
interest because of the many pathetic
features of his crimes. These women
have supplied him with delicacies while
he was in Jail. Adams's wife was unfaith-
full to him, it is said, and was leading
her daughter into evil courses. He
loved them so much that he would
rather see them dead than leading inn
moral lives.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-23
Rrit;sb Reverse.

London, April 2S.-Defeat attended
by the loss of 9 officers and 179 men has
again been the fate of the British punt
tive expedition in SOmaliland, sent
against the Mad Mullah. While it is
not definitely known whether the Mad
Mullah in person led the victorious
natives, beyond questionit was a portion
of his followers who inflicted the disaster
on the British. The fight occurred near
Gumburru, 40 miles west of Galadi. A
comparatively small band of British
were overwhelmed by force of the
natives and literally cut to pieces. Col.
Plunkett, leading the British force, was
among the slain. The details are con-
tanned in dispatch received at the War
Office this morning from Col. Swami.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-23
Riot Among Polish Catholics.

Manitowoc, Wis, April 2S.-An old
controversy regarding the removal of
the pastor of the Polish Catholic Church
resulted in riot yesterday. Men,
women and children fought with clubs
for several hours, in front of the church;
many were injured. The police were
powerless to stop the disorder. In the
height of the excitement, the church
was set on fire and narrowly escaped
destruction. The fremen, after the
flames were put out, went to the aid OF
the police, and turned two streams on
the Poles. This stopped the fighting
temporarily. 1t later started again but
with less vigor. Several arrests were
made, and quiet then reigDed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-23
Riot I'm the Legislature.

Springfield, ILL.,, April pa riot has
broken out in the legislature over the
attempt to throttle the Mueller munich
pal ownership bill. The Speaker and
members opposed to the measure
forced the postponement of its consider
alton, and adjourned under the gavel.
The supporters of the bill Immediately
took possession of the Hall, and attempted
to form their own organization. Numer-
GUS fist fights followed, and inkstands and
cuspidors were thrown. Intense excite
ment prevails.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-23

ROYAL ARCANUM. The Grand
Council, Royal Arcanum, adjourned at
Roanoke yesterday evening after two
days session. w. T. Dabney, of Rich
mond, was made executive committee
man. Harry Kemp, of Suffolk, was
elected State Deputy for the fifth con-
secutive term. Other officers were
elected as follows
Grand Regent, Rev. F. T. McFadden,
of Lynchburg; Vice-Regent, A. T.
Lincoln, Marion; Grand Orator,
w. H. Hurkamp, Fredericksburg; Past
Grand Regent, R. w. Arnold, Alexan-
dria; Grand Secretary, James B. Blanks;
Grand Treasurer, w. H. Hurkamp;
Grand Chaplain DR.. w. II. Ewald; Grand
Guide, w. NJ. Bickers; Grand Sentry,
James Mecready, Roanoke; Grand War
den, II. G. Avery.
The next annual meeting will be held
in Norfolk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-23
The Cabinet.

To the Editor Of the Alexandria Gazette.
Will you kindly publish in the Gazette IN the
names and titles of the members of Mr..
Roosevelt's cabinet? Also state who is Vice
President. and who is Chief Justice of the
United States Supreme Court.
Accotink, Va, April q, 1908.
John Hay. Secretary of State; Leslie NJ.
Shaw. Secretary Of the Treasury; Elihu
Root, Secretary Of War; Philander c. Knox,
Attorney General Henry c. Payne, Post
master General: VIM. H. Moody, Secretary
of the Navy; Ethan A. Hitchcock, Secretary
of the Interior; James Wilson, Secretary oil
Agriculture; George b. Cortelyou, ssecre'
tary Of Commerce and Labor. There Is nc
Vice President now but Senator VIM. I.
Frye, of Name, is the President protempore
of the Senate Melville ", Fuller. OF Illinois,
is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-23
FOREIGN NEWS

The Paris Liberte today says that
Minister of War Andree anticipating
Captain Dreyfus' letter demanding a
new trial, recently opened an inquiry in
to the case which is nearly completed
and which will be submitted to the coun-
ell of ministers who shall decide on the
plan of action to be adopted.
The British government has declined to par
ticipate with Germany in the construction of
the proposed Bagdad railway. English
capitalists have accordingly broken of the
negotiations they were conducting in the
matter at Berlin. The action of the govern
ment is considered a stiff rebuff to Germany.
The Kaiser while inspecting the barracks
in Berlin, last night, came upon grenadier
who was sleeping with his trousers on. With
out awakening the sleeper, His Majesty I'M
buttoned the trousers and pulled them of.
The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger today reports
serious anti-semitic riots at Kischeneff, Russia.
Twenty-Five persons are reported killed and
go injured.
During the cold snap which has visited
Germany for the past few days "a persons
have been frozen to death in Silesia and
POsen,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-23
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Norfolk and Western is to build
a new $3.50, 600 roundhouse at Roanoke.
Capt. j. C. BirdsOng, one of Peters
burg's best-known citizens, died yester-
day, aged sixty-seven years. He was
a gallant Confederate soldier.
The Eastman and Bywaters Hunt
Club, of Culpeper county, has killed 80
foxes this season, the largest number
ever captured in one season in thnt sec
ton with one pack of hounds.
The Dishman family, of King George
county, are heirs expectant of fortune
in California. Several years ago one Of
their relatives died in that State, with
out a will, leaving about $75, 900 in
bank.
The finance committee of the Rich
mond City Council has recommended
that the city appropriate $50, 600 for the
5000, 900 Confederate Battle Abbey in
order to secure the memorial for Rich
mond.
"Lige" Wilson, thenegro who, in Feb
ruary last, assaulted Mr.. Castor Di
Zerega, of Aide, was on Saturday last
brought before Justices Riticor and
Smith, and fined $40 and given 60
days in the county Jail.
In the county court at Salem yester-
dav. the eight cases in which the Nor
folk & Western Railway was convicted
before a magistrate court of running
freight trains on Sunday and fined $50
and costs, were decided against the rail-
road company.
Governor Montague has named his
delegates to represent this State at the
meeting of the Association of Military
Surgery of the United States, to be held
in Boston May 10, 20 and 81, among
them being Major William NJ. Smith, OF
Alexandria.
The friends of Judge John 7. Goodrich
are very sanguine that he will be offered
the position of Commonwealth Attor-
ney for Fredericksburg if the present in
cumbent, Hon. A. L. Embrey, is elect
ed Judge of the Corporation Court by
the legislature.
The millionaire truckers Of Norfolk
county consider themselves more than a
match for the transportation companies
in the war now on between the two over
increased freight rates. They have taken
the matter up through their organization.
If, after exhausting legal remedies, they
are unable to secure a repeal OF the 20
per cent increase in rates to the eastern
markets, the truckers will put on a
steamship line of their own to New
York.
The most interesting development in
connection with the petition to have the
William R. Trigg Companyin Richmond
a1iudged bankrupt is the fact that the
creditors of the company claim that the
unfinished government vessels building
at the yard are assets of the company
and liable for its debts. On this point
the United States will take issue with
the creditors, claiming the unfinished
boats as government property, on which
money has been advanced and for the
completion of which within certain time
limits the company is under bond and
responsible to the government.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-23
Refused 70 Produce Contracts.

New York, April 2S.-Efforts made
today to force the production Of the con :
tracts between the Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad and the Temple Coal
& Iron Company, which, it is alleged,
will show that the railroad completely
dominates the coal company, thereby
fixing and determining the amount OF
production, and the cost of coal, was
met by determined refusal by the
counsel for the Reading Railroad before
the hearing of the Interstate Commerce
Commission of the charges that the
anthracite roads are violating the In
terstate Commerce law. "Private bust
ness" was the reason given for the OBJ
lection to the production of the con-
tropfz