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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-24

Ir will be seen that the Gar of Rus
STA In honor of the birth Of bis son has
issued a manifesto abolishing corporal
punishment among the rural classes,
setting apart funds for the benefit OF the
landess people of Finland and remit
ting the liaes imposed upou Jewish in
dividuals and communities in certain
cases. That most of these medieval
laws should have been eliminated from
the statute books long before the TWEEN
tieth century has been the opinion OF
civilized people for long time. Sew
eral daughters have been born to the
Car, but, it seems, it was necessary for
a son to make his advent before the day
Of Jubilee could be proclaimed. The
kuout has played conspicuous part in
hindering the advance Of Russia, and
has done much toward nuturing nihilis.n
and the general discomfort which, with
the japanese arms, has brought no little
humiliation to the colossus OF the north.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-24
A Hugging Schoolteacher.

Pottsville, Pa, Aug. 24.-Because
Professor |. G. Miller, professor Ct the
Frankvile High School, cannot restrain
himself from huggpg the larger girls of
his school, be has the school board in a
peck of trouble. Miller has been given
much to this method of handling his
feminine pupils, which caused their
parents to call upon the school board to
Gust the ardent pedagogue, but the latter
declined to do so, though John Lawler,
a member of the board. presented a
resolution to that effect, it being voted
down. The father of one of Miller's
pupils, threw down the gauntlet yester.
day and had the entire board arraigned
on charge of misdemeanOr in Office.
The members of the board were put
under $500 bail each for court. Some
of the testimony presented by number
of pupils was very interesting. The
pretty 17-year-old daughter Of an EPis-
copal minister said Miller Rugged her
every chance he got. and she lost six
weeks from school at one time purpqsely
to avoid him, and testified that she had
to quit school because she could not bear
with Miller's hugging propensities, and
the other female teachers had to guard
themselves constantly to keep out of
Miller's clutches. There are twenty
witnesses who will appear against Miller
in court. The daughter of the prose-
cutor testified that Miller upon one occa-
sion sent her a note in school that he
wanted to see her in the cloak room.
She obeyed the command of her teacher.
Upon her entrance into the room Miller
threw his arms about her and she had to
struggle to break away from him. Mr.
Purnell accuses Professor Miller of im-
moral conduct
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-24
Insolvency is Alleged.

A sensation was caused in Washington
Yesterday in ecclesiastical and business
circles when it became known that three
national banks had instituted proceed
ings in bankruptcy against Thomas +.
Waggaman. one of the best-known bust
ness men of Washington and treasurer
of the Catholic University of America.
These banks allege that Mr.. Wagga-
man is insolvent and they seek by legal
proceedings to have set aside a deed OF
trust which was placed on record late
Monday afternoon by Mr.. Waggaman
and Mr.. John Ridout, as trustee, con-
yeying to Attorneys George E. Hamilton
and Irving Williamson, trustees, certain
property. known as Woodley Park, to
secure the Indebtedness of Mr.. Wagga-
man to the Catholic University Of SS7G,-
16S. 90. due from him as treasurer OF the
institution.
The bankruptcy proceedings were in
stituted yesterday afternoon by the Second
National and Metropolital National
Banks. The Second National Bank
AYERS that it holds promissory
note on John l.. Waggaman for
81, 500 payable to Thomas +. Wag-
raman and Endorsed by the latter to the
bank. 1t is alleged that the note is over
due and unpaid. The Second National
Bank also states in its petition that Mr..
Wargaman is indebted to it for note on
himself for $40, 900, payable to John W.
Pillig. The National Metropolitan Bank,
which is the other petitioner, alleges
that it holds prOmissory noteof Thomas
f. Waggaman for $50, 600, payable TO
the bank, and that it holds note of
John l.. Waggaman, payable to Thomas
E. Waggaman, for so, 900 and Endorsed
to the bank.
These banks as petitioners charge that
Thomas E. Waggaman is insolvent and
that he committed an act of bankruptcy
on July % last by executing the deed OF
trust which was placed on record yester-
dav to secure his Indebtedness as treasurer
of the Catholic University Of America,
1T is further charged in the petition of
the banks that the deed Of trust was
executed with the intent on the part of
Thomas E. Waggaman to prefer the
Catholic University of America to the
aforesaid amount over these petitioners
and others of the creditors of Thomas
E. Waggaman. The banks are represent
ed by Attorneys William F. Mattingy,
John B. Larner and Arthur Peter.
1t is understood that some time ago
the authorities of the Catholic University
became dissatisfied with the manner in
which the funds ofthe institution in Mr.
Waggaman's hands were invested and
secured, aud after negotiations, new
arrangement was effected. This new ar
raugement was embodied in the settle
ment of which the deed of trust was a
part. The deed of trust was dated July
25 last. The friends of the University
say they will lose nothing if the deed OF
trust recorded yesterday can be sustained
as against the general creditors OF Mr.
Waggaman.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-24

SOME workingmen are awakening to
the fact that they are the dupes of de
signing men, as was evidenced yesterday
in New York when a fisticuff encounter
took place between opposing factions
at the meeting of labor union. A leader
named Philip Weinseimer was violently
attacked in the meeting, it being assert
ed by some that they were tired of his
methods. During the debate Weinselmer
was likened unto the late Sam Parks. a
cartoon in a paper recently represented
a laboring man bearing upon his should
ers q Goliath in the shape OF labor
leader upon whose coat was inscribed the
word "grafter." a query under the pic
ture was suggestive-"Can the working
man bear this load?' There are many
indications at present that the mechanics
of this country are gradually opening
their eyes TO the injustice they are SUI
fering at the hands of self-constituted
leaders, and recent developments in New
York show that such individuals have
been living in clover at the expense Of
unsuspecting artisans. The charge that
strikes have been ordered on flimsy
grounds and then declared of after the
walking delegate had been paid large
sums of money is believed by many.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-24
put. an End TO IL All.

A erieyious wall Oftimes comes as a result
Of unbearabls pain from over taxed organs.
Dizziness, Backaeke, Liver complaint and
Constipation. But thanks to DIR. Kings
New life Pills they put an end TO it all.
They are gentle but thorough Try them.
Only 25c. Guaranteed by E, s. Leadbeater *
Sons, Druggist.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-24
Teste: LUTHER II. THOMPSON
COMMON COUNCIL.

At a regular meeting of the Common Coun.
ell of the city of Alexandria, Va, held
August %, 1904, there were present:
F. j. Paf, esq. President, and Messrs
Trimyer, Burke, Snowden, Risheill, Nor
moyle, Bladder, Brill, Bryan, johnson, Uhler,
Leadbeater and Spinks.
The following communication was received
from the Mayor and referred to the JOINT
Committee on Streets and General Laws;
Alexandria, Va, August -, 1904.
The Honorable, the City Council OF Alexan'
dria
Gentlemen AT the close of my official
term feel it necessary to call your attention
TO the failure of the W., A. Il Mt. V. +. X.
Co. to pay for work done on line Of said COM
pany in our city, 1t will be remembered that
when King street was being repaved an in
spection of both work and material was absO.
lutely and richly required. The W., A, d
Mt. Y. T.. r. Co., under an ordinance, was
unquestionably bound for its proportion Of
the cost of improvement and as the inspection
was part and parcel Of said improvement,
therefore should the company be compelled
by legal process, if necessary. to settle its
luitable part Of expenses. Enclosed please
md bills against cOmpany-One Of these bills
fJr King street work amounting to two hun.
bred and forty-fve dollars aud seventy.three
cents, the other for work on cOmpany's extern
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-24
MARRIED.

At the residence of the brides parents, 100
south Royal street, Monday, August %, 1904,
j. FOSSETT GRIGG and EMILY GLAS-
GOW.-lWashington, Baltimore and Rich
m0nd papers please copy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-24

The sixth annual exhibit of the War
renton Horse Show Association opened
today with a large attendance. The
german to be given by the ladies at the
Tower Hall tomorrow night will be a
brilliant social event. Col. GrenVille
Gaines is to lead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-24

Ex-Governor Pattison of Pennsylvania
died without making a will. The estate
is valued at only $4,000, of which $4,000
is personal property and $4,000 real
estate.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-24

FOR SALE.-The famous LEE COAL at
w. A. SMOOT & co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-24

GOLDEN WAX sTRINGLESs BEANS
rahned, just received by
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-24
City Council.

Both boards of the City Councll az
iourned Zine die last night. A consla-
cradle volume ofbusiness was 'ra a.,,1o
mos. so.n;ou was held, at which Mr.. ID.
IT'"s u se was reelected Superinten-
S ~, Of Gas, and two School Trustees
S Mr g q W. Ramsay from the Second
, %'- and Mr. W. G. Boothe from the
T T ward-were chosen. The gentle
men will take the places of Messrs.
Henry Strauss and J. I. Harrison, re-
signed.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-23
The Editor Mans Woes

We have had quite !. siege of ILL
ness at ouI house and we have had
taste of sitting up all night assisting
in taking care of cur little ones.
There seems to be a sort of epidemic
of colds, coughs, sore lungs--in fact.
symptoms of influenza, going around
rampant in town, entirely impartial
as TO whom it knocks out and lays
up next. Mrs. Schaber and both her
little girls were very severely i'll
when we came home from Sioux
Falls last week and we felt mighty
mean ourself, but then that's moth
ing new for us, so our friends tell us.
and as they are impartial in their
criticism of us we know its true.
Anyway it took about all our wife's
time and ours throughout the twenty
four hours to properly take care of
our children and give them medicine.
Our youngest daughter, Viola, 3
years old, was the sickest, and it was
all the doctor and ourselves could do
to keep her from having pneumonia.
Il Is pathetic sight to see loved lit
tie one lay and suffer hour after hour.
yet in all patierce taking medicine
we ourselves fight against with null
ish obstinancy when we are com
PEELED to swallow the bitter desc.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-23
The End of the Weak.

II happens every Saturday, when all the
chores Is done
An the day Is rcstin' some'eres an the
stars is haVin' fun
A-twink.iu' an a-danCin In the clear
an distant sky
To the music Of the sleigh bells "a they
go g-iUuElin' by
We have tended to our lahors; all the
week we've done our best,
An We feel ilat wcIo entitled TO
night of honest rest. a.
An nav has washed the dishes, an the
hired mans fed the stock ,
But the weeks work amt quite hnlsheu
until gran'paw winds the clock.
There's no one else da'st touch II, cause
II takes n master hand,
An you'd very likely break II IT you
didn't understand;
An when the weights go risin' with
whirriu' an a whlz
I allus hope that III grow up as smart
as rran'paw IT,
An then the house gifts quiet cause the
folks all go to bed
An there amt no noise except tne
branches scrapin' overhead.
We've finished up another week, an
Time has learned the lock
That shuts Il out an starts us treSh
when gran'Eaw winds the clock.
Washington star.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-23

Hour after hour the rasping breath.
the fever.fushed cheeks, the patient.
suffering eyes appealed to us to do
our best for the little sufferer.
How the fever comes up quickly.
fercely, flushing the cheeks and
bringing a CLASSY brightness to eyes
moment ago dim and patient, and
how hard you must fight to get that
fever down again and the tempera-
ture normal! How happy you feel
when you get the little one asleep
and think your troubles are at an
end and then in a few moments the
baby awakes with a pitiful cry and
you might fight the disease again
and again!
But that is the way it goes. You
were just as much trouble to your
parents and they did more for you
than you could do for them in an
eternity, and the only way you can
repay these honest debts of love and
devotion Is to lavish love and tender
ness on your own children, for there
was q time when you were little
one, as dear to your parents as these
little ones are to you even II you
have grown up to be a homely no
count cuss now.-Hudson, S. D.. Hud-
sonite.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-23
THINKS GOOD MEN BARRED.
New York Fire Chief Would Engage
Practical Workers.

Fire Chief Croker has signalized his
return to the New York fire depart
ment by making recommendations to
the civil service examiners which APP
peal very strongly to the New York
public on the score of horse sense. He
says the rules for examinations should
be altered so as to admit longshore.
men, gripmen, truckmen and sailors,
who, he says. make the best flremen.
The reason they do not apply for posi-.
lions is, according to Chief Croker
owing to the fact that the examina-
tons are too clerical in nature. They
bar a class such as enumerated above,
peculiarly well equipped for the kind
of work that a fireman Is called upon
to do and whose services would prove
q great value to the department
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-23
The First "Old GlorY.n

The following clipping is from my
scraphook Of 1898. says a New York
Sun correspondent:
old Glory" the first flag to be
known by that term, is on public ex.
hibition at the rooms of the Essex
Institute. Salem, it being the old ban
ner which Capt. William Driver hoist.
ed over the capital at Nashville
Tenn, after the city had been cap
tured by the Federal troops in 1862.
Capt. Driver was living in Nashville
when the Rebellion broke out and i'm.
mediately after the beginning of the
war took this flag, which was present.
cd to him by the American residents
In foreign parts, and sewed 1t in
quilt. which he put on his bed until
the city was taken by the Union
troops when he hoisted 1t over the
capitol and where he spoke with
pride of it as "Old Glory" After
ward tho flag was carried by the
Eighth Ohio regiment, and after the
war came into the possession of the
late II. A. McKensie of this city. A
lt" iHDllNNN dS' lHt W. -. n. re-
quested the loan of the flag for ex-
hibition at Nashville, but 1t was con-
sidered too precious to be taken from
the Essex Institute building, The flag
is 35xl9 feet-Boston Transcript.
Capt. Driver was an old sailor. In
my young manhood, while a resident
of Nashville, | knew and reve"ed him
for his sterling character,
X. T. SPlLLERS.
"Old Glory" was a nickname applied
to Sir Francis Burdett at the time
Of his fight for the freedom of public
speech in England, about 1910. II
has also been applied to the Union
Jack. But the above is the earliest
record we have seen of its application
to the Stars and Stripes.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-23
The Hero in Blue

the blstering bullets rain,
You have got to show MizZoura and the
lads from County Pike,
They are kinder slouchy fellows when
they sashay on a strike.
And the cowboys of Wyoming they are
rustling to the fray,
From the plains of bleeding Kansas and
the peaks Of Monterey!
Fierce Rudyard Kipling brags Of Tommy
Atkins bold.
He's the strapping red coat soldier OF
the queen,
But Of SAMMY starsanostripes" he has
not told.
For arsandstripes" just sauntered
on the scene.
The bole Yankee soldier boy fights In
n,le SANS employ.
He's the reckless. brave rough rider
with Roosevelt In command.
Dewey IN the fray,
And he smashed the Spanish squadrow
and he drove them from the land.
From the plains OF Illinoy comes the
strapn'rg soldier boy,
He SHAMELESS kinder slouchy, just az
awkward a can be;
TO Garnet knight is Sam. yet he gambois
like y lamb
His little guns beauty and she barks
with iiendish glec.
From the East unto the West he has
nDh,y stood the test
He never seeks n quarrel but he al
ways holds his ground,
when the sizzling shot and shell stinss
you like a slice Of hell,
Why Sammy Is q handy chap to idly
saUntor round!
JAMES L. KINSELLA-
ChIcago.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-23
Message Not in Cipher

The senior partner of a Chicago
brokerage firm was travelling abroad.
while the junior, his brother, was
spending the summer in a Wisconsin
summer resort. One day cablegram
came from the former and the man in
the office opened 1t. The words made
no sense to him, and he turned imme-
diately to the firm code. He was star
tied to find that even with the code
he could make no translation Of the
words. He spent several hours in
dlligent search through all the ciphers
which might possibly have been used.
But at last, chagrined ana worried
over his failure and the delay, he
called up the junior member over the
long distance telephone.
An hour or more passed before the
connection could be made, each min
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-23
Complain q Dress Suit ldIers.n

Managers Of leading hotels in New
York complain that oilers in dress
suits are becoming a nuisance in the
'obbies. Some Of them earn the
warmth and light and music by spend.
ing an occasional dollar at the bar,
and few even dine in the cafe, but
the great majority are simply -four
hushers' who take mysterious pleas.
ure in loafng in the lobby or grill.
room. In some hotels the coy cor.
ners are fairly overrun with these
pests after 6 o'clock in the evening.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-23

prairie fire of unusual fierceness,
driven by terrific gale from the
north, which at times reached We
locity of ninety miles an hour, swept
over $4,000 acres in Comanche coun-
ty, Okla, on the night of March 2, in
flicting financial loss of 100000 and
causing the loss of three lives. The
city of Lawton was saved only by
great effort, while many farmhouses
were consumed. Kiowa county was
also visited by prairie fire, while
damage was done all over the south
west.
Three thousand square miles of ter
ritory in Kiowa and Comanche coun.
ties were swept by the fires. Hun
dreds of people are homeless and the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-23

.yUthpick OF hickory, coated with
blood and rust, but it had a history.
In one of the battles of the war
good-si2ed hickory tree, cut down or
shot down, fell in a way TO leave
the trunks resting on a high stump.
from which projected a cluster of fine
splinters One of the boys climbed
up and cut of number of splinters
for toothpicks aud, seating himself.
on the tree trunk still attached to
the stump. cut splinter TO ais liking.
and nonchalantly proceeded to use II,
toothpick fashion.
while the splinter 'Fas in his
mouth and he was diccussing the
question whether the rebs could see
him or not. cannon b1ll struck the
tree trunk on which be was sitting.
not more than five feet FROM him. and
he fell backward to the ground. He
was in great pain, and insisted that
n bullet had struck him in the breast
There were no breaks in the skin and
no bruise. and the boys laughed him
out of the rotion that he had been
hit by bullet. From that time. how.
ever. Blake began to fail. He com.
planned OF pain in the lungs and
coughed so necessarily that he was
excused from duty.
The general impression was that
Blake had consumption and in the
course of six months he was sent
home. There was little change in his
condition for years. but one night.
in rescuing one of his children from
a burning house, he brought on a
violent spasm Of coughing and hem.
orrhage from the lungs. While the
physician was watching him closely
blake coughed up the toothpick which
he had in his mouth when he was
knocked of the hickory tree in 1868.
The slender bit of wood had been
drawn down the bronchial tubes into
the lung tissue. and had become i'm
bcdded in a way to produce great ir-
ritation and suffering. After its re-
moval the physicians having a clew
to the cause Of the trouble, could
treat the case more intelligently, and
Blake gradually recovered his health
and strength. He saved the blood.
stained toothpick as a memento of his
misadventure in battle, and he says
II has keener interest for him than
any other war relic in his collection"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-23
FIGHTS FOR ANCIENT FOE.
Turn Of Fortunes Wheel Makes Napo-
leon Ally OF Russia.

European exchanges comment In
reminiscent fashion on the announce
ment that, in response TO an urgent
telegram from the car, Prince Louis
Napoleon has gone post haste to as
sumo command of Russian cavalry in
Manchuria One writer remarks that
neither the princes two ancestors, the
great Napoleon and the less, could
have imagined that a prince of their
house would ever draw his sword in
aid of the power which was the dead
~ foe of each. The glories of the first
empire found a grave on Russian soil,
and amid the SHOWS Of another Rus
sian winter the full.blown pride OF the
later Napoleon was paid for with the
blood of his subjects in the Crimea.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-23
Teaching Domestic Science.

Mrs. George W Vanderbilt has es.
tabnshed in Biltmore, near Asheville,
n. C., n well equipped school Of do
nestle science, where a NUMBER "
colored girls are being given practical
demonstration Of how to do all sorts
Of homework. There Is n thorough
course in plain and fancy cooking also.
The institution consists OF kitchen
laundry, dinIng-room, bedroom and as
sembly.room, and is intended as a
model for similar places in other parts
of the snnth,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-23

financial loss covers a wide extent
At Hobart, the county seat of XII
owa county, the fire approached from
the east, destroying the stables and
fifteen race horses, fifteen residences,
two business houses and various
small buildings. Spreading to the
southwest, the fire swept $4,000 acres
of government military and timber re-
serve and Indian school reserve.
Spreading westward, the flames
covered miles of the homestead dis.
trict, destroying houses, barns and
stock.
Five thousand people of Lawton
fought the fire for hours. The advance
line Of the fire was fully two miles
in length. BY hard work they saved
the town.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-23
YOUTHS DEED OF BRAVERY.
Ensign ellis CAPTURED Torpedo and
Brought II on Board.

For stern bravado, says the United
Service Magazine, 1t would be hard
to rival the feat of Ensign ellis, who
saw a stray torpedo coming slowly
but surely toward the anchored tor.
pedo-boat Porter in the Spanish.Amer.
lean war, He sprang overheard. turn
ed the nose of the torpedo in safer
direction and screwed up the firing
pin tightly so that It would not operate.
Then treadirg water, he saluted Lieut..
Fremont and reported Sir. have
to report | have captured torpedo"
Bring 1t on board, sir" commanded
Fremont, and ellis actually did so.
swimming with 1t to the ship and fast.
ening tackle to 1t.