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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-31
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The opera house was filled Satur
day night In spite of the fact that the
Democrats had meeting In the court
house. The room was filled. No more
could have found room to get in. AS II
was many stood mp In the rear OF
the hall, so anxious were they to hear
what our congressman at large. the
Hon. Franklin e. Brooks, and his co
speaker, Mr.. w j. Crank, had to say
on the issues of the day.
The committee had secured the ser.
vices of the band, which played sever
al pieces in front Of the Strater hotel
before the time for speaking.
Mr. Edgar Buchanan. Of Hermosa.
presided at the meeting. He first in
troduced Hon. Chas A. Johnson. who
had a few words to say regarding his
candidacy. and promised the voters
that II elected to the state senate he
would bring at least 80 cents into the
country, which would compare very
favorably with what his competitor
had accomplished during the time he
served this section in that capacity.
w. ]. Crank was the first OF the Wis
iting speakers to take the platform.
He Is an eloquent and logical speak
er. and possesses the admirable ia
Guilty of keeping his auditors interest
ed all the time he is talking
ut comes to us on every breeze"
he said, that the majority OF the pop
ular vote for Theodore Roosevelt will
be greater than that ever received by
any president"
He said he found condition on
the Western Slope which he had not
found on the eastern. and that was
that the geratest interest In the pres
ent election was centered in the state
tickets. and for that reason he pro
posed to devote his time principally
to the discussion OF state Issues.
He thought the tariff had been
threshed over and over until It was
pretty well understood. and so he
passed that matter over and took up
The subject of the trusts. The Demo
Gratis had had great deal to say
about the Republican party being the
friend of the trusts, yet the Demo
Gratis had had an opportunity from 1899
10 1895 TO pass legislation adverse To
he trusts and to enforce the existing
antitrust laws passed by the Repub
licans previous to that time, yet they
had never done anything in that di
rection. But President Roosevelt did
enforce the antitrust laws, and he des
troyed the greatest trust OF them all
when he broke up the Northern Sc
curities company. Besides this he has
enjoined fourteen other companies.
The Democrats say Roosevelt Is al
unsafe and dangerous man. He hac
been In public life for the last rs year,
filling various positions from repre-
sentative in the New York assembly
To president of the United States
and all the Democrats could say abou
MIN was that he was dangerous ant
| unsafe.
The building OF the Panama cana
had been the dream OF statesmen fo
hundred years. yet Roosevelt hat
accomplished that feat In just thirteer
days.
A story illustrative Of the attitud,
Of the Democratic party was Lolt
which created considerable mirth:
man sent an employe to buy q trot
ting horse for him. The employ,
went and looked over q bunch o
horses. He returned and told hts en-
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-31

It Is said that the Democratic man
ayers are awaiting Win growing anx.
iety = large consignment Of mnsslss
which have been ordered sincs tAs
AsAin eeullitioA.
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
APARTMENT HOUSES
MUST OBEY LAW
Annual Tax of S. for Each Flat Will
Be Imposed.

It is now more than probable that the
proprietOrs of all apartment houses or
fats. containing more than five apart
ments or flats. will have 20 pay an an
nual tax of s. for each apartment or
suite OF rooms contained in the houses
This is thought to be determined by
an opinion of the Corporation Counsel
submitted 20 the Commissioners yester-
day. in which il is stated that the draft
OF a bill providing for such taxation.
prepared by Assessor Darneille Is, with
the exception Of a few verbal alterations
made by Mr.. Duvall, correct and accord
ing TO the law.
The bill will. in air probability. be
be sent TO the Senate and House COM
mittees on the District of Columbia
within a few days. In providing for
the taxation of the apartment houses.
the stipulation is also made that no
apartment house is to be licensed I'M
III II has received the certificate OF
the Building Inspector and the Chief
Of the Fire Department that it is in
compliance with all the regulations IN
force I'm the District applicable TO the
building and operation Of such struc-
lures.
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
TAMMANY DECLARES
FOR JUDGE PARKER
Delegation at Albany Gives Besfsteak
Dinner in Honor Of Jurist-His
Nomination Predicted.

ALBANY. Feb. 10.-Judge Alton 3.
Parker was nominated for President Of
the United States last night by the Tam
many senators and assemblymen who
make their headquarters at the Tub. The
occasion was a beefsteak dinner. at
which Judge Parker was he guest of
honor. 1t was an informal affair and
the judge entered heartily into the spirit
OF the occasion.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Charles
L. Guy started the Parker boom by. re-
ferring to the judge as the choice Of not
only Tammany Hall. but the Democracy
of the United States, for President. Ev-
cry Tammany senator and member Of
assembly spoke in favor OF Judge Par
ker being the nominee of the Democratic
party at the st. Louis convention. In a
spirit of fun they gave him an imitation
ticket to Washington and return which
will expire on March 4 next
Judge Parker was obliged 70 respond.
and he turned off the illusions TO his
candidacy by relating an apt story
which was construed by those present
as indicating that if he is the choice Of
the Democrats of New York he will ac-
cept the honor.
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
FRAUD ORDER ISSUED
AGAINST N. Y. FIRM
Department Investigated Prize Plan
and Stopped the Mail.

A fraud order has been issued against
the Boardman Consolidated Publishing
Company. the Boardman Publishing
Company. the Boardman Company. c. S.
Boardman and A. S. Haynes. of New
York
The Postoffice Department alleges that
the firm purchased or otherwise secured
from other firms the letters received in
answer to easy puzzles inserted in the
different papers OF the country, Offering
prizes for correct solutions.
The addresses OF letters received in
answer! it IS said. were cut Off. and a
letter written 10 each saying the writer
had won a valuable prize. and II he
would send Sl.3O he would in return re-
celve his prize. Letters came in at the
rate OF about a thousand a day.
Finally the company notified the post
master at New York that an assignment
had been made 20 Haynes and the de-
partment got further report from it's
inspectors that the firm was not only
behind in its orders. but that I'm view
of the assignment. there was little prob
ability that the large number Of orders
that are coming daily ever would be
filled. The mail OF all concerned was
consequently stopped.
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
SERIOUS FLOOD RAGING
STREETS OF FREMONT
Soldiers and Firemen Rescue Persons
Whose Homes Are Submerged by
the Rising Waters.

TOLEDO. Ohio. Feb. 1o.-For the sec
ond time this winter the Sandusky River
has flooded Fremont, and this time the
food is far more serious than ever be-
fore.
On Sunday the river rose with great
rapidly. and by o'clock it was neces-
sary to call out the fire department
and the resident company Of the Sixth
Ohio to aid volunteers in rescuing citi-
zenS whose homes had been completely
surrounded by the sudden rush Of water
ana whose lives were. endangered.
The situation had grown steadily
worse until zero weather checked the
rise. but added greatly TO the damage
and suffering.
Front street. the principal business
thoroughfare. was a rushing torrent Of
water. Mrs. L. o. Pryor died instantly
through excitement at finding her home
cut of by water.
The east portion of the town is COM
pletely under water and hundreds are
homeless.
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
DENT REPUBLICAN CLUB
CHANGES ITS TITLE

At meeting Of the Dent Republican
Club No. /. at it's headquarters. Presi-
dent J. c. Luckett presided. and r. II.
johnson served as secretary. After
some discussion il was decided to
change the name of the organization to
that Of Roosevelt and Durbin Republi-
can Club. This action was agreed on
because the President has decided to
send Register Of Wills Dent as consul
to a foreign port.
The new organization then declared
for Roosevelt for President. and Gov
ernor Durbln for Vice President. and
reaffirmed it's Endorsement Of James
W. Poe as the negro member OF the Dis
trict Republican delegation to the Chi
4cago convention.
President Lucket then announced the
following campaign committee: r. H..
johnson. chairman: James Massey. Rob-
ert Monroe. Welby Jshnson, William
Brown. George Edwards. John Cowan.
w p Smith. Wallace Carter, Arthur
Berry. Franklin Young, Moses Jackson,
Robert Johnson, Joseph Graves, p. w.
Ross. William Red. G. w. Cary, j. NJ
Lee. Charles Montgomery and William
Gleason
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
CHANGE
NOW THREATENED
Municipal Building Plans
May Be Altered.
WILL BE A SOLID SQUARE
Commissioners Look Favorably Upon
Plan for New Police Court
Building.

1t. was learned ct the District Build
ing that the Commissioners, at the re-
quest Of the House Appropriations Com
mittee. have been considering radical
change in the plans of the proposed
Municipal Building. If the change is
effected the new home of the District
Government will be a solid square. IN
stead Of being U-shaped. as now con-
templ1ted
The original plans. details of which
were announced in The Times, provided
for a building which will come flush
with the sidewalk on E. Thirteen-6nd-a-
Half and Fourteenth Streets, with a
wide court opening CT the d Street side.
To Accommodate Court.
1t now transpires that when the Com
missioners requested the House Appro-
priations Committee to look favorably
upon an item OF s3S, 600 for site and plans
for new Police Court building, the
committee asked why the Police Court
could. not be placed in the new NUM-
cipal Building. Consequently the Com
missioners have been busy ascertalning
the additional cost of making the build
ing large enough to accommodate the
court and its functionaries
Colonel Biddle found out that the
Change in plans will necessitate an ex-
penditure of approximately $l51, 900. If
the change is made. however. the fac
ing material on the interior court viii
be changed from ornamental marble 10
plain brick. and a saving of $31 SEQ will
be effected thereby This will make the
net cost OF the suggested change about
$4,000.
The Commissioners evidently believe
the $4,000 could be much better spent
If put into ground fOT an additional site
adjoining that now occupied b. the Po-
lice Court building. Such a plan as this
would leave $4,000 for a new building,
if $4,000 is expended for site and plans.
A small additional appropriation would
enable the construction OF a first-class
sanitary building, which would be a
credit TO the city, instead OF an eye
sore. as the present building is con-
ceded 10 be.
While the Commissioners prefer To
have a new building erected at the cor
ner of Sixth and ID Streets, the present
site their will is not final, and as the
House Appropriations Committee took
the initiative as far as the suggestion
was concerned, there is no certainty
what the ultimate action viii be-
The interest expressed by the House
Committee would. however. seem to in
dictate that the item for a new Police
Court home will receive favorable CON
sideration. either one way or the othe-
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
NO MAN OR WOMAN
CAN HAVE DYSPEPSIA
And Still Be Agreeable, Attractive, and
Popular-A Certain Cure in
Reach OF All.

mere is nothing fhat will put Won IN
the 'front.' SO rapidly in the business or
soCial world as a cheerful disposition
ana a pleasant appearance. Other things
being equal. people will 90 out of their
way to give the fellow a lift who alvVa.rs
wears cheerful cOuntenance The man
OF woman with cranky disposition and
a sour race VIII always meet with an in
inherent II not chilly reception. The
commercial traveller. who is the recog-
nzed business barometer appreciates
better than anyone the value of this
rule, and governs his actions accord
ingIy.
Dyspepsia destroys all the agreeable
qualities that enter into a man or wo-
mans makeup. 1t is almost a human
imposslbility for anyone with a severe
case on dyspepsia TO look pleasant The
eonunuous, miserable, cast-down feeling
is bound TO make itself shown in the ap-
peardnce and conversation.
Studrt's Dyspepsia Tablets are the
sunerer certain cure. They are so rec
Ognlzed all over the world Tbe~cures
they have brought about and the happi-
ness they have caused and the suffering
they have relieved has made their name
household word in all the EnglishN
speaking world.
The A reason that Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets are a certain cure is that they
are a natural cure. There is nothing to
prevent them curing. They contain the
essential ingredients of the digestive
fluids of the stomach and simply do the
Identical work Of the stomach, relieving
that weakened organ and permitting il
to rest and recuperate- Could anything
be more simple or natural? They are
bound 20 cure. They cannot help them
selves. II IS just like putting a new
stomach into a man-if that were posi-
ble-and letting the old one go off on a
vacation. Rest is what il needs. Nature
VIII do her own work of restoration.
never fear.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for sale
by all druggists at 80 cents a box All
druggists means all druggists. They have
become so necessary 10 the people that
the druggist simply has to keep them
anyway. There are other remedies that
re can make much more money on If
he could sell them. but he can't He
will not take chances on losing his Gus
toners by not always having on hand a
supply of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
MICHAEL BARRY GIVES
PROPERTY TO RELATIVES

The will or Michael Barry. dated Dc
cember 2. last. has been offered for pro-
bate. He leaves $500 to his wife. Cath
crime Barry; to his two sons. Thomas
Barry and James Barry, 500 each, and
to Nellie Pillsbury and Mary Conner
$50 each. He gives his wife permission
TO occupy premises 800 Tenth Street
southeast. for one year. in lieu of a
dover interest I'm his estate.
The remainder of his estate Is left to
his sister. Margaret Barry. who is nam
ed executriX.
The viii Of w. II. Hickman, dated
July 6. 1908, has also been filed He
leaves his estate to relatives.
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
POSTAL AUTHORITIES
, INTERFERE WITH AGENT

A fraud order has been issued against
c. s. Allen. a young man OF St Louis.
who tried TO get of his uppers by adj
vertising for street railroad employees
and taking a small sum from each Of
them in return for his services in ind
ing them a job in St Louis with the
street railway companies.
He gathered in few dollars. but the
postal inspectors worked just as hard
on his case as they would have done on
one Of greater magnitude. and made
him confess that he had no connection
with any street railway In st. Louis,
and that he had no other way than per-
sonal appeal to the mana cement in get
ting men positions.
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
WOULD NOT GIVE NAME
TO THE POLICEMAN

Struck in the solar plexus by the front
wheel Of a bicycle ridden by James A.
Gust. of 1920 Nineteenth Street north
west. an unknown man was knocked
down and much jostled up and refused
70 give his name or address.
The crossing policeman at Ninth and
+ Streets northwest where the acct
dent occurred. endeavOred to obtain the
mans name. but he refused to give the
information. politely adding:
mo. I'm not killed. and its all in a
lifetime
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
CHARGED WITH THEFT
OF JEWELEO L0RGNETTES

For the alleged larceny Of a pair Of
lorgnettes from the home Of Clarence
Moore, 1904 / Street northwest. William
Moon was arrested by Detective Baur
OF the Central Office. The lorgnettes
were set with diamonds. pearls and
rubies. and valued at 500 by the owner.
A banquet was given at Mr.. Moore
house about "a month ago and Moon
served as waiter at the function. At
ter the banquet the lorgnettes were
missed. and a report OF the larceny was
made 70 the police.
Detective Baur is said to have ~recov-
cred the glasses from Moon.
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
HORSE RUNS AWAY
AND DRIVER Is HURT

A horse attached TO a Holmes pie
wagon and driven by James Heistand.
eighteen years old. of As II Street north
east took fright while being driven
along Massachusetts, Avenue. and ran
away The driver was hurled 70 the
ground and was slightly injured about
the head and body. He went 10 his
home without assistance.
The horse continued his run Tor more
than a square. and an examination
shows that the wagon was damaged 70
the extent Of SO or more, and he horse
was also bruised and cut about the
limbs
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
Pure Food Legislation
PleaSeS Manufacturers
Two Bills in Congress to Establish Standard
of Purity for Food ProduCts--IdentiCaI
Except in Minor Detail

of some kind are used, and it is from
The varying standards of the different
States that most of the trouble arises.
State Laws Conflict.
For instance. a product which is ali
right in New York State may be all
wrong in Pennsylvania and regarded as
little less than poisonous in Illinois. It
may be branded all right to comply
with the regulations Of New York and
Illinois. but when il reaches South Da-
kota the grocer who sells it may be
come liable to Imprisonment for frauG.
How then. the manufacturers ask, car,
they conduct "A business. the method OF
which is to sell to jobbers in New York.
Chicago. and other large cities, who
in turn distribute the goods throughout
large territory. often comprising sew
eraI States with widely different food
laws
1t is as a result OF these conditions
that the agitation of the Federal con-
troll OF the food standards arose
Fixing the Standard
Both the bills now before Congress
provide that the duty of fixing the
food standards shall be placed in the
hands Of the Bureau of Chemistry Of
the Agricultural Department, of which
DIR. Wiley is the head. There seems
of the two bills will be passed, and
when the new law gets into operation
DIR. Wiley will have an opportunity 10
apply the lessons learned in his poison
boarding house" last year as 10 the
effects of the commonly used preserva-
tives on the human system. As a mat
ter of fact. il has been on this one
item of preservattEez that most or the
trouble for the manufacturers arose.
One Good Effect.
One good effect of the passage Of
either OF the bills, will be the establish
ment of a standard ruling on the use OF
food personalities. The battle as to
their healthfulness or otherwise has
been raging in popular, and technical
journals for years, and both the public
and the manufacturers are heartily tired
of it,
Medical and scientific opinions have
been obtained by both sides TO the con-
troversy. and if we are to believe one
side nothing is more heslthful than a
SteadyR&1iet OF the antiseptics used to
arrest the decay of foods. while the
other side alleges with impassioned
earnestness that the entire race is be
ing slowly poisoned by the food packers
DR. Wileys poison experiments have
furnished a basis for the establishment
of standards for interstate commerce
and IL Is hoped that all the States will
soon adopt them for internal use.
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
SALARY
FOR INTENDANT
Request to Increase Pay of
Asylum Chief.
WEST PLAN TO BE MODIFIED
Cannot at Present Separate Manage
ment of Workhouse, Almshouse,
and Municipal Hospital.

The salary of the intendant Of the
Washington Asylum is to be raised. pro-
vided the House Committee on Appro-
priotions looks kindly upon a request
just made by the District Commission
ers.
Ever since the report made early last
summer that the affairs of the Wash
ington Asylum were in a chaotic state
and that the administration was lax and
careless, the Commissioners have been
considering a radical and complete
change in the methods in vogue at the
institution. The conclusion has finally
been reached that a satisfactory. change
cannot be made unless the position OF
intendant is made more acceptable By
a better annual stipend
West Plan Abandoned.
The three nstitutions-workhou
almshouse, and hospital-are not to DE
divorced, as suggested by Commissioner
West last August. His idea was to
have each under a separate manage
ment, the hospital under the visiting
physician, DR.. d. Percy Hickling; the
workhouse under a captain or lieutenant
of police. and the almshouse under an
intendant
This plan did not meet with the appro-
val of the entire Board of Commission
ers. and, consequently, Mr. West aban-
doned il.
May Receive 1t Later.
1t appears, however, that some step of
this sort Will have to be taken. as the
Appropriations Committee has already
provided an almshouse site near Gies-
boro Point, and a site for the hospital
has been purchased on Brightwood
Road, north OF the city This will leave
the workhouse the sole occupant of the
present property out on the commons
of East Washington.
With the three institutions so far
away from each other, il would seem
necessary 10 have each under separate
control
As TO the conditions existing at thA
asylum today. the Commissioners hands
are tied until Congress Ioosens the
purse string of the Federal Treasury
WIN more money they will give the
asylum better administration.
The Washington times., 1904-02-10

Manufacturers of food products. meat
and vegetable packers, and manufac7
turers of drugs are watching closely
the course of the two so-called pure
food" bills now before Congress. Both
of the bills are in the hands of the
Senate. the one which originated in the
House. known as the Hepburn bill. hav-
ing already passed that branch. IL is
now in the hands of the Senate Com
mittee on Manufactures. which made a
favorable report on the Senate bill,
which bears the name of Senator Nc
Cumber. a couple Of weeks ago.
Bills Nearly the Same.
In all essential features, the bills are
Identical They differ somewhat in de-
tail. and OF the two the House bill is
little the more stringent in it's defini-
ton of what shall be interpreted as
adulteration of food products and drugs.
For this reason most of the manufac-
turers are inclined to favor the Nc
Cumber bill, but they will be quite
content with the passage of either. as it
will relieve them from the operation OF
many of the State laws which they
have considered to be oppressive and UNI
just. and which it is alleged. have often
been used as vehicles of graft"
The essential feature of both bills Is
that they permit interstate commerce
in articles of food and medicine which
conform to a standard to be establish
ed by the Secretary Of Agriculture. That
provision in the Hepburn bill reads rs
follows and IL is practically duplicated
in the McCumber bill:
Principal Provision.
That this act shall not be construed
10 interfere with commerce wholly in
ternal in any State nor with the eXer-
else of their police powers by the sew
eral States. but foods and drugs fully
complying with all the provisions of this
act shall not be interfered with by tho
authorities of the several States wher.
transported from one State TO another
so long as they remain in original TN
broken packages, except as may 81
otherwise provided by statutes of the
United States.
This provision is aimed directly at the
condition which at present proves most
vexatious 10 the manufacturers OF fo0d
products. under which generic name are
included manufacturers of all kinds OF
Jams. jellies. preserves, condiments. and
pickles In the preparation of the great
majority of these articles personalities
The Washington times., 1904-02-10
FEES FOR PROBATE.

bill to fix the fees and costs in the
Probate Court of the District of Column
bia, and to provide for their collection
and payment. has been introduced I'm the
Senate by Mr.. Gallinger, and referred
TO the District Committee.