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The Washington times., 1904-09-21
H STREET SUBWAY
A PUBLIC DANGER
No Remedy for Condition,
Say Commissioners.
TH0R0UGHFARE C0NGESTED
Inadequate Passageway for Heavy
Traffic and No Proper Protection
Against Accident.
THORoUGHFARE CoNGESTED

Complaints and protestations are loud
in the northeast section Of the city be-
cause OF the decision Of the Distric;
authorities and the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad officials 10 leave the grade re-
duction of II Street northeast. at the
site of the II Street subway, in it's pres
ent unfinished condition throughout the
fall and winter.
at the District Building the announce
Gncnt is made that the arrangement is
now irrevocable. ana 1t will be held to
as previously determined on.
Bad Conditions.
The illustrations above show that the
people of the northeast. who use II
Street as their main thoroughfare into
the northwest, are confronted in their
journeys to and from the Government
departments with a railroad crossing
half of a roadway. no sidewalks, and q
heavy street car and other vehicle traf-
fc, all at one point.
For a distance of two squares the en-
tire north side of the street has been
lowered by eight OF ten-foot excava-
tions. of which the jagged edges appear
almost on a sheer line with the street
car tracks. This means that all the
traffic for some distance is confined tC
the street car tracks and the south side
or the roadway.
A Cougested Driveway.
Throughout a considerable distance
there is no sidewalk on the south side
Pedestrians and wagons mIngle in a
dusty or muddy crowd. as the case may
be. in their efforts TO make use of tbs
chief thoroughfare from the Northeas
TO the Northwest. The result is ines
timable annoyance at all times to The
residents of that section OF the town.
Strangest Of all, thure is no adequate
protection against vehicles and pedes
trians being precipitated into the ex
cavations Many weeks ago, a single
line OF rope was stretched along the
edge of the bank. but now that same
rope Says far below the surface Of th'
street IN places. In others, the iror
rods holding the rope have to slant on
over the excavation in order to give
The cars room to pass. Consequently
the rope rail does no good at all A
cne point alighting from a street cal
is a perilous undertaking.
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept H.-The
wife Of Policeman Chris Gill. who lives
in the First ward. had a peculiar ex-
perience yesterday. On Monday Mrs.
Gill put some clothes into a tub and
filed it with water, allowing it to stand
Yesterday she went TO the tub and
started TO wash the clothes.
While doing so her hand struck some
thing smooth. Pulling it out, she found
it to be a snake over a foot in length.
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
FERDINAND COOK WILL
GO FREE ON FRIDAY

Chief Justice Clabaugh today signed
an order Cor the release OF Ferdinand A
Cook from the District jail the day after
tomorrow.
Cook was committed to Jail by Justice
Stafford August % last for contempt OF
court for a period Of thirty days. The
order Of commitment was made in con-
nection with the suit Of Cooks wife
against him for maintenance Cook is
allowed five days Communication Of SEN
tence for good behavior while in jail
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NO RIGHT TO REVIEW
ACTION OF LOWER COURT

Chief Justice Clabaugh has refused to
release Rosa Marshall, a negro girl,
fourteen years old, from Jail on habeas
corpus proceedings.
The girl is accused jointly with two
other older girls OF the larceny of
some furniture It was Contended on
behalf of Rosa that her greatest crime
vas that she was in company with
those who stole the furniture, and that
she did not have any guilty knowledge
Of the theft
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
GO AWAY TO COLLEGE.

Ralph McBurney. Raymond Hoffman
William Hellmuth. Neveue Rodgers,
Thomas Clark. and Albert Johnson left
Alexandria for BIacksburg last night,
where they will enter as students at the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
INFANTRY ENCAMPMENT

The annual inspection Of the Alex
andria Light Infantry. Company G..
Seventeen Virginia Regiment. will take
place on October .. Col. 10 Lane Stern.
assistant inspector general of Virginia
volunteers. will conduct the inspection.
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
Courts of Appeal.

Courts Of appeal are at present want
ing in the Episcopal Church. and a
proposition will be made through a com
mittee, Of which the Rev. +. f. Daven-
port, D. D.. OF Tennessee, is chairman,
TO have the convention adopt canons
whereby these courts shall meet many
Of the requirements Of past trials Of
clergymen-
While the propositions Of the commit
tee for the erection Of such courts are
clearer and better stated than ever be-
fore, their published report has already
provoked controversy In the pages Of the
Church Standard" whose editor. DR..
Fulton, Of Philadelphia. is the noted
canonist Of the church. The proposed
canon upon this subject has great
authority back OF IL. The chief Justice
of the United States, one former Justice.
and a former chief justice OF ne ap-
pellate division Of the supreme court
of New York, three eminent lawyers.
besides four clergymen, are supporting
The movement. Its discussion viii bring
out an array Of legal talent, one IN
which the lawyers of the church will
show their influence In legislation
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
Cured of Lame Back After Fifteen Years Of
Suffering.

Il had been troubled with lame back
for fifteen years. and I found a COM
plete recovery IN the use Of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm" says John G Bisher
Gillian. Ind This nniment Is also with
out an equal for sprains and bruises. It
Is for sale by all druggists.
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
SAMUEL M. sMYTH DEAD.

Word has been received in this city of
the death at the Richmond, Va, Sol
diers' Home Of Samuel NJ Smyth. long
a resident OF Alexandria. Mr.. Smyth' s
funeral viii take place in Richmond.
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

Charles Smith. students Of the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, last night left
Alexandria for Blacksburg TO re-enter
the school
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
Grouping the Dioceses.

The necessity Of grouping the dioceses
in the United States into different prov
inces viii come before the convention in
a report. At present, the general con-
vention is unwieldy. In the opinion of
many It is too large a body to legis-
late for the hest welfare of the church,
and the establishment Of seven PROV
inces would obviate many Of the present
dimcultiCs. For Instance. the whole OF
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
Not So Bad, But

A high District official said recently:
'The place is not so bad, but l would
not like to drive a skittisn horse along
there"
This IS the point Of objection raised
by many Of the citizens. They say there
is no protection against an unruly bOrse
going over the miniature precIpice, and
they point out that, as the time for
cold, slippery weather IS approaching,
il would seem only natural that some
belated pedestrian should miss his foot
ing and fan a distance OF eight or ten
While all this may be true. the Dis
trict officials hold out no nope that the
people will obtain relief before the
spring IL IS argued that the baltimore
and Ohio people failed to finish the
grade reduction when they said they
would, before the coming o. colo wealth
er. Consequently, nothing is TO be done
except 10 await the coming of spring
tinued and completed.
Engineer Plans.
The plan. as drawn up in the ofices
of the Engineer Department is to have
the railroad Contractors build the walls
of the subway during the winter, rapid
ly complete the grade reduction in the
spring. and finish the subway as soon
thereafter as possible. While the south
side Of the street is being lowered. the
street car tracks viii be operated tenn
porarily on the already lowered north
side
At present and the conditions will be
the same during the next four or FIVE
months. the delays in street car and
other traffic are great. 1t = a usual
thing to see a railroad train aCress the
street, blocking wagons and street cars.
The contemplation OF the scenery at
such a time comprises looking at a biz
hole in the street, a damaged roadway
and no sidewalks.
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
DISTRICT PROBE IS
INSERTED At LAST
Investigating Committee
Gets Down to Work.
OVER A YEAR is GONE BY
Appointed Fourteen Months Ago-Have
Taken Hint to Get Ready
to Report.
OVER A YEAR is GONE BY

The investigating committee, com
prised of Health Ohicer William c.
Woodward, Property Clerk r. d. Simms,
and Auditor John r. Garrison. appointed
fourteen months ago 70 inquire into and
report on the administration OF affairs in
all the departments Of the local govern
ment, went to work in earnest at 9
o'clock this morning on the report. as
the result Of a reminder from District
Commissioner West that the investiga-
uons ought to be completed.
The three members Of the committee
put their deputies in charge Of their sew
eral departments and locked themselves
in DR.. Woodward's Office on the sixth
floor of the District Building This Of
fee was selected on account Of the fact
that the Health Officer is chairman of
the committee
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
CanterburY's Visit.

The visit Of the Archbishop of Can
terbury TO the convention will make II
interesting While he has no canonical
representation in that body and cannot
preside at any of its deliberations, his
presence will be welcomed and will help
to draw closer together the mother
church Of England toward her daughter.
the Protestant Episcopal church of
America
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
Nearly All Done.

II is understood that they have re-
viewed most, If not all, OF the depart
ments. and that the only work now is
10 get the report into final shape. No
indication can be obtained as to how
great will be the revelations regarding
the government when the paper is made
public.
Auditor Garrison remarked TO Com
missioner West a few days ago that
he thought the committee ought to get
down 70 work" Mr. West said he had
been thinking that for some time. Ac-
cordingly, Il was done.
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
Divorce Question.

Revision Of the canons. especially the
much-threshed subject of divorce, viii
occupy large share Of the attention Of
the convention. There is much differ
. ence in the minds Of the deputies over
the question of re-marirage, some tax
ing strong grounds and recognizing no
divorce. Others are willing to make a
compromise and avoid stringent meas
ures Some Of the bishops Of the church
are emphatic in their conclusions, and
would withhold marriage TO the inRo-
cent party In the case Of adultery. The
present canon Of the church allows the
innocent party OF this condition 10 marry
again. but the tone Of this decision has
changed. aggravated. no doubt by the
divorces, and II is prophesied by those
who know that strong measures in leg
/ islation will be taken against the mdl-
tiplicity of divorces and remarriages. eX-
cept in the case of death Of one party.
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
Some Time Next Month.

The understanding is that the finished
report, voluminous and detailed, will be
submitted TO the District Commissioners
some time next month. The committee.
which, during the first year of its ex-
istence. was known as the "slumber
trio" will work on the task constantly
until IL is completed
Today partially completed reports Of
the various officers are being filled out,
manuscripts are being annotated. ar
ranged, rearranged, and finally cor
rected. Typewriters are rafting Off diff
ferent parts Of the data. and the splut-
tering pens tell Of the hurried work
that is being done.
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
TO RE-ENTER SCHOOL.

Leo, T. Downey. Samuel Mays and
The Washington times., 1904-09-21

New England would be one province
and the bishops in each province Will
elect one Of their number to be primate
Another province would be the do
ceses in the States of New York and
New Jersey. Another would consist OF
the States Of Pennsylvania Delaware
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and
the District Of Columbia, and so on
through with the other States and do
ceses bordering upon one another BY
this system of provinces better and
wiser administration could be carried on
than under the present regime. This
matter will be considered and viii doubt
less call forth an interesting discus
sion.
The Washington times., 1904-09-21
Modus 0perandi.

The original idea of the Commission
ers in appointing the committee was
to obtain a definite idea OF the
methods in operation in all the depart
ments of the District government This
the committee's report will attempt to
give, although II is admitted that the
ask is herculean.
The committee consisted at first Of
the Health OmCeT. the Auditor and Mon
cure Burke, private secretary to the
Engineer Commissioner. When Mr..
Burke was appointed assistant clerk to
the Court of Appeals Of the District,
Major Simms was appointed 10 his place
on the committee.
Ever since the investigation was or
dered by the Commissioners, the COM
mittee has held brief sessions twice a
week, and has had before il the vOuch-
ers and other records OF the different
departments. 1t was recognized, how
ever, that this procedure would take
too long to bring results. Accordingly.
the three investigators went to work
with a rush today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-26
BELL BOY IN TROUBLE.
Given go to Buy Stamps He Runs
Away With the Money.
kpecial to- Tlmes- Repuhlic;

RpCCA6A W xlulcS-FkSpuUlSdIs
Des Moines, Oct. 26,--Ray Elliott, q
bell boy employed at the Iowa hotel
is under arrest at Colfax, charged with
the larceny of $50 from the hotel. He
will be returned to Des Moines this
afternoon by Detective Brothers, thru
whose interest In the case Elliott was
apprehended, and who has gone to Col
fax to bring the fugitive back.
Chief Clerk King gave Elliott a $50
bill this morning with Instructions to
20 to the postoffice and purchase al,
assortment Of ones and twos stamps.
Elliott purchased so cents worth of
stamps as was disclosed when his fail
ure to return resulted in an investfga-
ton and took the rest Of the bill in
change. He then disappeared. With
a description OF the boy it was learned
that he had boarded Colfax car on
the interurban and kilograms resulted
In his arrest upon his arrival there.
He had on a new suit of clothing and
had evidently outfitted himself at a
haberdashers. OF the money all that
remained was $3.50 and Sc cents in
stamps.
A grand larceny charge has been
lodged here. the sum of $50 Just coming
within the statute defining grand lar
ceny.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-26
MAY 90 THE PEN.

Waterloo Resident Makes Damaging
Admissions In Sweat Box.
Special to Times Republican.
Waterloo, Oct. 26.--Gorge Folsom, a
local resident. was in police court this
morning. having been arrested yester-
day by the police at his home, 112
Bates street, charged with being a va
grant and disturbing the peace. He
denied the charge when the mayor
read the definition of vagrancy, but
after little questioning by the city
authority. he 'loosened up" and by a
little slip Of the tongue made state
ment which Will doubtless land him
behind the bars at Anamosa.
The specific charge against Folsom
now 10 that he was instrumental in
getting man drunk Sunday afternoon
and then robbing him. The man who
was robbed was a MI. ]. Logan of
Parkersburg. He in company with a
friend from that place. was loaflng In
the northern part of the city, near
the Illinois Central shops. The visitor
was taken around among several Wat
erloo men and finally the gang thought
that he was drunk enough to be rob-
bed. The took him to the back Of the
bill boards in the vicinity of Hartman's
saloon near the corner OF East Fourth
and Dane streets but he resisted
strongly their endeavors to obtain his
coin. Not to be beaten by the man,
Folsom. It Is claimed. drew revolver
and holding the end of the barrel at
Logan's head took all the money the
ParkerSburg man had, about $3.50.
Altho the man was drunk, he recog-
nized his assailants and described
Folsom to the police very accurately.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-26
Ames College Secures Two OF
the Best Specimens at
st. Louis
BELGIAN OFFICER DONATES ONE
Hon. A. Won sohclIc, tho Belgian Com
missioner, Also Donates To tho Col
ese Fine Exhibit Of Belgian Poul-
try, Consisting Of Rare Breeds Do
veIopod For Special Purposes.
pecial TO Times Republican.

pGClHl IIIDGS-INGphUbS
Ames Oct. 20. Two OF the best
mares of the Belgian government ex-
shipped to the Iowa State College at
Ames. These mares. Gipsy du Fos-
lrnong the best of the lot and are SUI
,erlor representative Of the breed. One
Of them was donated to the college.
Che Belgian commissioners, Hon. A.
von Schelle, who has labored earnest
" to promote closer commercial and
business relations OF the two countries,
has also presented TO the college d
line exhibit OF Belgian poultry and
aares. consisting of the Following
breeds. Herve chickens. BRUCE chick
ems, Golden Campine, Silver Campine,
goucowow Maline, Merchten ducks,
Lapir Giants DIES Flanders hares.
Poultry raising Is an Important indus
Try of Belgium and has been developed
to high degree. The Belglans have
produced some of the finest breeds OF
pVuItiS III t&lsteiSs' viz "S''A
which Is said to be much superior to
hat OF ordinary fowls. This collec-
ion Of poultry will be used as foun-
alton for poultry department at the
owa State College to be established
turing the coming year. The Belgian
oorses will constitute an important
edition to the livestock equipment OF
he college farm, to be used for III
truction in stock judging.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-26
REMARKABLY LCW RATE
EXcurS on to New Orleans
REAL ESTATE AGENTS. AND
HoMESEEkERs'
Excursion to New Orleans.

EXCUCOuVU W tNOW O'sV0uos
The passenger department of the III
inois Central Railroad Company will
run an excursion to New Orleans leav-
Ing Ackley at $40 p. M, Monday, Mo-
vember IA, at a round trip rate OF
s23.05. tickets limited to twenty-one
DAYS for return. The itinerary for this
trip has never been equaled on a ten
DAYS excursion. The route will be via
Memphis. Greenwood, Yazoo City,
Clarksdale, Vicksburg and Baton
Rouge to New Orleans, returning via
hammond. Jackson, Miss, and jack
son. Tenn. The object of this low rate
excursion and this special itenerary is
that Real Estate Agents and Home
seekers may have an opportunity to
personally visit this section Of the
south now SO rapidly developing and
see 1t under the most favorable condi-
tions. Pullman Tourist Sleepers have
been chartered for the entire trip and
the price per double berth will be s12
from Iowa and Minnesota and Sill from
Illinois points. Application for sleeper
accommodations accompanied In every
instance by drafts P. 0. or express or
der. should be made to the undersigned
at Dubuque, Iowa, not later than No
vember 10. Write at once for full par
ticulars concerning this excursion.
J.F. MERRY.
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-26
BOY COMMITS SUICIDE.
Corrected by Parents for Using Tobao
90 He Resolves to Kill Himself.

New Market. Oct. 26.--Alfred O'Dell
the 16-year-old son Of Mr. and Mrs
NJ NJ. O'Dell, committed suicide yes
terday afternoon by tying rope a.
round his neck, fastening the other end
TO beam and jumping out OF the
barn loft window.
The boy was acquiring the tobacco
habit and his parents took him to task
FOR 1t. He was quick tempered and
sensitive, and seems to have made up
his mind that he would not permit
himself to be corrected again by his
parents. Suicide was the only meth
cd that suggested itself, and without
stopping for moment to think or al
low his passion to cool, he proceeded
to act at once and put his determine
alton into effect. Going to the barn
he climbed to the loft searched for and
found n rope, and tying one end of It
to beam and putting the other end
around his neck, he sprang from the
window.
Death came instantaneously. for his
neck was broken by the fall, and his
body was discovered with a few NOM
ents after he went to the barn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-26
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

! interests invests the traffic in intoxi-
cants here because Of the vigorous OPP
position to the same on the part of the
temperance people. The saloon is not
conducted according to the provisions
of the Martin mulct law, but in spite of
them. being suffered by q majority OF
public sentiment.
Oskaloosa.
Thomas K. Brewster one of the old
est business men and citizens Of Os-
kaloosa died here Sunday He was born
in Green county, Ohio. 80 L. A.
Critchlow, the evangelist, who turned q
,, woman from her honorable home rath-
err than from the ways Of sin, is In
dicted for adultery. Against the wo-
man. Mrs. Myrick, also true bill was
found.
Webster City.
James X. Duffy has traded his fine
1sO-acre farm in Williams township to
John Hayse, of Williams, for his 800
acre farm In Cerro Gordo county.
/ The Duffy farm was valued at $12,8OO,
and the Hayse farm at $22,4O0.
Jacob Gerber, one of the well known
and widely respected old settlers OF
this part of Hamilton county died at
the home Of his son. Daniel Gerber. In
| Independence township at the age of
80 years.
Sioux City,
A. B. Iverson, proprietor of the lar
gest general store at Luton, Ia, made
creditors, naming Fl. c.. Federsen,
nx,1y nj
ton, as assignee. The liabilities a
mount to $21,636,27 and the assets,
SIS, 69S39. There are twenty eight
creditors, thirteen Of whom are Sioux
City iobbing firms. The other credl-
tors are at Council Bluffs. Omaha,
Chicago, Hornick and Luton.
Fl. Dodge.
Not since last spring have the roads
been in such bad shane as they are
at the present time. In many places
on the country highways the wheel
tracks are rutted out almost hub deep.
IT is next to impossible to haul any
thing li~e load thru the country. Even
some of the back streets In TT. Dodge
are almost an irnpossibilitv for heavy
loads. and a number of teams that are
hauling paving materials were stalled
MONDAY and have had to have help to
ret out of tight places.
Charles City.
Last Monday Otto Mossman and
John Hienke living about one mile
west OF Alta Vista. quarreled and
Mossn1arl attacked Htenke with Shot
gun, shooting him in the right side,
most OF the shot entering the leg and
arm. Mossman and Hienke are bro
Tiers if,-law. having mar1dAd two 10