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The Washington times., 1905-12-24
REFUSED TO LET DEATH
HAVE FOURTH FIANCE

ALLENTOWN, Pa. Dec. 23.-After
being thrice cheated by death out of
husband, Miss Bessie Clark, aged
twenty-three years. determined to
make sure Of the fourth hance. and
secured a license here this afternoon
10 marry Newton Conrad. the Reading
railway fireman who is possibly dying
in the Phoenixville Hospital from IN
5uries received in the wreck at Perkio-
men Junction last Saturday
Although a message from the hos
pital said be was very low. Miss Clark
said he would not die. and they are
TO be married in the hospital on Christ
mas eve. Both are residents OF Allen
town
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
An Original Style of
Houses for InglesIde
John f. Lynch Will Erect Eighteen Colonial
Design Residences in Time for
Spring Market

The real estate firm of Terrell & Little
have closed a deal for John F. Lynch.
the well-known builder of this city. for
eighteen lots on Eighteenth street. in
Ingleside. The most prominent builders
doing business in this city have been
after these lots for a long time which
some say is the finest location in this
section Of Washington.
The plan which Mr.. Lynch has Sc
lected for buildings on these lots is en-
tirely different from anything else I'm
the neighborhood. The houses are to
be of colonial design with very hand
some porches. heavy columns. and artis-
tic trim. They are TO be ten-room
houses. the first floor having large
parlor spacious reception hall. dining
room. and kitchen. all TO be finished in
hard wood
Up-to-Date Conveniences.
The second floor will have four bed
chambers and bath and the third floor.
two bedrooms. All the bedrooms will be
fitted UP with big closets. The houses
are TO be fitted throughout with all
modern conveniences. and they will be
handsomely decorated. The bathroom
Will be tiled and furnished with the best
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
ENTERPRISE EXAMINER
CONES TO WASHINGTON
Has Investigated Disaster of Allegheny
Bank-His Visit Here Said to
Be Unofficial

Special Examiner Moxey. of the
Treasury Department, who has been
investigating the Enterprise Bank dis
aster at Allegheny. Pa. was in Wash
ington for a couple Of hours yesterday
afternoon.
Mr.. Moxey. 1t was rumored last night,
came TO Washington to confer with
Comptroller of the Currency Ridgely
ard Attorney General Moody as TO what
course these gentlemen wished him To
pursue. should he discover that those
who caused the banks failure were
guilty of a criminal offense and liable
TO prosecution.
He. however. did not call at either
the Department OF Justice or Treasury
Department. nor could either Mr.
R!dgely or the private secretary TO At
torney General Moody even intimate
that such was the real cause OF his
short stay here It is believed that Mr..
Moxey intends to spend the holidays
with his family in Philadelphia. and
that his trip here was of a personal
nature.
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
HOW CIRCUMSTANCES
DO C0NGlOMERATE

Recently. when about to start on a
long journey across the continent"
said q Detroiter. Il met black cats at
every corner The day I rode away
from Detroit II rained. When l got 10
my journeys end l saw more black
cats IN a week than had seen In thir-
~ years previously.
"On the day / decided TO return TO
Detroit / found a horseshoe in the
alley behind my house. another ia the
street and another In the house of a
friend from which l took my departure.
There was another In the boarding
house in which / landed In Detroit and
another in the house into which ] soon
after moved
In the other town, and on the way
thithe-, misfortune seemed TO have
marked me for her own. In Detroit
well. my good luck has been phenome-
nal
"Superstitious? Not a whit But the
onglomeration OF circumstances Is GER
tainly queer"
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
HALAhDERS WISH
AMERICAN FISHES.
Commissioner Here to Get
Salmon Eggs.
INTRODUCING ANIMALS, TOO
Island Was Destitute of Such Life at
Beginning of Habitation
by Whites.
INTRODUCING ANIMALS, TOO

l. +. Ayson, commissioner and chief
inspector of fisheries OF New Zealand
who is in this country to study Amert-
can methods of fish culture. and oh
tain from this Government 1000 600
whitefish and $4,000 Chinook salmon
eggs for New Zealand waters. is in
the city for a few days and staying at
the Ebbitt. Mr.. Ayson arrived at San
Francisco from Wellington, ". L.. on
December l. and after a brief inspection
or the salmon hatcheries on the Sacra-
mento river. came on to Washington,
arriving here Thursday morning.
Thursday and Friday he visited the
headquarters of the Fish Commission
as well as their ponds and hatcheries
on the Potomac fats back of the Monu-
ment- He also visited the National Zoo.
where he saw the only representatives
OF the New Zealand birds in that in
stitution. the pair of purple gallinules
he Will remain in the city for several
days. calling on the British ambassador
and the President
Need Food Fishes.
Speaking OF his visit TO this country.
Mr.. Ayson said:
I'VE have been successful in New
Zealand with the fish we have thus
Tar introduced there. but these fish
were largely for sport. and the govern
ment now wishes to secure for New
zealand waters several OF the best
varieties of food fishes.
After Game, Too.
New Zealand has also done some
thing in the way of introducing game
animals as well as fish. We have
brought over. and now have, large herds
or English red and fallow and Indian
sambar deer, and have lately introduced
the American Virginia and mule deer
and the wapiti.
We have introduced the British
brown trout. the Scotch Loeb Levan
trout and the American rainbow trout
and all three have thriven and multiplied
amazingly.
ITO show you how destitute New
Zealand was of animal life at the start.
the first trout introduced in our waters
found 50 much TO eat that they grew TO
an enormous size. Trout were taken
from this first batch OF eggs of a size
unheard OF in the waters Oh Scotland
or England.
Some have expressed surprise that
our government should seek to intro
duee such cold water fishes as the white
fish and Chinook salmon. The idea
seems 10 be that New Zealand has
tropical climate. Our climate is really
a temperate one throughout, while that
OF the southern island is as cold as
England or Scotland Moreover, there
is & high mountain range running
through South Island with glaciers and
snOw-fed streams leading down TO the
sea. The Chinook salmon eggs or fry
VIII be placed in these snow-fed streams
while the whitefish will be turned adrift
in number of large lakes higher up in
The mountains"
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
Believed End Had Come.
QUICK DlSS0LVING ACT
BROUGHT BIG VERDICT

LOUISVILLE, Dec. 23.-ReveaIinz
10 the jury's gaze a pretty pair Of
arms. snowy necS. and slender waist,
as well as fine display OF fiuf1y lin
gerie. Miss Stella Rescher won a YER
diet OF $4,000 in court here.
Called upon by her counsel to ex-
plain TO the jury how she had been
injured in a crash between a train and
street car. Miss Rescher. by a deft pre-
vious arrangement OF her clothing.
surprised the jury by a sudden dis
robing act The jury looked; the YER
dict followed
OF the damages $4,000 falls upon
the Illinois Central railroad and $4,000
on the Louisville Railway Company
More than twenty persons in all were
hurt in the crash and ten damage suits
have been instituted.
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
AMERICANS ACCUSED
OF DIAZ SLAUGHTER
Mexcans Claim Their Inability TO Find Bandits Proves
United States CltzenS Were To Bllme = Even Dead
Bodies Held by Authorities

Ell PASO. Texas. Dec. 23-An parties
connected with the recent slaughter Of
Americans at Diaz. Mexico. are now
held at Santa Rosalia. including the
wife OF Robert Rutherford and the
bodies Of the dead men.
o. F. Finstead is still in jail charged
with murder. and Shorty Govery IS
practically a prisoner in the hospital
They are the only survivors of the fray
The Mexican authorities hold, accord
ing TO the advices from Chihuahua. the
state capital, that inasmuch as no ban
dts have been found. the row must
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
cRACK1N JOKES IN CAMBRIDGE.

Not long ago Detroiter In dear
oil Lunnon" visited Cambridge with a
student Of that venerable institution
Of learning and attended a joke-crack-
In seance OF students. don'ty' know.
and came away with these gems Of
genuine London humor:
What's the difference between Or
pheus and Wagner"
Really, bJove-"
why. Orpheus made the beasts and
birds sing and Wagner made one Lo-
hen-grin,'
CTumultuous applause from assem-
bled students)
Can you name a substitute for para
dise?"
Now. don'ty' know"
eoursel'
Students over 'ome'," says the De-
troiter, seem TO extract the same en-
Joyment from these Joke-cracking
gatherings as students In Paris do out
OF risQue yarns"
The Washington times., 1905-12-24

have been between the Americans
themselves. and they will hold Finstead
and Shorty until the investigation IS
completed.
Americans in Mexico and Chihuahua
ridicule the idea, the men having beer
the best of friends. and one OF the dead.
c w. McMurray. being brother-in-Iav-
Of Finstead.
The bodies will not be released for
return 10 the United States until the
Investigation is completed, unless the
United States State Department inter
vention proves stronger.
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
DECLINES TINY BOY
FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT

ALTOONA. Pa, Dec. 2S-.Here.
boy; take this Christmas gift 20 a
friend OF mine. and here's quarter
for your trouble" said an elderly
woman to Raymond Culver, an eleven
year-old colored lad; as she handed him
q basket, with the address attached, on
the street this evening
The boy delivered the present. but
the people refused to keep IL when they
saw II was a tiny boy baby.
Young Culver turned the sdueaIing
Infant over 10 the police, who are try
ing 10 find the woman.
The Washington times., 1905-12-24

modern plumbing. The houses will be
heated with one of the best hot-wate-
systems now on the market.
Another convenient feature is the back
stairway. The kitchen viii be fitted
with steel range and gas range. In
addition TO the large front porches
there viii be a double porch on the
rear.
The lots are large. and viii enable the
builder TO give plenty OF front yard
space. which is very desirable. On the
rear Of the lots is a sixteen-foot alley
Near Rock Creek Park
This property is within three minutes
walk of Rock Creek Park and is rapidly
becoming populated with some of Wash
ington's wealthiest citizens. A bill re-
Gently presented IN Congress provides
for an extension Of the park to within
very short distance OF the property on
the north 1t IS easily accessible to the
Connecticut avenue car line. being only
one and half squares from its ter
minus
The houses will be finished In the
early spring and it is predicted that
most of them viii be sold before they
are completed. The firm OF Terrell &
Little viii be the exclusive agents In the
selling of them. as they handle all of
Mr.. Lynchs business.
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
MISS LEVY TO ATTEND
MISS BUCKNER'S WEDDING

Miss Ida Levy. OF South Washington.
left here yesterday for Baltimore, 10 be
present at the wedding of Miss Buck
ner
Miss Levy will spend the Christmas
holidays In Baltimore. and will return
10 Washington about January .
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
B0OTMAKERS GO ON STRIKE
WHEN PAY Is REDUCED

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Dec. 23.-The
bootmakers in the Banigan Rubber Mills
here went on strike today because OF a
reduction in pay. When the pay en-
velopes were opened. ii was found that
the pay OF the bootmakers was 81 short.
The bootmakers were told that their
wages had been reduced. Immediately
they went on strike. The mills are en-
gagged ON a large Government contract
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
TWO USELESS THINGS.

Thar amt no use In tryin' L make
a bottle NV perfOOm take tn place NV a
scrubbin' brush an a bar O. soap" said
Josh Wise this mor<ing, as he looked
over his CHI .stmas shopping list. ''Ner
ther amt no use Wv tryin' { make a
powder pun hide a face that's gone
sour.
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
Violent Earthquake
Is Felt IN MARYLAND
Seismic Phenomena Also Alarms the Resi-
dents in Many Towns Of West Virginia
and PENNSYLVANIA

HAGERSTOWN. Md. Dec. 23--A re-
port received here from Hancock this
county. states that the town was shak-
en- by an earthquake about 10 o'clock
last night. and the residents were
alarmed by the disturbance
The seismic phenomena was also felt
at Berkeley Springs. w Va, and in
the villages in that region in parts OF
Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Viz
ginia. The disturbance lasted about 30
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
EDUCATE
SOUTHERN WHITES

Articles OF the Incorporation OF the Indus
trial Educational League Of TIE South have
been recorded in the office Of The Recorder
OF Deeds. The purpose OF the organization
is to promote the education OF the poor white
people Of the Southern States The incor-
poratoTs are Mrs Sarah W Halsey Irwin
II. Linton. and Rudolph b. Behrend
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
CROW A HoUsEToP cHANTIcLEER

Catskill. N. Y, Dec: 1s- Three
was caught by Mrs. Newkirk, OF Palen-
vile, and placed with brood OF chick
ems and he's since lived with the fowls.
Yesterday the crow astonished the
neighborhood by perching on the house
top and growing as Justify as any
rooster IN the place. This morning the
crow WED with the roosters In Growing
"a davbreak
The Washington times., 1905-12-24

seconds and was presaged by distant
rumbling.
Houses were shaken until the glass
ratified in the windows. and the vibrS-
tons were like wave that rocked Han
cock and badly frightened many Of the
people.
The shock was felt as far north as
McConnellsburg, In Fulton county, and
for some distance up and down the Po-
tomac river.
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
CHRIST MAS MEALS
FOR GOTHAM POOR
Charitable Societies Will
Care for $4,000 Persons.
BIG TIM SUlLlVAN'S DINNER
Salvation Army Will Distribute Food
and Clothing to Vast
Army.
BIG TIM SULLlvAN'S DINNER

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-As is the Gus
tom. elaborate preparations have been
made by the Salvation Army, the Vol
unteers of America, ana kindred organ
iZations TO feed the poor OF New York
city Last year it was said that alto
gether 5000 persons were SO cared for.
This year. from all reports the number
Will in no wise be diminished The SAL
walton Army alone intends to give %. .Oo0
dinners. and the Volunteers. which give
al their dinners ont in baskets, expect
to help as many more.
Thousands at Tables.
The arInys mammoth dinner will be
held in the Grand Central Palace. in
Lexington avenue. near Forty
street. Five thousand are expected 20
sit down At the tables. Those who ap-
pear in scanty attire and seem desti-
tute will receive tickets TO draw on the
great store OF clothing that has been
collected Tor their sake
The twenty or more thousands in ad-
dition to these. to be reached bv Miss
Booth, commander OF the organization
and her lieutenants viii get their Christ
mas dinners in baskets and eat them at
their homes.
Sullivan's Dinner.
The cost of all the dinners thus given
away to the poor is said TO be over
$4,000. one Of the interesting features
OF the holiday in this connection will
be the usual Christmas dinner given by
Big Tim Sullivan at the rooms OF his
association, 2O1 Bowery. 1t viii take
place al II o'clock on Christmas morn
ing, and II can pretty safely be said that
there Will be Il no more interesting event
In this city during the day.
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
UNCLE EPH HAS
CONFIDENCE IN WOMEN

b'lieve dars er whole lot NV women
dat 'ud marry er man on Friday the
18th day NV de month, an some NV EN-
nd do II ef he wuz dere thirteenth hus-
bun. too Dey sho' would.-Dallas
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
NIGHT FORCE DISSOLVED.

The large night force at the Government
Printing Office that has been utilized for
the purpose Of doing the Congressional pr MT
ing has been temporarily dissolved and re-
turned to the day divisions. The force VIII
be reorganized for night work after the
holiday recess.
The Washington times., 1905-12-24

third couple IN whom society IS takint
interest They now have six children
The fourth couple looking forward TO
visitor are the Cornelius Nanderbilts
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
TIN SHEARS USED
TO CUT APPENDIX
Operation Performed al Sea
Successful.
POTATO SACK ANESTHETic
Chief Engineer of Satsuma Cuts Up
Chinese Sailor, Who
Receivers

NEW YORK. Dec 23-This is q
story Of surgical operation for a2-
pendicitis in the high seas in which a
pair Of tin shears was u5ed as a knife.
red-hot soldering iron served 10 eau
terize the cut. which was sewed with
a sail needle. and the only anesthetic
was potato sack. drawn over the
head of Hop Ling a stoker. who un-
derwent the operation. II you don't
believe it ask me forward watch on
the steamship SaIsuma, just in ~.
Yokohama He will show you the til
shears and the soldering iron. ana
maybe Hep Ling VIII show you the
scar.
The operation was decidedly unpro-
fessional. but was successful. and what
is perhaps more uuprofessicnaI. the
patient still lives. Chief Engineer
Brand. Of the Satsuma. was the surgi-
cal operator
"Hop Ling veny Sick"
The Satsuma was making her four
teen knots across those southern seas
where Capricorn marks lis boundary.
Captain Chubb sat smoking in the
pilothouse when the yellow face Of
Chop Suey, the cook. appeared at the
door.
Hop Ling veIly Sick sad Chop.
When asked what was wanted. and.
after a recital of Lings troubles, ne
added
Me tink um die"
Below on a garish Chinese guilt lay
Hop groaning from the inner agonies Of
his inward disorder Captain Chubb
surveyed The symptoms of Hops all
ments with his weather eye and dag
nosed the case as appendicitis. at least
that is what the captain put on the
log book. and what the captain says
goes ON the Satsuma
Believed End Had Come.
Captain Chubb said an operation was
necessary. and al the ships officers con-
sented- Hop wasn't asked He believed
his end had come and awaited IL with
true Oriental resignation
Bring = potato sack" ordered CAPTAIN
Chubb. after Hop had been transferred
TO the mess ROOM The captain said
that operations We're always conducted
with the head covered. Then Hop Ling
was divorced from his appendix with the
shears. and after the wound had been
cauterized by Chief Engineer Brand. the
Chinaman was taken below he has
since recovered.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-06-01

striking manner TO the captain of in
dustry. Then again, what is often CALI
ed a long days work il not unfrequent-
", in reality, an easy days work.
Much Of the work may be merely play
or pleasure; whereas such work as that
of miners, for instance, is always analO-
gous to pain. An earnest student often
works fourteen or fifteen hours a day.
But that's "all right he works for him
self and sees light ahead y teacher
often works ten hours "A day in and for
his school and then puts in another
four hours hard work for himself to
acquire the equivalent Of an A ! college
education But this, too, is All right.
Eight hours work day may, indeed,
be something Of snap, when the
work is easy, refined interesting and
like that Of druggist, for
instance. There are many occupations
in which ten hour- work a day il not
too much But all this has no bearing
on the movement above considered.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-06-01
MINE ON FIRE SINCE 1857.
Vein of Coal in Pennsylvania Still
Unextinguished After Forty
Seven Years.

President Lewis A. Riley, of the Le-
his annual report, says that one of the
company's mines near Tamaqua has
been on fire for AZ years, says Fuel.
Regarding the efforts now made to
quench these subterranean fires the
report says.
"A portion of the outcrop OF the
Mammoth vein in this locality has
been on fire since 1857, the fire Being
confined by the water filing the work
ings below water level and cut-offs on
liery below water level it is necessary
either to eXtinguish the fire or get IT
under control. During the past year
efforts have been made with this end
in view which have met with a large
measure of success. A boiler plant
and pumping machinery have been
erected on the bank Of the Little
Schuylliill river at Tamaqua for the
purpose of pumping water to the level
of the outcrop. A branch of the Pan
Their Creek railroad has been extended
nearly two miles to reach the outcrop,
and more holes have put down at vari-
Gus places where there were indica'
tons Of fire. The fire is being eXtin-
guished by washing fine coal dirt
through bore holes on the fire and fill-
ing up the vacant spaces so as to cut
off the air supply
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-06-01
AS TO ADVERTISING.
The Merchant Who Builds up His
Business Through Publicity
and the Doctor Who
Does the Same.

The most peculiar thing in life is
human nature and its contradictions.
What is right for one man or woman
to do is quite wrong for another. Ask
those who approve the one and con-
denim the other why and they will not
be able to give q reasonable answer.
1t is all right for one man, for instance,
to advertise his business, but it is
equally wrong for another man to do
SO. 1t is all right for the merchant to
inform the public that he has some 81
silks which he is selling for 81 cents
and package of toothpieks thrown in,
but let doctor advertise that he has
particular remedy for a particular
form of trouble and see what howl
will 90 up from-the other doctors.
And yet all doctors advertise when
they get chance. The only difference
between doctors in this matter is that
some Of them pay for their advertise
ments and the others do not. But in
both cases the value of the advertising
is recognized. III
One OF the greatest advertisers in this
country is Dr.. Ray V.Pierce, of Buff,
falo, n. Y, head of the ia nous Worlds
Dispensaiy Medical Association, which
manufacture those widely and favor
ably known remedies, the uFavorite
Prescription and the rGoden Medical
Discovery" DR.. Pierce, like other men
who have dealings with the public,
knows that the only way to sell goods
is to let the people know that you have
them to sell. A merchant might have
the finest line of goods in the world
and at the right prices, but if he did
not let the people know about them
those goods would stay right on his
shelves. And it is SO with the patent
medicine business. The proprietor must
let the people know that he has remedy
which will accomplish certain results,
that he is prepared to give them care
full and scientific treatment by mail and
the terms on which he will do so.
Then those who need his services will
90 to him. They can't be reached any
other way. Then why condemn the
man who advertises cure any more
than the man who advertises necktie?
But there is another point about this
business of advertising. Fake adver-
tisements may carry business for
time but not for long. Lincoln used to
say that you could not fool all the
people all the time. That has been
proved many times. A business which,
like DR.. Perce's, has stood the test of
nearly 40 years, which has borne the
brunt of many an attack directed by
ignorance or malice, could not have
reached its present mammoth pro-
portions on Misrepresentation or fake
advertisements. There must be some
thing more than that as its foundation.
There must be honor and honesty in
dealing with the public; else there will
be failure.
The Pierce Remedies were among
those which a certain prominent jour
nal recently charged not to be what
they were advertised to be. But an
immediate libel suit for 5000 600
brought by DR.. Pierce led to a speedy
retraction of the charge.