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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
Ina State of Anarchy .

Vienna, Oct. 4.-InformatiOn received
today from Brunn, Moravia, indicates
that a state of anarchy prevails there, as
the result of the clash between Czechs
and Germans. Military forces are on
guard at all the public buildings and
soldiers are patrolling the streets. Ger
man citizens declare that their lives are
not safe. The riots which occurred last
night were quelled with difficulty. The
mob completely demolished the princi-
pal cafe of Brunn, and guests in the
place we're compelled to flee for their
liuea
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCT. 4, 1905.

JAMES HAZEN HYDE, the young man
whose idiosyncrasies first drew public at
tention to the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, resulting in the exposure OF
conditions in the big life companies
which have startled the country, will re-
fuse to testify before the New York legis-
lative investigation committee now in
session. In behalf of policy holders of
the New York life insurance companies,
w. II. Russell yesterday asked Attor-
ney General Mayer for permission to sue
the officers of that company for the restl-
tuition of moneys contributed to cam
paign funds, declaring that such legal
action would be more direct and effective
than a suit brought by the State. The
prosecution aims to compel the delin-
ouent officers to account for their misuse
of funds. Hyde's refusal to testify is at
tributed to the fact that score Of promi-
nent officers Of the Equitable, Mutual
aud New York life companies, while
on the stand, under the meEciless ques-
tioning Of counsel, have admitted some
Of the amazing operations thigh finance
in the insurance world. As all the dis
closures viii! be touched by pending Iiti'
CATION, Hyde's attitude is a virtual de-
fance of the committee. The request
for permission to sue the officers OF the
company should certainly be granted by
the court.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.


will give his decision in the Taggart d.
vorce case some time rext week.
Pennsylvania crude oil was advanced
an additional Eve cents per barrel this
morning. The new quotation being
$1.56 per barrel.
Arguments for and against the appeal
for new trial for Mrs. Cassie l.. Chad
wick, were resumed in the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals, in Cincinnati,
today.
Frank Barker, aged SO, structural
iron worker, of Chicago, fell $50 feet
from the twelfth story of the new Balti-
more & Ohio building in Baltimore this
morning, and was instantly killed. Bar
ker arrived in that city Monday.
Hon. William Redmond, one ofthe Irish
leaders in the House of Commons, and
bis wife sailed for home today aboard
the Oceanic. A large deputation of the
Irish National League was at the pier
in New York to see him off,
Advices from Moscow state that an
encounter between wOrkmen and Cos
sacks has occurred at WanOvo and Vos-
nesensk. Two of the wOrkmen we're
killed and forty were injured, while
three Cossacks we're killed.
The largest sweat shop in Greater New
York, located on Siegel street, Brook
Ign, was destroyed by fire early this
morning. One hundred and fifty con-
tractors had quarters in the building,
and more than a thousand men, women
and children were employed in the place,
known as "The Penitentiary." The
loss on the building is placed at $40, 900.
A dispatch from Berlin says that as a
consequence of the trouble which the
German government has experienced in
subdung the natives of German South
west Africa, where the fighting contin-
ues with slight interruption, bill will
be introduced in the Reichstag, at its
coming session, 10 increase the military
forces in that region.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the American Shipbuilding
Company at Jersey City, N. j., today,
the old board of directors was reelected,
with one exception; Edward Smith Of
Buffalo, succeeds Luther Allen, of
Cleveland, deceased. The directors or
ganized by electing William L. Brown
chairman, and James G. Wallace presi-
dent.
Detained on board the steamship Marquette,
which arrived at Boston last evening from
Antwerp, are Julius Strauss and Miss Esther
Marks, a young German couple who answer
to the names of persons wanted by the chief
of police of Hamburg on the charge of embez-
zling 100000.
The japanese privy council today approved
the peace treaty which it has had under con-
sideration for some time. The privy council
also repealed the order establishing martial
law at SasebO, Nagasaki, Tsu Shin and Hako-
date.
The granite strike at StOningtOn, Me-, in
yolying 800 qIarrymen, workers and cutters,
was settled today. The quarrymen are grant
ed an eight-hour day at nine hours pay, and
the union is recognized.
DIR. w. F. Meyers, one of the leading ply
sicians of Franklin Pa, was found dead in
his Office at s o'clock this morning seated in
a chair. DR.. Meyers was 81 years old. and a
prominent Knight TemPlar.
Five hundred employees at Morea colliery,
MahanOy City, Pa, went on strike this morn
ing because of the policy of the company in
displacing union hands 3with nOn-uniOn men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04

CHEAP CANDY claimed another vic
tim yesterday in New York, when Ar
thur Blatz, nine years old, died in great
agony after eating a quantity of penny
sweetmeats. He was probably poisoned
by cheap coloring matter in the candy,
which has caused the death of many
children in New York and other cities
10 the last year. Attention has several
times been called by the Gazette to the
cheap productions in the shape OF candy
sold to innocent children. Parents
should exercise the greatest scrutiny in
examining the cheap candies obtained
from neigbborhoo1 stores, as there is
every reason to believe that quantities of
the dangerous articles come to Alexan-
dria.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
To Improve Virginia Horses.

The Haymarket Horsebreeding Asso-
citation has been organized near Hay
market, for the purpose of introducing
into Prince William county the best
grade Percheron stock, and they have
recently purchased the black stallion
Blanc Vim, of Mclaughlin Bros, of
Cleveland, O., for $4,000 Similar as
sociations have been organized in Fair
fax and Loudoun counties, and each has
purchased the highest grade Percheron
stations that could be found. The pres
ident of the association at Haymarket is
Mr. Bailey Tyler; the secretary Mr.. w.
l.. Heuser.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
Steamer Stranded.

Norfolk. Va, Oct. 4 The Italian
steamer Citta di Palermo, bound from
Norfolk for New Orleans, under ballast,
is stranded on Diamond Shoals, one
mile from Cape Hatteras life saving
station. The vessel struck at $50
O'Clock last night, during thick weather.
The crew of thirty men were landed in
life boats this morning by the Cape Hat
teras and Creed's Hill life savers. The
vessel is lying in about l9 feet of water,
and is apparently in good condition.
The sea is smooth, and she is in no dan
ger. Wrecking tugs have been sent for.
Captain Messardo says the accident was
due to his having mistaken Cape Hate
ras light for the Diamond Shoals light
ship.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04

PITTsBURG, Pa, is in state of ter
rOr, caused by the frequent robberles,
burglaries, hold-ups and murders that
have been committed in the last few
days. The police seem to have lost all
control, crimes of all kinds are of hourly
occurrence, and people hesitate about
going on the streets at night, and ale
afraid even to remain in their homes.
Alexander Wallace Superintendent of
Police, says that it will require at lea t
400 additional men to free the city of
present conditions. The entire county
seems to be overruD with the thugs
The rise of lawlessness is a serious phase
of the conditions of the present day, al d
in several of the larger cities crime is on
a steady increase.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
Causes of Tuberculosis.

The international tuberculosis Con-
gress in Paris yesterday concluded that
the most important predisposing causes
of tuberculosis are alcoholism, oyerwOrk
and overcoming. The virulent nature
of pulmonary consumption was generally
recognized, opinions being expressed in
favor OF the isolation of patients. DR..
Mszyck P. Ravenel, reporter of the
American section, contended that bovine
tuberculosis had proved in a number OF
instances to be transinissible to human
beings and that therefore any relaxation
of precautions against it would be un-
wise.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
The Great Northern Hold Up

Seattle, Wash, Oct. 4.-Three of the
men engaged in the Great Northern rob-
berry have escaped to the dense woods
where bandit Tracey so long eluded his
pursuers. Posses will try to starve them
out. In spite of the official statements
that only 81, 900 was secured by the rob-
bers, it is generally believed here that
the men secured 500, 900. Ofthe amount
said to have been secured $S5, 900 is
said to have been Klondyke gold, and
the balance paper on the way to small
country banks.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
A College for Pickpockets.

New York, Oct. 4.-Public School
No. 20, at RiyertOn and Eldridge streets.
was until today thought to be a model
institution for learning. Though teachers
have been doing their duty in the matter
of instruction the police have discovered
that course of crime was being jealous
" pursued in the basement. 1t was de-
veloped that "college for ptckpockets"
had been hourishing there for some time
and that scores of proficient pickpockets
have been graduated with great regular
ity. Within week the two prize schol-
airs of the school have been sentenced to
six months in the Catholic Protectory
and several others between eighteen and
twenty, who were the faculty of the in.
institution, have been given six months
on Blackwells Island. There were seven
professors and demonstratoTsin the base
ment school, which had about twenty
pupils. The boys we're taught to open
handbags and to pick pockets. Last
summer there was school teachers
convention in the city, and they visited
the school. The pupils paraded for the
visiting teachers and when they patted
the youngsters on the head they were
promptly relieved of their valuables.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04

A MAN was arrested in Milwaukee a
few days ago charged with wifebeating.
The prisoner in his defense said his vile
had been feeding him on tar soap which
was the cause of the troubling OF the
waters. The victim when called upon TO
give details said:
1t was last Sunday. / thought the
coffee had a rich, juicy favor, and there
was a peculiar little taste about it that |
couldn't quite place. | didn't really
know what was the matter with the
coffee until the soap all turned to lather,
after had swallowed it, and the suds
started to ooze up out of my mouth. |
sweled up so that couldn't wear any
thing but an old ba,hrobe.
The Judge suspended sentence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
The Situation in the Caucasus.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 4.-Dispatches
from Tiflis say that conditions in the
Caucasus are deplorable. Armenians
are starving and are abandoning their
home, because it is impossible for them
to cultivate their land on account of the
manner in which they are fred upon by
Tartars. Tartars openly boast that they
will burn the town of Shush, and the in-
habitants are fleeing to escape the
threatened massacre.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, !

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of +. j. Cheney dG
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County State aforesaid and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use of
Halls Catarrh Cure FRANK J. CAENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December. A. ID.
1886
(SEAL.) A. w. GLEASON.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly on he blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Send for testimon-
ials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, Zoe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04

DIR. ]. NJ. BUCKLEY, editor Of the
Christian Advocate (MethOdisb, has
aroused considerable discussion in the
daily as we'll as the religious press by
his recent declaration that "a clergyman
has no right to make his congregation
laugh. and to do so is irreverence. .
Many will agree with DR.. Buckley that
the puloit is no place for bufoonrey.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
To subsidize Steamship Lines.

London, Oct. 4.-Dispatches from
Toxic state that the japanese govern
ment proposes to increase the subsidies
to steamship companies as soon as mail
service is resumed. The government
will also substitute ten other companies
which will carry mail TO the United States
and Canada, and these companies will
provide a number of new steamers of
great tonnage for the service.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
Blu emont Branch Schedules.

Effective Monday, October 9th, 1906.
Southern Railway will make following
changes in schedules on Bluemont branch:
Nos. l25 and 1876, daily except Sunday, to
be taken off.
Nos. l29 and 1870, Sunday only, to be taken
of.
No l27, daily except Sunday, to be made
daily.
No. 1l9, Sunday only, to be taken of.
No. l24, leaving Bluemont 5.2j D. m, daily
70 leave Bluemont $50 p. M. daily; arrive at
Washington 7:2O p. m, instead of $50 p M.
as at present.
L. S. BROWN, General Agent,
Southern Railway Co..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
Cheated Death.

Kidney trouble often ends fatally. but by
choosing the right medicine. E. II. Wolfe,
of Bear Grove, Iowa. cheated death. He
says: Two years ago had Kidney Trouble,
which caused me great pain, suffering and
anxiety, but / took Electric Bltters, which
them Of great beuefit in general debility and
nerve trouble, and kept them constantly on
hand, since, as find they nave no equal
E. s. Leadbeater and Sons, druggist guaran.
tee them at SOC.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
Wilberforce a Cannibal

Berlin, Ont, Oct. 4.-News has
reached here that Sheriff Daniel WILDER
force, of the Imperial district of Sierra
Leone, West Africa, who was recently
expelled from the United Brethren
Church Tor pOlygamy, is under arrest
with other natives on the charge of cam
nibslism. WiIberforce bad been super
intendent of the church missions there
until about year ago when he was ex-
PEELED.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
Straw Hat His Lightning Rod.

Waynesboro, Pa, Oct 4-During Monday
nights storm bolt of lightning struck al
the home of Keller Creager, at Ringgold, just
across the Maryland line. Descending into
a room in which Creagor was standing it hit
his straw hat, ran down the straw to above his
left ear, then around the rim and down the
side of his neck to the body, tearing the shirt
collar then to his right leg and great toe,
which it split and tore of half his shoe. The
hair above his ear was burned off and the skin
scorched. Creager was found unconscious.
When he recovered he did not know the
nature of the accident. Neither his wife
nor children were near him when he was
efrnoE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04

statement of German steamship cap
tain that the Gulf Stream is deviating
from its course. He thinks such phe-
nomenon is scientifically impossible with
out frightful cataclysm. Moreover, If
the stream had deviated, change in the
emperature of the water would have
heen observed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
Fatally Wounded by Stranger.

Hugh Hamilton, a manufacturer, Of
Greensboro, Pa, was shot and fatally
wounded in a crowded restaurant in the
heart of Pittsburg yesterday by Anthony
Oleson, a Swede, whom he had never
seen before. Oleson is well dressed and
appears to be educated. The police be-
lieve he is the mau who on October 5,
1908, entered the White House and
caused commotiOn. The Minneapolis
police have been asked for information
regarding Oleson. When arrested Ole
son carried lot of anarchist literature,
a photo of Eugene Debs, a ticket for
Washington, d. c., and S72. Oleson
admitted he was on his way to Washing.
ton to see the President. Hamilton had
come to Pittsburg on business. AT noon
he entered the Hotel Wilson and sat
down at table. Oleson took a seat OPP
site and without word drew revolver
and shot Hamilton. Hamilton ran TO
the street and into jewelry store.
OlesOn followed and fred two more shots
into Hamilton's body.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04

President ROosEyELT's fight for
railway rate legislation is to be carried
into the Ohio campaign, and the voters
of that State are to have a chance 10
Judge between the advocacy of railroad
privileges by Senator Foraker and the
policy of federal regulation which the
President has inaugurated. Secretary
Taft will present the issue TO the Ohio
people as the spokesman of the admins
tration.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
New York Stock Market.

New York, Oct. 4.-All through the first
hour trading was brisk and active. with sn
exceptionally urgent demand for many in
dustrial stocks. Buying of higher priced
standard issues followed, in some cases caused
by speculative liquidation, but with the same
absence of real taking stock that had been q
feature Of the market for so long a period.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04

The railroad Senators have begun
their fight against the regulation of rates.
After bringing that 70 atriumPhant con-
clusion, the New York Tribune suggests
that "Ghey're going to turn the Gulf
Stream southeast BY east"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
Yellow Fever,

New Orleans. Oct. 4.-The total mum.
Der of new cases of yellow fever reported
yesterday was thirty, while the deaths
number two. This brings the total
number of new cases up to 1896 with
1876, as the total number of deaths to
date
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
A. w. GLEASON
For All Kinds of Piles.

To draw the fire out Off burn, heal 4 eut
without leaving a scar. or TO cure boiis, sores.
teter, eczema and all skin and scalp diseases
use DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A speciic
for blind, beeding, itching and protrudng
piles Stops the pain instantly and cures
permanently. Get the genuine. Sold by w. F.
Creighton & Co., 40l King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.

Fewer gallons; takes less Of Deyoe Lead
and Zinc than. mixed paints. Wears longer
twice as long as lead and oil.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04

NJ. CHANDELIER, a member OF the
French Institute, discredits the recent
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-19
When BaIzac Stumbled.

A comical Balzac story is thus quot
ed from the Gaulois:
The novelist, it appears, dattered him.
self upon his skill in reading character
from handwriting, and the story is Of
the test applied to his skill. A lady
brought him an extract from the exer-
else book of a twelve-year-old school
boy and asked for an opinion as to the
youngsters character and prospects.
Balzac inquired whether the child was
her own Answered in the negative, he
examined the exercise carefully and de-
livered his judgment. Madame" he
said, "this child is thick headed and
frivolous. He will never come to any
good II he We're my child, l would
take him from school and put him tC
the plow'' And then it had to be bro
ken gently to the graphologist that the
exercise on which he had pronounced
so severely was one Of his own which
had been discovered hidden away be
tween the leaves Of an old lesson book
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-19
You're Another.

A story is told about the smart SER
geant Of crack English cavalry regi-
ment Whenever he had occasion to
punish any Of his men he invariably
concluded the sentence by explaining,
"And you are another" Every victim
noticed this strange remark, but none
could understand the meaning Of it,
and naturally they were afraid to ask.
But one day a newly promoted SER
geant determined to solve the mystery
He said to the sergeant:
Sergeant, there is one thing should
like to ask you. I've often heard you
say after inficting punishment on a
man, And you are another What dc
you really mean by that remark"
"Well," said the sergeant, smiling
81 will tell you:. know that whenever
am obliged to punish an evildoer the
victim always says to himself, What
a stupid ass the sergeant is! I gel
even with him by saying, And you are
another Keep it dark"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-19
WITH THE lMMoRTALS.
Creatures That Seem Never to Die
From Old Age.

Creatures That Seem Never to Die
From Old Age.
Wandering unconcernedly in the field |
Of view Of any high power microscope
there may be seen an animal which
has probably been living continuously
ever since life first appeared on the
earth and which has certainly never
lost an ancestor by death. The creature
is transparent and resembles drop of |
slightly more viscid fluid in the thin |
film Of water in which it is confined.
Amoeba is the name by which it is
known to science. Splash drop of
ink on paper, and you will have an
idea of its form at any one moment,
but it's form is never the same. Even
as you watch it its shape, which had a
resemblance to Ireland as it appears
on the map, changes. The headlands
at the southwest corner are becoming
more and more prominent till now they
| are like the fingers of an outstretched
hand of which the palm Is rapidly
| shrinking The whole creature Is flow
| ing rather than creeping toward a
small chain Of bacteria, which present
| ly it devours. There is no mouth
through which they pass. They are
simply engulfed as small drops Of wa
ter may be merged into a larger. In
| an hour or two they will have been
digested-burned off as fuel to supply
| the activities Of their destroyer.
| Occasionally amid it's ceaseless
changes of form amoeba may be seen
to be developing waist which
grows smaller and narrower until it
snaps, and instead of one large animal
we have two small ones, which, with
out even momentary pause, continue
the search for food till, in few hours,
each is full sized and ready to divide
again.
But what has become Of the original
'amoeba? In the absence Of anything
which could be called his corpse we
cannot declare him dead. It must be
said that he is still living as the two
J new amoebae. Now, this splitting into
two being the only mode Of reproduc-
ton of the race, it follows that all the
} previous parent amoebae from which
our present two are descended are still
J living. OF course thousands Of the
animalculae are destroyed every day
by natural foes, but it must be re-
membered that these unfortunates
cannot by the nature of things leave
any children and so will never be an
cestors, and that so long as any one
amoeba Is living none Of his direct an
cestry Is dead.
? The conclusion has forced itself up
:, on biologists that death is no part OF
, the life scheme Of these humble crea.
l lures They are not like us-machines
preordained to run down In more OF
' less certain period Of years-but they
l live on Indefinitely till some chance &C
e cident cuts short their career. Youth
or, rather, immaturity, they experience
: from time to time, but old age never!-
: Grand Magazine.