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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Great Falls and Old Dominion r. r.

A dispatch from Herndon says opera
tons of the Great Falls and Old Domin-
ion Railroad for passenger traffic, which
it was promised should begin November
/ have again been deferred, and it is said
that not before December will the line
be ready for business. Many Of the res
idents along the new line are hoping
that traffic will be opened before winter
sets in, and it seems that the expecta-
ton of the management to accomplish
this NAV be realized, as unusual energy
has been exhibited and progress made
during the past few weeks.
The greatest delay was the result of
The company's attempt to gain access to
the Falls by passing through the proper
ty of the Great Falls Power Company, a
tract of between six and seven hundred
acres of land for which that company
paid something like $500, 900 only few
years ago. 1t is said the Corporation
Commission of Virginia gave the Old
Dominion right to condemn a portion of
this property for railroad purposes, but
the Supreme Court of Appeals of the
State reversed this action on the ground
that the railroad company sought to con-
denim the land of the Great Falls Power
Company for terminal point on account
of the rare scenic features it afforded and
because of the attractions it would have
10 pleasure seekers from Washington
city. In other respects the location pos
sesses none of the advantages ordinarily
accrulng to a railroad, and it was con
tended that but for the beauty Of the
scene it would have been avoided by the
railroad company.
The Old Dominion was thus denied the
power to condemn this land, and it then
obtained from the board OF suryisors of
Fairfax county permission to use the
Georgetown and Leesburg pike for little
less than two miles, and in this way go
around the Great Falls Power Company's
land to the Falls.
Rails have been laid and poles placed
as far as that point on the road; but the
wires have not been strung the entire
distance Construction and supply trains
have been in operation over portion of
the road for some time, and apparently
every effort is being made TO have the
whole line in operation before the snow
begins TO fall.
Contract has been entered into with
the Westinghouse, Church, Kerr Com
pany of New York, whereby, it is said,
the cars will be equipped with 200 horse
power motors, and will be able tc make
more than forty miles an hour.
While the bed of this road has been
constructed in a most substantial manner,
and the bridges over all the streams on
the line are well built-one of these
bridges being steel structure 600 feet in
length and 100 feet high-the bridges and
the road bed are nevertheless not regard
ed as of such construction as would be
necessary for the very heavy cars and
locomotives 10 use on any of the steam
railroads entering Washington. The
final use OF the Great Falls and Old Do
minion Railroad by the Wabash or any
other great steam road is very much
doubted by a gentlemen who has been
over the entire line aud made it study
as an engineer. AT any rate, it is claim
ed, it will be the very best electric road
entering the city of Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Fire in Executive Mansion.

Jefferson City, No.. Oct. 2S.-The
executive mansion caught fire this
morning in the big reception ball just
below the sleeping apartment of the
Governor and Mrs. Folk, who were
asleep at the time. The smoke awaken
ed the Governor who assisted Mrs. Folk
from the building and turned in M
alarm. When the first company arrived
the Governor donned an old rubber coat
and acted as chief of the FIRE company.
As he was familiar with the situation,
he directed every movement of the com
pany, chief Gray giving way to him. In
a short time the fire was extinguished,
the damage amounting to 81 900, fully
covered by insurance. The fire original
ed from a defective wire. This morn-
ing convicts from the penitentiary re-
moved the debris.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Riot i'm Chill.

Santiago, Chill, Oct. 29.-Teu per-
Sous we're killed and hundreds we're
wounded in a conflict between the police
and rioters which occurred here yester-
day. The riot started at a meeting call
ed to petition the government to abolish
the import tax on Argentine cattle.
The troops are absent from the city en-
gagged in manoeuvres aud owing to theil
absence it was impossible to keep order.
The police fred on the rioters with the
result told. This did not quell the mob,
however, which vented its anger by de-
stroying street cars and smashing cleo
trio lights. At 8 O'Clock last night,
when the disorder was at its height, the
fire department was ordered out to assist
in maintaining order. 1t is expected
that troops will reach the city today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Strike Spreading.

St. Petersburg, Oct. 2S.-The strike
on the railways is spreading. The late
accessions to the ranks of the strikers
are the men from the districts of Saratoff,
Samara, Husband Kslovv who joint d
the number. Despite the gravity of the
situation when the least untoward act
on the part of the authorities may bring
on the trouble, General Trepo1, the
Assistant Minister of the Interior, has
forbidden the holding of meetings. A
warning has also been issued to the uni
versities because thousands of workmen
have been in the habit of gathering
there daily.
A patriotic party has been started
at Moscow which has for its purpose the
enrolment of 100000 armed men to
protect the Gar from high officials.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Douhle Mystery.

New York, Oct %. With the cap
ture by the authorities of the sloop Do
roda, on which we're found evidences
that she has been used BY Sound pirates,
together with the effects of Robert A.
Jackson, the young midshipman who
disappeared from the battleship Mis-
souri,, and OF Olga Maxwell, the New
York woman who was with young Jack
son, when he quit ship without leave.
the police have a double mystery to
solve. Young Jackson who is the son
of the Representative of the Standard
Oil Company in Petersburg, Va, was
found by his father after ten days in
Canada. He said that he had no recOl-
lection OF leaving the ship, and could
remember little after joining the woman.
1t WIS found that Jackson aud the wom-
an journeyed to Boston and that the
woman had there quit him, returning to
her home 10 this city. The Doroda,
to the smazement of the sheriff and his
men, was heavily loaded with expensive
bric-a-brae, a valuable assortment of
silverware, clothing, furniture. 0r:en-
tai rugs of value and other household
goods which the police believed were
stolen 10 raids made on the homes of
many millionaires along the sound.
Further search brought forth the effects
of Midshipman Jackson and Miss Max
we'll. There were also clippings from
newspapers telling of young Jackson's
disappearance.
Then it developed that the Doroda
was owned by Mrs. Ruth Jackson, of
Taunton, Mass, whose sou, Henry Al
len Jackson, has given her much trouble.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Pleas of Not Guilty.

Chicago, Oct. 23.-The indicted pack
ers today filed general and special plea
as to the charges that they conspired, 10
restraint of trade and thereby violated
the antitrust laws, denying all the al
legations, protesting that the government
exhausted its legal remedy against them,
by obtaining an injunction in the United
States court, and questioning the exist
ence of any law to punish them for any
of the acts alleged to have been comitted.
Their pleas reduced to their exact mean
ing are mot guilty" mo jurisdiction"
and bar to further prosecution because
of the bill in equity and the injunction
issued by United States Judge Grosscup.
Judge Humphrey will probably resume
hearing the cases as soon as the district
attorney can read the pleas and prepare
answers to them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Some Seasonable Advice.

1t may be piece of superhuous adj
vice TO urge people at this season of the
year to lay in a supply of Chamberlain 5
Cough Remedy. 1t is almost sure to be
needed before winter is over, and much
more prompt and satisfactory results are
obtained when taken as soon as cold is
contracted aud before it has become set
tied in the system, which can only be
done by keeping the remedy at hand.
This remedy is so widely known and 50
altogether good that no one should hesi-
tate about buying it in preference to any
other. 1t is for sale by Gibson & Tim
herman and w. F. Creighton x Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Monument to Plus z.

A monument to Pope Plus X, sub
scribed for by Catholics all over the
world, was unveiled yesterday morning
at Riese, the little village 10 the Vene-
tian provinces where the Pope Was born.
The pontiff is represented in the act of
administering a benediction. The entire
village was decorated aid national flags
we're conspicuous everywhere, while the
walls were covered with inscriptions,
one of which read "Long live Pope
Plus X, the first citizen of the world. "
The authorities formed a procession,
headed by the Patriarch of Venice and
six bishops of the neighboring dioceses,
to the house where the Pope was born.
The eldest sister of the Pope and other
relatives, who own an inn called the
two Swords, where they themselves
serve the customers, were the recipients
Of much attention.
A rumor spread throughout Rome yes
terday morning that the Pope was i'll.
DR.. Lapponi, his physician, authorized
the announcement that "the statement
was inexact, the Pope merely having a
cold, 50 slight that it could scarcely be
called an indisposition." Since his last
attack OF govt, in January, the pOntiff,
the doctor says, has enjoyed perfect
health. Yesterday the Pope received
over 200 persons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Suicide of a Professor.

Sylvester Dwight Judd, formerly pro-
fessor at the Georgetown University,
and also in the government service,
committed suicide by hanging yesterday,
at his beautiful home, on the Frederick
road, near Baltimore. Prof. Judd was
found suspended by rope from the door
lamb of his stable, and was cut down by
his wife. Life, however, was extinct.
As the professor had but one arm, it
had evidently required no little skill and
careful preparation to make the moose
and complete the necessary arrange
ments for the suicide. He had made all
preparations very deliberately, and hav-
ing put his head in the moose, kicked
away the stool on which he stood, and
was strangled to death. Mental aberra-
ton. due to melancholia, is the cause of
Prof. Judd's death, given by his wife,
who was Frustrated by the dreadful
shock and reaction alter she had cut her
husbands body down. Mrs. Judd said
that her husband had been in sani-
tarium prior TO their taking up their
residence on the Frederick road several
months ago. She said she brought him
there in the hope that the pleasant sur
roundings would divert his mind.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Mutiny and Murder.

Berlin, Oct. 23.-The report Of a mu-
tiny on the British ship Emperor, in
which it is alleged the captain and cook
of the vessel were murdered by the crew,
has been received here. The Emperor
was bound from the West Indies to Riga,
with a mixed crew of Russian Croatians
and Italians. The crew rose against
Captain Frank and murdered him. The
cook, who was the only other Euglishman
on board, the ship, was also murdered.
Lack of provisions led the ship to put
into Swinemunde. There the crew got
drunk and told OF what they had done.
The police there are investigating the af-
fair
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23

Ar THE annual banquet of the Chi
cago Bankers Club in the Auditorium
Hotel Saturday night Henry B. F. Mac
farland, president of the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia, was the
principal speaker His speech was
mainly an appeal to the bankers as citi-
zens to aid in the effort to make the
capital of the United States the most
beautiful city in the world. In time
Washington will doubtless be one of the
prettiest cities on heglobe. 1t has grown
phenomenally during the past quarter Of
century and is still spreading out in
every direction. Previously the city
seemed to have been neglected, and
when Dickens visited this country in
the early forties, the novelist made It
a subject of derision. 1t is not so now,
however, but while not as populous
nor as compact as the British capital.
it is tar more pleasing to the eye.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Stabbed at Dance.

At dance Friday night at the home
of Mrs. Clarence Curtis, near Ravens
worth, Fairfax county, an alteration
occurred between George Dove and
Owen Bancroft in which the latter was
dangerously stabbed. Each of the young
men is about eighteen years of age. 1t
is claimed that Dove was under the in
fuence of liquor and committed the
deed without the slightest provocation.
Dove fed after the stabbing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23

THAT the whole amount of Pennsyl-
vapia State funds deposited in the
wrecked Enterprise National Bank, of
Allegheny, will exceed 81, 600, 900, in-
stead of 1892, 900, as at first announced,
now seems probable. President Gwin-
ner. in statement issued in Pittsburg
last evening, declared that he has been
Informed that the amount ipoliticai and
other loans OF doubtful value will aggre-
gate 81, 500, 900. "The politicians loot
ed the bank while customers who wish
ed to make loans were denied" says Mr..
Gwinner. The men who aided in footing
the bank, are making a desperate effort
to raise Sufficient funds TO remove pOliti-
cal paper from the wrecked institution.
Corporations are being menaced to this
end almost without mercy. Collapse OF
the Enterprise is reported to have been
directly que 10 the REFUSAL VI an Ai""
querque, Nm, bank to discount Cashier
Clarks note for $40, 600 to raise money
to meet the monthly payroll of W. II.
Andrews railroad This blow, coming
after the Santa Fe's refusal to buy tine
road under its option, burst the bubble.
Homer l.. Castle, in a second interview
given out yesterday, answers the repub-
lican politicians claim that the State
will lose nothing by the Enterprise fail
ure by calling attention to the important
fact that 5000 citizens lose 81, 900, 900 Of
their savings by political knavery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
STATE OF ONO. CITY OF TOLEDO, | .

LUCAS COUNTY
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm Of F j. Cheney q
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 bv the nse %
Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CAENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In NV
presence, this 9th day Of December, A. d,
lSEAL.) A. w. GLEASON,
m, NOTARY PUBLIC.
HAIRS Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
and acts directly on ,he blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testimon-
ials free.
T: J: CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Growing Sentiment for Republic.

Christiana, Norway, Oct. 29.-The
sentiment in favor of establishing a re-
pnblic in Norway is growing stronger all
the time. Every day petitions are re-
ceived by the Storthiug, demanding a
plebiscite to determine the future form
of government of the country. The
Storthing has postponed the discussion
of this question for the time being.
1t is reported that Denmark has de-
manded preliminary guarantees that
Prince Charles will be accepted as King
Of Norway.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23

SENATOR MCCUMBER, Of North Da-
kOta, who is in Washington on official
business, announces that the advocates OF
pure food legislation in Congress pur-
pose to work increasingly at the coming
session for the passage of the HeyburR
bill, which provides safeguards against
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23

ga YEAR in He'll; or, Railroad
Mans Observations Along the Highway
of Justice" is the title John S. Pack
ham, a -year-man-in,jail, at Macon,
Mo, has given to a book he has pre-
pared for publication. It's a collection
OF his experiences, mixed with moraliza-
tons on what he calls the "uDiust atti-
tude" the public assumes toward the
man whom circumstances throw into the
clutches OF the law. Packham is con-
fined for forgery and should remember
that his own act put him in the place
he calls hell, so he should cease his COM
plants. But emo thief ere felt the
halter draw with good opinion OF the
law"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Cheated Death.

Kidney trouble often ends fatally, but by
choosing the right medicine. E. II. Wolfe,
of Bear Grove, Iowa, cheated death. He
says: 1.-TWO years ago had Kidney Trouble,
which caused me great pain, suffering and
anxiety, but / took Electric Bitters, which
effected a complete cure. have also found
them Of great beueft in general debility and
nerve trouble, and kept them constantly on
hand, since, as l find they have no equal.
E. $. Leadbeater and Sons, druggist guaran-
tee them at 5Oc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Taken TO Prison.

Somerville, \. j., Oct. 23.-The no.
torious Sack Leahy gang, six in number,
were taken to State prison this morning
by Sheriff Cooper, and posse Of detec-
tives. Fully 500 citizens gathered about
the prisoners at the station, and the po-
lice had hard lime preventing DEM
onstration against the men, who are
perhaps, the most desperate criminals
ever sentenced in this State. They will
serve ten years each.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
New York Stock Marke.

New York. Oct 23.-The feature of trade
ing during the first hour was heavy profit
taking BY large room traders and commission
houses that had Joined in the buying late last
week. A large part Of the mornings pur-
chases was covering by shorts. Price move
ments were generally upward at the opening
and interest in the first few minutes, then the
realizing cause reactions exten ing from 10
! points, but there was good support on this
decline and in recent rading prices show a
general recovery from the lowest range in The
first hour. The pro6t-taking movement was
apparently ended before the close Of the first
hour, while the demand after that became
more urgent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Letter TO ]. A. DleneIt.
Alexandria, Va,

Dear Sir: 1t costs two or three times as
much to put paint on as TO buy it. A gallon
Of poor paint costs as much as a gallon Of
good, for the work; and gallon Of poor don't
go half as far. Poor paint lasts half or a
third or a quarter as long as good; and pro-
tects wood and iron half or third or a
quarter as we'll as good. 10 you buy good
paint or poor! You don't know any poor
Why, the market is full of it
All Deyoe agents have a state chemists
certificate which tells just what's in Devoe.
Go by the name the one safe name: Dsvoe
lead-and-zinc.
Yours truly,
f w DEvoE & Co
rs New York
P. Sc. s. Leadbeater & sOns sell our
paint
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
Wards or Pneumonia.

All coughs colds and pulmonary complaints
that are durable are gu ekly cured by One
Minute Cough Cure Gears the phlegm,
draws out inflammation and heels and soothes
the affected part strengthens the Iungs, wards
of pneumonia. Harmless and pleasant TO
take. Sold by w. + Creighton. ami Co.
40l King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23

THE Fall River Textile Council has
rejected the offer of the Manufacturers
Association Of per cent advance and
a proit-shariug scheme, and requested the
restoration Of The 12t per cent. reduction.
Fall River suffered from strike year
ago which paralyzed almost every industry
in that city and has never recovered
from its baneful effect. Should the textile
council and the manufacturers fail 10
agree now and another strike follow,
the result can be easily foretold-the
finis of Fall River as manufacturing
centre
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
The Siberia Sighted.

San Francisco, Oct. 2S.-The steamer
Siberia, with Miss Alice Roosevelt and f.
H. Hartman aboard, was sighted 80
miles out at $3.50 this morning. She is
enacted to reach port about noon, and
dock an hour later.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23

interstate traffic in impure liquors and
drugs. Why work is necessary for tie
passage of such bill can only be ex-
planned satisfactorily by the congressman
under the influence of the manufacturers
of adulterated foods, liquors and drugs,
for everybody else wants these articles
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23

In SPEAKING of the Presidents trip
through the South, the Philadelphia
Record says
Mr.. Roosevelt is saying a great deal
in his southern speeches, and saying it
with sense, force aud effectiveness. Let
us sincerely hope that he will not bite
into an unripe persimmon. Sweet, in
deed, is Sister Dixie-if you kiss fair.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23
The President in Alabama.

Montgomery, Ala, Oct. 2S.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt reached Montgomery, at
lilo, and made a short speech from the
end of his car regiment. He praised the
State and its people, and said that he
would see all of his friends here again
when he returned tomorrow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-23

Detective Serge nt Brnnett today arrested
Bert IsOu, % years old, in Jersey City. N.
j On charge Of killing man named Lewis,
at Coney Island July last.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-18
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

What a poor and homeless orphan
the Los Angeles public library is.
Housed for years in an attic begrudged
even these inadequate quarters, 1t is
now served with notice to get out
January 1, and find home of its own.
Short of funds, limited as to income,
hampered in its legitimate sphere by
lack of money, it now must face the
cold and heartless world.
1t is time Los Angeles awoke to its
library's possibilities, and gave it
decent housing and n chance. For
months it has been a subject of bick-
erings and quarrels and strife. Per-
sonal ambitions and bitternesses have
contaminated it's flow and muddied
it's waters, till it has became Jest,
and a byword; a plaything for poll
ticians and jbe for witless fools.
Now, it is to be unhoused and tossed
forth, like any drab. into the public
highway.
Get a home for the library, and that
quickly! Take it away from the city
hall, into some green and cool and
shady spot. Exercise the demons of
dispute, and clear from it the muck
Of mutlny and murmurings. In a new
habitat, start afresh and give us the
library we want and cry out for Then,
please God, this now seeming disaster
shall prove blessing in disguise.