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The Washington times., 1905-06-12
ECCLESIASTICAL POWER
OF SPAIN Is BROKEN

The ecclesiastical power exercised By
the Spaniards during their reign of gov
eminent in the Philippine islands has
teen almost completely abolished. ac-
ccrding to Col George Robinson. a re,
tired chaplain of the army, in an ad.
dress at the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church last night
In part. Colonel Robinson said: Nov
the people of the islands are worship
ing more as they please and the power
of religious oppression is broken, much
to the satisfaction OF the insular gov
eminent
Colonel Robinson recently returned
from tour Of service with his regiment
ir the Far East, and declares that the
greatest reward gained from acquirine
the Philippines would be the lifting (
the highest standard the 5000, 600 of hu.
man souls through the preaching of the
Gospels of Christ.
The Washington times., 1905-06-12
WOMAN IN
GALLONS SHADOW
Mrs. Myers Murders Hus-
band to Marry Again.
PENALTY HANGING IN KANSAS
Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Edwards, ana Mrs.
Valentino Are Others Under
Death Sentence.
PENALTY HANGING IN KANSAS
THREE SLEW HUSBANDS;
ONE KILLED RIVAL

MRS. KATE EDWARE.S-kiised
her husband in his home at Stouch-
burg, Pa, on July e, 1911. Sentenced
to be hanged on last February Is.
after the beard of pardons had
twice declined to interfere. Again
granted stay, and case is stin pend
ing.
MRS. MARY MABEL ROGERS
Found guilty on December -, 1868,
of numbering her husband with
chloroform at Bennington, VT, on
August y, 1902 First sentenced to
be hanged on the first Friday in last
February Vermont Legislature in
November, 1904, refused to pass a
bill to abolish capital punishment
and thereby save Mrs. Rogers. Twice
reprieved by Gov. c. ]. Bel, second
reprieve expiring June % rext.
MRS. ANNA VALENTINA-
victed in April, 1904, of tic murder
of her rival, Mrs. Rosina Salza, at
Lodi, n. j., on March 10. 1904. First
sentenced to be hanged on May 10,
1904. Stay granted, but again SEN
fenced to be hanged on Nay y last
after board of pardons has declined
to interfere. Consul General Tosti,
Of New York, secured appeal for
reprieve, and case is now. pending in
the Federal courts
MRS. AGNES MYERS-Convicted
yesterday OF murder in the first de-
gree o. her husband in Kansas City
on May 10, 1904. Penalty, hanging.
but sentence not yet pronounced
The Washington times., 1905-06-12
FrancO-Gern1Qn Alliance
Is ". ROupier's Intent
French Premier Prides Himself on Being a
Business Statesman and Thinks COnbin-
alton With Germany Offers Advantages

that the German Kaiser looks with
favor on a French alliance.
Wants Austria Hungary.
Austria Hungary is about to go to
pieces Nobody believes that the present
conditions can much longer be main
tanned there.
The Kaiser. 1t is surmIsed." said
well-known diplomat, would not at all
object to the rounding out of his empire
on the south by the absorption of
the Austro-Hungarian provinces, which
would make Germany g Mediterranean
power, besides giving the Kaiser domi-
nant voice in the settlement of Balkan
troubles and make him residuary legatee
OF the Sultan in Europe, an inheritance
upon which he would quickly enter in
through an alliance with France if he
were secure on the west.
Then the northern part of the ep>pire
needs rounding out With Holland, Den
mark, and the Scandinavian peninsula
would feel easier
frances Share of Spoil.
For France there would be Belgium,
perhaps Spain and Portugal. if not italy
ultimately, with q free hand in north
ern Africa
IF France and Germany should get
together and decide upon such pro
gram" continued the diplomat. "there
is nothing which could prevent it being
carried out. 1t is possible IN order TO
bring about such an alliance the Kaiser
would be willing to give back to France
Alsace-Lorraine- 1t is not Impossible
f fnfIo some ne most surprising things viii
and the consolidation Of the greater
part or continental Europe under France
and Germany may be among them"
The Washington times., 1905-06-12
SMALLPOX VICTIMS FILL
VALPARAISO'S LAZARETTO

VALPARAISO, Chile (via Galveston
Tex, June 12.-SmaIlpox Is increasing
fostered by the filthiness of the city
and lack of sanitary implements.
The Lazaretto Is filling rapidly. and
there are today more than 1,0c0 patients
scattered all over the city Little OF
no precautions are being taken u pre-
vent contagton
Smallpox is also ravaging o.her cities
In Junin, a little nitrate port situated
near PiSagua. bubonic plague broke GU:
a few days ago, and is causing great
alarm. There IS an exodus of the in
habitantS.
The Washington times., 1905-06-12

LIBERTY. Mo, June ia jury has
found Mrs. Agnes Myers, of Kansas
City, guilty in the first degree Of the
murder OF her husband, Clarence My
ers. Death IS the penalty In this State.
Frank Hoffman and Mrs. Myers kill
ed Myers on May 10, 1904 SO that the
murderess might be free to marry Holt
man. hoffman Is under sentence OF
death. Although he testified voluntari-
ly against the woman, he was offered
no immunity by the prosecution. Holt
man had offered to elope with Mrs.
Myers, but she said it was necessary to
kill her husband.
Drug and Billiard Cue.
Mrs. Myers administered a drug to
her husband to compel sleep, and Holt
man struck Myers with a billiard cue.
This aroused Myers, and he grappled
with Hoffman, who was intoxicated.
Myers was getting the better of the
fight when Mrs Myers struck her hus-
band with a bed slat and repeatedly cut
his throat with a razor. She stabbed
the dying man in the back half a doZ-
en- times with pair OF shears.
With u sentiment throughout the
country Of pronounced opposition to in
fiicti,lg the death penalty on women
there is now presented the probably un-
paralleled situation of four women at
one time under sentence of death for
murder.
Summary of Cases.
Present indications are that all of the
condemned women viii hang as in three
Of the cases practically every means of
saving their life have been tried and
failed
Mrs. Edwards. Mrs Rogers. and Mrs.
Myers killed their respective husbands
with the utmost elaboration In order
to free themselves from legal ties and
assume other relations outside Of the
moral scale.
In all three cases the boards of par
dons in as many States have been in
voked. and the respective boards have
decided that justice demanded that the
death penalty be imposed. Also In all
three cases petitions have been circu-
lated and met with support, but the
State executives have not been moved
to grant the petitions.
Unless further legal barriers are
raised Mrs. Rogers will be the first of
the four condemned women to pay the
death penalty. Her reprieve will expire
on June e.
The Washington times., 1905-06-12

holes for cannon frowning down upon
us.
But 1t required no minute inspec-
non to discover that these were made
OF cioth, or some species of canvas,
with black portfolios Dainted IIDOn
them! So this mode of terrifying us
availed as little as the many thou
sands OF their soldiers who swarmed
was SO small In comparison, It was
disciplined and we'll armed, and we
felt equal to any number Of japanese
stick muskets,l and more Of them
matchlocks. but the great majority
only spears and battle-aYes"
The Washington times., 1905-06-12
Your Heart

is a wonderful pump that works inces-
sanity, averaging seventy 50-pound
strokes n minute, and forcing from 90 to
80 pounds Of blood throughout the body
each minute
The power that keeps this wonderful
pump In motion is nerve-force. the en-
ergy furnished by the nerves.
Disease. over-eXertion, fright, anxiety,
alcohol. tobacco, and other stimulants
weaken these nerves. but the heart. in
stead Of stopping, makes extraordinary
efforts and causes heart strain
Then comes shortness of breath, heart
palpitation, dizziness, etc. because the
nerves are too weak to furnish power.
Take the only safa remedy
The Washington times., 1905-06-12

much magnificence. So far I have seen
about as much of Yeddo as you can
see from the high bank "a spot at Ham
brooks, Md. land not a bit more. If IT
could be done with safety / should like
to see the grand city very much, but l
am afraid there is not much chance.
What he Thought of Japs.
You must not believe all you read
about the Japanese. A good many Of
the books Of opinions Of this country
are vague and inferential. and are liable
| to be full OF imperfections and mis-
takes. The men are better looking in
every respect than the Loo elbows and
Chinese. The officers and gentlemen are
extremely well built and gentlemanly
| looking. They dress. for their style
beautifully, and wear. as history says
| one. two, or more swords, according to
/ their rank
as the writer's say. very pretty IF they
| can be judged Of from the appearance
| of the men. / would say so. In the
| family circles of the rich there Is no
| two centuries they have been nearly
| shut off from the rest Of the world, and
alone and unaided they have developed
and progressed to high state of Orfen-
doubtless did, learn q good deal from
| the missionaries who lived among them
| in the seventeenth century a good
! many of them. their interpreters espe-
cially, speak Dutch, and through that
| language we can get along with them
without any difficulty, as the commo-
dores clerk Is Dutchman. BY their
knowledge of one European languag e
they are much better Informed about
geography and the affairs of the world
generally than the Chinese.
"A globe was placed before them TO
show where the United States vas,
| when the head man Immediately said,
/ Oh, yes and pointed out to New York
| Boston, and Washington, calling them
| Ly name In the most familiar manner
! one doctor has to go on shore with the
| commodore tomorrow from this ship
| but I don't know whether 1t will fall on
| Williams (who had succeeded DR.. SMITH
or myself / would like to go very much
| lust to say l have been on Japanese soil,
! if nothing more. So III bid you good-by
until the grand function is over. Don't
mention anything ] have said about the
proceedings going on mere"
Accepted Presidents Letter.
| Continuing his narrative, Di. Steele
said: 1T was known to all that the Japs
were ayerse to having any intercourse
| with us of any kind but finally the
| firm, though polite, insistence OF Com
modore Perry induced them to receive
! the Presidents letter, and to promise
an answer If we would go away then
and come back next spring On the day
| a hearty laugh. The shore. which the
night before had been barren or FORTH
cations seemed as II by magic to have
changed into an immense fort. for al
most as far as the eye could reach there
appeared ramparts bristlins With port
The Washington times., 1905-06-12
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Ohio L. Ferris. "a. ana Edna G. Kim
bali. 70.
Robert F. Bush. &C. and Hannie r.
Lawrence e. Candy, SO. and Della
Taylor, 81
d. ]. Richard, q; Brooklyn, n. Y,
and Fannie Stearns, 20. District of Co
lumbia.
John b. Rallenger. 81, and Mary L. E.
Sutton, 49,
John T. White. "a. Columbia. S. c.:
and Mia Connor, "a, Abba. La
John w. Gianniany, %, and Annie
Lacy, ri: both of Charlottesville. Va.
The Washington times., 1905-06-12
NEW FIELDS OF COAL
DISCOVERED IN CHILE

| VALPARAISO, Chile (via Galveston.
! Tex. June IAN immense frst-class
coalheld has been discovered in the
| province of Cautin. The coal is similar
! 10 that in Wales.
The Washington times., 1905-06-12
DIR. Miles Heart Cure

- itSo'' 9ti eiie tileii. a Gnu oui4us Up the
can supply the necessary energy
DIR. Miles Heart Cure is a marvellous
remedy. l always use it when cardiac
trouble is present. 1t meets the indica-
tons surely and completely."-C. +. p
BURCHMORE, NJ. D., 1876 Mass. Ave.
Boston, Mass.
The first bottle will benefit, If not. the
druggist VIII return your money.
The Washington times., 1905-06-12
THE PALAIS ROYAL
--=A.L ISNER-
Basement Floor

The most complete store for Housekeepers' Goods is
this Basement Floor. Nearly $4,000 worth of Sum-
Home Needs are here now. None but the reliable
and lowest cash price marked each few hints In
these columns.
The Washington times., 1905-06-12
Iron Ware

B. & B. Blue Flame OIL -
Cooking Stove, with two& - 20
burners; $3.50
The Star Double Gil =
Stove. with four large burn no.
erS and two oil tanks So&
The Beacon" Oil Stove,
with two large wicks and oil Hn
tank in enc piece. OSC
Lamp Stoves. with finch
wick and iron oil tank; soc 90
Double Gas Stoves. with
s syoye double burners best 81 7Qc
Acme" Gas Stoves, CT IN
with three double burners > t.A9
Gas Stoves. single: super en
ior, warranted stoves
Covered Gas Tubing. with
ratenI ends best quality per ~
Ovens for Gas or Oil
Stoves: polished steel lined; 0E~
Iron Wash Stands. IN assorted col
ors, complete with pitcher
and basin, soap dish and tow co.
ei rack .-.-...-.....,~S~
The Washington times., 1905-06-12

| that the German Kaiser looks with
/ favor on q French alliance
The Monticellonian., 1905-01-12
TEA-DRlNKlNC BY CHILDREN
Said by Physicians to Be Prevalent Among Those of Poor Who
 Cannot Afford Milk.

It has been stated by physicians that the practice Of tea drinking among the children of the poor Is very prevalent, says the Detroit News-Tribune Even little ones less than two years old are given tea to drink three times a day. The reason for this Is that the parents are not able to buy milk for the ehil- Gren. and. thinking that they must have something to drink besides water. ig- norantly give them tea. never realizing the disastrous results that may follow to the growing child in the way of nervous ness and other troubles. Physicians who work among the poor are discour- aging this practice as far as possible and advising water as a beverage either cold or hot with little milk added. making that drink known in many families as "canbric tea" Women. too who know better than to give tea to babes. might do much good by instructing those who to not know better. not in an intrusive way, but by perhaps saying: My doc tor says it is harmful to give children tea, so I have stopped il altogether. And the ignorant women, with the doc tors opinion placed before them. will more often than not listen and profit by it. for they have much confidence in physician.
The Monticellonian., 1905-01-12
FISHERS WHO CAN'T SWIM.
Labrador Mems Lives Often Haz- arGed Through Ignorance
 of This Art.

: ENw fishermen can swim, says a writer in Leslie's Monthly on Labrador. You see. We has enough e the water without goin' to bother wi it when We are ashore" a man said to me only the other day. Yet this very man had fallen overheard in the open sea no less than four times and had only been saved on one occasion by catching the line thrown him in his teeth and holding on till he was hauled aboard His hands were too numbed to be of any use. Still. this fact does not deter them from facing the water. In an open bay in Labrador lives one solitary settler. In the spring of the year, when the ice was just breaking up. the mans two lads were out on the bay ice after seals, when all of sudden il gave way and the lads fell through The father, seeing it from the shore, did not hesitate, but, seizing a fishing line hastily fastened one end round his body and. giving the other end to his daugh- ter to hold. he ran out to the hole through which they had fallen. He Jumped into the water, actually went down and fetched up the bodies. too late, alas. to restore life to them after that cold water
The Monticellonian., 1905-01-12
FURNISHING THE MATERIAL
An Exhibition of Native American Freedom for a Possible Forth
 coming Book

l The two men were seated at table 1 in the farthest corner of the restaurant, relates the Chicago Tribune.
 May 1 ask you for the score card? ?'' l said the one with the bristling nous taeh. pointing 10 the bill of fare.
 You may, sir, replied the other, a man With closely cropped hair, "but that's all the good it will do you. I'm not a waiter.
 Maybe not. sir" returned the other but if you had requested such ia. vor of me l should have taken pleasure in complying '
 Quite likely Some men are born that way. They'd just as lief be !akea for waiter as not.
 And some men are born boegs. They couldn't be gentlemen if they tried
 Think you'd know a gentleman if you happened to meet one?"
 T think l should He'd look as diff ferent from you as he possibly could. =
 How do you know anything about what a gentleman would look iike2'
 Pm intimately acquainted with sew eral and they don't any Of them act like you"
 That so? Say. who began this con- yersation. you baboon-faced-"
 T did, you buIlet-headcd barbarian. l asked you in a civil way if you'd be kind enough to hand me the bill of fare. and you insulted me. You haven [ the manners or deceney of walrus. You're hunk of mule meat in a shape something like a man, with a.
 You can't talk that way to me and live, I'll-
 Don't you do il, If you move your hand one inch nearer your hip pocket I'll fill you full of holes right here, "
 But the other did not sthop.
 He thrust his hand into his hip pocket, pulled out silk handkerchief, wiped his eyeglasses. picked up paper and began to read it.
 Then the man with the bristling mustach turned to the unmistakable Englishman who had been sitting at the next table and listening with hor- rified astonishment 10 the conversa- ton.
 We thought you'd like to have a little exhibition Of our native freedom of manner, he said, pleasantly. ito use in your forthcoming book. don't you know"
The Monticellonian., 1905-01-12
WENT TOO MUCH BY NAME
radv Hotel Guest Receives Some En- lightsnment from colored
 Waiter.

woman lives at one ot tie Kansas Civ hotels who has the reputation ot be- md rather finicky and hard to please III the manner of food X day or two. ago at lunch, relates the kansas City Jour nal. after looking over the dessert list, she decided or some ice cream pudding The meal had been one with which she had considerable difficulty m finding fault, but when she had about half finished the dessert she called the waiter over and
 George. what dc you mean by calling this ice cream pudding: There isn t any ice cream about it, and you know It.
 .'Yes'm" said the waiter. know dere ain't no ice cream in 1t. Dats l@;,, a name they give it. 1 do know why
 Well" she continued. T think that if they give dish such name they ought to make 1t conform to the name, and if you call this ice cream pudding, you ought to bring some ice cream with it"
 "Yes'm," answered the servitor, but you know we can't alus do it that way. You know we doesn't bring cottage ID with cottage pudding
 The waiter reply brought a burst or laughter from the people who heard tho conversation, and since then the woman g criticisms of the menu have been few and infrequent.
The Monticellonian., 1905-01-12
SAN FRANcIscO's CLIMATE.
Resronsible for Some Marvellous Fea- lures, Including the Hu-
 morris ts.

In San Francisco they are telling a story that IS worth repetition. and will be ap- preciated by those who have encoun- tered the climate of the Golden Gate City says the Philadelphia Press Sunday Mag azne. An lrishman came to America to visit. He was true son of Ern, with an Irish appreciation of all things beau tiful
 lie went to San Francisco for sight seeing trip. and while stroling through the city with a friend. exclaimed: w hat foine treesi So green What makes tt?'
 Climate" answered the friend, briefly.
 little later he cried out: "Arrah! ! the complications of your ladies. So beautiful What
 Climate" interrupted the friend
 The Irishman subsided for awhile.
 Now, San Francisco isn't exactly s prairie and not many moments passed un- til the two encountered one of the small mountains they call knolls out there
 "Begorra said the visitor. "and how dye think Cir going to get up that"
 "Climb it. said the friend
 The lrishmar stopped and looked at his companion. "Th: divil ye say? Seems to me iveryt.ins IS climate out here.'
The Monticellonian., 1905-01-12
FACTS AND FINDINGS.

In 12 marriages cut of every leo one of the parties has been married before.
 Blue coral, which is probably the most precious kind, is obtained in the Bay of Benin.
 The average birth-rate fer Europe shows that for every 100 girls 106 boys are born.
 Every year between 60000000 and TO- COG, 900 codfish are caught round the coast of Newfoundland.
 Dartmoor Is the largest tract of un- cultivated land in England; 1t occupies one-flfth of the county of Devon.
 Three out of every 20 children that are born to British parents in those is lands of the blest do not live to the age of 12 months.
 The most powerful dredge in the world Is that used by the Susquehanna Iron company at Buffalo to dig through solid rock an inlard harbor.
 Some Indian muslins are so extreme ly delicate that when spread on the grass and moistened with the dew they are practically invisible.
The Monticellonian., 1905-01-12
ST, BERNARD DOCS
THE NOBLE SERVANTS OF THE
 ALPINE MONASTERY.
Life-Savers os Great Strength and sagacity-Amiable Creatures That Are Affectionate and Frolic-
 some as Well as Useful.

The caEle recently brought word et the first rescue of the season by St Bernard dog. and the newspaper man that edited the dispatch observed that Fritz" the dog hero has opened the
 life-saving season. Last year Fritz saved 22 lives. He and his companions live and do their work up there in the old hospice of St Bernard, the highest winter residence in the Alps. The mon astery. which is maintained for the re- lief of travellers, has interesting rec ords of the many lives saved by the monks and their faithful allies, the no- ble dogs of St. Bernard
 The height of the St Bernard pass, by means of which the traveller may eros from Aosta, Italy, 10 Martijny. Swttz- erland is S10S feet In winter the snow buries the paths. and. were it not for the monastery dogs, no travel would be possible, even the monks who know the locality so well, would have to keep either snow bound within their monas- tery walls, or else desert the place until the mild days of summer. But the dogs make possible the stay of the monks at their post of duty throue ehout the year
 The St Bernard monastery is a very large one. and consists of two unorna- mental structures. A separate building receives the bodies of those found dead in the snow In spite of the jealous work of human and dogs, there is a sad loss of life up there in the winter storm.
 It is said that it is the St. Bernard dogs accurate sense of hearing that makes him so valuable for the work of rescue, he being able to hear and To- cate the faintest wall of distress. Per haps the most famous Of the life sav- CTS was Barry" whose stuffed body is to-day preserved al Berne About Barry tradition has wound the usual cloud, and it is difficult te get at true report of the good done by this noble animal. Accounts vary from 45 to 75 reseues, but the smaller figure is sui ficient to give Barry the fame of a wondrous hero.
 One scarce can bestow oyer-praise up- on the St Bernards; for as a rule they are as amiable and affeetionate as sa- gacious and strong One enthusiastic dog lover says of them they have great "eharm of manner. are very courteous and this unusual way of referring to the lower creatures conveys just what the writer desires to. that these life-savers are a gentle responsive class of dogs, gentle in the extreme. One has been known to play with mouse, harmlessly the little thing about in it's great jaws for awhile and then put 1t