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The Washington times., 1905-12-31
1900 BASKETS a Dag..

The strips which are cut for han
dies are sent TO a man whose sole
work is TO bend them into the re-
quired shape. He first places them
in hot water for perhaps ten min
utes, and then, taking one at a time
in his hand. he bends it into shape
over form. after which he places
it in rack, which continues to hold
II in the shape IL has assumed. An
other portion of the splints go from
the clipper to a force Of men who
do nothing but weave bottoms. This
work of weaving is done by hand.
The bottoms are sent TO men who
stand in front OF basket machines
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NiCRnQrnCS OF Presidents

His Footsteps. He was also called
Whiskey Van and King Martin i.
William Henry Harrison. d much more
lovable and beloved man than Van Bu-
ren. had a wealth OF nicknames Tip
pecanoe was given in a11usion to his eel
ebrated victory. 1t was shortened TO
Old Tip. Hard Cider Harrison and Log
Cabin Harrison, names first bestowed
by opponents. were accepted by General
Ha-rison's friends who also called him
the Washington of. the West. Tyler was
known as the Accidental President, and
Polk and Young Hickory. MIIlard Fill
more bore a striking resemblance to the
last King of France, and was called in
consequence the Louis Philippe Of Amer
lea Franklin Pierce was misprunouaced
Purse while James Buchanan was
termed Old Buck, Ok. Public Function
airy and Old Bachelor President
President Lincoln. who came nearer
the popular heart than any of his prede-
cessors. was known as Old Abe. Honest
Abe. old Railsplitter and Father sAbra-
ham He is also called, and very justly,
the Saviour of His Country
Johnson was nicknamed Sir Veto by
political opponents. but in Tennessee
was known as Old Andy. Grant. from
1--S 4AAAN4S@A' SOL SeFeAdA names, the ISYor-
lite being Unconditional Surrender. His
soldiers called him Old Three Stars.
History names him Here of Apponat-
tOx. President Garfield was in life
known as the Preacher President. Since
his death he is called the Martyr Presi-
dent. Chester A. Arthur was known
among his familiars as Our Chet. Cleve-
land has been called the Man of Des-
tiny. Benjamin HarriSo:. was known as
the Son of His Grandfather. Mckinley
was called Mckinley Bill. Roosevelt Is
known TO the masses as Teddy ths
Peoples Teddy or the Peoples Presi-
dent. The nicknames gwen the Presi-
dents of the United States Indicate for
the most part respect rather than aver
sion. NO President has ever borne a
purely contemptuous appellation which
had general use.
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' ROM the days of Washington the
~ American people have loved to
make free with the names of
- their chief magistrates. says the
Louisville Herald. BY his admirers
called the Father of His Country. he was
by opponents termed Stepfather of his
Country The British soldier called him
Lovely Georgius, and in France he was
known as the American Fabius. because
of the caution and wisdom OF his mill
tary maneuvers- He was called BY
Lord Byron this Cincinnatus of the West,
and by the Italian poet. Alfieri, named
the Deliverer of America Other titles
given this Incompatible man were the
Atlas of America and the Saviour of His
Country
John Adams was given one name only.
lut II was a mighty significant appel
lation. The Massachusetts statesman
was called the Colossus OF Independence.
His son. John Quincy Adams, won by his
speeches in Congress. after his Presi-
Dental term. the title of Old Man Elo-
quent, an appellation which, later on.
the English loved to give to William
L. Gladstone.
Thomas Jefferson was, among other
names, called Long Tom, in aIlusion
TO his height, and after his retirement
from zoffice. known as the Sage of. Mon
ticello. Madison, for his part in fran
ing. and securing the adoption OF the
Constitution, was called the Factor Of
the Constitution
James Monroe, having stuck to the
revolutionary headgear long after every
bctdX~ else had given. il up, was re-
warded BY the appellatiOn OF The Last
Cooked Hat. Andrew jackson was call
ed by his soldiers Old Hickory The In
dians OF the Southwest named him Big
knife The title, Hero of New Or
leans. is popular Acknowledgements of his
famous victory. Martin Van Buren, bore
the. several names of Little Magician,
Wizard OF Kiaderhook. and Follow in
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The President Once a Weaklino

President Roosevelt was a weakIing
boy. according to a sketch in January
McClures. which says:
The fight for robustness was far
from won at the time he entered Har-
ward. '''W hen 1 was introduced to
Roosevelt. at the opening of freshman
year" said college friend. "he seemed
physically undeveloped, but well devel-
oped in other respects. He weighed little
more than hundred and thirty hounds;
but his face appeared mature He wore
side-whiskerS.
His classmates are frank to say that
they did not DropheSy great things of
Roosevelt. His love of natural his
tory impressed me most" said one.
He was the sort OF chap, who keeps
snakes and toads and other live things
about him He. was one of the last
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men III the class I would have picked
out as coming great man. If 7 had
prophesied at all it would have been
that Roosevelt would be the head OF
the Smithsonian Institution"
he was studious. and was not ashamed
OF IT. Even in his college davs no AID
not waste time. He didn't seem .,
care 10 loaf. said one cIassmate. .HA
would enter roomful OF fellows
greet them all heartily take up a book.
preferably one on natural history-and
become deac 10 the world You could
IRE on gun near him and he wouldn.t
look up" Said another; Il remap,hs-
him coming into my room one aav
picking up book. and losing ip.erast
IN everything else. L fooled aroun5
awhile-went out TO a reeitation-cams
back-and there was Teddy" stfll b,,r-
led in the same book"
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the fruit districts of Ohio there are
factories which turn out as high as
1000 baskets in a day, and L, ,OOO, 900
In season Then, too, the growers
OF such vegetables as lettuce require
hundreds of thousands of baskets in
"a season in one locality for the
shipment of their wares to the city
markets.
Clothes baskets. hampers, sewing
baskets. and the like. are made ex-
tensively in the United States by
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at a bench. Each Of these machines
comprises form just the size of the
inside of the basket to be made. A
braided basket bottom is placed upon
this form and, by means Of a hand
lever, which wedges the form and the
braid into another form of slightly
larger size, the basket is shaped.
The rims are then Du' in place and
tackled, the basket released from the
grip of the machine and turned over
to the men who fasten on the han
dies.
One man can put handles onto $50
dozen baskets day. A braider of
bottoms turns out a hundred dozen
a day. The man at the machine,
who shapes the baskets and nails
them, can handle forty dozen a day
The braider receives one and a
fourth cents dozen for making bot
toms. the man at the machine four
and a half cents a dozen. and the
workman who afixes the handles a
cent and half for the same num-
ber
Like so many saw mills. a large
number of our modern basket fac
tories are situated in the rural towns
where the timber supply is near at
hand. Logs are hauled in by teams
distances of fifteen and twenty miles.
The completed baskets are hauled in
wagonloads to the various towns of
the section in which the factory is
located A thousand baskets of the
fourteen-quart, OF the half bushel
size, are placed on one wagon. The
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factories Operated Mqht and Dou

AT the fruit eenters of the United
states Discriminating thrives, usually
being one of the biggest industries.
During the fruit season the factories
are operated night and day. In the
grape belts and the peach growing
country this is especially true. In
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hand. Many Of them, like the mar
ket baskets, are also put together in
small towns. In England the poor
and even the blind have for long
time engaged in this industry with
profit. For handmade baskets in the
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are ready to be removed. As they
are lifted by windlass from the un-
derground vat. man with an adj
stands by and, with a dig or two at
the edges, loosens the bark and it
falls from the log proper. A big
veneering machine now carves the
log into a thin continuous sheet re-
sembling a webb OF cloth. The
length of log is lifted into the ma
chine and is made to revolve. slowly
coming closer and closer TO the
knives as 1t unwinds. Were there
no defects in the wood the entire log
would unwind itself in this manner.
AS the wooden sheet comes from
the machine it is broken off in
lengths of about five feet and carried
to the veneer clipper or splint cut
ting machine This device has
long blade which is operated by
steam power. T. works up and down
upon the thin wood which is auto
matically fed into It, cutting off the
sheets into mere splints. The thick
ness OF the web and width of the
splints or strips are regulated to suit
the particular needs of the basket.
For bushel baskets, a splint sixty
two and one-half inches in length.
an inch and quarter wide, and
three-eighths of an inch thick is
used for top side reinforcement.
while thin, paperlike splint, shorter
and wider, is required for the body
OF the basket A basket of fourteen
quarts capacity-not quite a half
bushel, is in use a great deal on the
markets. This size requires a splint
thirty-one inches in length. Every
such basket has IT'S hoops. its up
rights. its filling and handle. The
filling is the thinnest material and
is of beach or maple.
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hNNo AAAuoNA ~NCo NV Itdisy
little most of us, perhaps
otherwise well informed, know
about the things we use every day.
The wood from which bushel. half
bushel. and peck baskets are made is
not sawed into Stats or splints and
never was. Instead, it is peeled off
a beach, elm, or maple log in con-
tinuous sheets like so much carpet
unwinding from a roll. This is in
contradiction of what is perhaps the
commonest faliaey about mechanic
allymade baskets.
There has been less printed about
the making of market baskets prob
ably than any other as common and
extensive industry extant. Indian
baskets made by hand and the re-
cent raffia fad have had due atten-
ton, but these are very different
from the machine-made basket Of
more general use.
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demand for baskets seems to be
growing every year.
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United States rattan, willow, and
black ash have long been used. In
England the willows Of the valleys
of the Thames and Trent are most
priced by the basket makers, and in
Scotland, Germany, and France will
lows are also extensively grown by
those interested in the same indus
try. The Chinese utilize finely split
bamboo instead.
The hand process of making bas-
kets consists chiefly in the opera
tions of weaving. In the cIoseness
of the weave and the decorations lies
much Of the skill. The Indians
achieved great things in decorations.
In South America the natives weave
their baskets so closely that they
will hold water. In India, with skins
of animals for coverings, baskets are
used for boats Many of the vessels
built in this manner are several
times as large as a canoe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-19
DROPPED 5000 FEET
AERONAUT MALONEY's TERRIBLE FALL TO DEATH.
Made Ascension in AerOpIane and Vast Crowd of Spectators HeIplcssIy Watched UnfOrtunate's ~4 Tragic End. &

San Jose. Cal. July 1s.-Daniel Ma loney. who had made numerous suc- cessful ascensions with Professor Montgomery's aeroplane. fell three thousand feet to his death at Santa Clara, today.
 Maloney made an ascension from the grounds of Santa Clara college In hon- or of the League of the Cross Cadets, who are holding their annual encamp- ment. About two thousand persons watched with interest the machine as 1t shot upward from the college gar den, attached to a huge balloon. At height of 4.000 feet Maloney cut loose and began manouverinS with the then essayed deep dip.
 Suddenly the machine swerved, hesi- tated and then turned completely over It righted itself, sank down a consid : erable distance and turned over again. Maloney was clinging desperately to his seat and evidently endeavoring to regain his control, but all his efforts were in vain.
 Again the aeroplane turned in the air. the wings came together and the man and machine plunged straight downward while the mortified specta . tors gazed helplessly. A number of cadets carried him to the college hos pital His head was fractured and blood was flowing from his ears and mouth. He expired within short time. The aeroplane was smashed into fragments,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-19
The Woman Turns State g
 Evidence.
TELLS coRONER's JURY
Entire Proceedings Were De- scribed to Her.
 
Desperate Men Decoyed Mn. snith from Home by Tale That Her Sons Were Drunk, and the
 Ruse Worked.

Gadsden, Ala, July 1S.-Lucys Mayo a negro woman arrested with the ne~ gro men in connection with the crim- inal assault and murder of Mrs. g. T.: Smith last Saturday night. today turned States evidence before the coroner'1 jury.
 Her evidence duplicates Jack Hunter, who is still at large, and Vance Garner and VIII Johnson, who are now cons fined in the Birmingham jail.
 She says Garner described the whole crime to her on the morning 1t hGp- pened. She claims Garner told her that he and Win Johnson were on the noun tain and heard the woman's screams: !: that they ran to ner and found Jack Hunter dragging her across the road pr the hair.
 The two men then helped Hunter to drag her off the road. and each assisted in holding her while the crime was committed.
 The men had decoyed the woman from her home by sending Bunk Rich- ardson, negro. also under arrest. to the house, telling her that her two boys were drunk in town.
 She went for them and 1t was on her return toward home that the deed was committed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-19
BEING INVESTIGATED.
.eTown Topics" Must Undergo the Laws Stern Scrutiny.

New York, July 1S.-An investigation of the affairs of Town Topics" grow ing out of the arrest of Charles H. Ahle. on charges of blackmail preferred by Edwin M. Post of the New York Stock Exchange, was begun today by Assist ant District Attorney Krotel. Moses Ellis Wooster. member of the Society Editors Association, who got up Pads and Fancies" and also Americas Smart Set" called on Mir krotel today and furnished the criminal authorities with a copy of the much -talked-of agree ment between The Town Topics Pub fishing Company and himself. The agreement shows that Wooster engaged to secure subscribers to Pads and Fan cies," all subscription contracts to be in the name of The Town Topics Pub fishing Company; that the company was to secure an editor and have full su- pervision of printing and binding; and that Wootser was to receive commis- sions of 1J per cent. On subscriptions up to s50,0OO and 20 per cent. on all ex- cess of that amount. the net profit to be equally divided between the parties thereto.
 Wooster further told MT. Krotel that there was no fixed price for subscrip- tlons to the book. He also declared that the subscription of q woman very prominent in society cost her $10,000, and that while the minimum rate was s1,500, some subscribers had paid $3,000 and otlers as high as S7o00 for their hooks
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-19
GARNER TOLD LUCY MAYO OF
 TERRIBLE CRIME AT GADSDEN

that an agreement with Russia can be reached without serious difficulty, pro- vided Japan's terms are not harsh or of kind seriously to humiliate her adversary.
 The President has indicated definitely that his work as an Intermediary be- tween Russia and Japan practically Is concluded. He is gratified that he has been able to bring the two belliscrents together to discuss and consider their differences with view to the negotia- tion of treaty of peace. That he will have an active hand in the conference Is regarded as quite unlikely. The envoys will be afforded every facility and convenience by the United States Government for the conduct of their negotiations, but there will be an absolutely clear field for their confer ence. a field entirely free from any possible interference. It Is believed that the President will not be drawn into any controversy between the two sets of plenipotentaries. as the one or the other of the two nations directly interested almost certainly would re- gard such a contingency as interfer- ence. Some formalities yet have to be observed by the President, the chief one being the reception of the envoys at Sagamore Hill, but when they have been completed the President will re- gard his connection with the peace negotiations at an end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-19
HEARsAY EVIDENCE GOOD.
Important Ruling by Mississfppi su
 preme Court.

Jackson. Miss, July 1S.-Hearsay eV- idence may be admitted in criminal cases according to a Supreme court decision, if 1t directly quotes the party charged with a criminal offense.
 The point was brought before the court in the case of James Denmore and Willie Wallace vs. the State. from the Circuit Court of Hancock County. The appellants were convicted of crim- inally assaulting a girl. one of them holding her while the other attempted the assault, which was unsuccessful |. After the preliminary trial and while the two boys were being taken to jail, one of them charged the other with getting him into the trouble, and a quarrel ensued which was overheard by a lawyer named Getts.
 The later was called on to testify In behalf of the State at the trial in the Circuit Court, which resulted in ten year sentence for each prisoner. Ap- peal to the Supreme Court was taken and the chief point set up was that the evidence of Getts was wholly hearsay. and therefore not competent. In a brief opinion read by Chief Justice Truly, the Supreme Court held other wise
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-19
PEARY,s EXPEDITION.
Arrangements are Made for the Base
 and Itinerary.


 and Itinerary.
 North Sydney, C. B., July 1S.-Cap- tain Bartlet, who Is 10 take command of the steamer Roosevelt In the Peary Arctic expedition. has arrived here to await the arrival of the Roosevelt. Commander Peary is expected tomor- row. It is thought that the Roose- welt will sail from here on Thursday Captain Bartlett stated today that he hoped to pilot the Roosevelt to point three hundred miles north of Etah, to latitude S3 or to point further north than any steamer has previously reached, except the Tram. in which the Nansen expedition drifted to latitude S4.
 Pearys first base will be at Etah which will be connecred with stations further north by wireless telegraph so that all movements may be reported to Etah. It Is planned that the course of the steamer after leaving Etah will be through Smith Sound. Kane basin, Robinson channel and Kennedy chan mel.
 Captain Bartlett expresses doubt wether the steamer can be brought back. He thinks 1t likely that she will be crushed in the Ice. In that event the expedition will work back over the ice to Etah. there. to join a relief steamer. The crew will consist of eight picked New Foundlanders.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-19
No pa..,mi.tie Adyiees.

Oyster Bay, N. Y. July 1S.-No ad- vices either from this country or from abroad have reached President Roose- welt that would warrant, even by indi- rection, a pessimistic view of the re- suit of the forthcoming peace confer ence between the plenipotentiaries of Russia and Japan. On the contrary, if csn be said that such advices as the president has received indicate that a sincere effort on the part of the repre- sentatives of both beuigernt nations will be made to reconcile their differ ences and negotiate treaty of peace that will be permanent. The terms that Japan will propose have not been
 made known even to MT. Roosevelt and they probably will not be. officially
 until the conferees assemble as a peace commission. That the terms will not be drastic is believed generally in Administration circles. IL is known that the President has intimated to the Japanese Government his belief
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-19
SEARCHING FOR HUNTER.
Fugitive Negro Believed to be Headed
 For Birmingham.

Birmingham. July 1S-tSpecial. )--A telegram to Chief wier of the police force and a telephone message to the nounced that a negro filling the de- to be the negro who Is wanted for the assault and murder of Mrs. Smith at Gadsden last Saturday night. was seen on the Alabama Great Southern Railroad tracks near Springville. walk ing towards Birmingham.
 It was stated that section fore- man along the line nailed the negro and ordered him to stop. The negro did not pay any attention to the calls of the section man but instead left the railroad and took the woods. Lat CT on he was seen to return to the rail- road track and was headed towards Birmingham. Both the police and sheriff's departments have a good de- scription of the fugitive negro and no effort will be spared to locate him 1t he comes into this city.
 Vance Garner, one of the negroes brought here from Gadsden last night is very talkative to the other inmates of the county jail here. He denies that he had anything to do with the crime but still admits that he saw the negro Jack Hunter assaulting Mrs. Smith.
 The authorities at Gadsden have re- quested the Birmingham officers to as- sist them in locating and capturing Hunter, as the revolting nature of the crime committed calls Tor efforts tow ards punishing every man who partici- pated in the killing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-19
Mountain Climbing Record

Breton Woods. N. H.. July 18.-The record of 2i minutes 30 3-4 seconds es- abolished last year by Harry Hardness of New York In making the eight-miIe climb over the carriage road from the base to the summit of Mount Washing ton. was brokes no less than four times today.
 The first of today's contestants to break last years record was William H Hilliard of Boston, who, driving a 40-6O horsepower gasoline machine, raced to the summit in 20 minutes, 2S 4-5 seconds, the new record. Stanley T. Kellogg of Springfield. Mass. drove a three horsepower motorcycle up the steep grade in 20 minutes. 59 1-2 sec onds, osly 4.5 seconds behind Billiards s new record. Burt Holland of Newton. Mass, in a 15-horse power steam run about, made the ascent in 22 minutes. IT 3-5 second. and oscar Headstrom of Springfield, in a 3-horse power motor- cycle, covered this distance in 22 min utes, 42 seconds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-19
ALARMED ABOUT COTTON.
England Afraid Uncle Sam Can't Supply
 the Demand.

England Afraid Uncle Sam Can't Supply
 the Demand.
 Washington, July 1s.--An apparently well-organized movement started by the cotton manufacturers of Great Britain to encourage the growth of cot ton fin the British possessions and countries other than the United States. where natural conditions favor profit able cultivation. is reported to the De- partment of Commerce and Labor by Consul Halstead at Birmingham. Eng land.
 This movement is being directed by the British Cotton Growing Association and was started to liberate the British cotton trade from the danger of Amer ican spectators. The demand for cot ton steadily increases, but so far, the Consul says, there has been no cor responding development of the sources the United States has relieved the sit- uation. but American planters. the re- port points out. desire to maintain prices by reducing the production.
 The International Cotton Congress, in session at Manchester few weeks ago, assumed that in ten years 3S.000,000 acres under cotton will be necessary to supply the worlds demands, and the United States will be only able to pro vide 35,000. .000, and that the limit will be reached in several years. Africa, India, the West Indies Borneo. Largos and Cyprus have such natural condi- tions that cotton may be raised there with good results. To promote tho in terest in the movement, the British Cotton Growing Association has opened In London an exhibition at which the occasional productions of the English colonies are shown. T