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The Washington times., 1905-07-17
Thermometer Climbs;
Poor MortdIs Suffer
Mercury Shoots Up to Ninety-Two With Relief
in Far Dim DistanCe-ForeCaster at
Weather Bureau Has Little Hope.

Anyone who can raise the price will
d. we'll to pack a grip and HE himself
or herself to the Far North. for it's
grave things they're doing at the
Weather Bureau today
Think OF It! The Weather Bureau
thermometer one OF those I'll do as
please affairs. actually shot up to %
degrees this afternoon Ninety-two at the
Weather Bureau, Peary, in the Roose-
welt, is a lucky man in the eyes of
those who have to stay in Washington
and face the heat. Lucky. indeed. TO be
hunting for the north pole and poor
mOTtals here sweltering
Yesterday it was genuinely hot. but
the wise man at the map over in the
Weather Bureau says today will be hot
ter Nc doubt 1t was
The highest mark the thermometer
reached there yesterday was S. but
when Il started away up this morn
The Washington times., 1905-07-17
TRAITOR TRAPPED
BY SECRET AGENT
Man 20 Whom He Sold Army
Secrets Was Spy of His
Government.

ROME. July 17.-During the proceed
ines in the trial for high treason at
Messina. in Sicily. of Captain E-colessi,
who IS charged with selling important
military documents TO foreign agents,
an extraordinary dramatic conformation
occurred
Tho prisoner declared that a foreigner
named yiller had offered him large
sums of money for certain papers which
ErcoIessi held. and that he had refused
with scorn TO accede TO the spy's re
quests.
..Viucr'' appeared before the court and
made il known THAI he had masqueraded
as a foreign secret service agent at the
Italian governments orders This an
uouncemenU threw the prisoner and his
wife (alleged 70 be his accomplicel into
the greatest COust ternatiOn, as ''Filler :
disguise had completely deceived them al
the time of their dealings with him.
An exciting scene occurred in court
When the new witness swore that the
prisoners prOtestaTIOns OF their inno-
cenCe were false, and proved that they
had on several occasions betrayed in
formation of the highest Importance to
him on receiving bribes.
The Washington times., 1905-07-17
AUTO TURNS TURTLE,
FOUR PEOPLE INJURED
Two Girls May Die-Five People
Pinned Under Machine-Chauf-
feur Escapes.

NEW YORK. July 17.-Four people
were injured seriousIy-in a col
Nsion early this morning between an au-
tornobile and a Third avenue electric
car at Third avenue and SeVeHty-ninth
street.
The injured are Cora Michaels. aged
sixteen; Helen Donuachauscr aged
eighteen: Moses Lipman. aged twenty
four. and Joseph Johnson, ased twenty
six
The two girls are TN the Presbyterian
Hospital They are badly cut about the
iured Their recovery is doubtful
The chauffeur, William Lohse. was not
injured. despite the fact that the auto
mobile was overturned, pinuing all be
meath.
The automobile IS owned by Frederick
y. Marshall. St. Louis capitalist. vino
is touring Europe with his family il an
automobile cha uffeur Lohse took the
machine out last night with a party OF
friends as his guests
The Washington times., 1905-07-17
SULTAN OF TURKEY
IS IN EXTREnIS
Illness Most Serious-Various Intrigues
Hatched in Favor of Aspirants
20 Succeed Him.

BERLIN. July 17.-The LokaI Anziger
says the illness of Abdul Hamid II. the
Sultan of Turkey. IS much more serious
than has been acknowledged by his
physicians, and declares that his death
is only a question of short time
In court circles it is realized that the
end of the ruler is approaching Various
intrigues are being Matched which have
for their purpose the placing of some
faVorite on the throne. Some plots
porters of a number of aspfrants
strong party is said 10 be opposed
to the succession of Mohammed-Resha
Effendi. the heir apparent. 1t is report
cd there is q conspiracy TO assassinate te
him.
The Washington times., 1905-07-17

ing and nothing Ike storm in sight.
the outlook for comfort was. indeed,
5scoura cling.
Downtown the highest mark yesterday
was reached between 2and 3 o'clock, when
the Thermometer in Af1!ccks drug store
went to 94 At IL clock this morning
il pointed to %, and was reaching
higher.
Little consolation can be had from the
forecaster He saws x VIII continue 70
DC hot and that. SO far as he can see
even with his strongest glasses, there
IS nothing resembling relief in the shane
OF a rafnstorm anywhere in the vicinity
of Washington. The winds are from the
west 70 northwest. and are hot winds at
that. Isn't that the bright prospect for
you?
Even old General Humidity who has
been taking time off lately. went up 70
g. this morning. which even the fore
caster agrees is very high
So. mates. It's tough on us Of the
mainland and our brothers out at sea
have the drop on us.
The Washington times., 1905-07-17
COMES A TIME
When Coffee Shows What It Has Been
Doing.

'Of late years coffee has disagreed
with me, p" writes matron from Rome
y Y Its ughtcst punishment Was TO
make me iOgy and dizzy, and il seemed
10 thiCkeu up my blood.
The kesViest was when il upset my
stomach completely. destroying ray ap-
petite and making me nervous and irTi-
liable and sent me 10 my bed. After one
OF these attacks, in which 1 nearly lost
my life. j concluded TO quit and try
Postum Food Coffee.
lit went right 10 the spot, ! found il
not only q most paIatable and refreshing
beverage. but "A food as well.
"All my ailments. the 'lOginess' and
dizziness, the unsatisfactory condition Of
my blood, my nervousness and irrita bill
itv disappeared in short order and my
s6reiy afflicted stomach began quickly
II recover / began 10 rebuild and have
steadily continued until now. Have .
good appetite and am rejoicing in sound
Tr4Ith. which ] owe 10 the use OF Post
nm Food Coffee Name given By
Postum Co. Battle Greek, Mich
There's q reason.
Read the little book. The Road 10
Wellyiue. found Ill each pkg.
The Washington times., 1905-07-17
SENATOR PIATT
REVIEWS LIFE
Says Career Has Not Been
Worth While.
WAITS ANOTHER CHANCE
Does Not Say Why for Fear of
Affecting Present Political
Situation.
WAITS ANOTHER CHANCE

ND-MILLS, n. Y. July IL
United States Senator Thomas c. PIatt
did some moralizing on his seventy-sec-
ond birthday. Just passed. At Tioga
Lodge. his home among the mountains.
near here. he made a startling declara-
ton
My life" he said, has not been
worth while '
NO." went on the Senator. It do not
think my life has been worth while.
There have been a great many days and
months and years come and gone and
some Of them have been fruitful and
some of them have been barren but
noEe of them have been worth while.
What then?" the Senator was asked.
Well, IL I had it 10 do over again. I
should model my political course alon~
other lines"
come back so you could have another
NO. not that, not that" said the Sem
years back, but if they did come back
I should do much differently.
Has Some Dear Friends.
but don't you regard yourself as
having been successful?'
Perhaps I have made some dear,
old friends"
In what respect would you do dlf-
ferentIy If you had your life to live
over agatn?''
LAS to that" replied the Senator
cautiously, ''I do not care to say. 1t
might affect the political situation, and
7 do not wish anything to come Of my
statement that the battle OF life has
not gone to my liking
Senator Platt deprecated the habit
scme people have of saying unkind
things about men in public life. He
seemed to think that he and his col
league in the Senate, Chauneey M, De
pew. had been particularly unfortunate
II this respect. He spoke or th1s DS
saying:
to say-that I have never made dol
lar in politics since cast my hrst
vote for General Fremont Just forty
nine years ago"
connection with the Equitable scandal.
1t appeared TO be his opinion that the
men that were concerned in the scandal
were martyrs. he admitted thaJ the
scandal had dealt a body blow 10 the
reputation OF Senator Depew.
Depew a Great Man.
But" he quickly added, my friend
Mr. Depew is too great a man to re-
main down in this connection. He
will rise again The stories that have
connected his name with the affair Will
do him no harm. His friends know
him.
''Tbe names of many good men in po-
ntical and financial life" went on the
Senator. in discussing the Equitable
scandal, has been unjustly tarnished
through their connection with great
events. Il kills some of them; others
Il does not harm. 1 understand that
James " Alexander. former president
of the Equitable. has softening of the
brain. It is Aeplorable, deplorable.'
Saying which Senator Plat diverted
the conversation 10 other subjects.
The Washington times., 1905-07-17
VESSEL
WELL UNDER WAY
Good Ship Roosevelt in
Search of North Pole.
COMMANDER JOINS LATER
Plenty of Coal Aboard - Gallant
Crew Gets Royal
Send-Off
COMMANDER JOINS LATER

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE schooner
rugged steamship Roosevelt is now on
her long journey in search of the North
Pole She started away yesterday aft
ernoon in an auspicious manner.
The ferry boats, yachts and other river
craft gave the Arctic explorer three
whistles, when they had whistles to
blow. and dipped their flags when they
were without steam screamers.
There was only one flag on the Roose-
veIt. huge Stars and Stripes banner
waving bravely from the mizzen truck
The four whale boats hung out from
starboard and port as if eager for a
dip in the sparkling North river. while
the sturdy ship was bathed in such sun
light as she cannot experience long IN
her journey toward the midnight sun
and the long cold winter of the north
land
Three hundred and fifty tons of coal,
in sacks. were packed on deck aft 50
that the huge hsh-nOsed boat stood up
RggressiveIy. as it will when she meets
the ice foes. Five hundred additional
tons of coal We're stored below decks
with the provisions and material neces-
sary for the 42O-kuot oevrland journey
when the ship can no longer contest
with the blue ice of the Arctics.
Gathered on the decks OF the Roose-
Welt were Commander Robert E. Peary,
his wife and two children his wife's
mother Mrs. Ma agdelina Diebitsch, and
Miss Diebitsch. devoted aunt Of the
children. Among the others aboard were
Prof Monroe Smith and Holland +.
shone of Columbia University; Gen. ]
Russell Lowell, Herbert L. Bridgman,
Philip X. Walcott Wallace L. Downey,
Miss Babb, l. Delafield. F. P. DeIafeld.
Charles DeIafieId. and p G. Geer.
Shortly after eight bells. while off FOrt
Wadsworth. the Roosevelt came to u
standstnl TO let the guests Of the. Arctic
Club board a navy tug put At the dis
posaI Of the club by Admiral COgnlin.
To the surprise of his friends Com
mander Peary. with his new surgeon,
boarded the tug. Salutss and cheers
We're exchanged as the tug turned city
ward, and the Roosevelt sailed for the
north with the commanders family, NJ
returning It was explained that h2
would leave by rail for Sidney, c. b,
and that The surgeon would leave Tues
day morning 10 catch the steamship for
their Journey TO the nOrthernmOst north
The Washington times., 1905-07-17
SMUGGLED CIGARS
IN LOAD OF CHALK
Contraband Liable to $4,000 Duty
Discovered by Customs
Officials.

CALAIS, July IA great capture of
$500 packets of tobacco and cigars, the
duty on which amounts 10 nearly 81, 600.
was made here yesterday under ex-
traordinary circumstances.
\ railway wagon which had come
from Charleroi, Belgium, and apparent
l. contained load of chalk TO be de
lvered at the French village Of St.
Masme, on being examined at the
French frontier by the customs officials
was found TO contain the great quantity
OF cOntrabaud goods mentioned
The person to whom the freight was
addressed denied all knowledge of it.
The tobacco was COnffscated by the Gus
toms officials who are instituting fur
ther inquiries into the matter. with a
view to prosecution.
The Washington times., 1905-07-17
Thrown Against LamppOst.

The young ladies of the party were on
the side nearest the lamppost and were
thrown against it. The young men were
thrown on the ground
Both girls We're rendered unconscious.
one escort tried To revive them. while
the other hurried TO the Reform School.
where a call was sent in to the Casualty
Hospital ana the Ninth precinct for an
ambulance.
In about an hour the ambulance and
the patrol wagon arrived. The whole
party was conveyed 10 the Casualty
Hospital
Miss Wolf was stIl unconscious when
she arrived at the hospital. Miss Beers
showed signs of suffering from Internal
injuries The Young men had several
small cuts and bruises, which were
dressed. They returned to heir homes
Al the hospital today the doctors say
both girls are resting wAn and are re-
cuperatins as well as could he expected
No serious results are anticipated
The Washington times., 1905-07-17
HORSE RUNS AWAY,
FOUR ARE HURT
Runab0ut Dashed Against
a LamppOst.
OCCUPANTS THROWN OUT
Two Girls Are Seriously Injured While
Their Escorts Escape With
Slight Cuts.

-Four persons were injured in an ex-
citing runaway accident which occurred
on the BIadensburg road near the Re
form School last night, about $50
o'clock.
The injured were Miss Beers, ageI
sixteen. of 43l 6 street southeast; Miss
Geneva Wolf. aged eighteen, of 407 G.
street southeast; Albert NalIy. age1
nineteen, living on BIadensburg road,
and Charles WeismiHer. aged twenty. of
1890 Levy street.
Both girls are seriously hurt. Miss
Wolf Is thought to be suffering from
concussion of the brain. Miss Beers
sustained injuries TO her side which
will confine her to her bed for some
time.
The Washington times., 1905-07-17
TEN YEAR OLD COLORED
BOY HIT WITH BRICK

Struck on the head by brick. Lindsey
Barnes, colored. ten years of age, living
at : G street southwest, was sent to the
Emergency Hospital this morning about
10 o clock. where he was found to be suf-
fering from cut about an inch long in
the center of his forehead
The Barnes boy was playing with an
other small boy who lives next door 20
him, when they quarreIed. and he was
hit with a brick. His injury was not
serious. and after having il treated he
was sent 10 his home
The other boy has not been arrested
The Washington times., 1905-07-17
OLD PUBLIC SERVANT
DIES AT HIS HOME

Frank NJ Little, late of the United
States Coast and Geodetlc Survey, died
last Friday at his home. near Wades-
Eoro, X. {. He entered the Coast Sur
yev about 1886, and continued in the
service until a short time before his
death. when he resigned. His first years
IN the service were spent as compute
il. the tidal division. where. besides per
feCtine the SaXton registering tidt.
gauge, he submitted designs for an au-
tomato tide-computing machine. About
eight years ago he was promoted TO the
field force
The Washington times., 1905-07-17
KENESAW AVENUE
POND NOT DANGEROUS

Colonel BIddIe The Engineer Commits
afcncr. has pronounced the pond Of wa
ter on the west side Of keuesaw avenue
a not dangerous and unless il becomes
60 in the future il is not pSoba bic that
any further notice VIII be given IL
The Washington times., 1905-07-17
EX-SPEAKER HENDERSON
NEAR DEATHS DOOR

DUBUQUE. Iowa. July I--Ex-speak-
cr David B. Henderson. WHO the doctors
announce is suffering with paresis, is
very low al his home here. His death
may be expected a any time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-22
MRS. HENDERSON DIES.
Prominent North Alabama Woman
Passes Away, After Long Illness.

scottsboro. January 21.-(Speeial)- Mrs.
Lizzie r. Henderson died at an early
hour yesterday morning at the home of
her daughters, Mrs. James Armstrong,
after an illness of several months. The
deceased was the wife of the late Philip
Henderson, who for many years was a
prominent minister of the Methodist
church and charter member of the
North Alabama conference.
She is survived by son, Harry M
Henderson, and a daughter, Mrs. Jam as
Armstrong; Miss Cheatham Henderson, a
daughter, having preceded her some years
ago. Mrs. Henderson was born and rear
ed in Todd county, Kentucky, and was a
very brilliant woman. Shortly after the
war she was lady principal of Arcadia
College, Arcadia, Mo-, at that time the
leading female institution of the state.
Later Mrs. Henderson came to Alabama
and was the founder of Sheppard Hall,
female college located at Lafayette,
Chambers county, of which institution
many leading ladies or Alabama today
are graduates. Mrs Henderson was in
her Goth year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-22

VduadTIt IIIIu TIC IOIIOW1ng:
There was social meeting Mt the Wal
dorf-Astoria Monday evening that had
something to do with the well organized
selling by the clique yesterday"
This Is "bushwa"-hot air-cotton crop
on the blackboard. PERCY CLARK
Birmingham, January 81 1905.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-22
COTTON BUSINESS
AGAIN DISCUSSED
Mr.. CLARK MAKES OBSERVA-
TIoNS ON DECLINE OF THE
STAPLE-GIVES MANY FACTS
AND FIGURES OF INTEREST.
TO the Editor of The Age-Herald:

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
Notwithstanding that the receipts are
steadily falling behind. that the great
strike that for six months has been in
force at Fall River was declared off
Wednesday, the cotton market declined
on the future boards of New York sew
eral points. Is there any better evidence
needed that the "bushwa"-hot air-trans-
actions do not really represent the real
conditions The common report is that
holders of cotton are firm, and well they
may be.
The New York Commercial of the 18th
has the following headlines:
Cotton Goods for Spot Delivery Bring
Full Prices"
"china Requests Urgent for Cotton
Goods"
Also the following quotations: Drills
% yards 81 cents" (This refers to goods
yielding three yards of goods to the
pound).
The Commercial says: THE possibility
of an outlet for American goods in China
is enormous."
The buyer for the largest dry goods
house in Alabama has kindly furnished
me the following figures. He says that
the variation in prices has not averaged
a half cent per yard upon standard goods
between cotton at cents and cotton at
10 cents.
They pay from 271a cents to $l.5O per
yard for imported swisses for American
andips ID to 90 cents
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-22

with spectaeles-but nowadays the babe
wears spectacles; sometimes it creeps
upon us with little stiffening of the
joints; one does not run up stairs quite
as lightly as one did 1t may even re-
veal itself in the impatience that is felt
because people do not speak quite as dis
tinctly as they should-an Impotence to
which the younger generation rudely re-
fers deafness. These are gradual in
timations that we are not as young as
we were. There are abrupt ones-espe-
cially there Is the glance into the mir
ror some morning, after a sleepless
night. Probably every woman over
forty-ive has known the start of aston
ishment and dismay that comes with
that glance-a creased and tired COM
plexion duh eyes wrinkled throat; well!
these symptoms need not be catalogued,
they are too unpleasant. The woman
who has had this slight shock before
breakfast, glances at her looking glass
many times that day, and always with
a growing comfort, for as the day
passes things change her face is more
alert, her eyes brighten, her double chin
is, somehow. firmer. No; 1t was only
fatigue from a bad night not age, oh
mol
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-22
CUSTOMER FIRES PISTOL.
Sturkle Had Refused to Get Up and
Wait on Him.

Columbus, Ga, January H.-(Special)-
Samuel d. Sturkle, a storeteeper on up
per Fifth avenue, had a rather strenu-
Gus experience with a would-be customer
who was so anxious TO buy from him
that he shot his pistol at him when he
would not sell him soods -'irkte had
retired in his room over the store when
an unknown white man, accompanied h.
a negro, woke him up by knocking on
the door, saying he wished to buy some
oysters. Sturkie was suspicious, as II
was nearly midnight and would not come
down from his room and open tie door.
The man fired at him as h. stood at the
window, the bali whistling just above his
head
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-22
PosToFFIcE ROBBED.
Contents of Registered Packages
Stolen at CORTLAND.

CORTLAND. January 2l.-(Special)-The
postoffice at this place was entered by
burglars last night and the contents of
five registered packages stolen. The en-
trance was effected by cutting panel
out of the back door of the office and
then unlocking the door by putting a
hand through the opening. The contents
OF the rifled packages is unknown. but
it Is supposed the hacl was small one.
Two other registered packages. one con-
tanning about $50 worth of stamps and
the other SO worth of postal cards were
untouched. The till in the office con-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-22

dend for 1904 of 16 per cent; this with the
average price of cotton l31l cents. The
prices OF last year were the result of the
Sully-Brown movement, making some of
the big dividend mills divide, as there
was only $4,000 bales less of cotton taken
by reason Of supply and prices.
The Eagle and Phoenix mills paid out
for cotton in 1904 1857, 47s. and sold their
product for $19O4,907; added $4,000 i'm
proyements and paid per cent dividend
on u Lucent cotton
Herewith l present an interesting array
of official figures:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-22
Wlckedness of Growing Old.

Margaret Deland, in Harper's Bazaar.
The change in this matter of growing
old, since the time when the lady of
thrty-eight felt herself too ancient to
wear flower in her cap is interesting.
1t is especially interesting at that dread
full monument when we first realize that
we are ourselves no longer young. 1t is
an extraordinary moment; pain, denial.
rebellion. hopelessness. 1t arrives in
many different ways. 1t USED to come
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-22
Chinese Art and Cookery.


chinese Art and Cookery.
chinese art and Chinese cookery will
- - SHOWN on the trail, where a typical
ls,hese village will be installed. Their
WI De $50 to 250 Chinese in the village,
.helr exhibit will include theatre Joss
.Aouse' teahouse, restaurant, and numer-
Us oa@aars. The japanese will be re-
presented in much the same manner The
riiipihos' who will be present in. large
numbers, win doubtless prove as in
teresting as any attraction on the
siouhds. The Igorrotes, Moros and Neg
iIlos VIII occupy villages on the govern
,4eHe peninsula, but the gentle, civilized
sisayans, will conduct a native theatre on
the trail, and live in the. thearte.
a number of the illusions that were pop
uiar at St Louis will be brought to
Portland, and others will be devised
originally for the trail. The Haunted
swing and the Haunted Castle are at
fractions under consideration. The "Old
Piantation," where Negro singers will
sing the southern melodies which have
peen popular for half a century and tell
stories that you have a feeling you have
heard somewhere before, will be another
feature, while In direct contrast to it,
Will be a great electrical display under the
name of the Land of the Midnight Sun"
Oid Heidelberg?' a variation of the Ger
man concessions at other expositions, Is
also planned.
But why enumerate it's wonders? Why
dwell on the things to be seen and heard
ON the picturesque realities the mystify-
ing delusions, the shouts and the cries,
the noises of every kind that will make
the trail a pahdemonium delightful to the
small boy and to his father as we'll?
Can't you see It? Can't you hear the
barkers?
This is the home of fun, the place of
joy
"A show to which you can bring your
wives and sweethearts! Step right up,
ladies and gentlemen. step right -
Step in and get a ham sandwich on
the inside. That's where you need 1t, on
the inside; the sanwwich that will glue
the smile on so it won't come Off"
The trail or the midway, or the pike,
would not be possible without It's bark
er; the barker would not be possible
without his trail, or midway or pike.
The two are inseparable, and inseparable
from both is the public that strange
and wonderful thing that spends it's
| money foolishly and laughs. and is glad,
and goes home to tell the folks about it..