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The Washington times., 1905-07-24
COAL YARD QUESTION
BEFORE COMMISSIONERS

The Board of District Commissioners
this morning heard tesdmoney relative
TO the proposed amendment to the build
ing regulations concerning coal yards.
The hearing was incidental to the pro-
test of d number OF citizens Of EckIns-
ton against the maintenance of the coal
ward Of r. Z. L. Thompson.
Attorneys II. Z. Davis and +, M. Cox
represented the citizens OF lexington,
and J. J. Darlington appeared for
Thompson. J. S. Flannery and Joseph
Crawford represented the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, and George l.
Hamilton locked after the interests Of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany.
Both MessrS. F'iauncry and Hamilton.
representing the two railroads spoke IN
favor OF tho DrOp0scd amendment.
William H Henderson, president Of
the North CaG2itol Citizens Association.
spoke Tor tE&f citizens,
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
SOMETHING ABOUT LEMONS.

Lemons ct 80 cents u dozen are dear,
but we have paid more In previous hot
waves. The lemon is deceiving bird
The handsomer. bigger. finer. smoother.
fresher. the less juice and greater in
sipidity II you find q rough. rugged
rind Of DARK color, thin Tind. take
If il preference. There are lemons
which look as if they are fly specked.
They are usually rich in juice and acid.
II you are forced TO buy the big,
smooth. yellow ones, roll them on the
table with the palm OF the hand once
q day for a week; then squeeze. ! am
talking about lemons for juice. not rlnd
for grating-New York Press
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

Substituted States Reg. 2s. $S,0O9Q
103 15-16
Washington Street Railway preferred,
10Q901a, 10Q901S, 109901a, 1OGq90A, 3o4
9054, 50Q90A 50q9014, 100Q90lA, 10049014.
4q96A. 1oQ969s, 20Q4901s. 109Q904, 10OQ
901s. 2G0QJ901s
Washington Street Railway, common,
1004S9az. lo0Q395s, 594393s. 5G4a99s, 500
$685..
Traders National Bank, 1O91S3.
Washington Gas, 25Q603l, Z5QG6l, 2596l
100Q60fa, 100Q61, 25Q607s, 1046l, 25q0l'
25061
Mergenthaler 25G2O0. 10000. 10a200z,
S5a2oo3s, 1oQ20o1z. 1o42o0A, 1042O0ss' 90
20OA.
Lanston, 6Q15.
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MOTHER IS ACCUSED
OF KILLING DAUGHTER
Father, However, Declares the Girl Used
Revolver and Committed
Suicide.

BALTIMORE, July 24-Mrs. George
Raum, of IlO5 Ward street. has been ar
rested, charged with the murder OF her
daughter, Mary X Rhum. nineteen, by
shooting her through the heart with q
revolver on Saturday night
Miss Raum had been out all the after
noon Saturday with her mother and re-
turned to the house about o'clock. \
few minutes later q pistol shot was
heard.
Mr. Raum ran upstairs and found the
young woman lying on a bed and her
mother, with a revolver in her hand,
standing at the foot.
Mr.. Raum went 70 his daughter and
asked her il she shot herself. ana ne
stated that she replied that she did just
before diving.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
TWELVE TANKS BLAZING
IN TEXAS OIL FIELDS
Nearly One Thousand Fighting the
Flames-Number of Lives May
Have Been Lost.

HUMBLE, Texas, July 24.-The twelve
oil tanks OF the Texas company. which
were set on fire by lightning. are all
still ablaZe. and the entire lot will be
consumed.
Little TtVulets Of burning oil are run
ming toward the oil field proper. but a
heavy rain has been falling and an
electric storm raging, the water serving
to keep the derricks from burning, The
worknen have all fed from the field.
The town itself IS filed with refugees.
Number of Lives Lost7
Five unidentified bodies have been re-
covered. The number OF dead is esti-
mated at all the way from ten to fifty.
Nearly 1000 persons are at work fight
ing the flames.
There seems to be little hope Of res
cuing the men surrounded by the
flames. Even should they escape the
burning they could hardly survive the
oil and gas fumes.
Men and Mules Hemmed In
Around the tanks where the fire
originally broke out the ground is COW
cred with a sheet OF water. covering
which is thick film OF OIL II this waste
oil catches fire, it Is probable that the
tanks or the GufIey company, the sun
Company, and the smaller owners. may
go. These tanks hold 4.5J0 barrels Of oil.
Shortly after the first big Texas tank
began TO burn 26O0 workmen with
seventy-five mules were hurried to the
place to throw up earthen embank
ments 10 confine the fire 10 the tank
where II originated. Suddenly the oil
gave an upheaVal. bubbled and lifted
a great mass Of the burning fluid bodily
from the tank and the fire was com
muntcated to three other tanks.
The burning oil caught the men and
mules and hemIned them IN. There was
q wild scramble for safety, men drop
ping their scrapers and reins and flee
ing Some Of them mounted mules and
got out, but at least forty OF the mules
baked and We're cremated.
The loss up to this morning is be-
Heved to be 900. 600 gallons OF OIL
valued al $4,000.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
COL. LEACH'S REPORT ON
WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT

Lieut.. Col Smith S. Leach. of the En-
gfneer Corps. has submitted to the War
Department his report for tie month
on the operations at the Washington
aqucduct- He states that fifteen Of the
twenty-four filter beds required by con
tract have been completed. Four thou
sand one hundred and four yards Of
filter gravel and l2,4T cubic yards or
filter he reports were placed in the beds.
The amount expended on the work dur
ing the month was S15s. SI9 80. The
amount expended from the beginning OF
the present fiscal year 10 the and Of tie
previous month was 81 ,166, ,t25.52.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
NAT GOODWIN BUYS
PROPERTY IN FRISCO

SAN FRANCISCO. July 24-Nat
Goodwin, the actor, has invested in a
san Francisco apartment house. He
has purchased the family hotel Lafay-
ette at a cost Of $4,000. The place
is in Sacramento street. between
Cough and Octavia, 1t is one of the
finest apartment houses IN San Fran
cisco.
This is the second investment Mr.
GoOdVin has made here He housrht a
cottage and ocean beach lots for $50,-
600
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
Yellow Fever Patient
On Board seguranca

PANAMA. vta Galveston. July "a
Eefore the Seguranea sailed yesterday.
among her passengers being General
kHains and Major Herrod. canal commits
sioners. Il fireman Was discovered 70 be
suffering with yellow fever. He was at
once taken ashore and the snip was
fumigated.
The latest report gives two new cases
Of the reyer. one or those stricken hav-
ing dipd-
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NEW YORK.

AS long as the public displays as light
an interest in The course OF stocks, as
they did list week. so long will prices be
dictated in the majority Of instances, By
the daily operations of this small hand
ful Of room traders, who iuaugurated Il
campaign 70 depress prices, the instant
the Union Pacific and Amalgamated div
idend announcements We're made on
Thursday last. They dictated the reac-
ton OF Saturday. and of the 422,09o
shares dealt in on that day. their activi-
ties accounted for more than 5000
The loan expansion of Sl9. 600 600. shown
by Saturdays bank statement. was
adequately foreshadowed in the heavy
monetary readjustments incidental TO
the Japanese bond flotation; and yet,
the Incidental decrease of S4,5l3000 IN the
surplus reserves, was seized upon by the
bears and utilized as an effective en-
gine for depressing prices. The result
was a reactionary market
Though it seems probable that no es-
pecially pronounced improvement IN
values is TO be expected until the specu-
lating and investing public display a
more pronounced interest in stocks than
they are likely 10 do during the dog
days; still il is reasonable TO expect
that the meeting of the Steel corpora
ton this week viii impart at least a
show Of temporary vitality to the trade.
Should this week witness also the final
financial adjustments incidental TO the
distribution Of the assets of Northern
Securities to the stock holders of the
component companies, the Increased
market activity occasioned by the Steel
report may expand into something re-
sembling an old-fashioned boom. The
opaque cloud of mystery which shrouds
| the terms of the Northern Securities
adjustment has defied the penetrating &
scrutiny Of even the most astute Of
market operators; and hence the prob
able effect Of this prospective. yet un-
known distribution, has not been dis
counted, II market sense No Wall
Street gardener has as yet succeeded in
glTding this particularly luscious melon
with his financial tape-line.
The objective point upon which the
eyes Of the Street are now riVeted IS the
September market when the summer
heat will have lost its intensity and &C
tual crop conditions will no longer form
the subject for wild contectures and
wilder misrepresentation Unless SOME
thing at present undreamt of should Oc-
cur TO impede TIE formative processes
ROW at work, the fall stock market will
IN the opinion OF careful students of
statistical conditions, witness a revival
OF public interest and & renewed actiV-
lty that VIII recall the sequence of full
volEmed bull markets at the close Of
1904 A significant indication Of the esti-
mate that the street places upon the
present prosperity and the prospective
progress Of the country was furnished
last week by the notable advance OF 81.
500 in the price Of stock exchange mem
berShipS- Men do not invest $50, 900 in a
stock exchange seat nowadays If they
are convinced that they must depend for
their return upon trivial fractional fuc-
tuations. created at their own expense,
by their own trading.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
INVESTIGATE
COTTON SCANDAL
Leak Before Federal
Grand Jury.
Mr.. CHEATHAM EXPLAINS
Told What He Thought of the Jug
Cling of Figures of Crop
Reports.

The cotton leak scandal Is under in
vestigation today by the Federal grand
jury of the District. The jury has been
called together III special session by
District Attorney Beach preliminary to
the prosecution of the person or per
sons found TO be responsible for the
leakage in the Governments cotton re-
pert.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
AN EXPLANATION.

"A Philadelphia councilman. eh?" re-
marked ST Peter and you voted for
the gas steal?''
Yes. sir. replied the new arrival
Then you were just d common robber,
eh?"
Select branch -"-PhIIadelph Press.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
Blames Officer at Belize.

DR.. Souchon, president Of the Louis
tlna State board Of health. Is credited
with having charged the blame for the
outbreak to the failure OF the United
States Marine Hospital officer at Belize
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REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT.

Hes actually making some stir in the
world.
well, Does that surprise you?"
"Of course, Why. that fellow won n
medal for good conduct while at school /"
-Phnadelphia Ledger.
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These VIII Hear witnesses.

Following are the names Of the men
who Will hear the witnesses presented to
them by District Attorney Beach:
Samuel c, Smoot, Rufus Mateer. OwCn
S. Lacey. William =. eitzgeraid NJ r.
+. Marshall, r. l. Pcndl-ton G. I.
Lyies, Ralph Rand, 7. J. Cadie. r. T.
Hartnett. +. y Steele. c. T. Pitt Bar
thoiomew Daily, f. 2 Norton, W. T.
Green. William j. Tyler, J o. Adkins.
Gus Wallerstein, w, n Thrift. J. \.
Anderson, c. II Bradley, J y Wilson.
and L. L. Morrison
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
LUSTER.

Paw. is it true that death loves a
shining mark ?"
4 suppose so. Why?'
Nothing, only I should think you'd
feel a good deal safer if you wore a
wig. Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

REPORTED by ". B. Hibts & Co, 1il9 F
street. Members New York Stock Exchange.
Chicago Board OF Trade. and Washington
Stock ENchanra
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
DREAD SCOURGE
IN NEW ORLEANS
Officials Admit Presence of
Yellow Fever.
QUARANTINE is ESTABLISHED
Ships From Suspected Central Ameri-
can Ports Held Six Days-Six
Deaths Occur.
QUARANTINE is ESTABLISHED

NEW ORLEANS. La. July 24.-There
is no attempt made to conceal the fact
that the dreaded yellow fever has broken
out + his city
1t was admitted today that there are
from thirty to forty suspicious cases.
all cCuuned to two square blocks in the
old part of the city.
Six suspicious deaths have occurred. II
is certain that a majority of these were
from fever
Quarantine in Effect.
AS a result strict quarantine has
gone into effect against all Central
American ports, which are considered af-
.ected. Vessels arriving from these ports
VIII oe detained in quarantine six days.
a long conference was held in the St.
Charles Hotel. attended by public Off
cials and health authorities Of Louist-
ana New Orleans. Alabama. Mississippi
and Texas This resulted In assurance
being given to the representatives OF
other States that the fullest precautions
We're being observed here, and that they
would be kept throughout informed of
the rTogress Of the disease.
Few New Cases.
There were few cases reported today.
Residents Of the circumscribed quarter
where the fever exists have been told
thy must submit to domiciliary visits
Plans have been completed to eSsab-
ish detention camps on the various
railroads, These camps VIII be under
the direction OF Surgeon J. II. White, OF
the United States Marine Hospital ser
vice. to whom Surgeon General Wyman
has assigned universal assistance
y dispatch from Havana. Cuba saws
quarantine has been established against
New Orleans.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
FINANCIAL.
Home Building Association.
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE
ON EASY MoNTHLy PAYMENTS

IL VIII accommodate you for building buy
ing. or improving Il home. or for investment
and need money. Cali on the undersigned for
information and taking stock Applica tfonz
Tor loans from agents solicited.
GEO. ". LINKINS. WM H WETzEI.
Fres., 500 lyth St NV. Sec. 2I35 Sc. NV.
\. S. TAYLOR. e : yESCOTvr :
Wires. 1i05 F ST. nv. -reas. l9a9 Pa ave.T.7v
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
May Withdraw Soldiers
From jackson Barracks

On account of the presence of yellow
fever in New Orleans the War Depart
ment is considering the advisability of
transferring the soldiers stationed at
Jackson Barracks to some place farther
north, probably to the ChicKafnauga
National Park
An army medical officer has been
ordered TO examine into the yellow fever
situation at New Orleans with special
reference 10 the soldiers The re-
moval OF the troops will depend upon
the nature of mis- report to the War
Department. Jackson Barracks is only
about six miles from the city of New
Orleans.
The officials of the Public Health and
Marine Hospital service are working
IN harmony with those In Louisiana in
the efforts to prevent spread Of yell
low fever. DR.. A II. G1ennan. acting
surgeon general IN the absence of Or.
Wyman. has ordered Surgeons G. NJ
Guiteras from Cairo, ILL.,; T. II. Richard
son, from Savannah, Ga, and J. H
White from Mobile, Ala. TO proceed 10
New Orleans and assist the Marine
Hospital officials stationed there.
Work of Hospital Service.
Prompt action has been taken by the
United States Public Health and Ma
rine Hospital Service to arrest the
spread OF yellow fever in New Orleans
where the dread disease has been Of
ficially reported and confirmed for the
first time since the epidemic of 1899
Inc existence of yellow fevor in New
Orleans is confirmed ky reports re-
Ceived by DR.. Glennon.
The reports received here came from
Dr.. Edmund Souchon. president OF the
/ Of
Surgeon a. c. Smith. who is stationed
at the Marine Hospital at New Orleans.
These reports stated that the existence
OF yellow fever had been confirmed by
autopsy and that one death had oe-
CURED.
Dr.. Walter Wyman, surgeon general
Of the Marine Hospital Service, will re
turn to Washington on Thursday to take
charge Of the situation. He had been in
Honolulu on official business in connec-
ton with the establishment Of a Govern
ment leprosarium, authorized at the
last session Of Congress, and arrived in
Portland, Ore, last week, where he de-
uVered an address before the American
Medical Association. Acting Surgeon
General Giennon notified him Of the out
break at New Orleans and has received
a dispatch saying that Dr. Wyman had
started at once for Washington. He viii
be kept in touch with the situation by
telcsraphic communication from Wash
ington as he proceeds eastward.
Taking Prompt Action.
DIT. Glennon spent much time in his
Office in consultation with DR. Geddings
and other members Of the Marine Hos
pital force. DR.. Guiteras and DR.. Rich
ardson arrived in New Orleans last
night DR.. Guiteras is one Of the most
expert authorities on yellow fever in
the Government service. and he. as well
as DR.. Richardson and DR.. CorDut. par
ticipated actively in the camDaign
against the yellow fever epidemic at
Laredo. Tex, a year and half ago.
The Marine Hospital Service has is
sued orders placing Government inspee-
tors on all trains passing out Of New
Orleans through Mississippi. They wiz
inpect all passengers, and this VIII tend
toward avoiding more rigid quarantine
measures unless they should be deemed
necessary.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
HER CARELESS SSNESs.

as she Jealous of her husband?"
.'Oh, no, not at all She often permits
him 10 sit in corners and talk 20 ladies
Who are generally referred TO as good
old souls. Chicago Record Herald.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
Indictments Expected.

The investigation. which will be con-
Quoted by the grand jury. 1t is expected.
will result in indictments being returned
against two or more persons believed TO
be directly responsible for the leakage
in the cotton report One or more of
these persons are now or recently have
been employees Of the Department of
Agriculture.
District Attorney Beach will in person
conduct the investigation which will be
made by the grand jury, and he says
he Will allow no eVading the answering
of questions by witnesses. If any such
methods are attempted he says. pro-
ccedings will be taken 10 punish all hos
tile witnesses for contempt of court.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
CONSUMPTION CURED

By KOCH'S INHALATION METHOD. taa
only one which has proven successful
INSTITUTE. 623 18th nE,
The Washington times., 1905-07-24

Swift q CO.. sales OF fresh beef in
washington. i. c.. week ending July %,
averaged 6.5s cents per pound.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
Conference With Hoyt.

Returning to Washington last Tues
day, he held a lengthy conference with
Solicitor General Hoyt. at the City
Hall AS a result of this conference
all the employees of the Agricultural
Department and other persons believed
TO know something OF the methods pur-
sued by those who distributed informa-
tiOC on cotton for their own benefit
We're seen by Mr.. Beach and questioned
as to their knowledge OF the affair
Secretary Wilson, of the Department Of
Agriculture, and all Of the employees in
the department who 1t is believed
can throw any light upon the matter.
will be called by Mr.. Beach Ia testify
before the grand jury.
District Attorney Beach. when asked
what course he now intends to pursue in
the matter. said he will not discuss
it in any manner or form until after
the grand jury has made a final report
TO the court. He is always willing and
glad TO keep the public posted through
the press what he Is doing, bat the very
nature of these proceedings makes It
unadvisable to do so in this instance.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
DR.. SHADE 9

Cures lung and throat trouble. catarrh stou-
ach kidney liver, nervous diseases. bladder
stricture. skin. blood, special weakness, and
private diseases cured promptly. Closed sun
days GO2 ST. NV. jel3-tf
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
Does 1t Pay?

OF what profit is your property
if the rent is all paid out ia main
tenaaceZ There are so many con-
siderations to be taken into ac~
count in the proper handling Of
rentable property that a complete
and thorough system is absolutely
essential Our aim IS TO mako your
realty pay. How z9e succeed NAV
be attested by the large ard in
creasing numbers whose interests
We care for.
The Washington times., 1905-07-24
Mr.. Chatham Explains

R4chard Cheathum, secretary of the
Cotton Growers Association, who made
the charges that resulted in the investi-
cation of the Agricultural Department
ana as result OF that preliminary in
Vestgatton unearthed the Holmes leak.
was the first witness TO appear today
before the special session of the grand
jury.
Mr. Chatham fully explained to the
grand jury how the juggling of the fig
uTes OF the crop by ex-AsSistaut Stats
ucian Holmes wrought great harm TO
the cotton growers of the country. His
statement, which was most important
with marked attention by the grand
jury. a number OF them showing
their interest by asking questions
secret Service Agent Moran, who was
set to work on the case after Secretary
Cheatham had brought sufficient pres
sure 10 start the wheels of the inVesti-
cation, was the next witness. His tes-
tlmony was chiefly Of the methods he
employed to bring about the connectina,
INKS between Holmes and the New
ork broker, TO whom the former is
/ information.
It is understood that all or nearly all
the clerks employed in the office of the
statistician. and who handle In anV. WaV
the reports Of the several State agents
will be examined by the grand jury.
The probabilities are the hearing will
continue Tor at least several weeks be-
! fore an indictment is found for con-
spiraCy.
For more than Il week District At
torney Beach has been dcvoting his en-
tire attention to the subject of gather
I ing all evidence possible relative to the
leak in the cotton report In the
course of the prosecution of the mat
ter last week, he. under the advice of
the Department of Justice, visited New
York. There he had several confer
ences with brokers and other persons
who were able To throw considerable
iPhf On tho e,rbiact
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-08-24

had l loved my sweet lady less, no
earthly power could have driven me
into that dismal sitting place. All my
life long have had a most unspea ka BILE
horror of low rooted caverns and
squeezing passages that cramp a man
for breath and for the room to draw it
in; and when the sutfocating madness
came upon me, as it did when we We're
Well damned in this cursed horror hole,
i WAS right glad to have my love Cor
Margery to make an outward seeming
man of me; glad. too, that my dear lad
was close behind to Shame NE into go
ing on.
Yet, after all, the passage through
the throat OF the rock dragon was vast
~ more Terrifying than difficult Once
we'll within the closely drawn UPPER lip
we could brace our backs against the
roof and so have Il purchase for the
foothpid. BETTER still, when We had
passed Il pike 's-lengtll beyond the lip
the breathing space above the water
grew wider and higher till at length We
could stand erect and come breast to
lock arms ana push on side By side.
From that the stream broa dened and
grew sh%liower With every step and
presently we could hear it Oh ahead
babbins over the stones like amy peace
full Woodland brook. Then suddenly
the dank and noisome air of the forest
and. looking straight up we could see
the t%initllrg stars shining down upon
US from narrow breadth of sly.