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The Washington times., 1905-03-07
To RUSH FREIGHT
OUT Of DISTRICT
Outgoing Transportation
Will Now Be Resumed.
CARS ARE MOVING AWAY
Situation Far Superior to Four Years
Ago-Congestion Soon to Be
Relieved.

The freight officials of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad and It's branches In this
city have been busy all day dispatchfng
freight trains to different parts of the
country the outgoing freight which
has been delayed in the Washington
yards during the inauguration period,
owing to the large passenger trat1c TO
and from the National Capital,
1t WAS estimated at the railroad sta
ton today that before night begins over
100 freight trains viii have left Washing
ton laden with produce and goods ship
ped to various parts of the country. On
some OF the roads forty or fifty trains
will leave this city In a period of twen-
ty-four hours. The officials are deter
mined to reduce tie freight traffic to its
normal size, and all efforts possible will
be made toward this consummation.
Rushing Cars Here.
Last night freight cars and engines
were brought into Washington from the
Anacostia yards in preparation for the
freight rush, which began in the early
hours this morning.
Officials of the Pennsylvania railroad
explained this morning, however, that
they have been able to handle the
freight more expeditiously this inaugu-
ago. AS is their inV.iria BILE custom, they
posted notices tEus year setting forth
that, owing to the passenger traffic. of
the inauguration, 10 freight would be
carried out Of Washington from March
to March s. SinEs.r notices were sent
to all the roads connecting here with
the Pennsylvania.
To Relieve Congestion.
This was made necessary on account
OF the fact that passenger trains have
been leaving, and coming into, the sta
ton In hundreds for the past five or six
days. Now that thss traffic is sinking
to it's normal status, the freight traffic
will be rushed
1t was said by the officials this morn
ing that It will TAX full week to re-
duce the freight traffic to its normal
size. This means that, Ia spite of the
notices sent out by the road, an enor-
nous amount of freight has been col
lected in the yards for shipping to out
side points, and this has been sent by
Washington shippers well the
connecting roads of the Pennsylvania.
Nevertheless, it Is thought that the
situation will be met more promptly and
with greater ease than was the case
four years ago. A similar state of affairs
occurs every inauguration.
The Washington times., 1905-03-07
STANF ORD BUTLER
SERVED LANGTRY
Police Ask Actress to Give
His Antecedents.
BROUGHT HIM TO AMERICA
Message Sent to London for Deposition
of Jersey Lily to Use in San
Francisco
BROUGHT HIM TO AMERICA

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. March r.
Mrs Lily LangtTy, the actress, has been
called upon for testimony that may
throw some light on the mysterious
death of Mrs. Leland Stanford.
1t IS said that the local authorities
have now positive assurance, in the
form of information by cable from Hon
oiulu. that Mrs. Stanfords death was
directly due to strychnine poisoning.
This cable contained. it is said, a syn
opsis of the report of the chemist who
had been engaged for the last three days
in analyzing the stomach and other or
gans of Mrs. Stanford.
No trace of strychnine was found by
the chemists in the stomach, yet all
agree that there is no longer any doubt
of the cause of the death of Mrs. Stasl-
ford, and that the autopsy has failed
to reveal indications that would sug-
gest any other cause of death than
strychnine poisoning.
She Knows Butler
Detectives in charge of the investiga-
tion want the testimony of Mrs Lang
try concerning butler who was dis
missed from the Stanford household
several months ago. The police have
been investigating every move of this
man for several days; in fact, ever since
the first attempt to poison Mrs. Stan
ford was made
The butler came to America with Mrs
IangtTy. He was in her employ long
time. Soon after she reached this side
Mrs. Langtry dispensed with his SER
vices.
Mrs Iangtry is in London and a ca
bic message has been sent TO her by
Captain Morse requesting all the infor-
nation that she possesses with refer
eTce to the buffers antecedents
There is considerable talk about the
likelihood of a contest OF the will of Mrs.
Stanford. Several relatives who We're ig-
nored In the Will are anxious for a
share of the big estate, and plans to
carry the matter into court are now
under consideration.
May Contest Will.
One Of the relatives who is not in
cluded in the list OF bequests is Jerome
Stanford. a nephew of Senator Stanford.
Mrs. Jerome Stanford was asked about
the runor that her husband would insti-
tute a contest.
I think that Leland Lathrop, jr, will
contest the. viii I do not know what
my husband intends to do
Leland Lathrop, jr., is nephew OF
Mrs. Stanford. His wife Is a daughter
of ]. Stanford and therefore a grand
rops father was remembered when the
Senator died, but the son received moth
ing. He has now been forgotten for the
second time and it is said that he viii
appeal to the courts
Attorney Is Evasive
Duncan McNinlay, attorney for Je-
rome Stanford, was asked what his
client intends to do,
81 do not know he said "A great
deal depends on the action of the other
relatives
Josiah w. Stanford, a nephew of tbs
late Leland Stanford, was inclined II
be non-committal, and declined to say il
he would join in a contest of the will il
the event one was commenced by other
relatives of Leland Stanford He alsl
declined to state whether he would com
mence a contest, although he said that
ike nearly all the Stanford relatives, he
was opposed TO the contests of wills OF
general principles.
The Washington times., 1905-03-07
Took a Wife Here.
Epworth League Convention Tour to

Denver via Pennsylvania Railroad,
Leave Washington at 1850 q. n. Mon
day. July 3rd. arrive Denver 1890 noon,
International Convention. Special Pull
man train Of Pullman and dining cars
from Harrisburg. Tourist Agent, Chap
eron and Stenographer accompanying
special train. Rate covering round trip
transportation, and Pullman berth and
meals, on special train going, 5000
Tickets good to return on regular trains
until July IA Consult B. NJ NewboId
Passenger Agent Southeastern District
18th & q SITS, Washington, or address
Geo. w. Boyd, General Passenger
Agent. Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1905-03-07
SIGSBEE TO SAIL AWAY
FROM SANTO DOMINGO

Rear Admiral Sigsbee, commanding
the Caribbean squadron. has informed
the Navy Department he will sail from
Santo Domingo City in the flagship
Newark in a few days to join Admiral
Barker's fleet at Guantanamo.
Several other warships remain in Do
rninican waters
The Washington times., 1905-03-07
HEAD OF KNIGHTS OF MALTA.

ROME. March 7.-The Chapter of the
knights of Malta have elected Count
Won Thun Hohenstein, of Trent. to be
grand master of the order.
The Washington times., 1905-03-07
The seaboard Florida Limited Leaves

Washington daily at 6:25 D. m. arriy-
ing at st. Augustine 2:10 D. m. next day
making quickest time. Two other high
class trains for Pinehurst, Southern
Pines, and Camden, and Southern re-
sorts. Office 1421 Pennsylvania avenue.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23
LINCOLN AND DAVIS.

In his splendid Grafton at Louisville Gen. stephen ~
Lee the copmander n-chie OF the Confederate ever"
paid this apprecatye tribute the two mighty sprS Vi
the war between the States
1T impossible for Conederates standing on KENTUCKY
soil not to remember that from this commonwealth came
the two leaders Of the contendng nations Here was porn
the patient frontier lawyer trained in the hard schoo OF
adversty who in the hour of fate was to stano o. t
focus of the world, who to give to history ne" ea
OF greatness and die last like Caesar at the zenlth OF
his fame, sealing his Immortality with death whose
tragic pathos will movethe hearts of forever Here
also born the pure and stainless gentleman, who
stood at the helm OF the sinking Coniederacy the one and
only ruler OF brave people who failed in the mighty
struggle for Constitutional liberty they understood "
the chained captive OF Fortress Monroe, the exile the
gray haired historian defending to the last the cause o
his peoplethe best beloved Of all Of Kentuckys mighty
sons.'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23
PROTECT Birds AND SAVE CROPS.

new Iberia Enterprise: The increasing ahouN' 49,
varieties of insects demand the best attention OF all 10 'o
preservation of the birds, and every citizen SnoO
lglonSIy report every violation of law, upon the pow
any, black or white, man, boy girl who woulo ~.
single one of these birds which placed nero W
creator for purpose Let the law be amended "
everything that flies in the altitudinous atmosphere
skins the bosom of the Lakeland shall hear OF oe
conditions everywhere
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23
CpAyDJURY FOUND 4G TRUE BILLS
Completed Its LabOrs Friday and was
Discharged.

The final report of the grand jury
was made yesterday afternoon as
follows:
ITO the Hon. E. D. Miller, Judge
OF the Fifteenth judicial district court
in and for the parish OF Calcasieu.
ave the grand jury, called IN
special session June u, 1903, beg
leave to report: That we have eX'
amined II cases presented to US;
have found ~ true billIsand 81 not
true bills.
-Four cases have asbeen referred
back to the district court on the
grounds OF insufficient evidence. and
in our opinion warranting further
investigation.
"Our attention having been called
to the crowded condition OF the parish
Jail, we have examined into and dis
posed OF every jail case.
This being a special session we
have not examined into those general
matters reported on by US during
our February term, with the excep-
ton of she parish Jail. We find the
prisoners we'll cared for, and every
thing in sanitary condition. but
would recommend that awnings be
placed over the west windows in order
TO protect the prisoners from the
afternoon sun.
ave desire to thank all officer
for courtesies shown during our ses-
sion, and respectfully ask to be
discharged.
ar. KRAUSE, Foreman,
PHILIP COVERDALE, Clerk"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23
MAYBE YOU CAN TELL THE YOUNG MAN.
Journal Book Store,

Bell City, La, June 22nd, 1905.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23

We are in receipt Of souvenir eul''on - WV I,
C,olos ,oocor which Is dandy" 1t is printed we'll
d filled with interesting matter with number OF pictures
f the business and resident portion Of that rapid building
1.-THE CITY nv the lake Lake Charles has MADE more SUI
stantia improvements in three months than any Guy
its size in the state We congratulate the enerprlSns
American on the appearance OF this edition. The AmerI'
can is one of the best small daily papers on our exchange
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23
A GOOD HOT ROAST.

Once Pleading business man" asked a newspaper man
to roast the administration for permitting peddlers to un
derse town merchants and this is what he wr city
dads you will hereby take notice that you roasted for
permitting pedders sell goods here The merchant for
whom we do this director of bank here which gets its
etterheads checks and deposit slips in st. Louis y
Shreveport Journal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
DR. MENTEs WEEKLY BULLETIN FOR NEXT SUNDAY MORNING,
AMONG OTHER THINGS WILL SAY:

OJuniors will meet at $780, IL
Prayer services, Wednesdays p.
Y P S. c. E. at p M, Mrs. Carol, leader.
Holy Communion next Lords day at II q. m.
Pray for the coming International c. Z. convention at
Baltimore,
Monthly Stereopticon Sermon tonight Topic, call
OF Abraham to Death of Sarah
Mrs. Renfroe and son Albert have been called to Hous
tom on account of the illness OF Clarence Renfroe.
The collection for S. s. and Publication interests
amounted to over 90 against year 6SS
Mrs Dr. Lewis and children have left for northern points
to be gone during the SUMNER shall miss them in our
services.
There seems TO be an unusual of sickness a the
present moment let remember at the throne of grace
the sufferers.
AS going TO press, informed by the Physician in
good news to all Of US.
Special missionary servica tonight at C. E. meeting
our National Heritage" All members Of the society
expected to be present.
Perhaps no book aside from the Bible has done more
toward publication OF social life, Rev. shedons SIN
His Steps, or What Would Jesus Do will be ilustrat
ed upon canvas some time in August.
After short business session on Wednesday evening,
preparatory services will be held in anticipation of the
regular quarterly Communion next Sunday 1t earnest
lly desired that all of our members be present.
The fund for the public school library has been increased
by over co. receipts of the base ball game last week
between the representing the very best element
OF our community. Let the good work 60 on.
If you haye any good books which you wish to donate
to the School library you will confer favor il you would
refer stiles and authors" to the committee on books
Rev. Brock Prof Reed, Rev. Mente, Hon. L. E. Robin
son constitute the committee.
building and laon association is being organized
at Ruston.
People at Jonesboro are agating the removal of thu
parish seat from Vernon
Richard Campbell, negro arrested at Opelousas, has
confessed to committing murder in Ponte Conpee parish
flour years ago.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23

There are people apparently unable to see now those
holding opinions contrary to theirs can be honest IN the
convictions, and who will resent as personal aHront
move the part of TIE party Of opposite opinion 10 con-
vert convince them they wrong. Ii one stops 10
think moment he will remember that this inability TOT
men to think alike is Godgiyen affection, ana one
should therefore be tolerant with those holding views con-
trary to theirs It's just and proper all the force OF
argument your command bring your party around TO
your way of thinking but if you fail to do So don't get
huy and brand him chump; he has been personal
friend treat him any the less courteousy But remember
the All Wise One has shaped his head little dneTent
from yours consequently he has different tastes different
ideals, and different aims in le all OF which contribute
to his holding opinions that do not coincide with yours
Each of you may an honest and upright man. who has
honest and upright intentions and high ideals, but the
diversity of opinion held upon subject Is one OF the un
accountable dosynerases OF nature that none OF US can
satisfactorily explain-New Iberia Leader.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23
PRESSING THE LOSERS TOO CLOSELY.

baton Rouge Times: When the Far East "'' -
reached territory where the Japs attack the
llhgechelng Ershihpso and Shuntangtia we Aeo' ,s
lnohNory symptoms Of sympathy for the DOW" ''o'NN
Russian
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23
WHY STIR UP SLEEPING DOGS!

Shreveport Journal: The general land ONCE mas issued
an order prohibiting person from taking up more IMAM
32O acres of timber lands. Speaking OF timber lands
wasn't there lot of government investigation and stack
Of indictments relating to 'gobbe up' in this section?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23

Dad" Hall got the noon train the o'not 10y, him
a book and the conductor came alonS ""' h 40
would have to get off. dad" wanted " NNO 49, -
conductor told him it was against the COMPANY 'N
allow cow-catcber in a passenger coacI
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23
THEIR FINISH IS CERTAIN.

monroe News: Some farmers in Illinois have comoiueo
10 ou~ packing establishment to complete Will Vic
Ne ago beef trust Goodby boys take keer OF
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23
RELIGIOUS NOTES Fl nv nER,nnER

DeIsidder Messengers Re-. H. B. McFarren baptized
hhree candidates IN the Dig bath tub at the Hudson River
Lumber company MILL last Sunday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23
AN IRRESISTIBLE ATTRACTION.

Amite City Advocate: There is no owe on earth com
parable the summer time love OF nv for bald head.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-23

Journal Book Store,
Welsh, Louisiana!
Gentlemen Have you, can you tell me- where can
get the best book for making person appear in society
credtahly? Please let me hear from you. Yours &c.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-09-30
20. k

The discussion as to the origin Of 80.
X periodically claims the attention of the
reading public. 1t Is now on in number
Of papers aud magazines Gen. j. War
rem keiier, in the current issue of the
Archaeogieal Quarterly, gives new ver-
sion of the birth of the useful combination
of letters. He claims that in UrbaRa,
o., in 1910, when the Harrison campaign
was in progress, Wing farmer drove into
town with this legend painted on his wagon
The people i 0n Korrect The Demo-
erats made fun of the spelling, but Wing
tavern keeper near Springfield stuck the
letters %. X. over his door, where they
remained until the building was torn down
in 1901 -
Another story that has often been told
in print and otherwise is that Andrew
jackson, who was not a good speller, first
endorsed official papers that met with his
approval Ion Korreet, aud then when
these papers multiplied he hurried business
by abbreyiating to 30. X There are
other legends concerning the convenient
letters. We do not know which, if any,
are true, but whatever may have been the
origin there is no doubt of the fact that to
the early day telegraphers and the eight
ming ierkers" who followed in their wake
is due the credit of preserving 90. X"
When the telegraph wires were first put in
use by Morse, the operators found it neces-
sary to provide code of abbreviations for
ready use ''over the line, and it was
necessary that these authorizations should
be made to conveniently fit the peculiar
formation Of the telegraph alphabet made
up Of dots and dashes. Among a long list
of abbreviations and signals meaning various
and sundry things, 80. X. was adopted
as the signal to be used by a receiving
operator to assure the sending operator that
message had been correctly understood
and properly recorded. The telegraphers'
first cousins, the express and railway
agents, also adopted the letters for use in
checking up waybills, etc, and in this way
the convenient 30. X" went into general
use. Jackson or the enthusiastic Ohio
Wing may have introduced go. X, but
the telegraphers made the initials immor-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-09-30
Brides Please Note !

Casting a shoe after a newly married
couple is one of the oldest customs that still
cling to the fabric of this p-to-date life
Centuries agO-nay, thousands of years
ago-it was one of the means employed by
the people of antiquity to indicate owner
ship.
When a piece of land was purchased or
given to one, or man acquired ownership
of house, a COW, or took unto himself
wife, it was the established custom to cast
a shoe over the land, the building, the
animal or the woman, thus asserting to
the world that he had acquired all rights
of ownership.
The custom is mention in several places
in the Bible; for instance, in Psalms tx, 8,
where the phrase, cover Edom will | cast
out my shoe, is employed to mean that
by this method will ownership be asserted.
Few who do it probably know why they
cast shoe after the newly married but in
this ancient custom is its origin found.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-09-30
COUNTRY MINISTER'S.
Their Salaries Inadequate TO supply
Their Physical Needs i'm Many Cases.

A certain lawyer, belonging to Meth
odist conference where III pastors receive
salary of 5000 year or less, is reported
to have said ''My college chum was my
equal in every respect and in some respects
my superior. After % years of success
ful ministerial work | discovered that his
annual income was the exact amount |
paid for the keep of my horse at the livery
stable
These facts refer more especially to the
country pastor, but they are equally appli-
cable to the majority of clergymen in the
smaller cities, for few get more than 81,
800, which is but little better than $500
in the country, as their living expenses are
necessarily much greater. Often pas
torate in the country means that the min
lister has two congregations, just far enough
apart to make union of the two imprac-
ticable. This also means that three ser
mons Sunday must be delivered usually.
Aside from the mental wear, the two
charges often make it necessary for the
minister to keep horse, which is a some
what expensive luxury for the rest of the
week, when it is not in use. Then in the
winter these trips from congregation to
congregation are frequently exhausting ex-
periences. The donations help the pastor
to provide for his family, but often these
gifts resemble those in the temple which
were unacceptable because of their blem-
ishes and imperfections Some of the
rural pastors have large families, and then
il is an absolute necessity for them to per-
form other work, such as raising garden
produce or by farming, in order to support
the family. One Connecticut minister tills
FIVE or six acres of land connected with the
parsonage. Last year he raised enough
strawberries and other small garden truck
to more than double his income.
''Yes, it is true, he said, when asked,
Il make more tilling that FIVE or six acres
OF land than l do by preaching the gospel.
They say that farming doesn' pay in New
England any more, but | think it pays
better than preaching the gospel, when
one figures on basis of dollars and cents. -
Is it strange, in consideration of these
facts, that so few think they can afford to
enter the ministry on these terms? The
only wonder is that there are so many men
devoted enough to give up their lives to
what is little less than drudgery to keep
body and soul together. How can men
minister to the spiritual needs Of other
men when the constant thought must be
concerning the things which pertain to
their own physical needs?
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-09-30

Horace seymour Keller. in New York sun.
| listen TO the Sunday bells
Across the fields afar,
Beyond the din of city and
The roaring of the car;
And ev'ry echo falling soft,
II call me back again
To shady lanes and sunny meads
OF valley aud of plain.
see the quiet people stroll,
And hear their passing feet,
Again see the little church
That fronts the village street.
The quaint old pews they beckon me,
The pulpit overhead,
Aud cen the marble stones above
My own beloved dead.
Again in fancy leaning there,
Within the corner pew,
| look upon the faces Of
The uld-ume friends aud true.
| hear the iowly murmerS Of
The softly whispered prayer;
Again ! see the pastor with
His crown Of silver hair.
The lilac bushes laden with
Sweet censers, they disliil
Perfume and shower petals on
The shady window sill
And o. the echoes softly fall
On valley and on plain
Aud O. the bells they call me 10
The little church again