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The Washington times., 1905-08-20
CARROLL INSTITUTE
DEFEATED NORFOLK
Won Final Game Frem Collegians by
Making Sever Runs in Eighth
Inning.


NORFOLK, Va. Aug. 19.-The Nor
folk Collegians were defeated by the
Carroll Institute team this afternoon at
Lafayette Field by to s.
The Collegians underestimate their
opponents and had things we'll in hand
when the Capital City team landed on
Atkinson for three singles, a double,
and rev two bases on balls; these, to-
gether with a hit by pitcher and an
error by Barry. netting seven runs.
The game was called In the eight in
allowed the Collegians only five hits,
and all were pretty we'll scattered. He
pitched a mastery game throughout,
but the support given him by his tenn
mates was very ragged at times.
Cranston. at third for the visitors, re-
deemed himself tor Fridays poor work,
Ruiz received q hand from the crowd
when he squeezed a hard fly.
fTtian
The Washington times., 1905-08-20
NEW BOATHOUSE
FOR CANOEISTS
Ideal Plant Is to Be Con-
structed.
HEATED BY HOT WATER
Work to Be Begun Next Week.
Structure Two Stories
High.
HEATED BY HOT WATER

Work will be begun next week on the
new boathouse OF the Washington
Canoe Club The structure will be
built SEQ feet above the Aqueduct
Bridge. on the strip or land between
the Potomac river and the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal.
The house will be two stories high
The ground floor will be used for the
storage of canoes-whieh will be kept
IN tiers of sixteen each, with roller
roekers-wiu contain shower baths. a
parier furnished in burlap. and an as
sembly room, with wood sheathing. In
addition to the main entrance there
will be an entrance for ladies.
Second Floor.
The second floor will be used chiefly
Tor social purposes. On one side, in a
separate compartment. 125 lockers will
be Installed. The social" rooms may
be entered from balconies through
French windows. The top floor is so
arranged that all compartments can,
upon necessity, be converted into one
room,
George P. Hales is president eff the
new club, and Sully Maize and Guy
Marean are the building committee
Completed October I.
The committee confidently expects the
building 10 be completed by October I.
the date called for in the contract. When
completed, it will be the most ideal
house in the vicinity of Washington. 1t
will have a capacity for housing enc
hundred canoes. and viii have the dis
tinetion of being the only house here
abouts heated by hot water. Electric
lights viii also be installed, and there
will be an observation tower and a water
tank Already the members are eagerly
looking toward the completion of their
new plant.
The Washington times., 1905-08-20
SULPHUR FUMES
IN NEW ORLEANS
City Will Be Cl0uded in
Smoke Today.
FIFTY TONS DISTRIBUTED
Abandonment of Train Service II Many
Sections Regarded as
Serious Feature.

NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 19.-Fifty tons
of sulphur were distributed free today
to property holders here for fumigati0a
Of their houses tomorrow, according To
instructions issued by the Marine Hos
pital Service. DR.. J. H White. the suF-s
geon in command, expects that suIphlze
viii be burned in each of the houses In
the city tomorrow 70 kill mosquitoes. al
the people have agreed TO assist the
local health authorities in every way
possible.
Scores Of wagons traversed the streets
here this afternoon. distributing hvs-
pound packages of sulphur. which shall
be burned for every thousand cubic fest
of air space. The sulphur fumes. uhila
dealing death to mosquitoes and all in=
sects. are sitting.
For the, past month it has been a CONF
mon occurrence to see smoke emanatine
from such fumigation. escaping FROM
residences and stores in various parts
of the city. and with almost every
householder using IL tomorrow, It fl
figured that the town will be a solid
mass Of smoke from morning until
night.
Thousands Must Inhale Fumes.
Many people left today to avoid tbs
fumes, but 100000 people viii be here To
inhale 1t tomorrow.
1t is the first time in the history OF
yellow fever epidemies in New Orleans
that such an enormous amount OF sui
phur has been handled, and the record
of houses under funligatien will aIso
establish a record.
Within the past two days druggists
have raised the price of pyrethrur1
powder so per cent higher than waa
asked a week ago. This was caused by
the great demand. many persons under
standing the use of the powder and U.s.
Ing 1t instead OF sulphur.
One Of the most serious features OF
the reign of the quarantine in Missis-
sippi is the abandonment Of train SER
vice. Not a railroad IL the State is
running its usual quota Of freight or
passenger trains, and each day the ser-
vice is curtailed.
Railroad Service Bad.
Commencing today the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railroad abandoned
two freights. The Gulf and Ship
Island road has been almost paraIyzed
by guarantees against the Gulf coast
It has been found necessary to aban-
don the afternoon trains, as they are
practically useless on account Of the
lack of travel The Louisville and
Nashville road is not allowed to stop
its trains in Mississippi City, and sew
era1 of its passenger trains have been
discontinued.
The Washington times., 1905-08-20
Chart Being Prepared.

1
three had been reported.
Chart Being Prepared.
Health Officer Woodward is preparing
a typhoid fever chart. upon which he
will endeavor to trace the noticeable ef-
feets of the use of filtered water in con-
nection with the disease. Commencing
tomorrow. when the first filtered water
will be turned into the city mains. ne
will keep a record of the decrease. II
there is any, from day tie day, until the
filtration plant is working all twenty
nine beds.
AS stated In yesterdays Times, the
first two filter beds viii be turned on
today or tomorrow, probably some lime
tomorrow morning. The War Depart
ment engineers had promised to turn
them on yesterday, but were unable to
do so through some unavoidable delay.
Mortality Among Co1ored People.
The two filter beds about ready for
use have a capacity Of 100000 gallons
each. making a total Of 5000 900. which
will be turned on tomorrow as a start
er This large supply of pure water will
be mixed with the unfiitered water in
a common chamber. and sent through
the mains TO all parts Of the city. There
will be no effort to send the filtered wa
ter TO any particular section. as was
at first advocated.
Every other day another filter bed
will be put into operation until the en-
tire plant is in use. It is figured ttitt
all the beds will be in operation bv Oc-
tober Is.
1t is DR.. WoodWards intention to Sc
cure official data for future reference
as to how the use of the filtration plant
affects typhoid fever. It has been
stated that the use of the filtration
plant viii reduce the death rate to a
point about 100 per 1000 population.
DIR. Woodward's chart will prove inter-
esting and valuable testimony in this
connection
The records at the Health Office show
that the mortality rate has been much
higher among the colored people. More
than one-half of the deaths so far have
been colored patients, while nearly two
thirds of the cases reported are white
people.
District officials believe that this week
will witness a gradual decrease in the
number of cases. This may not be
marked at first, for the reason advanced
by DR.. Woodward that it generally
takes three weeks for typhoid germs TO
develop into a case of fever after being
taken into the system.
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

EARNED runs-NOrtOIk, 3; Carroll In
stitute. 4. Two-base hits-Leonard,
Roby, and Armstrong. First base on
balls-CP Atkinson, 8; off Armstrong, l;
off Hutchinson, 8. Struck out-By At
inson. l. Left on bases-NorfoIk. ); Car
roll Institute, 8. Double pIays-Leon-
ard (unasststed@; Rebey and Kinney
Passed ball-Jones. First base on err
Tors-+Norfolk, s. Carroll Institute, /
Hit by pitcher-BoyIe and Smith. Stolen
bases-Barry, White, LAWYER, Smith,
Ruiz. Time of game-1 hour and 30
minutes. Umptre-Jones. Attendance
The Washington times., 1905-08-20
Railroad Service Bad.
BONES OF REVOLUTIONARY
HORSE FOUND IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Aug. 18.-Brass buckles
bearing the British eoat-of-arTns. found
with the skeleton of a horse in a new
excavation at Thirteenth avenue and
F'ffty-seventh street indicate that the
animal was owned by an English cav.
alryman of Revolutionary times.
The Washington times., 1905-08-20
at Rochester (First game):

AT Rochester C'irst game);
Newark 20 I o o05 Ii 2
Rochester Il 0 0 0 0 OIL 6 1
Batteries-Hesterfer and Shea; CIeary
and Payne. Umpire-Mr. Egan.
Newark 30 0 o 0 8 % s I
Rochester % 0 @ 90 4 0
Batteries-Fertsch and Conner: Wal
ters and Steeiman. Umpire Mr.. Egan.
At Buffalo (First game): RHE
baltimore % / 0 0 IL IL @
Euffalo - 2 0 ,0-5 8 /
Batteries-Mason and Byers; kissinger
end McAllister. Umpires-Conway and
thinner.
Second game: RHE.
Baltimore .......0 . 0 @ 1-9 II
Buffalo .........-.0 0 0 0 90 3 /
Batteries-Eason and Hearne; Senno
and McAllister. Umpires-ZImmer and
Conway. Game called. darkness.
Frovidence o 0 0 % i
Montreal 20 0 0 0 0 0 90 1
Batteries-Cronin and Thorne; Barber
and Raub. pire-Hassett.
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

Many New Cases Reported
Last Week.
WAITING FOR FILTRATION
Much Depends Upon Success Expected
From Operation of the New
Beds.

During the past week typhoid fever
made the greatest stride since it first
broke out this year. From last Sunday
morning up to o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon, when the last reports We're re-
eefved, eighty-four new cases had been
reported. The number of deaths during
the week was eleven.
Owing to the failure of the Health De-
paFtment to receive its evening mail last
night. it was impossible to tell how
many new cases appeared yesterday. At
/ O'Clock. when the office closed, only
three had been reported.
The Washington times., 1905-08-20
FEARED EPIDEMIC
HAD BROKEN OUT
Jail Officials Found Men
With Smallpox Symptoms.

The officials at the jail and the Health
Office had fright yesterday when two
prisoners exhibited apparent symptoms
OF smallpox, and II was thought that the
beginning OF the epidemic, incidental
TO the seizure Of Payton Sweet with
the disease last week, was at hand.
A careful examination, however, dem
onstrated that there was not anything
wrong with the men beyond q bad
attack of nausea and they were re-
tur-ed to their cells after being treated
for their ailment.
Health Once officials are stln endeav-
oring 70 trace the source of Sweets in
fectl2n, but without success. DR.. Wood
ward. the Health OFFICER. visited the
jail yesterday afternoon. but came back
enlpty-handed. Or. Woodward stated
that he did not believe very much in
the theory that the germs were trans
mitted by flies He said that 1t would be
a pretty hard matter for flies to carry
the germs in SUFFICIENT quantities TO do
any damage The Health officer said
he would be rather inclined TO believe
the mosquito theory before accepting the
fly infection Idea.
Still Great Anxiety.
There is still much anxiety over the
situation which cannot be relieved until
after the expiration of three weeks or
more. Sweet was sent 10 the Small
pox Hospital Wednesday night, It is
understood that on that same day he
shaved twelve of his fellow prisoners.
and came in contact wits many others
tn the general corridor. where the pris-
oners exercise. It takes ten or fifteen
days for the smallpox germ to develop.
so If any of the prisoners became in
fected they viii not break out until the
latter part of this week or later.
Every precautiOn is being taken to
avert an epidemic. Even il this should
occur. arrangements have been made
10 handle the situation 10 prevent a
spread of the plague to other parts of
the jail. Sweet was confined in the
south wing Of the Jail. which is now
under quarantine.
The Washington times., 1905-08-20
EASTERN LEAGUE RESULTS.

At Toronto: Ri E
Jersey City....1 0 0 0 0 0 OIL oil
Toronto .-.-,...0 0 0 0 OIL OIL
Batteries-Oimstead and Vandersrist;
Mcpherson and Sullivan Umpires-F
and A. Moran. Game called on account
of rain.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-13
ROUTED BY BULLDOG
VICTORIOUS ENDING on ONE OF
DIR. C. F. Goss, COOKER
WILLIE" scAEMEs.
A Contest Of Profanity-araken m,
and Done to Finish in a Min
ing Deal BY TEDDY
Doolgan"
BY Charles Frederic Cess n n

tAathor Of The Redemption of David
eefson, The Loom Of Life etc.)
Note.-A narrative of personal exnert-
ences. TON" is DIR. Goss; s.corkerViG1a ),
noom town in the state CT Washiaetfn
HE atmosphere. OF a western town OF
i the boom variety is peculiarly
prolific Of schemes" As the excitement
grew at Corkeryil1e poor Tom became
horribly afflicted. Let any man take
him by the button hole, lead him into fhe
directors room OF the bank and wf1is-
Per I've got Il scheme and he was IN
ia the air in a minute. He still owns a
townsite which he staked cut into 1880
lots on the slope of mountain 20 miles
or more north of CorEerville, and which
he would sell under pressure for less
than the original price Of S10o,each.
He is also prepared TO furnish stock
in @arious coal, copper, gold. silver, tele-
phone. electric light and traction com
panies in blocks as large as those of
confederate bills at the close of the civil
War-at greatly reduced prices.
Organized a Land Company.
One day friend Of his proposed tie
formation of a company to straighten
the course of a river that meal dered
through a fertile valley Of 20 miles
length, and thus rescue the waste lands
for cultivation. That night Tom did not
sleep wink The next day he and his
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-13
CAR CAsSINTS IDEAL
AMBASSADOR SAYS RULER rs
MIsaEPREsEaTED.
IN ar Interview RUSSIAN Diplomat
Lends the Emperor. Declaring
Him the Asnsrer of Amer
lean Institutions.

Washington. = Count Gassini, the
| Russian ambassador at Washington
recently gave a correspondent an inter
view in which be sRetched the present
car of Russia as he knew him. Count
Cassini said:
have known Gar Nicholas L. since
his childhood. Now anyone may assert
that. as the personal representative of
his majesty here in Washington, / can
do naught hut sing his praises. There is
however, no reason why / should talk
Of him at all. do so that the American
public may have. for once, the plain, IN
vanished, uagarhIed truth about the
ruler of all the RGssias. In these troub-
lous times many false impressions have
gone abroad and he is =sorely nisjudged
by people who are disposed to be fair.
So here is the ear as know him:
IN the first place the car profoundly
admires America and American insti-
tutions. Were he the autocrat he is rep
resented to be, surely he could not feel
q preference for this, the freest of ma
items. But ne is conscious of the differ
ences between the peoples of the two
countries. He can admire the insti-
tutions of freedom without committing
the serious error Of Introducing it
among his people who are not ready
fer it.
The car is a man of superior intel
leet and education. His life is devoted
to his duties He is at work early in the
morning reading the reports of his min
listers. That he really reads and de-
eides on these reports is proven by the
personal notes which he writes on the
margins. These notes show his indie
pendence. his expert knowledge of mat
ters reported upon. and his shrewdness
Of Judgment. He gets this information
to influence his decision. not only from
his ministers and the grand dukes, but
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-13
PENNsYl.VANlAfs BIG TREES
enc Is a Mammoth White Oak That
Is Thirty Three Feet Around
the Trunk

Prof. ]. Z. PothToeil, Of the depart
ment Of botany, at the University ei
/ Penns3 lyania, and until recently state
commissioner OF forestry, in an article
| in Forest Leaves, the publication OF
| the PENNSYLVANIA Forestry association,
gives the measurement of a giant white
oak which says is 50 far as he knows,
the largest Of its Kind growing il Penn
t sylvania
This tree, which is near Kutztown.
BerAs county, has an estimated height
cf . feet s inches. and measures in
its greatest spread 10A feet. At the
ground its circumference IS 81 feet;
four feet higher the circumference is
10 feet 10 inches, and al six feet it
spans IS feet and inches. The article
is illustrated by two pictures of this
mammoth tree, which is of remarkable
symmetry and beauty.
There is, however, a still larger white
oak, growing almost within the limits
Of the city of Philadelphia.
According to measur ements made by
Mr.. I. Mark1ay Wilson, OF Thomas ave
nue. West Philadelphia, who was assist
ed by Prot. Waldo, of the University OF
pennsylvania, this tree reaches height.
found BY triangulation, OF 80 feet. The
branches have a spread Of III feet from
Eorth to south, and from east to west
Of Lib feet, At the ground the cirenm-
ference is 333 feet. at four feet. % feet
and at six-feet. the still greater eircum-
efenee. % feet s inches Careful ex.
animation points 10 the ags Of this mon.
sfer of the forest primevaI as about 7od
years Unlike the tree at kutztoWn.
which is hollow, this one is sound. There
IS tradition that under its sweepine
branches was held the last council Of Tho
delaware indians. Close BY are iva
s5ohps OF great size. one an oak and
the other a gum.
rms tree is in Yeadon township. Del
aware county, Just across Cobb's creek
at the city line and north OF Mems |
Moriah cemetery. 12s'-.'
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-13
to leave. This made Watterson mad
and he refused

to leave. This made Watterson mad
and he refused
Set Bulldog on Them.
The viraso now became furious. She
seized a broom and raised It threaten
Iagly Her husband tried II vain te
quiet Ter, ard Watterson, very success
fully, to tantalize ker-whieh he would
not have done had he been able to IN
derstand a threat which she had nut
tered in German. But he wasn't, and
neither had he heard a series Of low,
deep growls that had been issuing from
the wood shed, toward which the angry
housewife Baddled as fast as her short
legs would carry her. Through the door
which she snatched open there shot
with the speed Of a cannon ball an in
nense bulldog! Had he been loose. this
tale would have terminated at this point
But he brought up at the end CT his
chain with q gag, ard gave the president
aEdFice president Of the Land and Water
Improvement company a slight chance
for their lives. Without the delay of the
fraction Of a second they made a break
for their horses. Watterson was ahead,
aud with wild leap vaalted into his
saddle. But poor Tom left a piece of his.
trousers in the mouth of the dog as a
souvenir of his visit, and was thankful
that il was only trousers.
When the two horses at last stopped
running, Watterson said: Land and
Water Improvement company be
hanged. I'm going home.'
So am I-al that's left Of me" ON
replied, ruefuIly.
Wordy War with Miner.
In some of the rude characters living
in and about Corkerville Tom discoY-
cred a neyer-ending charm.
There was Joe Campbell, for example,
who lived in a lonely cabin on noun
tain side In company with friend, a
visiting clergyman, Tom called on him
one day to buy mineral claim On which
he had given them an option. The
Weather-beaten old miner had given
his word'' to sell, but a recent Strike"
an a ys}o init1i,1cr bo5 VI, h
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-13
The Parting Stroke.
MO TIPS FROM SHOPPERS.
Attendants in Toilet and Waiting
Rooms Receiva No Extras from
Women Patrons.


The shopping woman. especially tbs
elegantly dressed woman of leisure
according to the matron Of one of the
popular Chicago waiting rooms. is the
poorest Upper ii the world, says the
Chicago Tribune The matr0n, to
whom she turns for stationery. pens,
books, needles, pins, and thread, or
whom she asks to watch her things
while she goes here or there upon an
Grand, or the maid whom she asks to
assist with some refractory part of her
dress seldom receives even a dime
from her for this kind OF service. If
she is i'll, however, it is a different
story. She is then inclined to pay
generously for the most triaing serY-
Ice.
s'she seems to he 50 frightened if
size is the least bit i'll down to7-li, y
said one of the niatrcns, that sac Is
ready to estimate even the most
trifling service, and if she has bit
little money with her at the tine it Is
not uncommon for her TO send a check
+ the maid aEEtefWsrd If it wasn t
for those Who are III the tips IL a
Face of this lind would be few and
lar between. Most Of the women say,
HoW perfectly lovely, when we gst
cut hairBins or hat pins or any little
thing they happen to want, and thsY
eSclaim ii admiration at the generost-
" on the part Of the management
which supplies the things; but if We
brush them OF help them to sew or
pin things together they take it as one
anu the same thing with the pins and
needles and lay il all to the loYelfness
Of the store
The Christmas tip is a thing which
is also almost unknown to the matrons
il the large shops. Sometimes a
handkerchief or pair Of gloves is
given, but money never, In the large
of1iee buildings. however, the matron
in charge Of tie sitting rooms devoted
to women employees IS in most places
made the recipient Of 4 large purse at
Christmas. She also III most eases re-
ceives tip for each of the small sery-
Ices performed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-13

friend drew UP the articles of incorpora
ton, and the following morning startet
on horseback to rice around the valley
and get options on the farms. As they
cast their eyes over the acres and acres
Of unproduetiVe marsh lands their mag,
nations were kindled to supernatural
activity. Each Of thern selected the spot
where he was to build lovely manor
house and live in baronial splendor
Soliciting Options ON Farms.
The hrst man they approached was
broad-minded New Englander, who said
he had thought of it a thousand times
and would be delighted to take stock il
the company.
It's as easy as rolling off alog, ism /
it?" Tom said as they rode out of the
Go0ryard.
We've got a dead, mortal cineh /" re-
piled his friend, putting out his chest.
The next effort cooled their 5ardor a
tribe. a srizzly freshman who had lived
in a bog in the old country swore that
the muck land suited him to a dot.
and that he wouldn't part with an acre
of it to any living man short of the holy
pope himself. The Land and improve
ment company spent two hours with
him and departed mad,
The ba1my air. the free motion of the
horses and the tempting acres soon re-
y5ged their spirits. But the next farmer
did not own his land. 1t belonged to a
relative IN Australia. The next was
willing to sell, but his wife refused. The
next had just traded his for mine with
man who lived IL British Columbia
The next was q German who couldn't
and the next an Indian who wouldn't
speak the English language.
a Final Effort.
BY night the wind was pretty well out
ofthe sehemers' sails. Two almost who'll
" unsuccessful days followed.
What do You think?" asked Tom as.
they sailed forth at sunrise the fourth
day.
Il don't think nothin' replied Wat
terson, who was not a graduate of either
Yale or Harvard
Looks like a wild goose chase, doesn't
it?n
sDun1b'd wild
:. sspose We make one more try-iust
10 be fair to the scheme
sA1l right. There's a house. Place
looks thrifty. Mans probably got some
sense.
They threw their brides over The
stakes Of worm fence and raped. The
door was opened by stout and inhosptt-
able looking German woman who could
not speak English, and so sent a tow
headed little shaver to the corn field
after her husband. He came, sodden
face, matted hair, wooden shoes and all.
Tom was the spokesman and drawing
out large map, began to lay the scheme
before them with his most alluring elss
quenee, 1t was like hammering spikes
into oak planks, like driving big eamels
through little needles eyes, to get this
subtle project into those stupid brains.
They gazed at their visitors suspicious
Y and conferred with each other in gut
tural tones The man was disposed to-
accede, the woman determined to resist
FINALLY they began to quarrel, and it was
evident the wife had a violent and dam
Eerous temper. she ordered her guests