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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-07-18
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-07-18
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The Washington times., 1905-01-29
ASTROLOGY FIGURES
IN EASTERN WAR
Wise Men Declare Cars Forces Are
Under influence of Evil
Planet.

a japanese newspaper recently re-
ceived in this city tells a remarkable
story Of the part played by astrology in
the present war with Russia. It states
that Japan has for many years looked
forward to a war with Russia, and the
Mikado got the opinions of the most
noted astrologers in his realm as to the
most favorable time to begin HOSTILE
ties. 1t seems the old science OF as
trology is still regarded in Japan as a
valuable aid in determining the affairs
of life, and the various aspects OF the
planets are studied with great care. In
astrology every country IS ruled by a
certain sign OF the zodiac. and the for
tunes and Inisfortunes of any country
can be determined by the beneicent or
malehc planets as they pass through
the country's zodiacal sign.
The sign of Aquariu5 rules Russia.
and when the Mikado's astrologers were
consulted about five years ago they at
once gave it as their opinion that the
most opportune time to begin war
would be when the evil planet Saturn
passed through that sign Saturn's in
fiuence is very ma1etic, and astrology
has it that any person or country af-
fficted by that planets influence is
doomed to fail Saturn passed into the
sign Aquarius last year, and remains
therein two and a half years. By retro
grade motion the planet has now reach
ed the fifteenth degree IN that sign.
welding its powerful influence against
the fortunes of Russia in favor OF
Japan. Considering the success Japan
has so far had In the war, the proph-
ecy OF the astrologers has been in part
fulfilled. However, Japan must WIN be
fore Saturn passes from Aquarius into
the next sign, Pisces, for then the in
fuence of evil viii have passed away
from Russia, and Japan's chances
against hes- would not be so favorable.
In order to accomplish this. Japan is
pushing ,ffia war with all possible speed.
! feeling secure in the belief that the stars
arr on her side, while Russia with all
| her resources and vast army is for the
time helpless because of the celestial In
| fiuence operating against her
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
NOT A BED OF ROSES.

Running. an English newspaper In
the City of Mexico is rather unique
proposition to q man who has been
accustomed to work in the States, said
Cooper Jackson, city editor OF the Mex
lean Herald" III Kansas City few days
ago. There are about 10000 Americans
in the city, but the lar~e part of our
circulation IS among the native popu-
lation, with whom a knowledge OF Eng
lish is becoming quite general.
"A man who can speak nothing but
English can make himself understood
quite generally, but, of course. all of the
reporters on our paper speak both Eng
tish and Spanish fluently, and the ma
iority of them have a mastery Of two
or three other languages. On the diplo-
matte run I have man by the name
of Murphy, an Irishman, as you might
iudRe. who speaks English, Spanish,
French, and German equally wtn, and
can talk TO practically all OF the men,
pers of the diplomatic corps without the
aid OF an Interpreter.
..As To the class of news to which
we give most attention. 1t is the news
which is least likely to get us into
trouble. As result OF the laws there
we find it necessary practically 10 eiimi-
nate all police and criminal news. ex-
cent where the parties concerned are of
The lower class, and the story Is used
rather for its features than for Its real
news value If there was anything
really big in criminal news, we should
probably print IL, but we would be TAX
ing big chances.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

One of the most amusing stories hearo
FOR a long time IN Washington concern
ing the doings OF prominelI. men IS
wefI-kown local attorneys description of
how he and a friend We're made the
hosts of "Gumshoe'' Bill Stone. the Sen
ator from Missouri. during the Kansas
City convention in 1900.
The lawyer tells the story now be-
cause the Senator. by the statute OK Inn
itatioa on lunches, could not be re-
CURED to repay the hospitality referred
to-
at was one of the days when excite
ment was at its height" says the at
torney, recalling the Democratic fur
RES of that convention. ..ard each man
ate where he could in the quickest pos
sibie style. 4 friend OF mine had asked
me to 90 out for lunch with him, and
we secured seats at a small table IN q
very crowded cafe.
Stone On the Scene
eve had scarcely ordered our steak
vegeta bIes. and a few delectabies or
| the side. wfer We saw Senator Stone
enter the cafe and look hurriedly
/ around for seat at one OF the tables
| We knew him by sight, sut had neye
| had the pleasure OF meeting him per
sonaliy. Much 10 our surprise, he 500
made q Decline for our table
without the fomaHty OF az EXTENDS
apology or a detailed explanation, n
| said. briskly:
If you gentlemen don't mind, Il
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
NOW HIDDEN FROM VIEW.

Visitors to the Russian embassy in
Washington during the last fortnight
have noted the absence of a square
metal box tied with brilliant red cords.
which was wont to adorr the desk used
by Count Arturo Cassini. the Cars am
bassador. Not a month ago the count
would proudly open the box and exhibit
to visitors the treaty by which China
ceded to Russia the now historic fortress
or Port Arthur, which has just fallen
into the hands Of the Japanese. The loss
OF this citadel to Russia was almost like
the death OF a favorite child TO the
aged ambassador. His grief has been
such that his physician fears serious
consequences unless he can throw off
the gloom He is like the historic Queen
OF England, who said that Calais might
be found written on her heart
Ambassador Cassini drew every pro-
vision CT the treaty which made possible
the bringing of the Siberian Railroad
into Mongolian territory. He obtained
what seemed at that period of diplomacy
impossible concessions, and, withal, so
eEdeared himself TO the Chinese officials
that he is today more popular in China
than any other Russian This, however
Is not necessarily eXtraVagant praise.
When all the treaties were completed
and duly signed at St Petersburg and
PeEiD, the Chinese Emperor presented
Count Cassini with a copy of the docu-
ment with all the signatures attached
made by the best artists IN PeltIn. The
Emperor gave also the pen with which
he signed the treaty. These treasures
Count Cassinf values the greatest
records Of his fifty years in Russia S
diplomatic service.
Since the tall of Port Arthur. however.
he is unable to endure the sight OF these
evidences Of his past triumphs and the
box WITH its priceless document and it's
gold and gemmed pen have been placed
In the va ats of a New York security
anrnnanv--New York Press.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

ard NJ Little, lot 15S, block 4, $40. W.
Walter Edwards ct ux. to same. same
property. $40. Richard NJ. Little to Real
Estate and Improvement Company of
Baltimore, same property, S420-
< Twenty-iifth Street northwest, between
E and F Streets-Edward F. Abner ct
al, trustees, to Abbott E. Jones, part
original lot II, square 20, SO. Abbott z.
Jones ct ux. TO Caleb D. Burnley, same
D Street southwest. between Second
and Third Streets-Frank w. Countee
to Ida S. Countee and May E. Ward,
part original lot i, square 5S1, SO.
n Street northwest, between Potomac
and Thirty-third Streets-CharIes E
Burdette TO Charles F. and Miriam E
Uppercue, part square 1913, so.
N Street northwest near jefferson
Street-Emanuel Michaelson ct Tx. TO
Gabrail Sherr, half interest in part lots
81 and 5S. square 1888. s..
Addition to Congress Heights-Henry
g Longnecker ct ux TO Harry 3
Sweeney, lot 81, block 3. So Harry b.
Sweeney ct ux. to Burton H. White,
Belleyue-Richard z. Pairo ct w TO
Harry b Sweeney, part lot 5, $.
K Street northeast, between Second
and Third Streets-F'rank A. Johnson,
trustee, TO Thomas P Stephenson, part
lot 8, square us. SS73.79.
Brookland and Metropolis View-Edith
NJ Fairchild ct al to Henry A Parks,
2 block u, Metropolis View, 81 Edward
H Fairchfld. administrator. to same,
same property, 81 Andrew V. Smith ct
ux. to same, same property, SO. Frank
l. Fairchild, trustee, to same, same
property. 81.
1888 Eleventh Street northwest-Alonzo
c. Barnett TO Zeph p. MooSe, lot 16,
square 336, $40.
Eighth Street northeast, between F
| and G Streets. 1o7 Maryland Avenue
northeast. and 215 Thirteenth Street
southwest-Charles w. Pickford to
! Thomas H. Pickferd part lot 81. square
913; lot 43. square III, and original lot
20, square 264, $40
K Street northeast, between Third
and Fourth Streets-Thomas P. Ste
phenson, trustee, to Frank A. Johnson,
part lot 9, square IT'S, $3.50.
Bloomin gdale-Charlotte Daley ct vir
| William F., to Mary V. Ellis, lot 109
block s, $40.
| Cliffbourne-Stephen NJ Chase ct ux
TO John L. Perkins, part lot 2 block g.
| SO.
Twelfth and Streets northeast
Norman E. Norman ct ux. and Worth
| /. Harper to Lottie l. Burn lots 17S &c
1S3, square 1908, $40
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
FRITZ HEARS A JOKE.

Fritz is not a son Of the Emerald
Isle, nor does he hold fortl at the
Hotel BeIvedere; but. nevertheless, he
Is the purveyor of that ''whi,h cheer
eth and, as becomes a true host, he
is OF beaming countenance md good
spirits and quick to appropriate the
bon mots overheard by him to regale
his customers. Last Thursday one of
the quarters Of a huge tankird at &c
per. with free lunch thrown IL, said to
him:
Fritz. you are a lover OF god music
Have you heard the newest tune?
Il ton'd know. replied F,riz. Vat
Id is?"
chatter.
Fritz made sour face for a rnoment.
but then frightened up and san: Oats
a goot Won I viii told i'd to der next
von."
A gew moments later Fritz srang his
newest .bon mot" on an old customer
Mr.. =" he began; YOU lear der
1 viii told you. 1t is dat spit iox ofer
der. Chaas, lia! ha. OATS a goG choke.
chaas? No; Ach, mel
Evening Herald.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
District May Den10Lish
This Queer Alley Home
Inspector Ashford Condemns the Properly
of F. p. Nash Because He Made More
Repairs Than the Law Allowed.

The photograph shows house 12l0
Quaker Court. one Of the typical alley
houses of Washington, which has re-
Gently undergone repair, and is conse-
quently Of much improved appearance
compared with that presented several
months ago. However, the structure has
been condemned by Building Inspector
Ashford Before beginning the work Of
demolition, the owner, Franklin P Nash,
yesterday appealed 70 the District Com
missioners TO revoke the order, and their
decision is still pending.
The feature of the structure is the
means of access afforded 70 the second
story, which is occupied by several per-
sons, all of whom are enabled to cross
the threshold of their happy home only
by the unique stairway shown in the
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Plans for Times Building.
Building Projects.

Architect Julius Wenig is preparing
plans fer the erection of four dwellings
for NJ 3. Harlow, at 1906 and 1212 Penn
sylvania Avenue southeast. They are
10 be two stories and cellar, with fronts
of brick and stone
Burgess & Parsons are to build four
two-story brick dwellings at Sixteenth
and E Streets southeast. but the name
of the owner is withheld for the pres
ent
A row of eleven shree-story houses is
TO be built for John F. Lynch at the
southeast corner OF Eighteenth and
Howard Avenue Mount Pleasant, in the
subdivision known as Ingleside. Each
house is 10 contain ten rooms.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
RUIZ TO RECORD
INTERPRETATIONS
All lecOrds Were Smashed
Yesterday.
100 CERTIFICATES ON FILE
Haste lie to Fear That Statute May
Changed Law Is
Loose.
120 CERTIFICATES ON FILE

The reed IN fling certificates of in
corporati, In the District has been
broken tce since January J.
The recG for the largest number of
certlncate offered for filing was first
broken abst week ago, when eighty
three werplaced on file in the Office
OF the Recder of Deeds. This record
was SMASH yesterday, when a total
of 40 certiates of incorporation were
recorded. Cthis number seventy-seven
were Offered for record by one firm.
while twentSeyen were offered by an
other set of lcorporators.
IN this conlction it may be interest
ing 10 state tat the number OF certih-
Gates OF inoe-sration offered for filing
since January is nearly three times
as great as tn; offered in the month
OF. January, lS In the latter year
the total for the lonth of January was
3Ss. and since Jsuary /, to date, the
number is LOIS
Change the Law.
This rush of iDeGoora.ors 10 the Of
flee of the Recorde. of Deeds is prob
ably caused by fea, that the present
law governing the Incorporation Of busi-
amended within the nxt few DAYS. so
as to increase the Zee II incorporating
The proposed new Ia governing in
corporations has aireaG passed the
House, and is awaiting tction by the
Senate.
A prominent local attarr.y. who has
made a study of the mattel in discuss
ing il yesterday, said:
ITO the citizens of tie District who
have been taught to think that this Is
the best governed municipality in the
country, 1t is niortifyingto observe that
we are giving as bad an example OF
loose incorporation lawsas can be i'm
agined.
Since January ], 1902, here nave beer
Incorporated under these liberal laws
close upon $500 companis, whose com,
bined capitalization exceeds 81, 900, 600, 900
The total revenue derivedfrom this bus
mess OF mill grinding OFT of corpora.
lions has been, 20 date, ess than SIS
600 But this is the leastoffensiye fea
ture OF a scandalous sitution Only Z
fraction of the companies thus formed
do business in the Distrie, and these
no doubt, are entirely legitimate in con
ception and conduct. TIE rest hav,
sought other pastures, and aay be founC
scattered from Maine to California
No Checks In the law.
There are practically no ,hecks upoI
the operation of these concerns to b
found in Our law; at least none Blu
which can be readily evadee There i
not an official clothed with power t
investigate, much less to swervise gu
corporate progeny. We iharge II.
franchise or annual tax against our fl
vorites Of legislative creatioI but sen.
them forth with the blessings of tn
National Capital upon their prambulat
ing heads.
"A bill has passed the Houe of Rep
resentatives which will, perh.ps, If en-
acted into law, tend TO discourage tn
multiplying of District orgaliZed cor
porations IT will at least inrease III
revenue to be had from them But wha
is greatly needed is a carefully frame
law that shall contain modern provision
for the safeguarding Of privat, as we
as public, interests il their rlation :
corporate organization
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Louis p. shoemakers New Office.

Louis P Shoemaker, the well-known
real estate broker who for a long time
was located on F Street, between Ninth
and Tenth, has removed to GI2 Four
tenth Street northwest, over the Office
OF Isle s. Lipscomb. William o. Ray,
notary public, and William +. Gasch,
salesman of real estate. remain with
Mr.. Shoemaker. Mr.. Shoemaker has
negotiated number Of the most i'm
portant real estate deals in the District,
and in the business community none
enjoys a higher reputation for business
acurnen and integrity than he.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
NErGHBoRLY IMpERTINENcE.

"Oh, Mrs Gaddington. you surely are
rot going to the theater on such = ter
piSle night as this!
'-Certaingy, Ny husband bought the
tickets last week I wouldn't think OF
wasting them Ny, couidn-r steep to-
ntght IL knew those seats had re-
nnained empty all through the perform
ancs"
fBy the way, didn't see You sS
church last Sunday.
NO. It was so stormy 7 didn't care
TO venture out,
II suppose you were thinking Of your
through the service-or do you get =
rebate ON It when you don't gog"-Cht-
cago Record Herald.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

photograph, which was exhibited 10 the
Commissioners yesterday.
There is no inside stairway and when
the stairs leaning against the outside
wall were found too short they were
surmounted with a soapbax- II is still
a long step from the soapbox TO the
doorsill, but it Suffices as an entrance 10
the second story suite OF rooms In this
nine-foot alley home.
Mr. Nash was charged with exceeding
the terms of his repair permit and with
making repairs to a frame house in the
fire limits amounting to more than 80
per cent of the value of the house
As the estimated cost OF repairs was
pairs possible within the 80 per cent
regulation, the estimate of the value of
the property in the mind of the Build
ing Inspector may be readily ascer-
tanned.
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Hop Senator Bill Stone
Enjoyed a Free Lunch
An,Isjno Incident Datina Back TO Meeting
of Democratic National Convention IN
Kansas City-Debt Still Running.

take a seat at your table. I can't find
one anywhere else
I'VE assured him of our willingness 10
share our table with him. and he set
tied himself in the chair. spreading
large handkerchief across his knees
a., II you two don't mind, he said.
when our lunch WIS brought, III take
your lunch and you can take mine when
II comes I've get to meet the national
committee and m in the biggest kind
OF a hurry
I'VE had not seen him order any lunch
uD to that time but we thought the
Senatorial pact was gOosI, and handed
over cur lunch, which consisted of one
large steak and several vegetables and
Ide!eefabIes The Senatorial appetite was
bly, short time our lunch costing my
frieFsd ESQ had gone by the board
enjoyed the ''GU-sshoe BIZ enjoyment
es food. but we were occasionally WoT-
ried by the guests failure to order that
second lunch
/ Hasn't Ordered Yet.
We'll. to make long story short, he
/ never did. After finishing about all
there was on the table he carefully re-
moved from his lips all SIGNS OF the re-
past. put his handkerchief in his pocket.
| pitched his hat 5auntily on his head,
4 and made US a truly Senatorial bow
| a Gentlemen he said, with great I'M
/ pressIveness. I thank you for your
i kindness
! Then ne hurried away, and never
I ator Some day I shall, and tel him
I all about Il That time It was a case
of the first shall be last and the last
! shall be first
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
lust One Happy Year.

One happy year set face to face with
twenty years of toll and loveIess misery
The summed up history of one woman's
life.
In the sunshine of affection, with food
and drink sufficient. with an interest in
the garden she dug. the vegetables she
raised, the husband she waited on, even
learning to lather and shave his face, and
TO dress a wound upon his back, Mary
Rogers was good woman, .-Ffnd-heart-
&c, laughing, and thoughtless,' writes q
lady, who lived near her. Very devoted
to her husband" At the end OF this
yeas Marcus Rogers health gave out
It was known after his death that
hrights disease would soon have killed
him. Their earnings on the farm had
gone for his doctors bills, and they We're
in debt They were obliged to go and
live with his aunt. Mrs Rudd-
Rogers Relations.
All through the town or Bennington
and the relations. by blood and mar
rage, of Marcus Rogers. One can hard
w imagine q jury drawn III Benning-
ton that did not include one of them
The Philpotts, the "Rudds by the
dozen" the Harrises. the Armstrong;.
TIE Warrens, the kingsleys, the Moses
And all OF these people We're kind in
their turns TO the couple, for time.
Marcus Rogers did not earn man $
wages. and the best arrangements they
could make were for his wife 10 do
| Homework for his and her own beard
The relatives would not have beer,
| human II they had not despised such a
/ couple.
Il has been claimed that Marcus
Rogers always pro-ided his wife with q
good home. 1 have been unable TO find
| a Gay OF her married life when she
| was not toiiing to keep shelter over his
head more than over her own Sd
necessary was her continual labor, that
The Washington times., 1905-01-29
Real Estate Transfers.

Linnoean Uill-Reuben L. Coleman ct
ux. to William II. Miller and John c.
Head. trustees. part. SO.
dnntello-Georgtanna Webster TO Rich
The Washington times., 1905-01-29

TO come to home dark with TINS new
misery
Women who labor for the holy cause
of temperance, pity this woman Win
her helpless children. Often there was
not food or fuel in the wretched CABIN
Always there was strife. reproachess
alterations, insane threats 10 XIII
Became a Maniac.
| Wher, the undesired. the hapless one,
was about three years old, the trouble
| long menacing the old grandmolhel
had its elimination. Patrick, the son,
/ who had been queer at times, went
violently insane After gashing ms
own throat. and-wtth the strange
| tenacity of life of the insane-recoVer-
nag. he was promptly committed 10 lae
PougflAeepsie Asylum The RECORD ot
his commitment lies before me- IL
was signed by Judge Fursman-
| Later on. under the quieting influence
of the place. he was considered ma
proved" and released, only again 70
| commit some outrageous act. IN saeh
| horrible poverty, intempeTancs. aiio
misery. the gil grew up-an actions %
iFke her Uncle Patrick that the poor
1rra,,5,,,otler would frequently say. IN
trembling tones:
of her goinss 80 same way as Patsy
For a brief time sAA attended scnoaL
She could read and write q little Their
, she went out to service She Has.s undel
the age that now restricts ehfid-taoor
+ | hut her large body made her appear
older than she was Ladies who en-
: ployed her tell NE she was willing ou
dull at tines-Uith the dizziness OF
: mind that worked with odd 1apses
. | Knowing the unhappy history OF he
family, her uncle In the asylum hel
: neofher,g sanity questioned, her father!
attempted crime, they made allowance
a First Show Of Affection.
$ She had been working out as seryan
I for a long time, when az the age OF If
| teen and a half years man propose
: to marry her. He was good-natured, an'
d he showed her what she had neye
known before-hurnan affection He wa
I raore than twice her age. but Il ne de
he woC1d have his life insurance
$3.50. And he liked heri And that affec
: ton, which might have proved the sal
! vation-which. by all the tnanutabl
laws of the universe was never to b
, her portion ON this earth-became ne
II doom.
: She turned TO tit shone upon he
n with Its new, strange light, and blind
- ed her. And she put her hand In his
10 and with q laugh set forth 20 meet TIL
; DOOM The man was Marcus Rogers
The first place Marcus Rogers took HI
n wife TO spend few days was a hous
n whose occupants are not well spoken c
D by the good people OF the neighborhooe
Il. It was here that she was made acqua1ni
n ed with what IS specifically known a
4. immortality" She was not yet sixteer
l. From this house they went over u
of State line, and at SALISBURY, VT. foun
Id abiding place in a tenant house on
10 farm which was managed by Rogers III
ID Gle. Alfred Phipott. In tbs place the
VI lived one year
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-31
IN The CANAL
Two Railroad Builders Were Drowned
-"6ootleggers" Suspected.

Cumberland. Md. Aug. 2s.-Angus
Mcintosh, aged SO, and James Crit
fin known as Skinny were drowned
in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
near Paw Paw, this morning. The
bodies were brought here tonight and
that of Mcintosh will be shipped to
New York City, where he has a fam.
ily- He was general foreman for
Woods, Treat & Lewis, contractors
on the Wabash construction work. and
had drawn 800 just before the drown.
ing. Griffin had drawn 500. He came
from Nebraska and was assistant fore.
man. His body will likely be buried
here.
1t was thought at first that the men
were victims of foul play, as it is
known that "bootleggersp had feelings
against the foreman for driving them
from the camp and the States Az
torney took charge of investigation
Their money was found intact.