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Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21

know how the other half lives, Old
William Rice was Of the other half.
He had $4,000 Oe, but no one knew
him; he had quArreled with his rela-
lives, and he lived in seclusion, de-
pendent upon a sort OF combination
valet and male nurse. who was slow.
ly poisoning him at the instance Of 9
lawyer who had perhaps never 90
much as seen him. The lawyer was
plotting to get a large part Of Rice's
fortune into his hands by means OF a
forged will. To lessen the chances OF
the will being contested he made Rice's
relatives In Il legRtes 70 a generous ex-
tent, where IL the former and genu-
inc will they we're all cut on to found
Rice Institute in Texas.
Il was splendid plot, but Il failed,
because, ON the day Rice died Patrick.
the lawyer. forged q check az Rice 70
himself and sought to cash Il, either
to provide for running expenses OF %
have something to show for his trouble
IN case the will case went wrong A
trlhing mistake N the check led TO the
discovery that Rice was actually deaa
at the time ii was presented; led to In
quiries, led to the arrest OF Patrick and
bis tool II was Pairtelz's plan to rep.
resent himself as Rlce's lawyer and in
innate friend, charged with the duty
OF carrying out his Wishes IN the dis
position Of his remaining estate. In
Texas Patrick had heard Of Rice, per
haps had seen him, possibly had spok.
en- to him. That was an. 10 the cred
| It Of the Texas relatives they manfullY
helped to see justice done, though the
true viii gave thom little or nothing
New York has a pretty high opinion
of Texans. They are straight
J OWEN 1AANGpoA
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21

museum. In fighting consumption
New York leads the great cities of the
world and has no rival outside Of Ger
many. Count that to It's credit.
You can call It getting complete
ly cured show" You may wander
down the aisles and see exactly how
to get the pure air that saves the con.
sumptiVe's life; and not less important
how to have consumption II you must
and not give 1t to the other fellow.
There are samples Of dark tenements
and lighted tenements. There Is
model of ward at Clinton prison.
1t is to Clinton that consumptive pris.
oners are sent. They get well mostly.
In the past, prisons have always been
breeding places of consumption germs.
That is one thing you can say for
New York. 1t will fight consumption.
Tammany long ago asphalted the East
side streets that have to be swept twice
day, so great Is the refuse thrown
upon them. The press OF the city is
unit against lowering the standard of
the tenement house law, which gives
the poorest man in the city daylight
in the poorest home The health de
partment and the schools department
work manfully. In ten years con.
sumption has had to take second place
in the order Of fatal diseases. In
summer the very islands in the East
river are gay with white tents where
people are learning how to cure them
selves of the white death,
Briefly, the cure is air, and more aiE
and yet more air. with, OF course,
food and rest.
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21

CCopyright. 1896 By Joseph b Bowies)
A unique method Of money getting
vas once operated By a young man
from a town 10 Ohio
Il might have been called a dead
mans graft"
After securing a lodging place. he
announced 10 the landlady that he was
handling books, a fair supply OF which
he always kept on hand. These con-
sisted Of works on medicine, law. ag-
riculture. and various other subjects.
These books we're of the cheapest quail
ity-Often secondhand.
He subscribed for every weekly
newspaper within a radius OF four OF
five counties The death notices of
every paper received we're carefully
scanned, and the name and address Sc
cured of every doctor, lawyer. merchant
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21
The Real Chief, Roosevelt.

= 4 II bno IOPuD-
liean party were
to be represented
by its Platts and
Depews alone 1t
would be in a bad
way. The real
chief, the man to
to whom all look,
lives in Washing.
ton when con-
gress is in session.
His ma m e Is
Roosevelt. Every
one trusts that he
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21

more Ih0u8nIIuIl Hyde - SIM unueI
80. Fresh from college, used 70 honor
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21
The FIEht with the whIts peath.

OMETHING that
leaves a better
taste in the mouth
is needed after
discussing N CIV
York finance or
politics.
Little noticed,
but OF great i'm.
portance, is the
American tuber.
culosis exhibition
now on In the
Natural History
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21
Hut Tax in Africa

A resident Of selulwe. South Africa,
writes: "The township is beginning to
wear an air OF excitement In eonse-
auenee Of the natives coming in TO pay
their hut tax. BY their singing alld
extrayagaDt antics you would fancy
our duslzy brothers were Lightly de-
lighted TO come into town and pay the
pound demanded by our retrenchment-
seeking government"
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21
The Patrick Case.

He case of MUIR
derer Patrick is
to be taken to the
supreme court OF
the United States
II his lawyers sue
coed in their lat
est effort.
A most amazing
case. A case that
illustrates the
great fact that in
New York, at any
rate, we do not
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21

Nc young N an
who VIII be heard
from yet is James
Hazen Hyde. I
may IA the past
have aided to give
q wrong impress
sion Of him
Quite as likely
the first impress
sion Of him was
IN fact correct and
under adversely
he has grow
oldsr, grayer,
IIvdn IL atfII unaa4
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21
I'M THE METROPOLIS
POLITICS STILL ENGRossEs AT
TEHTIoE IN NEW YORK
AS TO PLATT AND DEPEw
Look 70 Roosevelt TO Bring About
Reorganization - Young Mr..
Hyde Makes a Good
Impression.

1W YORK.-Pity
the poor New
Workers, unable
even after election
to get away from
politics. Not
alone the contest
for the mRyoralty
between McClel-
Ian and Hearst
and the effort to
trap Boss Muir
phys brother and
Mexico Missouri message., 1905-12-21
A DEAD MANS GRAFT.

Young Man Sends C. o. d. Packages
70 Persons Lately Deceased-Rel-
Atives Pay Charges - Irishman
Takes Advantage Of n Dead Gus
toner Sharper Makes Money
with a Trick Tobacco BoX--A Prof
table Apple Graft
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
SHOT-PUT RECORD
BROKEN BY ROSE
Indoor Pole Vault, Quarter Mile, and
Dash Marks Also Lowered at
Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, March 13.-At the
Central Association OF the Amateur
Athletic Union games held here Satur-
day evening, Ralph Rose OF the Chicago
Athletic Association, broke the sh"t-put
record by putting the sixteen-pouho
weight in competition As feet IL Inch. In
an exhibition throw after the contest
Rose broke all records by throwing the
weight 4S feet 5Ia inches.
Leroy Sempse. of the Chicago Athletic
Association, made a new indoor high
mark in the pole vault. with II feet so
inches. -
letic Club. in the final OF the seventy
five-yard dash equaled the word $, rec
ord of 3-5 seconds, and established a
new indoor record by one-quarter OF d
second. .. q
FRANK Waller, Of the University OF
Wisconsin. ran quarter mile In o. sec
onds. breaking the indoor record py
thrce-ffths OF a second.
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
NINETEEN GRAND DUKES
AMONG THE ROhANOFFS
Interesting List of the Immediate Re-
Iatives of Car Nicholis-Grand
Duehesses Number Il.

LONDON, March 13.-Te is interesting
to enumerate the Russian grand dukes,
now that we seem to he hearing or
new one every day-
One begins with Cars heir and his
only brother, the Grand Duke Michael.
Next comes the cars three uncles, the
Grand Dukes Vladimir. Alexis, and Paul,
and his four first cousins. the Grand
Dukes Cyril, Roris, Andrew, and Dmitri.
He has one great-uncle, the Grand
Duke Michael, and nine second cousins,
the Grand Dukes Constantine, Dmftri,
Nicholas, Peter, Nicholas Michaeloyitch,
Michael MichaeIovitch, George, Alexan-
der. and Sergius-a total Of nineteen
grand dukes.
The number of grand duchesses, ac-
cording to the ''Almanach de Gotha," is
fourteen. SO that the grand total of
grand ducal personaees of all ages Is
thirty-three-
The Washington times., 1905-03-13

GATE CITY, Va, Mareh 13--Is Bax-
ter Pate, alias Mcdaniel Rhea, VINO
was supposed to have been hanged mere
forty-fve years ago for the murder OF
John Littrell, his closest friend, alive
and a wealthy mine owner of Colorado?
The old people of this section are sure
Pate was publicly hanged under the
name of Mcdaniel Rhea and that his
body was turned over to his two broth
ers. who departed with 1t for their
home in North Carolina.
Now comes a strange and very re-
narkable story in connection with the
affair, related by EIys Lawton, who
was born thirty-five years ago near
Gate City, but who moved to Colorado
about twenty years ago. He claims
that Baxter Pate still lives and is a
rich mine owner III Colorado.
Told the Story.
He SAYS that he has been in the en-
ploye of Pate for the past ten years.
He says, too, that before going to Colo
rade he had ofeen heard of the Littreli
murder. but that he had always under
stood that the murderer of LittreH was
Mcdaniel Rhea-
IaWton arrived In Scott county, his
former home only a few days ago. and
was discussing the LittreiI tragedy with
some friends when some one or them
spoke of the murderer as Baxter Pate.
q name answered to by his Western
employer.
The Washington times., 1905-03-13

SALT LAKE. March 15.-Traffic in ST.
Louis Exposition awards is claimed to
have been found by special committee
sent by the Utah Legislature TO ST.
Louis to Investigate Irregularities in
connection with the States commission.
The report made to the Legislature
shows awards Of merit being issued by
straw corporation for the sole pur-
pose OF being sold in commercial way
as advertising matter.
Members of the committee declare they
talked with an agent who was selling
these awards on commission, that he
offered one OF special merit for $500,
and said that a weIl-known manufacture
ing firm had paid him as high as s2o0t
for an award.
The committee further charges that
legitimate medals are being held bach
by the exposition management TO pro-
mote this traffic in awards.
The report winds up by saying:
We are unanimous iii reporting that
according To our knowledge and belief
the so-called awards. consisting of med
ais, ribbons. etc. supposedly given az
marks OF merit by the St. Louis official
award ribbon committee by authority Oh
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition te
the so-calIed successful exhibitors, are
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
For T1other's Eye

The two little children whose pictures
are shown here are the daughters OF
Mrs. c H Burns. of 4 Fourth street.
Lowell, Mass Mrs. Burns says:
find that the health of my children mas
improved wonderfully since we nave
used Father Johns Medicine-lt Is the
only medicine we have had IN me
house for years 1t has always cureo
our children when suffering from coIos'
crour whooping cough, and since theS
have taken 1t for their general heaith'
it hiss made them strong ana ropuSt.
(Sigued) Mrs c. II. Burns. Il tourn
street. Lowell, Mass. Every motLef
should know of the value or fathSf
Johns Medicine Half the children porn
do not reach ten years OF age, ana
three times as many children die In
the cities as in the country. Children
die because they are not taken care OF.
If the child IS sickiy. run down. as
you call It, nine times out or ten, II
is because OF carelessness III protection
from the weather. II the child has Il
cold, be careful OF the medicine you
use Above all, be sure that 1t is pure,
that it is not a mere compound or
stimulants or dangerous drugs. such as
morphine, alcohol etc, contained IN
patent medicines.
No better proof of Its value for chill
dren is necessary than the fact that
Father Johns Medicine has been used
IL St. Peters Orphan Asylum, Lowell.
Mass. for years. and is today. 1t would
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
WALL Of HOUSE FALLS.
CAUSING EXCITEMENT
Two Story Building at zoso Fourth
Street Northwest Tumbles
Dewn-No One Hurt.

With a roar like a peal OF thunder q
portion OF the walls of the two-story
brick building known as premises 20s0
Fourth street northwest collapsed and
fell last night. Persons living in the
vicinity of the house rushed into the
street excitedly, thinking the Day Of
Judgment had come.
Excitement ran high for an hour or
more, when the usual Sunday night
quietude of that section os the city,
which Is known as the Camp" was
restored by the police OF the Eighth
precinct. It is estimated that $3.50 dam
age was done. q
The wall which gave way was at the
rear of The building. When it fell IL
carried down portion of the west
wall ard about 5000 bricks fell to the
street. The police say they believe
the collapse was due To- a rotting Of the
cement on the bricks at the foundation.
This WAS done by water which oozed
from a hidden spring in the rear OF the
Fourth street house.
The top floor was occupied as living
apartments BY Thomas Mitchell and
Maggie Hundley, and the lower floor
was used az . feed store by David
Jones. None Of the occupants was IN
the structure at the time the wall fell.
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
MAY NOT HAVE HUNG
FOR FRIENDS MURDER
Baxter Pate Vrgnan at Gate City Said to Have Escaped
on Scafold by Means of Hooks Under His Collar

fact that Pate had once coIlfded TIC nm
that when d young man lie had killed
one Of his friends over card game
He also remembered that Pate had
told him all the particulars regarding
the murder except the place where II
was committed, and also how cieYerIy
he had managed to evade justice
Saved by Hooks?
Pate, according to Lawton, said that
his brother had manufactured for him
a small steel frame, which was secretly
conveyed to his cell few days before
he was to be executed. It was worn
Under his clothing the day he was sup
posed TO have been executed, and con-
tanned hooks which fitted into his cloth
ing at the collar, and was attached TO
bands around his body. the hooks, ne
said caught the ropes just in Tune TO
prevent his neck from being broken.
Stimulating death, he was INN dGatefS
placed In coffin by his brothers. VINO
started with 1t TO their home IN anosiier
State.
When going through the breaks in the
mountain about twenty miles from the
scene of the execution, he was released
from his coffin and made his escape INTO
the mountain wilderness
AS if in substantiation of the story
told by Lawton Is the fact that the jail
er who executed Pate, in a dying state
ment. said that Pate still lived. am, fur-
Their. the doctor who pronounced Pate
dead soon after the execution disap-
peared If true this would indicate that
they both were bribed by Pate =
brothers and were connected with the
sham execution.
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
COL ONEL HUSE EXPIRES;
AGENT OF CONFEDERACY

HIGHLAND FALLS, \. Y. March Is.
Col. Caleb Huse. a veteran OF the
Confederacy. died here after surgical
oueration. He was seyenty-iye years
old.
Colonel Huse was graduated from the
United States Military Academy in 1sol
and was for many years an instructor
at West Point. He resigned from the
Union army IN 1861 and was commits
stoned nv Jefferson Davis as purchasing
agent in Europe for the Confederate
army He remained abroad in that
capacity until the end OF hostiiities-
He is survived by his wife, three sons
and five daughters.
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
Great Coal Lands Sold
AS Only Good for Farms

Disclosures OF wholesale land frauds
In Utah are expected as q. result of work
by special agents of the Government,
who have been quietly investigating the
titles 70 coal lands in the State.
Already it has been shown that thou
sands of acres of valuable coal lands
have been entered as grazing land at
so an acre. the charge for coal land
being $50 an acre.
The method has been TO file on the
lands as coal entries and also as agrt-
cultural lands The fling as coal lands
prevented others from taking up the
ground, while the coal fling was per-
n1itted to lapse, and title to the ground
as agricultural land was perfected
The lands involved are valueiess Tor
agricultural or grazing purposes, out
contain rich deposits of coal.
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
BRaDDOCK TO OBSERVE
ANCIENT ANNIVERSARY

BRADDOCK. Pa, March 13-The de-
feat of General Braddock, $50 years ago.
is to be commemorated by citizens OF
Braddock next July with civic. military,
and Industrial parades, and addresses
by men Of national prominence.
General Braddock's battlefield is now
covered with steel mills. ana the tree
under which the British leader was
wounded is inside the fence of the Ed
gar Thomson Steel Works, the spot
being marked by "a tumbledown fence.
The citizens OF Braddock propose erect
ing IA monument on the site.
The Washington times., 1905-03-13

Lieut. D. H Jarvis. of the Revenue
Cutter Service, who was made collec-
tor of customs for Alaska by special
act OF Congress, has resigned his col
lectorship to take effect Immediately
He viii resign from the Revenue Cut
ter Service during the coming summer
TO take a lucrative position in Seattle,
Wash.
1t was Lieutenant Jarvis who COM
9nanded the Bear in the Government
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
| EUT. L. II. JARVIS
TO GO INTO BUSINESS
Resigns as Alaska Collector Lucrative Position in
View in Seattle Headed Bear Expedition.

relief expedition in 1888. for which
feat he received medal from Congress-
The expedition was to bring aid to
the imprisoned whaling vessels off
Point BARROW. in the Arctic Ocean.
After sailing as far north as possible
in the reyeiue cutter Bear. of which
he had command, Lieutenant Jarvis.
with a few men. drove a herd of rein
deer 1,S00 miles over unknown country
TO the suffering wlialers.
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
St. Louis Fair Awards
Sold TO Competitors
Immense and Gigantic Fraud in Prize
Decisions of Official Board

in our opinion an immense and gigantic
fraud
With reference TO Utah, the commit
tee found forged vouchers totaliag 81 100,
and that the Legislature will have to
appropriate $1,000 to cover. deficits.
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
Fancy Goods

$50 .'Palais Royal" Cloves. s1s5
Sl-0o Misses Kid Gloves. see
81. 90 Mems Mocha Gloves s9c
fl.oo Handbags, all styles. SIC
0-oo Handbags. pigskin. %
bic Handbags, fitted. 33ec
VIC Iealh Belts. ..-.................z2 &c
u-0o Jewelry. all styles. SIC
SOC Jewelry, all styles. 4sc
25c JeweIry, all styles. .19e
i5c JeWeled Combs. special. .4Sc
s1.50 Enameied Bead Necklaces. 81 -
Csc Silk Belts, Ideal 41S
a5c Haadkerehiefs. all styles .2Ic
I215c Handkerchitfs. all styles. lie
300 Neckwear, all styles. -sSc
ace Neckwear, all styles. lie
25c Neckwear, all styles
s1.00 Automobile Wells. see
SOC Wells. all styles. ..................E2c
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
FORTY-Six CONFIRMED
AT ST. THOMAS CHURCH

The beautiful confirmation service OF
the Episcopal Church was celebrated
last evening at st. Thomas Church,
when the Rev. DR.. c. Ernest Smith,
the rector. presented to the Right Rev
eremd the Bishop Of Washington no
less than forty-six candidates for con-
firmation.
Bishop Satteriee delivered an i'm
pressive address to the candidates. and
not only TO them, but to all who had
already been confirmed. The church
was crowded with a congregation
which listened with attention and
joined earnestly In the service. The
chancel and altar were decorated with
plants and cut flowers, a gift of one of
DR.. Smiths parishioners, the prevailing
color being red, typical the descent OF
the Hofv Che - nation repre-
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
KING
:LEGRAPH

sident of the
| give a free
graphy" to-
orn1ont Ave
er1ncnt ave
s northwest.
: In popular
n5nisSion of
mpty space,
an instruc-
eter will be
/ apparatus.
all by the
.eS OF which
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
Dress Findings

SOC Scissors. hollow ground $50
25c Spool Holders, nickel. Iec
19c Girdie Formers. Simmons. LOG
Sc Ball and Sock ets.-.-........ Sc
25c Needle Books. fitted............ I9c
25c Antiseptic Dress Shields. 49,. PIE
sc Siika teen, 100 yards. -...,.- Sc
o5c Tracing Wheels, best 19c
Sc Hooks and Eyes, card. Sc
Ace Hose Supports. satin pad. 3sc
The Washington times., 1905-03-13

OF the world, and have, therefore, pro.
duced certain great changes in the world
itself. But after all, in glorying over
and wondering at this extraordinary
development, l think We sometimes for
get that, compared to TIE deeper things,
il is indeed only superficial IN It's erect
Qualities That Count
1.-THE qualities that count most in man
and in woman now are the qualities that
counted most two thousand years ago;
and as nation we shall achieve sue
cess, or merit failure. accordingly as We
do or do not display those qualities.
Among the members of this congrega~
ton is a man who. in his prime. served
as the fleet engineer Of Farragut when
Farragut went into Mobile bay. That
was forty-one years ago.
The ships and the guns with which
Farragut did that mighty feat are now
almost as obsolete as the galieys that
fought for the mastery OF the Aegean
Sea when Athens waged war on Sparta
They could no more stand against q
modern ship than could the ships that
fought against the invincible Armada in
1888. But If the need ever comes Tor this
nation to call on its sons TO race a
foreign foe. the call will or viii not be
made in vain just exactly according TO
whether we do or do not still retain the
spirit which drove Farragut and the
men under him onward 10 Fictol3-
Man Behind the Gun.
THE gun changes, the ship changes
but the qualities needed III the man
behind the gun, in the man who handles
the ship, are just the same as they
ever were. Cities are built up to enor-
Enous size, and. of course, with the up
building of cities comes the growth or
the terrible problems which confront ali
of US who have TO do with city life. New
dangers spring up and old dangers
vanish But the spirit necessary TO meet
the new dangers, the spirit necessary
to insure the triumph that we must ano
shall win, is the same now that It mas
always been. This is the spirit when ieA
| behind this society, and all kindred So
| cieties; and we owe to this society al
| the help we can afford TO give; TOT II ls
! itself giving 10 our people service pc
yoDd price, a service OF love, q service
| which no money could buy"
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
Underwear

$3.50 Corsets, special makes.
$500 Skirts. Taneta Silk.
s1-9S Gowns, Skirts. ete........s17s
s1.o0 Gowns. Skirts, etc. Sic
75e Gowns. Skirts. etc-.....-........6sc
6oc Gowns, Skirts, 44c
sl.oo Kimonos and SacQues. Sic
l9c Black Hose, various. lie
s5c Hose, new styles. ................z5e
75c Hose, plated SEC
13c Swiss Ribbed Vests .10e
lsc Ribbed Vests. lace trimmed. .13c
Goo Ribbed Union Suits. .e5e
soc Ribbed Union Suits. CSC
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
The PALAIS ROYAL
OPENING


Old patrons have long since learned and patrons daily
learning that goods selected at the Pa Royal always give salts
faction And Paas Royal statements are implicitly believed The
list OF Opening" complimentary prew be accepted
literally by thousands of The Times readers. The Palais
Royal eapg the reward of good resolutions made years ago and
faithfully observed.
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
Souvenir List

Twenty seventh Annual Spring Opening with a
quarter million dollar collection Of spring style
goods Complimentary prices Souvenirs. To the
left hand the regular quotations. those you will find
marked the goods To the right the Souvenir
prices.
The Washington times., 1905-03-13
A Time of Change.

Wonderful changes have come in the
last half century. II may well be. as
Mir. Justice Brewer has said, that We
trenble on the verge Of still greater
changes IN the future. The railway. the
telegraph. the telephone. steam. cleo
trieity, all the marvellous mechanical In
yentions OF these last I'VE decades have
changed much in the superficial aspect