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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06

hal and Nszasaki and then the Secre-
tary will come straight home. 1t IS ex-
pected that he will reach San francisco
about October /. Miss Roosevelt and
the rest OF the party are now en- voyage
aboard the transport Logan for Tsien-
tsin,
DR.. d. E. Salmop, chief Of the Bu-
reau of Animal Industry, Of the Agri-
cultural Department, has resigned. 1t
is persistently reported that DR.. Salmon's
resignation is due to a suggestion from
Oyster Bay that be had better step out.
Secretary Wilson, when asked for an
explanation OF the resignation, pointed
to his own vindication Of DR.. Salmon
after the recent investigation. DR.. A.
D. Melvin, assistant chief, will be placed
in charge of the bureau.
Now that the treaty of peace between
Russia and japan has actually been
signed the authorities at the War De-
partment have decided Immediately to re-
call the United States military attaches
with the Russian and japanese armies
ia the field.
1t was announced at the State Depart
ment today that this government would
give up the Russian ships interned in
American ports until the treaty Of peace
between Russia and Japan had been
formally ratified by those governments
and Russia had made a formal request
for the vessels.
Yellow fever figures for the month OF
August show a gradual improvement in
health conditions on the 1sthmus of
Panama.
Officials OF the Department Of Justice
are of the opinion that Attorney General
Moody, admitting the right of the in
dicted Chicago beef packers to seek, by
injunction, to stay the criminal prosecu-
ton against them, did not mean that
there is any probability Of the success
of such a movement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06
WEDDINGS.

Mr.. William Willis Howard, of Fred
icksburg, and Miss Calcina Robertson,
daughter OF Mr.. Edward Robertson, of
Brooke, Stafford county, were married on
Monday at Rockville, Md.
Mr.. Charles Perkins Patterson and
Miss Bonnie Bell Smith, daughter of Mr..
Pryor N. Smith, were married in Lynch
burg last night at Court street Methodist
Church.
Miss Elsie Morgan Alexander was
married yesterday afternoon to William
Carlos Lewis, son of Judge w. s. Lewis,
of Meadowbrook, near Leesburg. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Charles
I. Herndon, of Hamilton, at the home
of the BRIDES father, John II. Alexsn.
der, in Leesburg.
Miss Alice Maud Broaddus, daughter
of $. w. BrOaddus, of Bowling Green,
Caroline county, and Mr.. Eugene B.
Travis were married yesterday in the
Methodist Church, at Bowling Green.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06
COURT OF APPEALS.

The Supreme Court of Appeals al
Staunton yesterday commenced a dock
ket of AZ cases to be heard at this term.
The case of Cremeans vs.. Common
wealth, a murder case from Giles county,
not being ready for hearing, was trans
ferred to Richmond.
The Joel Bailey Davis Company VS..
Augustus, from the Corporation Court Of
Charlottesville, was passed; Weaver VS..
Glenn, was submitted; Scott VS. Patter-
son, argued and submitted; Turk VS..
Richie, argued by A. &c. Braxton for
appellant and continued till today.
Next cases to be be called, Middle
States Loan Company VS.. Miller's ad-
ministrator, Wilson Us. Miller and Berry
VS.. Fishburn, being cases Nos. 3, 4 and
5 from the Eighteenth circuit.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06
Palmer Asked to Resign.

Public Printer Frank w. Palmer has
been asked to resign. The President
turns the tables on the head of the gov
eminent Printing Office by directing that
be surrender his Office by September 10.
This is the answer from Oyster Bay to
the action of Mr.. Palmer Friday in ssk-
ing the designations of Foreman of Print
ing Oscar J. Ricketts, and L. G. Hay,
foreman of division, with whom the pub
lie printer was at odds.
Immediately after the resigustions OF
Ricketts, and Hay we're asked a CON-
plete statement OF their cases went for
ward to Oyster Bay. The President had
already before him the exhaustive testi-
mony in the Keen investigation and the
report, which put him in the possession of
information not only about conditions in
the public printing Office, but of W hat
Foreman Ricketts, conduct has been.
With the arrival OF the papers, setting
forth the defense, the President was able
to decide very quickly about the merits
of the new controversy. He was averse
to recording his decision directly in the
case of the two employees, leaving that
with the commission which had been in
yestigating the printing Office.
As elimination of the long and Bit
ter fight, starting with Mr.. Palmer's
persistence in purchasing seventy-two
Lanston typesetting machines, this
forced resignation is an important fea-
ture. The controversy has drifted away
from the merits Of the typesetting ma
chimes entirely, and on Mr.. Pslmer's
part, became personal matter between
him and those of his subordinates who
could not accept his views that the Lans-
ton machines were desirable, and were
honest enough to tell the Keep COM
mission of their opinions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06
Attempted TO Kill Wife.

Inhsmed by jealousy, Curtis Chitten-
den, OF Richmond, yesterday morning
made desperate, but unsuccessful, at
tempt to kill his wife with shotgun. He
fred at her twice, but both loads went
wild, and the woman escaped unframed.
The shooting is said to be the culmins-
ton of a violent quarrel between the
couple, which began Monday night. The
disau reement was so intense that Mrs.
Chittenden, accompanied by her two
sisters, the Misses Noble, who live with
her, left the house and spent the night
away from home. She returned yester-
day morning about $3.50 O clock, and the
shooting began. The irste husband
used double barrelIed shotgun. He fired
once and the wife fled from the house
into the street. From the hallway Chit
tenden fred again, the load lodging in
a fence arross the street. The woman
was uninjured. Chittenden was placed
under arrest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06

WHAT is thought of a seat in the U.
:. Senate by some republican politicians
was shown by the following statement
made by Mr.. J. Edward Addicks Of
Delaware Yesterday;
"a am GA years old, and the victim of
a fictitious reputation given me by the
newspapers; but / am going to the
United States Senate from Delaware
When Alice went to the Senate, he went
with my tag on him. Every man in the
Senate knew he was there merely as a
filler. gave Alice wealth, power and
position, and now he exposes himself
for the traitor thathe is. >"
And the worse part of the whole bust
ness is that it is all too true. Of the
Delaware senatOrship matter the Phila'
delphia Record says:
Addcks may have 4 good deal of
power for mischief yet, bat the fact that
Allee's desertiOr of him was not an in
divldual matter, but that the Senator
spoke for the leaders of the union faction,
and that the terms of a compromise
between them and the regulars are al
ready outlined, make his cause utterly
hopeless. Money has been used in Sen
atorial elections, but a direct purchase
was never before attempted, unless in
one of the new States in the mining
region, and Addicks' success would have
been disastrous to honest politics.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06
Suicides.

New York, Sept. G. -Francis Bowes
Stevens, who was well known in this
city and Baltimore, which, WIS the
former home of his wife, who was Miss
Adele HorwitE, committed suicide last
night at his home, The Cottage. at
Westbury, L. 1. The body, with bull
let wound in the head, was discovered
this morning by servant. Worrying
over financial troubles which had de-
pressed Mr.. Stevens for several days,
is believed to have led him to commit
his rash act. He had worried himself
into nervous, unstrung condition which
had given his wife much concern.
louisville, Pa, Sept. 6.-DesPondent
because she was urged to go to school
against her wishes, Emily Brazier, in
her 18th year, daughter of William
Brazier, superintendent of the Sterling
Worth Rolling Mills, at EastOn, Pa,
committed suicide by drinking carbOlic
acid this morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06
News Of the Day.

The President has c0mmuted the SEN
tence of Midshipman Allen Jackson,
who was sentenced to dismissal from the
navy.
Hezekiah Butterworth, author and
historian, died at Warren, K. L., yester-
day, from diabetes. He was rs years of
of age.
Abraham Kemper, father of Bessie
Kemper, the child who lost its life re-
Gently by being swept through a sewer
at Jones Fall, Baltimore, has entered suit
against that city for $40, 900 damages.
Atlas Bean was killed, his cousin,
Dwight Dean, was perhaps fatally in
iured, and score of others we're seri-
ously hurt by bolt of lightning which
struck in the center of crowd of l, 200
persons who were watching the horse
races:at the Richfeld, Utah, fair. More
than 300 persons were thrown 10 the
ground, and most of them were insensi-
BILE for several seconds.
At Hongkong, yesterday Secretary
Taft and Major General Corbin were en-
tertained at luncheon by the command
ing officer of the troops. In the after
noon the racing club gave a special en-
tertanment. The contestants in one
race were leading American and English
ladies', who were pulled in jinrikashas
by prominent Englishmen. The winner
was Miss Alice Langhorne, of Washing
ton.
Mrs. Vanderbilt at Newport r. l., va
ried the entertainment programme of the
summer last night and with the assist
ance of several of her young friends her
neighhors of the villa colony were given
a genuine treat in the production of a
French play, given in the original by
amateurs, some of whom were French,
the majority being Americans. The
play was given in the grand hall Of The
Breakers, Mrs. Vanderhilts villa on the
cliffs, a stage having been erected on the
grand stairway.
The Dowager Duchess of MARI
borough, who was Lily Price, daughter
of Commodore Price, and whose daugh-
ter-in-law is the present Duchess of MARI
borough, formerly Consuelo Vanderbilt,
arrived in New York yesterday. She
comes to visit her mother. The Dowa-
ger Duchess, who is Known by courtesy
as Lily, Duchess of Marlborough, is, in.
the strict language of the peerage,
Lady William Beresford, having remar-
red since the death of the late Duke.
She will stay with her mother, Mrs.
Cicero Price, at the Hotel Netherland.
E. B. Ewing, brother-in-law of ex-
Senator COckrell, of Missouri, Inter-
state Commerce Commissioner committed
suicide in the Office of Murray's Hospital
in Butte, Mont, yesterday. by shooting
himself in the head. He had been in
i'll health, and spent several months in
the Yellowstone Park, where he recent
ly gave worthless check on Senator
Clark s. bank, in Butte, in payment OF
his hotel bill, amounting to 1928. He
then went to Butte for treatment. At
the hospital he was found yesterday by
an attorney, who threatened prosecution
on account of the check. Ewing gave
the lawyer a tri6e in part payment OF
the bill, and when the lawyer left he
placed a revolver to his head and llred a
bullet into his brain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06
TREATY SIGNED.

1t lacked 3 minutes to o. clock yester-
day afternoon when the treaty of Ports
mouth was officially concluded through
the action OF the plenipOtentaries of Russia
aud japan in attaching their signatures
and their personal seals to the agreemen,
that had required just four weeks to COM
plete. The ENJOYS then drank cham
paign while cannons were booming to an
nouncer that relations between Russia and
Japan lad resumed their normal con-
dition.
The terms of the treaty, heretofore
published, are as follows:
Re-establishment OF peace and friend
ship.
japanese protectora,e over Korea.
Evacuation of Manchuria.
japanese possession of Port Arthur
and Dalny and the "open door" in
China.
Joint operation of the Manchurian
Railway, Japan acquiring the mines.
Conjunction oftwo branch liues owned
BY Russia and Japan at Konang Ticheng
Use.
Joint operations of branch lines, Man
churian Railway.
Division ofIsland Of Sakbalin, Japan
csc fishing rights in Russian territorial
waters of the Sea of Japan, Sea OF Ok
hotsk aud Boring Sea.
Payment of the real cost for msinte-
nance of prisoners OF war.
Complete evacuation Of Manchuria
within Is months.
The demarkation of their respective
territories on Sakhslin Island.
Treaty signed BAT p. m. September 5,
at Portsmouth, N. Il.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06
Sentenced TO Death.

Constantinople, Sept. 6.-Ghirkis
Vartanian was sentenced to death today
for the murder on August &c, of wealthy
Armenian merchant named Aanik Und-
Jan. Vsrtanian is an Armenian by
birth, but had become an American
citizen through naturalization. 1t APP
pears that he was sent from America at
the instigation OF the Armenian revolu-
tionary committee for the express pur-
pose Of killing INDIAN. The murdered
man at one time, according to common
report, was a revolutionist, but severed
his connection with that party. The
American consulate made a request for
permission for one of the attaches to see
Vartanan but the police refused to allow
this. The American legation has taken
the matter up and Minister Leishman had
an interview yesterday with the foreign
minister on the subject.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06

DR.. THOMAS J. MAYS, of Philadel-
phia, writing in the current New York
and Philadelphia Medical Journal, ridl-
cules the theory advanced by DR.. ). ..
Cobb, widely circulated, that the house
fly is a factor in the spread OF tuberculo-
Sis. DR.. Mays complains that the pub
lie pulse has been rendered unduly tense
by various sensational reports concern
ing the contagious nature of consump-
ton, so that the sufferers of this disease
are in sad plight. He says that not the
slightest evidence has been deduced To
prove that food tasted by flys which have
previously fed upon the sputum of con-
sumptives becomes vehicle for trans
hitting the disease when taken into the
human stomach. DR.. Mays in a letter
to the press also asserts that it is far from
being established scientifically that the
main source of transmitting the yellow
fever is through the bite of a mosquito.
The mosquito theory, it has been learn
ed was held by the ancients two thou.
sand years ago, but was abandoned by
them for want of positive proof Of It's
correctness.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIgs.

Roy Knabenhue made successful at
tempt to fly his airship at Columbia, o.,
this morning.
A nephew of Madame White, wife Of
the Russian peace envoy, today shot a
girl at Moscow and then killed himself.
Sadie Mac, the Canadian trotting
queen, dropped dead in Hartford, Conn.,,
yesterday in the fourth heat of the
500 Charter Oak trot.
There is every danger that the Britt
Nelson fight in San Francisco may fall
through at the last moment, owing to
disagreement over the referee.
J. D. Spencer, a prominent Danville,
Va. tobacconist, died at the Baltimore
Hospital today as the result of being
shot by burglar six weeks ago.
Today marks the beginning of the in
vestigation by select committee of the
New York State legislature into the way
of living ofthe Life Insurance Companies
that operate in that State.'
A telegram was received in New York
from Commander Pesry, at Etas, Green
land, August l6, reads as follows: Cape
York was reached August Z, twelve
days from Sydney. The voyage was un-
usually favorable. No ice anywhere.
All well on board"
Mrs. Florence Crosby Hermann, who
was Florence Crosby, an actress, has
won her suit for separation brought
against her husband George Hermann,
a member of the wealthy lumber family.
Mrs. Hermann charged her husband
with cruelty, Hermann brought counter
charges against his wife, alleging i'll
treatment.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06
Another Miners, Strike.

John Mitchell, president of the
United Mineworkers of America, was in
Philadelphia yesterday, in his capacity as
vice president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, to join with First Vice
President Duncan, of the Federation,
and others in the settlement of dispute
involving typesetters and printers.
1t can be stated on the highest author
ity that the convention of anthracite
miners, which will draft new demands
for presentation to the coal companies
on the expiration of the strike commits.
sion's award, on April l next, will be
held in Shamokiu between December 8
and 10. 1t is learned today that the
December convention at Shamokin will
make the following demands
First. A recognition Of the miners
union by the coal operators, the recog-
milton to take the form of r signed
agreement.
Second. The substitution Of an eight.
hour workday for the nine-hour work.
day awarded by the strike commission,
which is now in force throughout the
hard-coal fields.
Third. An increase in pay over the
minimum wages now paid to men aud
boys who are not contract miners, but
are generally classed as unskilled labor
Fourth. A uniform scale of wages for
workers not actually miners at all col
lieries.
The contract miners number bout
80, 900 in tie total OF lao, 900 hard-coal
workers in and about the mines. If the
Shamokin convention obtains concessions
as outlined in the foregoing schedule of
demands it would mean large additional
expenditure by the coal companies an-
nually 10 increased wages.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06
REIGN OF TERROR.

A dispatch from Baku, Trans Caucasia,
SAYS that troops, under the direction OF
the Governor, are acting with the utmost
vigor, but they have not succeeded in re-
storing order, although there is rather
less firing. Armed rioters yesterday at
tackled the oilworks in the suburbs of
Balkan and after hard fight set fire to
them. Tartar bands are securing the
country, numbering and pillaging. The
country is in a state of wild panic ADD
houses and farms are being abandoned.
The famine in many parts of the country
renders the situation more terrible.
A dispatch from Tifis, received says:
"The whole of the southeast Caucasus is
now terrorized by Tartsrs. Refugees are
pouring into Tihis from Baku, Elizabeth
pol aud Shusha. Details from Shusba
show that several engagements were
fought between Tartars and Armenians
behind regular p sitions, and that con-
siderable part OF the town was soon N
flames. According TO an official estimate
more than 200 houses we're destroyed.
Many of the Baku oil6elds are in flames.
Reinforcements have been sent from
Tifis. Official dispatches from Baku say
that the wJrkmens quarter of that city
was burning Monday night.
Sanguinary fighting has taken place
between TartArs and Armenians in the
village of Khankend. There is great
alarm at Elizabeihpol. All the Arme-
MAN shops are closed and troops are pa
trolling the streets day and night.
A conflict between mobiles and peasants
took place yesterday in the village of
Grandlet. Eleven persons were killed or
wounded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06
Girls Swan i'm Storm.

AT Virginia Beach Monday there was
witnessed daring feat, participated ia
by six young ladies well known in society
in Norfolk, Washington, d. c., and
New York, who contested in a swim
ming match when the breakers were an.
CRY and rolling high and the rain pour
ed in torrents.
They were Misses Elizabeth and Mary
Townsend, OF Norfolk; Mrs. Gouvcneur
Paulding, of Norfolk and New York;
Miss White, of Portsmouth; Miss Maury
and Miss Victoria Parks of Washington.
William O'Keefe, of Virginia Beach,
arranged for a swimming contest among
the young ladies pow at that resort, Of
fering three prizes. There has been con-
siderable rivalry among the fair swim
mers and all were anxious to test their
skill.
AT the time set for the event pouring
rain came down and the sea was very
rough. Nothing daunted, the young
women ran gayly down the boardwalk
and were taken into a lifeboat manned
by Messrs. Merit and Richard Cooks,
Walter Irving and Thomas Tanner. Mr..
O'Keete accompanied the party and swan
with the contestants. The course was to
have been one-third of mile, but owing
to the vicious condition of the sea a
shorter distance was agreed upon. Con-
sidering the high waves, wind and rain,
however, the distance traversed equaled
at least third OF a mile.
At the starting point the boat heayed
and rocked so badly that it was impossi-
bic to get the participants 10 the water at
the SAME time and they jumped over the
side, diving one after another Once in
the water the young women started out
bravely for shore, but were pitched and
tossed until only bobbing head could be
seen now and then. From the shore it
was impossible for any of them to be
recognized, but Mr.. O'Keefe gave an
account of the race. which resulted i'm
Miss. Elizabeth Townsend being declared
the winner, with Mrs. Paulding second
and Miss, Mary Townsend third.
The participants were exhausted when
they reached the end of the course and
waded ashore breatbless.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-06
WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEP. 6, 1905.

A PROBLEM that is at present holding
the attention OF both educators and par
ents in many of the cities, was discussed
by Prof Charles A. McMurray, Of the
Northern Illinois Normal School, who
spoke of the Course of Study in the
Common Schools" at the general meet
ing of the Baltimore county, Md, Teach
ers' Institute held yesterday. This ad-
dress dealt with the idea that the pres
ent course of study has been greatly en-
larged by the introduction of new stud
ies-nature studies, physical training,
manual training and others, and also by
the enlargement of the old studies, such
as literature and history, which have
had entirely new branches added to
them. DIR. McMurray said that this in
crease has resulted in the course OF study
being oyercrowded, condition for viii n
nobody is to blame, but which is the re-
suit of an effort to make the schools an
essential part of our modern civilization.
1t is condition, however, which pre-
sents a problem, the speaker said,
whether TO go back to the three RS or
to keep all the new things. One class
of educators advocates dropping out the
new things, while the other class consld-
ers the new things more important.
DIR. McMurray advised retaining all OF
what he termed the "real riches" Of the
course of study of both new and old,
and having the course simplifed and re-
organized, which, he said, could be done
in three ways. He said:
The first way in which this change
could be effected was by dropping from
all studies great deal Of useless material
that has lost value. For instance, one
third of the old-time topics of arithmetic
and grammar, which have no appllca-
ton or interest at present, could be dis
pensed with, and also following the same
method Of elimination in the new studies
nature study and manual training and
others-which have elements not essen
tial. The second method mentioned
was the incorporation of minor studies
int, larger and more important ones !;
for instance, the incorporation OF civics
into history, physiology, temperance and
physical training into an elementary
science, making these at present separate
studies merely parts Of the more import
ant studies and reducing the number OF
studies to seven or eight, instead OF IA.
The third method to reduce this over
crowded condition of studies WAS the Sc
lection of few great central topics OF
the important studies for treatment, in
stead OF the multitude OF little ones
which at present are responsible TOR
much waste of time on the part of the
student and the teacher.
As result of the use of these three
methods of simplicatiOn, DIR. McMurray
believes, the problem of the overcrowd-
ed course of studies would be solved and
much time saved.