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The Washington times., 1905-04-17
SPANISH WAR VET
SHOOTS HIMSELF
Thought to Be George
Keazer, of Boston.
SOUGHT TO CONCEAL NAME
Act Committed in Industrial Home of
Salvation Army-Life Hang
ing by Thread.
SOUGHT TO CONCEAL NAME

After erasing his name from his suit
case and two books. which were found
In his pockets q Spanish war soldier,
believed to be George L. Keazer, of Bos-
ton. placed thirty-eight caliber re-
volver behind his right ear and fired
bullet into his brain today while in
the wash room Of the Industrial Home
OF the Salvation Army. S29 Missouri
avenue Unconscious and with his life
hanging by a thread he was found on
the floor by Edward Fisher, an empIove
Of the place The nistoI was cI1tched
tightly in the right hand and blood was
oozing from the gaping wound in the
head.
An ambulance was summoned from the
Emergency Hospital by police of the
Sixth precinct. DR.. White, who respond
ed with the ambulance. took one look at
The man, and said life could not be pro-
longed for many minutes. Without en-
tertaining any hope for recovery. he
had the man placed in the ambulance
and hasty run was made to the hos
pital- Restoratives were administered
by Drs. White and Martin At o'clock
there was still some sign of life remain
ing. The wound Is IN such a vital snot
that recovery is impossible, and the end
is expected before night.
Six Months at Home.
Fisher said the ex-soldier had been
stopping at the home for six months. He
talked but little, smoked a great deal
and usually kept to himself He came
TO Washington TO look after some pen
sion matters, and it is understood that
he received an allowance OF about s70
a month. Never was he known to worl,
and he did not look for a position reIv-
ing upon the allowance for his stIpnort
AT no time did he intimate that he
had designs upon his life II Is said
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Fair and cold; temperature
near freezing. Tomorrow
fair and warmer.
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Six Months at Home.

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THE WEATHER REPORT,

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The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
Mrs. RooseveIt,s Hobby.

Mrs. Roosevelt has one well-devel-
oped hobby and that is the collecting
of old china. Under her supervision
one of the most valuable collections in
this country has been placed on ex-
hibition in the basement of the White
House, and it is proud day when she
can add something of historic worth
to the treasures. The exhibit is made
up entirely of remnants of the din
ner sets which formerly served the
presidential families. 1t begins with
some rare gold-trimmed plates and
cups and saucers which were the pride
of Martha Washington's heart and
continues down to the era of Mrs.
Ida Saxon Mckinley.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
CANAL MAY BE OF LOCK TYPE.
Commission Said to Be Opposed to
Sea Level Proposition.

3 Authoritative announcement Is MADE
that the isthmian canal commission
will recommend to the President that
lock canal be constructed across the
isthmus of Panama.
This recommendation is opposed TO
that of a majority of the board OF con
sulting engineers. which voted in favor
of the sea level type. and VIII support
the view expressed by minority OIL
the board. The commission Will not
prepare its report until 1t has had
chance to examine the reasons TO he
presented by the majority and minor
ity of the board in advocacy OF the
type of canal they respectively recon-
mend
Gen. Davis, chairman of the board,
said the report of the board Will be
presented within three weeks.
II the commission unanimously rec
ommend lock canal this will be in
accordance with the inference which
has been drawn from statement made
a few weeks ago from the White house
that before the President would ap-
prove of sea level type he would
have to be convinced 1t was the best
in respect of engineering, time and
cost.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
HEROIC DEEDS OF ENLISTED MEN
One of the Brightest Pages in the History of the
Sixth United States Cavalry

In the War department in Washing
ton is letter written by Lieut.-Gen.
Miles in praise of the deeds of five en-
listed men. Gen. Niles letter is writ
ten simply as becomes a soldier, but
1t is pulse-stirring epistle. 1t is
probable that nowhere else in authen-
tic history can there be found an ac-
count of battle won by force of
men when. the odds against them were
twenty-five to one. In no story which
can be told concerning the people of
the plains Is there to be found a tale
sf greater heroism than that shown
by little contingent of enlisted men
of the Sixth United States cavalry
down near the Red river in Texas in
the summer of the year 1874. The
Sixth cavalry has had fighting his
tory, but this particular story shines
bright in its pages.
The Comanches, the Cheyennes and
the Kiowas were on the war path and
were leaving a red trail all along the
borders of western Kansas. General,
then colonel, Nelson A. Miles was or
dered to take the field against the
savages. His expedition fitted out at
Fort Dodge and then struck for the far
frontier The combined bands of In
dians learned that the troops were on
their trail and they fled south to the
Red river of Texas hotly pursued by
two troops of the Sixth cavalry. COM
manded by Capts. Biddle and Comp
ton.
On the bluffs of the Tule river the
allied braves made stand. There
were coo warriors all told, and they
were the finest of the mounted plains
Indians. The meager forces of the
Sixth under the leadership of their of
ficers charged straight at the heart of
force that should have been over
whelming. The reds broke and fed
"over the bluffs and through the deep
precipitous canyons and out on to the
staked plain of Texas"
1t became imperatively necessary
that couriers should be sent from the
detachment of the sixth to Camp Sup
ply in the Indian Territory. Reinforce
ments were needed and it was neces-
sary as well to inform the troops at a
distance that bands of hostiles had
broken away from the main body and
must be met and checked.
The whole country was swarming
with Indians and the trip to Camp
Supply was one that was deemed al
most certain death for the couriers
who would attempt to make the ride.
The commanding officer of the forces
in the field asked for volunteers, and
Serg. Zacharias T. Woodall of ''I''
Troop stepped forward and said that
he was ready to go. His example was
followed by every man in the two
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29

how or other the galvanic battery got
to work again and John found himself
describing a parabolic curve through
space. When he alighted there was
no friendly maple tree around and
his collarbone met the curbstone. The
curb didn't break.
A family conference was held that
evening, and it was decided that it
would not be safe to give the black
beauty to any one but a real cowboy.
Accordingly this advertisement ap-
peared in morning daily: Wanted,
to see a cowpuncher. Call at room
429, 90 Broadway" '''
There was a response to the adver-
tisement before the day was over. and
after the presentation was made the
general manager said:
You may or may not be a cow
puncher. but If you're not it looks to
me like certain death for you to ride
that horse I'm giving YOU"
Don't want to ride him. was the
laconic reply. He goes into the milk
business. New York Telegraph.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
SAGE is oLD.1IME FlNANcIER.
Busines, the One Thing Wealthy Man
Lives For.

Some Wall street men were COM
menting on the fact that Russell Sage
had not been hit by the insurance in
vestigation. One of the party said:
No; Sage is the old-time financier
He does not mix with the new school,
He is living on the old plan. He Is
neither great philanthropist nor
great CRATER. He is simply Sage. the
biggest money-lender in the world.
There need hardly be any fear that
Mr.. Sage will unload any great bales
of tainted money upon an ungrateful
community for the founding of col
leges whose chief aim will be the up
bringing of youth to cry Great Is Rus
sell Sage!' Nor is there any great
danger that Mr.. Sage will spend his
years this side of the eighty-ninth
milestone in trying to form a giant
trust for the cornering Of the neces-
saries of life. Mr.. Sage has made his
fortune and he will hold on to it. He
never outraged the world with Stan
dard Oil Company. neither has he set
himself up as a great philanthropist.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
Best Place for a shirtwaist.

A shirtwaist Is all right in its place.
1t is useless to state where its place is.
One good place is in your arms. You
should never forget that one shirt
waist in your arms is worth a dozen
hanging on a clothesline. In fact, a
shirtwaist floating around in a wash.
tub is sad and solemn sight. 1t is
calculated to remind you of the dear
one gone before or behind. The bus
tie and hoop skirt live only in memory
and old barrels, and when gaze upon
the limp form of 50-cent shirtwaist
in soap suds it makes me feel that
the time will soon come when it, too,
will be gathered to its fathers and
mothers. Yes, my friends, the shirt
waist is all right on a woman, but |
call on all healthy, able-bodied men to
rise up in their might and help me
keep it off the men. 1t is hateful
enough to see women wearing mems
clothes, but when it comes to men
wearing women's garments, then 1
want to crawl off into some thick
patch of woods and die.-Rural Re
treat, Va. Times.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
Filipinos Are Born Musicians.

Every child, particularly the girls.
in the Philippine islands has piano
when it is six or seven years old. II
its parents can afford to buy or hire
one, and the Manila directory CON
tains long list of teachers of instru-
mental music. who seem TO be busy.
If you take a morning walk on any of
the streets in the well-to-do part OF
town you will recognize that the
Filipinos are diligent in practicine
music lessons, and go at them with
zeal and persistence. Nearly every
body can play some kind of an in
strument. and hundreds of families in
Manila can furnish respectable or,
chestra without going beyond their
own Threshold.
School teachers report that the little
Filipinos pick up music instinctively
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
BRONCO JACKS PRIZE BEAUTY
Splendid Animal. but Little Particular as to
Who Rode Him.

Should any resident of Riverside
drive arise sufficiently early to attend
the "milkmen's matinee" he may see
a beautiful black horse with finely
drawn lines and full red nostrils
prancing up and down in front of
cart which was once white.
This particular horse was, not many
days ago, the property of railroad
manager we may call Wheels. Mr..
Wheels is such a lover of good horses
and of horseback riding that it af-
fects his entire existence. During the
latter part of the Summer the genial
manager and other officials went to
Dakota to look over the territory
ahead of the new Pierre extension. AS
usual, Mr.. Wheels had his eye open
for fancy sample of horsefiesh and
Bronco Jack, of Deadwood, saw him
coming.
One fine morning in Pierre, while
the general manager was taking his
morning run on the back of a livery
stable horse. he saw something COM
ing down the street that held his at
tention. 1t was as handsome and
spirited horse as he had ever seen,
and he was ridden by genuine cow
boy, who knew how to ride. An ex-
clamation of delight escaped the gen.
eral manager as the Westerner and
his mount swept past him in as fine
a single-footing exhibition as the rail
road man had ever seen. Bronco
Jack heard the general managers ex'
clamation, but permitted his horse to
go some distance before he gracefully
turned him without checking speed,
changed his gait, and swung back at
full canter to the point where Mr..
Wheels was standing.
When the railroad man asked the
cowboy what he would take and
Bronco Jack said, "a century and a
half" Mr.. Wheels closed with him for
fear he would back out. He did not
even wait to try the horse. so anxious
was he to annex him to his stable.
The Western wonder arrived dead
head from Pierre in good condition.
At the club. at home. in season and
out, Mr.. Wheels sang the praises of
his new possession. AS soon as the
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
GREAT LIBRARY FOR NEW YORK.
Building to Have Capacity for Mil
lions Of Volumes,

New York will soon have the great
est library building in the world. 1t
VIII have capacity for 100000 vol
umes, and Its approximate cost will
be 100000. 1t occupies a frontage
of two blocks facing on Fifth avenue,
between Fortieth and Forty-second
streets. Its site is that of the large
city water reservoir on the east side
of Bryant Park. When completed 1t
will be known as THE New York
Public Library-Astor, Lenox and
Tilden Foundations" 1t will be
combination of the Astor and Lenox
libraries. strengthened by the bequest
of Mr.. Tilden. which will give total
endowment of about s3,500,O The
work of construction has been going
on since 1893. when the reservoir was
removed and the foundation begun.
The building, which is of marble, is
$50 feet in length and $50 feet in
width. The main reading room will
have capacity for 500 readers and, in
addition. there will be a general read
ing room open to the public. a chill
dren's reading room. periodical room
and newspaper room.-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29

Dowager Queen Margherita has been
suffering from unassuageable grief
since the death of King Humbert, five
years ago. The queen In her youth
was considered the most beautiful
princess in all Europe. She is the
daughter of the late Prince Ferdinan-
do of Savoy. duke of Genoa. and she
was married to Humbert, then the
prince OF Piedmont. on April %. 1868.
During her reign she was idolized by
the people of Italy.
The former queen knows French.
German. English. Spanish. Italian. of
course. and Latin thoroughly. She
knows Greek well and is familiar with
the literature of all ages.
The queen rises early and retires
late. She manages with six hours
sleep and thrives on it. Her work of
charities. patronage, organization and
society keeps her constantly busy. She
is not at all domestic. She likes driv-
ing and out-ofdoor life generally. but
has not much opportunity for indul-
gence in these tastes. She likes Ger
many and the Germans and is warm
friend of William and his wife.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
Appendicitis Cure.

The whole world is afraid of ap-
pendicitis. A slight pain in the right
groin is enough to scare an ordinary
person into consumption fits. The
irrespressible German scientist bobs
up serenely with positive cure. which
does away with the knife. 1t is
silver solution. He applies it both
internally and externally, and asserts
that he has affected marvellous cures.
The name of the discover. or inventor.
is Moosbrugger. Many German pro-
fessors have capable press agents.
And one of the beauties of a melical
discovery is the amount of space we
willingly give to it,. for humanity's
sake.-New York Press.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
Sinners Found bv Accident.

Some of the worlds greatest singers
have been discovered accidently. Once
upon time Wachtel. the greatest
tenor of his day in Germany, was
in a musical rondo. Nine. Scalchi
the contralto, is said to have called
her wares in the street before she was
found for the opera stage. Campa-
nini,, the king of tenors. was black
smith, but was heard singing like an
angel and was enabled to desert the
forge for the footlights.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29

"one can say no more" His series
of mastery impersonations had been
completed, and after forty-nine years OF
stage work he could repeat only Few
of them, and those only with impaired
physical resource and broken breath,
although with undaunted courage and
supreme force of will. Yet the pow
er of many-sided, magnetic person
ality steadily increased and was never
greater than during his last engage
ment at Drury Lane. Even cynics VINO
had been wont to say that Irving was
an English institution and must be re.
spected as such although he could mol
act. we're silenced when they saw him
as Beckett dominating the stage and
appealing with overmastering power
to the Imagination of men. AS Tor
the audiences, they could not have
so9H more profoundly Impressed II
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
Dead Actor Loved by All.

oSoa NSeof 1oNSa W SNi's
For those who have known Irving IL:
timately there is neither leisure nor
inclination to speak of his achieve.
ments in stagecraft or the inspiration
of so forceful and lofty an example
of devotion to art. They can only re.
call with affection and pathos the un-
failing evidences of his tender consid.
GRAFTON for others. his kindness of
heart and his serenity of spirit. Col.
umns are filled in the newspapers with
anecdotes illustrating his generosity.
magnanimity, helpfulness and unself.
ishness. Cab drivers tell of his habit
of giving them sovereign in place
of a shilling; actors rehearse their
business relations with him, when
they invariably received larger sala.
ries than they had courage to ask
for; Martin Harvey describes his own
nervousness and funk while waiting
for the curtain to rise upon the first
performance of THE Only Way" and
the sudden access of strength that
came to him when he received the tel
egram from Sir Henry: BE resolute
and bold"
Mr.. Bourchier repeats the messAn.
of congratularion sent only few
weeks ago on the success of the new
shylock: Mr.. Toole pays his tribute to
the lifelong friend for the calm.
steady way in which he marched to
the front and the gentle, gracious, un-
ostentatious way in which he kept
there" and companions of his choice
recall the welcoming smile and gentle
courtesies of the genial host and the
famous little suppers in the historic
little room off the Lyceum theater.
Irving is laid to rest at the foot CT
the memorial to Shakespeare. He lies
in Poets Corner. amid surroundings
that, in the literature and drama they
signify. are highly appropriate 10 the
first actor of his age.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
Revival of ereeian Costume.

High society in Great Britain is ex-
pecting revival of the costume of
ancient Greece. When two fair young
ladies recently appeared at the opera
in Greek dress the audience gasped
but admired. and 1t is now suggested
that the costume may come into
favor. 1t is hoped that this new cru.
sade against the conventionality of
modern attire will meet with greater
success than that which had for its OBJ
ject the revival of knee-breecnes and
buckled shoes for men
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29

horse was in the stable select coterie
of prominent citizens went over to the
Wheels stable to look him over.
In due time a morning riding party
was arranged. When his guests were
mounted Mr.. Wheels started TO swing
into the saddle. He missed by about
foot. however. as something had
swung before he did. and there stood
the new horse facing him. with head
down and meek and lowly look in his
For the first time, Mr.. Wheels had
foreboding. He made up his mind.
however. to make a sure thing of 1t
at the next attempt. and, to his sur
prise, the black beauty stood perfect
ly quiet and permitted him to vault
into the saddle.
Mr.. Wheels cheerfully clucked to
his mount and gently tightened the
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
Bear Knew How to Box.

Walter Symonds of Randolph, N. H.,
has learned by experience that bear
is a good boxer. Symonds set some
traps and the other morning found one
of them full of the liveliest kind OF
game. His capture was big black
bear, which was caught by a forward
paw. Having but one load for his gun.
the hunter thought it best to dispatch
the animal with a club. Three times
the bear successfully parried Sy-
monds' stoutest blows. and the gun
was resorted to in order to end the
struggle.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
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they had known that those were his
last appearances in the historic play
house where Garrick. Mrs. Sidt ons.
John Kemble and Edmund Kean had
done their greatest work.
He seemed to tower in epical dig
nifty not only above all the figures If
the stage picture, but also above all
the actors of the time; and when the
curtain was rung down the spectators
sprang to their feet and paid their
homage to genius in a frenzy of emo
tion and enthusiasm. This was what
had been done on the greatest nights
at Drury Lane when Garrick was en-
acting Hamlet, Lear and Richard. OF
Edmund Kean was playing Othello. or
Macbeth" was brought to an abrupt
close after the sleep-walking s:ene
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
Cured BY Whispers.

1t is said that stammerers rarely, If
ever, show any impediment of speech
when speaking in whispers. A new
method of treatment has therefore
been advocated, which is as follows:
For the first ten days speaking is pro-
hibited. This will allow rest to the
voice and constitutes the preliminary
stage of treatment. During the next
ten days speaking is permissible in
whispering voice, and in the course OF
the next fortnight the ordinary con-
versational tone may he gradually en-
plOyed.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
A hiah.iumpina Hog.

A jumping hog afforded much
amusement in the hogyards at the
stockyards day before yesterday. AL
though the animal weighed $50
pounds it would jump board fences
five feet high.
The speculator who bought the hog
fourI it impossible to confine it to
pen, so the pen had to be covered
with boards. According to men who
have been at the hogyard for years,
this was the first hog that had ever
ieaped a fence there.-Kansas City
Times
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
rticular as to

difficulty. When he reached the
ground there stood his black beauty
not far away with detected mien and
sad eyes gazing into his. u
"You miserable brute" shouted the
exasperated owner "Ill teach you
who your master is. John, bring me
my IA Colts. I'm going to win this.
battle right here"
Instead of doing as he was told,
John took the horse away, and the
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
Authority on International Law.

Prof. John Bassett Moore, one Of the
most popular men on the faculty of
Columbia university, Is known in uni
versity circles the world over because
OF the commanding position he has at
tanned through his lectures and writ
ings on international law and diplo-
macy. He has written the only his
tory and digest of International arbi-
tration in existence.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-29
Death a Gain for Christian.

The will of the late Hugh Price
Hughes, the great English Wesleyan
preacher and. evangelist, contained
the following passage: Il further di-
rect my trustees to arrange that the
funeral of my body shall take place
with as few signs and symbols Of
mourning and sadness as possible, for
20 the Christian to die is gain