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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-06
THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 6, 1906.

DR.. WIN H. TAYLOR, State Chemist,
delivered an address, last night before
the Medical College ofVirginia, in Rich
m9nd. during which be put himself on
record as a believer in humiliation, and
endeavored to impress the notion upon
his auditors that the soul is generation
of the brain, and dies with that physi-
cal organ. Solomon, nearly three thou
sand years ago, in his meditations on
mortality and while viewing death from
a natural standpoint, made this observa-
ton:
For that which bcfalleih the sons OF
men bofalleth beasts; even one thing be
falleth them; as the one dieth, so dieth
The other; yea, they have all one breath;
~ that man beth no pre-eminence
above a beast. = All 60 into
one place; all are of the dust, and all
turn to dust again.
The difference between Solomon and
the Virginia State chemist is vast. lie
great Isrlelite, in bordering the subject,
subsequently, passed from natural de-
ductions to more logical conclusions.
"rhen lat dissolution shall the dust re-
turn to the earth as it was, and the
spirit shall return unto God who gave
it," were among the closing thoughts OF
the preacher, aft,r concluding that all
was vanity and vexatiOn of spirit.
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From Washington.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
Washington, ID. c.. April 8.
South American scientists have dis
covered that the tapeworm is a natural
enemy of the germ of consumption. Ac.
cOrding to a report received at the State
Department from Consul Canada at
Vera Cruz, Mexico, tapeworms have
been successfully used to cure patients
affected with tuberculosis. ITO posi-
lively establish the efficacy of this
remedy" writes Mr.. Canada, 'the
doctors injected liquid prepared from
the taenia into several con umptives,
which action resulted in retarding the
progress of the disease in the worst cases,
while in Others ii resulted in a complete
cure"
Former Attorney General Judson
Harmon, of Cincinnati, and Frederick
JudsOn, lawyer of st. Louis, who were
appointed SOME time ago by the Presi-
dent to investigate the alleged violation
OF the interstate commerce law BY the
Santa Fe system in the granting of re-
bates, had a conference with Attorney
General Moody this morning at which
they made partial report on the evil
dence thus far collected. The result of
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The President I'm Texas.

Dallas, Texas, April GA reception
on the steps of the biggest capitol build
ing in the United States by Governor
Langham and the chief officials Of Texas
and an address to the legislature now in
session, is the feature of the programme
for today's trip of President Roosevelt
across the heart of Texas. Austin, thu
capital, will be reached at 2 p. M, il
the schedule is maintained. The mag
niicent State house is draped in red,
white and blue. set of with single stars
and other emblemistic devices, and it is
expected twenty thousand people will
assemble to greet the chief executive.
The first stop of the day is to be atWaco.
Brief halls are marked down for Temple
and Taylor. After Austin is left the
only stop before San Antonio is reached
is scheduled to occur at New Branfels al
dusk. At San Antonio the former colo
mel of the Rough Riders will be ia the
hands of his old comrades for their an
nual reunion tomorrow.
Waco, Texas, April THE special
train bearing President Roosevelt arrived
here shortly after nine O'Clock today.
The President was met by reception
committee of Confederate and Grand
Army organizations. Thousands o.
people cheered his advent at the park
adjoining the station. The reception
here was an ovation. The entire city
was deliberately decorated and all places
of business were closed.
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TOday's Telegrapbic News
Russia's Internal Troubles.

st. Petersburg, April 6.-That the
internal dissensioGs are becoming worse
all the time is shown by the reports
which are being received constantly
which tell of rioting and the burning of
property in many parts OF the country.
The peasants are the offenders in most
OF the instances which have been re-
ported today. The belief is becoming
more general that the rebellious forces
are working together and fears for the
future ale expressed.
Reports from an officia! agency at
Tihis, Trans-Caucasus, state that there
have been many disturbances in that
section. These include the looting of
the public Offices at Sitzi on March q,
when the peasants sacked the schools,
a number of estates, and five mills, and
destroyed the priests house and the
school at Rouisi.
On March 2S the private estates at
Achabeti were fred. The manager OF
the estates was wounded. Two days
later the rebels returned and destroyed
valuable public documents. On March
30 six hundred peasants looted the
public offices at Chindsi and defed the
police who sought to stop them.
AtKoutsis,i n Asiatic Russia, on March
80, six armed men robbed the inspector
of toe ecclesiastical school. Police
officers and Co, sacks pursued them. Two
of the robbers were killed. two others
were wounded, and the last two captured.
Warsaw, April 6.-Haish measures
are being adopted by the authorities to
rut an end to thu internal disorders in
Poland. Orders have been issued that
the participants in the recent disturb
ances shall be tried under martial law.
Two workmen have already been tried
in this manner, and condemned TO be
hanged.
Kishineff Russia, April 6.--An I'M
known man made an attempt to assassin
ate NJ. Kirligsi The assassin fred re.
yolyer shot at the officer, but failed to hit
him. The man escaped.
st. Petersburg, April 6.-Sixty hands
employed in the factory of Kruscha En-.
Der suddenly swoOned today, having been
poisoned in some mysterious manner.
Physicians were summoned Immediately
but were unable to trace the cause of the
sudden illness of the factory employees
Twenty,eight of the hands are in criti-
cal condition.
st. Petersburg, April cit is re
ported that the Car is considering today
the question of abolishing the Office OF
Procurator of the Holy Synod, which il
now held by NJ. Pobiedonostzef. Thii
is the outcome of a desperate struggle be
tween NJ. PobiedonostzeIf aud President
Witte of the Committee Of Ministers
which has been raging desperately fol
several days. NJ. Witte has secured thu
cooperation of NJ. Antonius, Metropolis
tan of st. Petersburg, and seems likely t.
win in the encounter. II he is successful
il will mean the introduction OF wide re-
ligious reforms.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-06

DEEP and bitter resentment by the Sen
ate on account OF the Presidents pro-
gramme in the financial affairs of Sanlo
Domingo is expected when the Senate
next meets. They are still several Sena-
tors in Washington, and they are ex-
pressing themselves with degree of feel
ing which foreshadOws the coming storm
of;ndignation. There is no doubt that the
President has effected indirectly what
the Senate refused to authorize as a
direct action. That of itself was a
blow to senatorial dignity. But the
latest proposition TO call for international
conference to scale down the claims
against Santo Domingo, with the under
standing that whatever sums are agreed
upon as Just shall be collected under the
authority of the United States, Senators
declare, is nothing less than defiance OF
the Senate and its authority in interna-
tional affairs. Senators feel that the
President has been too energetic in the
matter, and are disposed to reject the
treaty to curb the Presidents activities.
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Alleged Military Plot.

Paris, April Elm connection with
the alleged military plot which has been
unearthed the police this morning
searched the house of Colonel Marchand,
who resigned from the army about a
year ago, where they seized numerous
papers. The contents of the documents
are not known. Colonel Marchand is
absent from the city at present. His
friends say they are ignorant of where
be is travelling. Colonel Marchand is
the hero Of the Fashoda affair. His
resignation from the army created some
thing of sensation. 1t was generally
believed that he was led to resign because
of his disappointment at not being sent
as the French attache with the armies
fighting in the far East The exact
nature of the supposed plot is not known.
The police we're led to the conclusion
that some conspiracy was being hatched
BY the discovery of a large quantity Of
rifles and cartridges yesterday in house
in the suburbs, which followed The finding
of 500 military uniforms recently in the
home of Captain Tamburini.
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their investigation will not be made
public until after its completion.

their investigation will not be made
public until after its completion.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
today issued bulletin, giving statistics
of railroad accidents in the United States
during October, November and Decem-
Der, 1904. The report shows that dur
ing this quarter SO passengers and loS
EMPLOYEES we're killed, and ] ,4SO pas
sengers and 1865 employees injured.
Other accidents to passengers and EN-
ployees, not the result OF collisions or
deraiIments, bring the total number OF
casualties up to 1879 1851 killed and
IA, O27 injured).
Jusserand, the French Ambassador,
called upon Secretary TAFT early this
morning for the purpose OF being inform
I'd as 10 the German note on Morocco
which was presented to the United States
Yesterday afternoon and which declares
for the open door as regards that
country. His conference was very brief
and he was assured that no action had
been taken by this government on
Germany's communication and that none
would be taken until the President had
had an opportunity to consider the
matter.
President Morales of Santo Domingo
has informed this government of his ap-
proval of the suggested salary OF $500 a
month for Col. Cotton, who has been ap-
pointed by President Roosevelt as super
yisiug receiver of the Santo Domingo
customs under the recently arranged
modus vivendi The salaries of the other
receivers will be fixed later.
1t was announced at the War Depart
ment today that Alfred Noble, consult
ing engineer of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, would probably lie appointed on
the advisory board Of engineers OF the
Panama canal to serve with Messrs.
Parsons and Burr aud the invited rep
resentatives Of Grea. Britain, Germany
and France.
Sir H. Mortimer Durand, the British
Ambassador, was among the callers at
the State Department this morning. The
principal purpose of his visit was to sug-
gest some reciprocal arrangement be-
tween this country and Great Britain
with regard to the inspection OF passen-
ger ship.
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suspected OF Horrible Crime.

In a mountain valley near Sbadwell,
Albemarle county, and removed from
the nearest neighbor about two miles,
Mrs. W. J. Thompson and her two
young children were burned to death on
Friday night last, and the small cabin
home was left a mass Of smoking ruins.
Yesterday afternoon Will ]. Thompson,
the husband of the woman aud father OF
tho children, was arrested upon war
rant charging him with the triple muir
der. Last night he was placed under
guard at the home of Constable Lang,
near Shadwell. This morning be was
brought to Charlottesville and placed in
Jail.
The arrest was made at house on the
estate OF Joseph Everett, three miles dis
tant from the Thompson home. Here
Thompson had lately been employed
When told the nature of the charge he
did not manifest any surprise.
~ am willing to go with Mr. Lang"
he said. al don't know anything about
this more than told the magistrate. Me
and my brother worked hard Friday, and
we slept Friday night in this house
here. We got up before daylight, but
we did not see any light from the fire.
The first heard OF ii was when Mr..
Jarman told me about ii at 10 O'Clock
next morning"
Thompson's only explanation of the
fire is that it must have been caused by
an old stove with defective hue. This
stove was situated in the shed. He denies
the reports that he and his wife had not
lived happily together.
1--WE were as happy as most married
people," he said. eve disagreed some
times, but it did not amount to much.
We had not separated. / stayed over
here at the Eyeretts' house because it
was too far for me to walk home at
night"
@. w. Thompson, a brother, was pres
ent when the arrest was made and con-
firmed all his brother had said
Statements attributed to Thompson
since he testified before the cor0ners
jury have strengthened suspicious. In a
recent conversation he remarked that he
was extremely unlucky; that his first wife
and her two children had died the same
year. Since he has been accused of the
murder of his second wife, the circum-
stances under which his first family died
will be investigated. Young Thompson,
the sixteen year old son of Mrs. Thomp
son by her first husband, swears to the
story Of cruelty to his mother by his step
father. He says Thompson drove him
from home, and that he choked and beat
Mrs. Thompson the Sunday before her
death.
The merchant at Shadwell states that
Thompson used to buy family supplies
and take them home, but has purchased
nothing for his family as far as he KIN ows
for two months.
Thompson will be given a preliminary
hearing before Magistrate Williams at
Shadwell on Tuesday next.
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AGruesome Find.

San Francisco, April 6.-Wrapped
in an old blanket, the body OF youth
with head, arms, and the legs below the
knees missing, was found at a street
corner in the north part of the city last
night. The body was still warm nd
quivering. Blood with which the blank
ct was saturated was still wet George
Olivia, boy, saw man carrying q
heavy bundle. His actions seemed Pc
culiar and the lad followed him. When
the man noticed that he was followed,
he placed his burden on the sidewalk
and hurried away. Olivia followed the
stranger block, secured a look at his
face, and returned to the bundle. A
policeman arrived at about the same
time and the bundle was examined.
The blanket contained the naked body
of young man eighteen or twenty years
old. The head had been rudely hacked
off, the arms chopped off close to the
body, and the legs had been removed
almost to the knees. Aiwoman's fringed
shawl, old and we'll worn, was wrapped
around the neck, and shoulders. A red
blanket of design and make in com.
mon use among Italians was the dead
mans shroud. 1t was wrapped tightly
about the body with piece of cord OF
the size and texture used by Italian
fishermen in making nets. A single
knot with which the blanket was tied
was knot peculiar to fishermen. The
body was so warm that death could not
have occurred more than a few minut Is
before the crime had been discovered.
A search so far has failed to throw any
light upon the mystery. Detectives say
they believe the crime was the work OF
the Malta.
A more minute examination of the
body showed that the victim probably
was killed by savage slash in the throat,
that the point ola keen knife had been
driven deep into the neck at the right OF
the "Adams apple" and the weapon
jerked backward toward the right with
great force. Apparently the murderer
attacked his victim from behind or over
the right shoulder to cut his throat.
The terrific slash severed the jugular
vein. Blood hounds we're put on the
trail at daylight. A house to house cali
vass Of the neighborbOod by tho police
| has begun.
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Deaths from Illuminating Gas.

New York, April 6.-+Forr persons,
an aged woman and threc children,
were found dead in the bed they occu-
pied this morning, having been sufocated
by inbaling Illuminating gas. They are
Mary Rogers, aged, rs; Helen Clark,
aged u; Kate Clark, aged 10; Eliza
beth Clark, aged 7. They are members
OF the family of Samuel Clark, and re-
sided at No. 800 East 18th street.
When Clark arose early this morning
he detected a strong odpr of gas, and
upon going to the room occupied by
Mrs. Rogers and the children, he was
almost overcome by the fumes. He
rushed to the street and called Patrol.
man Neyins, who sent in call for sn
ambulance to Harlem Hospital. DR..
Parmenter, who responded, after exam
lining the bodies, pronounced life extinct.
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The Earthquake In Indla.

London, April Ga dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from La
hore, British India, says that eighty per
cent. of the population of Dharmsala,
the hill station which suffered so severe
ly in the earthquake, we're killed, A
large party of doctors and nurses have
started for the town carrying food and
clothing.
Lahore, British India, April g.
Among the buildings which were dam
aged by the recent earthquakes in this
region were the Viceregal lodge of Lord
Curzon, at Simla, and his country seat
at Mashroda.
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GERMANY AND MOROCCO.

| NcIiuaug JO7tOiuoy NiOei ~ V"s'"NN w
the United States her Moroccan policy.
Acting under instructions from Berlin,
Baron Speck Won Sternburg, the German
ambassador, called at the War Depart
ment and left with Secretary Taft a
memorandum TO this effect
Germany stands for the open door
10 Morocco, as in the far East, and for the
preservation of the status quo, and for
the safeguarding of the commercial and
trade interests not only of Germany, but
of all trading nations of the world"
Secretary Taft, without committing
this government on the subject, thanked
the Ambassador, and promptly forward
ed the memorandum to President RoOse-
welt.
Germany makes no mention of France
in the memorandum, nor does she re-
quest an expression Of views by the
United States.
This information has been conveyed to
the United States because Of the sensa-
tiona reports abroad about Germany's
attitude.
Regarding the Emperor's visit to Tan
gier, although it was in the line of his
cruise in the Mediterranean, the object
OF his address WAS, it can be stated on
high authority, to impress the Moroc-
cans with the seriousness of Germany's
desire that the status quo should be
maintained and that the principle Of the
"open doors" laid down by Secretary
Hay with reference to China, should be
strictly adhered to in Morocco.
In diplomatic circles the significance
of Germany's frank ayowal at Wash
ingtOn of her views about Morocco is
not under estimated, and the incident
has attracted all The more attention be-
cause of its occurrence on the day on
which the Washington government
officially disclosed the initial role played
by Emperor William in the exchanges
of the powers last year regarding Chinese
neutrality in the far eastern war
Some diplomats believe the object Of
the German representations at this time
is to evoke from Washington a similar
avOwal of adherence to the ''open door"
policy in Morocco.
King Edwards passage through
France today on his way to Marseilles
and his meeting with President Loubet
are attracting notable attention. The
officials in Paris do not wish the meet
ing to assume political significance in
connection with the Morocco incident.
Nevertheless, large section of the press
and public will attach significance to
the exchange of Anglo French amenities
Immediately following Germany's an
nouncement that she does not accept
the Anglo-French agreement relative to
Morocco. Similar popular significance
is attached to the meeting of the French
and British squadrons off Spthead in the
summer, though the arrangements for
the meeting long preceded the Morocco
incident, 50 it has not the slightest rela-
ton thereto. Nevertheless, the coming
friendly gathering of the formidable
French and British squadrons bring ont
much comment.
An effort is again being made to
create an impression in Paris that the
United States has an understanding with
Germany relative to Morocco, but the
authorities are satisfied that the report is
misleading and false.
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Letter to j. NJ. Johnson,
Alexandria, Va.

Dear Sir; As your business is to get people
into and out Of trouble, suppose you consider
their paint; il makes 'em almost as much
trouble as money. except, Of course, matri-
mony.
They buy poor paint a good deal; they
don't mean to; they don't know any better;
they buy without thinking. Bad paint isn't
good. 1t looks good-enough for a year; then
begins TO get rusty but changes so slowly,
one don't notice il.
Looking isn't all. The business of paint is
to keep house dry inside, the wood and iron
Of il; keep it from rotting and rusting. Takes
good paint 10 do il.
Good and bad paint are sold at one price or
about that. One can't go by the price at all;
as with lawyers, the price has nothing TO do
with goodness or badness; and costs are
worse yet; the painter and sheriff cOne-in for
their share.
But the probability is that man who
paints..Deyoe, will come-out on top.
Yours truly,
FW DKvoE & Co
10 New York
P.S.-E. S. Leadbeater L Sous sell our
paint.
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Russians Repulsed.

Toxic. April 6.--An announcement
which has been made regarding the
movements of the armies in Manchuria
says that on April the Russians sent a
force southwark. Chingheatun was bom'
barded and an advance made against both
japanese TANKS. The Russians were re-
pulsed the next day. The japanese losses
numbered twenty-seven wounded while
the Russian casualties are estimated at
over 200.
st. Petersburg, April 6.-AccOrdiug
to dispatches received from Manchuria a
japanese detachment is adyancingon the
Russian position on several roads, and
this may mean that active hostilities on a
large scale will be resumed shortly. Cen
eral Harkeyiteh, Gen. Linievitch's chief
of staff who makes the report states that
the detachment of the enemy has been
discovered on the Russian front moving
on the Mandarin, Chantfu. and Maymsy-
kay roads. No estimate Of the strength
of the detachment is given. General
Harkevitch also reports that the Corean
detachment of the Russian force eneOun-
tered a japanese force near Kilchjui, in
northern Corea, and dispersed the enemy.