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The Washington times., 1905-09-09
CHESAPEAKE BEACH RAILWAY
SUNDAY

Trains leave District Line. GOING.
go ami II a. m; 2:S0. 1. I:fJ. and 9.i5
p. IN. RETURNING. leave the Beach
a m. l2:i5. 2:lO. 6. s and 10 p m
PAUL y. WATERS.
seS2t General Manager.
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FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGING dwell
ing; near railroad, store telephone 1922
Whitney ave NV. seS-3t
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BUSINESS PROPERTY

ON U ST. NV. corner store. formerly used
as drug store. with Groom and bath fiat
above 30 feet front VIII be sold cheap.
ON 9TH ST NV. south OF F: four-story
brick. with store; lot 2Ix9l. TO alley;
Will be sold reasonable.
BUSINESS PROPERTY on 9th St sw-. in
Guiding two small bricks Excellent in
yestments; very cheap
FINE CORNER on 7th ST. NV. occupied by
restaurant. central location; good invest
nent. Price reasonable
l-STORY BUILDING. with store. west
side 7th St NV. between l. and NJ; lot
25xlOo. to alley.
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FOR RINT-TYPEWRITERS.

STANDARD TYPEWRITER: splendid con
dition, 81 monthly. Address BOX 345 Times
Office Se9-3t
EXCELLENT DenSmore; rent or sell cheap
Address BOX 292, this Office. se1-3t
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IN GOOD LOCATION, on west side Of IIth
ST. NV. store and cellar. with two fats
above: renting for $40 per month. Price.
$1,000. a
on WEST SIDE OF nth ST NV, be-
tween and II; frame store WIN De
sold reasonable.
CORNER PROPERTY on 9th St NV occu-
pied BY drug store: containing u rooms.
store and cellar VIII be sold reasonable.
RESTAT-RANT PROPERTY on 9TH ST. NV.
Good three-story fer-room brick. with
cellar Lot aOxs0. VIII be sold reasona BILE
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L. RICHOLD, REAL ESTATE BROKER,
Room o-lO1O F Street Northwest
BARGAINS IN HOMES, INVESTMENT AND
BUSINESS PROPERTY

O.
INVESTMENT AND BUSINESS
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FOR EXCHANGE.

FOR ENcHANGE-Real estate: clear: va
cant: Northeast and Southeast TO exchange
Tor two-story apartment, houses in George
town. Capitol Hill. or Northwest Address
DOX 13L Times ONCE. N
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WANTED-AUTCMOBILES.

WANTED-Automobile for silt-edged SO gold
bonds. Address BOX 500. Times office.
ke.-2t
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WANTED-STORES.

WANTED-To rent. small vacant storeToom.
centrally located, suitable for cigar bust
ness; state location and price Address BOX
Dos, Times once. se1-St
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MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN.

WE HAVE MONEY IN HAND IN
SUMS TO SUIT at 4hGc AND so
INTEREST. PROMPT REPLIES AND
SMALLEST POSSIBLE EXPENSE.
MOORE & HILL Qnc.). III 14rH ST. n. W.
jel7-D
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FOR RENT-STORES.

FOR RENT-Store and dwelling. corner 9th
aud Q SITS. NV; old stand and fine place for
business; possession at once. Apply to VIII
LIAM K ELLIS, sos 1lth st. NV ses-3t
FOR RENT-S25 per month: store and two
rooms and, bath. lz1s 18th 1t. NV. A. D.
ADDISON. sO3 18th u. NV. aus-tf
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FOR RENT-0FFICES.

FOR RENT-Desk room. So Colorado build
ing Cali at once or phone Main 432s sel-at
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FOR RENT-SUBURBAE.

NEW eisht-room house; latrobe. range: poul-
try houses: fine vegetable garden: fenced.
$40 per month. Owner, LOUIS H. SNIP
kINs. Vista st, Woodbridge. -. g Post
FOR RENT-Two new si-:-roorn houses. with
large lots. In kenilwortn; pass the
door Rent reduced 10 $3.50.
ATKINSON & BALLARD co. Uncl
l32s New York ave NV se6-tf
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FOR SALE-APARTMENTS.

APARTMENT HOUSE. IS rooms: two ba ths;
concrete cellar: set tubs: gas ranges: hot
water heat. OWNER. 1900 c 81. ne.
seS-3t
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METROPOLITAN LOAN
AND TRUST CO.,
Ens T. Q&resx ~

Money LOANED salaried People,
Retail merchants. tesmsters, boarding houses.
without security: large business in IS prin-
cipal cities. TOLMAN. Room SOC. 5S3 18th st-
nv.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-02

and the Southern Railway. which Is
Friendly to Atlantic Coast Line. owns
more than 1000 miles Of h balance
This leaves the Seaboard Air Line. but
the rehabilitation Of hat property u
ago was ACCOMPLISHED by the
southern Railway bankers. and rep
Of Southern Railway and
LPock Island became directors OF Sea
board.
There is plainly here the working
Iout Of q patient plan for develop
|ment. along harmonious liEes. OF all
the railroads of the south. There Is
|also evidence here OF h value Of
railroads in building up a
THE securing of through routes 70
connect with the grain markets Of the
west is only n detail OF the help
THE south has gained from the large
railroad systems. which m their pre-
|vious disiointed. local grouping. they
have been unable to give to IT. Some
will &c 50 far as to say that the
whole trouble is due To the
back wardness of it's railroads. This
|faul. now remedied. rapid growth is
The apparent STRENGTHENING
Icf the community of interest Is excuse
flor a great deal Of enthusiasm uE.on
conditions in the south And the ma
ltural vent for that enthusiasm Is in
1.-THE market for it's railroad stocks
- pOtIiI ol I'm
of railroads In the west and
1.-The growth in the south is in the les
lser volume Of bond issues The west
has t O borrow and build to meet an
Overwhelming growth in population.
THE risks were many and the fixed
Icharges were not easy tu meet. The
south has kept mace with traffic de-
lrnands with less imitation. pouring in
Earnings through wearisome years.
iCnly those WAC have stood by the
isouth during all these wears Of wait
ling are able to appreciate the vast
potential wealth hat has been built
IUp. ant hat now is feeding upon the
prosperous conditions (which seem
Ito be opening UT for the south. Spec
IuIation NAV have many ups AMI
downs. and Wall street NAV be long
lin shaking off its indifference toward
Isouthern p%rosnects. But every time
Ia moment Of quiet comes in the mael-
lstrom of ups and downs. n the con-
lstant demand for tins and theories
land rumors gives place again to in
!auiry about values. the progress Of
1.-The south will stand out clearer until
leven Wall street Will recognize its
lgrowth.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-02

When a wellknown citizen remarked
in a public meeting ir The city hall
that he took an unfair advant-
age Of a man in his life. it is said that
an English sparrow. rOosting under
h caves Of the building. fell off the
perch and dashed his brains out on
the pavement below.-Raleigh Post.
That s pretty tough on SOMEBODY. We
think Brother Phillips should have
made some more definite statement as
to the person he was whacking at, so
that those who guess at the person re-
ferred to might be certain that they
have nit on the right one.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-02

It is not likely that we shall soon
or ever again have SO vivid a picture "a
kipling wrote Of the monstrous DEM
tens of the deep-sea brought TO the sur
face by an upheavaI Of the bottom and
displaying their hideous forms to TN.
light. But the subject itself furnishes
a kind of vividness to the pen. as we
have noted In several recent scientific
treatiees on tbs deep-sea fishes, nor Is
tine least vivid Of these Il popular arti-
Gle printed in st. Nicholas for May. For
instance.
They caught one fish far down in
he Caribbean that had no eyes at all.
nor u places for eye but long an
tennae ran out from its nose by which
it felt its way and found its food. In
the next haul was Il fish with two con-
vex lenses in place Of eyes. These
lenses Were highly polished, or bur-
nished: they We're Of II golden hue, and
they cleaned in the sunlight like Jew
els. Another fish, a big fellow, had
eyes which grew on stems, or stalks,
that stuck out six inches from its
head. Then came one with an eve
that grew on d long stem like q lily
stem, quite eighteen inches from the
nose, and the professor said that il
was al eye made for poking itself into
other fishes business. The stem was
flexible n waved backward and for
ward, or bent with its own weight,
and sometimes the fish travelled with
the eye doubled under it about ths
middle of its body, or trailed in the
sand or mud.
lSome of the eyes when put into sea
water in the dark shone like lanterns
others of the fishes had brilliant spot
along their sides that emitted a ghost.
ly radiance. and they seemed to have
lighted portfolios or windows. like q
slender steamer rushing through the
seas after night.--New York Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-02

An attempt was made tn hold uD
the delivery wagon of Mr.. ". T. Will
Hams. grocer. SATURDAY. night on
Rum Road. and it was only by the
chick action of the driver that the
attemp. was Observation-Disclosures
CIV Economist.
Rum Road! OF course q locality With
such 4 name could not escape being
the ..cene of crime. Even if the mai
VIII. attempted this crime had not
touched, tasteu 0. handled in al sge
a drop of the ti,ud Which takes away
mars senses and makes a criminal Of
him. still liquor was the canse Of his
offending, for it was committed on a
road which suggested to the man the
habit of INDUCING in ntoxicants. We
are surprised hat the .sood people Of
Elizabeth City should put temptation
in the way of the lawlessly inclined by
|giving such a name to one of its thor
loughfares. We suggest that in the
Interests Of good government tue au-
Of that town change the lame
LOT RUM Road to Temperance Avenue
10" some such naJue.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-02

The North Carolina Baptist says
hat as the result of the revival in
Wales a lawyer gave up his position as
attorney for brewers, which paid him
$4,000 a year. This moves the Baptist
to say hat this lawyer had 1.-The right
kind of religion" Thereupon the Bib
lical Recorder says it can name 1.-TWO
lawyers who recently declined fees
from the liquor men-one declining a
fee of $4,000, the other 5000 each in
North CarOlina.'-News and Observer
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-02

We are glad 10 see that Brother
Lincke, of the Nashville Graphic, has
recovered from his seriouc loss caused
by the fire in his town which wrecked
his plant and is again on deck with
lis readable weekly. His loss was a
severe one and the in which
his friends and patrons nave stood by
him in his time of adversely shows in
what appreciation they hold him and
his paper. 1t takes such adversely as
this to show how a man stands among
his people. Anybody in prosperity has
all the friends he wants. But it is
when adversely and misfortune come
that a man not only shows his true
worth, but also what estimation is put
upon him by those who know him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-02

A private message received by reia-
tives in the city last night brought
the sad news of the death of Mrs.
Collier Cobb and young child whica.
occurred yesterday afternoon at Dur
ham,. Mrs. Cobb was formerly Miss
Lucy Battle of Raleigh, daughter OF
Hon. r. H. Battle. She was a woman
of splendid attachments and beautiful
disposition, and was loved and admir-
ed by a very large circle of friends.
Her married life, extending over a pc
Rod of about two years, was an ideal
ly happy one.
The deepest sympathy Of friends in
all parts of the state will be extended
to Professor Cobb in this hour of his
terrible bereavement.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-02
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superb IN IN fflcc
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4th. ice chamber lined with galvanized
steel. 9Th, the improved ice rack. 9th, ice
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We are showing a full line and will be
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-02

If you want a pretty face and delight
full air,
Rosy cheeks AMI lovely hair,
Wedding trip across the sea,
Put your faith in Rocky Mountain
Tea.
r. r. Bellamy,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

time the gay cat or Outsider b.
comes so expert that he IL taken into
the "nside class" eventually he may
even form Il 7'yegg band Of his own.
selecting assistants and accompanies
after the same fashion by which ne
was chosen.
a safe having been selected by
eyeggs" as likely to WELD profitable
returns, their roodus operand is as
follows They leave the large city
where they have been living, ind "a
camping place in some woods near the
bank 10 be plundered and lie low until
midnight They then enter the town
or village, station their outsiders
conveniently SO that they can give
danger signals and slug night watch
men. force am entrance into the bank
and attack the vault or safe. They
work mainly with nitro-slycerine.
which'they all know is made from dy-
Mantle by a simple process. They
first seal up the cracks OF the vault
or safe doors sith soap leaving a
small space at the top, where a soap
dam" is built into which the "oii' or
soup (nitro- -glycerine) Is poured. A
fuse is used so explode It, one shot
generally sufficing to destroy the door.
The explosion often attracts citizens,
but the Outsiders" are supposed TO
take care. OF them. shooting them down
unmercifully with Colt revolyers The
plumber secured) the entire band
makes what is called the "at-sway"
on passing freight trains or stolen
horses. Their own neoks safe, they
do not care how many they have had
to kill in order to escape Human
life means no more to them than dog
life. IL plumber is in sight they ars
prepared to so oven the dead bodies
OF their parents TO get it. Ten men
shot down during robbery make no
more impression upon them than il
only one had fallen. Everybody ths I
ihterferes with their business must he
shot down, and they even kill their
wounded companions rather than let
themNfall into the hands OF the police.
II Is this reclSlessness and cruelty
which makes them q new speeies in tha
professional criminal world. The old
time bank robber or burglar seldom
took lie II he could help IT, The
yeggman" takes life on The slightest
provoeation. individually they are
The. meanest towards that ever lived.
Letlsix Of them get together, however,
and they viii even attempt to capture
a town.
When not con the SCOUT they make
their homes ia lodging houses. low sa-
looms and secret dives, They usual
~ dress like high class tramps and
would not pass muster in tho Genteer'
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

been some trswpss who were willing 70
steal minor things If detection and
arrest were remote possibilities. knew
of such men twenty years ago, and
they exist today a few years ago T
knew weH q gang Of thieying traInps
called the Lake Shore Push" They
operated priucipally on the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern .railrosd. They
Fsbhsd box cars threw- steeTs> and
sheen or freight trains and did-uot
hesitate TO rob even tramps who were
not members Of their gang For years
thoy tried 70 run "the tramp end of
the railroad in question. There have
.hesu numerous other bands OF a silpi-
lar character II IS highly probable
thar the more reckless members Of
those bands have since developed into
yeggmeni and aS now robbing
banks. bostofices and business houses
where formerly they We're lcontent TO
hold up train Jumpers and to break
into merchandise cars.
The real "yeggman." as he rs known
today, has been in the public eye for
about decade Before becoming a
tramp The "yeggman7 has generally
been a mechanic, boiiermaker, rail-
rosder ironworker plumber etc, and
has joined the "hoboesr through lack
of employment strikes, unw5llingnesa
TO work under certain price Csoms-
times for any wage, no matter how
higlD and inability 10 leave LIQUOR
alone While associating with the
transos II hcl promises we'll for "yeEg
purposes he is "felt out" by some
''yegg on the scout" (scenD for new
material Mechanics are particularly
in demand on account OF their teehnl-
cal knowledge and practical experience.
IL The 'yegg" notices likely iron-
worker that he thinks has the right
stun In him ne experiments With him
as a "gay-cat' (thls is new use OF
this term to me; it formerly meant
man who was willing to beg only
whsle THE sun shone'), an outsider
whose duty il is to inspect the LAY OF
the land near the bank. postoftice or
store to be-, robbed The outsider
must go as q beggar or peddler 10 the
town where the bank or postohice Is
located He must then look the buId-
ting carefully over, take note OF the
doors and windows the make OF the
safe. the hours when the bank is open
The residence OF the cashier and clerks.
the location OF tbe burglar alarms.
the good hiding places Ia the neigh
borhoQd for the Insiders che men
who DO the actual robbins) the horses
or handears 10 be stolen in case a
hasty night Is necessary and numerous
other little details concerning which
the 'insidersY demand particulars. IN
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

personal observation and the state-
ments OF >eoIice officers an9, tramps
on which to base this estimate. 4 be-
lieye, however that my fgupes are
not far out OF the way
Three Thousand "yeggmen consti-
tute much more alarming criminal
contingent than do ten thousand pick
pockets and sneaks, or FIVE thousand
burglarsa not in the yegg9 clan. The
three thousand "yegss' viii Kill i'm "a
year ten innocent citizens 10 every
three murdered by the usual burglar,
they make no distinction among their
victims, killing men women and chill
dren. They are men who have thrown
overheard the last vestges 81, Respect
for everything. but the bullet that
drops them even then they merely
curse their luck, Originally worklnen.
then out of work then "boboese fhey
lave travelled the road" 50 long that
all they care TO dn is to shoot rob
and run. Brought 10 bay tho only
pride they show is in dying game"
A leader Of a band of "ycggs was
caught by a posse and carried. wound
ed, TO jail. TO induce him 10 give up
his associates q coat was riddled with
bullets and then shown to- the cap
tive He was told that it belonged
to oue Of his pals who had confessed
and was dying in tho local hospital.
The prisoner was advised also 10 cons
fess To save his own neck He looked
at the coat and then at his captors.
smiled and said "No confession for
mine. Give the other fellow the states
evidence chance. He'll need ii"
The proper means to employ 70 ex-
terminate the ''yeggmen' have yet to
he found Killing him has so far not
proved satisfactory The minute one
"yegg drops another comes from
somewhere TO hll UP the gap in the
ranks. imprisonment has also failed
Il exercise the desired deterrent effect
Meanwhile. the death sentence and Inn
prisonment remain our only defense
against this class Of robbers This
condition OF affairs being unalterable
A'i AHN HANH'tiA INV ANitpMihE r0S ntA-
tions may not be out Of place:
(a) Every 'yeggn,an' caught throw
ing explosives at or ia a building
known 10 be inhabited should suffer
the death penalty; co the severest
sentence possible for burglary should
be given to every offender proved to
he a "yeggman;' GO the fact that a
sentenced prisoner is known 20 belong
70 the "yeggs' should prohibit the pos
sihllity of pardon before the expira-
tion of his sentence and Cd all
"yeggs found ION the road" IA the
company Of young boys CprushunsD
should receive not less than enc years
imprisonment in, state prison. These
young boys are eyeggs' Ia the bud.
They have been entioed 70 tho road
BY tramps on yeggs and are used
IN robbcfics ana burglariea
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

"Riack Buiy." "Illinois 'Blockis." Ash
tsbuls Bud "Fhiladelphia Clurley
and slase Jim" description Of
illinois Blockie "'%~Rhom I Knew per-
sonafiy, moro or less fits them all. He
is man about forty years old beard
less, wears siouchy clothes has cruel.
greedy green eyes, and when not ION
the SCOUT lives IN cheap resorts in
okahoma city. Galveston. New Or
leans and Chicago. Tho plumber from
his robberies is spent almost as quick
" as lie gets It; he seldom has any
cash on hand, and is always anxious
to borrow. His philosophy is summed
up iii six words-"'Ehe world owes me
aNliying.' Seen at a tramp camp he.
] books Ike amy other ordinary vagraut,
Except that he is looked Up to a little
moro than are the common tramps:
his swagger and reputation gair him
tpls superiority. fIo once offered to
Iuaks a tyeggrnann out az me. l made
\ his acquaintance in. Indiana. Biockie7
made un bis mind that he could use
me as an outsider Just practice
shootiu' with yer cannon till you're
sure o yourself7 ne said to me- IAN
4 ri place you somewhere. j prac-
ticed shooting with my cannon" ac-
cordlne to directions, but I vowed that
4 any skin might acquire should he ex-
4 plotted ON slockie9 He aud sep-
I srated as quickly rs we came together.
The numerical strength Of the "yegg-
men" is hard TO determine. Accord
ing TO the statistics given above 105
Offenders Of this class were punished
between September 16 1900, and June
/ 4. 1904 4sS banks being attacked dur
ling tho same period. Allowing five
mon to each bank attacked, then p, ,425
''yeggn1en" we're active during the four
years In question. Doubtless The same
gang, however. attacked several or the
banks reported as nlolested, so that the
actual number Of ''yeggynen'' involved
would not reach the figure given Ny
opinion is that Nhe "yegg' class of
criminals does not include over three
thousand members. ] have merely
ssThis man was met white Twas working Tor
4 railroad COMPANY. Ha found other In
| siders'' and his interest IN ms siihsided Ths
last knew, OF him he was scouting IN CALI
! for71is-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

One OF the, oldest sights IN New
York city Is the picture gallery of
puoccssful waits ln the rooms Of the
Children's Aid society on East Twenty
second street There is none other
like 4 ia the world Hundreds 81
faces look out Of their strnple frames
They are Of every nationality type,
age and color since 1853 more than
10000 waits and strays have been
placed ia families by the society slt-
uatlods have been found Tor some Is. 700
more and over 5000 runawaye and
"Iosis" have been returned 70 shelters.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

FIefN are the nafnes OF soIha % tUh
most notorious ''yeggnnen'; Oakland
sammy" operates mainly In the west;
Scranton Shorty" Missouri Kid
sFfom a paper read hy " Pinkerton ho.
fore the lsg Ue0D annual convention of the
international Association Of Chiefs Of Police.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

criminal ranks. During the lasf Tow
years they have appeared most fro
quentlH IN the middle west, psrticu-
larly in Minnesota, Wisconsin. south
Dakota, Nebraska. Iowa; Illinois In
diana, Missouri, Indian Territory and
Oklahoma In the east !he 7geggs'
have confined their operations prin-
oipally to postohices and stores,
The Following statistics conceirrinE
attacks on banks ninety per cent -
which are supposed to have been made
by yeggs" are suggestivef
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

The convictions and sentences for
bank burglary and ATTEMPTED baiik
burglary during the sama period were
as fallowsi
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

ssrhis man was met while Irwes working for
railroad COMPANY He soon found other In
steers - and his interest IN p7s siibsided- Ths
last knew OF him he was scouting" IN CALI
fornia