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The Washington times., 1906-08-03
FINDS BURIAL GROUND
OF VANISHED PEOPLE
Miner Will Send Relics of Prehistoric
Tribe to Smithsonian Institution
in This City.

BUTTE, Mont, Aug. 3.-R. B. Strong.
who IS working a mine near Anaconda
Mont, today brought into that city "a
knife OF stone, carved with heads of an
imals, unearthed sixty-flve feet from the
mouth Of a tunnel driven into a hill 9UO
feet from the peak.
Strong also found near the knife a
huge stone, in the shape Of an altar.
and believed TO have been the sacri-
fetal stone Of a prehistoric people.
The knife will be sent TO the Smith
sOnian Institution in Washington. Local
archacol0gists believe that Strong has
stumbled upon the 8sicieGt burying
ground Of those vanished races whose
traces are seen in southern Colorado,
I'm Wyoming. and in western Nebraska.
and TO study whose forts and buried
cities En expedition from the University
OF Nebraska is soon 10 leave for WyOm-
ing.
The Washington times., 1906-08-03
ASKING CHANCES
AS TO SUCCESS
Democratic Committee Get
ting Systematic Reports
From All Districts.

The Democratic National Congress
sional Committee has started cores
pondence with Democrats all over the
country. submitting list of questions.
the answers to which are to be COM
piled so as 10 furnish information at
Al glance. as TO the conditions In any
Congressional district.
The printed questions are accompanied
by a circular letter to some active Dem
ocrat in the district, who is advised that
I'VE are poor. and cannot AFFORD 10
chase rainbows, but il there Is
chance to win a Congressman In your
district We cannot afford 10 overlook
it."
The questions submitted, 10 which a
good many answers have already been
received. mainly from the Middle West.
are as follows:
Is the district normally Democratic
or Republican,
II Democrats. Is tLsre nv dlsafrec-
tiOn2
II Republican. is there q chance 10
carry it2
Is there disaffection among Repub-
ucans?
What has caused II?
What is the proportion OF labor vote
in the district2
Is President Roosevelt strona Or weak
W your secuOnF
If strong. Is his strength confined 20
the RepublicansE
What is the prevailing religious senti-
ment in your district or secion2
What IS the trend OF the labor ele-
ment2
What is the trend OF general senu-
ment?
General remarks on conditions as you
see them.
The Washington times., 1906-08-03
HORNET HIT JUSTICE
BROKE UP HIS COURT

WILLIAMSBURG. Ohio. August g.
Seated under an old apple tree on his
front lawn. Squire Armstrong paused
during the decision in a case against
William y. Seward, charged with set
ting his property on fire 20 defraud the
insurance companies. while large hor-
net disrupted the proceedings. In all
the dignity Of shirt sleeves. Squire
Armstrong listened Erayely 10 the
prosecutors impassiOned speech until
the hornet lighted on the 'sqUire's nose
The gravity OF the law was forgotten
as the squire bounded into the air and
the prosecutor calculated 'stung. But
the hS ruet. daZed by the confusion, for
got his powers and the justice escaped
uuStuDg,
The Washington times., 1906-08-03
EEL HAD A BOOT ON
WHEN IT CAME IN SIGHT

GREEN LANE. Pa. Aug. 3-The best
place for catching eels is in the PerkiO-
men creek, a half mile below this town.
where old boots and shoes are thrown
into the stream. This is a sort of sleep
ing place for the eels and for catfish,
which crawl into the leather receptacles
and rest.
James Cunningham, catching catfish
by ;he dozen, hauled up a great No. 10
boot. inside OF which was 2 Toar- pound
eel measuring d inches The eel was
fast 10 the hook. and as 4 last resort
had glided into the bootleg
The Washington times., 1906-08-03
WOMAN MAKES A SPEECH
ON HER TOOTH BIRTHDAY

DUBOIS. Pa, Aug. 3.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Shoemaker celebrated her Tooth birthday
anniversary at her home, four miles
from this city. Two hundred neighbors
and friends were present.
Mrs. Shoemaker IS remarkably strong
for her age. She lives with her son. who
IS sixty-seven, on farm, and does all
her own housework. This week she
walked a mile TO visit a friend. She has
not been sick in years.
IN response to addresses of COnETatula-
tion she spoke for ten minutes. telling OF
many Incidents at her home in the will
deTness in this county eighty years ago.
Mrs. Shoemaker does not use specta-
Cles. can hear as well as ever. still has
most IF her teeth, and has none Of the
in1rmities usual with those who have
lived a century.
The Washington times., 1906-08-03
PARTRIDGE TO DESIGN
POCAHONTAS STATUE
New York Artist Chosen as Sculptor
by the Memorial Asso-
citation.

Al meeting Of the PocahonJas Memo
rial Association held yesterday after
noon At the Ebbltt House, William ord
way Partridge, OF New York. was select
ed as the sculptor Of the PocahOntas
statue The statue will be cast In bronze
az cost OF $1,000. and viii represent the
youug Indian girl as described by Cap
tain John Smith.
Mr. Partridge Is one Of the best known
American sculptors and IS a kinsman Of
George Catlin. tie well-known painter Of
Indian subjects.
In the absence OF Miss Lizzie Mclean,
president OF the association, Miss Jane
Codwise, the vice president. presided.
Both officers are descendants Of POca-
loutas
The Washington times., 1906-08-03
BRIDE DESERTS HUSBAND
MARRIED BY ALDERMAN

WILKEsBARRE. Pa. Aug. 8-Vona
Desuella and Rachel Guesseri, OF Ber-
wick, got license TO wed IN this county
and Alderman Perkins performed the
marriage ceremony In the court house.
The bride refused 10 believe, however,
that she haE hcen married in the alb
sence OF clergyman and refused to live
with her husband.
The Washington times., 1906-08-03
"BEST IN MARKET"
Are Cuticura Soap and Ointncent

III = 4 A~H1E q eJV2A = tLEEA OIEAtIEs CII !"
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of the scalp of my child by means of
the Cuticura Remedies. They are the
best Soap and Ointment ever sold in the
market" Mrs. NJ. Neuner,
1905 E. Eager ST.,
June 81, 1905. Baltimore, Md.
cSap;sse External and internal Trea neut for every
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consisting Of CuticurA Soap, 25e, Ointment 5Oc RssoiV-
sut Soc. Gin form Of Chocolate Coated Pills 25c per
vial OF CO.. may be had OF all dTuEgisS single often
the most distressing ~hen al ese fsis PsstsE
Drug Chem. Corp. Sole Props, Boston, Mass
n5~ Mailed FrSs, 'Ho- - Cure TortuTinE DisSgzrias
HgmsH," and Ths GTesi Ska Beck
The Washington times., 1906-08-03
Of SAGE
WORTH $l5O,OOO,OOO
Original Estimates Far Below
Actual Extent of PrOdi-
giOus Wealth.
HIDDEN IN STRONG BOXES
Aged Financier Had Collected Fortune.
in Underlying Investments Pay
ing Big Interest.

NEW YORK. Aug. S.-That Russell
Sage's wealth was enormous everybody
has surmised for many years. Into the
fifty and sixty millions OF dollars was
common guess. but that It should reach
more than twice that sum was beyond
almost any persons expectation The
wealth this great Juggler Of moneys left
behind can only be httingly character
lied as fabulous and prodigious.
The inventory Of the estate Of Russell
Sage. begun three days ago by repre-
sentatives of the executors, had estab-
lished by today to the satisfaction Of
the executors and their lawyers that the
value OF the estate was not halow $780,
0OO. coo.
In the Sage strong boxes have been
found millions Of dollars worth OF Sc
cuTites bearing high interest and guar
anteed as To principal an! income which
have been for years unknown 20 the
manipulatOrs Of Wall Street
The Washington times., 1906-08-03
Investments Coveted.

SIR Sage owned large blocks Of such
securities. and the inventory shows that
the scheme OF absorbing small concerns
at tremendous valuations was not un-
known twenty. thirty and forty years
ago. The securities Of these smaller
companies bear incomes ranging from .
to Z per cent, and, of course. the inter
est must be paid before any dividends
are declared by the company which has
absorbed them. Such underlying in
vestment securities are in high favor IN
Wall Street and command premiums.
one man who is not surprised by the
revelations Of Mr. Sage's immense hoard
Is Dr John ?. Ifunn. one Of the eX-
ecutors. Just before Jay Gould's death.
IN December. 1892. Mr.. Gould and Dr.
Mum, In conversation about Mr.. Sage,
agreed that Mr.. Sage WAS the richer Of
the two famous millIouaires.
Dr. Mum. as Mr. GOuld's physician,
enjoyed the laJter's confidence as fully
as ne Won and retained Mr. Sage 8.
Upon Mr. Goulds death. shortly after
the conversation mentioned. the Gould
estate was found 10 approximate SIS
COO GO. And that was at "A time OF
comparatively low prices.
The Washington times., 1906-08-03
THEIR WHITE WIVES
TROUBLE CHINANEN
One Is Deserted, Another
in Jail for Marrying
Young Girl
BRIDE HIDES FROM HUSBAND
Mother Says She Will Prosecute the
Justice Who Welded the
Pair.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2,-Two China
men one in a cell in Moyamensing
prison. the other in the rear room Of
his laundry. spent anxious, fearful hours
Yesterday, regretting the love that led
them 10 marry women Of the Caucasian
race.
In the rear of his laundry at 1888 Vine
street John Lou sat bowed in grief be-
cause his wife and 4-year-old child.
missing since Sunday, had not returned.
The police had found no trace OF them,
and John himself. too much distracted
by his sorrow to help the policemen.
closed up his shop.
To all persons who came into the place
with laundry work John made the same
reply; Me no workee today. Me tiled
and solIy My wife no want to go 20
church and run away with my daughter.
Dorcas. Sunday. Me Ike my wife but
me lovee my little girl She look just
like memo white girl. but Chinee.
Longed for His Wife.
ME wish they come back" he con
eluded. his eyes filing with tears as he
turned instinc lively TO the little chair
back Of his laundry counter kept ex-
pressly for his 4-year-old daughter.
The Chine :,ian In the prison cell, Fong
Long, has a different tale Of woe. He
IS incarcerated because the mother Of
the I5-year-Ol5 girl whom he married IN
Camden Iuly 70 objects % having an
alrnond-eyed Celestial for a sOn-in-law.
Because Ter daughter. Elizabeth. ran
away 10 marry the Chluaman secretly,
Mrs. Mary Englert, OF 1900 Wilton street.
West Philadelphia, sWOre out warrant
H.#.
Though the warrant was sworn out a
week ago, the Chinaman was not ar
rested till Monday. when he returned
from his honeymoon with MS young
bride The fact that he was in the city
was learned when his bride Ielcpn1ued
her mother that she would pay her a
visit Monday afternoon. The reply thal
came back 20 her over the wire was not
COuched IN the soft tones of fOrgiving
parent. and Mrs. Foug Long neeVr PAID
that visit.
Instead Mrs. Fong Long went TO a
house where friends OF her husband are
living. and she has not been seen since.
The police are unable 10 learn where
she is staying, and the mother, dOuDly
grieved by her daughters marriage and
the secrecy which she maintained about
IL, is almost prostrated.
Is Fond Of White Women.
The police say that Fong Long. who
was known In Chinatown as George
F0ug. has Ions been notorious for his
flndness for white women. They say
that early IN his life In Philadelphia he
married a young white girl, but they
have not Yet discovered whether she di-
vorced him or died lie has been en-
pl0yed for SOME time as "a waiter in a
Race street restaurant.
Mrs Euglert is highly wrought up over
her daughters marriage She asserts
that she will push the Jhinaman's pros
ecutiOu until ne Is sent 10 prison for a
long term OF years. Her anger also eX-
tends 20 Magistrate Baldwin, OF Cam
den. who married the pair. She says
that she viii swear out "a warrant for
him on the charge of aiding and abetting
a felony.
The Washington times., 1906-08-03
WIFE AND SISTER
SEE MAN DROWNED
BrOther-in-LaW Makes Fran
tic Efforts to Rescue Him
From the Creek.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug 3.-WhHe his
wife and sister were watching him from
the bank. Arthur TomlinsOn. y years
old. OF 25i5 North Howard street, was
taken with cramps and drowned in
Pennypack creek yesterday afternoon.
despite two frantic attempts To save
him, made by his brOther-in-law. Evan
Moore. OF Ashburner street. Holmes
burg.
Mrs. TOmlinson, half-crazed by the
sight Of her husbands dying struggle
and the Intellectual efforts OF Moore TO
save him. twice tried 10 jump into the
creek. once 10 90 to his rescue. although
she was fully clothed and unable 10
swim. ana a second time intent upon
suicide after her husband had sunk for
the last time.
The Washington times., 1906-08-03
VIII Surprise Street.

That Mr.. Sage sought Investment in
what are called underlying securities
was well known 70 Wall Street, but the
extent Of his holdings Of such issues viii
surprise the street when the inventory
Is filed with the surrogate for tax trans
fer assessment
Blocks Of the bonds and stocks OF such
merged and forgotten railroads as the
Troy and Schenectady, Rensselaer, and
Saratoga. Shore Line. Chatham and Leb-
anon Valley. and Abba and Centreville
have been found
Either the stocks or bonds Of these
roads have been guaranteed as 70 dlvi-
dend or interest and principal by the
bigger roads which absorbed them. Six
and per cent income was ne ruling
rate i'm the days when these mergers
were made.
Mr. Sage had similar luck with tele-
graph stOCks-AmeTiCan Telegraph and
Gable, Gold and Stock Telegraph. New
York Mutual Telegraph. Empire and
Bay State Telegraph and Wushingt on
and New Orleans Telegraph. Corpora
tions which built lines in various parts
of the country have all been acquired
By the Western Union, and their stocks
and bonds guaranteed q 20 interest and
principal by the larger companies.
The Washington times., 1906-08-03
Saved by Companion.

Only the fOrclble Intervention OF Mrs.
Moore prevented the wife from follow
ing her husband TO a watery grave.
Early yesterday morning TomlinsOn,
who was a milkman. took his wife To
his brother-in-law's house 20 spend the
day. Shortly after lunch the husbands
walked out to Pennypack creek. not far
fran the Moore home. The men decided
TO go I'm swimming. and were I'm the
water when The two women. who had
followed them, reached the banks OF
the creek
The Washington times., 1906-08-03
Shrek Of Fright.

They had been there about ten min
utes. when TomlinsOn. with a shrek Of
fright. seized Moore by the shoulders.
shouting, Evan, l am sinking"
Moore tried twice 10 save the man. but
his weight was too much for him. Both
men sunk twice, before Tomlinson' S
grip relaxed, and 1t was with consider
able difficulty that Moore reached the
shore.
Policemen MacT.ain and Baker. Of the
Tao uy station. were summoned and re-
covered the body or TOmlinson last
night Hts widow was sent 10 her home
in serious condition from the shock.
The Washington times., 1906-08-03

Of blue serge, in single and double
breasted models; not all sizes in
every model-but all sizes in the en-
tire lot-about 200 ~IitS in all. To
close quickly at. ...H...........
The Washington times., 1906-08-03

Blues and black, in single and
d0uble-breaSted models; skeleton
lined: about 400 coats in all. To
close them out quickly we price
them NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-02
OUR coMNnRclAL EXPANSION

Already there Is tangible evidence
that The Herald was right IN its early
conclusions about the business effect
in Los Angeles Of the San Francisco
disaster. The center Of business activ-
ity in California has shifted quickly
from the northern to the southern city.
sagacious San Francisco men are
realizing that It will take a long time
to consummate the stupendous task Of
restoring their city to its former stand
ing as a great commercial and manu-
featuring center. Many Of them, con-
sequently, are making arrangements to
.re-establish themselves in Los Angeles,
at least until San Francisco is well
advanced in reconstruction.
Fortunately for a large number of
San Francisco concerns that were
oblterated by the calamity, they had
well established branches in Los An
geles. There are scores of such estab-
llshments here. 1t is expected that
many Of them will be enlarged now
sufficiently to handle all the trade that
formerly was conducted in San Fran
cisco.
But, great as the business accretlon
from the northern city promises to
be, indications point to still larger
increase from far away sources. The
chamber Of commerce reports that
many eastern capitalists are here look
ing for manufacturing and CONNER
cial sites, and inquiries from the east,
of like character. are reaching the
proportions of a flood.
1t happens that the sudden blotting
out of Sal Francisco for the time, as
commercial center. came just when
the greatest strain upon it's resources
was developing. The immense progress
that the city made in the last two
years prior to its misfortune resulted
almost entirely from the prospect of
enormous trade with the orient, follow
ing the close of the Russian-Japanese
war. The wide open door now stands
invitingly before our Pacific coast, Of
fering an unlimited market for our
products and the greatest opportunity
in the world for commercial relations.
1t is obvious to all business men of
discernment that Los Angeles must
now fill in great measure. the place
which San Francisco filled as the chief
commercial mart of California. The
result of that conclusion is seen in the
activity now manifest here in the in
spection of sites and opportunities for
new business enterprises.
AS certainly as that the sun will set
this evening, Los Angeles is just enter
ing upon an era of progress that will
dwarf even its splendid record as the
most prosperous city in the United
States.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-02
ARE WE BEING EFFEMINIzEp?

In the United States there are at
least a million more men than women,
and only one-tenth of the women are
at work outside of their own homes.
Yet the stamp of the feminine mind is
upon everything American, and in
many of the higher phases of culture
women take the initiative. This rule
of women in the United States begins
in our public schools, where boys and
girls are educated together, and where
the teacher is always. in the lower
grades at least, a woman. In the great
cities the feminine influence goes into
every nook and Granny of social de-
Velopment. A woman has been sug-
gested as mayor Of Chicago. and the
"ciVic creed" of Chicago was COM
posed by a woman and is recited every
day by thousands of school children.
Women compose very largely the read
ing public, and no current novel can
succeed without their patronage. Some
of the most successful magazines are
devoted to their interests exclusively,
and those given to scientific and philo-
sophie discussions seldom exist long,
or they become the organs of small and
detached organizations of men. Art
exhibits are conducted by women, and
women hold executive offices in world s
fair committees. They serve as chair
men of school boards, and they tor
ment, through their municipal leagues,
the party leaders. They are notable
as charity workers and they have made
regulations as doctors, lawyers, maga-
zine editors, newspaper reporters,
preachers, political speakers, and labor
organizers and agitators. Indeed,
where in the United States do we not
find the woman, with her influence,
battering at all doors ?-The Worlds
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-02
SAN FRANCISCOS Loss CALIFORNIA; GAIN
Editorial in The Sacramento Union

What are to be the effects Of the
San Francisco disaster upon the for
tunes Of California; This question is
in every mind, and nearly every tongue
has framed a nanswer to 1t. Let the
Union give its own view.
Every general force which has tended
to the creation or the maintenance Of
San Francisco exists today as it did
two weeks ago. General commerce has
not diminished and Will not, because It
rests upon general conditions in no
serious wise affected by the misfortune
which has befallen the great city of the
Pacific. California Is I'm the beginning
of a productive season of unusual
promise. Her fields, her orchards her
forests her oil fields, her mines, will
yield as in ordinary times. All the out
lying countres-Alaska, Hawaii, Gem
tral America-present now the same
demands and promise the same returns
as In former years. In brief, every pro-
ductive or commercial force which has
had any part In the sustenance of San
Francisco or of California is as active
and effective today as ever It was
We shall have therefore all the gem
eral business with all the opportunities
for profit which existed or were in the
way of coming into existence under
normal conditions.
In addition to all this general volume
of profitable business we shall have
prodigious volume of special activities
connected with the rebuilding of n great
city. Already many millions of dollars
contributed from without are pouring
In for the relief of immediate and per-
sonal distress. There will almost i'm
mediately come into the hands of suf-
ferers from fire losses two hundred or
more millions of dollars i'm the form of
insurance redemptons. There will also
be devoted other hundreds of millions
largely from sources outside of Cali
fornia for the rebuilding of the city.
Nothing can be more certain than that
a new city will arise on the San Fran
cisco peninsula, and that 1t will be
greater and costlier than that which
has been lost
A moments reflection will indicate
how great are to be the activities, espe-
cially of the next three or four years.
Not only will there be the ordinary de-
mand for the productions of the soil
and of the mines, but there will be an
extraordinary demand due to the ex-
traordinary conditions. There will be
work with good wages in the uprising
city for every mechanic and for every
laborer, skilled or unskilled, who can
be secured. There will be demand
for all the accessories of building
operations-for teams, for wagons. for
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-02
REAL VALUE OF SPRAYING

SO rapid has been the advancement OF
spraying as means of controlling in
sects and diseases that there is a
tendenmy to greatly overestimate it's
value. 1t was only twenty-six years
ago that Paris green was first used for
the codling moth of apples. Not until
about 1885 was the Bordeaux mixture
used to any extent. When we remem-
Der that practically all of our modern
spraying-its tools, mixtures and meth
DDS, has been developed or made of
practical utility within the past fifteen
or twenty years, until it has come to
be an almost universal practice among
the most successful fruit growers, we
can readily understand why greater
Importance is sometimes ascribed to it
than it really merits. Spraying is a
new idea; and like most new ideas, it
has been over emphasized. There are
some old and few new ways of solv-
ing the insect and disease problems.
Sometimes these other ways may be
better even than spraying, sometimes
they may supplement it very advan-
tageously. We should not forget them
in our enthusiasm over a new and valu-
able remedy.-Farming for May.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-02
HIS CHOICE

There was nothing wild in the cal
ler's manner, so the lady at the em-
ployment bureau desk was rather
startled when he told his wants.
"I wish to engage a cook" he OBJ
served.
Fancy or plain?" she said.
"Plain-homely as SIM" he replied.
"In fact, 1 don't care whether she can
cook or not. Any old thing that looks
like a cook will do
"Really, T."
"And If she drinks, smokes, or steals
silver, so much the better"
Goodness me! What"
"I especially desire that she be very
strong and in the habit OF beating her
employer with a club"
Upon my word!"
'In short, 1 want a rampant,
athletic, rip-roaring terror, and / can
promise good wages"
The lady at the desk was begging
central to connect her with the police
department
"Hold on!" explained the caller.
"Allow me to state that the domestic
1 seek will be in the employ OF my
wife's mother Judge.