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The Washington times., 1906-10-28
TYPHOID INCREASE
DURING THE WEEK
Fifty New Fever Cases Were
Reported at the Health
Department.

typhoid fever took an upward bound
curing the week just ended, nifty new
cases having been reported at the
Health Department. as compared wiki
Iorty-six during the corresponding week
or last year. While the condition IS IN
no sense viewed as alarming by Health
Ofhcer Woodward. it fails 10 bear out
his recent prediction that the high
run Of typhoid was over and from now
on would decrease steadl'y.''
The records Of the Health Department
show that the last weeks daily average
IS slightly lower than for tne week end
ed yesterday, six daily cases having
been the average run, as compared
with eight for the previous week.
With nye new cases reported NJ to
noon yesterday. there are now 267 pa
uents under treatment IN the District.
or thirteen more than were under obser-
walton on the corresponding day OF last
year.
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Travellers Pose as Mil
lionaireS When Means
Are Really Limited.

Thomas ". Gilmer, who has recently
returned from an extended tour OF Eu-
Ope, says that the cost OF living on the
Continent for two months would be less
han the keeping of an automobile Tor
4 year. Five dollars a day, he says, is
a close estimate of the cost of travel
ing about the Continent, and $50 a day
would cover all expenses while not en-
route. The great fault. Mir. GiImer
finds with Europe. is the prevalence Of
tipping. Everybody holds up the -Ameri-
can traveller because everybody thinks
the American must, perforce, be a mill
uonaire. Mr.. GImer's idea of economy
in touring the Continent follows:
''The cost of maintaining an automo-
bile for one year would much more
than pay the expenses OF European
tour lasting two months. \ person OF
ordinary means can easily AFFORD TO
travel abroad if he looks after the de-
tails OF the expenditure as carefully as
ne attends 10 his business At home.
Somehow the average American
traveller seems TO want fcreigneds %
AXE him for trust magnate. In Eu-
rope an American is presumed to be
millionaire until the contrary IS proved
No wonder they put up prices on US.
e is true that a fool and his money are
soon parted. but 1t is not necessary for
he American traveller 10 act the fool
IS he has done so much In the past
An Abundance of Servants.
In the big ten-story passenger ships
ad in the continental hotels, employees
re as thick as bees. and it Is hard 70
--ove about without falling over them.
here are more servants than neces-
-fry. and the whole tribe are little bet
p than licensed beggars.
In estimating expenses much depends
the size and location Of state rooms,
3 man travelling alone or with other
an might very well travel second
ass on the steamer. but no woman
s DuId be really satisfied To travel that
, ~. and / would not recommend IL;
ctr second class passengers are restrict
Is In their movements on deck, and
e0ple travelling for pleasure viii chafe
-lder such restrictiOus, though the diff
renee between first and second class
- more fanciful than real.
''rhe minimum price of a hrst-class
nth on "a first-class ship IS about SO
he Steamship trust has made the price
D all lines very nearly the same, so
lat the principal question 10 decide
where you wish TO land.
Six Meals a Day.
The German lines are trihe higher
,'.an the others, possibly due 20 the
..ct that they spend a little more on
re table They are good lines for glut-
nous people They feed you all day
I'd viii stun you 10 death II you eat
o thew set before you
No line that know OF feeds the pas
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sengers. less than six times a day, which
Is excessive under the Jaws OF health
During the summer months an out
side room Should be obtained, for II is
well worth the difference in price, but
if YOU are crossing in any other season
YOU may Just as well take the cheaper
inside room, as it VIII be too rough to
keep Che port hole open. a ship is just
the opposite of a hotel In one way the
most expensive rooms being in the sky
parlor,"
III You want big room with private
bath on The top floor you Will pay $1,000
for il on some ships; but an excellent
berth ia a tWO-berth room may be had
for 500. the entire room with two peo-
pie In it costing about $500.
Average Cost Per Day.
After reaching the other side all ex-
penses Including railroad fare. etc. will
not average more than s. a day for
one person. or about $50 a day for
two people. there being slight saving
Gin cab fares, restaurant orders, etc)
when two people travel together. Hotel
bills at first class hotels need not
amount to more than $3.50 a day for
each person, and the cost OF board may
be made even less by renting a room
and taking meals outside This should
certainly be done in London and Paris,
which abound in restaurants that are
cheap and good. in no case should
lunch be taken in a hotel.
In many places. especially in ITALY
and Switzerland, 1 have found the rail
road restaurants excellent and cheap,
and il pays 70 get room convenient 10
the central railroad station.
Il know from actual experience that
a tour az Europe llsting TWO months
can be made in comfort for $50 for two
people, including hrst-class steamship
fares both ways board at nTst-ciass
traveller has 10 contend with. II pos
essary expenses. including also all tips
which the traveller is under any sort of
obligation 20 bestow. Unless the travel
er is a millionaire. or a fool. or both.
hc Will not undertake to tip all OF the
horde of employees on ships OF at hotels
You could never satisfy them all aud
there Is no use 10 try.
Tipping the Greatest Nuisance.
Tipping IS the greatest nuisance the
traveller has 10 contend with II pos
sible IL should bee abolished by law.
Servants should be paid decent wages.
but travellers should not have the en-
barrassing duty Of acting as dis5ursing
officer. Some are overpaid. while others
may be underpaid.
Considerable saving may be effected
by travelling second class on the rail
roads. the accommodations being exact
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in Europe and the cost for two per
sons is no more than for one The
usual price Of a cab for the average
trip IS thirty cents, and the usual tip
Is oLiv five cents.
IN going from one country TO an
other get ria Of all nickel and copper
coin. Such money is useless in any
other country and il cannot be ex-
changed al any price Give il away IN
tips just before leaving The only ex-
ception i know OF is Gibraltar and the
Azores. where they take any kind of
money.
The big new ocean palaces have to
a considerable extent done away with
the horrors Of SrasiCkucSs. one who
Us predisposed so seasicl,ness should
select a ship Wi-G bIige keels. These
may be described as projections from
the hull on each hide TO prevent rolling
in a storm
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FREAK AID
RELIC FROM 1916
Secretary S Ad.

CERTIFICATE, NAVY DEPART
ment, October "a, 10O6.-In com
pIiance with the act Of Congress,
approved June 30, 1876, / hereby
certify that the needs Of the pub
lie service make it necessary to
increase at this time the force at
the navy yard, Washington, ID. C.,
for the prosecution of the work
of repairs on hand and for other
purposes.
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Mws dMsSameu

The stork has been visiting some OF
the homes OF the fiTemen lately En-
gine..- William Kicks. OF No. g, and
Mrs R.cks have boy, and so have
Private William G. Parater and Mrs.
Parater. the former member OF Truck
7. while a little girl has arrived 10 glad
den the home OF Driver a. J. Bargagni.
Of Truck 3. Private J. Halliday. OF No.
engine company. win go TO Baltimore
next Sunday. at which time his little
daughter. Helen. win be christened.
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With Proper Economy
Two Months Trip for
Two Costs $50.

~ tho same, except that the hrst-class
seats have the backs covered with lace
or linen. In Germany there are four
classes on the railroads. the first and
second classes corresponding 70 the first
class In this country. The third class in
Germany corresponds TO the emigrant
class In tho United States, while the
fourth class is made up principally Of
farmers taking their produce 10 market.
Experienced European travellers or
moderate means carry only hand bag
gage There are extra charges for
trunks. and they cause delay. The pau
per labor of Europe viii carry your
hand baggage for 10 cents at railroad
stations.
Secure Prices in Advance.
THE sensible traveller is not ashamed
to ask the price Of everything in ad-
vance. In going to a new hotel have
the landlord write on a card the price
OF the room and the price Of each meal.
There should be a written stipulation
that the price OF the room includes
lights and attendance. otherwise these
items will be charged extra.
"A foreign MOTEL bill is a queer look
ing document nearly a yard long. fun Of
surprises sprung upon you at the mo-
ment Of leaving, when you have little
time 20 examine It. but must say they
are good about making corrections.
They depend a good deal upon the lord
ly indifference 20 financial details as
sumed by many American travellers,
and so expect to put through unchal-
lenged fictitious items written In ItaI-
ian. French or German. or a mixture OF
languages.
Insist upon having your bill half All
hour before leaving. Neither the cash
Ter nor the proprietor will hand you the
bill. Every hotel has an agreement
that the head walter shall present the
bill In order that he may have "A chance
to hold up the traveller for tips.
Signal for The Hold-Up.
at tipping time Cwhen leaving there
is "a signal arranged for bringing out
all OF the other employees to participate
! I'm the hoId-up. Disputes over hotel
bills may be avoided by using hotel
/ coupons sold by some reliable tourist
company.
THE coupons are a little more OK
pensive and you can get al ing without
them II you are careful II the traveller
knows how TO drive a bargain. a good
room can always be had for seven
( francs Cl4O a day. for two persons.
( Most hotels ask more than they expect
/ To get 1t Is the custom of :lle country
! in nearly all business transactions.
J Foreign hotels are cheaper than the
same grade OF hotels IN America. but
when you add the usual tips the cost
| is about the same. Cabs are cheaper
The Washington times., 1906-10-28

Lieut.. b. ". Weaver, OF no. Is, in the
last days Of September. babe his com
rades au reVOir and started on trip
70 Buffalo and Niagara Falls. on Oc-
tober IS he returned, and the same ev-
ening brought around an attractive
young lady whom he introduced as his
wife Mrs. Weaver was formerly Miss
Mary Sicily. The marriage was a we'll
kept secret. and the announcement vas
a genuine surprise 10 the members OF
the company on the return Of their sec
Ond officer.
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Captain Proctor, Upholsterer.

Capt c. H. Proctor. Of 70. 9. Is a
handy man and a sort Of Jack-at-au
trades. When The Times man visited
him last Friday morning the captain
was busy upholsterins a set OF worn
furniture. To say that # looked as
good as new after the captain was
through IS not stretching the truth an
inch. one or the peculiarities OF Cap
tain Proctor IS that he drives tacks
with the hammer in his left hand
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Friend Of Fire Fighters.

Dr. Crawford who resides IN New
York. is visiting IN the city and makes
a daily call at Truck 3. When he comes
IN he always bring nuts. candy. cake.
or some sort OF toothsome treat for the
boys. DIT. Crawford says he is the rec
ular physician 10 a section Of the fire
department ia New York and takes
great interest In fremen wherever he
goes.
The Washington times., 1906-10-28
WHAT ARE WE COMING TO?

Lady tto servant)-Leni. when YOU
have finished writing up your diary ana
have read the morning papers. might I
ask you 70 be SO kind as 10 go TO mar
ketP You can take the Carriage. OF
cOurse--hNieueT Salon W!tzblaIU.
The Washington times., 1906-10-28
SHE'D SLIGHTLY SCORCHED.

a small blaze was discovered yester-
day in the shed in the rear OF 4S7 II
street northwest. owned by 4. Eberly.
Tho flames were eXtinguished without
damage TO the property.
The Washington times., 1906-10-28
ALLEGED HOUSEBREAKERS
PLACED UNDER ARREST

Policeman Holmes. OF the Eighth pre-
cinct. yesterday arrested John Mont
gOmeTy, tweuty-One years Old, and Rob
ert Brown. C0lOTed, seventeen, on a
charge OF hoUsebreaking. 1t is alleged
that the two broke into the grocery
store OF s. =. Powell. Fifth street and
about s. in money and q quantity Of
cigars and candyd.
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Department Notes.

Captain Hooper, OF Truck z, and sew
eraI Of his men were found Friday
morning stamping a new supply OF BED
blankets and linen contributed by the
supply division OF Truck T.
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Americans Touring Europe
Spend Too Much in Tips

Wherever American travellers
have abOunded hotel rates have
gone up and big tips are expect
ed and almost demanded by the
pampered menials.-Thomas ".
Gilmer on European travel.
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No. Is house has just been through
the hands OF the District repair depart
rnent and has a new floor. reprinted
woodwork and a general overhsullng.
The quarters now presents q fine ap-
ucarauce.
The Washington times., 1906-10-28

in Virginia. Capt Charles Kraemer viii
90 OF duty November ! and will take
a hunting trip down "a the tidewater
district OF Virginia.
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Private .. W. Reid is on furIough
and is with relatives and friends IN
FauquieT county. Va
The Washington times., 1906-10-28

Assistant Engineer Patrick McGarry
was on leave for five days last week.
putting in the time caring for crops on
his uttle farm at Seat Pleasant. Nd
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of q Personal Nature.

Capt. John Darlington, Of No. > VIII
90 on furlough this week for twenty
days. and expects 70 take his family 10
Chicago for a brief visit
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appeared without the signature OF the
Secretary.
That is the solution OF the peculiar
part OF the advertisement, although
some officials commented HgOn the ne
cesslty OF advertising the fact that any
laborers might be wanted. The expla-
nation for this il an old one, and
hinges on politics and the approaching
Congressional election For the last
thirty years, whenever It was found
necessary TO put or additional men at
any navy yard within sixty days prior
to a Congressional or Presidential cleo
ton. the fact has been advertised in the
public press in the city where the navy
yard was located.
Act to Check Graft.
The act is as follows:
mo Increase Of the force at any navy
gard shall be made az any time within
sixty days next before any election
10 take place for President OF the
United States or any member Of Con-
gress. except when the Secretary Of
the Navy shall certify that the needs
OF the public service make such increase
necessary at that time. which ceruf-
cate shall be Immediately published
when made"
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Tom Inscoe. Of No. 5. has returned
from his vacation. which ne spent down
The Washington times., 1906-10-28

Private II. I. Clerk. OF Truck 7. Is on
leave IN Philadelphia.
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Assistant Driver Z. n Lusizy. Of no.
IS. is on leave.
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Clyde Huntington, one Of the neigh
DOTS OF No 3. who has been on a sur
Eeyihs ZIP through the West with hs
father for several months csr,a bor1s
last week and was warmly welcomed nv
members Of the company.
Private W Rollins, OF Truck / is on
leave visiting relatives in MARYLAND.
his comrades say ne is incidentally cleo
tloneering for Sidney AIudd IN the Fifth
district
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-03
NEW CLUSTER LIGHTS
..sS MAKE FINE IMPRESSION
CITY ELECTRICIAN SAYS OTHER
CITIES ARE INTERESTED
Business Men Are Especially Jubilant,
as the Illumination Serves to Draw
Thousands of People to the Lighted
Thoroughfares

Many congratulations were received
at the city hall yesterday following the
illumination of Hill and Main streets
by means of the new ornamental cleo
trolier posts.
City Electrician r. H. Manahan spent
the evening making an official inspec
ton and found all the lights working
WELL
Il found the business men on the two
streets jubilant at seeing the lights"
said Electrician Manahan yesterday.
mot only are they pretty, but they
are an attraction for tourists and stim-
ulate trade on the streets that are thus
lighted.
"Our connection with the lights is
slender, as we only check up the meter
consumption. But we are glad to see
them going, for we get letters from all
over the country asking about our
lights on Broadway and Spring street.
The Broadway lights were first
turned on a year ago. The Spring street
began last December.
The work of the Improvement asso-
Citations has brought about installation
or the ornamental posts and cluster
lights and the citizens generally are
proud of them, we find.
THE Main street lights will cost $500
monthly, as against $3.50 for the Hill
street. This is because there are more
all-night posts on Main and more that
burn till midnight.
II find everything working smoothly
in the system"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-03
DELEGATES ARE LATE
IN TAKING SEATS AT
MORNING SESSION

Little work was done by the delegates
at the opening session of the city
Democratic convention at Turner hall
yesterday morning, as 1t was nearly IL
o'clock before George Cake, chairman os
the Democratic city central committees
succeeded in getting the delegates to
their seats.
r. f. Del Vale, former state senator.
was chosen temporary chairman and
made speech in which he urged his
hearers to act for the best interests of
the party by attending strictly to busi-
ness In order to complete the work as
soon as possible, and for the best in
terests of the city in not allowing per-
sonal bias to influence their selection of
candidates.
James Hawley jr. was then chosen
temporary secretary.
On motion 1t was decided to authorize
the chair to appoint committees of fif-
teen each on platform, resolutions, ere
dentials and order OF business. The
following were then appointed as mem
bers of the committees;
On resolutions-w. 7. Craig. chair
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-03
INQUIRIES INTO REGISTRATION
Grand Jury Tries to Determine Who Is
Guilty of Perpetrating
Frauds

The work of unearthing the methods
of the perpetrators of the wholesale
election frauds, recently discovered by
the members of the executive commit
tee of the non-partisan party, was be-
gun yesterday by the grand jurors un-
der the direction of District Attorney
Fredericks.
During the day a dozen or more of
the registration clerks were called and
examined, but it was soon decided that
these men had nothing to do with the
registering of false and duplicate
names.
False registrations have been found
in every one OF the 1888 precincts OF
the city, and had the frauds remained
undiscovered 1t is estimated that about
1850 illegal votes would have been cast
at the election next week.
Hopeless as the task may seem. Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks stated yester-
day that one of his officers was at work
on the case and that he hoped to secure
some evidence of material value In the
near future.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-03
WINDOW FALLS ON HIS NECK
Accident Leaves Victim with Cut Over
Eye and Other Injuries Of
Minor Nature

]. Bolasky. 1880 Figueroa street, was
the victim of a singular and distressing
accident yesterday.
A fire on Figueroa street was the in
direct cause of it. AS the engines on
their way to the fire changed past the
residence of Bolasky he thrust his head
from out his window to watch the excit-
ing procession.
After watching the engines go up the
street Bolasky attempted to withdraw
his head from out the window. AS he
did so he unwittingly knocked the prop
which. sustained the weight of the
window and the heavy sash banged
down upon his head.
A deep cut over the right eye and
several minor contusions upon his head
were all the injuries sustained by
Bolasky. He was assisted to the re-
ceiving hospital, where his wounds were
dressed by Assistant Police Surgeon
Bonynge.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-03

man; al large, Nathan Cole jr., 1. B.
Dockweiler, Joseph Simons, D. K.
Trask, Calvert Wilson; First ward, Fay
Winans; Second ward, S. A. Conner;
Third ward, j. c. Foy; Fourth ward,
j. II. Clancy; Fifth ard, Mattison B.
Jones; Sixth ward, G. w. Fox; Sew
enth ward, Henry Mattison; Eighth
ward, e. o. Edgerton.
Order of business-H. w. Lewis,
chairman; at large, Charles f. John
son, James A. Craig, A. D. Warner, DR..
r. F. Day, A. S. Peterson; First ward,
Alfred Moore; Second ward, Clyde r.
Taylor; Third ward, DR.. r. w. Hill;
Fourth ward, S. P. Clark; Fifth ward,
Dan Neuhart Sixth ward, Arthur
Grosser; Seventh ward. Thomas
Vacher; Eighth ward, L. P. Collette;
Ninth ward, j. e. Mathews.
On credentials-Maj John T. Jones.
chairman; at large, G. j. Lang, R. G..
Doyle, j. Fl. Foley, Thomas l.. Winder,
Martin c. Marsh; First ward, Fred
Reinke; Second ward, E. F. Wehle;
Third ward, c. D, Bergin; Fourth ward,
G. M. Cake; Fifth ward, julius w.
krause; Sixth ward, A. Niemaier;
Seventh ward, j. w. Nance; Eighth
ward, w. ]. Horgan; Ninth ward,
Richard Maloney.
A recess was then taken until ~
o'clock, and on reconvening 1t was de-
cided to take a second recess until 2
o'clock, when the selection of those who
are to represent the party at the COM
ing election was made.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-03
RAILWAY PAYS
$4,000 DAMAGES
VICTIM OF WRECK RECEIVES
SALVE
Success in Suits Brought Against the
Pacific Electric Encourages
Others to Ask Redress
for Wounds

For the second time within the past
two weeks the Pacific Electric COM
pany has gone down to defeat before
the Jonah" of the Oneonta PARK
wreck when, through the negligence OF
employees of the company, a Sierra
Madre electric car attempted to cross
the railroad tracks and was complete
lv wrecked in collision with a freight
engine.
The history of the wreck Is well
known and yesterday for tn second
time one of the victims won suit
for damages against the company, re-
ceiving $4,000 for injuries received.
With the exception of one or two,
which were cases against the Los An
geles Railway company, the company
has always won. They knew they
would win or they would never have
allowed the case to go to court and
for that reason the strength OF the
railroads has been established and
many people feared to take their cases
to court and preferred to compromise.
That was up until a few months
ago before the Oneonta wreck. Fol-
lowing that disaster in which forty
five men, women and children were
more or less seriously injured and
some killed by the accident, number
of suits began to appear in the higher
court A warrant for the arrest of
the conductor and his departure to
parts unknown robbed the railroad of
any chance for defense it might have
had and as result the defense has
been that the accident resulted from
carelessness, but that the company
cannot be held for the carelessness
of one of it's employees in such an ac-
cident. Small settlements among the
slightly injured were refused. j. L.
Adams, one victim who suffered a
few broken ribs and a sprained arm,
dug into the company's receipts about
two weeks ago for $4,000. He had
asked more than that, but $4,000 was
acceptable.
Two days ago L. w. Kellogg, a
young clerk who was a passenger on
the doomed car, appeared before Judge
York in department three of the su-
perior court and asked few thousand
dollars damages. He claimed two
small scars on his face and the i'm
pairment of the hearing of his right
ear as relics of the disaster and he
asked the jury to give him $4,000.
Yesterday a verdict in the case was
handed down and Kellogg was al
lowed $4,000.
There are several other cases of the
same accident pending while many
settlements for good stiff sums have
already been made out of court.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-03
STREET SWEEPER SAYS
LIFE is TOO RISKY

]. j. Grant of 1921 Santa Fe avenue.
city street sweeper, yesterday sent
an appeal to the board of public works
asking that he be transferred from his
present position to the garbage collec-
tion department.
Grant is confined to his home on ac-
count of an accident occurring to him
while on duty in the street, and he
says that he was injured three times in
one week by being struck by autos and
vehicles.
think I am entitled to a more
riskless job after that many accidents"
he said in his letter.