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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25
THE COAL TRUST NEXT.
Object of the Inquiry Into II and the
Counsel In the Case,

The next investigation to focus the
attention of the public is that offered
by the federal government into the OPP
erations of the so called coal trust and
the railroads allied with or forming
part of 1t. The interstate commerce
commission is now making an investi-
cation into the alleged community of
interests between the railroads and the
coal and oil business. and in addition
to this the attorney general has retain
ed two leading lawyers TO assist him in
proceedings of a similar character. Ac-
cOrding to the announcement of the de-
partment of justice, the object of these
proceedings will be Ito take under con-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25

Legislation for federal supervision
of anthracite coal railways and PEN
alties for the holding of coal stocks
by railroads was foreshadowed as the
intent of the interstate Commerce
Commission following disclosures.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25
MRS. JAMES G. BLAINE, JR
Mife OF Secretary Binine's Son Now
In Land of Divorces.

In Lnnu oil DiNOrcees.
The report that Mrs. James G. Blaine,
Ir,, of Washington has taken up resi-
1ence in South Dakota. the Mecca of
persons seeking separation from uncon-
genial mates. derives special interest
from the fact that her husband. son
ana namesake of the late Secretary
Blaine has had somewhat stormy
matrimonial career. Young Mr.. Blaine's
escapadcs have furnished no end of
gossip. and his conduct has often given
his family much annoyance. Some
years ago he married Miss Marie New
ins, daughter of Colonel Richard New
ins Of Ohio and Il beauty who was not
ed as an amateur actress They quar-
relied. and the wife obtained Il divorce.
She went on the stage but after
short histrionic career married DR. VIII
liam T. Rull distinguished New
York surgeon. Young Blaine not long
after laid siege unsuccessfuliy to the
heart of the sculptresS Kuhne Bev-
eridge, and when she failed to requite
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25

of Cincinnati, o., has caused consid-
cradle sensation by refusing to order
the closing of the saloons in Cincin-
natl on Sundays. He is of the opin-
ION that police raids would be
more of disturbance than the sa-
looms themselves.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25


sideration ali the facts now known or
which can be ascertained relating to
the transportation and sale Of coal in
Interstate commerce, to advise what II
any legal proceedings should be begun
and TO conduct under the direction of
the attorney general such suits or pros
ecutions II any as may be warranted
by the evidence in hand and forthcom-
ing"
The counsel engaged by the attorney
general to have special charge of these
proceedings are Charles Il. Hughes OF
New York. who was chief counsel for
the Armstrong committee in the now
famous insurance investigation, and
Alexander Simpson. -Jr.. Of PhiiadeI-
phIa. Mr.. Simpson Is one Of the lead
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25

composer of light opera. theatrical
manager and builder of playhouses
In New York, is about to invade the
field of Grand Opera. He is a man of
remarkable ability, and his friends
are confident that he will make
success of his new operate enter
prise.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25
AIissinr Florist Rc+nrns Home.

John Mcnamara, a wealthy florist
of New Rochelle, whose absence
since May Is had caused his friends
to ask the New York police to look
for him, has returned to his home.
He said he had been stopping with
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25

The Duchess of ROxburghe,
formerly Miss May Goelet, of New
York, is greatly enyied by her Amer
lean sisters who have married titles
In England, because she and her hus-
band will have the honor of enter.
tanning the Prince and the Princess
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25

of New York, a distinguished MEM
Der of the Bar, has been selected as
the official representative of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, at the wedding Of
King Alfonso and Princess Ena of
Battenberg, which will take place on
June 1
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25
Sports.

Miss Georgiana Bishop with a
card Of SO, leads the field in the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25

Privy Councillor and Surgeon Cen
eral of the German Empire, has been
honored by the University of Edin-
burgh by being made Honorary
Doctor of Medicine. DR.. Bergman
is one of the most famous physicians
and surgeons of Europe.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

In London he lived in royal style at the
Hotel Cecil. ~ a.
H. Then came the execution. of another
of the mans bubble masterpieces the
purchase of 5000 acres of land at sWau
kegan, ILL.,, as site for Zion City,
and the next day a call upon his peo-
pie for another $l,0Q000O. New con
yerts were initiated by being asked for
funds. ., 8:
His Crusade in London.
Following quickly on the above de-
cisive steps, .Dowie began a campaign
for the regeneration Of London. He
was jeered and hooted and mobbed. He
went across the channel and met like
reception. He returned to London, only
to have the treatment repeated, and
then he abandoned the world Is metrop-
oils as a place Of total depravity. In
reality the failure of the campaign was
only another burst bubble. These burst
bubbles were now becoming more and
more numerous. y,
In 1901 Mrs. H. Worthington Judd
and a newborn babe, under Dowie s
faith treatment, died. The coroner Is
jury a few days later declared that
the death of Mrs. Judd. Another bub,
bic was in danger. People were likely
to lose faith in the mans creed. Per
haps the faith Of some began to waver
prophet $ da"ghter A died from maj burns rms
caused by the explosion Of an alcohol
lamp. Dowie called in physician to
attend her. The faith of some must
have fallen then. Still the man Kept
on. Last October he was stricken with
paralysis while on his wav to Mexico.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

In December another stroke followed
What was now to be said Of the man IS
pretension that he could do no wrong
if his doctrine that disease was evil
were truef That was the beginning of
the end.
Always After the Coin.
But to 90 back: At the time Of Mrs
Judd s death Dowie was just setting
Zion City on its foundation. Nav 80
1900, the self-styled prophet led an
army Of 4 900 adherents to the town for
Its dedication. Less than two months
later he was dealing in real estate. sell.
ing the lots of the town to the faith
full. By this time the people should
have seen the man s propensities for
gathering in the shekels. To gather in
converts IN order to gather in money
seemed to be the purpose Of the man.
Ibis brings the man s. career down to
1907. Note his career since then in
frenzied fnanciering Of kind pecu-
iarly his own
Jan. IA, 1902 Asked followers for
100000 at once.
in IS bills $500 -
Feb. 2. 1sos-Invites New York people
to invest in Zion.
July 2S-Issued an urgent anne., eor
$4,000, 900. - =
Sept. 2o-Invited zionites. to throw
5000 into barrel
Nov. 19-Asked faithful for another
$4,000. 900. RS 49,
Dec, 1-Made an urgent call for 100000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
- Ohm ALEXANDER DOWIE's
bubble has burst; all his bubbles

II Ohm ALEXANDER DOW1E'S
bubble has burst; all his bubbles
= - have burst. Dowie has been a
Z master bubble-blower. His bubbles
! have been both big and numerous, but
the events Of the last few days show
I that scarcely one Of the best Of his eff
4 forts is left to dazzle his eyes with It's
/ splendors Zion City, the largest and
most substantial of the creations Of his
imitation, has passed beyond his control
for the present at least, and his power
! as leader Of considerable people is
almost gone {,
The biography of Dowie is story Of
I works. His projects have looked prom
Using: They have attracted thousands
! by their pris1nic colors and the glamors
Of their painting. But they have failed
Z all have failed.
A Convict Once. d. ...
Fifty-nine years ago, Dowie was born
In Edinburg. He seems to have inner
tied an oversupply Of Scotch mysti-
has amounted to madness. Leaving
Scotland at an early age, with the seeds
of a hereditary religious sense and OF
business acumen terminating in his
mind, he went to Australia, where for
seven years he was a clerk in boom
town.
4sa This Australian experience, which
s@mented by term as convict in the
Tasmania prison, added another ele..
s. anent. to the mans makeup-thats Of
1.-THE boom spirit. This has revealed it.
xaelf since in the "booming' of Zion
City. It was the beginning of the bub-
bic blowing with the man. By the time
Dowie was ready to set sail for Amer
Z L, ~l @F H@@
Ing, of bubble-blowing.
Tae man who was later to discover
Ethat he was "a great prophet landed in
San francisco in 1885, At the time he
had 800 in hand. Two years later he
reached Chicago without a cent. His
1900 bubble was gone, but he was 1000
miles nearer a greater creation. He be-
sgan at once to preach. g..
What He Preached.
The doctrines he expounded were the
Seedlings Of those he has developed
@since. They were not new. No one
knows when they were first promul-
gated. They held that disease was a
very real thing, but was due to evil,
which, in turn, was the work Of the
devil The remedy preached was sim
do the one thing was to obtain the
other. 1t was as simple as two and two
make four. ~<;
The idea was old enough and widely
known enough to be the mental posses
sion Of thousands who had lacked only
the spur to put their beliefs into prac-
tice. Dowie proved the spur. He came
before the people with peculiarly
strong power Of magnetism, q compell-
ing force Of suggestion. The people
saw, heard and acted Thousands en-
listed under the banner of the man.
They were convinced that he was what
he proclaimed himself to be, and posi-
bly, what in his hysteria he believed
himself to be, second Elijah. That
was in the days of the worlds fair at
Chicago. Dowie was working at his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
STUDENTS TURN TRAMPS
Failing in Studies Hyslap and Roper
Become Nomads.

Pittsburg, April Failing to pass
their law examinations at the Uni.
versity Of Pennsylvania, two young men
turned tramps. They are Charles Hys-
lap. aged "a, Of Rutherford, N. J., who
of New York City, and j. C. Roper. 81.
Of South Bend, Ind, who says his
father is manufacturer there. The
two were picked up by the police. They
had no money.
In police court the boys told Mapis-
trate Nogley their story. Hyslap said
he could not return home and tell his
father he had failed to pass, SO be de-
cided to go west with Roper. His
pass he would be put to work in the
publishing house. The boys were wen
dressed and wear jewels. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

WHAT HAPPENED TO EACH UN-
DERTAkING.
He is bitterly denounced by many
of his followers. .55 a
He Is III and has failed to cure HIM
self. 3.
His financial integrity is questioned
in Zion.
He Is an invalid 81
His church Is rIven by opposing
factions.
overseer General voIIva is preach.
ing charity.
Financial failure threatens to over.
wheIm Zion City.
Many Of his followers repudlate his
alleged divine power
He was rldlculed and denounced as
a fakir.
His new church Is harassed by
debt.
His followers have repudiated his
Mexican and Palestine plans.
His own bank has refused to honor
his drafts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

Completed except as to interior, the
Institute Of Public Health and Path.
ology at the university is the latest adj
dition to the college campus. The
building is situated between the univer-
sity library and the>main medical build
ing facing Fifteenth avenue Sc and
forming one side of what will be known
as the medical quadrangle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

amphitheater with a seating capacity
of 200, erected in stadium style with
concrete seats.
The building will be the home of the
meteorological and pathological depart
ment of the university and it will con-
tain, in addition to the state board of
health laboratories, completely
equipped Pasteur institute. 1t will be
occupied next fall
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

WHAT DoWIE ASSERTED.
That he was the prophet Elijah III.
That Illness was only sin.
Thss he could do no wrong.
That he could never become i'll.
That he was sent here to found
new church.
That all other churches were hum
bugs. s&x III
That the elect should dwell togeth-
err under him. st.
That he was dIvInely inspired,
that New York was the second
Sodom and Gomorrah.
That his church would dominate
the earth.
That he would found a plantation
In Mexico, coiontze Palestine and
build cities all over the earth.
That he would finance all his plans
thru his own bank.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

Plans for the new building were
drawn by Clarence II. Johnston. state
architect, and when completed it will
represent a legislative appropriation Of
$4,000. The building has a frontage
OF 2l5 feet and is built with center
portion three stories in height and 100
feet deep, the wings on either side
being 60 feet deep. In the central por
ton of the building there will be an
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
lDOWIE'S BUBBLE HAS BURST;
ALL HIS BUBBLES HAVE BURST
The Last Week Has Seen the Pinpon Applied the Big
gest of His Many Big Inflatons The Story Of Career
That Has No Parallel in Modern Times
DOWIE'S BURST BUBBLES

WHAT HE TRIED TO ACCOM-
PLISH. gs
To make his followers believe In
him.
To cure all diseases by casting out
devils.
To make his life pattern for
everybody.
To defy many laws Of health.
TO establish the Christian Catholic
church.
TO weaken other churches.
TO build a great City Of Zion.
To work many miracles.
To convert New York.
To establish Dowlelsm In every
land.
To interest everybody In Mexican
plantations, the colonization Of PaIes-
tine and the building Of new cities.
To make himself the trustee Of all
his followers wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
THE WIRELESS
Practical Experiments Made Last
Night.

Lowell. Mass, Sun, Nov n, 1905.
Demonstrations In wireless telegraph
have been going on at odd Fellows Tenn
pie In Middlesex street for the last week,
but not until last night did the demon
strators reach out into space and prove
to the public that the Marconi wireless
is a reliable system of direct communica-
ton.
From the station in Odd Fellows Tenn
pie to a station on the top floor of a
building in Merrimack square messages
fitted back and forth with great speed
and accuracy. 1t has been claimed that
while the NIarconi wireless system has
proven itself the wizard of the sea. that
it would not be available on land.
The trial last night was one that must
recommend the system. Those who have
said that the system would fail on land
have made strong the assertion that the
passage of messages through cities would
be impeded, that the course of the mes
sages would be diverted because of pc
culiar atmospherical interferences These
assertions, however. were disproved last
night when messages went back and form
from Merrimack square to the station in
Odd Fellows Temple.
Mr.. Ryan. who lectures every day on
the Marconi system at odd Fellows Tenn
pie, asked a representative of the Sun
last night to send messages from Merri-
street and later to verify them if correct.
The sun reporter sent the messages, re-
turned to the hall and found that they
had been received. word for word Not
a single mistake occurred in all the mes
sages sent by the reporter and while the
reporter was in the station the Marconl
operator then received messages from the
station in Middlesex street.
The Marconi system has without doubt
passed beyond the experimental stage and
it looks as If the day would come when
the wireless will be used for a great
many purposes for which the wire sys-
tens are now used.
The demonstrations by Mr. Ryan and
his able corps of assistants al odd Fell
lows Temple in Middlesex street are be-
ing well attended, and Mr.. Ryan's very
comprehensive elucidation of the system
is sufficiently interesting to attract the
most skeptical
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
drom the Technical World for Marcho

ported to the photographic office and to
the press.
co On September 81 1905, lightship No
66 sent a message that the German oil
steamer Phoebus had had a collision with
unknown steamer bound west, at 1890
p. M. in a fog. This casualty was re-
ported by wire to he steamers agents.
(h) on September -, 1908, when The l..
s. S. Columbia was searching for the der
elict sunken schooner Warren, a tele-
gram was received at this station from
the Philadelphia Maritime Exchange of
the latest position known of the wreck,
obtained from an incoming steamer. This
position was sent by wireless to the Co
lumbia at 3:25 p. IN. on the ed. At 5:45
p. m. on the oath wireless message was
received from the Columbia distant 10
miles, announcing that she had destroyed
the wreck of the Warren. This nforma-
ton was transmitted to the Maritime Elk
change.
d on December s. 1905, lightship No.
IS sent a message that steamer Cowrie
reported passing brgantine Harry Smith
of New Bedford twenty-five miles east
of lightshp under jury rudder. This in
formation was wired to New Bedford and
also to the owners of the brigantine in
Boston.
% On December 3, 1905, the German
steamer Bayonne reported, through light
ship No. 0S. that one of her main boilers
was leaking and out of order and that
she would return TO New York, and to
have "a tug meet her at l p. m. the next
day This information was wired to the
agents in New York.
dD On December 10. 1905, 9 a. M light
ship No 50 reported that she was in dis
tress and to send help. Assistance was
at once sent from Boston and although
the lightship was lost, all hands were
saved.
| The above shows what a tremendous
factor wireless biography is destined to
become IN amelorating and in many
cases altogether averting disasters on the
| high seas
Very respectfully,
ALBERT GLEAVES.
| Commander L. s. n, inspector of Ord
nance in Charge, Chief of Bureau of
Equipment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
The MarCOni Wireless
Telegraph Co.
OF CANADA. LTD,

is CAPITALIZED AT $5ooo.ooo, in
shares of the par value of SIS each, full
paid and worcestershire. 1t has no
bonds, preferred stock. or other forms
of Indebtedness.
These shares are now selma at
$500 each, but on or before April IS,
will be selling at $500 lnasmuch as
the allotment to be sold at $500 is
very small and is being rapidly taken.
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph COM
pany of Canada is the owner of all patents
issued or that may hereafter be issued
to Guglelmo Marconi. in Canada. for
wireless telegraph apparatus, and of the
system of teleeraphing without wires in
vented and perfected by him.
1t exists under and by virtue of special
act of Parliament. comforting upon the
company unusually broad and comprehen-
sive powers, practically guaranteeing a
monopoly of the wirelers telegraph
Its officers include some OF the most
conservative and successful bankers, f.
nancers and business men of Cana1a Its
affairs are in the hands of some of the
shrewdest and most successful men OF
the Dominion.
1t is in the enjoyment of government
aid and cooperation for Inauguration and
maintenance of teiegrapnic communication
between Canada and England. The large
high-pow station constructed at Grace
Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, was built
by government aid, and it was through
that station that the practicability of
trans-oceanic wireless telegraphy was first
successfully demonstrated to the world.
This station has recently been recon-
structed.
II is under contract with the Cana.
dian government for the erection, in
stalation, maintenance and operation
of system of wireless telegraph sta
tons along the ST. Lawrence river and
the eastern Canada coast line.
1t is subsidized by the New Foundland
government to construct. maintain and
operate a series of wireless telegraph sta
tions on the coast of Labrador.
1t is in receipt of LARGE SUMS OF
MONEY from both the DOMINION
and NEW FoUNDLAND GOVERN
MENTS as initial subsidies.
1t is in the enjoyment of contracis with
both governments above named, guaran-
teeing substantial revenues from the oper-
alton of these stations. The income de-
rived from these sources must inevitably
afford most satisfactory revenue to
the company, exclusive of the many other
sources as yet undeveloped.
1t is earning from its commercial opera
tions aside from the government con-
tracts enumerated. very considerable rev.
enues, demonstrating beyond doubt, the
profitable nature of the future operations
of the company.
Its operations are already on n self
sustaining basis, although its sources of
revenue are only partially developed.
Its stockholders include bankers, mer-
chants lawyers, doctors. teachers, clergy
men and wage-earners. from Halifax to
Victoria and from Montreal to New Or
leans-men of acumen, energy and fore
sigh who recognize in the new system of
wireless communication a revolutionary
element which is certain to result in a;
complete reorganization of the land and.
marine telegraph system OF the British en-
pire, of which Canada is the largest, most
important and enterprising field
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-18
NEWS SENDS FIRST MESSAGE
ACROSS THE RIVER TO MAR.
TINS FERRY.
REPLY RECEIVED IN SHORT TIME
INTERESTS MANY
SPECTATORS.
MARcoNl WIRELESS LONG DIS
TANcE EXHIBITION A
SUCCESS.

From the Wheeling Daily News March
T. 1906
The first message sent out of Wheeling
by the Marconi Wireless method, was filed
by the News and is as follows:
Martins Ferry Times:
Congratulations on being one Of the
first two newspapers in the Ohio Var
ley to receive messages by Wireless.
THE NEWS.
The reply which was the first message
ever received in the city by the same
method, follows;
News:
Here's to Marooni, whose wireless
method of transmitting outside news
keeps pace with your excellent meth
cd of collecting local news for your
readers.
THE TIMES.
Marconi Wireless Telegraphy was
demonstrated today beyond all doubt to
be superior Of any system of wire tele-
graphy ever installed. The representatives
of the Marconi company who have been
in Wheeling for the last two weeks Civ
ing lectures and demonstrations of the
system by which it is operated, as a final
attraction installed two stations here for
the benefit of local parties who have sub
scribed fbr stock. One station is located
in room 12S of the Mcclure hotel and the
second in the Central Hose house at Mar
tins Ferry.
1t was after 10 o'clock this morning be-
fore the instruments were put in opera
ton and they worked perfectly. The first
message sent out of Wheeling was for
warded by the News to the Martins Fer
ry Times, congratulating them on being
one of the first two newspapers in the
Ohio valley TO receive messages by wire
less.
The reply of the Times received soon
afterwards was the first message received
at the Wheeling office, and while the
message was being recorded by the oper-
ator an interested crowd of persons gath
cred around him. A number of travelling
men who were present when the message
was received at last had to admit that
their last bit of skepticsm in regard to
the successful operation of the system had
been dispelled.
Owing to the great interest in the pub
lie exhibition and the large number of
persons who desired to take advantage
of the opportunity to send a message to
a friend by wireless, free of charge. the
exhibition of long distance wireless Will
be repeated again tomorrow.