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The Washington times., 1906-02-12

Natal Day of Martyred Pres
ident Observed.

Washington is observing today the
hlhety-siXth anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincolr, The day is not a
holiday and business is uninterrupted
but from almost every public building
ana a great number of private residences
floats the American flag, whose glory
Lincoln did so much to preserve.
The flags float at the suggestion of the
Grand Army OF the Republic. made
through Past Commander A. p. Tasker.
Of the Department of the Potomac in
an address recently delivered to the pub
lie The United States Historical Society
approved and joined in the movement
and there has been today general re-
sponse 10 the appeal.
Two celebrations of the occasion will
take place tonight Memorial services
viii be held at McKendree Methodist
Episcopal Church. under the auspices of
the Historical Society, when Representa-
tivss Birdsali OF Iowa, Holiday of In
diana, Grosvenor of Ohio, and Jenkins
of Wisconsin, General Grant of Mime
apolis, Gen. William Birney. Gen. John
; McCalmont. General Whitaker. and
others will deliver addresses. Major 7
II. Stein, president of the society will
preside
At the First CONGREGATIONAL Cburcn
Ienth ana . streets northwest. services
VIE be held under the auspices of Burn
side Post, G. A r. The principal ad-
dress Of the evening will be delivered by
lion Joseph @. Cannon. Speaker of the
House Of Representatives
representative Joseph Y. Graft of IlII-
nois Admiral Winfield Scott Schley. the
Rev n H Eouden. chaplain of tho
house OF Representatives; the Hon. w.
= Andrews. auditor OF the Treasury.
the Rev }. &. Butler. pastor of Luther
Memorial Church. and Col. Charles p
Lincoln. of FL Reno. Okla, past com
nlander, and Past Commander A .P
Tasker, Department of the Potomac. are
some OF the distinguished speakers Who
will make addresses
The Rev. ]. III. Bradford, past chap
l6in-in-ehief of the @. A r., will offer
the invocation. and J. Walter Humph-
reys and J. D. McFan viii supply vocal
selections. with an organ prelude by
Mrs. j. ". McMichae1. Lucius ID. Alien.
commander of Burnside Post, No. s. De-
partment of the Potomac, G, A. r. will
preside at the meeting.
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Tho s4eond story OF the building in
which Mt. Hood saloon was located
was occupied as a tenement house.
Some Of 'he occupants We're overcome
and left 10 their fate. The dodgers were
driven from the rooms in their night
clothes and had narrow escapes.
Flames Licked Face.
Before expiring. Daily stated that his
wife and two children perished IN the
flames. lie was awakened out Of his
sleep by the flames licking his face.
and by the greatest effort he escaped.
BY 4:50 the flames were under control
The Davis woodward buildings were
badly damaged. There Is a great hole
in the Morrison street bridge All build
ings on the west side of Water street
on two corners we're destroyed, including
those Of N. J. Murphy. plumber; the Mt.
Hood saloon. a small photograph gal
lery, East Portland Fence Works, and
other small structures used as candy
stores and restaurants.
The big agricultural implement ware
house district is within a block Of the
burned buildings. but a wind blowing
carried all sparks out into the river away
from the big frame buildings.
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tdrned and fell into ditch. leaving the
thlrd coach on the track.
The uTs>n3ured passengers OF the train
EegaE- rescue HcFS without delay and
the injured passengers of the street
car Weer taken from the debris The
booles OF two females. one a woman
OF about fifty years. and a girl OF ff-
teen, wer found, frightfulIy nnangIeti
There was nothing about them bv
which they could be identified.
IN scene { the accident is in an fso-
lated spot and 1t Is fully a mile from
the telegraph Office OF the company.
The police were hastily summoned and
a dozen officers and three police vans
were hurried to the scene.
Two More May Die.
Fifteen passengers were more or less
injured, two OF them fatally. One of
these is woman of fifty and the other
a man of thirty-six- The former is re-
ported dead at the hospital.
Engineer Mack was caught bv tho
tender, as the engine plunged into Tie
ditch and his escape from death il
miraculous. The fireman escaped with
slight bruises.
Many OF the passengers on the train
were more or less bruised. but as Far
as known. none was seriously hurt Tba
two derailed coaches were hadIv
smashed.
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II now develops that g brigadier gen.
eral will be chief of staff OF the army
but a short while. Brigader General
Bel. who has been appointed 10 that
position. is next in line for promotion
20 major general after General Grant,
who was raised recently from brigadeT
TO major general
As a result OF the promotion Of Lieu
tenant Coionels Birkhimer. Wood and
Reed 10 the grade OF brig6dier generals.
the following promotions VIII ensue-
In the artillery. Majors A 3. Dyer
ana l. II. Walker TO be Lieutenant
colonels; Capts. c. II. Hunter and c. G.
Treat to be majors; First Lieuts. F. w
Stopford and RI. II. Shean to be cap
tains, and Second Lieuts. A. F. ISraw-
ster and J. A. Berry TO be first leu
tenants.
In the infantry Major J. J. Critten-
den. Twenty second Infantry. 10 be lieu
tenant colonel; Capt. j. Cotter, Fifteenth
Infantry. to be major. The promotions
IN the grade of captain and first lieu
tenant are not yet announced.
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PRODIGAL ENDS LIFE
IN ROOM KEPT READY
Shot Told Sleeping Mother Her Long
Expected Boy Had Returned to
Be Suicide.

NEWARK, Feb. 12-After absenting
himself from home for months without
q word. Alexander J. Fisher. twenty
eight years old, of 2e Madison avenue.
Irvington, entered his home late Satur-
day night unheard and unseen, and
early Sunday morning shot himself in a
room which loving hands had kept in
readiness for him whenever he might
choose to return.
His mother and sister. the other mem
bers of his immediate family, were
awakened by the shot and rushed IN
terror to lis room TO find him dead he
lay on his bed. clutchfng in his hand
the revolver with which he had sent
the deadly bullet into his brain.
The two women, believing when they
lay down on their pillows that the son
and brother from whom they had last
heard in California. was on the other
side of the continent, were stricktn
mute by horror and dismay.
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CANAL TYPE LIKELY
TO SPLIT CONGRESS
House FavOrS Locks and
Senate Sea Level.

One more issue is beginning TO loom
on the horizon concerning which there
is danger Of a sharp division of opip!on
between House and Senate. This is
the question of what sort of a canal
shall be built through the Panama 18TH
mus.
There is growing belief that the SEN
ate is likely to favor sea-ievel canal.
and that the House will want the lock
type. The question Of type of canal
will finally be settled by Congress. and
win be the occasion, in all probability,
for a great flow Of oratoTy.
The international board of advisory
engineers submitted two reports. the
majority favoring a sea-level and the
minority a lock ca.'al This report has
have been transmitted in confidence to
members OF the Senate Canal Com
tee whien is conducting an exhauhtive
inquiry into canal matters. The ad-
vtsory boards s report was made to the
canal commission; that commission
passed IL on to Secretary Taft, the
commiSsiOn favorlng the lock canal. So
the Secretary has one report favorlng
each type
He will pass both reports along to
the President with his own recommend
send it along to Congress with his own
recommendation as the last word. Then
Congress will let its committees con-
slider the entire chain of re ports, and
the Houses viii decide the q estion,
1t would be difficult TO give the reasons
for the feeling that the two houses are
likely TO disagree on the matter. In d
general way. it is based on the fact
that the House is with the President
and the Senate is not very friendly 70
his policies; and the expectation is that
the President will favor the lock plan.
By opposing the President Oh this point.
the Senate would secure one more argu-
ment with which TO enforce the demand
that he moderate his insistence on a
particular sort of rate bill.
And moreover the question OF the
type of canal goes deeper into the rela-
tons of transportation interests to
pen'Ing legislation than appears at first
glance To build a sea-level canal viii
cost more time and money than TO build
a lock canal, and with interests that
want no canal but realize that they
nave been defeated, the next best thing
Bile.
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TWENTY PERISH
IN FIRE-SWEPT
BLOCKOF FRAME
High Winds Make Holocaust Along Port
land, Ore, Water Front of Small Blaze
That Started in a Saloon

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. I2--Twenty
persons are believed 70 have perished
and ten we're injured in fire which
swept the district of frame buildings
between Morrison. Alder. East Water
streets and the river this morning. The
district included several lodging
houses.
OF the dead, five bodies have been re-
covered. Two of them have been ideu-
titled as those of L. Daily who died
from burns after reaching a hospital.
and Nate EClng. a stableman of the
East Side Transfer Company.
Started in Saloon.
The fire broke out at S:45 In the
ut. Hood saloon. and burned with
great rapidity. The buildings rested
on pilings
A draft carried the flames under the
roadway of Morrison street, burning the
approach to the bridge. The frame
structures on both sides of the roadway
were soon blazing.
Boats along the water front quickly
moved into the river out Of danger. IN
the wind from the northwest, sparks
and pieces of burning wood were car
T1ed over to the west side OF the river
making a beautiful spectacle.
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THO Killed in Trolley
Hit by Theater Train
Both Women, and Many More Were In
jured, Two Fatally in Accident at
Chicago Railroad Crossing.

CHICAGO, Feb 1.-Two persons
were killed and fifteen injured, two
fatally. in a collision of a Pennsyl-
vania theater train. at one-Ffundred-
and-sixth street with a Hammond
street car shortly aft er midnight
The train left tn union station a;
i1:34 o'clock in charge Of Conductor
Roy James. and Engineer z Mack
There were four passenger coaches. all
we'll filled
When nearing observation-disclosures
Sixth street a Hammond street car was
at the crossing, Mack blew htE wiis-
tie, but the warning came too late.
The crash followed Just as the street
car was crossing the track, and the
engine plowed through the car. cut
ting it in two as If 1t had been so
much paper
Trolley Passengers Women.
The car was crowded with passsn-
gers, nearly all Of whom were vvou.en
and children bound for Hammo ID.
Every ore Of these was hurled ahout in
the wreckage was q Gene OF pande-
noniIm followed.
The engine and two cars were over
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Makes Overtures to Countess for Legal
Separation Instead of Divorce,
But Boni Gets Lawyer

PARIS. Feb. 12.-Members of the fam
ily Of Count Boni de Castellane have
made fresh overtures TO his wife Coun-
tess Anna Gould de Castellane. urging
her to seek only a legal separation from
the count instead of suing for fun
divorce They base their pleas on the
interests of the children.
Count Boni has chosen as his lawyer
to represent him in the expected pro-
ceedings. Maitre Rene Lavolee. a noted
specialist In complicated civil cases.
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Army Promotions Alter
Personnel of Depart
ment.

With the promotions and changes
among the general officers OF the army
last week. the personnel vas materially
altered. The first important change in
the Offices Of the War Department since
the promotion Of General Bates to lieu
tenant general and chief Of STAFF. Is the
retirement OF General Greedy as chief
signal officer and the promotion Of
Colonel Allen 10 the rank OF brigadser
EeasTal and the suScassay Of General
Greely.
General Greely is promoted frcm the
rank Of brigadier general to major gen
ertl, and IN leaving the signal corps,
The Washington times., 1906-02-12
TILLn1an Introduces
VeritabLe Dragnet
Measure Presented Upon Authorization of
Interstate Commerce Committee
Drastic lin Its Provisions

Mr. Til!msn. upon the authorization Of
the Committee on Interstate Commerce.
Of which he is a member introduced in
the Senate today a joint resolution di-
recting the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to investigate whether any rail
roads are directly OF indirectly inter
ested in coal or other products. and
whether any Of them directly or indi-
recuy limit the output of coal or other
products.
The resolution is veritabIe dragnet
IN its scope.
It recites the complaints Of independent
shippers. who say that undue preference
is given 10 shippers Of coal from mines
in which railroad officers are interested.
and that the railroads virtually control
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the traffic i'm bituminoUs coal. The In
terstate Commerce CommissioS is to in
Vestigate whether the railroads control
OF own the coal they carry: whether
railroad officials are interested in the
mines; whether contract in restraint of
trade exists among the common caTTf-
eTs, and whether there is a monopoly.
The effect Of such combination. if II
exists. on the independent shippers IS
TO be reported, also whether the system
of car distribution is fair and equit-
able.
Upon request of its author. action
upon the resolution was deferred until
Mr. Lodge. who had the floor by previ-
Gus notice. delivered speech on rail
road rates
Mr.. Tillman then delivered one Of his
broadsides against what he character
lied as railroad trusts
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BALL BY O0LPHiN'S CREW
AT NAVY YARD THURSDAY

The crew of the L. S. 8 Dolphin Is
making elaborate arrangements for their
third annual ball, which viii be given
been successes and special attraction
at the yard
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

The Florida disturbance noted Sunday
morning has caused general rains in the
South Atlantic and East Gulf States, and
The rains from the southwestern dis
turbance have continued from Texas
westward. There were also light local
SHOWS IN the upper lake region ana the
Northwest; elsewhere the weather has
been generally fair.
Temperatures are much higher in the
East and comparatively unchanged in
the West
It Will be warmer tonight in the Middlo
Atlantic states, and colder TuesdaHc
along thu lower lakes
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GERMANY SAID TO HOLD
1000 WOMEN PRISONERS

BERLIN. Feb. 12.-Dispatehes from
German Southwest Africa say the aggre-
gate number of native prisoners in Ger
man hands Is 1000. of which more than
7,0o0 are women.
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PEKIN GOVERNMENT
PUSHING UPRISING
Powers Look for Movement
Against Foreigners.

That the Chinese government IS not
only failing TO take proper steps to dis
courage and put down the threatened
uprising against foreigners in that coun-
try, but is actually encouraging f. is
the Information said 10 have reached
Administration officials not only from
authoritative sources in China. but also
through foreign governments which are
keeping in close touch with the situa-
ton.
The present situation in many WAYS is
similar 10 the conditions that preceded
the memorable uprising IN 1900. accord
ing TO information in the hands OF the
State Department. and is. perhaps. even
more serious. American diplomatic and
consular agents in Pekin. Shanghai.
HongkOng. and other large centers
agree in their reports that general up-
rising throughout the empire is irnmi-
nent, and the information given by them
tallies with the reports OF the agents
of foreign governments. particularly a
number of the powers
Came From Boycott,
Reports ali are to the effect that as
an outgrowth of the boycott on Amert-
can goods, the feeling has grown 70
such an extent that It has become of a
general anti-foreign nature and all
Europeans with Americans are nut in
one class.
The President has had a number of
conferences with Secretaries Root TAFT
and Bonaparte and as a result. trooDs
are now being rushed to the PhilippiDes
TO be in close touch with China should
thelr presence on the mainland be re-
Quired.
Secretaries Root and Taft held a long
consultation shortly after noon tod y
put Wnen the Secretary OF War came
from the office OF the Secretary or state
neither would discuss the situation.
Taft Thinks it Critical.
Secretary Taft has stated that i,e con-
sidered the situation as most critical
and one that undeniably warranted the
dispatch of the troops that had recently,
been ant to the Philippines. But the
Secretary of War is at his ropes end.
He has appealed to Congress to provide
the necessary funds for the handling of
the troops and has been refused. He
will likely not pow make any further
attempts FOR an appropriation unless
actual hoStilittes should break out and
1t be decided to rush several more regf-
ments across the Pacific.
Because the Seeretary's request for an
appropriation was turned down Quar-
termaster General Humphrey will nroh-
ably order that the troops upon their
arrival in the islands, be sheltered oni5-
iE tents although the rainy season in
the Philippines has not yet passed
It is rumored in Administration circlee
this afternoon. however, that Secre-
taries Root and Taft have decided t1int-
ly to ask for a $500. 900 emergency aypro-
priszIioA for the purpose not oniv of
handling the troops that have been sent
to the Far East IN the last two weeks.
but also to provide for the movement
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Expert Packers.

Merchants Transfer & Storage Co.-Adv.
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TIDE TABLE.
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TEMPERATURE

THE SIN
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-07-13

The Miller Fertilizer Company Is putting
on the market today a number of formulas
that are sure crop producers, Consult them
before purchasing the fall stock OF Fertilizers,
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Tie IHsls and 1ptelllsspcsr.
IS Published Eperv Friday.
JOHN D. WORTHINGTON.
TERMs.-sI.OO A Year 10 Advance.

Entered August Is, 1902, as second
class matter, Postofhce at Bel Air, Md,
Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
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PUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
[ Published by Authority.l
CHAPTER 5O7.

CHAPTER 5O7.
AN ACT to appropriate the sum of Two
Hundred Dollars per annum to Cassie
Alexander, OF Hartford county, for and
during her life. payable quarterly, she
formerly having been a teacher in the
public schools for nearly twenty years.
Whereas, Cassie Alexander, of Hartford
has been IL teacher of the public schools of
twenty years, and is now over siXty-1fve
years of age, and has during said period i'm
parted instruction to very large number
of pupils of both sexes ana was faithful
and efficient teacher and is now in needy
and INDECENT circumstances and is not
teaching at the present time, having been
compelled to abandon the same in order 10
care for her old father, who was also
public school teacher in the schools of this
State for more tnan forty years, and she
now being physically unable to teach;
therefore
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. That the sum of
Two Hundred 600 Dollars be appropriated
for said Cassie Alexander and that the
Treasurer of the State shall. upon the war
rant OF the Comptroller Of the Treasury pay
to tie said Cassie Alexander or upon her
order, out ofHny money not otherwise ap-
propriBted, the sum of Two Hundred (2DDl
Dollars per annum, payable quarterly. for
and during her life as herein appropriated
and specified.
SEC. . And be it enacted that this y ct
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved.
HON. EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor.
HON. CARVILLE d. BENSON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
HON.JOSEPH B. SETH,
President of the Senate.
Office of the Chief Clerk of the House:
l hereby certify, that the atoregoing is 4
| true copy of an Act OF the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed at January Session,
1906
W. PERCY,
Chief Clerk of the House.
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agent. We leave at $50 tomorrow
wednesday, morning"
That was all But it was the voice OF
Lois, and it cheered me and filled ME with
fresh determination. / shut my lips firmly
and swore that ! would follow the two
aunts and Lois through every country
on earth rather than lose the girl.
Think | can remember every body that
buys tickets ?" growled the agent at the
station when | accosted him forinforma.
ton. | cursed him for a fool 1t was
money for brides.
1t seemed that | was off the trail at
the very start. But the porter of the
parlor car of the 8 80 train the next
morning set me right.
Am yo' name Frank Bonner ?" he ask
ed, cycling me as boarded his train.
When had assured him that it was he
handed me a package.
From a pow full scared gall he chuck
led
unrolled the photographic record.
With the sight OF it came the awful recol-
lection that had forgotten my phono-
graph.
The situation was appalling. Here |
was within sound of Lois voice, but to
all intents as deaf to it as a man without
ears. True, could buy another phono-
graph when the train reached the city,
but the chances were hundred to one
that the aunts would bundle Lois off at
some little junction close at hand.
Again the porter came to my aid. He
had keen walking past me several times
as l sat thinking, and was evidently
deeply curious as to the contents of the
package he had given me. Now he
stopped by my seat.
dat part ofa phon'raPh, sah?" he
asked, looking at the record.
YES" l explained; sit represents the
vocal organs"
He grinned "Am yo' de owner of the
phone-raph in de 'spress carr
felt the hot blood rush to my head.
Salvation was at my back.
1t required some judicious tipping and
lordly airs to gain access to the baggage
car and secure possession of the phono-
graph. But when love backs man,
even a do nothing can accomplish won
ders, while an ordinary being-well l
wound the machine and waited for the
voice of my sweetheart.
This is the most nomentouS day OF
my whole life" came the clear tones OF
Lois 1T is my birthday. and l am no
longer girl. Today am of age, free to
marry whom l please. lfyou find me
Frank, | will become your wife at once.
l hope the promise will spur you on. We
stop tonight at Rugby"
The voice ended abruptly. and 1fancied
the aunts must have disturbed the girl
as she was talking into the photograph.
"How far from here is Rugby asked
the conductor, after was back in the
parlor car
"Just passed it," he growled.
looked out of the window and found
that the train was bowling along at too
great speed to Jump. Springing to my
feet whipped at the bellcord. The con-
| ductor turned with an oath and signaled
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