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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
Booker Hangs To-day.

Governor Swanson declined yesterday
TO interfere further in the case Of Rob-
ert Booker, of Prince Edward county,
who is condemned to die for murder The
Governor granted a respite from May Attn
to May 18th. and strong pressure was
brought 10 bear for q communication 10
Me Imprisonment, The Governor de-
clined on the ground that there was not
sufficient evidence for setting aside the
verdict. 30 the man will hang to-day. :.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
..$WillsNot Discuss Rates.

Especial to The Times -Dispntch.)
OLD PoiNT. COMFORT, VA, May IL
Statements made by prominent Royal
Arcanumites attending the Supreme
Council convention, now in session here,
indicate that the much-d!scussed rate
question will not be brought up at all
during this meeting. a member said
to-day:
1.-The rate question has been settled
as far as the supreme council Is con-
cerned. OF course, some man may bring
the matter up In the form of q protest,
but he will be quickly showed under,
for there Is no further action to be taken
by this body"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
COLLISION AT BURKEVILLE
ON NORFOLK & WESTERN

Especial to The Tlmes-DlspatchO
BURKEVILLE, VA, May 17.-An east
bound freight collided with a train shift
ing here about 1890 A. M. this morning,
killing the engineer on the eastbound
train, tearing UP the track and derailing
the engine. 1t Is said that Ransom, the
engineer, stated just before he died that
It was his fault entirely Mr.. Ransom
was from Lynchburg. His remains were
taken to CrcWe,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
William Garrett Wyatt.
Especial to The Times-Dispatol

NEW YORK, May 17.-Willlam Garrett
Wyatt, the oldest dealer In tobacco in
the United States, died suddenly yester-
day at his home, No. 4s First Street,
Brooklyn, aged eighty-sx. lie was born
IN King and Queen county, Va, and had
been for slxty-fv eyears In the tobacco
business. thirty Of which were In Rich
mond, where he was connected with tho
firm Of Buchanan& Lyal Immediately af-
ter the war. He leaves six children, in
Guiding Mrs. irwin Weisger. Of Rich
mOnd.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
HOLD NEXT MEETING AT
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
lRx Associated Press

ATLANTA. GA, May 17.-After elect
ing officers for the coming year. the
Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers Asso-
citation adjourned to-day to meet next
May probably at the jamestown Expo
sition for the next annual gath~rFpf1s,: Tho
officers chosen to-day were F. Fl. Bailey,
Of Paris, Texas, president; T.. A. Ran
som. Atlanta, vice-president Robert Glib
son, Dallas. Texas, secretary aud treas
llrcr reelected as
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18

for tile benefits that accrue to YOU from
your training In the University College
OF Medicine Is BY leaving n legacy OF
few thousands to her when you nre lylns
on your millionaire beds Of death. UP IN
New England imam can't die dehentlE
until he has left something to an instltu-
ton. Why, they won't let q innn Gle
Unless lie hns made the donation.
.tDon't let money be the end IN your
ito. but let It come along ns II con-
,enient accompaniment Don't attempt
or. strive to be DR.. Ntunyon. U.nushterD
Don't agree to the doctrines: No cure
no pay. If you are so Aortunte ns to
have patients under your care, don't fail
to send in your bills for services re,-
dcred. aS
young men, don't forget that yo,, are
ali students Of the University College
Of Medicine. Remember to follow the
footsteps Of the men Of Your faculty;
keep in their way OF life, and your alma
mater will never have reason to be
ashamed Of your record.
Don't forget Tint YOU are Nirg'niahs.
AS sons of this grant old Common
wealth, you have IS q heritage the best
and finest old soil there Is 10 be had
anywhere. Z verify believe that God's
paradise that lie has prepared for I'M
mortal souls Is made exactly on the pan
OF old Virginia There is no other place
IN earth where the rose DiooinS uult1
so white as IN old Virginia: there Is no
other place where the sim shines brighter
than right here in old Virginia. besa son
of old Virginia; be mindful of the STOCK
YOU have been born OF, and you VIII
come out ali right
Replete With Anecdote.
The series OF anecdotes which the
sneaker deSterously Intervene with his
address kept the audience III, the pest
of h,imor, and he was most attchtNe's
heard throughout XIX.
Mr.. Tucker then spoke OF the 'tlsill
and meaning Of personal ana properly
rights, asserting that when man puts
a part Of his body and strength INTO the
natural, unnanufactured product. ne mas
n right to It, and, before God, 1t IS ms
duty to defend that right Returning
to the subject Of the Old Dominion, MI.
Tucker said: ltyG
'.When the people Of this Slate saw may
their rights, which were God-slVeil
rights, were being invaded, they arose
as one man in their splnk and protesteu
against the high-handed act. They khc"
that resistance to tyranny is obedience
10 God, and submission is treason to the
Almighty. The most familiar names IN
our history are those who have resisted
oppression and tyranny-George wash
ngton and Robert e. Lee. me one
fought in the Revolution; the other fought
n ncht which has been termed the Ne
bcllidhi; but WHICH is AS nuch%a reIoflu-
ton. Yes, I'd rather be a resister 70
wrong than a meek suhmssionist to ~
ranny.H
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18

Tho sultan of Turkey has great col-
lection OF canaries. Hhe choosee5s them ny
the length OF time they sing Wlthout STOP t.o
ping. Recently he paid a very high price
FOR An Engllsh canary which sang WITH
out a stop for twenty minutes by the sui
1an's watch. \
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18

The memoirs Of General kusopafHS ha.d q
Japnnese war, are being published at
MOSCOW under the supervision OF It's
Sir Charles Wyndham and ms company
will make n tour OF the unlteu e'a'es
next year. 3 .4g
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
ELECTRIC WINCHES.
Modern Methods of Drawing
Wires Through Conduits.

+
When underground polhuits for electric
wlros were first put down the wires were drawn
through them by means of a Wtndlass man
nod by laborers but nowadays they use
electric winches. 4a
These nre installed on tho great electric
trucks carrying the wire cables and tools,
Tho newest OF these giant trucks Is twenty
ono foot long and seven feet Wide, and i
weighs TONS a heavy load to move In ! self,
hut tho storage battery 1t carries contains
storeti-up power sunicisnt to movo It, and
it's load az tons added. and also to operate
It's wfnches. E 81
Tho electric winch is set In this truck at
It's forward end, and It does not tAka UP any
great amount OF room. In pulling new
electric wire through conduit or Pulllng
an old Cable out, tho big truck ia first backed
up 10 tha man-hole. and then tho rope at
tnched to the cable Ia brought up 10 the
barrel OF the Winch at the trucks forward
end,
the man looking after the winch takes three
or four turns Of the rope around ne barrel
OF the winch. and another man takes the
free end OF the rope leading from the winch
and keers that taunt to make the turns bind
On tho barrel. Then, instead OF four men
getting to work turning on crnnks, the opera
Tor Of the machine turns a switch which ls IN
appearance not unlike hsna f on re tso t me
tor, whereupon tho snug !ittle apparatus
that is set In operation by the power Ct a
fnger begins to pull, and to pull 'rresistlbly'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
Appeal to the Turv.

"Gentlemen of the jury" erupted the
attorney for the plaintiff. addressing the
twelve Arkansas peers, who were sit
ting in judgment and on their respective
shoulder blades, in a damage suit agninst
a graspng corporation for killing a COW.
k''If the train had been running as slow
as it should have been ran. If the bell had
been rung ms it crt to have heen rang,
or the whistle had been blown rs It
should have been blew, none of which
was did, the COW would not have been
injured when she was killed. PUCK.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18

Robert Barrett Browning, painter, ard
son of the famous father OF the same
name. has been chosen president Of the
he vas born Lord Granville liz credited
with having remarked: "a tn,rd lncom-
prehenAble has come into the world"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18

4 Wigg--"She says the fellow she Is going
to marry calls her his dream" s
Wagg-"What shame to wake MN
p."-Philndelphia Record
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18

DEPARTMENT. OF DENTISTRY.
Degree Of doctors of dental surgery
Joseph Fl. Austin, N. G.; Ihonas M.
Hawkins, Sandy Ridge, N. G.; Leslie van
writ Henderson, Perrows, Va; Gilbert
Stewart Honaker, Draper, Va; Joseph
Claiborne johnson, Meadville, Va; James
Benjamin Lester, Christiansburg, Va: j.
Lloyd Mears, Jr, Richmond, Va; Har-
The Washington times., 1906-06-12
Choking on Pure Food.

The indianapolis News, with an
independence that is praiseworthy
and unusual considering the subject
matter, has been dealing some tell
ing blows in the interest of pure
food legislation. In the first place.
through the foresight of its Wash
ington correspondent, the paper df-
rected attention to n vicious amend
ment which had been accepted by
the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce of the House.
This amendment was drawn by the
patent medicine interests. If added
20 the bill, it would legaIze the sale
of dangerous drugs and of alcohol
which could be used in Patent medi-
cines without a word OF the label
as to their presence.
Members of the committee do not
defend this amendment. Indeed,
they viii tell you that it is indie
fensibIe; that fifteen of the eighteen
members are opposed to it, and that
the amendment was adopted only
because the committee got tired of
the hammering of the patent medi-
cine interests. Surely that is an
lndefensible reason-and one the
Indianapolis News did well to Law
bare, in common with very few
newspapers, including The Times.
The News also placed the response
bility for the inexcusable delay in
enacting the measure into law where
that responsibility belongs. Over
three months ago the pure food bill
passed the Senate with Just four
negative votes. Twice, in the last
four years, a similar measure has
passed the House, and the present
membership is strongly in favor of
the legislation. Why has the bill
not passed? Logically, because the
leaders have not wanted to pass it.
The Committee on Rules could
have made possible the passage of
The Washington times., 1906-06-12
How Many Splits?

Apparently Mr. Hearst doesn't
care much for harmony in his party
There are lot of things that look
better to Mr.. Hearst than harmony.
One of them is the supremacy of
the program of political and eco
nomic radicaIism of which he is the
accepted eRaugeI. Another is the
elimination from political influence
of certain men and forces that he
has long been fighting; men and in
fuences, sooth to say, in fighting
which Mr.. Hearst has acquired his
largest hold on the following that
now gathers round his banner
Mr.. Hearst y decidedly an indie
pendent, His reply to the Bryan ac-
claim is challenge to Byran to
choose between the support of
Hearst and the support of those
powers that Hearst rejects. Back of
the challenge is the strongly sug-
gested alternative of another Hearst
independent movement. Democratic
harmony goes glimmering when
Hearst and Bryan fall out.
Are the Republicans better Off?
They have more organization and
discipline and the powerful cement
of patronage actually in hand. But
organizations are crumbling, disci-
pline is weak, patronage makes less
appeal than ever before. If the line
of cleavage is not so plainly mark
ed, yet the possibilities of division
are just as apparent in the Repub-
hcan as in the Democratic party.
Between Fairbanks and La Fol
lette, between Cummins and Can
non, the gulf is wider than between
Bryan and Hearst. There is, after
all, much in common between the
Democratic leaders; they are going
in the same general direction. The
Republican leaders are not; they are
pulling squareiy apart. If the Presi-
dent slacks his rein over the team,
who else is to take it with strong
enough grip 10 hold control?
In short, there are premonitions
Of Republican as well as Democratic
dissonance. There viii not be two
Republican Presidential tickets;
tradition is yet too strong in the
party to permit this. But there is
the possibility of division at the
polls so serious as to make results
by no means certain. La Toilette
might nominally support Fairbanks,
though we doubt it; Cummins might
go through the motions of cam
paigning for Shaw; but neither
could hold his fighting followers in
line.
There is scarcely more danger of
Democratic division than of Repub-
lican detection. The campaign is yet
two years ahead, but Come of the
tendencies that must greatly infu-
ence it are already so plain as not
to be misunderstood.
The Washington times., 1906-06-12
Protection Needed Now.

One of the best measures now
pending before Congress with rela-
ton to the District of Columbia is
that which provides for supervision
of local employment agencies and is
known as the Taylor bill. 1t should
become law this session. Some sim
liar legislation should have been en-
acted long ago
Now that the measure has passed
the House it is to be hoped the
Senate Committee on the District
will see that it is approved by the
other body and without amendment.
1t is modelled closely on the Massa-
chusetts and New York laws-which
have been proven practical and ad-
equate-includes the best provisions
of both, and meets a need which
will be manifest on the least exam
ination of local conditions.
That it should have passed the
House at this late day is due chiefly
to the fine work done in its behalf
by Representative Taylor of Ohio.
He has followed its progress-too
much of its career has been a lack
of progress-with a disinterested
purpose TO see reasonable safe-
guards thrown about those lastitu-
tions which serves effectuaIly to re-
flute the assertion frequently made
in Washington that Congressman
have no actual interest in District
affairs.
That the bill was introduced at
all, however, is due to the Public
Education Association, which OBJ
tanned full information as to pres
ent conditions, studied the law of
other jurisdictions, and convinced
the two District committees of the
need for similar enactment as to the
Capital. A report of the findings of
that association, published in The
Times of May 26, provided, indeed.
the material out of which the Senate
District Committee prepared its re-
port 10 the upper house.
1t is highly important the bill
should become law this session. To
delay it means to delay for a whole
year protection for young girls,
for housekeepers, and for the man.
ayers of the reputable agencies,
which all need urgently. Wherefore
the community hopes earnestly the
Senate may be able to approve the
taylor bill in its present form and
thus obviate a reference of it to
conference and the risk that time
may not be found for the considera-
ton of the conference reports upon
it.
The Washington times., 1906-06-12

the Vermont Avenue Christian Church.
performed the ceremony.
Mrs. Shepherd. a sister OF the bride
played LOhengrin'S Bridal Chor11ssi
as the bridal party entered the drawing
room.
After the ceremony a small wedding
breakfast was served 10 the guests
The brides gOing-away costume was
q pecoinlnS coat suit OF blue silk with
Mrs. Johnson. mother Of the bride
silk. n
Among the out-of-town guests IN
Washington for the wedding were Miss
Vest and Mr. Rhinehart and Miss
RSinehart. OF Baltimore
Mrs. Reuth Is a young woman Of
ular mere among a large circle Of
friends. She received a number of gifts
from relatives and friends attesting this
popularity. From some OF Mr. Reuth's
FAMILY she received -Scme handsome
pieces OF silver, cut glass and vases. Mr.
Reuth presented his bride with bea1.-
tifui gold watch and chain. From Ter
e--,n employed Mrs. Reuth received a
handsome lamp.
Later in the afternoon Mr.. and brrS.
Reuth LETT the city for two weeks at A.
lantc City. after which they will re-
side at 1918 Ninth street northwest
Mr.. and Mrs Edward c. Gill have
cards cut for the marriage Of their
William II. Swank, OF Philadelphia. The
wedding viii take place Wednesday.
June 20. at the Vermont Avenue Chris
tian Church. The Rev. F. D Power
pastor OF the church, viii be the Off
ciatfng clergyman
The Washington times., 1906-06-12

the bill in a single day. But the
committee did nothing. For this pol
icy of postponement, if postpone
ment be the policy, Speaker Cannon
is clearly responsible, inasmuch as
he dominates the Committee on
Rules The Indianapolis News not
only reached this conclusion, but ac-
cepted the defeat of the bill by this
means as an accomplished fact and
made the Speaker responsible.
Then the people at home began to
kick 'Uncle Joe" sat up and took
notice. Suddenly he became one of
the outspoken pure food advocates,
and friendly members of the House
spread abroad the Speakers revised
views on the subject or pure food.
Furthermore, some of the Indiana
Representatives went to the Vice
President, who was credited with the
ownership of the Indianapolis News,
and urged Mr.. Fairbanks to head off
the attacks. The Vice President
said that he did not own the paper,
although a relative controlled it..
and that he would employ his good
offices in behalf of his friend. the
Speaker.
All of which would have been OBJ
waited if the Speaker had reported
a rule providing for the passage of
the bill without emasculating
amendments. The bill has been in
his hands ever since it reached the
House. 1t is up TO him now.
The Washington times., 1906-06-12
GEORGETOWN GRADS.
BANQUET AT RALEIGH

Good old college fun ran riot last
night in the banquet room OF the Raleigh
Hotel, when the fifty members Of the
graduating class Of Georgetown Uni
yers;ty held their class banquet.
College songs were intermingIed with
long Hst OF toasts and the hearty
good fellowship that has prevailed in
their college life marked the progress
OF the banquet william F. X GeOghan
was tOa -tmaster.
Among those who responded were
Michael Leahy, Rudolph n Yeatnan,
w Thompson Doar, Robert J. Kennedy.
Fairfax Shield McCaRdish Isaac s
George, Joseph A Dial. Robert Maurer,
Francis ] p Cleary, Robert E Crow
ley, Virgil p Green. and Edward y.
HOreWeL
The Washington times., 1906-06-12
DEATH EARLY TODAY OF
MRS. R0SALIE M'KNEW

Mrs Rosaie B. McKnew, mother of
the late William II. McKnew. died at
her residence, 1924 Q street. at 2:30
O'Clock this morning. Although Mrs.
McKnew had been an invalid for many
years previous to her death she always
maintained her naturally cheerful and
lOVable disposition.
She was widely interested in charities
In quiet and unostentatious way. She
was born in the District of Columbia
october ,, 1885. and resided here all of
her life She is survived by her daugh-
ter, Miss Susan F. McKnew. The funeral
VIII take place Thursday Afternoon
The Washington times., 1906-06-12
BURGLAR SCARE BROUGHT
TO DOOR OF BLACK CAT
Fright at Gordon Hotel Traced TO Prob
able Scratching of Tabby at
Window.

There was a burglar scare in the Cor
don Hotel. on Sixteenth street, between
and X street northwest. about $50
o'clock this morning. but 1t proved TO
be a false alarm.
A telephone message was sent TO the
Third precinct when a noise was heard
in basement wfndOwh and Policemen
Embrey and Riley responded They
made an investigation. but found the
windows and ever th-ng intact Nothing
inside the hotel was disturbed
A black cat was found in the rear
OF the hotel scratching at a window
here. and it Is believed that she was
responsible for the excitement
The Washington times., 1906-06-12
MAY LET OUT 200
INTERIOR CLERKS
Alleged Antiquated Methods
Of Department Criticised
by Keep Commission.

If the report OF the Keep Commission
on the manner and methods of doing
business in the Department Of the In
terror is adopted. over 200 clerks in that
department Will be dropped or trans
ferred- The commission has about I'M
ished its investigation OF the department,
and. IL is said. will seriously criticise
some Of its antiQuated processes
For example, * is said. that much
copying and other work now done by
hand can be done much better and
much cheaper on typewTiters. There
are other criticisms that will be offered.
Tho report viii probably be submitted 20
the President in the course of the next
few DAYS.
The Washington times., 1906-06-12

With the Flag" school; recitation. The
ElaS, Roy kuehlingi chorus, "Awakel
Salute Old GiOry-" school: salute ans
pledge 70 the flag. school: solo. .sTbe
Grand Old Flag" Edna Wilcox: chort,s
America" school. march. stars and
Stripes Katharine Lang
Webb.
March. Catherine McGraw, GLORY TO
Old Glory school: song, .eKeIIar's
American Hymn eighth grade; salute
70 the fiag, school, song, Guard the
Flag" school; essay. History Of the
Flag" Hazel Price; song, "Star-Spang-
led Banner" school; flag drill, sixth
grade pupils; song, Soldiers Chorus"
seventh and eighth graSes; recitation,
Betsy Ross" girls OF fifth grade;
song, The Flag" third grade; recita-
ton. Scott and the Veteran" Eliza
Riley; song. Flag Song. fourth grade;
recitation, 'Mending the Old Flag
Mable Jones: song, ''Red. White, and
Blue" eighth grade; march. Stars and
Stripes Forever" Mary Miller.
Wheatley.
Flag Song. Root: recitation, 'IIncoIu's
Speech James Hundley; violin solo,
medley OF patriotic airs. Myer Davis;
flag drill, twenty-four little girls from
grades three and four; Dixie recita-
ton. Barbara Frietchie." Marie Wool
nough; flag salute; guard the flag;
America"
The Washington times., 1906-06-12
LEGAL SEPARATIONS
GRANTED IN D. C. COURTS

Chief Justice Clabaugh has signed a
decree granting an absolute separation
10 Frank p. Howard from Mabel c.
Howard, but awarded the custody OF
their minor child to its maternal grand
mother. Mrs. Rachel Flanagan, direct
ing the father to pay SIS a month for
its support.
The petition of Susan H Windsor for
an absolute divorce from Richard S.
Windsor, jr., was also acted upon IA
vorably by the chef justice, and the
petitioner was given the right to re-
sumo her maiden name OF Susan T.
Hunter.
Justice Stafford granted Lucy Nav
Follen an absolute divorce from Wesley
w. Follen. 1t was directed that the
mother be given the custody of the
minor children Of the couple
The Washington times., 1906-06-12
TRAVELLING EXPENSE BILL
IS FATHERED BY WATSON

Representative Watson of Indiana has
introduced bill in the House specify
ing that the President be allowed s25. 600
for his travelling expenses, to be paid
out on the Presidents certificate only
Mr.. Watson was in the chair when
the point Of order raised against this
item in the sundry civil appropriation
bill by the minority leader was sus-
tanned.
The Washington times., 1906-06-12
School Children 10 Join
In Patriotic Exercises
lnHonoT of 'Old Gloru' .
Elaborate Programs Arranged for Flag Day Cele-
brations-Songs, Recitations and Addresses
viii Breathe Spirit of Devotion.

public building many .
residences the Stripes Thursday commeo
of Flag anniversary the American
Through the American Flag public arnestlv
requested observe the from win
dows and house tops by
everything possible to bring conspicuous
On June H. 1777 Congress
United should enacted that on
the admission of State
flag Therea nowf forty-fye
Special exercises viii be held in the
pupils have already arranged for
specially
ington
The programs for follow:
PROGRAMS THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Washington times., 1906-06-12
BROADWAY PROPERTY
BRINGS 100000

NEW YORK. June 12.-Negotiations
were ali but completed yesterday for
the sale by the Trust Company of Amer
lea to the Title Insurance Company of
New York, of the premises 1S5 and 137
Broadway. a fourteen-story modern
office building. The purchaser is a ten
ant of the building. Two million dollars
is the price at which the property has
been held, and it is understood to be
the purchase price agreed on.