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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-21
Sultan's Navy Battling
With Pretender's Troops

LONDON, Feb. IA dispatch TO the
Central News from Tangier says thai
the Moroccan warship Sid FL Turki
yesterday and today renewed the
bombardment of the arms factory at
Marchica, Bu Hamara. the Moroccan
pretender. has sent a force of cavalry
and infantry to prevent the Sultan's
troops from landing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-21
NEW G0URD NAMED AFTER
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

A new gourd has been discovered by
Alfred Lookerbill. the celebrated gourd
grower of CrawfordviIle, Ind After to-
day IL will be known as the Roosevelt
gourd."
A specimen of this remarkable gourd
was presented to the President this
morning by the Rev. A. r. LookerbiII. of
Baltimore. a son OF the Indiana man.
It is in the shape of a sugar bowl and
has projections on it upon which FIVE
spoons can be hung. The President pro
nouncad it one of the most wonderful
things in the shape of vegetation he had
ever seen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-21
SCOTT C. BONE GOES
TO CHICAGO EXAMINER

Scott G Bone. for seventeen years
managing editor of the Washington
Post, leaves Washington today for Chi
cago to assume the managing editorship
of the Chicago Examiner
Mr. Bones family will remain at their
Washington home for some time before
joining Mr.. Bone in Chicago
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-21
John w. GATES SAID TO
HAVE BOUGHT GOLD MINE

NEW YORK, Feb 21--A report re-
ceivea Yesterday from Goldfeld. New.
saws that Walter Stevely, residing at
the waldorf Astoria. acting for himself
and John W Gates. has purchased 5l.oo0
shares. a controlling interest, in the Sey-
Ter Humphrey Mining Company. OF
Manhattan New. at 50 cents q share
The same report has il that rich
strike has been made On the property
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RECEIVED DOUBLE FINE.

Matte Waverly, colored. was this
morning fined $40 by Judge Mullowny
in the District branch of the Police
Court. on a charge of disorderly CON
duct, preferred by Bicycle Policeman
Kleindienst. and was given an additional
fine OF $50 by Judge Kimban on a charge
of assaulting kleindienst.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-21
GEN. GROSVENOR LOSES
RENOMINATION FIGHT

LANCASTER. Ohio. Feb. 21-AIbert
Douglass, of Chilicothe, Ohio, was NOM
mated for Congress on the first ballot
in the convention held here today TO
succeed Gen c. H Grosvenor In Con-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-21
$4,000 FIRE AT PATERSON.

PATERSON. n. J.. Feb. 21.-Fire
$50, 600 damage in the business district.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-21
Small Owns to Murder,
But johnson Will Hang
Confessiop That He Killed Miss AIlinson Not
Likely TO Save Man Condemned to
Die on Friday

MOUNT HOLLY, y. ], Feb. al
After undergoing the third degree" for
hours, George Small. the first colored
suspect arrested for the murder OF Miss
Florence Aliinsou, Of Moorestown, for
which crime Rufus Johnson. another
colored man. is under sentence to be
hanged next Friday, confessed that he
strangIed the woman to death, while
Johnson robbed the house.
4 KILLED Miss Allinson. Rufus John
son, my pal. was robbing the house
while I choked the woman to death in
the barn I just couldn't see Rufus
hanged Tor a crime he did not commit"
said Small
His confession viii probably save
Johnson from death next Friday.
Jersey justice, which OveTreached it
self in this case, was swift in convict
ing and sentencing the man. Fhe muir
der was committed on January Is.
and was tried before Justice HendriCk-
son o. February 3. In one hour john
son yes convicted and doomed to die.
In Robbery, Too.
Last night. Small sent for his former
employer. John Dugan. and Evan F.
Benners, postmaster. at MooTestown,
and to them he made a fun confession
of the tragedy. stating in the presence
of Detectives Lore and Parker and other
officials that he was the man who mur-
deEed Miss AIlinsOn. Small also admit
ted his participation In the Goodenough
robbery. which he has stoutly denied.
Sheriff Norcross. Deputy Sheriff Fleet
wood. and Detective Parker state that
the hanging Of johnson will take place
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-21
PURE FOOD BILL
LIKELY TO PASS
Senate Today Considering
Amendments.
HOUSE FAV0RS MEASURE
Probable That the Oil, as It Leaves
the Senate, VIII Be Passed
by Representatives.

Developments in pure -ood legislation
in the Senate during the last few days
indicate that III, Hepburn pure food bill
viii be passed this afternoon when it
comes UP for flaI vote.
Today's session IS being devoted ex-
clusively to the consideration OF amend
ments. The opponents TO the bill in its
present status have found, they claim,
many clauses in the original draft that
would work against the very interests
the bill is intended to accomplish.
This feature is apparently true as to
the fixing OF standards by chemists in
the Government service. Senator Hey
burn, however, contends that his bill
does not fix standards, but that on the
contrary several Of the amendments Of
fered. some of which will probably be
adopted, tend 10 gauge standard by
which foods may be determined unfit
for ConsumjtiOn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-21
Sharp Tilt in Committee
Over Pure Food Bill

When Thomas z. Lannen. of Chicago.
secretary OF the National Food Manu-
facturers' Association. appeared before
(Confinued on Ninth Page
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Power of the Courts.

The fosterers Of the bill have been
having an interesting struggle 10 main
tain their contentious relating 10 the
delegation OF power to the courts as the
tribunal by which the standard of purity
of preservatives may be determined In
this respect the aid OF Senator Gallinger
has been added TO the forces for the
measure. Senator GaIIinger IS an emf
nent physician and is understood TO
have devoted much time TO determining
tust how many impurities are con-
fafned in preservatiVes OF various kinds
During the arguments on the measure
this week il Is plainly evident that this
Congress wants pure food legislation.
IT is expected. however. that the bill
as II goes TO the House VIII be amended
in a decided way. 1t is expected that it
viii contain much OF the substance mat
Ter Of the Money substitute bill, which
with the Joint amendment of Senators
Lodge and McCumbeT VIII make a de
cided change in the language of the
measure.
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THE SUN.
TIDE TABLE

sun SETS today "a
Sun rises tomorrow e.4
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Ouibble Over Standards.

A majority of the Senators do not
wish to have the bill fix standards by
which purity of food stuffs, drugs or
liquors may be gauged. Yet in their
arguments on the measure it is evident
that difference of opinion among the
members of the chamber ranges from
one extreme TO the other.
Section of the measure. some con-
tend. places Limitation on the amount
Of preservatives to be used on food
stufrs to such an extent as to allow the
hiIl IL IL should be passed IN its original
form. to work hardship on the packer
The bill as it passes the Senate this
afternoon will probably be adopted by
the House. Pure food legislation on
that side has been holding the boards
in the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce and. it Is understood
has bright prospects of early enact
ment Those in favor of the bill on
the Senate side declare today that tie
bill will pass with a majority of prob
ably twenty votes. The opposition de-
clined to comment on the passage of
the measure.
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Fireproof Storage.

Merchants Transfer & Storage C0.-Adv.
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Continued on Ninth Page.)
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TEMPERATURE.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-14

~ mangled. All the surroundings in
dtcated thar Bratcher and the mules
were killed instantly.
The first news OF the accident to
reach town came as telephone mes
sage to the office of w. T.. Coleman,
manager of the street car company.
After engaging the services OF ply
sicians Mr.. Coleman hurried to the
scene of the wreck to render any aid
that might be required Physicians
were soon on the ground but their
services Were not needed, as the vic
tim of the accident had passed be-
yond all earthly help.
The news OF the accident spread
rapidly and when reporter reach
ed the scene of the collision a large
crowd had collected to view the
wreckage. 1t was CHASTITY sight
that presented itself On the north
side of the track and lying close to
the rail was the body of the driver.
On the south side were the carcasses
of the mules, while between and on
the outside of the rails pieces of
the car were scattered in profusion
Near the body of Bratcher was the
front platform of the car on which
he was caught like rat in a trap.
Several feet away was the cash box
which contained all the fares taken
during the morning. Some one who
had arrived early had covered Bratch
ers body with his slicker for protec-
tion against the rain and to shield
it from the view of the curiously in
clined
Manager Coleman took charge o.
he remains and had them convey
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IS READY FOR SERVICE


Commencing MONDAY December
T. The Houston a Texas Cautrai
viii begin operating mixed train
on the Mexia Nayasota cutoff OF
ficial announce ment 20 that effect
has been made hy G. r Hawkins
general superintendent OF the Cen
tral-East and West lines
From point about two miles
south OF Mcsia, the cutoff runs 50
miles To point about three miles
north OF Nasasota. where the main
line Is again found X has been
built in about year, and the steel
runs from rs 10 50 pounds per yard
Until the track has been settled by
train running, there viii be no at
tempt to run main line trains over
it. AT some date in the future it
may become portion of the main
line. and what Is now the main line
will become branch
What is probably the greatest
benefit derivable from the new
trackage is the fact that II reduces
some grades from one and one-half
per cent TO less than three-auartess
OF one per cent. This Is an important
desideratum in railroading, inyolv-
ing as il does a saving on fuel and
the permitting of an even schedule
to be maintained Where the grade
Is heavy trains can be run but slow
ly as compared to their speed on lev
el roadhed, or where there is but
traction Of per cent grade.
Even with as good a roadbed as
the new cutoff possesses. the SER
of wi no cI
This can be accepted as but a condi-
ton, however, arising from the new
roadbed and an unsettled track As
soon as these are overcome by traf-
fic and the passage of trains, it is
expected that the company will
place the speed on it at about the
same as that maintained by the main
! line.
The cutoff, which begins at Mex
| ia Junction two and one half miles
south of Mexia and ends at Nelleva
! Junction, three and a half miles
north of Navasota, is attraction owe,
ninety-four miles and connects will
the main line at the functions men
toned
| 1t passes through one of the bes
sections of the state and Il sectio
which is contiguous to very populor
} territory. All of the towns thrOuP
A which the road passes are ones whit
S have been in existence for years al
e but five new towns have been ope
k ed as a result of the railroad. the
S towns being named after employ
2 | of the Hirriman lines save on
= | that of Norman Gee, presumably
compliment to Judge Norman
| kittrell.
| One of fham is named after tn
popular general passenger agent
Colonel NJ. l.. Robbins.
The new road will be operated a!
| a portion of division one of the
/ Houston and Texas Central railroad
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Street Car Struck by Southbound Katy Pas
senger and Reduced to Splinters.
DRIVER AND MULES ARE INSTANTLY KILLED
laetsaate h Vas Aed 0as Side Of the Taek Nearly Every
ia soAy Broken. 0ae Of he hsIes frsAtuny naaset

4 fearful accident occurred this
morning about 9:45 at the crossing
of the Katy and the street car line
on Arlington Heights avenue In
which street car was almost COM
pletely demolished and the driver
and mules instantly killed. The un-
fortunate man was Scott Bratcher
who had been in the employ of the
street car company as driver since
Thanksgiving day.
He had been to Trinity University
the end of the car line. this morn
ing on one of his regular trips and
was returning to the city. He had
crossed the track of the Central and
in attempting to cross the katy's
track his car was struck by the
southbound passenger train with
a terrific crash which was heard a
distance of three or four hundred
yards. The car was reduced to splin-
ters which were scattered along the
track for several feet. Bratcber was
hurled to one side of the track with
sufficient violence to break nearly
every bone in his body. Several
frightful gashes were cut on his face
and head. The body was found fully
fifty feet from the crossing and was
lying full length between the track
and the rods which connect the de
railing switches with the interlock-
ing tower. The mules We're carried
several feet by the pilot of the en-
gine and one of the animals was dis
emboweled and otherwise frightful-
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ed to the unfortunate mans home
near the car barns In West Eud An
undertaken Was called 20 prepare
the body for burial
While the accident Is greatly 20
bc deplored IL is considered a fortu-
nate thing that there VAS not IA sin
gle passenger on the car This was
rather an unusual occurrence as
there ~ usually good deal OF tray
ei between town aud the university
The complete destruction OF the rag
IL proof enough that no one on the
car would have escaped death
T II Bragg. formerly driver for
the company, but nov employed az
the nursery of j Il Mayhew. made
the following statement TO the re-
porter.
was the first person TO reach
the scene OF the accident after It's
occurrence. | was at work In the nur-
sery and heard the train whistle for
the crossing This did not attract
my attention more than usual. but
a few moments after the trains sig
nal | heard a terrific crash Instinct
lively ! knew that an accident of
some kind had happened and start
ed toward the crossing In q run At
ter getting into the street | saw the
mules and fragments of the ear
strewn along the track The driver
was no where to be seen and when
| approached near the track | was
Mortified to find his lifeless body
some distance down the track from
the crossing. The train was brought
to standstill as quickly as possible
and was backed up to the crossing
The train remained there probably
about fifteen minutes | did not see
the car before it was struck by the
/ train. 50
J. b. Rawlings was formerly
I night operator in the interlocking
| tower. He now has the day shift and
was on duty this morning. He was
asked by the reporter for a state
ment,, He said:
| Il was at work In the tower and
! did not see the car until just few
| seconds before the accident occur
ed. | had signailed the approaching
| train that the track was clear and
when 1t came within my district |
| blocked in behind ii to keep other
trains out. The train had slowed
down and was approaching the
crossing at a slow rate of speed. Just
before the train passed the tower |
walked around my levers to the
front part of the tower and saw the
street car nearing the track
whistled and called to the driver
and finally attracted his attention to
the train. He pulled his mules back
as if in an effort to stop the car an6
then began using the whip on them
h ,1..es oh. ply yn1
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and will be under the jurisdiction OF
uperintendent NJ Sheehan. whose
headquarters are in Ennis
The towns along the new route.
south from MeXia. are as follows;
MeXia Junction, Varela, Person
Vile. Farrar. Bear Grass. Jewett
Robbins. Leon, Norman Gee North
Zulcb. Cross. lola Mesa. Carlos.
Cguwder and Nelleya Junction.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-19

tatton has brought about concentra-
ton there of tenement house building.
The preference Is quite as distinctly
apparent elsewhere. Indeed. the in
crease of tenement house construction
has of late been relatively greater in
Brooklyn and Queens than in the
Bronx; while in Richmond, where but
one tenement has been erected during
the preceding three years, nearly a
dozen were put under construction in
1905. Only about per cent of the
dwelling quarters protected in this
town last year is contained in one
family houses.
Evidently the individual dwelling is
ceasing to be an appreciable factor
in the housing of the community. 1t
Is popularity supposed that the multi
pie dwelling is the chief source of the
waste of life which is observed in
many big cities. II this idea were we'll
founded the housing situation in New
York would be very grave indeed.
However. there Is reason to believe
that the supposition is groundless. In
the first place, New York's death rate
has never before been so low as it is
now. In the second place, the vital
statistics of the leading American
cities point to the conclusion that dis
tribution Of population is not deter
mining influence in the sanitary con-
ditton of urban centers.-New York
Sun.
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!: A'.'''.'..f.'......'...'...'''...
: "The Muck Rake" Speech
!: Interpreted by Hirsch

s.............. ......
Chicago, April 19.-"The muck rake"
speech Of President Roosevelt was
discussed yesterday afternoon by DR..
Emil G. Hirsch in his lecture at Sinai
temple. He interpreted it as ian ex-
preston of the presidents belief or
feeling that the emotional opponents
of the gospel of unrest are likely to
rush the country into the vortex Of
the greatest of the worlds revolutions
unless a halt ia called.
What the humanitarians, philoso-
piers and sociologists are solicitous
about today is not that a revolution
shall come, but the form that it may
take" said DR.. Hirsch. "Is it to be
revolution or evolution? Is it to be
violent upheaval that may have the
immediate effect Of setting back the
cause Of progress, temporarily at
least? Or will It be q peaceable
change from industrial individualism
to industrial cooperation? Those are
the questions upon the answers to
which will depend TO- a large degree
the progress and prosperity Of the
American generations Of the near
future. Si & II Il ;,t.s,
/ THAT, I take II. 10 the thought that
inspired the great address 0f Presi-
dent Roosevelt in Washington. He
interprets Alright the signs Of the
times. He sees ahea6- for his beloved
country the vision Of q revolution In
hnitely more farsreaching than !; any
+ that the world has ever known.
But let, there be no mistake about
the presidents meaning. y To me It
seems clear that his warning against
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THE EVENING TIMES, GRAND FORKS, N. D.

directed as much to the rich or So
called capitalistic class as to the
critics on the incessant quest with the
maladorous and unsightly rake. He
questions the right OF the mighty to
laugh at the law; or, II cornered, to
take immunity baths prepared by
the skill of lawyers.
Go on, keep to your present policy
of contempt and defiance OF the popu-
lar conception of justice and right
eousness, says our president and the
day of destruction cannot be far away.
THE crying of injustice of the in
.dividualistic philosophy is its pretense
to pay labor for its devotion of life
time with a mere subsistence for
'labor's prime and the poorhouse in
old age. If it be socialism to say that
the true industrial cure is co-opera-
ton, then let us have socialism. The
true and just course for employers
and capitalists Is to consider wealth
not a possession. but Stewardship
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-19
Popularixine a French Coin.

If M. Poincarre. the new French
Minister of Finance, does nothing else,
he will at least go down in history
with the reputation of having made
the exceedingly unpopular 25-centime
nickel coin the most sought-after pro-
duct from the French mint. This coin
has long been boycotted by shopkeep-
ers and 1t has been as hard to Get rid
of in Paris as foreign coppers. The
other day, however, a rumor emanated
from the Minister of Finance that on
five coins of the unpopular issue might
be found the word "Rothschild" in tiny
letters, and that the first person who
took one of these coins to Rothschilds
bank in the Rue LATTE would receive
$4,000 francs, of $4,000, for it; 10000
francs would be paid for the second
nickel, and 1000 francs for the last of
the five.
Why Rothschild should offer this
gratuitous lottery was explained on
the ground that the banker had a large
stock of nickels on hand which he was
anxious to get rid of as quickly as
possible. Now everybody in Paris
grabs every 25-centime nickel coin
within reach, carefully examines it un-
der a magnifying glass, and then
passes 1t on to other eager hands.
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
April 20.

1534-Eliza Barton. ) Maid of Kent"
executed.
1579-Hammond burned for heresy
at Norwich. England.
l626-San Salvador, Brazil. surren-
dered by the Dutch to the Portuguese.
1657-Admiral Blake DESTROYED
Spanish fleet of sixteen vessels.
1676-Battle of Sudbury. Mass
171s-David Brainerd. famous mis-
sionary to Indians. born.
1775-General Putnam Joined pat
riot band at Concord. Mass.
1792-French declared war against
Francis I. of Hungary and Bohemia.
1SOS-Louis Napoleon born. Died
Jan. 9, 1873.
1S09-Austrians defeated at Aliens
berg, Bavaria, by Napoleon l.
1S12-George Clinton. vice president
of United States, died. Born 1870.
1S14-Napoleon took leave of the
Old Guard at Fontainebleau.
1821-Frederick c. Achard, Prussian
chemist. who first made sugar from
beets, died..
Aooc"0oiluCA SAdICl, UulluSl VI
cotton factory in America, died.
1S3S-Meteoric shower at Knoxville.
Tenn.
1S45-William Read, member of
Washington's staff, died at Charleston.
S. C.
1S55-Suspension bridge at st. An
thongs Falls, Mimi, partially Destroy
ed by a gale.
1S56-Robert L. Stevens. steamboat
and railroad promoter. died.
1S61-Mint at Charlotte, N. c., seized
by Confederates.
1S62-Orizaba, Mexico, occupied by
the French
1SS2-Welland canal opened for nav
igation.
1SS5-Five hundred natives persisted
in eruption of volcano, Smeru, Java.
1SS7-Suicide of Lieut.. John Danen-
hover, arctic explorer.
1S93-Business section of Wardner,
Idaho, burned.
1S94-Betrothal announced of Grand
Duke Nicholas, Czarowitz of Russia, to
| Princess Alix of Hesse.