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The Washington times., 1906-04-02

Mr.. Whitridge is a native Of Massa-
chusetts and was born in New Bedford
in 1852. He was graduated from Amherst
College in 1874 and from Columbia Law,
School I'm 1873. The following year he
was admitted 10 the bar and Is now a
member Of the firm of Cary * Whit
ridge. He is a director OF the Cataract
Construction Company. the Chicago
Terminal Elevator Company. the Cleve-
land. Akron and Columbus railway. and
IS president of the Washington County
railroad, the Lake Eric and Western
railroad. the Niagara Development Com
pany, and the Niagara Fails Power
Company Mir. Whitridg. IS also afflI-
lated with the Bar Association of the
city of New York, the American Fine
Arts Society. the New England Society,
Liedergranz, Amherst College Alumni,
and the American Academy of Political
and Social Science. He is a member OF
the Metropolitan Club. the Knicker-
booker, University. Reform, City. Play
ers'. Church. Down Town. West Chester
Country, and the Century.
Mr. Whitridge has come before the
public as a contributor to leading mag
azines for which he has written on po-
ltical and economic subjects
The Washington times., 1906-04-02

The development Of battleship design
ing during period of twenty years is
shown in the graphic comparisons set
down above between the Texas, author
ized in August. 1856. and the great YES
sci just recommended by the House
Naval Committee. The specific data Of
the new design have not been published.
undoubtedly because only a few es-
sentials have been settled, but the
sketches illustrate with considerable ac-
curacy the comparative size and gun
power OF the types selected for conf
parison.
The displacement of the two vessels
are 6.S15 tons and Is. 500 tons That is a
difference of 1900 tons, an amount
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FATHER HAGEN NOT TOLD
OF TRANSFER TO VATICAN

Father Hagen OF Georgetown Uni
evrsity has received no word of his
reported appointment by the Pope 10
the head OF the Vatican observatory.
Dispatches from Rome say t1aIher
Hagen has been chosen by the Pope
10 hr this position in recognition #
his Scientific accomplishments.
II WAS said at the University this
morning that no word had been re-
ceiVed there by anybody concerning
such an appointment for Father Ha-
gen. and that II il had been decided in
Rome that such 4 change would d..
made. more than likely the University
faculty would have been notified at
The Washington times., 1906-04-02
WYOMING VILLAGE KISSER
MAKES SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC

CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 2.-Jelm, g
village thirty miles from Laramie, is
lsolated by quarantine against small
pcx, started, says Hannah Nelson, the
latest victim. by an afflicted young man,
who. on his return from a southern trip.
kissed her and several other young
women.
Schools are closed at the towns OF Car
ter, Lyman, Robertson. Foa5 Bridgeer.
Lone Tree, Henry'S Fork, and Burnt
fork, because of smallpox started by a
ranchman stealing the Evanston pest
house and selling the lumber.
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make an open sore / think his face must
have itched most fearfully.
we hnally thought nothing could help,
and had made up my mind TO send my wife
with the child 10 Europe, hoping that the sea
air might cure him, otherwise he was to be
put under good medical care there. But,
Lord be blessed, matters came differently,
and We soon saw n miracle A friend Of ours
spoke about Cuticura- We made trial with
CuticurA Soap, Ointment, and ResolTent, and
within ten days or two weeks We noticed
decided improvement. Just as quickly as the
sickness had appeared It also began to dis
appear, and within ten weeks the child was
absolutely well, and his skin was smooth and
white Asneyer before" F. Hohrzth, President
Of the C. L hOhrath Company, Mznufact-
urers Of Six Ribbons, 20 20 Rink Alley,
June 8, 1905 South Bethlehem, Pa.
Crtcur1 Scan. 0fannsnt and Pi-ia sold ehrouzhou
Bevorld Poster Drug Chen corP ssls Prop4, Bossoa
sr Ha1ed Fress a HS~ = C&ss 1s< tAsSEsl
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SEAFIGHTER
POWERFUL
ENOUGH
TO OVERCOME
FIVE LIKE
THE TEXAS.

prisingly speedy ship and on her official
trial made nearly eighteen knots for
three and three-Quarter hours. But the
large variation in coal storage space
must give the new ship much increased
radius of action and release her from
too close dependence on fixed bases.
The crews will. when each vessel is
fully manned. roughly aggregate thirty
three officers and 500 men in the small
er and forty-five officers and 1000 men
in the larger
II is said by naval officers that :he
differences in displacement do not. after
all, measure the real superiority OF the
latter vessel. as with her greater speed.
enormously heavy battery and splendid
arrner protection, she could overcome
rive ships Of the Texas class
The Washington times., 1906-04-02
BUYS GEORGIA ROADS
TO FIGHT SEABOARD

NEW YORK, April 2.-Purchases of
several small railroads iu eastern
Georgia have given TO a syndicate of
which JOHN SHELTON Williams is said to
be the organizer an almost unbroken
line of track from a few miles south of
Augusta to a point close to the Florida
line.
Mr.. Williams left the chairmanship of
the executive committee of the Sea-
board Air Line about a year ago after
disagreement5 with the powers in con-
troll and IL Is suggested that the syndi-
cate purchases in Georgia, which prac-
ucally parallel the Seaboard through
that State, are the nucleus of a system
which MIR. Williams inteSds to use TO
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Sol NJ Meyer and Lena Kaufman. both
OF Baltimore.
Horace Jackson and Eliza Dorsey. both
of Sugarland Md.
Mack Oliver and Alberta Gibson.
Eugene +. Dresser. Rochelle, Ill. and
Nanette Underwood, Waynesviile. y. c
Benjamin s. Carleton. Essex county
Va, and Carrie H. Browning. Culpeper
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FINDS WEDDING RING
LOST FIFTEEN YEARS

WILMINGTON, Del. April Mrs.
Herman Glanding. OF Sixth and shipIey
streets. fifteen years ago lost her we'd
ding ring
While her former home was being torn
down today 70 make room for the new
telephone structure the ring was found
by a coiored man. who returned il
through Magistrate Broman. and got s.
reward
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the doctor. We then
went to another doctor,
but he could not help
him, and IN our despair
we went to q third one.
Matters became so bad
that he had regular
holes IN his cheeks,
large enough TO put .
nnger into. The food
had 20 be given with a
spoon, for his mouth
was covered with crusts
as thick IS 4 finger, and
whenever he opened the
mouth they began TO
bleed and supParsts, as
did also his eyes
Hands, arms, chest, and
back, IN short the whole
body, was covered over
and over. We had no
rest By day or night
Whenever he was laid
IN his bed, we had 70
pin his hands down:
otherwise he would
acrasch his fare and
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Assessment of Benefits.
Would Simplify Congress Action.

Such a steD would do away with the
House having TO consider a long. cum
bersome bin every time il is desired 10
extend. widen or open a thOroughfare.
With the proposed change in the code.
the only thing necessary for the exten-
sion OF a street would be a concise bill
providing that a certain street shall be
extended a given length with a given
width. The legal steps for complying
with the bill would be fixed
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Saving to the Government.
Connect With All Points.

Under the proposed system ii will be
possible TO send messages through the
telephone company's central Office sys-
TEN to any telephone in Washington or
90 any point covered by the long dis
tance lines of the telephone company,
and it will also be possible to send
messages from the same telephone TO
any other department telephone through
the Governments new switchboard by
utilizing the proposed tie lines.
This extension and modification of the
present service is along the lines sug-
gested by former Secretary of the Navy
Morton. in his comprehensive report of
last year on the Government telephone
service. The telephone company has
lowered the cost OF wire mileage from
S4S TO S36 per mile. Other economies of
operation will be introduced by the new
departure.
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MRS. GODFREY MAY RECOVER

Physicians at Providence Hospital
stated yesterday that Mrs Mary God
frey, sixty years old, who fell into a
pan of hot water at her home, Us Pierce
street, Anacostia, yesterday after being
attacked with vertigo, was resting
quietly this morning and would prob
ably recover.
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READY MADE FORM
FOR LEGISLATION
District Committee to Take Up Street
System Bill-Make Easy Work
in Congress.

A meeting of the fun District Com
mittee OF the House viii be called for
tomorrow TO frame a bin providing a
uniform system for opening and ex-
tending streets in the District OF CO.
lumbia.
Assessment OF Benefits.
The committee VIII have under con-
sideration the Olcott bill. which pro-
vides uniform system for tie assess
ment OF benefits and damages. This
feature in il may be changed. as il Is
argued that in some cases the benefits
OF street openings are all 70 the ad-
Jacent property while. Ia other instan-
ces. the benefit is to the general public
instead OF 10 the adjacent lan4s.
II Is certain, however, that the com
mittee VIII make every effort to agree
on bill that Will amend the District
code so as TO make the legal machin-
cry for all street openings identical
and uniform
The Washington times., 1906-04-02

I ache or any irregularity OF the urine
This medicine is a compound of pure
roots and herbs that act directly on the
kidneys. curing, healing and strength
ening them. 1t cures the cause and
backache, headache. languor disappear.
Home testimony guarantees every box
Of Doan's Kidney Pills.
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ALL SWELL

The landlord said his fat was swell, -
And l guess the landlord knows;
For there isn't a window that opens well
Or a door not hard to close
Cleveland Leader
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Delegates Present.

The delegates Who responded to the
call Of the roll this morning were as
follows:
Connecticut. Andrew F. Gates and
William o. Seymour: Georgia. II. War
ner Hill; Indiana. c. V. McAdams;
Kentucky. c. c. McChord. Med. Fer
Suson, and John r. Newman: Louisiana.
W NJ. Barrow; Maine. Joseph b. Peake
b r. Chadbourne, and Parker SDof-
lord; Massachusetts, George W. Bishop;
Michigan, Theron w. Atwood; Mime
sofa. Ira B. Mills, Charles F. Staples
and William +. Young Missouri. Joe p
Rice New Hampshire, George E. Bales
North Carolina, Franklin McNeill. Sam
/. Rogers, +. G. Beddngfield, and II. c.
Brown; North Dakota, G. s Deisem
John Christiansen, and c. C Hammond :
Pennsylvania, Isaac B. Brown, Theo-
dore b. Klein, ana w. w. MOrgaridge.
South Carolina. J. II. Wharton. r. l..
Caughman, j. H. Earle, and D. p. Dun
can; South Dakota, w. G. Smith
Washington. John S. McMillin. John G.
Lawrence. and c. A. Snowden; Wfscon-
sin. John Barnes and b. II. Meyer; AS
sociation of American Railway Accounts
ing Officers, j. o. Clifford and c. /
Sturgis; Street Railway Accounting As
sociation. w. T. Ham; Interstate Com
merce Commission, Martin A. Knapp,
JudSon c Clements. Charles A Prouty
Francis NJ. Cockrell, commissioners:
Edward A. MoSeley secretary; and
Martin s. Decker. assistant secretary.
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GETS BID TO WEDDING
OF SPANISH KING
President Appoints Frederick W. Whit
ridge Special Ambassador to Rep
resent United States.

The President has appointed Frederick
w. Whitridge. Of New York. special
ambassador to represent the United
States al the wedding OF the King OF
Spain.
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TELEPHONE WIRES
FOR DEPART TAENTS
Government Will Operate
Its Own System.
WITH ONTSlDE CONNECTIONS
Economy One of Principal Reasons for
Innovation-Approved by
President.

The Government has decided to take
into its own hands the operation of
the telephone service among the ex-
ecutive departments in Washington,
and a central switchboard. connecting
all the departments, will be installed.
The system will be installed by the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company. whose instruments will be
used and with whose outside lines the
interdepartmental lines will be con-
nected- The operation. though, will be
by Government force.
Saving to the Government.
The change is to be made for the
purpose of promoting economy and has
been under consideration by the Keep
Commission since its appointment. The
commission made the recommendation
and the President has approved IL. Its
details will be arranged under the su-
perVisiOn Of Secretary Metcalf OF the
Department of Commerce and Labor
That economies have already been ef-
fected is evident from the fact that the
special committee, named by the Keep
Commission to investigate the telephone
situation. estimated last year that there
would be $4,000 messages. AS a matter
Of fact the actual number of messages
was much smaller. The committee con-
sists of II. G. Gauss, w. J. Lee, and
George p. MCCabe.
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TERRIBLE ECZEMA
ON LITTLE BOY
Mouth and Eyes Covered With
Crusts-face ltched Most Fear
fully-Hands Pinned Down to
Prevent Scratching
MIRACULOUS CURE
BY CUTICURA REMEDIES

When ny little boy was SIX months old, Ia
had eczema The sores extended so quickly
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FAVORS RAILWAY
RATE LEGISLATION
Association of Commission
ers in Annual Convention.
PRESIDENT SMITHS ADDRESS
Demands Laws to Decrease Loss of
Life in Railroad
Travelling.
PRESIDENT SMITHS ADDRESS

The annual convention of the AsSo-
citation of Railway Commissioners.
which was called to order in the Of
fees of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission at IL o'clock this morning, has
brought TO washington men actively in
terested in railway rate legislation,
from nearly all the states of the Union.
The president of the association, W
3. Smith, of South Dakota. called the
convention TO order. The delegates
were welcomed by Martin A. Knapp.
chairman of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and the response was made
by Theodore B. Klein, superintendent
of the bureau of railways Of Penns-l-
vania- President Smith delivered his
annual address.
The whole sentiment OF the conven-
ton favors railway rate legislation of
an actual and constructive character.
President Smith took the position that
any law passed to correct evils now
existing that does not contain absolute
rules for deciding what is a reasonable
remunerative rate. and does not pro-
vide for an appeal. will fail in its object
for good.
Wants Laws Strengthened.
AiN dShS0 lAdl LOL lne laws De
strengthened so as to condemn and
eradicate rebates, secret rate cutting,
and adjust discrimination, but the fur
ther means of detection and punishment
as provided for all parties interested.
In concluding, Commissioner Smith
demanded that something be done TO
decrease the loss Of life and limb in
railroad travelling. Laws should be
passed by Congress. he said, to provide
more carefully against rail spreading.
and for more effectual guarding of
crossings. and there should be more
faithful compliance with the automatic
coupling act. More stringent enforce
ment Of train orders should be demand
ed IF there are any effectual methods
or means TO prevent collisions said
ne, even though they be expensive.
their adoption ought to be enforced BY
Congressional act, and the railways re-
duired 10 put them in force within a
reasonable time.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-12
Poultry Notes.

Cutting the spurs off your cocks
birds will increase fertility in your
flock.
The cheapest and best food is that
which induces the hens TO lay the
largest number of eggs in the shortest
space of time, and any food that main
tains egg production is cheaper than
that which brings no return whatever.
1t is we'll known fact that the
majority of poultry women are more
successful in rearing chicks artifcially
than men, and the reason is easy to-
find. Women, as rule, are more
particular about little things, are more
patient, painstaking, careful and will
give the chicks in the brooder better
and closer attention.
Remember that eggs need a daily
airing during incubation, whether in
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an incubator Or under hens. Occasion
ally hen will stick so close to the
nest as to spoil the hatch. The at
tendant should see that the hen leaves
the nest for a few minutes each day,
taking necessary precautions, of
course, to protect the eggs from drafts
of cold air.
Packages for dressed poultry vary
greatly, but should meet two require
ments. They must be neat and clean
and small enough to permit easy
handling. For delivery to retail Gus
toners pastebOard boxes of sufficient
size to hold single bird, or a pair, are
desirable. The birds should be wrap
ped in clean paper, preferably waxed
paper, before being placed in the box.
Squads, when properly grown, are
so plump as to almost burst the skin
that covers them. When but poorly
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ingly satisfied. Leave one or two and
they are aware of mistreatment ON
the part of somebody, and they leave
the old nest and seek another lOca-
ton. Guineas do not require as much
feed as other kinds of poultry, and
they are not subject to the many and
varied diseases that are so much
dreaded by all poultrymen. I never
saw guinea with cold, rOup, chills,
cholera or any of the troubles that
leave whole f1ocks desolated and in
very sickly and puny condition.
do not say that these diseases do not
occur in guineas, 1 only say that it
has not occurred during my several
years experience.
The guinea industry as whole is
interesting and profitable. 1t is not a
positive and sure road to success
without labor and care but it is
branch Of the business that can be
worked very nicely and proftably in
connection with any other kind of
poultry. The larger the range that
can be allowed them the less trouble
and less expense. This branch Of the
poultry business is new and as yet is
not overcrowded and it is undoubted-
ly worth Investigating further.
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HENS TEETH q SkSu sss HIs

To properly digest its TODD the fowl must
have grit. What the teeth are to the human
being, grit is to the fowl. We can now furnish
ground oyster shells, from which all the dust
and dirt has been screened, to supply this grit
which is lacking in nearly all parts of Florida.
Goods very inferior to ours and full of dust
have been selling for $1.00 to $1.& per sack of
100 pounds.
e. o. PAINTER FERTILIZING co.
Jacksonville, Fla.
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Peta1uma's Wonderful Source of
Revenue.

According to the figures printed
weekly in the Petaluma Weekly POul-
try Journal, Petaluma shipped to- San
Francisco in 1905 the enormous total
of 1892, 061 dozen eggs. That repre-
SCENTS a lot Of money which came to
the Petaluma poultry raisers.-Peta-
luna Poultry Journal
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TOBACCO DUST.

If your fowls are troubled with lice or CHG
gers send $l.36 and get 100 pounds Ct to,acco
dust and sprinkle it in your coop. Inc to
bacco is guaranteed to be unbleached. Sehd
cent stamp for sample.-E. o. Painter terrl-
izev Co., Jacksonville, Fla
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Excellent Substitute for Game.
Florida.

articles on this subject. But it is one
that will bear repeating. The follow
ing article from Poultry Husbandry
gives very clear directions for raising
these birds:
During the last several years there
has been an ever increasing and con-
slant demand for game birds of vari-
GUS kinds and descriptions. Quail,
pheasants, prairie chickens and wild
ducks are among the most desirable at
the present time. These birds are so
much in demand at the best hotels
and fashionable summer resorts that
the demand far Outstrips the supply.
On account of this heavy demand for
game birds Congress has seen fit to
pass laws preventing the killing or
selling of them only at stated sea-
sons Of the year, and even this meas
= ure is thought by many insufficient to
prevent the final determination of our
American game birds. The supply is
undoubtedly ON the decrease while
the demand is seemingly ON the i'll
crease. While the laws regulate the
killing and selling of game they do
not regulate the appetites of the Am
erican people. Consequently the de-
mand for game birds continues all
through the year, and so important
is this demand that it has been nee
essary to substitute product that
would satisfy this desire. For this
reason capOns came into favor and
continue to occupy a very import
ant field in the poultry industry
Likewise pigeons and squads are con
sumed by thousands in all the larg-
Ell cities, with the supply inadequate
for the demand. 1t is this great de-
mand that has brought the young
guinea to the front as a substitute
for the game bird. In appearance
the guinea resembles a wild duck
while the meat is dark, solid, and
flavor which has brought it so quick
ly to the front where it rightly, be-
longs and where upon its own merits
it must certainly remain.
To say that guineas are among the
most profitable fowl that occupy a
place in the poultry industry today is
putting it mildly Yet this statement
will undoubtedly be received with
misgiving. Guineas heretofore by
many have been considered as a nuts
ance, and have been tolerated ON the
farm only on account of the fact that
their owners have some superstitious
faith in them Or that they were OF
value in keeping hawks away from
other poultry in the farm yard, anC
should the guinea show i'll manners
in his treatment Or behavior toward
farmer would think no less of killing
him that he would a rat. On account
of this prejudice it is difficult to con
vince the average poultry man thai
there is any value in this long ne
elected fowl, yet | claim that they
can be produced at much less expense
and trouble than broiler chickens AND
that the demand for young guineas is
steady While the high priced market