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The Washington times., 1906-03-24
TWO HUNDRED PUPILS
IN PITTSSURG STUTTER

PITTSBURG, March 24-According tc
Superintendent Samuel Andrews OF the
PittsburS public schools, there are 20,
pupils in those schools who stUtter.
The board Of education has just en-.
ployed Chicago specialist in stutter-
ing, who agrees to cure them all OF the
affiictiOH. He will start in on his duties
next Monday. In addition 10 the 90
Sufferers in the schools Superintendent
Andrews says that there are fully 1O
others who are kept out by their parents
because of their affliction.
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JUST A FAD, SAYS MOTHER
OF El0PlNG DAUGHTERS

WATERBURY. Conn. March "a
Third OF three sisters TO elope in a short
period, Miss Maizie Andrews. il has been
learned. Is the bride of Walter Clayton
Of Maiden lane. New York
The news came as a great surprise Ia
her parents the r. 6. Andrewses. as II
was not known even in the family that
the young woman preferred Clayton tC
her other SuitOrS. Mrs. Andrews. how
ever. bore il philOsOphically. merely re-
marking it was a way her daughters
had-Sbe supDOSed il was a fad OF theirs
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ITALY CLAIMS GERMANY
MIKES SCIENCE AND POLITICS

ROME. March 24-The Italian news
papers continue TO complain that Ger
many is interfering in Tripoli They
claim that the scientific mission Ger
many has sent To Tripoli is solely a DO
Htical one.
Signor Moschini will interpellate the
government on the subject
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AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY
WILL MEET TOMORROW

A meeting Ol the American Tract So
ciety viii be held tomorrow evening IN
the Luther Place Memorial Church at
30 O'Clock. Justice Brewer, honorary
vice president. viii preside, Gen o. o.
Howard viii deliver The address, and
the field secretary viii make a report
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G0MPERS WILL ADDRESS
PHI BETA KAPPA ALUMNI

Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor will be
one of the principal speakers at the
second meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa
Alumni. to be held in the Savoy Hotel.
New York city, on the 18th instant
Mr.. Gompers will speak on the purpos-
cs and aims of trades unions. On the
18th instant. in New York city. Mr..
.iompers viii be one Of the speakers to
address the mass meeting OF the New
York Equal Suffrage League He will
speak on the political rights Of working
women.
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PIRATES CAPTURED LAUNCH
BY UNIQUE BOMBARDMENT

10 S4KONG. March Alt has been
leaned that the Standard Oil Company
had planned 10 send S20.000 IN specie on
board the launch which was captured
yesterday BY pirates
Later this plan was changed and the
money was not on board the vessel The
pirates captured the launch by THROWING
4 stnkpOI among The crew
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POISONED WHISKY KILLS.
EIGHT RUSSIAN ROBBERS

WARSAW March - Hebrew traders
carrying goods TO NovOminsk frequent
Is have been attacked BY robbers in the
forest Finding that the police would
not protest them. they bought a barrel
OF whisky. which they poisoned. The
next time The traders made a Journey
tLey carried the poisoned whisky with
them The robbers seized the whisky.
drank plenty Of &c. and. as a result.
eight OF them are dead and FIVE are
seriously I'll
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DEAC0NESSES OCCUPY
NEW O STREET HOME

Dedieatory ceremonies were held last
night i'm the new DeacOnesses' Home. Sl7
- street northwest. when the building
was formally occupied by the corps OF
resident descOuesses. The Rev. Doctor
Naylor, presiding elder OF the district.
delivered the dedicatory addresses and
reviewed the work Of che deacOuesSes.
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SHERIFF SELLS TESLA PLANT.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Col. March a
Nicola Teslas wireless apparatus al
his experiment station on Mob Hill. in
Guiding The largest transformer in the
West. motors. and expensive instru-
ments. worth IN all not less than Sl5.0oo
were sold here by Sheriff Grimes al
public auction the purchaser being
Tesla-s caretaker, &. j. Duffner, who
obtained Judgment for 800.
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OEBATERS OF C. U. LAW ELECT

Officers of the debating society of the
school OF law. Georgetown University.
10 serve during the third term. have
pcsn elected. as follows. r McHenry
gallagher. of the District OF Columbia
president. Edward l.. Lcahy. of Rhode
Island. vice president; August r Mil
Iioit of Illinois. secretary. William G.
Dponan- of Ohio treasurer. and Frank
* samuel, OF Pennsylvania, sergeant
3i-arms-
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WHAT IS BILE?

The principal work Of the liver is the
secretion Of bile "a golden brown, muci-
lage-liks substance, composed of certain
liver dement's or salts, mucus and color
ing matter. IL is the natural antiseptic
and Sathartic of the bowels A torpid
liver mespls deficient bile secretion. which
later means constipation with its attend
ing evils.
The bile plays a most important part
in promoting healthy digestion Its alb
sence results in congestion OF the bowels,
with indigestion, and 10 correct this and
secure healthy bile secretion Smith ;
Pineapple and Butternut Pills have a
very selective action - in fact, they cure
biliousness with the bilious headache,
driving the fecal contents out OF the
body which, IL permitted 70 remain,
would poison the whole system and
rapidly undermine the general health
Never permit yourself 10 become
bilious A sick headache, a sudden At
tack OF indigestion, or a fitful diaTrhR2
with dizziness and ayellow-eo2ted tongue
call for the prompt use Of
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BOSS ASHBR|DGE
CALLED BY DEATH
Ex-Mayor of Philadelphia
Dies Today.
HAD POWERFUL MACHINE
Once Bankrupt Coal Merchant, He
Found Practical Politics Much
More Profitable.

PHILADELPHIA. March Z4--Samuel
II. Ashbridge. who. as mayor Of Phila-
delphia. established the most powerful
municipal ma chine known in the history
of American politics. died early today
In his home. 2l5I North Broad street
He had suffered for three years from
a complication OF diseases. At mid
night his illness took an alarming turn.
and his physician was summoned hur-
riedly.
While Mr.. Ashbridge's illness had be-
come serious several weeks ago. he had
shown some improvement during the
last few days. and the members of his
family entertained no alarm.
Bankrupt Becomes Politician.
After Samuel H. Ashbridge had been
bankrupt as coal merchent. he went
into politics. as a more profitable field
of endeavor. He held several minor city
offices. and. after having been coroner
Tor several years. was elected mayor
in 1899
Because of his frequent appearance
as a patriotic orator during the time
The Sobriquet of Star -Spangled Sam. -
ana no man ever assumed office in
Fhllddelphia with greater assurance OF
popular enthusiasm and good Will.
Once safely entrenched in the mayor' =
chair and with the absolutely unlimited
power over the police and fire depart
uculS Mhicn Ine builitt Dill guaranteed
him. Ashbridge set Immediately to work
fCrming the gang" AS the ringsters
unblushingly termed themselves
With his machine perfected in the city,
Ashbridge soon was in a position 10 talk
business with Senator Quay, and his
principal lieutenant, Israel w. Durha m.
who controlled the State.
Accusations of Graft.
Then came the inevitable division OF
The spoils. James p. McNichoTs con
tracts and The almost innumerable Va
rieties of graft which were developed
were exposed thoroughly by Mayor
Weaver when ne began his publication
process which IS still under way
It has charged that the municipal
loOting compTehended schemes involving
SI5.Op0O0O.
Mr. AShbridce, since his retirement
from the mayoralty in April 1895. has
been the president Of the TradeSmen's :
Trust q Savings Company.
The Washington times., 1906-03-24
SMITHS
Pineapple and
Butternut
PILLS
Natures Laxative

They are By Ear the best remedy toempty
the bowels and relieve oOngeSted con-
ditions. They act as true tonic to the
liver, preventing as well as curing con-
stipatiOa. One or two OF these pills
taken every night mildly stimulates the
liver and coTrectS biliOusness without the
driving purg4tive effects OF harsh drugs.
Their gentle laxative action especially
commends them 10 ladies, who biOat
after eating and arc subject to periodical
headaches TO secure a healthy secretion
OF bile, thus establishing perfect bowel
regularity, these little pills possess merits
peculiarly their own, not found IN other
remedies These little Vegetable Pills
Cure Constipation
BiliOuSneSS and Sick
Headache in one night.
Prce only 25 cents &t AL dealers
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become of the schooner But the night
grew older and older and the cold pene-
trated through their oilskins. Occa-
sionally the youth swore.
Finally the morning came. The fog
was so thick that the light of day made
only the merest impression on the dark
brownish coloring of the atmosphere.
Atfirst the nearby horizon was blacklist
green; hours later 1t was murky green,
and in the late afternoon it was curious
mixture of brown and yellow. So the
world of the oceanic lake and the dory
and the two men was very hideous and
CHASTITY. The younger mans face was
pal.id and wrinkled. The older man
still sat silently in the stern, with both
eyes wide open and grave.
Hemmeon complained of hunger and
thirst. He kept looking across the un-
dnlating lake, asking fretfully if the fog
would ever lift. He said that the cook
on the schooner was probably getting a
feed ready, and he remarked that the
feed would go mighty we'll. He felt of
his stomach, and then he asked the old
er man if he, too, was pretty hungry.
We'll. I could eat" said Matheson,
grimly. But keep your ears open for
the fog horn. and don't think Of grub.
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turbulent sea that he couldn't give
much attention to the youth, and then,
above the wailing of the wind and the
water, he heard disorderly clamor.
And once in awhile the youth reached
forward and grabbed him by the arm
and demanded his supper He accused
Matheson of keeping his food from
him.
During the night the storm tossed the
dory about like piece of wreckage.
Sometimes it amused itself by delug.
ing its occupants, and once, when
Hemmeon was standing Electrically
in the bow and expostulating with his
companion, wave descended upon
the boat and careened it so far that
the raving boy lost his balance and
toppled over the side. Mathewso .
jumped for him and caught him by
the collar of his jacket, and, when
the next wave came along, he yanked
him into the boat again. The young
man was no longer delirious; he was
as limp as dead man. His face was
paliid and parbsaied.
The old man stopped down and felt
Of the family beating heart, and then
he rose and looked around for his
oars. He saw one Of them on the
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NEWS OF MINNESOTA.
Cattle at tho Fair.

Hamline-Massive, white-faced Here
ford cattle will again be greatly in
evidence at the Minnesota State Fair
this year. Secretary e. w. Randall is
home from trip to Kansas City where
he met with the board of directors OF
the American Hereford Cattle Breeders
Association and received their agree
ment to contribute to the premiums
offered for cattle at the state fair OF
1906.
The Herefords have been prominent
at the Minnesota fairs for several years
and many of them have found their way
to the Minnesota farms where they are
now heads of improved herds which are
helping to build up the prosperity OF
Minnesota farmers. There will be a
big exhibit again this year with, it Is
expected, the usual good results for
exhibitors and the agricultural public.
Tho association appropriated $500 for
the premiums and this will be duplicat-
ed by the State Agricultural Society so
that $1,000 will be given in premiums
for this class of cattle alone.
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Filed After Fifty Years.

st. Cloud-There is an interesting
story back of the patent for the town
site of South Bend, Mimi, which has
just been received at the local land
office. The land was paid for at the
Winona land Office June 80, 1855, more
than half a century ago.
The patent is in the name of Andrew
G. Chatfield, territorial judge, long
since dead who made the entry in trust
for the townsite. The patent covers
1850 acres and the price paid was
$1.25 an acre, or a total of $358.62.
The townsite is three miles west OF
Mankato, and the town, it is said, was
intended to have been rival to that
place. If it's founders had such aspira-
tons. they probably have long since
this vanished. South Bend used to
have postoffice, but even that has
been taken away and the few inhabi-
tants get their mail by rural delivery.
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Large Power.

Washington, D. C.-First steps were
taken at the war department looking
to the utilization of the surplus water
power that will be produced on the
completion of government locks and
dams between Minneapolis and st.
Paul.
Congressman T. c. Stevens OF st.
Paul, who has been working out a
plan, conferred with Secretary Taft
ard General Mackenzie, chief Of engi-
neers, relative to this great project
which eventually will mean much to
the United States government and the
Twin Cities.
General Mackenzie is much inter-
ested in our proposition for utilizing
the surplus water, which will flow over
the dams now in process of construc-
ton between the Twin Cities. If this
power can be used for lighting and
heating federal buildings in the cities
and the big army post buildings and
barracks at Fort Smelling, it will be a
very great saving to the government. |
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News in Brief.

ST. Peter.--At their annual meeting
the board of directors Of Gustavus
Adolphus college voted to send out a
quartet and an entertainer to tour the
state in the interests of the school and
to interest new students in the insti-
tuition.
Richland.-The contract for build
ing the new creamery to take the place
of the one burned a few weeks ago,
has been awarded to 7. p. Thompson
and J. c. Nelson of this city. The new
building will cost $4,000.
Minneapolis.-Ira Riddle, an aged
sailor we'll known to the habitues of
Bridge Square lodging house, is dead.
and although he left $3.50 In his name
at the Security bank, the city will have
to hurry Linn.
White Bear.-The ticket nominated
by the caucus will have opposition.
Another ticket has been put into the
field. called the peoples ticket.
Duluth.-George A. Potter, a wealthy
lumberman Of Duluth, against whom
verdict of $4,000 was rendered In dis
trict court here in favor of Miss Sarah
n. Ham of Dubuque for breach of
promise is taking. the necessary steps
for an appe>S to the state supreme
court.
Mankato.-John Ore and his wife and
four children barely escaped with their
lives in a fire that destroyed their
home. They lived over the store and
saved only such Of their clothing as
they could seize as they ran out.
st. Paul.--Siver Saria shoots himself
while In his room at Jackson street
hotel.
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boat rose on a boiling wave, he saw
other schOoners. Each time he waved
his slicker in frenzy and yelled I'M
til his dry throat refused him. utter
ance, but the men OF the vessels never
saw the lone dory and its corpselike
cargo.
Just before shutdown that night the
trawlers saw steamer, and once more
they went through the mockery of way
ing their garments and trying to shout.
The steamer was beyond the limits of
their world. Still Matheson urged tina.
they were in the path of commerce,
and he told the youth that they would
probably be sighted on the morrow.
Hemmeon huddled in the bow of the
dory and raved all during the evening
Tries to Kill Companion.
Toward midnight he began again to
talk of his home and to tell his par
ents of the cruelty of man named
Matheson. The latter tried to quiet
him, but the mad youth glared out Of
burning eyes and threatened to kill
him. After time he crept along the
bottom of the boat and fumbled about
in the water until he found the pitch
fork. And then he sprang up and
stood over the older man, brandishing
the pitchfork Matheson moved quick
ly also. He tried to seize the youths
wrist. Hemmeon laughed and jumped
backward, nearly swapping the boat
Matheson pleaded with his friend. The
youth screamed with laughter and, be-
fore the laugh ended, made a sudden
plunge with the pitchfork Once Math-
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eson missed the wrist and barely
lodged the prongs of the fork. The
next time he gripped the mad youths
wrist and wrenched the pitchfork
away.
Hemmeon, in struggling to regain it,
staggered and fell overheard. The older
man leaped for him just in time again
to catch the tail of his smock, but the
wet garment slipped out of his grasp
and the lunatic went down into the
brine. Matheson clutched for his com
panion frantically, and at last caught
him by the hair of the head. He was
barely able to drag him into the boat
again. The effort left Matheson ex-
hausted. For long time the youth
again lay in the bottom of the dory
like corpse, and his friend thought he
was corpse, but he couldn't try to re-
into the boat and compelled him to re-
sumo bailing.
Presently his arched figure suddenly
Strengthened. His haggard eyes
opened wide and stared tensely into
the night Far off to the starboard he
thought he observed a change in the
blackness. Gradually the misty yellow
reflection became number of twink
ling stars, and later continuous dis
charge of sparks issued from the CEN
ter of the radiance. The trawler shout
ed to the still figure in the bottom OF
the dory:
Its a steamer! She's bearin' down
on us!'
At once he reached for the fork and
repeated his frenzied signaling. The
steamer came nearer and nearer, but
at last she approached no more, but
began to recede Then Matheson con-
cluded to signal no longer, he sat
down in the boat and sobbed tear
lessly.
The youth revived during the night
and sang and swore. Matheson
bailed and steered the boat and kept
the fork close beside him. The older
man was alternately discouraged and
hopeful He felt certain that the dory
was in the path of commerce. He told
the lunatic that they would see more
schooners.
Men Finally Rescued.
In the morning on the horizon ap-
peared two steamers and three schoon-
ers, but they continued on their way
unseeing. Yet at last, when Mathe-
SON inquired out that the day must be
Saturday, he detected still another
sail He couldn't see very plainly.
but ne told the youth in the bottom
of tae boat that it was a fishing
schooner. After time he began to
beliege &ha. she was drifting In a
course SImilar TO his own. He made
out number OF small boats around
her like flock Of busy chickens.
Later he saw the boats spread out and
ramble hisher and thithsr. So he
struggled to hh feet and held up his
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Wants a Change.

Crookston-State Engineer George
Ralph has written TO Congressman
Stevenson suggesting an amendment
to the homestead laws which he be-
lieyes will prove especially beneficial
to this section of the state The amend
ment proposes that where government
land is swampy and in need of recla-
nation, that the federal government
pay the expenses of drainage and that
such expenses be a lien against the
land until paid for by the person TAX
ing the claim. The payments are to
be in small installments, SO that no
hardship would be worked on the
homesteader. By such an amendment,
Mr.. Ralph believes the land which at
present is of little value, can be thrown
open quickly to settlement and instead
of being dead weight to the govern
nent, would be source of revenue.
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fumed, and at last began to talk abou.
his home in Nova Scotia, and car
ried on a long conversation with his
mother and father. He told them
that he had gone out fishing with 2
man named Matheson, and that this
man, by reason of some enmity for
him, had eaten all the food and drunk
that he suffered SO much from hun
ger and thirst that he finally wished
to jump into the sea. Whereupon he
stood up and screamed long de-
nunciation to the man with the board
and bucket, and, when Matheson or.
dered him to sit down, flung himself
over the side of the boat.
The older man dropped his board
and bucket and jumped for the luna
tic The latter fell into the water,
but his friend had him firmly by the
tail of his smock and dragged him
back into the dory. For long time
the youth lay apparently dead Mathe-
son tried to revive him, but the fire.
quent deluges of water interrupted
him. He bailed automatically for the
remainder of the night.
In the morning the storm lessened,
but the waves still tumbled over one
another in a threatening manner, so
that the older man busted himself in
steering the boat and in bailing.
Vessel Is Sighted.
ga A.
the bottom of the boat wriggled to life
again and moaned fitfully. This was
reaSsuring to the older man, and he
looked again from horizon to horizon.
And after time, when the dory rose
on the crest of wave, he thought
he saw speck in the distance, He
watched it intently, and finally con-
Guided, with feeling of great joy, tina.
it was a schooner of some sort. So
he jumped for the pitchfork and took
off his jacket, forgetful of the January
wind, and raised the crude signal in
a frantic manner.
The vessel seemed to approach them:
then it remained. in it's relative posi-
ton for an apparently intermil able
time. 1t remained there SO long thai
even the older man lost patience and
began to scream. The feverish youth
gradually comprehended the unusual
excitement and regained sufficient con-
seriousness to join in the cries for sue
cor. Together the two men stood up
in. the uncertain dory and waved their
apparel to the far-off vessel, and
yelled until their parched lips split
and the blood yan down their chins.
The vessel eventually disappeared in
the far-off east.
Then the youth sank down In the
bottom of the dery and resumed hfs
raving denunciation of his compan-
ion. The latter sat with bowed head
and for long time gave way to his
emotions. 1t was his first break
down. Later In the day when the
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crest of a wave: he couldn't see the
other two, and then he worked desper-
ately. From the bottom Of the dory
he tore off a batter board and used
it for a rudder. 1t was a very crude
affair, but 1t sufficed to control the
dory after fashion.
After many hours the mound of oil
skins in the bottom of the dory moved
restlessly, and eventually the head Of
a man appeared from the debris and
a weak voice inquired what had hap
pened. The active figure in the stern
replied briefly, and urged the youth
to busy himself with the bailing
bucket. Hemmeon worked for half an
hour, and then began to talk and talk,
always incoherently. Chiefly he ac-
cused the other man of Withholding
his food from him. He pleaded and
stormed and threatened. And thus
the night grew older and older and
gray morning dawned.
The sea was ribboned with foam.
The older man in the dory examined
1t for long time, and his eyes sank
further and further in their sockets.
He listened to the younger man i'm
passively and made no answers to his
charges. This silence melted the mad
youth to greater frenzy. But the in
dustrious man with the batter board,
trying to steer with a board and bail
out the boat and to forget constant in
ternal disturbance. forgot the lunatic.
Mad Youth Attempts Suicide.
All the afternoon and early evening
of this day the youth sputtered and