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The Washington times., 1906-07-08
ARKANSAS OIL COMPANY
SUED FOR 100000

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July 7-Aneg-
in conspiracy to control the output and
prices of OIL Attorney General Rogers
and Prosecuting Attorney RhotOn. OF
Pulaski county. today filed suit against
the Waters Pierce OIL Company.
Damages in the sum Of s.. OOO. coo is ask
ed for and the plaintiffs also ask that
the company forfeit its right 10 do busi-
ness in Arkansas.
In the bill il is alleged that the
Waters Pierce Company is associated
with the Standard Oil Company, Re-
public oil Company, and others
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
TAGGART CASTS ANCHOR
IN MISSISSIPPI TOWN

MEMPHIS. Tenn. July I'm view OF
the recent raid on the French Lick ca
sino. owned by Thomas Taggart. nation
al Democratic committee chairman, sig
nifcance attaches to the formation here
OF the Lake View Traction Company.
which purposes opening a trolley line
from Memphis 10 Clerksdale, Miss. and
which will operate a mammoth pleas
ure resort at Lake View Miss. Tag
CART is president and chief promoter OF
this enterprise. which has already pur-
chased eighty-four acres at Lake View
and acquired 70 per cent of the right
OF way between Memphis and Clarks-
dale.
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DROWNED IN THE RIVER
FROM A SAND SCOW

The body OF a. Robinson. = .colored
laborer, of l002 Tenth street southeast.
was found floating in the river last
night By Peter Deber a watchman en-
ployed by the Potomac Sign Company.
Robinson had apparently accidentally
fallen from a sand scOw at the foot of
Third street southeast on which he was
employed. and drowned. The body was
recovered by the crew OF the police
harbor boat VislIaat and taken to the
morgue.
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WOMAN FALLS FROM CAR,
CUTS HER HEAD BADLY

Mrs. Emma Pearson. of 90 SeatOn
place northwest, while alighting from
moving street car at Fourteenth and
u streets at $50 o'clock last night, fell
and sustained a painful scalp wound.
She was removed to a nearby drug
store. and after her injuries were
dressed, taken home.
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FRENCH ARMY TO ADOPT
AMERICAN COMMISSARIAT

PARIS. July S.-M. Etienne. the min
ister OF war, has ordered the reorgani-
zauOn or the army commissaIiat on the
lines employed in the American army
Another reform which the minister has
ordered is the suppression of the VIVIAN
dieres or women suffers in the French
army and the substitution of army can
teens where light wines will be served
TO the soldiers.
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Threaten to Lynch
Girls Assailant

SUFFOLK Va, July News has
been received here of an attempted as
sault on Miss Lucy WarreH, aged nine
teen years, of Berlin, Southampton
county, Va.
The assailant was an UureCOgniZed
negro who approached the farm house
when her father and his employees were
working at a distance.
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OVERCOME BY GAS,
CONDITION CRITICAL

Isaac Tucker. ffty-one years OF age.
living at 5l1 Eleventh street northeast
was found last night in precarious con-
dition. overcome by inhaling illuminat-
ing gas He was taken TO Casualty
Hospital. Al a late hour he was not
expected 10 live.
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GRABBED FOR HIS HAT,
HURT IN FALL FROM CAR

Walter Perry, twenty-seven years old.
living In Kensington, fell from a NOV
ins car On B street between First and
Second streets southwest last night,
ana was severely hurt.
Perry's hat was &C 'ght BY a gust of
wind and he jumped after IT,
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SOLDIER BOY ARRESTED
CHARGED WITH THEFT

Detective Burlingame, of the central
Office, took Max Sehrader, a young
soldier into custody last night. charged
with the larceny of a violin belonging
To Frank Rousseau, who alleges he
loaned the violin to the soldier. and
discovered that II had been pawned.
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
SPECIAL NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given that Walter L.
Taylor and Edward +. Grimsley Of the
firm OF Walter /. Taylor * Co., have
this day by mutual consent. dissolved
partnership. All claims due said COM
pany 20 be collected by Walter /. Tay-
Tor. and all Indebtedness OF said COM
pauy to be paid by Walter L. Taylor.
WALTER L. TAYLOR,
EDWARD +. GRIMSLEY,
June q 1906 iy6-3t
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
REPRESENTATIVE CROMER
LEAVES FOR INDIANA

George W. CrOmer. Representative In
Congress from the Eighth Indiana sis
trict was one Of the last OF the half
hundred or more Senators and Repre-
sentatives quartered al the Dewey 20
leave after the close OF the session.
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C0LLIDED WITH WAGON,
BRUISES HEAD AND LEG

Thomas F. Eewyher nineteen years
old. OF 10 II street northwest, was
speeding along on his wheel down K
street. about o'clock last night. and
smashed into a delivery wagon New
yher's head and leg We're badly bruised.
lie was treated at the Emergency hos
pital
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Schooner Van Brunt Arrives.
LEAVE FoR sEAsHoRE.

Mrs. John H. Bryant and her daugh-
ter. Miss Katherine Bryant, left on
Thursday for Atlantic City, where they
viii spend the summer.
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In Favor of Washington.

Here is a comparison of the Baltimore
and Boston rates to Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac railroad points.
II shows a decided and highly significant
advantage in favor OF Washington, an
advantage which contains opportunity
for important trade development In a
region that ought to belong 10 Wash
mEtOn as against all corners;
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And finally. the Virginia territory
Immediately tributary to Washington, is
shown 20 give this city a decided ad-
vantage even over the Maryland
metropolis. This territory is destined
10 have a much greater population with
I'm the next few years than il has now.
II will be closely tributary to Washing
ton. 1t will pour its products into the
market OF this city. Rates encourage
the assumption that It will also buy it's
supplies here. II is Washington's own
territory. In which none may hope To
gOmDara
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
NO STREET PREACHING
WITHOUT A LICENSE

Street preachers viii hereafter be re-
quired to obtain a license from Major
Richard Sylvester, superintendent Of po-
lice. before they will be permitted to
engage in an Interpretation of the
scriptures in the public streets.
The Washington times., 1906-07-08

$1,000 Niagara Falls Excursion, Balti-
more & Ohio. Leaving Washington 1880
q m. July 18th. Special train, Standard
Coaches. Parlor Cars. and Dining Cars,
meals la carte. Route via Philadelphia
and picturesque Lehigh Valley. Liberal
stopoyers returning. Tickets good ten
days.
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Southern Railway Points.

The Igures show how easy it will be
for Washington 10 secure this trade as
against Baltimore: while as against any
other jobbing point the odds in Wash
ington's favor are stiu larger The towns
named are all on the Southern railway:
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b master Davis; c. b. Keene and +. n
Barclay. pOstofice inspectors.
Hearty Congratulations Received.
All congratulated Postmaster Barnes
and wished him a successful administra-
tion. The postmaster gave each a cor
dial hand-shake. saying he was pleased
to meet them,
This morning he will be a the Office
for little while, when he will meet
others of the force whose duties require
them 20 work on Sundas- On Monday
Mr. Barnes viii enter actively upon the
discharge OF his official duties.
Postmaster Barnes said 10 a Times
reporter last night that he would do his
best 10 maintain the high standard OF
efficiency for which the Washington
city postoftice is justly proud.
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BaltimOre and Return, s., BaItimOre

& Ohio r. r. Every Saturday and Sun
day. All trains both ways. both days.
except Royal Limited.
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Deserves Public Attention.

The question itself ought 10 awaken
very general public interest / am well
aware that an affirmative answer sug-
gests many difficulties. II would have
to be determined. for instance. how far
the municipality was justified in enter
ing the real estate field. SO 10 speak, IN
building and renting houses. Another
obstacle would be. Of course. the neces-
sity of securing from Congress an ap-
preparation for such work. Congress
might not be willing to eXpend a part
of the public funds in order that people
IN Washington might be more COmfOTJa-
bly, situated here than elsewhere.
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Experiments in liverpool.
Only Practical Remedy.

When COmmissiOneT West was Ques-
toned about the matter yesterday he
said that. so far as he knew, the mat
ter had not gone beyond the point OF
discussion. My suggestion was made.
he said. because II seemed 10 me TO be
Jae only practical method OF remedying
conditions which are Tepugnaut 10 all
of Us We do not like 10 See or know
Of people being crowded together in how
els. or even IN poorly built and insani
tary dwellings. but III these people can
not earn sufficient money to secure more
desirable environment. how are they to
be helped unless the municipality as
sists them? 1 do not pretend TO say
that / have committed myself TO any
answer to this question 4 merely ask
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
Exquisite Floral Work.

GUIDES floral designs are artistic and
always in excellent taste. 12l4 F.
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
CITY AS LANDLORD
Of MODEL HOUSES
FOR POOR PEOPLE
Commissioner West Dis
CuSSeS Novel Plan to
Overcome Evils.

DO the necessities Of the time, conse-
quent upon the increased cost Of living.
demand that this city undertake 20 build
tenement houses for the local poor: and,
If the initiatory financial risk was as
sumed by Congress. could such a
scheme be made to pay as an invest
ment?
These two questions were recently
discussed in an interesting conference
between District Commissioner Henry
l.. West and James B. Reynolds, whose
part in preparing a report upon the
packing house conditions in Chicago is
still fresh in the public memory. II
may not be generally known that Mr.
Reynolds. who was a member OF the
New York tenement house commission
during the period when President
Roosevelt was governor Of that State.
has recently, at the suggestion of the
President, been giving his attention 10
housing conditions in this city. IL was
while Commissioner West was discuss
ing with Mr.. Reynolds the facts devel-
opvd By the latter's inquiries that the
best methods OF affording the worthy
poor better environment came under
consideration.
Conditions to Be Remedied.
Mr. West agreed with Mr.. Reynolds
that there were conditions in the al
leys, for instance. that ought to be
remedied; that men and women were
compelled 10 live in structures that
ought not 70 be dignilied by the name
of houses.
But" said Mr.. West. how are you
going TO improve these conditions The
earning capacity of these people is linn
ited. If the men are getting 81 or $50
day as laborers, they can only pay a
very small sum for rent. and. under
present conditions. with the high prices
which are being paid for building ma
terial as well as for skilled labor, il is
impossible for capitalists 10 build a good
home and rent Il for rtue or nothing.
No person. unless willing To sacrifice
everything In a spirit OF philanthrophy.
could undertake such work With taxes
10 pay and interest upon investment 10
ue realized. Il is Impossible 10 expect
that private individuals VIII build the
kind Of houses which We would like to
see erected and then practically rent
them for nothing"
Of the case that Commissioner West
asked MT. Reynolds whether he had
ever given consideration TO the feasi-
bility or practbility of the erection OF
model tenements by the municipality.
Experiments in Liverpool.
Receiving a reply ia the negative. Mr..
West called Mr.. Reynolds attention 10
the experiment which had been tried in
Liverpool OF erecting houses by the
municipality and renting them 10 the
poorer classes. He added that he had
understood that the experiment had been
quite successful. Although ne admitted
that the problem was one which offered
many difficulties. Mr.. West said that he
would Ike very much to see the expert
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
B. & o. to Maryland Points.

Next is a comparison Of Baltimore ana
Washington rates TO a group OF Mary
land points on the Baltimore and Ohio'
The Washington times., 1906-07-08

s42.75 to Denver, Col, and Return
Via Baltimore & Ohio, July II TO 13, valid
for return until August q, Consult agents
for particulars.
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'ents. Miles.

Baltimore rate are identical in all these
cases;
Cents. Miles.
The Washington times., 1906-07-08
q. q S. Pure Cream lee CEeam.

Velvet kind. OF bricks; aavors. Drug
gists'.
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BARNES IN CHARGE
OF CITY P0ST0FFlCE
Hearty Congratulations Received.
lContLnued from FIrst Page.l

= master Davis; c. B. Keene and r.. NJ
Barclay. pOstoffice inspectors.
Free press., 1906-10-13
TORNADO IN THE SOUTH.
nnce-Six Killed, Nine Fatally In
Jurcd-Damnges $I,OOO,OOO.

New Orleans, La.-This region
was Friday the center of cyclonic dis
turbances Mt least three of which
were tornadoes and caused the loss
of six lives with nine persons fatally
injured. About daylight heavy
storms broke within 100 miles west.
north and east Of New Orleans.
Friday night reports of sugar cane
and cotton crops blown down Or SUI
gar mills demolished were coming in
from this section. The damage. in
Guiding that done in New Orleans, is
placed at over $1.000,00O. The worst
of the tornadoes was north of New
Orleans, where between $50 and z
o'clock it devastated portions of
three parishes. New Orleans was
visited by another tornado and a
third passed northward of Biloxi on
the gulf coast.
Free press., 1906-10-13
CAN NOT ENJoIN NEWSPAPER
Iy Recourse Is Suit for Damages
According to Judge Mullins.

Denver. Col. - That newspapers
cannot be restrained by courts of
equity from publishing matter all ged
to be libelous was the gist of a dec:-
son handed down by Judge John I.
Mullins of the Denver district court.
Thursday when he ssolved the tela-
porary restraining order issued by
him two weeks ago against tae Daily
Mining Recf rd, of this city, at the
instance of G C. r ce, a Go 6!ield.
New, mining promoter.
If libelous matter is published in a
newspaper the only recourse of tbs
person or institution calming TO Be
damaged is in an action cor G1naees
at law, ruled Judge Null n who stat,
ed that according to his iuterrreta-
ton OF the statutes no publisher
could be enjoined from print ng
whatever he saw fit as long as he
could respond to any sui. for dam
ages
Free press., 1906-10-13
EXPLOSION IN SUBWAY.
Damage Done in Busy Section
of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Pa. - A terrific ex-
plCsion of Illuminating gas in the
subway of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company under construction
at Sixth and Market streets Friday
resulted in the death of six men. the
injuring of about a dozen others and
causing property damage that will run
into thousands of dollars Besides
the six men that are known TO be dead,
it is said that at least three others
are buried under tons or earth in the
wrecked subway.
The explosion was caused by a leak
in city gas main that had been i'm
properly repaired Thursday night
The escaping gas formed in a pocket
in the subway and it is believed
that a workman carrying a lamp
into the hole ignited the gas.
The force of the exp:osion wrecked
the subway for half a block and all
the heavy timbering and other struc-
tural work including tons of earth,
fell into the excavation. A heavy rain
during the night had slightly weakened
the walls Of the excavation and added
TO the damage.
Free press., 1906-10-13
CHASED CHINESE OUT.
to Hastily DepOrt a Gang of
SInnt-Eyed CeIestIanIs.

Eureka, Calf. The Starbucl1
Tallant fish cannery at Port Kenyon
agreed Wednesday, to Immediately
deport q Chinese from Humboldt
county and not again to attempt to
bring Chinese labor into the country
Five huodrod woodsmen convened at
Fortuna Wednesday morning and de-
manded that a guarantee be given
that by o'clock the Chinese would
be deported. The directors of the
cannery, seeing the determination Of
the public to eject the Chinese, de-
clared that the cannery management
would accede and an order was
given to ship the Chinese at once,
Sheriff Lindsay, now at Port Ken
yon, will escort the Chinese to Eu-
reka at once. The Chinese will be
housed on Woodley island, Humboldt
bay until the northbound steamer sails
sails. The citizens at Fortuna and
the woodsmen of the country are
quite orderly. All the saloons in
Fortuna are closed. A committee of
Eureka citizens has appointed a Wig
lance committee to turn in a general
fire alarm when a vessel enters Hum
baldt bay with Chinese passengers
for this port. This action is to pre-
vent any more attempts to bring Chi
nese or Japanese here.
Free press., 1906-10-13
Production of silver.

The production OF silver in the
ically since 1899, and We arrive at our
Judgment OF a radical variation by
comparison with the change in the
output of gold, which has indeed been
radical. says the Black Hills Mining
Review. There was a difference of
100000 ounces. approximately %
per cent. between the low production
of 1894 and the high of 1892. while
there has been no new extreme with
in II years. The annual output of
gold has considerably more than
doubled within that time. The vari-
alton in the worlds silver production
during the 15 year period has been
less than that of the United States,
the high extreme of 1898 exceeding
the low OF 1891 by about &c per cent
The worlds annual production of gold
has, on the other hand, been going
steadily forward. except for the inter
ruption by the Boer war, practically
trebling since 1891. The United
States has bought no silver in Is
years. The last purchases were un-
der the act of 1890, by which in ex-
cess of 16S, 100000 ounces were &C
quired. During the 90 years follow
ing 1873 the government purchased
almost OO.0Oe, 900 ounces, or at the
average rate of about $4,000, 900
ounces per year.
Free press., 1906-10-13
NERVOUS DEBILITY
A Scranton Woman Tells How Or.
Williams Pink Pills Made Her
Weil and Strond.

Nervous debility is the common name.
for what the doctors term neurastheuia-
1t is characterized by mental depression.
hts of the 'EblueS, or melancholy, loss
of energy and spirits. The patient < eyes
become dull, the pink fades from the
cheeks, the memory becomes defective so
that 1t is difficult to recall dates and
names atwili. Some OF these symptoms
only may be present or all of them. The
remedy lies in toning mp the nervous
system and there Is no medicine better
adapted for this purpose than DR..
Williams Pink Pills.
Mrs. Jane j. Davies, of No. S14 War
rem street, Scranton, Pa, says: '' Some
years ago became greatly reduced in
health and strength and my nervous
system became SO debilitated that felt
wretched. Icould not rest or sleep well
at night and woke up as weary and
languld Ill the morning as l was when /
went to bed. Ny head ached III the
morning and often there was q pain in
my right side which was worse when
sat down. My nerves were on edge all
the time, every little noise bothered ME
and I was generally miserable. Then l
decided TO try DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
for Pale People, as smy husband had taken
them with good results, and they did
wonders for me. Now have no more
pStiA All my Slu0S no ulOrS AeitttacnesSp /
sleep w>ll aud feel strong and able to.
do my work"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cured Mrs.
Davies and they can do just as much
for other weak. pale, ailing men or
women who are slipping into hopeless
decline. They strike straight at the root
of all common diseases caused by poor
and impoverished blood.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all
druggists, or will be sent postpaid, on
receipt of price, so cents per box, six
boxes for $2.5 by tho DR.. Williams
Medicine Co.. Schenectady, NY.
Free press., 1906-10-13
SETTLE BOUNDARY QUESTION.
pressed on an Island In the Mis-
souri, Near Kansas City.

Jefferson City, Mo. = Governor
Folk has written a le ter to Gov. Hcch
OF Kansas, opening a question in
volving the boundary line between
Missouri and Kansas and the conse.
quent control over an island in the
Missouri river on which there is big
gambling resort. Gov. Folk asserts
that if the island Is within the limits
Of Missouri measures will be taken to
stop the, gambling at once. The is
land, which contains about 400 acres,
lies between Clay county. Missouri
and Wyandotte county, Kansas, and
was formed by the divergence of the
river about Is years ago. Neither
Missouri nor Kansas has entered
claim to the island.
Free press., 1906-10-13
sleep and Nerve Rest

In the days when eight hours for
hour too long for any self-respecting
individual, the exhausting character
OF modern life was unknown There
was less wealth and more content
ment; less competition and more Sc
curity; fewer distractions, but more
simplicity. Work was easier, slower;
and care, anxiety, apprehension-in
q word. worry-did not feed, like the
worm l. tn bud, upon the hours ex-
empt from toll. We are remorseless
in overtaxing the delicate mechanism
OF our minds and nerves. The best
walker, for instance, does not propose
to himself to go regularly 60 miles a
day, or to subject the same set of
muscles in any other form of phys
tcal exercise to intense and unremit-
ting labor. But that is what we do
with the immediate agent OF our
minds-the brain machine. We can
not watch its operations. We often
assume that its movements are as
light and endless as the Ifpples of the
universal air. We know and never
theless we forget that the brain is a
substantial apparatus as liable to de-
probation as the fixed plant in a
workshop. Now nothing is more Ger
tain than this, that the potential ca
pacity OF the human brain has not
increased, if at all, in anything like
the proportion of the immensely ag-
graEated demand upon it. The mod
ern man is subject to as much mental
and moral wear and tear in day
as his ancestors in no very remote
generation experienced in week.
says London Telegraph Yet in re-
spect to sleep we have hardly changed
traditional habit. We keep later and
still later hours. We catch our trains
in the morning as usual. There is no
doubt whatever that we burn the can.
die at both ends with unprecedented
disregard OF the laws of psychological
economy and that the amount OF rest
we allow for nerve and brain is no
longer adequate.
Free press., 1906-10-13
BASE BALL SEASON ENDS.
piOnship OF Both the National
and American Leagues.

Chicago, Ill-The baseball season
of both major leagues for 1906 ended
Sunday with games at Chicago, St
Louis and Cincinnati For the first
time since the two big leagues have
been organized both championships
have come to one city. The Chicago
National league team won first hon
ors in that organization easily. TAX
ing the lead early in June and hold
ing it to the end it established new
major league record for number of
games won. OF the 153 games played
by the team, 116 were victories, the
previous best record in this respect
having been held by the New York
club in the same league. In the
American league the Chicago team
upset all calculations by winning the
pennant. The contest was not de-
cided until last week, the New York
team being within striking distance
of the leaders until October 8. when
a six-inning defeat at Philadelphia
put them cut OF the running.