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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-26
SMOO1'; S TURN NOW

Washington. March 26.-The senate
coinmittee on privileges and elections
resumed consideration Of The case sc
United States Senator Sflloot Of Utah
to-day and, iii accordance with a previous
agreement, is now hearing evidence III
srebuttal. The hearing wiiiprobabIy con
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bill is to go into effect three months
from the date of IFS passage. ~ ...>s
The details of its administration are
left with the treasury department. .&
1t is predictetd that the effect of the
bill will be a revolution in heating, light
, ing and furnishing fuel for motors as
alcohol will be cheaper than kerosene
oil or gasoline and can be made from any
grain, vegetable, root or fruit containing
starch. "E. q ssi .s.p. So, y. j.,
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-26
DAELY Y HAS BEEN d.
APPOINTED POSTMASTER

Washington, March 26,4The president
sent to the senate the name of r. Daely
to be postmaster at Devils Lake, N. D.,
today s 81. .s,.1 @ b III !. "a
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
LONG ISLANDERS OPPOSE
VANDERBILT CUP RACE
Protective Association Trying to Pre-
sau Course-Sentiment Divided.

MINEOLA, L T., April 2s-That the
committee In charge OF the Vanderbilt
Cup contest will not have plain sailing
If IL attempts 20 hold the race over the
Nassau course this year is made appar-
ent BY the plans now being formed by
the Peoples Protective Association This
association. which last year proved so
antagonistic to the affair, even going so
far as 10 procure an injunction from the
courts, VIII again try TO block the pro-
motion Of the big automobile fixture.
Stronger Influences will be brought 10
bear. it IS said. in order to have the
contest stopped than was the case in
1906
Sentiment as 10 holding the ace in
Nassau county seems 10 be divided.
Many Of the citizens outside of the Pro-
tective Association are in favor of the
contest, believing it 10 be a boon TO the
people generally A petition circulated
recently. favoring the race. was signed
by over 1.5O0 persons. WheE informed
that the petition had received so many
signatures w. K Vanderbilt, jr, ex-
pressed considerable satisfaction over
the outcome and said that he believed
IL more than likely that the race would
be held over the Nassau course.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
CHINCHILLA SKINS.

The chinchilla. so much priced for its
beautiful, siIken, light-gray fur, IS found
only in the Cordillera ranges OF the
Andes, IN Bolivia and Chile. says the
Technical World Magazine for May. II
IS small animal which burrows in the
ground. and IN appearance somewhat re-
sembles a rat.
In recent years so great has been the
demand for this fur that the animals
have been hunted both IN season and out
OF season TO such an extent that they
are now threatened with extinction
They are captured in various ways. but
the most common method is to hunt
them with dogs, the fox terrier being
the most useful and skillful for this pur-
pose
The shipping season covers the months
of January and July; and the product
both of Chile and Of Bolivia is exported
mainly from the port Of Coquimbo.
Chile. From this port, ia, 900 skins were
shipped last year, the majority OF which
came to the United States, the prices
realized being almost double those paid
the year previous.
A protective law establishing a close
season was passed at the last season Ct
the Chilean congress: but on account Of
the natural habitat of the chinchilIa in
the wilds OF the lofty Andes mountains.
Il is difficult 20 detect and convict vlo-
latOrs OF the law. II seems proha b, =
that this valuable fuT-prOducing animal
is destined to early extinction.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
FATHER OF BRIGHT SON
At AGE OF EIGHTF-FOUR
Doctors Said School COMMISSIONS
Thirty Would Die of Consumption
Fifty Years Ago.

NEW YORK. April 2S.-At the age If
eighty-four years. School Commissioner
John H Thirty. OF Long Island City, is
the father Of a healthy baby boy, born
this morning The child ls lusty
youngster. and has been kicking up his
little heels In lively style all day
DR.. L. II. Taylor. who helped usher
the young fellow into the world. says he
never saw healthier baby.
The proud father Is the same Mr.
Thirty who was pronounced dying Of con-
sumption. nearly fifty years ago. AL the
doctors who told him he had only few
months to live have been dead long
time.
This IS not the first child OF Comlnis-
sioner Thiry's old age. His son Francis
was born about the time Mr- Thiry
was celebrating his eighty-second birth
day. and Iittle Henrietta, the youngest
daughter, came into the world after her
fathers eightieth year.
"Tm a young man yet" Mr.. Thirty
told his friends when they congratulated
him on Henrietta's arrival four years
ago. "No race suicide for me. BY the
time grow old want 20 have several
children around to brighten my declin-
ing years
Mrs. Thirty. the youthful mother. is
doing well. This IS her third child She
was married 10 Mr.. Thirv nine years
ago, and Is now thirty years OF age.
Before her marriage she was Margaret
.O'Conner.
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CAPITAL CANOEISTS
MEET ON WEDNESDAY
Will Discuss Plans for Coming Season.
Has Leased Old Y. NJ C. A.
Site on Broadwater.

The Capital Canoe Club will hold its
next meeting in the office of @. c. Ham
ner, 500 Thirteenth street northwest. on
Wednesday. May ?. at p m Any one
desiring 10 join should attend. and all
interested In canoeing .are most cordial
" invited 10 be present
The club has taken over the lease of
nearly three acres OF the most pictu--
esque land on the Broadwater. which
was formerly held by the Y NJ. c. A
Canoe and Boat Club The work on the
place is being pushed as rapidly as cir
cumstances viii permit. and it being
the policy Of the club to make this a
permanent camp, accommodations will
be prepared for one hundred mem
bers. Small pieces Of the camp are TO
be rented 10 individual members or
groups of members, who desire 10 have
a private place on the camp.
There are at present over twenty-five
members in the club. and, as the mem
bership is limited 10 100. applications
should be made at once to J. A. Lord,
l136 G street northwest.
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NATIONS DEEP IN DEBT.

The foreign debt Of Colombia has been
in existence for eighty-three years, dur
ing approximately forty-seven of which
no interest was paid, says the Monthly
Guatemala. Honduras. and Venezuela.
respectively, are seventy-eight and
forty-eight, seVenty-eight and seventy
two, and eighty-three and forty-One.
Costa Ric8 and Nicaragua have tene-
fitted by intervals during which hey
owed nothing to the foreign bondholdsr.
Nevertheless the external debt of the
first has been in default for thirty years
out Of forty-seven. while Nicaragua
paid nothing for forty-nine years out OF
siXty-sIx.
Salvador neglected her share of the
old debt Cf the Central American fed
Grafton from 1877 to 1860. With the ex-
ception OF a single lapse her subsequent
record is good and she now occupies
the happy position OF having no regular
foreign debt.
necton with the outside world by a
loan issued IT 1869. She has since then
off and on been in default for about
twenty-five years.
Some two Years ago Colombia issued
from pr0tracted civil war. She has
since lost Panama, while the expenses
of the war were met by the short-siqht-
ed expedient of issuing forced currencv
AS a result she now finds herself sad
died with debt In notes reaching tha
enormous total of nearly $3.50. 600 600
At one time the rate of exchange for
the paper dollar touched 5000 per cent.
But by legislative enactment the parity
between gold and paper was fixed not
long ago at the relatively moderate fig
ure Of 10.0c0 per cent
Even this means that Colombia's dol
lar represents only ID, or ( cents and
the brain whirls at the thought of the
equivalent In currency of the fSI. 900
which she will in the future have to
pay each year for the service Of her
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
GOLD PRODUCTION

Figures gathered by the Financial
Chronicle, Of this city. show that the
worlds production Of gold IS r,cI
steadily mounting. Each Of the "a
three calendar years has seen a new
record made. Up to 1908 the biggest
annual output had been * 900 963
ounces-valued at S314,63O. 23S. that
amount had been mined in 1899. the
year before the BOer war suspended
operations in the TransYaal In 1909.
with the Johannesburg region again
tranquillized. the 1899 record was
broken; production reached 15,77S.O1S
ounces-valued at $326.159 9S1 In
1904 1t rose 10 16.739,44S ounces-val-
ued at sS46.034,521 In 1905 a still
greater advance has been registered
the output reaching 1s.211,419 ounces
valued at 6.462,SI1. Since 1895
the worlds annual gold production has
virtually doubled.-New York Tribune.
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ACTIVE BEYOND THE DEAD LINE.

Look around the world TODAY. and
sec wnat some OF the rlen who have
long passed the dead line" are doing
and what they have accompIished
writes .. ;. Marden, in Success Maya
Zlne- Look at the young old military
leaders in little Japan who Cono1Iarad
great Russla- oyama was twenty years
past this fatal line when he won his
great victories, and all of his corDs COM
nanders were past fifty The Marquis
Ito. the grand old man of Janan her
greatest statesman. and the one who has
zone more than any other TO make
Japan What II Is today, is still active in
the service of his country.
Look at Diaz, President of the Mex-
lcan republic. Much OF his best work
has been done since he was sixty. The
emperor of Austria. one OF the arrea fest
statesmen on the Continent of Europe.
Is about SeVenty-seVen- Clement Ar
mand Fallieres. recently elected Presi-
dent OF France, is sixty-five
. The leaders. the men of the greatest
influence in our United States Senate.
have worn gray hairs for a quarter of
a century. Senator Morgan Of Alabama
cighty-four years old. recently made one
of the strongest and most vigorous
speeches on the Panama canal question
that he has ever made. Joseph Cham
berlatn, nearly seventy years of age is
sun the most brilliant statesman in
England. He was siXty-seven when he
initiated his plan for fiscal reform
President Eliot, of Harvard Univer-
sity, everything considered. has, per
hapS been the greatest university pres
ident OF his day. and nearly all OF his
greatest work has been done since he
crossed the line OF the eoinpa ratfvely
useless age" His. mind is stiIl strong
alert. and creative.
Charles HazlItt, consulting engineer of
the city Of New York over ninety-five
years Of age, works in his office every
oay AT drawings and plans-the most
intricate work. He is such an efficient
worker that he has been held I'm office
Dy every administration, Republican and
Democratic alike. for over a quarter of
From Julia Ward Howe. in her eight
les, 20 sara Bernhart1t. in her sixties.
women workers In all fields Of endeavor
might be cited by hundreds who are
doing great work in the world their
very best. though they have long passed
the dead line" Sara Bernhardt during
this season in America achieved as brill
liant successes as she did twenty years
ago-she positively refuses TO grow old.
Robert G. Ogden at eighty. is one
Of the most active members of the
great Wanamaker firm. In fact iudp-
ing from the abundance of his ideas his
creative ability and freshness of view.
he is one Of the youngest men in the
whole institution.
Marshall Field was really in the prime
of his manhood when he was stricken
with pneumonia at seventy-one. and bv
Tar the most important part Of his re-
Inarkable career came after he had
passed the hai< century mark.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
THE NEWEST MEDICAL FAD.

?, One of the newest fads of the medi-
cal world is the sleep cure. According
TO the physician who has sought TO in
troduce his Ideas among the Parisians,
one sleeps entirely too little. II is his
argument that one lives a certain
length Of time. and that this time
(sickness not considered) is extended
to the temperament of the person. He
cites in support OF his theory the long
evity of the negroes, and declares that
they attain ripe old age simply be-
cause they sleep when work Is not alb
soIutely essential. His treatment con-
sists of sending the patient 10 bed and
making him sleep Eight hours a day
one may leave his bed and mingIe with
the world as he pleases. but not only
must the other sixteen be spent in bed.
but the patient must actually be asleep.
Dundee Advertiser.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
GIANTS MADE It
FOUR STRAIGHT
Those PhiIlies 0utclassed
All the Time.
BROOKLYN-SAME OLD STORY
Was Easy for Boston-PJates Had
Fun With St. Louis Chicago
Blanked Cincinnati.

NEW YORK, April 2s.-The Worlds
Champs batted Nichols freely this after
noon. and as a result won their fourth
straight victory from the Philadelphia
Nationals The visitors were ct all times
outclsssed- Score by innings:
Philadelphia .-..OO011OeO 80
New York o 0 0 01222 x-7 13
NichOls-DOoin; McGinnity- -Bresnahan.
Umpires-Emslie and Conway. Tiue-I
hour and 30 minutes Attendance-12.2 80.
BOSTON. April sliding the
Brooklyn Nationals down 20 one hit to-
day young Cy Young gave remarkable
quence the Brooklyn were shut out.
Score by innings:
RH.E
Brooklyn ......... OOOOOOGO % II
Boston ..-..--..... O3OO6Ox 0
Mcintyre. Eason and Bergen; Young
and Needham. Umpire-O-Day Time
L hour and 40 minutes. Atteniance-6.5O 500
PITTSBURG. April 2S-St. Louis was
easy picking for the home club today,
the P1ttsburg team winning in easy
FASHION Dy score Of 13 70 O. and incl
dentaliy fattening their batting average
70 the extent OF thirteen safeties- The
score
Pittsburg ..........O152O2O x-I0IS
81. Louis .--.-...---0 0 0 o. 0OO-O ,
BatterleS-Lelheld and Pietz: Brown.
Hoelskoetters Holmes and Grady. Time
1 hour and 35 minutes I-mpire-JOhn-
stone. Attendance. sos
CHICAGS. April 2S.-The Cubs defeat
.er Cincinnati today in a tight game
their only run coming in the ninth in
niugs. Score:
RHE-
Chicago ---.-.--.---.0 0 o. Oil Z /
Cincinnati -.--..--.-0 0 0 0 00-O 2
Batteries-Brown and King; Weimer
and Phelps Time-1hour and - minutes.
Umpires-CarDente and Klein Attend
ance- 100
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MISPLAYS HELP
M|DDIES TO WIN
Fifteen Errors Made Buck
nell Look Foolish.
BATTING WAS ABOUT EVEN
Navy Got Two Homers and Six As
sorted Hits; Losers Also Knocked
Four-Sacker.
BATTING WAS ABOUT EVEN

ANNAPOLIS. Md. April 2S-Bucknen
did not play nearly so good a game
against the Midshipmen today as It
did against st. Johns yesterday. and
was defeated by a score of IL to 3.
For the first five innings, Leech was
effective and the contest was fine, but
in the sixth, seventh. and eighth in
nings. Leech was not only hit hard. but
the team behind him played miserably
and piled up during the game fifteen er-
rors in all OF these. infielders got
eight
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Batting Honors Even.

The teams were about equal in bat
ting The Midshipmen got eight hits.
which included home runs by Cohen
and Thibault- Bucknell got nine. in
cluding Parsons home run and Shee-
hans two-bagSer
Needham. the navy pitcher. was hit
freely in the first three innings, there
being six hits in that period by Buck
nell batsmen. In the six innings which
followed he allowed only three hits
The Score.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
PLACES For HOMES

The population of the world 100 years
ago was estimated at 10000. 600: todav
* is estimated at 1900. 100000 In other
words, the growth of the worlds popu-
equal to its accumulated growth during
the previous 10,0O0 years. II this ratio of
increase shall be continuous. the new
population Of the globe will find it's
home, not In the densely populated dis
triCts OF Europe, but In the sparseIv
settled contries Of North and South
America. The development of these
countries and or their trade with the
Orient, as well as with Europe. will pay
tribute to the Panama canal.-Geogragh
Magazine
The Washington times., 1906-04-29

hole Harrison had only to halve the
next hole to take the match. but Thomp-
son p..ned himself together, and won
both he eighth and ninth. making them
all even again.
Excellent Golf.
At the fourteenth hole they were stln
even up Thompson took the fifteenth.
The sixteenth was halved. On the next
hole Harrison made one Of the prettiest
plays of tie day His drive took him
behind the trees and his second took
him into The trees. He was we'll out
on the thi-d- He took an iron on the
fourth and laid the ball dead 10 the
hole II struck the iron hagDole and
lay almost on the rim. giving Harrison
the hole IN FIVE. which was the best
Thompson could do. This hole is 442
yards
There was still a chance that Harrison
might even ghings up again by taking
the eighteenth hole. but il was halved
IN FOUR. and Thompson took the. match.
The play had been close throughout and
stimies playeG an important part In the
result OF several Of the holes.
Won Another Prize.
Thompson played strong. consistent
soiL' through the whole day. In the
semi-fnais In the morning he returned
his best score, an 50. II was this score
that gave him another cup besides the
Presidents ,.-:N a cup put up by S. C.
Briggs for =1ltca clay against par golf
His handicar = eight made him one
up against par Alexander Britton took
the secopd prs ~ ts.:s competition. He
was rWJ dow .Iar. In the afternoon
Thompson SSt s,E II and an 81
TIE morning Was given up to the
sep1i-final roun = Thompson was paired
with D Lewis and Harrison with s. n
knutt Lev. IS nla 1eG good golf. but wa 3
OuJclaSsed 10y Tn. =--.son, who finished
up and 4 to ~ F11.-ison beat Knutt
4 up and 3 to EC
The PrdesidsnS'E Cup. a handsome
piece OF silver. which IS offered anew
each year. becomes the Permanent
property Of the man winning il Fhe
competition finished yesterday for the
cup has been cne OF the most successful
ever held and brought out a lot OF good
golf. There were more than thirty eii-
tries in the tournament.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29
Remarkable Golf Match
Won by MOrpen Thompson
Eighteen Extra Holes Necessary Before He
Could Beat Cleve Harrison In at Chevy
ChaSe--SuCCesSful Tournament

In what was one OF the most remark
able finishes OF any golf tournament
ever played over the Chevy Chase course
or any other course in this country Nor
ven Thompson beat Cleve Harrison in
the final round for the Presidents CUP
yesterday afternoon, one up in thlrty-six
holes.
The remarkable part was not that he
was one UP in thirty-six holes, but that
while the match was for only eighteen
Two Extra Rounds.
Thompson and Harrison were even up
st the end OF the first eighteen. The
play for the Presidents cup was handi-
cap match play. Thompson was handi-
capped at eight and Harrison at six. or
Harrison gave Thompson two strokes in
eighteen holes, cne stroke in nine. In
order to play of the tie. therefore, and
to give Thompson the beneht Of the han
dicap II was necessary TO play at least
nine more holes.
Nine holes were played and the men
were stin even up which necessitated
still another nine holes And II was on
this last round that Thompson pulled
cut one UP ana took the match. II they
had finished even up again yet another
nine holes would have been necessary
As It was. a new record in tournament
play was established for the club
Both in Rare Form.
Both Thompson and Harrison played
extremely good golf. and as the score
indicates. there was little to choose be-
tween their games. Both drove strong
iy, and on approaching and on the
greens both were clever.
The day was ideal for golf, and for
the gallery A large crowd followed the
contestants over the last round. al
though the shadows grew long before
the final green was reached. and IL was
after Z p m. when the match was finish
ed. The greens were hard and fast and
the fair green hard enough 10 give good
distance 20 the balls.
In the first nine holes OF the play-off
Thompson was tao dOWn-at the seventh
The Washington times., 1906-04-29

- rHSt Dase Dy errors-Western Maryland 4:
1eorge Washington. 4. Left on bases-C}eorra
W Washington, .. Western Maryland 4 First
base on balls-On Carr. 1; of Hank s. Struck
out-By Carr, I; by Hank. 5. Two-base hits
senior, Stevenson, Bradley. Campbell Cool
ing sacrifice hits-Bradley .: Weber
stolen bases-Price. Bradley Weber, ,; Sc
Nor. stevenson. 2; and Rainer Fit by
Pltcner-By Hank, 2 Wild Ditches-Carr /:
Hank. 2 Passed balls-Cooling .: Steven.
SON unpire-Mr. Cauihower Time OF
6ame-l hour and 80 minutes
The Washington times., 1906-04-29

President John Fason and Secretary
Gcrham, Of the American Automobile
Association, will be in New York early
this week. On Tuesday the officers of
the A. a A will take up their new
headquarters in the Metropolitan Life
building. in New York.
The Washington times., 1906-04-29

Iwo-base hit-Sheehan. Home runs-pa-
sons, Ihibault- and Cohen. Sacrifce hJt-
Seeohain- stolen bases-StiIes ThibaTi+
Olendcn Bases on balls-Or Leech. q VIII
pitch-Needham: Struck out-By Neeihann
:. py Ieeeh' Left on bases-Navy- -
ton 5TeAieii' l. Cnpire-Horner. Of Washing
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HATCHET|TES WIN
FROM MARYLANDERS
Had Little Trouble Taking
Game From Visitors.
CARR PITCHED EFFECTIVELY
Stevenson's Throwing to Bases and
Heavy Hitting of Locals the
Features.

George Washington had no difficulty
IN defeating the Western Maryland team
yesterday afternoon, on University
Field. by 10 to 8. The game was void
81 of features. The Buff and Blue secur-
ed a good lead in the nrst inning. and
at the end of the fourth it let down
Carr Showed Improvement.
Carr was on the rubber for George
Washington. He showed great improve
ment. allowing but one pass, and giving
five scattered hits. three of which were
scratches. Stevenson caught well. and
q, threw to bases much better than hereto
fore.
All of the outfeIders had a holiday.
not single fly going into the far gar
dens. Orrison played his first game at
third, and did very well. Prices error
was not costly. and, on the whole. the
infield performed in good shape.
Hitting Was Timely.
Price led off with a hit past third.
Bradley laid down sacrifice. Baldwin
10 Rainer. Price went to third on the
hit and scored when Rainer threw to the
grandstand to head him off. Weber was
hit with a pitched ball and stole second
Senior hit for two bases, scoring Weber.
Camp5elrs single scored Senior. and
Campbell made the circuit by a lot Of
careless work by the infielders. In the
second, Price singled to right with one
down, and stole second. going TO third
on a passed ball. Bradley hit to right
FOR two bases, scoring Price. Weber
struck out. and Senior flied out to Hig-
gins.
In the fourth Price was safe on
Rainer's error. Bradley hunted TO Hank,
and Ralner muffed his throw. Weber
hunted, and Hank threw poorly 70 first
Price scored from second on the play.
After Senior went out on pop fly 10
Cooling. Stevenson hit for two bases,
scoring Weber and Bradley In the
eighth the H2tchelites made two more
bby punching hits.
The visitors first score came in the
second Cooling hit a hot one over the
right field fence for two bases Adkins
struck out, and Cooling stole second.
Steyensons throw went over Orrison' s
head, but was stopped by Price, who.
by quick throw, caught Cooling at the
plate Captain Higgins claimed that the
score should count. under the ground
rule Of an extra base on an overthrow,
and after some Wrangling II was al
lowed. All the other runs were due TO
hstless playing by the locals
Three Victories This Week.
George Washington had a clean slate
this week, winning three games. The
Buff and Blue supporters are greatly
pleased with the Improvement in the
team, and several hundred students will
march over 70 Georgetown next Satur-
day TO see the big game between George
Washington and the West End College.
The ecnre.