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The Washington times., 1906-04-13
TOM TAGGART HERE
TO TALK POLITICS
Members of His Party About Coming Con-
greSsional Campaign.

Thomas Taggart. OF Indiana. chair
man Of the Democratic National Com
mittee arrived here this morning from
New York, and last the New Willard
He will remain here for several days.
In the lobby Of the hotel he was the
attraction. Nearly everybody recognize
ed him. and for almost an hour he held
an impromptu reception. Democrats
especially. but also number of Repub-
licans. extended the Democratic nation
al chairman hearty welcome to the
Capital City OF the Nation
There is nothing specially significant
in my visit at this time" said Chair
man Taggart OF a Times reporter Il
just ran down from New York TO see
some OF my friends on the Hill and
10 have an exchange of views on the
situation. l shall stay over for n day
or two" he continued. and consult
with the leaders Later 1 may have
something to tell the boys. but at this
time l prefer TO say nothing"
Chairman Taggart spent the best part
of the forenoon at the Capitol. in con-
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BELL WILL FOLLOW
BATES TOMORROW!
Formally Becomes Successor
as Chief of staff.
FROM FORT LEAVENWORTH
Was Commandant of Infantry, Signal
Schools, and Staff College
There.
FROM FORT LEAVENWORTH

Brig. Gen. ]. Franklin Bill will for
mally become the successor of Lieuten-
ant General Bates as chief of staff OF
the army tomorrow. when General Bates
will retire from active service or a1-
count of having reached the age limit.
General Bell, with his family, arrived
Monday from Fort Leavenworth. and is
stopping temporarily with friends at
Stoneleigh Court. He took the oath OF
his new office yesterday afternoon. bu;
he will not formally take charge OF the
Office at the head of the army TIL to-
morrow
For some time General Bell has been
commandant of the United States In
fsntry and Cavalry School, Signal
School and Staff College at Fort Leav-
enworth. General Bell entered the Mil
itary Academy from Kentucky in Sep
iember. 1873, and was commissioned a
second lieutenant In the Second Cavalry
four years later. He was made first
lieutenant in December, 1890, and captain
on March ., 1929. he was promoted
from captain TO brigadier general in
March, 1901. after having made his way
Gp from major of volunteers in the
Spanish-American war to brigadicr gen.
eral.
The Washington times., 1906-04-13
SWANSON ARRIVES
HERE NEXT MONDAY
Champion Welterweight Wrestler
Changes His Plans at Last Moment.
Reputation as Instructor.

Alex Swanson sent word 10 Washing
:oI this morning that he would arrive
ia the city next Monday for his finish
match with Rob Roy Mackey at the
Washington Light Infantry Armory
next Tuesday night
Swanson is physicaI director and own
er OF gymnasium in New York His
reputation as the champion middle
weight wrestler of America adds greatly
TO his prestige as an Instructor. and he
has become one OF the most active of
those engaged in developing wrestlers
OF Ali weights, both amateur and pro-
fessionaL He was to arrive in Wash
ington today. but is mixed up in the big
match in which Pieuins and Fred BcelI
and Harvey Parker and George Bothner
are TO go 10 finish OF April. "a and
could not get away.
Swanson is the first champion mat
artist who has been engaged for a real
finish bout IN Washington in many
years Other champions have been here
and given exhibitions. such as Gotch
gave last year with Joe Grant and
Americus. but j. those il was an as
sured thing who would win In the
coming bout Swanson. despite the fact
that he Is known 10 be such a good
man. will have 10 hustle TO beat Mack
ey judging from the great form Mackey
showed with Grant. and as the voluble
local grappler is anxious TO gain all the
reputation possible in order to boost
his job as an instructor at the Column
bia Athletic Club the match promises
TO be hot one from the jump.
The Washington times., 1906-04-13
WOODEN LEG HE LOST
IN WRECK IS RESTORED
Railroad Company Starts a Hunt and
Returns the Missing Member.
Owner Files Claim.

WILKESBARRE. Pa. April 13.-The
leg which Louis Felter. of Nanticoke.
lost in the Pennsylvania railroad wreck
near Pottsville on Monday night. when
the locomotive left the rails and turned
turtle down an embankment. was re-
turned to him by officials of the COM
pany.
IL was scratched. bruised and dented
but was otherwise sound and he can
use il again
Felter was hurled from one end OF
the car TO the other. and had hard
struggle getting cut of the wreckage.
Not until ne was extricated did ne miss
his leg. He notified the company, and
ii was found and sent to him
IL was wooden one which he had
just purchased in Philadelphia and was
taking home.
The Washington times., 1906-04-13
Selected Books for the Young.

zone of the most important phases OF
our work is that of the children's room
No book is added 10 this collection un-
III IL has been read by a person in
charge in order TO decide upon its suit
ability.
The lecture hall proves a valuable
addition 10 the regular work OF the
library. The library has a study room
fitted up FOR teachers in the District.
l.500 in the public schools and 20 OF so
in private schools
-Hampering financial conditions have
thus Ear prevented the opening Of the
library at $50 a M. so that Govern
ment clerks and business men might
letUln books on their way 20 their Of
fees The library is open. however.
from 10 a m. 70 8 D. m for the return
ard delivery Of books and its reading
room is open antil 10 d. m
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ference with the members OF the Demo-
cratic Congressional campaign commit
tee. He assured the members that the
national committee will give all assist
ance possible II the coming Congress
sional campaign. and that he national
committee win leave nothing undone 10
help swing the political pendulum the
other way.
The Washington times., 1906-04-13

cation in kindIiness. gentIeness. good
manners; Il teaches history and geog-
raphy. ethics and eSthetics. sociology
ard religion. IL is read with avidity.
and II affords rest and refreshmeut for
the eYer-driven men OF today. There
fore few public libraries apologize for
the fac. that more than 20 per cent OF
their circulation is fiction.
Although such a large part Of the
circulation is fiction, yet fully 50 Per
cent of the bookstOck Is composed Of
books other than fiction The demand
among Washington readers for the best
In history. biography, travel, essays and
art history is very large
The Washington times., 1906-04-13
GRlEVING MOTHER STARVES
THINKING OF ABSENT SON

PHILADELPHIA April 13-Neakened
by voluntary starvation. Mrs. Mary
Cannon. aged fifty-hve years. OF Cam
den. died suddenly from heart failure.
Some months ago her son went TO sea
against her pleadings. Fearing that ke
had met death the mother refused 10
eat, saying she would soon join her boy
in death.
The only nourishment the woman has
taken IN her long fast has been an Occa-
sional drink of milk. She became much
emaciated and collapsed Monday night.
All efforts of a physician to save her
life proved Of no avail. Coroner Kirk
gave a death certificate.
The Washington times., 1906-04-13
Works of Fiction Popular.

Fiction is the dominant form Of lit
erary expression today. II has the
most universal appeal; it supplies edu-
The Washington times., 1906-04-13
Mr.. HI0kI TO SPEAK
AT 0'C0kNELl BANQUET

At the banquet which will shortly be
given in Boston in honor of Coadjutor
Bishop O'Connell- Mr. Kioki. the Jap
anese charge. will express his country s
appreciation of the efforts OF Bishep
O'Conneu as special Papal envoy 10
Japan at the time Of the Japanese
Russian war Mr.. Acki. accredited am
bassador to the United States from
Japan. will probably arrive in Washing
ton in about ten days. and Mr.. Hioki
will sail for Japan May 13 next
The Washington times., 1906-04-13
TWENTY THOUSAND MEN
ON STRIKE AT LODI

LODI. Russian Poland, April I3--Fully
C. 600 wOrkmen are now on strike here
Many factories are closing for an in
definite period owing 10 the continual
strike disturbances although orders are
q ahIIndanf
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Lack of appropriations
Hampers Library Work
Librarian Bowerman Complains of Con
gress' PiecemeaI Policy Toward The
University for the People,"

"a university for the people" is the
name given by George F. BoWerman.
Librarian of the Washington Public
Library. TO that institution. in an in
ter sting contribution TO the current
number of Charities and the Commons.
in which he describes the influence of
the public library as the most effective
factor in educational life. and states.
broadly. that il should be regarded as a
more universal means Of social amelio-
ration than even the public school
Asserting that Congress, by its piece-
meal policy of dealing out approoria-
tions for the enlargement and main
tainence of this form of liberal eduea-
ton. has somewhat '>indere1 the devel-
opment OF the library system in the Ma
tionai Capital. Mr.. 9owerman tells in
brief the history OF the Public Library,
from the beginning. in 10. when An
drew Carnegie gave incentive 10 the
movement, by a donation of 575.oO0. for
a library building, until tile present
time. when 5000 volU.-es ere on the
shelves. According u ar Bowerman.
this fiscal years hons circulation will
reach f5 600 volumes. While. judging
from oth-r municipalities progressive in
library DEVELOPMENT. rhe home circBia-
tion 10 a population - S23.00o, such as
the District has. shoubf mol be less
than a million Further sSaR this. he
states that II proper means OF develop
ment were undertaken. il would be pos
sible 10 have a home circulation here
of from 20o0.000 10 5.0000O0 volumes.
THE library was. unfortunatei" built
with restricted space for the display
ing OF books on open shelves. When
Congress gives sufficient approximations
IL is hoped 10 use the largest and best
lighted room in the building for the pur-
pose OF Offering direct access 10 the
cream of the library.
Works of Fiction Popular.
Fiction is the dominant form of lit
The Washington times., 1906-04-13
Tine Once Rooms for Rem,

IN ths Munsey Building facing Penn
syivaI.ia avenue between Thirteenth
anC Fourteenth streets. For rates and
inf -saation, apply TO A D. Marks, Of
SCI o.. The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1906-04-13
TYPOS FIGHT FOR
OFFICIAL GAZETTE
Senators Urged to Oppose
the House Bill.
STILLiNGs is DETERMINED
Will Enter Into Competition for the
Work by Bidding if Law
Takes Effect.

The statement was \made this morning
that should the work of printing the
Official Gazette of the Patent Office be
taken away from the Government
Printing Office. and given to the lowest
responsible bidder, as required by the
change made in the law by the House
OF Representatives. but not Yet approv-
ed by the Senate, il would not necessar-
lily mean the wiping out completely OF
the specification division of the printing
Office
There are in all about 800 employees
I'm the specification division, but only
seventy-eight eompositors are employed
on the Official Gazette, and. Of course,
II the printing Office is deprived OF this
work fl win of necessity cause a large
reduction IN the force Of the specifca-
ton division. exclusive Of the men who
work on the Official Gazette.
Will Submit Bid.
If Public Printer StiIlings can prevail
In this matter. even II the change made
in the law by the House is approved by
the Senate. the work OF getting out the
Official Gazette may be continued in
Uncle Sans big print shop The Public
Printer said today that he will ask au-
thority to submit bid to the Commits
sioner Of Patents for the printing OF
the oficial Gazette. because with the
facilities enjoyed by the best and larg-
est printing Office in the world he can
figure closer than any private plant.
At the Patent Office today il was said
no objection would be offered to receiv-
ing bid from the Public Printer should
he make the request 10 put in a sealed
proposal, as the purpose of the House
Committee on Appropriation in chang
ing the law was TO economize in the
cost Of printing the Official Gazette oy
authorizing the Commissioner of l2t-
ents 20 have the entire work of print
ing the Official Gazette done by con-
tract
Printers Much Worked Up.
The printers are much worked up over
this proposed change in the printing Of
the Official Gazette because il is pos
sible under the terms OF the speeinca-
tions asking for bids TO take the work
outside OF Washington. and this would
prove hardship on large number Of
local typos. The downtown printers. as
well as the typos employed al the Print
ing Office, dc not prSpose 10 wait until
the question comes before the Senate
for approval. but already they are NOV
ing on members and Senators with pro
tests against changing the law gov
eTning the publication OF the Official
Gazette.
IL viii be pointed out. and can be sub
stantisted BY the new methods and reor-
ganiZsIion OF the printing thus Gar insti-
tuted by Public Printer StillinGs, that
work is now turned out in Uncle Sans
printery at less cost than formerly. and
that under the new order of things a
large piece OF the appropriation for run
ming the office viii be covered back into
the Treasury at the close of the fiscal
year June 30.
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nenrn... Damn, b, onr.n

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as
they cannot rcnch the seat Of the disease.
Chtarrh Ia n blood or constitutional dis.
ease, and III order To Il II it you muet
take Internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
euro is taken internally, and ucts
directly on tho blood, and mucous eur-
faces. Halls Uatarth euro IL not n
quaoa medicine. II waa prescribed by
one OF tie best physicians in this conn.
try for. years, nhd IL Il regular prescrip.
ton. II 10 composed OF tho best tonins
known. combined with the beat blood
purifiers. acting directly ON the mucous
surfaces, The perfect combination of
tibet wo Ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results in curing Ca.
tarrh. Send for testimonials FREQ.
f.. j. CHENEY Il CO.. Toledo. o
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FROM MONDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

AuOlph kuudsun returned yesterday
from Tonopah, where hc has been the
last iwo years. 10 intends TO remain
hero.
uhnriey Winter, the Aura m~erohupt,
came in from TINT camp yesterday. Ito
III very enthusiastic over the prospects,
OF Aura and the whole northern part OF
the county.
Shl Hip II Reno &c Il candidate for
ch'"f clerIs ~ the asSs nbly. Sol is one
Of the old anti freed deinocrats Of the
Slate aud u this wntor WIZ n member
Of the as 'cmbly FOL wou!u got his vote.
The board Of parIuu4 will hold a
special session on December 9th TO con
slider tho application nf Johnny and
lbapBh fr u commute ioD Of their
sentences to lie imprisonment.
CHARLES BcVis, the newly elected clerk
Of Nye 90 1nty, has announced tint DO
viii not accept the office ne he Is con.
yinced TINT he can do better by attend.
ing 70 hi5 prlVnic hHHtra.
II is rumored Tint DR.. Stuhbs in about
to REIGN as president Of tho State uni
yorsity. II no hne my such intentions,
bp hns not mede them Kppwp TO tif
prGsant board Of regents. II 10 saio "a
cay TINT tbr report hs no foundation.
Oppid Inns bren husy in Elku md the
result "a soon IN tho two marriage mott.
pes oIse& hero, I Tho young people l,pvf
thc host " i!hrs MA host Of iriends iov
uhetr fniutn happiness md prosperity
The IEptrksnrST ioina IN tho good
wishes mud extends iiR congratulations
Taxes aro coming N slowly. AZ I.
o'clock this afternoon only "87 whole
and % half receipts had been issuet
out Of n total Of 90. Taxpayers shouIc
hurry 40 or solne Of them will 10 ont IL
the cold when tho books close on tlit
first Monday IN December.
a bar Of bullion worth 5000 wn
brought to Carson "Wednesday and sol,
10 tho goyernmcpt At tho local mint hI
Iuines II. Woodbury.. Tie bullion wh
from tho Aurora district, md was golf
aud silver. At the present time tn
mtpu, OF the a nrora district 10 s,cndl!
IN THO inerease, mud tho INDICATIONS az
thai the camp will 10 one ~ the beat II
tho State, Carson News
shoriR Clark aud auditor Grover iav
etartod In to enforce q strlct complinnc
with tho license law. Tie auditor Wi
not issue n iccnee hereafter until III
applicant has died n written requee
backed up with The affidavit require
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FROM FRIDAYS DAILY
%Satmagundi.

Mr. Quincy is still confined to his bed.
fIie many friends llopo tint no will soon
he, out.
Great reduction IN hnots, shoes and
gents furnishing goods ut r.. Osell's
All will bc sold Mt the lowest figure. 4
Mira. Thomas Hunter, Miss Alice
Hunter md Mrs. Allen left for Oakland
last night to sprud tho winter.
\laska has produced sl5o,OOO,0 900
worth 81 gold since 1906. Uncle Sam
made n good bargain when hc uot The
territory Tor $1,000, 600.
l.. Winiotmnntel & Co. jewelers. have
n beautiful hue Of new jcwelry and
wa'chee. They are just beginning tc
receive ilrci r tnll stock. {
Al noon today. III Taxpayers had PAID
their taxes IL full and 10 had paid the
tirat insta'lmeut. Only ten days re-
mnin in which to pay ,axee before Il
per cent penalty and pllicr costs art
added.
Save those natural teeth, thereby ,,
tain your inTlnl expressions. ilr. Gini
land she Dentist Office o"er nrn,
Store, Elko. =
Mrs. NJ, NJ. Garwood has retired iron
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ia. P.r,l.I .1rh. W.r..

Ely 10 now ia her youth; her voice .
just changing: che has now cast OF her
baby clothes and is dressed in The
slouohy garb OF a growing boy. one who
goes with a dirty face and with shoes
unpublished, and nnksm2t generally.
A decade ago the people OF Ely were
as one great big happy family; every
body knew everybody else and called
each other BY their given James
The more matured members Of society
knew that Robinson district WA one
vast bed Of copper that time and money
sonld develop. For years they lived
here in their quiet little homes. taking
an occasional trip -to the railroad and
all the time singing the came old cong
about Ely copper. The refrain a
finally taken up by others on the out.
side, who were more or les familiar
witt. the verses Of the sony and at last
the pretty little sonnet reached tile ear
OF Boston md N-w York and capital be.
gan humm,nR. Ere long it reached
out its hand sto get "a bite" Men came
here and invested largely aid develop
ment work was carried ON vigoransly.
Mr.. Gum and Mr.. Reaua followed III
the wake Of aElr Gray, the discoverer
OF Ely and the Ruth mine. Then came
the flood Of capital. Ely ehed the in
fant's wardrobe and nitired herself in
the miment OF youth.
Buildings are going up In a day and
tents are going up in in hour; q place TO
lay ones head without. regard to
furnishings, is the fret duty of the new
conner.
The town is made up Of people from
every cline and one cannot tell the
millionaire FROM the commonest laborer;
all are ont to get II hunk OF copper a
piece OF gold or u little silver and IRE
wiling to undergo any hnrdship, TO live
upon bacon and case riggs while making
the effort to have III, If dreams realized.
The streets are unciean. she shacks
grow hke mushrooms. ever, body wears
everalls and the scramble Tor property
goes on with anabated fury.
In tile course Of another Is months,
the town will be nnrecognizable by the
Did timers.
Tho tent will be replaced with mod.
ern brick and stone structures; water
md sewage sysiews viii have been in
stalled, streots era led and paved and
homes will stretch out Tor miles be, ond
the present limits OF the town.
Five decades will show many changes
and tue railroads, the mines, the smelt-
ers and the city viii be in the hands OF
a younger generation and the p~iOueers
who blazed the trails through White
Pine county will have gone to their
reward.
Such is destiny.
Not a murder, shooting scrape or
serious reaction Of any kind has taken
place in this district for over II year.
That is remarkable for a live minin.
camp. IL rs hardly time YET for the
shooting seusonr-But-WeD, never
minh.-Wimte Piue News.
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A Year OF Blood

The year 1906 will long DO remember.
ed in the home OF +. N. Tacketi, OF Ali.
anco' KY, as a year Of blood; which
howOd so ,%opiously from Mr.. Jackets
lungs 'i'"t death seemed very Q He
writes: Severe bleeding from the lungs
aud u friphiful cough brought mo a,
deaths door, when [ began taking Dl
King New Discovery for Consumption
with the astonishing result that after
four bottles was completely restored
and ne time has proven permanent,
cured Guaranteed for sore lunge
coughs aud colhe, at Elko Drug CO..
drug store. Price SOC and 81. 90. Tria
hottie free, a. ~
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CROWN OF tho ringer Nails

The growth 81. the average finger nail
Is computed to be one.thirty. second of
an inch u week. or n little more than an
inch and n half a year. ~Iu:aginn the
care taken by the aristooratic Chinese
in cultivatinH their finger nails, which
often grow to he elk OF eight inches
long. just think OF letting your finger
nails grow for eight years without cut.
ting them!
The finger nails are said to grow faster
in the summer thmu in the winter. The
nails on the middle finger grows faster
than any OF the other nyils, and that on
the thumb grows slowe5t. 1t is MISC
said that the nails ON the night hand
grow faster than those OH The left hand,
According to the rate Of growth
siatel tie average time taken for each
finger nail 10 grow itI full length is
about four and u halt months, and at
this rate n man SO evenly years old would
have renewed his nails one hundred
md eighty.six times. Taking the
length Of each nail rs half an inch, he
wonId have grown seven feet nine in oheo
"f nail on each finger, and on all his
fingers and thumbs nm aggregate length
OF s~eveaty.seyeD and a half feet.
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by Law. 10 one case the auditor report
that the enforcement Of the law aal
resulted in raising tile class Of licenst
from the 9th to the 7h class. Their,
may be othere.
The Steamer Dix WINS s,r lex and sunk
by the steom er Jeanbi5 in Seattle har
Dor Sunday n.ght, and forty.two people
were drowned. The collision was
caused by the ca~relessness OF the mate
Of the Dix who was at the wheel while
the captain was collecting fees from the
passengers.
In it's feeble attempt to ridicule the
charges made by Tnxpayer, the Free
Press in it's Saturdays. is-uJ, Gays that
previous grand inries have sanctioned
the course pursued by the sheriff and
auditor in the collection Of licenses. II
any grand jury has ever made such a
report, the Free Press should dig it up
and publish it. Its Hmncssy and
Oooley nonsense will not satisfy the
people; OF this county now HAT they
know the facts: 'a.",
Among the matters TINT should receive
consideration by the next Legislature is
a repeal Of the gaming and eliot machine
laws. Nevada is nov the only State
in the Union tint, licenses gambling in
any form and the incoming legislature
sbonId place her on, the came plan MS
her sisters. The revenue received from
licenses is insignificant when
compared with the misery. ~.uffeTinG and
crime thnt result from licensed gam
bling. In !carH gone by the State ma
needed this evenue. but il does
not need il now.
A lire ut Goldfield Friday n light des
the Goldfeld Hstel and BURIED
two people to dea;h. Tie dead are
J Judge j. NJ. Ellis 81 Den yer, a mining
man, and a. II. Heher, a capitalists Of
Los Angeles. Mrs. BOlin o.. San Jose,
and T.. Is. Young. residence
unknown,n are missing Beside these five
persona were injured. The fire broke
out ut 10 o'clock mud was soon beyond
The total loss will he about
sli0.0 o with 100000 insurance. The
hotel belonged to the State Bank and
Trust Company OF Carson City.
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Not complimentary,

a s%tockdealer, buying horsea in Colo.
RADIO, had been directed to the ranch Of
Old Bill Sands. Wishing to learn some.
thing Of Old Bills business methods be.
toro catering into negotiations. no made
some inquiries NJ n nearby ran cb.
""hat oort Of business man 10 Bill
Sand H'tc asked.
"Whn. %sttanRer,' replied tho ranoher,
81 don't think Old Bin would go plumb
to hell Tor a %nickltj but he'd keep fsh.
ing around the edges for It until he fell
in.'-Lipp.ncotts