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Evening star., 1907-08-24
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The receipts of watermelons at the whole
gale marke; at the 11th street wharf were
very heavy the past twenty-four hours, ten
Or twelve vessels laden down with the fruit
having come into port since 4 o'clock last
evening. The vessels brought their cargoes
from the Rappahannock river and from
over on the eastern shore of Maryland and
Virginia, and the melons are as fine as have
been brought TO this market for several
years. At daybreak this morning the deal
ers from uptown began to flock to
the wharf To lay in supplies Of the
fruit, and until noon today the melon wharf
was a busy place with the wagons driving
out upon it loading up and departing for the
uptown stores. In all the vessels brought
about 2J,,Oo melons, and they sold at prices
ranging from 81 per hundred for culls up to
SO and SD per hundred for selected fruit
Heavy receipts of melons are looked for
during the coming week.
The big four ted schooner Edwin r.
Hunt yesterday completed the discharging
OF her cargo of ice and was taken around to
the coal piers of the Consolidation Coal
Company at Georgetown to load for Bos-
ton. The schooner William G. Tanner
which is at Georgetown discharging ice.
Will also as soon as light begin the loading
Of a cargo OF Cumberland coal at George
town for New England port. She will be
followed under the coal chutes by the
sChoOneES II. l. PcCkham and Sullivan
Sawin. which will load for Portland or Bos-
ton. The schooner Crescent, lying here with
cargo of ice. viii also, it is expected. load
coal at Georgetown for a New England port
Arrived: Schoouers Ida, Lucy Fletcher
Della Conners, Ella Ora. East Lynn and
Sleeper. and hugeyes NJ. +. Venson Maggie
Pearl and u. Hudson, watermelons from
bay points for local market: tug Camilla
with tow from a river point: schooner
Lula Qu.llan, freight from Norfolk and
Washington line steamer Norfolk; scow
Fannie, pine wood from a river point:
schooner Mary Ann Shea pine lumber from
AGula creek for dealers; schooner Isaac
solomon, cord wood from Occouuan:
schooner Sidonia Curley, lumber from the
Rappahauonck river: schooner j. +. A Cum
ningham, wood and railway ties from a
river point for the dealers.
Sailed: Schooner Oakland. for a !own-
river point 20 load back to this city. tug
william II. Nerkes, jr. towing schooner
Mason. light. for Wades bay 10 load back TO
this city; tug Cameron, towing a fleet of
light sCows for dredging machines down
river, sChooners Grace and G. w Wilcox
Light for bay points to load back TO this
city.
Memoranda: Schooner Silver Star IS un-
der charter to load a cargo of lumber at a
river point for this city; sloop StonewalI is
at i river point loading scrap iron for Alex
andria; schooner Isabelle is in Nomlni creek
loading cord wood for dealers here: schooner
Edith Verrall is at river point loading for
this city.
The barges s. NJ. Provost and Edward
Fay have loaded hard coal at Baltimore for
The dealers at Georgetown and the barge
SdugeTties has loaded coal for the United
States naval smokeless powder plant at In
dian Head. Tugs will leave Baltimore with
these barges today or tomorrow.
Evening star., 1907-08-24
MARYLAND Suburbs.

]. C. Rogers, the attorney of this city,
who, with his brother, as Rogers & Rog-
ers, is selling property in the Maryland
subdivision of Mount Rainier. stated to-
day that the firm is meeting with much
success in disposing Of the property. Many
Washingtonians are acquiring homes at
Mount Rainier, and, incidentally, the
right to exercise the franchise in Mary
land.
Mr.. Rogers this week reported The sale
of one-half acre of ground at the corner
of Goth and Ash streets to r. E. Joyce,
who is perfecting plans to erect IL bunga-
MIR. Joyce paid about 81 800 for the lot.
Evening star., 1907-08-24
ADMIRAL SIGSBEE's HOME.
Will Build at California Avenue and
33d Street.

Admiral Sigsbee, U.S.N., retired. is max
ing preparations to erect for himself a
handsome home in this city. Yesterday a
deal was closed for the lot on which he
is to build. 1t is slightly location at the
corner Of California avenue and 33d street
northwest. The lot is 80 by 12O feet, and
1t is understood that the house to be
erected thereon will be detached. and a
handsome building Of fine architectural
proportions.
Admiral Sigsbee is said to have paid
$4,000 for the lot. The deal for the prop
erty was made through the office of DEN
ton Morford.
Evening star., 1907-08-24
REALTY FIRM CHANGES NAME.
Atkinson & Ballard Company Becomes
Ballard & Lanham.

- BY order Of the court the Atkinson & Bal
lard Company Qnc.). real estate corpora
ton, has been granted the privilege of
changing it's name to Ballad & Lanham
Qnc). There will be no change in the per-
sonnel of the company, as William H. Lam
ham, who has been identified with the COM
pany for two years, will retain the office of
president. and William T. ballard, who Or
ganized the firm more than four years ago,
will still hold the office Of secretary treas
Evening star., 1907-08-24
JUDGE K. M. lands ILL.
Man Who Fined Standard Oil Com
pany Suffering From Nervousness.

CHICAGO, August 24.-Judge X. NJ. Lam
dis is said to be i'll at the farm of his
brother, Representative c. c. Lands, near
Delphi Ind The judge is suffering from a
nervous affiiction caused by overwork and
the excitement incident to his duties within
the last three months.
He recently visited his mother at Indian
apolis and there 1t was found that he was
quite i'll and the trip to Delphi was under
taken in the hope of finding a retired place
where he might recuperate.
Evening star., 1907-08-24
DRp1RiE View fpu Po1r OFFICE AnnIx) Or RLkeAp NK2)
Or The New UMon 1r&Mon

urer Mr.. Atkinson has had no connection
with the company for two years.
This company has well-equipped offices in
the Collins-Guerry building, 621 18th street
northwest which they have occupied for
two years. and will continue at this To-
cation
Evening star., 1907-08-24
Private Stables.

The Brennan Construction Company has
just begun the erection of a two-story
private stable in the rear Of I135 New
Hampshire avenue northwest, for w. M.
The plans were prepased by A. D. Mul-
lett & Co., architects.
Evening star., 1907-08-24

the most prominent of them. fell out with
Mr.. Hartman when the Rock Island party
showed its hand in the Alton in 1904. Mr.
Hawley has since resigned from the Union
Pacific board. Associated with Mr. Hawley
in the Glover Leaf are Gen Thomas H
Hubbard, former Southern Pacific dlrec-
tor, who is suing that Hartman line to
compel payment Of interest on bond issue:
II. X. Huntington, interested as plaintiff
in the same suit; James n. Wallace presi-
dent of the Central Trust Company; Charles
A. Tweed, until lately member of Speyer
& Co; William A. Reard of the banking
& Co.; William A. Read Of the banking
p. Shonts. president of the Interborough-
Metropolitan. Mr.. Shonts is president of
the company, but has not been in charge
of operation since he took charge of the
Inter-Met
Evening star., 1907-08-24

A Kentucky negro earns double wages
as hCdcarrier because he is able to do
the work of two men. He carries from
forty to fifty bricks at a time. He places
the bricks upon board which he balances
upon his head as he climbs TO the tops OF
high buildings.
Evening star., 1907-08-24

The Southern Passenger Association ad-
iourned at Norfolk after three days ses-
sion, during which railroad passenger tariffs
particularly affecting the travel to the
jamestown exposition were adjusted and
other business transacted.
Evening star., 1907-08-24

that when 'our forefathers were framing
the Constitution they never intended that
the taxpayers Of the capital of the nation
should be disfranchised and SO poorly gov
erned as they are at the present time in
Washington.
Some Right Strong Talk.
Mr. Tharin got good hand when he de-
clared: THE reason you poor mortals have
no pure water to drink is because you have
no say in your own affairs. We are suffer
ing from an autocracy, an oligarchy. If
the people of Washington continue to drink
mud they will soon resemble the clay eaters
of Georgia.
Then Mr.. Tharin jumped on the local Of
ficials. He said the public pumps and wells
ers were, and he predicted that this munich
pality would soon crumble to dust unless
the laws were mended. He declared that
something awful is going to happen un-
less suffrage is granted to Washington. ana
brought his address to close by shouting:
Washington is fit for nothing else but TO
be swept from the face of the earth by an
earthquake!
Among others who spoke We're Charles L.
NaeiIl Dr. c.. Jones and President Rich
ards Mr.. Magin devoted himself to the
local Jail He stated that released prison
ers from the Jail were SO filthy and diseased
that they should not be permitted to mingle
with the outside world. DIR. Allen insisted
that committee be appointed to put the
conditions. clearly before President Roose
welt and to demand that the three Commits
sioners be removed from office.
Evening star., 1907-08-24
Other Roads in Deal.

The prospective purchasers also control
the Minneapolis and st. Louis, which owns
a majority of the stock of the Iowa Central
On the ratification of the Alton transaction
they will be in control Of a system with a
mileage of 2SS5. traversing one of the best
traffic sections of the country. The trans
action thus brings about one of the most
important changes of the railroad map that
have been made for many months.
Eventually the four roads will be merged
into one compact system. Meanwhile the
management of the four roads will be made
harmonious. and close traffic arrangements
will be made. Glover Leaf officers will sue
ceed Rock Island officers in the Alton. Very
likely President s. NJ. FELTON, of the Alton
who has been retained in Office during both
Rock Island and Union Pacific control Of
the road. will retire.
Government and the Alton.
I'VE have had no relations with Mr.. Fell
ton," said a director Of the Glover Leaf
Evening star., 1907-08-24
CLOVER LEAF TAKES ALTON
FORMATION OF A NEW RAILWAY
SYSTEM IN CONTEMPLATION.
What Hartman Does With Minority
Interest New Owners Don't Care.
No Friends of His.

NEW YORK, August 2i.-Control of the
Chicago and Alton. which the Rock Island
party wrested from F. II. Hartman and his
associates last June after a contest which
began three years ago. has to all intents
and purposes been transferred to the Tole-
do, st. Louis and Western. The stock
which will change hands on the formal rati-
ication OF the contract is the majority in
terest owned by the Rock Island company.
either Mr.. Hartman nor any of his as
sociates was consulted in regard 70 the
transaction. and the formal announcement
of 1t yesterday was as much OF surprise
to them as TO any one else in the financial
district. What Mr.. Hartman will do with
the Union Pacifcs minority interest seemed
to interest no representatives of either the
buying or SLING company.
Evening star., 1907-08-24
RENTS SAID TO BE HIGHER
Condition of Construction Work Is
Better.
LABOR STRIKE AND THE MARKET
Stand-of Fight of Employers and
Unions Not Troubling Real Estate
Men to Any Extent.

Reports from real estate brokers 1his
week continue TO be all indicative of an
unusually successful renting season. Sew
cral Of the prominent brokers declare that
already their lists are practically filled and
they are forced to turn people away who
come to look for houses and apartments
This. however is not the general condition
Of affairs: for in many sections of the city
there are a large number of desirable resi-
denccs for rent. although the prices are
said to average higher this year than last.
The A. +. Fox Company declare that the
firm rented twenty apartments last week.
and a proportionately large number this
week Heiskell & McLeran report their
rental list practically exhausted. These are
merely indications of the condition of the
market.
Another thing which realty brokers pro-
fcss TO be e!ated over is the condition of
the construction work now in progress in
the city They were at first considerably
worried about the probable effect of the
strike On the market for real estate in
vestments. but now they claim their fears
have been diSpelled.
Evening star., 1907-08-24

Thousands of situations have been OBJ
Star.
Evening star., 1907-08-24
Non-Union Mechanics.

The officers of the Employers Association
assert that they are securing all the nom
union mechanics that are needed from the
big cities in the eastern and middle states
and that they will be able to import enough
Of such workers to complete the contracts
now in hand.
The officers OF the executive strike COM
mittee of the building trades unions have
pulled" about 80 mechanics since Mon
day, and declare they Will continue those
tactics until all union workmen have been
called away from unfair jobs" The action
OF the master bricklayers in declaring
against the open shop caused jubilation in
The ranks of organized labor.
Will Finish Work.
The employers say they will finish all
work in course of construction in due sea-
son, and during the winter months, 1t Is
intimated, they will take steps to provide
an ample force of non-unionsts to take up
the building operations in the spring of
1908
AT this time there are no signs of truce
between the employers and the union
workingmen. and both sides declare they
have no white flags to fly.
Evening star., 1907-08-24
hostile to Hartman.

The men in control of lle Toledo, ST
Louis and Western, better known as the
Glover Leaf, are as hostile to Mr. Harri-
man as any of the Rock Island party have
shown themselves. Edwin HaWley, one Of
Evening star., 1907-08-24
Issue Not Joined.

Since the determination was reached by
the Master Bricklayers' Association at a
recent meeting not to join issue with the
Employers Association in its fight for the
open shop the situation in the local build
ing trades has been complicated The en-
ployers make the charge that the carpen-
bricklayers. That much of the brickwork
on buildings in course of construction IS
practically completed, leaving the finish
Ing touches to be put on by the wood
workers and painters. Therefore. it is
pointed out, the bricklayers have little
TO lose in the suspension of work, while
the carpenters, painters and others will be
the heavy losers.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07
PREACHER AND rHE POET.
Writer specuIates on Shakespeare %
churchooer.

Probably Shakespeare did his own
thinking on questions Of religion, said
little, and conformed strictly TO the ex-
listing order. Still we question II he
was 4 good churchgoer. The town and
church Of Stratford had a decided bent
tQgard Presbyterianism, and there 10
reason to think that he did not get
on well With It In this respect. Him
self the wisest Of preachers, he does
not seem to have been fond of preach
ing That which sounds most like 1t
and very wise 1t is--comes from
Pol0nius, whom he calls "a prating old
fool" We fear that when he walked
to church with his. wife he went no
farther than the porch, but strolled
along the Avon, where he was found
by Susanna and Judith on "a grassy
bank" in close converse with daisies
pied and violets blue" and "herb-o'-
grace as became Sunday. And in
winter he was not sorry when cough
Ing drowned the parsons saw" The
preacher and the poet have never got
on well together, and will not until
they are .identically the same person.
as Cardinal Newman says; and they
must not divide and antagonize what
God have joined ogether--Theodor
7. Munger in the February Atlantic.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07
PREPARE THIS YOURSELF.
Tells How to Make the Best Blood
81 Tonic at Home.

For those who have any form OF
blood disorders; who want new, rich
blood and plenty of it, try this:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Shake well in a bottle and take in
teaspoonful doses after each meal and
at bedtime. Any good pharmacy can
supply the ingredients at small cost.
This is the prescription which, when
made up, is called THE Vegetable
Treatment" by others, the Cyclone
Blood Purifier" II acts gently and
certainly does wonders for some peo-
pie who are sickly, weak and out OF
sorts. and is known to relieve serious,
1ong.standing cases of rheumatism
and chronic backache quickly.
Make some up, and try 1t.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07
Where II Hurt Most.

Young gentlemen" said the college
president, Notwithstanding the fact
thst he was. addressing the students.
young gentlemen, hazing must be
stopped and stopped at once. It has
injured the college more than any
Of you ever could guess Only last
week gentleman declined to give
US 100000 because there was SO
much hazing. Hazing is bad thing
financially"
How about morally" asked the
student.
"Aw-aw, really, there may be some
thing.in that, but-aw-the-the point
has never come up, and I-aw-am
not prepared to answer But the point
Is worth considering. Chicago Jour-
nal.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07
The Muqz.r's Attendants.

While clambering up noticed what
looked like the hulk of ship, about
400 yards away, says writer in the
London Field 1t turned out to be
monster crocodile; it must, without
exaggeration, have been q or 2S feet
long, and in its close vicinity were five
or six small mrggers, looking like a
bodyguard. was afterward told by
an old Cawnpore resident that they
actually act. as such, and give warn
Ing of any approaching danger to their
overload
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07
COFFEE THREsHED HER.
is Long Years.

For over fifteen years" writes a
patient, hopeful little Ills. woman,
while coffee drinker, suffered
from Spinal Irritation and Nervous
trouble. l was treated by good physi-
clans, but did not get much relief.
Il never suspected that coffee might
be aggravating my condition. | was
downhearted and discouraged, but
prayed daily that might find some
thing to help me-.
Several years ago while at
friends house, drank cup Of Post
UNI and thought bad never tasted
anything more delicious.
From that time on used Postum
instead of coffee. and soon began to
improve In health, so that now | can
walk half dozen blocks or more with
ease. and do many other things that
never thought | would be able to
do again in this world
my appetite is good, | sleep we'll,
and find life worth living, indeed. A
lady of my acquaintance said she did
not like Postum, II was so weak and
tasteless. -. %s''
4 explained to her the difference
when It is made. right--boiled accord
ing to directions. She was glad to
know this because coffee did not agree
with her. Now:heF folks say they ex.
pect to use Postum the rest Of their
lives" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Greek, Mich. Read the little
book, 1.-THE Road to Wellyille," IN
pkgsr There's . reason"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07
South Carolina Game Cocks to Mexico.

South Carolina Game Cocks to Mexico.
Mr.. S. VI. Pickens is now shipping
- game cocks to Mexico, for which he
receives eight dollars each, says the
Anderson Intelligencer.;. He has also
an order for 100 at five dollars each,
and SO at eight dollars each. aggregat-
ing 1896 Mr.. Pickens has large
number of fine chickens at different
walks in the county. and is getting to-
gether the $50 for the 1896 order.
The breeds raised by Mr.. Pickens
are the CHM grays and the Warhorse.
They are excellent pit cocks and Sc
lected and bred to stand steel.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07

100000 Gas WeII.--On lease
adjoining the Ida E. Glenn in the
Glenn pool, 2O,OOO,OOO gas well
was brought in, giving the owners
a production of 5O,OOO,OOO cubic feet
on eighty acres.
New Compress at Clinton. : The
Clinton Ice and Compress Company
has been organized with a capital
stock of 100000. The incorporate
ors are Adolph Busch and Sam
Trubshaw, Of st, Louis, and J. T.
and H. c. Bradford and r. S, Tru.
lock, Of Ell Reno.
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Suicide at Topeka. - Ralph Hum.
ell, a 16.year-old apprentice in the
Santa Fe cabinet shop, committed
suicide at, his home recently by
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07

piso Didn't Pan Out. % voOd 9.
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s Seventeen Druggists Eniolned. =,
An. upheaval has been caused among
druggists in Parsons by filing OF in
junction proceedings against them
in the probate court, declaring them
nuisance and barring them from
selling intoxicants illegally, Pro,
bate Judge Bowman granted seven.
teen temporary mjunctions against
the druggists.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07

River Bridge Nearly Done. ~. The
bridge across the Vermilllon river
at Frankfort, on the route of the
Topeka g Northwestern Railway, is
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07

drinking the contents of a two
ounce bottle of carbolic., acid. He
died within few minutes. The mo,
tive which prompted him to the
deed lis not known. ,a
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07

Any device, subterfuge or ar
rangement by which any passenger
receiving a concession, advantage,
reduction or. rebate not accorded to
all other passengers, exclusive OF
the excepted Glasses herelnbefore
enumerated. shall be deemed VIC
lation Of this act. and the officer,
agent or employee Of the railroad
company granting, or Offering to
grant or give. and the person solicit
Ing or accepting the same. shall be
punished es provided in Section 2
for a direct violation.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07

just about completed. This is the
largest bridge on the route between
Onaga and Frankfort, and as soon
as II Is completed the pile. driver
will be transferred to some Of the
small bridges and they will be rush
ed to an early completion. To start
with, these bridges are all being
built on piles, but eventually the
piles Will be replaced with sto1e
and cement abutments.
Evening journal., 1907-10-03
Just Discovered Il.


Before a New York dairymen's con.
vention Mrs Marshall one of the pro-
prietors Of a dairy farm. gave knock
at some Of the dairy advice so freely
floating around at present: 'Tn every
movement looking TO the reform OF
betterment of degenerate conditions,
the existence Of which has been per.
fecty obvious to thinking people,
there arises a class OF just-discovered-
1t maniRcs' who fairly froth at the
mouth in their zeal to outdo each other
In correcting the abuse. For a few
years the dairy has been the target
OF surplus wrath. 1t has been special
lied, scrutinized, sterilized, pasteuF-
ized and paralyzed Some Of the lat
est items since the reformers have had
their fling axe: There is nothing but
dirt in the dairy, and you keep ever
lasting at IT, And you tell every
body of your gymnastics to keep the
dairies sanitary. and you shout it from
the housetops, and you write it to the
dairy papers, and soon your labors
will be all done, for nobody will want
your milk or hritnr."
Evening journal., 1907-10-03
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