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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-03-16

\AJANTED. "A MAN 70 work in the pack.
w ing room. One who has had experience
In grocery store preferred.
mari3i w CHAs. KING & SON.
xEIANTED-25G GOOD DRIVERS for brick
w wagons. Men who will take good care Of
their teams and make days work. will be
paid 81. so day, with steady employment.
new WA sHIEGTON BRICK CO., Abing-
ton, Alex ndria county, Va. msrl2 I'm
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
KILLED HIMSELF AT A WEDDING.
Bride and Women Guests Are Made
HysterieaI by a Tragedy.

New York Standing In the doorway
Of an apartment where guests had ms.
sembled TO witness wedding, a
stranger. supposed to be Ulderic Hug.
ron, Of Waterbury, Conn. blew out
his brains. Death was instantaneous.
and the body tumbled backward down
a flight OF stairs.
The bride and many women guests
became hysterical following the trag.
edy. and the marriage ceremony was
delayed while the coroner held an i'm.
promptu inquiry. The guests viewed
the body. each declaring Ignorance Of
the suicides identity. An hour later
the wedding was solemnized.
The guests had gathered at the apart
ment OF James Feeney. on Amsterdam
avenue. for the marriage OF Feeney's
niece. Bessie Feeney. and Michal Ley.
ton. The presence OF the stranger was
not noticed until the shot was fred.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
CLEMENCEAUS DOWNFALL
HIS POSITION 10 REGARDED As
OBVIOUSLY COMPROMISED.
King Edward Credited With the
Changed Condition, But This
IL Denied.

Parls--In competent quarters Pre-.
mier Clemenceau's position is regard.
ed as seriously compromised, and his
sudden retirement or downfall would
not create great surprise. Although
the cabinet has formally approved the
circular sent by Minister Of Education
BRAND to the projects on the subject
Of granting leases Of the churches TO
the parish priests, Il is an open secret
that the premier IL not completely in
sympathy with the concillatory policy.
A sensational climax Is anticipated
II the followers OF ex.Premier Combes
force the debate to an Issue. At the
same time It Is the general opinion
that NJ. Brands policy would com.
mand a majority. and that the minister
OF education would succeed TO the
premiership II NJ. Clemenceau we're de-
feated.
Some newspapers attribute the
changed attitude OF church and state
TO the influence OF King Edward, who
is represented as fearing that Ger.
many will succeed to Frances infiu.
ence as protector. Of Christians In the
near and far east. The kings inter.
vention. however. is authoritatively
denied.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
s32,OOO,OOO
THE GENERAL EDUCATION BOARD
MAKES ANNOUNCE.
MENT.
A ROCKEFELLER GIFT
Intended TO Assist the Work OF the
Beard Throughout the Country
Had Previously Given
Stt,0co,0o0.

New York-An announcement is
made that John d. Rockefeller has
given the general education board s32,.
100000. He had previously given the
board 81. 100000. The gift Is Intended
TO assist in the work OF the board
throughout the country. The educa.
ton board Is designed to help educa.
tional institutions.
The members OF the board who will
administer Mr.. Rockefeller's immense
gift include some of the best known
educators. fnanciers. publicists and
philanthropists In the country.
While the board was In session gifts
to FIVE colleges we're ordered, amount.
ing in all to 100000 as follows: Beloit
college. Beloit. Wis; Morningside col.
lege, Sioux City. Ia: Lafayette col.
lege, Easton. Pa. $4,000 each. Wabash
college. Charlottesville. Ind, and the
University OF Wooster. Wooster. O.,
each $4,000.
In 1903 the general educational
board was chartered by congress. II
employs force Of experts In the con.
tinuous and systematic study of edu.
cational conditions In all parts OF the
United States. Its object Is promoting
education In the various states by
means OF gifts and otherwise
The organization was adopted to
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14

snow and broken timbers:
Fred Mason, owner of boarding
house; Mrs. Fred Mason, Joseph
Boyle. miner, Denver; John Emerson,
miner, Denver; John Miller, miner,
Monarch; Stephen Skinner, saloon.
keeper, Monarch; one miner. name I'm.
known, ia missing.
A baby OF the Masons was reported
to have been killed, but had a mIrac.
ulous escape from death. He was
buried under many feet Of snow and
broken house tlmbers for IL hours.
and when found was lying in his little
bed unframed. Near by were the dead
bodies OF his parents and other mem.
bers OF the family, who we're rescued
alive.
James l.. Lecky was pinioned under
a heavy blanket OF snow by broken
timbers, but managed to dig hole In
the snow with his hands SO he could
breathe until he was rescued. He was
Ia communication with his rescuers
many hours before being taken out.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
Alleged Fraud In
California Mining Cases

San Francisco, Cal-"There is more
fraud In connection with mining
land cases in California than there is
in Oregon. Montana. Colorado. Utah
and Wyiming combined. Officials high
up in the interior department are re-
sponsible for this. know from my
own knowledge that agents sent out
from Washington to investigate min
ing lands in this state have been
bribed on the question, after making n
thorough and exhaustive study of the
conditions OF mineral tracts here for
many years past"
State Mineralogist Lewis E. Aubury
has reached the foregoing conclusion.
He does not hesitate to say that undue
influence must have been brought to
bear upon the officials of the interior
department. and that the wool has
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
WOULD COVER DEFICIT.
" the Postoffiee ncpsrtsrset--a.tsv
Credited Win Ezfaaks.

tWashington-If the postoflce d.
partment were given creGlt for all the
service 1t renders to the government,
the deficit in postal receipts would be
practically eliminated, according TO n
report OF the house committee on post.
Offices and post roads ON the postof.
nee appropriation bin. The govern.
ment departments and other govern.
ment officers in Washington reported
That for the six months period ended
December 81, 1906. tho postage upon
matter sent through the mails would
have aggregated $2.2S4,427. The com.
mittee estimates that Il Is fair TO as
sumo $b,O0O,000 worth OF mail is car.
ried for the government annually
without credit to the postoffice de.
partment.
The deficit in the postofflce depart
ment for the fiscal year 1906 was So.
516,996, and the committee estimates
that this would be entirely covered II
IL were possible to compute the
amount of mail franked by federal of.
ficers In all parts of the country in ad.
dition to the amount of free mail 60
Ing out of Washington.
The increases In compensation to
the employees Of the service including
clerks. carriers in city delivery OF.
ices. railway mail clerks and rural
free delivery carriers are practically
as recommended by First Assistant
Postmaster General Hitchcock In his
last annual report. The proposed in.
creases will aggregate nearly $1,000
900 year.
The report does not attempt to es
innate the actual amount OF cut in pay
to railroads for postal service. but It ia
generally believed by members of the
committee that the reduction will az,
gregate $4,000, 900.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
HOUSE REFUSES TO AMEND the
RIVER AND HARRoR AP.
PRECIPITATION BILL.
Deep CHANNEL BUMPED
After Much epeeehnnakina Friends Of
chleaao-to-the-Guif Waterway
Muster Only Forty
Three Votes.

Observation-Disclosures Of q Il.
foot channel for the Mississippi river
from Chicago to st. Louis and the gulf
met defeat when the house in commit.
tee OF the whole, having under consld.
Grafton the river and harbor appropri-
alton bill, voteu TO stand by the rec
ommendation OF the committee In op-
position TO the project. Although there
was much speechmaking on the part OF
the friends OF the measure. they Sc.
cured only 10 votes for the amend.
ment as against 145 against Il.
Mr.. Dalzell, OF Pennsylvania. offered
an amendment, providing for the con.
tinuance OF work on dam No. Z on the
Ohio river, but II was defeated on a
test vote, which showed that the
chairman OF the river and harbor com.
mittee, Mr.. Burton. had large ma
jority OF the house with him as to any
amendment to the budget which has
not his sanction.
Mr.. Gill. OF Maryland, suggested ap.
propriating an additional $1,000. 900
for the harbor at Cleveland, the home
OF Chairman Burton, because OF the
unselhshness OF that gentleman in
falling to ask for an amount sufficient
to complete the harbor."
The amendment was defeated AT the
personal solicitation OF Mr.. Burton,
who said the amount appropriated was
sufficient.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14

been pulled over the eyes OF Secre.
tary Hitchcock by manipulators who
have grown rich at the governments
expense. Aubury thinks that as soon
as Secretary Garfield takes his seat OF
offlce on March 4. startling revelations
will be made. He has been In COM
munication with Garfield for some
months past and the latter has prom.
ised that as soon as he is vested with
power he will inaugurate a crusade
that will stir the country from Maine
to California.
Il know full well that frauds In con.
nection with mining lands Of this state
have been In existence for years"
said Aubury, but am powerless to
prevent 1t. I am here to look out for
the interest OF the miner and Il does
not lie within my jurisdiction to pros.
ecute anyone"
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
NINE MEN BURNED TO DEATH.
Fatal Accident on Board a French
Torpedo Boat.

L'Orient. Francois a result OF an
explosion on board torpedo boat No.
S39, Of the French navy. nine men are
dead and two men are injured.
Torpedo boat No. 500 was launched
but short time ago. and at the time
Of the accident she was undergoing.
prior TO being placed in commission,
her full power steam trial In the road.
stead. a technical naval committee
was on board at the time. The trial
was successful, but as the boat was
returning TO her anchorage, n safety
tube, forming part of the evaporation
apparatus. burst, and n mass Of fame
was forced into the stockhole, where
the engineer, n quartermaster and
nine stokers were at work. The on.
glneer and eight of the stokers were
instantly burned 10 death. Their
bodies were practically reduced 10
cinders. The other stoker was Sc.
verely injured.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
woman bad rwo children Dead.

Grand Rapids, Mlcn.--A woman and
two children were found frozen to
death in an upstairs tenement here,
with third child In an adjoining room
badly frozen, but alive. The dead:
Emma X. Livingston. aged so; Alfred
r. Livingston. aged Z; Lincoln NJ. Llv,
ingston. aged 3; badly frozen, Helen
Livingston. aged 10. Miss Jennie Liv,
iagston called at the residence TO pay
visit. and found her sister. Miss EN-.
ma Livingston. and one child dead in
bed. one child dead on floor and Helen
In adjoining room badly frozen.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
COMMERCE OF THE STATES
LIVESTOCK AND GRAIN MOVE.
MENTs WERE ENORMOUS.
The Freight Shipments on the Great
Lakes Larger Than Ever
Before.

Washington-The movement of In
terstate commerce during the past
year exceeds that for any preceding
one in the history OF the country. nc.
cording 90 a statement issued by the
bureau Of statistics OF the department
OF commerce and labor.
Livestock.
Livestock receipts at the seven pri.
mary markets aggregated 40.727 .65S
head. exceeding those OF the previous
year by more than 10000. Shipments
OF packing house products from Chi.
cago, except canned meats and dressed
hogs. show gains as compared with
those OF either OF the two immediate
preceding years. or these products
during the year the aggregate ship.
ments Of beef we're 6O.77G.9 pounds;
canned meats. 147,6sS. Gjs pounds:
cured meats. sOi.Gi2.O49 pounds:
dressed beef, 1.13s.072.2s5 pounds:
dressed hogs l3.l7O,3oO pounds: hides,
la, lI0,520 pounds; lard 42l ,9i4,539
pounds. and pork 2G,5Sl 200 pounds.
making Il total OF 2.76S, OlG. i43 pounds.
Oelhg over lVVVoV,UVO POUNDS In eN'
cess Of the previous year.
Grain.
The total grain receipts from the
interior primary markets we're 79S..
52l.1sj bushels. an increase OF ESQ.,.
600 over 1905. The total movement
embraced: Wheat. 2i3. 735. O5s bushels:
corn, 242,I22,7lG bushels; oats, 233,.
3OO,239 bushels; barley. 69.46e, $50
bushels, and rye. 9,29i,2S2 bushels.
The receipts OF grain at the six At.
lantic and gulf ports aggregated 2l4..
siG,sss bushels. an increase Of $4,000.
600 bushels
On the Lakes.
The total freight shipments from all
ports on the great lakes. exclusive
exports to Canada. aggregated 75,.
GiO.Ge0 net tons, an increase OF al.
most 100000.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
ExpsIIsd From Colorado ssnsts.

Denver. Col.%Senator Richard w.
Morgan. Of Boulder City. has been ex-
PEELED from the state senate by u vote
OF 20 to 1. His expulsion was recon.
inended by a majority Of a special
COMMITTEES Of the senate. which found
him guilty Of having accepted bribe.
This finding was based on the state
ment made to the senate In March.
1905, by Morgan himself, who handed
to the secretary OF the senate $3.50.
which. he declared. had been given
him TO vote for Adams for governor,
he voted for Peabody.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
A NEBRASKA PIONEER.
Moses n. sydeT>hanr, indian Fighter
and Newspaper Man.

Kearney, Neb.-Moses II. Sydenham.
one of Nebraska's earliest pioneers.
died suddenly here OF heart failure,
aged so. Mr.. Sydenham was located
at old Fort Kearney when II was the
largest military station on the over
land emigrant route to the west. Dur
ing the Indian wars with the Sioux
and Cheyennes he took a prominent
part. and later as a civilian he assist
eJ in the establishment Of a state gov.
ernment He published the KeaTney
Herald. the first newspapers published
on the then Great American Desert. /"
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14

asIist Mr.. Rockefeller In the distribu.
ton OF his-gifts to education, but 1t
was not intended to limit the work OF
the board to the administration OF
funds given by him." said Chairman
Frederick T. Gates, who explained the
purposes OF the organization.
In March, 1902" said Gates, John
d. Rockefeller pledged 100000 to
the work OF the board. combining It's
use particularly TO the study and pro.
motion OF education In the southern
states"
On June 80. 1905. through Mr.. Gates,
Mr.. Rockefeller gave the board 81
900, 900 In securities, the principal to
be held in perpetuity as a foundation
for education, income above expenses
OF administration TO become distrib-
uted TO. or used for. among such in.
situations of learning as the board
might deem best adapted to promote a
comprehensive system of higher edu-
cation in the United States.
From the income OF the original
fund OF s11, 100000 conditional sub!
scriptions have already been made to
is colleges in Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia. Louisiana.
Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin. In.
diana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, amount
ing to a total OF s1.077, 500. AS a con.
dition OF receiving these gifts the
colleges are raising further the total
sum OF 1926, 500.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
shaw caIIs u a sw.s,.hep.

Washlngton-In letter TO Speaker
Cannon. Secretary Shaw says OF the
building In Washington occupied by
the bureau Of engraving and printing;
Il doubt II worse sweatshop exists on
the earth than the factory In which the
government manufactures It's money,
its bonds. It's internal revenue and post
office stamps. The condition OF the
employees. especially In summer, is well
nigh unbearable, and every considera-
ton pleads for improvement. The mat,
ter will soon be brought mp In the SEN
ate.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
THE COUNTRY HOME or JOHN
wANAMAKER DESTROYED
BY FIRE.
RARE PAINTINGS SAVED
"christ Before PLATE" and "christ on
Calvary" by Munkaesy, Val.
ued az $4,000,
Are Safe.

Philadelphia--The country home oi
John Wanamaker, at Chelten Mills
near Jenkintown. was destroyed by
FIRE at night.
Mr.. Wanamaker's home was consid
cred one Of the most artistic aud val
liable Of Philadeiphia's suburban prop
critics. The tract consists Of 30 acres
Of ground aud the house, which, IN
the main, was Of the English style Of
architecture. stood up on n hill about
$50 yards back Of the famous Old
York road.
Rlrest Of Paintings Saved.
The Wanamaker art gallery con.
tanned some OF the rarest paintings and
most valuable oil paintings 10 exist.
snce. The Wanamakers have been "a;
their winter home here, and the coun
try place was in charge OF caretaker
The fre made rapid progress, the val.
liable paintings being about the only
property saved
Among these are Christ Before
PLATE aud Christ on Calvary" by
Munkacsy, valued at $3.50, 900.
Loss Si.5oo.ooo
Though no statement has been re.
cured from Mr. Wanamaker as to the
loss, /. is authorltativeiy stated that
it will reach at least 81 100000. The
house cost $1,000. 900, and Il contained
a collection Of furniture. bric.a.brac,
tapestries and paintings which Mr..
and Mrs. Wanamaker have been 40
years in collecting. Mrs. Wanamaker
had been collecting Venetian glass for
many years and her collection was re.
garded as one OF the finest ex,ant.
Fifty Rooms Furnished Differently.
The furniture was the most serious
loss. There were so rooms In the
house. and each was furnished in dis.
iinctive style OF some period in the
worlds history. Many OF the furnish.
inSs were collected from the houses
Of royalty and can not be replaced at
any price.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
JAPANESE HONOR.
Solution Must Be Effected on Treaty
Rights Pure and Simple.

Tokio--After n careful survey OF
public feeling here regarding the pros.
pect of satisfactory solution of the
San Francisco school controversy. II
may be stated that while the approach
OF the termination Of the disagreeable
affair is welcomed, yet the report from
Washington that a solution may be
effected by a mutual treaty excluding
the immigration OF laborers is gener.
ally dibselleved as unreasonable. Ac.
cording to the prevailing feeling, a So
luton must be effected on Japau's
treaty rights pure and simple.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
SEVEN MEN ENToMBED.
A Lehish q WIIkesbsrre Coal Co. Col.
liery on Fire.

Wllkesbarre. Pa,--Seven miners are
entombed in No. 10 colllery OF the lie.
high & WilkesbaTre Coal Co. at Wan.
amac. and miners acquainted with the
workings Of the colliery say there Is
little hope OF rescuing any OF them
Fire broke out on the fourth lift
Of the shaft. and the entombed men
who were caught In the lower lifts
can not be reached until the flames are
extinguished. The fire is burning
fiercely and has gained such Roadway
that 1t may require many hours tight
Ing before the flames are subdued.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14

New York The state laid It's ease
against Harry X. Thaw--a plain, un.
emotional story of the shooting on the
Madison Square roof garden. MIR.
Caravans outline OF the states testi.
mony told how White went to the roof
on Madison Square garden 10 see the
initial production OF SUNNI err must.
cal comedy, and then related In simple
language the incident OF the killing.
The people CLAIM" he concluded.
that Il was cruel. deliberate. mali.
cious, premeditated taking OF hui.
man life. After proving that fact to
yost.sw win ask yon 20 hnd the de
PENDANT guilty OF the crime of murder
IA The. first degree"
- : The RlaRNos the Defense.
y The defd replied with plea OF
heseditara tnsanlty. 1t was asserted
that Thaw,-fn Staying Stanford White.
belieyea he was acting an an agent OF
Pr0yIdence; that real or fancied
wrongs committed against him by tho
architect and former friend OF his vito
had caused the Impulse TO Kill. When
the deed was done. Thaw made no
move to escape it's consequences. but
holding the fatal revolver aloft he
stood as II mutely proclaiming TO tho
world:
THE deed Is done; It was right; 1t
was not wrong"
Thus. Thaw's counsel outlined his
case to the jury, after the prosecution
had occupied less than two hours, in
relating, through eye-wItnesses. the
narrative OF the tragedy.
The Story Of This Mans Insanity.
you will hear the story of this
mans insanity" Attorney John u.
Gleason. for the defense, promised the
Jury. from his mother, from his wife,
from his relatives. and from his ply
sician. You will Judge him by his acts.
by hereditary and stress which en-
tered into his madness. and when you
come to judge him you will say to
yourself that his act may have been
one of insanity. but It was not one
Of crime"
His Love for Evelyn Nesblt.
Thaw's counsel told the story OF tho
prisoners love for the girl he was
to make his wife. He met Evelyn Mes
bit In 1901. and there then began In
him an honorable love and regard for
the girl. He told her mother OF his
love. The girl was in precarious
condition following serious opera
ton In a sanitarium. and Thaw sug-
gested to the mother that she taks
Evelyn abroad to recuperate. II was
arranged that Thaw should accom-
pany the two az tho open and avowed
sutton of the daughter. In 1908 he
asked her TO marry him and she re-
fused.
The reason for this refusal you VIII
hear from her lips." announced Mr..
Gleason. Suffice II TO say the reason
had to do with an incident In her life
with reference to Stanford white"
The insanity Plea.
Thus laying the ground for the piea
of insanity. Mr.. Gleason declared brain
disease had laid hold OF Thaw three
or four years ago. Il was claimed
there have been many cases where
person had been pronounced insane
upon one subject only.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
A CALIFORNIA DECISION.
Two Commitments to Asylum DO Not
Exempt a Murderer.

San Francisco-An opinion has
been rendered in the supreme court
holding that two commitments to an
asylum do not exempt a murderer
from responsibility for his crime, nor
uphold his plea that at the time OF
his homicide he was insane. An In.
teresting decision was rendered in the
Gaze OF Frank Willard. who. In 1905,
shot and killed a sheriff.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
DEFENSE OUTLINES lTs PLEA ~
RESPONSE TO CHARGE or
MURDER IN THAW CASE.
INSANITY WILL Be DEFENSE
Lsbored Under Dsluslon That His Life
Was In Danger, and obeyed,
He Believed, Command
Of Providence.

|.
II was announced that Thsw la.
bored under the delusion that HIS
life was always In danger when
he was In New York. This &c.
counted for the fact that since
January, 1904, he had carried =
pistol. He had placed II In his
overeoat pocket the night he went
to the Madison Square roof gar
den. There he turned suddenly
and saw what he thought was a
demon glowerlna at him. The i'm
pulse came. He felt that to kill
White would be an act Of ProVl-
dsnee, and so believing, he set
deliberately about his task.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
THE FRGLINo IN JAPAN.

Anti-Japaneee Preae Powerleea -
Break Frlsndahlp.
Tokio-The view taken here OF the
Acknowledgements situation. arising
from the sgp Francisco school Incl
dent 10 illustrated by the following Of.
fetal statement:
'gince the talk OF war was flrst
transmitled from America We haxs
carefully watched the eovsiopment 81
fcAliaa here. There has not been he
slightest excitement anywhore IN the
eounsrS
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
THIRTY DEAD MEN.
Fatal Explosion Of Pocket Gas In a
Coal Mine.

EIkins, W. va.-The third mlne ex.
plosion in West Virginia within two
weeks occurred AZ the Davis Coal and
Coke Co.'S mine No. rs at Thomas.
near here. and 20 or 80 miners are
said 10 have been killed. There IL no
possible hope that the men stiIi In
the mine are alive. The number OF
entombed men IL estimated at so. Mine
officers say pocket gas exploded.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14

Lawrence, Kas.-L- ]. Worden, one
Of the first political bosses in Kansas.
died here. aged rs. He came to Kan.
sas In 1887, served In the senate. for
IL years was in the national revenue
service and for 20 years was the die
lator Of Douglas county polItics.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-14
an lMFERNAL MAcHlNs.
\ Justice at Paterson. N. J., Killed In
His Office.

Paterson. N. J.--Justice OF the Peace
Robert cortess was so foarfuIly in,
1nred III his office by the explosion OF
an Internal machine. sent him by ok.
press. thai he died.
Ths office was wrecked. and the
detanntlon could be heard for blocks,
He had actively aided the police IN
the capture Of Italian law-breakera re
censly.