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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04

CHICAGO, Sept. 4.-For the first time
in history a strike Of prisoners has been
waged and won. BY a stubborn contest
that mad a whirlwind finish. forty con-
victed men, employed as TRUSTEES" in
the Cook county jail. scored a complete
victory over Sheriff Strassheim and
Jailer Langeloh. They "struck" al $50
in the forenoon and in the afternoon the
sheriff surrendered.
Ia an effort 10 check the rising tide OF
discomfort and rebellion the sherin ana
the jailer discharged a negligent en-
ploye. They dismissed Guard Daniel
Ward, the man who was on watch on
the floor where IS located the cell In
which JOHN Krulz. convicted wife
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04

and at last they are 10 be married. AT
least the prince hopes they are. ATi
Pal is now In San Francisco awaiting
word that the arrangements for the nup-
tials are complete and that he shall
come and claim his bride.
Queen Lii has a claim running into
millions pending against the United
States for the loss of her regal state.
Whether this viii now be more vigor-
ously prosecuted or allowed 10 lapse
after her wedding remains TO be seen.
Queen LII owns a handsome house,
Washington Place. In Honolulu, and Is
reported 70 have a comfortable bank &C
count
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04
BOSTON IN MOURNING
FOR DEAD ARCHBISHOP

BOSTON. Sept. All Boston is IN
mourning today for the late Archbishop
John Joseph Williams. whose funeral
Is attended by high dignitarles Of the
Catholic Church from all parts OF the
country.
The services, which had been IN prog
ress since Monday, eliminated today
when the remains were laid 10 rest in
the crypt at Holy Cross Cathedral
Solemn high mass was celebrated by
Cardinal Gibbons. Archbishop William
H. O'Connell the dead prelate's former
coad1utor and successor pronounced the
eulOgy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04
MAN STAYS WOMAN
FAMILY FEUD CAUSE

CLARKSBURG. W. Va. Sept. A.
Wrought into q furious passion by a
family feud. Thomas P. Harmon, while
intoxicated, opened the front door Of
George A Murray's home. ton Clark
street, late yesterday afternoon, and
shot Mrs. Fred Pickett. wife of the man
ager Of the Bi1ou Theater, through the
heart with A revolver. Mrs. Pickett was
killed instantly.
A coroner's jury held an autopsy last
night and adjourned until today Cor fur
Their investigation. There were no eye
witnesses 10 the shooting
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04
Jail "7ruStieS" Strike;
Win Hour of Freedom
Prisoners in Chicago Jail Refuse to Leave
Cells in Morning Because New Rule
Sent Them to Bed Early.

murderer. committed suicide Sunday
afternoon by hanging.
Open rebellion against the jail author
tiles was rife among the TRUSTEES" The
strike" was found in full blast in the
morning. When the cells were unlock
ed at $50 every trusty refused to emerge.
AFTER a long investigation Jailer
LangeIoh 70 md that the strike vas duA
by dlssatisfaC ton with a new rule under
when the hour for locking Of the cells
or TRUSTEES was changed from $50 TO
80 p m The latter hour was deemed
TOO early for enforced retirement and
made. s"e ""S
the result is called a Compromise
oy Sherin Strassheim, but the strikers
really won every point.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04
SAVED FAST TRAIN,
RECEIVE BIG REWARDS

CHICAGO. Sept. AIRS. Mary
Houdeshell and her husband will re-
ceive $1,000 and Frank Jackson and
c. B. Aylsworth $3.50 each, for their
part in saving the California Limited.
on the Santa Fe. from going through
bridge early IN the morning Of Au-
gust Il, near Hart. No
J. z. Hurley. general manager Of the
Santa Fe. was authorized yesterday by
the executive department to make
drafts on the treasurer for the amounts
named, and present them to the Der-
sons named, with the compliments Of
the Santa Fe railway
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04
WASHINGTON PROOF

B. II. Johnson, 1410 Sixth street north
west. Washington. D. c., says: "Doan's
Kidney Pills cured me Of a very bad
case Of kidney complaint, backache. and
urinary troubles some four years ago
and have had no return Of the com
plant since. Nay kidneys failed to act
naturally and the secretions were in a
very disordered state, dark colored. fun
OF sediment, and while they were
scanty. there was a frequent desire 10
void them. My back was weak and
panied me constantly across my loins
and up between my shoulders. I could
not stoop CT straighten without pain
ful kinks through my back. I was treat
ed by doctors and used other different
remedies. but none helped me unit, 7
got Doan's Kidney Pills at Stevens
Pharmacy, corner Ninth street and
pennsylvania avenue, in 1893. took them.
and whatever was the cause of nv kid
ney complaint, they removed it. and 7
have not had a sign Of kidney trouble
since. have enjoyed good health, and
you may continue to publish my testi-
monial."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04
.LAUD FAIRBANKS
ON PACIFIC COAST

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 4.-Vice Pres
ident Charles W. Fairbanks arrived IN
this city from Sacramento, where he
had attended the irrigation congress,
and was rendered an ovation by the
Union League Club. MI Fairbanks
announced that his stay IN this city
would be brief, so a hurried program
OF entertainment was arranged.
A brief reception was followed BY
matchmaking, in which the Inalana
statesman figured prominently.
Senator Flint and Governor Gillett
spoke IN the most laudatory terms Of
the Vice President
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04
TORNADO TAKES HORSE
TO FAMILY HIDING PIT

ST. PAUL, sept. "A tornado whiciE
passed over western Wisconsin q fewa
days ago blew a horse out Of the wreck
age Of a stable through the air until is
fell on the family Of Joseph Bucknsr. -
Jackson county farmer. whose members
had crOuched for safety IN an uncovered
cellar Mr. and Mrs, Buckner were ms
5ured and their two children killed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04
MODERN JOAN OF ARC
BURNS SELF IN PYRE

OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept. 4-Imsg ginning
that the Lord had commanded her u
share the fate OF Joan OF Arc. Mrs. La
Londe. Of st. Larz. small FrencE-Can-
sdian village, burned herself 70 death on
a funeral pyre OF her own making.
While her relatives were at high mass
she Quilt the pyre from fence logs and
tree branches. undressed herself entirely.
aI.d climbed on the pyre. to which she
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04
TAFT FOR PRESIDENCY,
SAYS GEN. 6R0SVENOH

LONDON, sept. At IS too far of8
yet 10 speak Of the prospects for tha
next Presidential campaign. but IL I
were forced 70 pick a winner now i
would say Taft" said Gen. Charles :, Z
Grosvenor Of Ohio, in~an interview here
on Presidential possibilities in America
Il believe IL Roosevelt openly declared
in favor II Taft. nothing could prevent
him being President"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04
Swiss OTI Goes
10 Mexico City
to Marry Lover

CITY OF MEXICO. Sept. 4.-John
Buser has arrived in Mexico City
and met his haneee. Miss Sophia
Buser, who came all the way from
Switzerland &c marry the man OF her
choice. They were quietly welded
at the Baptist Church. and from
there repaired to the ST. Francis
Hotel, where a wedding dinner was
rendered them by friends.
Though Mr.. and Mrs. Buser hal
the same name before they were
united. they we're not even distantly
related They have the bridal cham
Der at the ST. Francis. and viii spend
their honeymoon in this city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04
Arr Pal in San Francisco
Awaiting Word From
Former Queen.

Prince Ar Pal, Of Tahiti, a 800-pound
gallant is on his way 10 wed former
Queen Liliu0kalani. OF Hawaii, the
sweetheart OF his youth.
Many years ago when his avoirdupois
and his bank account were less and his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04
Tips of Jap Baron
and Swedish Prince

boys got $50 bills, others SO. and still
others $, but there was no hard feeling
among them, for during the few DAYS
the prince was in the hotel S and SO
tips for the smallest service and atten-
ton had been common.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-04

Doan's Kidney Pills is the best medi-
cine to use. 1t has cured thousands and
win cure you
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-30
A Seat of MANY Ills.

When the specialist to whom they
had taken their siXteen-year-oId daugh-
ter on account of what seemed to lie
a case of incipient melancholia dag
noscd the case as one of eye strain
and ordered prompt treatment from
an oculist. the parents Of a y0uEg New
York girl were astOnished. Eye strain
seemed as remote from melancholia &C
would corns on the feet Their aston
ishment was propOrtionately increased
when after a few treatments and nc
quiring glasses the child showed nc
ticeable Improvement.
Latter day medical science traces to
eye strain many ills which seem 50 re
mote from the eyes that formerly ply
sicians never thought Of establishing
a connection between them. Sick head
ache, nervousness, melancholia. insom-
MIA, are but i few which have Of late
been laid to the door Of weak eyes
the proper treatment having been
neglected.
Nervous diseases of the nature OF
st. Nitus' dance a~e nov tho@gbt t.
originate freouc2t'r IL eye trouble
The weak eyes blink incessaneiy. and
this leads u go~e~ol cAntort:on o.
the facial muscles. which grows en- ta5
subject through constant repetition
Exchange
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-30

horses loaded down with supplies,
mostly marmalade and strawberry
jam. Among his impedimenta were a
portable bathtub and a hot water heat
err He had a set of aluminium cook
ing utensils which would have done
honor to New York hotel.
Stillman possessed the finest set OF
guns ever taken into Wyoming. but
Rhodes says he lost twenty pounds
trying to drive bunch Of tame elks
close enough for the New Yorker to
shoot one of them. At last the tame
elk, which had strayed from Yellow
stone park, were marshaled into posi-
ton, and Stillman began pumping bul
lets at q big bull, which was brOadside
on about fifty yards away He fired
his repeater seven times at the bull.
which ambled off toward the park and
disappeared without having been hit.
In Cody, Wyo near where the hunt
took place. the story of a fake fight
got up for Stillman's benefit is told.
One night when camp had been made
the horse wranglers were sitting
around the campfire playing cards
Stillman was looking on. q row oc-
CURED, and the Wranglers, grabbing
their guns, began shooting each other.
With men falling on every side, Still
man took to the woods, and it required
half the night to find him. When he
found the fight was a fake and had
been arranged for his benefit he took
it good naturally and offered to "set
'em up" to orange marmalade from his
supply 1t will be many days before
the stories of the dude" hunter cease
to be told around the hunters camps
ia northern Wyoming
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-30

ofChicagO, now permanently located
IN Platteville, will open his office in
Baxter building for 2 days every
week Monday and Tuesday.
THE EYES are the princi pal part of
a PERSONS head. Neglecting them
causes Headaches, Nervousness. Neur-
aIgia, Sleeplessness and Tearing of the
eye. 1t NAV be that your eyes being
affected or strained are the causes of
your troubles. Thousands of sufferers
are neglecting their eyes daily, they
little think that they are injuring
themselves bodily as we'll as their
eyes. The modern method of examin.
ing and correcting the eyes has bene-
fitted hundreds of people every day
by DIR. EDWARD WILLARD.
Cross (Squint) Eye can be straighten-
ed without the use of any surgical in.
strument. Your eyes no matter what
ails them should be examined by one
WHO understands how, and is confident
that he can relieve you of all your
troubles of the eye. you are troubled
with your eyes. don't hesitate, but call
at once.
Special attention paid TO children.
Do not neglect this opportunity
delay is dangerous.
Glasses are advised only when need
ed.
Eyes examined free.
- Office at Baxter building 20
Hours a. m. TO p. m.
Special attention given to orders
that have failed Don't forget the dates.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-30

bunch of his shoulders and that light
shock OF hair, But the idea of Billy
drinking tear
"A man couldn't drink any thing but
tea with that girl" Archie told her.
''She wouldn't stand for anything
else"
81 never let you have anything but
coffee" Marta said.
"Good old girl!' was Archie's affec-
a wonder! And I'll bless you as my
fairy godmother if you will get me an
introduction to that girl"
I'm afraid 1 can't" Marta said
doubtfuIly. BILLY Butler and L quar-
relied dreadfully the last time he came
to see me, and we don't speak,
= Marta" Archie fixed her with a re-
proachful eye, 'Tn bet you refused
him again"
''Well, if / did, Marta contended,
''he needn't act so idiotically, AMI he's
evidently consoled"
"She's a pretty girl all right"
Archie enthused.
"She won't make Billy half as good
wife as 1 would" Marta declared.
II was cut out for Billy"
''Why didn't you marry him thsn?"
Archie asked.
Because he's so jealous" Marta
confded. "He didn't like my letting
you paint my picture, Archie He said
we were together too much and that
girls always liked artists and that he
didn't stand any chance because he
was in business and all that tommy
rot. So I told him he could go and
not come back But now he will mar
~ the wrong girl. And l shall t.e an
old maid"
Not il l can help it," Archie stat
ed valiantly. 1--WE may be COUSINS
Marta, but if the worst comes to
worst we can save each other from
single bIessedness."
II don't want to be saved Marta
informed him succinctly. Il always
said that if I didn't marry Billy 1
shouldn't marry any one. But of
course 1 expected Billy to come back"
"Of course" sympathized Archie, "a
man ought never to take a girls mo-
in earnest"
"Well, Billy has" and Marta APP
piled herself to the salad in anything
but a lovelorn manner. land feel it
in my bones that l shall have to send
teaspoons to that red haired girl"
sHer hair isn't red. It's gold with
red lights in it,
ut isn't" Marta contradicted.
at IS"
Its red" said Marta.
'Tt's gold" said Archie.
There's only one way to settle it."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-30
The SURPRISED Miser.

ga certain old miser, though q mil.
lionaire," said a Washington man, in
sisted on wearing the shabbiest kind of
clothes. An old family friend endeav-
ored one day to persuade the miser to
dress better.
"I am surprised, he said, that you
should let yourself become so shabby.
"But / am not shabby said the
miser.
".Oh, but you are said the family
friend. Remember your father. He
was always neatly, even elegantly
dressed. His clothes were very hand
some
1.-THE miser gave loud laugh.
"'Why,' he shouted triumphantly,
these clothes I've got on were ia
ther's!"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-30
STRANGE SUICIDES.
Odd Ways Men Have Taken to
End Their Own Lives.
ONE MADE A GUILL0TINilEE.

Then Decapitated Himsef-Another
Built His Own Funeral Pyre and Gre
mated Observation-Disclosures Forged
Cannon to Blow Of His Head.
Lately a naturalist engaged in catch
ing moths-after dark, of course
surprised to see a fire burning in
spot called the Warren, near Dover,
England.
Fastening to the spot, he found that
a man had undressed himself, placed
his clothes on the ground so as to
form a circle, saturated them with
methylated spirits and, having set fire
to them. remained himself in the cen
ter of the blazing ring. Though the
naturalist tried to save him from his
terrible but voluntary situation, he
was SO badly burned that he died next
day.
A similar instance occurred near
Hurst Park race course, where the
body of a man was found who appear
ed to have been burned to death In
deed, there was sufficient evidence to
prove that he had first tied his legs
together, then poured paraffin over his
clothes and then set himself on fire.
A most deliberate and determined
suicide was that of peasant in Boz
hemia. He set fire to his house and
| ~, I, 10 Nv
chain, which he locked by q strong
paddock, of which he Immediately
threw away the key. His neighbors
made heroic efforts to save him, but in
vain.
Probably the method of quitting life
! adopted by Il native Of Lyons is
unique He guillotined himself. Grind
ing an AK to a razorlike sharpness and
attaching a weight to it to give it i'm
petus, he constructed perfect model
of the celebrated instrument of the
French revolution
When the apparatus was ready he
laid himself on his back, pulled a cord
which was so adjusted that it allowed
the knife to fall and severed his head
as cleanly as the public eXecutioner
could have done it,
1t is probable that many suicides are
the result OF momentary impulse. It is
of course a well known fact that look
| ing down from 4 great height seems.
as Shakespeare notes in king Lear. I
to give one the impulse Of suicide.
Clifton suspension bridge, the Lon
don monument and many other dizzy
heights have had to be provided with
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-30
At the Other
Table.
BY Virginia Blair.

{ Copyrighted, 1907, by Jessie Morgan.
:: !. ! / ! :, < =. : < *
In the palm room of the big hotel
there were just two couples, one at the
little table near the fountain, the 9th
er in the corner under the musicians
balcony.
There was no music now, for it was
between lunch time and dinner, and
the couple, at the table by the fountain
were having tea.
Tne couple under the balcony had
ordered more substantial repast, lob
ster and a bird and salad, and they ate
with an appetite that showed that they
had missed their midday meal.
Il don't think 1 was ever so hungry
in all my life," said the girl at the la
BILE under the balcony.
I'D be ashamed to have such an ap-
petite the man opposite her leased.
Your grandmother would have been
satisfied with the wing of chicken,
Marta"
"Well, I'm not my grandmother,
and Marta made a little face at him.
Besides, my grandmOCner uSeu 10 SIT
on a cushion and sew a fine seam,
and l have been whizzing through
miles of country. And I'm ravenous,
Archie.''
"That girl over there" said Archie,
sis satisfied with toasted muffin and
tea. She's pretty little thing"
Marta twisted around so that she
could get a good view. "Shes beau
ty," she declared heartily. "That red
gold hair is stunning. And that brown
veil brings out the lights. oh, you
ought to paint her, Archier'
81 don't know her. Archie said,
"and don't know the man."
''Why, it's Billy Butler" Marta said
as she took another look. Il couldn't
mistake Billy's back. There's that
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-30
Cnred of Bright,s Disease.

Mr.. Robert G.. Burke. Elnora, n. Y,
writes: Before [ started to use
Foley's Kidney Cure had TO get up
from twelve to twelve times a night.
and was all bloated up with dropsy
and my eyesight was so impaired l
could scarcely see one of my family
across the room. Ihad given up hope
of living, when friend recommended
Foley's Kidney Cure. One so cent
bottle worked wonders and before l
had taken the third bottle the dropsy
had gone.as well as all other symptoms
of Bright's disease" j. Il. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-30
HEALING BY ELECTRICITY.
High Frequency Currents Said to Cure
tuberculosis.

High Frequency Currents Said to Cure
tuberculosis,
At Tufts Medical school satisfactory
results have been secured in the treat
ment of tuberculosis by electricity.
High frequency currents have been
used and have resulted in a profound
increase in tissue combustion and vase
motor action, the satisfactory results
being due to their peculiar vitalizing
effect upon the trophic nerves and to
the stimulating and germicidal action
Of the ozone which is produced when
the efluve is applied over the lung
tissues, The high electric currents are
applied directly to the surface of the
thorax by means of new form Of
vacuum condenser electrodes while the
lungs are being periodically forcfbly
distended by q mixture of pure oxo-
nized oxygen and nebulized vapors
from aromatic and antiseptic oils.
At first the treatment of the nebu-
lized ozonized oxygen is given alone
and alternated with the high frequency
treatment. but after a few days they
are given simultaneously the patient
being allowed to control the admission
of gas through the face mask and to
raise the latter during each expiration.
1t is to the simultaneous use of these
two agents that the remarkable re
suits attending this treatment seem to
be due, the probable explanation being
the increased confusion of the healing
and vifaliZino gases resulting from the
intensely active electrical oscillations
to which every part of the lung tissue
is subjected
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-30
IN THE CENTER OF THE BLAZING RING.

IN THE CENTER OF THE BLAZING RING.
especial guards against suicide, yet it
is surprising how deliberate the plan
of suicide may be.
For instance, blacksmith in France
committed suicide under really eX-
traordinary conditions, for he deliber-
ately and with the work of months
| forged a cannon for the very purpose
and blew his own head off with it,,
while an army pensiOner of Canning
Town actually filed his mouth with
gunpowder and set a light to it.
Some time ago a young journalist
thirty-two years old was found hang
ing dead in his apartment. There was
dog collar about his neck, to which
the rope was attached. He wore only
| a pair of long black stockings, with
carriers below the knees. He was in
sured for 10000 francs in various COM
panies, and they refused payment on
| the ground OF suicide.
The young mans relatives, who sued
to recover, alleged that it was not a
I case of suicide They claimed that the
young man was prosperous and happy
| and was only trying to find out how it
felt to be hanged with a view to en-
bodying his sensations in Il book he
was about to write.
The bell ringer in an Austrian church
! executed 4 Variation OF the common
form of hanging. As he vas inirm, he
was provided with Il chair while per
forming his bell ringing duties. While
tolling the bell for funeral he put his
design into execution. Mounting the
chair he made a slipknot in the rope.
put his head in the moose and kicked
away the chair, where he swung until
i when found he was quite dead.-Insur-
/ Rnce Age.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-30
MAKING Lron Bust Proof.

An English process is said to have
been invented for making iron rust
proof by a new method of coating the
same with zinc The zinc is deposited
upon the iron at temperature of 400
to 500 degrees F.. and it can be sub
sequently polished and does not strip
off, as frequently occurs in the old
process of galvanizing