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The Washington times., 1907-07-28
A PEST-RIDDEI! CITY.

This river passes through tho heart OF
Fez. under and through buildings, and
is tapped IN thousands Of places by ca
nails which carry the water TO every
point OF the town. so wonderful Is the
system Of canalizatiOn that II il possible
10 flood at a moments notice any par
ticular district or any garden or court
This running water should render the
city healthy did II not serve as a sewer
TO carry OF the filth OF the population
and a well to supply them with drink
ing water. AS result Fez Is today suf-
which carries off from 300 to $50 people
daily. and 10 which. AT this writing the
English military attache TO the Sultan
has succumbed.-From "A Ride 70 FeZ, ="
by Harold r Sheets in The Outing Mag
azine for July.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
I'm GOING AWAY
SAID v. D. THOMAS,
NOW HE'S MISSING
He Has Been Gone Five
Weeks and Never
Heard From.
Visited an Uncle in Gin
cinnati on June 30, and
Then Disappears.

I'm going to leave town." were the
words uttered by William d. Thomas.
OF Kensington, Nd, the last time he
was seen in Washington.
1t was on Monday, June II. two days
after Thomas left home to go to his
daily work in the Postoffice Depart
ment that he made this statement to
Cornelius Eckhardt, ex-mayor of Ken
sington, at the Baltimore and Ohio de-
pot Since that time neither relatives
nor the police have been able TO dis
cover the faintest clue to the where
abouts Of Thomas.
Only once have the searchers struck
any signs Of a trail. That was two
weeks ago when an uncle. living in
Chauncey. Ohio, a small town near
Cincinnati, hearing that Thomas was
missing, reported that he had seen him
on June 80. This bore out the state
ment that Thomas made TO Mr. Eek
hardt IN his farewell talk with him
at the station that he might visit Gin
cinnati soon" But the scent was cold
before it could be taken up.
Wife Awaits Husband.
Out in a modest little cottage in
kensington Mrs. Thomas confidently
awaits the arrival of her husband.
Why. he had nothing to make him
want to leave home" she said yesterday
afternoon with tears in her eyes. He
seemed perfectly happy and wasn't dis
sipated.''
The neighbors bear witness to the
last statement. He was active in To-
cal affairs, was a member Of the choir
OF the First Methodist Church of Ken
sington, and seems to have been uni
versally respected.
Mrs. Thomas contradicts the report
that her husband had failed to pass
an examination for promotion in the
POstoffice Department.
He was worried for a time because
OF the promotion OF his chief. John W.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
SCHOOL CHILDREN
IN GRAND CELEBRATION
Memory of Author of Education Laws Honored by
BeneficiarieS of Act.

PARIS, July 27.-rhe twenty-fifth an
niversary OF the passing of the primary
school laws I'm France by the late Jules
Ferry was celebrated in a superb man
ner by the school children Of France. A
statute is TO be erected. TO the statesman
In the Tuileries Gardens out Of sub
scriptions given by the primary school
children in the whole of the country.
One million five hundred thousand OF
them have subscribed and each gave his
or her signature, and each gave one sou.
On the anniversary, some $50 children
selected from each parish, were counted
of 10 convey the rolls of signatures and
deposit them sOlemnly at the Hotel de
Vile. They we're entertained at lunch
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
ENTERTAINING ROYALTY.

The cost TO a nation Of entertaining
monarchs varies according to the mon
arcn. The cheapest sovereigns to enter
tain, Judging from the bills Great Brit
ain has TO pay, are the German Emperor
and the King of Italy. It cost about
$500 10 entertain each of them. The
King of the Belgians costs $4,000 a
week: the late Shah cost $4,000 a week
The expenditure on decorations. etc. IS
not included IN these figures. When the
Gar OF Russia made his historic visit 70
France the cost TO the republic amount
ed TO S535, 900.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

con by the municipal councillor and then
they headed a great procession Of So
cieties with schools and youthful clubs.
with banners flying and bands playing,
10 the Tuileries Gardens. where the
foundation stone of the future statue
was laid.
In spite of the dripping downpour of
rain. and in spite OF the fact that the
President and ministers were absent,
owing TO the events in the South OF
France. the affair was a bright and gay
function. and the children will long re-
member Jules Ferry's day
Among those who took part in the
demonstration were the widow and son
of the STA atesman. NJ Emile LOubet. the
eX-Dresident, and NJ. Adolpho Carnot.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
BOSS OF THE SAILORS.

Sixty thousand sailors look 10 II. A.
Hanbury for advice and for protection.
Mr. Hanbury is the United States ship
ping commissioner for the port OF New
York. He is the sailors judge and jury.
The men wno sign on foreign crafts now
must appear before him for their papers
instead Of going 10 the consuls OF the
various countries. He decides all dis
7uted questions between the men and
their sailing masters.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
NO LOSS.

WAS anybody drowned7'
well, not 20 speak OF: just the fellow
who'd rocked the boaC'-Philadelph
Ledger
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
SNAKES LOOSE IN A CAR
6eIated Mount Vernon Man Goes to
Sleep and They WriggIe from Box.

NEW YORK, March SO.-Five black
snakes jumped out of a box in a Broad
way car as 1t stopped at Forty second
street, and three of them wriggled into
the street Milton Goodkind was the
victim Of the accident-that is. he
ownedthe snakes and lost three Of them.
He brought the wrigglers from New
Jersey with him. and though he lives
IN Mount Vernon and it was almost
curfew hour ne decided to see his
friends In Forty second street. 1t is
suspected he intended TO have a little
fun with his theatrical friends with the
help OF the black snakes.
He was tired and hale asleep, with
a box clutched in his hands. when the
conductor shouted. "For-r-ey- sec n
sret," Goodkind sprang up. forgetting
about the box. 1t dropped to the floor
and broke open. Out wrlggled the
snakes. There was a stir in a moment.
women bumped one another in a rush
for the front dor. II happened Good
kind was sittdng just inside the rear
door OF the car. Three of the snakes
wriggled out on the platform and fell
into the street. Men chased and killed
thcm with canes. Picking up two lazy
fellows that lay stin. Goodkind flung
them back into the box. and, s7ringins
from the car. hurried through the
crowd and disappeared.
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
GIRLS WANT MEN TAGGED
Ask Tom johnson to Help Them Tell
Single From Married Carmen.

CLEVELAND, March 30.-Oppor-
tunity has been thrust In the path Of
the Municipal Traction Company,
operating the three-cent fare lines.
Twelve West Side maids, styling them
selves the Bachelor Girls" put the
company to test which viii deter
mine whether IL is a corporation with
a soul and whether altruism is to be
practiced as well as preached. The
question is now up to" Mayor Tom
johnson.
All the Bachelor Girls" ask is that
the company do it's share in assisting
them to possible matrimonial happi-
ness. They want the company to issue
orders to conductors and motermen on
the West Side lines TO wear flowers
that will distinguish the single men
from those with wives and families.
The Bachelor Girls" also desire the
adoption of a system that win tell them
at a glance whether a particular con-
ductor or motorman mas had eXper-
ience i'm the divorce courts.
1--WE use your line every day, and
like your good looking and neat-ap-
pearing men very much. but find it
hard 10 discover which are single and
which are married" reads a letter re-
cetved by Secretary Colver today. 1t
adds:
I'VE are anxious 10 have our active
assistance in this important affair.
Please issue an order at once that all
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
candidates for Fire oHiees.

Although the election OF fire depart
ment officers is year distant. active
campaigning has already been begun
10y those who expect TO enter the race
The Washington Fire Company is en-
titled to elect a chief engineer and the
candidates thus far are James b. Sim
mons, Martin " Farrell. Joseph I. Nc
Garvin and Robert C. Porter.
The office Of first assistant falls "a
the Weccacoe boys, and the most
prominently mentioned candidate 4.
Daniel Haggerty. The Office OF second
assistant will so to tho Union Fir,
Company who thus far has not entered
candidate in the race.
Evening journal., 1907-03-30

ITO obtain a share Of his wife's estate
which, with the estate belonging =
Mrs. Applebys parents, amounting TO
.s2,OOO.OOO or s3,0OO,OO0. was bequeathed
in trust for the aid Of the worthy poor
in st. Paul.
DR. Appleby sought 20 set aside an
ante nuptial contract and obtain a
share In the estate as an inheritance.
The Supreme Court upholds the ante-
lnuptlal contract. It ruled that mas
much as Mrs. Appleby died before her
mother a part OF the contract giving
/ DR.. Appleby the right to the use Of
the Wilder homestead Is imperative,
nor is DIR. App'eby entitled to the $4,000
lbequeated him by his wife for the
maintenance Of the homestead.
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
TREPOFF'S NIECE IN PRISON
General Leontieff's Daughter Sentenced
for Murder in Switzerland.

THUN. Switzerland. March sO.-
Nile. Tatiana Leontieff, the Russian
who murdered a Frenchman named
Muller at Interlaken in September
last mistaking him for NJ .Durnovo.
former Minister of the Interior Of Rus
sia. was sentenced TO four years soli-
tary confinement and to twenty years
expulsion from the country.
The prisoner complained that she
had been subjected to the utmost bru-
tality by the examining magistrate and
the prison wardens. who. when called
TO the witness stand. were unable TO
deny the charges.
Nile. Leontien is a daughter OF Cen
eral Leontief. who toak an active
part in the Russian campaign I'm Man
lchuria, and who afterward was COVER
nor Of one OF the Russian provinces
and is a niece Of General Trepoff. She
is said to have been concerned IN an
unsuccessful attempt upon the life of
her uncle in 1905. for which she was
arrested and confined for some time
in an asylum FOR the insane.
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
ADJUSTMENTS.

n nOCKSTADER'S GARRICK THEATRE
A BIG COMEDY SHOW THIS WE EK
Laugh From Start to Finish
Edward Clarfs Six Winning Widows
The Three Keatons and Buster
JULIA REDMOND AND COMPANY,
Cllttord Burke, Borani and Nevaro
BROOKS jeanette, Bon Morse
And the Kinetoeraph
Afternoons at 2l5. Evenings at SIS
Prices 25c. S5c and SOC. Box seats 75c.
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
WHITE OVERDREW ACCOUNT
Sale Of House and Art Treasures to
Pay Slain Arehlteet's Debts.

NEW YORK. March sO.-It was learned
Yesterday that, at the direction Of Mrs
Stanford White. the proceeds Of the sale
of the former home OF the Whites, at
No. l2i East Twenty-frst street. and the
great quantity Of art treasures IT contains
are 20 go TO McKim, Mead & White "a
pay az least In part the debt which Air
White owed the firm when he was muir.
dcred by Harry X. Thaw on June 25. 1906
Also, Il transpred that Mrs. White hat
given instructions that the amount re
ceived from the insurance on her hus-
bands life should be applied to the sam,
account
A short time after the murder 81 wa,
said that Mr.. White had ovordrawn hii
account with the firm. but the amoun
was not stated. II was ascertained yester-
day that the amount overdrawn was about
100000.
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
VICTORY FOR CUPID
Widow Gives Up a Fortune to Become
a Bride Again.

NEW YORK, March sO.-Dan Cupid
cleaned up siO.OOO.OOO on a clever turn
in the marriage market, when Mrs
Katherine Gelshenen. widow Of the
former president OF the Garfield Ma
tional Bank, announced her engage
ment to Henry ]. Braker, an importer
of this city.
When the banker died he left his
S1O.OO0.OOO estate to his wife. but pro-
vided that she would forfeit it II she
married aagin.
The estate viii go to Mrs. Geoshen-
ems children, who are grown. BrakcI
is well of. but his fortune is very
small compared to that the widow
gave up.
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
Rradford'S
1VENR ~
R.E75s
o. %

Remember we are STATE AGENTS
Tor The REQ LINE OF AUToMo-
BILEs. At the present time, we
might be able to deliver one runaboui
from our place. II Interested. call at
once as deliveries on these cars a little
later win be delayed. No better
proposition in the country than the
REQ runabout for ss5oOo. STATE
AGENTS for the RACINE LINE OF
BOATS. One IS IT. motor boat now in
stock. for sale at a bargain if sold at
once. will carry ten people. in fine
order Can at our store and look It
over.
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
DEATH FOR WEDDING DAY
Miss MeNaIly Kills Herself on Ami.
versary Of Her Birth.

CANTON. Ohio, March 3O.-AIi~
Bertha McNally 2s years old. COM
mitted suicide by taking carbolic
acid This was Miss McNalys birth
day 1t was also to Be her wedding
day She was to have been married
70 Emil Knolle. a policeman on the
Pittsburg force.
Six weeks ago knoIle was taken
with pneumonia and died in a hospital
In Pittsburg. Since that tine Miss
McNally has been despondent
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
Government Steamer Needs Repairs.

With her boilers IN a iealSy and dan
gercus condition the government board
ing steamer, stationed nj Reedy Island.
put into the yards Of the Pusey &
Jones Company yesterday afternoon
for repaira 1t IS understood that the
tug Atlas 80 take her place while
tha reeairs are in progress.
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
Weceaooe company's rrip Plans.

Members OF the Weccacoe Fire Com
pany's Trip Association have fixed upon
September % as the date for beginning
their pilgrimage. which viii include the
jamestown Exposition. Baltimore.
Washington. Portsmouth ana Reading.
Evening journal., 1907-03-30

the single men must wear white car
nations and all the married red car
nations while on their runs. In case
any OF them have been married and
then divorced have them wear both a
red and white carnation.
Please make the order In srch a
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
DR.APPLEBYLOSES FORTUNE
Minnesota Court UphOlds Ante Nup,
tial Contract With Wife.

ST PAUL March sO.-The state
Supreme Court has decided against
DR.. T. f. W. villiers Appleby in a SUI
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The Coconino sun., 1907-05-30
Weather Report.

The following data for the week ending at 9 a. m. today, May 30, are furnished by Observer A. E. Hackett, in charge of the local office of the U. 5. weather bureaus:
 The mean temperature of the week was 46.2 degrees, " de- grees below the normal. The highest temperature was 63 de- grees on the 26th, and the lowest 3I degrees on the 25th. The highest temperature recorded for the same period during the last nine years was 70 degrees on the 26th, 1900, and the lowest was 24 degrees on the goth, Ioo6.
 The total precipitation for the week was .54 inch. The prevailing winds were from the west, the average cloudiness was 63 per cent and the mean relative humid ity 62 per cent.
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-30
DECORATION DAY EXERCISES
Emerson School tiaii. May 30. 1907
 Program.

Called to order by Chairman. Prayer by Rev. c. P. Metcalf. Piano Duet. Catholic School.
 Reading of Orders by Adjutant. Music by Girls of Emerson School. Address Hon. H. F. Ashurst. Song, 70. Country Great and Glorious" by Schubert Club.
 "The Blue and the Gray" by six pupils of the Catholic School.
 Address by Hon. J. E. Jones. Song by Primary Glass of Emer- son School.
 Recitation by Hyrum Smith. Song "Sleep Comrades. Sleep" by Normal School.
 Recitation "The Best Decoration Day" by Marguerite Babbitt. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address by the Adiutant.
 Piano Trio by pupils Catholic School.
 Further proceedings of the day will be stated by the Chairman.
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-30

The following from the Tucson Post. whose editor is a great lover of birds and has greater knowledge of the birds of Arizona and their habits than any other man in the Territory, should be read by our hunters and the suggestions therein needed. There is no legal obstacle in Arizona to the killing of doves at any season of the year. but there ought to be law of conscience. At this time the birds are nesting and their nests are full of young. To kill the old birds under such con- ditions is but little less than mur- der. There is not state in the Union, outside Arizona. that does not protect its birds throughout the nesting season. In Arizona. through some overt act of the legislature. it is kill, kill. the whole year round. Where there is no law public senti- ment should step in and create one. Hardly a day passes that parties cannot be seen on the streets of Tucson with strings of dead birds. and these do not represent half the havoc wrought. It is not the birds killed that appeals so much to the humane as it is the number of young ones that this very killing leaves to die of starvation in their nests. As may be noted elsewhere Tucson has an effective Humane Society. and an effective officer to see that poor dumb animals are given a decent deal, and the Post suggests that they extend the sphere of their use fulness and protect the birds. At this season of the year the destruct- ion by gun is far reaching and at least half the bead birds in the field mean double the amount of dead in the nests. Let the pernicious habit of gunning during the nesting season be stopped"
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-30
Press Comment.

A. G. Aliens United Minstrels gave a performance in their canvas theater at the corner of Fourth and Court streets last night. The tent was packed and many were turned away because there was no more room. The idea of presenting a minstrel performance under can vas is quite original, and judging from the crowd last night we judge that it is paying venture. The tent is arranged with stage scenery and curtains the same as an opera house.
 The performance as a whole was meritorious. The sayings and gags were all very good, as we'll as the choruses, ballads and other singing. The orchestra was also good. In the olio the male electrical dance, the Black Eighth Regiment, the terpsichorean art ist and "Pastimes of the Levee" were amusing, and the rip-roaring farce presented as finale was a highly ludicrous and mirth-provok- ing piece of extravaganza. Mem phis Commercial-Appeal.
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-30

The irrigation law, which is only five years old, came into existence with cash resources that permitted immediate work on a large scale
 Under the law the proceeds of land sales in the arid states and territor- ies are set aside for irrigation inn provements, and over $35, 1000, ,ooo has been received for this purpose. This important law has already re- suited in the building of eight towns and the settlement of 10, 900 people on what were formerly desert lands. Canals with an aggregate length of I267 miles have been dug, forty seven tunnels have been excavated, and 100 miles of branch railway have been built. Some of the canals are large enough to carry rivers. Immense projects are in hand and work on them goes stead- fly forward, with a certainty that the lands will find purchasers as fast as the water supply is ex- tended. More has been done in irrigation in five years than in river improvements in a quarter of century, because the plan is practi- cal and financial backing adequate.
 As irrigated lands are sold the pro- ceeds are turned back into the fund for the purpose, system that will produce immense results as time runs on, and in the end may be expected to remunerate the govern ment for all money allotted to the work. The arid lands are rendered salable, which is an extensive gain
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-30
C. N. FUNSTON. Editor.
THURSDAY. MAY 30, 1907.

Tn his annual report made public recently, the assistant health com missioner of St. Louis recommends a rigid quarantine for tuberculosis. The report expresses the beliefthat consumption is more dangerous than smallpox, ,and that greater pre- caution should be taken against its spread.
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-30

to begin with, and population is attracted to regions that irrigation alone could make habitable. It may be presumed that the recla- nation service, like the Pacific rail- roads, will pay back their cost, to say nothing of their indirect value to the nation. Intenal improve ments are a rich field for the gov ernment when right methods are adopted.
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-30
Bitten By Hydrophobia Skunk.

While sleeping peacefully in the open air, near the home of her parents. at the plant of the Arizona Sandstone Brick company. west of Prescott. the year-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. John T. Meyers, was attacked just at daybreak. by a hydrophobia skunk. which bit her several times on both hands and once on the forehead before it was frightened away by the screams of the child.
 Upon being awakened by the little one's cries of pain Mir. and Mrs. Meyers who were sleeping near rushed to the child's side, but the animal had made its escape.
 Medical assistance ,was at once summoned and the matter reported to Barney Smith. chairman of the board of supervisors, who. after communicating with George P. Har- rington, another supervisor. order ed a wrrant drawn upon the county treasurey for an amount sufficient to pay the railroad fare of the little girl and her mother to Chicago. where the child will be treated at the Pasture institute.
 Learning that the family was in straitened circumstance and without the necessary finances to pay their expenses while in Chicago, R. w. Hobbs headed a petition for dona- tions to raise the amount necessary and soon a sufficient sum had been subscribed by charitable residents of the mountain city to meet all ex- penses of the trip. Prescott Courier.
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-30

Mrs. w. E. Rollins returned Mon- day from short trip to San Fran cisco. Cal.
 We have high grade pianos in Flagstaff for sale or rent. Price reasonable. Easy terms. Write The Wiley B. Allen Piano Co. 345 Myrtle Ave, Fl Paso. Texas. 2ltf
 For Sale. We have for sale the best located and equipped ranches any where in the south west. Also twenty-five thousand sheep and fifteen hundred Angora goats. with all the material it takes to operate a successful ranch. We will be pleased to furnish information to any one desiring to purchase. Acrey Brothers. Carlsbad. N. M. 21t4
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-30
EXPERIMENT STATIONS
Government Station Receives Plants and Seeds From Foreign Countries
 for Sucson and Yuma

The agricultural experiment sta- tion at Tucson. which is under the direction of Prof. R. E. Forbes. has received fourty-eight varieties of sorghum from Africa. and they are being set out on the government ex- pertinent farm, which is located in the rich lands nera Yuma formed by the delta of the Colorado river. The growth of the African plants will be carefully watched. It is the belief that they will thrive fully as well here as in Africa, where they grow abundantlv.
 The experiments on the govern ment farm are coming along in good ahspe. Cotton has been somewhat delayed, however. owing to the late spring and the high winds which have prevailed. With the coming of the warmer weather it is expect ed that the growth will be more rapid.
 Several thousand date seeds have been sent from the experimental station here and from Africa to w. A. Peterson, the government farm CT, who has charge of the Yuma ex- perimental grounds. The seeds have been sown thickly and as the palms grow they will be transplant ed.
 An experiment is also about to be made on the cultivation of oranges which grow in a low temperature.
 The results from the planting of samar grass will be awaited with much interest. This is the grass that is sown in Arabia to reclaim alkali sand. and it is hoped to secure the same result is Arizona.
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-30
Excursion to Petrified Forest.

Any person wishing to make the trip call upon A. N. Taylor at once. Round trip rate of $5.65, good for ten days. Ten must be secured to obtain trate. A. N. Taylor.