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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
ACCIDENTS.

Mr.. Jacob K. SwArtz, well-known rec
Ident of this city, WAS run over Saturday
afternoon by 9 mail wagon near Penn
sylvsnls avenue and 18th street northwest
Washington, and sustained serious In
jurIes. The yehiels passed over one leg,
ftscturIng 1t, and bis head was severely
bruised before the driver, George Beverly,
could stop the horse. His condition was
auch when he reached the Emergency
Hospital that the surgeons feared he had
sustained fracture Of hisskull and their
examination showed this To be true; also
that two ribs on the left side had been
broken. Mr.. snsrtz lives at ZIG south
FsIrfsx street with his wife and daush'
ter. He is employed in the Washington
Office Of siegel, Brown q Co., lumber
dealers, and was getting ready to return
to his home 10 this city about the time
the accident happened. The many
friends OF Mr.. Swar'z In this city regret
TO hear Uf his misfortune.
The high wind Of last Saturday VIC
lsnlly close gate a! the Southern Ha'i'
way depot In this city. The gate stIucR
Mr.. James Javins, who Il employed a.
the yard, and he was knocked down and
painfully Injured. Mr.. JaVins is no"
In his Ssh len.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mr.. Henry r. Elliott, former resi-
dent OF this city, died 10 Washington
vasletdsy. His death was due to
1sra ysis-the second stroke, the first
occurring while the deceased lived 10
Alexandria several yesrs ago. Mr..
Elliott Was native If Washington. He
was about 60 years old. The deceased
leaves four children-Dr. H. R Elliott,
of Washington; Mr.. Ross T. Elliott, Of
this city; Lieutenant o. B. Elliott, U.
8. army, row 10 the Philippines, snd
Miss 3 nily Elliott, who 10 also 10 the
Philippines.
Lena Jackson, colored, died OF her
home, on OronocO street, near Fairfax
yesterday. ,,
The funeral Of the late Mrs. Minnie
L. Padgett, who died early Saturday
morning ct her home, 800 north Alfred
street, took place from Emmanuel Luz
tberan Church this afternoon. Rev. ).
]. May, pastor OF the chu Tch, cfticiated'
The funeral of the late Mrs. Edith
Loder, who died In Baltimore few
DAYS sgo, took place this afternoon. from
1908 Montgomery street. The service,
we're conducted by Rev. NJ. Bell, oil
Del Raw,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
DISTRIBUTING TIE PALMS.

At half past ten o'clock yesterday st.
Mays Church wss crowded In man
ner which it had pro- ably never been
since the the elevation OF Rev. Richard
L. Oarne from the diacouate to the
priesthood on the first Of November,
1892. There we're no doubt any more
people there, as the church has been
much enlarged since that time. Inc
occasion was the distribution Ct the
palms, which occurs annually. The Of
ficisting priests we're the pastor, Rev
Henry ]. Cutler, who preached the
sermon and directed the distribution,
and Rev. Thomas A. Rankin, OF Rich
mond, who said the mss'. DE has 9
very fine voice and, as he sang several
times when the choir did not, was much
admired,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
CORPORATION COURT.
.Tudge L. @. Barley presiding. ]

fudge L. @. Barley presiding
Toe docket was called and cases set.
John J. Nugent VS.. Floyd Galloway,
attachment; dismissed by old'f OF plain
tiff's attorney.
Pullman & %. VS.. Albert Barbour
dismissed by order of plaintiffs attorney.
Alison O. jenkins vs.. Potts Oommls-
sion 90. judgment for plaintiff for $50
10 re es;ate of William Watson, luna
tic. ordsr confirming commissioners re-
port and directing sale Of real estate.
The will of the late John Murphy was
admitted to probate. He leaves to his
widow, Mahala Murphy, one half OF lot
on the east side of Alfred street and to
his DC, Travers Murphy, the other hall.
The will of Patrick Henry Desmond,
deceased late OF this city, was admitted
to probate. he leaves his entire estate
to his wife, Mary Teresa Desmond, who
qualified as administrative with the will
ANNEXED
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
POLICE COURT.

GJustice Fl. B. Cation presiding
The following cases were disposed OF
this morning; ,
Henry Washington, colored, charged
With disorderly conduct, Was dismissed:
Mary Pierson, colored, charged
With dls1rderly couduc', was dismissed.
A white man, charged with stealing
chickens from Jonts's POin', was dis.
missed. This case had been postponed
from time to time during the past two
weeke.
Henry Gaddis, colOred, charged with
threatening to kill his wife, was DIS
missed, and Henry Armstrong, colored,
charged With disorderly conduct ans
with practising fortune telling without
license was fined $40.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Passover service will be held in The
Jewish SyusgogIe on north Washington
street at 1880 O'Clock Wednesday night.
Solomon L. Martin has sold TO John
Martin. both colored, his one-half inter-
est 10 the estate Of George W. Martin.
Episcopal High Sch FOOLS baseball
team defeated the team from Technical
High School, of Washington, on ihs
former grounds on Saturday bya score OF
l3 to 6.
Alexandria Lodge No. 1853, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, will hold
meeting tonight, at which time Exalted
Ruler Barley will designate members to
Oil number OF appointive Offices.
The Presbytery of the Chesapeake
will meet at Culpeper tomorrow. Rev.
j. r, Stvier, pastor OF the Second
Presbyterian Church iu this city, and
Elder A. g. Uhler will attend the
meeting.
A large sudience attended the mems
meeting at the Young Peoples Building
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, yesterday, when Rev. Q. l. Pate,
of w s1ington, delivered an address.
His sui ct was Darkness and light. "
About 1901 herring have arrived
at Fishiown since Saturday. Prices
8 i'll range from SO so to 81 per thou
sand. Shad continue scarce. Packers
complain Of The scarcity OF cutters. They
receive 90 cents per thousand for their
work.
Mary Wink, colored, jumped or fell
from second-story window at her home
on south Columbus street shortly before
2 O. o'clock yesterday morning. Her arm
was broken by the fall. The woman was
carried into the house, and D.. Hopkins
a colcrsd physician, was summoned t
attend her il juries.
The old grand stand OF the Alexander
Isl.nd race course, near the south enc
of the Highway Bridge, was destroyed oy
fire Saturday afternoon. The AlexsI
der Island race track was opeDei IL
1898 and hourished for about five year.
or until the legislature OF Virgin ia Vir
tually abolished race tracks 10 this state
The seventy eighth anniversary OF th
establishment of the order Of Odd Fellow
in the United States will be observed b
Potomsc Lodea OF that or Ter N this citl
by a special service which will be held I
Grace Church on sunday evening. Apri
30. Rev. Edgar Carpenter, the letor o
the church, who is member at Potoms
Lodge, will deliver the sermon. In
NE n bers OF Sarepta Lodge have been IN
vited 10 par icipate 10 he service.
Flied c ans SOC dozen. Vegetable sou
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; clam sou
Mondav, Wednesday and Friday. G. /
Zimmerman, Market Space. mar5 II
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
WITNESs FINED.

Among the cases before the Poles
Court this morning WAS thst OF Henry
Gaddis, colored, who had been arrested
BY Oficer Young charged with drawing
a pistol and threatening TO shoot his
wife. Il was alec alleged that daddis
terrorizsd his wife BY picking up 8 Gus
pidor which be threatened to hurl al
the woman. The evidence in the case
showed that negro named Henry Arm
strong, an alleged fortuueteller and who
claimed to ward of the terrors OF conJu'
ration, played conspicuous part In pre-
c'pitsting the family jar. Armstrong
had been living 10 the house With GsddiS
and his family, and on one occasion,
suspecting that copjurers had been al
work on the premises, he dug up por'
lions OF the yard In order to counteract
the "spell." 1t was also shown that
Armstrong was engaged In fortunetelliOg
Gaddis was dismissed and Armstrong,
who had been witness In the csse, wss
fined $40 for conducting business with
out a license and disorderly conduct
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
SMALL FORTUNE FOR RARE
STAMP.

Philatelists throughout the world will
be greatly interested 10 the sale in Phils-
delphia last week of the famous Alex
andds, Va, POs'msster's Provisional
Scent stamp on buff paper, owned by
General Thomas ]. Shryock, Of Bsltl-
more. iu whose pC session II has been
since 1894, when he purchased 1t from
Az. f. Lambert, of Alexandra.
Three months ago Perciysl Parish, q
stamp expert OF this city, discovered the
ouly known Alexandria stamp OF this
sort on blup-grsy psper and sold 1t ioI
nearly 50 900 to George Worthington, Of
Cleveland. who nov owns probably the
mort valuable collection OF postage stamps
L, Amencs. He is also the purchaser
Ct tina Shryock buff psPsr sPscimFn' -,
I; lie supposed that the amount Paio
vas greater than that received for the
blue.ersy specimen, IS 1t wss known
that both Lord Crawford, oil Englanoi
and Baron Ferrari, OF France, we're &C
tive competitors for its possession. MT
Parrish sold this last specimen also. h'
declines to state the exact amount
brought, althoughAthe money PAID mu
have been q small fortune.
This last sale gives Ms. WorthlDetol
three of The four specimens known to s1
list, and they have commanded the lsrges
prices ever paid for Uoited States postsg
stamps. They are all of the dates 1916
z. After iS47 he government sued 81
postage stamps. Il Phila. North Ame'
can
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
FIRE. YESTERDAY.

The alarm OF fire about 1890 O'Clock
Yesterday morning was caused by hsmes
suddenly appearing On the roof OF 8
brick tenement on the east side OF Wash
jnOtou street, near franklin. Before
ths FIRE could be subjued an adi0iDing
house became ignitsd and both structures
were partially destroyed. The occu-
uapts of the houses lost most of their
Effects. A detective foe in a jDint
chimney between the two houees is sup
%, sed to have started the nre. The
roofs of both houses we're completely
DESTROYED and the interior Of the houses
was badly damaged. The houses are
the property Of the estate of the late
john Seston, colored. 1t is said the
loss is covered by insurance. Tney
we're occupied by Fannie johnson and
Daniel Hopkins, colored.
A slight blaze occurred at the resi-
dence ofMr. VII. Wood, los south
Al. Assph street, while the other IRE
wss raging. The blszs Was subdued by
a chemical exlinguisher. A gasoline
stove Is said to have been responsible for
the FIRE.
During the progress Of the first hre
four sections OF the OOlumbis's hose burst,
and after the apparatus had been return
ed n the house an inspection was made
of all the hose belonging to the company.
Il was found that FIVE sections OF new
hose and one OF old had been badly
damaged by acid which had been thrown
or it by some malicious person OF
persons. The new bose was purchased
six mouths ago, during which time IL
has been used about one hour.
The hose Of the Reliance Company
wa. tested today. They stood pressure
of 295 p.unds. The Columbia nose
were tested this afternoon. Eight hume
Dire and fifty feet of new hose we're tested
at the extreme northern end OF WISH
Ingtou street before Chief Petty and the
Fire Wardens. Only one section burst
uuder the pressure. The Fire War
dsns will be officially notified of the
Injury 70 the hose. Some people be-
Iieys that scid was accidentally cast upon
the hose by woTkmen recently engaged
90 the building. Others, however, be-
Iieve the acid was thrown BY some
malicious person.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
A T. 7 INSPECTION,

Col. @. A. Dempsey, U. 8. A. retired,
inspector general Of the Virginia militia
will tonight hold the annual inspection
of the Alexandra Light Infantry, Com
psuy q, Seventeen Virginia Regiment,
at Armory Hall. The officers are Cap
tain Murphy and Lienteuants Demsin'
and May and the company Is expected tt
make q good showing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
"OLIyET TO CALVARY"

As previously announced, "0liyet to
will be sung at St. Paul
Church tomorrow evening at 8 O'CLOCK.
This service was sung two seasons sgo a.
st, Psuls aud those who heard 1t OF
hat occasion will be glad of this oPPor
tuni'y TO hear it again. A silver Offer
Ing will be taken to defray the expenses
of The rendition. All are invited.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
FLOWER THIEVES.

Complaint Is made by lot owners in
st. Msry's cemetery of the depredatiopa
of d over thieves. Ii is said that some
of the offenders are known and that steps
will be tsksn to have them arrested.
Flowers, in many cases, are allowed
to remain upon mounds but q short time.
As soon as those who have placed them
on the graves leave the cemetery some
yandals approach and carry them away
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
Fatal ACCIDENT.

Mr.. Henry Bsshford, former re'i-
dent of this city, WAS the victim OF q
fatal accideu. 10 Washington tn : morn
ms. Mr.. Bsshford, who bad been 3
lIpemau. was at the top Of a telegraph
pole adjos ing wins, when heavy cur
reut passed through the wires he was
handling, shooting him to sich an e4-
tent as to cause him TO fall to the street;
He was les su.ly killed. The deceased
leaves a widow and children. MI
B shford WIS well known in this city
where be was at times engaged In con-
s.ructing telegraph and telephone hn's'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
LEFT FOR TIE PENITENTIARY.

A guard arrived here today fion
R chmoDd for the purpose of conducting
John Penn, John McCuen and Frank
wilkins, while, and John Lewis, color
ed. TO the peoitenlisry. The four meu
were recently sentenced by the Corpora
tjop Court to serve terms in that IL s!iii-
ton. The guard with mis- prisoners LEFT
this evening.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13

For this section fair night. Tuesday rain
aud cooler; light to fresh variable Wlnds' De
coming oYthfastertly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13

There ia nothing better than Kodol for dys,
pepsia. indigestion. soar stomach. belchinR
Of gas ard nervous headache 1t digests what
YOU eat. Sold by w. F. Creighton d 20.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
CARGO OF PHOSPHATE ROCK

The iron steamship Welbelmius ar
rived at this port yesterday from Port
lamps, Florida, with a cargo of 5000
tons Of phosphate rock consigned to the
Alexandria Fertilizer aud Chem!c ii
Company. This is the second cargo OF
phosphate rock brought to Alexsndiis
by the Wllhslmiua during the past FIVE
months.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13

We are brim full OF spring novelties
for man, woman and child. See our
line of low shoes. J. A. Marshall d Bro,
AZ King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13

RESPECTFULLY announ,e mystlf IS
i cand date for the Common Council from
Second warl, 10 the democratic primary OF
April Pit. CAkhoLL ID. NAL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13

RkSPEClFULLi sInouGce my-eif can
j didats for the 'emocrauc ncm nsil' n Tor
Al Ierman from the SecOt q yard IN the pri-
mary 10 Re held April q. 1875.
spIS ID u. Witt.
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Local Matters.
Weather Probabilities.

srn rises tom orrow at 5:26 and sets $50
fieh water at Clio o. n. and 6:7 p. m.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13
CANDID

4 RESPECTFULLY snnoaIe sc ny'ei
| c,ud,d, 1. for reelection t. The b,sid OF
Aldermen fion the Stco-d w-rd: 50 jet 10
thu Democratic primary N be hell Td. staY,
April 2lst, 10 8 w. w. BALLENGER.
"a
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-13

Money can be saved by buying you
Shoes at MarshalPs, 422 King street
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SONS OF VETERANS.

The regular meeting of CAMP NJ: D.
COR3E, SONS OF CONFEDERATE VET
ERAhS, will be held at Confederate nan.
s06 Prince street, on MONDAY, the 18th, at
7.e0 o. 10. A full att ndapce is earnestly re-
ga stsd, IS there Is business Of importance
for consideration.
By order Of the COmmandant.
c. W. OMEARA, Adjutsnt.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-13

colleges. These men had to be employ
ed because they were the best that
could be found
One man who rose to be the chief
dairy instructor in state afterward
went to dairy school and took full
course. showing that he felt that he
had something to learn, even though
he himself had been an instructor.
Today We are getting the result of
the past twenty years of training in
the agricultural schools and their de.
tendencies. the dairy schools. This
men at the head of the departments to-
day are vastly superior In training to
the men that occupied the same posi-
lions twenty years ago. They have not
only learned all that their instructors
knew. but have dug up other facts
and have assimilated the new facts
dug out by other people in all parts of
the world.
But where there were few positions
TO be filled twenty years ago. there are
thousands of places TO be filled today.
There are more schools and all of them
are larger. Moreover, private enter
prises are levying toll on the young
trained men going out of the agricult-
ural schools and experiment stations.
Another twenty years will possibly
show as great an advance as have the
past neutrality-suspicious. Epitomist.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-13

lions for the purpose Of looking after
the united interest of labor in its con-
troversy with capital, because if it did
not unite and was not permitted to
unite, then it would lie helpless. La
borers have the right not only to
unite, but to contribute funds, which
in times when they wish to leave the
employ of their employer, when they
did not like his terms, may support
their fellow members. They have the
right to appoint officers who shall
control their action if they choose.
They have the right to invite all other
laborers to unite with them in their
controversy, and to withdraw if they
choose from association with their
employer; but they have not the right
to injure their employers property,
they have not the right by what is
called a secondary boycott to invite
a third person into the controversy
who wishes to keep out, but threaten
ing a boycott with him unless he as
sists them in the fight. In this fight
between the employer and the en-
ployee, or the united employees, they
must fight it out between themselves,
and they must not involve the rest of
the community, in it by system of
duress. This law, believe, is fair
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-13

assistants the president has a free
hand The head of the department
may be a straight party choice, but for
the first a ssistant the president can
make purely personal selection.
Thus it has come about from time to
time that the president has taken ad-
vantage of this to put man in who
would serve as a watch on the head of
the department. Through him the
president could keep Informed of all
that was going on in that department,
whether the head was inimical or
friendly. Speaking of the war depart
ment reminds me that our army is in
a very bad way indeed. Not only is it
growing smaller every year, but en-
listments are also falling off at a
great rate. The most discouraging fea-
ture is the decline in re-enlistments.
1t is upon the men who re-enlist that
we depend for drilled army, an army
that knows it's duties and work. If the
men do not re-enlist, or at least large
proportion of them, we will soon have
an army composed almost entirely OF
law recruits, or men but little better
than recruits.
Our laws now call for an army OF
about 10000 men. 1t is but little over
$4,000, and this despite the utmost eff
forts that could be made to swell the
enlistments. John Sharp Williams, the
democratic leader in the house has in
troduced bill limiting the army to
35 900 men. AS things are now going
that bill is not necessary. The army
will fall to the number of it's own ac-
cord in a very short time.
What's the trouble? There are sew
say the mistaken treatment of the en-
listed man. When a man enters the
army he expects to become a soldier.
Did you ever belong to the army? If
you did you will know that you were
far from being soldier. You were
hostler, a gardener, a roustabout,
turnkey for some officer, housemaid,
sort of serf, but you never were
soldier save at drill time or when you
had disobeyed some STRIPPING officers
orders about backing his boots or
some other mental service. When the
army itself treats the soldier as a SOL
der it will find men re-enlisting.
Another objection to entering the
ranks is. found in the pay. For $13 a
month Uncle Sam expects a man to
abandon the life of a free American
citizen, who fixes his own hours for
sleeping and waking, who chooses his
own time for work and play, who can
quit his job if he doesn't like it, who
can go to see his girl every night in
the week, if he has leaning that way
for life where he is constantly under
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-13

law, and, being fair law, when was
on the bench / attempted to enforce
it.
Now gentlemen. this theory that if
you weaken the courts by taking away
the power of Injunction in certain cas-
es you are going to help the working
man is utterly unfounded. The per-
son who is going to take advantage of
the weakened power of the courts is
the man who has wealth enough to
enable him to employ astute lawyers
to know what the technicalities are
that he can take advantage Of and
know the weakness in the armor of
the court that he can pierce, to know
when he can escape the object of the
law in the punishment of the really
guilty person. 1t is expedition that
helps the poor man, because he can
not afford to have his case delayed"
Taft's position in regard to the sec
ondary boycott" should be praised all
over the country by every fair minded
man whether a laboring man or not.
The practice of making trouble for
men who are not at all guilty of any
injustice toward either of the parties
engaged in the controversy is to say
the least, unjust and illegal. The
secondary boycott" has done more to