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The Washington times., 1908-08-15
EXCURSIONS.

No matter how warm it is in the city.
there IS always q breeze on the Poto-
mac. and an agreeable temperature may
be found at Colonial Beach. At the
beach one can enjoy a delightful dip in
SALE water, and can count on having q
fine days sport fishing or Grabbing.
BY taking the > O'Clock steamer Sat
uTday evening one may spend the night
and all day Sunday at Colonial Beach,
OF can 20 down Sunday morning at $40.
The steamer St. Johns is large enough
10 accommodate d large crowd, but II
The crowd IS TOO large the company Is
always prepared TO put another DOaI IN
commission.
The Washington times., 1908-08-15
NEW YORK STOCKS
DULL AND WEAK
Selling Pressure Continues
and Prices Crum-
bic.
HARTMAN RUMOR
CAUSES A RALLY
Market Turns Sluggish and Closes
With Fractional Losses
From Opening,

NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-The stock mar
ket opened irregular this morning. gains
and losses being about evenly dis
tributed. Selling pressure was imme-
diately in evidence and standard issues
sold OF half to a full point, During
the first hour the market was feverish
and unsettled Selling orders, mostly IN
1900 share lots We're sent into the room.
causing recessions, with the Copper
stocks weakest.
London was a large seller OF Read
ing and Union Pacific. This was fol-
lowed by a rally which carried prices
back nearly 20 the opening. from which
they gradually receded with dull and
heavy trading to the close. Most is
sues at noon were fractions below the
opening.
Stories Of an election scare and OF
Rock Island being committed 10 the
bear side were vested with much less
Importance than yesterday. Commis-
sion houses were buyers on a moderate
scale on declines.
Hartman Rumor Raises Prices.
After the first selling price had par
tally spent itself a report was received
from Pittsburg that Z. H. Hartman
would ask for bids on Monday for 5000
cars. It was also reported that he
would be in the market with consider
able construction materia, and equip
ment. This caused the market to i'm
prove, and it rallied about l point from
The low figure.
The Copper stocks were heavy with
the exception of Anaconda, which ad-
vanced nearly a point on a report that
The dividends for the next quarter would
be at the rate of 81 a share.
The General Electric Company issued
a statement showing that orders 10 the
amount or So 634OyO had Oeen received
by the company during the second quar-
ter This compares with SlO,033.II3 for
the nrst quarter For the nrst six
months orders received amounted to
Slg b51, SO1, which compares with SO, ,096, 20
III Tor The corresponding period OF 1907.
Sales billed for the first six months
OF the current year aggregate $lS,S34. .6l4.
which compares with S35, ,4Sl, 566 for the
same period OF last year. Stock of the
company was y point lower.
Stocks Weak In London.
III London. American shares we're low
er at the beginning of trading there,
but rallied later to prices slightly above
the closing Of last night.
Wheat and cotton We're practically un-
changed. On the curb market, trad
ing was quiet. with prices irregular.
The market has lost the rallytng
power which it had during the rise,
and the bears are today in a much
more hopeful mood than they have been
for a month. It is difficult to judge
the situation correctly, as the market
Is just now in a shape to 60 either
way, according 10 favorable or Unfa-
UHNplEnTnAntE he r
which would affect crops. 10 the action
of several corporations which have prop
ositiOns of magnitude under considera-
ton, and TO the reports from the rail-
crease OF traffic. The market is now
50 sensitive as to be easily swayed,
but for the moment II looks more like
further recession than an advance
The Washington times., 1908-08-15
LAUGHS AT CHAINS
PADLOCKS OR JAILS
Woman Juggler Has Baffled Police
in Every Large City She
Has Visited.

Handouts and padlocks. chains and
jailS. steel vaults and common lockups-
none of these things mean anything but
freedom for Minerva, the woman hand
cuff juggler who is exhibiting her re-
markable ability 10 shed the iron bands
at the Lyric TheateT. on Pen lsylvania
avenue between Seventh and Eighth
streets. She has escaped from l73 jans,
siXty-two Of them American jails. and
has baffled the police Of every city she
has visited to restrain her by handouts
or locking her in cells.
The Washington times., 1908-08-15
THE TACTFUL DOCTOR.

A physician IN a small town In north
ern Michigan got himself into a serious
predicament by his inability to remem-
Der names and people. One day. while
making out a patients receipt, his
visitors name escaped him. Not wish
ing TO appear so forgetful, and thinking
TO get a clue, he asked her whether
she spelled her name with an or I.
The lady smilingly replied, ''Why. doc
tor. my name is Hill. Success Maga-
zine.
The Washington times., 1908-08-15
EAGLES INSTALL
GRAND OFFICERS

SEATTLE. Wash. Aug. 15-New
grand officers Of the Eagles were in
stalled here today. and the convention
closed its session
The Eagles chose Omaha as their next
convention city. although a hard fight
for the honor was put up by St. Paul
and Saratoga, y. Y.
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DR.. FULLER DIES;
LEADING EDUCATOR

DUNKIRK. n. Y, Aug. 15.-Dr. HON.
er T.. Fuller prominent in educational
circles. and a former president Of the
Worcester, Mass. Polytechnic School is
dead at his summer home in FredOnia.
N Y
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BOY IS LURED AWAY
HIS FATHER SAYS
Seventeen-Year-Old Hodg-
kins Lad Turns Up in
New York.

Declaring that his boy was lured from
home by man nearly twice his age.
and that he viii seek legal redress.
Charles e Hodgkins, father of seven
teen-year-old Frank Hodgkins, who
showed up in a dazed condition at
Roosevelt Hospital. New York, yester-
day. left at noon to bring his son home
Owing 10 the boys strange actions
he has been transferred 70 the psyche
pathic ward in the Bellevue Hospital
This condition. it Is explained by his
parents, Is due 20 the effects Of a spell
Of walking typhoid from which he had
not recovered when he left the city.
Talked OF Going West.
Young HodglSins left home several
days ago. Recently. members of the
family say, ne has talked continually
Of going West with Clarence AIteWus,
thIrt,- years Old, and . member of a
well-kn0wn Mount Pleasant family. Al
tCJuus, Mrs. Hodgkins si-ys, seemed 20
have almost d hypnotic influence over
young Frank. and even when sick,
against the wishes Of the physician and
parents, he would seek the company of
the older man.
There IS no doubt in my mind that
my son and .Altemus left Washington
together. This Is a most serious mat
ter to us. and I am forried most 10
death. I have been unable TO break of
the association between my boy and
Altcmus or 10 get him beyond the in
nUence OF the older man. Just let me
get the man back here, and / shall see
| II there is not some way l can obtain
| redress fer the manner in which he has 5
persuaded my son TO leave home"
Clarence Altemus was asked for at the
Altemus home on Mt. Pleasant this
morning. \ member of the family
said that he was out % the city, had
been absent three or four days, and
| that his whereabouts were unknown 70
| his relatives
New York Police Send Word.
| Major Sylvester received the follow
| ing today from the New York police:
"a young man, giving his name as
/ Frank Morris. eighteen years of age,
! residing at either 1920 r street north
/ east, OF 1876 Irving street. your city,
/ was sent from the TWeaty-six.-- police
f, precinct 10 Bellevue Hospital suffering
/ from insanity. he nad 5000 ana a
pawn ticket, No. 4695s Hyden Horn,
! Washington. d g, IOT pair OF ear
rings, pawned for $3.50, which he said he
I took from his mother. Please have tbs
above investigated and notify the par
/ ents Of the young man"
IuasmuCh as there is nothing against
! the boy on the police records here, Cap
tain Boardman will not interfere, but
| viii allow the father 10 go or send for
| the sick lad ana bring him back 10 this
My boy is just out Of his sixteenth
| year, a mere child" said Mr.. HOdg-
kins, "and / intend 10 see II there is
not some way l can rid him OF the
influence OF the older man."
The Washington times., 1908-08-15
COURT RECORD
OF THE DISTRICT
DISTRICT SUPREME COURT.
Equity Court, RIO. I.
JUSTICE BARNARD.

t1aitQ yesterday
No. 1883. WyVil VS.. DAILY; rule as
to receiver retuTnable August %. Com
plainant's solicitor, Leon TObriner.
No. 27S3S. Fisher VS.. GeaFy; decree Of
June Is modified. Complainant sole
itors, Hll, Rogers & Mattingly; de-
fendant's solicitor. W. B. Plumley.
No 217lS. Pardew VS.. wilson, pro
confesso granted. Complainant's solicit
tors, Gull d Gull.
(Called tOday.)
No. 1855. GTice VS.. Jones; restrain
ing order returnable August q. Com
plainants solicitor. George F. Collins.
Probate Court.
JUSTICE BARNARD.
(Called Yesterday
Estate of Louise b. Z lghcs; order ex-
tending time TO fiie bill of exception.
Estate of Joseph w. Mattingly; order
appointing guardian ad liten.
Estate of Edward NJ. p. Harriss; or
der disCharging rule. Attorney, p. II.
Marshall.
Estate Of Annie 4. Farley: VIII dated
January H. 1906, filed naming James
II BARLEY executor.
Estate of William p. Culiinane; order
for allowance. Attorney, NJ. ]. Colbert.
(Called tOday)
Estate OF Charles NJ. ThOmaS:- eX-
emplified copy Of Will filed.
The Washington times., 1908-08-15
THE CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished by E. T. Hutton &
Co., members New York Stock Exchange
@. Bowie Chipman. manager. 1901 street
nOrthWest.l
The Washington times., 1908-08-15

Get out Of the wet" was a popular
expression some years ago. But the
proper advice at this particular season
OF The year is Get out Of the heat; 60
10 Glen Echo Park"
Thus spoke passenger on one OF the
big cars Of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company. travelling down
the River road from Glen Echo Park.
il would appear that this amusement
seeker is not alone in that opinion, for
the patronage at the park has been of
unusually large proportions during the
week Glen Echo offers every up-to-
date amusement. and under auspices
such as are 10 be found at few other
resorts in this country
Une OF the most popular points Of in
terest about the park is boating on the
canal The management has boats OF
every description, from those good, old
sturdy r0wboats that the 'fOolkiller'
simply can't rock. to the swift motor
boats that make no other demands
than a student of ease would delight IN.
r street cars marked Glen Echo"
run direct to the park gates. Admission
is free.
The Washington times., 1908-08-15
Crowd Attacks Negro.

Immediately following the arrival OF
the troops came the lynching OF Hunter,
about O'Clock. The negro, a porter at
the st. Nicholas Hotel, was set upon BY
crowd anc badly beaten. He drew
revolver and fired. The shot struck jim
Hayes, a white man. VINO was watch
ing the fire in Madison street. The
mob swept down on Hunter from all
sides. and in a 1iffy a rope was pro-
cured, tossed over the limb Of a dead
tree at Madison and Twelfth Streets
and with his screams for mercy rising
above the roar Of the mob, the man
was swung into eternity.
The cause OF the trouble was an as
sault on Mrs. Earl Hallam, wife or a
street car conductor The attack oc-
Cured in her home in one OF the most
thicklyl populated residence districts.
Mrs. Hallam. whose husband works at
night. was dragged from her bed into
the garden IN the rear OF the house.
This crime was the last straw 10 the
| whites, the hatred against the blacks
| having been smoldering since month
ago, when Clergy A. Ballard was slain
In his home by negro who, IL IS said,
| had entered the Ballard home IN an at
tempt TO assault Mr.. Baiiard's young
George Richardson. a negro. was ar
rested for the HaEam assault and
| placed in the city jail with Joseph
| James, accused OF the Ballard murder,
Mutterings Of mob violence began
/ soon after Richardson was identified
| by the woman, and q great crowd col
/ lected about the jail. Sheriff Charles
( Werner made arrangements TO take the
men 10 Bloomington, and yesterday at
! ternoOn the attention OF the crowd was
/ distracted by q fire alarm while the
| men were placed in LOher's automobile
/ and whisked away 10 the railroad sta
/ tion near the fair grounds, where g
/ train was stopped TO let the sheriff.
The Washington times., 1908-08-15
National Loan and investment Co
Money Loaned Salaried PeopIs

and Others, without security; easy payments:
offices IN 63 principal cities; save yourself
money BY getting my terms drst. D. 4.
TOLsfAN, Room 506 559 18th St nv. des-tf
The Washington times., 1908-08-15
FfUe LfUes Lost in Race War;
Marital LaqU in Springfield

ing. The negro who sought protection
finally made his esca0 sc after slashing
seV.ral whiEe men with a knife.
The following signed statement was
made by LOher after his place had been
wrecked:
Il have been through one riot. in
Cincinnati, I'm 1888. the greatest ia this
country, when 100 men were killed.
ut was TO avoid loss of life that
took those men out of town. / did not
Wart 10 favor the man; ! have no IN
terest I'm him whatever. and would go
just as far to punish him as anybody.
but after going through the Cincinnati
riot and knowing the sheriff as / do,
knew he would be killed first before
he would let the jail be taken. 1
thought I would save life by removing
the colored men.
"I would not shoot man to protect
my place. ] only shOr into the crowd
as long as I Was in personal danger
myself. HARRY 7. LOHER.
The mob in front Of Lohe-'s place ac-
/ cused him of shooting Louis Johnson.
Johnson was found IN the barrOom IN
the basement
The Washington times., 1908-08-15


The weather man, that despOt of sum
mer ana winter, announces with great
temerity that we are sailing into a hot
SPELL Washing stand aghaSt,
and ask if it could be hotter. Let the
hot wave come. There's a way 10 get
around that all Tight-.by hiking to that
resort where the cooling breezes love 10
nnger and play, Chesapeake Beach.
lust take an II street car and ride
to the District Line Station, and board
one OF those comfortable trains of the
Chesapeake Beach Railway, and OF
where YOU can find either the shade ana
Quietude of the shady sylvan glen. or
the cooling water 10 splash about in TO
your hearts content
In the cool of the evening 1t is de-
lightful to be aboard the speedy James
town on the breezy Potomac. The moon
light trips this big vessel makes every
evening are helping hundreds to solve
the question of how 10 keep cool and
comfortable these oppressive nights
Leaving at seven, the jamestown makes
a run of forty miles down, returning
home about II o'clock
Tickets for the jamestown trips are
on sale at the Norfolk and Washing
ton Steamboat Company excursion
wharf, foot of Seventh street.
There is invariably big difference
between the state of the thermometer
at Chevy Chase flake and IN the city.
Separated from the heat-holding as
phaIted streets. buildings. and pave
mcnts by miles of verdant fields and
shaded hills, Chevy Chase Lake is many
degrees cooler than the city at all
times. The ride on the swift-going
trolleys IS one Of the pleasures OF a
visit to 1.-The lake"
No other suburban resort pretends to
present its patrons such musical treats
as Chevy Chase Lake. Car service is
notably satisfactory even when crowds
are greatest.
Combining two nights on the water
and a stay of from one to three days
at one of the most luxurious hotels
I'm this hemisphere, all at a Tea-
sonabIe price. 1t is not TO be Won
dered that the Norfolk and Wash
ington Steamboat COmpany's weekend
tours to Old Point Comfort are con-
stantly advancing in popularity. All
boat and hotel expenses incurred at
the Chamberlin are betrayed by the
one ticket. the time-limit governing its
cost.
At Old Point. visitors may enjoy surf
Bathing, yachting, or deep-sea fishing.
Tickets sold Fridays and Saturdays only
are to be had at the uptown Office,
7O5 Fourteenth street, exclusively. Sat
uT1ay-to-SIonday tickets for the round
trip only are on sale weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-02
GOT IN BAD.

Hon. Charles e. Pickett. candidate
for congress. spoke from platform
for the period of forty-five minutes.
He was heard distinctly by the ma
jority of those present at the picnic.
The utmost attention was given him
and everyone appeared anxious to
hear what he had to say. In fact
1t is claimed he was given the clos
est attention of any speaker who has
appeared upon the platform in the
past eleven years. Mr.. Pickett made
pronounced impression and from
remarks heard following his address
it is predicted he won many friends
who will stand by him during the
campaign. The other speaker spoke
briefly, etc.
The above is part of an article
which appeared in the Waterloo Re-
porter 1t was doubtless written, by
Geo. Lichty. Mr.. Pickett's campaign
manager, and is strictly for campaign
SoAsNAAHsAoA. LUZ, dly Oit WIZ was
there knows how much truth there
is in the report. The good people of
Earlville provided SO many amuse-
ments that but few of the visitors
tarried to listen to campaign speech
The speakers stand had an appro.
pirate location at the extreme east.
ern part of the grounds next to
where they We're filling balloon
with hot air. 1t is safe to say not
two hundred people of the four
thousand or more in attendance knew
Mr.. Pickett was speaking. Many who
occupied the seats in front of the
speakers stand We're seated with theil
backs to the speaker and were Wis
iting with friends. The people have
not time for politics at a harvest
home picnic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-02
CONCRETE FENCE POSTS.

The mixture best suited for cement
posts is one made of five parts of
crushed rock or coarse gravel, the
particles of which should not exceed
one-half inch in diameter, one and
one-half parts of sharp sand and one
part of cement. These materials
should be mixed dry and the proper
amount of water added to give the
whole consistency of thick cream SC
that it may readily be worked into
the molds in which the posts are to
be cast.
In preparation for making fence
posts provide platform made of two
inch planks and upon this construct
the molds. The molds for six-inch
posts may be built as follows: Pre-
pare two two-inch planks six inches
wide and "a inches long. These are
to be used as end pieces. AT right
angles to- these end pieces, set on
edge seven dressed two-inch planks
S'A ihSuSS Wlue IL oHe ttlu anu loui
inches at tile other, thus giving the
posts gradual slope on one side
but leaving them square on the other.
Provide six two-inch luss for each
end of the battery of molds and place
them between the planks running
lengthwise so as to keep them the
proper distance apart. AT the corner
of each end plank bolt cleat to hold
the outside horizontal planks in place
When the mold is ready fill it to n
depth Of one inch with the prepared
concrete referred to above Then lay
two strands Of twisted fence wire or
u strand of barbed wire, which need
not be galvanized, into each OF the
lower corners of the mold on top of
the one-inch layer of concrete Then
add more concrete, filling the mold to
within one inch of the top Then lay
another wire in the upper corners OF
each mold. and fill it with concrete
ana have the ends of these loops SO
placed that once they are imbedded
the cement they cannot be pulled
out. These loops act as staples and
to them the fence wires are fastened
Put in as many loops as there are
strands of wire required on the fence.
After once more smoothing the top|
allow the cement to remain in the
molds until it has hardened sufficient
ly to stand alone, which usually takes
a period of about "a hours. After
that the molds may be removed the
partially dried posts set aside in some|
convenient place and allowed to cure
They should not be cured or dried in
the sun but rather under layer of
straw, and it is Il good plan to sprin-
kle them with water two or three
times day for the first week or two
After that they may be left alone btt|
they should be allowed to cure for
about 60 days. Posts may be made
any desired length, seven feet being
a desirable siZe.-Farmers' Tribune
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-02
BUNcoING The PEOPLE.

If the farmer only knew just what
the tariff means to him he would
vote the democratic ticket loud and
long. The tariff has robbed him. ac-
cording to Governor Cummins, of five
times as much money in one year, as
the graftin insurance companies have
taken from him in all time.
The insurance companies are Grim
inal. They have stolen millions. The
farmer has been robbed at every turn
of the road, but as he does not see
the hand that reaches in his pock-
ret. because its name is law, he sub
mits to the indignity of being rob-
bed and for years has kissed the
hand that picked his pocket.
The farmer who is wise knows that
the price on his produce is fixed by
his surplus. The one sbushel that
goes to Liverpool fixes the price on
the ninety-nine bushel consumed here
He cannot get the benefit of protec-
ton because he is not a member of
an organization including alls of his
competitors. When he sells he finds
the price fixed by the man who sells
to him. They thus catch thelfarmer
coming and going. Every thing is
grist for the mill of the other fellow.
II the farmers would all join a close
corporation like the other fellows
they would have the jails full of
farmers arrested for conspiracy in re-
straint of trade.
Farmers form one third of the ma
ton and get one-sixth of of the in
crease in national wealth. The manu-
facturers form one-fourth of the popu-
lation and get one-half of the increase
in national wealth. This ought in
itself to open the eyes of the farm
er.
The farmers wealth doubles in from
thirty to forty years; the manufacture
er's wealth doubles in from ten to
twenty years. This ought to open
the eyes of the farmer.
Z OF every $23s worth of goods
bought by the farmer, SIS goes to the
government as revenue and s37 goes
to the manufacturer as protection" ;"
This ought to open the farmers eyes.
We are going to furnish eye-opener
by the score as the campaign pro-
ceeds. Cummins is right about the
robber tariff. Lafe Young is wrong
about the robber tariff. The farmers
OF Iowa should vote for revision by
the friends of revision.-Des Moines
Daily Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-02
LIFE.
me a taste TO life,

GIVE me taste 70 life!
Not the tang of seasoned wine;
Not the drug of an unearned bread:
NOT the grape of an untitled vine.
The life that is really life;
That comes from no fount afar.
But springs from the toll and strife
In the world of things as they are.
Give me the whole of life.
The JOY, the hope and the pain,
The struggle whose end is strength.
The loss that is infinite gain.
Not the drought of a cloudless sky.
Not the rust of fruitless rest;
GIVE me the sun and the storm:
The calm and the white sea crest.
Give me the best of life!
TO live In the world with God.
Where the seed that is sown and dies
Lifts harvest over the sod.
Where beauty and truth are one.
Where the right must have its way,
Where the storm-clouds part for stars
And the starlight heralds the day.
The muscles and mind to dare.
No luNury's lap for my head,
No idly won wealth to share.
Whether by pick or plane,
Whether by tongue or pen.
Let me not live in vain;
Let me do mans work among men