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The Washington times., 1908-04-18
PECK FROM PET PARROT
CAUSES BLOOD POISON

NEW YORK. April lS.-John Kemp.
photographer OF Paterson, y. j.. and
his wife are In a serious. If not critical.
condition from blood poison following
the bite Of a pet parrot
Mr. Kemp was playing with the parrot
a week ago. The bird was scolding and
crying with anger and. instead OF jump
ing and perching upon his finger, as
usual. il pecled It and drew the blood.
A piece OF flesh not much bigger than
a pin head was pecIIed out Of the ringer.
Mr.. Kemp thought nothing Of r. until a
couple OF days ago. when the wound lie
came iuFamed, and IL was found that
blood poisoning had set in The flesh
was cut away and antisepJicS applied
The poisoning developing so rapidly
that Yesterday another cutting wa nee
essary. Mrs. Kemp was holding her
husbands hand during the cutting The
pain OF the knife was such that ne
sunk the nails Of mis- cleDched ringers
into the flesh OF his Wife's hand.
Almost before the pain Of the injury
had departed blood poisoning developed
In the hand Of the woman and an opera
ton was necessary. so rapidly did the
affected area Increase.
The Washington times., 1908-04-18
ALDRICH MEASURE
IN DOUBTFUL PLACE
Vreeland Bill May Be Rec
commended by House
Committee.

The currency legislation situation is
described by all who have attempted
to investigate it. as thoroughly chaotic.
The impression is gaining ground that if
Congress adjourns without doing some
thing for the currency, IL will be ex-
tremely bad politics for the Republican
party Many Western Republicans in
sist that Il would be yet worse political
~ 10 pass the Aldrich bill
Il is certain that a good many Re
pubHcans have completely revolted at
the Aldrich proposition. This move
ment indeed became so serious as TO
force abandonment Of the idea of a
cYucus Thursday evening next. The
CO ucus that was to have been held,
has been turned into a conference,
which will take no decisive action and
have no binding effect on those who
attend.
The Vreeland bill may. with some
notifications, make its way through the
House Banking and Currency Commit
tee II II does, 1t will probably have
attached to Il. in amended shape. the
Fowler bill for a currency commission
The Fowler measure provided ioT d CON-
mission Of forty-three membefs-tleN even
Senators and eleven represents Is
making a majority of one on the sue
OF the Congressional membership-and
twenty-One members to be named oy th5
President; these latter TO be distributed
geographically throughout the country.
and also 10 be made representative OF
various industries and occupations.
For one thing. the Fowler distribution
Of membership will be changed to in
crease the prepOndersnce Of the Con
greSsionaI membership: III All probable
5ty a commission Of twenty-one Will be
the outcome seven Senators. seven
Representatives. and seven TO be named
by the President This is regarded as
a more practicable and effective work
ing body Whatever legislation is en-
acted will be framed in conference.
There the Senate commonly gains about
all il wants; but this time IL Will not
likely fare so we'll because Of the sin
Cere attitude of 80 many members of
the House I'm not caring a tig whether
any currency legislation at all passes
at this session
The Washington times., 1908-04-18
IMMIGRATION DECREASE
IS SHOWN FOR MARCH

The report OF Commissioner General
Of Immigration Frank p. Sargent. for
the month of March. shows a decided
decrease in the immigration business.
Tie total immigration for the month
was only 82.517. as compared 10 49,
1lS in the corresponding month of the
previous year, q decrease Of 10. col
Thirty-one CUT of thirty-six countries
show decreases.
Hungary has the largest decrease.
with 25,5G2 less than March. 1907, the
total number of immigrants from that
country being only 1855, as compared
10 1885, Austria shows a decrease Of
J.. 724 out Of a total immigration for
March, 1907, OF 15,e2l.
The immigration from Italy shows
the greatest slump. only 6.6l2 home
seekers from that country having come
10 the United States in the past month
r 3 compare / 10 a total Of Il, 455 in MarCn
1901
British North America. with an in
crease Of 1855; Mexico. with an increase
of AIS; China, with an increase Of a.
and British Honduras, with an increase
of 4. are the only instances where more
immigrants were sent to this country
than last year for the same period.
The Washington times., 1908-04-18
FEMALE SABLES KILLED
BY SIBERIAN HUNTERS

ST PETERSBURG. Aprn 1S.-If 81
ber.an hunters keep Up their slaughter
OF sables 10 meet the demand for skins
the animals viii soon be extermlnatod
The present high price Of sable skins
has caused hunters TO kill even the fe-
males and her young. strong protest
rs being made against the determination
which viii result IN the ruin OF the in
duStry. and is the more seuseIess be
cause during the spring and summer
months sable furS lose at least two
thirds Of their quality and value The
greed Of the Siberian hunters IS be-
ing generally condemned.
The Washington times., 1908-04-18
MRS. VIRGINIA CHISWELL KITE.
Who Was Found Dead in Bed Yester-
day Morning.
lnterment Will Be Made in
Rock Creek Gene
terry.

Mrs. Virginia ChlsweH Kite. who died
suddenly at her home. 1920 W street
northwest, yesterday viii be- buried
Monday morning IN Rock Creek Gene
terry. The funeral services VIII be held
at the house az 10 O'Clock.
Ms kit. who was well known in
W ashlnSton, was married three years
ago Although a sufferer from eastritis
FOR some time. IL was not known that
she was seriously i'll The trouble, how
ever, hdC reached The heart, and when
Mr.. Kite awo<e Yesterday he found his
vile was dead. Mrs. Kite IS survived b.
boy.
The Washington times., 1908-04-18
and Pettas Eulogi2ed
BY Their Colleagues in Senate

EulOgies in memory OF Senator John
Tyler Morgan and Senator Edmund
Winston Pettus of Alabama. whose
deaths have taken place within the
last year, were delivered in the Senate
this afternoon. This was the first day
Of the session set apart for the delivery
Of eulogies. A number of the col
leagues of the two dead Senators. who
had worked with them for years. knew
them Intimately. and loved and admired
them. Joined in the heartfelt tributes
IN their honor.
The principal addresses were made
by Senators Johnston and Bankhead Of
Alabama. Senator Johnston spoke in
eulogy of Senator Pettus and Senator
Baukhead dwelt or the life and serv-
ice anG remarkable character Of SEN
ator Morgan.
Tells of Vicksburg Charge.
SketchinE the career Of Senator Pet
tus. Senator Johnston said ne was born
July g. 1921 in Limestone county, Ala
bams. Had ne lived until now. ne
would have been nearly eighty-seven
years Of age Among the incidents of
the life Of General Pettus recounted By
Senator Johnston was his charge at
the head of a body OF Texas troops on
a redoubt at Vicksburg May D 1853.
OF this, Senator Johnston said:
There is one instance. Mr.. President,
In the career OF General Pettus that
should never be forgotten, because it il
lustrates the courage OF American SOL
diers. and should alone make his name
immortal. Major General Stevenson. Of
the Confederate army, in an official re
port Of an action that occurred at
Vicksburg, on May 3, 1868. says:
An angle Of one OF cur redouLts had
been preached by their artillery before
the assault and rendered untenabie. and
toward this point. at the time Of the re-
pulse OF the main body. party Of
about sixty OF the enemy. under the
Of a lieutenant colonel, made
a rush and succeeded IN effecting a
Judgment in the ditch at the foot OF the
The Washington times., 1908-04-18
SCHOOL CANDIDATES
WILL BE ADMITTED

In response to the request OF the
Board OF Education, DR.. ". c. Wood
ward. Health officer. has caused to be
made physical examination Of certain
candidates for admission 20 the Normal
School The examination. he says. does
not disclose any condition which IN his
judgment will render It inadvisabIe 70
admit them TO the institution.
The candidates are required 10 answer
a number OF questions as 10 their gen
eral health. and tests are made Of their
hearing and vision.
The Washington times., 1908-04-18
Size

The large frog in the small
puddle is much recommended.
In this matter, tastes differ.
John Corbin has studied
with sympathy two small col
leges, and now makes his
report
Dean Briggs, of Harvard,
once suggested that the small
colleges proclaim the advan-
tages of smallness onlyin order
to become bigger.
Mr.. Corbln's article is called
<The Small College Is. the
University. %
In this weeks SATURDAY
EVENING POST IS an amusing
yarn by Henry w aIlace
Phillips, " Hohankton, Petite
and Others. " The chief actors
are pig, black-and-tan dog
and some hydraulic machinery.
The machinery splits even, the
dog loses everything bat his
tail, and the pig, having fed
well, smiles blandly.
The SATURDAY EVENING
POST IS now on sale.
A; Jae News-stands, g cents
$50 the year By mail
IHE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA
Der Boys Are Everywhere
Copies viii be delivered to any ad-
lress by
WILLIAM SMITH.
II First Street X ". Warrington
The Washington times., 1908-04-18

redoubt, and planting two large flags on
the edge OF the parapet; the work was
so constructed that this ditch was com
manded by no part Of our line. and the
OILY means by which they could be dis
lodged was 10 take the angle by a des-
perate charge and either Kill or compel
the surrender Of the whole party by the
use of hand grenades
a call for this purpose was made
and promptly responded TO by Lieuten-
ant Colonel PeUtus. and about forty men
Of Walls Texas Legion. A more gal
liant feat than this charge was not illus
trated by our arms during the war. The
preparations were quickly made, but
the enemy seemed at once to divine our
intentions, and opened upon the angle
a terrible fire of shot. shell, and mus
kerry. Undaunted. this little band, its
chivaIrous commander at its head.
rushed upon the works, and ii less time
than it requires to describe II. the flags
were in our possession
Flag Given to Texans.
"On May %. 1863. General Lee ad-
dressed the following note to General
Stevenson:
" General: ] send YOU the flag taken
by the Texans under the lead Of our
gallant Lieut. Col r. W Pettus, Twen-
tieth Alamaua Regiment: II was as
gallant an act as I have ever seen dur
ing the war. ] have pledged myself to
and General Pemberton will bear me
out
Your obedtent servant
STEPHEN ID. LEE
"BriEadier General
1T is also recorded that on the night
% the assault the Texans engaged IN IL
unanimously elected Pettus to be a Tex
an. and he always considered this one
OF the greatest compliments ever paid
him."
General Pettus died July = 1877 Sen
atoT Morgan died June II. 1907 Senator
Morgan was nearly eiEhty-three years
old when ne died. In Offering 4 eulOEy
t. him, Senator Bankhead dwelt on his
bravery and ability as a solder in the
Confederate army. and told of his great
work In the Senate. as member or the
Committee on Foreign Relations. as a
member Of the Committee on Inter
oceanic Canals. and IN connection with
all the Leading questions that came be
fore the Senate In his time.
The Washington times., 1908-04-18
INEFFECTUAL.

Down on a Southern plantation the
dairy hands were accustomed TO do the
milking squating down in a primitive
fashion. until the owner introduced
milking stools with other improvements
But the initial experiment with the in
novation was not exactly a success The
darkey who first sailed forth with the
stool returned bruised and battered and
with an empty pail.
II done my best. sah." he exclaimed.
Dat stool looked all right TO me. but
de blamed COW she won't. sit on it,'-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Washington times., 1908-04-18
MRS. VIRGINIA BRIGGS BURIED
IN ALEXANDRIA CEMETERY

Funeral services for Mrs Virginia
Briggs. who died in New York Thurs
day, were held in her horne, rs Tenth
street, at 10 O'Clock this morning. The
Rev. J. J. Muir, pastor of the Temple
Baptist Church. OffiCIated. Intcrnten5
was made in the Union Cemetery. Alex
andria.
Mrs. Briggs was visiting friends in
New York. and was expected TO return
70 this city Easter Monday. She was
the daughter OF the late Capt and Mrs.
John NJ. Grigg. OF Washington.
The Washington times., 1908-04-18
CARS RUN BY MAN POWER.

street railways with cars operated
by manual power are in use al Nom
hasa in East Africa The light. mar
row gauge tracks are laid through the
street. and the cars are for hire. like
cabs, or are the private property OF
officials and wealthy residents. They
are little four-wheeIed cars. with one or
two cross seats. and each is propelled
by two natives Spur tracks are run
into private grounds, so that persons
can take the cars 20 their doors.-Phila-
delphia Record
The Washington times., 1908-04-18


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The Washington times., 1908-04-18
Anty Drudse's Monday Morning Song.

For scrub0ing, house-cleaning and dish
washing FelS-Naptha soap is Just as superior
as it is for washing clothes. 1t does all any
soap will do-besides lots of things impos-
Sible with other soaps.
For instance, it whitens floors in addition
to cleaning. them; takes dirt off vanished
surfaces of hard wood without dulling the
yarnish; brightens dingy paint work and
brings out the colors in oil-cloth and lin
oleum;-an in doing this cleaning you
use a cloth instead of scrubbing Brush
Easier, isn't it? 1t will remove grease and
stains from carpets and rugs as thoroughly
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1t will even take out blood stains-the
Severest test a soap can be put to.
Full directions for doing all these things
the felS-Naptha way are printed in the
wrapper-the red and green wrapper.
The Washington times., 1908-04-18
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The Washington times., 1908-04-18

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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
GAMBLING ON THE COFFEE
EXCHANGE KILLED BY BRAZIL
She Bought the Surplus Crop Bumper Year to Prevent
Trade Disaster and Controls the Market-Prce Held
SO Steady Speculation is Idle-Nearly 8OOO-
600 Bags Of Coffee Held To-Day by
the State Worth $40 to $11 Bag.

cent, as against 21a cents the prev
ious year and twice as much in other
years. The exchange has known cof-
fee as low as 37a cents and as high
as FL cents a pound. To-day it rules
steady and non-speculative close to
cents
OF the vast amount of coffee which
the Brazilian Government bought in
during the winter of 1867 it has
sold very little. Last month ii put
up at public auction about 100000
bags to establish an official price for
its holdings. This was necessary in
order to form a basis for the new ten
year loan of $50,O90,000 that is in
preparation to take up all the orig
inal mercantile and banking opera
tions in connection with the coffee
deal and fund them into a single
Government loan. The export tax is
to be increased from SO cents to 81
per bag in order to provide an in
terest and sinking fund to wipe out
the Indebtedness.
There is much similarity between
this coffee scheme and the demands
of cotton growers in the Southern
States of this country, who in recent
years demanded that the Government
help them carry their cotton. Like
wise Kansas farmers have made de-
mands that the Government issue
money based on their wheat and
corn. The action of the Brazilian
Government would be analogous to
the United States Government pur-
chasing the surplus wheat crop of
America in some year of extraordin-
airy yield to keep the price from fall
ing below some fixed figure, as rs
cents, or even 81 bushel. The
World.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
GHOST ANSWERS PHONE.
Queer Shade Delivers Messages After
Church is Locked.

Queer Shade Delivers Messages After
Church is Locked.
Old st. Paul's Church, headquar-
tiers of the Protestant Episcopal City
Mission, has ghost. 1t is an eccen-
trio shade which whisks up stair
ways and disappears into nothing
ness, but it is also up to date. When
the Office force has departed and the
quaint old building on Third street
is secure against intruders with
stout locks and bolts the ghost an
swers the telephone, which conduct
is SO utterly foreign to the popular
conception of ghosts abilities that it
has dumbfounded Rev. H. Cresson,
McHenry and his assistants.
On two occasions the strange Wis
itor has answered the phone when
the Office force was absent and the
building locked. It's answers, al
though briefly made, have indicated
that the ghost is we'll acquainted with
the movements of the staff The
shade informed friend of Mr.. Nc
Henry that he had just left the mis-
sion," and to Mrs. George Sommer-
err, wife of one of Mr.. McHenry's as
'sistants, it impaired the information
that her husband would be home to
supper" Both persons who con-
versed with the unknown occupant
of the mission declare that its voice
was modulated to the softest tones.
Mr.. McHenry saw the ghost on July
4th. The Office force had a holiday,
but Mr.. McHenry visited the church
to open his mail. AS he was unlock
ing the iron gates at the entrance to
the churchyard he glanced up at one
Of the windows and was astonished to
see what appeared to be a man stand
Ing on the stairway inside the build
ing.
The stairway leads from the offices
of the City Mission in the basement
to the church auditorium. AS Mr..
McHenry opened the gate the figure
glided rapidly up the stairway, disap.
pearing from view. The minister en-
tered the church, locked the door be-
hind him to prevent the escape of the
intruder and searched the entire
church from cellar to roof He failed
to find any trace of the visitor.
Every door and window was locked
securely and the desks untouched -
Chicago Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08


To Harper's Weekly John S. Burke
contributes a vivid and amusing
sketch of the duties of the district
leader in the New York political sys-
TEN.
Although the assertion would
contain much truth" he writes, lit
would not be the whole truth to say
the District Leader preserves his pc.
litical existence by his adroitness in
administering the most skilfully or
ganized charity in New York Pri-
marily the Leader lives by being in
right with the organization that
rules the city, and thus getting his
share of fat contracts-no not to men,
ton other sources of gain that have
been used at times by the unscrupu.
lous. The Leader keeps control OF
his Assembly district only so long as
he dominates it absolutely. Let one
election show that he cannot bring
out the party vote at it's full strength
and his sceptre is taken from him.
Long ago the shrewd Leader recog-
nized the fact that he who pays
money for a mans vote is uncertain
as to the delivery of the goods pur.
chased, and is certain to be despised
by the man forever after. Whereas
the politician who finds work for the
unemployed, and food and rent for
his family until pay day comes, is
sure of that mans gratitude. He
need not worry about how the man
will vote"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
OUTING FATAL TO SEVEN
Six Women and One Man Drown
When SIoop Capsizes.
Only Three of Ten Prominent Sum
mer Tourists Rescued in PEN
obscot Bay Tragedy.

Deer Isle, Me.-Six women and a
man, all summer resorters here, lost
their lives when thirty-dve-foot
sloop was thrown on its beam ends
by sudden squall in Penobscot Bay.
Three men succeeded in climbing into
the dinghy that was being towed by
the sloop, but they were almost over
come from exhaustion in battling
against the growing seas when picked
up by fishing tug.
The disaster was witnessed on the
shore by about 1000 persons from
hotels and cottages. A dozen sloops
put out to the rescue, but the wreck
had hoated a quarter mile to leeward
before they reached it. BY that time
the fishing tug had the rescued men
ashore and two bodies had been re-
covered.
The dead are: Mrs. Lucy S. Craw-
ley, wife of Professor Edwin S. Craw.
ley, University of Pennsylvania, Phil
adelphia; Alice and Eleanor Zorro,
sisters, Washington; Evelyn and
Lutte Kellogg, sisters, Baltimore;
Miss Elizabeth G. Evans, of Mount
Holyoke College, Massachusetts, and
Jason G. Hutchings, of Billerica,
Mass, student in the Bangor Theo-
logical Seminary, and who had been
filling a pulpit in Sunset, Deer Isle,
for the summer.
Professor Crawley, Henry B. Evans,
brother of Miss Elizabeth Evans, and
Captain Samuel Haskell, skipper of
the sloop, were the men to save them
selves by reaching the dinghy. Has
kell had a reputation as one of the
most skillful yachtsmen on Deer Isle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-09-08
MOTHER AND CHILD
Both Fully Nourished ON Grape-Nuts.

The value of this famous food is
shown in many ways, in addition to
what might be expected from it's
chemical analysis.
Grape-Nuts food is made of whole
wheat and barley, is thoroughly
baked for many hours and contains
all the wholesome ingredients in
these cereals.
1t contains also the phosphate of
potash grown in the grains, which
Nature uses to build up brain and
nerve cells
Young children require proportion
ately more of this element because
the brain and nervous system of the
child grows so rapidly.
A Va. mother found the value OF
Grape-Nuts in not only building up
her own strength but in nourishing
her baby at the same time. She
writes:
After my baby came l did not re-
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doctor said could not nurse the baby
as did not have nourishment for
her, besides / was too weak.
He said might try a change of
diet and see what that would do, and
recommended Grape-Nuts food. ]
bought pkg. and used it regularly
A marked change came over both
baby and l.
"My baby is now four months old,
is in fine condition, am nursing her
and doing all my work and never felt
better in my life." There's Rea-
son."
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