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The Washington times., 1908-02-14
GEN. KIMBALL BUYS HOME;
ESTIMATED PRICE $4,000

Gen. A. S. Kimhall has Purchased the
residence at 1923 Belmont avenue from
A. l.. Lewis. and after making neces-
sary alterations and improvements in
the property VIII occupy 1t as a home.
While the purchase price Is not dts
closed. it is understood TO be about
$4,000.
The house contains ten rooms and
bath. ana is situated or a lot 25xl2O feet
The transaction was effected through
Stone & Fairfax.
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IALEXANDRIKl
ACCIDENTAL SHOT
HITS BOY IN EYE
Pistol Discharged by Julian
BaIlenger'S Playmate,
Sydney We'll.
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU,
ALEXANDRIA, VA, FEB. u.

Julian Ballenger. thirteen years OF
age, was accidentally shot in the right
eye with a pistol in the hands Of Sid
ney We'll. fourteen years old, about
$50 O'Clock last evening. at the corner
of St Asaph and Prince streets. Young
Wells pistol. used for firing blank
cartridges, went of accidentally, the
paper wad OF the cartridge entering
Ballenger's eye The injured boy was
taken to the office of DR. Moore and his
wound was dressed.
Representative Charles Towne, Of
New York. will deliver d lecture at
the Young Peoples building, in South
Washington street, this evening, taking
for his subject a Hop, Step, and
Jump Through the orient"
An Old Folks Concert will be given
at the Young Peoples building on the
evenings Of February Is and 70, for the
benefit OF the building fund.
Contrary TO expectations. there was
no preliminary hearing given the boys,
Edward browns, Harry Hicks, and VIII
bert Cook, held at the station house on
suspicion Gf bring the ones who shot
J.. j. Snyder last Tuesday evening
+
this morning. The case will probably
come up in the police court tomorrow
morning
Thomas Jackson has sold 10 William
r. Dulaney house and lot ga South Al
fred street The consideration was not
named in the deed, which was placed
on record in the clerks office OF the
corporation court this morning.
"
The COmmitte OF the George Wash
inEton Birthday Association appointed
10 select a chief marshal for the parade
on the 22d instant, has named Major
Hatfield, of the United States army,
stationed at Fort Myer.
On the morning OF the I'D there will
be patriotic services at Christ Protes-
tant Episcopal Church at 10 a. m. under
the auspices OF Mt. Vernon Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Right Re. A. NJ. Randolph VIII deliver
an address on George Washington.
The State corporation commission has
granted a charter TO the American Traf-
fic Associa ton. The officers are Pres
ident, J. II. Weaver; secretary, Z. V.
nlman. treasurer. d. A. DeLashmutt,
ali Of Washington.
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MRS. scHRADER's FATHER DEAD.

Mrs. G. A. Schrader. whose husband
is a member OF the Metropolitan Police.
on duty at the White House. has re-
ceived word Of the death of her father.
Deiterich Seebode, seventy-seVen years
Of age. at Stolzman province. Hanover.
Germany Besides Mrs. -Schrader there
are three other daughters and two sons
in America-Mrs. William Steiger, Mrs.
Minnie SChenCh, Fritz SeebOde, and
AdOlph SeebOde Of Washington, and
Mrs. John F. Vogt, OF Baltimore.
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SEABOkRD AIR LINE RAILWAY
Ticket Office. IAzI Penna. Ave.

NOTICE-Following schedule not guaranteed.
ll.05 a. IN, dally-Seaboard Nail Through
coaches and Pullman sleepers TO Savannah
and jacksonville Through sleeper Washing
ton 10 Hamlet and Hamlet 10 Atlanta. Parlor
car 10 Plnehurst Dining cars.
yes d n daily-Ssab0ard Florida Lin
tied. solid Pullman train through 10 Jack
sonviIIs and 81. Augustine Also through
eIsepers 70 Pi1ehUrst Atlanta. Birmine-
ham and Memphis. Dining cars.
s.g0 D. m. daily-SeaDoard Express
Coaches and Pulluaans 10 Savannah and
Jacksonville,
r Il sTANsELL- District Passenger Agent.
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DIAMOND CHIPS

Clarke Griffith will give Catcher
Branch Hickey another chance to justify
his judgment in the trade he made a
year ago.
A Detroit paper says that Pitcher
Jimmy Dygert was all in during the
closing days of the season last year.
During the last ten days -Dygert pitched
three shut-out games in four days.
which established league record. so
the only fault Of the Detroit cridc is
that he missed the truth by several
miles.
Manager MCGraw may try to whip
Merkle into "a second baseman in case
Doyle fails 10 make good.
In Davis Murphy. Collins and Nichols.
Connie Mack has the Understanding in
field in the country If you don't be-
lieve it. just compare averages for the
last few seasons
Manager Murray believes that Ed
Grant will be the third-base sensa ton
Grant did very well last year under Sc
we're handiCaps- First OF all he didn [
report until June. and secondly, he split
his throwing hand after playing a
dozen or so of games.
It is said that Fred Tenney will soon
get in the Giant fold. The New York
club has assurances that the first
baseman Will be on hand TOR the train
ing trip
Tommy Leach can hardly be blamed IL
he tries TO make Barney Dreyfuss dig
a little deeper I'm his pockets. Barney
prevented Leach lettering himself when
he declined 10 trade him to Cincinnati.
who wanted Tommy as manager.
Thoney. the sensation of the Eastern
League, has not as yet signed with
Boston Americans. His contract called
for $500, but Thoney has seen his
name in big type so often that he de-
mands more.
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living critically i'll at the Georgetown
University Hospital.
r La Fabre. of l4I6 Thirty-hfth street
northwest who came here from San
Francisco, Cal, is building a twO-stOry
brick house at 27I4 2 street northwest.
as an investment Mr.. La Fabre recently
completed the erection OF a two-stcry
apartment house on Thirty-1fth street,
lust north OF NJ street
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Would Not Take District
Patients From Govern
ment Asylum.

The Boar dof Charities today submit
ted to the Commissioners a report of
its Investigations of the care Of the IN
sane in the District of Columbia. The
board has given special consideration to
the subject foTs the last two years, and
at the request of the Commissioners
has postponed the presentation of its
report. awaiting the report of a special
committee. consisting of Drs. w L.
Robins. w. p. Compton. and j. c. Simp-
son, which was published recently.
The following recommendations are
made by the Board of Charities:
That an appropriation of 100000 be
made for the erection of buildings 10
be used as psychopathio wards for the
care and treatment of INDECENT persons
suffering from diseases Of the brain
and nervous system. the buildings TO
be located on the site between Bright
wood avenue and Fourteenth street
now owned by the District.
Would Care for Children.
That an appropriation of $4,000 be
made to erect buildings for an institu-
ton for the care and treatment and
education so far as possible, of all
INDECENT, imbecile, and feeble-minded
children, the buildings to be located on
the tract of land now owned by the
District and known as Blue Plains.
That q law be enacted authorizing
the confinement for treatment of viz
Tins of the alcohol and drug habits.
That the laws regulating the method
of admission 70 the Government Hos
piJal Tor the Insane be simDnned as
far as possible, consistent with the
proper safeguarding OF individuals
against the danger of improper contine-
menJ.
Aside from the establishment of a
psychoDathiC hospital and a school for
Predetermined the board does not rec
ommend any radical changes IN the
present method or The treatment OF the
insane in the District.
Disagrees With Physicians.
As the result Of repeated personal
Inspections" says the report, I'VE are
of the opinion that the Government
HOSPITAL for the Insane is IN every
respect a high grade institution. and
that the best interests of the District
patients would be subserved by con-
rinuinr TO have them treated therein.
We cannot approve the recommends
ton of the committee of physicians that
a separate institution be esta blisned
for the care end treatment Of the in
sane of the District Of Columbia owing
10 the immense size and crowded con-
the Insane We dissent from TINS rec
ommendaLiOn on the ground both or
economy and efficiency.
THE average number Of District pa
tients in the Government Hospital for
the Insane in 1907 was ]. 5e- To provide
The Washington times., 1908-02-14
AUCTION SALES.

EDMUND II. BROWN. Auctioneer 1903 II 81.
Notice is hereby given that on TUESDAY.
FEBRUARY is AT 10 O'CLOCK A N.
within the salesroom Of Edmund II. Brown.
1903 II 81 NV. We VIII sell 20 pay storage
and othar charges. four cases consigned 70
". S Clark. TERMINAL. STORAGE CO.
r. HARLAN, superintendent feI1-6t-eKSu
The Washington times., 1908-02-14
Only ten cents a week
to keep yourself at your best. To
always feel as you feel on your good days. Cas-
Carets ward off all the little Ills.

Primitive did need Cascarets.
They lived outdoors plenty of fruit all of their food
coarse.
We modern people different.
We little little fruit; food is too
fine, too rich.
We can't have the bowels clogged and keep we'll.
that the food retained there decay
those
ducts intended to the nutrinent.
So make choice.
We live, like primitive man,
Cacas do the right food would do
The a rom a
The question i
you choose Caare you large
doses rarely, but a tablet at a time.
That is the keep well.
candy tablets They druggists
get genuine every tablet price
cents,
10 Cents per Box
The Washington times., 1908-02-14
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

n B.-Fouowing schedule figures published
onIv as information and are not guaranteed.
For Atlanta. Birmingham. Mobile, New Or
leans. Asheville. Chattanooga, Memphis, 500
a m and Il-G0 p. m. daily.
For Roanoke. Knoxville Chsttan ooga,
Memphis New Orleans, 1913 p. II. daily.
For savannah. Jacksonville, IL rlOri1a
points, fsf8 p. daily
For Columbia, Charleston, a 1susta- Aiken,
40 p. m. and 80 =. m. daily
L. 5. BROWN. General agent.
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This table shows q gradually iucreas-
ing daily average, a rate OF increase
only slightly greater tnan the CORE
spending increase in population.
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MONEY TO LOAN
On Real Estate.

MONEY TO LOAN on approved city reai
estate at lowest current rates. Special prtvi-
leses with respect 10 prior payments. Iarga
amounts a specially. TYLER & RUTHER-
FORD, $50 18th St NV. ,o2-ts
The Washington times., 1908-02-14

SECOND TRUST
LOANS IN REAL ESTATE.
Any Amount Lowest Fates.
NATIONAL LOAN AND INV. co
THOMPSON BLDG. 703 18TH ST. n "
Opposite Treasury. Next Drug store
.
The Washington times., 1908-02-14

Clarke Griffith will give Catcher
Branch Hickey another chance to justify
his judgment in the trade he made a
year ago.
The Washington times., 1908-02-14

Manager MCGTaw may try to whip
Merkle into "a second baseman in case
Doyle fails 10 make good.
The Washington times., 1908-02-14


FOR SALE-BEsT HOME Built FOR
$780, N N ". SECTION. ROW OF
NEW COLONIAL PORCH STYLE BRICKS
on ONTARIO AVE, BET FLORIDA AND
KALORAMA AYES. NEAR WASHING
TONS FINEST RESIDENCE SECTION;
rooms. Jiled vestibule ana bal. furnace
cabinet mauteIs and al latest lm5,s, .veuents.
handsomely decorated large lots; near Two
car lines. SOLD on EASY TERMS. No.
ZSls completed and now ready for inspection.
81. J. kEANE. Owner and Builder,
I'll Colorado Building.
fe19.I214
INVESTMENT
RENT S23 MDNTH-PcICE. $500.
The best investment on I.= market. brick.
northeast west Of 7Jh ST.; Iways rented 10
white tenants COLLINS-GUERRY Co. 81
l5th ST. NV fel3-3t
FOR sALE-FurnIshed cottage, beautifully
situated on electric line; 3 minutes from
Treasury. containing 6 rooms. bath large
attic, cellar and roomy yeranda5. terms 10
suit; anyone buying this house viii get
great bargain. Call Room 5l4. N1usey
Building. between u a. m and 5 p. m
fe7-tf
The Washington times., 1908-02-14

An Old Folks Concert will be given
at the Young Peoples building on the
evenings Of February Is and 70 for the
benefit OF the building fund.
The Washington times., 1908-02-14
WAREHOUSES;.
MONEY TO LOAN.

IF YOU NEED MONEY 70 pay rent. or buy
coal I Will furnish all you need ! lend YOU
on your furniture or piano. these loans are
strictly PRIVATE Try me- P. O. BOX
2s4s. Station G. fe5-tf
The Washington times., 1908-02-14

MONEY TO LOAN on D. C. REAL EsTATF
-IoyVest rates OF interest. Payments on prin-
cipsl IN amounts Of 500 or more received AZ
any interest period. THE +. H. SMITH co
Bond Building 1905 New York ave je5-tf
The Washington times., 1908-02-14

In Davis, Murphy. Collins and Nichols.
Connie Mack has the Understanding in
field in the country. If you don't be
lieve IL. just compare averages for the
last few seasons.
The Washington times., 1908-02-14

The state corporation commission has
granted charter 10 the American Traf-
fic Associa ton. The officers are Pres
ident, J. II. Weaver; secretary. Z. V.
Ilman. treasurer. d. A. DeLashmutt
ali Of Washington.
The Washington times., 1908-02-14

Thomas Jackson has sold TO William
r. Dulaney- house and lot 314 South Al
fred street The consideration was not
named in the deed, which was placed
on record in the clerks office OF the
corporation court this morning.
The Washington times., 1908-02-14

The COmmitte Of the George Wash
inEton Birthday Association appointed
70 select a chief marshal for the parade
on the 22d instant has named Major
Hatfield. of the United States army,
stationed at Fort Myer.
The Washington times., 1908-02-14

David F. Scheele has purchased the
two-stOry brick bay-windOw dwelling.
2S13 . street northwest. the price being
81 100.
The Washington times., 1908-02-14

Harry Palmer. a Iveryman of 3 A o
street northwest, has gone to Tam pa,
Fla with a string of race horses.
Charles +. Kendrick will look after ils
business.
The Washington times., 1908-02-14

MONEY 70 LOANED 10 $500. 900 on d a.
real -sstate Interest low. and all transac-
lions conducted with economical Considera.
ton for borrowers.
WM. Il. SAUNDERS CO.,
1907 St n W
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-29
BANQUET TO OFFICERS
OF ATLANTIC FLEET

MANILA, Nov. 2S.-The Army and
Navy club gave brilliant reception
tonight in honor Of the officers of the
Atlantic battleship fleet. The club
house was splcndidly decorated with
flags and tropical plants and brilliantly
illuminated. Over zoo officers Of the
navy were present. The receiving line
included Mrs Mai.-Geu. Weston, Mrs
Gen Mills. Mrs. Col. Pratt. RearAd
miral Potter, Gen. Mills and Coils, Mills
and Pratt. Practically every officer of
the army stationed at Manila and at
Fort Mckinley was in attendance, as
were also Gov..Gen, Smith and many
prominent people of the islands, and
the scene was a brilliant one.
The storm which has prevailed dur
ing this week apparently has broken,
and the weather during the remaining
two days of the fleets visit promises
TO be pleasant.
BAIBERGER EXPRESS.
Prompt delivery and calls between
Salt Lake and Ogden, Phones l59,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-29
TAFT WILL ADDRESS NATIONAL
CONSERVATION COMMISSION

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S-President-
elect William Fl. Taft has accepted an
invitation to preside over and address a
joint conference Of the National Con-
servatlon commission with the govern
ors Of the states in this city December
s, an event which VIII bring together
an assemblage of the nations leading
men in commercial, financial and po-
litical activity, and whose importance
may be expected to rival the noted
White House conservation conference
Geld by President Roosevelt last May.
The joint conference will be in pro
cress four days and will be fraught
with wonderful possibilities toward
shaping an epoch in the country's com
mercial advance. In fact, it is the first
conference wherein tangible data as to
the scope of the natural resources in
the United States will be presented by
The commission and a practical plan
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-29

mapped out whereby conservation may
be accomplished,
President Roosevelt Will deliver an
address the opening dav. !. ]. Hill,
John Mitchell Andrew Carnegie and a
score of others have invitations to be
present.
Since the conference seven months
ago, when the President gulckened the
interest of the entire nation IN one of
its most perplexing problems. tho Ma
tional Conservation commission has
made an inventory of the natural re
sources of the country. This inventory,
which embraces waters, minerals, for
ests and lands, Will be presented by
Clifford Pinchot, chairman Of the com
mission, who In his report to the Presl.
dent, January !, will make recommend
ations which both the work of the COM
mission and the joint conference may
suggest as vital in solving the con
scrVation problem.
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08
MYSTERY and
BILLS REMAIN
STRANGE COUPLE AFTER RESI-.
. DENcE OF ONE MONTH IN
CITY LEAVE IN NIGHT.
TOOK NURSERY ORDERS
Attempted to Realize on Farmers
Notes Worden is Name Used
Here - Claimed to Hall
From New York.

Mystery, number Of unpaid bills
and badly worded and mis-spelled
typewriter letter remain in the CITY.
giving forth suspicious odors regard.
ing one "A. Worden and one Mrs. e.
Worden. who disappeared from Of
tumwa in night, after an eccentric
residence of one month here,
incidentally there are a number of
farmers in the vicinity awaiting the
arrival Of various shipments Of nur-
sery stock which they have ordered
either from Worden or his agents, and
FOR which some of them advanced par
tial payment and notes.
Worden and his wife arrived here
about September / and rented house
located at s32 West Second street
where they supposedly have resided
Tor the past month. Their next move
was to buy an outfit of furniture for
the place from a local dealer to whom
Worden stated that he was about to
engage in business in the city and
that his partner would arrive here
early in October. He also stated that
he was from New York. His wife vol
unteered the information that she
was minister's daughter, to clinch
the credit argument.
Advertise for Agents.
Their next move was to advertise
for agents. Wanted Two men to
take orders i'll city; also two for the
country no experience need d--big
nay!" was the advertisement inserted
in the Courier number Of times A
horse was next needed and "Wanted
Ito buy horse must be cheap"
was next. submitted and paid for a
number OF times.
Residents living near Sa2 West Sec
ond street renort that their actions
in the neigbborhood have been decid.
eddy Queer" The blinds at the win.
dows were always down no smoke
was seen issuing from the chimneys
ard no liehts ever graced the win.
dows in the EVENINGS,
Credit was asked for right and left
and was denied them in many
places. Mr.. Worden commenced oper
ations with hired livery rig, and
later is supposed to have secured his
own horse, as the livery proprietor
suggested payment and Worden side
stenDed.
ceived badlv-worded letter. written
on a typewriter which stated that
illness called Mr.. Worden east. With
the letter came a kew and the re-
Guest that the proprietor OF the fur.
nit"re store take charge Of his effects
until Worden returned to the city.
The owner of the house hasn't even
letter to remember his tenants bv.
An investigation at the various OF.
tumwa banks results in the fact that
Worden has made all arremnt here to
realize on number Of farmers notes,
"iven As part payment on nursery or
ders. None Of the local banks favored
the enternrising AGENT. however, and
it is not known whether or not Mr..
Worden succeeded In realizing any
thing tangible on the paper.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08

GLIDING remarks in the short Republi-
can biography Of Col. Nose" have
the marks of blue pencil drawn
through them. The suppressed para.
graph is not uninteresting, being as
follows:
Col. Wetmore more recently was
noted for his remarks concerning the
smaliness Of Governor Haskell's con.
tribution of $4,000 to the Democratic
campaign fund The colonel is cred.
tied with saying that this wouldn't
purchase enough cocktails to wet tbs,
parched threats Of the managers Of
the national campaign at Democratic
headquarters in Chicago Cool Nose
has a goodly portion of that $4,000
900 left. it is to be presumed and q
man with s15,00O,G00 is not to be
thrown aside ligntly-even by such
an enemy to predatory wealth as Col
Bryan
This paragraph has been removed
from the account of the co'onel's SIS,
100000 victory over the tobacco trust
Says Bryan Rode on Pass.
With the colonel thus attended to-
the literary bureau Of the Republican
headquarters wrote briefly regarding
one phase of Mr.. Bryan's life, hav
ing the following to say:
In connection with the statement
made by Mr.. Bryan's managers that
the candidate never rode on fire.:
railroad pass-a claim which was
made in order to take the sting from
the finding of the John w Kern an
nual on the Big Four railroad-victol
Rosewater, head of the publicity de
partment of the Republican national
committee, said yesterday:
Mr.. Bryan's managers evidently
are trying to obscure the we'll known
fact that Mr. Bryan was shown ul
riding through California on free
pass several years ago. This was ex
posed in the San Francisco Call al
the time. Mr.. Bryan admitted he was
riding on pass, saying that it was
issued on an advertising contract with
newspaper with which he had nc
active connection at that time.
'The disclosure that Mr.. Kern has
been riding on Big Four annual and
is attorney for the railroad proves
that the railroads would have a good
friend in the presiding officer of the
senate If Mr.. Bryan and Mr. Kerr
were elected. More than this, Mr.
Bryan has announced that he will
make MT Kern a member of his cab
met, thus assuring the corporations 4
railroad attorney among his confiden
tial advisers y
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-08
HlNEs--LYNN WEDDING.
Hedrick Young People Marry in Kan
cas- city-Groom Cashier OF
National Eank

Hedrick, Oct. 7. Especially H. G..
Lynn and Winnifred Hines, were mar
ried at home Of the brides sister. Dr.
and Mrs. L. B. Foster, OF TT. Leaven-
worth, Kansas. The ceremony was
very formal and witnessed only by
the immediate relatives.
Both the contracting parties we're
reared in this community and are well
known The groom is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Jas. A. Lynn, and is cashier
OF the First National bank. The bride
is the daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Hines.
The couple returned to Hedrick on
Monday and will reside on Waugh
street.