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The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-05

In Various Mexican states the SOM
brero. that picturesque adjunct of the
Mexican, is to be placed under heavy
tax. in hope, it is said, to abolish it
entirely. 1t is said that this hat, often
six feet wide from brim to brim. often
costs so much that the average work
ingrnan spends years wages for 1t.
The tax takes the form of license.
with number affixed, and there will
be thus induced an aristocracy of the
peon who wears the sombrero as com,
pared with the peon who gives it up.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-05

From Rome comes the odd romance
OF convict in the penal settlement on
the island of Lampadusa, near Sicily,
who has just been set free, nearly
three years before his term for larceny
expired, to enter into the enjoyment
OF the great fortune which he had in
berited last spring from his aunt, be-
sides villa on the lake of Como and
a city fiat filled with costly and beau
tiful works of art. 1t was no doubt felt
that 1t would be easy for him to be
good with all the money he needed,
and that he woul be better off than in
Jail. He promptly married a widow
whom he had engaged as housekeeper
and they spent their honeymoon at
the convict settlement at Lampadusa.
While prisoner he had found the lack
of any way of telling time a great
trial. and he presented to his late
companions a handsome clock to be
placed in tower where it can be
heard striking the long hours.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-05

There is a very strict law against
any British officer accepting any gift
from native prince In India Even
when doctor may have performed
some serious operation upon rajah,
who. being grateful, wishes to give
exclusive of a money fee varying from
f20o to f1,0co. according to the op-
Grafton performed-a present of
shawl. golden cup or other similar
valuable. the doctor must obtain spe-
cial permission from the viceroy be-
fore he dare accept the present. If
any officer accepts gift of any value
without such permission he may have
TO resign. This rule was made be-
cause, in the old days, when the East
India company governed India, an off,
GERS pickings and the presents. often
extorted from the rajah. were worth
much more to him than his salary
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-05

The island of Celebes, nearly half
OF which is still almost unknown. has
now been connected by cable with the
neighboring island of Borneo. and also
with the American island of Guam.
far to the north. 1t has thus been
brought into close touch with the rest
of the world. for it is Joined to all
parts of the eastern hemisphere
through Borneo and to the western
hemisphere through Guam and San
Francisco
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-05
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There seems to be a general impression
than city life is enervating alike to physical
health and to morals, that for real bodily
vigor and the uncontaminated virtues you
must go to the country.
There is shop-worn saying about the
necessity of returning to the soil every third
generation. 1t is argued that, like the fa-
bled Antaeus, the human race must be re-
newed and rejuvenated by actual contact
with mother earth. Isn't this really one of
the pretty fctions that pass current because
no one ever took the trouble to contradict
them?
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-05

Steel rails are going down in price.
but they will have to be put up IN
more convenient sizes and packages
before the average man will feel con-
strained to take some home to the
loved ones.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-05

A farmer living within the limits of
Greater New York was almost asphyx-
gas when he found 1t necessary to
stay all night in the city. 1t appears
that New York continues to be rather
provincial.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-05
GRAIN.

Wheat, choice milling, per 100 lbs.
s1.35. Rye, Colorado, bulk. per 100 lbs,
$1.10. Oats. bulk. Nebraska, No. 8,
white, $3.50; same in sacks, s1.60.
Corn, in bulk, s1.17; in sack, $1.22.
Corn chop, sacked, $1.23. Bran. Colo
RADIO, per 100 lbs, $1.10. Rolled oats,
cwt, $1.65 @1.70. Flaked barley, cwt.,
S1.55.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-05

The fashionable prejudice against
horses with white feet is disappearing.
One of New Yorks millionaires in or.
dering carriage horses expressly stipu-
lates that they shall have white faces
and white feet.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-05
Libraries
Workers
Public Libraries
Aid the Indus
trial Workers
By DIR. HORACE G. WADLIN.
Librarian, Boston Public Library.

public library provides for the industrial worker the books
that can help him work and higher pay 1t provides
opportunities in this direction before open yet fully
used only partly appreciated Nevertheless many
men especially using them to their profit and ul
tinaey to benefit of the community Others Will follow
their example, the advantages become clearly
1t is unfortunately true that many persons have been
drawn into our industries without much preparation They
have so to speak, drfted into hem pressed by the necessity
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-05
HAY.

Upland, per ton. s9.5O@1O.50; second
bottom, s700@S.00; timothy. $1,000
1000; alfalfa s7.00@S.0O; straw, $3.50
@4.5O; South Park wire grass, $1,000
@13.00.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-05
HOGS.

Comparative receipts
Month to February 2sth. ..... 31,7O1
same period last year ..... 20, ,4O2
Increase ....... ........ 1929
Year to date ................ 59,76S
Same period last year ....... 37,144
Increase ....... .... 22,624
The following quotations represent
the range of prices paid on this mar
ket:
Bulk of sales ... 4.30
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30
WANTS MERIT MADE THE TEST
DIRECTOR NORTH URGES SELEC-
TONS FROM ELIGIBLE LIST.
Cost Of Taking Next Census Will
Not Be Much More Than That Of
Taking the Previous One.

The cost of taking the next census,
as estimated by Director North in his
annual report just issued, will be w.
93O.WO. The director points with pride
to the fact that this sum is but S4l0,oOO
more than the cost of the census OF 1900.
and says that this will be accomplished
lin spite of the enormous growth in the
population during the last decade-a
growth largely contributed by foreign
born people. who do not speak English, a
class which it is very expensive and very
difficult TO enumerate. If the work can
be done for this sum 1t will be the first
time in the history of the nation that a
census has been taken and compiled at
practically the same cost as the prior
enumeration The increase, he says.
heretofore from decade to decade, has
been about 80 per cent.
The enormous saving, says the director,
will be effected by reason of the exist
ence of the permanent census bureau and
the installation of the bureaus own tab
ulating machines, which, he states, Will
do the work faster and more efficiently
than the machines which were rented.
notwithstanding the congressional re-
quirement that appointments must be
made on the basis of non-competitive eX-
aminations the director says that per-
sonal and political pressure must, in the
end. become the determining factor. and
he therefore asks to be relieved from this
unfortunate situation He favors the
appointment of clerks on the basis Of
their standing on the list of eligibles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30
HUNT FOR C0L0REO SLAYER
LOUIS GREEN CHARGED WITH
KILLING MASSEY.
Printing Office Fireman Disappears
After Shooting Fiancee's Brother
at Arlington, Va.

Magistrate Lewis Dalbert conducted an
inquest at Arlington. Va. this morning
over the remains of Charles Massey. col
ored, who, it is charged. was shot ana
killed last night by Louis *. Green. also
colered. who is employed as a fireman IN
the government printing office. The jury
heard the testimony of witnesses and re-
turned a verdict accusing Green of the
crime. Green had not been apprehended
this morning and BILE George r.
Dennis called at police headquarters this
afternoon with a warrant Tor his arrest.
1t was learned by the detectives that
Green had not reported at his place OF
employment since the shooting.
Green who is about twenty eight years
of age, is property owner at East Ar
lington where Massey also lived. 1t was
in evidence at the inquest that Ereeh
called at the house of man also named
Green, only short distance from MS
home, last night shortly before midnight
and found Massey in conversation with d
young woman.
The woman testified that Louis *.
Green shot Massey without saying word
to him and left the house Immediately
after the shooting.
The bullet entered the side of the vic
tim. and death ensued a few minutes
later a message was sent to the local
police shortly after midnight requesting
them to make an effort to locate Green.
but if he came to this city the police did
not find him.
While the testimony heard at the in
quest this morning failed to disclose the
motive for the shooting, it is believed by
the county authorities that Green was
angry because Massey objected to him
marrying his tMassey'S) sister.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30
THREE INJURED IN JOY RIDE
CHAUFFEUR UNHURT, TRIES
TO RUN AWAY.
One Companion Probably Will Die
Another Has Brain Conclusion
and Thirds Rib Is Broken.

NEW YORK November 30.-An all
night Joy ride in a borrowed automobile
came to a disastrous end early today,
when the big touring car swerVed from
a road in Brooklyn tore through an iron
fence and plunged into a deep cut, where
the Long Island railroad enters the tun-
mel at Atlantic avenue.
One of the four passengers was proba-
bly, fatally hurt. two others were badly
injured and the machine was smashed.
The chauffeur escaped without a scratch
and fed from the scene. He was quick
ly located by the police and taken into
custody.
The man most seriously hurt is Bertram
Senwck, clerk, aged twenty years. OF
Glendale. L. |. His skull was fractured
and he was internally injured. There Is
practically no chance for his recovery.
Frederick Blackenborn, a butcher.
whose home also is at Glendale. suffered
conclusion OF the brain. Louis Thiesen,
a Glendale silk weaver, twenty-three
years old, sustained a rib fracture.
Charles Fl. Holman, the chauffeur. who
is under arrest, is a nephew of Mrs. j.
Ga scome. owner of the automobile.
The party had spent the night at Coney
Island and was returning home when
the accident occurred. The machine was
being driven at a high rate of speed.
1t plunged through the iron fence at the
same spot where Martin Connolly. jr..
was killed in a similar accident October
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30
METHODS TO BE COPIED.
Russians Pleased With the Govern
ment Printing Office

Jean de Nazimoff chamberlain to the
Russian emperor. and MS secretary,
Anatole Issaeff made close inspection
OF the government printing Office today.
They made an informal call at the office
Saturday but deferred investigation uD-
til today
Russia has appropriated s1.OOO.O00 for
the installation of modern machinery and
methods in the Russian printing office
and the chamberlain and his secretary
have been sent TO investigate the Amer
lean printing office.
President Frank \. Kidd. chief of the
editorial and proofreading section, es-
corted the visitors through his depart
ment and explained the workings of the
editorial. prOOfreading and revising sec
tions. They remarked that the manner
in which copy and proofs were handled
was superior TO any they had seen. NJ
Nazmof gave hearty approval of the
practicability of methods of examination
and announced that AS nearly as possible
the editorial and proofread:ng section
would be used as model in the Russian
plant
The Russian plant is not to be as large
as the Washington prlntery. but the
methods and machinery used in all
branches here will be copied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30
USE OF OPPORTUNITIES.
First Sermon of New Pastor of West
Street Presbyterian Church.

Rev. DR.. James T. Marshall began his
pastorate at the West Street Presbyterian
Church yesterday. preaching his first SER
mon to his new congregation in the morn
ing. He took as the text, He passed by
on the Their side" frrn the tenth chapter
of St. Luke.
THE secret of all success lies in our
use of the opportunities which come to US
by the way declared DR.. Marshall.
Those who are waiting to do great
things end by doing nothing. Ones char
acter is disclosed by his use of his way
side opportunities.
Moody once said, Character is what d
man is in the dark. George Eliot in her
creation of the character of Adam Bede
attempted to describe perfect life The
strength of Adam Bede was apparent only
to those who knew him in his home life.
Fidelity IS a matter of principle and
has no relation to the size of the task.
Great deeds are never done to order. A
fruitful life Is impossible to one who is
careless as to the little duties. The world
is to be saved by the personal work of
individual Christians rather than by great
evangelistic meetings. though these have
their value. Luke wrote his gospel foT
one man. and Jesus spent a whole even
ing talking with one man. Nicodemus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30
JOHN A. BRESNAHAN DEAD.
Member of Former First District
Regiment Passes Away.

John A. Bresnahan. a local business
man and veteran of the war with Spain.
died at OILS o'clock this morning at his
home. 2501 Wisconsin avenue. Death was
due to a complication of disorders. the
effect. it is said, Of his military service
in the tropics as a member of the LIST
District Of Columbia Volunteer Infantry
in 1898. Mr.. Bresnahan had been In fail
ing health since the campaign in Cuba.
and for the past six weeks had been under
the constant care of a physician.
Mr.. Bresnahan was born In the District
about forty years ago. and resided here
since. He had been in the grocery bust
ness at 10Th and n streets for about
seven years. He served private In
Company l. of the District regiment, and
was a member of the District of Columbia
branch of the Society of the Army OF
Santiago de Cuba and of Richard j. Har-
den Camp. United Spanish War Veterans.
His wife who was Miss Pauline Heit-
muller and two authenticated sand
Pauline II. Bresnahan-survive him.
The funeral will be held from the family
residence at 2:3O o'clock Wednesday aft
ernoon The interment will be In Airing
ton with military honors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Capt. Frederic II. Pomroy, commissary,
is relieved from duty as assistant to the
purchasing commissary. New York city.
and will proceed to Manila, Philippine
Islands, on the transport Fitzpatrick, for
assignment to duty.
By direction of the President. and upon
the application of Sergt. John Chesnick.
band. Both Infantry, that soldier will be
placed upon the retired list.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted First Lieut. Goodwin Compton,
18th Infantry.
First Lieut.. Thomas l.. Coles, Coast Ar
tillery Corps, is transferred from the Sd
Company to the Both Company
Naval Movements.
The cruiser Tacoma has arrived at Port
au Prince. the cruiser Charleston at Ca
wife and the auxiliary Glacier at Sydney.
The gunboat Dolphin has sailed from
Washington for Guantanamo. the torpedo
boats Wilkes and Marlborough, the yacht
Sterling from Boston for Bradford. the
tug Potomac from Guantanamo for San
tiago. the auxiliaries Panther and Culgoa
from Cavite for Colombo and the auxil-
larry Yankton from Cavite for Singapore.
Student Officers Ride Rally.
The officers who are pursuing the
course of studies at the War College at
Washington barracks are enjoying a new
feature of the institution in the shape OF
daily staff rides. The start is made each
day at am. and the return is timed
to be between and ) pm. Each ride is
devoted to some special problem of STRAIT
egy or of defensive disposition of troops
and fortifications and the few movements
of the civil war, that involved the Ma
tional capital also are made the subject
Of study incidentally with the examina-
ton of the terrain surrounding the city
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30
THIEVES ARE BUSY.
Three Homes Entered and Jewelry
and Clothing Taken.

Complaint was made, to the police last
evening of a theft committed at the house
of Mrs Morris Kaufman. 1452 9Th street
northwest. yesterday afternoon. 1t is re-
ported a colored man was seen to enter
the house through the basement door. and
Mrs. Kaufman says a silver pitcher and
several articles Of jewelry were taken.
The police were also informed of a
theft committed at the home OF the Rev.
Charles Young, 728 Howard avenue. Hills
dale. Saturday His house was ransacked
during his absence and watch and pair
of earrings taken.
Mrs Childs, living at ) b street north
west, complained of the theft OF two
coats and a hat. They were taken from
a rack In the hall yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30
WAR DEPARTMENT CHANGES.
Appointments and Promotions Under
Civil Service Rules-Resignatio

Civil Service Rules-Resignation
Changes in the classified service of the
War Department are announced as fol-
lows:
Appointments under civil service rules:
The adjutant generals off1ce-Benjam j.
Askew, assistant messenger, at $72O per
annum. Office of the judge advocate gen.
eral-John Robinson, assistant messen-
ger. $I2O per annum. Office of the quar-
termaster general-Edwin H. King, writer
of specifications and computer, at 81 .2OO.
Office of the surgeon general. James +.
Gaddis, clerk, at $1,000. Bureau of in
sular affairs-Elmina Cobb, charwoman.
at s24O; William Pannell, messenger, at
$40; Arthur Woodmansee, clerk, at 81, OOo.
Promotions-Office of the quartermaster
general: Frank H. Benjamin, clerk, from
$500 to 81 600 per annum: Daniel j. Bar
ton, clerk, from 81 400 to $1,000. The ad-
iutant generals office: Juan NJ. Herrera,
clerk, from 81. 900 to 81 200. Office of the
secretary of war: Edward F. Ramsay
clerk from $500 to $1,000: John n Burke
from assistant messenger at $72O. to mes
senger at $40: Frank D. Shawn, clerk
from $1,000 to s1.2OO: Charles L. Harris
from skilled laborer at $500 to clerk a,
81 900; Nicholas G. Morgan. clerk. from
s72O to $500 ONCE Of the chief signal
OUlCSr. NICOISt TAtl SiSihs itOii WV"
to $1,000; Joseph A. Duffy, clerk. from
$40 to $500. Office OF the chief of ord
rance: James A. Campbell. skilled laborer.
from $3.50 to $500: Robert w. Callahan,
clerk. from $500 to $1,000. Office of the
chief of staff: James Moran, messenger,
from $500 to 500: Claude B. Phelps. clerk,
from 81 coo to 81, 300; Robert H. Davis,
clerk, from $500 to $1,000; Scott r. Dam
pier messenger. from $500 to $40; Peter
p. Little. from laborer (classif1edl. al
$3.50 to messenger at $500: Earle E. Fred
erick clerk, from 800 to $1,000: John
Joseph McCune, clerk. from 500 to $500.
designations: Office Of the chief signal
officer-James A. Neville. clerk at $1,000
per annum. Office of the chief OF ord
|nance-Gustav A. Schaub, clerk at 81, 200;
James S. Currier. skilled craftsman at
81 200: Carl L. North. skilled craftsman
at 81 200, and Charles Kunz. jr.. clerk at
$500. The adjutant generals offce-John A.
Homer. clerk at 81 200. and Thos. Dolan.
laborer (unclassified) at $3.50. Office of the
Secretary of War-Frank F. Fossler. mes
senger at $40. and Clayton l.. Policy, as
sistant messenger at $40 per annum. Bu-
reau Of insular Enthusiastically j. Nc
Kinnon. clerk at $1,000. and Harry G.
Getchell, clerk at $1,000. Office of the
chief of staff-William r. Graham, clerk
at 81 900: Percy s. Gray, clerk at 81 200:
Milton P. Oldham. messenger at $72O;
Joseph Snolinski, clerk at $1,000, and
Miss Eva Ammen, clerk at 81 900. Office
of the commissary generaEMiss Mary S.
Bomberger. clerk at $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30
LOCKERS FOR MATINEE HATS
Manager of Paris Theater. Provides
Them for Patrons.

From Town and Country.
A clever theatrical manager il Paris
has found a way Of solving the matinee
hat question. which has been vexing that
city. 1t has all along been urged, and
with reason. that hat costing over 500
should not be left In the cloakroom with
sticks and overcoats.
NJ Gemier. who manages the Theater
Antoine. appreciated the reasonableness
of this argument. and has pleased the
women of Paris by catering to their hats
instead of ordering them out of the the
alter when they. refused to leave them In
the cloakrOom.
He has lined the corridors of his play
house with pigeonholes and fitted mirrors
at convenient places. Every lady on
booking her seat gets a key which fits
the pigeonhole allotted to her place, and
she can thus rest assured that her latest
piece of millinery will not suffer This is
q far wiser arrangement than rising in
wrath against the matinee hat, for nova
days there is often a good deal Of coli
fure attached to a hat. and the locker
system keeps the secret
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30

Maryland rain and warmer tonight
Tuesday rain. colder in the afternoon
and night: increasing south to south
west winds.
The southwestern storm of Saturday
moved almost due northward. joining ovel
Minnesota with another from the north.
west. The single storm is OF marked
character. and 1t has caused quite gen
eral rains east of the Rocky mountains
except in the Atlantic states. A colo
wave with high pressure and snow fol-
lows closely from the northwest, ano
temperatures from degrees to is de-
grees below zero are reported from the
British northwest Over the eastern hall
of the country temperatures are abnor
mally high for the season.
Rain will be quite general tonight an6
Tuesday in the Ohio valley. the middle
Atlantic states and the lower lake re-
gion. possibly turning into snow Tues
day in the latter district.
1t will be warmer tonight In the mid
die Atlantic states and colder In the
Ohio valley and western lower lake re-
gion. 1t will be colder quite general,
Tuesday over the eastern portion of the
country. becoming much colder Tuesday
night
Storm warnings are displayed on the
lower lakes
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast Will De StTOiS SOulnWeSlSTiy VI
the south Atlantic coast light to fresh
southwesterly and on the east gulf coast
light to fresh and mostly southweserly
Steamers departing today for Euro.
pean ports will have fresh to moderately
strong southwesterly winds, with rain
Monday night and Tuesday, to the Crane
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inChes) has been reported during the
twenty-fOur hours ending am. Sun.
day: Fort Worth. 1913: Oklahoma, 1.72
Memphis, lis: Fort Smith, LOO: WITCH
tia. 1876: Dodge City. 1874: Taylor. 10
Bentonville, 1.52; lola, 1876. ---... -.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 7:27 am and 7:4s
pm high tide. "a am. and lib pm
Tomorrow-Low tide. 1924 am. and
s:56 pm; high tide, 1:39 am. and 2:1E
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 6:59 am; sun sets
4:40 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. am.
Moon sets 11:45 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps al
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset
extfnguiShing begun one hour before
sunrise. All arc and incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinguished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, W. Va. November
30.-Both rivers clear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30
ANNOUNCEMENT JUST MADE.
Miss Anna E. Alvey Married to
John v. Jamison. Jr.. Sept. g.

Announcements has just been made of
the marriage of Miss Anna f. Alvey
Daughter of the late Chief Justice Alvey
o: the District Court of Appeals, TO John
V. Jamison. jr.. which occurred in Alex
andria, Va, September . The ceremony
was performed by Rev Edgar Carpenter.
rector of Grace L. r.. Church, at the rec
tory. Mr.. and Mrs. Jamison are now in
Philadelphia on a visit.
The couple. both OF whom live In
Hagerstown. met in Washington where
Miss Alvey visiting. and went to
Alexandra. accompanied by Keith Mel
Vile. friend OF Mr.. Jamison and the
Only witness of the ceremony. Mr. Jami-
son is we'll known in society circles in
Hagerstown and is member of the Como
cocheague Club.