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The Washington times., 1908-09-03
PRINTERS ENLISTED
IN HEALTH FIGHT
Consumptives to Be Brought From
the Home" as Exhibits
at the Conpress
at the Congress.

COnsumptive printers brought from the
home at Colorado Springs who are said
tc have contracted the disease while
working ia printing Offices throughout
the United States will be at the Inter
national Congress on tuberculosis,
which meets here September q. as an
exhibit demanding improved conditions
in printing Offices.
Members Of Columbia Typographical
Union, No. 101. OF this city, have been
asked 20 cooperate IN the fight for the
promotion of health in composing rooms
and it is understood that the sixty-five
or seventy union printing Offices in
Washington will be investigated and
made the subject Of a report on the mat
ter
President Lynch, Of the International
Union. has appointed a committee to
take charge Of the exhibit OF printers
and TO prepare and distribute literature
among members OF the congress telling
Of the methods employed for the care
and cure Of such persons at the home.
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
CATHOLICS PREPARE
TO GREET CARDINAL
Will Tender Great Reception
in Baltimore on Return
From Europe.

A letter directed to the Catholic pas
tors of washington has been received
from the Rev. 0. p. Corrigan, vicar
general Of the archdiocese of Baltimore,
inviting all pastors Of churches. all
Catholic societies. and all members OF
Catholic churches &c join in a reception
TO be given Cardinal Gibbons upon his
return from Europe.
Elaborate preparations are now being
made for the event which, 1t is expected,
viii be one Of the largest receptions ever
held IN the Monumental City.
J. r. Wheeler. president Of the Com
monweaitn Bank OF Baltimore. has been
selected president OF the committee on
arrangements. and will act as marshal
on the day OF the parade
All members OF Catholic societies or
churches. desiring 10 take part in the
celebration. have been requested TO at
tend the meeting at the Catholic Club,
in Baltimore. this eevning.
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
CAPT. MERRIAM DEAD.

PORTSMOUTH. n. H., Sept. g.
capt G. A Merriam. L. S. n. com
mandant Of the Portsmouth navy yard,
died yesterday following an operation
for appendicitis
He vas hfty-eight years Of age. He
commi nded the battleship Missouri on
the recent cruise OF the battleship feet
from Hampton Roads TO San Francisco.
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
PROMISES TO QUIT,
JUDGE FREES MAN
Mullowny Tells Cleary to
Buy Candy, Sign the
Pledge, and Stop
Drinking.

you'd Ike a drink now wouldn't
youT
Deed / would your EonOr."
IF / let you 20, on your promise TO
sign the pledge, viii you steer clear Of
the saloons?"
Honest / viii" was the answer
john Cleary. pale. tren bling. yet with
a look OF set determination stood In the
prisoners dock this morning facing
Judge Mullowny- TIE prisoner had re-
turned from a three days visit TO the
workhouse. His system had been par
TALLY cleansed Of whisky absorbed dur
ing a recent spree. Friends mao plead
ed for the man, and asked that lac be
given another chance.
81 want you to sign the pledge today
before your priest, and bring il to me
tomorrow morning at $50 clock VIII
YOU 10 this2" asked the Judge The
prisoner promised.
How DO you feel nova drink would
20 pretty good wouldn't d p Cleary had
To admit tHat IL would.
Il am going to give you just one NOR
chance to snow your MAJ mood. " Len
you leave this court room, stop into
The first candy store and buy 10 ceEt5
,-oTth Of the sweetest candy they have
IN stock, eat % right away, ana, per-
bHpS, that VIII hcLp 10 slaFe OF the
craving for whisky.
Those n the court room WHO heacd
Judge Mullowny hand out the foregoing
little advice could not help but be
Pleased with his methods IL IS sale
10 say that the straight-from-the-sh
der lecture did Cleary more good than
signing a hundred pledges.
Judge MullOWny has q way OF react =
ing prisoners. Obey his commands and
be Is your friend for life. Trifie wi n
him ana he never fOrgets IL. Prisoners
know this latter Is true 10 their sOl'-
row. SO CleaTy bought the candy.
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
COMMISSION WARNS
FEDERAL employees
Civil Service Officials Send
Letter to Persons Political
ly Active This Campaign.

The Civil Service Commission, by let
ters signed by President John r. Black,
has advised the various executive de
partments and Independent Government
bureaus in Washington Of its attitude
in the matter OF Government employee
who resign 70 take up political work.
The letter sent out today, is as follows:
The commission desires to inform
each OF the departments and independent
executive Offices Of its attitude toward
employees in the classified service who
resign 10 become candidates for office
or 10 engage in active political work.
and who afterward seek reinstatement.
lnasmuch as the issuance OF a ccrJi-
tcate Is discretionary with the com
mission, no certificate VIII be Issued in
any case where the party seeking rein
statement resigned with view of run
ming for office, or indulging in a degree
OF political activity which would be
prohibited If he had remained in The
service and afterward. having failed
IN his candidacy, or having iudulged in
the contemplated political activity. seeks
reinstatement"
The letter from President Black is
intended, it is believed in departmental
circles. 10 check the tendency OF the en-
ployes to give up their positions ana
enter the service OF the political com
mittees for work during the .campaien.
1t was pointed out by a Republican
leader that the Civil Service Commis-
sion is now composed entirely of Demo
Gratis, and it is charged that the commits
sion has rendered a decision in the Do
hucal activity cases before the matter
came 20 them officially in order to pre-
vent the Republicans from gaming an
advantage in the campaign.
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
SELL CENTRAL HIGH:
is STUART'S PLEA
Superintendent of Schools De-
clares Present Building Is made
quate for CitY's Needs.

On the ground that the Central High
School IS inadequate for present day
needs, Prof. A. y. Stuart, suPertntend-
ent OF schools, has declared himself in
favor of selling the property, and erect
ing a new building. Prof Stuart does
not believe that the building should De
changed into a graded school.
''The property should be sold" said
Prof. Stuart, and the proceeds used
with a fund appropriated by Congress
TO erect a new and modern school in
the more fashionable section of the
city.
What is more necessary is a build
ing for the accommodation of normal
school teachers. The present quarters
in the Franklin Building are cramped
and inadequate. We have already cho-
sen a site for the normal school ana II
we can get an appropriation from Con-
gress, the work VIII begin at once"
The Washington times., 1908-09-03

and her faet beamed. u will show him
up in Ohio. Don't you think so2'
The reporter was unsrmed, and ne
was polite, so he answered according
ly.
Fine" said Carrie, and she was so
pleased that she overwhelmed him by
decorating him with the order Of the
hatchet
''Whc do you want 10 see PRESIDENT"
she was asked
Carrie beamed again like sunshine.
and gazed fondly at picture OF Cha
fin. the Prohibiuonist candidate.
Then she permitted the reporter 10
see her new book, just from the press.
The Use and Need of the Life OF
Garry A. Nation"
Second Book for Carrie.
This is the second time that Carrie
has committed authorship. and she in
tends her latest. her autobiography, as
a surprise. With this book. she takes
the opportunity to change her name
from Carrie to Carry.
Just look at that name" she said.
Carry. Carry, Carry natiOn-see
the pOinty'
In this new book. Carrie relates her
troubles and the story Of her career as
an iCOnOclast. She pleads guilty to
siXty-si- years, and deplOres the fact
that her husband got a divorce from
her. i said l could never live with
him afterward a his wife," she writes
CarIie-Carry now-takes a fling at
Washington in her book She says she
never saw q place where men and boys
smoked so much.
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
OLDEST INHABITANTS
TAKE SIX MEMBERS
Committee Named TO Select AssO-
citation Button-Andrew Ragan
Presides at Meeting.

Six new members were admitted to
the exclusive ranks of Washington $
Oldest Inhabitants Association at last
nights meeting Of the organization, il,
its rooms in the Corcoran building. The
names Of the men were presented by
Secretary 3. W. Reiss. They are J. T.
Ford. L. 2. Chidy, W. II. II Smith,
Charles G. Sloan, William II. Hoover,
and Edward S. Schmidt. In the absence
OF President Theodore W, Noyes, An
drew II. Ragan, third vice president Of
the society. presided
A committee was appoin ed to choose
an association button, probably similar
10 that Of the G. A. r., in case this sug-
gestiOn. which was made recently, is
adopted.
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
UNBELIEVER DIES
AT RIPE OLD AGE

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. Sept. 3.-Ches-
ter Bedell, eighty-two years old, author
of "Twenty-one Battles Fought With
Relatives and Intolerance" and a self
branded infdel, died last night at his
estate in Mahoning county.
He erected on his ], 1,800-acre farm sew
eral years ago, a monument to rebuke
those who use religion as a cloak to
get their living without honest work. 0"
Bedeli was q man of strong conviction
which he never hesitated to express He
0ok pride in the fact that he was an
lnbeliever before Robert G.. IngersOll
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
MAXINE ELLIOTT
TO SEEK DIVORCE

NEW YORK, Sept. ait Is reporte d
that the separation between Nat Good-
win and Miss Maxine Elliott is final and
that Miss Elliott viii proceed at once
with a divorce action which viii not Re
contested BY her husband
Miss Elliott returned from Europe to-
day Asked II the report IS true that
j. z. Morgan IS TO finance the new Ell
liott Theater pro ject in New York. she
replied. I wish II were true. but II Is
not Mr. Shubert and I are joint part
ners IN the project. Mr.. Morgan is net
concerned in the venture"
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
TYPHOID INCREASES;
NUMEROUS NEW CASES
Report of the Health Department
Shows Forty-FOur New
Patients.

Typhoid fever continues TO increase.
according to the report OF the Health
Department for the week ending August
%. Officials OF the Health Department
say, however, they see no occasion for
anxiety, at the present time Forty-four
new cases were reported during the
week, and thirty-one discharged as re-
covered.
The record Of other contagious dis
cases under treatment is as follows:
Diphtheria, s. scarlet fever. Z; whooping
cough, l25; measles, 81; and chicken pox,
s.
There were ninety-siX deaths during
the week, tifty-four among the white
and foTty-tWO among the ColOred popu-
lation.
The births numbered 137, Of which
ninety-eight were white and thirty-nine
cOlOred infants
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
DISTRICT UNHURT
BY THE DEPRESSION
Returns at Surveyors Office Show
Great Activity in Real
Estate.
Estate

That the recent financial depression
has not affected the District Of Column
bia 10 a large extent. is the opinion Of
". P. Hazen, surveyor CT the District
Mr.. Hazen bases his opinion on the
returns of his office, which show un-
usual activity in real estate operations,
as compared with last year.
During July, the fees for making sur
veys for private persons, amounted TO
S2o3010 an increase of SgCU over the
corresponding month of 1907 From
August tc ., the fees from private
surveys amounted TO s2,12I.20, an in
crease Of s1.0l9 over the same month
last year.
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
CARS ARE STALLED
BY POTATO BUGS

BRISTOL. Conn. Sept. 3.-Potato bugs
on the rails az Lazy Lane, stalled eight
trolley cars laden with eZcursionists
bound TO Lake COmpOunce
in spite Of the terrific slaughter the
hugs held possession Of the rails until
tie car men could sand the tracks.
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
Mrs. Nation PitieS Only Can
non-Tells About Capital
in Her New Book.

Poor Uncle Joe Cannon, the Sunday
school teacher gone wrong.
Carrie Nation. the same old Carrie,
militant as ever, weeps salt tears over
the fall from righteousness Of the
Speaker Of the House OF Representa-
tives. He has been ruined, she walled
today ruined beyond all recall. by the
crowd of politicians that lured him from
mis- Bible class at Danville. Ill, and TOOK
advantage Of his unsOphisticated and
trusting nature.
While she sang the Anvil Chorus
and knocked at the head Of every
statesman and near statesman from the
President down, Uncle Joe. the wronged
saint. alone brought forth words OF
pity, and the lady Of tie tomahawk
sobt ed as she told of his erstwhile
goodness which has fed beyond recall.
Blu ne is an awful smoker" a friend
reminded Carrie.
He is?" shrieked the barrOom smash
er. Then he never was no good l
have wasted my tender sympathy. /
shall hope for him no more" So Carrie
wept over the scattered fragments OF
her fallen idol
Cleaning Up Capital
Carrie is putting in some heavy IicKs
today, making Washington a spOtIsss
town. She called On Commissioner Mae
farland yesterday, and gave him bad
half hour while she stood before his
desk, eyes flashing and tongue working
with lightning speed. Then she depart
ed, ard the commissioner heave1 a sigh
and felt that he earned his salary.
Before she went to the District build
ing, Carrie talked 10 a hopeless report
er. and bewiIdered him with he- plans
to put Mr. Taft out of the political
business.
What do you think of him?" she was
asked.
He's a putty man." she answered
The Washington times., 1908-09-03

SI.25 To Annapolis and Return.
Via The Electric Line" Visit the u. 8
Naval Academy. See time schedule 70
trains.-Advt
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
So To Baltimore and Return.

every day via THE Electric Line. Twi-
light excursions 81. 90 round trip, 4 p. N.
returning up to midnight. Saturday and
Sunday excepted. See time schedule
AdvL
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
Baltimore and Ohio Excursion.

s100 to Harpers Ferry and Martins
burg, Sl35 20 Berkeley Springs %2.00 to
Cumberland and return. Special train
leaves Union Station Sis a. m. Sunday,
September 6.
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
Cleaning Up Capital.

Four Hours Sail on Cool Chespes
Bay four days a week, $1.00 round tr.r
See ticket agent The Electric Line
14th and New York ave.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1908-09-03
Sc Week-End Excursions

to Atlantic Seaside resorts. via Balti-
more & Ohio r. r. every Friday and
Saturday. Consult agents--Adv-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-22
Petrarch.

Petrarch was at this time young
man Of engaging appearance, comely
if not strikingly handsome, with a
high color and a complexion rather fair
than dark. His eyes were animated
in expression and remarkably keen Of
sight-in the Laurentian library por-
trait they are rather small, but very
clear and beautiful-he was of middle
height, and his limbs, though not very
strong, were well knit and agile. In
early and middle life his health was
robust, and he was extremely tenn
perate in his habits, drinking nothing
but water throughout his childhood
and down to the close of the period
of YOUTH From the Laurentian por-
trait we see further that he had an
intellectual face, with a rather low
but very massive forehead, large,
straight nose, delicately arched eye
brows, high and well modelled cheek
bones and beautiful mouth, with lips
that shut at once firmly and smilingly
l-"Petrarch, His Life and Times"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-22

tenn must have involved an immense
amount OK self control and character.
Not only did he like to watch PEG.
pie with fine stomachs eat difficult
things, but he was forever buying
choice articles of food for them to eat
out Of his presence. He had sort of
mania for buying fancy foods and the
most expensive in the market too.
Whenever I'd see an oyster wagon
backing up in front of my house with
big barrel Of choice oysters in the
tail Of the cart for me knew that my
old friend was in Washington for the
winter. That's the way he'd announce
himself. Or he'd send up to the house
some queer rich cheese, very fancy
stock, or some barbecue or guava
jelly that had caught his eye or a
brace Of redheaded or canvasback duck
or an assortment of cartridges or an
invoice of reedbirds always some
thing high class and tasty and usually
something that belonged in the domain
Of epicuredom. His idea was that this
stuff was meant to be eaten by people
Of sufficient knowledge to appreciate
such articles, and If he feouldn't eat
that sort of stuff himself, why, he
wasn't going to be debarred the pleas
! ure of providing it for others not so
well able to afford it as he.
"A quaint man and a generous one,
and those Of us who had the honor of
his friendship learned lot from the
sort of restraint that he practiced
through so many, many years of his
fe."-Washingto Star.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-22
Plants That Poison One Another.

It is a matter of common observation
that grass does not grow SO we'll close
to trees as in the open. The same is
true of grains. Experiments In Eng
land and in this country have shown
that the deleterious effects Of the near
neighborhood of grass and trees are
mutual. The tree suffers as well as the
grass and grain. This is especially
true of fruit trees. The cause is as
cribed to the excretions by the trees, on
the one hand. of substances poisonous
to the grass and by the grass; on the
other hand, of substances poisonous to
the trees 1t thus appears that the fail
ure of grass to grow well near trees
should not be ascribed to too much
shade nor to the exhaustion by the
| tree roots of the food supply needed by
! the grass.-Exchange,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-22
A PERSON oBsEssED.

The Victim of an lnsistent and Conn
pusive Habit Of Action.
The word "obsession" may be defined
as an insistent and compulsive thought,
habit Of mind or tendency to action.
The person so burdened is said to be
obsessed.
Few children are quite free from OBJ
session. Some must step on stones;
others must walk or avoid cracks;
some must ascend the stairs with the
right foot first; many must kick posts
or touch objects certain number of
times. Some must count the windows,
pictures and figures on the wall paper;
some must bite the nails or pull the
eye winkers.
Consider the nail bitter. 1t cannot be
said that he tolls not, but to what end?
Merely to crafty an obsession. He
nibbles little here and little there;
he frowns, elevates his elbow and in
verts his finger to reach an otherwise
inaccessible corner. Does he enjoy it?
No, not exactly, but he would be mis-
cradle if he discontinued.
It is during childhood that we form
most of the automatic habits which
are to save time and thought in later
life, and it is not surprising that some
foolish habits creep in. AS a rule,
children drop these tendencies at need,
just as they drop the rules assumed
in play, though they are sometimes SO
absorbing as to cause Inconvenience.
| An interesting instance was that of
the boy had to touch every one
wearing anything red. On one occa-
sion his whole family lost their train
because of the prevalence Of his color
among those waiting in the station.
The longer these tendencies are re-
tanned in adult life the greater the dam
ger of their becoming coercive. And
so far as the well established case is
concerned, the obsessive act must be
performed, though the business, social
and political world should come to a
standstill.
A child who must kick posts is father
to the man who cannot eat an egg
which has been boiled either more OF
less than four minutes, who cannot
work without absolute silence, who
cannot sleep if steam pipes crackle
and who must straighten out all tan
giles of his life, past, present and flu.
ture, before he can close his eyes In
slumber or take vacation.
4 The boy Carlyle, proud, shy, sensi
tive and pugnacious, was father to the
man who made war upon neighbors
poultry and had room, proof against
sound, specially constructed for his
literary labors. Lippincott's Maya
zine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-22
State, County and City Directory

SETON; II C. Flint, Jamestown; J. w. Max
we'll, Walhalla.
optometry Board-E. P. sundberg, Fargo;
W. r. Blakely, Grafton. z, A. Nelson,
Maxbass J. NJ. Ness, Wahpeton; A. Q.
Void, Langdon.
State Live Stock Sanitary Board--Dugald
Campbell, Kintyre; W. 1. Richards, Dick
inson; Andrew Veitch, Grand Forks; E. ]:
Walsh, Willow City; J. w. Robinson, Coal
Harbor. Executive officer, w. F. Crewe,
Devils Lake.
State Library Commission Frank J. Thomp-
son, Fargo; w. L. Stockwell; Mrs. Minnie
C.. Budlong, Bismarck; Zana K: Miller,
librarian and director for commission.
BARRIERS Examining Board-Chas. Elsberry
Rola; Edward Richardson, Devils Lake; J.
L. Hooker. Fargo.
Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners--F,
L. Cusack, Darlington; S. P. Smith, Cando;
J.. F. Sylvester, Langdon.
State Historical Society-C. F. Amidon, Far
go, President; M. H. Jewell, Bismarck
Vice President; O.. 6. Libby, University
Secretary; J. Z. Cashel, Grafton, Treas
urer; E. R. Steinbrueck, Bismarck, fele
officer;
State Weather and Crop Service-O. w. Rob
eits, director, Bismarck.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-22
State Boards and officers

Adjutant General Thomas H. Poole, Bis
marck.
State Oil Inspector-Frank A. Wilson, Bath.
gate.
.Supt. of Public HEALTH. Grassick, Grand
Forks.
Vice President Board of Health Chas. E.
Bennett, Aneta. q
Official Estray Paper-Sentinel, Cooperstown.
Superintendent State Capitol-D. M. Slattery.
District Game Wardens-First district, w. N:
Smith, Grafton. Second district, Olaf
Bjorke, Abercrombie.
State Board of Pardons-Gov. john Burke.
ex-oficio; Hon. d. E. Morgan, ex-oficio;
Hon. T. F. McCue, ex-of6cio; Charles Wing,
Darlington; w. A. Fulloerson, Devils Lake.
Board Of Trustees Of Public Property-John
Of State; H. L. Holmes, State Auditor.
State Auditing Board-yohn Burke, Cover
nor; H. I. Holmes, State Auditor; 7. F..
McCue, Attorney General
State Banking Board-John Burke, Governor;
Alfred Blaisdell, Secretary of State; I. +.
McCue, Attorney General.
State Board of Pharmacy-H: L. Haussamen,
Grafton; w. S. Parker, Lisbon; J. NJ: S.
Wiser, Fargo; Walter Master, Willow City;
H. H. Bsteman, Cooperstown
Fargo; G. A. Carpenter, Fargo; F. R.
smyth, Bismarck; J. ?. Aylen, Sheldon; +.
Woutat Grand Gaoh For Ns;e W. c; + H9parI
-
Rowe, Casselton.
State Irrigation and Drainage. R. Atkin-
son, Engineer, Bismarck, N. D.
State Board of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Audi
tor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commits
sioner Of Agriculture. Sessions at Capitol
hrst Tuesday in August each year.
Bar Association A. Libby. Park River
President; John Carmody, Hillsboro, Vice
President; w. H. Thomas, Leeds, Secre
tary and Treasurer.
State Board of Bar Examiners-Andrew A
Bruce Grand Forks; Emerson nneo T. =: Smith II
Hoskins, clerk of supreme court, ex-offcic
secretary and treasurer. Regular examina
tons at Grand Forks the first Tuesday II
June and in Fargo first Tuesday in Decem
Der.
State Board of Dental Examiners-H. I
Startling, Fargo; w. J. Brownlee, Devil
Lake; George. I. Mcdonald, jamestown; :, !
C. Sweet, Minot; F. w. Chandler, Vale
City.
State Board of Embamers-E. F. Gilbert, Cas-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-22
State

Governor-John Burke.
Lieutenant Governor-R. S. Lewis.
Secretary of State-Alfred Blaisdel
Auditor-H. L. Holmes.
Treasurer-Albert Peterson.
Attorney General-T. F. McCue.
Commissioner of Insurance.. c. Cooper.
Supt Public Instruction-W. L. Stockwell.
Commissioner of Agriculture-W. c. Gilbreath
Commissioners of Railroads.. S. Deisem
Erick Stafnc, Simon Westby; secretary
w. Foley.
Board of University and School Lands-Supt
of Public Instruction, Governor, Attorney
General, Secretary of State, State Auditor
o. /. Hegge, commissioner.
Public Examiner-Oli Knudson.