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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-29

BEFORE the House committee, which
is investigating the subject of the tariff
on wood pulp as affecting the price OF
news print paper, and also whether or
not there is g combination of psper
makers 10 restraint of trade, John Nor
ris, representing the paper committee
of the American Newspaper Publishers
Association, yesterday submitted further
evidence in support of the associations
charge that such combination exists
aud that the price of paper has been
arbitrarily raised. Mr.. Norris refuted
the contention of the manufacturers that
increase in price has been partly due to
TO higher freight rates, and submitted a
communication from the Interstate Com
merce Commissioners showing the freight
rates from the principal mills to the larger
consuming points, from which it appeared
that with one or two exceptions there
had been no increase for several yesrs,
and in two instances the statement
showed reduction in rates. Con-
tiuuing his testimony Mr.. Norris
said he had been assured by publishers
all over the country that the paper max
ers we're in conclusion and he thought
this information WIS bourne out by the
uniformity in prices.
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mittee investigating the price of print
paper that 8 trust controls the paper
business. He contended that all mills
had settled on $50 ton for paper and
had divided the teri tory among tnem'
President Roosevelt today received d
medal from the management OF the
jamestown Exposition. The Presen1a-
ton. was made by Fl. st. George
Tucker: Director-GeDfrA Martin; U.
Brooks johnson al d G. F. shepherd.
The medal Dwss The first one Issued for
presentation to prominent men VINO as
sisted the exposition.
One million dollars is given 10 ex-
slaves and their heirs By the terms OF d
bill reported to the House today by the
committee on banking and cunency.
The messure hiss already passed the
Senate. 1t is intended to reimburse the
negroes who lost money in the Freed
mems bank which Tss established Tor
the colored race soon after the war.
The Senate committee on public lands
TODAY authorized a favorable report on
the bill to open the Fort Keogh Mil'-
tary Reservation in Montana to settle
ment. The bill grants 100 acres of the
land and the buildings to the State. and
100 acres each to Mills City, and the
Custer County Fair Association.
William r. Wheeler, of Alpine, CAL,
who was offered the place of Assistant
Secretary of Commerce and Labor several
days ago, called at the White HOnse to-
day, and accepted the place. Wheeler
is at present member of the lmml2rs-
ton Commission.
Secretary TAFT, in response to the
resolution of the House directing the
War Department to extend necessary re-
lief to the tornado sufferers of the south,
issued orders today 10 the quarlsrmssteTs
and commisssry departments directing
that supplies be issued upon the request
OF Major Devol who has gone 10 Hat
tiesburg to take charge of the situation.
Louis Lundy, the negro with whom
Representative Helm had trouble In 2
street car recently, has been sent to jail
on charge of asSaultiDg Mamie Hick-
man, an aged and parslytic negress.
The Senate this afternoon again stepped
aside from precedent. and although the
widow of Major General Wheston has an In.
come of s., 500, voted her special pension OF
| $50 month.
When the House committee on banking
and currency meets tomorrow, it will take up
the revised form of the Vreeland emergency
currency bill which Mr.. Vreeland will intro
duce in the House today.
The President received today kilograms
from Governor Noel of Mississippi and the
tornado relief committees of Hattiesburg and
Purvis thanking him for the prompt meas
ures he took TO relieve the distress of the
storm sufferers. The governors MESSAGE de-
scrioed tie storm at some length and told the
immediate vicinity was So killed. There
were also 200 wounded and 1000 r-ndered
homeless in that vicinity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-29
Mass at St. Pstrick's Cathedral.

New York, April 29.-Six thousand
and one chlldren-tbe odd one being
Mark Twain, the youngest OF them all
filed ST. Patriek's Cathedral today al
the solemn high mass, the chief event Of
children's day in the weeks programme
was celebrating the centenary of the
founding of the diocese Of New York.
Mark Twain, with mis- flowing white
hair, and wearing 4 light grey suit
aud hat, said be was one of the
children. He pleaded his love for the
little ones and special seat was arranged
for near the altar.
The Ri. Rev. Thomas A. Burke,
biSop Of Albany, WIS celebrant Of the
mass, assisted by r.. Rev. Mgr. DIR. J.
). NJ. Lynch rs descOp, and the Rsv.
Thomas A. Thornton IS sub. deacon.
The sermon was delivered by the Rev.
J. Raymond Meagher, 0. P.
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Expect TroubIe at Funeral.

New York, April 29.-The police
are much psrturbed today as to whether
demonstration will ba made at the
funeral of Selig Silverstein, the would
be bomb thrower, who died yesterday.
The premature explosion of the bomb cost
Silvertein's own life. He died yesterday.
While no de6oiie arrangements for the
funeral have yet been made, II is known
that many Of his former associates will
follow his body to the grave, and the
police are today taking precautionary
measures to preserve order.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-29
West Virginia Republicans,

Parkersburg, W. Va, April 29.-The
republican State convention To name
delegates to the ;lionsl convention Is
being held here today, and while they
will not get down to business until this
afternoon, it is all fixed that the four
delegates at-lsrge will be for Taft. The
utmOs. enthusiasm was shown for Taft
in the early STAGES Of the convention,
and all the auii-Taft csnd dates for dele
gates we're snubbed openly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-29
Trump Hand Kills Woman,

Muskegou, Mich, April pa full
baud Of trumpI brought death to Mrs.
William Ward, Of North Muskegou, in
game Of Pedro last nigh. Mrs. Ward
was visiting at friends home and some
one suggested cards. She was studying
her hand when she suddenly dropped it
and fell back in her chair unconscious.
She had Suffered fatal stroke of apo
plsxY. Every card in her hand WAS q
heart, which Ea3 trumps,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-29
Suspension.

New York, April 29-The suspen-
sion of Coaster, Kuspp & Co, the senior
member of which, Charles Ooster, COM
mittee suicide lsst night, wss announced
on the Stock Exchange at the opening
of business today. No statement Of as
sets and liabilities is as yet Obtainable.
Simpson Werner, of tie law firm Of
Werner Il Co., has been named IS
assignee OF the firm. The assignment
was made at the request of coriain credi.
tors who desired that all creditors be
equally safeguarded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-29
Afraid of Rnni

Naples, April 20 Mime. Anna
Gould is almost Frustrated by terror, her
closest friends say. lest Count Boni de
Castellane attempt to secure possession
of her children. She believes he will
do every thing in his power to prevent
them from falling into de Ssgan's in
huence.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING. ApR. @. 1908

OF ALL the abhorent bauqueis ever
he'd in this country that of the trace
ca lsliiy fesst' given by the Cosmopoli-
tn Society of Greater New York at
Peck's restaurant in Brooklyn on Mon
day night last was the limit. The din
ner was attended by white women and
men and negroes of both sexes and has
naturally created a big stil. Social
equality and intermsrriage between the
races were advocated. White girls we're
seated nextto cOlored Hen at the dinner
during which cheers for intermsrrisge
were given by those present. AT enc
table, about which we're grouped dozen
white girls, clad in shimmering gowns,
some of them decollette, were negroes
on each side of them. Hamilton
Holt. editor-in. chief of the Independent,
gave forth utterances on intermsrri-
aye which stirred bis auditors to enthu-
sisstic applause. He said many white
men will take colOred wives, and black
men will make up for it by choosing fair
partners. Miss Mary White Ovington,
a Brooklyn society girl, who has been
prominent in settlement work, and
whose father is proprietor of the Hotel
st. George, occupieds seat at the speak
ers' table. Negroes we're clustered all
about her. Miss Ovington did not
touch upon race equality as bluntly as
Mr.. Holt had done. She first called
upon her audience to move closer to-
gether, and then said :
I am glad l have been asked to- well
come You in behalf Of the Cosmopolitan
Club. | believe it would be terrible
state of sfairs when the negro gives up
any of bis rights as 8 man. He should
never be satisfied until his equality is
recognized. The power of love overruns
caste and brings people of all castles to-
0ether. | should like 10 think that our
society stood for the hunger of brother
hood among all human beings.
What this country is coming to no
one can foretell, but up to the time OF
the holding of this dinner few people
would have believed that in any white
community 10 this country such thing
could have occurred. Many will agree
with Senator Simmons, of North Caro-
lina, who says: 81 regard it as d.
rect result of the White House dinner to
Booker Washington, one of the greatest
errors ever perpetrated by q president ]"
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Fighting In Morocco.

Paris, April 29.-Sultsn Abd-El-
Aziz's forces have defeated the army
under Mulai- Hsfid, the pretender to the
throne, according to a message from
TAngier. Mulai was reported yesterday
marching on F'z, where he planned to
establish his capital. Both French
and native lOyalist bodies we're trying TO
intercept him. The latter was evidently
first to cut him off. The p,etender has
fallen back to Tadla, 1913 miles south OF
Fee, where the sidi Bsndaoud tribe is
giving him refugee. The loyalists are
not strong enough to follow up their
victory but General Bsgdsni, commander
of the Sultan's army, is hurryiDg to re-
inforce them with 5000 men from Rabst.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous
little liver pills. Sold By w. F Creighton q
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-29

A MAN dropped dead in New York
street car yesterday after Offering his
seat to woman. Ia Philadelphia, says
the North American of that city, it's the
woman who drops dead when anything
like that happens.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-29

AFTER the equality" dinner in New
York on Monday night the president
now feels justified in having entertained
Booker Washington at lunch at the
White Houen.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-29

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup act .
promptly yet gently on the bowels, through
which the cold Is forced out ~ the - stem, AID
nc the same time allays Inflammation. Sold
by w. +. Creighton 4 Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-29

NJ Alhsrt Liun-bnry. one Of the
Oldest residents of Falls Church died on
Monday aged "a Yeas. He WIS native
OF Pennsylvania and moved to Fairfax
county So years sgo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-29

DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous
little liver pills. Sold By w. F Creighton d
ca
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City Council.

The City Council last night passed an
ordinance providing for the appointment
and licensing OF city guilds, and trans
acted an average volume of routine
busiDess.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-10

Landenberger, who says that it is en-
inently correct in every respect. This
is a part of Supt. Nute's individual
work.
We have in this room also samples
Of shorthand and dictated letters-the
department of stenography
A very fine sample of drawing is
seen next, done by Melvin Tisdale.
1t is a Greek temple.
Passing on the Latin work, fully il
lustrated, is shown, including geo.
graphical and biographical sketches.
Next we are shown the art room.
This department. has been an expert
ment with the Board of Education,
but it has proven beyond a doubt to
be positive success. Miss Wander
burg presides here, ,and it is due her to
say that her work has been indorsed
thoroughly and heartily by the pat
rons of the school. Everything in the
department is soriginal. The pupil is
given a subject and the work is done
without assistance. The disr Jay in
cludes silhouette, charcoal, ,crayon, wa
ter colors and the advancement made
is shown in remarkable contrast in
the various specimens. Many practi-
Cal designs are seen such as book covers
and wall paper designs. There is
also display of object work from ac-
tual posing. These forms are famil-
lar, although the pupils have not vet
reached the point of attempting the
head and features. There are also
some original and unique designs in
Thanksgiving posters, a very practi-
caland valuable work. There are sepia
designs and wash colors. Industrial
art work is also shown in stencil cush-
ions and curtains and fooled leather
work, evincing splendid talent and ex-
ecutiOn.
This is simply an outline of the ex-
hibition and conveys only a vague i'm
preston of the wonderful work dis
played by the teachers and pupils and
enjoyed and appreciated by thousands
If visitors and patrons last Monday |
There were teachers here from nearby
points looking on with surprise and !
taking advantaGe Of what they saw.
Truly the half had not been told, as
stated by Mr.. Ayres in his address. 1t
vas another victory scored by Supt.
Mute and his assistants, placing the
chool on>a tirmer and better founda-
ion than ever, credit to both the
aculty and citizens of Union City.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-10
NO LOCATION.
West Tennessee Experiment Station
Not Decided.

No location for the West Ten
nessee Experiment Station was
decided upon Saturday at the
meeting of the commission con-
sidering the matter, and the in
ducements offered by the SO yeral
West Tennessee counties for the
location of the station will be
considered along with such others
as may come in before the first of
June, after which time the mat
ter of expendlng the $4,000 APP
propriated by the legislature for
such work will be made by the
commission, and the work will be
completed not later than Jan. 1,
1909. q
Gov. Malcolm r. Patterson,
chairman; Hon. Rice A. Pierce
and R. r. Boone were present at
the meeting which was held in
the Governors office Saturday.
On motion of Mr.. Pierce Mr..
Boone was made secretary of the
commission, and the following res
olution was adopted:
"Whereas, it appearing to the
Board that large number of ap-
plications have been made and
will be made by the various coun-
ties in West Tennessee to estab.
llsh an experiment station author
lied under an act of 1907; and
"Whereas, That due and full
consideration should be given to
the claims Of all counties wishing
the experiment station; therefore
be ii
"Resolyed BY this board that's all
counties or locations applying, or
that may hereafter apply, shall
file their claims or petitions with
-he Secretary of the Board at
Trenton, Tenn; and he it further
"Resolved, That after the first
lay of June, 1908, the board will
lot receive further $e,rso,ications,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-10

u0 uuuuISuo VI kldtLOuo WIN
visited the various halls of the
City Public School building on
last Monday were richly rewarded
and more than we'll pleased with
the exhibits made by the various
grades and departments of the
schools.
Prof. Mute and his teachers were
in fine spirits and every pupil
from the highest to the lowest
grade seemed to have caught the
inspiration from their instructors
and made everyone feel glad to
come into their presence. Every
wall of each of the four large as
sembly halls was literally lined
with the handiWork of the chill.
dren, including exhibits of class
work in all the branches of com
mon and high school education.
Among these were many speci-
mems of neatness and skill worthy
of special mention, but as all had
done their dead level best we will
not make special mentian of any.
At Up. N. a very interesting
brief program was rendered in the
High School hall. Prof. Mute,
10 announcing the program, ex-
pressed his appreciation of the
presence of so large a number of
the patrons of the school. The
professor was quite visibly affect
ed and many responded to his
words BY the silent dropping of
tears.
The first number on the pro-
gram was a violin solo rendered
by Miss Vanderburg, sister to 10,
efficient art teacher, and to say
that she showed the skill of a real
artist but modestly expresses the
fact.
The second number was a vocal i
solo by Mrs. Padfeld, the singing
evangelist, who is now at work in
q revival meeting at the Baptist
Church.
The third and last number was
a short, but most interesting ad
dress by DR.. Brown Ayres, Pres
ident of the University of Tennes-
see.
The doctor said that he had
heard much of the excellencies of
the Union City schools, but his
own observation had revealed that
not the half had been told. He
said that while Tennessee was pro-
life ilwsesources, its greatest pro-
duct WI purest strain of gen
nine Apglo-Saxon or American
blood to be found on. the earth. I
He emphasized the Importance of
The education of the youth of Ten
nessee that they in turn might de-
velop the raw, natural products of
ner soil and mpes and make them
nto finished products for the ben
eft of mankind.
The good doctor was very COM l
plimentary to Professor Mute and |
lis assistants, and all who heard I
lin could heartily indorse his
,very word.
All, in all, it was a great day
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-10

more practical than the old method
of climbing from the al phabet to
the speller, taking letter by letter,
then words and pronunciations, a
never ending task. And after it is
all done how many words does the
child understand.
From grade to grade the work
IN the Speer methods is done by
analysis. On the walls we are
shown where the child advances to
larger numbers, illustrated with
objects, and then section is de-
voted to chair and seat building in
paper. This work is all done by
the pupil. The chairs and seats
are all done by mathematical calcu-
lation and measurement, and thus
the solutions are grasped by practi-
cal application. From the fourth
to fifth grades we advance from
popular numbers to decimals and |
fractions; and then to denominate
in the sixth. la the sew
enth we have plans and specifica-
tions, demonstrated with drawings
made by mathematical calculation.
The work is elaborate and compre !
hensive. And then we are in the
eighth grade showing market re-
ports taken from daily papersL
illustrating stocks and bon&,9,
shares and quotations, dividen.H dc
interest, etc., complete analyl 4
Of these matters.
The next is the commercial art l..
netic in the High School depar o.
nent. Every line of busineiol
mathematics is here illustrated ith
/ very comprehensive way. FoIan,
ows algebra, then geometry withe
igures drawn by the pupils and'e
orms made in papers of all the
rarious shapes and solids. All
hese specimens are shown in full
n this exhibition.
Samples of spelling are to be
cen. There is very little change e
ere. j,
In writin g, which is a part 9
f the commercial branches, there
re various and interesting speci- +
lens. The free arm movement is ,,
hown in the exercises and the i'm o
rovement from the month Of Sep 6
ember is very marked in many p
lstances. n
Having passed through mathe- r,
latics in one ball we go back to B
le primary grades in the reading b
pom. In this the phonic system n
used. That includes an animal il
bject and the characteristic sound
employs. This is used in con- p,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-10
Ia Of a Pound a Week.

at least, is what a young baby ought
to gain in weight, Does yours? If
not there's something wrong with its
digestion. Give it McGee's Baby Elk
ir and it will begin gaining at once.
Cures stomach and bowel troubles,
aids digestion, stops fretfulness, good
for teething babies. Price 25c and
soc. Sold by Red Cross Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-10

A description of the work shown
at the Public School building last
Monday, as much as it may seem
a small matter to one who has not
seen it, would require several days
preparation and the entire forty
eight or sixty columns of this
paper to accom odate it in full.
A very indefinite idea may be had
of its extent in stating that the
three principal hall rooms were
covered completely from floor to
ceiling, both sides and ends, in a
continuous panorama of specimens,
plans, drawings, and object work
of every character included in the
courses. of study from the first to
the eleventh grades. Besides these
the study rooms and the main halls
were all utilized in this exhibition.
Q samples were attached to large
heavy cards and these were fas-
tened to the walls. The walls were
literally covered.
In the beginning the visitor is
given to understand that the object
lesson methods are used altogether
in the primary grades. The scope
of the object work cannot be fully
understood. however, until this ex-
hibition or something like it has
been seen. Suggestions in mental
development which are likely to
attract the attention of the child
are formed into characters. These
are demonstrated in theSpeer meth
cd of Plumbers as taught in the
first three grades. 1t is what is
known as the laboratory method |
and consists altogether of analysis !
or mental suggestion, with descrip-
tive illustrations. For instance, a |
solid square is shown as one block.
Split in two each section represents
a half; therefore the two halves
make q whole block. This is the |
first lesson in numbers. On lesson
papers these illustrations made of
various objects and articles con-
tinue throughout several grades,
increasing in number and character
until all the divisions, additions
and substractions are practically
and thoroughly fixed in the mind.
But this is only the first principle
IF this remarkable method. With
he very first object shown to the {
child is written the name of the
object in q large vertical hand, and
I
he work is done by the pupil. {
Every sample in the exhibition &
the work of the pupil, I
Thus with the object and its nu-! s
nerical relations begins the for |
nation of letters and words, spell t
ng and, in due course of time, as i
be study progresses, grammar,
hetoric and composition, and the Z
mind begins to unravel the rudi- t
nentary elements of education, r
light breaks through the eye and i.
understanding is awakened. O
How different and how much il
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-10

eh0 OOt0O" "i" " AO"U S~Ik Nh u
routes over which they are export
ed. This is a part of the High
School course. Next we are car
ried to the bookkeeping depart
ment, a feature which has been
recently added to the school.
Banking house and office fixtures
have been supplied in this depart
ment, and every transaction is done
in a systematical and practical way.
German is next shown, and this de-
partment has the Endorsement of Rev.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-10
REMARKABLE EXHIBIT
Union City Public School Demonstrates It's Methods
In Wonderful Display of Work.

for the schools and no doubt mark
ed an epoch if their growth and
efficiency.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-10

All road cases we .te,dued to
the next quartely term. The tax
levy for the ensuing year will re-
main the same.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-10

Principal A. c. Mute, OF the Unl
ion City Public Schools, received
last week very complimentary
letter from the Tulane University,
New Orleans, offering without So
1.-Two yea a flee scholarship to the
s'Yg class of the High
S tfhe officials of the uni
versity Wrote Mr.. Mute that this
was done as a recognition Of the
merit and standing of the school.