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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-11-09
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-11-09
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-11-09
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02

Mr.. BEARsT's contest against Mayor
Mcclellan, of New York, has been dis
missed ty Judge Lambert and jury
Mr.. Mcclellan has been unnecessarily
worried, but the contest has made los oil
publicity for William r. Hesrst aud his
newspapers, and that was of much more
importance than getting The msyordty.
The question why Mr.. Mcclellan cp-
posed the recount was essily answered by
the gentleman hims,li, who 10 state
ment issued on Tuesday night STATS that
he has besn fcrsed TO pay out $40 900
TO defend his title, not including counsel
fees which are still unpaid. The mayer
direct, ATTENTION ID tle fact that, "rhe
rssult of this enormous expense and TINS
protraetsd litigation has been to increase
nv total vote and TO diminish my otlcia
plurality ly about 500 disputed bsllo's'"
Mayor Mcclellan says that he has no re-
Ont, as to the course he pursued, and
inst he feels that the controversy Will
discourage the bringing OF election con-
tests of this sort in the future. lie said
that had he suspected that his election
was the result of fraud, he would have
acted differently.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
TCOMMUNICATED.
A TAXPAYERS QUERIES.


Why do two-thirds of The Taxpayers
have 10 pay for a pair Of horses, driver,
a sweeper and sprinkler that they
never see? Why net hire another driver
and pair Of horses, and give each tax
payer his or her share OF what he or she
pays for?
Whose duty is It to look after the gut
ters2 Each year some street Is i'm
proved, and while that is being done,
the alleys and cutters OF the grestsr
part of our city are growing up in grass
and reekiug in & tn. How can the city
officials expec: property holdtrs, whose
tenants mose on account Of filthy gut
ters, to have the money to pay their
taxes? The conditions are such, that
the writer would suggest that the mayor
hire a csrrisge at the citt's expense,
take with him Mr. Strauss and any
other member OF thu Oily Council, who
was on the grand jury, 90 into every
alley and street; aud il those men don {
6nd, in our filthy gut rs and grass-grown
slleys-Where all kind Of refuse 10 thrown
"A greater menace TO a far greater
number OF lives than they found in the
condemned school building, then the
writer has made great mistake. LIT
the observations Of these men be report
ed to council, and some action be taken.
A SUFFEBER
Who has mde many appeals, to many
officials, without any redress.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
ENGINEER KILLED BY BOY.

Engineer B. NJ. Stdltz, aged 40, of
the Sesbosrd Air Line, whose wife aud
eight children live at Roanoke, Va,
was shot, and died at Raleigh, N. O.,
at $3.50 o'clock yesterday morning. A
pistol bullet severed an trtny in bis left
leg and be bled b death. He had pre-
pared to lake out his engine, aud within
twenty miDut.s after leaving the train
order room he staggered back into II,
fell to the floor, aud died. refusing t,
tell how he was shot or by whom.
Turner Smith, l9-year-old boy,
living within two blocks of the stition,
was arrested, charged with the killing.
Before the corOner's jury last night
Smith testified that some man about IL
O'Clock Tuesday night peeped through
the blinds while Smiths H-year-old
sister vas undressing. The girl awoke
her brother, and the man fed. About
O'Clock a man came again through q
side gate to the window, and young
Smith, who WAS awake, shot again at a
maU, who disappeared. A few moments
aft rsard Stullz was dying in the train
room. A pistol was found in his over.
alls pocket.
Mrs. Smith, her daughter and son
testified that they did net know 5tultE.
The coroner's jury adjourned until
todsy for further investigation.
About two years ago Stuliz was con-
victed at Monroe, N. c., of a somewhat
similar ofieuse. He was fined $3.50.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
BYRD LAW DEFECTIVE.

An important csse, involving the
validity of the Byrd law, prohibiting the
sale of liquors to hsbitual drunksrds,
was decided in Manchester yesterday.
The case resulted 10 two grave defects
in the law being pointed out, with the
result that the two pfrsons on trial we're
acquitted. Mayor Maurice sat in the
case.
Connie DObbins, proprietor, and
Clifton Elder, bartender, we're charged
by Mrs. George Stsin with selling liquor
20 her husband, IAN habitual drunkard,"
after she had written Q letter to the
proprietor asking him not to sell to her
husband. In addition to q number Of
" toesses testifying to Shin's habits,
Chief of Police Lipscomb stated that
Stein had been before the court re-
peatedly for drunkenness; that Stein
had been made to take the pledge, put
under bond and sent to Jail, but that
all tfforls.to reform him had been futile.
Ernest Wells, OF counsel for the pri'-
ontr', said that the Byrd law did net
even attempt to define an hsbitual
drunkard, and that, therefore, the charge
OF selling to such one could never be
proved, nor could q conviction be pro-
cured under this law. He said that
the Byrd law placed the responsibility
OF deciding that man was not entitled
to any liquor on the bartender, and that
In this case the accused had proved that
so lar as they were concerned SIfin was
net an hsbiiual drunktrJ, and was,
therefore, entitled to buy liquor from
them the same as any other man. Mr..
Wells maintained that the highest cours
Ia the land differed as 10 what consti-
tuted en- hsbitual drunkard, and 1t was,
therefore, all the more impossible for
DObbins and Elder to say who is or is
not an habitual drunksrd.
Mayor Maurice, In rendering his de-
cisioD, said; ''There Is some doubt as
to what really and legally constitutes
an habitual drunkard. Since my own
knowledge has been called in the CTS
| am bound to say do net believe Dob
bins knew Of STEMS habits. / discharge
You both, and now aud here warn every
bartender 10 Manchester not to sell
drink of liquor of any kind to George
Stein"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
Six nundrsd Persons Drowned.

Victoria, B. O., July SIX hundred
persons have been drowned in storm
ii S5-r:, sccoruing 10 advlces received
b, re todsy by the steamship Empress OF
China. The disaster occurred in the
harbor of Batavia. A large number of
heavily loaded vessels we're In the
hArbor at the time, end many were cap
siz'd, throwing Ieir passeug' ri into the
wtir. Fishermen rescued a lfrge num-
Der, but mtr than 600 pershed. Pas
seugers on the Empress describe the
struggles OF the drowning people as t r
rible. Many fought fran ticAlly with
those nearby to reach safety, reaching
the big vessels only to be crowded over
board again. Others were eaten by
sharks which infested the water. Before
the Empress left the vicinity S59 corPses
had been recovered from the water many
badly mutilsled by sharks.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02

A MAGNIFICENT highway extending
from Washington to Gettysburg, Pa
q di.tance of 70 miles-As a national
memorial to Abraham Lincoln, is the
recommendation made yesterday by
James T. McCleary, second assistant
postmaster general and formerly men,
btr of Congress from Minnesota, to the
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Commits
sion. Mr.. McClesrJs recommendation
is contained in a preliminary rePtrs TO
the commission, of which he is a men,
Der. A memorial to Washington in the
shape of highway extending from
Washington to Mount VtrOOn was
planned many years ago and the people
OF this city and county spent their money
aud gave the right of way over their lands
for such purpose, but Congress could
never be persuaded ID make an apPro-
prlalion looking to the construction OF
such a road. Had Mount Vernon been
on the other side OF the river, however,
the road, it is believed by many, would
lorg ago have been built.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
Head-on Collision.

sedalia, No., July 2.--Meetiug head
on 10 a heavy fog that shut out the view
until too late TO avert the catastrophe
while travelling at high speed, the
California limited, one of the crack
rains Oh the Missouri Pacific Railroad,
which left st. Louis last night and the
81. Joseph express, eastbound, were
wrecked nesr Knobuoster, 20 miles east
of here, early today. Locomotives,
tenders, mail cars and forward coaches
of both trains we're reduced TO splioiers.
Fire broke out in the debris after the
wreck.
Seven persons were killed and q score
severely hurt, according to latest ct
vices. Failure Of the limited TO take q
siding is said TO have caused the wreck.
Most Of the passengers we're asleep
when the crash came. They were hur-
ried from their seats or be,ths and those
in the forward cars plunged benesth the
debris,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
The poIssnlny Of DR.. Wilson.

Philsdelphis. July 2.-The search for
evidence 10 connection with the killing
OF DR.. w. Fl. Wilson by cyanide of po-
tassium continues today. Two woman
and a man, the latter husband of q
woman who is alleged to have died by 8
criminal operation under tie doctors
hands, are suspected and should certain
proof be Outlined they may be arrested
at any hour. One of the women is said
to be this mans sister and the other a
relative OF the poisoned doctor. The
latter is believed to have ransacked the
Wilson villa ct OornWells, Pa, after
the death of the physician.
That there we're many who suffered st
Wilson's hands Is indicated by the re-
ceipt of denunciatory letters by the
officials and newspapers of the city. One
of the letters reads:
"Praise to the slayer of DIR. Wilson OF
ncr h Seventh street, the meanest whit ,
man that lived. He charged unwilling
mt theirs 5000 for pri tsuded natural re.
lief. A fake drug man. City Hall knows
all about him. He'll too good fer him. !"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
Fast Battieshlp.

London, July "A tattleship Of
II, $50 tors displacement crossing the
Atlantic at the uuprecedept d sped Of
2s knois an hour. This is what Eng.
land is promising when the PRICE OF
Wales calls for Oansd, on the Indomit-
able for the Quebec Gel tsnnsTy. The
trial trip of the Infexible yesterday,
however, shows that The claims for the
Iodomit ,ble are we'll founded. The In.
flexible is 8 sister ship of the Indcmit-
able. 10 her lr al trip on the Clyde she
made close 1t q kuo:s. Tue Indomit-
able, which contains many new Gestures
of naval construction, is ssid 10 be even
faster than the Indexibls. When the
Indomit4ble sails the order will be given
to push the giant vessel fer every ounce
Of her speed I he entire voyage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02

New York, July 2.-Sevebty-One men
gathered at Arlington Hall today, their
purpose being the naming of a national
ticket 10 opposition TO the sOcisli.t psrty
and the fighting what lhfy term cls'
organization in the socialist patg.
The men represented Is state orgsnlza-
ton of socitl.st lsbor party OF America,
deli gated II vote for their locals until a
complete national ticket hiss been named
and placed on the ballot clips in the
presidential cleo ion of 1908.
After the selection of John Kircher, OF
Cleveland, Ohio, "a temporary chairman
spe, k re- began to !! of what is expect
ed OF the party during the present cam
psigu. Prominent men in the social
labor movement declared that the same
platform as adopted 1T the national con
vention of 1904 would be adopted with
minor charges on Saturday. The men
prominently mentioned for nomination
for president are James P. Hunter, a
sllvessmith of Providence, r. |. and
Robert r Downey, physician of Viz
ginia.
The platform to be adopted by the
convention advocates ownership oil the
machinery of the goytromeDt, transport
tatiOn f.cil.ties, means of produce and
the collect We ownt rship of lard. The
platte rm also adgocstss the adjustment
Of so-called class rule, BIT erly slt'ckiDg
the socialist party as headed by Eugene
Debs for making distinctions between
social and working conditions. The
convention will be 10 re sion for four
days, the nominations being made on
Saturday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
INDEPENDENTS DAY.

John Adams was responsible for the
noise OF Independence Day, but he in
tended that this celebration should be
held on the 81 and not the All of July,
for 1t was on the I'd OF July, l776, ihst
the resolution ofindependence was really
adopted. The next day, July 3, john
Adams, In letter TO his wife, wrote
the I'd OF July will be the most
memorable epoch 10 tie history Of Amer
lea. | am apt to believe that it will be
celebrated by succeeding gentr tons IS
the crest anniversary festival"
Every schoolboy and schoolgirl has
been taught that the declaration OF
Independence was signed on July 4
by the members of the OontineD-
tai Congress, but the Journal of thst
body shows that the original Fourth
Cong rsss finally adopted the amended
copy of j, ffsrson's draft of the form an
nonncing to the word the fact that ir :
dependence had been declsred, ON the
I'd. Thus independence was not de-
clsred, nor was the declaration signed
on the fourth of July, the day we cele-
brate.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02

Oooperslown, N. Y, July Eight
ing off death with a vitality which has
amazed his physicians Bishop Potter,
of New York, Is still battling with his
disease at Fernleigb, the family home
here. That there is practically no hope
OF bis survival is admitted by DIR. Imo-
gene Bassett, the woman physician to
whose constant miDislrations Bishop
Potter largely owes his grip OF life.
From all over Amt RIGA and from abroad
messages and cables Of inquiry are ar
irving hourly. The replies TO these
hold out no hope Of recovery.
Bishop Pot4r's physicians Issued the
following bulletin this morning:
"Bishop Potter's condition continues
practically the same as last evening. He
has apparently not lost ground but con-
tinues In very critical state
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
The Reyolutlon 10 Mexico.

San Antonio, Texas, July All
doubt regarding the genuineness of the
Mexican revolution was removed by the
discovery here today of complete plars
for the uprising in the office OF TIE
Sociedad BeneyOlencia, an alleged Mezi-
can fraternal order.
The officials OF the society we're ar.
rest I'D and will either be spirited scross
the Mexican border or an altsmpt made
to extradiie them. Should they be re-
turned t. Mexico a death penalty will
surely await them.
Report. Ct Title outbreaks are still
coming in, though Mexican soldiers are
10 complete control of the situation.
Twelve of the rsvolutionists were shot
to death near Las VsCas by a company
Of Rurales. United States troops are
watching the situation closely st Del Rio.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
SAYS WOMAN TAUGHT BIER TO
STEAL.

"She taught me to steal. She showed
me how to slip my arms through base
meDt grating, pull the lock back and rob
all the houses. Yes, stole every day
and got lots of nice things. She sold
them all. She's to blame" Many
persons 10 the Lee avenue police court
in New York yesterday shed tears as
Annie Wilson. nine-y ears-old, shrilled
ont this denuncistIon against Mrs. Julia
Campbell who is accused of receiving
the goods the child stole In raids on more
than fifty houses. Emaciated, almost
toltering from starvation the child made
her accusation and the woman shrsnk
back as the black circled eyes of the
child looked ont at her from the wizened
face. The child was rsmanded to the
custody of the Children Society and Mrs.
Campbell Was held for trial on complaint
of lsrcency. The child, who is homeless,
was captured only after she had looted
the homes of many wealthy persons,
carrying away her plumber in a baby
carriage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
over ThIrlr-fre Years.

In 1872 there was great deal oil
disirhOea, dysentfry snd cholera in
fantum. IL vas at this time thtt Cham
beflain's Collie, ChOIers and Disrhoea
Remedy was fnt lrJrgit iLt) use. II
proved more successful than any other
remedy or treatment, aud has far liirJ-
Ave years msib aimed that record. From
a s0all beginning sale aud use has
extended 10 every part Of the Unittd
Ststes ard t, many fcrsign countries.
Nine druggists out of ten will recommend
it when their opinion is asked, although
they have other medicines thft pay t1em
a greater profit. 1t can always be de-
pended upon, even in the most segtr
and dangerous cisss. For sale By w,
+. Creighton & 90. and r ohsrl Gibson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
Virginia News.

Thomas Boiling. brother of General
St,h Boiling, Of Petersburg, died yest,r-
d.y Ia holloway county.
The State building at the jamestown
exposition represented nearly half
million dollsr3 expenditure.
Thomas F,tzg, raid, Harry X. Wolcott
and Hugh M. Kerr we're vest rlay APP
pointed st Norfolk receivers for the
NLrfOlk and Southern Railroad on
petition of the TrustCompany Of America,
joined by the railroad. Today they took
over the sd as receiver.
Governtr Swan'on has granted re-
spite to Lee Stroiher, the Madison cOun-
~ negro, who was sentenced to die
July 10th for the assault on g white girl
Of that county some months ago. There
is an application pending for a commu-
tstion of the sentence to life imprison-
ment.
Clarence w. Douglas, a merchan! Of
Lodge, Northumberland county, on
Tuesday shCt John Purcell, OF near thst
place, in the foot with q shotgun and
after the shooting beat the PROSTATE man
over the head with the gun. Douglas
and Purcell got into dispute over an
account ard Douglas ordered Purcell
away from his store.
Governor Swanson has accepted the
vice-presidency of the International
Congress on tuberculosis that is to be
held in Washington under the auspices
the National Association for the Study
and Prevel on OF Tuberculosis, from
September 81 to o t der II. Among
the members Of The Virginia committee
having the Congress in charge Is Dr.
Hugh Mcclure, of this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
News Of the Day.

Csbip John Hotel, with 20 acr s Of
land, near Washington, WIS sold ytster-
day 10 a syndicate for shout 1925, 600.
All the Republic Iron md Steel Com
psny mills have ed oper ton, ss
the nnion agreement and wage scsle have
expired.
Montana was the last State to hold IFS
democratic convention. The convention
instructed its delegates to vCts for Bryan
as long as his name was before the con-
yenlion at Denver.
Altar July 4 all Asgs made for the
use Of the government will contain for.y-
six stars 10 the field or union, to con-
for n in number to the states. TIE ad-
ditionsl star follows the admission OF
Oklahoma to the family of ststss.
The engineer, fifemen and number
of passengers of The Texas aud Pacific
passenger train which left Ell Psso yester-
day afternoon are reported killed BY dis
patches just received from BorAcho,
Texas. The train, 80 the kilograms
say, ran Into a washout esrly this mora
ing ard the engine aud two coaches
plunged over high embankment.
Walter ]. Bartno't, fjrmerly vice
preside and general cOuDsel Of the
Western Pacific RallSaY and vice presi-
dent and general connstl Of the Oslifor-
MIA Safe Deposit ard TrOs, Company,
which failed in San Francisco last No
We nber for sboLt SO, 900, 900, was yes
iefdsy sen eoced TO the San Quentin
peDitentisrJ for l0 years by Superior
Judge COnley.
Vice President Fairbanks, who will
visit Quebec, Canada, as the fficisl
representative OF the United States gov
eminent at the celebration Of the foun-
dstion of the Canadian city, will have
as his military side Msj. T. Bentley Mott,
4th Field ARTILLERY, stationed at Fort
sheridan. hsJ. Mott was form6rly sta
toned at Paris as mil,t,ry attaehe Of
the United States embassy, and is IA.
milisr with the language and customs
OF the French. He Is native OF Lees
burg and has many friends in this city
and vicinity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
From Washington.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
Wo.k;ncto,, TIL, >


Washington, July =.
Luke f. Wright, the new secretary OF
wsr, settled down to the work of his
Office today. He arrived at the Office ST
$50 O'Clock with Gen. Bell, chief Of
staff from Font Meyer, where the former
is temporarily guest Of tie latter.
They came in to town 10 an automobile
taking former Secretary Of War Taft and
Mira. Taft whOfrs also guests at the Bell
military home until the departure OF Mr.
Taft tomorrow for Hot Springs. SeCre-
tary Wright stated that one Of the
frsl questions he took nude. consid'rA-
lion was that of the appointment of a
new chief of engineers. This subject was
discussed between him and MIR. TAFT and
the president at Oyster Bay Saturday.
He stated that the president has sew
eral officers under consideration and the
appointment will be made before the end
OF this week. 1t is understood in army
circles here that the plum will fall TO
Dol. Wm. l.. Marshall in charge OF river
and harbor work at New York.
About three hundred people assembled
at Masonic Temple this morning to hear