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The Washington times., 1909-03-09
HELPER ENDS LIFE
IN LODGING HOUSE

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member of the House, will see the
finish OF this fight 1t might be said
that the fight had already been ended,
but I can assure you that within TWEEN
ty-four hours the backbone of the in
surgents movement will be broken and
by the time that the extra session of
Congress convenes next Monday morn
ing there win be no serious opposition
to the existing rules and the Speaker
and his supporters will be able - bring
about a speedy revision of the tariff
without being compelled to submit to a
prolonged discussion Of the rules"
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SENATE TAKES HAND
/ IN THE BIG STRUGGLE

Senators have been enlisted in the
Insurgent-CannOn fight All day yes
terday and again today the Tres be
tween the House office building and
the Senate end of the Capitol were
busy.
Senators in numerous cases were
calling up Representatives and using
their influence with them to line up
with the Speaker and his friends and
against revision of the rules.
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MINORITY MAY LOSE
COMMITTEE POWER

The action of the Democratic mem
hers of the House in following party
orders and voting solidly with the Re-
publican insurgents last week and
against Speaker Cannon on the rule
brought in by Representative Dalzell
granting a calendar Wednesday will, in
all probability. prove costly TO that
party Unless there is very decided
change Of views on the part of Cannon
and his advisers. Champ Clark, the mi
Rority leader, will be deprived of the
1iISe-honored custom OF recommending
the minority appointments 10 the vari-
Gus committees.
IN addition to this Mr.. Clark, as mi
nority leader, will not be given place
on the Committee on Rules, a place
which was held by John Sharp Williams
during his leadership. It has already
been decided that Representative John
j. Fitzgerald OF New York, will so on
that committee. but ii had been sup
posed that Representative De Almond of
Missouri, now member OF that select
body, would be displaced in order TO
make room for Clark. De Almond will
remain where he is. and as there is
only one Democratic vacancy caused by
the retirement from the House of Mr..
'io'S' MI H4e~seiaiu VIII M tlat
place.
Punish Democrats
These drastic plans. which are calcu-
lated TO raise a howl which will be
echoed for days in the House and in
the press. are for the purpose OF pun
ishing the Democratic leaders for join
Ing the Republican insurgents. which
act, according to the Speakers friends
was deliberate breach OF faith u
10 within couple OF days of the Tins
when the new rule was introduced int,
the House, Mr.. Clark, John Sharp vii
lians, and other prominent Democrats
had agreed with the Speaker that tn,
introduction and passage of the rul.
would be satisfactory to them. On tn,
eve of its Introduction the insurgenti
submitted the names of their follower,
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OPERATION MISTAKE,
NECESSARY ANYWAY
Physicians Get Patients Mixed and
Place Girl Under Knife
for AnnendicitiS
for Appendicitis.

HARRISBURG. Pa, March 9.-Eight-
year-old Rosie Cohen and her brother
Joseph. aged eleven>years. were sent %
the Harrisburg Hospital suffering from
enlarged tonsils. The girl was given
ether and was by mistake sent TO the
operating room and operated on for
appendicitis
The surgeons say they found her ap-
pendix somewhat infamed and that
she would have developed appendicitis
before long and the operation would
have been necessary anyway.
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Colonel George Fairfax. In the nrss
blush OF his marital happiness. pro-
posed toast to the ladies'. We can
only conjecture the feelings or young
George while he endured these long
hours of mirth and hilarity, but to the
astOnishment of the party when the
toast was proposed he refused 20 drink
Every glass was poised In air wniio
they waited for young Washington a
quick glance shot from Laurence
meant for admOnitiOn, proved the last
straw. He raised his glass, when.
with a sudden flood OF memories OK
Molly (probably) he dashed II, or IL
fell. to the floor
Appearing, as he did. 50 much older
than his years, no one was disposed 20
overlook his rudeness as the petulanco
of a boy Such an insult to the ladies'
was not for an instant TO be tolerated
in the colonies OF Virginia
Colonel George Fairfax demanded
satisfaction. while Laurence explained
the probable cause OF his rashness and
pleaded his youth
Now, to the surprise OF the house.
hold. Lord Fairfax took the AFFAIR into
his own hands. averting the imminent
duel In his youth he himself had had
an experience similar to that or young
Washington Having been Tilted by
young English beauty almost on the
eve of their wedding. be had remained
all his life unmarried and hearing Lao-
rence's story. his sympathy went oct
to George
On their fox hunts he had noticed tho
young mans excellent horsemanShlp,
which, together with his magnificent
physique, made him 1T for any amount
of strenuous effort.
While Colonel FairfaX's wrath burned
at its height Lord Fairfax took young
Washington into his confidence, sx-
planned to him that his grant OF land
beyond the Blue Ridge had never been
surveyed and that he had been intend
ing all along to engage his services a.
a surveyor. His impending departure
for England now made 1t Imperative to
have 1T attended to at once. and II
George could start OF the next morn
ing to make the necessary preparations
he might be able to give him the data
he needed to present TO the English
court in order that the lines OF tha
grant might be confirmed.
George Washington gladly accepted
the proposition to survey the land
The country was rugged and the work
was hard We do not know whether
he returned before Lord Fairfax'5 de-
parture for England. but with this sur
veying commission he had entered upon
an Independent life. putting the weak
ness Of his strength to the test and
leaving behind him in the wilderness
the last trace OF the priggish. Bsnti-
mental boy.
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popular belle in her round of visits
might cover the year from January to
December, for visit meant fortnight
or a month when facilities for trans
portation were so meager.
At this time. when Laurence and
Anne Washington invited a houseful
of guests George, because of his Sc
date manners and superior develop
ment, was included in the house party.
And thus it was that the hardy SOL
dier was evolved from the priggish
sentimental youth.
Anne Washington's dearest friend,
Mollie Grimes of Westmoreland coun-
ty, was her house guest for long
visit during the autumn and early
SHOWS. Black eyed and dark haired,
with vivid coloring, Molly enjoyed the
local fame of the 'Lowland Beauty
to which was added the charm of a
high spirited manner.
Having barely emerged from the
school girl stage herself, Molly as
sumed all the airs and graces of a
woman of wide experience. and shy
her notice by reason of her years
seniority she could waste never a
glance in his direction.
From the country home where he
was the acknowledged head of the
other children and companion and ad-
wiser of his mother he found himself
the youngest in this gay household
treated like a boy when he felt him
self man. Added to this, his shyness
became painful in the presence of the
vivacious Molly, before whom he
would have given anything in the
world to appear at his best
Laurence and Anne. noticing Georges
flaming attachment for Molly, rallied
him about it openly. which sent him
suIking into the woods along the river
planning dangerous encounters with
Indians and wild beasts to convince
them all II was not child with whom
they had to deal, but a man.
Laurence, having been educated in
England, received as his guests some
English travellers who came to the
colonies on visit. It was toward
these young Englishmen Molly's dark
eyes turned oftenest, and who in turn
perhaps had turned Molly's head At
any rate there was little room in her
heart for an awkward boy who gave
himself the airs of a man.
Beyond his years in everything else.
George at 16 or II had developed a
passion for the high handed Molly
worthy the heart of much older man.
Studies that had engrossed him. ambi-
tions for army service, athletic sports.
lost their charm. Moody and silent. he
skulked through the woods and during
the evening sat watching, while try-
ing not to, the sparkling Molly, who.
kind and Indifferent by turns as the
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sical labor during the day and left hin
fatigue enough to-sleep without l-aunt-
ing dreams during the night.
When Laurence and Anne Washing
ton were invited to make a visit at
Belvoir. the country seat of Anne s
member of his brothers household, was
included in the invitation. More re-
served and silent than ever the melan-
choly youth went reluctantly into the
gay life of the Fairfax family. At
this time Thomas Lord Fairfax, cousin
of William Fairfax and owner of a
grant beyond the Blue Ridge noun
tains. was also guest at Belvoir. A
man of the world from the English
court society with good attainments as
a scholar. Lord Fairfax watched this
young native American with much good
natured interest,
Life at Belvoir was a succession of
routs and festivities in honor of Colonel
George Fairfax, who had recently mar
ried beautiful Virginia belle and had
brought his bride home to live Miss
Sallie Carey. the sister of the bride,
was also 4 guest at BeIv@ir. charming
girl about 16 and a striking contrast to
Molly Grimes.
A foresworn bachelor now at II,
young Washington had no interest in
the fair sex. Aloof and Indifferent, he
Strayed OH by hlmSelr or sought the
company of the older men.
During these days of enforced gayety
he wrote letter to friend, record
of which he made in this same indis-
Greet diary. in which he says: My resi-
dence is at present at his lordship's.
where I might, were my heart olsen
gagged, pass the time very pleasantly,
as there's a very agreeable young lady
lives in the same house Colonel George
Fairfax's wife's sister,. but as that's
only adding fuel to fire 1t makes me
the more uneasy, for by often and un-
avoidably being in company with her
revives my former passion for your
lowland beauty; whereas, was 1 to live
more retired from young women. 1
might in some measure alleviate my
sorrows by burying that chaste and
troublesome passion In the grave Of OBJ
livion-"
Here an unexpected turn of affairs
at his 1ordships broke into Washing
toms repinings and projected him upon
his rough hewn career.
A dinner in honor Of Lord Fairfax
who was planning visit to England,
brought together the proudest names
in the colony. The glitter and gayety
of the scene struck cruelty upon
Georges overwrought nature-only a
boy, after all, yet bearing a burden Of
sorrow that has often proved too great
for a man Of mature years-and for
once his high temper mastered him.
With sallies, jests and toasts the
evening had reached its climax when
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the stairway his stroke of doom fell.
On the landing Molly stood waiting
for some one to hold her wrap. George
with one quick step. was at her side
Tall. athletic, dignifed, there was that
in his countenance which commanded
her attention and she smiled adorably,
May ~ his hands were outstretched
in tremulous hope.
On the instant one of the young
EnSllshmen, resplendent in the richness
OF European court dress, came bound
ing up the stairs toward her. A mo-
ment more and young Washington
would have had the wrap in his possess
sion, but without a second glance at the
big, roughened hands of the boy, the
tickle Molly bent beaming smile on
the Englishman and handed him her
cloak.
Washington turned on his heel and
did not so to the ball Molly after
ward married a son of the Lee family
and lived happily, but in after years
when she recounted this episode or
the landing she often paused to say:
That thoughtless moment was the
parting of the ways from the White
House to a small plantation
In a youth of less intensity of feel
ing this rebuff might have been taken
as the fortune of war and different
tactics adopted, but to the high strung
young Washington this was a crush
ing blow that killed whatever hope
he may have cherished.
victim of the journal habit. the
entries made during 17l7 refer to his
heart as bleeding FOR one who re-
mains pitiless to sucn griefs and
woes" This journal. after having
been in the possession of the family
until comparatively recent years. is
now among the relics preserved at
Mount Vernon. The fact that this
hard headed young Hercules, whose am
t-tions set toward the army, whose
training had been along ultra practical
lines and whose life had been wholly
one of action, should lapse into dog
gerel verse shows the depth of the
upheaval of his nature.
''Ah woe is me that 1 should love and
conceal;
Long have | wished and never dared
reveal"
runs across the page of the diary, a
deep, drawn sigh from an anguished
neart.
1t was at this same ball that Molly
met the man she married and the seri-
Gus eyed youth who had made her
visit at Mount Vernon so uncomforta-
Bile was, for the nonce, forgotten.
Firm in his resolve that there should
be no other occasion for an affair OF
this kind, George announced his in
tention of fighting Indians the rest of
his life. plunging into the work OF
surveying that kept him at hard ply
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portions of the mountains By erect
ing 1t about foot from the ground
we have corral that holds the wild
est horses and can be set up in two
hours. By the use of these corrals we
have captured horses that have been
escaping for years; experience has
taught us to put the canvas in such
places that the mustangs will not sus-
pect its presence until too late to turn
back
A man is sent to ride through the
mountains to scare the horses in order
not only that he may see the direction
they take. but that he may study the
trails and passes they use the most.
In erecting our canvas corral 1t will
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Enclosures I erected corrals of woven
wire; then left them. At first sight Of
these fences the wild horses invariably
ran away, but in the heat of summer
tney had no choice-they must enter
or die or thirst. the only exception be-
Ing in spring. when water is quite
pientiful, or when IN summer an occa-
sional thunderstorm leaves little pools
OF water standing on the alkali. AL
tnough 1t took many months for them
10 become accustomed to these water
traps. 1t has proven a most satisfactory
way 10 catch them, for instead Of kill
ing and crippling good saddle horses
in terribly exhausting runs and Incl
dentally taking chances on broken
bones and serious bruises to ourselves,
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By Marguerite Stabler

HIS story Of George Washing
tons FIRST love aIair has never
before, I believe, been published.
AT least. / have never seen it in
print. and probably neither have you.
All the OLD families in westmoreland
and Fairfax counties in Virginia know
ii and repeat it from generation to
generation over their teacups. and some
OF Washington's biographers have
touched upon it in passing. but here it
is from the lips Of Mrs. Betty Fairfax
Bail. as she had It from her greataunt.
Anne Fairfax, wife Of Laurence Wash
ington. half brother 10 George.
Whatever he may have been in later
years as general and president, he
must have been as a youth an insuffer-
able prig. But any boy placed in his
SURROUNDINGS under the same circum-
stances probably would have given the
same result.
AS the eldest son Of the second set OF
children his mother encourag aged him to
feel the responsibility of the family.
After the death Of his father and the
marriage Of the two sons Of his fathers
first wife Georges grave. commanding
nature made him seem and feel himself
man In years when he was only a
boy. The younger children We're taught
TO call him by the respectful title
brother" and he was not long in
teaching them that the mandate Of
brother had TO be obeyed reasons
other than a superior dignity, for he
was from his babyhood a stalwart,
muscular fellow who could whip any
one almost twice his age
Because George was so grave and
quiet around the house and so devoted
20 his mother. he was recognized by
the family as his mothers favorite and
held up as q model to the other bows.
Naturally. under these circumstances.
the boy took himself overseriously.
and at 16 was a young man, powerful
and determined, his boyhood a thing
OF the past.
After his marriage. Laurence Wash
tnEton settled at Mount Vernon on the
Potomac river, which estate had fallen
20 him BY his fathers will Laurence
Weshington's wife being Anne, daugh-
ter OF William Fairfax OF Belvoir.
BGtrfax county, Virginia, a winter of
hospitality followed the establishing of
their home Visiting. at that time in
the southern colonies, was one of the
1ne arts OF social intercourse. and no
sooner waE al estate established than
. round OF visits was inaugurated. A
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all corralled and held. 1t is hardly
necessary to state that the riders were
somewhat busy at the time.
South Of Eureka water is very scarce
Here l have caught great numbers of
wild horses by trapping them when
they come to drink. 1t must be under
stood that practically the only water
the mustangs can obtain is at the
mountain springs. which are not nu-
merous, and are often 20 miles or more
apart. Some years ago I fenced num-
Der of these springs, making small
fields, leaving wide opening for a
gate at the front, which they would
naturally approach when in search Of
water At the far end of these little
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est which always escapes.
We long knew that II corrals could
be quickly erected in passes where
horses were known to travel these wise
old wild horses could be not only
caught, but held. We had wasted
months erecting stockade corrals in
oinerent places, but the consequent
noise and disturbance-even the pres
ence OF mounted men upon the range
would cause the horses to leave or else
refuse to run In the direction we
wanted them to go. We tried heavy
woven wire, but 1t was not only too
heavy and bulky to get into the rough
places we had to go, but 1t was impos-
Sihle to take II down and erect II else
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be well concealed and so placed that
1t is reached over the trails which the
horses have been accustomed to use.
We start very early in the morning, a
few hours work suffioes for the erec-
ton of the canvas, and cloth and bunt-
ing which we stretch out as q guide
to the entrance. Everything ready, the
starter goes out and scares the nearest
horses toward the trap. II he sees
them running toward the corral and
In the hands of the outlying men he
viii go back to start another bunch
and then still another.
have seen separate punches total
Ing 2S head coming into the corral at
one time, each bunch within a few hun
dred yards OF the other. and they wero
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we merely lie in wait in place where
the wild horses can neither hear, see,
nor smell us. To do this we either con-
struct shelter on top Of ridge which
will command a view of the gate, else
dig a hole close to the entrance large
enough to conceal two men and their
bedding. This hole is rooted over with
brush and dirt, and then dead tree Is
laid on top of 1t all. to give 1t nat
ural appearance. We have found that
If a person is thus hidden the horses
can not get his scent readily. This is
very important consideration, for we
have lost more mustangs through their
smelling us than in any other way.
have often noticed that II they detect
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where. It is an acknowledged fact
that wild horses seldom try to jump
anything they can not see through or
over, so figured that If corral could
be had which would be strong enough
to hold wild horses, high enough so
they could not see over, yet be light
enough to pack, and which could be
so quickly erected in the passes that
mustangs would not suspect danger,
the problem would be solved. After
much study decided to try canvas
Accordingly / purchased two pieces
each long enough to make a circular
corral SO feet In diameter and feet
in height, in weight nearly as heavy
as betting. This canvas we load upon
pack animals and carry to the widest
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any unusual taint they will not advance
any farthher until they are perfectly
satisfied as to what causes it. Watch
Ing from some ridge or from one of
these fmprovised hiding places, we wait
for the mustangs to come to US
1t Is fascinating work, for one can
watch these bands approach, study
their every movement. From my hid
Ing place at the cabin trap 1 can see
for miles in the direction from which
these horses come. A small percen-
tage Of them drink in the daytime.
and during these hours the watcher
will see a band lazily walking along.
one behind the other, the strongest
ahead. little colts tagging after their
mares, kicking up and playing. II 1t
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caprice of the moment dictated, kept
young George hot and cold until by a
chance his fate was put to the touch.
ball was to be given at neigh
boring estate, doubtless at the Lees.
After long, solitary day in the leaf
less woods rebelling against his thrall-
dom to a pair of mocking eyes, longing
to tell her of his love yet fearing the
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NWDEAMlEc SMILE or TER-
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thoughtless merriment a declaration
from him might provoke, George had
about decided to go off and spend the
rest of his life lighting Indians; and,
sobered even beyond his usual wont by
the melancholy that had seized upon
him, he dressed himself carefully for
the ball after the style of a quiet
American gentleman. AS he descended
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-14
WILL PARADE IN INDIAN CARE Red Men Have EovaI Plan On Foot for Night Preceding
 Their Big Picnic
Hold Enthusiastic Meeting At Which Final Arrangement
 For Affair Are Discussed


 Final arrangements for the big pie mic of the Red Men, to be held at Lewis Springs next Sunday, were made at large and enthusiastically attended meeting of that order in Py- thian castle last night. Reports from the various committees were received with applause, so well did they as- sure the attendance of large crowd and the carrying out of a most eli tertaining program.
 Curiosity of the public generally has been aroused by the Red Men S advertisement of their intention tc give a parade in Indian costume in Bisbee on the Saturday night before the picnic-that is, tomorrow night A big brass band will ajcom1tany them and in their bravest war paint and with their longest bows and keen est hatchets the dwellers Of the forest will strike terror to the hearts of the pale faces.
 O. s. French and Henry Ginder will leave today for the picnic grounds where they Will see that every ar rangement planned for the amusement of the big crowd which is sure to at tend, is carried out. They will also remain after the picnic. returning Monday. in order to look after the transportation to Bisbee of such ac- cessories to good time as may be needed.