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The Washington times., 1909-01-29
HOSPITAL OFFICIALS
FACE GRAVE CHARGES
Discharged Nurse Says Patients
Were Dragged, So Attendants
Could Meet Visitors.

EITCHBURGs Mass. Jan. 29.-The
executive committee OF the Burbank
Hospital trustees resumed itk secret SEES
Elons IN an effort 10 probe the highly
sensational charges made against the
hospital authorities by a discharged
nurse and by various other persons.
Charges have been made Of miSC0n-
Huct on the part of certain of the nurses
with male visitors. the dfrIcgfDe fo
death Of patients In order that the
nurses might have more time TO carry
on intrigues1 and the alleged shameful
neglect and abuse of patients.
Chief among the nurses accusations
was the statement that certain nurses
had given patients oNeTdoeea of NOR
phlne in order that they might not be
disturbed Ia their meetings with visitors
and male hospital employees. d is re-
ported that two other nurses cOrT0borat-
% the statements and it is understood
that specific Instances were mentioned.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
MODELS OF WARSHlPS
GO TO EXPOSITlONS
Part Of Navy Department Exhibit
Will Be Shipped TO Seattle
and Quito.

IlITtE-Uae OF the Uarsaig models
that have been ON exhibition iu the cor
rldor5 OF tho Navy Department are be-
ins removed to ne Washington Navy
Yard preparatory q. shipment 20 taa
Alaska ukCu-PaeIfc exposition. az
Seattle and go che International EE-
position, al Quito Ecuador
Twenty-Five of iHg models. comprIe-
ing every type of vessel Gao the navy,
VIII go 90 Seattle, and the other SIX,
tHo ulst-claEs battlesHips. two second
class, and two cruisers viii go 90 Qui-
60 Shipments VIII begin March l5.
Iu addition TO THESE models. Tie model
OF the original Constitution, cold fr8u-
sides with the famous AId-zacIusctf
Petition VIII also go 10 the coast
run size wooden models of aI naval
guns from tha automatic tu Inn big
1UclEe-iucl rifles viii also be include
iu The shipments.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
ABBEY Is ASYLUM.

KINGSTON, n. y, Jan. Z9.-StepHou
j.. Abbey. ~ lose weekly paper. the
Ulster Square Dealer. citizens OF [la-s-
ton tried 10 suppress about O. year ago
cu aCcuHut uI Its comments and
charges. was taken 10 the state Asylum
roo r.I0 Insane 1T AIidGicjUWu TODAY on
commitment boy County Judge Canine
application Tor his commitment was
l}isde IS hla uncle Henry ABBEY
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
OLD RESIDENT DIED.

LAMBERTVILLE, n. j. Jan. %
Mrs. Thomas b. FidIer, seveuty-six
years old. died at her home here this
morning from paralysis. She had been
a resident of the towG for more than
fifty years. and. being a woman Of
means, devoted her spare time to visit
ing the sick and alternating the wants
of the deserving. She was widely known
for her charity.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
GOMEZ IS THREADING
IN STEPS OF CASTRO
Sudden Change of Front Observed In New President Of
Venezuela, Who Now Refuses to Agree to Settle
ment Plans Sought by Buchanan
By ]. C. wELLIvER. =

with Venezuela. The notion that he
has a huge plant" of ready cash in
various European banks is not taken
seriously. The stories have represented
Castro as having anything from ten TO
thirty million dollars where he could
put his fingers ON it. From a usually
eNcelleuuy informed South American
authority IL is learned that the best in-
formation justifies the supposition that
Castro probably has a million or two in
available form. and that his fortune
may run up TO $4,000 0O but not higher.
People familiar with Venezuela and
with the relations of Castro to the big
corporations which he has granted CON
cessiOns believe he must have got away
with a comfortable bunch of cash, which
assures him either a life of ease and
comfort i'm Europe, or the means to
kick up new revolution in a country
where revolutions are so cheapIy and
easily fomented as i'm Venezuela.
Home Influences.
If Gomez should start his administra-
ton by a wholesale yielding to Amerl-
can demands, it is urged. he would at
once ALLEVIATE the whole fingo sentiment
of his country. 1t Wo I'D yean fOr
The fleshpOts and vigOr of the Castro
regime. and Gomez would be i'm danger
of having his predecessor invited back
into the country to head new revolt
based on the platform of no concessions
to the foreigners.
This is the danger which comes into
fun view with the announcement that
Gomez is not acting ~ ali as was aN-
f-~CIya. G-gs "a week OF more the State
Department has been appraised OF con
ditiOus at Caracas, and wondering what
will happen. The new administration
Of the department finds itself at the
very beginning confronted with the new
situation, which ~ anything bat COM
Portable.
What viii happen 1. these negotia-
tions fail is Il big question. Holland,
IL is expected. Wyul~ proceed with her
blockade and effort 81 apply the same
screws to the Gomez government which
she was twisting down on Castro when
he suddenly left the country. The
loss of prestige by the United States,
from q failure TO bring order out o.
the chaos. would De no iucOnsideTabie
feature of concern to this Government
Dispatches from Caracas with more
details as 90 the political situation are
awaited with The utmost interest. IT
is believed there is politics, and prob
ably of the most complicated kind. back
of the development Of GOmezs attitude
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
DECIDE TO MOVE
STATION CAB STAND

Tie Commissioners have approved the
recommendation OF Major sylvester
that the hotel omnibus and public hack
stand az the south front Of Union Sta
ton be abolished and that the stand
be established at the curb on the north
side of Massachusetts avenue. extend
ing west fhom Delaware avenue. The
motor vehicle stand viii be located on
Massachusetts avenue extending east
from Delaware avenue.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
RefOrmat0ry and Work
house on Large Tracts
Are Urged.
WOULD RELEASE
ON PROBATION
Bills Also Provide for Release of
Certain Prisoners as
Prescribed.

Convinced that 1t is the Best method
of dealing with that large class of uu-
fortuuates, convicted of minor Of
lenses, aud yet termed as criminals,
the Commissioners have urged upon
Congress the legislation recommended
by the penal commission.
This board consists OF Justice w. T..
Stafford, John JOY Edison, and ROJerJ
V. La Dow. Two bills are proposed,
the first for the establishment Of an
adult probation system for the District
of Columbia, and the SECOND for the
purchase of two sizes Of a thousand
acres each i'm Maryland or Virginia fer
the erection of a reformatory and
WOTkhOuse
The Washington times., 1909-01-29

The State Department is wondering
whether it caught Tartar when Go
mez was made president OF Venezuela.
Gomez was expected TO be a willing
listener to CounseIs of the Washington
government When he promptly con
scented to receive Commissioner Buchau-
an and negotiate for q resumption Of
diplomatic relations with the various
powers with which Castro had been
at outs. il was taken as assuring early
adjustment OF all pending difficulties.
But it doesn't SO develop.
Dispatches from Caracas say that
something very much like an impasse
has been reached in the negotiations
between Gomez and Buchanan As q
matter OF fact the State Department
has known here for some time that this
was the situation, but for various rea-
sons il was deemed advisable to allow
the facts TO leak out through Caracas.
The specific statement Of the difficulty
which IS carried by the dispatches from
the Venezuelan capital. is looked upon
as indicating that Mr.. Buchanan him
self made the facts public, under or
ders from the State Department here.
This IS i'm line OF the policy Of assum-
Ing that the United States was not party
90 the interference OF Holland in Vene-
zuelan affairs, though it is we'll known
that this country was consulted and
consented to the actions of the Dutch
government which precipitated the
crisis IN Venezuela.
Declines Settlement.
At any rate, Gomez, inspired. it is
supposed, by fear, is taking a course
very similar to that of Castro. He de-
clines to consent to the only conditions
which seem to make final adjustment
possible, namely. the arbitration OF GER
tain disputed points involving foreign
interests in Venezuela.
Back Of Gomez's sudden change from
the conciliatOTy to the stubborn and in
dependent attitude, it is believed here,
IS the fact that he fears concession on
his part to foreign interests will result
in revulsiOH OF public opinion in Ven
ezuela in favor OF Castro. Nobody
knows CastrO's plans, and nobody
knows TO what extent he is supplied
with funds TO carry them out He is
being watched in Berlin with much In
terest, it. is said. by representatives, of
Gomez as well as by agents OF the
powers which have pending differences
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
Trial Delayed Again by
! Wrangle Over Condition
of One Man.
JUDGE WILL GIVE
DECISION LATER
State Counsel Show Heat, Charg-
ing Opposition Planned
the Matter.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. JAN 19.-Nith
tho third venire OF 500 men. nearly ali
selected from the most remote districts
of Davidson county, present 80 court
for examination as To their QuaAlca-
tions FOR jury duty the trial of Col
Duncal Cooper. Robin $. Cooper. and
John Sharp, for the murder of former
Senator T. W. Carmack. was resumed
before Judge Hart today,
Before examination OF taIesmen was
begun, however. the court heard the
evidence Of two physicians who have
been IN attendance on Juror J. W. Whit
worth. Both declared that the Juror
is in such condition that he might be
confined to bed at any time, thus caUs-
ing mistrlsi.
Judge Hart declared he considered it
in the sound discretion OF the court to
permit Whitworth TO so home, but final
" consented on the earnest protest of
Attorney General Jem NIcCaru TO hear
argument McCara insisted to the court
that the juror was in every way com
petent. that Whitworth himself had not
asked to be retired, and McCaru insist
cd that he be retained.
Court Defers Action.
The state demanded that Judge Hart
defer his decision IN the WhitWOrth
case until they could fully investigate
Attorney General AIcCaTn angrily in
sisted that the entire proceedings were
planned by the defense, and he init
mated that Anderson. the defense s
chief counsel, was back of the move
Fnent, as he had learned Whitworth
was opposed to Colonel Cooper. Dr..
Sullivan, the WhitwOrth family doctor,
sWore positively that the patient was
suffering from BTight'S disease, and
that his retention might mean ms
death. Judge Hart unaIly deferred ac-
Uion until later IN the cay.
Long Task Ahead.
with the jury box depleted as a re-
suit of the proceedings Of the last two
DAYS. neither side is very sanguine Of
completing the needed twelve very soon,
THE action Of the State ia arresting eX-
Juror Leigh the moment he was de-
clared incompetent on a perjury charge,
and ia bringing proceedings against
ltormer Sheriff Davidson for alleged
false swearing. has complicated the sit
Both men have been refused permits
sion to have their cases passed on by
The present grand jury. Holding this
up as an implied threat McCarn has
ff thew car evade it in any way. AS
a. A. Baxter, a leading merchant, put
~ 70 Judge Hart when he asked to be
excused today:
Il have read and talked about rms
case. 7 don't remember what I may
have said.
Risk Too Great.
II can swear honestly that I have
no opinion now. yet IL is possible that
RInce November / may have expressed
an opinion. So II I swear now that !
have no opinion, at this moment. I am
likely 10 be accepted as a juror only
10 md after I have been locked up q
few days that 7 have been held up to
The public as a liar, dismissed ignomini-
ously from the jury, and insuIted as
We'll as arrested"
And this opinion was voiced By a num-
her Of men who appeared for jury duty
today The situation is unique, even for
Tennessee, where much that is foreign
70 legal procedure IS permitted &c creep
into court proceedings.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
Early Action Needed.

Commissioner MacfarlanG said today
lac hoped the legislation would be enact
ed at the present session Of Congress
iu viev of abe pressing need for it sci
forth in the Presidents message. and
the report OF the peua1 commission.
In order To further the project, the
Commissioners have heIE up the bids
received for the erection of an admin
istratioU building as am addition TO the
present WoTklouse. for which SS5,DW
was appropriated, until Co igress shall
act upon the new proposition, So that
only the remainder Of the 100000 estl-
mated by the penal commission viii
have to be newly appropriated The
Commissioners have indOrsed also the
proposition that $4,000 he appropriated
for the preparation or plans for the
erection of permanent WOTkn0USe
and nemanaut reformatOrN.
The Washington times., 1909-01-29
IempOraTy StruCtuTes.

The penal commission has recon-
meuded that temporary structures be
erected and that the Workhouse prison
ers be put to work improving the tracts,
the commission expressing the hope
that the building would be ready for
occupancy before July I.
Under the proposed system, the
courts would ha, e. power to place
upon probation under the supervision
of probation officers. sularied and vol
uutecT. any convict except ina cases OF
treason, murder, rape, arson, or kid
uap.uE Prisoners convicted OF pen
iteUtIary Ofcuses and not placed upon
probation would be sent TO a Federal
peniteutiary, presumably at Atlanta.
Prisoners of the WuTkhOuSe type
and nor placed upon probation would
Doe sent 10 the proposed WOTkhouse,
and other offenders believed to be
capable of reformation would be sent
TO the TcfoTmatoTy
The Washington times., 1909-01-29

See Illustration Of
one of these Horse
hair braid and chit
ION hats and learn
that me ostrich
plume trimming viii
a lways he worth Sl5.
Note, tO., that SIM
liar hats are here,
trimmed with less
expensive wings and
quilts, tile price be-
ing only $50
The Washington times., 1909-01-29

These Manufactured
Cloth Suits viii not
be mere until tomOr-
row morning - but
the maker promises
the approved Paris
and London styles
i'm new tWU-piece
garments i'm no less
than fifteen spring
cOlOTings. The in
trOductOry price to
be S15.98. instead OF
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-17
CONFERENCE FRU|1LESS
Operators and Miners Fail to
Reach Agreement.

Philadelphia, March 13.-The con-
ference between the subcommittee of
the anthracite mine workers and ope-
rators to arrange new agreement to
go into effect at the expiration of the
present working arrangement came to
an end without result. While the
prospects are not as bright as they
were for peaceful settlement, there
is still hope that radical action by
either side will be avoided The ex-
ecutfve boards will issue call for a
convention of the miners of the three
anthracite districts to be held in one
of the mining towns for the purpose
of considering plans for further action
and then will follow another confer
ence with the operators before March
81. The counter proposition of the
mining companies to renew the present
agreement for another term of three
years will be placed before the con-
vention by the executive boards of
the workmen. National President
Lewis of the union said after the
meeting that the suggestion for an
ether conference came from the opera
tors.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-17
FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME
Aged Anoka Hermit Expires as He
Had Lived.

Aged Anoka Hermit Expires as He
Had Lived.
Sam A. Wells, a hermit and familiar
character in Anoka. was found lying
under his bed cold in death. The old
man came to Minnesota from Maine,
settling at Anoka many years ago
with a brother. Together they lived
the lives of hermits, allowing but one
person to enter their home. They
titled small piece of land, using the
most primitive means and doing all
the work by hand
A few years ago the brother died
and Sa,nCe, continued to live alone.
he was man who read many news
papers, paying his subscriptions from
his Civil war pension, and when he
died he had his home well stocked
with groceries, bought in wholesale
lots. He was kind hearted. harm.
less man and the only person he
would allow i'll the house was a little
girl neighbor and she it was who
found his body.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-17
State Receives Portion Of OIL
Inspector Shortage.
SURETY COMPANY PAYS UP
Drastic Action Threatened I'm.
less Bond Was Redeemed.

The state of Minnesota has received
$5,242.4e from the National Surety
company, the amount of it's liability
on the bond of Fenton G.. Warner, for
mer state oil inspector AS Warner
has gone into bankruptcy the state
will only recover small part of. the
balance on the $4,000 shortage charged
up to him. The bonding company is
also due to lose the great part of
what it pays the state. The transac-
ton was outlawed criminally and the
state has no further recourse.
The surety company attempted to
escape payment on the ground that
it was not made party to the suit
against Warner. The attorney gen.
eral claimed that the company had
promised to pay if not made party
to the litigation, but this was dis.
puted and finally Governor Johnson
called in the attorneys of the com.
pany and notified them that drastic
steps would be taken if the bond was
not redeemed. He threatened that
the companys license in Minnesota
would be revoked. Agreement was
then made to settle the obligation.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-17
The Thumb.

The dispara cement of the usefulness
and Importance of the thumb implied
in the expression, His fingers are all
thumbs seems undeserved in view of
the important part the thumb formerly
played in the social customs Of the peo-
pie and the very important part it
plays in our own lives.
Lord Erskine, in his institutes"
states that among certain Of the lower
ranks in Scotland the final settlement
OF bargain was always signalized by
the licking and joining Of thumbs
Selden, in Titles of Honor" says
that kissing the thumb was mark of
servility. The clergy, the rich and
the great, were in receipt of this honor
from their tradesmen.
From the remotest days of antiquity
the practice Of licking the thumb has
been regarded as a solemn pledge or
promise, existing, according to Tacitus
and other authorities. among the
Goths, the Iberians and the Moors. and
it may also be traced through success
siVe periods down to our own times
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-17
BaIzac's Refuge.

Admirers Of BalZac who visit Paris
will be interested in museum special
ly devoted to souvenirs Of the writer.
1t consists Of the quaint old house and
garden in the Rue Raynouard, at AZ,
which he inhabited many years and
where he wrote a number of his best
works. Curiously enough, the house
recalls one Of the most difficult Pc
RODS of his life, when, it is said. he
was hunted and prosecuted by debtors
to an alarming extent He selected
the house, it is stated, purposely as a
sort Of harbor Of refuge from duns.
1t has no direct refuge from the Rue
Raynouard, and one has first to pass
through the hall Of another house and
go down two flights of stairs to
courtyard below. The house, which is
a small building and which the French
would only call pavilion is en-
tered from this courtyard and has
little garden at the back. At one side
of the garden there is steep wall
down the side Of the hill, giving the
place the appearance of a little for
tress.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-17
Do You Open Your Mouth

Like young bird and gulp down what.
ever food or medicine may be offered you?
Or, do you want to know something of the
composition and character of that which
you take into your stomach whether as
food or medicine?
Most intelligent and sensible people
nowadays insist on knowing what they
employ whether as food or as medicine.
DR.. Pierce believes they have a perfect
right to insist upon such knowledge. So he
publishes sxoadcast and on each bottle
wrapper, what bis medicines are made Of
and vexiies, itJnhder This he feels
he can WeaAfford to do because the more
the ingredients of which his medicines
are made are STUDIED and understood the
more viii their superior curative virtues
be aP1reciafed.
For the cure OF woman's peculiar weak
nesses, irregularities and arrangements,
giving rise to frequent headaches, back
ache, draggng-down pain or distress in
lower abdominal or pelvic region, accom-
panied, ofttimes, with a facilitating,
pelvic, catarrhal drain and kindred symp-
toms of weakness, DR.. Pierce's Favorite
prescription is a most efficient remedy.
1t is equally effective in curing painful
periods, in giving strength to nursing
tnOGueTS duu Ill preparing Illc system OF
the expectant mother for baby's coming,
thus rendering childbirth safe and COM
paratively painless. The uFavorite Pre-
scription" is most potent, strengthening
tonic to the general system and to the
organs distinctly feminine in particular
1t is also a soothing and invigorating
nervine and cures nervous exhaustion,
nervous prostration, neuralgia, hysteria,
spasms, chorea or St. Vitus's dance, and
other distressing nervous symptoms at
tendant upon functional and organic dis
eases OF the distinctly feminine organs.
host of medical authorities of all the
several. schools of practice, recommend
each OF the several ingredients of which
'Favorite Prescription is made for the
cure of the diseases for which it is claimed
to be a cure. You may read what they
say for yourself by sending a postal card
request for a free booklet of extracts
from from the leading authorities, to DR.. R. v.
Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In
stitute, Buffalo, N. Y. and it will come to
you by return post.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-17
KILLED BY SWITCH ENGINE
Young Minneapolis Woman Meets
Tragic Fate.

Mrs. NJ. Third, thirty years old, liv-
ing with her mother at Minneapolis,
was instantly killed by switch en-.
CINE in the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul railroad yards in that city.
Her head and left leg below the
knee were severed from the body and
her chest was horribly crushed.
Men employed in the yards advance
the theory that it was a case Of sui
eide and point to the fact that Mrs
Third had left her husband and was
suing for divorce as supplying a mo-
tive for the act
The police, however, think it case
Of accidental death.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-17
TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE
Purdy Sworn in as Judge Of Federal
Court for Minnesota.

Milton D. Purdy took the oath of
Office as judge of the United States
court for the district of Minnesota,
being sworn in at st. Louis by
Judge Walter H. Sanborn of the fed.
eral court of appeals. Judge Purdy
held Office under President Roosevelt
without the confirmation of the sen.
ate and he resigned the day prior to
the Inauguration of President Taft.
President Taft has since reappointed
him.