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New-York tribune., 1909-02-16
n. Y. WOMAN SUICIDE.
Jumps from Boston apartment
House, Probably While DeliriOuS.
IBy Telegraph to The tribune, ]


Boston Feb. 15-Mss Blanche Ensign, twen-
ty-six years old, of No Alb Lexington avenue.
New York City. killed herself here this evening
by jumping from an apartment on the fifth floor
at No 6S West Concord street to the pavement
below She was mangled and died In an amOu-
lance on the way to a hospital
Miss Ensign had been in Boston about week.
visiting a friend, Mrs. Mary Mari. Two days
ago she became i'll. and her condition was so
alarming that her mother was telegraphed for
The mother left New York this morning but
did not reach Boston until two hours after her
daughter killed herself.
The Marr family were in the dining room
when Miss Ensign leaped from the window.
She is supposed to have been suddenly attacked
with delirium.
D. T. Ensign. carriage dealer. of No. 413
Lexington avenue father of the dead woman
said last night that his daughter was really
Mrs Frank Dunn. jr, her father-in-law being
prominent in theatrical circles. She was mar
ried eight years ago he said. but found married
life unhappy and separated from her husband
year later. Since then, Mr.. Ensign said, MS
daughter had been melancholy. her mother and
aunt exerting themselves in vain TO cheer her
up. Mr. Ensign left here for Boston last night
New-York tribune., 1909-02-16

New Orleans. Feb. 15.-E. n. Hartman passed
through New Orleans to-day his trip through
the South He said he conining himself to
pleasure alone. and that the trip had business
significance He left here for San Antonio, Tex
shortly before O'clock this afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-16

1878 TO NEW ORLEANS AND RETURN
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. account Mardi Gras. Tick
cts sold February Is 70 81. 1875 Pensacola OF
Mobile. Consult Ticket Agents-Adyt
New-York tribune., 1909-02-16

You prove the matches quality Of ''Saladas' Tea
the FIRST time you drink IT, Get 10c trial packet
from youN Srocer.-Advt
New-York tribune., 1909-02-16

WHERE TO TAKE LUNCH
Assd erink tho Highest Types Of American Wines.
q 2 Dewey 4 Sons Co, l5s Fulton St, New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24
Neglige Shirts and Ties.

Mems Fine Woven Scotch Madras Shirts
cost style with plated front aud attach
Mems Neglige Shirts, Of soft-tnish mer
cerized cotton. in pliin blue, tan, gray
and Whit; soft cuffs. $ o
Mems Selffgured White Madras Shirts
coat style, with attached or separate
cnffs ei and ...................S - 81
Mems Colored Neglge Shirts, Of msdra
and percsle; coat style; plain an plat
ed bosoms; attached or separate cuHs.... Sl.5C
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24

The first minute after fire starts Is the
most critical time, and the "Columbla" TX
tinguisher being always ready for use, me ke'
you master Of the situation. f. 3. LEAD
pEATFP & SONS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24
VICTIM OF FARO GAME.

How q country merchant bucked a
faro game in New York and dropped
$llO, 900 was told when Marshall Bill,
OF Newburgh, N. Y, filed petition in
bankruptcy 10 the u. S. District
Court in New York yesterday, and said
his principal creditor, James Thomson,
was dealer of the game. B,ll says he Is
retired business man, with liabilities
amounting to $1l3. 900 aud no assets.
Thomson, the principal creditor, holds
BslPs notes for 100000, and a note for
$40, 900 Is held BY Joseph Mayer, of
Mount Vernon, NY. Bell tells speci6-
cally how he went to New York last
November and fell in with 8 crowd of
gamblers and surething men, and was
introduced to their games. When the
game was finished B was told that his
markers to'sled $4,000, and be was
asked to sign 81. o. U's" as a mere
formsIity until he came again aud won
back the money. The II. o. US"
proved to be notes payable to Thomson,
one for $50, 600, another for $1,000 on
demand. and teo for $40, 900 at 80 days.
One of the lst'er was made payable 10
the Mount Vernon man, who has brought
suit TO recover the amount in West
chester county. Bell represents thst the
notes are void under the gambling act.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24
What Do They Curef

The above question is often asked cor
earning DR.. Pierce's two leading meol:
cines, eGolden Medical Discovery ana
sFavorite Prescription" q,
The answer is that "Golden Medical
Discovery " Is 3 most potent Alternative or
blood-purifer, and tonic or invigorator
and acts especially. favoraoly 10 q cura-
tive way upon all tho mucous lining sur
faces, as Of the nasal passages, throat
bronchial tubes, stomach, bowels and
bladdeF>curing large per cent. or cater
rhal CAKES whether %he disease affects the
nasal paSsaees, the thSQat, larYnx, bron-
CHA, stomach\l as cata Tf5R2l dyspepsia j
bowels { as mIeO1stSifa faTlhee>l bladder,
uterus or other pelvic orgarSS Even La
the chronic SplccSatlxe stages OF tpeSe
affections. Il is nftan- Successful in aHeck
lnG cures.
T6e wFSYorIte Presentation . is adyIssd
for fle -rlfs -Qla class ol seases~t6Qsa
63cUliar. weaknesseS, dET4hRenleilts ana
frTegnlafltiet Incident % women olIY. IL
Is a powerful yet gently acting inVigOrab
ing tonic and nerVine. For weak worn
out. over-wOrked women-no matter what
has caused the breakdown, "FavOrite
Prescription will be found most effective
in building up the strength, regulating
the womanly functions, subduing pain
and bringing about healthy, vigorous
condition of the whole system.
A book of particulars wraps each bottle
giving the formula of both medicines and
quoting what scores OF eminent med
ical authors, whose works are consulted
by physicians Of all the schools Of practice
as guides in prescribing, say OF each in
gredient entering into these medicines.
The words Of praise bestowed .on the
several Ingredients entering into Doctor
Pierce's medicines by such writer's should
have more weight than any amount Of
non professional testimonials, because
such men are writing for the guidance OF
their medical brethren and know whereof
they speak.
Both medicines are Hon-alcoholio, nom
secret, and contain no harmful habit
forming drugs, being composed OF glyceric
extracts of the roots of native, American
medicinal forest plants. They are both
sold by dealers in medicine. You can't
afford to accept as substitute for one OF
these medicines Of known composition,
any secret nOstrum.
DR.. Pierce's Pellets. small sugar-coated,
easy TO take as candy, regulate and In
Vigorate stomach. liver and bowels.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24

Good vslne in every bottle Of NOUN
VERNON TALCUM. Irs pleasure in5eei
to sell SO good toilet aid FOR 10 cents. It's
made in LeadbeateT's Laboratory.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24
ATEXANDRIA va THURSDAY EVENING. JUNE "a, 1903.
alexandria Gazette.

PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI.wKKKLY AT
GAZETTE BUILDING. 80 d S12 PRINCE
STREET.
TKRMs Daily year, $500 6 months
$3.50; months, S1:25; / month, 4S cents;
/ week, 10 cents.
Tn-weekly-l year, $500 s months, Sl.bO
8 months. 70 cents: / month. 25 cents.
Contract advertisers will not be allowed 70 ex'
ceed theirspace unless theexc is paid for
at transient rates, and under no circum'
stances will they be allowed to advertise
other than their legitimate business in the
space contracted for.
Marriage and death notices must be paid for
IN advance.
Resolutions in memorlam, Of thanks, tributes
Of respect, resolutions adopted by societies
or persons, unless Of public concern, viii
My be printed in the paper as advertise
ments.
Entered at the Postofice Of Alexandria, ViY
ginis. ss second-class matter.l
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24
INSURANCE.

NIRGINIA.-In the Clerks 0 flee Of ih9
Corporation Court Of the city Of Alexan
dria on the Slst day Of My, 1909.
William II. Bannaker
VS.. In chGncery.
Mary +. Bannaker,
Memo. The object Of this suit is to obtain
divorce a yinculO from the defendant, Mary
L. Bannaker.
1t appearing by an affidavit filed in this cause
that the defendant, Mary +. Bannaker, Is a
nonresident Of this State:
1t is Ordered: That said defendant appear
here within fifteen days after due publication
OF this order, and dc what is necessary to pro-
tect her interest in this suit. and that copy
De forthwith inserted in theAlexan iriaGazetie,
a newspaper published in the City Of Alex
andria, once a week for four successive
weeks, and posted at the front door Of the
Court House of this city.
A copy -TEsTE.
NEWELL :. GREENAWAY, Clerk.
By LOUIS n. DUFFEY, d. G.
Howard W. Smith, . q. my3i w4w'm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24
NoTIcE no GAs CONsUMERs.

Gas bills for the quarter ending June
l, 1909, having been delivered, this is TO
notify all customers that the usual discount
Will be allowed on all bills paid on or before
July /, 1909. After that date no discount
will be allowed and delinquents will he re-
quired to make early settlement. By order Of
ie2S tjyl Clerk of Gas,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24
DRY GOODS.
~--~-~-0~~0~~~~--~>~~-~-
Swan Bros,
Special Values
For Thursday
Our Remnant Day
Every item advertised for Thurs
days Remnant selling are Very
Special Values, and should be
taken advantage of promptly.

Six corsets, $500 quality, slightly
soiled, Thursday. ......... .........SL.9
Seven @ B 81 80 corsets, Thursdsy ..9Sc.
Four 81 O. b. corsets, Thursday. ....63c.
SOC extra long corsets, Thursday ...49c.
Small lot soc light percale waist,
special price THURSDAY. av...............S5c'
25 dozen children's undeTwalsts with
two rows of buttons, Thursday ..... &c.
Ladies' SOC corset covers, neatly
trimmed, Thursday ay.................. Soc.
Twenty dozen ladies' 1870 extra slzs
vests, sizss 8 aud 9, Thursday.."...9c.
Childreu's cotton pants, all sizss
Thursday .................,......... ."AUc'
Ohildren's cotton underwsists, all
sizes, Thursday .......................lOc.
We will close out sll 35c white toot
Holeproof hose on Thursday,
pair.....................''''''''.....2 ..'''''''' Gee. 25c
Another case misses black Lise
hose, seconds of the 25c kind Thurs
daY. ..................l0c.
Thirty dozen ladies' 25c Gauzs Llsie
hose, all colors, Thursday. y........ ..l5c
1873 Buster Brown hose, sizes 6, g.,
Thursday. ..........................' ......0c'
15e ladies' Elastic belts, all cOlor,
Thursday. y.........................
Ten dCz4n white wash belts, Thurs
day each OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
25c ladies' round garter, IhnrS-
day. .........................-.. lo;.
Ladies 39c turkish ba,n slippers,
Thursday. .............,....., ...'.'.'.'''Z0c
90 cube pins, black only Inursda'
cubes fOT.............., ,............ 5c'
go and 753 piece lace of twelve yards
THURSDAY .......,.. ..4jc.
80 and 75c embroldtry waist Tronis,
Thursday .......................... oJc'
so aud 75c embroidery h)unclng, u
inches wide, Thursday y.............29c.
25 and 35c vide embroidery baodiDg
Thursday. y.............................lZ3 :.
s, 10 and l2c Oluny lace aod user
tiou, Thursday ........ ............... DC.
SOC allcver swiss embroidery, TnOrs-
day.. .......,....-................
1Oc ODambra glngnsm. Inursda' .....6;.
25, fancy dress yoiles, Thursda'. lbs.
l2lc furniture covering, Thursday Lie.
15c Linone,te, white and color',
Thursday, ..............................llc lc.
12l ToEelipg crash, ThursnSy ......lO4e.
99c fancy FOulsrd silk, Thursds, S2;.
25c white PopIin and Repp Thurs
day..................... lJc.
1915 white Killarney suliog....... lie.
12l white stripe goods, ThursdA' SIC.
81 iress gingbam, Thursdsy.. ...".".5c.
s and 1Oc light percsles, Thursday &c.
Twenty dozen SO; kimonos, white
With black figures, ThuHday ."..25c.
Ten dozen 25c kimonos, While wnn
black dots, Thursday ........ ..... l5c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24

ALARAsTINE at Lsadbeater's in fifteen
different tints, is free from poisonous matter
and has strong disinfectiDg qualities and
thoroughly sanitary in every respect
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24

II YOU are contemplating anything in the
line OF painting. Leadbeaters want you to
come ia and talk ii over with them. They
will show you points wherein they excel.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-17

arm. hurled him from side to side, at
times dashing his body against the
walls. Antoinette ran downstairs and
shrieked for help.
Neighbours ran to the rescue. A
man rushed into the room with a
heavy crowbar. and dealt the animal
a crashing blow across the head. Then
a woman appeared with a red hot iron
and laid it heavily across the dogs
nose. With howl he loosened his
Jaws. The man caught the child, and
all within the apartment succeeded in
reaching the hallway and slammed the
door, leaving the dog a prisoner.
Patrolman Thomas Wedder heard
the dogs cries, and was told of the
affair by neighbOrs. Patrolman
Thomas Creevy Joined him. and with
drawn revOlvers the two men entered
the kitchen.
Creevy advanced, guarding himself
with a chair. AS the brute sprang he
was met by bullet in the chest. Sew,
eral shots were fired without effect
and the dog landed on the chair held
in Creevys hands splintering it.
Finally the animal ran into a bed
room and crawled under the bed. The
men fired two more shots and he rolled
over as though dead.
Without warning the animal revived
grabbing Creevy in the right thigh,
tearing a cash Of several inches and
cutting the leg of his trousers entirely
off.
Then he sprang for the last time
and his jowls were within a foot of
Wedder's throat when the last shot
struck him sQuarely under the eye.
killing him. The time of the fight was
&c minutes.
Every one Oh the IL bullets fired had
passed through his body. The dog
was a pure white English thorough.
bred of the fighting stock and had
been regarded as dangerous for some
time.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-17

probably will have provided for you a combna-
ton of telescope and moving picture machine by
means of which you can connect your room with
the toy department and see the display by wire
or perhaps by wreless-and at the same time you
get prices and leave your order with the clerk by
telephone
But perhaps the woman of 2OO9 will enjoy the
mad rush of the shops as much as she does to-
day during the holiday season, and then she will
90 to the big store and order her toys and pres
ents. The store could deliver them through the
pneumatic package tubes which will go to all
parts OF the city, but 1t will be more poetic to
have them delivered by Santa Claus
Christmas eve score or a hundred Santa
Clauses will set out from the various shops with
their airshtps laden with Christmas gifts to be de.
livered at the various addresses 1t will no longer
be necessary to deliver all goods in the rear" of
the big apartment building, but whether you live
on the twentieth or two hundred and twentieth
story of the big house you will have your own
private airship landing and while the family is
gathered at the door to receive Santa Claus the
airshp will settle on the landing and the cheerful
Merry Christmas" of the aeronaut will greet Won
as ne hands in the packages
The Christmas tree of hundred years from
now will be an electrical marvel Festoons and
Wreaths OF rainbow cOored lights and "chasers"
Will scntlllate from its green branches But the
presents that hang on it will be even more won
derful
lhere VIII be dolls as large as the little girls
VINO VIII receive them There will be dolls that
can walk and with the improved photographic ar.
engagements OF another century there will be dolls
that can talk and others that can sing beautiful
songs Some of them, no doubt, will be able to
dance gracefully and to do tricks that wonld seem
miraculous If performed by an automaton to-day.
The mechanical toys of 20O9 will be marvels Of
perfection. The most imaginative man cannot
possibly conceive OF the new things that will be
invented IN the way of machinery but it is safe
to assume that the wireless transmission of power
VIII be perfected. Wheels will spin without anv
visible motive power. Power may be taken from
the suns rays or wireless power stations may be
operated by the waves the waterfalls or even the
winds Before the coal supply is exhausted the
need for coal, either for warmth or power. will
have passed away.
And whatever triumphs men make in tho in
dustrial world they impart to their games and
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-17
Victor EmmanueI's Rar. Chine

King Victor Emmanuel, according
to French newspaper, is a numis.
matist of the first rank. and his mai.
esty possesses a collection which NAV
be termed a museum. His cabinets
contain $4,000 coins. some most rare
and almost priceless.
The king Is scientific collector
and will shortly publish a treatise on
numismatics. 1t will run into sew.
eral volumes, and will be entitled
Corpus Mnimorum ItaIicorum." The
work will be complete catalogue Of
medieval and modern money struck
by Italy or by Italians in foreign lands
The printing of the first volume is al.
most complete, To insure correctness
proof sheets have been submitted to
the keepers of the coin departments
in the principal museums of the world
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-17

til they will he literally "skyscrapers" within CEN
fury.
In one of these big buildings, while the machin
cry will be out of sight, domestic affairs will be so
mechanical even automatic, that you can get al
most anything the family needs simply by turning
on switch pressing a button.
The fiat dweller of that distant day will not be
bothered with servants or the servant problem By
pressing button the Christmas dinner will come
up noiseessiy from the kitchen on the mechanical
waiter or perhaps in pneumatic tube.
After your Christmas dinner Is over the dishes
will disappear as silently and swiftly as you could
wish Some sort of mechanical dish washer In the
kitchen will take care of them-or what is more
likely they will be made of cheap composition
and will be destroyed by burning after they are
used once. The antiseptic precautions Of the mod
ern surgeon will be to the kitchens of the
next century and hygiene will be real science.
When you have eaten your Christmas dinner II
you want to go out for the evening you can press
a button and aerocab will come to the landing at
your door. Or, If you prefer It. you may drop down
the pneumatic elevator to some point so or 100 feet
below the surface of the earth and be whrled
through the pneumatic subway at dizzy rate of
speed to your destination. Only the speed will not
make you dizzy. You will not be able to feel II
You may sit in your cushioned car, we'll lighted and
warmed and ventilated by some process yet to he
discovered, anu DelOTe you realize II the miles will
speed away and you step out to the opera or the
play.
If you prefer to remain at your apartments the
kaleidoscope attached to your telephone NAV he
connected to any theater you desire and Won can
sit in your easy chair and smoke while YOU SEQ the
play projected on the wall like the most perfect
moving picture. All the stage settings will be there
to make the play seem real, and the improved tele
phone will bring every shade and subtle infection
OF the actors voice to your ear.
1t seems certain that this telautoscope arranqe
ment-the exact word to describe it will be coined
after the process is dscovered-will be one of the
trlumphs of the coming century It will enable Won
TO see the person you are talking to over tele
phone
The flight of the coming airship probably will he
SO rapid that the business man and even the sal
arled worker, if he loves the country, can have
villa or cottage at great distance from the CITY
and go to work in his own airship at slight cot
On Christmas day in the good century to come
this flight in the air will be the means of uanv
family reunions that are impossible now few
hours Will take one to the distant pert of the
country, and the practical cessation c. business
during the holiday week will leave all rec to fore
gather with the loved ones and pay deferred visits
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-17
HABITS CHAIN
Certain Habits Unconsciously ~
and Hard to Break

La,
An ingenious philosopher Cow" :,
that the amount OF will power :.
sary to break a lifelong nap'' :,
II 1t could be transformer, hiss'
OF many tons.
1t sometimes requires a nis. !.
gree of heroism to break the c,' !.
a pernicious habit than to leSu
lorn hope in a bloody battle .
writes from an Indiana to~n' "a
From my earliest childnoou.
lover of coffee. Before was ou y.
teens | was miserable dyspSps
fering terribly at times Wlta Ny
ach.
Il was convinced that IL wa
that was causing the troupe o.
Gould mot dorv myself a CUP
- N0",N nv O,"' 90 % T n
urea kiqSt AT me age Vi OV
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-17
ResInol in Three We.k. ~,
Other Remedies Failed ;, "
four Month,

My baby's face was Iita
bleeding piece Of meat. .
wits ends what to do. Ne5 Il |
three physicians and ointns,..
mended seemed to make ~. ! |
worse. Then another motb 10.
ReSlnoI which | procured At !.
member | had no more faith y
in all the rest I had tris. !
thought it would be wastin ,sa>'
more Never did | spend ~ y, |
ter advantage, for the first I, y,
ond days ! noticed a rs'S
change, and now at the enI ny ,
third week ! have my S,s N.Y.
eyed rosy checked, co ot,,'
well again. I am safe in saw,
perfectly cured and the cure ~ y.
ly something remarkable "
and Ointment did in three v ls
everything else l tried failed y
four months. My baby va, ~, y
Ji~ 8 r,,,r.I ,.- ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-17
Duty Society Owes to Unfortns

Consumption is primarily
mans disease DR.. Woods Haj
son of New York city says: Rod
speaking. the incipient tubercuauI
tient can buy as many chances
fresh air and cure as he has mod
The percentage of deaths from
sumption among the poor Is lMI
cent. higher than among the yeaa
and the rich. Sixty-five per cent
the consumptives in the United q
are too poor to provide proper ID
for treatment. They must ethel
placed in a sanitarium or h@f|
where they can be cured Of Their
ease and where they will be reDd
from the possibility of infectlngc q
members Of their families, or the
resulting from neglect to care
these poor cOnsumptiyeS will BEN
or three times as great as WOaa
the case if they are properly A@
in institutions.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-17
Safe Place for the Author.

I'm a small town where the
ence calls for the author Of the
to come before the curtain, d.
ways feels better if the curtain
lot of local advertisements on H.
the manager.
why so?" asked his friend
why, the people in the aaa
are not going to throw eggs ana
a chance on spelling their own
tisements, are they?"-YonkersS
man.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-17
Hunter Is Held in Bear Tran.

Selinsgrove, Pa.-While he was
hunting in the kettle" of Seven
Mountains, in Snyder county. George
5. Schoch OF this place was caught IN
a bear trap under clump of bushes
He was found a prisoner after dark,
seven hours later, asleep from fatigue
by his brother, John A. S. Schoch, and
Donald Spanagle OF Lewiston, and he
was extricated with difficulty. His
thick hunting eggins saved him from
serious injury.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-17
His Retor.

Newzance-Do you know, J
man, that five out of six peopE
suffer from heart trouble have 8N
it upon themselves through tns
habit of smoking?
karmley-Really! And Fs
you are aware that nine out o
people who suffer from olacA
can trace the complaint TO
of not Winding their own DuSlD'
Pearson's Weekly.