davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Vaccination for Typhoid.
,l,alms rohic, Jotrnai

From the Columbus, tohict Journ.r
The use OF vaccine matter as Il prOtcc-
ton against typhoid fever has been recon-
mended by the Medical Reserve Corps Of
the army. This body is composed OF
medical professors from Ann Arbor, Johns
Hopkins Harvard. Rockefeller nsiitute
and the University of Pennsylvania. :"
the reader may know that the proposition
il grounded in the best medical hnowl-
edge. 1t appeals TO the common sense
as we'll Here is the typlIt id germ. 1t
can ne =een. :. o-.mS reasonable that
some dire enemy may be set up against
that contemplate little bacillus and smite
il hip and thigh and drive it out OF he
system. That is what the vaccine Is for
to make the presence of this germ IN
the blood distas eful to il that il viii
finally collapse
The application is not disagreeahle
as in the case of smallpox. which is often
followed by sore results that are veXa-
tious If not dangerous. The typhoid vac
cine is admin stored by hypodermic injec-
ion which leaves no ulcer whatever and
without single disaster of any kind in
the 15.Uo0 cases reported. The data are
not yet sufficient 10 determine the value
Of this proven i've process. The results
seem to favor it's application. and this
seeming is SO strong that this able medi-
cal board believes that typhoid has nos
its match at last.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Penal Code Bill Blocked.

An attempt to abolish capital punish
ment az a penalty under federal laws yes
terday blocked the conclusion of consider
alton Of the penal code bill in the House.
sitting in committee of the whole. This
bill was taken up after the House had be-
come entangled in the Knox eligibility
question. and had laid the question aside
for the day.
The most important amendment incor-
pOrated in the bill was one to regulate the
Interstate shipment OF intoxicating iiquors.
Representative Mccall of Massachusetts
led the fight against capital punishment
and when he was voted down made a
point of no quorum. Just before this. by
- to -, the committee had declined to
substitute electrocution for hanging us a
death penalty.
A motion to- take a recess was opposed
by the enemies OF the bill and fiiibuster
resulted The doors finally were closed
and the sergeant-at-arm sent after alb
sent members. Nearly two hours later. 1T
$50 pm, when Representative Madden
of Illinois answered the roll call. quorum
was secured, and the House was declared
in recess until today at II 0 clock.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
SONS ENMITY WOUNDS TUCKER
WIFE FILES SUIT FOR SEPARA-
TION AGAINST HIM.
Young Army officer Joins Mother in
Efforts to Prevent Honor
able Retirement.

CHICAGO, February 1S.-Dramat:c Incl
dents followed III rapid succession in
the hearing, yesterday. before the army
retiring board of the case of Col. Will
liam y. Tucker. formerly payma stcr of the
Department of Lakes, who seeks to be
hcnorably retired on the usual retirement
pay.
AS a climax Of the day. when the board
had concluded the hearing and begun 70
formulate its report. which will be made
public after final action by the Secretary
of War, Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, wife
of the colonel. fled in court suit for sep
aratc maintenance on the ground of in
temperance.
Col. Tucker. stepping ouoyantIy, vent
before the board with an air Of conf
dence Closeted in adjoining room
we're those arrayed against linn who seek
to have him retired without compensa-
ton. These included his wife, Mrs. John
A., Logan. his wife's. mother. and Capt.
John Logan Tucker, his only son.
When Mrs Tucker. wearing black
cloak and large black hat trimmed
with sweeping green plumes entered the
boards room and confronted her husband
for the first time since 1905 Col. Tucker
stood up. but said nothing.
What Mrs. fuckers testimony consisted
of was not disclosed, the session was
secret. but she had not been long on the
stand when she tainted. Mrs. Tucker.
who was in the room not more than
twenty minutes, was followed by her
mother and her son.
Col. Tucker was not unmovcd by what
took place, for when the board announced
that the hearing was ended he appeared
in the hallway. visibly affected.
This ordeal is terrible" he said. Just
to think of my own son. with whom.
when was on half pay, shared the little
I had, standing up against me,
This is the first time l have seen my
wife since October 1905, when / left for
the Philippines. 1t was when 1 boarded
the train to leave for San Francisco.
Il do not know what | shall do now -
Evening star., 1909-02-18
LAWYERS SAVE COURTHOUSE.
Climb to Roof of Structure at West
minister and Put Out Blaze.

WESTMINSTER. Md. February Is
Yesterday the courthouse Of this county
was i'll danger OF destruction by fire. \
blaze in the cornice of the building was
discovered by a stranger who was talIln"
view of the courthouse from the outside
and who promptly gave the alarm.
Court was in session at the time and
took Il recess without formaiitN. Judges.
lawyers jurors and spectators rushed
from the courtroom Members of the
bar and Others mounted the roof ana rN-
tinsuished the flames by tearing away
portion OF the cornicc.
II the discovery of The fire had been
delayed short time the upper portion
of the structure. which * composed o.
very inflammabe material. would hav"
been in flames and the entire destruction
Of the building. except ihe fireproot
vaults might have followed
Evening star., 1909-02-18
browns HERSELF IN SPRING.
Maryland Woman Had. Been Suffer
ing From Dependency.

WESTMINSTER. Md, February IS
Mrs. William Erb, who lived with her
husband and family on the Samuel Gait
farm, near Copperville. committed sui
eide by drowning yesterday. She had
been suffering for some time from de-
spondency. Tuesday evening she
seemed to be in unusual good heath
and spirits. Next morning she rose at
the usual hour and made the kitchen
fire. Not very long after one of her
sons found her body in the spring, about
500 yards from her house. Efforts at re-
suscitat ton were made without SUCCESS
A bandage on her wrist revealed the
fact that before going to the spring she
had inflicted a wound upon her arm.
which she afterward tied up carefully
before making the second and successful
attempt upon her life. She was fifty
nine years old. Her husband and the
following children survive her: William
Erb. Taneytown; Elmer Erb. Braddock
Pa; Gleason E,rb. near Taneytown: Mrs.
Charles koontz Tyrone; Mrs. Howard
Lemon. near Taneytown Robert. Oliver
and Misses Annie and Frances Erb at
home
Evening star., 1909-02-18
PLAN AMUSEMENT RESORT.
To Be Established Midway Between
This City and Baltimore

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd. February lS.-Sec-
retary a. +. Trappe of the state bureau
OF immigration has been advised by cap
italists of the proposed establishment of
Il new amusement resort between this
city and Washington on the lines of the
Pennsylvania railroad and the Washing
ton, Baltimore and Annapolis electric
line. The cost of this resort is estimated
at $4,000
From what can be gathered on the linn
tied information given out. the promoters
are prepared to pay $4,000 for the land.
and to eXpend a quarter of million
dollars on the resort itself. The land
lies on the south shore of the Little
PatuXent river between the two roads
mentioned. and land on the other side
of the Pennsylvania road may also be
acquired
The ide; of the promoters is TO build
up an amusement resort which shall rival
Luna Park or Dreamland at Coney Is
land. and no expense will be spared on
the enterprise. Said Mr.. Trappe today:
The state immigration bureau is in
formed Of the fact that western capi-
talists. among them people from Cincin-
natl and Cleveland. are making arrange
ment for the erection Of one Of the great
est resorts around Baltimore. This is to
be established along the line of the Balti-
more, Washington and Annapolis electric
road. about twenty miles from Baltimore
and an equal distance from Washington
near the station called Bragers.
"It is the intention of the promoters to
dam up the Little Patuxent river and
make a big artificial lake. to erect all
kinds of amusement devices and to make
the place a strictly high-class summer
resort for the hundreds Of thousands of
visitors from Baltimore and Washington
THE options on nearly loo acres of
ground have been obtained and work will
he started as soon as the weather settles
sufficiently.
There is no doubt in my mind that this
place will be big success from a finan-
cial standpoint as the company has to-
draw from two big cities and from a
large suburban territory"
According to one official of the Balti-
more, Washington and Annapolis electric
road. that line is not directly interested
in the proposition. although it had been
considering some such move for some
Evening star., 1909-02-18
WITH THE LAWMAKERS OF
THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS
Senate Passes Naval Bill.

The prolonged attack on the naval ap-
preparation bill. carrying total of Sl36 :
UO.OOO by Senators La Toilette. Cum
minis. Dixon and Borah came to an end
late yesterday afternoon. and the measure
was passed by the Senate. Three legis-
lative days had been consumed i'll its
consideration. including one night session.
Yesterday, as on the two preceding days.
difficulties beset the measure. and al
though the session began at II o'clock
in the morning. an hour earlier than
usual it was o'clock before the in
surgent republicans had finished talking
and votes had been taken on ali the
amendments Mr. La Follettes amend
ment for a commission to investigate
the subject of several large naval bases
in place of the present navy yards of the
country went out on point Of order
made by Senator Tillman. The other
amendments were disposed of as reported
in The Star yesterday afternoon.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Anti-Saloon League Opposed.

The National AntiSaioon League has
formally protested to members Of the
Senate against the proposition to revive
the commission to Investigate the liuuur
traffic, which was killed in the House
committee in the form of an amendment
TO the agricultural appropriation bill. The
grounds for the leagues opposition are
that the evidence To he secured by such
commission is no longer needed by temper
ance people since half the country has al
ready gone dry: that the commission
is favored in some quarters as Il means
of taking care of some congressman who
we're not elected to the next Congress,
and that it will he used as an excuse by
the liquor interests for delay in further
temDcrance ln.GisatiOn
Evening star., 1909-02-18
SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA
New Method of Home Treatment Checks
the Disease at Once.

The discovery. short time ago. CT the won
dcrful specific. ascatco. has made it possible tn
cure the most obstinate cases Of asthma right at
home in four fv" weeks. and ward OF ;hc
choking spells night. dreaded by sufferers
and looked forward TO with fear and anxiety.
There hc stomachic disturbance. as the
dose is small. drops.
Til" Austrian Laboratory, which dispenses the
preparation keeps ogram's and O'nonnelfs drug
stores constantly supplied with ascatco. where
sufferers in Washington may secure it in .ithe.
the ffty-cent size. intended fnr mild eases and
which will prevent the choking paroxy SINS. or
tho 81 size which lasts Il month. aud in which
time the more obstinate chronic cases per-
manently cured.
The Austrian Laboratory. 81 West oJth street.
New York city. will send free experimental
treatment 10 all who write for it.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
p | LBS S
Quickly
& III r. d
Instant Relief, Permanent Cure
trial Package Mailed Free to
All in Plain 'Nrapper.

We want every man and woman suffering from
the eXcruclating torture OF piles to just send
their name and address to us and get by return
mail free trial package OF the most effective
aud positive known for this disease.
Pyramid Pile Cure.
The way 70 prove what this great remedy
will do In rour own case Is to Just NIL out
free coupon and send to and you will get
by return mail free trial treatment OF Pyra
mid Pile Cure
it do. YOU will go the druggist and get
q 50-cent box.
Don't undergo an opera tton. Operations are
rarely a success and often lead To terrible con
sequences. Pyramid Pile Cure reduces all in
fammation. makes congestion. irritation. itch
ing. sores and ulcers disappear-aDd the piles
simply quit.
For sale at all drug stores al - cents box.
Evening star., 1909-02-18

\ commission to inquire into the ques
ton of raising the wreck of the Maine.
now imbedled in Havana harbor. is pro-
posed To he created in a provision in
serted in the sundry civil bill by the
House committee nn appropriations. The
raising If the wreck of the Maine has
been aGitated for a long time.
The commission provided by the sun
dry civil bill is directed to study the sub
jert from every angle. including possible
diplomatic compile Cations and other pos
sible embarra ssments, the charge having
beer, made frequently that the ship was
blown up from the inside, and not from
the outside as generally believed.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Joint Waterways Commission.

4 waterways commission, to consist of
seven members of the House and five
members of the Senate, is provided for by
the $lO.OOoOOO rivers and harbors bill.
The committee considered the bill yes
terday, and agreed to the section pro-
viding for the commission. which is to
be given liberal opportunities to gather
information in this country and abroad.
1t will be advisory body, the scope
of it's work being similar to that of the
present monetary commission
The proposed thirty-tive-foot channel
survey for the Delaware river Is provided
for in the bill as it stands, but final action
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Respess Files Suit at Annapolis.

ANNAPOLIS. Md. February lS-ThO
new Respes Industrial Colony Company.
The certificate of the Incorporation or
which was filed with the tax conimis
sioner some days ago. has filed suit in the
lccal court against Daniel Il Randall and
others. alleging that Mr. Randall had
committed Il breach OF contract in tail
ing to convey to the company The land
Upon which Respess City s situated. The
bill asks for an order for the specific
performance of this contract. Another
suit has been filed by the same parties
against Mr. Randall and others Il IS
by titing and claims S25.tsn damages.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Proposed Parcels Post.

The establishment of an experimental
rural parcels post system is authorized
by provision in the post office appro-
priation bill. reported to the Senate yes
terday by Senator Penrose. The Post
master General is directed to report the
result OF the experiment to Congress not
later than January /. 1910. The amend
ment is in accordance with the recon-
mendations of Postmaster General Meyer.
In a statement before the Senate COM
mittee Mr.. Meyer asserted that a rural
parcels post system would result in reve
nues amounting to al least x16.WO0oo an
nually. The bill as passed by the House
carried $234. 43631O. and this amount was
increased $4,000 by the Senate commit
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Appointments by Gov. Crothers.

ANNAPOLIS. Md. February 1S.-Gov
Crothers has made the following appoint
ments: John j. Rowe, notary pubic for
Baltimore city: Otho NJ Johnson of Cecil
county and NIandel Sener of Baltimore
city. representatives of Maryland at the
Alaska -Yukon-Pacitic' y exposition. which
will commence June L. 1909, at Seattle,
Wash; w. +. Scott and c. w Nelson of
Baltimore city. special officers 10 protect
the property of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Proposed Stafford Monument.

4 joint resolution was introduced by
Senator E,lkins authorizing the erection
of a statue of the late Father Dennis j.
st; ford on the government TtS4rVat ion
situated at 11th and 18th streets and +
street aud Massachusetts avenue north
west. The statue is ~ =be; erected by the
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Fisheries Treaty Reported.

The Newfoundland fisheries treaty WAS
favors reported To the Senate yesterday
from the committee foreign relations
No opposition to ii is expected.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Control of Senate Office Building

The Senate passed joint resolution yes
tcrday afternoon, offered by Senator Cnl-
lcm, extending jurisdiction of the commit
tee of rules of the Senate To include the
new Senate office building now nearing
completion, to take effect on and after
March 1
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Life Preservers Already Required.

The Senate bill requiring life preServers
20 be carried on all motor boats was
killed in the House yesterday. Mr.. Mann
of Illinois opposed the measure. did
Mr.. Fitzgerald Of New York. 1t was
pointed out that already all motor boats
which carry passengers for hire are COM
PEELED to carry life preserverS.
The bill requiring motor boats to be pro-
vided with mutlierS met the same fate at
the hands OF the House.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
MEDICAL OPINIONS OF
BUFFALO
1l1HlASpRlNes MhrER
Experience "Fully Demonstrates the
Value of Buffalo Lithia Water a
Solvent Of Uric Acid, and a Valu-
able Therapeutic Agent in the
Treatment of Gout,"
THE Tseaaen.
Gog Uric Acid nns & ess a % s s the
hbanaM
s s - s BUFFALO llTA
BUFFALO I7HA WATER mrs
BUfse M OIL TTA Ti WAFER ~ ] = ==: s
re eens white cells While % % an
dasnHs s as the . 'as fully BUFFALO LA
RELIABLE SOLVENT CHRONIC INFLAH1H1A.
T1oN OF THE BLADDER AND RENAL cALc0Ll'"
: a BUFFALO HlA WATER most s
"%e s e esnds snasa % r:%:ds % E seneS ~
LENT WATER FOR woNDERruL RELIEF"
SH: e. T. 5 81 L. o. Os % sa the ss sas % Own 5 Ps %
s @ ' sSs BUFFALO A s.: :s:' ssa % s s 5 % %
s.x 5s
trade
BUFFALO IlA SPRINGS MATER C sSkisss sSsihsasasSv vRsa @s5
BUFFALO lllA SPRINGS MATER c. spfsss ssppRhsasSsev asa

Father Stafford Memoria, Association. For
the preparation of the site and erection
of a pedestal S4,OoO is carried by the. rosc-
luton.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
To Raise Wreck of Maine.

on the surveys has moi been taken b
the full committee.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Falls From Ship and browns.

BALTIMORE. February 1S.-What the
members of the vessel on which he was
employed dredger declare was acci-
dental drowning happened Tuesday night
off the schooner Willie r. Thomas, when
John Burke, forty-five years old, feI
overheard. Although lhs cries for help
We're heard, his rescue could not be
effected before he had gone down for the
last time.
Burke had been shipped from local
Office here. and no one has as yet been
able TO locate any relatives. The schoon-
er at the time of the drowning was an
chored in Canton Hollow, off the packing
house of the Gibbs company. Dredges
from the police boat Iannan are trying
to recover the body.
Mrs l. Jane Osburn. widow OF Harrison
Evening star., 1909-02-18

Mrs L. Jane Osburn. widow OF Harrison
Osburn. died at her home, in Round I'm.
Va. from pneumonia. aged sixty years
She is survived by many relatives
Amador ledger., 1909-05-21
An Obstinate Old Bachelor.

The Right Rev. Cosmo Gordon
Lang, archbishop designate of York,
was one of the late Queen Victoria's
favorite preachers. On one occasion
when DR.. Lang was visiting Osborne
her majesty said to him: 81 hear ex-
cellent reports of your work at Port
sea, and I find you actually keep a
staff of twelve curates. You should
take to yourself wife. believe you
would be able to do with two curates
less" "Ah, no, madam" he replied.
"That would scarcely do. If l have
curate who does not suit can get
rid of him, but l could not do the
same with a wife" "True," replied
the queen, "but take the advice Of an
old woman and marry" DR.. Lang,
however, has not up to the present
followed the kindly counsel.-London
Tit-BitS
Amador ledger., 1909-05-21
Selections
THE PRESIDENCY.
A Defect In the Law In the Matter Of
Succession.

A Defect In the Law In the Matter Of
Succession.
The language of the constitution is
generally well chosen, but in the mat
Ter Of the presidential succession It is
defective. Had it said the vice prcsi-
dent shall succeed to the presidency
In case Of a vacancy in that Office this
would have included all sorts of va
cancies and have left no room for
question. AS it enumerates vacancy
from one of four causes-"the death,
resignation, inability or removal of the
president"-it leaves a doubt whether
a vacancy arising from another cause
viz. the death Of the president elect
would entltle the vice president elect
to succeed
The death Of both president and vice
president elect would leave the sue
cession still more doubtful. An argu-
ment can be made for line Of sue
cession through the holdover members
of the cabinet of the retiring president,
but it is not absolutely conclusive. 1t
probably would not satisfy everybody
and thereby create a disputed title. 1t
might even cause very serious trouble,
and congress should take the necessary
action to make the presidential sue
cesslon absolutely clear and certain in
every contingency. The late Senator
Hoar labored for many years to get
this matter set at rest. Senator Bacon
has taken 1t up afresh, admonished Of
its necessity, possibly in the very wide
discussion of this question since the
election. 1t is weak spot in our gov
ernmental organization which congress
should strengthen and make secure
without further delay. - Philadelphia
Press.
Amador ledger., 1909-05-21

when ten of them we're suddenly
plunged into water at 559 deg II after
being slowly heated to the boiling
point of water, not one of them
cracked.
The ticket printing machiue adopt
ed by the German Government is de-
signed to simplify the work of rail
way Offices, and makes unnecessary
the usual large stock of many kinds
of tickets at each station. The APP
paratus at Cologue-made for 1900
statious--is feet long, 4 feet high,
and 70 inches wide It carries q
printing plate of each kind of ticket
required, and an alphabetical index
scale shows at glance the names of
stations to which tickets are issued.
The only stock needed is a supply of
pieces of cardboard of the right size.
When ticket is called for, blank
card Is slid into place opposite the
required station, handle is depress-
ed aud the ticket drops out, printed
with the names of the departure and
destined stations, consecutive mum
ber, fare, route, class of carriage. and
other facts. At the same operation
duplicate is printed on a continuous
sheet, to serve as record. Actual
gain in time is claimed, a clerk hav-
ing issued as many as 500 tickets in
an hour, there is no delay from the
giving out of the supply of certain
tickets, and at the end of the day
the continuous sheet gives an accurate
record Of the business done. With
this system in use, there can be no
ticket robberies, no issues of unac-
counted for tickets.
The gyroscope compass, invented
some years ago by DR.. Anschuetz
Kaempfe of Kiel, seems to have
proven a practical instrument 1t Is
based on the Iinciple-already ap-
piled in the automatic steering of
torpedoes-t rapidly rotating
body tends to keep in the same plane,
and during a nine months test dur
lug cruise of the Deutschland, in
different parts of the world, it kept
the true direction, and on one oc-
casion was left untended and un-
checked for month. On being
adopted in the German Navy, it is
expected especially to prove much
more reliable than the magnetic COM
pass for su bmarines.
A new aid in some criminal cases
may be the impression left on bullets
by clothing, as V. Baltbazard has
assured the Paris Academy that these
markings are not efFaced on penetrat-
Ing the flesh except as they come IN
contact with bone. Careful inspec-
tion of the bullet makes 1t possible
to identity the character of the gar
ment that has been passed through by
the leaden missile.
Amador ledger., 1909-05-21
Lords PRAYER on a Pin Head.

MI William L. Stuart, young man
engaged in business in New York city,
has performed the seemingly impossi-
bic feat of engraving the entire Lords
Prayer on the head of an ordinary pin,
to which he has added his name and
the year, making altogether 276 letters
and figures. Mr. Stuart did the work
at odd times during his regular en-
ployment and with very ordinary tools,
which seemingly are not adapted to
such fine engraving. The pin was set
in block Of wood, and common en-
graver's tool was used. A simple mi
croscope, costing only about % cents
and known as a "linen tester" fur
nished the necessary magnifying.-St.
Nicholas.