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The Washington times., 1909-08-30
SUCCESSOR TO REID
WILL Be DISCUSSED
Taft Still After Another
Man for Court of St.
James.
BY JAMES HAY, Jr.

BEVERLY. Mass. Aug. 3O.-secretary
Of State Knox will call on the Presi-
dent this afternoon, and, according. to
the gossip here, will discuss the at
tempt that is now being made to re-
tain whitelaw Reid as ambassador 20
Great Britain.
There is nothing 20 indicate at this
time that tie President and Nh. Knox
have abandoned their determination to
find another man for the post. but Mr..
Reid's influence in the Senate and in
social circles Is being brought to bear
in q ceaseless manner
Has No Successor.
The President is quoted as taking the
position that the only thing which can
retain Reid will be the inability of the
Administration to find suitable sue
cessor to him. This means that Mr..
Reid will be left in the place until next
spring, and then his place will be hIled
by some other man il he can be found
Otherwise Reid will be left undis-
turbed.
Although the probabilities are that
nothing. official will be given ont on the
subject at this time. IL is taken FOR
granted that one OF the prime topics Of
discussion between Mr.. Taft and Mr..
Knox viii be a successor so as 10 end the
talk of Reds remaining.
Gossip is rife here today because of
the fact that Secretary OF the Interior
Ballinger has been called by official
business from the West to Washington.
This is taken TO mean that the
President still stands by Baninger. and
has implicit faith in him in connection
with the Cunningham coal claims.
Wants Facts.
So much publicity has been given to
the matter that Mr.. Taft will not be sat
isfied with anything less than a COM
plete showdown by all the high officials
of the department. This is for his own
protection. for in two weeks he will start
on his Western tour, and he will have to
have In his possession ali the facts.
II Is not given out here that Mr.. Bal
linger vii come to Beverly, but is be-
lieved to be highly probable that he
will
Ebeu s Draper, the governor OF Mas
sachusetts. will call on Mr. Taft this
afternoon 20 pay his respects.
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CALLS ARE PLANNED
ON PRESIDENT TAFT

BEVERLY, Mass. Aug. Ex-Governor
Draper viii call upon President Taft
today. coming over from MarbIehead.
where he is attending the Sender races.
as soon as they are comp ted Secre-
tary of State Knox vii also see the
President this afternoon.
This morning the President played
golf at the Myopis County Club with his
military aide, Captain Butt. and his son
Robert.
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RAILWAY EMPLOYEES
REFUSE COMPROMISE
Negotiations TO Avert Strike in
Chicago Abruptly Broken
OFF.

CHICAGO, Aug 3O.-Negotiations be-
tween the representatives Of the street
railway employees unions and the presl-
dents of the two surface traction COM
panies in an effort to avert the threat
ened strike we're broken OF abruptly at
noon.
The union refused point blank TO ac-
cept the compromise scale offered last
week and followed this by refusing TO
arbitrate their difference
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WHALE CUT TO PIECES
BY OCEAN GREYHOUND

PLYMOUTH, Aug. 3O-The Kaiser
Wilhelm reported today having been
delayed off Newfoundland by striking
a sleeping whale.
The whale was literally cut In two
by the prov Of the steamer.
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BACON GOES AUTOING.

PARIS, Aug. 3o.-Robert Bacon, for
merly American Secretary of state, and
Mrs. Bacon, have left here for an au-
tomobile trip through the Black Forest,
Germany They will sail for the United
States on Saturday next
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BANQUET wU TING-FANG

LIMA. Peru, Aug. 9O-The Chinese
merchants gave a farewell banquet to
WI Ting-fang, minister OF ChiGs 20 the
United States and Peru, who has been
recalled to China. The guests included
the commercial representatives of all
nations.
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N'HARG WILL TAKE
Up LAW PRACTICE
Assistant Secretary Declares
Resignation Has Been in
More Than a Week.
By JOHN SNURE

Assistant Secretary Ormsby McHarg
Of the Department of Commerce and
Labor said today that his resignation
from the department had been put In q
week ago. This was before the attack
made by Mr.. McHarg on the Reclama-
tion Service and the Forest Service.
Mr.. McHarg explained that when he
spprised Secretary NageI that he would
resign he indicated that he could not
stay in the department later than Oc-
tober 1, but that he hoped to quit earlier
than that. He said today he did not yet
know when he would quit and whatever
developed as to that would come from
Secretary Nagel. He added that he
knew nothing as to whether a successor
had been chosen.
Nothing To Say.
AS to his attack on the conservation
policy. Mr.. McHarg said he had nothing
more 20 say. Il stand by what l said, 80
was the only comment Mr.. McHarg had
10 make.
When Mr.. McHarg leaves the depart
ment, he Will join New York law firm.
A great deal Of talk is ahoat 10 the
effect that the exit Of Mr.. McHarg from
the department VIII be hastened by the
attack he has made on the methods
OF other branches Of the Government.
II this is true, il appears Mr.. McHarg' s
departure cannot be hastened more
than a few weeks Tor the reason that
he was preparing to go into The law
business anyhow.
The controversy between Mr.. McHarg
and Associate Forester Price has
stirred up great deal of comment
~, u. afr fa
opponents Of Secretary BaHinger are
expressing satisfaction because Mr..
McHarg has spoken out as he has. They
point 10 the fact that Mr.. McHarg
Is a warm friend Of Mr.. Ballinger. and
say that the attack he has made on
the Forest Service and the Reclamation
| Service. as well as other conservation
| activities Of the Government, point 70
| the proof Of their charges that Sec
retarv Of the Interior Ballinger is not
| friendly to the conservation policy.
Taft To Take Hand
II is clear now that President Taft
will have to take 2 hand In the Ballin-
ger-Pinchot controversy. It is attaining
proportions that 1t is impossible TO over
lock. The President is planning TO make
sLesches in favor Of conservation, while
| he is in the West. Thus he Will il pos
sible quiet down any oposltion to his
/ Administration by the belief hs is op-
| posing conservation
| A report was current today that Sec
retary BaIIinger had suddenly been call
/ ed East by President Taft. At his Of
flee. his private SECRETARY denied all
\ knowledge OF this. Assistant Secretary
| Pierce and other officials on the In
| terror Department have practically COM
/ pIeted their reports 80 the President I'm
| answer 70 the CLAWS charges.
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May Ask Funds.
Wild Waters Receding.

MONTEREY. Mexico, Aug. sl.-When
the waters of the Santa Catarina,
which in the last few days have risen
higher than they were ever known be-
fore, and have carried away property
valued at more than so. 900. .000 and cost
ing more than 1900 human lives, re-
ceded today the work Of recovering the
bodies strewn along its shores and OF
saving what property remains intact
was begun in earnest
Meanwhile thousands Of the homeless
sufferers are being fed with provisions
brought in by every incoming train.
By noon today 1t was estimated that
nearly 500 had received food from the
public stations set up throughout the
city. 1t is feared that the number OF
dead may exceed 200. the original esti-
mate. and many of those who survived
the battle with the waters are so weak
ened that they may die.
Burying the Dead.
Hundreds of bodies are being pre-
pared for burial today. Every hearse
and every carriage available in the city
is being pressed into service to carry the
dead TO cemeteries Many of them are
being buried with only a prayer pro-
nounced by q layman, Is 1t is impossi-
BILE for the clergymcn to answer all the
demands made upon them
There has not been the slightest dis
turbance and the troops were not need
ed 10 keep order They have been chief
ly engaged in giving out The food SUP
plies, and IN the work Of recovering
bodies and in clearing away the debris
Private homes throughout the wealth.
residential sections have been thrown
open 10 the sufferers. They sleep in the
Railways of private homes. and even
many public buildings have been con-
verted into dormitories.
Many stories Of heroIsm during the
flood are being told today. II. H.
Reader. an American. who owns a large
hacienda In the state Of Tamulipas, Vera
Cruz, Is credited with having saved
thirty persons A Japanese cook at
tracted wide attention when he savei
two little boys from a tree in the mid
die of the stream after a desperate fight
of over three hours. The boys had been
in the tree all night. and were almost
exhausted from exposure to the rain
and the cold Their father, mother. and
two sisters. they say. were drowned
A well-to-dO merchant, ROmuldi
Marty. with his family, was rescued
from tree, where they had clung for
seventeen hours.
The search today has brought to light
many evidences Of horror. In a schobl
building on the south side, ninety
women and children were drowned. The
occupants had rushed 10 the school
house for safety, but the walls col
lapsed like tissue paper, spectators say,
from the force Of the waters. In many
OF the houses from leo to 200 persons
were found dead.
Pestilence Threatens.
Fear that a pestilence will follow the
flood and leave worse danger than
waters, is worrying the authorities.
Much Of the work Of the municipal
authorities IS directed toward removing
the. bodies and other causes that might
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No Word At Embassy.


No official word Of the floods at Nom
terey has been received at the Mexican
embassy. Attaches Of the embassy who
are familiar with conditions at Monterey
offer as a probable explanation Of the
sudden rise Of water that the aqueduet
broke, and added TO the already great
volume of water pouring down the Santa
Catsrina from the rains.
The river has risen high before, they
say, but more prolonged rains than the
fall OF last week have failed 10 cause
Hood OF the proportions that wiped
out whole blocks Of Monterey.
Immediately upon receiving a tele-
gram from Consul General Hanna this
morning asking aid FOR the Monterey
sufferers. Charles Mayer, secretary OF
the American Red Cross Society, for
Warded its contents to Gen George W
Davis. chairman Of the central commit
tee Of the Red Cross Society, who is
Plicate sent TO Miss Mabel T. Board
man. q member Of the advisory COM
mittee of the Red Cross, who is at
Manchester-by-the-S
May Ask Funds.
Mr.. Mayer asked instructions, and he
expects an immediate answer.
1T is very probable he said. that
the society will decide 10 give the Am
erican people an opportunity OF sending
relief to the homeless in the Mexico
city. Money viii probably be more
available as immediate relief is needed
and IL will be some time before Supplies
could reach there.
Contributions will probably be re-
of the, Red Cross Society, if sending aid
IS authorized" >"
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
WEATHER REPORT.

Cooler weather is general in the Mis-
sissippi valley and all districts east
thereof, except in the extreme south
east
Rising temperature has set IN in the
Plains States. the Mississippi valley,
and the Northwest
Showers occurred within the last
twenty-fOur hours IN the Eastern States.
but fair weather will be general during
the next thirty-six hours east of the
Mississippi river
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
CONF FIDENT SPIRIT
ABOUT TOWER HILL
Generally Believed That
Hartman Has Been
Operated Upon.

TURNER, n. Y, Aug. S0.-The spirit
of confidence manifested around Tower
Hill today leads to the belief that Z. H
Hartman has already undergone a
surgical operation. from which he ral-
lied spIendidly. or that the surgeons
who have examined him have decided
that the operation, when II Is per
formed, will be of such minor char
acter as not to cause alarm.
The sources from which come the
report that Hartman mas already un-
dergone an operation. declare it was a
'bIoodless" operation, and highly sue
cessful.
The report is that. instead of a malig-
nant cancer. Hartman is suffering from
a hardening OF the spinal column, which
threatened him with paralysis 1t is
said that DR.. Grille. on Friday. manip-
ulated two of the vertebras of Mr.. Har-
rimans spinal column so that a press
ure on them was relieved. a plaster
cast fitted to the body to hold the
spine immovable. ana Hartman. il is
declared. WAS given Immediate relief.
IncisiOn Not Necessary.
It was not found necessary, according
10 the reports, to make n single incision
on the patient. 1t is believed new c3rti-
lage will form. at which time the plaster
cast will be removed. This, however,
1t is said. will take several months. 1t
is declared that the partial paralysis
has disappeared and that the surgeons
no longer fear for Hartman
II is absolutely impossible 10 get any
member of the Hartman encourage to
affirm or deny the statement that the
operation already has been performed.
DR.. William G. Lyle, Harriman's pri-
vate physician, was gotten on the tele-
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TENIPERATTRF
sun TABLE
TIDE TABLE.


IIARPERs FERRY, w. va, Aug 30.
Potomac clear and Shenandoah little
muddy this morning.
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A Good Door, $3.50 apiece.
Frank Libbey & Co., 9Th and n. Y. Ave.
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FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT.
Fair and cooler tonight Tuesday fair.
moderate north 10 northeast winds.
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Pestilence Threatens.

Fear that a pestiIence will follow the
flood and leave worse danger than
waters, is worrying the authorities.
Much Of the work Of the municipal
authorities IS directed toward removing
tbs. bodies and other causes that might
The Washington times., 1909-08-30
Incision Not Necessary.

Continued on Second Page.)
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-24
THE REGISTERED LETTERS
FEE.

AS means of stopping the post
office deficit Postmaster General
Hitchcock raises the fee for register
ed mail from s to 10 cents.
Now, the postoffice service Of the
United States government is an ex-
cellent one. The postmasters, clerks
and letter carriers do their work
well. But the management of the
department at Washington Is open
to one very serious criticism. 1t
pays the railroads too much for car
rying the mails 1t has been charged
that the United States government
has to pay the railroads very much
more than the express companies do
for the same service. 1t has also
been charged that the weighing OF
the mails is performed at the heav-
lest time of the year. 1t has also
been charged that the government
pays the railroads for a mail car in
ore year enough to buy the car,
which is almost as bad as the annual
rent of a house being made the val
ne Of the house, It Is charged that
the postofflce deficit comes from
the amount wrongfuny paid the
railroads.
Certainly these matters ought TO
be looked into. And the franking
privilege IS abused. Public officials
who possess it send too many speech
IS through the mails and frank all
sorts of merchandise which ought
not to go into the mails at all. The
amount OF books, paper, seeds. etc,
that the government itself sends
through the malls is too large.
The American people DO not want
g postoffice department that 10 pen
ny viss and pound foolish: that ID
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LIFTS ONE AND HALF TONS.
Arthur Saxon, Modern Samson, Is
with Ringing Bros Circus.

Arthur Saxon, the strongest man
in the world, and his two brothers,
are presenting an act with Ringing
Brothers circus which is creating a
sensation wherever the big show APP
pears. Two of these modern Sam
sons form the pillars of a bridge
over which passes a heavy touring
automobile and six passengers.
Last winter these famous broth
ers amazed all Europe by their Won
derful strength. One of the three lies
on his back and with his hands and
arms supports his two companions
and a huge dumb-bell, while with
his feet he supports a plank upon
which stand twelve of the heaviest
men that can be secured.
Roblidello, the Mexican wire wiz
ard, is another of the many features
of the program. This remarkable
performer actually dances on the
high wire and initiates the clubman
coming home in the early hours af-
ter having dined too we'll. His wab-
bling legs brings screams of laugh
ter, and the admirable manner in
which he remains on the wire, even
after falling down in imitation of
the foot-crazy pedestrian, brings
storms of applause. The most diff
cult acts done by other wire walkers
are too trivial for this Mexican mar
vel TO bother with. He stands in a
class by himself
Added to these two surprises are
the wonderful Schumann horses that
drink from glasses, the elephants
that telephone to each other, the
dangerous and thrilling double
somersaulting act, the greatest trav-
cling menagerie in the world and a
street parade longer and more elab-
crate than was ever presented in
the past.
Space will not admit of even the
briefest mention of the many acts
that make up this years bill. 1t is
far the best performance the Ring
ling Brothers have ever had, num-
bering in all something like 256
different acts. There are nearly 400
performers, and of these fully 800
are Europeans and Asiatics, touring
America for the first time under the
Ringing management.
Two performances will be given
here on Tuesday, October 5, and they
will be exactly in detail the same as
those given at the Madison Square
Garden in New York, where this sea-
son opened in March. The five trains
which transport the big circus have
a combined length Of more than one
mile There are / ,286 people on the
payroll and 658 horses are required.
The canvas covers twelve acres OF
around
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excelleutly managed At the local Of
fees. but ct Washington does not
show the proper degree OF business
prudence
The principle upon which the post
master general has proceeded il one
that has come TO be too prevalent In
the whole administration of our
government. 1t is that OF meeting
expenses and deficits by more taxa
ton instead OF economy. The Idea
never seems to enter the heads of
our high officials that they ought to
save In the interest OF the people.
They seem to have but one notion.
That is to make the people pay
Houston Chronicle.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-24
Bin Van Wrinkle.

The Grandi Stock company gave
a splendid production OF the we'll
known classical play of RIP Van
WInkle' to a goodly sized audience
in the tent last night. The play was
heartily enjoyed. Mr.. Robert Grandi
essayed the role of rip and gave
the difficult part a masterful inter
probation, moving his audience to
laughter or tears as his mood or the
requirements of the piece demanded
Old as the play is, the lovable
character of RIP Van Wrinkle and
his quaint sayings never grow old
The supporting company left moth
ing to tie desired. Tonight the play
viii be East Lynne" with Miss Lii
liam Leigh in the part of Lady Isa-
belle.
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NAMES on ALI pASsENGEfts.
Katy viii Make List Of Those rid
ing New Train SUNDAY.

ing New Train sunday.
The Katy IL making arrangements
to make the initial runs OF the "Ka-
ty Limited" a success and all agents
have been instructed to take tho
name OF every passenger who buys
a ticket for the new train. These
names will be sent to the Coming
Country" publication gotten out
in ST. Louis by the Katy. and togeth-
er with the articles OF the trip which
will be written by ne spaper repre-
sentatives will be published in the
magazine. The record will be kept
of every passenger who travels each
way on the initial trains.
Officials in Dallas state that the
berth reservations were being secur-
ed at an enormous rate and before
many days everything in that line
would be sold.
The Katy officials are sending out
some very neat advertisements of
the new train in the form Of a pos
tai card. On the side of the address
is the following, which is headed
"Katygram: We take this secret
means of giving you some inside In
formation about an important event;
It is meant for yourself only. Follow
directions carefully, X. T." On the
reversed side Of the card Is a picture
in blue of a railroad track running
through a meadow with the road
fence on either side. The directions,
which the card says to follow is to
take damp soft cloth and rub down
the face of the card, in doing this an
engine which has been invisible sud
denly appears on the card with the
following inscription under the pic
ture: "A new fast Katy train from
St Louis and Kansas City to Texas
Will lie inaugurated September IS,
1909 Two fast trains will then run
Tally. Service to and from Texas.
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You can easily tell by reading the
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tickling In throat, droppings in the
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of strength, variable appetite,
spasms of coughing, low spirited at
times, raising of mucous, difficulty
in breathing, loss of vital force
Hood & Curtin have sensible
remedy (money back If it fails) for
catarrh, called Hyomei, which Is a
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it is breathed over the inflamed and
germ-infested membrane, it kills all
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The price, including hard rubber
inhaler, is only s1.00, and money
back if 1t doesn't cure. Extra bottles
so cents.
Il have tried almost every catarrh
cure on the market without benefit,
Have been using Hyomei for one
week and feel like new man al
ready VIM. V. Goode. Newark.
Ohio. June 81, 1909. 14S-15S-166
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At the Majestic.

Kolb & Miller opened their en-
gagement at the Majestic yesterday
to a large and well pleased audience.
They have an act that is a conglom-
Grafton of nonsense which is dished
out in a mirth provoking manner. AS
emperors of slaughtered English
they are entitled to the chrome. A
visit to the Majestic while these
German comedians are holding down
the boards Is worth while.
Two extra good pictures will be
shown tonight, and Mrs. Slick will
sing Meet Me In Rose Time, Rosy