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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-18
THE PETTEY SIGNAL.

The. apparatus for the purpose Of
signaling trolley cars aud announcing
that fire alarm has been sounded and
that FIRE companies are on their way,
has been established ct Site and Plat
streets. When No. 3 gets an alarm
and the, apparatus leaves the house The
wheels OF the cart touch spring which
electrically sets of The danger signal In
State street and trolley traffic In thst
street ia held up until the FIRE company
is given time to pass. 80 far SIS 1t hs'
been tested the device works WE'LL
Rochester, n. Y, Democrat and
Chronicle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-18

The Hess Hopkins FOOT FORM
SHOES makes life plfasure. ; I'D
only by J. A. Marshall & Bto., 422 Aine
street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-18

Keep your feet dry. "Try pair Of
the celebrated" Wslk-OVer Shoes. j.
A. Marshall & Bro 422 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-18
WASHINGTON PARK ASSOCIA-
TON.

The transportation aud rates commit
tie of old Home Coming Week met this
morning in the Chamber OF Commerce
rooms. Chairman Preston called the
committee to order, sDd Mr.. o W..
Wattles, of the Norfolk Steamboat Com.
pauy, vas elected vics chairman, aud
d. E Gentry Of the Washington South
err Railwaysecretary. There was discus
sion as to rates Of transportation fscili-
ties, and committees we're appointed ss
folloEs: Messrs. Gsntry and Lebew,
on railoa1 rates within the State; q.
W. Wsttles, on rates and transportation
on the Norfolk line; Messrs. Graham aud
Gilt on electric transportation aud rates;
W. NJ. Resdon for rates and t'ansporta-
too on the Washington aud Potomac
line; S E. LIndsay on Potomac NaVigs-
lion Company All committees inter-
esled In transportation and rate ques-
tons are requested to communicate IS
soon as possible with Chairman Preston
at the Chamber of Commerce.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-18
Local Matters.
-. a,d Tide Table

Sun and Tide Table.
Sun rises tomorrow at 6,H and sets al o:4l
High water at 90 q. H.: z 10 p. M.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-18
urROUIT COURT FOR COUNTY.
fudge :. B. T. Thor0tou, presiding. ]

l.
Nsthasiel Banks, cOlOred, was yes:er-
6ay indicted by tue grand jury ior fslo-
niously hsssultiog Thomas Aikens with
a brick at Four-mIle run Sunday morn
ing last. Banks entered plea Of guilty
aud was sentenced TO serve one year In
the penitentisrS.
Com. vs.. Campbell, appeal from a
JUSTICES decision; decision sustained.
The grand jury today presented re-
port concerning the reported frequent
disorders on the Falls Church electric
rosd. The jury states that after careful
examination toto the matter they found
thst the reports are gresly exaggerated
sad we're circulated With malicious in
tent and purpcss to iDjure the railroad
and to bring repfosch upon the people OF
the county. The jury also returned an
indictment against John Nelson tor
gambling. The grand iu'y wss dis
charged and adjourned ill March 2.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-18

The Red Gross Shoes for tender feet
The ladies who wear the Red Gross
shoes always wear q smile. Sold only
by ]. A. Marshall & Bro, 422 King
street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-18

NEW HOMINY GIFTS Just received By
10. hlLbURa.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

Mr.. Harrison at the meeting Of the eX-
change Wednesday and he says he will be
ready to answer that also at the next
meeting. --
The Payne Investment company closed a
big deal a few days ago, when they sold
the st. George cattle ranch. This ranch
was owned by Omaha men, a number of
them forming a syndicate several years
ago to go into ranching and stock raising
on a big scale They bought the ranch and
cattle. At that time there were 10000 acres
Of land in the range and under fence.
Some of the land was bought for 70 cents
per acre. Gradually sales have been made
of smaller tracts, and the last four Sec
lions, $3.50 acres in all, were sold TO G. l..
Jones of Hastings for 10000. This sale in
cludes the farm buildings, barns, c~orrals,
and feed yards. Few ranches in the state
are as well equipped for cattle raising and
ranching, there being a splendid water
supply, Irrigation bitches and buildings
that even a city man might envy. The
home and all the large barns are built OF
stone and there are acres and acres of fine
alfalfa. The st. George ranch was a
pioneer in the growing of alfalfa and has
revolutionlzed farming in western Nee
braska.
The st. George ranch is four miles east
of Sidney in Cheyenne county and is a
conspicuous land mark for all Union Pa
cific travellers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
HALLEY's COMET COMING FAST
Fleeing N of the Sky Within
Range Of Small Tele-
scopes.

With enormous and unima ginable We
locity Halley's comet has combined ever
since its rediscovery on September II, to
speed earthward until its visibility has
greatly increased tor telescope eyes. Har-
ward college observatory has issued a bull
letin, stating that a telegram from Smith
college observatory, Northampton, Mass,
reports that the comet was visible there
on December 4 in a three-inch telescope.
Some idea of the rapidity with which it
has been speeding toward the earth may
be gathered from a comparison of the
Northampton observations with other OBJ
~servations made in September and October.
When it was first detected, by photography
by Prof. Max Wolff, nearly three months
ago, It was scarcely visible in any but the
larger telescopes. Photographs howin
the approach of the famous comet to the
northern limits of Orion were obtained at
the Greenwich observatory with a 80 inch
reflector on September 9, but the cometary
images were so faint that they were not
identified until after the receipt of the
telegram announcing the discovery by PROF.
Wolff at Heidelberg.
Several weeks elapsed before it became
bright enough to be visible with a twelve
inctr telescope. Prof. NewaIl reported to
the London Times that he observed the
comet usually with a twenty-five inch re-
tractor on October q, as Prof. Barnard at
the Yerkes observatory had done on Oc-
tober II and 81, by the aid Of the great
forty-inch telescope.
AS then seen with this powerful instru-
ment of Yerkes observatory Prof. Barnard
found the comet not a fainter than the
49, magnitude, having an indefinite bright
ness in the middle, but showing no elonsa-
ton. It's computed distance from the earth
In mid-Oetober was $50, 200, 600 miles, and its
rate Of motion exceeding 10000 miles per
day.
While its subsequent velocity may have
varied considerably, its approach TO the
earth has been constant and exceedingly
rapid. And there can, therefore, be no
doubt that as the winter advances It will
become a notably bright object Of intense
interest to all star gazers.
Although there has not been entire agree
ment in the computations of the comets
orbit made by different astronomers, the
orbit computed by Messrs. Cowell and
Crommelin at Greenwich observatory Is
probably a very near approximation to ac-
curacy. Upon the basis of the Greenwich
orbit the Rev. Father George M. Searle,
supervisor Of the Paulist Fathers Of New
York City, has calculated il win make lis
nearest approach to the earth on May rs
and that It will then be only 100000 miles
distant from us.-NeW York Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Several Large Deals Were Made in
Omaha Real Estate Last Week.
ACTIVITY IN SPITE OF THE COLD
Dealers VIII Try to Decide How Far
n Contract is Binding and If
an Option Must Hold
Good.

Several large deals in Omaha property
were completed during the last week which
show that there is still considerable ac-
t4vlty among the dealers and investors in
spite Of the foot of snow and the zero
weather.
Sherman Saunders, who has been in
Omaha for some little time, bought the
Oma hotel at Fifteenth and Jackson for
$4,000 for an Investment. This includes
several stores and a barn, and Mr.. Saun-
ders will improve the property. This hotel
was built twenty years ago by Peter Coos
and was taken over some years ago by
the Philadelphia Mortgage and Trust COM
pany to satisfy a claim. Thomas Bremen
made the deal. The Coad corner at Seven
teenth and Harvey streets was sold last
week for $155, 900 to a syndicate headed by
w. II. Thomas. The new owners expect to
build a three-story office and store build
Ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
THOUSANDS. upon thousands of

HOUSANDS. upon thousands OF
People-young, middle aged and
\ old-are suffering from some
one or more of the symptoms produced
by some stage of the malady known
as "~flat-foot," or b~roken-down arch,
as it is frequently called.
The early stages of "f~lat-foot' are
usually the most painful. At this time
very little, il any deformity or change
in the foot's outline can be observed,
consequently the pains are attributed
to other causes-frequently to rheum-
atism. The rheumatic-like pains may
be in the feet, calves or legs, knees,
hips, back, and sometimes there is a
dull pain in back OF the neck.
Other symptoms are swollen, painful
toes, enlarged great toe joints, pain in
the heel, bunions, cramps in the feet,
toes drawn up or down, weak ankles
and a generally "used-up" feeling at
the end OF the day.
Come to our store and let us demon
strate to you a simple lesson in foot
"~+o~-' and Won will quickly see why
Anatomik Shoes are considered by
thousands of people to be one Of the
~re"test blessings ever given to hui
manity.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

Another question to be considered is
whether a dealer who has property listed
may put the price considerably higher and
make the sale without telling the owner
the real price. This question was put to
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
A nacheIor's RenectIOns.

A sneer on a womsn's lips is like poison
In nectar.
Next TO weddings and funerals a woman
gets the most satisfaction out Of religion.
It's Imagination that makes people be-
lieVe they are having fun when they are
just being plain fools.
sympathy Tor people In trouble is pre-
tending you feel as bar for them as they
would pretend TO feel for you II II was
your trouble.
Women don't take any interest in going
out camping to catch fish. because there
Is so much more sport in catching men al
home, and it's ten times as easy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

strength, and leaning over he caught the
boulder and threw It back. But in the
effort the saddle girth broke, he fell to
the ground, and alas! there he lay. an
old man; older than anything human could
be, for he had dwelt many years in the
land Of his dear enchantress, and the time
had passed as a song that is sung, for it
was the magic lard of Youth and Love.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

Fred Hamilton has bought a splendid
site for a nome at Thirty-eighth and Jack
son streets and will build in the spring.
The better residence section is spreading
fast and new locations are required to ac-
commodate all who wish to build in the
bon ton" district. The price paid by Nj.
Hamilton was 500 a front foot, and al
though he was forced to pay considerable
more than he would last summer the price
is considered quite reasonable for such a
good location, Streets are being graded
and paved and the residence district is
stretching out toward the Field club dis
trict.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
Gan.zese5!t

The present age knows 10 invention or
development which means so much TO
humanity in general as does DR.. Coles
wonderful AnatOmik Shoe"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

While the zero weather put a stop to
some OF the outside brick laying during the
last week, the larger buildings stu con-
tinue to rear their steel frames skyward.
The huge derrick has now been placed on
top OF the seventh story of the City Ma
tionaI Bank building and will do service
from that height until several additional
stories OF steel are added. The contractors
expect TO have all the steel in place before
brick and stone work is resumed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

j. NJ. Guild, commissioner of the Com
mercial club, has completed his new home
in the Field club district and has moved
in. The house is located at 1886 South
Thirty-flfth avenue. The new home which
J. s. White is building nearby is nearly
completed,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

The bagpipes are as much Irish as Scotch,
but the original Irish instrument was the
harp, the Irish form OF the universal
primitive stringed instrument. The use OF
the harp has died out until the violin Is
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

The Omaha Real Estate exchange is to
discuss a code OF ethics among real estate
men at a meeting in the near future. c. f.
Harrison has prepared a little talk on the
subject and he says that he will be able
to answer any OF the complex questions
which might be fired at him. The question
to be considered is how far a contract is
binding on a dealer who has an option ON
a piece of property. Some maintain that
the mere fact that an agent has property
listed and that he has a sign on the lot
does not prohibit another agent from seek
ing the owner and asking the price.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22
I: A Peculiar Case.

The other day when the colored
man Clark. indicted for murder,
was brought into court to answer
the indictment he offered to plead.
guilty and said he did not wish the
aid of an attorney. The court. how
ever. proposed to app 1int lawyer
for him Notwithstanding his protest.
This case recalls another case which
arose several years ago and was tried
in this county. A man by the name
of Chambers was accused of murder
in Greene county and an indictment
was returned against him. When
he was Drought into court to answer
the indictment he offered to plead
guilty, but the Judge realizing that
the charge was for murder, notwith-
standing the protest of the defendant.
appointed member of the bar to
defend him. After investigation his
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22

In the death Of E. Il. Hartman,
certain political adventurers have lost
their most valuable asset. For q
number of years. it has been the GUS
tom of certain politicians to stir the
prejudices Of the crowd. by pointing
to Mr.. Hartman, as q bold, bad.
railroad manipulation. whose ambition
was to gain control of all the rail-
roads in the country, in order to
throttle competition and destroy legi-
innate business. Not a few have
thereby succeeded in gaining popu-
larity and political preferment. 1t
is to be regretted that men will re-
sort to such methods to gain public
office. but still more regretable
that people will permit themselves
to be deceived by such demagogic APP
peals There is less danger 20 bust
ness from the great captains of in
dustry than from reckless agitators,
whose only ambition is to profit by
the disturbances they are able to
create. II there is any man to be
feared more than another, it is the
one whose time and energies are de.
voted to arraying class against class
and causing every man to become
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22
suspicious of his neighbors. In go far
as Mr.. Hartman may have resorted

suspicious of his neighbors. In go fer
as Mr.. Hartman may have resorted
to unfair methods to accomplish his
purposes, he should be condemned.
but for his ambition to become the
master spirit in his profession. he
should rather be commended. 1t must
be said Of him, that he was not in
any sense. petty ip his methods. His
warfare was conducted with giants
and not with We aklings. He contested
for supremacy with millionaires, and
won. because of his genius and in
domitable will. He won, but sacrificed
his life to gain supremacy. He did
not strive to acquire railroad proper
ties for the purpose Of wrecking
them. He was a builder and not q
destroyer. Not single stakeholder
in the railroads dominated by his
Influence, complains that he suffered
because of his manipulations. When
he assumed control Of the Union
Pacific railway company. it was in
hard straits. He built it up and
made it one of the finest and best
paying railroad properties in the
country. His marvellous success ir
Handling the affairs of this company
challenges universal admiration.
When the career of E. n. Harri
man. is better understood, it will
not be surprising to find unfri endly
criticism yield to admiration, 70,
the American boy, who, by his in
dustry and strong mental equipp
ment. won for himself a place i,
history as the greatest railroae
builder and organizer which tn.
!warld has produced up to this time
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22

idealists who have explored the earth
and swept the skies and set the ships
sailing on every sea. They have
given US our inventions, our system
of government. our cables and tele.
graphs and railroads. They have
created the advantages of modern life
for all the practical people who
regard all innovators as impractical
They have been the servants Of hui
manity and the benefactors of the
world.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22

lawyer concluded the evidence
was not sufficient to warrant q con-
viction. A change of venue was
taken from Greene county and the
case was brought to Crawford county
for trial. and after long and stub
born trial the jury found the defend
ant guilty of murder. His attorneys
appealed the case to the supreme court
and succeeded in reversing it. The
supreme court found that the princi-
pal evidence used to convict the de-
PENDANT in the district court was not
competent or proper and the case was
therefore dismissed and the defendant
discharged.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22

Sac Sun: The, postofice depart
ment has been kind TO ! wa in the
matter of rural mail routes and il
ranks in the number established only
below Illinois and Ohio. Iowa has
2.424. but Illinois has 1885 and Ohio
2,529. In all 4l,O6a routes have beer
established. and Iowa's percentage
of the whole number is large in pro.
portion to population; but it is fit.
ing that the best agricultural state
in the union should have high class
rural service.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22

Coon Rapids Enterprise: If the
progressives in the 9th District re-
fuse to support Congressman Smith,
then the standpatters in the 18th and
other progressive districts. should re
fuse to support progressives. There
is much truth and virtue in the old
Mosaic law-an eye for an eye and d
tooth for tooth. It's the only way
to bring certain kinds of fellows IT,
their senses.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22

fact. that both Aldrich and Payne,
we're in favor of further reductions
with respect to the wool schedules.
We believe the people, generally.
whatever their views may be on The
new tariff law. will commend the
President, for his courageous course,
in giving bis views, openly and frank.
ly, and this too in a section of the
country, where sentiment was appal
emily hostile to them.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22
For Sale or Rent

For sale or rent the Charter Oak
Opera House Block. large store
rooms with full basement under each
and opera house.
Also my Dow City home consisting
of Block 10 and Out,ot G of q acres.
i have also large list of fine
lands, garden tracts, and city proper.
ty in and near Denver, Col. Write
me your wants.
4O4 Bank Block.
37-4 Denver. Col.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22
LOW coloNlsr RATES TO PACIFIC COAST

Tickets on sale daily September
18th to October 18th. Good on per-
sonally conducted tours in tourist
sleeping cars to the ceast without
change, via the Chicago, Union Pacific
& North Western Line. For full par
ticulars write S. A. Hutchinson.
Manager Tour Dept. 2l2 Clark Street.
Chicago, I'll or apply to any ticket
agent Of The North Western Line. 1874
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22
The Men Of Ideals and Tie Men d Achievement.

baltlm0re sun: Hitch your Wag-
on to star" says Emerson. Few
men attain eminence or perform great
achievements who have not high
ideals which they are continually
striving to realize. When Bell in
vented the telephone people laughed
at him as crank and said he was
wasting his time, as the talking box
was mere toy. Edison had some
what the same experience with the
electric light. Most leaders, dis
coverers and inventors have had to
struggle against conditions and have
forged their way to the front through
skeptics and scoffers. Only few
years ago the men who were at work
trying to devise an airship that would
fly were looked upon as harebrained
people who were harmless but rather
irresponsible. But the Wright Broth
ers worked on in the face of discour-
agement. and nov seroplanes are fly
ing nearly q mile minute. and the
navigation of the air is reality.
For thousand years man has turned
his eyes toward the North Pole.
That farthest, most inaccessible re-
gion of the earth has possessed fas-
cination for daring men for centuries.
and many of them have attempted to
reach it. In the last fifty years the
task has been eseayed by numerous
expeditions we'll organized and backed
by ample capital. lead by explorers
who were scientists as we'll. All tn {
conditions in the Arctic have beer
studied, every aid that invention OF
science could give has been afforded
and yearly year we have approachet
nearer and nearer to the goal. A,
last the final dash is made by daring
young American who had a very
slight equipment compared with tt,
expensive and elaborate outfit Of othel
explorers. Though it remains TO
him to present the proof in detail
that will finally convince the critica
scientists. who will apply the sever
est tests. DR.. Cook q simple stor.
of his trip has been sufficient to con
vince the world in general that he ha
Indeed reached this goal of tn
ages. The dangers of the frozel
j, North, the intense cold. the oppres
sive loneliness. the long months wit
only the Eskimos and the dogs t
keep him company these would hav
deferred any man who did not looI
forward to finding the North Pole a
the supreme object of bis life.
j Men do not face death lightly
4 and many a person has asked sine
the announcement of Dr.. Cooks ex
plot: "What is the use of it
What does it amount to? What doe
ANYBODY want with the North Pol
after he finds it? How much none,
will he get?" And when they fin
that there is no money in it. !" eithe
now or in the future, they do not I'm
, derstand why he went through sue
hardships in order to accomp)is
his purpose. The ma 'erialist is con
tinually looking for the reward, re
garding everything as mere mean
to that end. But the idealist j
continually striving to achieve sem
cherished goal, and finds his rewar
: in the achievement itself. 1t is Tn