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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-22
Sixty-first Congress.
Washington, April q.
SENATE.

Washington, April q.
SENATE.
The earth and esrthern ware schedule
OF the tariff bill was taken up 10 the
Senate today. Not much satisfactory
progress was made with it for the reason
that almost every paragraph was object
ed to BY one senator or another with The
result that action was postponed. Gss
retorts were made the subject Of an in-
teresting little political debate between
Mt Bailey aud members on the republi-
can side. Mr.. Bailey noticed thst on
these articles the Senate had inserted
rate of 80 per cent ad vslorum instead
of the House rate Of SO each. Mr..
Bailey frankly confessed that he did not
know what gas retort was, but ne elic-
tied the information from Mr.. Aldrich
that the proposed Senate rate was three
times greater than the rate 10 the Payne
bill. Mr.. Bailey then proceeded to read
the republicans a lecture on the chsrae-
ter of the tariff revisiOns they were Of
fering the country.
Mr.. Root reviewed the history Of the
tar fl on that article aud said it showed
that the present tariff ought TO be 81
least 20 per cent. ad valorum. At Mr..
Aldrich's request the item was held
over for later consideration
The committee then took up carbon
for electric lighting, which was So per
cent. in the Payne bill, and is 20 cents
per hundred feet in the Aldrich bill.
Messrs. Aldrich and Bailey engaged
10 a cross.6re that verged on sectional
lines.
HOUSE.
With an attendance OF less than q
third OF the members, the House was In
session nearly an hour today. Samuel
l.. Gilmore was sworn 10 as the membtr
from the second Louisiana district.
Speaker Cannon appointed as the COM
mitiee on enrolled bills: Messrs Wiz
son (rep. His, Moore rep. Pay, Ell
wins (,pn. MOI, Anthony rep. Kan
sas. }, aud Rainey dem. Ills.), Dixon
lem. Ind. J, and Willett dem. n. Y
The members accepted an invitation
to attend celebration of the 100 n an
niverssry OF the Inauguration of George
Washington at Alexsndris, Vs., April
80 Mr.. Csrlin supplemented the iuvi-
laiion with a patriotic speech in which
be said that the beginning of the revolt
ton vas at q conference held by Wash
iugton and others in the church ward of
Christ Church, Alexandra, on Sunday
morning after the services.
There was wrsDgle over the ques-
ton of instruc.ing the Hoase members
of the conference committee on the cen
sus bill, but no action vas taken.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-22
Ice Gorge at Niagara.

Niagara Falls, N. Y. April 22--Dyna-
mite is being used today in an effort to
free the lower Niagara river from Its icy
letters. Great charges of the explosive
varying from 500 to 1000 pounds ore
being buried in the ice pack and fred
in the hope Of releasing the Jam. Thus
far the proceeding has been slow. The
general situation along the river Is i'm.
proved today. The water has fallen
about Two feet and the pack has settled
down about that distance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-22
New YORK Stock Market.

New York, April 22.--There was continued
improvement in the trading sentiment all
through the frs. hour. with unusual regular
ity marking the upward movement in prices
half hour of the forenoon With demand in.
creasing as higher prices levels were reached.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-22

DEFIANCE of Senator Aldrich and
denial of his statement in regard to thf
tariff bill and his right to control tarlh
legislation were the significant features
of the speech delivered yesterday by
Senator Oummins, of Iowa, in suppUf'
ri his income tax amendment. 1t wa
an able speech. delivered calmly and
with no apparent effort to arouse feeling
AGAINST The Senate dictator, but it was
firmly insistent that Mr.. Aldrich's state
ments of what his bill will perform
both rs a revenue producer and pro-
tectiye measure are unworthy OF belief.
The show OF independence by Mt Gum
Minis sugered Nj. Aldrich and caused
hi N to refer sneeriDgly to the aPparenI
coalition between the democrats and the
independents, insisiently charging thai
those who do not accept bis tariff bill
and bis statements concerning it arc moi
republicans. Mr. Aldrich is an old hand
at applying the party lash.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-22
yesterdav,s baseball ResuIts.

The following is .lie results Of yester-
dsy's league games
American disqualification 6, Phlla-
delphia 2 Other games postponed on
account of rain.
National Lesgue-St. Louis 9, Gin
cinsti 8. Other games postponed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-22
apr22 I'd

1 A meeting of ALEXANDRIA
-. COUNCIL. No 50, J. o. u. A, will be
held tomorrow (Thursdsy) night. A fol-
attendance is requested as arrangements, Il IS
expected, will be made for the participation
OF the council ia the Home Coming Week
festivities. l.. d. LYLES,
april u Chairman Of Committee
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-22


Ar the German Hospital, in New YORK,
last week, Or. Willy Meyer performed
for the first time in this country an op
Grafton upon q human being 10 which
the cavity Of the thorsx wss opened,
while tie lungs were kept Inflated from
an air chamber at pressure greater than
the atmosphere. This new appliance is
known as the positive air pressure spar'
atus modelled after that of Professor
Ssuergruch. 1t consists Of two chambers
with a door connecting and another door
connecting the smaller chamber with the
outer air. The chambers are lined with
rubber and are connected by pipes and
valves with an electric sir compressor.
The operating table is SO arranged that
the patient lies with his head within the
main chamber, a rubber neckpiece fit
ting tightly, so as TO prevent the escape
of the compressed air.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-22
Starting With the Soup



MASONIC. - Members Of AleTsadTja-
IVA Washington Lodge, No. 20, and An
drew Jackson Lodge, No. 100. A., f. &
A. NJ. will assemble at King and Washing
ten Streets. FRIDAY, April 2S, at 4 o'clock
p. M, sharp, 70 attend the unwilling Of the
Memorial TABLET TO the Psllbearers Of Wor.
Bro. Sc rye Washington, at Christ Church,
ROBERT W. FULLER, W.
MARSHAIL Il DINWIDDIE. w. NJ.
EOUND-On the street. one day last week
ASSET OF BEADS, which the owner cen
have by Supplying at this Office aud paying
charges. II
NOTICE - POTOMAC LODGE, No. 80,
" |. o. o. +. will observe the Hinetie.h
Anniversary I. o. o. f. by attending divine
service at Grace Episcopal Church, Sunday,
April 25 1909, at 8 p. m. All members Z
the lodge are requested to meet at hall by 7:30
ID. NJ. By order of the Lodge,
WILLIAM A. CONWAY, sec'y.
ap,21 st
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-22

For sALE-A EURRO DONKEY years.
old and well broken u saddle. Apply
ct NO. lle south Lee street. ap20S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-28
The Iron Market.

The local pig iron market is firm, but without special feature this week. Rog- CTS Brown & Co.'S Cincinnati report just issued says:
 Good business and active interest with stronger market conditions is the weeks record. From all sides comes evidence that the manufacturing end of the iron and steel business Is improving daily un der the increasing demands made upon it by the users of the finished products.
 Recent activity in structural and fab ricated steel and wire products has been stimulated by advances in price.
 Tt is reported that the total orders for structural and fabricated steel for May will be the highest for a month this year and the total for the first five months of 19J9 will break all existing records.
 Pig iron generally is stronger with an advancing tendency. At some points these advances have been registered, and there is firm minimum with a practically unanimous opinoin as to the attitude for any sales after January 1, 1910. Cur rent orders are for limited tonnage main- ly for prompt shipment, and in spite of reports made by some that there is a large stock of iron on consumers yards, such a condition does not appear to be borne out by their insistenee for shipments on many orders.
 Recent good sized sales of basic iron have taken large part available, and sellers are stiffer in their views.
 "The restoration of complete confidence and return to normal vii lonly come with the placing of more generous busi- ness by the railroads. They have up to now bought largely compared to four and six months ago, but it has been mainly confined to the structural end and not so much to the rolling equipment. When a free placing of car orders takes place the best will have been accomplished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-28
ORIENTAL STUDENTS.

From the May Circle Magazine.
 It is with something of a shock that we learn that the enrolment of the Calcutta colleges is greater than that of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and the University of Chicago combined, and that in addition to these 10000 students there are over So,ooo boys numbered tn the various high schools of the city.
 Tol1io leads the globe so overwhelm- ingly in this direction that we could take the entire population of the city of Los Angeles without reaching the student en- roliment of the Japanese capital.
 More than 100000 students are num- bered in the colleges of Tokio, and the list represents practically every country of the Orient. The most significant fea- ture of the situation, however, is not the bulk of numbers but the clements below the surface. Ten years ago there were but two Chinese in the schools of To- kio. Today there are more than 50O0 China, beaten by the force of Japanese arms and cunning, is sitting at the feet of her conqueror in the effort to imbibe the secrets of her learning and power
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-28
Why Wheat Is Dear

May wheat was pushed in Chicago up to about s1.35, and reports say that the great rise was due to the fact that Farmer Patten would not accord set dement's to Henry C. Prick and his Pittsburg associates who found them selves on the wrong side of the mar ket He demanded the wheat he had contracted for and the Pittsburgers were, so runs the report, compelled to go into the pit to buy the needed grain This sent the price of wheat for May delivery to recent prices.
 Whether this story be true or false does not much matter. What does concern us all is the general situation. Consumption in the wide wide world is outrunning production. We grow but one-quarter of the wheat of the world, but a good deal of our wheat is of a surplus nature, entering into the com mercial and export crop. It meets the deficiencies of European countries.
 MT. Patten says our wheat lands are cropped to death, and yet we are mak- ing an acre produce more and more as the years go on. The worlds produc- tion is also increasing, but so is the worlds population, and so is bread eating. Better cultivation is needed in this and all other wheat producing countries if production is to keep pace with consumption. It is needed in this country if our agricultural balance of trade is to be maintained. MT. Patten saw with clear eyes the situation, and the Pittsburg barons did not, and the latter proceeded to fill the formers bins with wheat, and the price of that wheat will stay up simply because the world needs more wheat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-28

succeeded by men who do not obey either Aldrieh or Cannon. The middle West still has Burrows and Gullom and Dick In the Senate but their days are probably numbered.
 It is very difficult to say what kind of a Senator William Lorimer will be. In his speech before the legislature he said he would vote for a lower tariff, and he will have an opportunity to do so as soon as he arrives in Washing ton. He should favor also an income tax. for he is very desirous of securing deep waterway from the lakes to the gulf. A scheme of that magnitude calls for more revenue, even if bonds be utilized But no one can say what he will do, for he Is boss in Chicago and Cook county politics. He long has been, although he has grown rich through speeulations in the stock mar ket He is in no sense reformer. He holds that to the yictors belong the spells. and no one can safely predict whether he will become in the Senate an Aldrichite or an insurgent All the federal officeho1ders opposed his cleo tion, lining up to maan for Hopkins. It is anybody's guess as to the course that this new Richard Croker will pur- sue in the Senate. He is a Republican boss and the reader must supply tho rest of the story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-28
PROPER POSITION FOR SLEEPING.

From the Matin, Paris.
 A number of eminent French medical men have given their opinion on what they consider the healthiest position for sleep. Dr. Delorme army medical in spector, declares that the natural position is to He flat on ones back. Professor Debone and Dr. Daveniere, of the School of Hygiene, are of the same opinion, and point out that lying on either side causes pressure of the arm which may eventual ly bring about paralysis. Dr. Landouzy, of the medical faculty, says that the best position is the most comfortable posi- tion, and this Is acquired by habit. It would be well, however, to aecustom one s self to sleep on the right side. Dr. Le- tulle, of the Medical Academy, maintains emphatically that the sleeper should al- ways lie on the right side, and thus avoid indigestion, and heart troubles. In start ling contradiction comes a statement from a heart specialist, Dr. Huchard: 'I all ways sleep on my left side and I think it is quite immaterial whether you lie on your left side right side. The idea, however, that those who cannot lie on the left side suffer from heart affection Is quite erroneous"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-28
New Democratic Monthly.

T have just seen the first copy of the new National Magazine published by Norman E. Mack of Buffalo, N r., chair man of the democratic national commit tee,' said a lifelong democrat, land if it keeps up the pace the first number has set it is destined to do a great work for democracy. It is to be de- voted to the interests of democracy and the initial articles are by some of the ablest men in the party. Typogra phically the publication is a beauty. The cover design is in colors and contains a photo graph of Monticello, the famous home of Thomas Jefferson, and picture of the sage of Monticello himself"
 'The publication has met with cordial approval by democrats all over the na- ton and indeed its success seems assured. It seems to be of such nature that 1t will not conflict with any of the demo- cratic publications now in the field. It is only $1 year and judging by the initial number I know of nc better use to which a democrat can put s1 than to have it come to his home."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-28
TELEPHoNEsANDT TRuTHFuLNEss

From the Philadelphia Record.
 Have you ever noticed what bad in- fuence the telephone has had on the morals of the people?" oueried club man of some friends. Being given a little encouragement, he went on: "Ir is strange, but true, that some people who otherwise are scrupulously truth full become absolute liars when they take the telephone receiver into their hands, and as yet I haven't been able to study out a good reason for it. Listen to your friends, your family, or yourself, when conyersing over the wire and see how huently everything but the truth Is told. How easy it is to announce that you are just going out to luncheon, when the fact is you have just returned. And again how many headaches, toothaches, and faceaofes that never existed are reported in such conversations. To lie fiuently, readily, and without compunc- tion is trait of the habitual telephone user, and 1 for one distrust most a of the messages I receive that way. Now, the point of investigation should be, How much does such inexactitude affect the morals of a community Anyhow the telephone Is to blame, and when I get married there won't be any In my house, no matter how much 1 need it to ex- plain why I can't come home to dinner
 l want to know my wifes telling me the truth when she says she's coming down. town to lunch with me. l don't want to feel my pocketbook and wonder If it's a shopping trip she Is thinking about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-28
BARON RorHscHlLDs GARDENS.
One of the Beauty Spots of Vienna At.
 tracts Many Tourists.

From Vienna Letter to the New York
 York Herald's Paris Edition.
 One of the prettiest sights imaginable at the present time Is that of the gar dens and hothouses of Baron Alfons Roth schlld at Hohe Warte in the outskirts of Vienna. The grounds are beautifully laid out and the training of fruit trees to be noticed there is remarkable. The head gardener is a genius in his line and cannot recommend visitors to yi- enaa more pleasant way of passing two or three hours than in going to see his artistic arrangements of plants, flowers and fruits.
 In the center of all this display of na- ture assisted by art stands an ideal villa, pagoda-iike, dominating all. Horticul- turists can take away many new ideas from visit to the Rothschild gardens. for the originality displayed there is quite unusual and makes the show unique. The gardens and conseryatories are open once a week. The sum of one kronen, which is charged for this rare sight, is given to charity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-28
IN HOTEL LOBBEES
Splendid Work of Schools.


 One cannot help but notice the in- creased attention given to eommencements In Alabama during the last few years, !" said member of the Chamber of Com meree. 'I came to Birmingham 10 years ago and l am sure at that time nothing like the amount of attention was given to the closing of the school years as Is the case at present.
 There are so many more students in the schools in the last few years, and naturally as the numbers grow the inter est in such affairs Is spread over a broader field. There seems to be a real passion for education in Alabama, and in this connection the bacealaureate address of Dr. J. H. Phillips at Howard college made a strong impression on me He brought out the idea that the present cen tury is to be one of aesthetic and intel lectual development instead of the devo- tion of so much attention to industrial af- fairs as characterized the nineteenth cen tury. The large attendance in all Ala bama schools is but an evidence that this state means to keep pace with the pres ent century development. and the young men and women who are now leaving school will probably be called upon to solve some of the greatest altruistle prob lems that the world has ever faced. re- joiee to see our schools doing such splen- did work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-28
Klng Edward At the Derby

The Epson Derby is the chief racing event in the wide world It is single dash of one and one-half miles on Ep- som Downs before the assembled sportsmen of the nations. The race of Wednesday was the 130th. In the be- ginning the Barls of Derby conducted the annual event in the Isle of Man, but later the races were run at Epson sixteen miles southwest of London. This was long ago, and the Derby plate from time out of mind. Richard Gro ker won the race in 1907, and last year an Italian horse came in the winner.
 This years race brought no notable horses from the continent, and the popular interest was chiefly centered in King Edwards horse, Minoru, the fayorite, and an American horse, Sir Martin, owned by Louis Winans, who lives at present in England. The American horse was put out by an ac- cident about half way over the course, and the Kings horse came in a bare winner with two of the fifteen starters close to him. Six more horses were punched behind him.
 King Edward led his horse from the track in accordance with long estab- nshed custom, and this obedience to the spirit of sports will no doubt oper- ate to increase the Kings popularity among the people of all classes in a sport-loying country. King Edward has long enjoyed the reputation of a thoroughbred sportsman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-28
Plans of pr. c. w. Eliot.

Cambridge, Mass, May 27-Dr. Charles ". Eliot, who retired from the presi- dency of Harvard college last week, left the university city today for visit to the western alumni association of the university to deliver various addresses. Dr. Eliot will be present at the twelfth annual meeting of the Associated liar yard Clubs in Cincinnati tomorrow and on Saturday. On June I he will deliver the Phi Beta Kappa address at the Uni versity of Missouri at Columbia, Mo He will return to Cambridge June ? and on June 29 will deliver an address be- fore the alumnae of Radcliffe college. Di- rectly after the Harvard commencement on June 30, Dr. Eliot will go with his fam fly to his summer home in Northeast Har- hor Me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-28
PreSlden! Harahal In Savannah

In discussing the visit this week of President Harahan, in Savannah, where he inspected the properties of the Central Railroad of Georgia, the Savannah News says: Tt Is fair to as- sume that the visit of President Hara- han was In connection with the pro- posed improvements of the Central, ertys capacity is for handling business from the West which the Illinois Gen. tral is in position to give it. If Mir Hartman should throw great amount of western business to this port over the Central, Savannah would imme- diately feel the effects of it. Conf denee in her future would be greatly strengthened, and that would bring her investors in business, in industries and in real estate. The inflow of cap ital and the increase in population would be noticeable very soon.'
 Mir Hartman thinks the Central of Georgia should be strengthened and strengthened before a much heavier traffic is thrown upon it. In other words, he Is said to have expressed the opinion that s10oeo,0OO should be expended upon 1t tefore the Illinois Central and the Central of Georgia be- gin to exchange traffic at Birmingham on large scale The News does not claim to know that programme ot that nature has been adopted, but 1t anticipates its adoption, and it sees, therefore, a new future for the Central railroad and for Savannah also. Biz mingham is wholly willing, and it bids the city by the sea to be of good cheer, for changes of some sort are no doubt coming in the affairs of the two roads that meet under the slagpile.