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The Washington times., 1909-08-29
PROSPERITY SHOWN EVEN BY
THE SALE OF GRAVESTONES.

If there have been any skeptics on
the question whether prosperity has re-
turned 20 the land and is now on in
full blast. moving TO the sceompani-
ment Of freshly stirring wheels and
vigorously footing whistles, they ought
TO be converted by the evidence sup
piled at a recent meeting Of the Ma
tionsl Retail Monument Dealers As
ISOLATION in Chicago. At this meeting.
which wound up with a dinner. 1t de-
veioped that the dealers in monuments
were convinced prosperity had returned
because they were selling more monu-
ments and tombstones. This is the
way the POSTMASTER at the feast put
the case:
"A mar that's hard up doesn't want
TO spend money for a tombstone, but
when he gets things ahead at the bank
he can and does invest in testimonials
TO loved ones long neglected"
Then he added that the sale of grave
stones had increased 10 per cent in the
last year.
This testimony ought to be convert
ing and uplifting to the most pessi-
mistic. When the voice Of prosperity
speaks even from the tomb, all doubts
as to whether there's been a resurrec-
tion ought 10 be dispelled.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
MORGAN SAID TO OWN
E WESTERN ROAD
Officials of Interstate Commerce Commission Investiga-
ting Report of Purchase Which Is Believed to Be
In Interest Of the Hill System.

Officials Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission are deeply interested in the
reports that the Chicago Great Western
railway has passed into the hands OF
J.. P. Morgan & CO. They see in this
development an important nov in the
warfare for territory in which a few
great railroad powers ere now engaged
in this country.
The Chicago Great Western railroad
reaches from Chicago 10 Minneapolis
and St. Paul and 10 Des Moines. Kansas
City. and Omaha. II taps one of the
richest sections Of the Middle West and
the Northwest II the Morgan crowd
has assured itself Of possession of the
road. as Iooked on here. it has played
with Eood strategy
Purchase OF the Great Western by Nor
gan means that IT has been bought TO
form a part OF the Hill system. Il is
intended 10 be a part Of the great sys-
ten OF which the Great Northern.
Northern Pacific. and Burlington are
.he principal parts. The Hill system
has hitherto not been able TO get
into Des Moiues and Kansas city. and a
large part Of the territory that lies be
tween Kansas City and st. Paul and
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
ILLINOIS FIGHTING
PELLAGRAO OUTBREAK
Fifty Of the One Hundred
Sufferers Show Signs of
Recovery.

PEORIA, H., Aug. 29.-Of the ore
hundred and more pellagra sufferers un-
der observation AT the Bartonvme Asy-
lum. fifty are aid 20 be making favor
able progress TO recovery. although II
is not certain hat they can be cured.
as the dangers OF reIapses are unknown.
photographs Of twenty-four OF the pa
tents have been made. covering every
known stage and symptom Of the dis
ease and they WI be used in reports TO
Washington and TO the Illinois state
board OF health.
SupL- George a. ZelIer. OF the General
Hospital, had the following to say re-
gerding pellagra:
Numerous calls from practition-
ers in this part of the state
indicate that for years past cases have
occurred within their practice which they
now believe 10 have been peIlagra.
Hence the disease probably is not new
IN Illinois nor limited TO this Institution.
The symptoms OF a pronounced case are
unmistakahle. The symmetrical cry
thema, involving the hacks Of the
hands. the banded sCald about the neck.
the subsequent vesicuistion and de-
-squanation, the fiery red tongue. the
spongy gums, the collapse. the mental
torpor, the melancholia, all combine 10
form a clinical picture so clear as 10
be un~mistakabIe."
The Washington times., 1909-08-29

Minneapolis with ease. II has been
able to reach into it only by a rounda-
out process To get into Kansas CITY
and the region mentioned direct will
mean a great cal to the Hill lines.
More than this. the acquisition OF the
Great Western for the Hul lines is
looked on here as preliminary TO a d.
rect connection between the Hill lines
on the north and the Gulf of Mexico.
Having got into Kansas City by a direct
route. il win not be difficult to acquire
enough mileage TO reach south to the
gulf. One or two systems in that terri
tory, il is thought. could be acquired
without great difficulty. Such a step
would give the Hill system a transcon-
mental line from East TO West. and
would also give it one across the couu-
try from North to South.
Without the latter. the Hill system
iS az a disadvantage as compared with
the Eastman lines. The Hartman Sys-
TEN has control of the Illinois Central.
stretching from Chicago 10 New Or
learS. At present, the Hin system IS
lacking In any such line from North
10 South, and IL Is the belief here the
acquisition of the Chicago Great West
ern is a step BY James ]. Hill in the di-
rection OF an outleJ 10 the gulf.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29

ahoat that Charles p. Taft has the
Senatorial bee and intends 60 run again.
A certain deep silence at Beverly pa this
subject is observed and 10 is discomfort
ing TO Mr.. Dick and others who are not
In love with the idea of Charles r. going
10 the Senate. Report has IL, too. that
Wade Ellis. Arthur l.. Vorvs, Nicholas
Longworth and various other politicians
Of more or less eminence intend 70 op-
pose Dick.
But Dick appears - have scored for
the time being. He has put the intend
ing candidates in such a position that
they ether have TO announce themselves
and take the same course as to petitions
that Dick has taken or when the pri-
maries are held Dick will be in the po-
sitioE of the only candidate 10 get a
popular Endorsement. II is proving en-
barrassing 10 some of the aspirants and
pressure is being brought TO bear OF
Dick 10 get him TO abandon his plan TO
file petitions.
Dick, however, shows no signs OF all
lowing himself 10 be draw Off. He Is
building up an organization in each
county and is working overtime In the
effort 10 get himself returned.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
THAT PRESS CENSORSHIP AT
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY.

The University Of Chicago has ap-
pointed a press censor. No more can
the ambitious Young savant get a job
IN the Rockefeller school, state that
women are poi descended from monkeys
at an. but from parrots, and become
immortal overnight. Shakespeare Will
boo allowed 20 rest quietly in his grave.
old bachelor criticism on marriage Will
cease. and the periidiou7 betrayal of
wisdom 10y omHiprc-ent reporters will
be nipped I'm the bud. a gloomy pur
pie silence viii hang over the once
loquacious campus. All books,
pencils. and camera viii have to be
checked at the gate. A man who wants
To send a telegram will have to get a
permit from the i%anitor. And faculty
meetings will be held at midnight in
the university steel vault.
At last the professor has rebelled
against being horuded by sIeuth news
men and forced to give out an mn-
authorized interview fixed up in nice
carbon duplicates, and carried con
vcniently in the pocket. He objects TO
doing the typewritmg. and is just going
10 dictate his sensational stuff 10 the
publicity man.
The university rum grave risks in
this new plan. Suppose a man is going
to publish a book. Will he have TO pay
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
AMERICAN AVIATOR LIFTS
THE IN CUP.

While records n tine aerial world are
being shattered almost daily. the per
~foIIhance OF Gicnu DO. Curtiss. the
American syi=tor, in breaking the
speed record both for the meeting at
Rheims and for The world viii give
much satisfaction on this side Of the
water. Curti-s made the fastest aerial
journey Of 20 kilometer-, or 1912 miles.
ever accomplished by man in an air
ship. His time was Is minutes and
- 3-5 seconds. The race was sharply
contested, Bleriot, the French aviator.
being. bat little more than five seconds
behind him. The Americans who wit
messed the performance are described
a. jubilant, and the remarkable per
Torrance is said to have created con
sternation in the camp Of the rival
s~viators.
The performance Of Curtiss is the
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP HAS
GROWN MORE RAPIDLY
THAN POPULATION.

NO more interesting report has ema
mated from the Census Bureau for
many a month than one which has lust
been issued on the subject Of religious
bodies of the United States. This re-
port ought 70 serve to correct an idea
entertained By many people that church
membership is getting out Of fashion
end that fewer people are going 10
church than in the olden days.
The facts are. as the census figures
show. that church membership has in
creased more rapidly than population
or the total estimated population of
continental United States in 1906. over
SO per cent were reported as church
members. The corresponding percent
age for 1890 was 81. showing a ma
terial gain in the number Of church
members in sixteen years.
According To the statistics, eight new
churches were erected every day in the
sixteen years from 1890 to 1906. the
number of religious denominations II
loO. the local religious organization
are PIP 230. the number of church mem.
bers Yiearly 33000Oo0 and the amount
invested in church edifces is over a
billion and a quarter dollars.
Nothing IN the report indicates that
the United States as "a nation is grow.
ing Jess religious. On the contrary. IL
would seem 10 be growing in the other
direction. So eHee is moving on. and
the Bible j. not getting any the less
potent in its hold Oh the American
people.
OF eourse. the men viii refrain from
saying much about that phase of ID,
census figures which shows that tho
males form but 43.l per cent of the
total church membership.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
DISMISSED MILDLY
WILL MEET DEBTS
Russell Kibbe Becomes Heir
to a Fortune of
S5O,OOO.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Aug. -9-RusseI
L. kibbe, recently dismiss ed from the
Naval Academy FOR giving a check Z,
meet which he had insufficient funds
IN bank, has b~eu I'm Annapolis. and
while here Informed friends that he had
become heir to about $4,000 by the death
OF "A relative, and would have absc-
lutte control IT this sum within sixty
days.
That young IIbbe is in excellent fnan-
ciaI shape is Indicated by the settlement
Of a number OF substantial debts which
he had contracted in Annapolis. Il is
understood that all Of these have been
wiped out, the young mans visit 20 An
napolis being for that especial purpose.
Much sympathy is felt for kibbe, as
IL is believed he had no intention of de-
fraudiug anyone. and had believed that
the bank upon which the check wa
drawn would not hesitate TO carry the
deficiency until he could make an ar
TanEement TO cover IL. II is said that
Eibbe received ample funds TO cover
the amount within "a few DAYS after
the matter had been reported to tbs
Navel Academy authorities.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
CENTRAL AMERICAN
WAR THREATENED
Opening of Polls Marks
Crisis in History of
Costa RIGA.

Tie opening of the polls this morn
ing marks the finale Of one Of the bit.
te-est political fights in the history Of
the little republic of Costa Rica, which is
facing a crisis today. There is an ominous
quiet in the dispatches from Central
America. and the State Department is
hourly expecting a cableEram from Min
lister Merry. the American representa-
tive at San Jose, the capital and me-
tropolis Of Costa Rica-
1t is feared by State Department Off
Gals, and members of the Diplomatic
Corps here, that there may be fighting
and rioting at the polls. The election
has assumed international Importance,
particularly in Central America, through
he allegations Of interference in the
election. on the part of President Eel
ava of Nicaragua, who seeks to become
the dictator of Central An erica
The polls will be open in Costa Rica
for two days. The electoral college will
assemble on the first Sunday in April.
when the new President win be for
naIly elected. He Will be
CT May 8. 1910.
No dispatches have been received
from Mr.. Merry for several days. This
Is an indication Of quiet. but in the
messages last filed Mr.. Merry said the
political campaign. then closing. was
extremely bitter. and that there had
been a great deal of disorder and riot
ing Feeling between the two factions
was intense, and there were reports
OF riots from all sections.
Ihere are two candidates i'm the field
for the Presidency-Rafael Iglesias and
Ricardo Jimenez- Iglesias has served
two terms as President. from 1894 TO
1902. JtmeneZ is a lawyer of standing.
who has held many Government posi-
tons. Gonzales NiqUez. the present
President. is not seeking reelection.
Meager reports reaching Washington
indicate that the election viii probably
be extremely close. though Iglesias is
a slight favorite.
It is charged by followers Of IgIesias.
that President Zelaya, Of Nicaragua.
faVOrs JtmeneZ, and that the massing
OF N~tcaraguan troops on the frontier
several weeks ago was unanswered
merely to aid Jimenez's candidacy.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
QUEEN LII ENTERS
HAWAIIAN POLITICS
Former Ruler Anxious to Have
Native Representatives in
Congress.

HONOLULU. Aug. 29.-Queen Liliuo-
kaIsni. deposed ruler Of Hawaii, is re
ported to be interesting herself in the
political situation. Because OF rumors
that Prince Jonah KalanianaoIe Will not
be a candidate to succeed himself as
delegate TO congress, the former queen
is believed 10 favor the succession Of a
Hawaiian.
Prince Kalanianaole is non-commital
as to his candidacy. put II he decides TO
enter the race IL is bolievt 4 he will be
given the republican nomii.ation.
In the event Of his withdrawal the
business now, most OF whom are re-
publicans. probably VIII put forward
one Of their own number as a candi-
date 70 oppose any other Hawaiian as
pirant.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
TRIO OF SISTERS
Welded AT ONCE
All Became Engaged on the
Same Day One Year
Ago.

CHICAGO. Aug. 2e-Six hearts are
beating as three today n the paths
OF three couples that own them. or lost
them If you please, which a been
singularly coincident up to the mar
rage altar are now divergent.
One year & today the three daugh-
tiers OF Mrs. Louise Lsmson, between
laughter and tears, conhded TO their
mother that they had al fallen in love
at the same social function n had all
been asked and accepted at a later
gathering. Yesterday. in the presence
Of relatives and friends there was a
triple wedding at St Jarlath's Church
The couples were Miss Lillian G. Lam
son and Wesley G. Guntz, Miss Elsie
NJ Lamson and Fred ". Kinder. and
Miss Agnes ". Lamson and Thomas 2.
White.
The three couples plan TO live in the
same apartment building, providing a
suitable location can be found.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
TO BE C~ONSECRATED
BISHOP OF PEORIA
Very Rev. Edmund M. Dunno Will
Receive High Honors of Church
Next Wednesday.

CHICAGO, H., Aug. 29.-The Very
Rev. Edmund NJ. Dunno. d. d. chan
ceIlor Of the Catholic archdiocese, Of
Chicago, will be consecrated bishop Of
Peoria on Wednesday morning with
ceremonies Of unusual impressiveness.
Three archbishops, four bishops and
$40 priests will participate in the solemn
rites. which will take place at Holy
Name Cathedral, in the parish I'm which
Father Dunno was born and baptized.
The investiture will be made by the
Most Rev. Archbishop Diomede Fal-
comic. d. D. apostolic delegate in the
United States. Among the d~ignitaries
who will participate in the ceremony are
ArChbishOps Quigley and S~palding,
Bishop Rhode. Bishop MuldOOn, of Rock
ford. and BLshop Janssen. Of RelevNle.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
WOMAN HAS VISION;
SEES DYING

MILAN, Aug. pa remarkable case
attributed TO telepathy is reported from
Capua. A woman woke a few nights
ago iu a state Of delirium. Calling to-
gether her friends and %neiEhbOrs she
told them that she had Just seen an
apparitiOn Of her husband, who for two
years past has been absent in New
York. He appeared 10 her 10 be lying
in a hospital with one hand covering
mis- breast, and ne told her that he had
been graycly wounded.
a few days later a CdbleETam from
America arrived informing her that her
husband was dying. having been stab
bed by an emissay Of the Black Hand.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
MRS. DUKES FRIENDS
CLAIM SHE IS WELL
Deny Rumor That Tobacco Kings
Divorced Wife Is in
Sanitarium.

CHICAGO. Aug. IA report that
Mrs. Alice Webb Duke, divorced wife
of Brodie l. Duke, the Tobacco Kins.
had entered q sanitarium on account OF
n severe nervous illness. was declared
false by her friends. II was said she
had left Chicago for a few days to get
some much needed rest. Mrs. Duke had
been living at n boarding Gus az zoo
Cass street, but recently she took an
apartment elsewhere.
She has supposedly been promoting an
independent tobacco company n sew
eral other business ventures.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29

for the -dvertising himselfy Or will
the patron saint come across2 The
very name of Chicago viii be for
gotten. save when they have a street
car strike or a crime wave. And the
noble institution at Syracuse will
flourish like a green bay tree. Poor
mute, inglorious Chicago. and poor
starving scribesl Which will suffer
mostg We wonder.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
A CALL COMES
TO MISS INGERSOLL

BOSTON. Mass. Aug. 29.-NIiss Justine
Ingerspll, daughter of former Gov.
Charles r. IngeTson Of Connecticut, is
dead Al ser home. Park lane. Jamaica
Plain. For a number OF years she
made he nome in Washington. d. @,
and had many friends in the Capital.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
CHINA WORSTED IN HER
NEGOTIATIONS WITH JAPAN.

Announcements from Picking are that
the negotiations between China and
Japan on the general Manchurian ques-
tion are practically completed. It is
also said that the proposed settlement
is looked on by the friends of China
with pessimism, and that it has been
effected by a surrender by China Of the
main points which she held for her de-
Tense. Indications are that, having
been thoroughly beaten by the Jap
anese influence backed strongly by Eng
land in the AntUng-M ukden railroad
dispute, China has lost her footing. and
has not been able to regain it since the
decision of that controversy.
On the general M~snehurian question,
there were a number of points in con
troversy between China and Japan. All
were of Importance. some Of them Of
the utmost Importance TO the two
countries. II appears that Japan won
out on all but one Of them, which re-
lated to the question of jurisdiction
over a certain disputed zone lying be
tween Korea and Manchuria. By the
compromise. China is given jurisdiction.
But it is shrewdly suspected by those
on the ground that Japan created an
issue yer this region for the purpose
of furthering her principal claims else
where.
II is clear that on the whole Japan
has greatly strengthened her position
in Mauchuria, while the position of
China is correspondingly weakened.
Japan is left in the position OF almost
wholly dominating the railroad situa-
ton in M~anehuria. China even conced-
ing TO Japan the right to veto the ex-
tension of railroads in Manchuria which
do not connect with the japanese line
or assist it. In respect to mining areas,
Japan seems to get everything she
asked. In short, China has achieved
an almost complete backdown.
The settlement is possessed Of a vast
deal Of interest for this Government.
President Taft has lately been con-
ferring at length with the new minister
TO China. Mr.. Craze, and urging on
him the Importance of fUrthering Amer
lean trade and commerce in the far
East. The President is keenly alive to
the fact that if American business in
terests are TO get a square deal in
China. more especially in Manchuria,
the open door must,be something more
than a diplomatic phrase. And almost
at the same tirle that Minister Crane
is getting his instructions, Japan is
aggressively tightening her hold on
Manchuria and insuring conditions in
that part of the world which will be
preferential 10 her merchants ard
traders, her banking and business in
terests generally. In the light of this,
talk Of the open door for American
business interests and American goods
cannot be taken very seriously. 1t is
coming to a point where it is mean
ingless.
If any further proof Of this were
wanting it is supplied in the dispatches,
which indicate thae even British rail
road interests perceive themselves be
ing crowded out Of Msnchuria and unit
ing in an efort to ally themselves with
American bankers for the purpose Of
keeping Manchuria open TO foreign
trade and enterprise. As we have be
fore pointed out. Mr.. Crane has been
7addIed with a big burden.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
CONCERTS THIS E

Monday
Cavalry Band, Lincoln Park.
Soldiers Homie Band. Soldiers
Home.
Tuesday
Engineer Band. Smithsonian.
Wednesday
Soldiers Home Band. Soldiers
Home.
Thursday
Cavalry Band, judiciary Square.
Friday
Engineer Band, Franklin Park.
Soldiers Home Band. Soldiers
Home.
Saturday
Marine Band. White House.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29

It is encouraging to hear that a
stenographer made 262 words a minute
now that pugilists. politicians. and Gov
eminent experts are breaking the talk
records. TO word of wisdom will be
The Washington times., 1909-08-29

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The Washington times., 1909-08-29

The siege Of Boston was play COM
pared with h siege of Arden.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29

The Times Is served IN the city OF Wash
fngton and District OF Columbia BY news
boys. who deliver and collect for the paper
on their own account az the rate Of ! cents a
week
Entered AZ the postonice AZ washington.
4 C. as second class matter.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29

Those two cans Of oxygen sent to
Harriman's home seem TO give Wall
Street the chance for a lot Of hot air.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29

Two people who recover after a sui
eide pac: must feel pretty foolish.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29

Out in Colorado they hope 10 get a
pint cup full Of rsdium and corner the
market.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29

The District guardsmen may have had
to walk too fast, but as long as they
always went toward the front, there's
no fault in that.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29

The real Cuban lottery is how long
the government IS going 10 last.
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
Motoring in Virginia.
Bazaar and Tournament.

Bazaar and Tournament.
A bazaar and tennis tournament will
be held on the spacious grounds and
courts Of Magnolia Farm. the residence
Of S. p. Wright. on the Columbia pike,
near Barefoot. Va. on Friday. Septem-
Der 3. 1909. for the benefit OF the Airing
The Washington times., 1909-08-29

Some Of those Virginia census plums
seem to have dropped into the wrong
hat.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-04-12
JueILlATioN AT AUSTIN.

Special TO the Eagle.
Austin. Texas. April i2.-Advices
from Washington bring news OF a
great victory for Texas In the Waters
Pierce OIL CO.. litigation. The nat
ional supreme court has refused the
company's petition for a rehearing
and upholds the writ OF custer. Az q
result the company will be compelled
TO pay the fine of si.6o0.0oo and &C
cruing penalties. makingsa total OF
nearly two million dollars. The state
officials are much elated.
During the legal war. which has
lasted several years. Attorney Gener
al Robert Vance Davidson has led
the fight for the state. II. S. Priest
and ]. ID. Johnson OF St. Louis repre-
senting the defense.
The Waters Pierce lost In the
Travis county district court. in the
saate supreme court, in the federal
circuit court al New Orleans and In
the federal supreme court at Wash
ington.
Today's decision will take the prop
erty away from c. d. Dorchester the
federal receiver at sherman. who Is
en- route to Austin TO pay back taxes
OF the company.