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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01
a FxANDRIA GAZETTE9AND.VIRGINlA ADVERTISER
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Willism Campbell aud Miss
Barbara Campbell, wife and daughter oil
S nator Campbell, OF West Virgins,
who have been the guests st q house
party given by Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett
at her bungalow at Cspe Henry, Vir'
GINA, left for thei: home 10 Charles
town Monday evening. Mrs. Bsrretrt
Other guests are Miss Besll DaDgerheld
and Miss Liza Anderson, Of Alexandria
Mrs. Valentine Smith, of Canada, and
the Misses Barrett. The young ladies
we're The recipients Of many social court
estes from the officers of the feet during
their stay in Hampton Roads. Dinners
were given in their honor on the Min.
uesots, Connecticut, Rhode Island and
Louisiana. Miss Anderson leaves the
last of The week tor visit to Governor
and Mrs. Swanson, who will give q
house party at the Mansion during The
State Fair Norfolk Ledger.
Miss E esnUr Lillian White, Of Slsun'
ton. and Miss Harriet Bell Reid, Of DIN.
cinnati, have returned 10 their homes
after a mUst delightful visit with their
cousin. Miss Eleanor Ruth Sullivan, OF
Brsddock.
Mrs. John 7. Rowe has returned to
her home in Btsddock after ten weeks
visit 10 Cincinnati.
The organization Of the new Park
Savings Bank In Washington has been
Effected with Mr.. w. 81. Saunders as
president. Mr.. e. s. Fawcett, for
some time connected with the First Ma
tional Bank, of this city, was made
teller. Mr.. Fswcett has bad consider
able experience 10 banking affairs aud
doubtless will make q most valuable Oh
6cer iu the new bank.
Mrs. NJ NJ. Lewis, who spent the past
week or two with relatives 10 this city,
left today for Baltimore.
Mr.. A. w. Harrison, of Fairfax
county, who has had some trouble with
bis eyes for some time past and has been
under the care OF an occulist has so far
recovered his sight IS to be able TO read.
Mr.. George Woods and Miss Mamie
Posey we're married last night at the
parsonage OF the M. E. Church S)nth
by Rev. o. d. Balls.
Mr.. Markwood H. Dent and Miss
Eva r. Brooks, of West End, we're
married in G ace Church Wednesday
nIght last, 10 the presence Of their i'm
mediate families, by the Rev. Edgar
Oarpentsr. They will reside 10 West
End after the Oh of the month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wes,elaken and son
have gone to New York on a visit.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01
"HAPPY JACK" REDIVIvUs.

Among the dodgers at the station
house Wednesday night was A. j. Nor
ris. alias "Bappy Jack" This indiVi
dual came from Richmond to Alexandra
a long time ago, and during the past ten
or fifteen years he has given the police
of this city some trouble, be having often
been arrested for petty ofenses. AS
Morris WAS passing through the market
court after leaving bis quarters In the
station house his attention was directed
20 six Potomac herring which the pro-
prietress of cook shop had placed 10
soak in boiler at the hydrant. Morris
proceeded to appropriate them to himself.
BE evsdsd the police until about dusk
9hen Officer Beach espied him and took
him 10 charge. The prisoner often hsv-
ing been placed 10 a cell at the station
house signitied his desire to be sent to
the workhouse, he evidently having
fixed his eye on comfortable quarters
for the winter, but when the prisoner
was brought before JOstice Oston this
morning he was greatly disappointed
when he was fined $3.50, and being
enable to pay the assessment he was sent
TO Jail
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01
LOCAL BREVI1 les.
Tomorrow will be registration Gay.

Tomorrow will be registration day.
There are some fine oysters st the
wharf. They sell at sixty cents q
bushel.
A movement is on foot for the reor-
gauization OF the Society for the Proven
ito nof Cruelty 10 Animals.
The schooner J. r. Dixon, from
Yeocomico river with canned goods to
Alexandra merchants, Is being unload
ed at the Mutual Ice Oompauy's wharf.
At the regular meeting of Osceola
Tribe, No. l, Improved Order Of Bed
Men, last night, it was determined to
remove the wigHam from Potomac
Lodge building, on north Columbus
street, to SIrepts Bail, on King street.
The building committee OF Alexsn-
dris Lodge OF Ellis held meeting at
the Elks Hall at O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, but the submitting to con-
tractors of plans for new building was
postponed for few days.
The old lightship Relief No. Z, re-
Gently purchased by j. Dreifus & SoDs,
has been taken to the shipyard where
it will be hauled out and the copper re-
moved from the bottom. Should the
present owners fail to sell the boat, il
will be taken to the fats on the oppo'
9 de OF the river and burned.
A commission OF engineers, composed
Of Messrs GEORGE E Garrett, Of Alex
sudris county; Phillip A. Walker,of the
Geodetic Survey, and David j. Howell,
of this city, hss been appointed by Mr..
Howard W. Smith, special master CON-
missioner in the case of the United
S lates against Theodore johnson. The
object of the suit Is to determine the
correct location of the military road,
leading from the south end OF Aqueduct
bridge to the government reservation a.
the Arlington National Cemetery.
Beginning tomorrow we will handle a full
line Of fancy and staple produce In our new
sore. Our policy in running the Auth War
ket seems to have met with the approval OF a
great msiority of the citizens Of Alexandria.
This policy includes thorough cleanliness, the
handling of the finest home-Silled fresh meat
(Auth'sl, and pol te attention TO all our Gus
toners, II will also be our policy in the fu.
ture to make every Saturday eclipse the one
before. Don't let your friends tell you what a
nice store we have. Come pay us visit and
see for yourself Sylvan Blondheim, the
Auth Stand ard the Auth Market
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01
OPINION RENDERED.

Mr.. s. P. Fisher, corporation a tor
new. has rendered an opinion on the
legality of the three coroner's iDquests
held over the remains of Robert MeKen'
pey, Ernes! Grady and William Hardy,
the three colored men who were
drJwned By the burning and sinking oil
o gasoline launch short distance below
this city last summer. Mr.. Fisher is Of
the opinion that the action of the coro-
ne, was valid and that be seed accord
Ing to Law. He quotes profusely from
the code OF the state of Virginia and
from the laws of the city of Alexandria
10 substsntiate his conclusions. Among
other things NJ Fisher says.
"While the Potomac river is without
the jurisdiction OF the State of Virgins,
certainly humanity and the preservation
of health demand that a person dis
covering a body floating in the river
shall tow it into port, and the port 10
the absence o. statutory regulations Is
such proper port as suits the couVen'
fence OF the discOverer.
"When q body is towed into dock
of the city of Alexsndris, | fail to see
that any disposition can be made oil
the same unless the coroner assumes
Jurisdiction, for the United States has
no general statute on the subject
al am of the opinion that the coro-
ner of the city of Alexandra has che
power and authority to hold sn inquest
upon bodies Of persons drowned in the
Potomac river and towed by the dis
coyerers into the docks of this city,
otherwise it would be impossible to
legally bury them,
'The question of holding three in
uests instead Of one, when death en-
sued from the same accident or act, or
whether death was caused by casualty
and not BY violence, is one within the
discretion of the coroner, who never
theless is acting in ministerial aud
not judicial capacity, and therefore the
payment Of the expenses Of the iuquesls
is subisct to judicial inquiry; but being
a question of fact aud not of Law, and
moi being thoroughly acquainted with
the coroner's reasons for doing 80, | do
no, think it proper to qaestiOn the same
aud further as | understand the question
referred WAS as to his jurisdiction in any
case"
The opinion was sent to Mr.. E +.
Price, auditor, who bad declined 10
draw warrants for the expenses OF the
inque.ts until the legality OF the pro-
cednrea Was shown.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01
POLITICAL.

As heretofore stated meeting OF the
CITY democratic committee will be held
at s o'clock tonight at the Opers House
cafe, at which time plans for the coming
election will be mapped out and other
business disposed OF. Mr.. d. St. G..
Tucker will be among those who will be
invited to speak here during the cam
psign.
The republican city committee is max.
ing plans for an active canvass and their
candidate, Mr.. Kent, may possibly speak
here as may also Mr.. ]. l.. Crupper, OF
this city, their candidate for state treas
urer. They have secured the use OF the
Opera House for their political meetings
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01
AN EXTRA TRAIN.

Arrangements have been msde By the
Chamber of Commerce of Washington
with the Washington, Alexandria and
Mount Vernon Railway Company to run
q special train beginning today at 5:l5
10 the morning from the Twelfth street
station, Washington, to the Potomac
freight yards north Of this city. This
was done owing to the fact that the
Washington Southern Railway Com
pany, starting today. discontinued The
train known as the "snnex" or en-
ployes' train, which has been running
on that route carrying between thirty
FIVE and forty Washingtonisns who work
in the yards.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01
POLICE COURT.

1Justice Il. B. Cation presidingJ
The following cases we're disposed OF
this morning.
A. ]. Morris, charged with stealing
fish from Mrs. Fannie Cook, was fined
81 so.
Mary Beard, charged with drupkep-
ness aud with reckless driving, was
fined $40.
Albert Brown, colored, charged with
the larceny of silverwsre, had his case
continued.
Henry Simpson, charged with vsgrsn-
cy, was sent to Jail for 20 days.
Mamie johnson, colored, charged
with asssultiDg d white child, was dis
missed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01
WOMAN FINED.

Mary Besrd, resident of north Lee
street, while in al exhilsrsted condition
last night superinduced by tarrSiDg too
long with the wine, took = seat in 3
buggy which was standing near her place
of abode aud drove the horse attached
to the vehicle at a reckless gait through
some of the the streets. Officers Knight
and Young intercepted her and conduct
ed her to the station house. This morn
inp the woman was brought before the
Police Court and fined $40.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01
THE CALVIN JOHNSON CASE.

The clerk of the Corporation Court
today finished reviewing the copy OF the
testimony 10 the case of Calvin johnson,
convicted o! the murder OF Walter f.
S,hultz and sentenced to be eleclrocuted
on the Sth instant. The final bill OF
exceptions In the case has been signed by
Judge Barley and the application for a
new trial will be made to the Court OF
Appeals tomorrow by Mr.. l.. Il.
Machen, counsel for the accused, who
left for Richmond this evening with the
pspers in the case. In view of the fact
that the higher court will have but
little tine to PISS upon the case Mr.
Mscheu will ask Gov. Swanson for a
second respite for Johnson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01
RECEPTION.

The senior class of the Episcopal
Theological Seminary, near this city,
yesterday evening from 4 to 6 O'Clock
gave the annual reception to the junior
class of that institution. The reception
was held in Wbittle Hall and was at
tended by the faculty, other students
and residents OF Seminary Hill and vi.
cinity. The hall was effectively deco
rated, music was discussed aud delicious
refreshments served
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01
CONTRACTS AWARDED.

The Eastern College at Manassas has
awarded the contract for fitting that
college with electric lights to the Bryant
Electric Company, Of this city. The
same college has awarded the contract
for furnishing a gasoline engine aud
fixtures to Messrs. J. and q. Aitchesou,
of this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01
Weather Probabilities.

For this section fair tonight and satur.
dav: probably light fir, st in lowlsnds tonight;
moderate westerly win becoming variable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01

Solid Comfort. Neat and Sly
Iish. The Red Cross Shoes for
Ladies. ], A. Marshall & Bro
Az King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01

The He $, The Walkover, The
Regal Shoes Tor Men. J. A. Mar
shall & Bro, Az King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-10-01
Local Matters.

Sun and Tide Table.
sun rises tomorrow at $50 and sets at 5.43
High water at 9.56 q. m. and 1918 p. In.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-08-06
Texas Land Is Appreciated.
Editorial in Fort Worth Record.

Texas land is a good invest
ment and is valued by its owners.
This fact is convincingly proven
by statement of the state treas.
urer that only about one. half of
one per cent of the $4,000 per
sons who are now indebted to
the state for purchases of public
land are in default in the inter
est payments. This is a remark
able showing and it indicates sev-
eral things besides proving that
these purchasers place a high
value on their land. This small
percentage of delinquentS is very
persuasive evidence that these
settlers upon the public domain
are prospering. else a larger
number would have abandoned
their entries and failed to keep
up the annual payments.
AS practically all the land upon
which payments are now being
made lies in the extreme western
portion of the state, in which
agriculture is a new vocation,
the promptness with which pur-
chase obligations are being met
would seem to indicate that a
system of tillage and a crop rOta-
ton has been found wonderfully
well adapted to the climate and
soil of this section, which but a
few years ago was thought to be
hit only for pasture for longhorn
cattle.
And this should remind us
that the public domain is fast dis
appearing, and since it has been
demonstrated that agriculture is
profitable in the West, the time
has arrived to seriously consider
the advisability of reducing the
size. of homestead entries. Under
the existing law from four to
eight sections may be bought
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-08-06
YOUNG BOY BADLY BURNED.
Clothes Saturated with Gasoline Catch Fire Last
Tuesday Causing Much Pain

Last Tuesday afternoon Wes-
ley KleinSchmidt, a fifteen year
old boy of this city, in filling the
tank of a blow torch with gaso-
line, spilled some of the gasoline
upon his trousers. Before it
mad evaporated he attempted to
light the torch and Immediately
the whole lower portion of his
clothing was a mass of flames
and the big howl" was set up
without delay. This occurred
in the garage of keiser Brothers
& Phillips. Guy Hoover, who
has charge of the garage. hear
ing the outcry from young Klein
schmidt and his associates, ran
into the room and grabbing a
convenient laprobe smothered
out the flames.
The young lad was badly
burned about the lower limbs
and one of his hands. the skin
coming off from one of the limbs
when the burned clothing was
removed. He was attended to
by medical people at once and
removed to his home in this city
where he is now confined to his
room but resting easily.
But for the timely arrival of
Mr.. Hoover it is very probable
that the young man would have
been burned to death as there
was no other grown up person
about to assist in eXtinguishing
the flames.
No doubt the young man, when
he shall have recovered from his
burns. will be somewhat leary
in the use of gasoline, a lesson
which is needed to be learned
by more than one lad in this
city.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-08-06
A Pleasant Visitor,

Mr.. +. NJ Lester of Canyon
City paid this office a pleasant
visit the first of the week. and
informs US that the Confederate
Veterans will have their annual
reunion at Canyon City some
time in August. There will be
plenty to eat and speeches galore
will be on the program. If the
old soldiers will display the same
rustling qualities at this reunion
as they did in following Robert
Lee and Joe Johnson and For
rest and Wheeler and the other
noted leaders, it might be they
could find a little something tC
drink on the side. 1t is a plea
sure to attend the annual re
union of the old veterans. it mat
tcrs not on which side, and to
listen to the gray haired heroe ;,
and they all were heroes, eX-
change "reminiscences and swap
yarns. 1t carries one back to a
time that tried mems souls and
developed all the better qualities
in their nature, and makes the
young generation realize that
men may fight out an issue, set
tie their differences and the gov
ernment remain mistaken.
Hale County Herald.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-08-06

by one hOmeSteader. This size
of entry was fixed years ago
when people believed West Texas
was tit only for cattle ranges and
four to eight sections was re-
garded as the least area upon
which a man could make a living
with cattle. But conditions are
different today. Much of the
state land is well adapted to
agriculture. and a man can make
a good living on a quarter sec
ton. Thousands of immigrants
from other states are iiocking 20
Texas and taking up at the nomi-
nal prices charged by the state
from 300 to 1000 acres each.
Texas is glad to welcome these
immigrants, but it would appear
to be the part Of wisdom to re-
duce the size of the homestead
TO the number of acres that one
family can properly cultivate and
thus make possible a larger mum
ber of homes.
There has undoubtedly been
many thousands of acres pur-
chased from the state by land
grabbers and spectators and
the large homestead area is a
constant temptation to sharpers
and SchemerS to grubstake
dummy settlers and get posses
sion of from $500 to 5000 acres
of public land for each.
a reduction in the size of the
homestead entries would, we be-
lieve, hasten rather than retard
the settlement and development
of the West. for it would to a
large extent eliminate the spec
ulator who takes up large tracts
of land and holds for higher
prices.
1t is a question well worth the
serious thought of the people of
Texas.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-08-06
HEAVY IMMIGRATION TO TEXAS.
During Fiscal Year About 10000 Out Of Total
Number We're Bound for Lone Star State.

Washington, July 2o.-The
tide of immigration the year end
ing June 30, 1909, was the lowest
in seven years, the number OF
immigrants being 75l, ,lS6. The
banner year was 1907, when l,
2S5, ,349immigrants landed. Dur
ing June of this year l00,542 for
eigners came to this country.
In the last fiscal year about
100000 foreigners returned to
their native land, making the net
increase of foreign population IN
this country for the year a little
more than a half million.
Approximately one out OF
every seventy-five immigrants
in the last few years was des-
tined for Texas. During the tis-
cal year ending June 30, 1908,
the destination of 10,l2s out of
7S2, SO immigrants between July
/, 1908, and April 80, 1909, 49,
Gil were bound for Texas points,
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-08-06
NEW POSTOFFiCE IS RALPH.
Department Decides on That Name for New
Postoffice 10 be Established at Nina.

In short time Nina, as a town
name in Randall county, will be a
thing of the past for the post
Office department has decided
that the name of the town shall
be Ralph" an order establish
ing a postotfice at that place hav-
ing been made a few days ago.
Harry c. Robertson has been
named as the postmaster and
Ralph Binkley. in whose honor
the postottice is named, will act
as the assistant. The proper
bond has been made and was for
warded from this city last Satur-
day and as soon as the postmast-
er's commission arrives the Office
will be open for business.
The Office is nine miles south
of this city and is in thickly
settled community and the open
ING of the mails at that place will
be a great accommodation to the
people of that community.
. Reports are that there are to
be some new residences built in
that town in very short time
and that efforts are being made
to have a commodious school
building erected.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-08-06
Installing Water System.

This county is a local option
county and a strong local option
county at that and therefore the
county officials, were they other
wise inclined, have to be content
with natures generous supply
and drink water. To this end
the water system for the new
court house building is being
connected up this week and will
be completed by tonight if some
thing does not go amiss. A
brick pump or well house has
been constructed and in it is
placed a gasoline engine, large
pump over the well and an air
pump for pressure. The sys-
tenn is known as the pressure
system, the water being pumped
into large iron reservoir after
which the air pump puts com
pressed air into the tank there
by forcing the water to every
portion of the building.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-08-06

while I 1928 out Of l16,754 immi-
grants i'm the month of April
had tickets to Texas.
The number of immigrants
bound for the other gulf states
was insignificant. Between so
and 80 per cent annually of the
immigrants who land in New
York or Pennsylvania return to
the old country, whereas the
average who return home from
Texas is less than 6 per cent.
Between July l, 1908, and April
30. 1909, 2,443 immigrants land
ed at Galveston and 1926 cross
ed into Texas over the Mexican
border.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-08-06

AS the Plains settle up Rural
Free Delivery routes will be
established. Canyon City has the
distinction of having the first
free delivery route on the plains
and is now circulating the neceS-
sary petition to establish another.
Those who have never resided on
rural route don't know the con-
venience of it. There are Sec
tions contiguous to Plainview as
densely settled as Randall coun-
ty, and it occurs to Us those in
terested would do well to start
the movement to establish a
route leading out from Plainview.
Hale County Herald.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-08-06
Lutheran Services at Happy.

Announcement is made that
Rev. Paul f. Bente would con
duct services at $50 O'Clock next
Sunday afternoon at the church
in Happy. Rev. Bente is a Luth
eran and desires to meet all who
are of that faith and invites the
attendance of everyone who de
sireS to come.