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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-12-09
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In effect November 1, 1910.
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LEAVE ALEXANDRIA
For Washington, from corner Prince
and ROYAL streets. week days, at 40,
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40 5 90, 5 20, 5 40, 6 90, %, 6 40, 90, 20;
74O. 500, 30, 9 90, $50, 1000, 10 30 and
ii Top. m.
FOR MOUNT VERNON.
Leave Alexandria for Mount Vernon,
week days. at 5 A., 6 Sc, 7 Sc, 81, 10 %
IL % a. M. Il y, p, %, $50, 40, o 80
6 30. Z IS. s 80, 8 50, 10 30 and II 90 p. m:
Sundays-7O0, s 30, 80, 10 30, II 80 a
M, u 30, 30, 2 30, 8 80, 4 80, 3 80, 30 Z 80
46 and 10 l6 p. m. -.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
JOY AND GLOOM IN PRISON.
Elaborate Dinners Were Served and
Thoroughly Enjoyed by ALL

nworth.-Christma day was
celebrated in the big penitentiaries
here as holiday and for many of the
prisoners it was a day of joy, while
to those who came from comfortable
homes and well-to-do families it was
plainly day of great gloom.
The prison officials did everything
in their power to make the occasion IA
pleasant one for all Of the prisoners.
At the United States prison Warden
McClaughrey had taken particular
pains to make the day one to be re-
membered. All wcrk was suspended
and many of the prisoners spent the
morning writing to relatives and
friends. Treasured photos were
brought out in almost every cell, and
many a strong man wept silently to
himself over his letter to loved ones
at home. Many of the prisoners re-
ceived letters and small presents from
home.
co.
At the state prison at Lansing War
den Codding had arranged similar
program, including the moving pic
lures. The menu was much more
elaborate at this institution, COM
mencing with chicken noodle soup AMI
chicken dumplings and ending with
raisins and figs and candy. The men
also had hot biscuits and beefsteak
for breakfast.
1t was expected that at least one or
two Christmas pardons would arrive,
as this has been the custom. Many
prophesied that Jesse Morrison would
receive one, but none came and War
den Codding said he expected none.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
TRADED HOUSE AND
LOT FOR BLUE SKY
TO MAKE TEST OF SUCH LAND
FRAUDS.
Ottawa Man Search In Vain fol-
His Farm In Western Kan
sas-Held Warranty
Deed.

Ottawa.-A. J. McClay has return
ed home from Kansas City after at
tending the preliminary hearing oi
s. w. West, alias S. S. Sims, who
traded for McClay's property. at OF
tawa a western Kansas farm which
afterward could not be found. West
was bound over and gave $1,000 bond
for his appearance in court.
In Kansas City the action is regard
ed as test in land fraud cases. A
Kansas City story says:
A case that will be tried during the
January term of the criminal court
in which it is charged a man traded
100 acres of "blue sky" in Kansas fol
house and lot at ottawa, Kansas
giving warranty deed for the farm
that later proved worthless, probably
will establish precedent in the trial
of future alleged fraud cases in Jack
son county.
August 8, 1909, C. w. West traded
100 acres of land in Morton county
Kansas, for a house and lot in Otta
wa owned by A. ]. McClay. West
gave a warranty deed. At the pre-
liminary hearing last week in Justice
Joyce's court the attorney for the de
fense argued that where a person
gives a warranty deed for property
and it later proves that the seller had
no title in it, no criminal charge ol
obtaining property under false pre-
lenses would hold. The only remedy
at law, he held, was civil action to
collect damages.
To uphold this stand he cited a
Missouri state case, State VS.. Chune
decided in 1945. A man sold a negro
to a neighbor. giving him warranty
deed, but it developed that the seller
had no property rights in him. The
court in that case held that he seller
was not liable for criminal prosecu
tion.
The state answered this, Floyd ia
cobs, an assistant prosecuting attor
ney, trying the case by citing de-
cision two years ago when the state
supreme court held that where war
rantv deed was given and the seller
represented that he had title in the
property and did not, criminal action
would hold.
If this case is decided for the de-
fendant the prosecuting attorney may
refuse hereafter to file charges
against alleged fraudulent land deal
ers where charges similar to the one
In the West case are made. West was
hound over to the January term oi
the criminal court.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Leader Of a Faction.
LOST THANKSGIVING DAY.

New York, n. Y.-Such are the for
tunes of those who go down to the
sea that twelve men who were lost on
Thanksgiving day of last year when
the British schooner Johanna wehs
down not $50 miles from the Delaware
breakwater, were not even known to
be missing until the survivors were
brought to port from st. Thomas,
Danish West Indies, by the steamer
Korono.
"The Johanna was bound for the
breakwater from the Philippines fof
ORDERS" said Captain c. A. Nickerson.
when she became unseaworthy In
heavy weather two lifeboats were put
out-one with thirteen men aboard. of
which l took command, and the other
with twelve men. There was a howl
ing wind, a blanket OF driving scud
over the face of the sky and a grey
mountainous sea. My boat put out
last. We saw the other boat heave
up against the sky line on the crest
of wave and then, presently, we saw
her no more"
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Prof. Ephriam Miller to Retire.

Prof. Ephriam Miller, head of the de.
partment of Mathematics and astron-
omy at the University of Kansas
since 1875, will retire from the faculty
at the end of the present school year
and accept a Carnegie pension. The
Kansas legislature last year author
lied the members of the faculty OF
the state schools to avail themselves
of the pensions as soon as they were
eligible to receive them. Any teacher
who has served 25 years in an educa'
tional institution can avail himself Of
q Carnegie pension.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Creamery Plant Sold.

Junction City-The Junction City
Creamery company has sold its plant
and business to the Jensen Creamery
company of Salt Lake City, which will
take charge Of the business here on
January 1. The Junction City plant
will be made a branch of the Salt
Lake City concern, which operates
four of the largest creameries in
Idaho, Oregon and Utah. The direc-
tors of the branch company are: ]. B.
Case, C. A. Case, Arthur Hurd and W.
n. McKinstry, all of Abilene, and H.
p. Powers Of Junction City.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Poor Year for Sweet Potatoes.

Wamego.-The holiday season
which is just now drawing to close
has been perhaps the poorest for sew
eral years for the shipment of sweet
potatoes from this vicinity. AS a gen
eral rule the holiday shipments are
looked forward to by growers as the
best time of the year to sell the po-
tatoes and many of them hold their
product until this time expecting TO
sell on a rising market. This season,
however, has proved to be rather poor
for the holders and the growers who
sold earlier in the season are consid-
cred much better off than those who
waited. Many more of the farmers OF
the locality are still holding their po-
tatoes and will probably not sell for
some time. They are holding for
rise in price.
The ruling price which has been
paid to growers here during the past
month or so is so cents a bushel, which
is ten cents bushel less than was
paid at digging time. A short time
later, however, the price dropped to
40 cents a bushel and since then took
only one raise, that to so cents.
With these prevailing prices there
are probably more than one-half of
the sweet potatoes in this valley yet
to be shipped. Not more than 100
cars have been sent out from here up
to this time and there are undoubted-
ly $50 cars left in the valley. Grow
ers are anxious and shippers are hav-
ing hard time selling. The quality
as a general rule this year has been
good but much difficulty has been en-
countered in shipping because of the
weather and lack of sufficient empty
cars to use in making shipments.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
SURPRISED Rural Carrier.

ottawa.-when Carrier Colclszier
of rural route No. 6 got to one stop on
his route Friday, his patron was down
at the box holding dollar In one hand
and a goose in the other. Take 'cm
both" said the man. with my wishes
for a Merry Christmas The rural
mail carts looked like delicatessen
wagons as they came in from the runs
Friday and Saturday. They carried
all sorts Of gifts in the way Of meat
and produce, and the feasting prom
lses to last over for many days.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Made Entire Separator.

Cottonwood Falls.-Norton Broth
ers of Bazaar, the five sons of Mrs.
William Norton, have built an entire
separator for their threshing machine.
The boys live on the farm with their
mother, where they raise a big crop
Of grain each year. In addition to be-
ing excellent farmers they are natur-
al mechanics. having built several
pieces of machinery for their own use
on the farm. For the past year or two
they have experienced considerable
difficulty in securing a machine to
thresh their grain when they wanted
1t and for this reason decided to build
a thresher Of their own. The work
was begun about year ago. the boys
working on it at odd times when they
could do nothing else.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Mayors Meeting March 7.

Wichita.-Mayor Davidson of this
city will call meeting Of the mayors
of Kansas and Oklahoma, to meet
here March and 8, to discuss matters
regarding municipal affairs. 1t was
intended to ask only the Kansas may
ors to meet, but many Oklahoma
mayors, having heard of the proposed
meeting, have asked to be included in
the call. Paving matters will be one
of the principal topics discussed BY
the mayors, although other matters
will come up for discussion. The Kan.
sas State Editorial association wifi
meet in this city at the same time.
The date of the editorial meeting was
originally set for February 14-16.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Cement Deal in Test Case.

Wellington.-Acting under instruc-
tions from Attorney General Jackson,
County Attorney Herrick has filed
suit in the district court against the
Western States Portland Cement com.
pany and L. e. Barbour, local lum.
ber man and material dealer. The in.
formation, which consists of three
counts, charges that the defendants
enlisted into a combination to fix
prices of Portland cement at this
point. The suit is designed as a test
case to ascertain whether, under tho
Kansas antitrust law, combination
can be entered into by individuals and
corporations to fix the price of an ar.
ticle in common use.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from all
Parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben
eft of Our Readers.
From National Capital.

The Committee having the matter
In charge will recommend to congress
that $60,O00,O00 be appropriated for
rivers and harbors. OF this $2,OO0,OOO
would be for the Missouri river.
A conference of government officials
has decided that the efforts to con-
vict some of the higher officers of the
sugar trust will be continued.
President Taft is expected to send
to congress soon a special message
dealing with conservation of natural
resources and asking for laws to per-
init the Roosevelt policies to be
carried out.
Champ Clark, minority leader in the
house says the program of the Demo-
Gratis will be to keep down appropria-
tions and fight the ship subsidy plans.
President Taft is preparing special
message to be presented to congress
giving his views on the changes that
should be made in the Interstate Com
merce law and the Sherman antitrust
law.
F. D. Cloud who has been consul at
Mukden-M -Manchuria has returned home
under orders from Washington. 1t Is
understood that he also talked too
much.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
KANSAS TOPICS
Record Price for Hogs.

Paola-The last week has made
some record prices for hogs. Many
loads brought $S.40 per hundred and
many farmers hurried to the market.
The result was the largest week for
buyers in the history of this city. The
Anderson Live Stock company alone
purchased 73S porkers, paying $4,000
for them. Mr.. George Cline was paid
the highest price ever paid here for
IS hogs, these porkers bringing
$S34.15. Rube Myers received $467.9O
for 21 hogs eight months old. Alex
Wingert sold IA bead for $634.S2.
John Rhodes sold AZ head for $634.S2.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Personal.

Patrick Mcmahon, brother of James
McMahon who is serving a life SEN
tence in the Kansas penitentiary for
the murder of his two sisters and
brother-in-law in Wyandotte county
last August, has been declared insane.
While riding for moving pictures a
cowgirl on the 101 Ranch in Oklahoma
fell from her horse and received in
juries from which she died.
After having been imprisoned 2S
hours in a coal mine at McAlester,
Ok, John Brown was rescued alive,
but unconscious.
Paul Gilman of Leavenworth coun-
ty, Kansas, took the first prize for the
ten best ears of yellow corn in the
"open to the world" contest at Omaha.
w. H. Collins of st. Joseph, Mo-. is
dead as the result of paralysis. Mr..
Collins made a fortune in the early
days freighting to California.
Kenneth Wentz. 21 years old was
accidentally shot and killed by Lloyd
Kensel near Denison, Kan.
Thomas Hayes, 72 years old, died
recently at Pleasant Hill, Mo. He
served throughout the Civil war with
the Twelfth Tennessee cavalry and
participated in Ill of the 112 battles
in which the company was engaged.
Rev. H. G. Buss now of Kansas City
but formerly of Colfax, Wash, has in
structed his attorneys 10 bring action
against members of his former con.
gregation for 100000 damages for de-
famation of character.
Census Director Durand complains
that few persons want jobs as census
enumerators especially in the west and
south.
Douglass Eads. proprietor of shoot.
ing gallery at Warrensburg, Mo-, was
shot and killed by a night watehman.
Eads resisted arrest.
w. c. McCarty OF Emporia. Kan, is
preparing to start an independent aft.
ernoon paper at Tulsa, Ok,
Gov. Hadley Of Missouri has been
invited to address the meeting Of gov.
ernors at Washington on the subject
OF state Supervision and Regulation
Of Public Service Corporations"
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Children Perish in Flames.

Pratt.-Three children, aged II, 4
and year, respectively, were burned
to death here in a fire which con
sumed the house of Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
ry Blanton, colored. The father was
at work at the Rock Island round
house and the mother left the house
for short time, locking the little ones
inside, and when she returned the
house was in flames and the children,
all the children in the family, perish
ed. The house had formerly been used
as store house for oil and its tim
bers were saturated with the inflam-
mable oil,
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Clay Center Banks Consolidate.

Clay Center.-The Citizens State
bank of Clay Center has transferred
its business to the Peoples National
bank Of this city, F. B. Fullington,
heretofore president of the Citizens
State bank, becoming president of the
Peoples National bank. L. McChes.
ney, for many years president of the
Peoples National bank, died on No
vember Is and since that date the Of
flee has been left vacant 1t was re-
Gently offered to William Docking,
who for the past twenty years has
been cashier of the bank, but he de-
clined the office,
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Kansas Wind Excuse Fails.

wichita.-Railroads in Kansas must
build gates along their right of way
which will not be blown open by
Kansas winds. This was the sub.
stance of an opinion by Judge T. c.
Wilson in the district court in over
ruling a motion for a new trial in a
case where damages had been given
The plaintiff in a suit against the
Orient railroad because horses had
passed through an open gate onto the
tracks and were killed.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Safe Not Burglar Proof.

Kansas City-To recover money
lost in a Kansas bank robbery last
spring at Welda, suit for $4,000 dam
ages was filed here in the circuit
court by the Welda State bank
against a safe company. The safe, the
plaintiff company alleges, was repre-
sented to be burglar proof. The Pc
tition says that the safe was bought
January, 1907, for 1915. April Is, 1909,
the bank was entered and the safe
blown. The robbers secured $4,000
in cash, the amount for which the
plaintiff company sues.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
haw Year Earthquake.

st. Louis. Mo.-The seismograph Of
the st. Louis university recorded an
earthquake, which began at 5:06:12
o'clock in the morning. The shock
continued thirty-four minutes and thir-
ty seconds, the greatest oscillation oc-
curing at $40. The principal mo-
tion was from east to west. Father
]. B. Goesse, who has charge of the
seismograph. also distinguished a
north to south movement He said
the center Of the shock must have
been a great distance from ST. Louis
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
BELIEVED TWO MORE BATTLES
MUST BE FOUGHT.
GENERALS SIGN A COMPACT
VIII Stand as Unit With Estrada
Against Zelayaism-Or-
dered to the
Front.

Bluefields, Ncaragua.-Hope that
the war would be brought to an end
through the recognition of the pro.
visional government by the United
States has been abandoned Many
believe that two more battles must be
fought, one in the state of Chontales
and the other near Managua. There Is
popular feeling OF gratitude toward
the United States because of the at
tention given the wounded by the
physicians from the cruisers and the
supplies sent for the relief of the half
starved prisoners of war. There is,
however, some disappointment that
the United States has not formally
recognized the government of Estrada.
The impression was strong that Sec
retary Knox only awaited a decisive
victory by General Estrada before Civ
ing him the moral support of the
Washington government. Such a vic.
tory was won more than a week ago
still no encouraging word is received
from Washington.
Preparations Continued.
If another battle is fought it is like
ly that no fewer than ~ 900 men will
be engaged Preparations for the
campaign in the west continues. 'rhe
1ext ten days will be devoted to oh
tanning more rifles with a view of
eQuipping 1000 additional soldiers.
rtyfn hi, hA s,ir nI
strength up to 5000 men. A schooner
has been sent to Cape Gracias and
will bring here horses and mules to
be used on the long march toward
Managua.
The insurgent generals have signed
solemn pact that they will stand as
a unit with Estrada until the last YES
tige of Zelayanism is blotted from
Nicaragua.
The peace commissioners which
President Madriz announced he was
sending to negotiate with Estrada
have not arrived.
The American gunboat Eagle has
gone to Bocas Del Toro to make OBJ
SeINdllOlS lie Dll u uloCl
Scylla, which brought a duplicate of
the letter sent by Madriz to Estrada
on. December %, also has departed
from this port.
Ordered to the Front.
anagua.-President Madriz has
sent $4,000 in gold to aid the work of
the Red Cross among the prisoners of
war at Bluefields.
Generals Toledo and Vasquez have
been ordered to the front. 1t is said
General Toledo is going to Greytown,
where an attack on the government
troops now in possession of the city IS
anticipated. Vasquez, it is under
stood, is going to Acoyapa, who're it
is likely battle may be fought before
many days. sAAM
Leader Of a Faction.
Washington.-No official news OF
the recognition of Madriz as presi-
dent of Nicaragua or any of the Gen.
trail American governments has yet
been received here. President Zelaya
having abandoned his post, the state
department regards Madriz as leader
of faction and does not consider him
entitled to any recognition beyond
that.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Plenty of Johnsons.

Scandia.-The Scandia Independent
Telephone company has no less than
twenty-one patrons named johnson on
its respective lines out of this place
which exceeds greatly that OF any
other of the names on the list and
makes it rather difficult trick for
the "hello" girls to distinguish be-
tween the different Johnsons at times
This being largely Swedish and Nor
wegian settlement is responsible to a
certain extent for this.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Court Martial Trial Finished.

Leavenworth.-The court martial
trial OF Major e. N. Jones of the army
service schools ended and the find
ings OF the court were sent to Wash.
ington. Major Jones was charged
with neglecting to answer official let.
ters while he was at Fort d. A. Rus
sell. He said in his defense that some
Of the letters were received while he
was absent from his post on leave and
that he had forgot to answer others-
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
II Is Grandpa Hoch Now.

Chanute.-Ex-Governor E. w. Hocb
became a grandpa by the birth of
son to Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Reid
Of this city. Mrs. Reid is the yourl1.
est daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hoch
Mr.. Reid is member OF the law firm
Of Jones & Reid. The baby has been
named Edward Hoch Reid.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Foreiqn Affairs.

Earl Percy, a member of the Brit
ish parliament was killed in duel in
France.
The People of Mexico are disposed
to make hero and martyr of Zelaya
the former president of Nicaragua and
feeling against the United States is
strong especially among the lower
classes of the population.
From 500 to 600 persons were killed
1,400 wounded and property loss to
the amount of $20,O0OO0O resulted
from the recent floods in Spain.
Information has reached Victoria,
B. c., that Russia has massed 50,OOy
troops on the shores Of Lake Baikal
in the belief that they will soon be
needed in Manchurin.
The Chanute times., 1910-01-07
Kansas Farmers Institute.

Manhattan.-The Kansas State Ag
ricultural college is the Mecca jus'
now for scores of progressive farmers
from all parts of the state. The occa'
sion is the annual farmers Institute
in connection with which there is be-
ing held a corn show and a poultry
exhibition, in addition to the program
of lectures by experts in all branches
of agricultural science.