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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09

apd that 10 turn the cann;rs will call
e doc or the best ever. 81 will have
several suggestions FOR them SIS 10 how
,ey may pop1iarizs thoir products end
overcome sone of the PREJUDICE that
cit tns in the public mind aoou: canned
goods" said the dott,r, "The idea OF
benz pate OF soda in canned goods ia, f1r
io,tscce, eatifely erroneous. There Is
meme of this u'ed at all ard no need of il.
1 will not boReve, discuss bsrz,a;e OF
soda in ny talk" And no one asked
The dottor why.
Speed ia 10 be one of ths most iu-
p3Itar requirements Of The Senate con- :
mi,tae for the investigation OF high food
prot nots. ga report next summer
would not do" said member OF the
Senate today. lit should by ell means
b, in by April CT May 30 that tie pso.
pie can get good understanding OF tt
before lac fnl campaign" 1t vas stated
today tina! ell the sessions Of t's CON :
NIT ee will be held 10 this city. 1t Is
expected that TIE investigators will get q
Urge part OF their evidence i,om tie
government de apartments.
President Taft today endorsed the bill
of Representative Madison, oil Kansas,
which calls for so irVestiga.ion OF the
procedure 10 federal cou:t', with view
to recommending caapgts inst will facl!-
itste the operation of The machinery OF
Justice. Toe president has long adTo-
c.tsd action which Gull do away with
tie LAWS delsy"s hIch be believes is one
of the most pressing questions of the
present das. He has promised Rep"-
sentative Madison all the support tbs t
he can give toe Madison neasu.e which
is now in the House committee on ju l.
ciary.
A bill pr:vi1icg thst ua.entsred + u>-
lie lands msy be included in irrigation
districts that are fotmsd unier state
laws, was discussed b. the Fl ne com.
ni,tee on irrigation today aud Indie; :
lions ara that, ss soon a. the admin
trgtiVe feature OF tie bill can bs d:-
cidsd uoon, it will b. reported favoraoly
to'ha II ,ass.
The Hyuse ways AID means commit
tees in9est CATION of The high cost Of
living setm, to have stuck a saag.
Experienced pill. II on t1s commi tie
asstrt-th,t they'll e. move the eDaR
or the boat within day or two and
that tho inves,iga will surely pro
iced. TIE dear, horeVar, hss given
rise to the ramor that the II use had
about decided to abandon its partic pa.
ton In the i;qiirs and that it cad
agreed to "lsy down" 10 order to ei'e
the Ss6ats light of way srd slso 10 saw
exIense. "The House will hold the
n7eat gs!ior, there's no question shout
that" said Gimp CLARK { lem N.Y. he
leader OF IA minority, "but whether
will be d ne By the ways and means
omust:ee or come TIER committee, a"d
whether it will be dono exactly es ie
orig ma le,ol, tiou provides, remsins to
be seen.
A reso IL inn calling for !n'l ST. :
meut oil r; c'amsiion work vas recon-
% .nded for adoption BY as Senate cou
mittoe On public lands rndsT.
River and harbor bill will carry S145,-
COO for the improvement OF Toledo
harbor Of this sum 100000 will be
devoted to deepening the channel; resi-
for dredging. 4 portion Of the later
appropriation will be spent 70 dredgc
above Fasset street bridge.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
Paid Amount Due Government

New YORK, Feb. 9.-Ths Nationsl
Sugar R. fiaing C)mpsoy today paid to
the federal goeeroment 1904, 3O4 81,
the amount which expert examination o.
its books showed was due the government
oa sugars imported By the company
upon which duty was not pad. 1t IVES
announced that the officials of the COM
psuy disclRimed any responsibility for
tho fyande
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
Falling or 10 income Taxes

London. Feb. "a falling IF G.
$40 000,000 income taxes for he teurreLI
6.c,l re.r vas seported By the govern
man. t;day. This 1t tlilg decrease n
r4veDus ntu'ts from he isi!ure 10 pas.
he Lloyd. George budget ial, gear,
which prevented the revenue depart nent
from enforcing tie cu'tomary 'xes, Had
there been the Blu ig' tangle, tle in
come taxes for the curreut year would
have exceeded all records,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
Tie Eup;ish Labor Party,

Newport, Wales, Feb. 9--rhas the
labor psrts, with iis forty votes in the
forthcoming Parliament, will demand
radical legislation from The liberals for
the price of its support, wss indicated
today by Kier Hsrdie, The labor med
Der of Parliament from Merthyr TSdvi),
10 bis inaugural address ss pre,ident Of
the labor psrty congress, to which he
VAS elect I'd t)day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
Fire early today destroyed the large
general store OF E. K Kreb:s. Of Sai'z
laod, near York, Pa. Loss $4,000.
DIED.

On Tuesdsy. Feb,ulry Sth, at $50 p. II. :,
LINDEN LISTEN FERGUSON, eldest son
of Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Ferguson. Flu.
neral services from Grace Fpiscopsl Church
Thursday, February 10th. al 3 pm. Friends
of the family invited 10 attend.
In Washington, on Monday. February Z.
1910, at Il p. m, SAMU Ell, beloved husbsEd
of Jennie Henry. Funeral services at his
late residences, "A Third street northeast,
Thursday, February 10, at p. m. Frisnds
INVITED, Interment 8. Alexandria, Va,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
Three Persons Asphyxlate !,

New York, Feb. 9.-Tbree men,
William Rooersou, aged 81; his brother,
'exsnder, AZ. and William Thompson,
"a, we're found dad In their room on
toe uopsr & cor OF their boarding house
ia Blooklyu todsy. II is believed the
men were asphsx!a!ed by II uninatiag
gas which was escaping from q wide
open tx ure In the upper hall.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
FIRE AT THE UNIVERSITY.

Tia pretty chapel al the University
Of Virginia had a narrow escape from
total dsst :tion By Ere q! au early hsut
yesterday morning.
Ia passing thu stiu:'u'e abort 100
o'clock O.car Thravss smeled burning
pine and going to the windows be found
them red hot. The Ohar!ct ,sVille Fire
Department VAS summoned and was
soon st work.
The organ escsped, bsipg only severely
blistered By the heat. The 81, 900 carpet
is, Of course, rainad. Ths 6remen did
their work with the minimum Injury By
HItar. a Il Of the stained giss, windows
escaped injury. The loss nos been es!i-
mated at about SO, 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
More Strikes

3 ttl.han, Pa, FEB. 0.--The strike
ST tbs p|a' Of Tie B talehen Steel Gem
psny spread TO the moulding d7pa nes I
day when. following conference With
Charles NJ. Scbwsb, who refused I, con.
slider heir sl'eged grievance, $50 mould
ers wet out. These men are of the first
class OF skilled labor employed 10 tie
PLAT Three hundred mere Hungarian
l,horers joined the strike today making
$50 leborers non Involved.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
Starving Wolves Ia italy.

Rome, Feb. 9.-S:a,vi"g wolves are
creating 80 much havoc in the vicinity
of Piacsrza, in northern Italy, that the
cut iarities OF the datrict to-day asked
that Is oops be sent there 10 extermi-
nate the animals. Wolres In great nun
bsrs have come down on the Apennines
aud srs spreading terror through many
Villages. Several persons have been
killed and a great desl of live stock
de t:oyed. Men are afraid to venture
out to fight the wolves and era shooting
them from the windows OF their homes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09

at fonr O'CLOCK this atsrpoon there
will be unveiled life -,ize stst1e of the
late Morris ketctun Jessup, founder OF
the American Museum of Natural Els,
tory,iu the foyer OF .he museum building
10 Ne# York,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
Battle Imminent

Blus If .ida, via wireless to Colon, Feb.
9.-Au attack on Mansgua Is almost
certain within the next IS hours, SC
eo'ding to messages arriving here today
from The interior, These messages cay
that General Chsuorro has Withdrawn
rom B,sco and lie now marching at the
head of 3. 500 troops 10 Msnagua, less
than FORTY miles sgay,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
kiiie j by Explosion

Lexington, Ky, Feb. o-Six men
were killed aud score injured today in
an EXPLOSION in the Stearns mine. State
Inspector c. ]. Norwood received the
telegram aud has gone to the scene Of
the disaster.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09

Three distinct earthquake shocks were
felt 10 the Shenandoah valley yesterday
morning. a muttled roar vas heard and
at places b usss we're fe't to shake. Pie.
lures on walls we're shaken and dishes
Tsfe rait!sd,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
Tie Rise of tue Seine

Paris, Feb. 9 The rise of the Sire
since yesterday has not been as great as
feared, there be!ng but n len Inch ir
ease at on. Th3 hTd:onetric bureau
lps: /. that the present risa will no! be
strOus.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
CASTRO IN CANARY ISLANDS.

The American consul to the Canary
Islands yesterday reported to the State
Department that ex President Castro, OF
Venezuela, had arrived there from
SPA n. Nothing WAS known az to his
plans or future movements, but it Is sus-
p=cted that Ca:tro has gotten to the
NEAREST point of vantage to watch devil.
opments in Venezuela, with the pu' pose
of returning to that country if condi.
tons are favorable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
Official.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

At n regular meeting OF the Board Of A lder-
msn of the city of Alexandra, Va. held Feb
rusry s, 1870, there were present:
J. r. n. Curtin, esq.,, President, and
Messrs. Bal'enger and Fitzgerald
No quorum Appearing, the board adjourned
20 meet ngain on Wednesday night at 1880
oe.o7k.
urn. CHpTGN. President.
Test:: LUTHER II. THOMPSON, Clerk =
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
Ia the II ,nss Yesterday Mr., Macon

Ia the H ,uss yesterday Mr.. Macon,
of Arkansas, inside sweeping accusations
OF ext assuge against tle members OF
the immigratio, commission. rs read
Whit purpoIt d so be items from the ex'
pense accour OF the commission during
the stip to Europe iB 1907,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09

The Lindoer Shoe for Ladies f1e
wear has no equal. John a, Marshall
Il Bro,, 422 King slrsst,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
City Council.

There gas no meeting of the B ard of
Aldermen last night, President Curtin
aad Aessrs. Balleoger and Fl gerald
bei"g the only members presen'. Ac.
cording o he iuIe, the board will NEE!
tough
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14
SIX KILLED.
-Four More Will Die as
Result Of Collision.
Express Train Runs Down a
Street Car in Kalamazoo.
Twenty-Six Injured, All Passengers
on Trolley Car.

Kalamazoo, Mich, Nov. 13-Six per-
sons are dead and rs injured, four Of
whom. it is thought. will die, as the
result of street car on the Kalama-
100 line of the Michigan United Rail-
way being run down last night by a
fast westboun1 express train on the
Michigan Central Railroad. All of the
lead and injured were passengers on
the street car. That single passan-
ger escaped death is remarkable. The
train WAS running into the city at
high speed. it is said. just as it round
ed the curve where the East Main
street crossing is it dashed into the
street car. Conductor Vern Van Horn
If the car had signalled it to go
ahead.
Van Horn says he did not see the
on coming train or hear it until it was
directly upon him. 1t was then too
late to stop the car. The train hit the
trent erd Of the car, tearing it to
pieces. Mangled passengers, living
and dead were carried on the front
of the engine for nearly a block before
the train was brought to Il stop.
The tHo railway companies have be-
gun an investigation into the cause
Of the accident Tomorrow the cor
oner's inquest will be held
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14
Dead Body Of Year.
Old Marie Smith Found
At Asbury Park, \. J.. Where
Left by Brutal Flend.
Suspected Murderer, 4 Negro, Was
Found Hiding In Room.

Asbury Park, N. j.. 13.-The mall
treated body of little Marie Smith, the
school girl of 10. who had been missing
since last Wednesday, was found at
dusk today in clump of woods not
far from her home. Some instinct,
seemed to warn her mother Of how the
search had ended, for. although an ef-7
fort was made to shield her from the
truth, she rushed from the house and
took in the full horror of the act be-
fore she could be withheld. Half faint
ing, half in commissions, she was car.
ried into the house, and there Is grave
fear that she will die and with her
the life she was soon to have brought
into the world.
Chance discovered the body, as
chance had hidden it. There seemed
to nave been no effort at concealment
The wind had strewn fallen leaves I'M
I'll their color so matched the brown
of the child's dress and her brown hair
that. as she lay face downward she
was nearly indistinguishable from her
shroud. Searchers had passed again
and again within 20 feet of her in full
daylight, during the past three days.
and it was only a random glance,
shrewder than the rest that happened
on her with understanding today.
Thomas Williams. known in the
heighborhood as Black Diamond a
NeSr" wood chopper, employed by the
girls aunt. has been missing since the
same day on which Marie disappeared.
a warrant was issued for him tonight
and an alarm for his capture sent
broadcast throughout the county ana
state. Near the body was found his
axe and felled tree, the butt of. which
showed that it had been SCARED with
an axe nicked like his.
~ dld not need an autopsy to estab
lsh criminal assault. The child was
small FOR her years and not strong
put she had fought to utter exhaus.
ti'h. Inc broken sticks and trampled
ground around her showed that a,
ulo her injuries. Her gray skating
cap and the blue ribbon she wore In
her nan mad been tied tight about her
throat but she had also been beaten
on the forehead with some blunt in
strument, and the leaves under her
race We're frozen together with her
blood.
IN her struggle she had been grasp
ed by the hand with such force that
sold ring she wore had been fiat
tened INTO the flesh. Her arms were
badly scratched and there was a
wound in the cartilage of her nose
"i'ich surgeons say must have been
caused by human teeth shut. down on
1t TO shut off her breath.
Marie Smith was last seen at =,
CLOCK Wednesday morning on her
way 10 school, two blocks from her
nome. The spot where her body was
round is off her path and either she
must nave been enticed into the woods
Continued on Page Ten.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14
FEuEkAL kAID.
Officers Charge Ell Pro-
greso Banana Company
With Using Mails TO Detraud--
Five Men Arrested.
"Rev. Claude Severance" Tries to
Get Ministers in Game.

New York. Nov. 13.-Five men, in
Guiding one described as REV. Claude
Severance" were arrested by post
office inspectors Saturday. charged
with using the mails to defraud
through the FL Progreso Banana Co
and its fiscal agent, the International
Finance Co.
In addition to Severance the prison
crs are Frank G.. Watrous. president
of the Banana Company Oliver w
simmons. secretary and treasurer:
William l.. Sanders, president of the
Finance Company. and Fl. l.. Harvey
These four We're taken in a raid on
the concerns office; Severance was ar
rested IL Brooklyn.
When Watrous. simmons, Sanders
and Harvey were arraigned before n
United States commissioner all denied
the charge of fraudulent use of the
mails Watrous was held in $4,000 bail
ard the others in $2500 each. Harvey
and Sanders alone gave surety and
the others. including Severance, who
was held in $4,000 bail in Brooklyn, We're
locked up.
According to the federal authorities
the FL ProgresO Banana Co. was pro-
iected in January. 1909. by Watrous.
who was then living in Denver. The
company was organized under the laws
of Arizona and had its Headquarters
in Phoenix, Ariz.. with branch Office
at Houston. Tex. and has been selling
Continued on Page Tenn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14
HARRINGTON ROBBERS
NOT YET CAPTURED.
Careful Search for italians Who Stole
$4,000 from Paymaster at Point
Of Gun--May Have Joined Hunt
Disguised as Other Laborers.

Great harrington, Mass, Nov. 13.-
The three robbers, believed to be Ital-
ians. who yesterday stole $4,000 from
r. j. Hines, paymaster of the WOro-
EocO Construction Co., at the point of
guns. We're still at large tonight. A
search Of the E,gremont swamp and
surrounding woods, prosecuted all last
night and continued today and tonight,
failed to disclose any trace of the
highwaymcn So thorough was the
search Believed to be that when it
failed to disclose the robbers it be-
cane tie general belief that tie men
responsible for the holdup are no long
or in the woods.
Although continuing the securing or
the sWainrS and woods. those direct
ing the hunt tursrd today more to
outsitc inquiry in the possibility that
the men might BE- located in u nearby
city or town ana TO Il thOrou,;E invcs-
tigatipn of all tn" laborCrS employed
by the construction company on tn"
trolley line which it is building from
Great Darlington to Canaan. Conn.
Paymastrr Hines said today he is
positive the men were Italians. The
the trio and who p0lled a gun into
the paymaStcr's face gave his few
words Of command to the others IL
foreign words, apparently Italian. All
wore rough masks. cut from hurlap
bags such as are plenty about the con-
ST, uction camps. In the excitement
Immediately following tie holp-up and
the turning out of the construction
gangs tC tile search. it is believed the
robbers had opportunity to hide their
booty and take their places in the
hunt with their fellow Italians.
Inquiry in nearby towns and cities
was directed mainly to covering the
possibilities Of escape open to the men
by means of the east road through the
swamp. If the robbers had an auto
mobile or team at hand, it was real
lied today they had ample opportunity
to escape by the east road into Con-
necticut.
The state police today took charge
of the police in the person Of state
Detective Norman T.. bly, of Pitts
field. Among those aiding in the
search today We're Deputy Sheriff
Trucsdell, who. with Chauffeur John
Cronin. was with Paymaster Hines
when he was robbed, and William
Taylor, hunter and guide. TAYLOR
this afternoon gave up the hunt in
the sWamps and woods saying he be-
lleved the men were not hiding there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14
AnDraisorS Find Value Less
Than 100000. i!
The Stewart Library, Its Most
Interesting Feature,
Given to corinna, Making Best
Town. Library in n. E.

ckowhegan, Me-, Nov. 13.-(SpeciaD.
Word has lust been received here by
friend of the late Levi NJ. Stewart OF
u;nneapolis. a brother Of the we'll
known attorney, d. ID. stewart OF 81
Adams. that the appraisers on MI.
stewards estate had finished their
work and find that he was worth less
than S2,O00,0o0, rather than $l3,oOo,oo0
or $50 O0U, 900 as it was rumOred at the
time o: his death. A feature OF the re-
port is listing of the famous Stewart
library. j. II. Winchester, an expert H.
brarian ana nephew Of the late MI
Stewart. will come to Corinna tins
week and begin placing the books on
the shelves CT the library there. 1hiS
work may require a year. The library
has alrcady been shipped East. CORN
NJ then will have one OF the
best libraries in New England.
The library at Corinna was
built and given by Mr.. Stew
art, is now one of the best and
the library to be added to this one is
estimated to~be worth $1,000. Experts in
books agree that Mr.. S5ewart's library
is unique. There was nothing else like
it in the twin cities Of the West. 1t IS
particularly rich in three particulars:
In volumes on the Civil War, on l-ln-
coin ana Napoleon i'onapartc.
Wearing apparel and ornaments OF
Lcvi NJ Stewart are valued at S2o.
Stock in banks and corporations is nil.
Office furniture is appraised at S25o.
and the value of other goods at house
and office $3.50. Eleven unpaid or par
TALLY paid notes amount to few nun
dred dollars. most of them being val
und at zero one OF these is a claim
against the Minnesota Title insurance
& Trust Co. of S433. of which the re-
ceiver has paid $%S9.7o. Another is de-
post in the First National Bank OF
$S22293, reduced by check given in pay
ment of taxes to $3.50. In the savings
department is 100000. In the Farmers
a. Mechanics Savings Bank is S45. ana
cash and currency on hand amounts TO
$262 it Postage stamps add $l.1? to the
value of the estate, but S4.39 race val
Ne of old revenue stamps are thrown in
MS nothing The income since the death
of Mr.. Stewart is placed at S26.al9S'
and cash refunded on duplicate tax
settlements at $6i3.39. The total or
mortgages, cash and notes is 1874.
Property at Excelsior is valued at $l5.-
600
The list of the personal property OF
TIE dead millionaire is an interesting
study. 1t savors of pioneer days. WitH
scvthes. sickles, a picture of "Crosslng
tba Ferry The old swinging law
seat SO familiar to the public, IS listed
as well as the summer chairs on the
lawn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

Great Darlington, Mass, Nov. ID
Three hundred determined men, armed
whit rifles and shot guns, last night
surrounded a patch of swamp land ly
ing between the towns of Great Bar
rington, EgremOnt and Sheffield, into
which three masked men disappeared
Saturday after they had held UP r. ].
Hins, paymaster of the Woronoco Con-
struction Co. and robbed him Of cash
and checks to the amount OF $4,000.
Not since the robbers disappeared into
the woods leaving Hins and his two
companions standing with their arms
in the air have they been seen by any
ore ana there is Il feeling that they
may have got safely ont of the terri
tory before The hastily formed posse
could be stationed about the woods.
The swamp into which the men disap
pcared is at least six miles square and
covered with Il dense growth of small
trees and shrubs that would afford an
excellent hiding place. but at the same
time would make travelling extremely
difficult and the procuring OF food al
most impossible.
or the $4,000 which is said to have
been secured by the men, not more
than half was in cash. the remainder
being in personal checks which are
useless to the robbers. These checks
We're to be used to pay some 90 team
Sters, whose horses and wagons have
beer at the disposal of the construction
company for the past two weeks, the
teamstere receiving for their own Ser
vices and the use of their team s. per
day.
Although the authorities are by no
means certain it is the general belief
that the robbers We're former employees
of the construction company. They
talked in broken English. and Were,
DIRE ssed in Workingmen's clothes ami
their masks We're makeShift affairs cat
from pieces of burlap.
The hold-up occurred at q spot only
a few hundred yards from where q
gang of italian labOrers We're at work
One shot was fired the report OF which
attracted the attention of number OF
the lahorers and they, from a distance
Witnessed the hcld-up and saw the
men escape, hut were pOwerless to as
sist The laborers Immediately dropped
their tocls and ran into the woods in
pursuit of the robbers but found no
trace of them.
The trolley extension on which the
men We're working is a part of the
New York. New Haven & Hartford
system and is known as the Berkshire
Street Railway Co