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The Washington times., 1910-03-24
STREAMS OF LAVA
THREATEN VILLAGES
Fresh Craters Appear and
Hurl Molten Matter
In New Places.

NAPLES, March 4.-The lava row
from Mt Etnar which IS again IN erup-
ton' increased az an alarming rate To-
Gay and IS now threatening the towns
OF Borello. Belpasss, and san Leo.
Fresh cra-ers have been opened.
though the main eruption is sriu from
the crater AT Volta ST Giac6uo. be-
tween Castillo and AIbsneIL
The Inhabitants Of al the threatened
towns are franticsIly moving % places
Of safety and striving to save as much
Of their property as possible The pre-
feet Of Catania arrived on the scene to-
day and took charge ~ the situation.
Immense damage has already been
done TO surrounding farm lands and the
Inhabitants are retreating before the
nr-cnnr-rr etraa rs .F LA
The Washington times., 1910-03-24

Established 1924. 9th and N. 7. Ave.
Sc years tells our story.-AdYt.
The Washington times., 1910-03-24
TEMPERATURES FS.
SUN TABLE.


Sun rises-.---.--....-----.--. 5-5S
Sun sets.....-.--.--.-------. ---.----.......... 6.16
The Washington times., 1910-03-24
CONDITION OF THE WATER

HARPERS FERRY, March 2L-Both
rivers clear this morning
The Washington times., 1910-03-24
Net Little Success.

Neither ~ them, however. met with
much success Representative CIa-fo-
Of Alabama, Sims If Tennessee. Bart
lett Of Georgia and Henry q Texas
make no secret Of their determination
90 fight against FitzEeraIi's appoint
urnt to rhe las, ditch
Fitzgerald seems indifferent about the
storm which is being kicked UP Dccaus.
Of his alleged pro-Canuou leanincs. but
ne viii not 5e without champions at 20
nights caucus.
The same men who stood by him p
year ago when there vas loud talk of
reading him out Of 5he party viii fEhJ
for him tonight There Is no disnOsL-
ton on the part OF the Scut1erners 70
deprive the North Of representation on
the committee. and Representative Sui
Zer OF New York is being doomed f0r
membership on the new Rules Com
mlJree.
Another mentioned as a successor for
Fitzgerald on the committee is Slayden
Of Texas.
The Washington times., 1910-03-24
Retention FEnected

II IS believed, however, that such or
position as now exists may be over
come when the Democrats 20 into
caucus and that the Democrats will
follow the example OF the Republicans
and retain the old members.
Should the Democrats caucus by secret
ballot. is did the Republicans. there will
be afforded an opportunity for FitzEer-
AIDS vote TO get more substantial
pruning than Il would receive in omen
caucus Il is not known that the Dem
OCrats viii ballot in secret
Last nights Republican caucus was re-
markable in a number Of ways. II was
outwardly one Of the most harmonious
affairs in the history of Republican
gatherings of its kind
Every insurgent, with the execution
Of Gardner, OF Massachusetts. who vras
sick at home, attended. ard said aftar
tt was all over that the caucus action
was entirely satisfactory. Even Renra-
sentative Hayes of California, who had
not decided until yesterday that he
would go into the caucus, came o,rt
smiling and said-"harmOny
The word was echoed by such rea,,Isv-s
Is Dalzen, Smith Of Iowa, Payne. and
Tawney-
The Washington times., 1910-03-24
Camping IN Fields.

NedlAt an llE lLl--t DIldL--S I'D LLe DIS
trict have left their homes and are now
camping IN the open fields They are
afraid Of the earthquakes which invs-i-
ably have followed eruptions Of the
mountain.
Slight earthquake shocks have heen
felt from time % tine. but have been
inCouseGuentiaL 50 far as IS known no
lives have been lost. as the Inhabitants
had plenty Of time 10 leave the vicinity
OF the active crater before the lava
tumbled over the apex.
The authorities are experiencing TIE
greatest difficulty in preventing tourists
from approaching the mountain. They
have warned visitors that there Is the
greatest danger Of lava streams .cuttiDr
of their return should they set too near
ths mount
The village Of R-nazzi is also in danger
OF being enEulfed in the spreading lava
streams.
Stones Hurled for Miles.
The eruption is accompanied by Ter
rifying rumblinEs and frequent earth
tremors- There are now estimated to
be at least a dozen huge cracks IN the
mountain from which white hor streams
OF lava are pouring I'm great streams
The eruption Is becoming more violent.
Stones and shes are being thrown from
the main crater 10 a great height. and
are falling on an area many miles I'm
width The air IS filled with floating
dust, and heavy and destructive coat
ing OF ashes has covered all vegetation
The Washington times., 1910-03-24
DslzeH Retained.

The Rules Committee today Is minus
the Speaker. but has retained DsIzeu
perhaps the most radical regular in. the
whole House, who undoubtedly will he
made chairman, according to Represen-
tative Smith Of Iowa Mr.. Smith ra-
ceived a higher vote I'm the caucps tben
did Mr.. Dalzell. bat Immediately efta-
adjournment he declared that he va :
i'm favor Of the election of Mr. Dalzo11
as chairman Of the new COMMITTEES
Four members Of the COMMITTEES w.,
elected on the first and Informal baro+
BY motion the informal ballot rae,,It.
as regarded these four, were ratified
and they were declared elected Tn,
four and their votes were:
Walter 7. Smith, Iowa. 1SS.
John Dalzen, Pennsylvania. IR
George P Lawrence, Massachusetts,.
J. SIoat Fassett, New York. 113
elect 95
Representative Smith Of California
and Boutel OF Illinois, also came near
Of election on the first baHot. receiving
% and 81 votes. respectively
. The result Of the second ballot vyas
announced as follows:
Sylvester Q Smith, California, 17s
Henry s. Boutell. Illinois, EOS
RepresenIaIlVe Games OF West Vfr-
ginia and LOrgwOrth OF Ohio ran veil
on the second ballot. receiving in +bc
neighborhoOd OF a hsf hundred vo+as
each. Only the first two were an
nOunced, however.
Mediator James Tawney. who has
been endeavoring 10 get the two fac
tions together started the caucus tO
work by nominating the six men who
were later elected. this being a clever
stroke TO get their names before the
regulars. There were objections 10 ,-ot
Ing for a SLATE" Mr. Madden s,,--
gested open nominations from the Foo1
Continued On Fourth PaEe1
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-09
JOHosToN LETTER
Continued from page ~

started off suddenly causing him
to fall and break his collar bone.
The death of Mr.. Billie Hazel,
which occurred here on last Mon
day at the home of DIR. Ben l..
Allen, was a very sad one. He had
always made Johnston his home up
to two years ago, when he moved
to Spartanburg, that his two sons
might enter Wofford college. Dur
ing the time, Mr.. Hazel travelled in
interest of his business and it was
while on a trip here, Friday that he
suffe,e ed from a stroke of paralysis
on the street. He was taken to the
home of DR.. Allen and his family
t~elegrapEed for. He seemed some
better on Saturday and it was hoped
that there was some chance for his
recovery.
The interment took place on
Tuesday afternoon in the cemetery
here, and was attended by a lar@,
concourse of friends.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-09
Looked Like His Father.

William had just returned from
college, Respondent in pegtop trous-
ers, silk hosiery, a fancy waistcoat
and a necktie that spoke for itself,
says Lippincotts. He entered the
library where his father was read,
ing. The old gentleman locked up
and surveyed his son. The longer
he looked the more Disguised he be,
came.
Son." he finally blurtcd out,
you look like a damn fool"
Later, the old major who lived
next door came in and greeted the
boy heartily. "William," he said,
with undisguised admiration, you
look exactly like your father did
twenty years ago when he came
back from school!"
Eyes," replied William with a
smile, so father was just telling
me-"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-09
sent;men. with the Mother.

The people generally sympathize
with Senator and Mrs. Tillman in
the troubles they ale having, but
the sentiment is strongly with Mrs.
Il. r. Tillman, Jr., and everyone
feels that is a cruel law which per
mits one parent to take their chill
dren from the other and deed them
to someone else like so many chattel
without even consulting the othe'
and such law should be repealed.
That, however, could change the
status of the case. We heard {
good lawyer remark the other day
that the supreme court could declare
this law unconstitutional in tina
Mrs. B. r. Tillman, Jr., had veste'
rights in the children and thes'
rights could not be taken away b..
statutory enactment. : Newberr.
Herald and News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-09
Moderate Drinking.

A well-known novelist who was
for years a moderate drinker writes
his experiences in McClure's maya
zine. He found in the end that it
didn't pay. 1T should be borne in
mind" he says, that I am not deal
ing with confirmed drunkenness,
drinking that has become an organ
ic necessity. Inebrity is a disease, as
as much so as tuberculosis, and
must be so considered and treated. |
I'm dealing with the custom of
drinking as it is practiced by the
great majority of men who drink
1t all. And, for that reason, I think
chat testimony like mine should be
uggestive and valuable. | have alb
olutely no prejudice against the
.ustom; and yet, though | never
.bused it, socially speaking, and am
till a worshipper of Dionysius
from AFFAIR.", 1 do not hesitate to de-
.lare that moderate drinking does
.ot pay.
II have tried it. know. No one
IN tell me anything about its joys
nd satisfaction. l have also tried
,sal abstinence. AS a consequence
feel better, sleep better, work bet
Ter, enjoy life more, and have in
leased my usefulness as a citizen.
Drinking is a pleasure that may
g innocent, but must be paid for
Ike sitting up late to play bridge
to finish a novel; a recreation
ith something to be said for it,
re speeding an automobile, excit-
g but dangerous; an indulgence,
;e overwork, which sometimes
ms necessary, butts seldom worth
e price. Drinking does not pay"
A Hard Struggle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-09
Saved From Awful Peril.

never felt so near my grave,
writes Lewis Chamblin, of Manche
tel, Ohio: r r No. 8. as when
frightful cough and lung troub
pulled me down to ll5 pounds !
spite of many remedies and the be:
doctors. And that / am alive to-da
is due solely. to DIR. Kings Ne
Discovery, which completely cure
me. Now I weigh 100 pounds an
can work hard. 1t also cnred m.
four children of Group. Infallib'
for coughs and colds, its the mos
certain remedy for. grippe, asthma,
desperate lung trouble and all bron
chial affections, soc and Sl.OO a
trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
Penn & Holstein, w E Lynch q
Co.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-09
Aany an Edgefield Citizen Find:
the Struggle Hard.

With a back constantly aching.
With distressing urinary troub-
les.
Daily existence is but a struggle.
No need to keep it up.
Doan's kidney pills cure you.
One hundred thousand people en-
dorse this claim.
Here is one case:
Geo. B Lee, of Lexington, S. c.,
says: Il suffered from attacks of
kidney trouble for a good many
years and during that time tried a
number of remedies. I received the
best of results from Doan's kidney
pills and shall continue using them
in hope of a complete cure. 1t will
always give me pleasure to recon-,
mend this remedy to other suffer,
ers."
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name--Doan's and
take no other.
Large stock of trunks, suit cases
and travelling bags. Prices very
reasonable.
RAMSEY & JONES.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-09
Rash Speculation.

Teacher--Yes, Willie, every lii
tie boy has a chance to become
president.
Wtlly-My brother hasn't.
Teacher Why?
Willie-'Cause he sold me his
chance for three cents.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-09

"Willie, if you'll stop blowing
4 hat internal horn I'll get you any
other toy you want"
All right, dad. l wants a bass
drum!"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-09
6@D

Ready made glasses, such as you
select for yourself over TIE counter,
are always alike on both eyes. Now
then if you have eyes of different
focus, requiring glasses of different
focus to make them balance prop
erly, what are you going to do
about it? Will you take chances
on getting one eye right and have
the other one wrong, producing
muscular trouble which you find out
too late, or will you have your eyes
carefully tested, each eye separate
~, and glasses fitted accordingly2
This method is far safer and costs
no more.
GEORGE F. MINIS,
Edgefield, S. c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-09
Notice To The Public:
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.
Jan. 81, 1910,

One blue-speckled hound dog,
bush!y tail, little tan on ears, named
Blue" $500 reward for his re-
turn.
DR.. W. Luther Jones,
EdgeGeld,, s. G.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-15
Honor for Owney the Postoffice Dog

the mail was being loaded He was
unobserved till after the train had
started Then the clerks sent him
back to Albany. After that he made
frequent trips. The employees of the
office tagged him "Owney, Albany
Postoffce, Albany, N. Y" They re-
quested other mail clerks to afix tags
to him on his trips showing where he
had been. He soon became so exten-
sive a traveller, however, that he
couldn't carry his tags. While he was
once passing through Washington the
postmaster general gave him a set of
harness. From this the tags were
then suspended. He travelled from
place to place, always following the
mail. In addition to covering the
United States and Canada, he visited
Europe and Asia. The mil1ado of
Japan presented him with a silver
medal upon which was engraved the
national coat of arms
"Owney" met a death not in keep
ing with his honored life. At Toledo,
on one of his journeys, he was chained
in the basement of the postof1icc A
photography attempted to take his
picture. "Owney" barked his objec-
tions. A clerk sought to sootn him
and was bitten. The clerk spread the
report that the dog wa5 mad, and
policeman shot him.
Now he goes back to Ohio, hoEored,
but still a very dead dog
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-15
FAMOUS MURDER TRIAL.

Trial of DR.. Hyde for the Murder Of
Colonel Swope Begins April II.
Kansas City.-The trial of Dr. B.
c. Hyde, accused of the murder Of
Colonel Thomas H. Swope, will be-
gin April H. Dr. Hyde has been at
liberty under 100000 bail. The case
will be tried before Judge R. S. Lath-
shaw, and the representatives of Co.
lionel Swope's estate have engaged
the best legal talent money could Sc
cure. while DR.. Hyde with his wife's
and his own fortune has secured Mis-
souri, for lawyers famous fer their
ability. The trial promises to be one
of the most sensational ever tried in
this country. While DR.. Hyde will be
tried for the murder of Colonel Swope,
who was many times millionaire and
gave Swope park to Kansas City. he
has been accused of causing the leath
of Christian Swope AMI the serious
Illness of other members Of the
Swope family. DR.. Hyde was indicted
by the grand jury for administering
typhoid fever germs to Colonel Swope.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-15
JEKYL-HYDE CASE.
Burglar Vino Terrerized Town Proved
a Business Man.

Springfield, Mass.-Laying his
crime to love of excitement and a
mania for stealing caused by an in
jury to his head in boyhood, Bertram
Gage Spencer, the dry goods clerk,
broke down under "a hours of merci-
less grilling and confessed that he
was the masked burglar who had ter
rorized Springfield for two years and
had reached the climax of his wild
career by numbering Miss Martha B.
Blackstone last Thursday evening.
In his amazing confession, although
many of the details are being with
held until the trial of Spencer, makes
it clear that associated with his over
poweriRg desire to steal were an in
tense love of excitement and a high
degree of personal vanity. This lat
ter trait Spencer gratified by battling
the police and reading the newspaper
reports of his exploits The accounts
Of his daring crimes fascinated him
and fostered his egotism The police
declare he is a morphine fiend
An elopement approaching the ro-
mantle entered into Spencer's crimes,
for, coupled with his other motives,
was a desire to secure money where
with to purchase furnishings for his
home in West Springfield, thus fur
nishing a handsome setting for his
young and pretty wife, for whom he
bore a strong affection.
While admitting the killing of Miss
Blackstone. Spencer said he did not
intend to shoot her, bat had lost Con-
troll of himself when she repeatedly
shrieked. Even then. he asserted, he
had fired only to frighten her and the
three other women who confronted
him in the Dow house.
Spencer was arraigned in the police
court and was held without bail for
further hearing April IS.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-15

"Uncle Joe" AS an Agent of Dan Cupid

The Uncle Joe Matrimonial Bu-
real' had a most modest beginning
Out in Stewardson, Ill, there lives a
young farmer who has been reading all
sorts of newspaper stories and maya
zine articles about. the higher cost of
living. He read that lots Of young peo-
pie did not get married because the
cost of living was such that penury
and sorrow stared them in the face.
He was a bachelor and prosperous,
and it occurred to him that somewhere
in the land there must be the mate
that would make his home happier and
brighter, that might be just yearning
to get married, yet scared by all this
talk of poverty and trouble. The
young man wrote to Speaker Cannon.
He wrote a modest postal card to say
that he had a farm of 120 acres, and
that. like the hotel business, there was
always room for one more" He put
it up to the speaker to furnish the one
more
Then Unc'o Joe in the goodness of
his heart told a newspaper man about
the young farmer, and the newspaper
man put piece in the paper and the
food of letters started.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-15
Thought Friend Poor, Found Him Rich

He's too proud" said the husband.
Il remember that pride of his It's
almost an affection"
What are you going to do?"
Il thought I'd send him a chccn"
do you suppose" the wife scorn-
fully asked, that he would have a
check cashed, if he is as PROUD as you
say?"
We'll. I'll send him the money
then"
Next day he went to his bank and
drew out a hundred dollars in one bill.
This he put into an envelope and sent
to the address of his@friend, writing
street and number correctly. He told
the messenger not to say where the
letter had come from. This answer
came in the mornings mail:
Dear Bill-Well, you've decided to
pay that old poker debt after all these
years, have you? Much obliged. I'm
going to have that bill framed ana
hang it on the wall when l get home" I"
The recipient of the letter slowly
tore it to bits. His mind went back
to the days of that crazy youth that
his friend referred to. He remem-
bered the hundred now; he was as
tonished that it wasn't more.
Il suppose Mary will ask me if I've
heard" he. mused. "I guess I'll say he
was too proud to answer, but he need
ed the money so badly he kept it."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-15
Ground Hog Rank Faker, Says Moore

eStaDllSneQ.
Naturally, being director of the bu-
reau, have to bear the brunt of this
criticism. That is as it should be.
Moreover, / am used to it,
But while the abuse is going around,
why not be impartial with it? What
about that great weather prophet-the
ground hog?
What about ground hogs! ask
you, is he not the greatest faker, the
greatest fourfusher, the greatest bun
combe artist that ever pretended to
look at a cloud and tell you what was
in it?
What did he do this year? Did he
make good? Not a bit of it. He was
as far off as we were about the prob
able weather conditions for March 4,
1910.
He crawled out of his hole on Feb
ruary 2, saw his shadow, got his pic
ture in every paper in the country, and
then beat it back to his lair, leaving
behind him the idea that the remain
der of February and all of March would
be marked by bad weather.
"Was it reliable forecast? l should
say not. We have had the mildest and
most beautiful March in years. Yet
the ground hog gets off without a
single roast. And next year people
will be just as eager to believe in his
judgment"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-15
UTAsHINGToN-on L. White Bus

UTASHINGTON.-On L. White Bus
w bey's desk in the speakers
ante-room of the national house
of representatives reposes a packet
of letters indorsed Cupid" 1t
is the filing cabinet of the Uncle Joe
Matrimonial Bureau" established by
accident and not Incorporated. Every
day brings additions to the speakers
mail, from men and women, young and
old, from every quarter of the land
seeking sIrcease from the pangs of
loneliness. Some of them are rich
they say, and others want to make
themselves happy Some of the writer's
are quite "choosey," as to the sort of
a helpmeet they want and others will
take almost any old thing that is
willing to trot or even amble in double
harness.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-15
N0WNEY" is about to come into HI
nurT, dor Il

U0WNEY" is about to come into his
" own. "Owney" was a dog He
still is, but he is a dead dog. His
mounted remains will be on exhibit at
the Ohio Valley exposition, to be held
at Cincinnati next autumn
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
also arranged to send a postal exhibi-
tion to the show The chief clerk of
the department has notified the expo
sition management that he aas Sc
lected the leading features of the
museum, which will be forwAFded in
ample time for the opening
But "Owney" will get the place of
prominence. The dogs story makes
for pity. Almost "a years ago the little
Scotch terrier was found curled up
asleep on top of some mail bags in
the postoff1ce at Albany. He had
taken refuge from the cold. Tn, mail
clerks adopted him. They at length
named him "Owney" because of the
frequent question: Who is your
owner?"
One day he followed the mail wagon
to the station and boarded car while
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-15

WILLIS L. MOORE, chief of the
w weather bureau, is the victim of a
professional Crouch" He has become
incensed at the ground hog as bust
ness rival. He believes his competitor
should be let in for share of criti-
cism and not all of it thrown at his
head
You never pick Up paper" said
Prof Moore, that you don't see
harsh criticism of the weather bureau.
We get roasted if the weather is hot.
We get roasted if the weather is cold.
And when it rains the abuse heaped
upon us is terrific.
NO matter what we do it is wrong.
If We miss the time CT the coming
of rain by half an hour we are de-
clared grossly incompetent. People
make speeches and say the weather
bureau is spending too much money.
Then somebody writes a long maga-
zine article about US. They say we
never have been right for two days
cn a stretch since the bureau was