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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-03-16
MISS ELEANOR BUTLER ALEXANDER.

made? Does Miss Alexander take any
interest in politics. How does she
stand on the sunragette question:"
Teddy junior didn't study over the
matter very long, but answered with
the assurance of hance who feels
very confident of his knowledge of the
ladys mind.
THE wedding will not take place
until after my fathers rcturn-that is
positive-and probably not until next
summer" he said. My sister Ethel
will probably be one of the brides
maids and Miss Elizabeth Bertron the
maid of honor. But no more definite
plans than those have been made.
Miss Alexander hasn't any trous-
seau idea as yet. Why, how could she?
The styles might change in the mean
time, might they nOtf AS to whether
it will be imported or not-well, differ
ent parts come from different places.
don't they?
mo, Miss Alexander doesn't care
anything. about politics. mean, not
more than anybody else cares about
politics. Well, she is just interested as
a person is interested in anything that
goes on, but that one doesn't think
much about.
mo, indeed" and here Mr.. Roosevelt
shook his head with much dctermina-
ton, she doesn't care bit about this
suffrage foolishness. The thought OF
it has never come into her head"
Mr.. Roosevelt said he didn't know
l
was possible that he would be trans
ferred from Hartford. where me is en-.
| ployed in the carpet works He said
| he didn't care much where he lived SO
long as he gets along nicely
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-03-16
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

Mrs. L. f. Bea,. 4 rural mail carrier
OF the Burbank district IN California.
goes over her twenty-five mile route
in an automobile which she bought
with her own earnings
Mrs. Margaret ID. Lyons has been ap-
pointed matron Of the State School
For the Blind at Baton Rouge. La.
by Governor Saunders. Mrs. Lyons
has served as matron in the Mans
field Female college and in the Dixie
academy. besides filling a similar post
in the Protestant Orphan asylum L.
New Orleans.
Selma I.agerlOf. the Swedish writer
TO whom the Nobel prize in literature
was awarded this year. will devote a
part of the money to the purchase of
home on the Marbacka estate, where
she was born. The house which she
will buy was built by her grandfather
and through reverses fell into the
hands of strangers. from whom she
will buy it,
Mrs. Belva Lockwood has written to
President Taft asking his opinion of
her plan to devote the Nobel peace
prize fund, which two years ago was
awarded TO Mr. Roosevelt, to aiding
the striking shirt waist girls in New
York and Philadelphia. Mr.. Roose-
welt turned the money over to com
mittee on Industrial peace, and Mrs.
Lockwood is trying to interest this
committee in the shirt waist makers.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-03-16
THE Arr OF BENG SILLY.
Have Brains Enough to Forget occa

Have Brains Enough to Forget Occa.
sionally 1nat You Have Them.
The fine art OF being able TO he silly
Is one thai "a good many of us need to
cultivate. says R.th Cameron.
To be able once in awhile to be silly
not deliberately witty or studiouSly
humorous. but thoroughly, healthily,
childishly silly-and to he able to stand
off and laugh to yourself occasionally
are two valuable abilities.
1t is bad, of course, for young people
TO take themselves and their duties too
lightly, but it seems to me that it is
almost as bad for them to take them
selves 100 seriously.
| heard very clever and financially
successful young bachelor setting forth
his requirements for a wife the other
day.
As Il share in this bachelors meal
ticket would probably mean for the
sharcr the kind of meals that begin
with oysters. have ice courses scatter
ed through the middle and end up with
cut glass finger bowl, | fancy he is
the sort of person whose requirements
may he interesting TO my feminine
readers.
Il don't ask for beauty" he said
nor money. decidedly don't want
an obviously intellectual woman But
what do insist upon in Il wife is that
she shall KNOW how to be silly once in
awhile: in short, that she shall have
enough brains to be able to forget oc-
casiOnally that she has any"
Good sense is a fine thing to have,
but the people who are stuck 50 full
of it that they forget that nonsense
also has its place in life are making Il
big mistake
little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the best of men
runs the quotation, pointing out as
you see, that il is the best of mem
who know enough TO appreciate non
sense. The second raters fancy thet
are above it. while, as matter Of fact
they aren't up to 1t.
Nonsense is Il quiet doctor too.
The man or woman who doesn't
know how TO be silly misses one of the
biggest recreative forces in the world
Any one who is perpetually holding
himself just so in order to maintain
his dignity is apt to become mentally
cramped from keeping in the one po
sltlon and lose his mental suppleness
Just as the physical abandon O
laughter rclaXes the muscles of tn,
lace. so the mental abandon of goot
healthy fit of Stiffness relaxes the mus
clcs OF the mind
10 you take Yourself too seriously?
I.,..t Il
ally. but answer IT, Do you, now?
And do You know how to be silly?
II You don't and arcn'; past tn
learning age why don't you go and fin,
somebody who does and learn?
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-03-16

Those two statesmen are so angry
they won't speak"
We'll" answered Senator Sorghum
that's better than starting q contrO
yersy. Washington Star.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-03-16
The Flower Craze Continues.

Sets Of artificial flowers w,l be just
as popular this spring aS they have
been all winter The same blossom or
collection Of blossoms will decorate the
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-03-16
Decoration For Table Center.

pretty idea is TO use a huge satin
luncheon or dinner table From the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-24
wild Man Captured.

Lewiston, Pa, Sept. 24.-Throwing
off apparently centuries of civilization
and reverting to a primitive type,
Frank Swartzell, an Austrian, has been
arrested. Swartzell is charged with
being wild man and incapable OF tax
ing care of himself and has been ter
rorizing the people OF Lower Bratton
township for the last two weeks. The
residents near Longfellows say Swart-
zell would get out and roam about the
hills at night, uttering such unearthly
cries that even the faithful watchdogs
scurried into the back yards, with their
tails between their legs. They say he
asked for no food and did not steal
anything, living on roots, fruits and
berries. He walked about the high
WAYS on his hands and knees, barked
like a dog and hid in the underbrush
and growled and snarled like wild
animal to frighten school children and
those little older grown. His hair
and beard were long and jet black, be-
ing matted with burdock and other
burrs. that blended well with his wild
appearance and bloodshot eyes. The
man was brought here on Tuesday by
PatroIman M. A. Davis, of the Penn
sylvania Railroad force, who says the
man resisted at first, but on arriving at
the station, actually ran like frollc-
some child to get aboard the train
During one Of his lucid intervals Swart-
zel said his name was George Julius,
and that the last place he remembered
being was in the soft coal mines OF
Somerset county, Pa, but was unable
to say whether it was month or SIX
years. At the hearing here papers on
his person proved he was Frank Swart-
ZelI.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-24
Naughty wit His Lunacy.

Chicago, Sept 24.-Frederick Horn
stein, a brilliant graduate OF the Uni.
versity OF Chicago and Johns Hopkins,
wants to know who is looney now
Because he read Byron aud Shelley,
collected rare and some, naughty edl-
tons Of the classics, lost money in
speculation, firted with a waitress, ne
has been for two days on trial as a
lunatic. His mother, who is wealthy,
caused the inquiry. One of her state
ments was that her son was too ener-
getic in demonstrating his love for her
self.
Hornstein was the calmest one in the
room while on the stand. He said he
did make love to his mother, but she
was OF such mediocre clay she could
not understand the artistic tempera-
ment and interpreted his affection as
insanity,
He had won a fellowship at the uni
yersity and his habits, studies and
sometimes his actions were so different
from the rut followed by his relatives
that they thought he was 'looney, "
He gave a description OF his studies,
spoke with much wit and gave it as his
opinion that his mother was really in
sane. He was defended by his uncle,
lawyer
The jury voted five for acquittal and
one, an allenist, stood for finding him
abnormal. He will ask for a writ OF
habeas corpus.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Lieut.. Gen. Sir Baden Powell, who
barred the Beers out OF Mafeking, was
the guest OF honor at the Wadorf-As-
toria in New York last night OF the Boy
Scouts Of America.
King Manuel, in opening the Portu-
guese parliament, said the government
would propose a law to regulate the
status OF religious orders.
Lee O'Neil Browne, democratic mi
nority leader of the Illinois legislature,
and recently acquitted OF bribery in
connection with the election OF United
States Senator Lorrimer twice was re-
fused recognition on the floor of the
Illinois state convention of East st.
Louis Yesterday. AS member OF the
resolutions committee he was told by
Roger c. Sullivan, national committee
man for Illinois not to assert himself.
To save John r. Walsh from death
in prison, George T. Buckingham came
to Washington last night with a pardon
petition for President Taft, signed by
several hundreds OF thousands Of SYM
pathizers. The former banker OF Chl
cago is seventy-three years old, and is
suffering from an incurable malady.
He is in the Leavenworth penitentlary
on charge OF loaning himself S26,
600, 900 while president of the Chicago
National Bank. He was convicted
December 8, 1909, and a sentence OF
five years imposed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-24
THE SULTAN IN NEW YORK.
Hadji MOhammed Jumaiui Arrives
from England-spent 100000 on
His Trip.

from England-spent 100000 on
His Trip.
New York, Sept. 24.-Hadji Mo
bammed Jumaiui Kiram) which was all
of his name that he cared to bring with
him). Sultan OF Sulu, is in New York 3
midst today,
Wearing a black velvet turban, with
red velvet trimmings, a black sack
suit and a boiled short, HadIi came
smiling down the gang plank OF the
American liner St Louis, and fell into
the waiting arms of Col. Hugh l..
Scott, Fourteenth T. S. Cavalry, former
governor Of Sulu, who has promised to
how the sultan some Of the sights OF
this country, with smoked glasses
barred. -,
In the sultan's suite, for he is still
entitled to have a suite Notwithstanding
that he was euchered out OF about
everything he used to have by the
transfer OF his beloved archipelago to
the United States, we're his brother
Datto Raja Muda Mualilwasit, her APP
parent to whatever is left when HadJl
gets through; Hadji Butu, Lord High
Polisher OF the Imperial Slippers; HadJI
Mohammed Panglima Mullam (they
grow 'em long over in Sulu), Premier
Excelsior Warmah OF Jolo; Hadii Sum-
penelse. Grand Seasoner Of the Imperial
Dogmeat, and a bunch Of lesser blacks,
browns or whatever they are Most OF
them came Storage as they couldn't
get first class accommodations. But
even the steerage had something on the
matched huts they left behind, and
there was no complaining.
Then, too, there was j. Werble, the
Interpreter an ex-private in the Seven
teenth Infantry, who liked Sulu and the
Sulus so much that when his term OF
enlistment ended, he stayed behind
Two fctions regarding Hadji were
cleared up at the very outset. lie
didn't have $1,000 worth Of home
grown pearls in his trousers pockets,
and he hasn't come over for an Amerl-
wife. When the sultan sailed on June
IL he had a number Z Is derby hat
filled with pearls, which he began con
yerting into coin OF the various realms
through which he travelled. In Naples
he let go Of one for $50, 900, and IL
Paris, he sold the pick OF his collection
for $50, 1000
All told the sultan cleaned up nearly
$500, 900 and they do say that some oil
his sales exhibited shrewdness that
clearly qualities Hadii to engage in the
three ball" business.
The Sultan and suite were loaded in
10 taxicabs and whisked off to the Hote
Aston.
The sultan will call upon President
Taft in Washington it is expected some
time next week. What the object Of
the visit may be is not known.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-24
WOMAN CASHIER ARRESTED.

Miss Rena B. Askew, cashier OF post
Office substation No. II, in Richmond,
was yesterday arrested on the charge Of
embezzlng postoflice funds to the amout
of $2,O11.S5.
The arrest caused quite sensation, as
Miss Askew is first cousin to Mrs. Smith
Fl. McKin, divorced daughter OF the
Baltimore millionaire brOmo-seltzer
manufacturer, Issac e. Emerson, who it
is reported is engaged TO Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt.
Accompanied by counsel and several
friends, Miss Askew was taken by Post
Office Inspector G. II. Saffell, who had
sworn out the warrant before Fed
eral Commissioner Henry Fleggen-
heimer. where she waived an examina-
ton and was held in 81 900 bail for the
October term OF the United States district
court.
The government officials were reti-
cent and refused absolutely to talk
for publication in order, it was said, to
save embarrassment TO the accused girls
family.
The alleged peculation it was an
nounced. however, had been made
good to Roy Childrey, who has charge
OF the substation in question. The
money, it was stated, came from Mr..
Emerson, who by request OF his wife,
whose niece Miss Askew is, had sent
Joseph +. Hndes, treasurer OF the
Emerson Drug Company, to Richmond
TO settle, and il possible, to prevent
publicity and prosecution. But the
arrest had been made and prosecu-
ton begun before Mr.. Hindes reached
the city.
From developments late yesterday
afternoon it would appear that there is
a man in the case, and that the post
Office authorities possess information
that he exerted some sort OF strange in-
fluence over the girl and reaped the
harvest OF her alleged offense.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-24
ANOTHER CRIPPEN CASE
Young Woman's Remains Found Buried
Under a Vacant HOuse-Nitrlc Acid
Poured on Body.

San Francisco, Sept. PA murder
mystery, paralleling in many respects
the supposed murder Of Belle Elmore
Crippen in London by her husband,
DIR. II. II. Crippen, cOnfrOnts the
police here today in the discovery OF
the body Of Miss Eva Swan, aged 20, a
school teacher of Paso Robes, buried
under a vacant house on Eureka street.
Dr. James Grant and Miss Marie Mes
serschmidt, a nurse, are under arrest IN
connection with the case.
The police believe the girl was muir
dered to shield some one else and they
are searching for ranchman OF Paso
Robes, who was on intimate terms
with the dead girl.
DIR. Grant and Miss Messerschmidt,
both refuse TO make any statement.
Miss Swan had been missing since
April 90, shortly after an unknown
youth called at her boarding house and
left a note for her. The contents OF
this note are now known to the police.
That her leave-taking was not con-
templated was shown by the fact that
none Of her belongings were disturbed.
Ever since her disappearance, friends
have been searching for her, but no
clue was found until Tuesday, when
Ben Gordon, recently employed by DR..
Grant as Office assistant, notified the
police that he believed Miss Swan was
dead, and that her. body had been
buried under the floor Of Eureka
street house. A search was made, and
last night the corpse was found. The
body was wrapped in a sheet and
quantities OF nitric acid had been pour
ed over it. The board floor aud por-
ton OF the cement floor had been re-
moved and the corpse buried deep, the
floor being replaced. 1t was evident
from the condition Of the body that il
had been under the ground for several
months.
On information furnished by Gordon,
the police arrested DR.. Grant
and Miss Messerschmidt. Gordon
alleged that William Sacks, his
predecessor in Grants office, had
told him that Miss Swan died on April
% as the result of an operation and
that he (Saacks) had helped to bury
her. The police have put out drag
net for Sacks, who has not been seen
since Gordon was employed by DR..
Grant.
Two months ago the house where the
body was sound was occupied by a
family named Craighton, who found
an ill-smeliing trunk in the house.
They notified the city authorities and
the city chemist examined the trunk,
reporting that it had evidently beer
newly painted. The trunk had many
red stains on it, and it is now believed
that these were made by human BLOOD
and that the trunk was used to beal
Miss Swan body 10 the place where i
was buried.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-24
pigeons Returns.

Reading, Pa, Sept. PA homing
pigeon once owned by John Bechtel, a
fancier, of this city, has apparently
made a flight from the southern part OF
Virginia to its home loft in this city,
after having been in the possession OF
other fanciers for five years and two
months. Never before has bird re-
turned to a Reading loft after such a
long absence, and pigeon fanciers be-
lieye that worlds record has been es-
tablished.
While looking over his loft yesterday,
Mr.. Bechtel noticed the strange bird
and caught it for examination. he
was surprised to see that it wore band
OF his design and other marks soon
proved that the bird was blue checker
homing cock he had sold to Reading
man in July, 1905 The Reading man
never liberated the bird, and later sold
it to a man in the southern part OF
Virginia. 1t is supposed that the Vlr-
gilman gave the bird its freedom only
recently, and that, upon its liberation,
it made a straight line for home. The
bird was one OF the Reading district OF
the National Association OF Hemng
Pigeon Cancers, and won the 4OO-mile
race in 1902 the 500-mile race in 1904
aud the 500-mile race in 1905. The
bird is now 9 years old. The average
life OF a pigeon is said to be ii years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-24
CHAMP CLARK STATES ISSUES

Preliminary to the opening OF the
fall campaign in Missouri, nearly 200
democratic editors from all parts OF
Missouri attended banquet in st.
Louis last night and heard Congress
man Champ Clark outlined the. issues.
His speech was considered the key
note OF the forthcoming political battle.
Mr.. Clark mentioned as the issues the
following
"First-A reduction of the tariff to a
revenue basis.
'Second-We would increase our
trade by reciprocity treaties with for
eign nations, particularly with Central
and South America and with Can
ada.
"Third-We would abolish all super
Auous offices.
'Fourth-We would cut approprl-
ations TO the needs OF the government
economically and effectively admins
tered.
'Fifth-We would restore our mer
chant marine to its ancient command
ing position on the high seas which
democrats once gave TO it.
''Sixth-Wc would submit a constl
tutional amendment providing for thu
election of United States senators by
popular vote.
"Seyentb-We would strengthen tn
antitrust laws and enforce them II
every feature, especially enforcing TIN
criminal part Of them energeticall.
that the violators thereof would ceas
their nefarious operations.
Eighth-We would enact measure
providing for real, comprehenslv
conservation of our natural resources
"Ninth-We would provide for tn
improvement OF our vast system o
waterways on an adequate and com
prehensive plan, so as to make 1t
real and most valuable factor in on
commercial growth and prosperity
"Tenth--We would set the min
committees on expenditures in tn
nine departments of the government
to work in earnest to discharge thel
duties by finding out and exposing tn
extravagances OF the republicans, there
by digging out the facts on which +
base economies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-24
CHILD LOST.

Detectives of the ninth precinct IN
Washington, squad of policemen and
citizens of the northeastern section OF
that city spent the greater part OF last
night hunting for Fannie Roszinsky'
the 4-ycar-old daughter OF Frank Kos
zinsky OF 1870 f street northeast, VINO
mysteriously disappeared from IN front
of her home about O'Clock last night
No cIew as to the child's whereabouts
had been found at an early hour tins
morning. The police were informed
by neighbors that a white man, Of
whom they could give but meager
description, was walking hand-in-hand
with the child shortly after O'Clock
last night. This man, neighbors say
had been lettering about the nelghbor
hood for several days. He is a
stranger.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-24
The President Callers.

Cincinnati, Sept. 24.-President Taft
received few callers today and had no
political appointments. His plans call
ed for no public appearance. His visit
to Cincinnati was scheduled to end at
3:15 this afternoon when he leaves for
Washington, where he is to confer with
his Cabinet Monday. The advisability
of creating bureau of child's labor,
was discussed last night by President
Taft and DR.. Albert II. Freiburg, OF
Cincinnati, president of the Ohio
branch OF the Anti-Child Labor League.
President Taft promised to give his
hearty support to any plan foI wiping
out the child labor evil.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-24
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN BOOK.

The Democratic National Congress
sional Committee has issued its Cam
paign Book and is now distributing it.
The Committee has no funds save as it
obtains them through contributions and
is selling the book at Sl.0O per copy or
for zoe a copy in lots of ten or more. The
book is replete with valuable matter and
is said to be the best Campaign book
ever issued Every Democrat should
have it and in this year Of Democratic
effort for supremacy should gladly con
contribute to the Committee by purch-
asing the book The Committee did
valiant service in Maine with notable
results and if Democrats everywhere
will rise TO the occasion, by their dollar
contributions, the democratic sun VIII
rise triumphantly. and MOTTO set for nifty
years to come. Send your orders orcon-
tributions to +. +. Garrett, Treasurer
Democratic Campaign Committee, S2l-
10Th street northwest, Washington, u. u
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-24
Boycott of MiiIlners.

Denver, Sept. 24.-Women Of Den
yer have started boycott against mil
liners. Mrs. Claude E. Griffey and
Mrs. Edward l.. Prentiss, two OF the
younger matrons in Denver society,
have announced that they stand ready
to start the boycott, and scores OF Their
friends have made known their determ-
ination to step into line. The trouble
is over the price OF hats.
1--WE have been imposed upon long
enough, the women announce, and
we are tired of paying $50 for hat We
once could buy for so. 1t is an out
rage and quiet as absurd as any meal
and coal trust demand that was ever
made. "
1T is nearing summer anyway,
said Mrs. Griffey yesterday, aud any
woman with good looking hair, false Oh
real, looks well without hat"