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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24
The Battle onSa Train.

Billimore, Nd, March "a John
Henry Bttaes, the augulsr south Care
linIsn, who rau an u k aboard the BAltl-
more and Ohio Royal Blue limited while
the train was rushing ihr Ugh NeSark,
DEL, last night, wss q. the Johns Hor'
kins II spitsl In this city Yesterday
morning. Bsthes arrived 10 Baltimore
early 10 the morning aud made his sp'
psarsnce tt the hospital about seven
o'clock. He was told that he would
have to enter The hospital and undergo
an examination. He lO.t,red around
The rooms I'll abtu 9:l0 when be took
his departure. From that tins until be
boarded the Royal Blue Flyer ct MOnnt
Royal It ,,ioD, Bsthes wandered around
the city, and it Is believed drank heavily
ND t. t,e time be entered. the station,
shorty alter $3.50. The train left B It'll.
more st S:47.
Belhea was q pst'snt at Johns Hop,
kirs during Jsuusry last, and 1t Is said
he spent twenty days In the iDsiitt o.
At that time he, II Is rspIr ed was
Treated for abdominal aud nervous
troubles, bat there VAS apparently no sigu
of insanity. TIE trouble between B tits
and the coIoied porter began when the
latter refused to furnish hin whisky, and
Bsthea started sit'r the pot r. When
they met lurch OF The train threw The tao
men together, a1d the shooting followed,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24
THURSDAY EVENING, MAR. "a, 1910

If The Senate Office building lie mol
10 de thor ;hly comfortable for senators
WHOSE rooms are in that annex to the
OBpltol, 1t will no. be the fsull of The
comm tee on appropriations. la the
legislative appropriation bill, reported
on Wednesday, provision is made fol
the EN- oloymeLt at 81. 800 year of Gan
at end ant 10 charge Of the bathing room',
who shall be a professional mss'sur."
This professional is t. be aided BY two
assistants and one jan.t1r, at 1920 each.
B, tAe expenditure Of this So. $50 an
nually for bathrooms ADD the service Of
q massage srlist, the committee hopes q
be able to make the average senator ex'
lied to ihia marble palace contented
with his To-. The bathrooms In The o.
6celuIdiug sre perhaps IS luxurious IS
anything money csn bay, and facilities
are ct hand for any kird OF a bft1 the
ssusto,!al whlm may dsSire-Ru Sian,
Turkish, or plain old-isshioned Amer
can scrubs. There ira 10 ttaer men 10
authority who spend more OF the pee
ple's money on themselves than do
limited S stes seuaterl. Bat there 10 nc
one to Object, SO the reckless waste oil
money goes 90. Possibly, however, Il
ths senators cleaussd their ways ss vel
"a their bodies the taxpayers might &C.
esps the sltlstion WITH a lite beitsl
orroc
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24
Strike Averted.

Chic'go, March 24-An danger OF a
strike OF the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Firemen and Epginemen on the 40 vest
ern railroads involved is past. An sgree.
menl providing for settlement of sli the
points 10 dispute was signed by The 6'e-
men and railroad managers today after 9
series of conferences lasting for eight
hours last night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24

Hotel property in New York declared
worth $40, 900 was offered SIS security for
the bond of John johnson, the negro
prize fighter today, by Connie I. Walker
proprietor of the hotel and was accepted.
Later Johnson who was under arrest for
assault announced be would 90 at once
to Chicago,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24
REPUBLICAN CAUtUS.

Six regulars were chosen by the re-
pu5licsns cautni OF the House lfs. night
to fill The ,ix places on tse new ruler
committee provided for 10 The Norris
resolution which Was adopted by the
combined votes Of The democntI aud iD-
turgelt reg blicsns. The InSurgert
made no CONCERTED faort to obtsin 8
representation ca the commiltse, although
several OF their number we're placed in
nomination. This Is the hIste With the
votes which the cautui csst of the mem
bers whose selection will be formsly
confirmed by the House when the CON-
lniItee Is eltc!edI
Votes
Walter ]. Smith, "of Iowa. ..................16S
John Dslzsll, of Pennsylvania ........ ....14s
J. Sloan Fassstt, of New York. ............1iS
Sylvester c. Smith. of California. .......1s6
Henry 8. Bogtell, Of Illinois...... ... ....l0s
Two ball t, we're taken. The fnt
four named In the preceding list received
a msjorIly oil the vIt's cast on The 6rst
ballot, aud the last two we're chosen on
the second ballet.
The six members named represent q
slst, prepared By Rspreseit We TaE-
pey, OF MiDnesois, Gu Ing the day, after
III nertps conferences WITH "a regulars
and ipsurgen!s.
Pfatt'call, the entire II juss republi
can membership Was preient, all OF the
Insurgents attending excett Mr.. Glrdoer,
Of Msssscbustts, who Was kept away on
account OF Illness.
This only incident which threstened
10 produce any thing approaching excite
inert was when Representative Tawney
arose soon after the meeting wss called
to order aud tf.red resolution
propo'iOg t1e list If six men lat
named.
Immediately there was objection from
an insurgent member from Iowa to the
restricted nominations and 40 informal
nominating ballot was proposed. To
this Mr.. TsBney denuued. Representa-
tive Mccall, of Mssssct Q t., securing
TIE floor, told Mr.. TsHney tba. 10 New
England whsn'Is slate was brought into
convention" 1t was generally consider
cd not a very democratic way OF doing
thingP. He believed there should be aD
open ballo'. Representative Payne, OF
New York, the majority leader, settled
the controversy by declaring, amid
spplau,e, In favor Of sn Informal
ballot
Mr.. Tawney Withdrew bis resolution
and Ito accompanying list. HIS slate
neverths lees, had been presert d to bis
assistants, aud proved successful on the
ballots, which followed:
The insurgents appeared to be rails.
fed, slthcu,h none OF the most radical
ones who cast their ballet for Speaker
Osnuon's depos ton last Saturday. ex-
pressed themselves on t1e tn ct
Previous TO tie csueus the Insurgents
held meeting az which several members
opposed both Ds'zlll ard FAs.eit and
agreed to CONTEXT their selection. At
the same time they sgreed that they
would abide By the result.
The democrats will caucus tonight to
name tbe fouF members allotted to the
minority, and the whole list will be
brought before the H use Friday for
formal election.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24

SECRETARY WILSON has announced
that the Department of Agritul u,e will
renew it, campaign to prevent the sale
of four blosched with chemicals. These
Effort, should never have been lessened.
Toe polsonen Of foods and those who
sell foods for what they are not should
be shown no consideration whatever.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24

Because Mss. Clara Newcomb, twenty
Eve years old, OF Wilmingtop. Del,
would not leava her husband and elope
With Charles Tyndali, aged txeuty-ibree
yesrs, TYndslI yesterday afternoon thi
and killed the woman and then sent two
bullets iulo lis brain, dying sincst
instantly. The double tragedy occuttd
st the home Of Mrs., Nsrcomb,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24

DR.. Cook. Ike Horace G;ee,Y, re-
allies th,t fame Is a vspOr, that riches
take t. themselves wings. DR.. William
II. Axttll, of B,lllngham, Wash,
personal friend Of Cook, received letttl
yesterday from Mrs. Cook, dated Vslpf
raise, Chile, in which she ssid The ex'
pl1rer is broken in health and is with
out funds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24
Suicide of a Youue woman.

Baltimore, Md, March "a --Piuning
paper target upon her breast at over
the heart, Miss Lillian P. COLLINS 26
years old, OF 100 wet 9th street, early
today turned the pistol on the "bulls
eye" aod fred hullet through h'r
heart, dying Instantly. None Of The
girls family could account for her aci.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24

As sht,5 yesterday tae bill providing
for the raising OF the bstlleship Msiue
10 II vsns harbor was passed by the
House oa tat day, II the bill becomes
a law waiting world may ascertain
whether the explosion was from within
n, Ontaida
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24

A commitment for William Bend, for
mer Pfesidtnt OF the PllIsburg Common
O uncll who wss convicted Of bribery,
was today given to the Sheriff by District.
At oruey Blskely and before night, Brand
Is expected 10 be con6ued tis Western
Pepileutisry,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24
DIED.

On Wednes lay, March %, 1910, Mrs.
MARY JANE GREEN, widow Of the late
George ii. Green. in the 9lst year Of her sge.
Funeral from the residence Of her niece,
Mrs.. j. w. Hammond. 226 north Fsirfi Z
street, Friday March 18th, st three o'clock
p, nj. Friends invited. Intsrment In the
Asthodist Protestant cemetery
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24

Medicines that aid nature are always
most successful, Chamberlain Cough
Remedy att, on this plan. 1t loosens
the cough, relieves the lnDgs, opens the
seer tlons snd aids nsture 10 restoring
the system to healthy condition. Sold
By W. F, orsigtt'u & o., sad Richard
Glbs9p,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24

Virginia Earle, the iormer comic opera
star, recently 10 vAudevills, was removed
to q private san t,rium In New York t.
dsy wbsre she Is to be operssd on for APP
peudiclis. Her condition Is called ,erI.
ous. Miss Earle was stricken yesterday,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24

Rear Admiral Joho EntwisIe, U. S
N, retired, died at his home Ia Pstsr.
son, n. j., yesterday, at the sge of "a
years. He was 10 the boiler room Of
the Monitor DUNG the famous engage.
ment With the YIrginis 10 the civil var.
Admiral Entwlsle vas also with Dewey
at the battle of Manila bay.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24
From Washington.

tOcEespoudsnss Of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, March "a.
Toe president this afternoon Dominsted
the following Wig mia postmssteTs;
SAMUEL f. OhspmaO, CovingtoD; Wm.
T. Hopkins, Nesport News; St ID Boil.
ling, PIT rsbnrs; Willism II Faulkner,
S9uth Boston; Emmett W. Brittle, Wake
6sld; aud Harvey Far, Wsynesaoro,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-24

George Norman Pierce, sged Ga, head
of the sut ,mobile manufacturing com.
pany Of George N. Pierce & o.. died In
Baaslo, n, y, early today,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-23

fight, in the education that we Inn
part, In the charity that we dispense.
We consume miles of white paper in
printing the speeches in Congress and
the messages of the Presidents; we
food our columns with accounts of the
two brutes who are going TO fight for
the championship we give pages to
Sports" and we do not see any harm,
therefore, in printing a column now
and then about the greatest agency
OF civilization that has ever been known
in the world. The echoes of marching
feet have died out of the streets of
the great Metropolis; the sweat and
Crime of crazy demonstration have
been washed off; the shouting of the
captains is over: but there stands un-
moved and immovable "the Figure of
Christ the hope of the world. There
is nothing else.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-23

| this matter 1t might very properly. dis
| cuss the whole question of State
| finance, for 1t requires no prophet to
foresee trouble in New York over tax
alton. The Republican Legislature
| OF recent years has been prodigal and
| wasteful, and has spent money with
a lavish hand. In addition to increas-
ing the debt almost sevenfold, the
| Legislature has swelled the annual
budget from s23,934,O0O in 1900, to si2,-
2G2,000 in 1910, and shows no inclina-
ton to retrench. At the present rate
OF increase In the cost of gov
eminent 1T Will not. be many years
wealth. will be on the verge OF bank
ruptcy.
on general principles. a state debt
is not an evil. If it Increase the tax
payers burden. 1t also increases his
conveniences, and 1t properly burdens
the future to pay for what the future
will enjoy In addition, a state debt
establishes a standard of credit and,
as Adam Smith pointed out more than
a century ago, 1t increases the circula-
tion of good money. Notwithstanding
all this, there are limitations to the
amount of debt any State should as
standardization fixed not only by the
integrity of the lawmakers, but by the
rate of financial progress in the state.
a debt of sl5oOoo.ooo with annual in
terest of s5,ooo,ooo may not be bur-
den on New York in the future, but
no man can tell how that State will adj
vance. and no generation has a right
to burden prosperity more than 1T
benefits.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-23
ANOTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE.

That was a wonderful performance
carried twenty passengers in his air.
ship three hundred miles in nine
hours The average speed at which he
travelled was thirty three miles the
hour; but for third of the distance
he flew along at ffty-one miles the
hour. His tires We're not punctured,
he did not lose control" never
''skiddedr once. and, altogether mad a
very fine trip 1t is reported that his
airship is fitted with restaurant in
which passengers can obtain buffet
service just as If they We're travelling
In a parlor car railroad train. This is
very nice; but we would like TO sug-
sest to Mr. Zeppelin that he cut Bos-
ton baked beans out of the menu, and
that he might spare water crackers
also, and canned goods generally. dur
Ing the fresh vegetable season.
After a while the air will be filled
with flying things. There will be
many casualties, of course before the
navigation OF the upper deep is made
safe, but the time is coming when it
will be as safe to ny IS it is 10 ride
in railroad coaches. What the rules
of the roads viii be, we do not know;
what provision Will be made for rights
of way and how the General Govern
ment Will regulate traffic we cannot
imagine, but some way will have to be
found under the law of eminent do
main" TO tax the birds. We may not
be able to catch them when the are
rising, but surely the tax-gatherer
will be able TO get them when they try
to light. Just as ships coming into
port from the sea of water are COM
PEELED 10 pay pilotage fees. 50 the
ships that come down from the sea OF
air can be forced to contribute to the
general fund
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-23

Moreover, how could the Woman's Nj.
make TN AFFIDAVIT with reflex actioni
1t is all very strange that the First
Discoverer OF the Pole should be
, euchred out of his glory for the bcne-
fit of any one who followed very much
his course in getting there; but this is
not the first time in history when the
man who does things gets no credit
Tor having done them rake our own
America named for Amerigo yes-
pucci. Dago sailor, instead Of
for Columbus, the Italian gem
tleman who was stnked by Isabella,
OF Spain; or for the still earlier dis
coverers who came down from the
North and found New England and left
1t undisturbed instead of losing 1t for
good. 1t is not the inventor who
makes the money, but the man who
buys the patents. Until last year and
this it was not the man who grew the
cotton who prospered by it; but tho
man who manipulated the crop.
In this case 1t is not Dr. Frederick
A. Cook, who went to the Pole all by
himself and before anybody else ever
got there. who receives the credit for
the Discovery. but Peary, who got
there with Matt Henson We should
far rather have stayed away from the
Pole altogether than to have gone
there in such company. This is
white mans country, As matter of
fact. there is not a man living. except
Peary and Henson, who can swear that
Peary ever got to the Pole. He says
he got there and we believe him; but
how is he going to prove 1t? That's
the question. We do not mind saying
that since Matteson and the woman's
National Daily have fallen into line,
that we and the Springfield Republican
do not feel nearly so lonesome. But
we are right, and DR.. Cook is still liv-
ing somewhere to prove it,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-23

month that these women have not per-
formed real service to the South and
to the Nation.
Few people who visit the Confeder-
ate Museum know the value OF the rel
les there or appreciate the vast
labor expended in collecting so
many memorials of the past. The
women OF the Society had nothing but
dilapidated old building when they
began They had not a dollar of en-
dowment and not relic Of Import
ance. Yet they have gathered one Of
the most remarkable collections of
relics In the world; they have small
but well-secured endowment; they have
archives and manuscripts that are alb
solutely priceless; and they have
well-equpped establishment worth
thousands of dollars. The Society has
done all this at cost which Is ridicu-
lousy small and it's members have
given their time. for fifteen years,
without financial reward.
There are some things that money
cannot buy in this country, thank
God; and patriotism Is ono of these
things. The women of the Society
have patriotism. and this accounts for
all that they have done. They have
wrought for the future and they may
be assured that their Museum will be a
monument to them as we'll as to the
brave men and women whose relics 1T
crate Museum will be one of the shrines
of America, and its founders Will be
remembered as among the truest
friends of historical truth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-23
NEW YoRk,s MOUNTING DEBT.

Governor Hughes sprang a surprise
on the New York Legislature when 1t
met in special session the other day
by asking 1T TO levy direct tax to
meet the demands of the State sinking
fund. The legislators went to Albany
under the Impression that Hughes had
convened them to pass his direct pri-
maries bill. and they were not espe-
c!ally pleased, when they found that
the Governor had outlined enough hard
work TO keep them at Albany for n
month and more during the hottest
days of the summer.
The Governor evidently knows wha,
he IL about, despite the grumbling OF
the Legislators, and he is certainly
right in asking the New York law
makers to make provision for the debt
During recent years. it will be recol-
lacted, the people OF New York have
approved a number OF laws authorizing
The issue of canal and road bonds for
total OF more than il5o,o00,0OO
| While a large part of these bonds Is
yet TO be sold, the State debt has in
creased from s7.5oo.oo0 to more than
S4l,ooo,ooo in the last eight years, The
interest charges on this debt are nat.
urally met from the current revenue
and heretofore the sinking fund of So,
655,ooo has been made part of tht
regular State budget, The Govarno,
rightly thinks that so large an item
as the latter should be met by ;
special tax, as authorized by Law. an,
Should not be perpetual drain on tn,
State Treasury, 81,
i While the legislature is considerin
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-23
"cooK REACHED THE POLE,

Like refreshing showers TO a parched
land, like the shadow of great rock
over an unsheltered head when tho
sun is burning iercely in sky Of
brass, comes a word of encoura cement
and jubilant hope from where rolls
the Oregon" Mr. L. S. Matteson writes
to the Woman's National Daily: II be-
lieve that Cook reached the Pole. !
believe that Peary did not; and then
Mr.. Matteson tells why" in the fol-
lowing absolutely convincing fashions:
No person can describe route they
have never been over. Cook did de.
scribe the route from Etah to the
Pole, and Pcary's adherents doubted
Then comes Peary and not only cor.
roborates Cook, but goes him one bet
ter. saying that he (Peary) had made
forty miles in one day-more than
twice the distance Cook claims to have
travelled: good evidence for Cook.
Peary sent back his captain when 100
or more miles from the Pole Had
ieary actually reached the Pole no
mad no need to be so Jealous of Cook.
for Cooks story would have corrobor-
ated his own, Cook has taken manly
| STAND. showing no small minded teal
/ ousy or little meanness in the matter
! cannot conceive Cook and his back
| ers to be fools enough to fake a mat
/ ter of this sort with discovery and
| exposure almost certain. AS the Wo.
mans National Daily truly says No
| one has yet made an affidavit against
MIN tcookl who has not also indicted
| himself
we should like very much to meet
you, Mi Matteson; we have not found
so great faith as yours anywhere ex
eept In our own inner consciousness.
and at times in the Office Of the
Springfield Republican. The Charlotte
Observer started right. but was not
'tted for so long a journey, and got a
little sprung In some Of IT'S joints
but its place is more than supplied by
the Woman's National Daily. which,
we are delighted to learn, Is on thu
right side in this battle once begun
bequeathed from bleeding sire to son.
| home, 80 to say.
1t Is true, as Mr.. Matteson says, that
| Cook has taken manly stand" and
has discovered degree OF patience
under atiilction which shows how
white-souled, not to say white livered,
he is We do not know where he Is
now; but we may be sure that he is
discovering something and will take
good care not to let anybody get hold
of his advanced proofs the next time.
Besides, what difference does 1t make
whether Peary got TO the Pole or notY
What good did 1T do anybody If he
did? How much better off is Matt
Henson for his experiences and how
has IT affected the cost Of living in
this country? IT may be that the Es-
kimo are not served with fresh vege.
tables in the Spring time, but what II
i theS are not Are there not others n,
many summer resorts and other places
u OF entertainment in our own fair landI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-23
THE JuLEp AND THE SQUASH.

The very much esteemed William
Jennings Bryan Catalogue, commonly
called The Commoncr.'' which goes
rate of postage, has been reading the
mint julep articles in the Houston Post
and The imes-Dispatch, and observes
that these editorials indicate that the
writer's have real knowledge with the
subject under discussion--an observa-
tion that may not always be made with
respect to their editorials on Democ-
racy." We cannot speak for our Texan
friend and we know that 1t shows a
wretchedly uneducated taste, but we
must say, b. way of explanation, that
we have never tried the julep but
three times, and that we do not like 1t
as we'll as the straight stuff. because
one can never tell what 1t is going to
do to him We would venture the
statement, however, that out in Texas
II does not matter what 1t will do to a
person. and. after Cone is elected. al
most anything of a potable sort viii
be welcome. thrice welcome, to the
Pest.
So much for the mint ju!ep, and now
we would direct the attention of our
Houston contemporary to the aspersions
that are cast by the Catalogue on its
Democracy. Il has been Boosting in
a shameful manner about how 1t had
no
advocate OF the rights of the People,
out of the Bryan party, with the hope
that its own disreputable conduct
might be concealed, and 10. by one
motion, the Catalogue has Gu, ii out
of the Party also. The thing that we
do not quite understand is how the
Catalogue could have spared so much
space for the advertising of the staple
goods it does not keep in stock. Eight
lines devoted to The Timcs-Dispatch
and the Houston Post is just eight
lines taken away from advertising the
special goods it has been making run
on ever since it was started. The Post
master-General does not allow the lit
erature of other mail houses to
go through the mails at newspaper
rates, and he should be jerked up by
Mr.. Taft for his favoritism in the case
OF the Bryan Catalogue. The grower
of squashes in Texas would not be per-
mitted to enjoy the mail privileges ex-
tended to the squash that is produced
weekly in Nebraska. To the Govern
ment at Washington all squashes should
look alike until they are all "squshed."