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William Gillette is now at work
on a new comedy.
Nanette Comstock of the "A Fool
There Was company, created tn.
school mistress in Clyde Fitch :
Lovers Lane
Oreste Vessella, the band leader,
was born in Rome. His wife, how
ever, is an American. She was Miss
Egan of Cincinnati.
Kate Elinor and Laura Gerite have
been engaged for leading roles in the
American production of the English
musical success. "Dick Wilmington
Miss Margaret Anglin gave her last
performance in The Awakening of
Helena Ritchie' at the Savoy theatre,
New York, on Christmas night.
Lauretta Taylor, Dorothy Dorr,
Robert Warwick and Ann Warning
ton appeared in Stamford, Conn, the
other day in a play by Kate Jordan,
called Mrs Dakon.'
The place of George Arliss in
''Septimus" has been taken by Claus
Bogel, who was the stars understudy.
Mr.. Bogel played the role of the
French soldier in the story.
In THE Fourth Estate" the limo
type machines are operated by reg
ular members of the Typographical
union, who receive union wages for
the time they are on the stage.
Forbes Robertson made a speech
at the bazaar of the Woman's Suf-
frage .league in New York, announc-
ing herself as a convert to the cause
and predicting its entire success
E. H. Sothern and Miss Julia Mar.
lowe begin a joint engagement at the
Belasco theatre for the week of Jan.
uary g. They will present roper
toire of classical plays
Bertram Marburgh has been en-
gagged to play the principal comedy
role in support of Clara Lipman in
"Marjory's Mother" an adaptation
from Bison and Turner's ''La Mar
riage dune Etoile."
AS Clude Fitch's last play. kitty
| and the Canary" was not completed
4 Of tho t;pno of Tho p1oyu,r;ubt,c dootI
it will not be produced This de-
cision was reached at the request Of
the late authors family.
Henry B. Harris will star Heller
Ware in ''The Turning Point new
play by Byron Ongley, one of the
authors of 'Brewsters Millions.
Miss Ware played the part of Annie
Jeffries in 1.-THE Third Degree
Lawrence Irving and his wife
Mabel Hackney will make an Ameri
can tour this season under the man.
agement of the Shuberts. They will
appear in THE Incubus" and will
have the support of an American
company.
Rehearsals have just begun of F.
Anstey's farce comedy THE Brass
Bottle" now in its second year al
the Vaudeville theatre, London. Tn.
play will have its first American pro
duction in Atlantic City, January 18
Pierre Wolff. author of 1.-THE Sc
cret of Polichinelle." whose new play
is to be produced this winter at the
Coincide Franchise, will turn the
play over to Charles Frohman fol
English production directly after it.
Paris production.
Henry E. Dixey will appear mex
month in a new comedy, mr.. But
Ties" written by F. A. Munner Of
Baltimore, Md. newcomer among
playwrights. The play is in rehearsal
and will soon be produced under tn.
management of Walter Lawrence
The scenes are laid in England ant
there are twenty-one persons in tn,
cast.
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Rev. Graves and two daughters,
Mabel and Elizabeth. left today for
Wenatchee where thy expect to
make their home. In the two years
of Mr.. Graves pastorate he has
built up the society wonderfully. IN
that time they have purchased their
own church edifice and now own .
nice parsonage along with it. Mr..
Graves Is a very able man and made
many friends, not only in his congre-
cation but outside of it. The Misses
Graves will be very much missed In
a social way as well. The COED
wishes of the community will -
with them to their home IN Wenat-
chee.-Douglas County Press.
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Oklahoma Two-Cent FARE Case

ST. Louis, Jan. 3.A large arrav of
legal talent assembled in the federal
court of appeals in this city today
for the hearing of the Injunction suit
to restrain the state of Oklahoma
from enforcing the two-cent passen-
ger rate and lower schedule of
freight rates. The railroads interest.
ed In the suit. each of which was
represented by counsel, are the Atchi-
son. Topeka & Santa Fe, the Nilsson
RI, Kansas & Texas, the Kansas City
Southern and the Midland Valley.
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APPLE IS
OVER RATED
A. M. WRIGHT, AFTER TOURING
WEBFOOT STATE, FINDS THE
NORTHWEST HAS 1T GREATLY
BEATEN.

We'll, saw big part of the
northwest during the past few
weeks" said A. M. Wright on his re-
turn from vacation trip through
Oregon and California, to an Ellens-
burg Record reporter.
"On my trip visited Roseburg,
Eugene, Medford, Grants Pass and
Ashland, Oregon, ana got as far
south as Redding, Cal. In each of the
places I visited I studied the pros
poets of development and while they
were good in some of the places.
they did not compare with the op-
portunities in this valley.
THE apple districts of Oregon are
overrated. There are tons of ap-
pies lying on the ground. Prices are
so low that it does not pay to pick the
fruit. Apples are selling in Oregon
for SO cents box. But they are of
such a poor quality that they are not
worth more. Oregon Spitzenberg
apples are ripe now and are fine for
eating. The Jonathan apples ripen
early in the winter and at this time
the 1909 crop is not fit for eating.
1.-THE best reason found for stay
ing away from Oregon lay in the
talks I had with Charles Eigington
and John McNabb, of Ashland. Both
of these gentlemen used to live ir
Ellensburg and are ready to leave
Ashland. Dick Poland. we'll known
here, now living in Eugene, gave me
discouraging reports of his district.
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Racing All Day New Years.

The New Years races on Spring
water avenue Saturday morning were
continued on Wenatchee avenue in
the afternoon. The horses were in
their stalls, but the races were run
by heats all the afternoon. Radium
didn't break any more, and Dick :
caulked foot got. all right so that he
passed Lola early in the run. San
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tam was altogether too good to trot
with School Girl, and Nettie Han
liked the uneven going even better
than Britta did. And IL the doctor
hadn't broken that axle. Huh. 4:SS
wasn't fast.
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Misuse of Great Power

The use by the speaker of the pow
er of his official position. power
given entirely by the rules, to crush
the politictl life out of his fellow
members, simply because they did
not agree with him on how much
authority should be delegated to his
Office, was ungenerous, unmanly. and
narrOw-inded, but it was within the
technical authority granted by the
rules. The crime of the insurgents
is that they demand this wonderful
power shall be taken away from the
speaker. | believe they are right;
but, whether right or wrong, the
principle of free and representative
government demands that they should
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S|[A[TRY ATTACK
ON INSURGENTS
CONGRESSIONAL OMMITTE e
SENDS INSIDIOUS LETTERS TO
HOME DISTRICTS--WELL Or
CANNED CAMPAIGN PLANNED

Washington, jan THAT the Re-
publican congressional committee is
making at attempt to smother the in
surgents in their home districts has
just come to light. Press notices are
being sent out each week to the news
papers of the districts which have
insurgents as their representatives, in
which the insurgent movement is de-
rided and decried and the motives of
the leaders impugned.
Several copies of the press circu-
lars mailed out last week to the
weekly papers of the country under
the signature of the congressional
committee have come into the hands
of the insurgents. They purport to
to be news letters from Washington
Along with information of general
nature. there are items about the
insurgents. These letters are clever
ly inserted in the body of the news
letters at intervals so that the week
ly publisher, if he uses letter at all,
would be apt to use it all and thus
congressman.
Tnurgents Confer.
Victor Murdoch of Kansas aniother
Insurgents held meeting Sunday to
consider offensive and defensive
plans against this attack on the par1
of the regular organization OF the
house of representatives They be-
lieve that this action of the com.
mittee confirms the statements which
have been attributed to Speaker
Cannon that war will be declared on
every insurgent in the house
I'VE will defeat them in the pri-
maries if we can; if unsuccessful
there, we will defeat them at the
polls 81 would rather have the
democrat here than the insurgent. .
the speaker has been quoted as say
ing.
ut clearly shows how worried the
old gang is about the situation" said
Congressman Norris today. They
have seen the handwriting on the
wall. They know that the end OF
Cannonism is in sight. If it does not
come in this congress it will in the
next
Il have been looking for some an
nouncement to come out of Danville
that the speaker is going to retire
from politics." said Murdoch 1T
has come to me on good authority
that Uncle Joe would willingly step
down and out if it were not for the
fact that everybody would say he was
pushed out by the insurgents. He
declares he will stay until hell freezes
over before he will be pushed out by
gang of insurgents, but | don't be-
lieve he will stay that long. His
friends are now preparing a cushion
for him to light on when he is kicked
cut
Post Takes New Stand
The New York Evening Post
which has been noted for it's stand
pattism. is out this week with re-
sumo of the fight against Cannonism
and has published articles from a
large number of the progressive re-
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Notice.

From and after December 81, 1908
neither F. R. Colbert or e. w. Elliott
are this company's authorized REP
resentatives.
FURAY-CULvHR COMPANY.
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The leading grocers of WenatcAee
say that Fslgsr's Golden Gate Il Tie
best coffee on the market. sss
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be allowed TO exercise their constitu-
tional prerogatives as members OF
congress without fear or possibility
OF punishment from the presiding Of
ficer
The speaker should be the servant
of the house, doing its will; instead
of its master, controlling its action.
Those who defend the present rules
of the house invariably defend them
in some particular where no attack
has been made In the public speeches
that the speaker has recently been
making, he has made no defense of
the rules at any point where they
have been attacked. He defends the
ruling Of Speaker Reed, and yet no
one is complaining of that rule. The
insurgents have not attacked that
ruling, but on the contrary they de-
fend it. The speaker says that un-
limited debate would result in legis-
lative disaster and yet no one has
asked for such a rule. He devotes
his time to trying to be the real issue,
and defends the rules wherein they
need no change in order to detract
attention from the real point of at
tack.
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publicans. In an editorial, the Post
says that If there were not already
a lot of insurgents in the country, 1t
would be the duty of the newspapers
of the country to manufacture some.
Among these articles in the Post
is one from George w. Norris of Me-
braska in which he scathingly ar
raigns the power of the speaker
which has been used in such vim
dictive manner by Uncle Joe in the
years he has been in power.
Mr.. Norris article is as follows:
The insurgents in the nvuec of rep
resentatives are fighting a system and
not individuals. " Cannonism" Is no
Individual, but the machine. 1t goes
deeper and far beyond any personal
ity. The speaker is the head of a
political organisation of which he is
the only nstrument-the means
by which it's will is carried out The
speaker derives all his power from
the rules of the house. The particul-
ar source of that power which gives
him influence in controlling legis-
lation greater than is possessed by
any other person. excepting alone the
president, is that rule which author
ICES him to select the standing COM
mittees of the house.
Must Obey Speaker.
A member cares more for a good
committee appointed than for any,
thing else connected with political
life. To get the desired place, he must
have the favor Of the speaker, and
to retain it must obey the commands
of the speakers machine. BY this
power the speaker can reward those
who are faithful and at the same
| time punish those who refuse to obey.
| This rule gives him the key to the pie
counter and places him in control of
! the political guillotine. In the palm
of his mighty hand he holds the po.
litical destiny of practically every
member
In the appointment of the COM
| mittee of the present house we have
| merciless use of this autocratic pow
err. Every insurgent was discriminat-
ed against, and his place given to
some one who had faithfully followed
the speakers lead. What had these
. men done? By their voice and vote
they said the speaker had too much
power, and that the authority to ap-
point the standing committees of the
| house should be taken away. Each
ore of these represented a district
as large as that represented by the
speaker-Just as many people and
just as intelligent and patriotic. Und-
er the constitution and under the law
of the country the power of each
one of them was equal to that of the
speaker, but under this one rule of
the house he was able to destroy the
usefulness of all of them-simply
| because they insisted on following the
dictates of their own consciences
refused to surrender their honest
convictions at the request of auto
cratic power
Misuse of Great Power
The use by the sneaker of tho now
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-25
A WASHINGTON BEAUTY.

Miss Elsa Portner, Of Washington
the debutante daughter of the late
Robert w. Portner, is the youngest oil
four sisters, all noted for their beauty.
With her mother and sister she has
Travelled for two years i'll Europe re-
turning to make her debut, the first
week in December, at the Portner resi-
dence on New Hampshire avenue.
Mrs. Portner has arranged a series oil
dances and luncheons for her daugh-
ter during January and New Year
ball at Rauscher's. Miss Portner IS
tall and graceful. Her hair IS dark
and yavy and her features very hand
some. All OF the Portner girls are
noted for their exquisite taste in dress
Robert Portner left each OF his
daughters an enormous fortune, max
ing them among the richest young
women in Washington. i New YORK
American.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

The sailors OF the American warships
at Cherbourg fraternized with the
French sailors yesterday treating them
to dinner and festivities were arranged
for them in other cities.
The preliminary plans OF the Russell
Sage Foundation, for the establishment
of model suburban city, we're an
nounced in New York yesterday.
Baron Loreburn, lord chancellor, de-
clared in the British House OF Lords
Yesterday that England would never
get in complete accord with the United
States until they got rid OF the Irish
difficulty.
With the formal reading OF the in
dictment, the trial OF L. G. Dulaney,
the wealthy Mississippi planter charged
with bribery in connection with the
election of United States senator, be-
gan in earnest yesterday at Yazoo CITY.
Feeling that he had nothing 10 be
thankful for, while all about him were
people enjoying the Thanksgiving Day,
Michael MCGEE, 26 years old, commit
ted suicide in Central Park, New York
yesterday afternoon by shooting in the
head. Il haven't anything to b.
thankful for on this day OF ThsnkSgiv
ing" passersby heard him mutter
With that he whipped out a revolver
and pressing the muzzle to his bead
fired. He died instantly.
Mrs. Karl Gross, OF New York, aay'
her iour-year-old son Benjamin cen
for candy yesterday because 1t wa
Thanksgiving. While she was busl
with the holiday dinner, the boy wen
across the street to candy store. Oh
the way back he was run down by
| truck and killed. When the parent
Joined the crowd in the street, no
knowing what had happened, Mrs
| Gross fell iainting into her husband
arms as she saw the little body OF he
son with a stick OF candy still graspe'
tightly in one hand. The police re
serves we're called out TO protect tn
dryer Of the truck from the Iniariass
leTeWal
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Federation of Labor.

St. Louis, Nov. 25.-Talk OF naming
an opponent to Samuel Gompers as
president Of the American Federation
of Labor has subsidized. 1t is under
stood TO-DAY, however, Victor l.. Berger
or Max Hayes, the leading socialists,
will vote in the negative when the labor
leaders name is proposed, so as not to
make his selection unanimous, satisfy
ing themselves with the fight they have
made to Dust William Huber, OF In
dianapolis, from the vice presidency
Rochester, n. Y; Atlanta, Ca
Washington, d. c., and Minneapolis
Mimi. are bidding for the 1911 con
vention.
The right Of union locals and labor
councils of cities to declare boycott
against industries, is denied by a ruling
of the executive council Of the fedora
ton which today ended the at
tempted boycott against the SAL
Francisco Call by solicitor union
The convention approved the ruling
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WAR ON HAT PINS.

The police president OF Berlin has
,red war on the dangerously pro-
ng hatpin.
a proclamation issued yesterday
Is the attention Of the women OF
Y to the many recent reports OF
injuries inflicted by hatpins that pro-
ject beyond the rims of women s hats
The accidents have been especially fire.
quent in street cars and usually men
are the victims.
The president calls upon the women
either to cease using long pins or turn
the points so that they will not be
constant menace to the travelling public
He adds that while he expects tha
the women will comply with his reason
able request he isprepared in the even
that they do not, to adopt compulsory
measures.
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A Socialists Threat.

New York, Nov. 25.-A threat that
unless a pardon is granted to socialist
editor a revolution Of violence" will
result during the present decade is con-
tanned in a letter sent today by Upton
Sinclair, noted socialist author, to
President Taft. Sinclair demands exc
cutive action in the case OF Fred d.
Warren, editor Of theAppeal to Reason
of Grad, Kans., whose sentence Of
six months in Leavworth prison and
fine OF $500 for violating the postal
regulations has Just been affirmed by
United Stated Circuit Court OF Appeals
Of st. Paul. Warren's conviction l:
characterized by Sinclair as an 10
credible travesty upon justice" and q
nagrant case Of the persecution OF
man for his political opinion" War
ren's offense was sending postal cards
through the mails offering reward
to anyone that would "kidnap re
publican politician, former Gov. Taylor
Of Kentucky, under indictment II
Kentucky for the murder OF Gov
Gocbel, from Indiana" where he wa
then living. Warren's action followed
the capture and transfer from Colorado
to Idaho OF William d. Haywood
Charles II. Meyer and George Petit
bone accused Of the murder Of Franl
Steunenberg.
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Murderer COnfesses.

Trenton. n. j., Nov. 25.-John
Sears confessed today that he killed
Minister Ami L. Armstrong and his
wife to get a share Of the minister's es-
tate that was coming to him IN the
will after the preachers death.
The double murder was committed
at Dutch Neck, nine miles east OF this
city Wednesday night. Sears IS
half-breed negro.
Rachel Sears, mother OF the man,
who has been a servant in the Arm
strong family nearly forty years, is also
under surveillance. The police have
been working on the theory that only
some one who new intimately the
habits OF the minister aud bis vile
could have committed the crime. This
fact and the discovery that the
mother OF the Sears told an entirely
different story from that OF her sor
caused the police to work on Sears.
The apartments were not looted anC
the gun with which the shooting IS be
lieyed to have been done was one which
Sears had borrowed from a nelghboI
on November IA.
Sears, under cover OF night took thu
prosecution and detectives to the scen'
OF the murder and showed them wher'
| he had hidden the stolen watch OF tn
dead pastor. He told them how n
committed the crime in a dramati
scene in the conrt house. His mothe
&will be arrested.
Sears, according to his confession
planned to kill both the minis
| ter and his wife, believing that hI
mother, the only other occupant OF tn
House, would not inform on him
Sears said also he had an idea that
| he got rid OF the old couple their wealt.
would come to him. In describing hi
actions, Sears said he went to Me-
Brunswick as he intended about
clock Wednesday evening, but re
turned shortly afterwards. Enterln
the house with bis shot gun he first sht
the aged woman as she advanced
to meet and then turned on the minis
ter and shot him.
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u,mnton Magazine il one Of the hes

Hampton Magazine is one OF the bes
periodicals. published; its December
number, which has been received from
It's editors in New York, opens with a
we'll illustrated article on Du:Sel-
dori, claimed to be the best
managed city Ia the world.
The Children's Plague" tells OF the
rapid spread Of the disease known as
iuiantile paralysis. The Surrender OF
New England" describes how federal
activity duped state, and Walter
Wellman writes OF his Air Ship Expert
ences. In Hayward Children" an
ideal way to handle juvenile offenders
against the Law, is suggested. Other
excellent articles, fist class fiction, cur
rent comment, personalities Snd stirring
editorials complete this issue.
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The December number Of Every
body which has been received from its
publishers in New York, keeps up the
always high standard OF this magazine.
In its leading article Under the
Prophet in Utah" Frank J. Cannon
reveals the true political situation in
that state and the need of reform.
James Hopper describes just how it
feels to fly, in "On the back of the
Dragon In the fourth instalment OF
TT" the politics of business is consid'
cred, aud "A World Afre' proves
the inadequacy of our forestry service
The fourth instalment OF The Women
Of Tomorrow deals with the MASTERS Of
the sex. Five short stories and Ken
Beach's rserial give excellent fiction.
The Players" is we'll illustrated and
"A Row OF Books" Under the Chest
npt Trse, paud with 'Eyerybody's Pub
Fshers7 gre aWppg the depsTlms0sr
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PERSONAL.

Mrs. r. c. Powell is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Louis S. Scott, at WINS
low, n. ]. ~ NJ
Cadet Douglas Mclean OF the '. M'
|. is at home, that institution, as mere
tofore stated, having furloughed INC
corps until January 4. ..o,,
Mrs Horace d. Ashton is quite SICK
at her home on Duke street. ~
The Alexandria German CLUB VIII
give its Thanksgiving dance, the hr >.
Of the season, at Elks' Hall tonight. ~
Is exnected that a number OF out-oi-
town ouests will be in attendance. :.
Mr. Lewis c. Nails and wiie, iel'
Yesterday to visit relatives IN Eimors'
| Ala.
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An Echo of the crlppen Case.

London, Nov. 22.-That he wa;
"wronefully convicted" and the
victim of horrible judicial, " is the
contention purported to have been
made by DR.. II. II. Crippen in letter
printed this afternoon by Lloyds News.
The letter, according to the newspaper,
was furnished by Ethel Leneve, anc
was written to her few minutes before
the doctor was executed. 1t fills three
columns.