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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
VERDICT For PLAINTIFF.

The jury in the case Of Chichester,
administrator Of the estate OF the late
Charles A. Waller, against the P, f.
& P. r. r. in the Circuit Court Of Or
ange returned Monday with a verdict
Of 5000 for the plaintiff, $4,000 to
the children and 81, 200 to Mrs. Waller.
The railroad company will appeal the
case again. The damages awarded are
the same given in the first trial OF the
suit, which was appealed to the Court
OF Appeals by the company and re-
versed.
Waller, who was employed as a
brakeman by the company, met his
death at finders in 1908 by falling from
car and beneath the wheels OF the
moving train. According to the plain
tiff's claim the accident was due to the
negligence on the part Of the company,
while the latter contends that Walters
death was entirely accidental and could
not be avoided.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
DIR. COOKS CONFESSION.

Saws He was Half-mad when he Con-
WINGED Himself he had Discovered the
POIe-Cook says it would be impossible
for any Person TO Demonstrate he
reached il
New York, Nov. 30.-Dr. Cook has
made a written statement. He says:
did / get to the North Pole Per-
haps made mistake in thinking l
did. Perhaps l did not make mis-
take. After mature thought, confess
that do not know absolutely whether
l reached the pole. This may come
as an amazing statement. but l am
willing to startle the world, il by so
doing can get an opportunity to
present my case. By my case / mean
not my case as a geographical discov-
erer, but my case as man. Much as
the attainment OF the North Pole once
meant to me, the sympathy and con-
fdence OF my fellow-men means
more.
Fully, freely and frankly, / shall
tell everything-aad leave the decision
with you. H. after reading my story
you say Cook is sincere and honest;
half crazed by months OF isolation and
hunger he believed that he reached tho
pole; he is not n faker, then | shall be
satisfied.
DIR. Cook tells his life story and pie
lures the overpowering ambition for
exploration that beset him until finally
it eliminated in his effort to reach the
pole. He declares that at the time he
convinced himself that he had discover
ed the pole he was half mad. He
spent two and one-half years in his
quest and during that period endured
hunger and priyation that, he says,
would unbalauce any mind.
Cook declares that it would be inn
possible for any man to demonstrate
that he had been TO the North Pole.
He characterizes the far north as a
region OF insanity where one cannot
believe the evidences gathered by ones
own eye.
He says that he had always looked
upon the discovery OF the pole az an
achievement for his own personal salts
faction--for the satisfaction Of n craving
aud desire that was greater than any
other factor in his life. When he
found how tremendous sensation his
statement that he attained the pole
created, he was overcome with be.
wilderment.
One Of the most remarkable facts
brought out by Cooks story is the fact
that all the time he has been away,
with the shrewdest newspaper men in
the world on his trail, with newspapers
offering sums that ranged into the
thousands for the slightest definite news
of his Whereabouts, he has never worn
a disguise and has never taken any un'
usual precaution to conceal his identity
Cook will return to the United States
with his wife and children, December
%, in order to spend Christmas among
his relatives
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
Death of Jem Mace.

London, Nov. 30.-Jem Mace, the
noted old English fighter, died today.
Mace was mt one time England's
greatest pugilist and made as ne him
self termed it barrels OF money in
the ring" Despite he died almost
poverty stricken. About a year ago he
was obliged to apply for a public old
age pension of FIVE shillings week.
Mace was born at Beeston, Norwich,
in April, 1881, and for years before
his death enjoyed the reputation Of
being the oldest living pugilist. He
prided himself on being the one man
that the game hadn't killed, and at
tributed his longevity to careful living
and fighting shy OF the booze habit.
Mace was declared at one time to
be worth S350,000 but in spite OF his
ability to keep himself in fine physical
trim, he was unable to hold onto his
roll, and was in poverty when he died.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
Impaled by Hook in Eye.

York, Pa, Nov. 3O.-Impaled in a
most peculiar manner upon a sharp
hook in his fathers barn, Jacob Bupp
endured terrible agony until help came.
Bupp was laundering though the
stable i'm the dark when he ran forcibly
against the hook, upon which harness
was hung The steel point penetrated
the lid over his right eye and scraplng
along the bone Of his forehead finally
protruded from the skin more than an
inch above the eye.
Unable to free himself Bupp strug-
gled until his outcries attracted atten-
ton. He was found hanging com
pleteIy exhausted, blood streaming
from the wound over bis face. The in
jury is a serious one, but it is not be-
lieyed that sight OF the eye will be de-
stroyed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30

THERE are many echoes of the re-
cent election, and numbers OF republl-
cans heretofore prominent in the
councils of the nation had their fences
Frustrated. Massachusetts politicians
now in Washington believe Senator
Lodge will risk defeat for reelection If
he remains in the contest in that state.
Friends as we'll as opponents OF Mr..
Lodge characterize the situation as deli
cate for him. One Of the keenest po.
politicians in the Massachusetts, dele
cation says;
1t is a question Of how many re
publicans will 60 into a caucus on The
senatorship. Nobody knows that now.
The republicans have a majority Of
only 81 on joint ballot, Of whom I
are understood to be Ames men. Tn
less there are enough willing to 60 into
a caucus for Lodge to bind the rest Oh
the party, it looks very doleiul for Mr.
Lodge. At present 1t looks as though
there will be hardly enough in caucus
TO act, if Lodge remains in the race.
There is strong opposition through
out Massachusetts, to Lodge. Mr. foas
intends to tour the state against Lodge,
whom he wants to meet in Joint debate.
The caucus is not to be called until the
Legislature meets in January. Before
that time his opponents believe Senator
Lodge will Withdraw from the race.
He now believes he can pull through
out, but the current is said TO bc run
ming too strongly against him. Iheo-
dore Rooseyelts first connection with
politics since the disastrous events Of
the sth instant, was in conference tor
day with Lodge on the possibilities OF
the latter's campaign for reelection.
This is believed to be bad omen for
Lodge.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
'ssaR WAS BREAKING FENCE.

A bear story extraordinary comes
from Cheat Mountain, near Wanless,
Pocahontas county.
Dennis Brown baited his bear trap
with apples and honey. The next
morning Brown, upon approaching the
trap, heard bear roaring with pain and
anger. Going nearer Brown saw mon
ster bear standing on his hind legs with
one OF his front legs caught in tho trap.
In his agony and fury the animal had
actually beaten and broken down the
fence and post with the trap, which
weighed about 80 pounds. The drag
chain had caught under another post
and the bear was held securely.
Brown was unarmed and had to re-
turn home after bis gun. When he
came back the animal was still heating
the fence with the heavy trap. In his
rawlings the big bear had bro ken all Of
his teeth in trying to bite off the iron
trap. One shot from Browns gun put
the sufferer out OF his misery.
The bear weighed 400 pounds gross,
and when dress weighed zee po unds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
Plead Not Guilty.

Jersey City, n. j., Nov. 30.-James
]. Gallagher, who shot Mayor Gaynor,
Of New York, on August 9, in Hobo
ken, today pleaded not guilty to indict-
ments charging him with assaulting
Street Cleaning Commissioner Bill"
Edwards and with carrying concealed
weapons. Gallaghers plea was made
with the understanding that he will be
allowed to withdraw it any time and
enter demurrer or ask for a test Of
sanity. No action was taken by Prose
cutor Garven, on the indictment charg-
ing Gallagher with assault and intent
to kill Mayor Gaynor. Gallagher's
trial on the other two trials will take
place before the end Of December.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
Girls Wed TO shIrk school.

New York, Nov. S0.-'New York'S
board OF education is alarmed over the
increasing marriages OF Italian girls,
of 16 years or less, who become wives
with their parents consent in order to
avoid the compulsory education law.
Edward B. Shallow, who is in charge
OF the department OF compulsory
education, said yesterday that fifteen
girls, all under 16 and several under
IA, had married and left school within
the last three months. While being a
wife does not necessarily exempt them
from school attendance, the board
finds it difficult to handle such cases.
1t is probable that the board will hold
a meeting in the near future to discuss
the situation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
ALEXANDRIA,, VA.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 80

An entire page Of one OF the Ne"
York papers OF last Sunday was de-
voted TO scenes following the assassi-
nation OF President Lincoln on April
IA. 1865, and speculations on the final
disposition of the body Of John
Wilkes Booth. The writer, among
other things, says:
Nine days after the national tragedy
Booth lay dead in the new grass on
the Garrett farm in Caroline county,
Va. He had made good his escape
from Washington by hard riding
across the Long Bridge which spans
the Potomac, swinging wide into the
wild country with one loot in the stir
rup and the other hanging limp ana
broken. At Alexandra the fractured
member was swathed in spllnts and
again he pressed on in the darkness.
That Booth left Washington in an
opposite direction is wcll-known. He
did not escape over the Long Bridge
into Virginia. He made his way across
the Navy Yard bridge from Washing
ton into Maryland, whero his leg was
set by Doctor Mudd, who was after
wards sent to the Dry Torgugas for
his services to the assassin. Booth
subsequently crossed the Potomac
and went to the Garrett farm where
he was shot to death in a burning barn.
Several years ago an attachc Of an
Ohio newspaper visited Alexandria.
Upon his return to his home he at
tempted TO write n description OF the
dual tragedy at the Marshall House ON
May "a, 1861. He prefaced his article
by saying that he had come TO This city
for the express purpose Of writing a
true account OF the killing of Ellsworth
and Jackson. After describing Els
worth 8 procedure in entering the hos
telry and taking possession OF the Con-
federate flag, the writer went on TO say
that Jackson emerged from a room and
shot the colonel dead, aud at this juno
ture Jackson was shotby Sergeant 5os-
ton Corbett The latter, it will be re-
membered, killed Booth, Jackson hay
ing been shot by Corporal BrOwnell, OF
the New York Fire Zouayes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
Floods In France.

Saumure, France, Nov. S0.-Disas-
trous floods are again raging through
out this section OF France. The Loire
is far out Of its banks, overlooking
the military academy grounds and
the building has had to be abandoned.
The gas and electric plants are sub
merged, and the city will be in total
darkness tonight.
The Main, too, has left its banks
and the entire lower section of Anglers
is under water, street traffic being tied
up The property loss is heavy.
It is reported from Paris that the
Seine is rising rapidly, but as yet it has
not yet reached The stage it reached
during the last floods.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Captain H. S. Nelson, died at his
home at Nelson, Sundays aged "A years.
He had been in declining health for
two years. He was brave Confeder
ate soldier.
Mrs. NJ. J. McGill, OF Washington,
has purchased the estate iD Prince Will
liam county known as the Retreat.
The price is understood to be about
$500 per acre.
While driving in his buggy yeSter-
day morning B. K. Robertson, a prom
inent citizen OF Richmond, was at.
tackled by heart trouble and fell dead
in the street.
The bureau OF drainage OF the United
States department OF agriculture will
send a representative to Newport News
early next month to study the problem
Of draining and retaining the swamp
land in Warwick and Elizabeth City
counties few miles north OF that city.
Mrs. Ada George Pitcher, wife OF Mr..
Theodore c. Pitcher, died at her homo
at Midland yesterday and her funeral
will take place tomorrow. Mrs. Pill
cher was lady OF extended acquain-
lance and her death will be greatly re-
GREETED.
Cutting off his own hand with
razor after it had been crushed in a
corn shredder yesterday, j. Bruce,
Vaughan, OF Eureka Mills, Charlotte
county, carefully bandaged the stump
and calmly awaited the arrival OF a
surgeon to put the finishing touches to
the operation.
The draining of the Richmond reser-
voir, in which the hat OF Mrs. jean
cite Brown was on Monday night
found, her umbrella being also found
near by, is not complete. Two or
three days will be required to get
sufficient water from it to determine if
the body is there.
Two boys, William and James
Thomas, colored, and aged IA and Y
years, are sought by the Richmond
police for attempting to poison the
family OF a negro farmer, William
Randall. by putting paris green into
boiling beef.
The Massachusetts, Battlefield Com
mission has selected a site on the
Crater battlefield farm, in Prince
George county, 4 short distance from
Petersburg, for a handsome monu-
ment to be erected by the state OF
Massachusetts, to the memory OF the
soldiers OF that state who were killed
in the battle in front Of Petersburg.
A. w. Link, travelling salesman,
representing the Great Northern Man
ufacturing Company, OF Chicago,
killed himself in the Shenandoah Hotel
at Roanoke yesterday afternoon by
firing a ball into his brain. Where
Link came from is not known. He
is said to have been drinking for sew
eral days.
Attorney General Williams has asked
for the records in the recent primary
election cases in Norfolk, with view
to present the case OF the Court OF
Appeals in order that it may be fully
decided as to whether the law covers
frauds in the primaries. If the attor-
ney general think the lower courts
have decided correctly he is not com
PEELED to present the matter to the
Court OF Appeals but it is claimed in
Richmond that the Jackson Wise case
that was before the court was similar
to the cases, and if that be true the
attorney general will, OF course, sub
| NIT n
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30

STRIKES are expensive Representatives
of the striking garment workers OF the
clothing firms involved aud o. the
Chicago Common Council designated
as a peace committee are endeayorlns
70 end the strike, which has already
cost approximately 5000, DOOM wages
1880, 900 in business and has affected
$4,000 families, many Of whom are in
want at the advent Of winter. OF course
the holiday season will be a dismal
period to such.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
Attenped Murder and suicide.

Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. S0.-Because
she refused to kiss him, Leo Groski.
20 years old, entered the room Of Helen
Furman, IA years old today aud fired
four shots from a revolver at her The
bullet grazed the temple Of the girl and
embedded itself in the wall.
The second entered the cheek, caus-
lag serious wound.
Groski after firing at the girl, turned
the revolver on himself. sending a
bullet into his right temple. There is
little hope for his recovery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
COURT OF APPEALS.

The following were the proceedings
Of the Court of Appeals yesterday:
Bonsal against Camp, fully argued
and submitted.
Harris against Shields's executor, ar
gued and submitted.
Darling's executor against Cumming
and others argued and submitted.
Portsmouth Cotton Oil Refining Cor
poration against the Oliver Refining
Company, partly argued and continued
until today.
The next case to be called, and prob
ably the last OF the term, is that Of
Nehlett against ShackeIton, sheriff,
and others, No. % on the argument
docket,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30

their imaginary observations so
often that they believed them. DR..
Cooks visit to the North Pole, ac-
cording to his own admissions, must
now take its place with Mahomet's
Journey to heaven while astride Of
Adj Borak aud Baron MunchauSen's
trims TO the North Star and moon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30

In HIS message to Congress, now
being prepared, President Taft will
urge the passage Of pension retire
ment bill for civil employees. 1t IS not
likely tina he will advocate any partle-
ular bill, but will leave this phase OF
the matter 10 Congress. 1t looks as
though some people want to make this
country one OF pensioners.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30

ACCORDING to dispatch from New
York, published elsewhere in the
Gazette. DR.. Cook in a written state
peut. says he was "half-mad" when
he imagined be reached the North
Pole. In by gone days some OF the
old school of colored people, when
they "expsrienced religion, made
Fisits to TarsSIus. They recounted
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
MUST PAY sLAYER's WIFE $4,000

The suit by Mrs. Alta NJ. Ward, OF
Greenyille, Ind, against the Terra
Haute Brewing Company, Claude d.
Miller, a saloonkeeper, and David
ODonnelI, his bartender, for $4,000
damages, resulted in verdict Of 49,
500 for the plaintiff.
1t was alleged in the suit that the de-
PENDANTS sold liquor to Mrs. Wards
husband until he became INTOXICATED
and shot aud killed Thomas Mcintyre,
for which crime be is now serving
life sentence in prison.
The case came to that county from
Marion county on change OF venue.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
Three Men Drowned.

Sault St. Marie, Mich, Nov. q. -
Three men we're drowned today when
the tug General, OF the Great Lakes
Dock Company. sank after colliding
with the steamer Athabasca, off Lime
Island, st. Mary's passage, during a
snoHstorm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30

Dn the right thing ifyou have Nasal
Catarrh. Get Ely's Cream Balm at once;
Don't touch the catarrh powders ano
snufIs, for they contain cocaine. Ely
Cream Balm releases the secretions tnat
inflame the nasal passages and the throat,
whereas medicines made WITH mercury
dry up the secretions and leave
Won no better than you were. In word,
EIy's Cream Balm Is real remedy, not
a deIusion. All druggists, 80 cents, or
mailed by Ely Bros, 56 Warren Street,
New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30

Many school children suffer from
constipation, which is often the cause
Of seeming stupidity at lessons. Cham
berIain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
are an ideal medicine TO give a child,
for they are mild and gentle in their ei
feet, and will cure even chronic con-
stipation. Sold by W. F. Creighton
and Richard Gibson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
Writ of Error Denounced.

Especial Dispatch to the Gazette,l
Richmond, Va, Nov. 30.-The
Court of Appebls today denied a writ Of
error in the case OF Taylor VS.. Wash
ington, Alexandria & Mt Vernon Rail
wav ComnanY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30

GentsI Stylish, up-to-date footwear
adds materially to your appearance.
We have the exclusive styles, such as
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30

At the annual conference Of COVER
nors held in Frankfort, KY, yester-
day Woodrow Wilson urged co-opera,
ton in the regulation Of railroads and
corporations by the states.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-30
Coal Coke Wood

Order your Coal before the advance at
lowest summer prices. Best quality
prompt delivery and bottom price
Phone s6. DEW. AITCHEsoN. ir south
Royal strastb lsFt
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-10-12
REFUGEES SCATTERED WIDE
Hundreds Taken to Duluth and Other
Points on Line.

Warroad, Mimi, Oct. 12.-J. II. Beck
of st. Paul and w. G.. Nye and e. T.
Lies of Minneapolis, appointed by Gov
ernor Eberhart and representative
business men of the Twin Cities to in.
vestigate conditions in the Northern
Minnesota fire zone in the interests
of the state Red Cross society and or
ganizations of ST. Paul and Minneapo.
lis, are here.
A conference was Immediately held
with Mayor Moody, who said that
about 300 refugees are being cared fer
in private homes, hotels and in the
opera house.
Many hundreds more have been TAX.
en- to Duluth and other places by the
Canadian Northern railroad Those
who did not leave will be interviewed
by Mayor Moody and their financial
conditions ascertained for the Twin
City men, who will act for the Red
Cross society and business men in the
distribution of provisions and clothing.
The majority of refugees here are des-
titute of everything but the clothing
they wear.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-10-12
FOREST FIRE SUMMARY.

Area-Fires burning in all parts oi
border territory from Greenbush, il
Roseau county, to International Falls
and on both sides of the Canadian
boundary; also reported as far south
as Bagley, in Clearwater county, and
Nebish, in Beltrami county.
Losses-Five hundred square miles
of virgin timber and thousands of set
tiers homes. Property losses are esti
mated at from $5,000,000 to $4,000,
900.
Dead-Latest estimate places dead
at 100, but is made without knowledge
of conditions that investigation oil
burned area may reveal. Known dead
number close to eighty.
Towns Burned-Baudette, Spooner
Clementson, Salol.
Towns in Danger-Gonvick, Clear
Brook. Kelliher, Longby, Greenbush
Plummer, Rainier, Roosevelt, Williams
Warroad.
Fugitives by the hundreds are being
cared for at Rainy River, Information
al Falls and Bemidji and in smaller
numbers at Warroad, Crookston and
other Minnesota towns.
Need of Assistance Imperative.
With the abating of the wind in
the forest fire zone along the Mime
sofa Canadian border the need of re
lief In gigantic proportions becomes
apparent. Trains are entering the
stricken territory from all directions
bearing supplies of every description
needed.
Governor Eberhart and party are or
special train bound for international
Falls and the towns of Spooner anG
Baudette. carload Of provisions and
great supply of tents and other nee
essaries for use in sheltering and car
ing for the refugees are carried north
ward. The train must pass through
territory where the fires are burning
and at Bemidjl anxiety is felt for the
party's safety.
Woodsmen are having difficulty
penetrating the ruined forest area, be
cause of the smouldering ashes that
emit gases
What a thorough investigation ir
the burned district will reveal is al
this time conjectural.