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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-25
Opinions OF the Press.

"A quaint and curious little
volume. Interesting stories which
MI. Fitzgerald gracefully reports"
San Francisco, Cal, Post.
"A group of statemen, five sem
ators, several congressman,
private secretary or two, and
some newspaper men, having &C.
companied the body of a dead
senator to its final resting place
In Kentucky, are now returning
to Washington. The train is
snowbound for many hours,
hence the necessity for killing
time Each one In the party
tells story, and from the authors,
vivacious account the burdens of
state in no way jncapacitates a.
man of genuine fun "-Omahs,
Neb., Bee.
"Mr. Fitzgerald knows what
he Is talking about. Perhaps he
was snowbound with the funeral
party."-San Jose, Cal. Herald.
"Eieh one 10 the psriy tells q story,
"a rst'liug good story, too "-AlbRDy
N. Y, Argus,
"How do (u, statesmen octuDy them
selves during their smoking htu's? Hare
Is one mans answer to the interesting
gu 'sliop; so answer 80 patursl aud
entertaining that one reslizss DIR. Fig.
gerald knows what be Is talking about ,"
Sioux City, lows, Journal.
"Tbs men that gather at Washington
are famous st0rytellers, and to sit 10 at
such gathering Is very much better and
fnnnler than seeing SHOW Mr..
Fitzgerald has handled bis task and
developed these possibilities admirably"
-Dulu b, Minr., Herald.
"In The Statesmen SnOwbound The
reader is In close ttu'h thronshr u, with
these makers of history. mt u ders of
tht uyht, and alleged 'ha,t.busters'---
seeIDg them at their gsmbols, hesriog
their innocent confessions, and forcibly
esl'E'Dg the meaning of Colonel Many
snifter's prof uod observation that All
msn are human '"---Fort Wortb, Tex,
Telegraph.
The Statesmen snogbou"d '-some
inkllpg OF what the statesman OF The
county do when they are at leisure
That nuble old RomsD, Ssra'or Ball;
the genial Georgian, CJlonel Manysnif..
ter the sunpy.tempered Sammy Rid.
ley, and the childlike O'Brien, who
writes only the news that is ft to print.
are characters one sees daily on The
Avenue s.roIling to and from The
Great White Dome. "--Oolum6us, OAlo,
Journal.
"Most OF them srs believed 10 Be hIdes
bound, bat letting that go IS 1t looks,
Mr.. Robert Fitzgerald shows q group Of
statesmen trying to'kill time. an expedi.
en-. sometimes IS necessary 70 states
man as to a society belle. "--Dsnyer,
Dol, Republican.
Each one Of the party tells a story
"a rafting good story too, as they say
out 10 Senator Balls state, and every
body Is 10 prime humcr to spjoy the
other fellows story-alWays after gen.
eral passing Of the cool and liq1it.' "
Spokane, Wash., Spokesman Review.
" The Sialeamen snowbounP-
vlously written from the standpoint of
one to whom the ways Of the world are
familiar. "-San Francisco, GAL, Pos.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-25
Sixty-first Congress.
Second Session
Washington, Jan. 20.
SENATE,

A tultable memogIsl to the American
Indian 10 provided In bill introduced
today 10 the Senate by Senator DspeS
Rodman Wsnnamaker hes offered to
erect 40 heroic figure representing the
typical American Iudlau, on site In
New York hsiblr to be furnished by
the government. Ia will defrsy all ex-
psnses except the ate. The bill creates
q comm sion 70 designate site and
spproVe thee dsIgu Of the statue.
The second OF the regular money
measures came before the Senate when
,hs fOrtiHcstIon appropriation bill was
taken up for confederation. The bill
carries approximately 100000 or
go, S52, 900 less than year Previoue.
The bill was passed.
A resolution empowering secre AIRY Of
war dispose OF sll hsz'ng cases now
pending a West Point, was passed by
the Senate. 1t sulhoriiz,s him 10 act
under the regulations.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-25
HOUSE

Asa resnl. oil lhe agitation against
the Increased cost Of living Representa-
tive Corner today introt d led q bill 10
the House to repeal the duty on ell cat.
tie used as food. This is the frat bill Of
the sort introduced bat II iS expected thss
q food OF similar measures will follow.
Mr.. Bennett defended himself and the
immigration commission against attacks
made on the floor Yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-25
TIE Her6at,

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-25

"A quaint and curious little
volume. Interesting stories which
Nh: Fitzgerald gracefully reports"
San Francisco, Cal, Post.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-25

"Tbs men that gather at Washington
are famous storytellers, aud to sit 10 at
sucb a gathering isvery much better and
funnler than seeing a SHOW Mr..
Fitzgerald has handled bis task aud
developed these possibilities admirably. 1"
-Dulu'b b, Minr., Herald.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-25

"How do (u, statesmen oc,upy them
selves 6u.ing their smoking b. u's? Hare
Is one mans answer TO the iuterestir &
gu 'sliop; so answer 80 ratursl aud
entertaining that one reslizss DIR. Fig.
gerald knows what be Is talking about"
Sioux City, lows, Journal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-25

"Most OF them srs believed 10 Be- hide .
bound, bat lettirg that go IS 1t looks,
Mr.. Robert Fitzgerald shows q group Of
statesmen trying to'kill time. an expedi.
en-. sometimes IS necessary 70 states
man as to a society belle, "-Dsnyer,
Dol, Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-14
is CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Mccoy Accused of Causing Monks
Death.

Wheeling, W. ", Nov IA warrant
charging Thomas Mccoy, right end of
the Bethany college football team, with
murder in connection with the death of
Captain Rudolph Monk Of the West yir-
ginia university team, was issued here
yesterday by magistrate r. G. Hobbs.
The action followed partial completion
OF the inquest By coroner W. w. Rogers
Monk suffered injuries in the game be.
tween the two teams here Saturday,
from which he died in five hours.
The testimony upon which the warrant
was issued was furnished principally by
Homer n. Young, Pittsburg attorney
who umpired the game. Young testified
that Monk was making interference and
was a few yards in front of the scrim-
mage line when Mccoy came up to the
West Virginia captain and struck him
in the head Monk fell to the ground
unconscious, and Young ordered Mccoy
from the game.
The autopsy disclosed that Monks
death was caused by blood clot at the
base of the brain and could not have
been the result of former injury
Mccoy lives at Canton, o. He will be
arrested to-day. Monks home was in
Connellsville, Pa.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-14
FIND BABY FROM WET SAND PRINT
Searchers Trace Footprints Six Miles
With Lanterns.

East Carver, Mass, Nov. 14.-Alice
Paulding, three years old, wandered
away from her home in Oak Ridge Fri
day afternoon and before she was found
rere, six miles away, the fire alarm
had been sounded and scores of people
had been pressed into the searching
parties.
The child finally was traced by the
chance discovery in the wet sand of her
footprints, which were followed to East
Carver from Oak Ridge by lantern light.
She was near the old Ward place in this
to'fn, thoroughly exhausted, but other
wise unframed
The child left her home at 80 o'clock
in the afternoon. She soon was missed.
and fire alarm was sounded in Plym-
outh. As people came to the box taey
We're organized into searching parties
and for hours they beat the woods with.
out success. When it was almost dark
someone discovered her footprints in the
sand and they were traced for six miles
by the aid Of lanterns.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-14
Yale'S Blue a Brighter Hue
After Saturdays Victory
YALE FLAYS PRINCETON
Dartmouth Sent Down to Defeat--Brown
Defeats Vermont and Middlebury
Goes Down Before Norwich's
Eleven

Harvard's superb driving attack. the
terrific line plunges of Wendell and
Campbell Dame Fortune yielded
the crimson an IS to 0 victory over Dart
mouth at Cambridge Saturday afternoon.
Six of the points earned by Harvard
were the result of straightforward old
fashioned football; twelve were the re-
suit of the smiles of the tickle goddess on
the crimson-clad eleven.
The mistress of the destiny OF football
teams seemedsto have nothing but smiles
fci Harvard and nothing but frowns for
Da tmouth. A touchdown aud two goals
from the field for an aggregate of II
points we're made possible by Harvard
luck and Dartmouth misfortune A fun
BILE near the goal line enabled Harvard
to score a touchdown and kick the goal;
another tumble within striking distance
If the goal line allowed the crimson to
score three more points on drop kick,
and blocked kick from placement led
up to another field goal for John Har-
ward.
That was the extent to which luck
entered into the result of hard.fought
contest. Six points on an unrelenting
attack. aided by the wonderful line buck
ing ability of Wendell and Campbell, ably
assisted by the crimson backfeld, marked
the legitimate score made by. Harvard
in the annual battle between the rivals.
Eliminating the element of lick, how
ever, Harvard had the better team. The
crimson threatened the goal line defend
ed by the green several times, whereas
Dartmouth only once threatened to tally
on Harvard That was when Barends
made an attempt at a goal from place
nent from the 40yard line, only to have
the kick blocked and have the play ulti-
mately result in three Harvard points.
Yale sprang a surprise Saturday, but
who supposed the crimson could so out
play Dartmouth? Probably the same
fellow who figured on the Tigers to again
be smitten. Yale is entitled to all the
credit possible But Harvard If it can
get by that crimson outfit then and only
shen viii we surrender. Michigan held
Pennsylvania to a tie, while Cornell
swamped Chicago, Minnesota mussed mp
Wisconsin, and Georgetown laid low the
Virginia eleven in game of much CON
Germ to the South. The navy defeated
the Indians in close match. The re-
sults:-
At Princeton, n, J., Yale 5, Prince
ton 8.
AT Cambridge Harvard Is, Dart
mouth 0,
At Amherst, Amherst O, Williams 0.
At Philadelphia, Pa Philadelphia 0,
Michigan 0.
At Providence, r. l., Brown 50, Yer
mont O.
At Springfield, Training school is,
'Aggies" 3.
At Hartford, Conn, Trinity 81, Haver-
ford o.
At Worcester, Holy Cross 0, Worcester
Tech" o.
At Middletown, Conn, Wesleyan 8,
New York university 9.
At Ithaca, n ", Cornell Is, Chicago 0.
At West Point, N. T., West Point 10,
Villanova 0.
At Afiddlebury, Vt, Norwich IS, Mid
lebury 5.
At Syracuse, y. Y, Colgate II, syria
mse Q.
At Annapolis, Md, Navy 6, Carlisle 0.
At Minneapolis, Minnesota %, Wis.,
,onsin 0.
At Portland, Me-, Bates 0. Tufts O.
At Kingston, R. l., Rhode Island 6,
New Hampshire 0.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-14

here, Only the intervention Of her
daughter, Alexandra, saved her life,
Had the daughter not been solcitous
for her mother ever since the count van.
ished so mysteriously, the countess
would have succeeded at her first trial
in throwing herself through a hole in
the ice A second attempt, soon after
ward, was likewise frustrated by the
young woman.
This is the letter the count left be-
hind him:
II cannot continue longer TO live sur
rounded BY luxury and like many other
old men, / retire from the world to
complete my life in solitude.
II ask that you do not seek my place
OF sojourn, and that you do not come
to it If it is discovered. / beg forgive
ness for the grief that l may cause
you"
Failing mentality is the explanation
generally given here of Count Tolstois
sudden devastating, which has caused
all the more surprise from the fact
that il involved the deliberate deser-
ton of the wife who has borne MIN
nine children. Merely that he should
desire TO spend the evening Of his days
in solitude has astonished nobody ae-
quainted with his strange career. He
mas long lived the life Of a peasant,
while his family occupied q mansion
OF the Yasnaya Foliana state.
That the famous novelist and social
reformer has committed suicide Is not
credited by the circle who know him
intimately. They refer to those por-
tions Of his writings where ne has come
out unequivoeally in condemnation Of
seli-destruetion as immoral and ira
tional and as indicating perverted
view of the true significance of life.
Count Tolstol was last seen in st.
Petersburg when he boarded a train on
Thursday on the Kiausani railroad.
This line runs west through the capital
OF Kaluga, which is about fifty miles
from Tula. Prince Dmitry 0bolensky
says the count left his home several
days ago accompanied by his physician,
Dr.. Makovetsky. It is well known the
count has been in i'll health for some
time and that DIR, Makovetsky has been
bANthutuE nm HttANl Nt09NA1* AAhN tit
physician should nave been party to
this puzzling Disappearance is regarded
as one of the strangest features Of the
ailoir.
The belief, which gained quick ere
depce. that Count Tolstoi had gone TO
an old monastery in the government of
Kaluga, adjoining Tula on the west,
was considerably tempered Saturday
night by a tentative dispatch from the
Moscow correspondent of the Novoe
Vremye, saying the count had been To-
Gated on the estate Of the Abrikosofchs,
the well known manufacturers, which is
located in the Mount Sebsky district Of
Tula province. The friends Of the
count accept this news rather obviously,
however. for they have never understood
that the Abrikosofehs were numbered
among Count Tolstoi's close aoquaiut
ances
Meanwhile the Countess Tolstoi is re-
ported as Frustrated. with her attend
ants keeping constant watch over her
lest she again try 10 take her life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-14
EXPRESS STRIKE
IS DECLARED OFF
End Brought About by New Jersey
Strikers Acceptance of Terms.
Men Return to Work.

New York, Nov. l4.-The strike of
drivers and helpers employed by the
trarscontinental express companies was
formally declared off Saturday evening
and it was announced at strike head
quarters the men would return to work
to-day. This will end one of the most
serious labor disputes the metropolitan
district has experienced in years, re-
sulting in serious rioting and the prae-
teal tie-up of express business for
more than two weeks.
The close Of the strike was brought
about by the New Jersey strikers, who
voted late Saturday to accept the terms
upon which the companies offered to take
hack the men. They rejected the terms
Friday night, but a conference Of the
strike leaders with Mayor Wittpenn Of
Jersey City and President Towne Of the
New York Merchants association,
cleared the way for agreement Saturday.
Tho New York strikers voted Thursday
night TO accept the companies offer CON
ditonal upon similar action being taken
By the men across the river.
Mayor Gaynor and Mr.. Townes We're
largely instrumental in inducing the
companies to name terms acceptable to
the strikers. The agreement provides
the men shall be taken back without
discrimination except for acts of vio-
lencc during the strike. Each company
VIII take up with its employees the adj
iustment Of wages and hours Recogni-
tion Of their union, the chief issue for
which the strikers held out for several
days, Is not granted, however, but the
open shop policy is to prevail.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-14
Friends of Taft Would Not
be Surprised
IF HE DROPPED OUT OF RACE
Election Results Have Raised Doubt.
Question if He Could Garry Country.
Roosevelt Weakened-Progress-
ives Boom Cumnins

Washington, Nov. l4,--Instead of the
question OF who is to be nominated by
the Republicans for president in 1912
being settled by the recent elections and
the Democratic tidal wave, that question
is more unsettled than it has been ia
months.
Three months before the election, the
friends Of President Taft were saying
he would be renominated with little
doubt, Then Roosevelt made his western
and southern trips, and he was so well
received that the Roosevelt admirers said
nothing could stop his denomination. The
New York Republican tariff plank, how
ever, stirred up feeling against Roosevelt
among western progressives and to some
extent weakened him in that quarter,
and his enemies in the East have done
their best to lay Republican defeat in
New York and several other states to
him. His strength as presidential pos
sibility is not as great as it was when
he concluded his trip to the West early
in September.
The elections have raised the question
whether President Taft can carry the
country in 1912 His friends think he
can do 50, but, what is OF more immedi
ate bearing on the question OF renomina-
ton it is by no means certain that Mr..
Taft is going to seek denomination. Some
Of his admirers are saying now that they
would not be surprised if he dropped
out of the field
In progressive quarters, there is a lot
of talk about getting one Of the men
who has made a record as an insurgeut,
in Congress TO run Senator LaFollette
has his following. Senator Cummins also
has many supporters who think he would
make an available candidate. Had SEN
ator Deliver lived there is no question
he would have had substantial presi-
Dental boom Indeed, there Is not much
question that the personal relations be-
tween Dolliver aud Roosevelt were such
that Roosevelt would have supported
Dolliyer for president ahead of any other
man in the progressive ranks.
The insuTgent wing in Congress is
going to exert its influence in some
other direction than President Taft
That influence may come around to
Roosevelt, or it may go in the direction Of
supporting some of the men who have led
the progressive struggle in Congress In
that event, there is not much question
the Cummms boom would become formid-
able And il would become highly so if
Mr.. Taft should let it be known he would
not run again Ii has already been an
uoi4nced from DeS MOines that Senator
Cummins is q candidate for president
As matter Of fact, il has been freely
talked among politicians at Washington
for months that events might shape up
so he would be a presidential factor.
President Taft is going 10 take pains
this winter TO make friends with the
progressives in Congress. This may re-
suit in making him much more available
from the insurgents standpoint than
they consider him now, and may have
most important bearing on the 1912
situation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-14
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
sousa and His Band at the Opera House
Friday Night, Nov. IS.

According to John Philip sousa only
ono percent, Of the persons Interested
IN musie--composer and exeeutants-
have genius. The leader Of the famous
sousa band makes the statement that
the musical profession is overcrowded
with what he terms "meohanics."
They form seventy-fvo percent. Of
the whole engaged IN music,' declared
sousa few days ago and who will soon
be present IN this city with HIS musicians
to be heard In concert, Fifteen per cent.
probably will cover those who have a
certain adaptability TO music, and nine
per cent, win include those who have
talent
eThe trouble appears IN the Ignorance
e8aspTning music, While Il Is the uni.
veFssi language d Il the suhIeat Of all
subjects III Wiiiah thers Is littla knowl.
saFo, HRd, ~ We 81 knoS, little mowi-
eae Is 3 dsHssFeus thing"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-14
FINDs Zoo IN Box ON TROLLEY.
Conductor Was About to Throw Fortune
Off Car.

Worcester, Mass, Nov. l4.-After
kicking an old shoe box about his car
and finally placing it on the rear plat
form, Harry Stevens, conductor on the
4 o'clock Worcester and Blackstone cleo
trio, decided to open it.
He was surprised upon doing so to
find it contained $1,000 In yellow backs.
Between Nortdbridge and Whitinsville,
Stevens says he noticed the shoe box
on one of the seats and threw it UNDER
meath the same Before reaching the
latter place the old shoe box again made
its appearance in the centre Of the car
and this time Conductor Stevens decided
to take it to the rear platform.
Near Millbury, Conductor Stevens Gu
riousity became so great that he deter
mined to open the dirty old box which
he had been kicking about the car be-
fore throwing it off beside the tracks
Upon lifting the cover, Stevens SAYS he
almost dropped in a fit when his eyes
beneld lot Of yellow backs, in SO,
S2n and $50 bills, along with as many
more greenbacks, neatly laid and tied
in the box
Conductor Stevens. in talking about
his big find, said "0n my return trip
toward Blackstone, / left the box and
its valuable contents in the safe down
in the Uxbridge carbarns. / shall adj
vertise the finding Of the box Of money,
and sincerely hope the advertisement
viii attract the owners eye so he can
come and claim his property. If ne
don't turn up, ! am going on a very
sudden and long needed vacation
Up and until a late hour Saturday
night night, no claim had been made for
the shoe box and its contents of ST.
200.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-14
BOOM ross FOR VICE PRESIDENCY.
Democrats In Washington See In Bay
State Man Promising Timber.


Washington, Nov. IA. There is good
deal Of quiet talk in Washington re-
rarding the most effective vice presi-
Dental timber which the election de.
veloped, and Governor elect Eugene N.
Foss Of Massachusetts is by long odds
the fayorite.
While Mr. Foss was mentioned for
the second place on the Democratic ticket
in 1912, at the time he carried a strong
Republican district for Congress, he did
not loom up one-half az big as he does
now as the next Democratic governor
of a New England state.
It is generally agreed here Foss Is
the man for the running mate Of the
Democratic nominee Certainly this is
true il the head Of the ticket comes
from the West. If the East should
furnish the nominee for the presidency,
Toss chances would not be so favor
able.
Whether or not Mr.. Foss would take
the Democratic nomination is quite an
other question His intimate friends
say his ambition is to be the head Of
the ticket, and that he would not con-
slider the second place as long as there
was the slightest hope Of his being
the nominee for president
In any event, the Democrats, who
mean to make the tariff the big issue
Of the next presidential campaign, feel
comfortable over tine fact they have in
Foss a strong and successful advocate
of revision who is admirably located to
take the vice presidency nomination
when the time comes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-14
FOOTBALL PLAYER
DIES FROM INJURIES
Captain Of West Virginia University
Team Receives Conclusion of the
Brain In Scrimmage.

Wheeling, w Va, Nov. l4.-Rudolph
Monk OF Connellsville, Pa, captain and
lett half-back Of the West Virginia
university football team, died in the
hospital here Saturday night of con-
cussion Of the brain, received in the
game with Bethany here Saturday. The
teams played for the state champion
ship.
Monk was injured during the last
period of the game and was taken from
the field unconscious. Mccoy, right end
of the Bethany team, fell on Monk in
the scrimmage and spectators say the
men fought yiciously The referee de-
clares he saw no blows struck. When
Mccoy arose from the PROSTATE form
OF Monk ne was removed from the game.
West Virginia won, to ?.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-14
The Real Problem.

The farmer and his wife watched their
dog as he chased madly down the track
AFTER the 4 o'clock train He did it every
day and always returned winded.
Il wonder why ne ehases that train, :"
remarked the wife with her eyes on a
little cloud of dust that showed where
Rover was.
That's not hothering me-" answered
her husband. tI'm wondering what he'd
do with it ii he caught it."-House-
keeper,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-14
COUNTESS T0LSTOI TWICE
TRIES TO DROWN HERSELF
Husbands Disappearance Is Followed by
Attempts on Life-Daughter Res
cues Her From River.

st. Petersburg, Nov. l4.--Upon OPEN
ing and reading letter left her by
her missing husband, whose strange dis
appearance has stirred all Russia, the
Countess Tolstoi twice attempted to
drown herself Saturday at lula, ac-
cording to private message received