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The Washington times., 1911-10-11
THE MEDICATION OF MRS.
MRS. O,LEARY'S cow.

"The aspiring youth who fired the
Ephesian DOME" as the proyerb usually
runs, "outlives in fame the pious fool
who built it"-although there probably
isn't a man in Washington, outside of
the Cosmos Club, who could name his
name. For forty years Mrs. O'Leary's
COW has borne the odium of having
caused the great Chicago confagration
by kicking over lamp in the O'Leary
cowshed. The good lady herself is
said to have gone to her grave broken
hearted because of this unjust impu-
tation thrust upon her favorite COW.
She always protested that the story
was a wicked invention of those loose
historians to- whom all history is but
50 fable agreed upon"
October being the fortieth ami
verssry of the great event the Oldest
surviving reporter in Chicago who had
covered the disaster told the real
facts of the case. He knew Chicago,
he knew the O'Learys, he knew their
neighbors, and there are hints that he
knew the COW. He had it from Mrs.
OLeary's own lips that the usual story
was a villainous fabrication. His ex
PLANTATION is that on the great night in
question there was a celebration in
the neighborhood of the OLearys be-
cause of the arrival in this country of
young scion of the Aud Sod.
The fun waxed fast and furious as
the hours waxed late, and two of the
mischievous colleens volunteered to in
wade the OLeary barn for supply of
milk with which to mix a punch. One
of the vestals held the fatal lamp while
the other MIXED, and as they were
thus engaged there was a sound of ap-
preaching footsteps. Frightened by
this intrusion, the torchbearer dropped
the lamp, and thus the great fire began.
This is the story CLEANED at the
time from the jewellers themselves by
the veteran reporter, and he devoutly
believes it to be true. 1t will be noted
that while there was much to repre-
bend in the proceedings of the night,
the cow was in no wise a party to the
crime. So far as the record discloses
she was as docile as Pauline. She even
gave of her largesse to welcome to
the land of opportunities sturdy
young Irishman who had come over to
seek his fortune. If she was not
asleep, as the O'Learys were, it was
no fault of the cows. As a browning
sacrifice she gave her life to the even
ings entertainment.
And yet as long as history is writ
ten, no doubt, it will be repeated that
Chicago was destroyed because Mrs.
OLeary's cow kicked over a lamp!
Surely it is high time that the tongue
of SANDER was sileneed, and that JUS
tics was done to Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
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Concerts Today
By the Fifteenth Cavalry Band, al
Potomac Park, at 4 p. m.
GEORGE r. TYRRELL. Director.
PROGRAM.

PROGRAM.
March, "F. o. E." .Tyrren
Overture. Light cavairy".....su ppe
Gavotte, "Cupid's Arrow" DE We're
Excerpts from the RED MilP'
Mexican Waltz. II See Thee Again
Medley, Remick's Hits No. 8. .Tampe
Selection. THE Balkan Princess,
March, THE Diplomat. .Souss
THE Star-Spangled Banner"
By the o. s. Soldiers Home Band
This Afternoon at 4 O'clock.
JOHN 8. M. ZIMMERArANN.
Director.
PROGRAM.
March, Trinity Bells. Hall
Overture, "Jean de Paris". .BoieIdeau
Suite Petite, Forest Scenes Orth
Selection. "Pinafore" Sullivan
CBy request)
Popular Songs
Loves Dreams. .Blanke- Belcher
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" Berlin
(By request.)
Excerpts from "The Broken Idor
Van Alstyns
Finale, Baby Rose. .........C Christie
"The star-spansied Banner"
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Theme Centers About Love
of Ruined Woman for
Her Son.
DRAMA ALMOST
CAUSES HYSTERIA
Piece Reaches a Thrilling Gil
max in Great Court
Scene.

The most horrible picture ever drawn
Of the most beautiful thing in the world
is the only way Madam X" the drama
that is being played this week at the
Belasco Theater. can be described. the
horror being that most wretched OF
human creatures, a woman abandoned
to dissipation-the most beautiful the
mother love, steadfast and unquench-
able. which even the pitiful creature
Madame X had allowed herself to be-
come, could not kill.
The picture of this wretched woman,
degraded, dissolute. slave Of a merciless
drug and a still more merciless
man with whom she had linked her
life, her feet not even hating when
she had reached the steps Of the scat
fold. was vividly portrayed by Miss
Adelaine Dunlap, supported by a more
than excellent company. Miss Dunlap
makes the part of Jacqueline. afterward
Madame x. very horrible. indeed. She
draws a picture that is not easy to
forget. The play has been called sensa-
tional melodrama, and possibly 1t is.
but It Is a melodrama of the kind that
teaches a lesson, the lesson that ones
sin follows like a nemesis, even to the
threshold of the tomb. It teaches a
lesson to husbands. too. those hus-
bands who are too careless or too dense
to understand their wives.
In the beginning Madame X was not
bad, she was only trivolous, a little too
fond of luxury and the little pleasures
OF life, which her husband, Louis Flor
lot, failed to provide for her. It was
only when dear old Noel. the family
friend, opened his eyes to this fact
that Floriot understood-then 1t was
too late.
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Miss Adelaine Dunlap Gives
Excellent Portrayal of
Leading Role. n
HARRY MAINHALL
DOES GOOD WORK
Big Scene Of Play Too Much
for Timid in the
Audience. =,

tress of the art Of the drama, but u
mistress of the art CT makeup as well
In the scene in the Three Crowns Inn,
the woman is careless, haggard. DIS
couraged. She Is cid and bent Her
face Is so scanned with lines Of care
that one might believe her sixty or
even seventy, instead OF woman OF
forty. There Is no life in her face, ex-
even her back is bent and old, and her
walk is the walk of the woman who
has given up everything she holds dear
In Hfe-respect for herself, for her sex,
for her Maker. The transition from the
graded Madame x Is really wonderful
In the trial scene, which, Of course, Is
the big scene Of the play, Miss Dunlap
rises to dramatic heights that place her
In the front RANKS OF emotional
actre sses. Her death scene Is so real
lstic that It brings many impressionable
ones in the audience almost to the point
OF hysteria.
Excellent
Supporting Company.
There is an excellent supporting COM
pany, including Helen Courtney as
Rose, housekeeper for Floriot; DIR.
Chesnel, his physician. a part excel
lently given by E. D. Guise: Louis Flo
riot, husband Of Madame x, in which
Byron Douglas was excellent: victor,
porter at the Three Crowns Inn, given
BY Harry c. Bradley; Laroque, an adj
yenturer, the man whom Madame x.
kills, an irresponsible and Vtlainous
fellow. played by Edwin Forsberg; Fer
rissard and Merfval, two confidence men
of a type too well known throughout
the world, played respectively by
Charles Stanley and Maurice Drew; sew
eral minor characters, all well taken, ana
the part of Raymond Floriot, son OF
Madame x, whose eloquence saves her
from the death of a criminal.
This character was the one assigned
to Harry Mainhall, and he, as well as
Miss Dunlap. is entitled to the high
est commendation for the excellent
manner in which he interpreted the
character of the young attorney. His
sneech to the Jurors in the trial scene
was wonderful in it's dramatic climax.
JULIA MURDOCH.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11
THE PROMOTION OF DR.. AL.
FRED H. BROOKS.


canoe in the selection of DR.. Alfred H.
Brooks to be chief geologist of the
Geological Survey. DIR. Brooks is
widely known as the man who knows
more about Alaska than any other in
dividual alive. For fifteen years he
has been spending a considerable part
of each year in that region. He has
seen more of it with his own eyes,
probably, than any other man; and he
has seen them with the knowing, the
observing eyes, of the scientist and the
trained observer.
DR.. Brooks, moreover, has long been
a ''bulP' on Alaska. He has believed
that the great northwest empire was
destined surely to prove one of the
most valuable parts of the country. He
has regarded it as a real treasure
house of national resources. He has
been through it's gold regions. has
searched for the mother lodes from
which the wide scattered treasure of
its bonanza creeks must have come. He
has Investigated its vast coal bearing
areas with utmost care. He has thrown
aside all prejudice either way, and
made the most careful estimates which
were possible in the circumstances of
its wealth in copper ores.
DR.. Brooks has been recklessly quot
ed as making extreme statements
about the uncounted billions of wealth
in Alaska. He has not justified such
enthusiastic acclamations of the Terri
tory; but on the other hand he has
uniformly stood for the fair appraisal
of Alaskan wealth, and he has insisted
that the country has immense values
in it. No man is entitled to so much
credit as he for conveying to the
public a fair conception of the truth
about Alaska; of the big, essential
fact that it is neither a Monte Cristo
treasure island, nor on the other hand
barren, inaccessible, useless Arctic
waste.
Secretary Fisher doubtless was con-
suited and acquiesced in the selection
of DR.. Brooks as chief geologist. 1t is
an appointment which he has earned,
and which represents promotion. But
it will be unfortunate if it shall prove
that DR.. Brooks opinions of the value
of Alaska are to be superseded by
those of somebody with a disposition
to bear" the Territory.
Since his own brief trip in Alaska
this summer, the various utterances of
Secretary Fisher have strongly 'sug-
gested purpose to write down, rather
than up, the values of Alaska; to give
the country impression that there isn't
SO much there to worry about; to init
mate that even if anybody did steal
Controller Bay, or the coal measures,
or anything else, it would be a mighty
dubious prize he would have in his
hands.
If the promotion of Mr.. Brooks shall
have the effect of silencing voice that
has always been raised in favor of
generous valuation and appreciative
treatment of Alaskan resources, then
it will be most unfortunate. There is
too much reason already for the i'm
preston that Alaska is an orphan that
nobody in the Administration cares
much about keeping. The country is
convinced that it's going to grow up
into q mighty useful member Of the
The Washington times., 1911-10-11
DEPLORES AGITATION
OVER ORGANIC ACT
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
II strikes me that 1t is mistake Tor
the city press to make such an alarm
over the very remote possibility OF the
United States Government abrogating
the agreement of 1878. II Chairman
Johnson or any other member OF Con-
gress, is so engrossed with his own ig-
norance of the patriotic pride Of the
American people as to suppose they will
crown him for his petty economy In
that direction, he is laboring under a
delusion. / am sure there is not a Con-
gressional district in the United States
that would uphold such a parsimonious
policy. ELIJAH Z. KNOTT.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11
NAVY.

NAVY.
Rear Admiral B. A. F1SKE. detached
as member General Board, to duty
as commander, Fifth division, United
States Atlantic feet, on board Wash
irgton.
Commander w. w. WHITE, retired. de-
tached Bureau Of Steam Engineer
ing. Navy Department, Washington.
D. c.
Ensign F. RUSSELL, detached Wash
ington, to duty as aid commander.
Fifth division, United States Atlantic
fleet.
Ensign N. H. WHITE, jr., detached
Ohio, to Florida.
Midshipman E. w. ROBINSON, when
discharged treatment Naval Hos
pital. washington, D. e. to Indiana.
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ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

Paymaster ]. FYFFE, detached North
Carolina, settle accounts. and wait
orders.
Paymaster c. CONRAD, detached az
member Board on Scientific Man.
agement, Navy Department, WASH
ington, D. c., to North Carolina.
Passed Assistant Paymaster D. G. Nc
RICHIE, to reserve torepdo divi-
sions, and Baltimore, navy yard.
Charleston, 8. G.
Passed Assistant Paymaster e. G..
MORSELL. deta ched reserve torpedo
divisions, and Esltimore, TO duty
navy yard, Mare Island, Cal, as as
sistant to the general storekeeper.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived-Dolphin at New York: Brutus,
Reid Elgsssr L =, Nono, Preston aor
gia, Nebraska, Virginia and Ohio at
Hampton Roads; Louisiana at Tan
gier Sound, California; South Dako-
ia, West Virginia and Colorado at
San Francisco; Helena at Kiukiang;
d and Cincinnati at Mare Island.
Sailed-Des Moines from Guantanamo
for New York: Missouri from Ches-
ter for Hampton Roads; Neptune
from Norfolk for Bradford, r. l.;
Wheeling from Morgan City. La.
for Puerto Cortez.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11
ARMY.

Captain BASIL o. LENOIR, Signal
Corps, relieved from Washington
Alaska Military Gable and Telegraph
System. and is assigned to duty as
commanding officer Of the cable
ship Burnside" and as quarter
master and commissary Of that
cableship, with station at Seattle,
Washington, relieving Captain +.
R. CURTIS, Seventeenth Infantry,
ment,
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

their time in such idle batting 0or such
ii is intended to be- beyond a doJbt).
The war was fought and decided long
ego, and the South Is trying to live in
peace-but II another war were insti-
gated by these scatter-brain anarchists
and traitors-would It have the same
termination? Who knows?
]. D. MURRAY.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

tween the Union Station and the Capt.
toll All the visitors to the Capitol and
to the city would there see 1t. Let 1t be
a grand triumphal arch, as fine as the
Arc de Triumph in Paris, and such as
every American would delight in.
H. B. g.,
Brockton, Mass.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times (daily) during the month OF September
was Leo. 4I2. all copies left over and eturned
being eliminated. This number, when d.
vtded by %. the number OF days of publica-
ton, shows the ne: ds.ly average for Sep
TENDER 20 have been g. lS1.
September, 1911. includes 800 extra pa
pers sold on Labor Day and 80, $50 extra pa
perS (Beattie verdicO sold on September s.
Deducting these figures, the average net Cir
culation Tor September II shown to have been
61,l7a
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husband and child to flee with the OBJ
fect of her Illicit love, though she had
sunken deep into the sordid n1ire Of dis
sipation and degradation, this one SUI
preme light shines out in the unpleasant
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

family of States; and Secretary Fisher
will do well to recognize, before he
promulgates any policy, that the coun-
try doesn't want Alaska undervalued!
The Washington times., 1911-10-11
LINCOLN ARCH
ON STATION PLAZA

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
I saw in a recent issue Of The Times
a sensible suggestion for the new Lin
coin monument-on the expanse be-
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

picture the author has drawn; shines
out so transcendently that all the hor-
ror of the play is forgotten in this ore
supreme, abiding emotion-the undyinS
love of a mother for her child.
Miss dunlap is not only supreme nis-
The Washington times., 1911-10-11
Mother Love
Motive of the PLAY,

The motive OF this play of Madame
x" by Alexander Bison is mother love.
and though the woman had forgotten
her marriage vows, had deserted her
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

D. ]. Callahan was not present at last
nights meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce. That explains, of course, why
the meeting got into a muddle.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

A groom more than three times as old
as the bride was married in Washing
ton yesterday. This was more like the
wedding of January and March or April
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

The ethics. on the whole. which pre-
vail among the patent attorneys In
Washington are gratifyingly high.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

A new method Of bookkeeping has
been installed In the navy yard. 1t is
complacently announced that this will
stop the apparent shortages.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11
What's on the Program in
Washfngton Today

Meeting of the Federation OF Liquor
Dealers Of the District OF Columbia
National Hotel, p. m.
Concert by the Fifteenth Cavalry Band.
Potomac Park, ! p. m.
Concert by Soldiers Home Band. Sol
dIers' Home, 4 r. m.
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Amusements.
National-Kitty Gordon in The En-
chantress," Sis p. m.
BeIasco-''Madame X" Bis and $40
D. m.
columbia-"The Girl In the Taxi" Sis
y. m.
Chase's-Polite vaudeville. ais and S:l5
p. m.
Casino-Elite vaudeville. 2:15. 3:45. tbs.
and p. m.
Cosmos-Continuou vaudeville. / to II
{ p. m.
Majestic-"East lyme" evening.
AcAceny-"The Man Betweeo." Sis
n
Gayety-"The World Of Pleasure" ais
and s;15 p. m.
Lyceum-"rhe Pacemakers." AIS and
Sis p. N. -
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

The net total circulation Of The Washington
Times Sunday during the month Of Septam-
Der was 1S56oO all copies left over and re-
turned by agents being eliminated. This
number, when divided by l. the number Of
Sundays during September, shows the net
Sunday average for september TO have been
&C. 400
Entered at the Postoffice at Washington,
d. c., as second class matter.
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Total for the month. ,693 46t
Daily average for the month";. 81, 2S7
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Sunday.

The number Of complete and perfect copies
4 The Washington Times printed Sundays
Turing the month Of September was as fol-
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the canal on the vessel which made that
historic tour around the Horn In the
days of the Spanish-American war.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

II Lieutenant FoIlois is an optimist
he will probably take the view that
with his appendix gone he will be able
to fly with less of a handicap than be-
fore
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

objection hhnupv be % ALLEGATION Letters mut however, length On On
tho
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

The death OF Prof. Francis A. Springer
marks the passing OF theologian and
Sunday school worker Of recognized
ability, as we'll as of a widely known
educator.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11
SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION.
Daily.

The number Of complete and perfect copies
OF The Washington Times printed daily dur
ing the month Of September was as follows:
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The fact that a dying mother at
Brandywine, Nd, wishes to communi-
cate with her son, w. A. Garner, who
once worked in Washington, should
give the widest currency to the effort to
locate him.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

Every farmer and suburban resident
coming to town these days brings with
him joyful news of a bumper chestnut
crop. Chestnuts are more plentiful this
year than they ever have been in this
section of the country.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

The increase in the cost of living may
be borne with more or less patience so
long as IT does not affect the price Of
the first supply of puckwheat cakes and
country sausage.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

Judge George William Crane, jr.. a
former Washingtonian, who is now the
boy judge" out in South Dakota, will
be welcomed to his old home when he
comes here on a visit with his bride.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

the advantages Of Washington as a
national headquarters city. The Balti-
more branch of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society is to be moved here
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

The American Civic Association will
back up the fight on the bill board nuis-
ance. This crusade promises to make
Washington almost as well known az
the fact that 1t is the Capital city.
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

When the underground telephone cable
from New York to Washington is COM
pleted, 1t will be possible for 29S per-
sons TO talk simultaneously between
the two points. That will be some con-
versation
The Washington times., 1911-10-11

1t would be a memorable and sig
niicant feature to have Rear Admiral
Clark raise his nag once more on the
Oregon and make the drst trip through
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-11
AFTER FORTY YEARS.
Camden. s. c., Woman Receivers from
Stomach Trouble.

No one who is not well nourished
can be good-natured. That is why
dyspeptics are always irritable.
But stomach trouble can be cured
in nearly all cases, even after years
of suffering Mrs Sarah C. Am
mons Camden, s c., says II suffered
from nervous dyspepsia for forty
years and | feared | should never get
over 1t. 1t kept me in mystery all
the time | was terribly run down.
could not sleep thought my health
was ruined
Last spring | began taking Vinol
and it has no equal. soon began
to I'M prove and now am a well wo-
man again for the first time in forty
years Ny appetite is good. sleep
well and have no stomach trouble
at all. These are the plain facts"
Take our word for it, when you
are weak and run down, cannot eat
or sleep, Vinol is what you need for
it will build you up and make You
strong. We guarantee Vinol to
please your money back If it does
not. c. Brady, Druggist, Fall
River.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-11
Bible Class Entertained.

The Logan bible class and the
Home Department of the Methodist
Sunday School were very pleasantly
entertained at the residence of Mrs
j W. Peterson 61S Twenty seventh
street, yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
G. f. Bourque. chairman of the Soc
ial and entertainment committee,
requested each lady to draw pic
ture of pig, with very laughable
results. One delightful feature of the
afternoon was the fact that Mrs
Caroline A. Rodgers, supt of the
Home Department was able to NEE,
with the classes for the first time
in months. Refreshments of coffee.
sandwiches and pickles were served.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-11
Bic Four Wins Suit.

The Big Four railroad company
proved to the satisfaction OF the
jury that GroYer f. Manlcy. who was
killed at Harrisburg twenty minutes
after he went to work as a switch
man for the road had represented
himself as an experienced switch
man when he was not and that his
death was caused by his own negli-
genee.
The administrator OF the deceased,
Robert +. Choisser, contended that
the railroad company did not give
Manley the proper instruction nor
the proper assistance in the perform
ance of his duties as switchman The
suit was brought for $4,000 dam
ages
The trial was begun late Saturday
afternoon and was concluded yester
day. Court adjourned for the term
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-11
Returns From Business Trip.

w b, Pettis, of 800 Eighth street.
Is home for a short visit with his
family. He reports having had the
best trade for years throughout In
diana recently. the territory he COW
cred, with his men He is repre-
sentative of the Kirk Soap Company
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-11
Fifth Trial for Lynching

Westminster, Pa, Oct. l0.-Oscar
Lamping, the fifth man to be placed
on trial charged with completely in
the murder of Zach Walker, who was
burned to death by a mob on the
night OF August -. was brought to
trial today. The four persons al
ready tried were acquitted
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-11
Marriage Licenses.

Floyd o. Rains, 30, of Galatia,
Saline County, H., and Miss Madge
T. Taylor, II of Cairo.
Arthur Lee Cochran. 25. and Miss
Rosa Alyina, 8, both of Wyatt, Mo
Mark Adams. %. and Miss Edna
A. Denning. l6, both of Olive Branch
Ill, Octavia Denning, mother of the
bride, gives her consent.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-11
Will Attend Convention.

Among the delegates to the Lakes.
to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Conyen-
ton this week at Chicago who will
attend are Mayor Parsons, L, A.
Smith, Thomas Mcfarland, 2. r.
Langan, P. l. Nassauer and Phil c.
Barclay.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-11
BEECnAM' S
PILLS

relieve and cure Indigestion. They
have quick and tonic action on
the stomach and its nerves, and SO
they give direct aid to digestion.
They carry away also the indi-
gestible matter. With their use
dyspepsia, hiccoughs, bad taste,
unpleasant breath and tlatulence
disappear. You should be careful
and remember Beecham' S Pills