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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-27
George Bridges Arrested With
Dynamite in Possession.
WEAKENS UNDER PRESSURE
Declares Others Will Have to Take
Medicine Along With Him.
PROMISES TO EXPOSE THEM
Seventy-Two Sticks Of Explosives in
Suit Case Taken From Suspect
in Monessen, Pa.

PITTSBURGH. December 27-"Fm
going to clear myself. l will not take
all the blame for this, and the rest of
them will have to take their medicine
along with me-" is the utterance cred
tied today to George Bridges. 2 stranger
arrested at Monessen. Pa. while carry
ing a suit case containing seventy-two
sticks of dynamite and a roll of fuse.
Bridges weakened under the police
sweating to which he had been sap-
jected. and according to the authorities
declared he would make a clean breast
of it when taken before a magistrate
for a preliminary hearing late this aft
ernoon. Little is known of the man.
He appeared at Monessen several
weeks ago. Eight thousand on-union
men are employed in the mills of the
town.
Problem for Police to Solve.
MONESSEN. Pa, December 81
Whether they have frustrated a plot to
destroy the great steel plants here OIL
have merely fallen into trap set by
labor leaders to dissipate adverse senti-
ment growing out Of the Mcnamara case
is the question that confronts the police
By the arrest OF George Bridges a for
mer railroad engineer. the authorities be-
lieve that they have nipped plot &c
dynamite the plant. at which about 500
non-union men are employed. Suspicion
against the prisoner lis strong, and Burns
detectives in Pittsburgh already have
taken a hand toward following up the
investigation into the movements Of
Bridges.
Aside from saying that he didn't in
tend to pull a Mcnamara stunt in
Monessen or anywhere else. Bridges re-
fused at first to talk. He is married, but
refuses to tell the whereabouts of his
family. The police here received word
from Homestead that the prisoner is a
resident Of that place.
Rigid Investigation Begun.
Meanwhile, the police of Pittsburgh
and other industrial centers in this
section are cooperating with the local
authorities in an investigation Of the
prisoners movements heretofore. 1t
was in this section that the McNama-
ras and Ortie McManigal committed
their first dynamitinE outrages. the
notable crimes of destruction being
the Steubenville bridge. the Wabash
bridge and the Beaver bridge.
Were you undertaking a Mcnamara
job?' Bridges was asked.
NO, l didn't intend to pull off any
of that stuff he replied.
But little is known Of the prisoner
although he has been about town for
a number Of weeks. spending his time
at DonOra, Webster. Monessen and
other villages in this vicinity. He is
about forty years old. He was first no.
ticed with the suit case i'm the bar OF
the Merchants Hotel.
He was drinking with a number of
men, some of whom are said to be float
ers." One of the men accidentally kick
ed the suit case and Bridges ordered him
to be careful, as there might be an ex-
plosion.
BY the time the police arrived Bridges
left the hotel He was intercepted on the
street and placed under arrest. He sub
mitted quietly, but his suit case was
taken from him and carried by a police
man to the Jail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-27
Saw He Was Intoxicated.

The man whose body was found to-
day, it is stated. was under the in
fiuence of liquor when he reached the
hotel this morning. He declined to
register his name. but did consent to
make a mark on the open register.
About noon the odor of gas attracted
the attention Of persons in the hotel. The
fumes were traced to a third-fi0or room.
and it was necessary to break In the door
to gain entrance. 1t was later found that
the key had been broken off i'm the lock
and chair placed against the door.
Policemen Boswell and Mccarthy eN-
amined the room and sent word to the
coroner. The police say they think the
man committed suicide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-27
PROBE FOR COMBINE
Attorney for Swift & Co. on
the Witness Stand.
TRIAL OF BEEF PACKERS
Albert H. Veeder Questioned as to
Agreement to Form Half-Mil-
lion-Dollar Merger.

CHICAGO. December 27-Albert FL.
Veeder. attorney for Swift & Co, contin-
ued his story of the operations of the
packers prior to 1860 when the trial of
the ten Chicago packers indicted on the
charge OF criminal violation of the Sher-
man law was resumed today
me only name by which the old pack
ers' pool which held secret meetings prior
to 1903 was known was Post Office Box
NO. 24I,' according to counsel for the
government.
inns mysterious gathering, which the
government asserts sought to fix the
prlce OF meats and suppress competition
at weekly meetings in the Veeder Of
noes had no name which Mr.. Veeder.
In his early examination, could remem-
Der.
Further secrets Of the projected conf
bination with $JOO,OOO.OO Capitalization.
which was baked through the failure of
eastern bankers to lend $4,000. OOO were
expected to develop through the testimony
of Mr.. Veeder
Half-Billion-Dollar Merger.
Pierce Butler, special counsel for tho
government, questioned Mr. Veeder at
length regarding the agreement entered
into in 1902 between the Armour, Swift
and Morris interests to form a flve-hun-
dred-million merger of packing companies.
The witness said that an elaborate ex
animation of the packers books was
madt by expert accountants, and the prop
critics appraised by committee of ex-
perts consisting Of Thomas Connors.
Thomas II. Wilson and Horace c. Gard
ner.
WAS the appraisal of these properties
ever made?"
Il think the work was completed. but
no final report ever was made" was the
answer.
Mr.. Veeder said that under the merger
agreement each of the contracting parties
was required to turn over at least 30 per
cent of the stock Of the concerns it was
proposed to consolidate.
Purchase of Competitors.
The witness produced the contracts
made by Armour. Swift and Morris in
June. 1902, for the purchase OF six COM
peting companies prior to the organiza-
ton Of the National Packing Company.
The concerns acquired by the combina-
ton at that time were the United Dressed
Beef Company of New York, the Fowler
Packing Company, the Anglo-American
Provision Company. the G. H. Hammond
Company, the Omaha Packing Company
and the st. Louis Dressed Beef and Pro-
vision Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-27

Of the Southern Society for Philosophy
and Psychology at the Eobftt House
this afternoon
The CHRONOLOGICAL Society Of America.
which began IT'S session at the National
Museum yesterday. continued the read
ing Of papers today.
The section on botany opened Its SEES
sions at Business High School this
afternoon, when the address OF the re-
firing vice president, F. c. Newcomn'
of Ann Arbor was presented.
The Botanical Society OF America Pc
gan its sessions with a meeting Of the
council at the Business High School at
Q o'clock this morning. and at IL O'CLOCK
began the presentation of series OF
short papers running from nve 10
fifteen minutes.
The meeting of the American Phyto-
pathological Society began at Business
High school at 1890 today, with meet
ing of the council. Papers Will not De
presented until the meeting tomorrow
morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-27

Some credit Is given the United States
government for its prompt and effective
measures in the recent Reyes rebellion.
II is felt, according to the reports. that
tho efforts of this government along that
,ira had an important influence In bring
Inc about the failure OF the revolution
headed by the aged Mexican general.
Already good effects are evident from
the declaration that the Mexican govern
ment was about to launch a vigorous
anti-bandit campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-27
Nature Study Society.

There was considerable of general m
terest in the meeting of the Nature STUDY
Society at Business High School TINS
morning. under its president. Benjamin
VI. Davis. There were discussions on sew
eral popular topics. and in order to make
the discussion of as much general ihlelSs'
az ,,ossihIe the remarks of any one speak
or we're limited to ten minutes OTIS Calo-
we'll. V r. Fitzpatrick and Anna b. Com,
stock spoke on the problem of the schoo'
Tnent of Agriculture and z. f. Balcomo
spoke on elementary agricultural educa-
ton. There was discussion OF forestry
by T. r. Jackson, of hygiene by II. d.
Dressler and of civics by c. r. lodge.
The members of the executive comsnit-
tee of the American NIicroscopical 80
cietv. of which \. f. Hertzler OF Kansas
City is president. lunched at the SosIiios
~inh and afterward went to Business
High School. where the business Session
opened at $50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-27
Origin of the Aborigines.

The section Of the association on an
chronology and psychology held an all
dav session in the National Museum.
paper was presented at the morning ses-
sion on The Anthropology of the Pueblo
Indians by Dr. .Ales Hrdlicka. In the
afternoon there was joint session, under
the American Anthropological ASSOCIATION
at which there was a discussion on tne
probable place or places or origin OF tne
american aborigines. n NUMBER OF shoi
papers were presented bearing on var
Gus phases of this topic, among 1ne
speakers being DR.. J. Walter F'uchs: d.
Ales Hrdlicka. DIR. Walter Hough, froi;
w. H. Holmes, Austin Hobart Clark anu
r. b. Dixon. These papers were Ioilo"eu
by a general discussion.
The Society of American Bacterioioglsts
met i'm the Cosmos Club. where there was
a session sanitary bacterloios!' a.
which papers were presented on water
.tariIization. a special discussion of the
flow of the YoughiOgheny river at NC
Keesport, Pa. and an especially popular
naper on the bacterial content of oysters
during storage. by George W. otlieS VI
The bureau OF chemistry.
The society at a joint meeting with the
Botanical Society of America at BUSINESS
High School at pm. listened TO the au-
dress of President Frederic f. Gorhani.
AZ a meeting at :: o'clock at the Cosmos
club papers were presented on physlo-
logical bacteriOlogy.
The American Federation of Teachers
of the Mathematical and the Naturai
Sciences opened their session in the IL
brary of the New Willard this afternoon
at 40 All of the papers presented were
of a highly mathematical nature
Home Economies Association.
Seeing Washington was the general
order of business for the 800 or more
delegates who are here to attend the
fourth annual convention of the American
Home Economics Association. Registra-
ton of delegates. in the reception room
of the Hotel Gordon, and meetings OF the
executive committee, 2:3O pm, and the
council $50 pm, were the only real
business transacted.
The sessions of the convention proper
open at $50 tomorrow morning, at Henry
ID. Cooke School. near 18th street and Co
lumbia road, when the president, MISS
Isabel Bevier of the University OF Illinois
will call the convention to order. Action
will be taken at this session on num-
her of amendments which have been pro-
posed to the constitution and bylaws. and
this business will be followed by reports
of officers, reports of committees and
other routine business.
The presentation of papers begins at
1890 am, and continues through the
afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-27
PEACE ON SOUND BASIS
PREDICTED FOR MEXICO
Probable Result Of the Subjugation
of Reyes Revolutionists and
Vigorous Policy.

The capture of Gen. Reyes. the conse-
auent suppressing of the revolution be-
ing propagated in his name. and the an
nouncement by the Mexican government
that a vigorous program had been planned
for the complete subjugaton Of the BAN
dts in southern Mexico. 1t is believed.
will go a long way toward the restoration
of peace on a sound footing in that coun-
trv. This is the substance of dispatches
which have been coming to the State
Department during the past few days.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-11-15
The Orinin of Eastinn.

AS is the case with all very ancient
practices. the origin Of fasting is OBJ
scure. Herbert Spencer gives us TO
understand that the custom arose out
OF the habit of providing refreshments
for the dead. The offerings TO the dead
were often made in so lavish a manner
as TO involve tSe survivors in tempo
rary starvation and II is SuggeSte d b.
Spencer that the fasting which was
at first the natural and inevitable re
suit of the sacrifice on behalf of the
dead. may eventually have come to he
regarded as an Indispensable con
comitant of all sacrifice and worship
and so have survived as well estab
lishcd usage long after the original
cause had ceased to operate. - New
York American.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-11-15
q Ouibbter.

These people obey She letter. per
haps, but they don't obey the spirit
Of the law" The speaker was dis
GUESSING certain troublesome and willy
transgrcSSors. He continued: And
they don't even interpret the letter
OF the law correctly. They and theh
attorneys bubble like the young man
IN Pike county.
"a young man and his girl were
strolling in Il like county meadow
when q bull dashed upon them.
Stay here and protect my retreat.
cried the girl. You kzow. Reggie
you've often said you'd face death fol
my sake
But Reggie. who had already
sprinied nfty yards. called back ovei
his shoulder:
DO you can that bull 6ead1'--
New York Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-11-15
~ ode est Marie.

"In November 1879" writss Narte
BashlSirtSev. the great day OF the
opera. was nerve+ls al day. ! wore q
white muffin tupe unie whatever that
may bel with wide frill III the bot.
tom; corsaCe Marie Stuart ana coi1urr
In harmony with the gown. very
beautiful affair Every ono admired
me. About the middle of the perform.
ance the fes!in. swept over me that |
was beautiful To distraction. A. ihr
close l make my way ont het we1n I'VE
lines OF gentlemen who stare thcm
selves blind. and their verdict * roi
an unfavorAble Ore. one fees ,hat
Coming home. looked nj nySt-,t'in th.
glass. ! waS Ike y queen. Ike pOr
trait that had stepped out q. - frarIc
What Il mi.fcrtunc IL is that in>,e@d
OF these pen S,'rhsctleS ! cannon draw
my portrait aS | was then my EsAr
vel0us eomplrXian. ny golden hair
my eyes black like the night. DS
mouth. my aguFe"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-11-15
NOTICE
Taxpayers

In accordance with the, law prescrib-
inx the manner I'm which Taxes and
County Levies shall be collected. the
Treasurer, or one of his Deputies, will
for this purpose. be at
A. w. Morrison's Store. Golfers
town. Tuesday. Oct. "a.
j. w. Morrison & Co.'S Store, Oak
Dale. Wednesday, oct. 25.
IA. l.. Morrison Il Co.'S Store, Mar
mion, Thursday, Oct. 20.
+. !: Hufman's Store. Alphin, Friday
Oct. "a
Anderson Bros. Store, Rockbridge
Baths, Tuesday, Oct. "a.
q. Il. Engleman & Co.'S Store, X err q
Creek. Wednesday, Oct %.
Thompson's L. Hart Store. Denmark,
Thursday, Oct. 20.
j. Il. Montgomery's Store. Raphine,
Tuesday, Oct. "a.
Bosworth 4 Patterson's Store.
Brownsburg, Wednesday, Oct. %.
W. Gardner Reeds Store, at Zack.
on Walkers Greek, Thursday, Oct. &c.
McClintlc Il Snider's store, Goshen.
Saturday, Oct. %.
q. b. u s. ID. Mangus' Store, Vesu-
vlus, Wednesday, Oct. 25.
Josiah Winners Store, Cornwall
Thursday, Oct. 26.
Z. r. FIippo's Store. Fairfield, Fri
day, Oct. 81.
Paxton Leckey's Store, Oak Bank
Tuesday, Oct. "a.
John w. Burger g. Co.'S Store. Nat
ural Bridge, Wednesday, Oct. %.
Baldwin, Echols Il Cos Store. GIas-
Cow, Thurs lay, Oct. PC.
Treasurer's Office till evening
of Nov. 30, 1911.
From November 18th to 3Oth. inclu-
sive, the Treasurer's Office will not be
closed FOR dinner, as is the usual Gus
tom, but Will be kept open continuous
~ from am. to pm, when it will
be closed for the day in order to give
time to close up the days business.
Any person failing to pay any Srate
or County levies To the Treasurer by the
FIRST OF DECEMBER shall incur a
penalty thereon OF per centum, which
shall he added to the amount OF taxes
and lovies due fro L such TAXPAYER.
which, when collected by the Treasur-
or or his Deputies, shall be accounted
for in his settlement. IA part OF the
18th Sec. OF the Act referred to.
Persons owning land not in their
own name will call for such tickets
when settling their own, otherwise
they will have the per cent. to paw
as 1T is impossible for the treasurer
ITO keep posted on all lsnd sales in
the county.
Calls over Telephone and letters
asking for statement OF taxes should
not be postponed until last days OF
November as the treasurer may not
be able TO answer them.
s r MOoRH Treasurar
Oct.11 II OF RockbrIdge County.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-11-15
Oriqin of the Doc.

1t has been supposed that the dog.
like the jackal. descended from spe-
cial race. Examination OF the skulls
of the canidae in the museum of the
French Academy of Sciences shows
that nearly all of the jackal and wolf
species differ from those OF the little
wolf OF India. The little wolf OF In.
dla is the only Wild beast possessing
the salient eyebrow or crest of the dog
The little wolf has not only the dogs
eyebrow crest. but NIL the canine char
acteriStics and none OF the character
iStics of the Wolf 1t is presumable
that the little wolf OF India was the
original ancestor of the dog. The two
primitive canine races. the dog of the
boys and the dog OF the age of bronze
were domeSticated first in Asia and
were introduced into Europe from
Asia. like most OF the domestic ami
mails OF Europe.-Harper's Weekly.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-11-15
Orchard and Garden.

Sweet potatoes should be dried an6
stored In boxes of sand before the fros'
touches them.
Get ready to do some graftirg IL
1912. TOP work that Old Seeding apple
tree. The cherry comes first. tLeI
plum. arp!". cuince and pear.
In stor:";- potatoes handle them care
fully. EruiScd potatoes viii eve-:lal
Iy rot End cost you a great deal ~,
through lack W it;re theuChtfe,aos~
Bals2Gs shew TO best ad-antac
when they are pruned to one stra.@b
stem. Pinch off every side branch aHt
the single stalk left will be completely
covered with insss OF bloom.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-11-15
An Eve For lines.

~The last time l was here saw that
same woman" said the man wte was
waiting for HIS eyeglasses TO be ad.
juSted. The optician locked across the
room 10 little woman M faded black
Yes" he said. "nns n you should
be here three months from today you
would soc her again. she CONES every
three months. She l. pnlRist No.
body gives closer attention 10 the eyes
than the professional palmist. Most
OF them wear glasses. and they visit an
optician regularly. With every change
In their eyes their glasses are changed
They have TO do that to keep track
Of all the fine lines in their clients
hands.
They have keen eyes themselves.
those persons who ratronize palmists.
and are apt to pick out any number
Of little struggling lines a nd ask what
they mean. If the paluhst cart see
the lines herself she Ia likely to get
into trouble. New York Times.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-11-15
a rax=iinc Applicant.

When u,~'dy HrS. Cadere,te required
a letter Of introduction 20 thc Dcnevo-
lent association jules Duport, proud
OF his ability to express himself in
English. obLiGingiy helped her out.
Imagine the bewilderment Of the sec
rotary when q large. robust lady in
search Of work presented what well
meaning Jules had written:
This Is Miss Caderette that in
duce whsrewith to everybody. This
lady has been sick for long time and
Is stifl I'm bed. She has sve children.
all little aud partly dead. and rs In
very poor condition. as she have no
money. Her husband went away two
years ago and hss not never been
heard of since. This man has rheu-
matism. is cripple and cannot help
herself. This lady is his brother's
girl. Help her and she will he very
comforts Bile
As the sick abed hdy could speak
no English. she was unable to explain
why she looked SO well. but the secre-
tary made her very comfortable"
with steady employment in a laundry.
YOUTHS Companion.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-11-15
fBSeN AS A TAILOR.
Tho Only Help he Needed Was h.
Threading the Needle.


An interesting story OF Ibsen as a
tailor is told in Paris contemporary.
Jonas Lie. a Norwegian poet. was ac-
customed to spend part of the sum-
mer Mt Berchtesgaden. In the Sales
burg Alps. On one OF these occasions,
while sojourning In the Deighb0rhood,
fbsen turned up at his friends resi-
dence and asked to see Mime. Lie, add
Ing that they need not disturb the
poet When madame appeared Ibsen
apologized. 1t was only a trife-a but
needle and thread. Nine Lie, wo-
manlike. offered TO sew on the button.
but the poet would not hear of it. All
he asked was that she would aid him
by threading the needle. He had found
1t most difficult. The lady, of course,
complied. and Ibsen went on his way
rejoicing.
Mime. Lie did not meet Ibsen again
until some days after the needle diff
Guilty was surmounted This time he
called to see the poet. There was no
demand for an interview with the
poets wife. In the course of conver-
sation the lady, wishing to get her
own back" inquired somewhat satir-
ically IL she could be of any service
to her husbands friend. Could she
thread another needle for him? "A
thousand thanks. my dear madame"
replied the author of THE Dolls
House" ~ took care when you
threaded the needle for me to make
the thread long enough to last the
whole summer."-London Globe.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-11-15
Law Points For the Farmer.

The laws OF most of the states say
that farme-s shall cat the weeds that
grow ON the public highway alongside
the farm, or the township may do it
At the land owners expense.
Statutes whi-h allow the owner Of
land sold for taxes 10 redeem on pro
Scribcd conditions are literally con
strued in favor Of the right to redeem
Gibson Versus Dekarek. S. Oak Isl
y. W. 122
Parties may agree on the value of
property to hr Slipped by express and
limit the express coEpany'S liability
to the agreed valuation. provided the
agreement is fairly made on good
consideration dams Express Compa-
ny Versus BeycrS. Ind. 95 y. F.. 513
4 person a"urQa hing n railroad
crossing has Il right to expect that the
railroad company will give the statu-
tory crossing signal. but the failure Of
the company in this respect will not
absolve such person from the exercise
Of care commensurate with the danger
OF which ht il iouEd to take notice by
reason OF tho fact that il is n railroad
Observation-Disclosures. etc. Railroad Com
pany Versus Lander. 90 n. T.. $40.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-11-15

keep the heads white. says n recent
bulletin OF the United States depart
ment of agriculture
The tender heads Of eauliflower are
boiled and served with butter or cream
cd and are alsc used for pic..liny.
CaulieOwer seed. formerly produced
almost entirely in Europe. is now
grown In commercial quantities in the
vicinity Of Puget sound. Washington
and few other localities I'm the Unit
I'd States. There are several varieties
Of cauliflOwer. but without marked
differences among them. Some grow
ers consider Early Dwarf Erfurt and
SNOWFALL Two of the best. 4 late MAJ
turing and hardy form of cauliflower
IS known as broccoli.
Lovers Of cauliliower are fond cf re
'alling Mark TwaiL's definition Of the
vegetable as cabbage with II college
education."