The Washington Herald (Washington, D.C.)
December 6, 1906

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[em] THE WASHINGTON HERALD E 26,751 CENT. N “NO. 60 WASHINGTON, D. re s., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 DECEMBER 6, ives, AX INCOME 7 FORTY MEN BLOWN 10 ATOMS IN MINE Tons of Dynamite Explode as They Are Lowered. SHAFT IS TOTAL WRECK Others Entombed by Wreck, and Rescuers Are at Work. May Be Days Before Aid Can Reach the Miners in the Lower Levels. Magazine in Which Tragedy Oec curred Contained All of Explosives Used ip Mine—~Works Will Be Idle for Many Weeks to Come, Houghton, Mich., Dec. 5.—Forty miners are believed to have been blown to atoms in the Quincy mine to-night, as the re sult of the explosion of a powder maga gine situated on the first level of the Mesnard No. 8 shaft. The men were being lowered to work, forty of them occupying seats in the large cage used to lower the men under ground. Just as the cage was passing the first level 100 feet from the surface, the dyna mite stored in the magazine exploded, sending forth death and destruction. Absolutely no trace of the men can be found, and they were evidently blown to pleces at the first shock. Many other men were at work in the mine at the time of the explosion, and some of these probably have also perished. The disaster is one of the worst that has visited the copper country in years. No. 8 shaft is totally wrecked several hundred feet in depth, and it may be days before the other men in the mine can be rescued. Cause of Explosion Unknown. Several tons of dynamite was stored fn the magazine which exploded, it being used as a storage place for the powder of the entire mine. What caused the explosion is unknown, as there were no wirers or trammears at work in that vicinity at the time. The shaft is one the newest of the Quincy works, and one of the principal workers of the company. The terrible calamity which visited it to-night will necessitate the complete suspension of underground operations for many weeks, Searching parties are seeking the bedies of the missing men, going under ground in No. 6 shaft, which connects with No. 8, but up to a late hour hud been unsuccessful in their efforts. The seargh will be continued through every portion of the wrecked mine.

Men Deep in Workings Seriously Burned in an Explosion.

Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 5.—As the result of an explosion in Rosebud Mine at Zely ville, near here, tonight, nineteen men were burned. One of them died before he could betaken out of the workings, and two others” will not live until! midnight. Of the remainder, three were fatally burned. VERMONT IN TRIAL RUN. New Battie Ship Will Have Enduar ance Test Off Maine To-day. Rockland, Me. Dec. 5.—Under splendid weather conditions, and without an ac cident of any Kind to mark the trial, the new first-class battle ship Vermont had a propeller test to-day. The battle ship made one mile at the rate of 18.52 knots an hour, and an average of 18.48 on the three fastest runs, a very creditable ghowing.

The maximum number of revolutions was 118.47, the number necessary to pro duce the contract speed being 114.06. The Vermont was built at the Fore River yard, Quincy. To-morrow the Vermont will go to sea for a four hours’ endurance run, and on Friday will have a twenty-four-hour pow er test,

Capt. Willlam P. Potter, who will com mand the ship when she goes into com mission, and Lieut, Commander Levi C. Bertolette, who will be executive officer, were aboard the Vermont during the trial

$25,000,000 WAGE INCREASE. Chicago Railroads Willing to Give Employes 10 Per Cent More. Chicago, Dec. 5.—The railways of Chi ago contemplate an increase in the wages of their employes in the immediate future which will make all increases made on the railroads of the country recently seem small by comparison. Advances are ex pected to be given between now and Jan uary 1 which will make the combined incomes of the 450,000 employes of these lines from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 greater in 1307 than in 1506.

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FEVER MICROBE TRACED. British Scientist Believes Typhoid “Has Its Origin in Brazil. Liverpool, Dec. 5 —Sir Alfred Johns, president of the Chamber of Commerce, who was the founder of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, has heard from Brazil that the yellow fever microbe has been traced there. He believes that we are also on the eve of solving the mystery of sleeping sickness. The School of Tropical Medicine is fibout to send an expedition to Africa, for the purpose of studying black-water Tasers New York, Dec. 5—A rear-end col fision of trolley cars on the Williams burg Bridge shortly before 1d o'clock to pight injured eight persons, demolished one car, created a panic, and tied up the lires which cross the bridge for more then an hour. Stenographers’ Civil Service Exam ination, Jan. 28. The Drillery, 1180 N, YX. ave, will tell you all about ii MIRE BLAST INJURES 18. Panie in Street Car Wreek Assailant Gives His Victim $1,000 and Prosecution Ends. Dyer. Tenn. Dec. 5.—After signing RED, an agreement that his assailant should not be prosecuted in consideration of the sum of $1,000, which has been paid, Bert Hilton, who was shot about a month ago, died yesterday of his wounds. The agreement was signed ‘by Ililton and members of his family, and the money was paid to the man ‘before his death. He realized he could not live, but in order that his family might have money he signed the agree ment. The two men, both of whom ‘were prominent farme 8, had a diffi culty over a business tter about a month ago in which Hilton was shot in the body. The other was arrested and gave a bond, but declared that he only fired in self-defense. It is understood that there will be no prosecution, as the family of the dead man say that they will abide by the terms of the agreement

New York, Dee. 5.—The Fifth Avenue ‘Hotel, for many years New York's most imposing and famous hotel, is again reported to have been sold for more than $7,000,000. There were several rumors regarding the disposition to be made of the prop erty. According to one, the hotel will he torn down and an immense structure raised on its site. Another had it that a resale of the property was made at a profit of almost $500,000. The Fifth Avenue Hotel and the Madi son Square Theater occupy jointly a site containing nearly twenty-one city lots of 2,000 square feet. The frontage on Broadway and Fifth avenue at Madison Square is 200 feet, on Twenty-third street the depth is 215 feet, and on Twenty fourth street 265 feet. It has long been considered the most valuable piece of land for eale in this city, and has been held at a gradually rising price, until $7,000,000 was reached and passed. The property is assessed by the city at $4,806,000. Tt was sold at pub lic auction in April, 1900, for $4,225,000 by the executors of the estate of the late Amos R. Eno, of the Fifth Avenue Hotel Land Company, composed of several heirs of the estate. Later the righte of the other parties were bought by Henry C. and Henry I. Eno, who took title in their own name.

At the Eno offices it was said to-night that nothing was known of any sale. Nevertheless, the realty men who shoud know continue to insist that the sale has taken place. WEATHER FORECAST. For the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia—Rain and warmer to-day. To-morrow, fair and colder; fresh southerly winds. shifting to westerly. HERALD NEWS SUMMARY. TELEGRAPHIC. A BANNER hr, Page. 1—Ferty Miners Entombed; Probably Dead. 1—Family Dies in Strange Manner. 1—-M. Linn Bruce on New York Bench. 3—Fifty Die in Floods. 3—Pickets Told to Break Men's Legs in Chicago. 3—Fifth Avenue Hotel Sold. 3—Carnegie Lake at Princeton Dedicated. 3—Gillette’s Mother Sends Cheer. LOCAL. 1-W. W. Finley Elected President of Southern, 2—Shaw Advises Currency Legislation. 2—-William Aydelott Dead. 2-Taft Indorses President in Brownsville Trouble,

2—Rivers and Harbors Congress Opens To-day. CONGRESS 4—New Japanese Treaty Not Likely. 4—Representative Mudd Scores Japan. 9—8enate Wants Facts About Negro Troops. PAYS FOR MAN'S DEATH. WYNDHAM TO QUIT STAGE. i

British Actor Announces His Early Retirement at Annual Dianer.

London, Dec. 35. —Charles Wyndham, presiding at the annual dinner of the Actors’ Benevolent Fund, announced his early retirement from the stage. w» “It is in the very nature of things,” he sald, “that a short time hence wiil see my withdrawal from the career to which I have devoted so many happy years." He added that he wouldsappear again as chairman at the fund's dinner.

“SCOTTY” IS NEAR DEATH. Hydrophobic Zorilla Said to Have Bitten Death Valley Hero

Los Angeles, Dec. 5.—Walter Scott— “Scotty,” of Death Valley—is reported to be near death. He was bitten by a hydrophobic zorilla—a skunk. The skunk’s condition is unknown. FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL SOLD Famous Property Reported Disposed of for $7,000,000. Ramor Says It Was Tarned Over Again Immediately at a Profit of Almeost 8500,000. DUCK’'S CRAW FULL OF GOLD. Farmer Almost Has the Goose of His toric Notoriety Beaten. Beatrice, Nebr., Dec. 5.—Anton Prebyl, a farmer living near this city, killed a duck to-day, and when he came to dress it he was surprised to find its craw filled with nuggets of pure gold. There were more than a dozen of tha nug gets; they were all of considerable size and of no inconsiderable value, His home is near a creek and his ducks have been in the habit of going to the creek for food. Tt is believed that the gold found in the craw of the duck to-day was picked up by the fowl in or on the banks of the creek, and there may be a rich placer thereabouts.

The finding of the nuggets have created considerable excitement here, and a search for goid is being prose cuted on Prebyi’'s little farm. Anvihing to Sell? Housekeepers who desire to dispose of their furniture or personal effects, will find the best market at Sloan's, 1407 G st. Sale every Saturday at 10 a. m. An old reliable concern, strietly an auction commission business, always working for Owners. first. It was her opinon that the whole A la Carte Lunch Served Daily at Eckstein’s from 12 to 3, 1412 N. Y, ave storm by his message. ar 3 hy N tap v yA TV Hig a ne TRLRIINS

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Lat 3 4] ARN S\N ew” AWAY J 2 er ~l SN roy: a FRISCO TO TEST LAW Japanese Case Will Be Pre sented to Supreme Court. SAY THE PRESIDENT IS BITTER Californians Peclare Roosevelt Mis stated the Facts in His Message. Conferences Between Board of Ed ucation and United States Atiorney Is Fraitless—~Will Prepare Data. 1 San Francisco, Dec. 5.—That portion of President Roosevelt's message relating to the exclusion of the Japanese children from the primary public school was the sole topic in educational circles to-day. Two important conferences were held in the morning. Henry B. Miller, consul general for the United States at Yoko hama, and George Kennan, the noted au thor, had a private conference with the board of education for the purpose of gathering additional statistics about the number of Japanese children of school age in San Francisco. In the afternoon President Altman, of the board of education, with City Attor ney Burke and assistants, conferred with United States District Attorney Devlin about an agreed statement of facts on which the present cases will be submitted in the Supreme Court of this State to test the constitutionaliy of he law under which the board of education acted in excluding children of Mongolian descent from public scheols. Neither of these conferences was par ticularly fruitful Mr. Miller was in formed that the board would not recede from its action, but was promised aii data he desired. There will be further conferences Friday with Devlin, when a good statement of facts will be prepared. Accuses President of Bitterness, President Altman, of the board of edu cation, came out to-night with a sensa tional interview on the Japanese question. “President Roosevelt hag injected a tone of bitterness into this question,” he said, “that one would expect an experienced statesman to avoid at any cost,

“For enforcing a law enacted by the legislature of this Stata the people of the State are condemned at length by the nation’s Chief Executive, He has even gone to the extreme of misstating facts, declaring that to shut the Japanese out of the schools of California is a wicked absurdity. “The board of edueation has not shut them out of the schools of this city. It has provided separate schools for them. maintained by the taxpayers of San Francisco." The members of the board of education, while harsh in their criticism of Presi dent Roosevelt, are charitable enough to believe he does not thoroughly under stand the situation. It is urged the President was not aware of the fact that Japanese scholars who have reached high school and university grades are exempt from the order. Wish to Exclude Coolies. The intent of the law, say the commis sioners, was to prevent Japanese of the lower classes who came to this country practically as coolies to intermingle with white children of this country.

Several teachers to-day. in talking about the segregation of Japanese pupils, said the whole trouble could be settled by insisting upon an age limit for pupils in primary and grammar grades,

There are only eighty-five Japanese in these two grades, and of these not over tweniy are little children. The remainder are youths from sixteen to twenty-five years old, and it is the association of these grown men with little girls that parents object it. In the high schools there are about twenty Japanese pupils, and a woman teacher in one of the high schools said to day they were neat, orderly, wellman and very She said UNCLE SAM: “JUST PICKED IT UP. HE CAN PLAY SOME, TOO.” Te TO Pune

STOPS PEABODY BALLOT. Germany Refuses to let Insurance “Single Shot” Ticke Circulate. New York, Dec. 5.—~The German Impe rial Bureau for Insurance hag demanded that the “official” ballot of the Mutual Life Insurance Company cease to be cir culated in Germany. This ballot is the famous “Peabody single shot ballot” against which Superinte of Insur ance Kelsey took ne seth The ballot has the names only of the stration candtiates, vet bears no title to mark it as the ticket of the administration,

Henry Rogers Winthrop, it is an nounced, will tender his resignation as reasurer of the Equitable Life at the coming meeting of the board of directors, on December 20,

Richard Olney, head of the Internation al Policy Holders’ Committee, to-night fs sued an appes! to policy holders general ly to vote against the company candi dates for directors. In hig appeal Mr. Olney says:

“A large proportion of the entire vote remains to be cast, and the success of the policy holders’ campaign depends on the vote not yet cast.” WON'T PAY BONI'S LENDERS. Viadame Gould Willing to Pay Only Debits Relating to Household. Paris, Dec. 5.—Another hearing was held to-day in the suit for Boni de Castel lane, and his former wife, Madame Gould. Maitre Crupnpi, representing Madame Gould, announced that she intends to pay all debts relating to the household, but declines to pay any money lenders who supplied Boni with funds. DIE WHEN ELEVATOR FALLS Three Men Killed and Six Seriously Injured at Waynesboro. Huge Milling Machine Causes Cables to Break and Men Are Buried in the Debris. i Inecial to The Washington Herald. Special to The Washington Herald. Wayneshoro, Pa. Dec. 5.—~Three men were killed outright and six others were bad'y injured, several of whom will like iy dic, as the result of an elevator in the wood shops of the Geiser Manufacturing Company falling with a milling machind late this afternoon, George Freeman, foreman, whose home is near Waynesboro, was instantly killed. The other dead were Roumani ans, as are also the injured. The for eigners had just started to work to-day, being employed to do rough work out side the factory. The miiling machine was a new piece of machinery that was being taken to the second floor on the elevator. The men were preparing to push the machine off the elevator when the cables broke, permitting the elevator to fall, with the heavy milling machine crashing after it. As quickly as possible the dead and injured were removed from the wreckage and taken to the hospital.

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MAKE 106 HITS IN 133 SHOTS. Guuners of Cruisers Drake Head En tire British leet. Landon, Dec. 5. —The gunners of “the armored cruiser Drake, flagship of the second cruiser squadron of the British Atlantic fieet, commanded by Rear Ad miral Prince Louis of Battenberg, have made a record of 106 hits out of 133 shots with the 92-inch and S-inch guns at a target four miles distant, The crew of the Drake thus heads the whole British fleet, Policeman Attacked by Negro. Policeman J. C. Bredrick, of the Ninth precinct, was attacked by an unidentified negre last night in an alley. He was hit on the head by a large rock ard stunned. He drew his revolver and fired at the man, and thinks he hit him. that they made other scholars work to keep up with them, and. so far as she had observed, the Japanese youths never spoke to girls unless they were addresse i er If You Desire Protection for Yous funds in addition to interest open an ac count with banking dept. of Union Trust Co, 1414 F. Interest on all accounts, question would have been settled quietly if the President had net stirred up a FAMILY DIES ODDLY Clairvoyant Arrested When Last of Group Passes Away. BELIEVE ALL WERE POISONED Mother, After Being Questioned by Police, Returns Home, and in =a Short Time Is Dying of Arsenie. She May Have Been Frightened into Committing Suicide. A

Chicago, Dec. 5.—Following the recent mysterious deaths of Martin Vrzal and his five children, and the supposed suicide to-day of his wife, Mrs. Rose Vrzai, Her man Biolk, a Bohemian clarvolant and fortune-telier, was arrested this evening, to be held pending the inquiry into the remarkable mortality in the family of which he is known to have been a close friend, and, perhaps, physician. I—————————————————————

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Mrs. Vrzal was unquestionably poisoned with arsenic. There is just a suspicion that it may not have been taken with suicidal intent. The police think, how ever, that the woman was frightened into kiumg herself by the questions they asked her concerning the death of her husband and little ones.

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Biolk will be held at least until the in quest, which can not be held until the bodies of all the Vrzals are exhumed and an analysis made of the contents of their stomachs.

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The victims of these tragedies are: MARTIN VRZAL, father, died in June, 195, sup posedly of grastritis MARY VRZAL, died in September, 135, suppos edly of ulcer of the stomach. TILLIE VRZAL, died in February, 1306, sup posediy of ulcer of the stomach. ROSE VRZAL, died in May, 1906, supposediy of endecard itis. ELLA VRZAL, died Thanksgiving Day, supposed Ir of gastritis. Mrs. ROSE VRZAL, mother. died to-day. Insurance was carried on the lives of all the Vrzal children. It was payable ‘to the parents, however, and it could not have been collected by Biolk, so far as is Known at thiz time. He denies that he ever prescribed for the family, or knows anything concerning the cause of the deaths. ONLY 30 DELEGATES RESPOND Meeting to Urge Direct Election of Senators Not Well Attended. Des Moines, Ia., Dec. 5.-—Thirty out of the 230 delegates eligible to seats in the Interstate Conference favoring the elec tion of United States Senators by the pecple, are in attendance at the conven tion, which Gov. Cummins called to order in the senate chamber of the State House this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The delegates represent about a dozen States, including Indiana, Illinois, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nebraska, California, Missouri, and Louisiana. None of the Eastern States are represented at the conventica as yet. The convention meets in response ta Lhe Lewis resolution, adopted by the Jast Towa legislature, which invited each State to send five delegates on appointment ov their respective governors. A number of the delegates, including former Gov. Larrabee, of Iowa, do not favor the calling of a constitutional con vention to propose the amendment, but io ask Congress to submit the desired change to the States for their ratifications. Big Price for Biblical Manuscript. London, Dec. 5.—At Sotheby's to-day a remarkably fine twelfth-century manu script of the New Testament, in which the Apocryphal Epistie of St. Faul to the Laodiceans follows the Epistle to Philemon, was sold for $3350. At the Morris sale in 1898 it brought only 31 295. Nehogatoff’s Trinl Begins St. Petersburg, Dec. 5.—The trial of Rear Admiral Nebogatoff and seventy eight officers of his squadron for sur rendering to the Japanese at the bat tle of the Sea of sapan on May 28, 1965, began before a special court martial this morning. HIGH TOWER BLOWN DOWN. Tubular Steel Mass, Used in Wireless Work, Falls Before Gale. London, Dee. 5.—A heavy gale has blown down a 450-foot tower, built by the Na tional Electric Signaling Company, of Washington, at Machrihanssh, Argyle shire, for wireless communication with Boston, Mass. It wag a mass of tubular steel, iInclosing a staircase, and weighed 2,000 tons. The stays were torn from the ground, and the tower snapped in two places. By a marve] it fell clear of the neighboring buildings. The same gale delayed for several hours the saliinz of the steamer Baltic from Liverpool to New York. CHILDREN CLING TO DUCHESS. Refusal te Go te Duke May Force Marlborough Scandal Inte Court. London, Dec. 5. ~The marital troubles of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough are bound to come into the courts for set tlement, All the hopes of a friendly agrement are gone, according to the Manchester Pie patch. The duke, it states, regards him self the injured party, and is insisting on securing “his rights.” How to dispose of the children is the bone of contention. They have always been with her, and regard the duke as a distant acquaintance. He is determined, however, to have them intrusted to him, To this the duchess is willing to agree, but the children themseives resolutely refuse to leave their mother. King Edward is still making great ef forts to keep the affair out of the divorce court and prevent disclosures which are expected tc make the greatest sensation of recent years, but indications are that he will not succeed. DYING, HE KILLS OPPONENT. Former Chief of Police of Pine Bluff Shoots Negro Gambler. Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. 5.—Himself fatal ly wounded, J. Frank Culpeper, former chief of police, to-day shot and killed Frank Brock, a negro gambler, in Pine Bluff, after he had attempted to arrest the negro while the latter was loitering about a lumber plant, where Culpeper was employed. The negro pulled his pis tol and shot Culpeper most unexpectedly, but the officer rallied immediately, and had the satisfaction of seeing the negro die before he himself passed away. JURY IN BIRDSONG CASE. Taking of Evidence in the Trial Will Begin This Morning. Hazelhurst, Miss, Dec. 5.—A jury was finally secured at 6 o'clock to night in the case of Mrs. Angie Bird song, wife of Dr. James Birdsong, charged with the murder of Dr. Thomas H. Butler, her physician, at Monticello, November 25, 1%05. Twe special panels besides the regular venire were exhausted to get twelve men acceptable to both the defense and the State, The taking of evidence will be begun in the morning.

BOY'S JEER STARTS RIOT. Negro Minstrel Troupe on Parade Resents Remarks of Lad. Memphis, Tenn. Dec. 5.—A jéering re mark of a schoolboy while a negro min strel troupe was parading by the Market Street public school, this afternoon, pre cipitated a riet, in which Edwin Winter, fourteen vears old. wag probably fatally injured, and a score of other white boys badly bruised, while a number of negroes were more or less injured.

A RRL LIEUT. GOV. BRUCE ON BENCH Given $17,500 Justiceship Vacated by Judge Morgan J. 0'Brien. Gov. Higgins Makes Appointment After Conference with Haghes. Senator Raines Sacceeds Bruce. Albany, N. Y. Dec. 5.—It is now Supreme Court Justice M. Lynn Bruce. Late this afternoon Mr. Bruce re signed as lieutenant governor of the State, and Gov. Higgins appointed him as Supreme Court justice for the First judielal distriet, which means New York County, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Morgan J. O'Brien, who has become head of the law firm of O'Brien, Boardman and Platt.

Justice Bruce, under this appoint ment, will serve until January 1, 1908. He received a salary of $5,000 as lieutenant governor. As a justice of the Supreme Court he will get a salary of 817,500 a year.

Gov. Higgins announced Mr. Bruce's appointment after conferring with Gov.-elect Hughes. Mr. Bruce con sulted with Attorney General Maver. seeming to be in doubt as to whether he would have to resign before he could be appointed justice of the Supreme Court. As a result, Mr. Bruce filed his resignation with the secretary of State, and a few minutes later took the oath of office as a justice.

Until the end of the year Senator John Raines, of Canadagua, by virtue of his office as president pro-tem of the Senate, will be the lieutenant governor of the State. Gov. Higging alse has designated Justice Edward Patterson as presiding justice of the appellate division of the first department, which place was made vacant by the resignation of Justice O'Brien. The governor also ap pointed Justice Francis M. Scott as a regular member, instead of an extra member, of the appellate division of the Supreme Court for the first de partment. “PEEK-A-B00” GIRLS WIN. Can Wear Any Waisis They Please While on “Hello” Duty Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 5.—Miss Carrie Reniff, for several years chief operator at the Conneau Telephone Company's Ex change, doesn’t care for Oxfords and peek-a-boo shirtwalsts for “hello” girls. When one of her staff came to work at tired in that manner this morning she discharged her. The other girls struck immediately, and the discharged girl was reinstated by the manager. Miss Renift then resigned. wil 1 Deba 1 e fu Nessim: Cambridge, Mass.,, Dec. 5.-Yale's ae ceptance of a challenge to. debate in French for a trophy offered by James IH. Hyde has been received at Harvard. The debate will be held here, on a date not settled upon. J. H. Small Sons. Fiorists 14th and G sts, Washington; WaldorfAs toria and 1153 Broadway, New York. Over S{ty years in business. FINLEY NAMED T0 HEAD SOUTHERN Washingtonian Sucéeeds the Late Samuel Spencer, COMES AS NO SURPRISE Reward for Faithful Services as Railroad Man. Has Climbed Steadily Up from Low Position Until Now He Holds One of Most Responsible Positions in Railway World—Home Is in Wash ington, but Is Widely Known, Hav ing Been Associated With J. J. Hill William Wilson Finley, of Washington, was elected president of the Southern Railway al a meeting of the directors in New York yesterday, to succeed the late Samuel Spencer, who was killed in the wreck at Lawyers, Va., early on the morning of Thanksgiving Day. Mr. Fin ley was in New York at the time the appointment was made. News of his elec tion to the highest position of the read vas received in Washington shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday afterncon. Among the officials of the Southern here Mr. Finley's election created no sur prise, as many of them were of the opin ion that he would receive the appoints ment. Among others have been men-. tioned to fili the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Spencer was Stuyvesant Fish, former president of the Illinois Central. Mr. Finley's successor as sec ond vice president of the Southern Railway has not been named. There is a probability that the place may remain vacant some time. Has Been Vice President Ten Years. Mr. Finley was former vice president of the Southern, which position he has held for the last ten vears. In his career be fore taking up his duties as vice presi dent of the Southern he had been con nected with many of the great railway systems of the country. He was at one time intimately associated with James J. Hill, and was considered by Mr. Hill as a railroad man of exceptional ability. He is a resident of Washington, his home being at 1215 Connecticut avenue, with a summer place at 17 Lenox, Chevy Chase, Md. i Mr. Finley began his railroad career as a stenographer thirty-three years ago, and has worked his way to the top until he now occupies one of the most impor tant railroad positions in the country. When less than twenty years of age, he entered the service of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Nerthern as a sten ographer to the vice pre t. He was an energetic youth from the gtart and soon mitracted the il those above him.

Satisfactory as Stenographer, His work was satisfactory as a stenog rapher, and eventually he was promoted to be assistant general freight agent of the same road. Later he went Wi h te Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Rail road, where he remained until 1883. For three years he was assistant gen eral freight agent of the New Orleans di vision of the Texas Pacific Railway, when, in 1886, he was appointed to fill the position of general freight agent. After two years in this service he accepted an offer to fill the same position with the “Panhandle” road. He served in this ca pacity for two years. In 1589 Mr. Finley was selected chair man of the Trans-Missouri Traffic Asso ciation, with headquarters at Kansas City. In 1880 he was chosen chairman of the Western Passenger Association, where he remained two years. He was appointed general traffic manager of the Great Northern and Montana Central Tailroad in 1892, which position he held for three years. During the year of 18% he was a commissioner to the Southern States Passenger Association from April to October. i S————————————————— Has Been Long With Southern. Shortly afterward he was elected third vice president of the Southern Railway, where he remained until the following year, when he was selected as manager of the same system. From May until Sep tember of 3886 Mr. Finley was second vice president of the Great Northern, when he received a similar appointment with the system of which he is now the head. Mr. Finley is fifty-six years of age and is a native of Mississippi. He was born at Pass Christian September 2, 1853. His predecessor, President Spencer, was also a Southerner.

Like President J. T. Harahan, of the Illinois Central Railroad, and President F. D. Underwood. ¢f the Erie Railroad, Mr. Finley will be an “operating presi dent.” Col. A. B. Andrews, first vice president of the Southern, acts as counsel for the company, and did not wish to have his name considered for the presidency. The meeting of the board of directors was a special ene called for the purpose of appointing a president of the Southern Railway. It was held in the offices of the company at 80 Broadway, New York. PROBE WRECK IN SECRET. Officials of Southern Begin Inquiry to Fix Blame. Behind closed doors, and with only offi cials of the company present, the investi gation to place the responsibility of the wreck last Thursday was started yester day in the general offices at Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Four men were examined, and as there are about twenty others to be heard, the hearing will probably continue to-day an to-morrow. When the first session closed at o “clock last evening, G. D. Mattox, the Rangoon operator, had been on the stand almost in hour. He will continue with his state ment this morning. R. J. Jacobs, who was on duty in the tower at Lawyers at the time of the ac ident, and Mattox are considered the nost important witnesses, as the officials betieve that either one or the other is to blame for negligence. Most of the time yesterday was taken ap with the examination of the trainmen of No. 33. This is the train that carried President Spencer's private car and was wrecked hy No. 37, which crashed into it from behind. Employes who were on the other section will be examined to-day. In addition there are other employes to be examined, including several operators Minimum expense, maximum amount of beat. Demonstration, 503 Sth st. CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE. Ofte Hot-Wsaier Radiators

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Lo or BEG FOR WATERWAYS Over a Thousand Delegates Will Discuss Harbor Needs. SEAS Bec tl BEE] CANNON DOWN FOR SPEECH ils John Sharp Williams and David B. Francis to Make Addresses at the Evening Session of Congress That Will Ask National Legislature for 850,000,000 a Year for Improvement, hod dhe Bde lian J db dtd dl dead J a atihy BL Following an invocation by Bishop Sat teriee, what is declared to be the greatest convention of its kind ever held in the United States, will be opened at the Ar lington Hotel this morning by delegates to the Nationa] Rivers and Harbors Con gress. Until midnight members of the ex ecutive committee of the congress were in session arranging the details. On the programme as given out are speakers from every section of the country and many men of national importance. Throughout yesterday and until late last night every train brought delegates to the meeting. Secretary J. F. Ellison sald that at least 1.200 representatives from commercial, manufacturing, and agricultural organizations, together with

many delegates from States, cities, and towns, will be present when the meeting opens at 10 o'clock. A The programme, as finally determined on by the executive committee, is divided into four distinct sessions. The first will last throughout the morning, the second is set for the afternoon, while the evening meeting: is to be held in the Natienal Rifles Armory, on G street.

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Will Call at White House. I To-morrow morning will see the final gathering of the convention, and in the afternoon the delegates will be tendered a reception at the White House, at which President Roosevelt will deliver a short address. To-day's programme follows: i

MORNING SESSION.

Convention called to order by Harvey D. Goulder, president National Rivers and Harbers Congress. _

Prayer by Right Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee, Bishop of Washington. 3

i Addresses— Harvey D. Goulder, president: Joseph Cannon, Speaker, House of Representatives: T. E. Burton, chairman Rivers and Harbors Commit tee, House of Representatives.

i Business— President Goulders will turn the conven tion over to Joseph Ransdell, chairman of the executive committee, National Rivers and Harbors Congress, which committee called this convention under authority conveyed to it by the last conven tion of the congress. Report of chairman, Joseph XK. Ransdeil; report of secretary and treasurer, J. F. Ediison appointment of committees,

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AFTERNOON SESSION.

Addresses—Joel Couvk, chairman Joint Executive. Commitiee Improvement Harbor of Philadelphia; Lawrences M. Jones, president Misscuri River Im. srovement Association, Kansas City, Mo. John Fitz gerald, mayor of Boston, Mass. John Barrett, United States Minister to Columbia; E. 8. Conway, CUhi

p— i 3. Coler, president borough of Brooklyn, N. Y.: Albert Bettinger, viee president Ohio Valley Improvement Association, Cincinnati, Ohio: Gov. N. C. Blanchard, Baton Rouge, La J, N. Teal, Portland, Ore.; W, G. Sterett, Dallas, Tex. Special evening session, 8 o'clock, at National

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h cago, TIL; Bind Rifles’ Armory, G street, between Ninth and Tenth sirecis. David B. Forgan, Chicago, [Iil.;: James Tawney, M. C.; Gov. George C. Chamberlain, Ore

1 gon; George W. Guthrie, mayor of Pittsburg, Pa. Ex-Gov. David B. Francis, St. Louis, Mo.; Jehn Sharp Willizms, Mississippi. Come from All Over Country.

Congressman Ransdell, of Louisiana, chairman of the executive committee of the congress, is delighted with the show ing made wh the advocates of water trans portation. 4

“The convention will be a mile-stone in the onward march of American com merce,” he sald last night, “The repre serdative business men gathered here from every section of the United States are in earnest in their demand that the na tion develop a new system of transporta- tion to care for the traffic that has taxed the railroads until to-day they ave swamped and the continuance of present prosperity is jeopardized.”

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J. F. Ellison, secretary, said last night:

“At our present congress we have rep- resented twenty-seven States and 180 com- mercial organizations. We have here del- egutes from twenty-six mayors and four teen governors. 1

AUTO STOLEN IN STREET. a Sm N. L. Francis Says the Machine Was Taken from Near Home.

a The loss of an electric automobile was reported at detective headquarters yes terday by N. L. Francis, of 1705 N street northwest.

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Francis said that he left the machine by the curb in front of his residence, and upon returning a short time afterward discovered that it was missing.

WEATHER CONDITIONS.

U. 8S. Dept. of Agriculture. Weather Burean i i

a Te Be AFL. TR Astana s, TOsuaws Twstweatn, Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 1906.-8 p. m. I The western storm has reached Eastern Iowa and increased somewhat in strength. It has caused rain in that region, and thence eastward to Pennsyivania, with snow in the Upper Lake region. In the South and west of the Rocky Mountains fair weather pre vails, except that rain has fallen in ths North Pa cific coast States, The future course of the storm will doubtless be northeastward down the St. Law rence Valley.

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district rain will turn into snow, with much colder on Friday. In the remaining districts Friday will be fair. It will be colder Friday in Atlantic coast distriets,

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The winds along the New England and Middle At lantic coasts will be fresh and variable, becoming easterly and brisk Thursday might; on the South Atlantic coast fresh southwesterly; on the East Gulf coast light to fresh southwesterly; on the West Guif coast fresh northwesterly; on the Lower Lakes brisk easterly, shifting to westerly, and on the Upper Lakes brisk to high northwesterly.

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1 Steamers departing Thursday for European ports will have fresh and variable winds and rainy weather to the Grand Banks.

SPECIAL FORECAST.

Storm warnings are displayed on the Great Lakes, 3

Cold wave warnings have been issued for Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota.

Temperature same date last year—Maximum, 39;

minimom. 2%.

i a Relative humidity a m., 7; 2 p. m., s|

p m., 67. Rainfall 0.04 Hours of sunshine, 0, Per cent of possible sunshine, 6. Temperatures in Other Cities

Temperatures in other cities, together with the amount of rainfall for the twelve hours ended at 8 Pp. m. yesterday, are as follows:

i v— 1906, at Aiken, 8. C., WILLIAM S., husband of on Sr Sh a a a ABEQYHRUBRIUSIVRRIISAZTRARAYIAZVESR and the late William 8 Thomps RE u i i id nar oom 2

et Owing to we r, Sn Ta ‘evn 1 fan, Mass... ..ciuii rs Bufflajo, N. Y oa; A ll Chicago, 6.50 TT Cicuati, 1s] Cheyenne, 0.02i§ Davenport, iowa 2.08 RE Denver, COolo....iovuciven rr}

Des Moines, 0.01!

Galveston, ds Belean, r Indianapolis, 0.98 Jacksonville, Kansas City, EAT Little Rock, 3 Memphis, Tenu.... T. New Orleans, Now York NX. nh North Platte, 0.12 Rittahite Pa. eR Balt Lake City, Rte Jain, MD. 0.3 Bi. Paul, 6.01 Ha nARNRRASERRTIRRSANNRRISA Ssssamnsssusscsarezneesuavesn a hee YEE 8 JET RE ae PE UNCER SE RE nF ORR reEransraney Asheville, N Atlanta Ga.............:.: Atlautic City, N. J Local Temperatures.

DROPS THIRTEENTH LAWYER. Mrs, Dudley's Suit Postponed to Let New Counsel Study Case. Ed WAFRIERLSr Tv Veh Kingston, N. Y., Dec. 5.—Mrs. Edward Dudley's $100,000 alienation suit against Mrs. Elizabeth Bateele Vanderpoel was put over the present term of the Supreme Court by Justice Fitts to-day. Apptication for a postponement was made by Mrs. Dudley's fourteenth lawyer, E. 8. Peck, of 52 Broadway, New York, who read an affidavit made by Mrs. Dud. ley, and asked for further time to Ia miliarize himself with the case. In effect Mrs. Dudley stated that she had had serious disagreements with Car roll Whittaker, of Saugerties, N. Y., who is Lawyer No. 13, and he told her that if she did not settle the suit he would have nothing more to do with it, Their differences were such, she alleged, that she could not consult with him upon any matter whatever. HARLAN NOT TO QUIT BENCH. rr —_————— Justice Decides to Remain Out of Kentucky Gevernor Race. Justice John M. Harlan, of the United States Supreme Court, announced yester day that he had finally decided not to make the race for governor of Kentucky. “I reached that decision this morning,” sald Justice Harlan yesterday, “and 1 have written one of my friends in Kea

tucky to that effect.” Justice Harlan did not care to comment further upon his declination. Justice Harlan’s inclinations have been to accept the nomination, but owing to the appeals of his family, intimate friends, and col leagues on the Supreme Court, he does not see his way clear to enter the race.

DROPS DEAD IN LIVERY STABLE Old Man Topples Over a Vietim of Heart Fallure. Notley Nailor, fifty-six years old, while at the livery stable of Harry Beasley, at 208 Eleventh street northwest, yesterday afternoon, was stricken with heart failure and died before medical assistance could be given him. Since the death of his brother, Harry B. Nailor, about a week ago, he had been very despondent, and had been receiving medical treatment. The Emergency Hospital ambulance was summoned, but Nailor died before it reachea the hospital, KEEP WATCH ON ASHION TRIAL Labor Unions Show Interest in Outcome of Case. Head of Navy Yard Employes Com ing to City te Push Half Holi day Movement. There is renewed interest in the charges brought by the local bookbinders’ union against Harry F. Askion, acting foreman of the bindery division of the Govern ment Printing Office. The case had been delayed by repeated posiponements, until public interest had almost died a natural death, and there Was a sentiment that the charge of vio lating his oath brought by one of the binders working under him at the print ing office—Alvin Tanner—would never be prosecuted. But when the case was taken up by the union at its meeting Tuesday evening it became the all-absorbing topic of conversation in the big printery and in labor circles generally, There are four penalties provided for the offense alleged in the constitution of the union, and if Mr. Tanner's contentions are sustained, the acting foreman will either be censured, fined, suspended, or expelled, according to the secret ballot. If a majority vote “fine,” it will undoubt edly be over $18, but just how much can not be told.

President J. I. Feeney has rented a hall at 910 Pennsylvania avenue northwest for Saturday evening, and has called a meet ing to make final disposition of the charges. Arguments of counsel] for the complainant and defendant are practi cally all that remain before a vote will be taken, as all the testimony, amounting, approximately, to 38.00 words, is in. Foi lewing the argument of counsel, the charges will be open to general debate by the members. This will undoubtedly take up much time, as there are many who wish to be heard. George L. Cain, president of the League of Navy Yard Employes, is coming to this city about the middle of the month to push the Saturday half holiday and the employers’ liability legislation recom mended to Congress by the President, Mr. Cain was instrumental in the incor poration in the message of these two recommendations, having had a long talk with the President several months ago. President J. L.. Feeney, of the local Book binders’ Union, received a letter from Mr. Cain yesterday, saying he would be here about December 17, and asking his co operation in the work for this legislation. p— A vl... drtiiH li 3

Emmet Adams, president of the Cent: al Labor Union, has returned to the city from Baltimore, where he was aiding the machinists of that city in fighting the in junction against them secured by the em plovers.

COGHLAN RETAINS CHARGE. Will Head Brooklyn Navy Yard, Al though Retired. Rear Admiral J. B. Coghlan, now com mandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the captain in Dewey's fleet, who made himself famous by reading the Hoch der Kaiser” poem at a banquet in New York, will retire from the active list next Mon day. Rear Admiral Coghlan has been asked by the President to continue in the active service for a time, He will remain in charge of the Brooklyn yard. Capt. Benjamin Tilley will be promoted to the grade of read admiral next Feb ruary, and may then succeed to the com mand of the Brookiyn yard. Midnight, 2:22 m, J. {a m., 7; 6a m, 25; By m., 31; 12 neon, 36; <p m, 3 y T, 99, Fp, i Funds for travel, for use abroad or in this country—in various convenient and economical forms. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY Northwest Corner of Fifteenth and Pennsylvania Avenue. $4,600,000 CE. $4,600,000 Send for Our Booklet. Rain TAFT SCORES TROOPS OUTBREAK EQUAL TO TREASON retary Taft emphatically indorses the ac tion of President Roosevelt, when he or dered the dismissal of three companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, colored, be cause of the participation of some of the members of the company organizations in the raid en Prownsville, Tex. in August. made public at the War Department, Sec It disproves absolutely that there is any difference of opinion between the President and his Secretary of War con cerning the justness of the step. When Mr. Taft returned to Washington from his Western trip a few weeks ago, and while the President was in Panama, he ventured, upon the urgent appeal of per sons interested in the dismissed troops, to suspend for a time the execution of the President's order directing the discharge of the soldiers, while he cabled asking if the case might be reconsidered.

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This action on the part of the Secre tary of War gave instant rise to numer as declarations that Mr. Taft was op posed to the attitude of the President, and those interested in the welfare of the negro troops gave him loud praise. The report shows that he is in thorough accord with the President, and the argu ment he presents showing why the army should have ridded itself of the three companies is undoubtedly strong. The report will go to Congress soon. Guilty of Murder, Mr. Taft declared that the men who did the shooting at the Brownsville raid were guilty of murder in the first degree, and that their comrades who were not actually involved engaged in a conspi racy to shield the eriminals. He says ‘also that it is impossible that many of ‘the battalions who did not actually take part in the conspiracy to murder were rot aware by one circumstance or an other, of the identity of the persons who committed the offense. Secretary “raft reviews the facts, gives details of the raid, and continues: “Under these circumstances the ques tion arises, is the government heipless? Must it continue in its service a battal ion, many of the members of which show their willingness to condone a crime of a capital character committed by from ten to twenty of its members, and nut on a front of silence and 1gnorance which enables the criminals to escape just pun ishment? These enlisted men took the oath of allegiance to the government, and were to be used under the law to main tair its supremacy. Can the government properly keep in its employ for the pur- pose of maintainipg law and order a body of men, from 5 to 10 per cent of whom can plan and commit murder. and rely upon the silence of a number of their companions te escape detection?’ Virtually ¥s Treason. Further along in his report Secretary Taft presents a suppositional case of treason. He asks that if, during a time of war with Mexico, a dozen men of a battalion stationed at Fort Brown car ried plans and ammunition to the enemy on the other side of the Rio Grande, and returned under circumstances showing clearly that a number of the men knew the gullty parties, but would not tell, a competent general wounid not hesitate for a moment to disband the entire battalion, and discharge it from the service, in ord er to prevent a repetition of the offense.

“Can a real and logical distinction be made?’ Secretary Taft inguires, ‘be tween the crime of treason, under the cir cumstances supposed, and the crime of murder in this case? Both are capital of fenses, one, perhaps, more heinous than the other, and more dangerous to the government itself; but in both cases it seems clear to me that the government must protect itself and the community to which It is responsible, from a recurrence of such offenses, not by punishing guilty and innocent alike, but by separating both the guilty and innocent from the service, so as to deprive the guiity of a second opportunity for such a crime. even though this may result In incon venience and perhaps hardship to the in nocent.”’ Secretary Taft declares that the sug gestion made in seme quarters that the action had been taken because the men in it were black hardly merits notice. He says that the only way the matter of color enters into the affair is that the racial feeling aroused between the sol diers and the citizens of Brownsville may have furnished the cause and the motive, but certainiy not a justification ‘for the plot to murder men, women, and chil dren.” Phraseology Unfortunate. In speaking of the penalty, Secretary Taft says that it is a mistake to suppose that the order of dismissal in itself is a punishment, either of the innocent or of the gullty. “A discharge would be an utterly inadequate pynishment for those who were guilty,” the report says, “whether of committing the murder, or of withholding or suppressing evidence which would disclose the perpetrators of such a crime. “The use of the word penalty in the proceedings is a mere misnomer and is unfortunate. The dismissal from the service of the members of the battalion under the circumstances is not a punish ment, however great the hardship. There s a dismissal technically known as a dis honorable discharge, which is only im posed by sentence by a court. This is a punishment. “But the members of this battalion were not dishonarably discharged. They "ould not have been so discharged except after a trial. They were discharged for 1 he good of the service, as the technical! i. yr I

i a ze phrase is, ‘withcut honor.” “Should hereafter facts be disclosed, 'T new state of facts arise, from which t can be inferred that the public service vill suffer no detriment from the re-entry f any one of these.men into the service, is Ineligibfiity can be removed by a mere Executive order.” 1 Might Be Reinstated, i “It is possible that evidence may be \dduced in future which will tend to ex- ulpate entirely some of the men now i lischargeéd both from narticinatice fu eh. “It is possible that evidence may be adduced in future which will tend to ex culpate entirely some of the men now discharged both from participation In the crime and assistance in the conspiracy of silence to prevent the detection of the offenders; and whenever such facts are shown in respect to any one affected by the order, they will be brought to your attention, and, I understand, will render such persons eligible to re-enlistment.”

“It may be that in the battalion are a number of men wholly innocent, who know neither who the guilty men are nor any circumstances which will aid in their detection, though this cannot be true of many. Because there may be innocent

THE WASHINGTON HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 19086. or re Approves Presidents Action in Discharging Soldiers. Secretary Declares in Annual Report That No Community Dares House Murderers—Asserts That No Step Other Than Dismissal Was Possible Under the Clreumstances. men in the battalion, must he Sov. ment continue to use it to com munities of men, women, and children when it contains so dangerous an ele ment impossible of detection? Certainly not. “When a man enlists In the army, he knows that, for the very purpose e¢f pro lecting itself, the government reserves the absolute right of discharge, not as a punishment, but for the public safety or interest. In such a case as this the in convenience and hardship to those inno cent of participation or knowledge arising from arbitrarily terminating the contract of enlistment in accordance with the right which the government by statute reserves must be borne by them in the public interest. Must Protect Communities. “It goes without saying that if the guilty could be ascertained, they should and would be punished: but the guilty cannot be ascertained, and the very im possibility makes the whole battalion use less to the government as an instrument for maintaining law and order. The only means of ridding’ the military service of a band of would-be murderers of women and children, and actual murderers of one man, is-to discharge the entire battalion. In an extract from his annual report “Might not any community into which the War Department should send this battalion, in which it is known that there are from nine to twenty murderers, justly complain that it ig not a proper instru ment for maintaining the supremacy of the law? Could we properly send such a battalion to the Philippines or Cuba to maintain peace or furnish an example of orderly conduct? If a similar outbreak were there to occur, could we relieve our selves from respongibility for it on the theory that we could not detect the par

ticular ten or twenty who were guilty of the first murder?” WOULD TEACH BOYS TO SHOOT Admiral Baird Thinks Rifle Practice Is Necessary. EE a —L

Approves of President's Suggestion in Message That Sehools Should Teach Use of Firearms, Last, but not least, in his message to Congress, President Roosevelt advocated the promotion of rifle practice, and said that target ranges should be maintained in different parts of the country, Admiral G. W. Baird, president of the board of education, is in favor of the establishment of rifle ranges in the Dis trict, where different clubs and societies may be able to hold tournaments and practice with the rifle. He agrees with the President in that, as our regular army is so small, in case of a great war we should have to irust mainly to volunteers, who should already know how to snoot. Admiral Baird believes that it would be a good idea to re-establish the old-time Scheutzen fest, which was abandoned soma years ago on account of the one mile limit law taking effect in the vicinity of the old Soldiers’ Home. With the opening of such a range, he is of the opinion that rifle teams should he organized not only among the high school cadets, but among the different unions and other societies as well. Regular con tests could be held from time to time, and each member of the various teams be trained to the use of a modern rifle, The cadets of the District have rifles, but they are seldom, if ever, used. Ad miral Baird has been in favor of sup plying them with a gun of the more mod ern type, and which are of less weight than those mow in their possession. He will suggest that Krag-Jorgensens be furnished for the high school cadets, Several rifle ranges in the District could be put to this purpose, mainly the one at the navy vard, and another at the barracks, he thinks. “it is the same in a dog fight or any kind of a battle,” the admiral said last evening. “The one who has the start has the best of the deal. This has been explained many times on the field of battle. We should have our young men of the country familiar with the rifle and its uses, and in case of war they could answer ta the call for arms and be of great benefit to the army of their country.” OLD CITIZENS TALK IT OVER

Most Venerable Inhabitants Tell About Canals of Washington. Testimonials from Calhoun and Stan ton Concerning Colored Messenger Shown at November Meeting. Interesting reminiscences, with data relative to the old canals about Wash ington, were brought out at last night's meeting of the Oldest Inhabitants’ Asso ciation in the Corcoran Building. The two canals at Great Falls and Little Fails, on the Virginia side of the Potomac, were described in a short paper presented, It was shown that the canal at Great Falls was one mile long, eighteen feet ‘wide, and twelve feet deep. The change in level was effected by six locks. The canal was dug out of the solid rock, and built by slave labor. Both canals were surveyed by George Washington a few years before he was elected President. He owned stock in them. The house of the Dickey family, where the engineers drew their plans, still stands. The fourth generation of the family still lives in it. The canal at Little Falls was of the same dimensions and three-quarters of a mile in length. A curious and interesting document was presented to the association by the secre tary, comprising a series of testimonials on parchment given by the Secretaries of War from John C. Calhoun to Edward M. Stanton as to the faithfulness and gen eral good behavior of Francis Datcher, the negro messenger who served in the War Department for thirty-four years, dying in 1864 while being carried from the department building to his home, Many of the members oi the associa tion remembered the aged messenger, and added their testimony to his courtesy and fidelity as an employe of the government. It was stated that the curious old docu ment, which has been sacredly kept in a small tin box since Datcher’s death, would one day be given to the association to be added to its archives. James Croggin has in preparation a general history of that portion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal which once ran through the city. Much of the even ing was taken up by several of the mem bers in relating reminiscences of the ancient waterway. Most of those present had one time or another gone swimming in the canal, and many of them had spent days fishing upon its banks. The members of the association wiil hold their December banquet at Freund's next Friday night. Probing Car Shortage. The investigation of the Interstate Cecmmerce Commission into the ques tion of the shortage in the supply of cars will begin at Minneapolis on De cember 17. The commission yesterday made public a statement reflecting the

substance of the complaints made as to car shortage. WM. AYDELOTT DEAD Literary Man Passes Away After Years of 111-health. ALVEY FUNERAL TO-MORROW Distriet Officials Will Act as Pail bearers—First Assistant Assessor Whe Died in Frederick, Md, Had Been Prominent in Public Life for More than Eleven Years, whilam Aydeiott, one of the [ounqers of the Public Opinion magazine, and long recognized as among the most intellec tual men in Washington, died at his home, at 1535 Fifteenth street northwest, yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. He had long been an invalid, but his death was the result of a hemorrhage. A sister, who hes been his companion for many years, and a brother in Green County, Ind., survive him.

Mr. Aydelott was sixty-seven years old, and was born in Montgomery, Ind. He was a veteran of the civil war, having served in the Indiana Light Artillery un til the surrender at Appomattox. After 1865 he engaged in the practice of law In Philadelphia, where he gained much prominence as a pleader. When the Public Opinion was founded Mr. Aydelott accepted the position as lit erary editor, in which capacity he served until his health failed ten years ago. Since that time he had led a life of re tirement and study, devoting particular attention to German literature, about which he was considered an authority. Many of his translations from the Ger man have been published, and have gained universal recognition as among the hest works of that kind by an Amer fcan.

Was Fond of Botany. Besides his literary attainments, Mr. Aydelott displayed a marked fondness for botanical research, and since his retire ment he has given much of his time to the cultivation of flowers and plants, of which he had a thorough knowledge. The garden of his home bore the fruits of this knowledge, and was remarkable for the beauty and taste of {ts products. While he rarely left his home during the last ten years, he had a great number of friends in Washington, as was evidenced by the messages of condolence sent to his sister last night. He also had many close affiliations in other cities, particularly in Philadelphia, where he numbered ex-Gov, Black among his admirers. Besides being a pensioner and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, he belonged to several literary organizations, to which he often contributed papers of interest. It is thought by his friends that a number of unpublished transiations will be found among his papers, as he had been making a close study of the minor German poets of lgte. T. Fred Alvey's Funeral, The funeral of T. Fred Alvey, First As sistant Assessor of the District of Colum bia, who died early yeserday morning at Frederick, Md., will be held to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock at Hagerstown, Md. Assessor H. H. Darnellle, accompanied by several officials of the office, will attend the services. Alvey was one of the best known offi cials in the District Building, and news was received with much regret. His death was Yue to acute Bright's disease, and occurred at the City Hospital at Frederick, where he had been taken sev eral days before, Mr. Alvey had not been well for some time, though he attended to his duties at the office until Saturday, When he left for Frederick to visit his family he appeared in good health, and it was believed he was on the road to recovery. He was taken sick Sunday, and upon removal to the hospital, suffered several convulsions. Gradually, his condition be came worse until the end. In Service Eleven Years, T. Fred. Alvey was a son of former Chief Justice Richard A. Alvey, of the Lisistrict Court of Appeals. He was born in Hagerstown, Md., thirty-six years ago. {pon his removal to Washington at an carly age, he received his education in the local public schools, He entered the Dis- trict service July 1, 1885, as a clerk, and eventually became private secretary to Commissioner George Truesdell Later he was transferred to the police depart ment, and for several years was private secretary to Maj. Sylvester. Severing his connection with the gov rrnment service, he entered upon duties with the Washington Railway and Elec ric Company, Later he returned to the District Building and was appointed a emporary clerk in the assessor's office, in 901. Shortly afterward he was put on he regular roll, and assigned to the water department, August 1, 1903, Alvey was made assist int assessor. Early this year he was ap »ointed assistant to the assessor, at a salary of $3.00 a year. Just a short time gv he was selected by Commissioner West as chairman of the board of asses ors to take effect on the first of next year, He is survived by a wife, who ig the laughter of Judge McSherry, of Freder ck, and two sons—James, eleven vears ld, and T. Frederick seven years of age. Mr. Alvey is spoken of in the highest erms by the officials of the District nillding, and his associates in office, all if whom expresed the utmost sorrow and egret at his sudden death. Kengla Killed in Arizona. W. 8. Kengla, son of the late Jaceh {engla, of Washington, was killed recent y at Cananea, Ariz., while operating a lag train. His home was at Tucson, vhere he had resided for twenty-five ears. He was forty-two vears old, and s survived by a wife and five children. W. S. Thompson's Funeral To-day, The funeral of W. 8. Thompson, jr., who led at Aiken, 8. C., last Monday, will e held at 11 o'clock this morning from he family residence, 920 M street. Rev. Ir. W. P. Tudor, presiding elder of the fethodist Church at Richmond, Va., will onduct the services. Interment will take lace at Oak Hill Cemetery. RAINS BLOCK CANAL WORK. oa Po i Engineer Stevens Wires Commission of Conditions en Isthmus. The Isthmian Canal Commission re ceived a dispatch yesterday from Chief Engineer Stevens stating that the great rains of the past few days have causa the highest water along the Chagres River and in other parts of the Canal Zone since 1888. The Panama Railroad in some sections is inundated from two 10 ten feet, Mr. Stevens states that the heavy rain fall has caused no great damage, except ia the delay of work. To Reimburse Cathelie Church. The President sent a message to Con gress yesterday, urging an appropriation of $363,080, found by a commission, to be due the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. He “hopes the money will be appropriated, in order that really sub stantial just'ce may be done.” “It will be wise for Conaress to exercise large liber ality,” he says.

NEW SKYSCRAPER PLANNED. Large Office Building to Be Erected at Fifteenth and FF. -Announcement was made yesterday that a large business and office bullding will be erected on the northeast corner of F and Fifteenth streets northwest. W. O, N. Scott, who has charge of the property, has the project under consideration, and plans are said to be in preparation for the structure, The lot has a frontage of fifty feet on Fifteenth street and sixty feet on F street. The building at present is under lease to Bryan Co., who will occupy it until the completion of the new structure at Fourteenth and F streets, when they will move to rooms leased in that build ing.

It is understood that active steps for the building on the Fifteenth street corner will not be made for about a year. “WINNIE DAVIS’ THE WINNER Doll Named for First Daughter of C. A. Victor at Bazaar. “winnie Davis,” a beautiful dolibaby dressed in the costume in vogue in the early "60's, was the feature of the bazaar held for the last three days in Confed erate Veteran's Hall. She had plenty of rivals in dolis of every size and deserip tion, but she was unanimously voted the first lady of the doll booth.

The affair is under the direction of Stcnewall Jackson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the proceeds will go to swell the fund being raised for the erection of a monument to the Confederate dead in the Arlingion Nationa! Cemetery. SEAMEN REPRIEVED. President Commuies Sentence of Ne~ groes to Life Term. sroes BS REA ATTEN. Upon the recommendation of the At torney General, President Roosevelt has decided to commute to life imprisonment the sentence of death passed upon Ar thur Adams and Robert Sawyer by the Federal court in North Carolina. Adams and Sawyer are negroes who mutinied and killed the officers and part of the crew of the sieamer Henry Ber wind on the high seas en route from Philadelphia to Cuba two or three years ago. CITY MUST TURN BUILDER No Room Under Exposition Roof for Municipal Exhibit. Report of Chairman Smith Will Re sult in Change of Plans for Dis play at Jamestown Show, Chairman Thomas W. Smith yesterday i reported to the joint committee on the i Jamestown Exposition the result of his 11ip to Norfolk to secure space for the Peden exhibit and to confer with the management about the municipal ex Mbit. Mr. Smith reported that the di rectors of the exposition had refused ab sotutely to allow the municipal exhibit to be placed in the Building of Manufac teres and Liberal Arts, and that the plans of the committee and the District Comunissioners would have io be .essen tially modified. The exposition management suggested to Mr. Smith the propriety of erecting a special building for the display, and pointed out upon the grounds a suitable site upon the water front for such a structure. Mr. Smith believes the solu ‘tion of the problem to be that the Dis trict, with such appropriation as Congress ‘would vote for the purpose, should erect and maintain its own building among those of the States upon the grounds. My. Smith stated that he had yesterday presented the matter before the Commis sloners, and they now have it under con sideration. Mr. Smith reported that he had ob tained from the management of the ex position forms of application fer space and the contracts which the exhibitors will be called upon to sign. These were read over and discussed, and the. secre tary of the committee was directed to see the exhibitors, obtain their signa tures and the first payments for space, and report to the committee. With this accomplished, the committee will be in position to reserve the space in section 17 of the Building of Manufactures and Liberal Arts, on which it holds an option. One of the principal suggestions offered as to the form of the building for the municipal exhibit was that the White House should be reproduced in miniature for the purpose. The committee will meet again within a few days at the call of the chairman. RENEW HOLIDAY COMPLAINT. Barbers Discuss Opening of Shops on Thanksgiving. Discussion of holiday closing and the action taken on Thanksgiving Day in re moving the union cards from shops that opened was the chief business before Barber Union Ne. 239 last night. Much feeling was aroused, and the arguments were bitter. It is not known jus: what action was taken, or what will be done about the shops whose union cards were taken down Thanksgiving Day, The mas ter barbers were not notified, and had no one to represent them. They contend that they could not afford to close their shops all day on a holiday, which is al ways one of the best days from a busi ness standpoint, and it would be a great inconvenience to their patrons. Thanks giving Day the master barbers declared a half a day vacation, but their cards were taken down because they opened shop at all TYPHOID FEVER ON DECLINE. Only Two Deaths in Week; Smallpox Disappears. Improvement is shown in typhoid fever conditions by the report of the health department submitted to the Commission ers yeserday. There were 2 deaths in the week, 15 new cases were reported, and 23 discharged as recovered. Among the principal causes of deaths during the past week were pneumonia, 13; heart disease, 12; consumption, 10; kidney disease, 7; malignant growths, apo plexy, diarrheal diseases, 4; pbron chitis and convulsions, 3 each. The District is again free from small. pox, the one patient who has been con. fined at the hospital for the past few weeks having been discharged as recov. ered. Of the 121 births reported, 71 were white and 50 colored. KROTE’S IERSTEINER ~—A high-grade Rhine Wine bottled in Coblence for CHRISTIAN XANDER. $10 case gis. $1 qt, S5¢ pt. QUALiTY 9035 7th Si. “igen

NO BRANCH MoOusE. Rubber and Rubber lined Carriage Robes—a holi- day suggestion. Raining Again if —But we're ready for it. ll Are you? Il There's one good thing ll about these rainy days, il though. It gives us a il chance to show you what Il good RainCoatswebuild ll —to show you how much ll style we put into them— ll how much utility; for ll the usefulness of a Saks ll Rain Coat doesn’t stop ll when the rain stops. It

as wot wa——c—— AL. ll is so faultlessly fashion ll ed that you feel as much at home in it when the sun shines as when it is li raining. $12.50 to $35.00 Saks Company Penna. Avenue Seventh Stree: W. F. Roberts Company Inc.) PRINTERS, ENGRAVERS, STATIONERS, —has removed its office an d plant to— 1413 New York Ave. —where with greaily in creased facilities and best equipment it is prepared to execute all orders intrusted to it, at short notice. ESiaDiished 1 Quality Suitings— A Perfect Fit— You get both when we make your clothes, Examine our showing of quality Suitings and Overcoatings to-day. John J. Costinett, Maker of Quality Clothes, 618-620 14th St. N. W. Stylish Clothes For Men, Women, and Children ON EASY PAYMENTS. Don’t spend alli of your ready cash for clothes before the holi days. Buy them here and pay little each week or mont “$1 a week will dress you.” H. DODEK, De et an. 1014 7th Street N. W. No branch store in the city. us a Paints, Oil, Glass E handle only pure lead, pure W linseed oil, pure colors, pure varnishes, 11 pure mixed paints ready to use. Housekeepers’ and house paint W.F. ANDREWS 1804 Fourteenth St. N. W. ‘Phone N. 2092 AS————————— BOWMAN—On Tuesday, December 4, 1306, at George Naeuingtn University Hospital, SAMUEL BOW Body at city morgue. If not called for by 3 Pm. December 6, 198, such remains will be disposed of in accordance with law, Ep NOSTON-- Tuesday, December 4, 1906, at P. m., after a long illness, MARY I. BARKER EDMONSTON, wife of Gabriel Ed monston. Funeral services en Friday, December 7, at 11 a. m., at the residence, 85 Eleventh street north west. Interment private. Kindly omit flowers. HAVARD-On Monday, December 3, 1908, at 10:15 P. m., Miss SUSAN HAVARD, widow of Leo pold Havard, aged seventy-six vears. Funeral from her late residence, 1013 H street northwest, Thrsday, December 6, at 10 o'clock 8 m. Relatives and friends respectfully invited. Interment private. (Rockville, Md, papers please copy.) McKENNA-On Tuesday, December 4, 1906, at 11 P- m., MARGARET, beloved wife of the late John McKenna, Notice of funeral herafter, MEHRLING—-On Tuesday, December 4, 1906, at a. m., MARY ELLEN, beloved wife of Daniel Mehrling, in her sixty-eighth year. Funeral Thursday, December 6, at 2 o'clock p. m., from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Long, 474 I street southwest. Relatives and friends invited to sttend SULLIVAN -On Tuesday, December 4, 1806, at 8:25 Pp. m., JOHN R., beloved son of Nora and the late Redmond Sullivan. Funeral from his late residence, 1142 Twenty-third street northwest, on Friday, December 7, at 8:30 a. m. Reguiem mass at St. Stephen's at 9 o'cleck a. m. Relatives and friends invited. THOMPSOX—On Monday moming, December 3. delay in arrival of train, funeral services te residence, $20 M street northwest, Thursday, December 6, at 11 a m. Relatives and friends invited. Interment private. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. THOS. 8. SERGEON, 011 SCL ES0R re i A, Main 1098. WM. H. SARDO CO, FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMEALMERS, 408 HM st. ne. Modern Chapel. ‘Phone bk. 324 GEORGE P. ZURHORST, 301 East Capitol st. AUGUSTUS BURGDORF CC, 208 TTH bR NW. ‘PHONE N. 30 Everything first cla Terms reasopabls. a

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GET CARNEGIE LAKE Princeton Students“ Welkum Laird of Skibo.” HEAR PLEA FOR PURE SPORT Ironmaster, in Presenting University With Loch, Disparages Foot. ball and Praises Aquatie Pastimes, Wants to Present the First Trophy. Visit to the Clevelands. 8 New York, Dec. 5—"“Welkum to the ‘Laird of Skibo” was the greeting em blazoned in letters of shoeblacking a foot high, whick the Princeton students offer ed to Andrew Carnegie to-day, when. he went down to the coliege to give them a brand new lake. Han The simple banner hung, weighted by two hockey sticks, over the archway ap proach to Blair Hall, in front of the rail road station. Just before he passed under the banner Mr. Carnegie raised his eyes and caught the import of the lettering. He nudged President Woodrow Wilson in the ribs and chuckled outright, while the students assembled at the entrance to the college grounds cheered their own Joke upreariously. es

Mr. Carnegie, his wife, and about fifty chosen friends left Jersey City this morning on a special train to see the latest addition to the Princeton ground, Loch Carnegie, which fills in almost four miles of what was once marsh, and which cost $00,000. The ironmaster took with him the deeds to the property the lake covered to give over to President Wilson.

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The exercises marking the formal turn ing over of the lake to the university took place in Alexander Hall

President Wilson introduced Mr. Carne gie without formality, and Mr. Carnegie, stepping briskly forward, began his ad dress. He said in part:

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Almost Too Enthuasiastie,

“It was inevitable that Princeton should attract a born Scot and loyal American. Princeton is both these in a sense, and to this day it has not belied its origin. When the time came for the colonies to stand for their liberties, Princeton emerged from obscurity, and under that typical Scot, Dr. Witherspoon, it achieved a unique distinction as being, so it is claim ed, the university most faithful to the re public.”

When loud cheering from the students in the gallery greeted this remark of Mr, Carnegie, the laird evidently became can ny of saying anything at which other uni versities might take umbrage, so he cor rected himself. “At least, other people beside myself have made this assertion,” said he hastily, and a broad smile played about the lips of President Wilson.

w— Cl 2 Mr, Carnegie toid how there was first suggested to him the pressing need of a lake which should cover the unsightly marsh that stretched around one side of the college grounds.

7 “When Mr. Butier said to me, “What we need here is a lake, but we have no body to build it for us,’ I simply said, ‘hump.’ Here the Scotchman wrinkled up his brows and assumed a severe air. The audience laughed. “We have heard, and are still to hear, I fancy, much in regard to athletic sports in our educational institutions, where young blood must be kept in order through physical energy as a means of expelling youthful energy. But sport should be education.

Not Impressed Wi'h Foothall,

“Now you play foci Mr. Carnegie continued. “I don't kn... what Kind of a game football is. I have seen pictures of games in the papers ocasionally. These pictures represent a pile of educated voung college men, with arms and legs sticking out of it at ali angles.

“We hear a great deal about trusts and combinations in these days, but what 1 hear about football makes me believe that the commercial element somewhat dominates the game—truly a state of af fairs incompatible with true sport and discreditable to all parties concerned, ex cept the professional coaches. With your football coaches it is not a sport, but a trade.

“The mere suspicion of ungentlemaniy conduct is fatal, not only under the rule of the game you are playing, but to the spirit of genuine sport. Should there be any form of so-cailed sport that brings our universities into disrepute, change the sport. It is trying, indeed, to find one’s country’s reputation being lowered by voung gentlemen attending our universi ties, from whom, of all men, we have a right to expect better things.” Some of the rah-rah boys in the gal lery were beginning to fidget under the laird’s arraignment of football #nd he changed the subject. Wants to Give First Lake Trophy. “We have the highest authority for pro nouncing aquatic sports clean #ports,” he said. “No one has a word of censure and every one a word of commendation for such exercises. Therefore those who dis tinguish themselves on Carnegie Lake and thus bring repute to Princeton in contests free from suspicion of brutal practices or underhand unfairness, which is worse, will have done their alma mater a distinct service. I hope Mrs. Carnegie and I may be permitted to give the first trophy com peted for on the loch.” After Mr. Carnegie had finished talking he handed to President Woodrow Wilson the bundle of deeds to the property upon which the lake stands. Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie and the mem bers of the Carnegie lake committee who had supervision of the work were invited to luncheon by Mrs. Wilson. After luncheon Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie called upon Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland. The ex President was out of bed and in a cheery mood. Mrs. Cleveland brewed tea for her guests, and they remained there until just before train time.

In a letter to the Senate and House of Representatives issued yesterday, Presi dent Roosevelt recommends that Article 37 of the government of the navy be re pealed, and Article 36 be amended. The recommendation is made because the President no longer has authority to dis miss an officer of the navy in time of peace unless in pursuance of a sentence of a general court-martial 1

The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela tions voted yesterday to report favorably on the Algeciras treaty providing for in ternational supervision over Morocco. Only two votes were cast in opposition. These were by Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, and Mr. Money, of Mississippi, both Demeo erats. The treaty was reported to the Senate later in the day, and by agree ment will be voted on next Wednesday.

Colston Did Not Have Appendicitis, As a result of the autopsy made yes terday morning by Coroner Nevitt, it was found that William C. Colston, colored, died from intestinal rupture, which caused blood poisoning, and not from appendicitis, as reported.

New York, Dec. S.—Arrived Wednesday; Steamship Finland, from Antwerp, November 5.

Arrived out: Steamships Dorder Knight, at Rotter dam, from New York; Verda, at Avonmouth. from New York. Sailed from foreign ports: Steamship Krenprinz Wilhelm, from Cherbourg for New York, President Wants More Powaes E i

finite on Algeciras Treaty. Ooen: Steamshins. AGED 30, WAS WED 7 TIMES. Police Believe One of Woman's For mer Husbands Killed Her. Logansport, Ind., Dec. 5.—Mrs. Rosa Tewksbury Brown Steele Erb, aged thirty, and seven times married, has been found dead here under circum stances indicating murder. A bottle believed to contain poison, given her, the police allege, by one of her former husbands, has been sent to Dr. J. N, Hurty, seeretary of the State board of health, for analysis. Mrs. Erb before her death declared the marrying habit was the cause of her downfall. It never brought her happiness, she insisted, but she was more unhappy when single. So one after another she married seven men, two of whom divorced her, two de serted her, and there were two from whom she was divorced.

One of her husbands, the police say, was in Logansport on Monday and gave her a bottle of whisky, believed by the authorities to contain poison, No physician was present when the woman died. BEEF DRESSERS MANICURED. Pretty Girls Do Fifty-three a Day in Chicago Steck Yards. Chicago, Dec. 5.—The agitation de manding the stock yards be cleaned up has reached the manicure stage. One packing firm has established a mani curing department in its plant, and its action is likely to be followed by the other concerns. The new department is for the bene fit of the workers who kill pigs, cut beef, and slaughter sheep, and the gigls who dress the beef, swing the sausages, and pack them away. Every one who handles the meat has the benefit of a manicure service. Finger nails that shine in rosy beauty are now the rule “back of the yards.” Manicurists are decidedly pretty girls. They like their work, they say, and can manicure as many as many as fifty-three in a day, although forty is their usual assignment. TELLER AND £9,000 MISSING. W. C, Anderson Leaves Kansas City on “Hunting Trip.” Kansas City, Dec, 5.—William C. An derson, collection teller of the First Na tional Bank of this city, is missing. E. F. Swinney, the president, admitted this morning that Anderson was short $9,000 in his accounts. Mr. Anderson, who had been in the employ of the bank for nine teen years, left the city last Monday, supposedly on a hunting trip. It devel oped to-day that he had abstracted $3,000 from the bank's funds. The bank offi cials have sworn out a warrant for his arrest.

NEW SANTO DOMINGO TREATY Island Government to Settle For eign Debt Claims. The United States to Be Responsible Only for Collecting Customs to Pay Interest on Funded Debt, The Senate will be asked at the pres ent session to ratify a new treaty be tween the United States and Santo Domingo by which this government will undertake the administration of Dominican customs to pay the interest and amortization charges upon a new Dominican bond issue of approximately $18,600,000. Jt is planned to pay all foreign creditors of Santo Domingo, whose claims will have been adjusted by the Dominican commission headed by Dr. Hollander, of Baltimore, which has been working on the claims for a year, with the proceeds of the new issue. A single banking house in New York is prepared to buy the bonds so soon as a treaty insuring American supervision of the customs is ratifea.

The Santo Domingo congress will meet in February and wili probably adopt the new treaty in short order. The difference between the treaty which the Senate rejected last year and the new agreement is that the United States will not undertake to adjust the Dominican foreign claims, but will only look after the collection of customs to pay the interest on the refunded debt. following Santo Do mingo’'s own settlement with her pres ent creditors. j

GIVE CHESTER GILLETTE HOPE.

Mother Cheers Slayer by Her Mes sage from Denver. Herkimer, N. Y., Dec. 5.—The nerve that was displayed by Chester E. Gillette throughout his trial for the murder of Grace Brown has stood by him since he was pronounced guilty.

i There was nothing about his appear ance in his cell to-day that goes with a picture of despair. The young man slept soundly last night, and ate a heartier breakfast than any one else in the jail Gillette spent the day at cards. He would play solitaire for a while, and then, whenever he could get one of his guards to play with him, he would en gage in a spirited game. His mind did not seem precccupied in the least.

Gillette feels confident that he will be treated better in the new trial that he expects to result from his appeal. Notice of that appeal will be filed to-morrow. It has been agreed between the judge and counsel on both sides that sentence will not be imposed until Monday. At that time, if a motion to set aside the verdict is not granted, counsel will file with the clerk of the State Court of Appeals notice of appeal, and this will act as a stay of execution.

Gillette's lawyers would have been sat isfied to let any other verdict stand. Gillette received a telegram this morn ing from his mother, in Denver. Mrs. Gillette wired:

Trust in God and keep up your cour age, my boy. I know you are inno cent. We have telegraphed your lawyers to appeal, and we will be there at your next trial. The prisoner sent this reply to his mother: I am innocent. My courage is good. Have until Thursday to appeal. It was learned to-day that E. Berrigan, of Salisbury, was the juror who held out for acquittal during five ballots.

He did not yield until there had been a bitter row with his fellow-jurors, in which he was told that Herkimer County would be toc hot for him to stay in it if he caused a disagreement.

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THE WASHINGTON HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1508. Ct OR a La sh FIFTY DIE IN FLOOD Reservoir in Mountains Near (Clifton, Arizona. Breaks. THREE LOOTERS SHOT DEAD Loss to Copper Companies and to the Railroad Lines Will Be Heavy. Two Years Ago Twelve Lives Were Lost and Immense Damage Was Done in the Same Canyon by Water Los ..ngeles, Cal, Dec. 5.—A special from Solomonsviile, Ariz., says the mining town of Clifton has been swept by a great flood, and fully fifty persons were drowned before they could reach the neighboring mountains. The larger part of 8,006 people in the town are poor Mexi cans and Italians.

The disturbance was due to the break ing of the huge reservoir in the meun tains above the town, which sent down a regular deluge through the Chase Creek section of the town.

i i Only two bodies have been recovered. The name of only one dead person is known—Mrs. Joe Thrum. Her body is still in the water. Her husband and chil dren were rescued from their home, but Mr. Thrum is in a serious condition from bruises, Three Mexicans were killed last night for looting. The citizens have taken mat ters into their own hands, as they did in San Francisco, and every looter is shot on sight. Not a house in the city escaped dam age, and many were wrecked. There is no place to cook food, and few places to sleep, and the people are camping out on the mountain. Supplies encugh have been saved to feed everybody until the railroad can repair and get into the town of El Paso. The present flood is the worst in the history of the town.

{1 North Clifton was swept clear of houses. The Becker Franz Mercantile Company, in North Carolina, lost a $10,00¢ stock. The Weekly Herald was swept away, and the Copper Era Building is in ruins. The damage to the smelting works of the Arizona Copper Company and to the Arizona and New Mexico Railway Com pany will be very heavy. From Clifton te Longfellow the Coro nado Railroad has been completely de stroved. Great damage was inflicted on the Detroit and Shannon Copper concen trators. A sudden rise in the Gila River, caused by heavy snows and rains in the last two weeks, was responsible for the flood. Two years ago twelve lives were lost in the canyon and immense damage was done by the rise of the San Francisco River. WOULD NOT INDICT BRIBERS. West Virginia Grand Jury Refuses to Investigate Vote Buying. Martinsburg, W. Va., Dec. 5.—The November term of fhe Berkeley Circuit Court adjourned to-day without having taken any action on the election bribery cases, and this failure to indict those who are publicly known to be guilty of gross corruption in Berkeley County has occasioned no surprise among those conversant with the ex tent of the practice of buying votes at the elections here. cE nad Not a single witness was summoned before that body, motwithstanding the fact that several mebers of the grand jury were personally acquainted with such facts as could have secured sev eral indictments. Out of a total vote of 5700, it is stated by leaders of both parties that at least 1,700 belong tv the purchasable class, while many more must be paid for voting the ticket of the party to which they belong. Ag high as $25 is paid for a single vote, and men with great wads of money are stationed by both parties at each voting place in the county. It is known that certain grand juries that were asked to indict election bribers contained several men who were personally guilty of this offense, ‘and who would have been in a position to block any attempt to return a true bill An agreement, however, has been reached among political leaders 1s stamp out vote-buying hereafter. SHAW RELIEVES MARKET. Anticipates Payment of $12,000,000 Interest on Public Debt,

In anticipating the payment of about $12,000,060 interest on the public debt yesterday, Secretary Shaw was in fluenced by the fact that the Treasury collected surplus revenues amounting to 37,000,000 in the month of November, and that the current menth is also likely to *be a month of surplus re ceipts. In December, 1905, the surplus re ceipts were $5,500,000. The action taken, therefore, releases for use in the ‘business of the country a sum prac ‘tically equal to the surplus receipts for November and December. In the pres ‘ent activity of business, the Secretary was unwilling to permit the operations of his department to aggravate present conditions in the money market. It was thought best to anticipate two quarterly payments at one time, as in this way holders of registered bonds will" only be obliged to send the bonds to the Treasury to be stamped once in stead of twice.

FULTON NEVER SAW LETTER. Says Files Were Robbed or Mails Were Robbed. Senator Fulton, of Oregon, called on the President yesterday. In regard to the two. letters from Charles F. Carey and John H. Hall, ad dressed to Senator Fulton, which are re ferred to in an article in Collier's Weekly, he said:

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“I never received those letters to my knowledge. I cannot find them in my files. Yet here they are, published in a periodical. That means either that my files were robbed or that the mails were robbed. As to the charge that I was using my influence to help out Brownell, did nothing. I don't say that I would not, if I had been appealed to on behalf of a friend in such a case; but it go happens that I did not in this instance.”

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Earthquake in West Indies. Kingstown, Island of St. Vincent, Brit ish West Indies, Dec. 5.—An earthquake shock lasting nearly fifty seconds was accompanied here to-day by causing a panic among the inhabitants of Kings town. The Island of Barbadoes, and the Island of St. Lucia also feit the shock.

It was most severe on the Izland of St. YT aicia Mrs. Mussey Back from Vassar. Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey returned last evening from Vassar College, where ghe delivered an address on “The value of g legal education for women.” After ‘the address the class of 197 give Mrs. Mussey a reception. Order The Washington Herald deo livered at your residence, daily and Sun day, 35c per month. Telephone Main 3300.

PROBE WRECK IN SECRET. CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. and a number of men who were e along the division at the time of the col lision. Detailed accounts of the action of each of the employes and incidents leading up to the time of the wreck are being taken, Each witness is being cross-examined and when all the statements are in the re sponsibility will be placed. R. J. Jacobs, upon whom Mattox has tried to throw the blame, will go before the investigating board to-day,

The Virginia State corporation com mission is preparing to make an inde pendent investigation into the cause of the Scuthern Railway wreck, and will begin its work nexi Tuesday. At (he general offices here it was stated yes terday that nothing had been heard offi cially about such action. Attorney Thom, of the company, said he had not been informed about the commission's inves tigation, and declined to be interviewed on the matter. The wreck investigation is being held in the offices of the general manager. C. H. Ackert, fourth vice president and general manager, Attorney Thom, and E. H. Copeman, general superintendent of the northern division of the system, are in charge. A corps of stenographers is employed in taking the testimony. WRECK VICTIMS WILLS FILED Million-dollar Estate of Charles D. Fisher Bequeathed to Family, Baltimore, Md., Dec. 5.—The will of Charles D. Fisher, who was killed in the accident near Lawyers station, on ‘the Southern Railway, on Thanksgiv ing Day, was probated in the Orphans’ Court at Towson to-day. It disposes of an estate estimated at about $1, 250,000. The first bequest is to the testator’s wife, Mrs. Nannie P. Fisher, who is given absolutely the residence at 814 ‘North Charles street; also a life inter est in one-third of the residue of the estate. Should this one-third exceed $400,000, then she is to have a life in terest in that sum. Mrs. Fisher is also given $10,000 in trust for Mr. Fisher's namesake, Charles Fisher, son of his brother Frank. Mrs. Flsher is also glveu $15,000 in trust for the testator’s granddaughter, Mary Brune, and a like amount for his grandson. Charles D. Fisher Brune. Bequests of $5,000 each for the testa tor's grandchil4r-n—Nannie Braxton Dallam, daughter of Nannie P. O. Dal lam, and Sara Charlton Nelson, daugh ter of Sallie F. F. Nelson, are also made. ~The will of Francis T. Redwood, who also died in the Southern Railway wreck at Lawyers, Va. on Thanks giving morning, was admitted to pro ‘bate in the Orphans’ Court to-day. The document is a brief one, leaving his entire estate to his widow, Mrs. Mary Buchanan Redwood, who is named executrix without bond. MRS. MAYBRICK IN COURT. Watches Mother's Suit at Richmond for Recovery of Timber Lands, Special to I'ne Washington Herald, np Richmond, Va., Dec. 5.—Argument in the case of the Baroness’ ven Roques against Davis W. Armstrong, formerly her attorney, for the recovery of thou sands of acres of valuable timber and mineral lands in this State, Kentucky, and West Virginia, which has been before Judge Grinnan in the Chancery Court for several days, will probably be concluded to-morrow ferenoon. S. V. Hayden, for the plaintiff, began bis argument this morning, but he gave way in the afternoon to allow the court to proceed with certain routine business. The baroness and her daughter, Mrs. Florence Maybrick, remained in the ©ecurtroom the better portion of the day, both women seeming to take considerable interest In the progress of the case, A large crowd of curious people was attracted to the court by reason of the presence there of Mrs. Maybrick, who is a paroled prisoner from an English prison, where she had been confined for the murder of her husband. DUDLEY GETS GRISCOM'S POST Transfer of Ambassadors Delayed for Official Communications. Diplomats Deny Story That White Leaves Rome Because Italy Is Dissatisfied. Announcement of the transfer of Harry White, of Rhode Island, from the Italian mission to be Ambassador at Paris, and Lloyd C. Griscom, of Pennsylvania, from the Brazilian mission to be Ambassador at Rome, has been deferred pending the receipt of information from the foreign governments that these and other changes are acceptable to them.

Irving B. Dudley, of California, now Minister to Peru, will be appointed Am bassador to Brazil, to succeed Griscom.

The executive committee of the Bureau of American Republics has decided in formally to elect John Barrett, of Ore gon, director of the bureau. Mr. Barrett is now Minister to Colombia.

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A story circulated yesterday that the proposed transfer of Ambassador White from Rome to Paris was the result of dissatisfaction with .ir. White by the Italian government was vigorously de nied in an authoritative quarter. C cording to the story, Ambassador White declined to approve all the names on the list submitted by the court chamberlain of those to be invited to the initial re ception at the American Embassy ard thereby affronted the King.

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i It was said that the name of Countess Grazzioli, represented as a favorite in Ro man society and at court, had been erased by Mr. and Mrs. White. As a matter of fact, the name of Countess Grazzioli was not on the list submitted, and the entire list was approved by the Ambassador and his wife.

Mr. White is greatly liked by King Victor Emmanuel. _ Last winter, subse quent to the initifl reception, he went hunting with the King at the latter's in vitation, and he will return to Rome to spend the season before going to Paris. Mr. White is now in Washington. will be received at S. Kann's Sons Co., Information Bureau, and promptly for warded to the main office.

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Herald Want Ads HURL ACID ON HORSES Pickets Use Vitrol to Cause Runaways, Says Witness. SHEA ACCUSED OF THE CRIME Teamsters’ War in Chicago'® Streets Vividly Told by One of the Lead ers of Strike, Whe Has Turned State's Evidence—Teld to Break Men's Arms and Legs, Chicago, Dec. 5.—The history of a real war, fought in Chicago's streets during the spring, summer, and autumn of 1905, was told on the witness stand to-day by Joseph Schulz, who turned State's evi dence against the leaders of the team sters’ strike of that year. Schulz is on trial for conspiracy to wreck important business interests as a part of the striking teamsters’ campaign. He admits that he was chief of the “'slug gers” employed, he says, by President Shea, to drive strike-breakers from the city. He figured also as personal body guard of Albert Young, another leader, and chiefs who entered pleas of guilty to the charge of conspiracy.

“Shea hired the pickets,” he sald on the stand, “and it was to him we repori ed. We received our pay everynight from the treasurer of the Chicago Federation of Labor. Each man got $2 daily. Some times, when things grew quiet, Shea told us we must get busy, or off would come our heads. “The pickets were divided into squads each under a captain chosen by Shea. We had orders to stop the wagons any way we could. Shea said we were to ‘knock hr—1 out of them.’

“As things got hot, Shea told us to break their arms and legs s¢ they could not work.

“Sometimes we caught the ‘finks” and beat them up. Sometimes we threw rocks and knocked them off their wag ons.

“Then we threw eggshells filled with vitriol at the horses to make them run away. We got the eggs at headquarters. The shells were drained ang filled with acid and the holes covered with court plaster. "Take these out and use them,’ Shea told us; ‘but be careful not to get caught, or you will be hanged.’

“Sometimes syringes were used to squirt the acid.” The prosecution expects to introduce evidence to-morrow showing how many of the men beaten by the “sluggers” died of their injuries, MR. SHAW URGES REFORM Reports Necessity of Elastic Cur rency Legislation.

Mensage Is His Last One—Describes Conditions Resulting from Har vesting Enormous Crops,

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw's fifth and last annual report, which was sent to Congress yesterday, discusses in an interesting manner the necessity for cur rency legislation, The Secretary describes the emergen cies that have arisen in the financial world during the last five years, and the various, and, In some cases, unusual measures which the Treasury Department has adopted to afford relief. After point ing out how narrowly the country has escaped from financial panics on several occasions, and discussing several ways of improving the currency system, he says: “The failure to provide some prompt means of relief will most certain ly invite disaster.” Describing the acute condition resulting from the harvesting of the enormous crops of this year, the inability of the railroads to handle them, and the neces sity of providing money with which to carry them in storage until they could be exported, the Secretary tells how the Treasury came to the relief of the situa tion by facilitating the importation of $50,000,000 of gold and distributing in addi tion $26,000,000 among the banks all over the country. Not to Encourage Speculation. “Sensational writers told the people,” he says, “that all this was being done for the encouragement of speculation on Wall street. If those who recognize that a deposit of money at Denver relieves finan cial tension at Wall street will also ac knowledge that a deposit in New York re lieves financial stringency at Denver, neo material harm will be ensue. Money is almost liquid as water, and finds its level about as quickly.” “It is never possible,” the Secretary continues, ‘to measure the influence of Treasury transactions such as are here ‘described, nor to state what our experi ence would have been had the Treasury failed to act in a given crisis.

“One man of very large experience, with business interests in several States, who never made a speculative transac ticn in stocks or bonds, recently express ed the opinion that but for the precau ‘tionary measures adopted by the Treas ury, the price of every bushel of grain in the United States would have declined ere this ten cents.” Needs More Elastie Curreney. Urging the need of Congressional legis lation to provide a more elastic cur rency, the Secretary says: “Despite di vergent views as to methods, there is a well-nigh universal agreement in recog nizing the necessity of a currency sys tem that will centract when money is redundant as promptly as it will expand when money is scarce.”

He points to the fact that most com mittees which have reported on the sub ject indorse his previously recommended plan of authorizing additional national ‘bank circulation to be issued in times of extraordinary demand, and subject to a heavy tax to insure its withdrawal as ‘soon as the demand ceases. As for the addition of credit currency for permanent maintenance, he says:

i “I would not view even with apprehen sion of evil any credit currency legisla tion so restricted as to render impossible the permanent maintenance of more than

Does Not Want Central Bank. S—————————————f The Secretary does not approve the suggestion for the establishment of a central government bank. He says such 4 bank would be governed by a board, the members of which would doubtless have outgide interests, and each could shift the responsibility from himself to the board as an aggregation. Lutheran Church Consecrated. The consecration service of the Lu theran' Church, at North Capitol and U streets, was held last night, a large num ber of the members of the congregation being present. Rev. T. E. Schmauk, pres ident of the General Council of the Lu theran Church in America, delivered the sermon on ‘Let Mount Zion Rejoice.”

NEXT WEEK'S PLAY BILLS. Tvighy Bell, one of the drollest of Amer A 1st. The: anal Aiea 1 ican comedians, will be seen in a return this as Mr. Pipp in Au “The Education of Mr. Pipp,” at the Columbia Theater, next week. The Gibson comedy owes much of its success in New York and other cites to Mr. Bell's finished and amusing portrayal of the droll little henpecked husband. About the series of society car toons of Charles Dana Gibson, Augustus Thomas has constructed a story full of heart thrills and laughs. He weds hap pily his Cibson girls to Gibson men; not, however, until after all sorts of tangles, brought on by the title-mad mother. H@ has given Mr. Bell a character and lines that enable the comedian to create an American type that is distinctly orignal and thoroughly amusing.

“Brown of Harvard,” with Henry Wood ruff and the entire New York cast, comes to the Belasco Theater on Monday, De cember 10, for a week's engagement. The play was written by Rida Johnson Young, author of “Glorious Betsy,”” a graduate of Radcliffe College, and therefore intimate ly acquainted with undergraduate life at Cambridge, a fact which, it is said, finds reflection in the fidelity of the scenes and what may be called distinctly Harvard at mosphere. No less than five members of the company, including Mr. Woodruff himself, are graduates of Harvard. Mr. Woodruff interrupted his professional ca reer for four years, between 1884 and 1898, to take a Harvard degree. His lead ing woman is Miss Katherine Mulkins. Other important parts are played by J. Heron Miller, son of Henry Miller; Arthur Shaw, son of Mary Shaw; Lolita Robert son, and Kate Lester. The production was made under the direction of Henry Miller. The play is divided into four acts, the first and last of which are supposed to take place in Tom Brown's room in fa mous old Helworthy Hall, Harvard yard. i

Next week at the National Theater Charles Dillingham presents Miss Fritzi Scheff in “Mlle. Modiste,”” a combina tion seen in Washington last season. The music for “Mlle, Modiste” was writ ten by Victor Herbert; the book of Hen ry Blossom, and in the work both have put some of their best efforts. The prima donna needs no introduction. Since her separatiion from the Metropolitan Opera Company to take up her present line of work she has been recognized as one of the leading lights of comic opera on the American stage; and the fact that she is devoting her talents solely to light musical productions detracts nothing from her prestige. She has the support of a representative company of singers and comedians. During the engagement it the National there will be but one matinee on Saturday.

i Wiith the exception of the special hol iday lecture on Palestine, Mr. Dwight El mendor{'s talk at the National Theater next Monday afternoon will be the last of the present series. “Southern Italy” is] the subject, and to this fascinating sec- tion of sunny Italy Mr. Elmendorf has brought the result of many years of trav el and observation. The journey starts at Rome and ends with an exquisite descrip tion of the Blue Grotto cave on the Isle of Capri. The sale of seats for the ex tra lecture on Palestine will begin Mon day morning, December 10, at 8 o'ciock. Mail orders are now being received. The Marine Band will appear again at the National Theater next Sunday even ing, December $9, this being the band's second concert of the present winter series. German, Italian, and American music will be featured, and Mr. Arthur S. Whitcomb, the new cornet soloist, wil! make his first appearance at the winter concerts, The farce of “Love's Young Dream,” rendered by Emil Hoch and his com pany, will be the leading attraction at Chase's next week. Other notable fea tures on the bill are Mlle. Ora Cecil and her troop of trained leopards, panthers, iand congars; Alf. Grant and Ethel Hoag, {in “A Little of Everything;” John Birch |and the Bellong Brothers. QIrev 0009900090000 0900004 40 Kathryn Purnell, who first came into prominence four years ago as leading woman at Proctor’'s Theater, New York, iis the attraction at the Majestic next week, in a new version of “Sapho,” said to be free from all objectionable features. An elaborate scenic dress, and a capa i ble company are promised, and from all reports the patrons of the Majestic can ilook for a most satisfactory production {of the famous drama. The demand for a good play, aside from scenic excellence, is said to be fully met in the newest Western American comedy drama, “Bedford's Hope,” which will be presented at the Academy Monday night. The story of the crisis in the affairs of the Old Pard mine, at Plain View Gulch, Ment, and of success or ruin in the fam fly of the mine's chief owner, William Bedford, is told with stirring human in terest. Tributary to the good story are promised some of the best scenic and mechanical devices of the day, including an automobile and train race across the plains. What may be considered as a positive novelty in the long list of attractions booked at the Lyceum Theater is the “Cherry Blossoms" company, which opens a week's engagement on Monday, Decem ber 10. This company is scheduled to pre sent one of the most pleasing and enter taining programmes of the season, of both burlesque and vaudeville. In the opening farce, “The Wrong Count To basco,” and the closing satire, “Look Out Below,” there are many original musical numbers. Pictures at the Belasco, On Sunday evening the popular mov ing picture concerts will be resumed at the Belasco Theater, and owing to the lorge attendance at the previous offer ings, together with the attractive pro gramme that is to be offered on Sun dav evening it should nrove the mods On Sunday evening the popular mov ing picture concerts will be resumed a the Belasco Theater, and owing to the lorge attendance at the previous offer ings, together with the attractive pro gramme that is to be offered on Sun day evening, it should prove the mos enjoyaltie kind of Sunday evening enter. tainineut for lovers of good music and ar tistic moving pictures.

D. A. R. GETS NEW MEMBERS Reports Show Organization to Be in Flourishing Shape. The Daughters of the American Revo lution, at their December meeting, held at the Washington headquarters of the society yesterday, admitted 557 new mem bers into the organization. The meeting, which was presided over by Mrs. Donald McLean, president general of the society, was attended by a large number of the members of the local order, as well us several regents from outside chapters.

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NO NEW TREATY NOW 4 i State Departmentand Japan's Embassy Deny Rumor. MUST SETTLE LEGAL BATTLE

Until Judicial Action Is Had, Contro versy wiil Remain in Status Quo. Senate Asks for Data in Hands of Metcalf-Representative Criticises References in President's Message.

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There was no discussion on the resolu tion, which the Senate adopted without a dissenting vote. Up to this time, Mr. Metcalf has had nothmg to say regard ing his investigations, although what is believed ta be the main features of his re port have been published.

President Misunderstood. Pacific Coast Senators and Representa tives were pleased yesterday on going te the White House to receive the instant assurance from the President that he had asked Congress in his message to give him power te use the army and navy to settle the question whether the school board of San Francisco should admit Japanese children or not, g The President said that what he had in tended to say was that if a race riot should ocewr arising out of any outrage on the rights of an alien he should em ploy the army and navy and all the power he possessed to quell it.

i This explanation went far to promote a state of better feeling among the mem bers from California, and they will strive to have the President's attitude fully un derstood in their State. a

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Practically everybody who commented on the matter at all yesterday criticised the President because of that part of his message wiich related to the Japanese question.

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“The President's assertion of his readi ness to use the military forces of the United States to enforce Japanese treaty rights in this country strikes me as per haps the most remarkable part of his message,” said Representative McCall, of Massachusetts, one of the most independ ent of the Republicans in either house, and one whose opinion is always worth listening to. "I suppose it well settled that a treaty is a law of the United

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in the case of other laws, If Japanese chiidren have a right under a treaty to attend the public schools of California, that right, beyond all question, can be enforced in these peaceful times without threatening to coerce school teachers at the point of the bayonet.

“It would ba precisely in point for the President to propose to put himself at the head of an army to administer the other laws of the United States, the Elkins and anti-trust laws for instance. And when the guns of our battle ‘ships shall have battered dewn what the earthquake left of ‘Frisco and the people, innocent and guilty alike of that disloyal province, shall have been put to the sword to as sert the right of Japanese children to an education, the tedious processes of courts wili bg done away with and we shall be taught a new and short cut to the en forcement of all our laws. “Even if the threat in the message might in any case be proper in the pres ent stage of our national development,” said Mr. McCall, “the last State against which it couid be justly leveled is that splendid Commonwealth along the Pa cific. It is a plece of rhetoric for inter national] purposes, which, however it may be received abroad, is not likely to meet the enthusiastie approval of the American i

Under State Control. Representative Jenkins, of Wisconsin, chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, made the following statement: RE AR A Se E— “Primarily, it might be said the entire school question is under the absolute con EE dant at ha tates Wir wivrhrtaa Af ha malian Representative Jenkins, of Wisconsin, chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, made the following statement: “Primarily, it might be said the entire school question is under the absolute con trol ef the State, by virtue of the police power, unless interfered with by the treaty-making power. Unquestionably, a treaty can be made covering and includ ing the question, but it is ngt for me to say whether the treaty does or does not cover and include it. That is for the ad ministration to determine until the courts decide. Br i

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“lI am not a state's rights man in the sense in which it is ordinarily understood, but there is no man in the country more tenacious about the rights of the States under the Constitution than I am. Un questionably the rights of the States un der the Constitution will be carefully looked after. So far this nation, as I urderstand it, has not any cause for com plaint, and should wait for some overt act or declaration of war. If any ruulle arises, it will be from our dual system of government. i i a pp—— m— e— p— i

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“The Constitution provides that the President shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, providing two-thirds "of the Senators present concur. The power to make a treaty is conferred in general terms. No limitation lies in the words creating the power, and the Constitution has placed no limitation on this general power. The Constitution strengthens the power by providing that all treaties made or which shall be made under the au thority of the United States shall be the supreme law of the land, and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstand ing. i _— r— w— “Unquestionably the treaty may con tain anything known to international law, if the subject has not becr confided else where by the Constitution.” DOES HARM, NOT GOOD. That Is Correspondent Brill's Opin ion of President's Message. “It was evidently the President's idea that" that part of his message relating to the Japanese should be soothing and ‘placating. In my opinion,” says Mr. Wil liam H. Brill, who was a correspondent throughout the Russo-Japanese war, and who understands the Japanese character better than most, “that paragraph of the message has done ore than all the fiurry on the Pacific Coast to insure war, at some future time, between the United States and Japan.” Rm “The one thing the Japanese are insist ent upon—not only since the recent war, but since the opening of Japan to the outside world by Commodore Perry-is that they are the social equals of any race. That, being a yellow race, the white people hold them as inferiors, they cannot understand. Now, in his message, the President satisfies. their egotism—the greatest on earth—by telling them that we have learned from Japan and have much to learn from them. What they can teach us is not specified, but that statement, made a month ago, sent out in confidence to all the newspapers, and which for days has been in the office of every newspaper in Japan, will swell up their self-importance inordinately, and make them more insistent than ever upon recogniticn, on an equal basis with our own citizens. “In spite of the talk of what" the Japanese have accomplished, it is ex tremely doubtitul whether Americans are illing to concede the fact that the Jepanese, with their pecuilar ideas of morality—to say nothing of the differ ence in race and the difference in relig jon—are the social equals of the Anglo Saxons; but the President's message, fostering such ideas; ideas which the Japanese are only too willing to grasp and base their future conduct on, is sure to lead to demands on the part of the Japanese which will never, willingly, be granted by the people of this country, I believe that that part of the President's message will have exactly the opposite effect to the one intended.”

MR. LOW DECORATED. Belgian Government Confers Honor on Washington Correspondent. ‘His majesty, the King of the Bel gians, through Baron Moncheur, the Belgian minister, has conferred upon Mr. A. Maurice Low, of this city, the Cross of the Order of Leopold, of Belgium, which carries with it the title of chevalier, The decoration is conferred upon Mr. Low in recognition of his work as a writer on international politics and sociology. Belgium having only one order of chivalry, Belgian decorations are less frequently bestowed than those of almost any other European country. Mr. Low {is the Washington corre spondent of the Boston Globe, and the principal American correspondent of the London Morning Post.

SQUARE DEAL FOR DISTRICT. Heuse Appropriations Committee Policy Will Be Fair. The subcommittee of the House Appro priations Committee, having charge of the District of Columbia appropriation bill, will be called to meet Saturday, and proeeed as rapidiy as possible after that, with daily sessions, to compiete the bill Representative Gillette, of Massachu setts, who is chairman of the subcommit tee, said yesterday that it was his pur pose to report the bill, if possible, before the holiday adjournment. The time of the subcommittee will be taken up mainly with hearings for the District Commissioners. “In view of the statements made about the reduction of the estimates for Dis trict appropriations,” said Mr. Gillette, “let me say that it seems to me that Sec retary Shaw appears to have made a lump reduction, without regard to any particular items, and more for the pur pose of securing a lower sum total of appropriations all through the budget. The subcommittee and the committee, so far as 1 have opportunity to know, are not actuated by any policy of undue re trenchment in District appropriations, ang the bill will be made up along the lines of a square deal.”

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Wants 81,000,000 for Jamestown, Representative Maynard, of Virginia, yesterday introduced a bill, providing for a loan of $1,000,000 by the government, to the Jamestown Exposition Company, the sum to be secured by a first lien upon the gate receipts of the Jamestown Ter centennial. A similar lean, upon sim ilar conditions, was mage by the govern ment to the St. Louis Exposition Com pany. Mr. Maynard also introduced a bill, to fix the time for holding the in ternational naval, marine, and military celebration in Hampton Roads, contem poraneous with the exposition on land, which is April 26 to November 30. peop:c,

isle of Plunes Goes Over. It is the present understanding that no attempt will be made at this session of Congress to consider the Isle of Pines treaty, which recognizes the sovereignty of Cuba over that territory. YANK THE JAPS OUT Mudd Denounces Their Race (Coneeit. PLEA FOR A BIGGER NAVY [5 Ra— Maryland Member Compares Jap anese to Half-breed Negroes, and Says He Would Drive Them Into the Pacific Ocean—If the Treaty Stands in the Way, Ignore It Representative Mudd was asked 10-day for a specific statement of his views on the demand of the Japanese to enter the white schools in San Franciseo. “I do not see any use,’ he said, “in mincing words, or of treating this mat ter, to use a familiar expression, in a ‘mealy-mouthed’ manner. It Is useless either to deceive ourselves or to seek to degeive the Japanese, “i know of but one method of treat ment of a fellow that we do not want to enter our house, and that is to keep him out. If he does not go out, we put him out. It is not the American fashion to use very much unetion or ceremony in the manner of his ejectment. “In my judgment this question of the admission of Japanese, particularly adult Japanese, to the same schools with the white children of California is a matter of domestic concern with the people of California. It is largely a matter of taste. If the people there object to the admis sion of these people, that ought to set tle it.

WE m—— —_— “I have, I am frank to say, some rather emphatic feelings upon this ques tion. I do not think that Japanese con tentions should be tolerated for a minute in a unovement seeking to enforce the ad mission of these over-assertive, smartish, fellows into social juxtaposition with the white children of California.” 1 Build More Ships. “The fact is, this country has shown more courtesy and consideration within the recent past to the Japanese than per haps any other nation of men. We have had a let of young Japs over here, and educated them in the Naval Academy, and they have been behaving in a very ‘uppish’ fashion since, largely with, if not through, the added prestige of American instruction and American sympathies, they whipped—and we are glad they whipped—the poor, old, obsolete, and cor rupt autocracy of Russia. Thig result was largely aided by the inability of Russia to secure loans to carry on the war, because of the pressure of public sentiment against it among the people of this country. “lI think they are pluming themselves for somewhat of a scrap. It ig not only in my judgment the proper thing to do, but it Is the particular and the one ap propriate thing to do, to yank them out of those schools in California, and to do it in very short order. It will be a good object-lesson for them; and if they do not like it, let Congress this winter give some emphasis te this feature of the ‘yel low peril,” by an impressive addition to our navy, that the Japs may know that we do not consider ourselves as Russians, and that the world may take note of what we mean to convey to them, “Speaking for myself, I do not believe there is any Federal law that can inter fere with the State's rights upon this question. If there is, it ought to be wiped off the statute book. If there is any treaty right that may seem to con flict, the treaty that seeks to give the right ought to be abrogated or ignored. Better Sense of Mulatto, “I have no more toleration whatever for the insolent demand of these yellow gentry on the Pacific Coast to force upon California the institution of mixed schools than I would have for an obnoxious half breed negro of this country who would advocate such a situation. The fact is, hotween the mulatto of our country here and the California Jap, I have a kiandlier feeling for our American mulatto. We do not tolerate them in our schools here, and they do not want to come there. They have better sense and better judg ment about the matter. “My judgment is we should make the Jap ‘walk the plank,” and walk jit swift ly in this case. I am obliged to say that I think the position of the President en tirely untenable. “I understand that there is a sort of namby-pambyism and Miss Nanecyism, calling itself diplomacy, which considers expressions of this kind as untactful and untasteful to members of Congress. I am responsible to myself and my constit uency for my utterances, and I assume that responsibility, and what I have said falls quite short of what my disposition would be to do in reference to this ques tion. “What the Jap wants to be given to un derstand, and that emphatically, is that we do not hesitate for one moment te give prompt and forcible expression upon his ‘chip-on-the-shoulder’ brand of inso lence and impudence on this or any ques tion, national or international, that may arise. That affair with Russia has im parted a very fresh and frisky fussiness to the yellow brother of the Japan Sea. and the sooner we cause him to realize that we are taking note of it the better 0 wri Ram far al Aut Zzastesaass MORGAN ON PANAMA RAILWAY He Will Discuss Legislation to Put Canal Commission in Control Senator Morgan, of Alabama, will ad dress the Senate probably next week in favor of legislation to bring the Panama Rallroad Corporation under the jurisdic tion of the Panama Canal Commission. Notice to this effect was served in the Senate yesterday, when Senator Pettus, colleague of Mr. Morgan, offered a resoiu tion directing the Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals to report to the Sen ate what legislation is necessary to bring the railroad corporation within the con trol of the Panama Canal Commission. In offering the resolution in Mr. Mor gan's absence, Mr. Pettus gave notice that the resolution was to lie over to per ‘mit Mr. Morgan to make a speech on it. The President sent a message to Con gress yesterday, cordially indorsing the recommendation of the surgeon general of the navy, that the government shall liberally contribute to the Maj. Walter Reed memorial project. The surgeon general characterizes, as niggardly, the monthly pension of 3146 to the widow of the man who discovered that yellow fever was carried by mosquito inoculation Representative Underwood, of Alabama, who called at the White House yesterday, to present a friend, congratulated the President upon that portion of his mes sage relating to swollen wealth. “The President has come out fairly and square ly fer an old plank in the Democratic platform,” said Mr. Underwood. Bills to make uniform the laws of sales warehouse receipts will be presented by the Commissioners to Congress at tie present session. THE WASHINGTON HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 19086. Memory of Reed Honored. Democrats with President. Present niform Sales’ Lasse. READY 70 HELP PRES:DENT Congress Quick to Favor Suggestions in Message. Criminal Appeals Bill Recommitted to Senate Judiciary Committee for Betterment. There is a disposition at both ends of the Capitol to give the President prompt action on many of the recommendations made in his message. Numerous bills were introduced yesterday providing leg islation urged in the message, and sev eral committees began energetically the consideration of measures which the Ex ecutive would like to see written upon the statute books. The Senate Judiciary Committee met and took up the bill providing appeals in criminal cases where the United States is prosecutor. The committee last session discussed this bill carefully and decided to set aside the House bill which was drawn at the Department of Justice and passed in the House April 16 This measure provided broadly that in all eriminal prosecutions the United States should have the same right of review by writ of error that is given a defendant, including the right to a bill of exceptions. The proviso went with the bill that if on writ of error error be found in the rulings of the court, a verdict in favor of the defendant should not be set aside. A substitute was framed securing to the United States the right to wriis of error in specific cases, as, for instance, where a decision was made setting aside an indictment, or from a decision sus taining a demurrer to an indictment, from one arresting a judgment of conviction for insufficiency of the indictment, and from a decision or judgment sustaining a special plea in bar when the defendant has not been put in jeopardy. In all these cases the United States was to have the same right to a bill of ex ceptions as In civil cases. This was not ‘what the President asked for, or wanted, ‘and he said so plainly. His anxiety for a square deal for the government in crim inal appeals was such that this was the firgt topic of his recent message. The Judiciary Committee found that the sub stitute was adopted in committee without a full meeting, and with a bare quorum. Representative Spooner pointed out clearly the insufficiency. of the answer to the President's request, and urged that the committee ask to have the bill recom mitted. Senator Clark, of Wyoming, as chairman of the committee, was author ized to ask that the bill be returned, and this request was compiled with by the Senate. The Judiciary Committee will consider the bill next week with a full committee present, and it is expected that a return to something like ‘he House bill will be decided on.

The joint resolution introduced by Sen ator Carter, providing that an amend ment to the Constitution giving the gen eral government control of divorce legis lation should be submitted to the legisla tures of the several States for ratification or rejection, will also be taken up by the Judiciary Committee within a few days and again reconsidered. The committee last June voted to report this resolution adversely. The temper of the committee is now to yield to the President's wishes and seek alignment with him in the mat ter of divorce legislation and the preven tion of race death. In the House, Mr. Brick, of Indiana, introduced a joint reso lution on the subject along the lines of that which the Senate Judiciary Commit tee reported adversely. Bilis providing for an income tax and for currency re form have been introduced by Repre sentative Sheppard, of Texas, and Rep resentative Keifer, of Ohio. The House Committee on Banking and Currency held a meeting vesterday, pre paratory to the framing of a bill along the lines recently recommended by the currency commission of the American Bankers’ Association, pve, for a ore elastic currency. Hearings will be Elk Grove Butter D FAMOUS FOR PURITY AND QUALITY. It Tempts the Appetite —Adds Zest to Meals. Wi you buy Butter, buy the best—the excellent Elk Grove Butter. It is worthy of your choice, combining perfection in purity, with unusual richness and sweetness. It is all that the most exacting butter connoisseur could demand. ELK GROVE BUTTER is always uniform in quality and purity. The Butter we offer you to-day is as good as the Butter we sold the first day we introduced Elk Grove Butter, and it will continue to maintain its superior quality. Eik Grove Butter is made from the choicest Pasteurized Cream, by expert Buttermakers,in a modernly equipped and absolutely sanitary creamery. It is put up in air-tight cartons, which safeguard its purity and keep it fresh and sweet. Magnificent Art Picture Free to Consumers of Elk Grove Butter.

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Senator Lodge Introduces Bin Drawn by Lothrop Willington, At the request of Lothrop Willington, of Boston, Senator Lodge yesterday in troduced a bill, prepared by Mr. Will ington, which provides for the creation of a board to take charge of old rec ords, and for the establishment of a nall of records in this city. The bill does not call for an appropriation. The proposed board is to be com posed of the Vice President, the Speaker of the House, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, one judge each from the Supreme Court, a Cireuit Court, and a District Court, and such members of a joint committee on records ag may be named by the two Houses of Congress. The bill proposes that this board shall have sole legal custody of all books of records and filed papers in which the latest date of record is upward of eighty years. Documents of lesser age may also be placed in the custody of ‘the board on the order of the President or other designated officlals of the gov ernment, and the board may receive Hnperant records from State authori Lies. In a letter to Senator Lodge, Mr. Willington expresses the opinion that the United States should certainly do now, in the matter of a hall of records, what England did in 1838. His bill follows the British act, he says. HOW TO SELL PRODUCE. Bill to Safeguard Weights and Measures in the District. Senator Gallinger introduced in the Sen ate yesterday a bill regulating the sale of fruits, vegetables, and poultry in the Dis trict of Columbia in the matter of weight and measure. The bill provides that pro visions and produce of every kind shall not be offered for sale for a weight or measure greater than the actual or true weight or measure. Berries, where sold in boxes or baskets, may be handled in packages that have not been tested or sealed by the sealer of weights and measures; but packages, boxes, and baskets thus used cannot be again used by refilling for such sales. Poultry and vegetables sold by the bunch or head may be sold in other manner than by weight or measure, but any per son intending to purchase such com modities may demand that they be weigh. ed or measured. Ellis Island Improvements. Secretary Shaw yesterday transmitted to the House the estimates of the Secre tary of Commerce and Labor for an ap propriation of $79,000 for improvements at the immigration station on Ellis Island as follows: To complete contagiousdis ease hospital, $250,900; to remodel main building, $400,000; for the construction or purchase of a double-ended ferry boat, $115,000; for installation of additional ice making and refrigerating facilities, $30, NYY Transfer of Library Policemen. The watchmen employed in the Library of Congress who are treated in the appro priation bills as additional privates in the Metropolitan police force would pre fer to be affiliated with the Capitol po lice. They are now on the footing of the park policemen, under control of the Su perintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds. Representative Brownlow yes terday introduced a bill placing the Li brary police under the Capitol police at the same salary. Marrinsge and Divorce Laws. Representative Brick, of Indiana, yes terday introduced a joint resolution, pro viding for a constitutional amendment, to give Congress the right to enact laws to regulate marriage and divorce. Always the same. Tharp’s Pure Berkeley Rye LIZ F St. N. W. "Phone Main 1141. Special Private Delivery. CAUCUS ON TARIFF REVISION Representative Ames, of Massachu setts, to Circulate Call for It. If the Republicans Don't Revise Schedales, Democrats Will, He Says—Hopeful of Success, Representative Butler Ames, of Massa chusetts, has started the Republican cru sade this session for tariff revision. In a statement yesterday he declared his belief that no time shouid be lost by the Republicans in Congress in revising the existing schedules, to the end that the country may know what to expect at the earliest possible moment. Mr. Ameg is preparing to call for a Re publican caucus, t¢ be held some time before the holiday recess, to consider the subject. His proposition is that the Re publicans of the House shall go on record as favoring the calling of an extraordi nary session of the Sixtieth Congress im mediately after March 4 for the purpose of revising the schedules, An effort was made at the first session of the present Congress, fathered by Repre sentative MeCall, of Massachusetts, to call a caucus to ask the Committee on Ways and Means to consider the subject of revision, but the attempt failed be cause of the lack of a sufficient number of signatures to the call. Mr, Ames believes that the time has come when the Republican party must declare its intentions with respect to the tariff, or submit to defeat and allow the revision to be made by the Democrats. Those who insist upon standing pat he refers to as “‘hoary traditionists,” and declares that they are not alive to the demands of the times and the Fee. ments of business. Mr. Ames’ call will start off probakly with every Republican member of the Massachusetts delegation, and he thinks the prospects are good for getting the required fifty signatures. He believes that the President will call an extra session if it is the expressed wish of a majority of the Republicans of th: House that he should do so. CABINET APPOINTMENTS. President's New Advisers Not to Be Confirmed This Week. The new men whom the President wants to become members of his Cabinet wijl probably not have their nominations confirmed until next week. This is an unusual incident in connec tion with nominations of this character. Yesterday the Senate Committee on Ju diciary proposed to hold a special meeting for the purpose of considering the nomina tions of Attorney General Moody, to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court, and of Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte, to be attorney general. At the hour of meeting, however, it was discovered that so many of the members of this commit tee had to be present at a meeting of the Foreign Relations Committe that it was decided to postpone the consideration of the nominations of the Cabinet officers until the next reguiar meeting of the Ju diclary Committee, which will be on Mon day. One of the reasons for this unusual pro ceeding is, of course, the fact that there is no necessity for haste in acting upon the proposed Cabinet changes, none of which will go into effect until the first of the vear. Onnoxine. Views on Alaska. The President transmitted to Congress yesterday messages from the governor of Alaska and Delegate Waskey, the latter urging home government for the territofy and the former opposing it “until such time as there is a larger permanent popu lation, and we acquire a greater propor tion of homes.” The President in his let ter heartily commends the views of Gov. Hogatt. Herald Want Ads will be received at the Astoria Pharmacy, Third and G sts. nw., and promptly for wardel to the main office, SHIP SUBSIDY FIGHT STRONGER Opponents of Measure Take Cue from Message-~Watson's Pesition. ~The opponents of the ship-subsidy bill promptly took a cue from the President's message yesterday ang started a cam paign for the modification, if not the de feat, of that measure in the House. They have not drawn any substitiute yet, hut there has been a good deal of discussion ‘about the provision only for steamship lines down both coasts of South America.

Representarive Watson, of Indiana, holds the key to the situation. He and Representative Birdsall, of Iowa; Wilson, ‘of Illinois, and Hinshaw, of Nebraska, were the four Republicans on the commit tee opposed to the Senate bill last session. Their opposition tied the committee. There has been an understanding that Mr. Watson would support the bill after the election.

If he votes for it the Senate bill can ba reported favorably to the House, but the Republican opposition on the floor seems to be as active as ever and has been much discouraged by the President's proposi tion of an alternative measure granting subsidy only to lines to South America. Advices from Indiana are that Mr, Watson's vote for the bill would mean his certain defeat for re-election. SPELLING BOTH WAYS. Rubber Stamps Used on Executive Papers to Help Printers. The copy-cutiers in the Government Printing Office are having their experience with the President's spelling. In conse quence of the decision by the Printing Committee of Congress to adhere to the ancient manner of using the alphabet, there are really two languages running side by side in the big print shop. As every bill or document may be several pages long, and must necessarily be cut up into many ‘‘takes,” given out to scores of compeositors, it would not take long for the confusion of Babei to result from the use of two kinds of orthography under the same roof. All documents coming from the White House or from the executive departments must be cet up in the President's spelling. Those from the Capitol must be done in the spelling of the fathers. Ee To keep the hundreds of compositors straight rubber stamps have been fur nished all the copy-cutters, so they can mark each “take” in an executive docu ment, and the compositor when he gets his “take” sees the words in big red letters, “Nu speing,” and acts accord ingly. J aT ul MANY BILLS IN SENATE. Lodge and Beveridge Put in Anti. child Labor Measures. Yesterday was the first “bill” day of the session in the Senate, and nearly 3 bills and resolutions of public and private character were introduced. The latter, affecting either pensions or claims, largely predominated. The first bill of public interest present ed was offered by Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, and its object was to prevent the employment of child labor by forbid ding the interstate transportation of goods manufactured at factories whera children are employed. A similar bill was introduced by Senator Lodge Mr. Flint, of California, is evidently sure that the Panama Canal will be com pleted by 1915, for he offered a bill pro viding for the holding at Los Angeles in that year of an exposition to commemo rate the opening. It earries an appropri ation of $10,000,000, coupled with a proviso that the exposition company shall raise a like amount. “Send for a Bottle” ILVERBROOK RYE WHISKEY 75¢ a quart 40c a pint You Can’t Beat it for the Monay. California Wines, Port, Sherry, and Catawba wines, $1.00 a galion and up, or 35 cts. a quart and upward,

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