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LEAPED FROM A WINDOW.
Crazed Prisoners Desperate Effort
20 Escape Trial

SCRANTON. Pa. June 12.-During the
progress of the ChipreanO murder trial in
the main courtroom yesterday, Robert
MOyles, Of CarbOndale. prisoner, charged
by his wife with malicious mischief, made
a des perate attempt at escape by jumping
from the window opening out from the
prisoners pen. His foot caught on the
window sill and he plunged headfOremost.
turning a somersault and landing on the
broad OF his back In the grass, thirty feet
below. He was not seriously injured, and
was caught.
His trial was scheduled for last term,
but postponed to give opportunity 10 eX-
anime into his sanity. A commission yes
terday declared him lunatic and the
court ordered him sent TO the Hillside
Home
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CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY.
Graves of the Soldiers Decorated ut
Petersburg. Va


PETERSBURG. Va. June i2.-The Con-
federate Memorial Day exercises took place
yesterday Afternoon. when the graves Of the
Confederate soldiers buried in Blandford
Cemetery were decorated under the au-
spices Of the Ladies Memorial Association.
Several thousand people participated in
the exercises. A camp Of Confederate vet
erans, 100 strong, paraded and took part
in the services
Rev. J. ". Rosebro delivered the ora
tion. In the course of his address he
took occasion to refer to the action taken
by a Grand Army post Of Philadelphia. in
declaring that they will never consent
that monuments to the Confederate dead
be erected in the national cemeteries This,
he said, cannot inJure the people Of the
South or diminish the glory of the dead
Confederate soldiers.
The evening times., 1900-06-12
Heart Rescue I'm 80 Minutes aftel

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story Thousands could tell and have told of the
almost Divine formula. Dr.. Agnews Cure for the
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that the heart tired out and needed the
helping that this wonderful cure gives Heart
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Tks will of Isaac N Fox, dated March J, last,
was lled today for probate. By its terms the tes-
tator provides for the following bequests: To his
sisters Elizabeth j. Bennett and Laura Q. Wrenn,
$50 each, and in the event Of the death Of either
or both their shares to revert TO the testators .
wife, Annie Fox. All the remainder Of the per-
sonal and real property Of the testator is left to
his widow.
The evening times., 1900-06-12
DROWNED IN A LYE VAT.
Horrible Death of It Child in Penn
syIvauia.

ST MARY'S Pa, June 12.-Frank Fritz
and his wife left home Sunday morning to
visit friends. Their four children were in
charge of the oldest, a girl OF eight years
OF age. In the afternoon the children went
into a field behind the ruins Of a chemical
works lately destroyed BY fire. TO pick
Strawberries. On the return trip Maggie
Fritz told her companions she was going
for drink of water.
The father and mother came home about
5 D. m. and at once noticed the absence
Of Maggie. A search was instituted. and
resulted in the finding OF the body OF the
unfortunate child in a vat Of lye into which
she had fallen. while on her way to the
water tap.
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A. M. QUARRIER DEAD.
For Many Years Prominent In Rail-
rOnd and Financial Circles.

rOnd and Financial Circles.
NEW YORK, June 12.-Archie Monroe
Quarter, Second Vice President Of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, died
Yesterday after a short Illness at his resi-
dence 500 Madison Avenue. He was born
in Ravenwood, W Va, In 1888. When
twenty years old he moved TO Louisville
and entered the employ of the Louisville
and Nashville. At various times he had
held the posts OF bOOkkeepeT. assistant
secretary, assistant TO the president. sec
retary. and his last office. second vice
president He moved to this city about
ten years ago.
In addition to his railroad interests Mr..
Quarter was Vice President ana Treas
urer Of the American Pig Irop Storage
Warrant Company and Vice President OF
the Henderson Bridge Company.
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MRS. BEVERIDGE's ILLNESS.
The Senator Summoned to Come I'm
mediateIy to Her Side.

mediateIy to Her Side.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 12.-United States
Senator Beyeridge yesterday received tel
egrem from the superintendent Of a private
sanitarium at Danville. KY. where his wife
has been staying, asking him to come i'm
mediately, and he left this afternoon for
that place Mrs. Beveridge has been at the
sanitarium the past four months, and when
the Senator left there few days ago he
thought she was much improved
The telegram yesterday requiring his pres
ence led him to believe that Mrs. Bever-
idge had grown suddenly worse, and he
entertains grave fears as to her condition.
While in the Philippines she contracted a
disease from which she has been suffering
since last fall. and which has bafied the
best medical skill Of the country.
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sARAToGA's WORM PLAGUE.
Forestry Committee Pays $3.50 for
Seven HarreIs OF Pests

SARATOGA. n Y. June 12.-The most
novel street sight ever witnessed in Sara
tOga ended at o'clock last night, when
the Forestry Committee OF the village
closed a FIVE hours period Of worm buying
Seven sugar barrels of the squirming for
est tent caterpillars were purchased at u
ceEts quart and $3.50 paid out 70 several
hundred worm pickers. This method was
adopted as the most effective way Of pro
tecting the beautiful foliage Of Saratoga
against the ravages OF the pests.
Not only school children with tin paiis
but summer visitors in golf suits brought
caterpillars in baskets and cached received
20 cents a quart for their victims. One
woman came with a trunk full and receiv-
Cd S5 for its contents, and a boy with .
wash boiler fun got S..
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PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES At JAIL-PRO-
POSALS VIII be received Al of5ce q General
Agent Department Of Justice until Y O'CLOCK
NH0N. JUNE Is. 1890 and then opened. for fur
rlsLing a. the L. s Jail during the fscai year
ending June 20, l9yI. supplies u fresh and sals
beef. groceries. clothing, dry goocs. bread. ice.
hay. straw. etc; also four bunGT,d tons more
CT iess OF best bIrurnin1us coal TWENTY-FIVE tons
more o. Iesz- Cf anthracite Coz and sixty cords
more or less, % pine wood BIDS for coal and
woCd 20 be separate Supplies % be delivered
from time % time and in sGl1 Quantities as NAV
be ordered The night 20 reject any and al bids
Is reserved. SpeciieltI5as mag De Obtained from
Jhe General Agent JAMES 4. HARRIS
ieIZ-5L. en- haTlen.
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UNITED STATES SENATE, sEcRETARY-s OF
FICE. WASHINGTON, MAY 2s 100
Sealed proposals VII be received al this Office
uuliI TWELVE O'CLOCK NJ, JUNE % Iy08 Tor
furnishing stationery for the use Of the United
States Senate for the fiscal year Blank forms
OF proposals., showing the quantity and quality
OF each article and the form OF bond 10 be signed
b. the bidder and sureties, Wiil be furnished on
application 70 this Office Proposals should be
endorsed Proposals for Stationery for the -Jat-d
States Senate" and be directed to Charles C.
Bennett Secretary Of TIE United States Senate
" Washington. D. C. Proposals and specimens
must be delivered at this Office. free Of charge,
before the hour named above CHARLES c. BEN
NETT. Secretary Of the United States senate.
ny29. ie5, 1918
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MIR. M,CoMAs' ADVENTURE.
The Senator stopped n Train and
Gave First Aid TO Injured

HAGERSTowN. June 12.-Senator Nc
Comas was passenger on an incoming
trsi- which struck team driver by
Charles Ohler. badly in!1ring him and his
son. When the crash occurred Senator
McComas jumped to his feet and pulled
the bell cord, stopping the train. When
the train pushed back TO the scene OF the
accident. Senator MeCouas was one Of the
FIRST to render assistance to the injured
man and boy Both will recover.
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To Gather Household Statistics.

The Industrial Commission has decided
to enter upon an enquiry into domestic
and household service and its relations
to employment and other industries, and
has naned Miss Gail Laughlin. of New
York city, to conduct the inquiry for It.
That is, 70 gather the statistics and COM
pile the information that is to be had upon
the subject. Miss Laughlin is a graduate
OF the law school of Cornell University
and a practitioner at the New York bar.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT. DISTRICT OF
Columbia. WashingtCn-Thers VIII be
sold at the pound. corner OF Twenty-third
Street and New York Avenue northwest,
at l O'Clock, p. m, Thursday, June II, 800,
one sorrel mare with white face, taken up
from the northwestern section OF the city
BY order Of the Health Officer: SAMUEL
EINSTEIN POundmaster. lte
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Fort Myer Band Concert.

The usual concert BY the Fort Myer Band viii
be given at $50 tomorrow afternoon on the
enipse, in the White House grounds.
The evening times., 1900-06-12
FOR VIOLATING LIQUOR LAWS.
Mrs. BrOadersOn Could Not Pay 500
Fine and Went to Jail.

Mrs. Broaderson who some days ago was
convicted of selling liquor without Ii
cense, appeared before Judge Scott in the
police court today and asked that sentence
against her be postponed for several weeks
until some money she expected from Ger
many arrived.
1t was stated by the District Attorney
that he had reason 10 believe that the wo-
man had violated the law since she had
been convicted Iudga Scott could Ne
reason for delaying the case. He imposed
q fine of $500 OF five months in jail. Mrs.
Broaderson elected to go to jail.
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Not Making Much Progress.
(Frar, Fliegende BlaetterO

go. Fraulein, l lave you'll Listen to my suit,
as kneel here in the dust before you'll
Excuse me, sir. but our carRpets are not
dustyi'
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TIRE OUTRAGES IN CHINA
Tidings From Shanghai Brought by
the Steamer Queen Adelaide.

Massacre of Seventy Native Catho-
lies ut KaO-LOu-Tsun-Aeti OF
a second Rebel Society styled the
Faka-HiEh officials Alleged TO
Be Identified with the Boxers
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SUMNER RESORTS.
HOT SPRINGS VA

NFW HOTEL ALPHIN. capacity 80: rates. s. 50
10 s. 50 per 6ays $500 per week snd Upward
L. C. ALPHIN, Proprietor my5-tu. u. 81 -S1nos
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Mzson's Yellow Tablets cure Dyspepsia
MasOu's Brown Tablets cure Consultation
Mssou's Red Tablets cure Coughs
NGson's v White Tablets cure sore Throst
30 tablets loc--al druggists, or sent for price
by H T. MASON CHEMICAL COMPANY, SIS
Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa Nssou's Cream Of
Olives cures catsrrh and all Inflammation Of
MUCOUS membrane and skin. Safe and sure Rem
edy for Piies-25c box
Henry Evans. % St Nv
Edward Stevens Pth and Pa ave.
AeckaN Bros, 9th and SsS ne
Z S. Le2dbeater 4 Sons. Alexandra Va
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-01
SHORT NEWS STORIES.

NEW YORK William r. Miller. nlnig
OF the Franklin Syndicate" who was
Gently convicted OF grand larceny, yas 4
fenced in Brooklyn to serve Ten ysa' :
prisonment.
WASHINGTON N. Jols '.,
chief Of the bureau of engraving ana pr
has rendered his resignation 10 s'
Gage.
LOUISVILLE.-Cha F. Price, loi ~ 4,
years secretary of the Louisville 'ocA'' ~
has resigned. :,
WASHINGTON Post special ll0I ~, X
we'll. Va, says: Pine Run. al ioms IN N,
Wise county. is on fire. -Four ~ s..,r
been sufTocated and two Others are s''''
be- in the mine. mss
SAN The First Ds..s NM
the Fourteenth United States inia s.l,i,,
two years OF almost continuous ns - y,
the Philippines has landed anu
escorted to tho Preside,
OAKLAND. Cal.-Captain g. V a n.si 4,
the United States marine serviee p Mia
commanded tho cutter Mccullocn y
after the victory OF Admiral ps".' ~
NEW YORK AT & meeting 81 "a. R,'lsy
OF directors Of tho Missouri La aa !, II
COMPANY. an issue Of SlSVVV,Y". rsbs,sk
cent debentura gold bonds was as,;Aet \,
OF this 81, coo coo has ben supsS"
at par by two stockholding s.,,sa.
WEBB Miss.-George Gordon. -, NJ Cz|
negro was hanged at Albn oy ~ ROslss1
DOT beat up Manager Skinner o. Wv
plantation.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-01
EASY MARK FOR FITz.
The Syracuse Giant Was Knocked Out 10
the Second Round.
DUNKHORST WEIGHED ABOUT ESQ POUNDS
fuI Hitting Powers Have Not
FOrsaken Him.

New York. April 30.--At the Hercules Atm
letic club tonight Bob Fitzsimmons proved
that he is far from being a dead one In less
than two rounds he knocked out Ed DUNK
horst. the Syracuse giant, feat which other
and bigger men had found Impossible. Fitz-
simmons showed that his wonderful hitting
powers have not forsaken him and he was as
lively on his feet as ever, but had little time
In which to display the fact, The bout was
booked TO go twenty-five rounds. Fitzsim-
mons was chcered Justify when he ente;ed the
ring. The attendance exceeded 1900. Dunk
horst looked to weigh fully 26o pounds and
was very fat. Bob looked At and weighed
about 40 pounds. When they shook hands
it was seen that Dunkhorst was the taller BY
at least two inches
As the bell rang Dunkhorst assumed a
crouching position. frzslmmons whirled
around him Tor brief aecond and hooked u
lett That raised a lump under Eds right eye.
lie landed another OF the same sort second
later and then drove his left hard to the
WIND and duckod right swing tor the head
Dunkhorst landed light lett to the face
and FitzsimmOns closed the round with q
right to the body.
Dunkhorst opened the second round with a
left TO the face and Bob hooked his left to
the Jaw aud ducked Eds return. Fit2simmons
took another jah on the mouth but only
smiled and ripped right and left to the
stomach, Two more let's to the stomach fol-
lowed by right made the slant wabble. Fitz-
simmons measured him coolly and then
hooked his left TO the mark and Dunkhorst
went to the floor with a crash. II was fully
minute before his seconds could raise him
to his feet and meanwhile Fitzsimmons was
cheered wildly by the crowd. Time OF tho
round minutes and IS seconds.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-01
HOUSTON, TUESDAY, MAY i, 1900.
TEN PAGES TODAY.
ROOSEVELT A WORRY.

Teddy Roosevelt has been a source OF
machine men OF the republican party ever
since his triumphant entry into New York
city after his strenuous" experiences in
Cuba.
Every one remembers how Boss Plat
was temporarily deposed In New York
politics in his efforts to keep the republic
can nomination for governorship from
falling, like a wreath OF victory, to the
hero OF San Juan. But Plat, resource
full as be Is, and philosopher withal. did
not quarrel with. but accepted. fate to the
end that It was not long before he was
chief adviser to the court OF Roosevelt
at Albany. Meanwhile Mark Hanna. the
chief fugleman OF the man from Canton,
grew alarmed over the prospect OF a
dangerous antagonist to his standing cam
dldate for the presidency In the person
of this audaclous youugstar who had sue
cessfuly defed Plat. Then came the
scheming and the struggling TO keep
Teddy's longing eyes turned away from
the White House until Mckinley had been
nominated and reelected by way OF vim
dicating his pro-mllitary and pro-trust
policies. This work appears 80 have
triumphed. At any rate Teddy has not
announced as a candidate for the presi-
dency, although It is not known but that
he still bankers after the call from the
dear people whom he would not dsap-
point II only they made the call strong
and noisily.
But while Roosevelt has been sidetrack-
ed, 80 far as McKlnley's present pros
poets are concerned, it does not follow
that the bait by which Hanna and his
friends attempted to lure him from the
.rack has got in its work.
The vice presidency has no charms
for our Teddy. The position is too
negative. There is nothing stirring, bold
or strenuous in opening and closing the
daily sessions OF the American house of
lords. passing upon stereotyped questions
OF parliamentary law during perfunctory
debates. nor in presiding In secondary
capacity at occasional state functions.
Ltuuy 10 INV nNlhblhb aiuuhu thV
Western circuit warning political War
wioks in Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois that under no circumstances will
he accept the vice presidential nomina
ton. He goes beyond this warning and
declares that il rendered the nomination
for the second place he will decline II
on the floor of the convention and that
all predictions by Plat and Hanna that
such proceeding will affect adversely his
race for governor in New York will not
deter him In the least.
1t is quite evident indeed that If Hanna
must reckon at all with Roosevelt 1t Will
be as an opposing candidate for the presi-
dency, should republican revolt grow suf-
ficiently virile to demand the retirement
OF William Mckinley.
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u.-wIRELEss TELEGRAPHy.

The idea OF sending messages from one
point to another without the use OF con-
Meeting wires has always been fascinating
since the first practical telegraph. 1t can
be accomplished in variety OF ways, but
all methods fall naturally into two classes.
The first includes all those methods in
which the transmission Of the signal Is
effected by leakage" Of electric current
from the transmitting apparatus to the re-
celying end, through the earth or the
water. The second class embraces all
methods in which the transmission is by
waves travelling through the remarkable
ether" which is conceived 10 fill all space,
just as those waves travel which produce
the sensation of light.
In any method yet known wires must
be used at both the transmitting and the
receiving end so that there is no teleg-
raphy yet which is absolutely wireless"
Wireless telegraphy, as now understood,
however. employs no line wires, such as
are necessary in ordinary biography TO
connect the transmitter and the receiver.
Transmission through the earth Or
water without wires has been accomplished
many times. The earth is full of wander
ing currents which need only a sensitive
detector like the telephone to become
evident. Indeed, the difficulty is to pre-
vent any currents which have access to
earth from wandering and to keep them
in the paths marked out for them
without enumerating the attempts
which have been made in this direction
during the last half century or more, a
single example will be sufficient to make
the matter clear. Some years ago Trow-
bridge found that the time signals from a
clock i'll the observatory In Cambridge
could be distinguished four miles from
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-01
PUERTO RICAN ACT.
Amendment Adopted Regulating the
Granting of public Ernnchises.

Granting of Public franchises.
! Washington, April 30.--The conferrees on
the Joint resolution amending the Puerto
Rican act reached complete agreement
after second session today. The original
resolution extending the tenure of milf
tary officers in Puerto Rico until their sue
cessors are appointed is retained intact.
The sections added by the house relating
TO corporations are considerably changed.
and in their final form are as follows:
/ Section :. That all railroad street rail-
way, telegraph aud telephone franchises.
privileges of concessions granted under
section 50 OF said act shall be approved by
the president OF the United States, and no
such franchise, privilege or concession
shall be operative until it shall have been
SO approved.
Section g. That all franchises, privl-
/ leges or concessions granted under section
81 of said act shall provide that the Same
snail be subject to amendment, alteration
/ or repeal; shall forbid the issue OF stock
/ or bonds. except IN exchange for actual
eash or property at a fair valuation equal
I In amount to the par value OF the stock
OF stock or bond dividends, and In the case
OF public service corporations shall pro-
vide for the effective regulation OF tho
charges thereof and for the purchase or
taking by the public authorities of their
property at fair and reasonable valua-
ucn. No corporation shall be authorized
&c conduct he business of buying and SELL
lug real estate, or be permitted to hold or
own real estate. except such as may BIS
reasonably necessary TO enable It to carry
out the purposes for which il was created
and every corporation hereafter authorized
20 engage in agriculture shall, by its char
TER be restricted 10 the ownership and
control of not TO exceed 500 acres of land,
and this provision shall be held 10 pre-
vent member OF any corporation engaged
IN agriculture from being in any way in
lerested in any corporation IN any way
engaged In agriculture. Corporations
however. may loan funds upon real estate
security and purchase real estate when
necessary for the collection OF loans. hut
lhey shall dispose OF real estate SO oh
aimed within Ave years aftsr receiving
ne title. Corporations not organized In
Puerto Rico and doing business therein
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-01
FOREIGN BRIEFS

BERLIN. Baron Wonder Jei'sS 4. Ia
German minister at Washington = ~
PORT SAID. Two fatal cases case. X IN y
believed IN no bubonio plague
officially reported mere. .,,.. n.
RIO DE JANEIRo.- The ,D NJ
er Don Carlos has arrived here W. ~ hi
Cunlia. the special envoy ,o ~ snsIsEa'
Portugal to attend the, 4"''n
Of tha discovery of Brazil. ,,lFk
PORTSMOUTH The Japsan,,ss sa
Asahi has run ashore on s0u'" .,,ss,,s'
LoNDoN The Constantinop,.s, IN rs -
ent OF tho Times says; The ps,, to ~ ].
circular formulating toprnsiorn an
bassies for Increasing the lam, 4 n
OTTAWA. Ont telai ava vas frI
a. ar noon t%I This does not include ,i ny y
mont grants The work OF Tes'n'
ready begun, III
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-01
ToDAY's ENTRIES.

,oi FIVE and hall turlongs. ssllng--sorivencr
N W. Mo we, Mmrod 1o7, W; D; Hamilton,
i9l, Nancy soitz 30, Miss Stanley o.. Lizzie
mccarthy, Two Armies, Psdantic 81.
-Four furloDgs. maidens--Rcn Mac d'Fiui
nHe nna Porter B; Tony LsspDlng Southern
Monarch, judge Ralnes ranforan, khaki
iiS. McCorbe Battus. Small Jack ito, Cen
sor los. Bill Massle l05.
Nile. The Gerst handicap Compensation
~, John Baker III, Clay Pointer 109 Kunia
lo6, Free Advice lG5 Tom Collins 1903, The
Conqueror lOl. John Halsey 9S Trimmer,
Lennen e6.
-Four and half furlongs-zack Ford ITO,
Wimngton Choice. Eldred. Donna Seay l07,
Green Dixon, Clara David, Molie Balm 1902,
Seeehlets, Leila Barr. Clorlta. Lightning
Flash ~.
Mile and an eighth-cha Freak. Bel /.
lamy lQS Abusive, Emma Smith 80, False
Lead Frank Mcconnell 49, Baffled %, Kitty
Regent o. Elderm 50.
Flye and a half furlongs, seling-san Du,
range ia Debrldo los. Virgins 100. wllfred
Laurier lN Belle OF Erin, Celia b 1902, La
Mescotta les, Springwslls Tortugas. Rosy
Morn l0l First Past &c. Nina 3 L 50.
weather clear; track fast.