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The Washington times., 1902-04-11
w'D KILL YOUR SAID LAWSON.
Startling Testimony by Copper Man in
Libel Suit.

BOSTON. April 1O.-"I said to Mr.. Ben
nett. If you published that about me I'd
kill you,' -
These words we're uttered by Thomas
". Lawson, the copper magnate, this
afternoon in the superior court, where
the case of alleged libel on Frank p. Ben
nett, Representative. by John F. Dono-
hue and the Lynn Item has been on
trial for the past week.
The article to which Mr.. Lawson OBJ
jected made reference to the Grand Riv-
ers Corporation, with special attention to
Aretas Blood, who was connected with
the corporation, as well as Mr. Lawson.
Mr.. Lawson added that he pointed out
to Mr. Bennett that the article regard
ing Mr. Blood was written about 4 man
eighty-fve years old, and the whole
scheme was nothing less than blackmail.
The only display of what might be call
ed nervousness exhibited by Mr.. lawson
was while Lawyer Bartlett read from the
files of Mr.. Benefits trade paper the at
tacks which had been made on Mr.. Law
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
CHARGES AGAINST
OKLAHOMA OFFICIALS
MINISTER SENT TO ASYLUM.
Is the Baltimore Divine Who Figured in
Carnegie Dinner Episode.

BALTIMORE. April 10.-The Rev. w. A.
Crawford Frost. who arrived home yester
day afternoon from New York. where, on
Monday night last, at the Carnegie din
ner. given by the Society of American Au-
thors, he was the chief character in a
very unpleasant episode was removed
from his home today and taken to the
sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, near
this city.
An unsuccessful attempt was made last
night shortly after II O'Clock to take Mr..
Frost to the hospital At Greemount Ave
nuc and Twenty second Street he sudden
ly declared he would not go. and leaving
the carriage, walked home.
This morning the Rev E B. Niver. rec
tor of Christ Church. who went to New
York and brought MIR. Frost to his home,
called al the rectory.
Mr.. Niver held a consultation with the
doctors, and it was decided to call for po-
lice aid.
By request of Mr.. Niver. the police were
equipped with a straitjacket and hand
cuffs. to be used in case the patient be-
came violent. The journey was begun at
noon. and made without any further dis
turbance.
OF the affair at the Carnegie dinner Mr.
Frost does not care 10 talk. He says it
is case of misunderstanding on the part
OF those who were present
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
GOV. DOLE HERE AT
PRESIDENTS BEHEST
FR0LICKED IN CHILLY SURF.
Two Philadelphia Girls Took, First Bath
of Season Il

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j.. April 10.-Two
young women astonished the Boardwalk
promenadcrs shortly after the noon hour
yesterday by plunging into the surf
The weather was chilly and the water
cold, but the fair bathers. both of medium
height, but well built in figure, did not
fear either colds. pneumonia. or the at
tention they drew. For ten minutes they
heid the gaze of hundreds of visitors be-
low foung's Pier, first with their rushes
into the arms OF Neptune and then with
their frolics on the beach, sprinting up
and down. That they could stand half an
hours exercise in the surf and on the
beach in their thin robes of black serge
indicated robust physical system.
From the bathouse man, from whom
they obtained their robes. 1t was learned
that the daring girls had taken the plunge
on wager. and that they were residents
OF Philadelphia. One of them was Miss
A. Jean Caern, OF West Philadelphia and
the other Miss Mary Knapp. OF East
Washington Lane, Germantown. No III
effects were experienced by the young
ladies, who declared after they had donned
street attire that surf bathing in April
was fine sport
They were the first plungers in the surf
this season.
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL,
COMPLETED IN COMMITTEE
THREE KILLED BY TRAIN.
Were Employed at Work on Boston and
Albany Railroad.

BOSTON, April 10. - Three workmen
were killed and another probably fatally
injured at about 10 O'Clock this morning
by being struck by an inward bound train
on the Boston and Albany Railroad tracks
between Allston and Brighton, near the
Everett Street Bridge.
The four men were part of a gang of
workmen upnder Section Boss Graham,
who were repairing the tracks between
the two stations mentioned. They were
putting in new sleeper on track No. 4,
so far as can be learned.
They either did not hear or else did not
take any notice of the southwestern ex-
press inward bound, which rounded the
bend at moderate rate of speed. Be
fore the men We're aware of its proximity
the engine was upon them. All four were
hurled nigh in the air. nearly 100 feet be-
vond the spot where they had been work
ing.
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
ION THE SLY"
Patients Drink Contrary to Doctors Or.
ders.

ders.
Bad food habits hurt the habitue and
sometimes affect others. A mother was in
such miserable condition from coffee
drinking that when her baby was born
but let her tell her own tale.
Il steadily grew worse When baby was
born 1t was a skeleton of mere bones. and
so weak and puny that its little life soon
iickercd out. | had been suffering for
several years with stoma IN trouble and
nervous diseases, the doctor eaid brought
on by coffee
AT times would swell up until could
hardly breathe, but poohed when the doe
tor told me coffee was the cause of il all.
Why, had used coffee for years without
seeing that il did me any harm, so the
silly idea of fogy doctor was not going
to make me give up my favorite beverage
and | kept on using ii on the sly unknown
to him, while he gave me every sort of
tonic and pills to attempt to cure me and
get my nerves in i healthy condition.
After baby's death | was sick in bed,
and the doctor insisted on keeping coffee
away from me He put me on Postum
Food Coffee and Grape-Nuts. l shall
never forget how | relished the first cup
of fragrant. black Postum and how good
the Grape Nuts with cream tasted and,
as II by magic began to sleep all night
for the first time in months.
Slowly began to gain in strength and
flesh and my mind began to clear up. Ny
stomach gave me no pain, and the doctor
was greatly surprised at the change
caused by the food and drink and pleas
antly named them the magic nerve re
storers,' for he says they built up my
nerves and strength as nothing else on
earth could.
1T seems to me am twice as large as
| used to be, but it Is good. healthy tissue.
I have been made a well woman by Pos
tum Food Coffee and Grape Nuts" Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
MISS ELLEN STONE TELLS
OF Her EXPERIENCES
Has Planned Lecture Tour to
Repay Ransom Money.
Now Safe in New York-Says She
Walked Eight Hours With Nine.
Tsilka's Babe Strapped on Back.

NEW YORK, April 10.-The steamer
Miss Ellen NJ. Stone, the missionary, ar
rived this morning.
Alexander AgassiZ, who has just COM
pleted a prolonged and successful study
of the coral formations among the Maldive
Islands, in the Indian Ocean, was also a
passenger. .t 10
Miss Stone was greeted at the dock by
Foreign Secretary Barton. OF the Ameri-
can Board of Foreign Missions; Charles
Creegan. the New York secretary of the
same missionary society, and Major Pond,
who will conduct Miss Stone upon lee
ture tour.
Life Among Brigands.
Miss Stone was accompanied over the
seas by a publisher who will handle her
stories of her life among the brigands.
Miss Stone said she had a rough trip
ana suffered much from seasiekhess. The
effects of her captivity, he said, had worn
off. Speaking Of her capture and of her
work in Bulgaria, Miss Stone said:
My object in Bulgaria was to uplift
the national life by raising the standard
Of domestic life. You know better than l
whether my capture had any political
significance. The brigands fed us we'll,
as they were after money and didn't want
us to become sick on their hands. On
one occasion they became very angry
when I caught cold, and when sprained
my knee by falling in a hole they were
wild with rage.
Party a Large One.
''The day was captured was a market
day. and one which is considered safe
enough to travel. Our party consisted of
ten people anu ;a.Gc drivers. While trav-
cling along We were suddenly surrounded
by armed men, who sprang from all sides,
shouting 'Dour!' which means Hold on
Mr.. Tsilka, the husband of my COM
panion in captivity, was the only one in
our party armed, and the women persuad-
ed him not to shoot Only Mr.. and Mrs
Tsilka and myself were taken. The others
were left behind. Who our captors were
| never knew. but they were Albanians
Greeks, and Turks. ! have not the least
idea what they will do with the money.
Travelled at Night.
Most Of the time we travelled at night
and l had no idea where | was. There
was no personal cruelty heaped upon Us,
but the brigands were extremely irrita
BILE, especially when negotiations for our
release were in progress.
THE brigands held to the ancient Euro
pean custom that to harm young mother
and child was a terrible wrong. and II
was because of Nine. Tsilka's babe, which
was born in captivity, that we were spared
much suffering.
Zone night | walked for eight hours
with Nine. Tsilka's babe strapped on my
back. Nine Tsilka told me that owned
half a share in that baby. The reason
that Nine Tsilka was taken was that the
brigands desired a chaperon for me. They
would have taken Nine Wooshera, who
was in the party. but she was i'll. Nine.
Wooshera is a Bulgarian Bible worker
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
Mr.. Roosevelt DeS!r S Per
sOnal Conference on
Hawaiian Matters.
WILL NOT DISCUSS MISSION
Affairs of the Island in Fairly Good
Shape, Though Not Yet Accustomed to
New Laws Under Territorial Govern
ment-Labor Problem in Island.

Gov. Sanford B. Dole, of Hawaii, ac-
companied by Mr.. William y. Armstrong,
of Hawaii, arrived here yesterday. and
is stopping at the Albany. Governor
Doles presence is in response to sum
mons from President Roosevelt who is
anxious to get at the bottom Of the Ha-
waiian muddle.
1t has been an oren secret that the
President was not satisfied with the re-
ports received from Hawaii, and before
taking any action in the matter he de-
cided to first have a talk with Governor
Dole The President several weeks ago
had conference with Col. Sam Parker
and other influential men from Hawaii.
He has also had talk with Mr.. George
Carter, of Honolulu.
Governor Dole. last evening was not
very communicative as to his mission.
In Answer to Summons.
In reply TO a question he said:
Il have come here at the summons OF
President Roosevelt, and l shall remain
probably for three or four days"
Does the President contemplate max
ing a change in the governorship of Ha-
waii?''
.I cannot say; / do not know. l am
here simply at the Presidents request.
Conditions in Hawaii are good. al
though money is tight. An election is
about to be held on the island, but it is
not an important one, and but little in
terest is being taken. The present form
of government has been in existence for
so short a time that nothing can be said
concerning its success.
Uncertainty of Congress.
THE uncertainty as to the action Of
Congress on the Cuban tariff has had
some effect" he said. 1T has injected
an element of uncertainty into the stua-
ton as to the future of sugar prices, and
IL has also affected the value of plantation
shares.
Labor has been disturbed since the
territorial act went into effect added
Governor Dole when the system of
labor contracts came suddenly to an end.
the labor interests of the whole Terri
tory were disturbed. Prices for labor went
lower then went up little. The planta-
tions are constantly looking for new Ia
bor"
Governor Dole said that the revenues OF
the island are inadequate for carrying out
much needed public improvements.
My official relations with the President
are cordial added Governor Dole. II
cannot talk about my business with him.
Governor Dole will probably have
conference with the President Saturday.
He will take a short trip through New
England after leaving Washington.
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
M'KiNLEY FUND IN PARIS.
Sara Bernhardt to Appear in a Mono
logue at Memorial Benefit.

PARIS. April 10.-The Paris committee
on a memorial to the late President Nc
kinley has secured a good performance
for the Opera Comique on April IA for
the fund The Coquelins and Mines. Dar-
thy and Eouchetal will appear in Les
Preciuses Ridicules.' NJ. Maurel in
scene from "Falstafr, with a strong sup
port, and Sara Bernhardt in a monologue.
Others who have offered their services
include Nine. Rejane, Mile. Fougere, and
the corps de ballet of the opera. NJ. Jean
de ReszSe has paid 500 francs for a seat.
Mr.. W. X. Vanderbilt and the leading
Americans here have all taken boxes. Ex-
Judge Leicester Holme expects to be able
TO hand over to the fund substantial
sum.
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
ALLEGES EFFORT TO BRIBE.
Scandal Crows Out of Pittsburg Council
Resignation.

PITTsBURG. Pa. April l0.-Evan Jones,
one Of the select counciImen accused of
having been bribed into voting against
the Citizens party candidate for the
Craftsmanship Of select council. alleges
that he had been offered $4,000 and two
positicns with the Wabash Railroad Com
pany, at 500 per month each, to vote for
John J. Booth. the Citizens party candi-
date, and that Edward M. Bigelow had
at various times offered him every in
ducemept that man could present" il
he would support Booth.
AS result of this and other charges
OF bribery and attempted bribery In con
nection with the reorganization of select
council, the regular Republicans OF that
body have taken steps toward bringing
about an investigation. John 8. Lambie.
who defeated Booth for chairman, denies
the Citizens party charges.
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
GERMANS MOB ENGL!SHMEN.
Extreme Anti British Feeling Shown to
Exist.

NEW YORK. April 1O.-The Berlin cor
respondent of the New Yorker Stats
Zeitung" says:
A football team from Richmond, Lon
don, played match with a Berlin com
bination at Charlottenburg, near Berlin,
yesterday.
During the progress of the game every
thing went all right. but on the return
of the English team from ChaTlottenburg
10 Berlin the members of the team were
rather unpleasantly treated by big crowds
of men, who jeered at the football play
ers. and called them all sorts of names
such as "Boer murderers," log raga-
mullins" and finally a hand to-hand fight
resulted.
At first the police were unable to han
die the people. and only after the police
received additiona! help from headquar-
ters could order be restored.
Several arrests were made.
The affair shows the bitter feeling OF
the Germans against anything English.
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
RUSSIA TO WITHDRAW.
House of Commons Hears That Manchu
risn Convention Has Been SIGNED.

LONDON, April 10.-In the House of
Commons today Viscount Cranborne, Un-
der Secretary for Foreign Affairs. an
nounced that Sir Ernest Satow, British
Minister at Pekin. had reported that the
hanchurian convention had been signed
Its terms had not yet been officially
communicated to the Foreign Office, but
it was understood that they provided for a
partial evacuation within six months and
a complete withdrawal by Russia within
eighteen months from the date of sigma
ture of the convention.
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
KILLED BY TELEPHONE.
Chester, Pa, Man Receives Fatal Shock
From instrument

CHESTER, Pa. April 10.-Thomas F.
Delahunt's attention was attracted by a
peculiar noise at a telephone, and. going
to the transmitter, he pulled it down with
both hands He received a tremendous
shock staggered back. and fell dead into
the arms OF Councilman William Dempt-
ster and Horace Lynch.
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
BATTLE BY FIRELIGHT.
Revenue Agents Kill a Moonshiner in
Harcin County, KY.

LOUISVILLE. Ky, April 1O-Standing
out in the freight, plain marks for their
antagonists, Internal Revenue Agent R.
A. Hancock and Special Deputy JEFF Gun
diff fought three hidden moonshiners and
killed one. The exciting midnight battle
took place On Monday night on Big Meet
ing Creek. in Hardin county. Asa Hum
Bile, twenty-one, fell because he would
lot run.
The officers had located the men under
an overhanging ledge in an elbow of Big
Meeting Greek. Hancock and Cundiff crept
within fifteen feet of the three men at
work and called on them to surreni,I
That ALWAYS means fight In Kentucky.
The Washington times., 1902-04-11


Dear Sir: The finance committee ap
pointed by the Territorial Republican
Central Committee have carefully prepa-
a list of prominent Republicans who are
Jealous for tie success OF Republican
principles, including those who are no%
and have been beneticiaries of Reput lican
success.
In order tat We may carry on a sue
cessful campaign and pay the legitimate
expenses connected herewith, we will ask
you 10 contribute, your equitable pro-
portion. the sum of S......... We only
expect a remittance of s........ at this
time and will solicit no further payments
unless absolutely necessary.
please remit TO Mr.. J. w. McNeal at
Guthrie, who is the duly elected treasurer
of said committee.
Thanking the Republicans Of the Ter
ritory fer the hearty cooperation always
received, and assuring you that the pres
ent campaign will receive our very hest
endeavors, we are, respectfully and conf
deDtially, I. b. FERGUSON,
Chairman.
~. p. RENSHAW, Secretary"
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
TAX ON WHISKEY.
Allied Spirit Interests to Ask Congress
for a Reduction.

LOUISVILLE Ky., April 10.-The ALI I'd
spirit interests of the United States are
preparing ito move on Congress with a
petition signed by 1900, 600 vot hrs, asking
that body to reduce the tax Cd whiskey to
10 cents a gallon.
The movement was started some months
ago by John b. Thompson, president of
the Kentucky Distillers Association. and
chairman of the joint legislative commit
tee OF the Kentucky bourbon and many
rye distillers and the National Wholesale
and Retail Liquor Dealers Association.
The threat is made that If this petition
with the 3,0Q0,O 600 signatures, representing
all of the allied liquor interests, is ig-
nored the Congressman will be fought in
the next election.
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
Have Been Dropped by
Civil Service Com
mission.
WERE NOT SuBSTANTiATED
]. H. Holmes Charged Governor Fergu
son and the Clerk CT the United States
District Court With Soliciting Funds
for Campaign Purposes.

The Civil Service Commission has been
investigating charges Of violation OF the
civil service law brought against Gov.
Thompson b. Ferguson. of Oklahoma. and
Mr.. !. p. Renshaw, clerk of the United
States District Court OF Oklahoma, bv one
J. II. Holmes, and has decided 10 drop the
cases.
Holmes alleged that at the time when
MIR. Ferguson was postmaster at Watonga,
Okla, :-e and Mr.. Renshaw sent out cir
culars soliciting funds for campaign pur
poses.
Contents of the Circular.
The circulars, copies of which were for
warded 10 the Commission. with the
charges. are as follows:
Republican Territorial
rentral Committee.
Guthrie, Okla, Sept. l, 1900.
The Washington times., 1902-04-11
TO ATTEND CORONATION.
Or. Juan Cuestas to Be the Ambassador
From Uruguay.

TIUHI uruguay
DR.. Juan Cuestas, Minister to this coun-
try from Uruguay. called at the State De-
partment yesterday and announced that
he had been chosen as the Ambassador
from his country to the coronation of the
King of England. He will also go to the
ceremonies attendant upon the coming of
age of King Alfonso of Spain.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-05-02

No TAx-PAY, No VoTE. Jacob
Stampfler, if he does do his thinking
in French. writes a splendid, sensible
and logical letter, in English, from his
standpoint, on the duties of citizen
ship regarding a cheerful acceptance
of the burdens it imposes. He ia.
vors DISTINGUISHING at the polls those
who do not pay their proportion of
taxes as levied by the Assessor. That
is rather radical procedure, however,
and offers a premium to boarding of
means for that purpose, however exor-
bitant may be the levy, instead of pro-
testing against an unjust valuation,
made for the sole purpose of raising
certain amount of money. He sug-
gests "strike" on the part of tax.
payers until all are either made to pay
or lose the highest prerogative of citi.
zenship-his vote. If the plan is
adopted, however, would it not be the
money instead OF the man that does
the voting7
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-05-02

The Recorder places an air.cushiou
for Mr.. Deckebaugh to fall upon. 1t
says Mr.. D. didn't want the Office any
longer, anyhow, and that he had en-.
tertained serious thoughts of resigning
which recalls to mind the fable of The
Fox and the Grapes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-05-02

The present fad in the East is for
making collections of old pewter-ware.
As result, old garrets and junk. shops
are ransacked for treasures. and bat
tered tankards of the baser metal are
bringing better prices than new ones
of sterling silver.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-05-02

IT was to have been expected that
his political associates should dispute
the truthfulness OF the charge that
Clarence Hyde tried to bribe legislat-
ors in 1895 to vote for John L. Wilson.
That is the easiest way to dispose oil
the matter, and the rank and file oil
the gang Immediately join in a chorus
Of denial, although the offering of a
bride is not considered dishonorable
from their standpoint. 1t has not yet
passed from memory that the effort Of
Representative Metcalfe, q few years
ago, to expose bribery in a Senatorial
contest, only led to his own party pro-
scription. and the sentiment aroused
by the outcry against him resulted in
social ostracism. 1t seems that it was
then regarded as a crime to expose q
crime, not to commit it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-05-02

CLARENCE w. Ide robably now re.
grets the animosity he aroused in his
efforts to down Olympia as the capital
in the legislative lobby, while he
should have been performing duties a:
U. S. Marshal for which service he wal
receiving pay.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-05-02

A TORNADO passed over Glenrose, a
small town in Somerville county,
Texas, Monday, killing seven people
and wounding 40 others, besides de-
stroying . number OF buildings.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-05-02

THE power OF the ship.subsidy bill
as vote-repeller is SO generally recog'
nized that the Republicans are not
anxious for its passage until after the
Fall elections.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-05-02

DIE ZEIT, a prominent Vienna pa.
per, is predicting . financial and indus.
trial crisis for the United States. II
says the conditions are outwardly flour.
ishing, but so they were in Germany
during her period of trade expansion
just before the era of depression.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-05-02

HERKIMER. KS, a town of 600 in
habitants on the St. Joseph and Grand
Island railroad, was almost entirely
destroyed by fire during a 5O-mile
gale, Saturday night. At Joplin, NO.,
three persons were killed and 20 build
ings destroyed by the same storm.
Thirty persons we're injured, some
probably fatally.