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The Washington times., 1902-10-28
Mr.. Tyrell Uses Blackboard.

Mr.. Tyrell, with the aid Of photo
graphs, copies of which had been given
to each member OF the jury. pointed out
where, in his opinion the handwriting
on the wrapper of the poison package
resembled the handwriting of the three
III Cornish. and the six Barnet let
ters and the admitted writing of Moli-
ueux, made at the request of the district
attorney before the young man was ar
rested.
In cross-examination. Ex-Governor
Black brought out that the science of
handwriting depended largely on proba
bility.
You have examined the sixty-nine
specimens of the conceded handwriting
of Molineux?'
81 have
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
wADSwORTH PROMOTED
FOR KILLING STRIKER

SHENANDOAH. Pa. Oct 27.-Upon
Major General Miller's recommendation
Colonel Rutledge. OF the Eighteenth
Regiment, tonight promoted Wads-
worth. the sentry who shot and killed
William Durham, to be a sergeant.
The general says the promotion is a
recognition Of the faithful performance
of duty.
The Eighteenth Regiment, which has
been on duty here for two weeks, has
been ordered home, and will be sue
ceeded by a battalion Of the Sixteenth.
All the troops except four regiments
and four cavalry troops will be ordered
home this week.
The regiments to remain are the
First. Third, Sixteenth, and Thirteenth.
These will stay until after election.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
TWO NAVAL OFFICERS
TENDER RESERVATIONS
Department Concerned Over
Growing List.

The growing list OF naval officers who
to quit the service has been increased
by two through the tender OF the res
ignations of Lieut.. W. s. Montgomery.
OF the Olympia, and Ensign q. w. Fall
ler, who was recently detached from
duty O. s.ie Asiatic station.
Some of the recent designations have
been due TO good business offers made
to officers. while others have been the
result of dissatisfaction with presenk
conditions. which the Navy Department
1t is very evident that a great many Of
the younger officers believe that they
are not being treated with considera-
tion.
Department Concerned.
The Navy Department Is naturally
concerned over this reduction In the
number of officers. as the service is al
ready inadequately provided with
commissioned personnel. and strenu-
Gus effort is to be made this winter To
get Congress to authorize very con-
siderable increase. Just before he left
the Navy Department Secretary Long
laid down the rule that while there was
shortage of officers for ships in COM
mission he would not accept any resig
nations. Secretary Moody. however, has
not followed this policy.
The designations of Lieutenant Mont
gomery and Ensign Faller have been ac-
cepted. to take effect on January 1, 1908.
Lieutenant Montgomery was recently de-
tached from the Olympia and ordered to
the training ship Mohican, which is to
make a cruise of the South Seas. This
order has been revoked. and he has been
granted leave until the date for the ac-
ceptance of his resignation. He has had
an excellent recor:l in the navy, and was
regarded as an exceptionally capable Off
Ger. In the battle OF Manila Bay he
served on the gunboat Petrol. Lieuten-
ant Montgomery is from Kentucky, and
Ensign Faller from Wisconsin.
Maynard to Retire.
Captain Washburn Maynard. OF the
navy. has been detached from duty as
naval secretary of the Light House
Board, and ordered home to await re-
tirement on November /. He applied for
retirement under the forty years service
clause. Having served IN the civil war
and having had creditahle record in his
naval career. Captain Maynard will be
promoted to rear admiral In the retiring
order, and be borne on the retired list
IL that rank.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
Three Divorced Persons.
Mrs. Rogers Explanation.

On redirect examination Mrs. Rogers
got chance to explain few things.
She said she had hired the letter box un-
der an assumed name, that she might
get letters from detective whom she
had employed to get evidence in her suit
for divorce She also explained that she
had known Harry Cornish all her life.
and was related to him by marriage.
Albert S. Osborne. of Rochester, and
Albert H. Graham. paying teller of the
National Bank of Commerce. testified
thai the wrapper of the poison package
and the Cornish and Barnet" letters.
admitted standards of comparison. were
written by the same person, and that
person was the one who wrote the con-
ceded writings of Molineux.
The Washington times., 1902-10-28
Only Seven Letters Alike.

And you have found only seven of
teen capital MS In the disputed hand
writing?"
That's right
You found thirty-seven sSlall 't's' of
his similar to the disputed .t's'?"
Yes
And do you admit that there are 692
other 'ts in which you found no like
ness?"
That's right"
Are the illustrations of letters you
have made there intended to be more, or
less, like the originals
More"
More? What's your business now?"
The Witness Fails in Comprehension.
Il don't quite understand"
Are you a cartoonist?"
'I draw some"
And cartoonist has the ability to
enlarge or contract the characteristics
of his sketch as he .pleases?"
He has
And you have the abiiity?"
That's right
What pay do you get here?"
Fifty dollars day and expenses
Paid to Draw Things Different.
ITO draw things different from what
they are? That's all"
The admission of the handwriting man
that he Is a cartoonist and that in his
orayon drawings he had endeavored to
accentuate for the benefit of the jury
the likeness of Molineux's writing to the
disputed writings caused something of a
sensation.
Mrs. Florence Rogers, the daughter of
Mrs. Katherine ]. Adams. whom Mol
lneux is accused Of poisoning, was the
next witness. She told the story of her
mothers last illness and death. and was
turned over to Governor Black for cross
examination
She admitted hiring letter box un-
der an assumed name. but did not hire
II from CdildHdu iuolueE hHeW
nothing that went on between her and
Cornish. Cornish had called on her
lately.
Trips to Far Rockaway.
"You sometimes go to Far Rockaway.
do you not?''
Il go there every summer
Ever stay there overnight without a
chaperon?'
Il may have done So"
Were you there last summer with a
MIR. Hovey (Hovey was in Mrs. Adams
fiat when the woman died) 2"
II was"
Three Divorced Persons.
by the way. Mrs. Hovey is not living
with her husband now. is she?''
Il believe she Is not"
And you are divorced from your hus-
band?"
II am
And Cornish Is divorced from his
wife?'
Il believe So
"You got the divorce in your case?"
81 did"
Mrs. Rogers Explanation.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
Laundcred While You Sleep.

AS soon as the stakeholder begins snoring
" man will steal into his room. carry his
shirt away and give it a real up-to-date
laundering. 1t will be returned in time for
the stakeholder and patron to dress up in
style the following morning. He Will De
expected to deposit 10 cents on the spot
occupied by shirt when left for the laundry
man, so that it can be gathered up by the
collector. Five cents must be added for
each collar and pair of cuffs. The man
who fails to leave the money as directed
will forfeit his stock and the same will
be for sale to some other man with only one
shirt; A stakeholder can have his shirt
laundeied as often as he can raise the nee
The night laundry proposition is not the
only unique enterprise which Mr.. King has
promoted. He served in the Union Army
during the Civil War and when mustered
out OF the service announced to his friPn!S
that he had performed enough manual labor
for the natural lifetime of an ordinary man
and that he proposed TO make his living
ny promoting enterprises. His first effort
was as a driftwood catcher. He organized
a company of which he was the principal
and only stakeholder, the purpose Of which
was to catch driftwood in the Missouri
was comparatively new at that time and
there was much more drlftwood in the
river thar at present Kings scheme was
many and give them half Of what they
caught for their pay.
Strange as it may seem he found plenty
of men to work for him under these terms
men who had not gumption enough TO
know that they had as good right to catch
driftwcod as King. But the industry grew
and grew. Soon the matter of the dispose
ton of the large quantities of drfftwood
became a problem. Then King had to do
a little more promoting. He next organized
a wood and coal ~company-one of the first
in the city. The wCrd coal was at first
used to give the company a high sounding
name. Later. however. boys were engaged
to gather up coal in the railroad yards
and were paid by being allowed to retain
half of what they found.
AT the yard where the driftwocd was
stacked men were allowed to saw wood on
the shares. They. like the others. were
given half. Many a poor man with a
family esteemed it a great privilege to be
permitted to saw wood in Kings yard and
to carry home his share to his wife and
children. He made a small fortune out of
the enterurise before poor weak human
nature discovered the trick.
MERRICK, WALSH & PHELPS OFFICE,
Corner Broadway and Locust.
Write for catalogue, $500 engrdUia3s. Mailed free.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
JESSIE DISBR0W IS FREE.
Court Annuls Marriage of Man
Held for Good Ground Murder.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Patchogue. L. l.. Aug. 2.-Justice Wiln1ot
NJ. Smith of the Supreme Court has granted
to Jessie Disbrow a decree of annulment of
her marriage to Louis A. Disbrow. the young
man who is now confined in the county Jail
at Riverhead on the charge of having muir
dered Clarence Foster and Miss Sarah Law
renee at Good Ground last month.
Lawyer T. H. Van Nechten, accompanied
by young Mrs. Disbrow and her mother,
reached Patchogue on a morning train.
and. being unknown here, We're enabled to
slip into court unnoticed.
Unlike other divorce cases that have been
tried here Lawyer Van Vechten had his
evidence all prepared and written out and
it was simply a matter of getting the sig
nature of the parties to the deposition and
the taking of the acknowledgment by
Judge Smith.
The ground on which the marriage was
annulled was that Mrs. DisbrOw was out Is
years of age, which is under the legal age
of consent. when she was married to Dis
brow. and that they had separated and had
not lived together before she reached the
legal age. Thu only witnesses were Mrs.
Disb-ow and her mother, who testified to
the age of applicant at the time Of the
marriage.
Accompanying the deposition of Mrs. Dis
brow and her mother was an affidavit from
Sheriff Wells. who testified to having served
Disbrow with the complaint and papers in
the case. Disbrow did not appear nor was
he represented in court.
The papers in the case will be filed in the
Nassau County Clerks office at -Mincola.
The decree of annulment gives the appli-
cant the right to resume her maiden name
and allows Disbrow to remarry IL he SO de-
sires-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
VISITORS AT ST. LOUIS HOTELS.

H. B. spaulding, Mayor of Muskogee. I.
T., is at the Planters.
w. r. Zurich of Cincinnati, O., is a
guest at the Southern.
F. j. Butler of Greenville, Ill, Is stop
ping at the Laclede.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. n. Wake of Toledo.
o.. are at the st. Nicholas.
John r. MARBLES of Dallas, Tex, arrived
at the Lindell yesterday.
"A. N. English of New York was among
yesterdays arrivals at Horns.
L. N. Murphy of Houma, La. is regis
tered at the Moser.
MIR. and Mrs. Paul NJ. Moore of Erling-
ton. KY, are at the Planters.
w, B. Dale of Louisville. KY. is a guest
at the Southern.
j. w. Shelton of Baltimore, Nd, has
rooms at the st. Nicholas.
w. A. Ransom of Murfeysboro, Ia, was
at the Lindsll yesterday.
M. o. Keasey of Brazil. Ind. Is regis
tered at the Laciede.
&C. T. Morrison of Detroit, Mich, is on
the guest list at Horns.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Clark of Stuart.
Va, are at the Planters.
Miss Dorothy Walters of Kansas City,
Mo-, is a guest at the Southern.
A. D. Rogers of Decatur, Tex, spent yes
terday at the st. Nicholas.
%. W. Radky of Salem, o., is stopping at
the Lindeil.
Frank Fulke of Denver, Colo, has rooms
at Horns.
MIR. and Mrs. E. w. Alexander of Hazel
hurst, Miss. are at the Planters.
w. w. Wood of Baltimore, Nd, is a
guest at the Southern.
&C. W. Kent of Louisville, KY, is at the
ST. Nicholas with Mrs. Kent.
James C. Wallace of Austin, Tex, was
at the Lindell yesterday.
Thomas D. Farley Of Lebanon, Mo-. has
rooms at the Laclede.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Fryman of Omaha,
Neb.. are at the Planters.
j. C. Duke of Dallas, Tex, is a guest at
the Southern.
e. D. Walton of New York was among
Yesterdays arrivals at the st. Nicholas.
w. L. Gardner of Mayfield, KY, is stop
ping az the Lindell.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
VANDERBILT INVENTS ENGINE
WHICH BEATS ALL RECORDS.
Railroad MaEnate's "Hog-Back" Loco
motive Another Victory for His
Mechanical Skill.


REPUBLIC SprCTAL.
New York. Aug. 2-Cornelius Vanderbilt,
whose feats of invention have made him a
marvel to railroad men, has won another
victory by designing an engine which has
just beaten all records for passenger
trains on the Harlem division Of the New
York Central Railroad.
one result Of this triumph is that the
hog" as the locomotive is Familiarity
called. or 1913. as il is down in the books
CT the company. was not designed especi-
ally for speed. but for power.
1t is a hog back with many Vanderbilt
improvements. and. while it has power
enough to pull any freight that the man
agement would be likely to put together on
its steepsst grades, it showed last night
that II is a regular flyer when doing pas
senSer service, on a forty-miie run, not in
tened to be spectacular.
The hog was attached to the Mount
kisco special last evening, a train of five
cars. From Pleasantville TO Chappaqua the
space was reelec off at the rate of forty-one
seconds to the mile, and from Chappaqua
to Mount kisco, Il distance Of four miles.
the run was made III four minute and fif-
teen seconds.
Mr.. Vanderbilt has patented many devices
since he started out to show the world that
the son of a multimilliOnaire could make a
mark as an inventor.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
INHERIT FORTUNES FROM
FLAGLER'S DIVORCED WIFE.
Three Poor Nephews of Unfortunate
Woman viii BE Relieved From
Lives of Hnr6ships-


BIlC SPEClAA
New York. Aug. 2-Richard, George and
William Taylor. sons of a sister of Mrs.
Ida \. F1agler, the divorced wife OF Henry
NJ. Flagler of the Standa OIL Trust, who
had been placed in a New York Founding
Asylum upon the death of their mother in
1864. and were later a~pprenticed to armer
in Illinois, nave learned that they will be
legal heirs to S1S9,00 each from the estate
of their aunt upon her death. She is in
sane.
Job E. Hedges, as referee. has prepared
for the Supreme Court a report establish
ing the kinship of the three Taylors, and
the news came to them in their humble
home at a time when they felt the neeu
of such cheer. t Taylors are poor. ticn,
ard is a journeyman painter, George Is an
engineer on the Northern PACING RaliWaH'
but now incapacitated by injury, and VIII
liam is extremely needy.
Referee Hedges advises that AUp a year
income be paid now to the three Iaylors IN
anticipation o. their inheritance, each get
ting one-third. Upon the establishing OF re-
lationship the two brothers 9I MIS-; baas Ii,
ter, Mrs. Matte johnson. Will also get a'V"
a year each.
The estate of Mrs. F1agler, who was de-
clared incompetent at the time the Stana-
ard OIL magnate obtained his. divorce
amounted to s. .273. l37. and the net income 10
about Sill, DOC. After paying all the expenses
of Mrs: FIagler; there .sS re remains ma hist aa a of tne
foundlings. in brief. ia this:
Mary Emma Taylor, a sister OF Mrs.
Flagler. died in 1864. and thirteen DAYS
later her husband placed the three sons
In the New York Founding Asylum Ten
days later they were apprenticed to farm
ers in Illinois.
The father died in New Haven in 1889.
He had sent his photograph to his sons
and had written to them a number of
times, but it was not until 1901 that the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
Get Rid of Gray Hair.

1t has been clearly demonstrated by
prominent and ~weIl-known ST. Louis people
that De Lacy's French Hair Tonic will
restore gray or faded hair back to the coloc
OF the balance of the hair. That it is in
no sense a dye, but perfectly harmless. has
been proven by the test made on different
coIors of hair, such as restoring gray hair
back to brown, black or blond. or which,
ever color the hair was before 1t turned5
gray; IL 1t contained any dyeing properll&
Whateyer it would turn hair back to o4y
one color. Another proof that 1t is not a
dye is that it takes several times as long
to restore the gray hair back to its natural
color In some cases as it does in others.
and were 1t q dye it would either do the
work in an hour or not at all. The makers
saw that over twenty thousand bottles of
this wonderful preparation have been used
by ST. Louis people this year and that the
druggists report generally that it Is the
most satisfactory hair preparation they
handle. 1t also, in addition to restoring
gray hairs. stops hair falling out quickly,
and is a positive cure for dandruf. the
manufacturers make a detailed statement
of its merits in their advertisement on
another page in to-day's Republic.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
STEYN ARRIVES IN EUROPE.
Goes TO Meet kruger-Too LII to
Visit London.

London. Aug. 2.-Former President Steyn
of the orange Free State arrived 1T South
ampton tc-Gay wiki his family, on the
steamship Carisbrook Castle.
He was met by Messrs. Fischer. Wes-
ssis and DeS Bru! rs, tn former brcy Gci
gates. He will so to rhe Hague. where
Former President Kruger will go from
Utrecht to meet him Monday.
My. S;5yn was too III to begr the journey
to London. although a SPECIAL saloon car
TiaSc mad been attached to the regular
boat train for him. His physician would
not allow him to he interviewed. but MIR.
Steyn sent word that he wished TO express
his thanks fer the cOurtes!eS extended to
HIM by the British authorities since the
surrender. and fer the care given him dur
ing the voyage.
The former President was removed on a
stre;cher to the Dutch steamer Batavier
III. which was mOored close to the Carts
brook Castle. He win be landed at the
Heck OF Holland and conveyed iii an am
buianCe 20 the cottage reserved for him
near The Hague.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
WANT BEVERIDGE TO STAY OUT.
Republicans Fear His Visit to
Texas Would Make Strife.
REPITRLIc

Washington. Aug. members of the
Republican Congressional Committee ara
going to head off, If possible. the plan to
take Senator Beverage of Indiana into the
Fifteenth Congressional District of Texas
as a speechmaker during the coming cam
paign. They do not believe that any good
most strenuous activity OF Senator Bailey
for the Democratic candidate in the dis
trict, and accentuating the differences De-
leaders of both parties are now anxious TO
have dropped.
Senator Beveridge is now in California.
CONGRESSIONAL Committee, said to-day:
II do not think he should go to Texas. He
has engagements enough to speak in n
all his time until election day"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
GEORGE VIBERT, RARIS'S
WIT AND ARTIST, Is DEAD.

SPECIAL BY B TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND H ST. LOUIS
Paris. Aug. 2.-(Copyright, 1so2.)-A typical
distinguished Partisan has passed way this
week with the death of George Vibert, a
prominent artist. whose dainty, anecdotal
pictures of Cardinals are we'll known. Many
were sold in the United States.
NJ. Yibert was a wit as well as an artist.
He wrote several one-act plays, and earned
the Legion of Honor in 1870 on the battle
field during the attack of Malmaison.
He married the first time Nine. Lloyd, a
member of the Coincide Franchise COM
pany, who subsequently died. He then we'd
ded Nine. Santanville of the Opera.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
CHILD's MARVELLOUS MEMORY.
Eight-Year-Old Samuel Moser a
Repository of Facts.

Chicago. Aug. 2-ProbabIy the youngest
prodigy or boy wonder Of the present is
Samuel Arthur Moser of No. 3252 Vernon
avenue. this city. The readiness and rapid
ity with which he answers questions re-
latinG to history and figures is truly re-
markable as we'll as absolutely correct. The
matter is a natural one. having never bsen
cultivated one instant. His parents and boy
friends. While proud of his gift, do not en-
courage its practice beyond the ordinary
everyday life. However. he is always anSi-
Gus to "be doing something with figures.
as he tells his mamma, and this keeps hin
in practice.
Arthur is the baby of n family of four
hoys. and was horn to Mr.. and Mrs. VII
liam Moser at Maroa. ILL.,. June il. 1894.
NJ. Moser lived in MarOa twelve years,
operating a general store. He moved his
family to Chicago three years ago. and ls
a travelling salesman for the Michigan
Leather Company of Detroit. Mich. ArtEar
has been in school now for four years. End
at present is in the high third grade of the
Douglas School.
When > years of age his ,piaymates no.
ticed his wonderful aptitude for figures
easily answering all sorts of q~ussuons-
They believed him making believe WITH
his answers. and. noe until his parents be-.
came attracted to the gift. was it believed
the child correctly answered the questions
given him III mathematics and history. His
father would take the lad to the barber 8
shop Saturday evenings. While getting
shaved he would ask the child what day
of the week 4 certain period fell upon. The
quick reply secured the admiration of all
within the little shop. and the gift was en-
larged upon in the neighborhocd.
Now he knows the names of the Presi-
dents. the date of their births and deaths.
can tell the day of the week any date came
on. and can add imposing sums by mental
He has at his tongues end a
mass of geographical and historical 1nfor-
nation and never stumbles in his answers
His parents say that outside of two short
spells of sickness the child has always heen
In perfect health, living outdoors on his
tiny bicycle most of the time. He is an in
cessant reader of the Bible. historical
works, and the daily newspaper. and often
tip,ec bac IN no made To retire
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
WHlTELAW REID COMES HOME.
Appears in Best of Health-Will
Report to President.

New York. Aug. 2-WhiteIaw Reid. spe-
cial ambassador OF the United States to the
coronation of King Edward. and Mrs.
Reid were among the passengers on the
steamship Philadelphia, which arrived to-
day from Southampton.
Mr.. Reid. who appeared to be in the
best of health. said he would have to re-
port to President Roosevelt on what had
occurred during his visit to Great Britain
before he could say anything for publica-
ton.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
SHIRTS lAUNDERED
while YOU SLEEP
This Is the Unique Plan of an En-
terprise on Foot at st.
Joseph, Mo.
BOON FOR THE POOR MAN.
Place Your Linen Beside Bed on
Retiring and 1t Will Be
Snowy White in the
Morning.
BOON FOR THE POOR MAN.
REPURLIC

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
st. Joseph, Mo-. Aug. "A new and novel
industry in st. Joseph is a night laundry,
which is about to be started by William j.
King. a retired promoter. who lives at No.
1916 North Second street.
Thu new laundry will be established AID
operated for the benefit of men who have bI.
one shirt. 1t will enable the man who
makes a BLUR at being a swell dresser to
make good" and to convince his friends
that he always prefers to have all his
shirts of one pattern and color.
One of the pecularities of Mr.. Kings
laundry Will be that only stockholders in
the company will be patrons. He has been
selling stock at a dollar a share for two
weeks, and says he has procured almost
enough stock to put the enterprise on its
feet. He has consulted several manufac-
turers of machinery used in laundry plants.
Mr.. King says the order will probably be
placed within a few days.
When Mr.. King gets his novel laundry to
working the impecunious man who nap
pens to be a stockhoider in the comIan"
will remove his shirt. lay it beside his bed