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The Washington times., 1903-09-02
PREACHER SAYS Bible
JUSTIF|ES lYNCHIHG
Quotes Mosaic Code in Defense Of
Summary Punishment.

MACON. Ga, Sept. AIN a sermon
here last night the Rev. ]. L. D. Hill
yer, leading Baptist minister, created
a sensation by saying that lynch law is
in harmony with the law of God, as re-
vealed in the Mosaic code.
After attacking the courts for their
laxity in dealing with crime, DR.. Hill
yer said:
I'VE must remember that We are the
servants OF the Most High God and that
he has committed TO US the making OF
the laws. In our country. where the
people make the laws, they feel that
this or that law is wrong. that IL does
not represent their Will. The people
submit, but when one of those crimes
that can hardly be defined is committed
the people cannot always wait, they will
not always wait, and who is to blame?
The crime for which Iynching is in
fiicted was, under the Mosaic law, pun
Ishable with death. and there seems 70
have been no city of refuge provided
but the avenger slew the offender
wherever found"
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
PLANS FOR NEW BANK
READY FOR DIRECTORS
American Security and Trust Com
pany's New Building.

Two events of great Importance in the
rise of the American Security and Trust
Company, of Washington, win be in
eorporated in the history OF the insti-
tuition within a short time.
First will be the final selection OF
plans at the next board meeting this
month for the company's new building at
Fifteenth Street and Pennsylvania Ave-
nue., and. second. the paying In in full
of the s1.750.000 additional capital. in
cluding $500. 600 surplus. by January l.
The officials of the company now in
Washington are making active prepara-
tions for the next board meeting on the
21st. at which the minute details for the
purposed building will be discussed. The
architects. York & Sawyer. of New York.
are now engaged in working upon the
plans. and have promised TO have the
drawings In readiness for the directors
to review next month.
The board has about agreed TO expend
5000, 900 on the building, which will oc-
eupy the site of the old Riggs Bank.
while $500 ,000lwas paid for the land IL
Is probable that work will be begun on
the foundation for the structure almost
Immediately after the directors have
reached their final conclusions.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
HYATTSVILLE NOTES.

HYATTsvILLE, Md, Sept. Miss
Alma Lewis Harvey, who has been
spending her vacation at the Hyatt man
sion, has gone to teach the Delsarte
system of physical culture at the Mil
Ter School, in Virginia, much to the re-
gret OF a number of young people in this
village.
Robert W. B. Mayo returned yester-
day morning from a two months vaca-
tion at Old Point Comfort. He was
graduated at the head of his class at the
last commencement of the Maryland
Agricultural College. and has been ap-
pointed assistant professor of Latin.
Mrs William Giacchetti and daugh-
ter Ernestine reached home yesterday
evening, after six weeks spent at White
Sulphur Springs, Va.
Flora and Jessie Davis, Agnes and
Thomas Ladson have returned from a
two weeks visit at Smiths Creek. st.
Mary's county.
Mrs. H. Al Pratt returned yesterday.
ter, Mrs. T. B. Marshall, Douglas, Ga.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
|. 7. j. CONVENTION.
GUESTS GRATITUDE
Rochester Printers Send @. @. Sci
bold Handsome Gold Fob.

OF the many pleasant reminders of the
visit of the printers to Washington re-
Gently none is more beautiful and sug-
gestive than that which George G.. Sci
bold, of The Times composing rooms, is
showing his friends. During the con-
vention Mr.. Seibold, who was member
of the committee of arrangements. enter
tanned a number of the members of Typo
graphical Union No. Is, of Rochester. ".
Y. Yesterday he received a handsome
gold fob as token OF the pleasure he
had given them. Accompanying the gift
was the following resolution, adopted by
the Rochester Union:
Whereas ii is the sense of the Roches-
ter delegation to the International Typo
graphical Union convention that our
visit to Washington was made doubly
enjoyable through the courtesy o1
Brother Seibold; therefore, be it
Resolved. That we forward this slight
token of our appreciation OF his untirins
efforts in our behalf
Signed, B. C. Backus, George E.
Faulkner, NJ A Whitmore. John Bolton
E. S. Kates, H. A. Clark. Thomas F.
Moore, A. G. Kates. Mary e. Toole,
Mary E. Cahill. and Mrs. B. c. Backus. "
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
AN OCEAN VOYAGE WITHOUT
CROSSING THE ATLANTIC.

II is somewhat curious fact that 70 the av-
erage American IAN ocean voyage means a
voyage 20 Europe, which, when he allows his
thoughts 20 turn 20 il experience, pre-
sents itself TO his mind only as the long and
expensive transatlantic trip He seems un-
aware that IL is possible 10 take an enjoyable
ocean voyage coastwise, on a luxurlously
appointed steamer, at a comparatiyly slight
expenditure Of time and money. The Merchants
and Miners Transportation Company, whose
ships ply between Boston, Providence Balti-
more, Newport News, Norfolk, Savannah, and
Philadelphia, has, apparently noted this mental
peculiarly Of the average American and taken
measures TO correct il by issuing a handsome
folder full Of interesting information about its
lines-its history. its vessels, its rates, its
routes, and its ports II draws a most alluring
picture Of ocean-voyaging under the most com
Portable circumstances No transatlantic liner
is a more luxuriously appointed floating hotel
than Is each Of the big iron and steel ships of
the Merchants and Miners line. No trans
Atlantic liner carries its passengers through such
pleasant waters. II you feel that brief and in
expensive sea voyage would be delightful holi-
day for you, or If you have occasion 10 make
journey northward southwark for business IL
will pay you 10 write any agent Of the company.
or W. p Turner General Passenger Agent Of
the Merchants and Miners Transportation Com
pany. Baltimore, Nd.-Ady.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
GUNS NOW CRACKING
ON SEA GLRT RANGE

yesterday and forthwith knocked out a
IS score at 200 yards
Capt. John S. Tomlinson. inspector of
rifle practice of the Second Regiment
returned to Washington last evening
for a day.
The Seventh New York team. which
is going after honors in the RegimeRtal
Match tomorrow, arrived last night in
command of Capt. w. H. Palmer.
Though the District of Columbia has
always won on the long ranges, if at all,
its team did some notable work in 200
yard practice yesterday. The score in
cluded two AIS, one IS. and five ASS.
The Connecticut State team, which IS
TO take part in the national match, ar
rived last evening This is the first time
the Nutmeg State has ever had team AZ
the Sea Girt shoot.
That the District team outdid its COM
petitors at 200 yards yesterday is the
conviction of Major Bell, who watched
the other teams targets. At 500 yards
in the afternoon. the Washingtonians
held their old winning gait. Lieutenant
Farrow scoring, As; Private Appleby and
Captain Summers. AZ; Sergeant Groome.
46. and DenniSon. 45.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
CLERICAL CHANGES
IN WAR DEPARTMENT

Changes In the clerical force at the
War Department are announced as fol-
lows:
Appointments-Henry NJ. wolcott. of
Porto Rico, clerk at $500, Office Chief of
Engineers; Jack Ausmus, OF Oklahoma.
clerk at $1,000. Record and Pension Of
fee; Louis V. Carmack. of Kentucky.
clerk at $1,000. Bureau of Insular AZ
fairs; William H. Taliaferro. of District
OF Columbia. watchman at $40 office
Secretary OF War; Frank w Holmes. of
Iowa, clerk at $40. Bureau OF Insular
Affairs; Eugene B. Crandan. of Wiscon-
sin. clerk at ss4O,, Bureau of Insular Al
fairs.
Promotions-Asbury Thompson. Dis
trict OF Columbia, from clerk at 81 900
to $1,000. Adjutant Generals ONCE:
Samuel r. Warren, New York, from
clerk at 81 400 TO $1,000. Record and
Pension ONCE; Eugene Leger. Missis-
sippi, from clerk at $1,000 to 81 400
Record and Pension Office; Harry Y.
King, Georgia. from clerk at 81 600 TO
81 ZOO, Record and Pension Office: John
G. Urquhart. Virginia, from clerk at
81 200 to 81 400, headquarters of the
army; Frank w. Dixon, North Carolina
from messenger at SOOU 10 5000, AGiu-
tant Generals Office; Mrs Katharine M.
Wilson, District of Columbia, from clerk
at $9C0 TO 81 600, Quartermaster Gen
erals Office; Miss Edith Welker. Indi-
ana, from clerk at 5000 to 81 900. Quar-
termaster Generals Office; Frank II.
Burns. District of Columbia, from clerk
al $40 10 $500, Quartermaster Generals s
Once; Stephen Z. Todhunter. District
Of Columbia. from clerk at $40 to 5000.
Quartermaster Generals Office; Richard
T. Way, Georgia, from clerk at 81 900
to 81 200, Bureau of Insular Affairs Miss
Lille V. Keathley, North Carolina. from
clerk at 1920 to $40. Bureau of Insular
Affairs; Miss Fannie E. Newman Mary
land from clerk at 5000 TO 81 900, Quar-
termaster Generals once: Samuel j.
Hall, Alabama, from clerk at SS4O to
$500. Quartermaster Generals Office.
Resignations-W. o. DeaIrick Ohio.
clerk, at 81 900, Quartermaster General 5
office; Myron ID. Baker, Ohio clerk. at
81 600 Quartermaster Generals office !;
Frank w. Legge, West Virginia, clerk,
at 81 GOO. Bureau of Insular Affairs; Don
c. Fithian. Maryland, clerk, at $500, Ad-
jutant Generals office; Andrew S. Mitch
ell, Ohio clerk, at 81 600, Quartermaster
Generals Office; Robeft G. Blaine, Dis
trict of Columbia, clerk at S720, signal
office; Louis McCutchon, New York,
clerk at 81 600. office chief of ordnance; ;
Matthew Bryan. Dis, ct of Columbia.
assistant messenger, i y S720, Adjutant
Generals office; Ernest !. Wilson, Illi-
nois. clerk. at 81 200. OH, chief of ord
nance; Beryl w. Campbel Ohio, clerk,
at 81 200. Adjutant General office.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
DEATHS IN MANILA.

Deaths in Manila are announced as
follows in a dispatch received from Cen
eral Wade at the War Department:
Malaria feyer-Charles Banvard, Troop
II. First Cavalry, August 28; John Adler.
Company ID, Seventeenth Infantry, Au~
gust 22- Cholera-Elmer Mallon. Hos
pital Corps. August %. Congestion OF
brain-James w. Brown, Company F,
Fourteenth Infantry. August Is. Killed
by Moros-James Brennan, Company l.,
Twenty eighth Infantry. August II. Ty-
phoid fever-William Hayden, Company
NJ. Twenty seventh Infantry, August 16.
PneumOnia-James g. Carrier. Company
z, Twenty-ninth Infantry, august 20.
Paralysis-Thomas Sperker, Company K,
Fourth Infantry. August 81 Drowned.
body ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS J. Gamble,
Company G, Fifth Infantry, August 10.
Drowned, body not recovered George c.
Gallian. Company E. Seventeenth Infan-
try, August 27.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
MIDDIES TO BE FORMED
INTO EIGHT COMPANIES

Hereafter cadets in the three upper
classes at the Naval Academy are to be
divided into eight companies. instead Of
four companies, as has been the practice
in the past. An order to this effect has
been issued. II Will bring about a de-
cided change in the organization of thu
midshipmen battalion this year.
Under the reorganization each OF the
companies will have more than eighty
men ard its midshipmen officers. The
number OF midshipen is now more than
$50 Since the time when the midship
men numbered only $50 there have been
four companies formed into one battal-
ion The increase in the number OF
companies will make necessary the or
ganization of battalions into a naval
brigade 78~.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02

transfer. Haywood was sitting in the
station when he thought he heard
groans. He spoke TO the station agent,
who quickly traced the groans to the
coffin.
Help was summoned, and the case and
coffin were opened. and Mrs. Stanfield
was found alive, grasping at her throat
with one hand. She moved and tossed
her hands after the coffin was opened,
but in few moments she ceased to
struggle and died.
1t was plain that the woman had made
a desperate struggle for air in the coffin.
She had turned on her side, and her face
and throat were torn and scratched
where she had clutched them with her
hands.
After it was found that life was really
extinct Mrs Stanfield's body was sent
on to Cunningham and buried.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
VALUE OF MANS MAN LIFE
FIXABLE, SAYS WRIGHT
Labor Commissioner Thinks Measure of
Damages Could Be So Established.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-Carroll D.
Wright, United States Commissioner OF
Labor. addressed the international con-
a general discussion of mortality inves-
LEGATIONS, and referring to them, Mr..
Wright said:
During the last three or four years ]
have been frequently asked to furnish a
rule or measure of damages to be ap-
piled when man is killed in some me-
chanicel trade. The courts are without
the rule, and / am unable TO supply it.
think that with the assistance of ac-
tuarial skill such a rule may be sup
piled, so that we may have fairly correct
tables. showing the expectancy of life in
the various trades"
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
SHOWERING ATTENTIONS
ON SECRETARY ROOT
Guest of Lord Roberts and Other Brit
ish NotabIes.

London dispatches show that Secre-
tary Root, who is in England to attend
the session OF the Alaskan Boundary
Commission, is receiving many atten
tions. He will be the guest of Lord
Roberts at dinner Thursday night. and
on Sunday the Secretary of War will be
entertained by Chief Justice Alyerstone
at his country place in Surrey. AT the
time of the English army maneuvers
Secretary Root will be the guest of Mr..
Brodrick, the British war secretary.
On Monday night Secretary Root was a
guest at a dinner given by Ambassador
Choate. in honor of the members OF the
Alaskan Boundary Commission
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
Woman Came to Life
In a Closed Coffin
Supposed Dead Revived Only to Die From Suffocation.
Groans Led to Discovery.

CUNNINGHAM. y. c.. Sept Mrs.
Julia Ann Stan1eld, coIored, went to
Durham, n. c., about two weeks ago to
be operated upon for a tumor. Two
colored doctors gave her chloroform
preparatory to removing the tumor. but
before they were ready to use the knife
the woman collapsed and apparently
died The doctors issued a certificate
that her death resulted from heart fail
ure.
Mrs. Stanfeld's nephew, Henry Hey
wood obtained a coffin with a case. The
body was prepared for burial. placed in
the coffin and case, and put on a rail-
road train for this place. accompanied
by Haywood.
II was necessary 10 change cars at
Denniston Junction, and the body was
carried into the station, there to await
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
MILLIONS OF NEW PESOS
TAKEN TO PHILIPPINES

The army transport Thomas sailed
yesterday from San Francisco bound for
Manila, by way of Guam. 1t carried
81. 100000 in silver pesos and $4,000. 900
worth of Philippine silver certificates.
which lack only the seal and signatures
of Philippine officers to make them legal
tender. Major F. II. Hardy, Fourteenth
Cavalry, and a detachment of twenty
five men. are guarding the treasure. The
Thomas also carried 307 marines for the
Philippines and Guam.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
HUSBAND DYING, WIFE ENDS LIFE

TITUsVILLE, Pa, Sept. 2.-The con-
viction that her husband was destined
TO live only a short time preyed upon
the mind of Mrs. Mark Luce. of Town
Vile, and she became temporarily de-
ranged She arose in the night and
went to the barn. where she climbed
upon rafter. placed a rope about her
neck, and jumped. Her body wa found
this morning. She leaves an valid
husband and two children.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
SHIPYARD TO CONT. VE.

WILMINGTON. Del, Sept. An
drew c. Gray, local counsel for ; re-
ceiver OF the United States Ship.. I'd
ing Compaay. today expressed the opin-
ion that the local plant of the concern,
the Harlan & Hollingsworth Company,
will continue in operation.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
BUILDING PIERS FALL,
COLLAPSE A MYSTERY
Strange Accident at House
in East Capitol Street.
INSPECTOR MAKING INQUIRY
Contractor Blames Lightning Bolt, But
Foundation Gives No Sign of
Such Contact.

The Building Inspector of the District
is conducting a rigid inquiry TO ascertain
the cause of the collapse of several
brick piers that supported the lower
floor Of an apartment house now in
the course of construction in East Capt.
tol Street, near Thirteenth Street. AS
result of the accident the entire floor
ing in the rear of the first story has
caved in. and for a time there was
danger that the rear walls would give
way. The builder. George P Newton.
has informed the District officials that
the collapse of the pier was most likely
due TO the weather conditions.
The building is situated on the south
side OF East Capitol Street, about $50
yards from Thirteenth Street It is a
four-story brick structure, and occupies
a site 40x60 feet. The foundation is
made of cement concrete, built on solid
earth. The permit for the construction
was filed June IL, 1903. and give the
owner as David NJ ogden, a physician.
OF Washington. The estimated cost of
the building is $4,000. The work is un-
der the supervision of Mr. Newton, and
the contracts for the various kinds OF
work were given separately.
Crash Followed Lightning.
While the storm was at its height last
Friday night. shortly before 12 o'clock,
residents of the peighborhood were
startled by a loud crash coming from
the building The noise followed
vivid flash of lightning. and heavy peals
of thunder that shook the earth.
An investigation of the crash devel-
oped that the brick piers which support
the rear portion of the first fIoor. having
for a foundation the solid caTtn of the
This was followed by the sinking in
of the floor.
An investigation of the aceldant was
made by employees of the Building In
speetor's Office on the following day.
The surrounding walls were then brace
and all danger removed OF .ny further
damage
Mystery Is Complete.
What caused the crumbling of the
brick piers has not been disclosed by
the inquiry. The builder is firmly con-
vinced that it was due to the lightning
bolt. This theory is weakened by the
fact that there is no evidence of light
ming having struck the piers. The mys-
terry IS further deepened by the diseov-
cry that the foundation remained in
tact and shows no indication of soft
ground.
report will be made to the .Hstricf
Commissioners as soon as .he :nvesti-
cation has continued to the satisfaction
OF the Building Inspector.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
Declined Offer.

Some were arrested and placed in Jail
for short term. Before trial trans
portation was offered them free of
charge to any port. British or foreign.
they might name The offer was re-
fused So was the offer of liberty on
condition that no further violation OF
the law should take place. The partic-
ular offense was lettering in the public
road, but the Beers made the plea that
they had been left there by the British
government, that they still considered
themselves prisoners of war, and rs
such must remain where they were
placed.
Some of the irreconcilables are stin
in confinement, others have rented a
cottage and established a laager. All
are firm in their determination not 10
take the oath OF allegiance until they
are sent by the British government TO
South Africa.
II the men persist in their present
course. they may eventually become
public charges. Some of the Beers are
bodied, but many among them are
crippled and unfit for work, owing 10
wounds received in battle.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
Refused to Work.

The Bermuda military authorities kept
their, stubborn prisoners in one of the
old laagers on Hawkins Island, furnish
ing them the necessities of life. The
men remained there a year, but gave
no sign OF relenting.
few weeks ago some of the Beers
were told they must go to work in one
of the military cemeteries. They re-
fused and were expelled from Hawkins
Island. landing at Hamilton. where they
established a miniature laager on one
of the public wharves. AS they COM
mitted no breach of the city ordinances,
no steps we're taken to compel them to
move.
On August 10 last the military authori-
ties turned loose in three separate parts
OF the colony the rest of their prison
ers. They made their camps where they
landed, their baggage. camp stools and
cooking pots were piled high on the
shore and at the roadside. and the men
themselves slept In blankets beneath
the open sky. When told to find quar-
ters the Beers assumed an attitude OF
defiance toward the ciEil authorities.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
Gone to Bear Heaven
BY the Mushy Food Route.

Some little Johnny bears ate too freely of pasy undercooked
and wheagot starchy food than they could digest
had appendicitis the other bowel trouble They learned
late that paSty starchy and acooked cereals added white
bread potatoes and other than
average digest Then follows starch indigestion
we'll known to physicians and a very complaint.
If the food changed serious bowel complaints and
all often appendicitis follows directly raceabe irritation
disease caused by undigested starch
These facts caused the invention of
The Washington times., 1903-09-02
BOERS IN BERMUDA
PERPLEX OFFICIALS
Fifty IrrecOncilables Refuse
to Swear Allegiance.
WAR PRISONERS STUBBORN
Decline Offer of Transportation When
Told to Go to
Work.

HAMILTON, Bermuda. Sept "A
curious state OF affairs exists in Ber-
muda in connection with fifty irrecon-
cilable Beers, who, until recently were
cared for by the British government in
one of the prison Iaagers established
in 1901
Shortly after the conclusion of peace
in South Africa, these men were in
vited to sign a declaration of allegiance
to the crown as a condition precedent
to their return to their own country.
They rejected the proposal, although
5000 of their fellow-prisoners took the
oath and we're sent home. There was
some doubt on the part of the fifty
whether the two republics had been
conquered, and annexed to Great Brit
ain. To satisfy them on this point a
prominent ex-burger, formerly an Of
flcer of high rank in the Boer army,
was sent TO Bermuda by the British au-
thorities. The irreconcilables refused
to listen to him, and they also ignored
the written testimony of their friends
in South Africa.
The Washington times., 1903-09-02

Col. c. II. Lauchheimer. commander of
the Marine Corps team. arrived last
evening from the army-navy maneuvers
on the Maine coast.
Colonel Merriam (retired). L. S. A. OF
Washington, reached the District camp
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19
COOPERATIVE Apple Packing.

The English merchant does not like
to handle small lots and experimental
packages, says Mr.. w. A. McKinnon,
chief of the fruit division, Ottawa.
He wants thousands of barrels, all
uniform in quality, variety, packing
and package. This uniformity, how
ever, cannot be secured where pack
ing is done in small quantities in or
chards. The time has arrived in the
history of the apple trade in Canada
when large packing houses must be
the order of the day. Whether these
large packing houses are controlled by
cooperative associations or by cap
italists who have knowledge Of the
apple business is matter of COM
parative indifference. 1t does, how
ever, seem quite possible for intelli-
gent growers to unite in cooperative
associations and secure all the ad-
vantages that accrue to the capitalist,
az well as those that come by packing
in large quantities. These store
houses are not necessarily expensive
buildings. They should be frost-proof
anu idi &c SuOuSu U ACCOMMODATE the
full crop Of the patrons. 1t is not at
all difficult to get plans that have
worked well in other parts Of the coun.
try. The aim should be to secure as
large a quantity Of good stock as DOS
sible, to grade 1t uniformly, mark it
honestly according to the requirements
Of the fruit marks act, and sell through
any medium that may offer the great.
est advantages. There is not the slight
est doubt that II such an association
were formed In any of the fruit dis
tricts and such packing house estab-
lished, X would attract buyers from
every market, and the apples could be
sold for spot cash. 1t is sincerely to
be hoped that the good business men
among the apple growers will take this
into their serious consideration. It is
not merely a question whether their
own apples will be sold at the proper
figure or not. They should be, even
for their own sakes, deeply interested
in the sale of their neighbors' apples.