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The Washington times., 1903-09-11
POSTMASTER GENERAL
DECLINES TO BE MADE
POLITICAL SCAPEGOAT
.BYRNE'S INDEPENDENCE
LED TO RESIGNATION
President Said to Have Promised
Him Another Place.

WILMINGTON. Del, Sept. IL. - A
prominent Republican politician, who
has just returned from New York, says
the real reason for United States Dis
trict Attorney Byrne's resignation was
his refusal to support Addicks in the
latter's intended political attack on the
State judiciary. The story runs:
'Byrne. several weeks ago. l know,
had no intention of assigning as district
attorney. He talked hopefully of his
own confirmation by the Senate, and had
just ensconced himself in fine suite OF
offices in the Federal Building He fell
out with Addicks because he bitterly as
sailed Addicks' threatened attack on
the judiciary of the State and dared.
without Addicks' sanction, to give in
dorsements to one or two candidates
for Federal positions. Addicks. I am
informed. told Byrne that these acts
were rebellious. and would not be toll
Grated
'It was then intimated that if Byrne
continued to pursue such an independent
course he would have to take care of
himself in the fight for confirmation
Byrne knew the withdrawal of the sup
port of Alice in the Senate would mean
his defeat as we'll as that of the Presi-
dent.
The intention was TO keep the resig-
nation quiet until about the ist of Oc-
tober. After the September term of he
Federal Court was over, however. Sen
ator Alice, having heard of Byrne's in
tention to resign. desired it made known,
so that Byrne's successor could be ap-
pointed.
"ByTne laid the situation before the
President. who agreed that he should
resign. The important fact in this mat
ter is that the President has run 10 COW
er on the Byrne appointment. and to do
so II is intimated that he entered into
an agreement with Byrne by which in
some way he is TO receive another ap-
Dointment-''
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
ARIZONA GRAfIERS
OUSTED FROM OFFICE
Surveyor General and Chief Clerk
Confess Practicing Extortion.

Hugh H. Price. surveyor general Of
Arizona. has been removed. and W. E.
Murphey, chief clerk in Prices Office,
has been suspended as a result OF an
investigation Land Commissioner Rich
ards made into the affairs of the Office.
Frank S. ingalls,. of Yuma. Ariz.. has
been appointed surveyor general for the
State
1t was found that the accused men
were engaged in holding up the claims OF
miners until near the end Of the year
within which a patent to mining lands
must be obtained. and then inducing the
miners to pay them extra to perfect tho
patents. The Government requires a
payment of $50 for patent, but Price
and Murphey are said to have regularly
compelled the miners 10 pay an extra
$50 before issuing the patents.
The business is said 10 have been
transacted openly. and the officials even
undertook to defend their practice
Murphey at first desired an investigation
before resigning, but suddenly changed
his mind and sent in his resignation.
which has not been accepted.
Besides holding up the miners for the
$50 1t is said the men in the land Office
practiced several other means OF graft
ing. How much money they obtained
is not known. but they have admitted
that il would amount to hundreds of
dollars. Price had been in Office two
years and MurDhey six.
The papers in the case have been
turned over 10 the Department of Jus
tice with view to instituting criminal
proceedings.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
ESCAPE FROM woRKHoUsE.

Intendant Stoutenburgh. of the Wash
ington Asylum. has reported 10 the Com
missioners that at the close of working
hours September 5. William Barry and
James Collins made their escape from,
the workhouse. Barry was committed or
August 25 for thirty days for vagrancy
and was detailed TO assist the workhouse
painter Collins was acting as assistant
to the florist and is well known TO the
police. The men were tracked into the
country back of Benning. by the work
house officials. but the trail was then
lost.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
INQUIRY TO Be MADE
INTO INSURANCE RATES
Business Mems Association Confers
With Underwriters.

The Business Mems Association has
determined to enter more earnestly into
the affairs of the District of Columbia
this fall and winter. The first step in
this direction was taken early this week
when Barry Bulkley, secretary of the
organization, was empowered TO address
TO the board of fire underwriters of the
District of Columbia a communication
asking for a conference between the
Business Mems Association and the lat
ter organization with view to ascer-
tanning the prevailing insurance rates
charged in the District of Columbia upon
basis of comparison with the rates pre-
vailing in a number of other large cities
in the country
After going over the features of the
case with William Hahn. chairman of
the special committee from the Business
Mems Association. Mr.. Bulkley prepared
a voluminous and comprehensive report.
based upon statistical data secured from
the District and State authorities. This
report he has submitted to the board of
fire underwriters of the District of Co.
lumbia. with the request for a hearing
on the subject. A reply received by him
from that body indicates a strong desire
on their part for an early conference,
and hearing will probably be had Sep
tember 1S.
A special committee from the Business
Mems Association. which has been
named by President GUIDE is as follows:
William Hahn. chairman; o. G. Staples.
w. w. Danenhower. r. P. Andrews, W.
s. Knox.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
MAGNETIC ROCK LURES
PUZZLED MARINERS
CompaSSeS So DETECTED They Be
come Useless.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal, Sept.
1.-Samuel Jackson Barnett, assistant
professor OF physics. has returned after
spending several months in survey work
along the Alaskan coast. The party made
a special investigation in the peculiar
magnetic disturbances which have made
navigation difficult in certain localities.
Near Skagway the disturbances are
severe, the detection of the needle be-
ing so great that the compass is render
ed almost useless.
1t was found that the strange state Of
affairs was due 10 the abundance OF
magnetic rock in that locality. This
rock is present in immense quantities
on Douglass Island, on the mainland
and near Skagway. Prof. Barnett says
that there is almost perfect magnetic
pole at this point.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
.HEIRESS TAKES LIFE
BY INHALING GAS
Nervous Sufferer for Years, De-
SPARED of Cure.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11.-Miss Isa-
bel Clark, member OF the weIl-known
Clark family of San Jose, and worth
nearly a million in her own right. COM
mitted suicide under highly sensational
circumstances at DR.. McNutt's Hospital
on Suffer Street. near Van Ness Ave-
nue.. by inhaling gas.
The suicide was deliberately planned
and executed. When found Miss Clark
lay fully attired upon a lounge. Near
her on a settee rested a small gas stove
upon which she was accustomed to heae
water. and from this the gas escaped in
a steady stream
The body was found by Miss Margaret
Whitelaw. her maid. who at once notI-
fed DR.. McNutt. and he notified the
coroner. After an investigation Denuty
Coroner Mccormick consented to allow
the body 10 lie at the hospital 20 await
the arrival Of relatives from San Jose.
Miss Clark wrote her will and a note
before turning on the gas. bur the con-
tents were not made public by Dr. Nc
Mutt
Miss Clark was a weiIknown figure in
society here, as well as in San Jose.
where she was born thirty-two years
ago. She inherited an immense fortune
several years ago but a nervous af-
Fiction which distressed her night and
day robbed her of the pleasure of is
enjoyment. Five years ago she took
apartments at Dr. McNutt's Hospital,
and lived there ever since. She was a
sister of Mrs Jerome Hart. whose hus-
band is editor of the "Argonaut."
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
TAXES MAY BE PAID IN
ONE OR TWO lNSTALLMENTS

Many inquiries have reached the Com
missioners from persons owning real
property in the District of Columbia as
TO the method of paying taxes for the en-
suing year. Some letters stated that
the writer's thought ali realty taxes
must be paid in November, while others
believed that the old rule would hold.
allowing two installments. one in No
vember and one in May, 1904.
Speaking OF the matter yesterday af-
ternoon. Acting Assessor Griff1th said:
The old rule will hold this year. and
all realty taxes may be paid either in
November or in May. or in two INSTALL
ments. in both November and May. No
penalties will attach until after June.
1904"
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
ARMY APPOINTMENTS
AND PROMOTIONS

George Frederick Juenemann, OF Mary
land. was appointed yesterday to be as
sistant surgeon in the army, with the
rank of first lieutenant.
Promotions were made today in the
infantry as follows: Capts. Charles B.
Hardin. Edwin P Pendleton, and Harry
A. Leonhaeuser, to be majors. All three
Of these officers are detailed as assist
ants adjutant general
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
CRUSHED BY WALL.

NASHVILLE. Sept. 11.-Fire here to-
day resulted in the death of one man,
the injury of eight others and damaged
property to the extent of 1925. 900. Dr.
William H. Smith was crushed by a
falling wall The wholesale grocery
house Of Coleman, Thompkins & Co. was
burned.
The Washington times., 1903-09-11
ADVISES P. o. CLERKS TO
JOIN LABOR FEDERATION

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Sept. 1.-THE
Union National Association of Postofice
Clerks was addressed yesterday by
Representative George w. Harris. of the
American Federation of Labor, who ad =
vocated afiliation with the Federation.
A resolution was adopted urging that
substitutes at $500 salary be provided
for clerks who are on vacation, and
thanking Postmaster General Payne.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
PEANUT EATERS ~ THE CARS
what One Man would DO With Them II He
Had HIS Way.

eff could have my way about II. said q
sensitive citizen. Il would have law passed
forb,dding the eating Of peanuts In elevated
or surface cars, and requiring the guards
or conductors TO eject from the cars any
person so offending
sMep. strange as II may seem. not chill
dren. are the chief offenders In this direction.
You may see grown men sitting In oar'
and, regardless OF their fellow passengers,
calmly eating peanuts and dropping tne
shells on the floor,
ITO many persons the odor Of peanuts
within A confined space, az In q railroad car
In unpleasant, as the sight OF the litter OF
ehells on the floor must be to all But the
men peanut eaters 20 right on eating, ana
no disposing OF the shells. Why, have seen
a district messenger boy eating peanute
In . car do better than they In one way
anyhow this boy put his empty shells is
back into the paper bag from which ne mao
emptied the peanuts into his pockeo
Il have seen men eat apples IN an eievaeeo
car and throw tho core under the seat
/ have seen a man eat an orange In an ele-
vated car and not even take the troupe
10 do that with the orange peel. but just iay
that down on the vacant seat beside MN
But such men a. those ] regard a. fne gem
tlenen as compared with the grown nan
who eats peanuts In an elevate0 car en9
drop the shels on the floor Him reeau
A. -. -
well. the peanut eater I you'd have
firmly. sven II gently nut Oh the oar.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
x on KKt1; Q on orr; r on K; H on K7; on oBe;
Ps on OLA. o5 and Rkt.
wHITR-udHT PTBCBD-
White TO play and mate In three moves.


SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. iise.
I. B-KtS, PxB; T. B-Bs, PIP: R-Ku mate.
I. B-ktl P-Bs: .. R-K,ch. K-Kts; D. R-K
!. B-Kts. P-B4 .. R-K,ch. K-Kts; s. R-K
mate.
Correct solutions received to problem No. LIS
from s, q. Livingstone, AAtteawan, N. Y. Honus
Iiitln. Syr:eu;s. a. Y; E. i; sehNsS; NeSars
Swsinneid. New York; II. W: weatherby Brooklyn:
b. n. Simmons. New York: Robert Howard Nixon.
New York: Charles p. kimball. Lakeville, Conn.,
Ossian Hagman. Brooklyn: c. =. Wilson. Irwin. Pa.
W. Ray burroughs South Orange, N. u r. D.
Crusoe, Atlanta, Ca: X. Y. Brigham OneontA. N. y.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Edward Delano. New York.-The publication
Of the journal In question has been temporarily
suspended.
q. c. Roos New York.--Lasker has not pub
nshed Q manual. but Q book, -Commoo Sense In
Chess II at present out Of print. i'reborough
Chess Manual. The latter book can be procured
from Lyons. Newport, KY. Young Of Boston
published the other two books.
Additional games from the recently played In
NmatopAl chess masters tournament al Monte
flo re haFp with amended:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05
Ole AEOLIAN COMPANY. AEOLIAN HALL. 362 Fifth Ave.
OUR CHESS CORNER.

PRosLEM no. iisi-BY v. \. BARRY. BOSTON. hAss.
Especially composed for and dedicated 10 the
readers Of The SrFJ
HLACK-pOCn PfBCk9-
Kon KG n on QRs: Ps on QRs and K3.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05

want Stead o that, there was two
men set lahore on the Arkansas banb.
an want no regular landin place
'There'd been two or three shootin
ncrapes on the boat that season, though
there hadn't been nobody killed, and Cap'n
Withers. that run the Reile an was part
owner oser Of her, was gettin kind g tired o
but cd see I'm the way he looked at four
or i've men that was playtn poker one
night that he was gettin' hot, an u things
wasn't mighty quiet. he was likely 70 break
He was q little bit Of q man with a.
squeaky sort OF q voice that folks laughed
A., sometimes, when they fust heard IT,
when they come to know the cap n. though,
they wasn't 20 apt TO laugh:
These men that was playin when !
that come aboard at New Madrid. an was
goin' to vicksbusg--at least that WAS what
they was reckonin' on 'Twa'nt hard to
guess that two on EN- was crossroads
gamblers, an pals ut that. but the other
t-o vas Just plain sucker
an. was chummy I'm the start. an there
didn't seem TO be no call for anybody to
butt in, even the cap'n. . long as they
KEEP to theirselves.. So their four-hsnded
i game vent on. guilt enough most o the
Then there was another man got into
the game for q littls while. l don't know
who he was. but, any way, he didn't last
N.E -. .,,,..,. ,.,n., ,,..,.d to
have consid abe money an thsy was havip'
quite run for II. cd Sc they was losin' .
but they didn't make no squeh, an Horribly
an Adams. as the two gamblers called
themselves, didn't seem TO Be In no hurry
about doin' EN- up. Or. nebbe, tn, SUCK;
DIDN'T watch EN- very oaose an couldn't
cay.
But they was busted when W got 10
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-19
REBATE NOT POPULAR
MANY TIN PLATE WORKERS ARE
SAID TO BE DISSATISFIED.
President Shaffer's Address to ANAL
gamated Association Delegates
General Labor News.

COLUMBUS, o., April 1s.-President
Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, to-day
completed the reading of his annual ad-
dress and the convention adjourned until
next Monday morning. The address treats
at length the rebate granted by the as
ISOLATION to manufacturers selling tin to
the Standard Oil and other companies
heretofore buying their tin in England, and
recommends that the arrangement be given
thorough trial. The rebate amounts to 3
per cent. of the wages of men employed in
American tin plants.
The manufacturers first asked a Is per
cent. reduction of wages to enable them to
secure the contracts of the Standard Oil
and other companies which had been i'm
porting tin from England 1t was found
that the amount of tin imported was equal
to per cent. of the total production in the
United States. and the tin workers agreed
to a deduction of per cent. from their
wages for all tin produced, the money to
be deposited in a bank at Pittsburg and
paid over to the manufacturers as soon as
they could show that American tin had
displaced the English product The rebate
plan went into effect about three months
ago, and the first payment has just been
made to the manufacturers. 1t is learned
that many of the delegates to the conven-
ton are dissatisfied with the rebate, and
the question of abandoning it will prob
ably be discussed in the convention.
President Shaffer's address also exploits
the policy of Cancellation and friendliness
towards employers, the policy which, he
says, he has tried to advance since he has
been at the head of the organization.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-19

complaint from College-avenue residents
for some time, as they complain that the
rapfdfty with which cars are run
along that street is a menace 10 the safety
OF pedestrians. The conductor and motor
man OF the interurban car declined to
discuss the accident any more than TO
say that It was unavoidable. They claimed
that the car was not moving faster than
an ordinary street car passes over the
tracks. az a slowup had been made at
Twenty-seventh street in rounding the
turn there. The trainmen OF the two
street cars also said that although the car
approached noiselessly and though neither
DIR. Howard nor Mr.. Ryse knew Of its APP
proach, Il was running no faster than other
cars pass the point
The Union Traction Company made an in
vestigation of the accident shortly after
It occurred and claim agents for the road
say they were positively assured by all
who witnessed the accident that the motor
man OF the interurban car is blameless.
One OF them said that a street car man
shouted warning to DR.. Howard as he
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-19

WASHINGTON, April 1s.-The General
Trophy Board, which has been in session
at Washington for some days, has decided,
upon the completion of its work here, to
adjourn to meet in Columbus. O., May L.
At the same time there will be in session
at Columbus the National Guard organiza-
ton, and the two bodies will come together
with mutual benefit.
In reply to an inquiry from Surgeon Cen
eraI Wyman, Of the Public Health and Ma
rine Hospital Service, as to the reported
existence OF bubonic plague in Rice county,
Kansas, DR.. Lowry, secretary of the Kan
sas State Board Of Health, has reported
that the disease is smallpox.
Frank G. Partridge, of Vermont, who was
offered the position OF agent for the United
States government in the presentation Of
its claims in Caracas before the arbitration.
has found 1t impossible TO accept the trust,
but has consented to discharge the duties
Of an umpire in one of the similar arbitra-
tons which are to occur at Caracas this
year. The State Department has been re-
quested by no less than three Europeans
preferring claims against Venezuela to
name umpires and Mr.. Partridge will ac-
cept one OF these places.
In order to prolong the period of target
practice for the vessels of the North At
lantic squadron the Navy Department to-
day telegraphed orders TO Admiral Higgin-
son at Pensacola to delay the departure of
the squadron for the Chesapeake until next
week. The departure from Pensacola will
be fixed so as to allow the vessels to arrive
off the Chesapeake between May and 4,
at which time they will be inspected by
Admiral Dewey, and on the 5th Admiral
Higginson will lower his flag and turn over
the command to Admiral Barker.
William p. Williams, assistant United
States treasurer at Chicago, was at the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-19
BURGLAR SHOT TO DEATH
HIS SLAYER, A BAKER, WOUNDED
SEVERELY IN BOTH LEGS.
Fight Between Man and Two
Would-Be Bank Robbers Who
Were Surprised at Work.

WAMPUM, Pa, April 1s.-In fight fol-
lowing an unsuccessful attempt to rob the
First National Bank of this place early
this morning one man was killed and an
other seriously wounded. The dead man
was one of the burglars and he has not
yet been identified. The wounded man was
Henry Willoughby, a baker. who surprised
the burglars while at work His injuries
are serious but not fatal.
Willoughby was passing the bank at an
early hour on his way to work when he
was suddenly confronted by man, who at
the muzzle of a revolver ordered him to
throw up his hands and keep quiet He
did so, but in his right hand was a re-
volver. and moment later both men fired
at each other. At the report Of the revolt
vers two other men rushed from the bank
and took hand in the shooting.
The three-cornered revolver fight aroused
some of the people in the vicinity of the
the battle, but before their arrival the
burglars fled. While the men had broken
into the banking rooms they had not COM
pleted the drilling of the safe, and their at
tempt at ROBBERY was unsuccessful.
This morning the body OF one of the burg
lars was discovered In vacant lot in the
upper end of town. AS the bullet wound
was near his heart, Ii is presumed that his
companions had to drag or drive their dy-
ing comrade from the bank to where he
was found. While he was dressed only in
an ordinary suit of clothes, he, was not
shabbily dressed. and on his body was
found a gold watch and s4 cash. Will
loughby was shot in BOTH legs and it is sup
posed he fired the shot that killed the burg
lar. Great excitement prevails In the town
and a posse has organized to pursue the
burglars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-19
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

NEW YORK. April 1s.-Arrived: Phila-
delphia, from southampton; Etruria and
Cedric, from Liverpool. Sailed Kronprinz
Wilhelm, for Bremen; Pennsylvania. for
Hamburg; Zealand, for Antwerp; Mime
haha, for London; Ivernia, for Liverpool;
Furnessia, for Glasgow: Peruvia. for Mar
seilles. The French steamer Germania,
which sailed on Thursday for Naples, re-
turned to-day with two blades of her pro-
peller missing.
LONDON, April 1S.-Sailed: CamDrian,
for Boston; Minnetonka. for New York.
BROWHEAD, April 1S.-Passed: Armen-
ian, from New York for Liverpool.
CHERBOURG. April 1S.-Sailed: ST. Paul,
from Southampton for New York.
CHERBOURG, April 1S.-Arrived: Koen-
igen Luise. from New York.
QUEENSTOWN, April 1s.-Arrived: Um-
bria, from New York.
BOULOGNE. April 1s-Arrived: Rotter-
dam, from New York.
LIVERPOOL, April 1S-Sailed: Cam
pania. for New York.
HAvRE, April 1S.-Sailed: La Gascogne
for New York.
ANTWERP, April 1S.-Sailed: vaderland
for New York.
GLASGOW, April 1S-Sailed: Columbia
for New York.