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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
DONlE WILL LEAD
SOCIETY IN CHICAGO
Healer Used to Be a Favorite, .
and Booms Zion City.

CHICAGO, June John Alexander
Dowie. in evening clothes. his Shirt
frQnt obscured by whiskers; Dowie at
the banquet table as an after dinner
speaker, with his shrill-voiced vituper-
ations laid aside; Dowie on the golf
links-such was the picture of himself
the Zion City leader painted yesterday.
Il used to be a favorite in society,""
said Dowie to the 5000 people who at
tended his last meeting at the Audi
tcrium yesterday. In fact, 1 could be
to-day If I chose. But 1 don't. Society
is coming to me-
There were brief hints at Dowie's am
tition to have Zion City rival the fash
ionable resorts of Highland Park and
Lake Forest, on the north shore. When
society comes to Dowie there will be a
-Four Hundred" in Zion City, with
Elijah, the restorer, as arbiter.
At any rate. society is coming to him,
he believes, because Chicago is grateful
To her humble servant" for services
rendered. In such meekness did Dowie
hid goodby to Chicago for the summer.
Society has had direct invitation from
Dcwie
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
STEAMSHIP HELPLESS;
LOST HER PROPELLER

ATLANTIC CITY. June 1.-The Old
Dominion Line steamship Monroe. Cap
tain Hulphers, from New York for Nor
folk, Va, was discovered yesterday about
ten miles off this city in a disabled con-
dition. She had lost her propeller, and
was drifting about at the mercy of the
waves. She had a cargo of 1000 tons,
and carried two hundred passengers 1t
was some time Sunday morning when the
passengers became aware that an acct
dent had happened, but they accepted
conditions without murmur It was
nearly 10 o'clock before the steamship
Jefferson, also of the Old Dominion Line.
hove in sight. and took her in tow The
Jefferson was bound for New York
Another vessel of the same line met the
two and took the disabled boat in tow
and carried her to her destination.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
COLONBIANS AGAINST
PANAMA CANAL TREATY
1t IS Opposed Everywhere Except
on the ISthmuS.

SAN FRANCISCO, June Residents
OF Colombia who have arrived here on
the Pacific Mail steamer City of Para
tell of the strong opposition in their
country to the construction of the Pana-
u.s' Canal by the United States.
The strongest opposition to the canal
treaty is found in the interior of the
republic, where the inhabitants are
mostly uneducated. Members OF con-
gress and senators from the inland dis
tricts will vote as a unit against the
ratification of the treaty. Inhabitants
OF the isthmus look more favorably up.
On the construction of the canal.
DR.. Richard Dowdall, surgeon of the
City of Para. was frequently ashore in
Panama. and studied the attitude of the
people toward the canal treaty.
The Panama Canal treaty is the sole
topic of conversation in the plaza of the
isthmian city at present, said DR.. Dow
Gall, land, though the majority of the
population of the isthmus are, perhaps
in favor of its acceptance, there are a
large number in Panama who are Bit
terly opposed to it,.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
ALIVE, THE COURTS
DECLARE HER DEAD
Strange Position in Which German
Woman Is Placed.

BERLIN, June 1.-The "Deutsche Jur-
istenzeitung" records the following in
stance OF Prussian red tape: woman
who disappeared from her home was ad-
judged dead after time. and her name
was entered in the list of those who have
gone before.
Three years later she reappeared.
proved her identity beyond a doubt, and
demanded a passport and other legal
documents which Germans are required
TO possess.
The authorities. however. refused to
give her the documents. declaring that
legally she was dead. and the law courts
decided that she could not appeal
against the ruling that she was dead,
because too great an interval had
elapsed for an appeal to be allowable
The courts of appeal upheld this de-
cision, so that the unfortunate woman
is Still dead, though very much alive
to the absurdities of red tape.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
ARE STANDING COLLARS
PROPER? ASK DUNKARDS

BELLEFONTAINE. Ohio, June l.
Twenty thousand persons attended
yesterdays meeting incident to the year
ly conference of the German Baptist
Brethren of the World. Ministers from
ali parts of the United States spoke at
the various churches. Business sessions
of the conference will open tomorrow.
Some of the questions to be considered
are: Does the Church consider that the
sack coat with the standing collar is the
order of the brotherhood Can mem
bers Of the Church join labor unions"
Shall such sisters as persist in wearing
hats instead of bonnets be dismissed
from the church,"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
SAY GOLF, RHYME 1T
WITH DOFF, SHORT 20"

LONDON, June lon the authority
of a Scotch golfer who went around the
links at St. Andrews so far back as 1888,
which was decades before the game be-
came fashionable in England, and who
writes TO the Times" on the subject, it
is properly pronounced got" and not
''gofe,' rhyming with loaf" govt" or
''gawlf.' The ancient golfer is greatly
distressed. he represents. by the manner
in which the English mispronounce the
name of the national sport of the
country. Among Englishmen, he says,
who speak without the distinctive Scotch
accent the game is called 'gofe." Cad
dies and speakers of broad Scotch said
govt" Cuff is an affectation. pure
and simple.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
MITCHELL CONFERS WITH
THE OTHER MINE LEADERS

BUFFALO. N Y. June president
John Mitchell. of the United Mine Work
efs of America, held conference here
yesterday with three of the miners rep
resentatives on the recently organized
board of Cancellation The members of
the board present were T. D. Nichols
OF Scranton; John Fahey. OF Pottsville
ara William Dettrey, of Hazleton Diff
ferent constructions of the provisions
of the award of the commission have
led to disputes between miners and
operators, and more friction resulted
last week when an effort was made to
form a board of Cancellation to settle
these disputes. The operators at that
time declined to accept the credentials
of the miners representatives.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
OEVERY SAVES BABY
FROM BURNING HOME

NEW YORK, June William s. Dew
cry blossomed forth as a fire hero at
Rockaway Beach yesterday, saving Baby
Wainwright from a fire that threatened
her paren-s' home John Wainwright's
home is on the Jamaica Bay side near
Seaside. A spark from a locomotive
started fire in the woods near his
house. A chemical engine and the VOL
unteer companies were pulling up in
front of the house when the crowd open
ed out and Devery appeared putting and
blowing. He looked at the house and ran
inside. There was Mrs Wainwright
running about with her four weeks old
baby, Margaret, in her arms. The big
chief seized the baby, which was asleep.
and carried it out. The crowd cheered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
UNION MUSICIANS
TROUBLE PRINCETON
Federation Will Not Play With
Uncle Sans Talent.

PRINCETON, n. J., June 1.-The com
mittee for procuring music for the 156th
commencement exercises of Princeton
University is in peck of trouble. and
this years commencement is apt TO be
rather quiet. SO far as music is con =
cerned
1t came out today that the walking
delegates of the American Federation of
Musicians had forbidden it's members TO
play on the Princeton campus in COM
mencement week with the Zimmerman
Naval Academy Band of Annapolis
The Zimmerman band has usually fur
nished the music for commencement
heretofore, but the many classes hold
ing reunions this year decided to bring
some Of the federation bands with
them. According to a rule of the union
bands belonging to the federation are
not allowed to play in company with
the United States bands, and any viola
ton of this rule is punished by a fine
of $50.
When it became known to the fedora
ton that the Annapolis band was to be
here. steps were at once taken to notify
the various class secretaries that the
federation bands would be unable to live
up to their contracts.
It is expected that the matter can be
arranged so that the two bands need not
conflict. By having the Naval Academy
band here from Monday through com
mencement week only, the federation
bands need not meet the other, as the
greater number of the union musicians
will leave Monday morning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
AMERICAN NEGRO
ABDUcTS ITALIAN GIRL

MARSEILLES. June An American
negro valet named Coddadi shot himself
to death when threatened with arrest
as the steamer that brought him and his
masters daughter from Genoa entered
this harbor.
The woman. Clementina. is the daugh-
tel of rich Genoa banker. Coddadi was
bel fathers confidential servant. One
day last week the negro chloroformed
the girl. stole money and jewelry, and
escaped with the unconscious Clemcn-
tina on steamer about to sail for Mar
settles. After ascertaining the fact.
Clementina's brother went to Marseilles
by rail, engaged detectives. and boarded
thu, vessel outside the bar.
When Coddadi saw the officers he fired
a shot at the girl. and, thinking her
aead, turned the revolver on himself
Ciementina, however, escaped without
injury.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
ALBANIAN OUTBREAK
NOT BROKEN BY TURKS
Most Wdrlike of Chiefs Have Fled
to Hills.

LONDON, June 1.-The Times cor
respondent at Uskub says that lin spite
of the Turkish assurances to the con-
trary, there appears to be likelihood of
further fighting in Albania. Many CT
the most influential of the chiefs have
taken to the hills, while the Albanians
at Louma, who are considered to be par
ticularly fierce and warlii1e. are reported
as determined TO resist any advance
upon their stronghold.
Forty Christians were held up few
days ago near Gostovar and one was
killed 1t is impossible not to be struck
with the scornful contempt shown open
ly, even by the Albanian yokeIs, for the
Turkish representatives of law and or
der
"Hilmi Pasha informs me that it IS
proposed TO exile to Asia Minor 10S of
the Bulgarians in Macedonia, mostly
schoolmasters and substantial mer-
of the 300 long suspected ringleaders re-
Gently arrested Though the idea of
exile without trial apparently halls
from Siberia, it is not expected that the
Russians will permit the execution of
Hilmi's proposal, nor would much be
effected If it were permitted. since the
real ringleaders have succeeded in
avoiding Turkish prisons either by oc-
cupying the SUBMITS of the mountains
or by living in safety on the other side
of the border"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
WOMEN START A WAR
ON THE CIGARETTE

SODUS. N. Y, June War has been
declared on the cigarette by the Wayne
County Women's Christian Temperance
Union. They have started an endless
chain of letters to petition Congress
next year to pass a law making it a
crime TO sell cigarettes to boys or young
men under twenty-one. Each member
has written five letters. one to the Ma
tional w. c. T. U. headquarters at Phil
adelphia, and the other four to as many
friends who are requested to continue
the chain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
LOWS SECRETARY ON
TAMMANY'S WICkEDNESS

NEW HAVEN, June 1.-James B,
Reynolds, Mayor Lows secretary. told
Yale men last night that there is not a
city in this country which cannot point
to period of peculation and fraud on
the part of some of its most important
officials. 1T is a mistake to treat
Tammany Hall as a political organiza-
ton" he said. ut is a business affair
and its leaders are out for their pockets
They feel that to get the offices is to
he able to do business. and corrupt gov
erLments reap large profits from con
tracts, saloons, vice. and blackmaiI. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01

EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
KILLED $50 ASIATICS

LONDON, June 1.-The British consul
at Erzeroum reports that an official esti-
mate places the number of persons kill
ed in the earthquake in the Van district
of Asiatic Turkey at $50, while the loss
of cattle was incalculable. as. owing to
the lateness of the spring. a large ma
jority of the animals were indoors. Near
ly score of villages were completely
destroyed, and many more were partially
demolished. The center of the seismic
disturbance was in the neighborhood of
Mount Gipan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
SEVEN TIMES WED;
ONLY TWO WIVES

GUTHRIE, Okla. June DIR. T. H.
East, formerly city physician of Chicka-
saw, l. T., is wondering what relation
he is to himself He was married yes
terday TO his divorced wife, Mrs. Tessie
M. East This in the seventh time he
has been married. although he has had
only two wives. Each of the ceremonies
had TO be repeated on various occasions
because of technicalities in the mar
riage laws of the Chickasaw Indian ma
tion and the Federal government. His
second wife died only two months ago.
and now Mrs. East. who was his first,
becomes his third. East was a brigade
surgeon in the Spanish-American war,
and he is wealthy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
FORTY PERSONS HURT
IN RAILROAD CRASH

SANTA BARBARA. Cal. June IA
Southern Pacific passenger train was de-
rallied about a mile south of Rincon Sat
urday night. Four cars plunged down an
embankment forty feet high. two being
partly submerged in the sea. About
forty persons were injured, some seri-
ously. Many sustained broken bones and
were badly bruised Mrs. ]. c. Smith had
both arms crushed so badly that they
will have to be amputated. The wound
ed were brought TO the Cottage Hospital
here and every physician in the city is
On duty. Many of those whose injuries
were not severe were taken on a special
train to Los Angeles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
AMERICAN HENS RUN
AWAY FROM ALL RIVALS

CHICAGO. June Like everything
else American, the eighteen hens sent
from this country to Australia to COM
pete in an egg-laying contest have
proved their superior energy and enter
prise The editor of an agricultural pa
per here has received report from
Sydney saying that the American hens
have distanced all rivals and are still
laying. They consist of three coops of
six hens each and are in competition
with sixty-fve other hens. Although the
contest is to last year, the American
birds have so big start that it is doubt
full if their rivals will be able to catch
m
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
BANGS WILL WRITE
COMIC OPERA BOOK

NEW YORK, June Friends of John
Kendrfck Bangs were surprised yester-
day to learn that he had resigned as
editor of the Metropolitan Magazine. ;"
The position was worth $4,000 a year.
Some time ago Mr.. Bangs contracted
to write the book of comic opera in
collaboration with R. G.. Perkins for Ma
belle Gilman. A. Baldwin Sloane was
engaged to write the music The plot
revolves about the old comedy, "A
School for Scandal" Miss Gilman will
appear next season in 1t as LADY
Teazle. II will now devote all my time
in writing comic opera" Mr. Bangs saia
today i hope 10 make a success. Out
side OF Miss Gilman 1 have no stars in
mind. I'm fishing for them now"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
RIDES IN A
GOLD MOUNTED SADDLE

CHEYENNE, June /. President
Roosevelt left his train and made about
sixty miles of his journey on horseback.
The weather was fine and the President
enjoyed his ride. He reached Laramie in
the morning, where a gold mounted sad
die, the gift of Cheyenne friends, was
presented to him. He rode in this sad
die over the entire course. Citizens of
Douglass furnished the handsome horse
ridden from Fort Russell into Cheyenne,
and have offered it to President Roose-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
THE BISHOP OF LONDON
THREATENS HIS CLERGY

LONDON, June 1.-The Bishop of Lon
don in an official notice reiterating that
there is no official obligation upon the
clergy to remarry guilty Divorces and
marriages in church even
of innocent divorces, threatens action
In the ecclesiastical courts against Of
Tending clergymen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
AUTOS IN COLLISION.

CLEVELAND, June IAN automobile
carrying John J. Jack. his wife and
Jenny and Mary E. Jack was struck by
a street car al the corner of East Madi-
son Avenue and Superior Street yester-
day afternoon. Mrs. Jack had three ribs
broken, and Is believed to be fatally
hurt. The others named are cut and
bruised, and may be seriously hurt. Mrs
Jack was thrown against the stone curb
ing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
DECLARES THAT IRISH
VOTE SAVED BALF0UR

LIVERPOOL, June 1.-The convention
of the Irish National League, which
opened here Saturday, closed yesterday
with a demonstration by 80, 600 Irishmen
T. P. O'Connor, NJ. P. who presided, re-
ferring to the fact that Irish votes saved
the government from defeat over the
London educational bill, said: THE Eng
lish people must realize that Balfour Is
premier by virtue of the Irish vote. II
they are fit TO rule England, they are
also fit TO rule Ireland"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-01
CONRIED GETS TERNINA.

LONDON. June Manager Conried
has informed the press representatives
that he has engaged the soprano, Milka
Ternina. for the next Metropolitan opera
season.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-17

PROSTATE form of her who but few
hours previous had been the envy Of all
the fashionable young women in Wash
ington. I found it hard to fix my atten-
ton on the next question, interesting and
valuable as every small detail was likely
to prove in case my theory Of this crime
should ever come to be looked on as the
true one.
'How came you to search here for the
wife who had written you this vague and
far from satisfactory farewell? I see no
hint in these lines Of the place where
she intended to take her life"
"No, no." Even this strong man shrank
from this idea and showed very natural
recoil as his glances flew about the ILL
| dmened room and finally rested on the
fireside over which SO repellent a mystery
hung in inpenetrable shadow. "She said
nothing Of her Intentions; nothing. But
the man who came for me told me where
she was to be found. He was waiting al
the door of my house. He had been on 2
search for me up and down the town. We
met on the stoop.'
| The captain accepted this explanation
without cavil. I was glad he did. But tt
me the affair showed incdnsistencie:
which Issecretly felt it to be my especia
duty to unravel.
TO be continued tomorrow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-17

that it was for any purpose other than
to join some social gathering"
Dressed this way?''
The captain pointed to the floor and
her eyes followed. Certainly Mrs. Jeffrey
was not appareled for an evening COM
into which she had been betrayed, her
words rushed forth and tripped each other
up.
IT did not notice. She often wore black
it became her. My sister was eccen-
tric.''
Worse worse than useless. Some slips
cannot be explained away. Miss Tuttle
seemed to realize that this was one Of
them, for she paused abruptly, with the
words half finished on her tongue. Yet
her attitude commanded respect, and
for one was ready to accord it to her.
Certainly such a woman was not to be
seen every day, and if her replies lacked
candor, there was a nobility In her pres
ence which gave the lie to any doubt.
At least, that was the effect she produced
on me. Whether or not her In
terrogator shared my feeling could
not so easily determine, for his
attention as we'll as mine was suddenly
diverted by the cry which now escaped her
| lips.
| is gone! saw ut on her breast and it's
gone. It hung just-just where
.'Wait!'' cried one Of the men who had
been peering about the floor. us this
| it?''
He held aloft small object blazing with
jewels.
| yes she gasped, trying to take it.
But the officer gave it to the captain in
stead.
ct must have slipped from her as she
| fell,'' remarked the latter, after cursory
examination of the glittering trinket. The
| pin by which she attached it to her dress
must have been insecurity fastened
| Then quickly and with a sharp look at
Miss futile: DO you know If this was
considered an accurate timepfece?"
Eyes. Why do you ask? Is tt
! .'Look!'' He held it up with the face
/ toward us. The hands stood at thirteen
/ minutes past Z "The hour and the mo-
ment when it struck the floor he de-
clared And consequently the hour and
the moment when Mrs. Jeffrey FELL" fin
| ished Durbin.
valuable evidence quoth the captain,
putting the watch in his pocket Then,
with a kind look at her, called forth by
i the sight Of her misery: Does this hour
agree with the time of her leaving the
house ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-17
SYNOPSIS OF OPENING CHAPTERS.

The first chapter of 1.-THE Filigree Ball. gives
an account of mysterious occurrences in tho
old mansion in Washington at the wedding Of
Miss Veronica Moore, owner of the house, and
Mr.. jeffrey, both of well-known Washington
families. David Moore, one of the Moore family,
one night informs the detective who relates
the story, that light has been in Of
the windows Of the gloomy house. He enters
the house, accompanied by an officer, and finds
the dead body OF lady In the library. 1t proves
to be that of Veronica Moore, who had been
married two weeks before. To crafty whim
the ceremony had. been performed in the old
house, the festivities having wound up in panic
account of the finding of the dead body Of a
stranger in room full Of tragic memories and
usually kept closed. The detective finds long
white ribbon tied around the brides right
wrist, and attached to a pistol which
lay the floor The bulled had
pierced her heart. Sending the off,
Investigation. He notes odd feature of the
library mantel explores the dning-r room with its
dismal remains Of the wedding feast, finds an
open window and following a trail Of burnt
matches comes to the room upstairs where lights
had been Here lighted candle was
found and in the big old-fashioned bed lady s
wrap and the withered remains of bridal
bouquet tied with white satin ribbons similar to
that found on the murdered womans wrist Evil
IDENTIFY she had dressed in this room. Other
clues he finds are womans handkerchief with
brown spots uHon it, as If 1t had been used to
dust something. Five fingermarkS appear on
the dust of the mantel as II some one had
rested hand there to help to a closer look at
an old family picture above; penknife. with file
blade open small table, and about it filings
fine as dust, and in closet overturned candel-
abrum with prisms shattered and candle
crushed and battered as if it had been stamped
upon. The detective captain and his men having
appeared, the next arrival is Miss futile, half
sister of the dead woman, who in extreme ex-
element, kneels beside the body She calls upon
the officers to take away the ribboned pistol,
saying she could not bear the sight, and asking
why her. sister was found in a spot she SO
feared and detested. She admits that her sister