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INFANTUM ANTITS KIN.
Claimed to Have Been Discovered by
DR.. Todd of England.

1t was announced several months go
that Drs. Duval and Bassett had discovered
the bacillus which was the cause of cholera
infantum. Since then many physicians in
this country and abroad have been reported
ease. A preliminary communication. writ
ten by DR.. Charles Todd on his research,
was received in New York a few days ago,
and, according to some medical men, he
appears to have discovered an antitoxin.
The work of Drs. Duval and Bassett heIa
has shown, 1t is said, that the dySente:y
bacillus discovered by Shiga of Japan in
1898 is in all probability the same bacillus
which causes cholera infantum.
DR.. Todd has been working for more th1n
a year to find an antitoXin for the oysen
terry bacillus. He is the senior assistant
bacteriologist in the serum department IN
the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine,
England. His communication is printed in
full in the British Medical Journal OF De
cember 5.
The result of his research work IS sum
married. follows:
BY growing the dysentery bacillus IN
somewhat highly alkaline broth soluble
toxin is obtained; certain animals, notably
to this toxin: the toxin Is fairly static. al:d
though destroyed by an exposure to tenn
perature of so degrees Centgrade for ga
hour, is not destroyed by exposure to a
temperature of 20 degrees Centigrade for
the same period; when injected into suit
able animalS-for example, the horSa-tho
toxin gives rise to a powerful antitoX n,
and the combination of the toxin and anti
toxin in vitro does not take place immedi
ately, but requires a certain time, and the
rate of combination varies with the tenn
perature.
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After the interim of quiet that Lent al
ways brings in Clarkson. the spring came
swiftly. There was Il renewal of social ac-
tivities which ran from dances and teas
into outdoor gatherings. Evelyn had en-
Joyed to the full her experience of home
She had plunged into the frivolities of the
town with a zest that was tri1e empha-
sized through her wish to escape any charg,
of being pedantic or literary. She was glad
that she had gone TO college. but she did
not wish this fact OF her life to be the
haunting ghost of her days; and by the
end of the winter she felt that she had
pretty effectually laid It,
In June Mr.. Porter began discussing sum-
mer plans with Evelyn. He elm mated HIM
self from them; he could not get away, he
said. But there was Grant to be considered
The boy was at school In New Hampshire
and Evelyn protested that 1t was not wise
20 subject him to the intense heat of a
Clarkson summer. The first hot wave sent
Porter to bed with a trifing Illness and
his doctor took the opportunity to look him
over and tell him that II was imperative
for him to rest. Thompson came home
from Arizona to spend the summer. He
and Wheaton were certainly equal to the
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at the way Evelyn snubbed him, even to the
extent of running away for three days with
some friends who had yacht and who car
ried her to Newport for a dance. During
her absence Wary made all the other girls
about the place happy; they were sure that
that Miss Porter was treating him shah
billy and their hearts went out to him. War
ry sulked when Evelyn returned and they
had an interview between dances at Sat
urday night hop.
He sought again for recognition a
lover; she had not praised the efforts he had
been making to win her approval by dill
gence at his office; he took care to call her
attention to his changed habits.
But, Evelyn, / am doing differently.
know that / wasted myself for years so
that I'm kind of joke and everybody
want to feel that I'm doing it for you.
Don't you know how that would help me
and steady me? Won't you let it be for
you?" He came close to her and stood
with his arms folded. but she drew away
from him with despairing gesture.
"Oh, Wary, she cried YEARLY, you
poor, foolish boy. Don't you know that you
must do all things for yourself?"
Yes" he returned eagerly. II know
that: 1 understand perfectly; but IL you
only let me feel that you wanted tt
Il want you to succeed, but you will never
do 1t for any one. If you don't do it for
yourself
He went home by an early train NEXT
morning to receive Saxton's consolation and
to turn again to his law books Margraye.
on behalf of the Transcontinental had of
fered to compromise the case of the poor
widow whose clothes lines had been inter-
fered with. but Raridan rejected this ten
der. He needed something on which to vent
his bad spirits. and he gave his thought to
devising means Of transferring the widow s
cause to the federal COURT The removal Of
causes from state to federal courts was.
Wary frequently said. one of the best
things he did.
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wrought a diminution of revenue; the com-
Dany was unable to make the repairs which
constantly became necessary, and the local
management fell into the hahuS III " se'ie'
of corrupt directories
There had been much litigation. AID
some of the eastern bondholders had
threatened a receiVership: but the local
stockholders made plausible excuses Tor the
default of interest when approached ami
cably and when menaced grew 1asoleht
and promised trouble If an attempt were
made to deprive them of power A sec"e-
tary and treasurer under or adminlstra-
ton had connived to appropriate a large
share OF the daily cash receipts, and before
they left the office they destroyed or con-
cealed the books and records OF the com
pany. The effect of this was 10 create a
mystery al to the distribution of tns bonds
and the stock. When Porter came home
from his summer vacation. the newspapers
were demanding that steps be taken TO de-
clare the traction franchise forioi.. Fut
the franchise had been renewed lately and
had twenty years to run. This extension
had been procured by the element In etn-
troll. and the foreign bondholders. biding
their time were glad to avail themselves OF
the political skill of the local officers.
Porter had been casually asked oy his
Boston friend whether there was any local
market for the stock or bonds. and he had
answered that there was not; mat the
holders Of shares in Clarkson kept what
they had because they could no longer sell
to one another and that they We're only
waiting for the larger outside bondholders
and shareholders to assert themselves. Per-
ter had ridden down to Boston with his
brother banker and when they parted 1t
was with an understanding that the Hos-
tonian was to collect for Porter the Clark
sor traction securities: that were held by
New England banks a considerable
amount. as Porter knew: and he went home
with a well-formed plan of buying the con-
troll of the company. Times were improv
ing and he had faith in Clarkson's future:
he did not believe IN 1t SO nosily az Tim
othy Margrave add: Ebut he knew the
resources of the tributary country and he
had what all successful business men must
have, an alert Imagination.
It was not necessary for Porter to dis
close the fact of his purchases to the off,
GERS of the Traction. Company, whom he
knew to be corrupt and vicious; the trans
fer Of ownership on the company's books
made no difference, as the original stock
books had been Destroyed fact which
had become public property through legal
effort to levy on the holdings of a share
holder in the interest OF creditor. More
over, II he could help 1t, Porter never told
any one about anything he did. He even
had several dummies in whose names he
frequently held securities and real estate
One of these was Peckham. clerk in the
Office of Fenton. Porter's lawyer.
Wheaton had not long been an officer Of
the bank before he began to be aware that
there was considerable mystery about Por-
ter's outside transactions Porter occasion
ally perused with much interest several
small memorandum books which he kept
carefully locked In his desk. The president
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ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal Items From
Montgomery County's Capital.


Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. December %. 1908.
Mr.. Ira Marion Wachter and Miss Edith
E. Hawkins, both of the vicinity of Lay
louisville, this county, were married at g
o'clock this evening at the home Of the
bride, Rev. Mr.. slinckey, pastor of Mount
Carmel NJ. p. Church. officiating. The cere-
mcny was witnessed by quite a gathering
of invited guests. Immediately afterward a
collation. was served, after which Mr.. and
Mrs Wachter left for a short honeymoon
trip. The bride is daughter of Mr.. George
Hawkins.
Mr.. Samuel II. Jones, one Of the best
known residents of the lower section of this
county, died about o'clock this morning
at his home, near Wheaton, aged sixty six
years. An affection of the kidneys and
other troubles from which he had long been
a sufferer was the cause of death. His
wife, six sons and three daughters survive
him. The deceased was for many years a
deputy sheriff, and twice contested for the
democratic domination for sheriff.
Misses Mary Alnoney, BERTHE Higgins and
Katie Griffith, and Messrs. John Packard
Walter Higgins. Walter Henderson and
Julian Whiting. who have been attending
schoo! at various points. have returned to
Rockville for the holidays.
At the regular weekly meeting Of the
orphans court for this county the following
business was transacted: The last will and
testament of r. David N. Hershey of Cali
fornia was admitted to probate and record
Isaac n. Emmert being the executor named !:
Nathan S. White and Richard T. White
were appointed administrators of the es-
tate of Washington w. White bond, 81, 500;
William o. Parsley was appointed admins
traitor Of estate of James T. Parsley bond
1900 Nora Austin was appointed guardian
of Virginia Shannon and Francis A
Shannon, bond $4,000
Miss Lucy Mason Of this place has gone
TO Comorn, Va, to spend the holidays with
relatives.
Governor Smith has designated Saturday
OF this week as a special holiday. and con-
sequently the banks throughout the state
Will be closed on that day
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Four Labor Leaders Indicted.

A dispatch from Chicago last night says:
The grand jury tonight voted indictments
against four men prominent in labor cir
cles, ]. E. Johnson, business agent of the
Brass Workers Union; Lee Fisher, secre-
tary of the International Order of Machin-
lists; r. S. Crane business agent of the In
ternational Order of Machinists, and James
J. Lamb, business agent of the Internation-
al Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The
indictments charge conspiracy to wreck the
business of the Kellogg Switch Board and
Supply Company during a strike, which
was productive of much violence during the
early spring.
While indictments were voted against
these men, the grand jury refused to re-
turn true bill against Charles F. Lang,
foreman of a local printing house, who
shot and killed Emil Reichow. a picket
allied with the striking press feeders of
the Franklin Union. Lang was himself
a union man, and was assaulted by a
mob of which Reichow one. He fired
one shot which struck Reichow and caused
his DEATH Lang established a clear case
of Self-defenSe.
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CASUALTIES ON RAILWAYS.
Some Startling Statistics of the Hazard
of Life on the Rail.

A dispatch from Harrisburg, Pa, last
night says:
Hazards of railroad life are sharply en-
Pbasized in the annual report Of Major l.
L. Brown, secretary of the department Of
Internal affairs, In which a parallel is
drawn between the casualties among rail-
road employees in this state during the past
year and the Union losses on some of the
greatest battlefelds of the civil war.
The casualties among steam railway en-
,loyes in Pennsylvania for the year covered
~ the report were 15,3S2. The combined
igures for the steam and street railways
show a greater number of casualties during
the year than occurred to the Union army
in any one of the great battles of the civil
war" The figures of the street railways
follow: .1-
During the year the number of pas
sengers killed was Al and the injured ], 727.
OF the employees IF these street railway
corporations u were killed and 252 injured.
OF other persons 165 were killed and 1000
injured. making the total number of fatal
accidents on the lines of these corporatio
227, and the total number of non-fatal 1868.
In dscussii the casualty figures re-
ported by tie various roads Major Brown
calls attention to the significant fact that
there was decrease in the number of en-
ployes injured last year compared with
the year before of 3,512.
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Love Tragedy in Kansas City.

dispatch from Kansas City last night
says:
Samuel w. Lee, aged thirty years. shot
and killed his sister-in-law, Miss Florence
Lee, aged twenty-five years. at his home
here today, and then made tragic effort
TO end his own life. Lee was a widower, and
his slster-ln-law, whose name was the same
as his own, had been his housekeeper She
announced her intention of marrying a man
In Kansas city, kans.. and made prepara-
uons TO leave the house. After vainly try
Ing TO persuade her TO marry him, Lee shot
the woman four times and then ed two
bullets into his own breast. When neighbo-s
broke into the house the woman was dead
Lee snatched up razor, and, running into
the street, followed by half dozen per
sons, slashed his throat as he ran. He is
fatally wounded.
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CHAPTER XXI.
James Wheaton Makes a Computation.

Porter's vacation was not altogether
wasted. AS he lounged about and philos-
ophized to the Bostonians on western bust
ness conditions. his restless mind took hold
CT new project It was suggested to him
by the inquiries OF Boston banker, who
owned considerable amount of Garrison
Traction bonds and stock which he was
anxious to SELL Porter gave dlscouraging
account of the company. whose history he
knew thoroughly. The traction company
had been organized in the boom days and
its stock had been inflated In keeping with
the prevailing spirit of the time. 1t was
first equipped with the cable system in
Difference to the GARRISON hills. but later
the company made the introduction Of the
trolley an excuse for a reorganization of its
finances with an even more generous inf,a-
ton. The panic then descended and
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President mckinley appointed him t, II.

President Mckinley appointed him IS tho
supreme court of Porto Rico on June !,
1900. He has rendered valuable services,
being for more than a year the only Amer
lean on the bench and also a thorough
Spanish scholar.
When Judge Sulzbacher accepted the APP
pointment from the President ii WAS with
the express understanding that he would
not be asked to remain more than one year.
He has already served three times this
term and has often expressed his desire to
return to his home where he could attend
to his business. His absence has been a
great sacrifice for him, there is no doubt,
and there are very few officials in Porto
Rico whose leaving will cause such wide
spread regret as does the departure OF
Judge Sulzbacher. The prominent can,li-
dates for the vacancy which will be caused
on the supreme court bench are Assistant
Attorney General Feuille and e. Judge
Henry T. Hord, both Texas men.
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wondered what was happening, but the
newspapers, which were continuing their
war on the company, readily attributed IL
to lack of confidence in the franchise.
Wheaton met the broker, apparently by
chance. but really by intention, in the club
one evening. and remarked casually:
Traction seems to be off little?"
Yes; there's something going on there
that can't make out. l ina CINE that tho
fellows that were buying got tired OF stimu-
lating the market, and have thrown a few
punches back to keep the outsiders guess
ing"
Right now might be good time to get
in" suggested Wheaton
1 should call 1t a good buy myself I
guess that franchise is all right. Better
pick up little,' he said tentatively
ITO tell the truth" said Wheaton choos-
ing his words carefully, those out of town
people l spoke to you about have written
me that they'd like little more, If it can
be got at the right figure. You might pick
up hundred shares for me at the current
price, II you can"
How do you want to hold it?''
Have it made to me- he answered.. lie
had debated whether he should do t.l:i ans.
he had been una BILE to devise any methn!f
of holding the stock without letting his own
name appear. Porter would not know:
Porter was concealing his own purchases.
wheaton could not see that ii made any
difference; he was surely entitled to invest
his money as he liked, and he raised tbs
sum necessary in this case by the sale OF
Sono rdiHodu bOnOS which he had beer
holding and on which he could realize az
once by sending them to the banks CORE
spondent at Chicago. He might have sold
them at home: Porter would probably have
taken them of his hands: but the president
knew that his capital was small and might
have asked how he intended to reinyest the
proceeds
OF course this is all confidential" said
Wheaton.
Sure" said Burton.
And when you get 1t. telephone me and
III come up and SETTLE" said Wheaton.
A few days later Burton sent for Wheaton
to come to his office. One hundred shares
had been secured from ranchman.
Wheaton carried the purchase money In
currency to Burtons office: he was an
shrewd as William Porter. and he did not
care to have the clerks in the bank spec
lating about his checks.
He locked his certificate, when Burton
got 1t for him. in his private box in the
vault and waited the rebound which he
firmly expected in the price of the stock
HIS sole idea was to make profit nv fhe
purchase. He felt perfectly confident that
Porter had bought Traction stock with .
definite purpose; he still had no idea who
were the principal holders of Traction stock
or bonds, and he was afraid to make In
quiry A man who was as secretive as Por.
ter probably had confidential sources of IN
formation. and 1t was not safe to tap Por-
ters wires. His conscience was easy as 20
the method by which he had gained his
knowledge OF Portcr's purchases; he csg-
tainly meant no harm to Porter.
Go b continued tomorrow
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.tREDITH NICHOLSON

care of the bank so they urged upon Por-
ter. and he finally yielded Evelyn found
ii hotel on the Massachusetts, north shore
! which sounded well in the circulars, and
her father agreed to it, When they reached
Orchard Lane he like it better than ne had
expected; the hotel was one of those vast
caravansaries where all sorts and condi-
lions assemble; and he was treasured by
the click of the telegraph instrument and
the presence or the long distance telephone
booth in the Office He was a cockney of
the rankest kind and 1t dulled the edge of
his Isolation TO know that he was not en-
urely cut on from the world Every night
he sat down with cipher kilograms, and
constructed from Thompson's statistics the
days business in the bank. He received
daily from New York the closing quota
tons on the shares he was Interested In
and as he walked the long hotel verandas he
effected a transmigration of spirit which
put him back In his swivel chair in the
Clarkson National.
Evelyn made him drive with her and
Grant. and dragged him to the golf course,
where she was the star player and where
Grant was learning the game.
A college friend of Evelyn's. in one OF the
hear-by cottages, asked her neighbors to
call on the Porters. The fact that the
Cottagers thus set the mark OF their APPROX
al upon the westerners, gave them distinc-
ton at the hotel Several men of Porter's
age took him To their quieter porches and
found him interesting; they liked his
stories, though they hardly excused his ig-
norance OF whist; In their hearts they ac-
cused him Of poker. of which he was guilt
less. incidentally they got a good deal of
information from him touching their west
ern interests 1t Is worth while to know man
that received the crop news ahead of the
newspapers. He liked the praise Of Evelyn
which was constantly reaching him; she
was the prettiest girl in the place: her golf
was certainly better than any other girls.
When she won cup In the tournament he
waited anxiously to see what the Boston
papers said about 1t, and he surreptitioCsIy
mailed the cuttings home to the Clarkson
Gazette
In August Wary Raridan appeared sud-
denly and threw himself into the gaieties
of the place for fortnight. Mr. Porter
asked him to sit at their table and marveled
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houses, as they might be called upon to
give up their property irf the near future.
But as nothing occurred for long time
they settled down and have rested quietly.
Now, however, that the Navy Department
has taken charge Of some of the lands that
were allotted to it, it is not known when
they will claim the Marina.
A Problem to Dispose of People.
For long time people have been allowed
to live on these lands, and to build cheap
houses and tenements, without paying rent,
but they were duly notified not to build
substantial buildings of brick which would
be hard to remove, on account of the prob
able action of the government.
Hundreds of these houses have been built
and thousands of people live in them. The
question therefore arises. where will all
these people go when the land is seized?
Several committees have called on the
governor concerning the matter. those in
terested in San Juan and Santurce real es-
tate are somewhat excited over the possible
result Of the grabbing of practically all CT
the valuable land by the United States gov
errment. After the Navy Department
takes possession of the Marina and all of
the land out as far as the JAIL 1t will leave
none whatever in the city limits of San
Juan this side of Santurce for the occupa-
ton Of the thousands of inhabitants OF
the Marina. who will be turned out.
According to the last census there We're
2,144 people who lived on the Marina, but
this does not count the people WHO are en-
Iloyed in the many shops and factories
there and who live in some other part of
the city. All of these shops, the PortiIla
foundry, the Abarca foundry, the saw
mills the cotton gin, the electric light plant
and the numerous other works and estab-
lshments will all have to remove to some
other place. There is not a foot of land
nearer than Santurce for them to remove
to- and, in fact it is difficult to say where
they will go. This will naturally have a
Tremendous effect upon the price of real es-
tate in Santurce and also San Juan. 1t is
safe to say that values will double when
the change becomes necessary. Some coca
sized fortunes will surely be made.
Will Resign and Return to America.
Associate Judge Louis Sulzbacher of the
supreme court of Porto Rico, who has been
a tower of strength to the Judiciary of the
island for more than three years, an
ncunces his intention to resign his office
in March next and resume law practice in
Kansas City. but will return to Porto Rico
in time to sit at the supreme court session
which opens on January IL. At the end Of
the court he will doff the gown he las worn
with so much credit.
Judge Sulzbacher was born, educated and
studied civil law In Germany. After ne be-
&c me a citizen of the United States he was
admitted to the bar of New Mexico, Where
for thirty years he practiced his profession