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wENTz's death ACCIDENTAL.
Verdict of,Garoner's Jury-Father Still
Thinks It Murder

A dispatch from Bristol. Tenn, says:
HE came to his death by the accidental
discharge of his own pistol is the verdict
of the coroner's jury which for nearly two
days has been investigating the circum-
stances and conditions surrounding the
death=of Edwards Wentz, the young mil
Iionaire whose body was discovered on
spur of Black Mountain last Sunday after
noop.t.p
The first and second days sessions of the
investigation were held at the spot on the
mountain where the body was discovered
The verdict came as a surprise. as the
great majority of the people who heard the
evidence and examined conditions sur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-12

confidence In our Commissioners and Con.
gress has confidence in them.
II have taken considerable interest In
this school case for l was president OF
the board of education some years ago.
have taken occasion to investigate the
matter referred to here, and l say to you
gentlemen. there is nothing in 1t. In addi-
ton to the testimony before the Commits
sioners l have had the opinions OF Mr.. j
j. Darlington and Mr.. John b. Larner on
this matter, and the members or the asso'
citation can dismiss from your minds any
anxiety as to the nature of the charges.
Praise for The Star.
"As to The Evening Star and Its proprie-
tors, they have been my friends for for y
years A higher type of citizen than the
proprietors of The Star cannot be found
and we In the District owe more to The
Star and to the men who own 1t than 10
any other single corporation or body OF
men In Washington. 1 take great pleasure
in testifying &c what you all are aware Of
their great worth as public-spirited citi-
Zens."
Mr. Warner then spoke Of the growth OF
the District and especially of the Mt. Pleas
ant suburb He said that many years ago
he bought property in that section for z
and 2h cents a foot. and sold it for from j
to cents a foot The people of the section,
he declared, have energetically overcome all
obstacles to the advancement OF the sec
ton and have made the suburb a most at
tractive part of the city. Mr. Warner
spoke of the authorized and proposed lIn-
provements for the District, and SAID they
Indicate that the District is developing.
AT the close of his address the association
rendered Mr. Warner vote of thanks.
Mr. E. w. Edelin, was elected new MEM
Der of the association. The annual election
of officers resulted in the reelection of all of
the present officers as follows: President.
Col e. B. Townsend: first vice president
Judge r. L. Campbell; second vice presi-
dent DIR. w H. H. Warn; third Vice presi-
dent, b. w. Holman; secretary, VIM. Ram
say; treasurer, A. b. Chatfield. The ass J.
citation adjourned to meet the second We'd
nesday in October.
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ing obtained his first information of alleged
rumors.
did not answer my question as to when and
how Won first heard of this matter
But Mr.. Stocking still evaded the point.
Il heard of t about two months and a
half ago" he replied.
The Report Adopted.
Mr.. Louis p. Shoemaker then moved that
the report of the committee be adopted
The motion was seconded by Judge F. l..
Campbell and it carried unanimously.
Following the disposition of the report on
the school board matter, Mr.. Chatfield pre-
sented a resolution which was adopted, ad-
yocating the neel of new high school and
FORMAL school north of Florida avenue. The
resolution requested the Commissioners that
IL purcnas sing a site for the new building to
be erected in the Mount Pleasant section,
they secure additional ground adjacent for
sites for other school buildings.
A resolution introduced by Mr.. l.. s. lip
scomb was adopted indorsing the position of
the Senate in urging that street extensions
be made on the half and half basis as be-
tween the government and the District.
Upon motion % Mr.. Shoemaker the chair
appointed committee of three to draft
suitable resolutions expressing the regret of
the association at the departure of Justice
Prtchar6 from the District. The committee
appointed consists of Mr.. Shoemaker, Judge
Campbell and Mr.. Watson.
Mr.. g. II. Warner was then introduced by
Col. Townsend, the president of the asso-
citation. In the beginning of his address Mr.
Warner took occasion to express his high
opinion of the District Commissioners.
Mr.. B. H. Warner Heard.
"Our friend. Mr.. Stocking. here said
| Mr. Warner, has entertained us all with
references to some mysterious and secret
| influence which he says is at work In our
! public schools. l believe that the District
| has had from the very foundations of this
present system of government. the most
| honest and honorable men that could be
| found anywhere for its Commissioners. Our
present three Commissioners are all hon
| orable. honest and very capable men.
| have known Henry B. F. Mcfarland for
many years and with regard to him / can
say that no higher Christian gentleman
| ever lived. I have known Henry West
| since he was boy. He had worked his
| way up to a high and honorable position
| by honest and persistent effort and is a
| man of great abilities and high character.
Col Biddle I have also known for many
years. 1t would be very hard to find a
more upright, better educated and more
thoroughly honest gentleman than Col
Biddle. The people of the District have
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rounding the body as it lay on the noun
tain. believe 1t to be case of suicide while
there are others who think that crime
had been committed
The inquest, which was adjourned at
dark. was resumed the next morning upon
the arrival of the coroner and his jury. The
first step to be taken was a search In a
nearby groundhog's hole for the missing
right hand of the dead man, believed to
have been carried away by some animal
The earth was dug away to the end of
the hole and sifted through screen in
search for the missing bones and the ring
worn on one of the fingers. This was
without result.
Regardless of the jury's verdict of acct
dental killing. it is certain that detectives
will remain in this section working the
case. There is little doubt that the Wentz
family believe there was crime in the
death. Mr.. d. b. Wentz expressed him.
self as believing there had been an en-
counter before his brother was killed.
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LOCAL WATER SUPPLY.
Report Of Col. Miller on Conditions
Progress on Filtration Plant.

According to Col. Miller, the engineer
officer in charge of the water supply sys-
tenn of the District, the water supplied
to the residents of the District during the
month of April was clear twelve days and
more or less turbid eighteen days. The
consumption and waste of water during
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Nomination in Mckinley District.

A dispatch from Canton, Ohio. says: The
republicans of the eighteenth district.
known as the old Mckinley district, re-
nominated James Kennedy of Youngstown
for Congress by reclamation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-12


THE first knowledge l received about the
matter was when attending a meeting some
time ago. very Misunderstanding gentle
man came up to me and asked is this Mr.
Stocking? l assured him that was my
name. Then he said. 1 am Mr.. So-and-so
Mr.. Stocking. don't let anybody or anythins
swerve you from probing this school mat
ter "
Continuing. Mr.. Stocking said:
III the committee wants IL / can show
them abundant direct testimony of objec.
tionable-and / don't use the word 'objec
tionable' in any criminal sense-of object
tionable conditions In the public schools
j want il distinctly understood that never
heard a word indicating crlminality on the
part of any person connected with this
school matter. The strongest word l have
ever used regarding II is 1ndiscretion.'
Mr.. Watson was not satisfied with MIR
Stockings evaslvc manner. of replying Il
lis question as to where and how Mr.. Stock
Free press., 1904-12-03
ELKS BUY OKLAHOMA BUILDIhG.
VIII be Tern Down kSs=shIpped In
Sections to El Reno.

Ell Reno, o. T, Nov. 29-El Reno is
to get the Oklahoma building at the
ST. Louis exposition, a telegram hay
ing been forwarded accepting the 6f-
fer of Commissioner Otto Shuttee OF
this city. The structure will be ia
ken down in sections and removed to
this city and reconstructed.
A meeting of the lodge was held
with a very large attendance, and
when the proposition of acceptance
was submitted the lodge with but a
single exception voted to accept the
proposition. The announcement was
greeted with cheers.
FL Reno lodge No. 743, B. P. o. E.,
was organized January 16, 1902, with
63 charter members. Today there are
16O members on the roll and the list
comprises some of the most enter
prising and progressive citizens of
Ell Reno. The lodge members have
long desired to own and control
building of their own, and they have
had the Oklahoma building at St
Louis in view for several months
The news of the tender of the struc
ture and the acceptance of the offer
spread like wild-fire among the citi
zens, and the general sentiment ex
pressed was that the city and the
Elks lodge in particular were to be
congratulated on their good fortune
The question of site will be taken
I'D at once
Free press., 1904-12-03
Japanese Are Concentrating Energies
For Desperate Struggle.
;NDEAVOR TO TAKE PORT ARTHUR
Strong Effort Will Be Made to
Take Port Arthur Before the Bal
tic Fleet Arrives-Much skirmish
ing but No Engagement.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 2S.-There is
lack OF news from the front. The re-
port that the Japanese are concen-
trating their energies for a desperate
assault on Port Arthur, in view of the
approach of the Baltic squadron, is
quite generally credited in official
quarters. Such a move has been ex-
pected to transpire as soon as the
Japanese learned that the squadron's
trip was an actuality and no mere
demonstration. The a. thorities are
prepared to hear terrible reports of
the projected assault While not haz-
arding a guess whether the fortress
can be carried if the besiegers are
utterly regardless of human life, they
are confident that General Stoessel
will be able to make such an attack
one of the costliest operations in his
tory.
Mukden.-There are large bands of
Chinese bandits in the neighborhoOd
Of Tie pass, though no Japanese Off
GERS have been noticed along them.
The army around Mulzden is max
ing dug-outs which are warm and
comfortable, and this is regarded as
evidence of an intention to pass the
winter in the present location.
Skirmishing continues to the south
ward, but there has been no serious
engagement.
Tokio.-It is reported that the
Japanese directed against Rihlung
mountain, Sunghun mountain and
East Kekwan mountains, have
reached the base of the center dit
ches. The defensive works outside
the parapets of Rihlung mountain and
Sunghun mountain have been cap
tured, leaving the Russians in pos
session of the parapets only. The
Japanese guns are Smelling the para
pets and inf1icting heavy damage.
The occupation of the forts is ex-
pected shortly, and if the forts are
taken the capture of Port Arthur
proper seems assured within short
time.
Free press., 1904-12-03
THE ANTIQUITY OF FASHION.
Japanese Historian Commented on It
Centuries Ago.


Every day the assertion that there
is nothing new under the sun" is
more than verified. 1t is told by a
Japanese writer of the twelfth cen
tury that the great ladies of the Flow
cry Kingdom. not only had a passion
for wearing emotional robes. but
that they were much more ambitious
and bold in their conception of such
costumes than is the woman of today
This Japanese historian ayers that at
fete so many centuries ago one Of
the ladies wore robe signifying wa
ter, the mirror of nature" and another
love lurking in summer haze" and
so on. These marvellous effects were
accomplished by wearing diaphanous
materials. one over the other, until
the sense Of solid color was lost in a
maze OF changing melting harmony Of
color. Sometimes as many as twenty
i've robes were worn one over the
other, richly embroidered and picked
out with jewels and sprays Of flowers.
Free press., 1904-12-03
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Governor Carter of Hawaii Is Cited
to Appear.

to Appear.
Honolulu, Nov. 2S.-In the trial of
Stephen MahauIu, formerly secretary
of the department of public lands, on
the charge of embezzling the funds
of the land Office, attorney F. z.
Thomson, for the defense, objected
to the testimony of Territorial Audi
tor j. H. Fisher regarding the alleged
embezzlement on the ground that
Governor Carter is reported to hold
the undated resignation of Auditor
Fisher and that therefore Fisher is
not auditor of the territory. Attorney
Thomson secured a subpoena order
ing Governor Carter to bring into
court the undated resignation of
Auditor Fisher.
Governor. Carter sent his compli-
ments to the court but did not obey
the summons on the ground of pub
lie policy and stress of business. Cir
cult Judge Gear then cited Governor
Carter to appear and answer to the
charge of contempt of court
Free press., 1904-12-03
in the Moonshlne country.

While looking over some mining
property in Barlow county, Georgia.
last fall, says Lippincott's, we saw a
cornf1eld high up on the side of a
very steep hill. There a small clear
ing had been made in the dense forest.
Down where we were in the valley it
seemed almost impossible for any four
legged creature except a goat to get up
or down. How in the world do they
ever get their corn crop down from
the mountainside?" 1 asked my crack
er guide. Laconically he replied, In
jugs"
Free press., 1904-12-03
The Center Of Fire Seems to be Direct
ed en- Port Arthur.
ENGAGED IN TERRIBLE STRUGGLE
One Outcome of Close Relations Be-
tween the Russians and Japanese
Along the shakehe River Has Been
the Blowing Up of Houses

Toxic, Nov. 29-The general at
tack on Port Arthur is progressing,
but the results are unknown. Gen
erals Nakamura and Saito, leading
specially trained bodies of swords
men, charged into the Russian forts
and engaged the Russians in hand
to-hand and bloody encounter. The
result of the charges has not been
learned.
Mukden, Nov. 29.-Japanese at
tempts to mount guns on Huantaya
Hill failed.
Russian chasseurs have occupied
the wood near Lone Tree hill.
Mukden, Nov. 30, via. Pekin, Nov.
29.-The lapse of six weeks without
fighting on any large scale, confirm
ing the belief that the opposing ar
mics have relaxed for the winter, to-
gether with unexpected demonstra-
ton of force which the Russians have
been able to make since the deple-
tion of their forces as the result of
the fighting on the Shakhe river, en-
phasizes cOnclusively the failure of
the Japanese to prevent the assembly
of a large Russian army in Man
churia before spring. thus defeating
the strategy of the Japanese and
their most plausible plans for the
earliest occupation of Manchuria
This outcome, taken in connection
with the general situation, appears to
guarantee that with the opening of
60
more terrible than any yet fought,
and points to the termination of the
war in the next campaign. 1t is still
possible that there will be general
attack during the winter, but the
weather is now broken and uncertain
and seemingly renders it impossible
for the troops of either army to alb
andon their present shelters.
The hostilities are now character
lied by individual exploits of a most
daring and dangerous character. One
outcome of the close relations be-
tween the Russians and Japanese
along the Shakhe river has been the
occasional blowing up of houses by
the opposing outposts and the ship
ing of their occupants.
The Chinese authorities have
taken preliminary steps to bring
grain from the north and to store it
for the use of the starving villagers
and farmers. This action was
brought about by the destitution
which is prevalent for some twenty
miles behind the Russian army,
which is Communicating all grain and
other food supplies, and also because
of the fear that the army will move
north again, when the Russians will
not allow grain to pass through their
lines from the Sungari basin, which
is the main dependence of the inhabi-
tants throughout the area occupied
by the armies to the mountains in the
east and also to Sinraintin and other
neutral ports.
Free press., 1904-12-03
AFTER GAS KNOCKERS.
U. S. Attorney Asked to See If Law
Is Being Violated.

Topeka, Nov 29-United States
Attorney Dean has been asked to in.
vestigate the position taken by the
gas-for-Kansas adherents in the state
with the view of finding out if they
are violating the interstate commerce
law. If the handling of gas comes
within the range of that law the
claim is made that the effort to in
terfere with handling the same is in
violation of federal law and thus
comes before him for an investiga-
ton. Should he conclude that the
law is being violated the matter will
be placed before the next grand jury
with the purpose of investigating and
deciding if indictments shoul1 be
brought.
So far no expression has been Civ
en- at the Office of the United States
attorney and, in fact, it may be that
nothing will be given out, no matter
what the decision. Especially would
there be a hesitancy to make a state
ment if it is decided that the law has
been violated. In this event the same
sort of secrecy would be observed as
in other departmental matters.
Free press., 1904-12-03
BIRD ON FISHING HOOK.
scotchman's Catch More Than He Was
Looking For.


Birds are often caught with fishing
lines. Swallows and martins seize the
anglers fly. Albatross are fished for
in the southern ocean from the stern
of an Australian clipper. But it does
not often happen that bird takes
hook and is hauled up from far below
the surface of the sea- This was the
catch made by Scotch fisherman us
ing a long line baited with a whiting.
He was surprised at the weight of his
capture before he brought it to the
surface, but still more astonished
when he saw that he had hooked a
great northern diver, which had seized
the whiting many fathoms below the
surface. He managed to get the bird
which weighed as much as eight
pounds, into the boat, and tried to get
1t off the hook. 1t retaliated by dart
ing at his face with it's bayonet-like
beak and split the skin of his fore
head from the eyebrows to the hair,
after which it badly pierced his hands
before he killed it with a stretcher.
These divers have been caught in nets
set thirty fathoms deep.
Free press., 1904-12-03
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Free press., 1904-12-03
Spain Accepts.

Washington, Nov. 29.-Secretary
Hay announced that Spain has signi-
fed its willingness to join in the
peace conference. This makes the
list of great powers to accept com
plete with the exception of Russia.
1t is expected that Russia will SIGN
after the war is over.
Free press., 1904-12-03

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Free press., 1904-12-03
Deafness Cannot Be cnred

by local appli' atons, they cannot reach the dis
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Free press., 1904-12-03
Siam WAKING Up.

London, Nov. 29.-Letters received
here announce that the King of Siam,
aroused by the successes of the
Japanese army in fighting the Rus
slams, has determined to re-arm his
followers and establish his own ar
senal. He has also asked the Indian
government to lend him artifice1s
Free press., 1904-12-03

Berlin, Nov. 29.-It is learned that
wealthy Jews have offered to help
the Turkish sultan out of his finan-
cial difficulties by providing him with
a loan of $25,000.O 900, on condition
that he allow Jews to settle in Pales-
tine unhindered