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The Washington times., 1904-08-22
HENRY LEVY, GENTLEMAN,
DIES A TRAMP IN JAIL
Yields to Morphine Habit, Wanders
Through New York a Derelict, and
Succumbs 10 Drink.

NEW YORK. Aug. 22-"Frorn this day
forth Henry Levy, gentlemen, ceases to
exist. and the career Of Henry Miller.
tramp. begins" This statement was sent
by Henry Levy TO his friend Felix Levy.
a tailor. In Harlem. few weeks ago.
The career of Henry Miller. tramp.
ended when the man who gave that
name died I'm a cell at the Madison
Street police station. The autopsy per
formed by CorOneT's Physician Weston
yesterday showed that the man died of
chronic and acute alcoholism
The body was identified at the morgue
by Mrs. Rose Levy. Of 2l2 East listh
Street, his widow. and by his friend
Felix Levy.
As Mrs. Levy told the story. Henry.
Levy was AT one time a man OF con-
siderable wealth. owning a. large hard
ware store near the corner of l13tb
Street and Third Avenue He and MS
VIE came 10 this country from Paris
more than twenty years ago, and their
affairs prospcred until Mr. Lew Wa
stricken with a serious Illness during
which the morphine habit Obtained .
hold upon him. After q time he SOLD
his business, and, with his wife. visited
Carlsbad and other EurOUcan rrs,rts
IN search of health
He came back TO America BELIEVING
himself cured, and started TO build M
another business. Failing into the NOR
prime habit again. he lost everything ne
had.
The dOwnhIll road reached its last turn
when he wrote 10 his friends rcnounc-
Ing a life Of responsibility. and the END
came soon after.
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conflict which would endanger American
property and lives. The Government
has already been called upon 10 protect
the Standard oil Ccmpany's property at
Shanghai. and Il is safe 20 assume that
Rear Admiral Stirling viii not permit
q show OF violence by the japanese at a
point where any American interests
would suffer
In sending the Chauncey In after the
japanese destroyer and having her take
up "a position where she would intercept
FIRE from the Japanese Admiral. Stirling
was acting only on general instructions
and his good Judgment i'm the premises.
there being insufficient time TO get spe-
Clal orders from the Navy Department.
The whole matter IS being Thoroughly
cauvassau by the State and Navy De
paTtments today, and a definite line OF
action VIII probably be outlined for
Admiral Stirling.
Both Secretary Hay. OF the State De
partmeut.. and Secretary Morton. Of the
Navy Department. are away from the
city, and the duty Of these departments
dcvolves. respectively. upon Assistant
Secretary Adee and Assistant Secretary
Darling. They viii communicate with
their chiefs. however. before taking any
radical action.
President Roosevelt. at Oyster Bay.
Will also De Kept fully advised OF the
situation from hour 10 hour. and both
departments viii be I'm readiness 10
carry out Immediately any orders ne
may send.
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VISION OF SUMNER
BEATEN IN COURT

NEW YORK, Aug 2.-Miss Lavinia
Lally. the angel face" lawyer. gIided
INTO the supreme court. Brooklyn. one
day recently, clad I'm white. with a stun
ming picture hat as a topper. Approach
Ing the bar she began to toy with her
hair. There was one cantankerous
strand that wouldn't keep in place. She
brushed II back. patted II lovingly and
sayagely BY turns, and finally managed
to get II into graceful captivity. Then
she toyed with her hat 20 make sure
II was on straight.
Her learned opponent. a tall, heavy
smiling lawyer. waddled into court a
moment after Miss LalIy. He asked
an adjournment on the ground that Miss
Lally had not properly served the
papers He declared that Miss I.aiIy
left them with his clerk. at the latter's
residence, whereas. he said, II was her
duty 10 serve himself personally. 1t
was true. he said. she might have served
the clerk with the papers at the Office.
but not outside Of Il.
Giving her hat another COUGHING nm
Miss LalIy said:
But / went TO my learned adversary's
office and he was not there. The place
was closed. although Il was business
hours. One would think my learned
adversary would be there In business
hours"
Miss Lally." said Justice Diekev.
with knightly courtesy, II have not
been very long IN practice and my
knowledge Of the code is not too pro-
found, but II strikes me that you should
have served your learned adversary.
either at his office or at his residence or
that you might have served the papers
on the clerk at his Office
Miss Lally said she thought the con-
tention was btr-fetched. Justice Dickey.
bowling and smiling said:
PARDON me, counsellor. but you ladies
OF the profession should not harbor the
idea that you are entitled to better
treatment than your learned brethren. %
The cantaRherous hair broke from its
moortng again, and Miss Lally had 10
devote some more time 10 fixing Il
Meanwhile she said.
Not at all. am standing on my legal
rights.
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OUR GOVERNMENT
TALKS 1T OVER

Overshadowing all other phases Of the
Eastern War in interest the situation
az Shanghai. which, according to early
dispatches. threatened To- bring the
United States into the conflict. was the
one absorbing topic discussed By Off
Gals Of the Government today.
The fact that a United States torpedo
/ boat. the Chauucey. had steamed into
the harbor of Shanghai following a tor
pedO destroyer cleared for action. caused
distinct uneasiness among officials who
fully realized the grave possibilities Of
/ the situation.
That the japanese are determined to
force the Russian ships taking refuge
I in Shanghai harbOr 10 leave that mort
has been fully realized here. and the
steamiug into the port with dcCLs
cleared was regarded as a very evident
sign OF her Intentions.
During the day the tension noted In
the early dispatches was somewhat re
Hcvrd by news Of the action taken hy
Rear Admiral Stirling. commando 81
( the AslaGc fleet, large portion Of
which Is directly at the scene Of the
threatened troubles
ON his own Initiative Admiral Stirling
| is credited with having made the offer
/ 70 escort the Russian ships outside of
Z me three-ulie limit from the shore re-
CURED by the Chinese neutrality treaty.
The position Of this Government. as
plainly Indicated iu this action. is "A
positive Endorsement of the Chigcs,.
taotm dema nds that the Russian cruis-
erS should leave the port. The state De-
partfneut. u may be stated. has no hest
tauon In declaring itself 20 the effect
that with the plainly announced demand
| Of the Chinese taOtai for the removal
] Of the ships there Is but one course
/ left for Russia 20 take To- observe the
Requirements OF chinese neutTa lity,
z namely, compliance with the detDa uds
That fully armed Russian ships should
remain within the threc-mile limit OF
/ the shore Is now apparently recognized
as a violation Of the laws Of neutrality.
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News in Washington.

The first cable dispatch announcing
the sinking OF the Novik was received
at the japanese legation at noon yes
terday. 1t read as follows;
The Novik. while en- route Nladivos-
tok, was sunk off Korsakof. Details
later"
This is the text Of the second mes
sage:
The captain Of the Chitose reports
that the Chitose and the Akitsushima
attacked the Novik of Korsakoff on
the afternoon Of the 20th and the morn
ing of the 2lst The Novik was heavily
damaged and was driven ashore i'm d
sinking condition. The Akitsushima was
hit IN one of her. coal bunkers. but the
damage has already been repaired
There was no other damage To the
japanese vessels and not a single cas-
ualty on either one Of them
The Victim Outclassed.
The fact that the Japanese added an
other to their long list of brilliant vic
tories on the sea by defeating and sink
ing the Novik without the loss Of
man and with only trivial damage
20 one of the Japanese ships engaged is
not considered so remarkable when the
opposing forces are compared. The Rus,
sian cruiser was not "a match for either
OF her adveTsaries
Although the Novil1 was of 3.1OO tons
diplacement TO $3.50 for the Akitsushi rna.
and her crew Of 534 men was practically
Of the same strength as that of the jap
anese vessel. the difference IN point Of
armament w"s considerable.
Six-Inch Guns.
The only heavy armament carried by
the Novik consisted Of six 47-inch rifles.
D. r-ga a.
inch rifles and six 47-inch rifles. in addi-
tion 10 a strong secondary battery. The
ChitOse. built by the Union Iron Works
Of San Francisco I'm 1Sgs, was the most
formidable vessel Of the three. being OF
4.'S4 tons displacement and carrying
two S-inch and ten 47-inch rifles in her
main battery.
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ANOTHER ITALIAN
BANDIT GANG BUSY
Five Skeletons" Make a Demand for
Money on a CountIyman
in Chicago.

CHICAGO. Aug. Anthony Sbar-
baro. a recognized leader OF Italians on
the north and northwest sides. has been
threatened with death in a letter sent
10 him by band OF Sicilians who call
themselves the Five Skeletons"
The sum demanded Of Sbaibaro is
$1,000, and was 10 be paid at 2.SO a. m
last Sunday at a designated point on
the prairie. He was allowed but "A few
days TO live If ne did not comply with
the demand
Sbarbaro was greatly perturbcd. feel
ing that the threats Of the society We're
not 20 be passed unnOticed The Organi-
zdtlOn IS said 10 be a branch OF the
Black Hand Society Of New York.
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DIED.

SMITH-Departed this life on Sunday.
August y. 1904, at 1:55 p. m. al her
residence. 1871 Twelfth Street northwest
ADLlNE SMITH aged ninty-seven
years. beloved mother Of Abraham Smith
and Adline Matthews
Funeral Tuesday August 3. at . D. m.
from Asbury Methodist Episcopal
Church, Eleventh and X Streets north
west Friends and relatives respectfully
invited 10 attend. IL
CISSEL-On Sunday morning. August
p. 1904 at 3:5 o'clock. GEORGE ".
CISSEI..
Funeral from the family residence le45
Thirty-arst Street. Tuesday, August %
al 2. m i1terment private au22- 2t
NICHOLSON Sunday. August p.
l9Si, at her residence, l42 3 Street north
east, Miss ELIZABETH RIND MICH
OILS.
Funeral services at the house on Tues
day. at 2:5O y. m. InteTment private. No
MOWERS. II
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DEATH RECORD.

Anderson, Matilda T., rear 2I2O II 81, IS
Beckman, Bernard. Il and Second 81 ne, rs
Betters, Dorothy, iOl Fourth 81 Sc, DAYS
Blush, Gertrude, ivy City. ID. c.. / dav
Burnett, Martha 242 Third ST. sw. o.
Chase, John r., l29 Pierce Court, 10
Clark, Edgar, ll5l 81. Sc o months
Cline, Henry, Govt Insane Hospital. So
COfiey. Bernard 81. 1896 36ch ST. ! month
cambridge, William O., 6Ss Acker St ne I9.
Dulaney, Patrick. III / 81. NV, ! DAY
Daggs, Robert H., 90 IA l-2 81 ne 90
Cans. Simon W. 726 Fifth st NV 81
Gregg Dorothy II 1912 q st NV l6 months
Grof. Harry t.. $40 Second 81 Sc IS
Holmes. Lizzie. 2O2S Huttons Court 3 months
johnson. Morris. Wash Asylum Hospital, 81
MchuSh. Louis p. Govt. Insane Hospital. 81.
King, Joseph B.. Wash. Asylum Hospital 20.
Muns0n. Mary. Wonders Court sw 81.
PHELPS Eta E.. 239 l-2 ST. sw, 10
Reese. Gertrude, l2od Second ST. sw., ! month.
Robinson, Lester, Freedman's Hospital o mos
Russell. John A, Govt. Insane Hospital, az
Scott. John, Govt Insane Hospital. a..
Seiglera. Frank Providence Hospital. 2s.
shepherd Mary b., 9O6 Third St NV. 81
smith, ClAudius b., Anaccstia, ID. c.. 10.
Tate, Sarah NJ. 729 Seventh 81 sW 90.
Towles, John, Emergency Hospital. %
Walker, Estelle, 2l2s NeV York ave / month
Ward John, l02 NJ 81. NV, 10 months.
Williams, Bertha, 1907 Eric ST. NV. months
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Upton ASKS WATSON
TO DESIGN SHAMROCK Y
Builder Of Shamrock II in III Health
and LOath to Take Up
the Work.

LONDON. Aug. PA dispatch from
Glasgow 10 the CENTRAL News saws thar
Sir Thomas LiDt mas offered George
Watson. the famous yacht designer. the
commission 70 design Shamro1t w.
with which he hopes TO lift the Aneri-
cas- Cup.
Watson has not yet decided whether
he VIII undertake the task. owing TO III
health.
Watson designed Shamrock II. which
raced against Columbia for the Ameri-
can yachting trophy.
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NEGOTIATING AGAIN
OVER HEBREW PASSPORTS

The United States government has
again opened negotiations with Russia
TO secure unrestricted recognition Of
passports for Hebrews
By a Joint resolution passed bv Con
gress last April this Government nIe,Ig,ed
itself TO exert its efforts in securing a
better recognition Of the rights OF He
brews travelling from this country 70
Russia
only the higher class Of Hebrew mar-
chants can secure the passports with
OUT dlhculty. and usually the travel
ers are subjected 20 indignities.
A clause in the Republican platform
ing taken
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DreSSmakerS of Paris
Form Protective Trust
Combine DE ELEGANCE" Composed of
Best Known F1ouses-Will Discourage
Copy of Designs.

PARIS. Aug. AL the PRINCIPAL
dressmakers Of Paris have Joined In a
trust OF an altogether new kind. nothing
more nor less than a trust "de rele-
gance"
The members Of the new combine in
ciude such well known names as Beer.
Cabot, Doucet. Diemert. Paquin. LATER
riere. Redeem, RoufT. Raudnitz. etc.
For many seasons the German and
Austrian dressmakers have been buying
the best models OF the big Paris houses.
then selling at reduced price copies OF
these models to second rate houses All
over Europe and America. AS a result
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JapS Sink the NOvik
off SakhaLien Island

Naval officers here infer from the fact
that the NOvik was attacked on the
afternoon of the 2Oth. and again on the
morning OF the DIST that The Japanese
stood of outside Of the range of the
NovilIs guns and pounded her to pieces
with their heavier armament. dcsisting
when night came and returning to the
attack in the morning. This would eX-
plain the fact that the japanese forces
did not lose a man.
Her Long Run for Safety.
The Novik sailed out of Port Arthur
with the rest of the fleet on August 10
and got TO Tsingtau. German Niaochau
concession, with the CzarevItch and
some destroyers. She did not await the
usual notice to leave after Iwenty-four
hours. but got away In ten hours and
steamed southwark.
She was next reported passing through
Won Diemen Strait TO the east coast OF
Japan. To reach Sakhalien Island she
must have sailed thence over 200 miles
up the japanese coast and passed north
of the Japanese main islands. The
pursuers had got between her and Nlad-
ivostok, which she desired TO reach
The Ships Engaged.
The Novik was a small protected
cruiser Of 300 tons displacement. re-
sembling I'm appearance "a large de-
st~oyer. She was credited with 4 speed
OF twenty-five knots. but. like most triple
screw boats. probably was unable to
sustain il except for a short period.
She was built in Germany by Schichau
in 1900 She was 81 feet long. Of 59l7
feet beam and 10 feet draught. She was
fitted with five torpedo tubes. one in the
stern and four broads' &, al no e wa
ter. Krupp armor two enc thr. inches
in thickness protected de,k and Vitals.
Her armand I consisted Of six quick
firing g.. inch guns ami eleven other
rapid-nre GU of less caliber..
Like the Baltimore.
The protected cruiser Akitsushima is
built. OF imported material
She measures $3.50 tons. is 301 feet long.
and is a reduced COPY Of the United
States cruiser Baltimore Her speed
under natural draught is sixteen knots.
She carries four 6-inch Quick-firing guns
I'm Sponsors. six 47-inch guns zone for
ward, one aft and two on each BEAM,
zen 3-pOunders, six machine guns and
Is fitted with four torpedo tubes. Com
plgment go.
The protected cruiser ChitOse was
turned out al San Francisco in 1893. She
is classed as sister ship 10 the kasagi.
but she is somewhat larger, and on
trial trip Of three hours under forced
dr8ught averaged B.76 knots. Her ar
mameIt consists Of two S-inCh and ten
f-7-inch quick frers. twelve 1z-pouuders,
wo G-pOunders, and two 2iz-pounders.
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when the genuine client OF a Paris
dressmaker had bought a high class
original. Il was often merely TO find on
returning home that the same model
mad already been produced by the
wholesale
Complaints were frequent and wrath
tuL To offset this the trust has been
formed
~ concerns the autumn fashions, the
members OF the new organizat lOn have
cIStueu 70 snow none OF the new models
10 foreign buyers before August IL and
70 denver no model TO the continental
trade before September rs.
american buyers. however, may have
thelr models one week earlier
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BRIDE OF THREE MONTHS
SEEKS A SEPARATION
Mary E. WeiTant, Abandoned by T. J.
Weigant, Who Welded Her in
June, Would Be Free.

Mary E Wiegant, who. on June 4 last
married Thaddeus J. WieRant. in Bal
umore. Md, today began suit against
him in the District Supreme Court for
separate support and maintenance.
After her marriage she says she and
her husband returned 70 Washington 10
reside. and on last Wednesday. he tOld
her he would not live with her longer.
and abandoned her.
J. H. Adriaans is named as counsel Tor
the petitioner.
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cd outside Shanghai. the Russians arc
expected finally 10 consent 20 disaTmI-
ment until the close OF the war.
On Trip Of Inspection.
Taking this view of the situation.
Navy Department officials DO not be
live that the United States viii become
seriously involved. la the absence of
any special advices from Rear Admiral
Stirling on the subject. il is their opinion
that the japanese torpedo destroyer was
sent TO shanghai 10y the admiral COM
handing the japanese fleet, not TO take
any warlil-e action. but for the sole
purpose of observing what was being
done by the Russian cruiser I'm the way
Of repairs.
Rear Admiral Stirling. when the Jap.
anese boat passed his fieyt. detailed the
Chauncey TO accompany the Japanese
up 10 Shanghai. to ascertain her inten-
lions.
IL cannot be conceived by the Navy
Department that the japanese intended
The Washington times., 1904-08-22
BUILDING CRISIS
COMES TODAY
Unions Generally Reject
New Plan Of Employers.
A BITTER FIGHT is NOW ON
Locals Not Affiliated With Alliance Are
Opposed to Working With
Non-Union Labor.

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-The biggest
building fight New York has ever
known started today on the one side
Is arrayed the Building Trades Employ
ers Association, which controls the
greatest part Of the building work Of
Manhattan and the Bronx and a part
of Brooklyn.
On the other side are the unions In the
building Trades Alliance. and also a
number Of others, which while not affil-
lated with the alliance, will resent any
attempt at employing non-union men.
either directly or Indirectly.
All the unions involved I'm the strikes
ana iock-outs received notice from the
Building Trades Employers Association
last week that work would be resumed
todaE, and that If the strikes I'm their
resp ctive trades were not declared of
nor. Hrion men or union men would be
employed indiscriminately in their
places
The Washington times., 1904-08-22

TOKYO. Aug. 22-The Russian cruiser
Novik. which escaped from Port Arthur
and was on her way to join the disabled
Vladivostok squadron. has been sunk off
K1rsakoff. Island Of S8khalien, by two
ships Of Admiral Kamimura's fleet, the
Chitose and ASitsushima.
The Imperial Prince Higashi Fushima
was second in command of the cruiser
Chitose. and Captain SantO commanded
the Akitsushma. They suffered no
losses
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$40 Niagara Falls Excursion

Pennsylvania Railroads next popular
personally conducted excursion 20 Nj
agara Falls leaves Washington August
/ 26. Special train, vesubuled coaches and
Pullman parlOr cars. leaves Washington
at am; tickets, $40. good for ten
| days Later dates. September 8 and q
and October IA.
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Causes Great Concern.

The incident at Shanghai has caused
the greatest concern here tempered,
however with a feeling % self-Eratula-
tI0n over the foresight. or good luck.
which was the means Of having such a
formidable American naval force on tn=
scene. There are AZ present twelve
American warshlps at Shanghai and
the neighbOrinE port of Woosuup.
whereas the cable dispatches declare
that there are but two British. one Ger
man. and four French mcu-of-war at
those place. We have also two ships az
ChefoO. the navy OF no other nation be
Dor.
This fact gives the United States the
natural leadership in any action % De
taken by she international powers iu
the solving Of the complicated problem
thus presented. u d. safe 20 say that
American prestige in the Far East has
thereby been enhanced. as 10 has been by
Nor can this eveutuality be ascr.bed all
together 90 mere chance. Although there
was no thought al the beginning Of the
war that the port Of Shanghai should
thus become T. center Of interest and
possible contention. 81 WIS for the very
purpose Of being within easy reach Of
any scene Of trouble that Admiral
Stirling was sent 10 Shanghai with the
greater part Of the Asiatic fleet
Even though 81 should be held that in
theory the United states has no right
10 prevent the seizure or cutting out OF
the Russian warships Askold and GrosJ-
vol by the japanese, there Is 40 question
that this Government has the power Al
an alleged neutral haroor 20 prevent a
The Washington times., 1904-08-22
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

DORRELL & LAWS have dissolved
Dartnership. April 20. 1904, George Dor
reU assuming all debts and response
bilities. Laws has no further connection
with the business IN any manner. shape.
or form. GEO. n. DORRELL. au>2-3t
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To Form New Unions.

AS mas been. the plan Of the employers
Is 10 form these new men into unions
under the arbitration agreement. These
VIII be the only unions recognized by
the Employers Association. and the
members Of the old unions may only
obtain work by joining the new or
ganiZatiOn.
This I'm itself means q fight that NAV
last Tor months As 10 the attitude OF
the unions whicG are not locked out the
employers VIII only know how they
stand AFTER the attempt has been made
10 resume work As far as could he
learned yesterday. there is a strong dis
inclination on the part OF the unions
which ARE not locked out to work with
non-union men, and some Of them de-
clars fatty that the ultimatum of the
Employers Association. which goes into
effect today, is a subterfuge TO intro
duce the open shop
The Washington times., 1904-08-22
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Action of Outsiders.

Of the unions which are not in the
Building Trades Alliance there are "A
number. which. according TO their rep
resentatives, will refuse to work With
non-union men, but not out Of sympathy
with the Alliance The Bridgemen's
Union was the strongest organization in
the old board Of building trades. Patrick
haternash. delegate of this unica. sale
yesterday:
We have no dealings with the Build
ing Trades Alliance. but at the same
time our men will not work with nom
union men or with dual unions. As far
as the Building Trades Alliance IS con-
cerned the Huusesmiths and Bridge
mems Union kent out OF Il because
most OF the unions composing the alIi-
ance LEFT the L1usesmiths alone in then
agreement"
The Washington times., 1904-08-22

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