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Evening journal., 1904-03-31
BLAZING MARSH
MENACES PLANT
DRY GRASS NEAR THE WORKS OF LOB
DELL CAR WHEEL COMPANY SET ON
FIRE BY SPARKS FROM A LOCOMO-
TIVE.

were covered with dry grass more tnan a
foot an height. It IS supposed it was sgnit-
ed by a spark from a passing locomotive.
At any rate the whole field when dis
covered rcsembled one OF the prairie fires
of the West. The grass had been dried by
the warm sun Of the week.
Not only was the big manufacturing
plant In danger, but the farm houses
theroabouts.
Andy Grotz. a farmer. had his hair
and eyebrows slnged by the fire while try
ing TO check It's progress. India Nc
Chntock, who led the nre-hshters, was
also burned as was Walter Burris, who
was helping in checking the progress.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
CONTEST FOR PRESIDENT
very Slated For Presiding Officer of
Board Of Trade.

LENDERS OF the Board of Trade are taxi
i a great deal Of interest in the election
officers which viii be held next Thurs
night The election of a president
misses to be especially interesting, as
ee men have been nominated for this
ce. They are William Lawton, Thomas
savery and T. Coleman Dupont.
While the friends of all three Of the
ninees have been working it is con-
ed by most of the members that Mr..
|rery will be elected. Mr.. Lawton has
the office for several years and al
hugh many members would like to see
reelected, he is desirous that the
* shall be taken up by someone else.
T. Savery has been a member of the
I'd for many years and would make
| excellent presiding officer.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
JAMES t. SAVILLE DEAD
Grand Master Workman Of Delaware
Died This Morning.

James e. saviile. Grand Master Of the
Ancient order United Workmen Of Do'a-
ware, died at his home, No. S2S jefferson
strete early this morning. Mr.. Saville
had ben IN for some time and his death
Is said 10 have been due to paralysis.
Mr.. savile was one Of the most prom
inent members Of the order of Workmen
in Delaware and had held a number Of
important offices i'm the lodge. Mr.. sa-
VILE was a member of several other lodges
and was also a trustee Of Union M. e.
Church.
The deceased was a prominent Republi-
can and had been a hard worker for the
party. He was deputy sheriff under Sher-
IN Taylor and at one time was also a
county constable. He run for sheriff two
years ago but was defeated.
Mr.. Saville was a brother Of the late
Thomas Saville. He Is survived by his
wife, one sen and two daughters.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31

IS feared that a week or ten days will be
consumed in getting new jury.
Says Mrs. Bot<in wrote "5aby" Note.
Before the jury was attacked Mrs.
Almira Ruon, a former nurse of Mrs.
Botkin, was on the stand. having been
recalled. She said that she believed a
note shown her by the District Attorney
was in the handwriting Of the accused.
Daniel T. Ames. handwriting expert,
then went on the stand to complete his
testimony and to be cross-eXamined.
Ames was positive that Mrs. Botkin wrote
the anonymous letters TO Mrs. Dunning
and The Baby" note found in the box
Of poisoned candy.
In answer to a question. Amcs said that
for years he had been recognized as an
expert in handwriting. He called himse T
an examiner of handwriting. His expert
ence covered a period Of 30 years and he
had given testimony IN 2S different States.
Attorney MCGOWAN wanted to know If
I'm the case Of Frank Ellison, who was
tried IN the state Of New York for assault,
the witness had not testified that three
letters introduced in evidence were writ
ten by Mrs. Lelenona, and that after
ward he admitted that he had been mis-
taken. Ames replied that the case re-
ferred to was heard 20 years ago.
Iowa Warned by Botkin Case.
Des Moines, Ia, March 31.-An amend.
ment to Iowa's extradition laws covering
cases similar to that of the recent Boone
Iowa, poisoned-candy case, when It was
discovered that a woman suspected OF
sending poisoned candy to a person in an,
other State could neither be extradltec
nor tried in this State passed the Senate
today. 1t provides that in case of any
person performing an act in this State {,
do injury to the property or person of an
other they shall be held as though th'
act was consummated in this State.
The Boone. Iowa, case was in many re
I spects similar to the case of Mrs. Cordeli,
Botkln, now on trial in San Francisco.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
WILL GIVE CONCERT
Excellent Program in First NJ. p.
Church This Evening.

Under the auspices OF Glass No. o
an excellent concert will be given I'm
Second NJ. p. Church this evening The
program win be as follows.
Cornet solo, Mrs. y. Z Burnham; vocal
solo, Mr.. Deverell; recitation. Miss SAL
lie Becker; cornct solo. Mrs. Il. r.
Burnham; violin solo AL C.. Frisch;
recitation. II. b. Harrison; cmwfyppm
vocal solo. II. b. Harrison; recitation,
William Greenwell; piano trio. the
Misses Sheppard Austin and Mr..
Wright; vocal solo. Rev. j. l.. Nichols:
recitation, Miss Salhe Becker; vocal
solo, Mr.. Deveren; piano solo. Miss
Edna sheppard. recitation. William
Greenwell; vocal solo, II. b. Harrison; ;
violin solo. AL. C. Frisch; iano duet.
Miss Sheppard and Mr.. Wright
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
BABIES
IN HER CELLAR
Witnesses Tell Details oflthe
Work OF a Philadelphia
Murder Syndicate
DEATH OF TWO GIRLS PROBED
Woman Accused Before the Coroner of
Conducting crematory For Infants
at Her Home on South Twelfth Street.
Three Sent to Jail.

Philadelphia, March 3i.-Sickening
details Of the wholesale slaughter of In
fants who were thrown alive and cry
ing into a seething furnace in a house
located in the heart of Philadelphia
were brought out under oath at the
inquest conducted by Coroner Dugan
yesterday. Oficial inquiry was being
made into the deaths of two young wo-
men who are alleged to have been
the victims of the syndicate Of mall
practitioners whose crimes in this city
have startled the entire country. and
the stories told shocked all who heard
them.
The full story OF the horrors Of this
creamatory. where hundreds Of babes
are alleged to have been destroyed in
hendish torture, may never be told.
The curtain which has shielded these
terrible crimes has, however been lift
ed, and as a result three accused per-
sons were sent to prison yesterday.
The place where the murder Of the
babes is alleged to have been commit
I'd is the house of Mrs. Elizabeth Ash
mead No. 256 South Twelfth street. and
in these crimes Mrs. Ashmead is ac-
cused Of being the principal.
Mosier's Terrible Charge.
This terrible charge was made by
DR.. David Mosier from the witness
stand I'm the Coroners Court during
the investigation into the deaths OF
Sarah Hughes and Mary b. Sloan. Dr
Mosier swore he had seen Mrs. Ash
mead throw living infants into a red
hot furnace in the cellar of her house
| The spectators who crowded the Cor
oner's Court were held spell-bound dur
| ing his recital of the blood curdline
story. The accused woman, with eye.
closed, and trembling. succumbed COM
pletely under the frightful accusation
and fell back swooning in her daugh.
ter's. arms.
The intensity of the situation was re
lieved by the coroner, who prompt!
submitted the case to the decision o
the jury. Following the rendering o
the verdict, Mrs. Ashmead, her sor
Howland Ashmead. and DR.. MattheS
McVickar were committed to III
county prison to await the action o
the Grand Jury. accused of being ac
cessories to the deaths Of the tw
young women.
Two Victims Of Malpractice.
Both victims, according TO the evi
dence had been operated on at tn
South Twelfth street house. Tn
Hughes woman had died there. bu
Miss Sloan, while suffering from tn
effects Of the operation. had been re
lmoved to the house of Mrs Mar,
Walsh, No. 1926 North Nineteentl
street, where her death occurred.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
Railway Officials and Street and Sewer
Directors viii Confer.

The officials OF the local railway COM
panies and the members Of the Street
and Sewer Commission will hold a
conference this afternoon. Among the
things that win be discussed win be
street paving IN thoroughfares used by
the railway companies. the resolution
now before the Street and Sewer De-
partment pertaining to street car fem
ders, the stopping OF cars on the near
side of the street instead Of the far.
and to limit the speed OF cars Within
the city limits.
City Solicitor Robert G.. Harman is
expected TO be present and win define
the law relative TO compelling the rail-
way companies TO pave between the
tracks and three feet on each side in
streets on which there are now tracks.
which have not been paved.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
WEATHER BULLETIN


clearing
sailing suthery
Re breezes with partly cloudy weather
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
DELAWARE MONEY
TO BUY RAILROAD
Henry P. Scott and Others
Capitalists Have Option
on Queen Anne's
PENNSY WILL SOON ACQUIRE It
Plans Are Not Yet Complete and Mr..
Scott Refuses to Make Them Public
At This Time Nor Tell Men Inter

ested.
Another important move has been made
in the plan OF the Pennsylvania railroad
20 acquire the queen Anne's railroad,
which win give the former absolute con-
troll Of an railroad and steamboat lines
between Baltimore and Maryland and
Delaware Peninsula.
Nicholas Bond of Baltimoro and Henry
Scott of this city, managers Of a syndi-
cate of New York, Baltimore and Della
ware capitalists have secured an option
on the Queen Anne's railroad which Is
In the hands Of a receiver.
Tho syndicate Is practically the same
that bought the Eastern Shore Railroad
ten years ago, about 1891, and organized
the railway and steamboat combination
that controlled the transportation inter
osts on the Eastern Shore and later
passed into the control OF the Pennsyl-
vania
Mr.. Scott when seen this morning. said
that the plans had not yet sufficiently de-
velopei for them 10 know whether or not
It would be acquired. Mr.. Scott refused tC
make known the names OF the other Della.
wareans interested In the deal.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
Japs Expect to Take Niuchwans.

Scandinavian, March 3i.-The Japan
ese expect to capture Niuchwang from
the land side within seven days.
Few Russians are at Mukden now;
many are in the Liao-Yang district.
A Circassian patrol visited Kaupanze
yesterday.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
Russian Town to eulId WarshIp.

Kieh. Russia. March s1.--A society
has been formed here for the purpose
of collecting money for the construc-
tion of a torpedo cruiser, to be named
the Kief, which viii be presented to
the government.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
city Of Chester starts Trips.

he steamer City of Chester begaN
regular trips between this city and
ladelphia today. The Brandywine
ch has been running all winter, has
n taken off and will be repaired.
May 1 both boats will be pus in
yice.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
RussIans RehoIst the FIaa.

London March 3l.-A correspondent
of the Times at Niuchwang. cabling
yesterday. says:
"The Russian police have apologized
and have rehoisted the United States
flag over the correspondents mess"
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
PIANO CONTEST ENDS TONIGHT

The Evening Journals piano contest
ends tonight-and various sensational
developments are promised The polls
close promptly at eight o'clock and the
complete announcement of the winners
viii be made tomorrow:
The following is the vote at noon in
The Evening Journal piano contest.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
Russian Elect at Sea.

Niuchwang. March 31.-The captains
of British ships which have just ar
rived at Niuchwang report that the
Russian fleet stopped them eight miles
from Port Arthur
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
corean Soldiers Return.

Seoul, March Slit is reported that
500 disbanded Corean soldiers near
Ping-Yang are becoming riotious.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
Forbes & Co., fOe shipley Street.

Dealers in wall papers, window shades
and room mouldings. Estimates given
for papering rooms. Both Phones.
e. 0. d. adv.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31

"The Last Rose of Summer" with
violin obligato. sung by Mrs. Caroline
Kendrick, at A o'clock every afternoon.
at Lippincott's. adv.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
Noon. day Meetinas close.

The last of the business mems meet
ings was held in ST. Andrews Church
today. The speaker was the Rev.
Horace L. Fuller of Philadelphia
Evening journal., 1904-03-31

George T. Burieish. son OF Health or
hccr Burleigh. has been appointed on the
railway mail service. He viii report at
New York at once.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
opera House Meetina.

The Rev. Robert A. Elwood at the
Opera House meeting on Sunday after
noon viii make an address on True
Charity" There will be a special il
lustrated souvenir programme for this
meeting. The entire offering will be
divided between the two hospitals.
Wyatt & Co., 25 and SOC Easter Neck
wear.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31

Mrs. c. w. Smith, of New York, is
visiting her son. II. A. Smith. who is
manager Of the Wilmington Freie
Presse., in this city.
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
Appointed in Mail Service.

!. G. Dorsey. plumber. phoae l5sA.adv
Evening journal., 1904-03-31
A New Record.

Wyatt & Co., 40 and soc Negiigee Shirts,
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Tragedy Written by Elmer B
Harris to Be Given
in Hamburg.

OAKLAND, March 19.-While English
and Continental playwrights have for a
century past invaded the American
stage with thousands of dramatic pieces
of varying and often questionable ex-
cellence, it has come to pass at last that
native Oaklander has made the first
breach in the conservative ranks of
German critics and has won the un-
qualified and enthusiastic praise of the
German literati. Elmer B. Har-
ris and the German version of his play,
The Crucifixion." are now in the pub
lie eye in the old city of Hamburg His
play has been accepted and is soon to
be produced by Baron Won Berger in
the first theater of Hamburg.
Harris is the son of Mrs. E. A Har-
ris of ITS Market street. this city. He
is a graduate of the Oakland High
School and of the University of Cali
fornia. From the latter institution he
graduated with the class of 1900, and
shortly afterward went into business in
San Francisco. After year of COM
mercial life he threw UP his position
and went to New York, where he went
on the stage for the purpose of study
ing the drama from it's purely mechan-
ioal side. He toured the East and Can
ada, revised a number of plays and
had a curtain-raiser produced in New
York
He then sailed for England with Ell
len Terry and has been made much of
by her, by the great London critic, Will
liam Archer, and others prominent in
English theatrical circles.
He spent year in Paris, being per-
sonally directed in his French studies
by NJ. Coquelin, the elder, who did so
much for Rostand. He has since been
studying the German drama in Dres-
den. Berlin and Hamburg.
The Harris play which is now inter-
esting Hamburg is a two-act tragedy
somewhat after the Ibsen type. The
problem of THE Crucifixion" is based
upon a question of heredity, and the
piece is philosophical. dramatic and
thoroughly practical from the stage
point of view. London and English
critics who have seen the English YER
sion declare 1t to be good literature
and marked by dramatic power.
Baron Won Bergen, the autocrat of the
German theatrical world and director
of the theater at Hamburg. left lying
by German writer's to take up the work
of Harris. The play will be staged in
Hamburg in October Harris will re-
turn to spend the summer at his home
in this city.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
RIInd TeIepbone Operator.

Mrs. Emma Magoon Post OF North
England, Iowa. Is totally blind. yet she
successfully manages the telephone ex-
change for the town and the surround
ing country and has over three hun
dred subscribers on the lines she
operates A striking feature of this
remarkable exchange is its system OF
bell signals. Each line Is provided with
a special bell Of a special tone and
those bells are all mounted in a cab
met a few feet from the switchboard.
There are large bells. small bells.
wire clock gongs. sleigh bells and high
keyed bicycle bells. A fine bit OF steel
wire four inches long Is soldered to
each hammer. and a square sheet Of
paper attached to this wire bears the
line, name or number. forming a visual
signal for the assistant operator. who
can see. The bell cabinet Is so situated
that the paper squares may be plainly
seen from the operators seat.
Mrs. Post is able to distinguish not
only each one OF the forty-five bells
by it's peculiar tone. but also the voices
of hundreds Of men, women and chill
dren whom she serves She Is a grad
uate Of Iowa College for the Blind. and
was noted at that institution for quick
and retentive memory.-New York
Commercial.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
A Ghost Competition.

Many of the negro residents of
Princeton, Ind, are greatly worked up
over a ghost scare. Recently Henry
Whitaker, a young colored man, was
killed, his head being almost crushed
off between two logs.
His residence was one Of a row of
houses in the eastern part OF the city,
all of which were occupied by negro
families. A few nights after the mans
death residents Of the houses along the
row were frightened out OF their wits.
so they claim, by strange noises and
doors mysteriously opening. The next
day several families moved out, and
now only two of the houses are ccu-
pied Whitaker was a fiddler, and the
colored people of that part of the city
are constantly on the alert after sun
down now to avoid a headless man
with a fiddle under his arm.
The white people take no. stock in
the negro ghost, but have a 'mysteri-
Gus man" of their own. He wears a
long overcoat and a slouch hat, and
prowls about residences, but when
spoken to Immediately glides off with
out a word. The police will probably
take care of the white ghost."-In-
dianapolis Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
RUMOR OF CONTEST OVER
WILL OF HENRY PIERCE
Report Denied by Family, Who State
There Is No Foundation
fnr Tall

OAKLAND, March ia power of
attorney placed on record to-day by
Josephine Pierce giving Henrietta
Pierce Watkinson the right to defend
any contest of the will OF Henry Pierce,
deceased, caused the rumor that trou-
bic over the probating of the estate of
the late capitalist was probable. Sam
Bell Mckee, brother of Mrs. Pierce,
stated this evening that there was
nothing in the rumor, saying:
t'AIy sister has gone on a visit to the
East and gave a general power of at
torney to her sister to act for her in
any matter that might come up. The
reference to will contest in the power
of attorney was the general wording
used in such documents, and had no
reference to her case in particular. A
year has elapsed since the will was ad-
mitted to probate, and such a thing as
a contest is hardly possible at this
time"
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
WHEN DECLARATION
OF WAR is MADE
What the Immediate Action OF Mar
kets Usually Is-1S99,
1898, 1870.

AOOOs AOsVs
Recent discussions had made 1t
pretty plain, to most people, that finan-
cial markets frequently discount" in
advance, and very thoroughly such
events as a declaration of war. For this
reason during the recent excitement,
the h-point drop in consols. and the 4
to per cent fall in Russian and jap
anese bonds and the crash in all other
foreign investment issues, caused a
good deal of surprise.
But .'discounting" is not always COM
pleted beforehand In our Spanish War
of 1898 it was. The Maine was blown
up on February Is; but the President
did not send his Intervention message"
to Congress until April IL. This mes
sage was really the declaration Of war;
yet stocks advanced l to points on the
news of it. The market had been "over-
sold.'
Before President Kruger, on October
10, 1899, sent to Great Britain the ulti-
matum which made the Transvaal War
inevitable, consols had fallen points
within a month, and Transvaal mine
shares had been wholly demoralized.
But on the day OF the Boer manifesto
consols rose from 1885 to 103z, and
went above 104 the ensuing week. This
was the general tendency, until the
British army learned at Ladysmith. on
October 30, the reality of their prob
lem. What followed later every one
knows.
There had been ample warning Of the
Franco Prussian var of 1870 In the
fortnight prior to actual declaration of
war British consols had fallen one and
a half points, and even English rail-
way shares two to five .>oints apiece.
The shock was, however. as severe as
if wholly unexpected. War was de-
clared on July Is, when consols stood
at 911z; they fell by the 20th to SS7s,
and with them the whole English mar
ket gave way. Outside of France, how
ever, this depression spent itself within
a week, and by August the markets
were recovering.
These three precedents constitute
three very different series of phenom-
ena; in 1899, a market which failed to
break when war began, but went to
pieces considerably later; in $685.,
market which did all it's 'discounting''
before hostilities; in 1870. a market
which broke on declaration of war and
recovered steadily thereafter. If last
weeks market belongs to either Of the
three above named classes it must be
ranged under the third. But 1t may
occupy a class of it's own.-New York
Evening Post.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
The Railway scrnn Pile.

Many thousands OF dollars are saved
to the railroad companies each year by
detailing men to look after and care
for their scrap. the pieces OF iron and
steel that fall off moving cars, that
come from abandoned machinery or
from broken pieces OF equipment.
Almost all OF the big transportation
companies IN the United States main
tain what they call scrap departments.
At two or three points on the road.
generally where there are any con-
structiOn or extensive repair shops.
this scrap Is gathered from all parts
Of the system.
One Of the duties OF the track walk
ers and repair gangs is to pick up and
throw into little heaps along the track
all hits Of iron and steel that may be
found along the right of way or that
may be left whenever any piece OF
work is completed At irregular in
tervals a scrap train is sent over the
road for the purpose OF gathering up
these odds and ends. They are taken
to the gathering point and there care
fully sorted.
Some ingenious mechanics have de-
vised machinery to separate and
nanOle IneSe scraps. AFTER Oelng run
through sort OF hopper that divides
the small and the large from the other
different sizes, men are put to work
to pick out from Hhe various heaps
what NAV again be utilized Bolts.
nuts, bars, couplings and the like.
which may be used again are worked
over for further use. The refuse,
amounting to thousands Of pounds.
is shipped to some iron works that has
a contract with the company for using
all this waste iron anu steel
This plan of systematically caring
for the waste iron Of railroads is OF
recent origin. 1t is one really OF slow
growth. OF course, pieces OF iron and
steel waste net rial or the refuse OF
shops or wrecks have been taken care
of for years, but only In a desultory and
h=phazard way. 1t has remained for
modern management. which is directed
eternally to discovering little. new
economics Of operation. to unearth this
novel idea OF saving money.-New York
Sun.