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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
HUNT FOR MISSING
100000 ESTATE
Search for Wealth of Late
Pittsburg Recorder.
EASTERN BANKS TO ASSIST
Nearly All Of Fortune Disappeared at
Death-Stenographer
Got 100000.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22-Search Of
the various safe deposit vaults OF this
city was begun today in an effort to get
some trace Of the missing fortune Of
the late ]. C. Brown. the former re
corder OF Pittsburg
1t Is estimated by relatives that about
&, 100000 worth of securities are on de-
post somewhere in the East, and his
brother. J. r. p. Brown. a lawyer. OF
Dodge. Neb-, is here in charge Of the
search.
J. o. Brown died mysterionsIy on
March 10, 1903, at the residence Of his
stenographer, Nettie Mclean. In Pitts
burg. An autopsy indicated that he had
taken poison. Practically ali the fortune
winch he was believed 10 have possess
ca disappeared at the time Of his death
All Jhe banks in the East have been
asked to aid in the search.
Philadelphia bankers have recafy-ad
the Following letter from the brother:
i am a brother Of Joseph D. Brown. of
~ IItsDuIg; Iate recorder. He died un-
Ger peculiar circumstances at the house
OF ms stenOgrapher, IN Pittsburg. on
Niarch 10, 1909. His papers nearly all
disappeared Immediately from her house
and also from his clerks in Safety
Building and City Building, Pittsburgy
and we cannot find his safety vaults.
he removed them from Pittsburg
about four years BEFORE ne died He
was director Of public safety before ne
died Please write me If he had a
safety vault or a deposit account with
you"
Recorder Brown was one Of four pOlf-
ticlans who made a written agreement
by which they controlled the affairs Of
Ptttsburg for many years. The mys-
terry OF his missing fortune has been as
great as the mystery of his death
Mr.. Brown Is klOwn TO have netted
100000 from one oil well, and a lew
years ago his real estate holdings and
securities amounted to more than 81 OOO.-
COO All of this has disappeared. except
Brown decided 10 his stenOgrapher. His
wife got only a few thousand dollars
J. r. =. Brown has obtained from the
the recorders holdings in oil lands
These We're valued at more than $500 OBI
a few days after his death all his oil
lands were transferred 10 Miss Mclean
for the consideration of 81 in each case.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22

be perfectly satisfactory without any
infringement of the law. Even now
there is a marked difference between
the punctuality, comfort, and con-
venience found on different lines. I'm
doubtedly the cheapest way for the
companies to save trouble and cash
is to take it out of the employees. but
that does not prove that It is the
best way in the long run. The mo-
torman who has to run over the speed
limit to be on time viii have an &C
cident sooner or later. For this ac-
cident the public pays.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
Jdpan'S Statement.

Japan unQuestiOnably makes out a
good case for herself in arguing for
her right to seize the Russian torpedo
boat Ryeshitelni in Chinese waters.
She points to China's anomalous po-
sitiOn in that part of her territory is
the scene of war while the rest Of It
is held to be neutral.
Japan recalls the case of the Rus
sian gunboat Manchuria at Shanghai.
which refused to disarm for several
weeks. Japan also denies that the
Ryeshitelni had disarmed. and de-
clares that all accounts agree that the
Russian captain was the aggressor in
the hand-to-hand conflict that follow
ed the japanese l;eutenants appear
ance.
Regarding Japan's contention that
the Russian vessel. in entering the
port of Chefoo. was guilty of a
breach Of neutrality Of China" ex-
ceptions will naturally be taken, and
the Mikado's representatives must
argue the question more in detail if
they expect other nations to accept
their views.
Russia" says Japan, cannot es-
cape the consequences of an unsuc-
cessful war by moving its army or
navy into those portions of China
which had been made conditionally
neutral"
However, international law plainly
states that the vessels Of a belligerent
may seek safety in the port of a neu-
trail. But a vessel so doing cannot
remain in a neutral port except it
disarms and passes out of the con-
troll of the belligerent until the ED
of tie war.
The effect of this is just as esfec-
lively to put such a vessel out &C the
counting as if 1t had been sunk. The
effect Of Japan's claim would seem to
be to deny the right of asylum-a
claim which can scarcely be regarded
as valid under the universal interpre-
tation of law which is the outcome
of custom and precedent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
Plight of the Musicians.

Considerable fun is pOlIed at the
musician who makes his living by
playing a fiddle or footing a horn in
an orchestra because he has formed
himself into a union and invoked the
aid of the alien contract labor law in
keeping fellow-musicians from foreign
lands from sailing across the blue and
bearing the local market.
But ridicule is a poor argument.
and logic plainly puts the case that if
II is right for the Amalgamated Order
Of Pick Plyers to stop the Importa-
ton of business rivals, who will work
for a lower wage, it is equally right
for the players of wind and other in
strumeEts to do the same thing.
Truly if the laborer is worthy Of hire.
the musician is equally worthy Of his.
One who lives by what he earns as
a member Of an orchestra states that
every good musician must be con-
sidered an artist. because there is no
question that music is an art. But,
he adds. musicians work and live
under conditions which in many cases
are not better than those of the bet
ter class of laborers.
There are practically no musicians
holding positions the year round.
The theatrical season gives them
work for an average of thirty weeks.
and the members of the great sym
phony orchestras must be satisfied to
draw a decent fixed salary during a
season of twenty weeks. Then thew
have to hunt for a job in a hotel, or
the seashore, or in the mountains, and
If they are fortunate enough to secure
an engagement they must for very
little money play a sickening abun-
dance Of the most popular music.
That is, in short, the annual course
q life of the orchestra musician-a
very discouraging reward" the must
clan pathetically suggests, for his
juvenile enthusiasm and many years
Oh hard and expensive study"
UnquestiOnably, the men whom en-
terprising managers like Conried. of
the Metropolitan Opera Company.
would import for orchestra purposes
at small salaries are deceived in re-
gard to the conditions. Thus the
alien contract law works both ways.
1t prevents these men from leaving
their homes and meeting disappoint-
ment here, and it protects the Ameri-
can musicians from unnecessary and
competition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
DUPED MEN HUNTING
FOR FALSE PROPHET
Thousands Left Wilmington, N. c.. on
the Word of prince GEORGETOWN
and Now They Are After Him.

RALEIGH, n. c.. Aus. 22.-Omcials
are searching for a negro, who styles
himself Prince George Of the United
States" whose prophecy, made last
year and repeatedly renewed, was that
Wilmington would be destroyed by fire
and that the negro town of James City
would be destroyed by water.
Thousands Of negroes left employment
and homes and fled, some going to other
States. Lurid posters were circulated
in many counties for q year by this
fanatic. He used these words.
Prophet George, speaking to all ma
tons. Wilmington will be destroyed by
fire August -. 1904. Get We out OF the
city, all nations, FOR the Lord God will
destroy the city! Also, james City will
be destroyed on the aboVe-named date
by water! The crowned heads Of every
ration viii see Prince George OF New
bern, y. g, crowned prince TO rule the
county. SO says the messenger Of God.
ErOphe, George was in prison, he pray
ed: the door opened, and II lightened
and Numbered"
The prophet gives q list OF his ap-
ROintees to Office, among them Booker
I. Washington, OF Tuskegce. Ala. gov
Crnor of New York"
The prophet Is George Richardson. lie
was last heard from at Woodford, Va
on August L. and there repeated his
terrible prophecy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
BALLADE OF DIR. PARKER.

Old Esopus is puzzled sore,
Ne'er. methiuks. was it troubled so
Down at the station. up at the store.
Zen on the wharf by the Hudson's
flow.
Argue Esopians. con and pro.
Needless OF time and the old town clocl,
This IS the thing they would like 10
know.
II it's a fall from Judge to Doc"
The trains approach on the curved West
Shore.
And the hagman waves when the whis-
ties blow:
Waves, then furIs. and begins once
more
His chat with the swltchman whether
or no
An IL. d. is as titles go
As great as Judge in Distinctions stock
Like all tie rest they would like 10
know
II it's a fan from Judge To Doe"
on the grocery porch. at the feed mans
door.
In the blaclsmith's snop with its CRIME
and glow.
By the stable sheds, there are groups.
a score,
OF excited men, which would seem to
show
That election day had come But no,
II Is not the ballot that bids them flock
into town today. They would ike 10
know
II It's fan from Judge 10 Doc"
Judge. you tell. Just glance at the row
Or neighbOrs who stand at vour door
and knock
Bahish their doubts. who would like to
know
II II faL from Judge to Doc"
Arthur IL. Folweu in New York Sun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22

The Glastonbury thorn, Of historic
memory, and the olive trees IN the close
Of the National Cathedral OF Saints
Peter and Paul have a neighbor in the
plant world now whose history Is fully
as interesting as their own.
This is Calvary clover which has re
Gently been planted in the Cathedral
grounds The plant is a native Of Pales-
tine. but grows freely in the open air
with a little care. As far as IS known
there is only one other specimen in this
country in a private garden. In London,
however, there are a number OF plants.
Calvary clover IS one Of those seem
ing freaks OF the natural kingdom that
tend to the nature Of a miracle, and III
some instances have materially aided
in enforcing the cause OF Christianity
by their unconscious testimony Its
leaves. like those Of other cloverS.
are trefoil. embodying the doctrine Of
the Trinity, the central truth OF Chris
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
MONDAY. AUGUST p, 1904.
Business Interests in the East

Interesting material for reflection
3 furnished by recent news from the
orient. The Russian cruiser Askold
and the Russian torpedo boat Grozo-
Tol are in the harbor of Shanghai,
and the Askold is locked next to
property of the Standard Oil Com
2any amounting TO over a million dol
airs. The Standard Oil Company is
somewhat nervous, especially since
he appearance of a japanese torpedo
boat, and has asked Consul Goodnow
20 protect its property, the Chinese
officials having averred their inability
20 make Russia behave. Both the
Askold and the Grozovol fatty refuse
20 disarm or get out Of the harbor,
and apparently laugh at the demands
II China The foreign consuls are go
ng to join forces and see if moral
Iuasion cannot be brought to bear on
Russia so that foreign property may
Dc safe
This ought to be an impressive OBJ
lect lesson to two classes Of people in
his country, those who have been
bowling over the supposed warlize
tendencies .of the Administration,
svinced by q desire to give this coun-
Try an effective army and navy; and
those who have been so tenderly
sOlicitOus for business interests" as
e allege that these interests are en-
iangered by a President who can on
occasion come 10 a swift decision.
There are times when the business
Interests as well as the dignity Of the
country demand that the President
shall be capable Of acting quickly as
well as wisely, and there are times
when all the capability in the world,
possessed by the President and his
advisers, would be useless without
the backing Of an efficient army and
navy. II is an undoubted fact that
whatever pressure Consul Goodnow
may see fit to exert in the interests
Of peace, in Shanghai. viii be far
greater for the memory of the battle
Of Manila a country without an eff
fective army and navy in this age of
the world is about as powerful an
agent in the interests Of peace as a
fat and unmuscular policeman with
out a club.
China is an example Of moral sua-
sion unbacked by force. There is no
country with a more thorough appre-
citation Of the value of peace than
China. she has every reason to want
peace in the present emergency. She
has never had reason to desire any
thing else. Yet she is in the humiliat-
ing position Of being obliged to look
10 foreign nations TO save her from
invasion, purely out of regard for
their own interests. II is a good
thing that Consul Goodnow is not in
the same situation as the Chinese
taotai in Shanghai, but if some Of
the peace-at-any-price advocates had
their way that is precisely where he
would be. We have TO thank Dewey
and Schley and the Spanish-American
war that he is not
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
CLOVER NOW
SEEN AT ST. ALBANS
An Interesting Species of Plant Life Which Seems to En-
body Facts and Legends of Christianity.

tianity, and when they first appear
above the ground a deep red spot like
blood appears on each division Of the
leaf. After some weeks these disappear.
During the day the tiny leaflets form
themselves into the shape Of a cross,
but when the sun sets the arms OF the
leaf fold together as IN prayer
In due time the blossom becomes q
small yellow flower and then a spiral
pod covered with sharp thOrnS. In ri
pening the thorns interlace and form
reality remarkable resemblance 10 a
crown of thorns.
Legend says il is well to plant the
seeds on Good Friday. In the long pods
are eight tiny seeds. which planted IN
open boxes or grounds VIII splendidly
reproduce this wonderful plant
Every SUNDAY the thrOngs that attend
the Peoples open air evensOng on the
National Cathedral site inspect the rel
les and treasures OF plants and stones
and this Calvary clover should be seen
by all Neutrality-suspicious. interested in
natural phenomena ana its manifesto
ton of Christian truths
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
Not a Councilman
APPRAISING THE SITE
FOR SENATE BUILDING

The taking of the testimony relative TO
the value Of the different parcels Of land
In square $50, which is to be condemned
as a site for a building for committee
rooms for the use of members OF the
United States Senate, was begun today.
Messrs. Robert I. Fleming. James F.
Oyster and II. ROzier DuIany. appointed
commissioners to apDraise the value OF
the property will conduct the proceed
ings. The commission was organized by
the election OF Mr.. Fleming as chair
man
The commissioners were appointed and
sworn IN BY Justice Barnard about ten
days ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
In Colorado.

A few weeks ago Governor Peabody
Of Colorado announced that order had
been restored in the Cripple Creek
district, and that the militia had been
withdrawn. The falsity of this claim
was made emphatically apparent by
the action of the mob on Saturday
which rounded up the attorneys of
the Western Federation Of Miners.
employees of the IntermOuntain Mer-
camille Company store, and others in
sympathy with the federation and ran
them out of town.
No secret is made that this action
was directly instigated by the Mine
Owners Association and Citizens AL
lance and carried out under their
direction. These are the organiza-
tons at whose behest It has been per-
sistently northumberland apparently
with good reason-that the militia of
the State acted. These are the So
called solid and law-abiding citizens
of the community, the property own
ers and the respectable element.
Their avowed action, therefore. IL
this latest outrage indicates how
deep-seatcd is the anarchy which is
reigning in Colorado-the Iawlessness
inaugurated, be it granted, by the
Federation of Miners, but certainly
immeasurably multiplied by the law
lessness Of Governor Peabody and
General Bell, the representatives of
the authority of the State. and the
Mine Owners Association and Citi-
zens' Alliance, representative Of the
respectable element of the com
munity.
As far as the outside public is con-
cerned, there is just as much dark
as ever as to fixing the exact re-
sponsibility for the beginning Of the
trouble. Probably, the truth is that
the hands Of neither side are any too
clean. The dynamite outrage at Vic
tor has generally been laid at the
door Of the federation, but this charge
has never been substantiated. In
fact, II is declared that dogs. follow
ing the scent from the place where
the dynamite was exploded, went di-
rectly 10 the house Of a detective en-
ployed by the mine owners. At any
rate. the authorities appear to have
halted their endeavors to locate the
guilty ones.
Regarding recent events, however.
there is no room for two opinions.
Nothing that had gone before could
excuse or justify the actions Of Gov
ernor Peabody and General Bell in
using the militia of the State TO up
hold and perpetrate lawlessness as
was assuredly the case in the arrest
and deportation of men without any
legal action whatsoever. Nothing can
palliate the acts of the Mine Owners
Association and the Citizens AL
lance in directing the mob violence
Of Saturday.
Regardless of individual interests
OF individual claims, order should i'm
mediately be restored I'm the three
Colorado counties that are now the
scene Of civil war Law should once
more be enthroned and the courts of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
THE sCIENCE OF sMITHING.

In Germany, the home OF technolog-
ical instruction, there are seven spe-
clal schools devoted 20 the sole pur-
pose of training lOcksmiths and black
smiths. They are In the cities of Burg
stadt. Grossenhain. Franl1enberg AIeis-
sen. GIauchau, Rosswein and Zittau-
Only graduates Of public schools are
admitted. The course Of instruction In
three Of the schools lasts three years;
In three Of the others il is shorter. TO
the school at ROsSwein are admitted
such students only as have completed
a course in one Of the other six schools,
and the curriculum is highly advanced,
covering physics, chemistry and cleo
tricity with particular reference 70
practical construction of machinery.
The schools are supported by the
blacksmith and locksmith guilds, aided
by subventiOns from the government OF
SaLOny and private benCnCence-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
Wise Major Sylvester.

Major Sylvester is said to have ex-
pressed his intention of getting
after the officers Of the Washington
street car companies instead Of the
motormen, in case Of future accidents
on the roads due to fast running.
His reason for this is that in most
cases where the motorman exceeds
speed limits he does so because his
schedule requires it, and he is com
PEELED to take the risk Of accident to
avoid the certainty of discharge.
OF course. IL is true that a careful
and competent man can run his car
faster than he is allowed 70 do in the
District without any great danger,
but all motormen are not equally
careful and competent, and the only
safe way to regulate the speed is TO
adjust the regulations 70 the ability
OF the least able. A chain is only as
strong as its weakest link.
Everybody knows that the cars do
often run faster than the law allows.
Everybody does not know that the
men often have 10 do this 70 run ac-
cording to their schedules. Major
Sylvester is a man who believes in
going to the root of things. He is
also a just man, who, when he finds
poor fellow between two fires, re-
Trains from piling fuel on the one
which is not quite so hot as the
other.
There is very little doubt that, with
able management, Washington could
have a street car service which would
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
SOCIETY FIGURES
IN HORSE SHOW

As usual there was a large and beau
tifully dressed crowd at the Berryvilla
horse show. Among the Washington
people who figured most prominently
were Mr.. and Mrs. Richard WalIach,
Mr. and Mrs Robert NeviI, the Misses
Boyd, Of II Street; Mr.. Selbert, Or. FL
mer Sotheron, Ridgely SotherOn. Rich
ard Tally William VI. Moody, and Mr..
and Mrs. GoldsboTo Goddard
DR.. Elmer SCtherOu Mr. Moody. ana
Mr. Tally entered horses. Mr.. MouLy's
Nellie Washington taking the blue rib
bon for the finest showing In the road
sters' exhibit
DR.. SothcrOn also rode for the Chew
Chase Hunt Club, and was an attraC-
tive figure In his red coat. taking the
hurdles wei. Ridgeiy Sotheron present
cd the cOlCrs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
DENIES ANY
APPEAL FROM CHICAGO
Says Executive Committee Will Meet on September II
and Question VIII Be Taken Up Then.

President GOmpers Of the American
Federation Of Labor has received no
word from the Chicago Federation ask
Ing for a special meeting of the eXecU-
tive committee 10 devsa ways and means
for sustaining the strikers at the Chi
cagO stock yards
A meeting Of the executive committee
will be held September u, and it is not
likely that the committee viii meet be-
fore that date.
President Gompers will leave the city
this afternoon for Fort Edmunds. New
York, TO participate in State fair to be
held at that place
Daniel Davenport, attorney for the An
ti-Boycott Association, OF Bridgeport,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22

Excitement was aroused in the Police
Department by the information that "a
house In I Street northwest has been
robbed Of its plumbing but the excite
ment cooled down when il was found
out that the crime was committed two
years ago. II is a comfort TO know that
nothing can happen in the District with
out the police finding II out-sooner or
later
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22

Conn. will deliver an adress August q,
on The Open Shop
President GOmpers viii make an ad-
dress the following day. taking for his
topic the usefulness of labor unions and
their advantages 10 the working classes,
when rightly governed
After his return from the Easc. Mr..
GOmpers viii go TO Ottawa. H.. 10 at
tend a Labor Day demonstration ar
ranged by the towns of Streeter. La
Sale. Seneca, Utica, and several
others, the members of the labor unions
OF these towns having combined to hold
g grand" rally at Ottawa
Secretary Morrison. OF the Federation
Of Labor. has received many invitations
10 address labor gatherings on Labor
Day, but has not decided which he viii
accept
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
JERSEY POLICE FIND
MISS SELLERS JEWELS

ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. 22.-Police au-
thorities admit that the mystery invoIv-
ed I'm the loss of jewels valued at 81 500
by Miss Agnes Sellers. OF Philadelphia.
has been solved, and the gems recovered.
but how and when they decline to
state.
Inc inert was MADE by a hotel en-
ploye who has not been apprehended
Miss Sellers is now in the Adirondacks
with her mother.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
MAN GRASPS LIVE WIRE
AND SURVIVES SHOCK

ATLANTIC CITY Aug. 22.-Disregard-
ing a pOliceman's warning when one OF
the cables suspendlng the strands OF
electric lights across Atlantic Avenue
fell last night. William Nanwic. II car
penter, thoughtlessly grasped the wire.
A shock OF 300 volts caused him 10
turn q complete somersault and fall in
the gutter At Atlantic and Tennessee
Avenues. Fully recovered today. Van
vie declared that his only sensation
was that OF a heavy and benumbing
blow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
BARGE COMPANY MUST
REPAIR ITS WHARF

The District Commissioners today de-
cided to notify the Independent Steam
boat and Barge Company that it's wharf
at the foot OF n Street southwest must
be Immediately repaired.
It will be pointed out that the wharf
is used for excursion purposes. and
that. In its present condition. it is a
menace to the lives OF persons using
it, This was decided on as the result
Of an inspection of the property b. the
District wharf committee