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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-26

Cornelius Van Cote was born in New
York ou February 70. 1888. and lived in
this city an his Iife Most Of the time
he lived Lu what is now the Fifth AS
sembly district For many years he had
d residence at the Brey0urt House
He learned the trade of q printer. but
torsook 10 for that OF "a carriage maker.
lie showed au aptitude for business az
fairs and shortly after bee became OF
age he was elected director OF the
Aetna Fir. Insurance COMPANY
AT thirty l- was appointed am luspeC-
tor of customs by Collector Draper. and
was continued U ONCE by Collector
Barney
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-26

For over four years I suffered iu-
teusely with SCiatic Rheumatism. The
Rheumatism first troubled me Ia my
hip, then spread TO my shoulders. head,
and finally all over my body. 1 became
such an invalid that neither E.E family
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-26
Taft and Knox.

Secretary Taft replied TO Candidate
Parzer's charge that the Philippines
have cost this country s553ol9,o15 by
stating that the actual total cost TO date
has been s504 600 600. and that the aver
age future expense, when the army IS
reduced To 10000 men, viii not exceed
S4008 600 a year. The Secretary took only
q moment to ridicule Richard Olney S
claim that the islands had cost SttJ,vJJ,-
COO and Edward Atkiuson's allegation
that the cost had been Sl,2lJ,JJj.U lJ.
wild reasoning was the term appIed
10 these declarations.
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania I'M an
exhaustive statement. took up the trust
charges made against the AdnlnlslTii-
IiOn and pointed out at length rhar Cam
didate Parker owed his nomination 10
the trusts; that his campaign managers
whom Mr.. Knox named are actively
identified with the trusts, and that the
candidate seeks 10 be the beneficiary OF
the corporations he affects TO con-
denim. The Senator concludes by saying
such allegations are unworthy OF the
candidate OF a great party. tle also
criticises eE-presideuU Cleveland FOR AL
legged change of view between last spring
and the present time on the trust ques-
IIOu. audH inquiries what explanation
there MAY be.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-26
SINISTER Of
NEW YORK DEAD
Sudden Termination of Van
Colts Illness.
PASSED NIGHT IN OFFICE
Taken Home to Die-Worried Much
Over Recent troubles With the
Administration.

NEW YORK. oct. 2g.-CorueIius Van
Colt, postmaster of New York. died sud
denly at 1898 o'clock yesterday after
noon at the residence OF his son, Richard
Van Colt at l53 West Eighty-sixth
street.
For a long time the postmaster had
suffered from attacks of acute indiges-
tiuu and "a weakness of the throat which
brought on occasional hemorrha ges-
After dinner on Monday night Mr.. Van
Cot returned 10 his office on the sec
oEd floor OF the Federal Building to at
tend TO some cOrresp oudeuce- The only
person with him at tine time was his
negro valet. TAYLOR.
Mr.. Van C0tt had been sitting a. In.
desk for only "a short time when he YVES
seized with an attack of vomiting, That
he had q hem0rrhage is officially deni, O..
IL is agreed, that DE had "a sinking spell
following the vomiting. and DIT. Far
ringtOu, physician at the Aston House.
was summoned.
Too IL to Be Moved.
DIT Harrington said. as soon as he saw
the patient that he was too ul 10 bee
moved, and so bedding was brought
over from the Aston House. and Mr.. Van
C0tJ was put 10 bed on a couch ia his
Office. His son, Richard his physician.
DR. Waldo Richardson. whose sister
married Richard Van Co.. and the post
master private secretary Thomas
t5oouersou5 who used 10 bee battalion
chief in the fire department, were sum
mOued.
Mr.. Van Colt passed a fairly comfor-
. table night, and about j o'clock yesreT-
day afternoon he was taken to his son S
mousse where be had been living, al
luougn keeping voting residence FL.
the Fifth assembly district, OF which he
was the Republican leader ana his son
the deputy leader
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-26
STRONG ANSWERS
TO ALL CHARGES
Taft, Knox, andMOOdy Make
Detailed Replies.
STANDARD OIL ROUSEO UP
Denies Campaign Activit"-Cleveland
to Speak Again-The New
York State Fight.

Recent Democratic attacks on the Ad-
miuisJTatiou on the subject of the cost
of the Philippines, trusts, ana Panama
have been responded to i'm no uncertain
manner In the past twenty-four hours
by men prominent I'm support of the Adj
miuisJratiOn
The campaign struggle wages warm,
with every indication of a red-hot ora
torical finish. although prevailing bet
ting odds of 20 3 on Roosevelt In the
nation and to- ] on Roosevelt arrylNE
New York State indicate "a popular De-
lief that the Republican candidates nave
nothing TO fear on election day. The
absolute necessity of Parker winning the
EmDire State electoral vote in order 10
have any chance of election makes the
odds on the State relatively as impor-
tant as the greater ones on the national
result.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-26

taius no potash or alkalies, but IS
mailed free 70 ali desiring 1t. {
charge IS made.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29

window thrown up in the interest Of
fresh air, and then some bedclothing
is loosely thrown over the body. Why,
if it is necessary to button up so tight
ly during the day, when, adequately
clad, should not the, same care be
taken at night? The covers are very
liable to work loose and expose the
unprotected body, but this kind Of ex-
posure is actually courted. Up in
Canada, where they have weather that
is really truly cold, they have become
tired of this illogical manner of hand
ling bed-clothing, and now they are
going in for bed clothing clamps.
These are fastened to the side rails
of the bed so as to hold the corners
of the covers and effectually prevent
any displacement. A shank and NOV
able jaws, the adjustment Of which is
controlled by a spring, are all there is
to the device, but the idea is worth
fortune in itself.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
wHITEcAPPERs GET DESERTS.

Mississippi Court Passes Upon an un.
usual Number Of Murder Cases.
In the circuit court at Brookhaven,
Miss. Tuesday, Dave Posey was con-
victed of manslaughter for the killing
Of Ben Bayless, negro.
The defendant claimed that the kill
ing was justifable. as he found the
negro. stealing corn. The jury was
out less than an hour.
After the usual motion for new
trial, which was overruled Judge
Wilkinson sentenced Posey to twenty
five years in the penitentiary.
Judge Wilkinson then passed SEN
tences on ten other men, as follows:
Oscar Franklin, life Imprisonment, for
the murder Of Eli Hilson, a negro;
Will Franklin, D. W. Smith. Elias
Smith, R. L. Smith and Elbert Gill,
each fifty years in the penitentiary for
manslaughter for the killing Of Henry
List, negro.
These two killings were the white
cap cases which aroused the indigna-
ton Of the citizens and caused the
formation Of the Law and Order
League. :.
John Smith and John McNulty, ne.
groes, who were convicted Of murder,
received life sentences; J. A. p.
Troy, a negro, for burglary, one year;
Sam Posey, who pleaded guilty to two
charges Of whitecapping, and was con.
victed Of highway robbery, sentenced
to ten years on the robbery charge
and five years on each of the white.
Gaping charges, a total Of twenty
years. III. Lotion, one of the crowd
concerned in the List killing, and who
turned states evidence, was given his
liberty, as were tive other negroes,
Louis and Sam James, who had been
implicated in some whitecapping and
were held in Jail several months as
witnesses.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
DEATH IN FALLING WALLS
Eioht People Lose Life in Collapse OF
Big Building Gutted by Recent
Fire in Minneapolis.

At Minneapolis, a few minutes al
ter / o'clock Tuesday morning the
side wall Of the O. H. Peck building
on the south, which was left standing
by the recent great fire, toppled over
in a high gale falling onto the Crocker
hotel, a three-story structure adjoin-
ing.
Tons of brick and mortar crashed
completely down through the building
carrying floors and all into mass OF
debris in the basement. There was
no warning Of the disaster and four
teen persons who were sleeping were
caught in the crushed structure. OF
these eight were killed outright.
The responsibility for the accident
will be the subject Of Investigation. J.
C. Houghton, building inspector, had
Of thorough investigation. j. Z.
Houghton, the building inspector had
made an inspection of the standing
walls only Monday, but had given no
orders concerning them. He had ear
ller ordered the .razing Of the other
parts Of the walls that seemed to
threaten to fall.
The inmates of the hotel had at
first been much worried by the proxim-
iry Of the Peck wall and had moved
elsewhere But as nearly week had
passed and the wall stood apparently
firm they had come back. The ter
rifle northwest gale that blew Monday
night was the cause of the fall and it
excited a greater pressure than the
building Inspector had locked for,
while the wall was less firm than he
thought.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
MORE JAPANESE VICTORIES.

Two Important Positions Near Port
Arthur Taken on Christmas Day.
The following report was received
in Toxic from the besiegers at Port
Arthur Christmas morning:
"Our right wing surprised the
enemy at Housanytantun (Housan-
yentaos?) and Siaofuntun. (the latter
about six and a half miles northwest
Of Port Arthur) at ten o'clock Satur-
day night and occupied the village
and, subsequently dislodginy the ene'
my, occupied the whole Of Taliuchia-
tun (about five miles northwest OF
Port Arthur) at 2:55 o'clock Sunday
morning.
"Our repeated attacks during tue
past few days were uniformly sue
cessful and now the whole OF the
enemy's advanced positions fr1nt-
ing our right wing are III our
hands"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
GERMANY IN SOUIHWES
AFRICA.

For many years the ..little wars
England have been proverbiaI
have been made by the critics aacall
of reproaeh. Now Germany ha1
"little war" On her hands in SouthskA
Africa. -
It began with an uprising OF the
spised African negroes, and instead d1
being crushed by the mailed fist Of te
War Lord has now lasted four month
and the powers that be in Berlin ~
pect it to last at least a year longer
It is by no means certain that this WA
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
A Chic Refort.

Mr.. Choate's quickness at repartee
is we'll illustrated by the following
story: During weekend" at an
English country house his neighbor at
breakfast one morning Glanced to be
pretty American who had come to
misfortune in trying to manipulate her
egg in the English fashion, With face
full of dismay, she turned to him:
"Oh, Mr.. Choate, what shall I do?
I've dropped an egg"
"Cackle, madam, cackle," answered
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
NOTED CLUB HOUSE BURNED.

The Metropolitan at Washington
Gutted BY Disastrous Fire.
The Metropolitan club house, the
home Of the most fashionable club in
Washington City, was Quilted by fire
Wednesday involving an estimated
loss OF from 100000 to 100000, par.
tally covered by insurance. The fire
was caused by a spark from an elec-
trio wire near the elevator shaft.
The club has large membership
embracing some of the best known
men in public life. Manager knight,
Of the club. estimates the loss On the
building at 100000, with insurance of
s45,000, and On the contents $4,000,
with insurance of $4,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
WOMAN AFTER GEN. BROOKE.

She Wants s25o,ooo for Generals Re-
trenchment Policy in Cuba.
A complaint brought by Countess
Camara. of Havana, who seeks to re-
cover $25o,000 from Major General
John R. Brooke. formerly governor
general of Cuba, was heard in the
United States district court at New
York Thursday. The countess al
leges that Gener alBrooke abolished
the Office Of high sheriff Of Havana,
which she claimed by Inheritance and
and from which she derived fees for
supervising the slaughter of cattle.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
MANY FRAUDS ARE BARRED.
Objectionable Mail Matter Weeded
Out Curing the Past Year.

Objectionable Mail Matter Weeded
Out Curing the Past Year.
A washington special says: R. P.
Goodwin, assistant attorney general
for the postof1ce department, in his
annual report to Postmaster Gener.1
Wynne. says that the number Of
fraudulent concerns has been greatly
reduced in consequence Of the vigor-
Gus enforcement Of the postal laws.
There were 144 fraud orders issued
during the year and twenty-three or
ders were issued against foreign lot
terry companies and their agents.
Much has been done in the direction
of excluding from the mails publica-
tions containing obscene and sug-
gestive Illustrations advertisements
and other matter considered unfit Fer
circulation.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
"cOuD BRICK" MAN DEAD.

orianator Of Notorious SwindIing
Scheme Succmbs in Prison.
A report has reached New York
city that Thomas O'Brien, the noto
rious confidence man and alleged in
ventor of the gold brick swindle, is
dead in the French penal settlement
at Cayenne, where he had been serv
ing a life sentence for the murder Of
his partner, 'sKid" Waddell, in Paris:
in 1895.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
BUTTONS ON BED cLoTAEs.,

One is very careful to button up over
coat and jacket when facing Boreas
at this season of the year, and so
double-lock the door, as it We're, but
why all this caution should be aban-
doned on the going to bed is a mar
vel. Warm clothing is taken off, the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29

Of Germany With the Herreros m
not yet develop situation which E1
land has many times confronted M
Africa and India. The Herrer6s MI
a sturdy people, capable Of puth4
warriors lin the field by the THOUSAND
Raclally and in habits Of life they
not unlike the fighting brutes who som6
years ago followed such men as Cha1
and Dingaan, Cetiewayo and LobeaN
gula and their successors. sssssS}: 'ssS
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
OLD MAN CHADWICK INDICTED

Grand Jury Pounees Upon Husband
Of Financial Jusgler.
At Cleveland o, Thursday DR.. Le'
Roy 9. Chadwick and his wife, Mrs.
Cassie L. Chadwick, were Jointly in
dfcted by the county grand jury on
the charge of having forged and utter
ed a $5,o0O,OOO note signed Andrew
Carnegie.
br. Chadwick is now on his way
to New York from Paris. AS soon as
the indictment was returned Sheriff
Barry made arrangements to secure
DR. Chadwick's extradition.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
Steps Taken to Organize By
Planters of the South
FOR MUTUAL PROTECTION
Ex.e,tiye Committee of National Cot
ton Association Meets in Fort
Worth, Texas, and Outlines
Program.

At q meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the National Cotton Associa-
ton at Forth Worth, Texas, Wednes-
aav, plans were adopted for the Or
ganization of the National Cotton AS
sociation under the resolutions adopt
ed by the convention at Shreveport
December Is. Oswald Wilson, OF
Forth Worth, Tex, was unanimously
elected secretary of the executive
committee; J. w. Spencer, president
of the Farmers and Mechanics Nation
al bank, Fort Worth, national treasur-
er, and George N. Aldridge, of Dallas,
was added to the executive commit
tee.
s. The work of the association was d.
yided among five different commit
tees, as follows:
l. For national Legislation, E. H. Pc
1ers, Calvert, Tex, chairman.
2. Press and railroads, Stanley n.
Watson, Of Houston, Tex, chairman.
3. Cooperation, o. H. Pyle, Nine
ola, Tex, chairman.
4. Organization, Oswald Wilson.
Fort Worth, Tex, chairman.
5. State legislation, J. H. Connell,
for Texas, Dallas: P. NJ. Potts, for
Louisiana, Natchitochee, La.
Each chairman is to name his COM
mittee at the earliest moment.
The secretary was instructed to
send to the state chairman the plan
of organization of the executive com.
mittee, SO each state may be organ
lied on the same lines.
"a The objects OF this organization
: are:
Ss, 1. To urge upon every farmer in
the southern states the absolute ne
cessity of diyersifcation, rotation and
the cultural system Of growing cotton.
2. To secure legislation in all of the
cotton states for the protection OF in
sectiYorous birds and to destroy sys-
.tematically the cotton stalks as soon
as the cotton is picked.
To secure these results, steps will
be taken to Systematically organize
the entire cotton country.
Vice presidents have already been
named for each cotton state, who will
act as chairman Of the state execu-
tive committee of their own respective
states and will name their own exec
utiye committee. :
Each state chairman will call q
meeting at once of his executive com.
mittee, and will organizee foS the pur.
pose of carrying out the objects OF
the national association as defined by
= the national executive committee!
The plan of organization by states
is for the state executive committee
to name a chairman for each cotton
county, who will, in turn. select his
own executive committee from the va.
rious precincts in his county.
The necessity Of mediate action
has been urged upon all persons in
terested, and it is anticipated by the
national executive comittee that the
organization will be perfect within a
very short time.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29

100000 Blaze at Beloit, Wisconsin.
The John Thompson & Son agricul-
tural machine works and gasoline en-
gine factory at Beloit, Wis, was de.
stroyed By fire Tuesday night. Loss
100000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29

Four Die in Mine Explosion.
Four men were instantly killed and
many others were nearly suffocated
Thursday as the result of an explos-
ion in Reece Hammond & Co.'s coal
mine at Bolivar, Pa.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
Nothinz. Doing.

Dear" said the poets wife, notieiA&
his abstracted look, '.you are W0rr11
about something" 's.:
"Well- -er-yes;" replied the Eoet 81
''Tell me; what have you on y01fs
mind?"
Nothing. That's what worries ms
Philadelphia Press. ssi
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29

In London the unusual heat 0f m
last summer gave further vogue
the straw hat and made silk hats M
unpopular that the factories dismfSs
many Of their workulen.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
A POLICE COURT RECORD.

Over Two Hundred Cases Tried In
Court in One Day.
The biggest police court docket ever
disposed of in Atlanta before Record
er Broyles was Monday afternoon
when he tried over two hundred cases.
This was the result of the great disor-
der of Saturday night, when 1S1 pris-
oners were locked up at police bar
racks, besides additional cases made
Sunday.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29

A London dispatch says: The pub
l.cation in st. Petersburg of the state
ment that Hull fishermen have volun-
CARLY deposed that foreign torpedo
boats were among the trawlers on
Dogger bank when the latter were
fred upon by ships of the Russian
Baltic squadron is probably nothing
more than a repetition of similar
statements emanating from Hull and
appearing in London papers the last
few days.
These are circumstantial and it
would certainly appear to be true that
some men Of the Gamecock feet have
made statements before the Russian
consul. The name Of only one OF
these has been revealed. He is the
boatswain of the trawler Ava, and ne
said Thursday that he was induced
to make the statement while he was
intoxicated. He admits that he re-
ceived a certain amount OF money
but now says the statement he made
Is untrue. The exact tenor OF his
statement or any others has not. been
revealed. All published reports from
Hull say positively that these state
ments were secured by two agents OF
the Russian governments but the
Russian embassy in London repeated
the denial made on December Il:
which was to the effect that there Is
absolutely no truth in the statement
that the Russian government or any
one in any official capacity, or any
one delegated by Russia has been en-
deavoring to secure statements from
the Gamecock fishermen in support
of Russia's position before the Paris
commission.
The sensational press Of England
directly charges the Russian govern
ment with using underhand means, by
bribery and intoxicants, to secure
false statements from men OF the
Gamecock fishing feet. The Russian
consul at Hull said the boatswain OF
the Ava was brought to his Office, but
that he sent him to the commission
er Of boats, where the consul says the
boatswain swore he saw Japanese
torpedo boat with the trawlers. The
consul says he knows other trawlers
who are ready to make similar state
ments. but that they are afraid OF the
consequences. The consul indignant
ly denies that he has made any at
tempt to induce fishermen to make
statements.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
RENEGADE MoRos QUELLED.
General Wood Says Conditions in Phil
ippines Are Now Peaceful.

ippines Are Now Peaceful.
General Wood, comanding the de.
department of Mindanao, Philippine
division, In his annual report to the
war department, says that the troops
OF the department have been in the
field great portion OF the year queIl-
ing armed uprisings and preventing
slave trade and kindred abuses. He
says that in almost every instance &C.
tual fighting was initiated by the
Moros.
Conditions among the Moros
throughout the department are gen.
orally peaceful" the general says.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
A QUARTER MILLION BLAZE.
Columbus, Ohio, Suffers Heavy BusI-
ness Property Loss BY Fire.

ness Property Loss BY Fire.
Fire in Columbus, Ohio, early We'd
nesday destroyed $225,000 worth Of
property and stocks in the center Of
the business district and in an explo-
sion during the fire five fremen were
more Or less injured. The fire start
ed in the Mithoff building. The Sec
ond. third and fourth floors were occu-
pied as fats and something like fifteen
families reside there, but all were res
ycued The flames then spread to ad-
Dining stores.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
BRlTlSH-RUSSIAN CASE.
Commission to Pass Upon the Matter
Organizes at Paris-Torpedo
Boats Seen With Fishermen.

The international commission ap'
pointed to inquire into the North sea
incident met at the foreign Office IN
Paris Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.
Rear Admiral Davis, u. S. N, repre-
senting the United States, was pres
ent. The commission unanimously
elected the Admiral Baron Won Spaun,
of the Austro-H Hungarian navy, to be
the fifth member, completed tbs pre-
liminary organization and adjourned
until January 9. The other members
of the commission are: Admiral Kaz-
nakoff, for Russia; Admiral Fournler,
France; Rear Admiral Lewis A. Beau
mont, England.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
AFTER THE BALTIC SQUADRON,
Jap Warships Sent to Intercept Sec.
ond Fleet of Gar.

ond Fleet of Car.
The London Daily Mails correspond
ent at Hong Kong says he has learned
on trustworthy authority that power
ful Japanese squadron of battleships
and armored cruisers is proceeding
south, accompanied by fifteen golfers
and transports, to attack the Russian
Baltic squadron.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-07-08
soldlern, Warm Meals.

Timed meats for the Russian troops
are prepared by a process which en-.
ables the contents OF each tin 20 be
served hot without a fire. This boon
is secured by having the ordinary tins
filled with food "jacketed" in patent
tins. The patent tin contains water,
together with a chemical mixture, by
means Of which the water can be
raised to boiling point in ten minutes
or a quarter OF an hour All that is
necessary to do when II is desired to
heat the food is to puncture the top OF
the patent tin. the chemical mixture
being thereby forced into the water,
which soon BE- gins 20 boil.