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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29

Mrs. Abigail Osborn died at the home of
her daughter. Mrs. C. M. Chaffee. in Co
iumDus. Ohio. Sunday, aged eighty
seven years. She was sister of the moth
er of the late President Mckinley and
was the mother of Gen. Joseph Osborn,
Y. 8. A.. deceased: Consul General Will
Mrs. D. j. StambAugh of Youngstown. and
A. w. and F. NJ. Osborn Of Cleveland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
LIFE rs IN JEOPARDY
INTENSE FEELING AT ELKToN
AGAINST SHIPPERS.
Citizen Threatens to Shoot Him If Jury
Fails to Convict in First
Degree.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
ELKTON. Nd, March 29-The feeling
against John M. Shippers, the self-confess-
ed murderer of Lawyer Albert Constable,
ST., who is on trial for his life in the Cecil
county court here, is intense. This was
demonstrated today when well-known
citizen of Elkton stated to a number of
persons that If the jury should bring in
verdict of murder in the second degree
that he Qhe citizen) would shoot the pris-
oner, no matter what the consequences
would be.
Late last night, while the accused was
being taken from the court house to the
Jail. handcuffed to the detectives, a crowd
OF 500 followed. Some one shouted, There
he goes" and the crowd closed in on the
murderer and his guards. The latter be-
came alarmed and started on brisk walk.
AS matters were beginning to look ON
nous, the jail was reached and the slayer
was hustled inside and the door hastily
closed.
Nothing in Attempted Escape.
An attempt made today to substantiate
the report that Shippers attempted to leap
from a window in the grand jury room yes
terday was futile. The affair is generally
regarded here as being an invention. When
the guards of Shippers were questioned.
their reply was a significant smile.
When the trial was resumed this morn
ing Harry w. Harris, the Baltimore wife
murderer to whom Shippers first confessed,
again went on the stand. His evidence
was practically the same as that given last
evening.
Shippers confession of the murder was in
troduced evidence today and admitted.
The state will close this afternoon. The
defense will have about fifteen witnesses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
Placed.
From the New York s.

From the New York Sun.
Stella-"How old is she?"
Bella-..Neither young enough nor old
enough to get seat in a car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
THE GRAVE OF RoDMAN DRAKE.
Poets Resting Place on Bronx to Be
Made Into Park.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
After years of persistent work the efforts
of citizens and organizations of the Bronx
to preserve the grave of Joseph Rodman
Drake, the poet, promise to be successful
At the last meeting of the board of esti-
mate and apportionment the sum of $25 600
was voted for the preliminary expenses of
laying out and acquiring Rodman Drake
Park Thus the grave of the poet, in the
little cemetery at Hunts Point, is likely to
be saved, though most Of the old houses in
the neighborhood have long since been
RACED and streets cut through much of the
territory.
In this same little cemetery are buried
many of the Hunt family, from which the
cemetery and the point take their names.
Thomas Hunt the second, or Hunt the
patriot, as he was called was of great serv-
Ice to Washington when the colonial forces
operated in New York He built the Hunt
Grange at the extreme end of the point
and there Drake, after the death of his
parents, went to live. He was brought I'D
by his grandmother, who was the second
wife of Thomas Hunt.
Drake was physician by profession and
graduated from Columbia College. He was
only fourteen when he wrote The Mocking
Bird" He is best known by his poem
1.-The American Flag"
The young poet spent many days along
the Bronx river, and the following verse
from his poem on that stream is still quoted:
Yet Will look upCL thy face again,
Mine own romantic Bronx, and 1t will be
face more pleasant than the face of men:
Thy waves are old companions. l shall see
well-remembered form in each old tree
And hear voice long loved in thy wild min
strelsy.
One of brakes closest friends was Fftz-
Greene Halleck, who was with him at the
time of his marriage, at the birth of
brakes daughter and at his DEATH On the
death of Drake, September q, 1920 Hal
leck retired to the Hunt Grange and penped
words expressive of his love of the dead
poet. In the poem is the following oft
quoted verse:
Green be the turf above thee
Friend of my better days;
None knew thee but to love thee
None named thee but to praise.
On the tombstone over brakes grave is
inscribed:
Sacred
to The memory
OF
JOSEPH R. DRAKE, NJ D..
who fied Sept. 81,
1920,
Aged Is years.
None knew him but to love him.
Nor named him but to praise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
Renovated by the
Brownson Literary Union,
I'll aF VOnn

The last inscription shows that more than
once effort had to be made to save the
grave of the poet from being lost in the
march of the various Bronx booms. The
last one is cleaning out almost every re-
minder of the revolutionary days, and it is
a source of great satisfaction to MANY re si-
dents that steps are being taken by the
city to preserve at least this much before it
is too late.
The little cemetery at Hunts Point is a
favorite place for short pilgrimage on
summer days, and is really an attractive
spot. 1t can be reached either from the
Hunts Point station of the New Haven
railroad or by the Union trolley cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29

tSwamp-Root is pleasant to take.)
II You are already convinced that
Swamp-Root is what you need. you
can purchase the regular ffty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles at the
drug stores everywhere. Don't
make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp-Root, DIR. Kill
mer's Swamp Root, and the address,
Binghamton, \. Y, on every bottle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
lb{f:a IyNeEGfsR4k,5o2g! 3,
~~~~oNo~

The late Sig. Tamagno, in spite of his
lavish generosity, managed to amass a
larger fortune than any singer of his
time, with perhaps the exception of Jean
de Reszke. His only daughter inherited
more than $1,000,OOO
When Sir Michael Hicks-Reac was
chancellor of the exchequer it was an in.
teresting study to watch him walking
up Downing street to attend an impor-
tant council. He would infict heavy
blows and swift passes at imaginary enc
mles upon the pavement with the end of
his faithful umbrella.
The Right Hon. Sir Francis Rert;a
British ambassador in Paris. RECENTLY
passed his sixty-frst birthday having
been forty-one years in service.
Ihe Duke of Argyll was 60 years of
age recently. During the last twenty
one years he has produced upwards Of q
dozen books, including the opera Of
Dlarmld' in the great jubilee year.
lbsen works in room in which tharo
are doors opening into five other anart-
ments As he composes he wanders
from room to room. He eats little while
writing his dramas and declares tbat
good meals prevent keen brain work.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
PRESIDENT ROOSEyELTS
FOOTBALL RfFORM PLATFORM.

nr r William White, professor %
SURGERY at the University OF Fenhssi-
ronia has presented Theodore hoose-
x.olt,s football reform platform III a
e+a+ement authorized by the president
Dr White was the President guess
of+ar the famous conference OF college
coaches was held at the Whlte HOUSE
and the statement enlbodies the ffesl-
dent,s views expressed on that oeca-
sion. 49,
II took the form of sort OF gen
tlemen's agreement" among Tue
snonsible authorities of Leading COZ
leges. as follows:
First-A simple and uniform ellgloll I,
;+v code for all American colleges ana
universities.
Second - Summary punishment Tor
brutality and foul play.
Third-Umpires to be given Wlues'
latitude in enforcing rules against pru-
tally.
Fourth-College presidents to hold 60
strict accountability umplres VINO permit
foul or brutal play.
Fifth-Permanent removal from the
game not only of the brutal player out
of the player who is not bona nue SUI
dent and amateur.
Brutality and foul play, however
should receive the same summary PUNISH
ment given to a man VINO cneatS at
cards. who strikes a foul blow in boxing
The umpire must have the widest latl-
tude in enforcing this principle, even TO
the extent of ordering not only lndlVld-
ual players but whole teams ott the neiu'
and college presidents should hold to
the sharpest accountability the umpire
who permits foul or brutal football ID
any game.
We want simple rules, not complicated
rules, because complicated rules OTTER TOO
many loopholes.
The responsible authorities of the sew
eral colleges whose teams play together
should have what may be called gen
tlemen's agreement among themselves
that these rules shall be enforced III
spirit as we'll as in letter, each beng
held responsible for what goes on IN ms
own college, and each seeing to the per-
manent removal from the game not only
of the foul or brutal player but OF the
man who is not bona fde student and
amateur.
It would be a real misfortune to lose
so manly and vigorous a game as foot
ball, and to avert such a possibility the
college authorities in each college should
see to it that the game in that college
is clean.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01

Lacking money for railroad fare, and
wishing to take his bride to see his faith
er in Chicago, George Frances, recently
married in Denver, Travelled inside a
small trunk Mrs. Frances went i'll a
tourist sleeper, with the key to the
trunk in her pocketbook. The trunk
was bought at a second hand store in
Denver A hole was bored in one end,
and strong cross pieces were placed on
the inside for the inmate to cling to
when he was tossed around by the bag
gage smashers. After putting in bread
and meat and a can of water, Frances
crawled inside and his wife locked and
strapped the trunk. When nearing
Omaha the baggageman, while checking
over the articles in his care, noticed
something move through the hole in his
trunk and made a closer examination.
Suspecting there was a man inside the
baggageman asked him if he wanted a
drink Frances finding he was discov-
cred begged the baggageman not to give
him away, and explained his reasons for
his strange method of travelling. When
taken out Frances was 50 stiff he could
hardly walk, but begged hard to be al
lowed to continue his journey. sit was
the most remarkable ride [ ever had in
my life" he declared. ''The food gave
out before l was discovered and l do
not know how I could have stood it if
I had been left in the trunk until we
reached Chicago"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
DIE IN TRAIN WRECK.
Many Other Passengers Hurt Serl-
ousIy in Massachusetts Crash.

Many Other Passengers Hurt Sefi-
OusIy in Massachusetts Crash.
Eighteen persons were killed, TWEEN
ty-five others were injured seriously
and many more were wounded or
burned in a rear-end collision between
an express train and local at Baker S
Bridge station, mile and half from
Lincoln, Mass. The wreck occurred
on the Fitchburg division of the Bos-
ton and Maine Railroad.
The regular Sunday express which
left Boston at 7:45 o'clock for Mon
treaI by way of the Rutland system
crashed into the rear Of an accOmmO-
dation train bound for points on the
Marlboro branch line, which started
from Boston at 7:15.
Of the dead sixteen were passen-
gers in the two rear cars of the Marl-
boro train. The other two We're an
engineer and fireman. No passenger
on the express train was injured. Of
those who lost their lives a number
were apparently killed instantly in the
collision, while others were either
burned to death or died from suffoca-
tion
The wreck was primarily due to
thick weather, which apparently OBJ
scured signals set by the forward train,
which at the time of the disaster was
standing in front Of Bakers Bridge
Station. The Montreal train. drawn
by two locomotives and consisting of
nine cars, demolished the two rear
coaches of the local.
The wreckage caught fire and some
of the passengers We're incinerated
Few persons live in the vicinity of
Bakers Bridge station and no fire de-
partment was available, so that the
flames practically burned themselves
out. The uninjured passengers and
number Of train hands. assisted bv
villagers, went to the aid of the in
jured, and many persons were res
'cued.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
| New York.

uO VI L. FOFS III Il ulSn degree u1
precedented activity
all industrial lines, but unfavOrN|
affects retail trade in wearing anald
and retards collections, which also fed
the adverse influences Of cOuntryWill
freight congestion Evidently in Id
effort to avoid trouble from this LATED
source, holiday trade at wholesale
active beyond all preceding years 4
wholesale and jObbing lines the back
WardnesS of retail trade is reflected
slower recorder trade than expected
but confidence in the general Oul@A
is evidenced by the liberal orders N
ported for spring goods Perhaps "
most marked evidence of confidence
the future is found in the metal may
kets, which display a strength Of q
mand and of prices not usual at uI
season. Business failures for the Wal
ended Nov. % number 224, against "
last week. 1913 in the like week OF lS4
1871 in 1903, 1872 in 1902 and lS
1901. In Canada failures for the Vu1
number forty, as against forty-one Ia]
week and forty-one in this week a yea
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Commercial he~1
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
WIFE AND FIVE CHILDREN SLAIN.
Iowa Farmer Arrested Accused of
Murder of Family.

The bodies of Mrs William McWil-
liams and her five children, hacked with
a knife and the skulls crushed in with
blows from hammer, were found at
their farm home six miles south of In
dependence, Iowa. The husband and
father was arrested, charged with the
crime. The children ranged in age from
to IS years.
The murder was a most brutal one.
Evidently the mother had been killed
while preparing a meal, for when the
bodies were found food was cooking on
the stove. She had been killed by blows
of a hammer, and her skull was crush
ed. Then she hau been hacked with
knife. After her murder the children
evidently had been called in one by one
and murdered in a similar manner. The
baby, not years old, when found still
wore hood and mittens and had in it's
hand piece of bread. One blow of
the hammer had sufficed for it and then
the murderer laid it in it's dead mothers
arms.
The murder was discovered by a milk
man named Saunders. When officers
reached the house no trace of the hus-
band could be found, but an abandoned
suit of his clothing was found, badly
smeared with blood. He came into In
dependence by a circuitous route. Nc
Williams denies he is guilty
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
Short News Notes.

A serious labor struggle is feared in
New York City owing to the refusal of
the labor unions to accept arbitration
decisions.
President Roosevelt has accepted the
resignation of his cousin, Lieut.. Fertes-
que, of the army, who was mixed up in
the Taggart divorce case.
Harry c.. Campion of Philadelphia,
head of wholesale drug firm, and a
member of the Union League, died as
the result of injuries received by being
run over by trolley car
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
UGE5 EiLAE'GIS22'5;%{gi1y
.ssS.@,elelSS $;5g3lyS S%]<7tA
ss l:.1I So, gtzs}s
Setgo -SsSEEa9Cf
--~sT ~
~%%eHN-N%N"

Chicago-Cattle, common to p"@'
$500 to $500; hogs. prime heavy " ~ Nv
to 1892; sheep, fair to choice, pow
1925; wheat, No. ., S3c to o9c' oS w.
No. 2, 45c to ACC; oats, standard Nv .;r,
29c; rye, No. 2, &c to &C; nay " N @D.
thy, $3.50 to $3.50; prairie So ~,
$3.50; butter, choice creamery, ,+stos
23c; eggs, fresh, 23c to 2oc; po''"'
per bushel, SOC to &c. ,,o
Indianapolis-Cattle, shippInSs, 0r
to 1918; hogs, choice heavy % 90 0t
$500; sheep, common to prime @. II
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, sec to &C. I . whit
2 white, 43c to 44c; oats NJ
29c to Bic. o-oo In.
S4.OO to $500; sheep, S4'oo 10 Va
wheat, No. 2, SEC to S9c; corn 3D.. W RI
42c to 43c; oats, No. ,, Z9c 10 '''
No. 2, &c to Csc. as
Cincinnati-Cattle, S4,W " sool
hogs, 500 to $500; sheep oS Ss.~ o,s
S4.75; wheat, No. 2, SIC 10 9V'' No.
No. 2 mixed, SIC to 53c; oa 10, "a a
ln' netro Jl $500 to $780, , l2f
$500 to $4.7O; sheep, S2oo " 30
wheat, No. 2, SIC to ooc' CON-, rht
yellow, 45c to Acc; oats NO. -o %
SIC to 33c; rye, No. 2, 69c TO w. ..,sr
Milwaukee-Wheat, No, ? nt Of Is
&c to SAC; corn, No, g. 4Iv III No
oats, standard, 29c to SIC 5 3o' fl 81
CSC to soc; barley, NO. = '''
pork, mess, $3.50. oo - s4
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep %. 70 70 %
S5.25: wheat, No. 2 red 9-s n NJ
corn, No. 2, sc to SIC; oa' smpry.
white, a5c to BIC; butt esc f to sc.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mi IL e.: al
Ssc; corn, No. 2 mixed, Ole 10 NJ So ~
No. 2 mixed, soc to 32c; rye 60 n
to &c; clover seed, prime So steel
Bufalo-Cattle, choice ship p5aics. 81 81
$500 to s5.75; hogs, fair to c aoo1 mise
to $500; sheep, common ~ ~. to cbd'
$500 to $3.50; lambs, IAN
$500 to $7.35.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01

ChicdQO.

chicago. generally maintain G4ait'
couraging features !
ductlon is steady at the bicbs.
ume, but surplus supplies Of 4sS'
finished material are not in a WV
and values exhibit tho >'OTs
strength of recent years o's'a
overtazed freight capacity t.,.,
to unprecedented distribution at
modities and confidence in tbo :,
course of business is seen in thu
nous accumulation of forward F'
and extensive additions 70 ra, Wy"
turing plants in this district soo slae
started.
Heavy outdoor work mako,
Roadway, and this draws non
and material to an unusual nvta,1
lumber trade and planning mills
cially feeling much pressure Of ~
for prompt delivery.
The absorption of iron and
machinery, electric equipmpnt
ware and farm implements @'I
healthy expansion, while the aon,
for leather and footwear reaches H..
proportions and tanners make rh,sa
shipments, which cause depletion
stocks carried. Hides continno " I
ceptional request. and the n,dt,,
houses employ augmented forces
November has shown less onia
retail activity than is usually I,o.s
for during that month. Weather a,
ditlons remained favorable in tha Ia,
ing departments. and the bnvhc
winter goods and Christmas novoIs,
has made fine progress. Corntr
ports have a satisfactory Tone gpro,
merchandise being freely bought m
liberal investment made in farm IN
provement. Mercantile defaults agf
are seen to be small in number !,
amount, and Western collections or,
sion little comment.
Failures reported in the Chicagoa
trict number q, against q last WA
and q a year agO.-Dun's Review
Trade.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
BIND COMRADE TO TRACK.
High School Pupil Rescued by Girls
he NinIc Of irnhR

in the Nick of Time.
When six pupils of the Washington
school, LOgansport, Ind, appeared in po-
lice court Monday it was learned that
they were to answer for a joke perpe-
trated upon Carl Hilton, a fellow stu
dent of about the same age, who, it is
alleged, was bound with a wire to the
Wabash railroad tracks Saturday night
and who was rescued from his perilous
position by Enid Alexander and four
other girls just before the Toledo and
st. Louis express passed. Hilton was
in the company of the five girls when
captured by the alleged hazers. The
girls followed and had just scrambled
off the right of way when the train
dashed by. The boys, who gave their
names as Arthur Hewitt, Fred Gerhart,
George Palmer, Arthur Montgomery,
Henry Burh and Walter Burg were re-
leased with a reprimand after promis-
ing that no such FRANKS would be re-
peGted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
COINAGE OF DOLLAR AT AN END.
Silver that Can Be Purchased Unde,
Law Is Exhausted

Director of the Mint Roberts an
nounces in his annual report that all
silver bullion purchased under the acts
of 1873 and 1890 is now gone, and that
the coinage of the silver dollar is at an
end unless new legislation on the SUBJ
Ject is passed. Since the silver dollar
was authorized in 1892 in the first coin
age act of the United States SIS. BOZ S4s
have been struck off. The bullion yalne
of the silver dollar in 1878 was or
cents. In 1894 it was 56.5 cents. These
figures mark the extremes of fuctna.
ton.
The report shows that the domestic
coinage for the year amounted TO sol :
172,72c in 1922 O2 pieces. The coin
age for the Philippine Islands was %
3sO,526 pieces; for Panama, 6,435 Ooo
pieces; for Costa RIGA, 100000 nieces
and for San Salvador, 100000 pieces
TIE total coinage was 1S9.O97, 1913 pieces
The stock of gold in the world Tan
1900, in use as money, is estimated in
round numbers at $5,OOOOOO.OO The
amount actually in sight in renort;no
banks and government treasures was
$3.a64, 100000.
The receipts of the mint bureau fo,
the year, including seigniorage. We're * !
O:54.Ooo, and the expenditures 81 715
olo. leaving net earnings of $3.50. O2o
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
Auto Strikes Aged woman.

Mrs. Mary McI<eever was probably
fatally injured at Courtsville, Ohio, oy
an automobile driven by 7. H. Thorne,
a rural mail carrier. AS she was cross
ing the street the auto struck her. Her
body was terribly mangled and both legs
were fractured, her ribs We're crushed
and jaw broken.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
Hotel BURNS; One Dead, Six Hurt.

One man was burned to death and six
persons were injured in a fire that de-
stroyed the interior of the South End
hotel in East st. Louis, Ill. The shell
of the building was left standing with
little outward evidence of the confagra-
ton. The charred body of Patrick Mes
ner, aged 80, a steel mill puddler, was
found in the ruins.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
The NIcCurdys Are ONT

Richard A AIcCurdy has resigned rs
president of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York. His retirement
has been followed by that of his son
Richard II. McCurdy. general managor
OF the company, and Louis 4 Tbahand
the favored general agent for Now WI.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
Allies Seize MytiIene

Sailors from the allied fleet seized the
customs and telegraph offices of Mytilen,
an island belonging to Turkey, as the
first step in enforcing the demand for
reform in Macedonia.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
Marshall Field. Jr., Dies.

Marshall Field, Jr., died at Mercy hos
pital in Chicago, from a revolver wound
accidentally given by himself while
cleaning the weapon in his room.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01

President Roosevelt has summarily
dismissed William s. Lieb, assistant
treasurer of the United States at Phila-
delphia, for persistent violations of the
civil service law.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
king Edward Presents Cun

King Edward of England has pre-
sented cup to the New York Yacht
Club TO be raced for annually by Ameri-
can yachts in American waters.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
Theater for Bernhardt,

a new theater, at a total cost of ST.
100000, is to be built in New York for
Sarah Bernhardt, who will have a finan-
cial interest in the playhouse and will
open it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
Forbidden to Take Rotb

An ordinance, just passed by the
Newark, Del, council, forbids inhabit-
ants from taking a bath for month.
Trouble over the water supply led to the
passage of the ordinance, which, it is
said, will be be enforced to the letter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-01
KILLS WRECKER OF HOME.

OhIOan Admits Staying Man, but
Verdict Acquits Him.
The jury which heard the case against
James I. HARRISON, on trial for shooting
and killing Louis F. Bergman, in
Youngstown, Ohio, the night of July 3,
returned a verdict of not guilty. Harbi-
sons home had been broken up. The
night that Bergman was killed HARRISON
found him in his wife's room. HARRISON
said he did not mean to kill Bergman,
but was looking for another man.