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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
FUNERAL OF MR.. aLADMoN.
services Conducted Under Auspices Of
Potomac Post, G. A. r.

Funeral services over the remains of the
late Cornelius Gladmon were conducted this
afternoon at O'Clock from the chapel of
the undertaking establishment of Geier &
Sons. lib 9TH street northwest. The cere-
monies were conducted by Potomac Post,
G. A. r., Commander ]. Tyler Powell Of
feiatfng. Interment was at Oak Hill GEM
etery.
MIR. Gladmon was sixty-three years of age
and had been lifelong resident of the Dis
trict of Columbia. During the civil war he
served with the I'd District of Columbia
regiment and fought in many famous bat
ties before hostilites ended For many
years he was engaged in the produce bust
ness. but in recent years had retired from
actlNe management. One brother, George
wives him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
Death of William P. Kram.

Word has been received in this city from
Philadelphia of the death of William P.
Kram, who died yesterday at the PennsyI-
vania University Hospital in that city. Mr..
Kram, who was thirty-two years OF age, IS
a brother of Mr.. Charles A. kram of the
Post Office Department, this city. Inter-
ment will be made at Milton, Pa, tomor-
row afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
Will Address West Virginia Bar.

Justice Stafford of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia has accepted an
invitation to address the West Virginia
State Bar Association upon the occasion of
it's annual meeting Thursday evening of
this week at Fairmont, w. Va. The sub
ect of Justice Staffords remarks will be
The Lawyer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
HELD UP CROWDED CAR
DRAMATIC CHRISTMAS NIGHT IN
cIDENT AT CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, December 26-Holding up
crowded Ashland avenue electric car at
Seth street last night six armed men fired
a score of shots through the windows and
roof. and were engaged in robbing the pas
sengers. including several women and chill
dren, when the trolley pole was removed
from the wire by the conductor and the
bandits were left struggling in the dark
ness.
After battle In which the invaders were
pitted against the men passengers and the
car crew, and in which several persons
were trampled upon In the frantic rush that
was made for the exits. a wagonload of
policemen arrived and five of the robbers
were captured. The prisoners gave the
names Of Edward Lenehan, Edward Hig-
gins, c. Murphy. William Starr and Michael
Houlihan. They were all severely bruised
and scratched.
Two. men boarded the car at 66th street.
They leaped to the front platform, and,
holding revolvers at the head of the motor
man, James Callahan, they forced him to
stop the car. Four accomplices then got
on the rear platform. and while one of them
covered James Link, the conductor, with
his weapon, three men entered the car.
Everybody hold UP your hands. We
want your money, and will shoot the first
man who tries to stop us, said the leader
of the band.
Fired Through Windows and Roof.
Evidently hoping to thoroughly brighten
their intended victims before risking the
wholesale robbery. the trio fired repeat edly
through the windows and the roof. Several
women tainted and children cried in terror
When the uproar and confusion were at
their height the conductor striking away
the arm Of the man who threatened his
life, pulled the trolley rope, and the in
terror of the car instantly was plunged in
darkness.
Callahan, the motorman, gave battle to
the two men on the front platform. He
struck one of the robbers a blow in the
face, staggering him. He followed up his
advantage by lifting the controller handle
and bringing it down upon the bandits
head The injured man fell to the street,
but arose and fed. His companion went
into the car to the aid of the three men
who were engaged in hand-to-hand fight
A passenger who escaped from the car
informed the police, who came in patrol
wagon, entered the and drove the rob-
bers from it at the points of their revol-
vers. The bandits exchanged shots with
the policemen, but were overpowered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
Home for the Horse and Dog.

1t Is stated that a society is being
formed by a committee whose tempo
fary headquarters are at room s. 512 F
street northwest, this city, for the pro-
lection of the horse and dog, and a pro-
vision for home for them in old age
1t Is proposed to form a society and buy
a suitable home near this city, and to
take steps to otherwise befriend the ami
mails named when Ill used or too old to
be of service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
THE COURT RECORD
District Supreme Court.

PROBATE COURT-Justice Barnard.
Estate Of william H. Harrison; petition
for probate of Will filed; attorneys, Wolf
& Rosenberg.
Estate of William Santry; letters OF adj
ministratfon granted to Charles w. Darr:
bond So, 600. attorney, c. W. Darr.
Estate of Cornelius H. Naughton; petition
for letters of admin stration fled attorney.
NJ. j. Keslne.
Estate of Paul Bonavedes; will dated July
a. 1874, fled
Estate of Caroline Buehler; will dated
June D. 1903 filed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
Scipio Bryant's Offense.

Ella Bryant wanted her husband, Scipio
Bryant, colored, to go to work yesterday
Notwithstanding it was a holiday.
Il am master of all I survey l don't
think you can tell me to go to work.
replied Scipio To enforce his remark
he slapped his wife, knocking her down.
Bryant was arrested by officer Orme of
the third precinct and was before Judge
Kimball in the Police Court today The
sentence was $40 fine or thirty days In
tai
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
Will Of Paul Bonavedes.

The will of Paul Bonavedes dated July
IA, 1874, was filed today for probate. His
entire estate Is left to his wife, Mary Bona
vedes, who is named executrix.
By the terms of the will of Caroline
Buehler, dated June ., 1903, and also filed
today with the register her four grand
children, Sarah, George, Daisy and Ellen
Carter, are the benefciaries, share and
share alike. The executor is John Ockers-
hansen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
Theater Manager Thanks Firemen.

Chief Engineer William T. Belt of the
fire department received letter today from
F. p. Sargent manager of the Majestic
Theater, in which the latter expressed the
warmest appreciation of the work of the
fremen at athe conhagratiOn in the Lou s.
lana avenue commission houses last Wed
nesday, particularly in that they saved the
newly retitted theater from destruction.
Mr.. Sargent inclosed a check for SO in his
letter TO be added to the firemen's coffee
fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
English and American slums.

From New York Public Opinion.
English slums are spreading leprously.
In our own country the slums are the re-
ceiving stations for poor foreigners, whence
they may rise through abundant opportu-
nifty to better things. In England the
sluns are cesspools into which men sink.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
FAIR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
Slowly Rising Temperature; Lowest
Temperature Tonight About %.

Forecast till pm. Wednesday-For the
District of Columbia. fair tonight and Wed
nesday, with slowly rising temperature;
minimum temperature tonight about % de-
grees light to fresh southerly winds.
For Delaware and Maryland, fair tonight
and Wednesday, with slowly rising tenn
perature; fresh southerly winds.
For Virginia fair, warmer tonight and
Wednesday; fresh southerly winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
Food Idiosyncrasies.

6r0m the LANCET.
A correspondent says that If he eats eggs
In any form he has all the symptoms more
or less pronounced, of irritant poisoning.
Many persons are affected In like manner
by articles OF food. Some persons cannot
eat Strawberries. to others mutton ID poison
and many persons dare not cat crab.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26

hours, 26; year ago, "a.
Weather conditions and general forecast
There has been general and decided fali
in pressure throughout the country, except
in the Atlantic states, causing q general
rise in temperature, but no precipitation of
consequence, except in the middle ana
northern district west of the Rocky noun
tains, where there were rains and SHOWS.
The low pressure area will drift SLOWLY
eastward, causing a further rise in tenn
perature tonight and Wednesday In the
east and south, but little or no precip1ta-
ton.
The winds along the middle Atlantic coast
will be fresh to brisk southwesterly; on the
south Atlantic coast variable, becoming
southerly and fresh, and on the east gulf
coast fresh southerly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh west to southwest
winds, with partly cloudy weather to the
Grand Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
ermometer-December %, pm, 80; s
pm, 80: II midnight, 80. December 26. 4
am, %; am, u; II noon, 80; pm, 43.
Maximum. 43. at = pm-.> December 25;
minimum. 26, at 80 am, December %
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS %, 4 IN, 30.O4; 8
Z. m 80 L. u midnight, 5i.lD. december 20
am. -; s am, 1924; noon, 1920; .
pm, 30 is.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 2:14 am and 2:20 pm. ;
high tide, sol am. and $40 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 3:04 am. and 3:14
pm; high tide. S:53 an. and Oil pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose I'll am: sun sets, ia
pm
Toporrow-Sun rises, II am.
Moon sets, 53S pm.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
ALI arc and incandescent lamps lighted ff-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26

to the holding of the international con-
ference on Moroccan reforms at Madrid IN
stead OF Algeciras.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26

The State of Mexico Bank will double its
present capital of 81, 500 GOO. The new issue
OF S1.5O0,000 will be sold at a premium or
SIS per 500 share, the bank being very
prosperous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
CERTIFICATE EXTENDING CHARTER.
ofice Of Controller of the Currency,
Treasury Department,

WASHINGTON, December ], 1905.
Whereas by satisfactory evidence presented to
the undersigned 1t has been made to appear that
The National Bank Of Washington" Ia the city
OF Washington District OF Columbia, has con-
Piled with al the provisions Of the Act Of Con-
gress to enable National Banking Associations to
extend their corporate existence and for other
purposes. approved July IL 1882:
Now. therefore, I, William B. Ridgeiy. con-
troller Of the currency, do hereby certify that
''The National Bank of Washington, In the
city Of Washington, District OF Columbia, IL au-
thorized to have succession for the period specf-
fed in Its amended articles Of association. name
ly, until close OF business ON December 1. 1925
In testimony whereof witness my hand and seal
Of Office this LIST day of December, 1906
ISEAI.l WM. b. RIDGELY,
Controller Of the CURRENCY.
Zxtension No. 2256. Charter No. 3z26.
de2-00t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26

Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 26; a year ago, "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
SPECIAL NOTICES.

TIE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCkHOLD-
ers OF the Capital Traction Company for the cleo
tion of directors will be held at the Office OF the
company, Beth and NJ SITS. NV, on WEDNtS-
DAY, January 10, 1906.
The polls will be open from 1000 am until
1900 noon. q. +. DUNLOP, President.
H. d CHAMPION Secretary da26-15c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26

THE WASHINGTON MARKET CoMPANY.-THE
annual meeting OF the stockholders OF the WASH
ington Market Company will be held in the Of
nee OF the company. In the It'll street wing of
Center market, IN the city Of Washington. b o.,
az u o'clock noon on the first Monday, being the
FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1906 for the choice
OF thirteen directors to serve the ensuing year,
. and TO act any other subject within the power
OF the corporation that may be brought before
the meeting.
FRANK G. WILKINS, Secretary.
Washington. ID. c. December 10. 1905. deft-tf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26

NATIONAL METROPOLITAN FIRE INsUR ANCE
NoE w tSI4 Il .d dISiFIJf OF COLUMBIA.
A meeting Of the stockholders of the National
Metropolitan Fire Insurance Company of the
District OF Columbia VIII be held on the 26th Ip.
slant FOR the election Of directors Polls open
at - m. and close at o'clock pm
de17-i0t SAM CROSS Sacretarx
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
C. P. DREW IS NAMED.
Made Brigadier General to Succeed
j. w. T. Hughes.

Governor Hoch today appointed Chas.
P. Drew of Burlingame, the oldest man
in point of service in the Kansas Ma
tfonaI guard, to be brigadier general OF
the guard, succeeding General J. ". F.
Hughes.
Captain Drew is now employed IN the
pension Office in this city, as assistant
to Wilder S. Metcaf. He is captain OF
the Burlingame company of the Kan
sas National guard, and is also vet
eran of the civil war. He served three
years in the Eleventh Kansas cavalry.
His appointment Will be popular with
the old soldiers, who We're considerable
aggrieved when they failed to land the
office OF adjutant general for a vet
erar-
General Hughes. whose term Of office
expired when he took the office of ad-
iutant general has been brigadier gen
eral of the state six years. He first
served in that capacity during the leg
islatfve war, and was the man that re-
fused to obey the orders Of the COVER
MOI. to expel the Republicans from the
house of representative
AS assistant adjutant general, Cap
tain Drew was upon the staff Of the
Kansas National guard during Cover
nor MorriIPs administration. He was
also assistant adjutant general unoeh
Governor Leedy's administration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
BURNED TO DEATH.
FFightfu Fate of Three Year-OId
Jessie Taylor.


Jessie, the three-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. D. W. Taylor, was so
horribly burned Tuesday afternoon
that death resulted Wednesday,. The
Taylor home is west of North Topeka,
north of the lower Silver Lake road.
In the afternoon the little girl wan
dered away from the house to the
field where her brothers were burning
corn stalks. The child is supposed to
have thrown a stalk into the IRE and
as she turned the wind blew the
flames up under her dress setting her
skirts on fire. The child screamed but
her brothers who were some distance
away could see nothing the matter
and not until she had cried several
times in her agony did they realize
that her clothes were on fire.
In less than ten minutes from the
time the child left the house she was
missed by her mother who started to
hunt for her. Going into the field
she found the little one ! with her
ped her dress skirt around the little
form while the boys poured water on
the fire.
The chiId's body was terri
bly, burned Her right arm was
burned off to the shoulder and the
left arm at the elbow. Her chest and
back were badly burned and the
flames had so enveloDed her head It
the back that the bones were exposed.
The little sufferer was in commissions
until her death.
The funeral will be held Friday
afternoon at o'clock from the house
and the interment will be in Roches-
ter cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
HIS CONFESSION.
Croft Tells a Complete Story
This Afternoon.
Gives Details of Kuntz Assault
on Witness Stand.

In the Heck assault and robbery
case John Croft made a complete con
fession on the witness stand this after
noon.
He was asked:
DO you know who held up ana
robbed MI. KuntZ ?"
Both of u.s."
WHO do you mean?"
Gal Heck and l.
itg-. -- y =
Something was said about getting
What was suggested?"
"He suggested taking copper wires
off the telephone poles and / said I
would rather stick some one up than
to take such chances"
What did he say?"
He said he was in debt and had to
have money"
Did you go to North Topeka %.
Heck and I went to Kuntz's drug
store in North Topeka. Heck asked
me whose place it was and told him
He said Kuntz would be a good man
to hold up"
: Did you see Kuntz there?"
Not that time. We went back
again.
"On your way home was anything
said about holding up Kuntz %
I'VE decided to hold him up that
Sunday night"
Did you go back to Kuntz's drug
store ?"
I'VE walked back and saw Kuntz
and his porter in the drug store"
What did you do them"
went to a restaurant"
What did Heck do?"
He went back to see if Kuntz or
his boy was In the drug store"
WAS he there 2"
Yes he and his porter
What did you do then"
We came over to the Orient hotel
and sat outside and watched for
KuntZ to come over on a street car.
We didn't see him till he got off. He
had the start and we could not catch
him without running, and we gave it
up for that night"
Croft then told of numerous other
times when he and Heck laid for Kuntz
and. told of places they were on those
nights and as he told of the places, per
sons he named as being in the places
were called upon to stand up in the
court room.
Croft told of going to the shed of the
Thomas Lumber company on Van Buren,
street, next door to Kuntz's home, open
ed the oor by raising the latch, went
in and started a fire.
Croft told of meeting Heck at Sixth
and Van Buren, streets at 11:S0 o'clock
the night of the assault. They went to
the alley where the assault occurred
Heck told me to wait in the alley
while he come from the north and for
me to see how close he was when I
could see his shadow" said Croft.
What did you do then?"
we went to Sixth and Van Buren,
and watched until we saw Kuntz cross
Sixth and Jackson and then We ran TO
the alley and stayed there until we saw
Kuntz's shadow. Then we went out
What happened2 $500 -.
and dragged him into the paFn.. 1911
lowed them IN and shut the gate
Where was kuntz -
He was lying on the floor behtnd tne
gray horse and Heck was beside him.
What did you dog
IT went through his pockets anu sol
all I could find.
Had Kuntz been hitE
IT don't know.
What did you do with Kuntz?
Carried him into the next room
What was done with Kuntz's over
coat?"
What did you do with him then
Put hin c. the bench.
WAS ne hit?"
Heck hit him.
How many times?"
He said he hit him three times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

receipt of the order from the owner of
the beer.
G. Washington Dusenberry, special
bicycle and COW officer. and M. E.
Younkin, ex-dOg officer, also testified
Younkin saw car loads of beer deliv-
cred to the storage plant. Dusenberry
said he saw the same but he went
further and said that when he and
Chief Stahl walked down to the plant
that the unloading was stopped, that
the doors of the cars were closed, that
the doors of the cold storage plant
We're barred, the moat was flooded, the
bridge was hauled up and Stahl was
not invited in. Dusenberry thought
this was quite a serious proceedings.
It evidenced guilt, he thought, but on
cross examination the attorneys for
the defendants allowed the impression
to drift out that the cold storage pro-
prietors took StahI and Dusenberry
for bandits.
Dusenberry then read from the
diary of special -keg-and- bicycle
officer" He gave the dates on which
he saw beer delivered to various
places in or about Topeka. He told Of
q certain alley being SO full of empty
beer kegs that the wagons could not
pass and he had to assist in clearing
the alley. He did not exactly connect
the alley with the case but he had his
cav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20

dressed and of clean. neat and intelli-
gent appearance. Does your mother
know of this % was asked of him by
Judge Pollock. mo" was the an
sWer.
you cannot go through life and
earn your living by stealing" said the
court. You will always be detected.
If thought that when you got out of
prison you would live an honest life
and be straight I would make your
sentence as light as possible
Tears stood in Crabtree's eyes as he
pleaded that the sentence be light.
Il will be as lenient with you as the
statute allows me to be-" said the
court. x will sentence you to one
year and one day in the Leavenworth
prison at hard labor"
The boy thanked the judge as the
officers took him aWay
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
NO INQUIRY NOW.
SIr. Garfield win Look After Missouri
Later.

Kansas City, April 2O.-There will
be no government investigation of the
Standard Oil company in Missouri for
the present. After Garfield has I'm
ished his work in Kansas, California
and Texas, he will take up the ques-
ton of how the Standard sells oil in
Missouri. Just when that may be will
not be known for some time.
Il can say nothing" said Mr.. Gar
field after his conference today with
Attorney General Hadley.
These things will all come out in
my report I go from here to Topeka,
to finish some work there, and then
go to California. The agents of the
government are at work in Kansas
now and will follow me when they
have finished their work"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-20
CHASE MAY GET IT.
Rumor That He VIII Be Private
Secretary to Governor.

While Governor Hoch will not Sc
lect a successor to T. A. AIeNeal as his
private secretary until July /. there is
a rumor that Harold T. Chase, editor
of the Topeka Capital, is to leave his
position on the Capital and take the
position in the governors ante
chamber.
Mr.. Chase has many friends who
would like to see him get this appoint
ment, and while he is not a mixer
like McNeal, he would see to it that
the Office was conducted in dignified
and acceptable manner.
Governor Hoch said today when
asked about the Chase appointment:
II hadn't thought of him, but I am
much OBLIGED for the SUGGESTION,