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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
MAY GO TO THE COURTS.
Secretary Taft's Authority to Grant
Use of a Government Bridge.

Secretary Taft has received an opinion
from the Attorney General in regard to the
application of the Davenport and Suburban
railroad for permission to use the govern
ment bridge across the Mississippi river
between Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island,
H., in conjunction with the Tri-city rail-
road. The Attorney General expresses his
personal opinion that, under existing legis-
lation, the Secretary of War has no author
ity to grant the application either to the
Davenport and Suburban railway or to any
other railway company to use the bridge
jointly with the Tri-city railway. He sug-
gests. however, that as the question is not
entirely free from doubt and as il could be
presented fer judicial determination in no
other way, that the Secretary grant the
application of the Davenport and Suburban
railroad. with a view to the submission of
the question to the courts for determina-
tion The Secretary of War will undoubt-
edly act in accordance with the Attorney
Generals suggestion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
FOR MAKING SMOKELESS POWDER
Bids Opened for Furnishing 100000
Pounds of Alcohol to the Navy.

Bids have been opened in the naval bu-
reau of supplies and accounts to furnish
about sec, 900 pounds of alcohol for use in
the manufacture of smokeless powder for
the navy Bids were received from six
firms, as follows: The American Distilling
Company of New York, at $53,550 in case
the barrels are returned and S57,750 fiat;
F. O. Boyd & Co. of New York, at S67 O50
fiat; the Louisiana Distilling Company Of
New Orleans, at $65 900 fiat, and $4,000 if
barrels are returned; the Michigan Chemi-
cal Company of Bay City, Mich, at $4,000
fiat. or 100000 in case the barrels are re-
turned. and the Woolner Distilling Com
pany of Peoria, Ill, at $4,000 fiat and S64,-
500 in case barrels are returned.
1t is estimated that about 25,000 pounds
of this alcohol will be delivered at the
Washington navy yard for the naval prov
ing grounds at Indian Head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
Only Ships in Kamranh Bay.

KAMRANH BAY, via Saigon. Coch n
China, April 21.-The only ships remaining
in kahranh bay four German trans
ports. All the rest of the transports and
the Russian hospital ship Orel ana other
vessels left behind by Admiral Rojcstven-
sky left the bay yesterday morning. This
fleet is now assembled outside the bay and
forms extended line stretching from
Cape Varela to the head of the kamranh
peninsula. Torpedo boats are scouting in
all directions The ships seem to be await
ing Vice Admiral Nebosatoff's division
The French cruiser Descartes. having on
board Admiral de Jonqueres. tie French
commander in these waters. returned TO
Nhalrang near kahranh bay, after steam
ing round the Russian squadron, and SUBJ
sequently returned to Saigon.
The two freight-laden steamers captured
by Admiral Rojestvensky We're under the
German flag. 1t is presumed that they are
suspected of having contraband of war on
beard.
British Steamer Burned.
SHANGHAI. April 27.-The British steam
er Yuen-Wo has been totally destroyed by
fire at Tungchou. 1t is feared that 100
Chinese lost their lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
TO WAR ON LOTTERIES.
Officials of Different Branches of the
Service to Combine

The secret service detectives and the
post Office inspectors in the country are
cooperating in making some arrests of
agents of lotteries in this country, some
important arrests having been made at
San Francisco yesterday. The men ar
rested in San Francisco were understood
to be representing a Mexican lottery,
which does considerable business in this
country There is Cuban lottery in
operation and trying to do business in
the United States 1t is probable that
there will be a general crusade against
lottery agents by the government, the
post office, secret service and Department
OF Justice cooperating.
1t is understood that the lottery busi-
ness has been running along somewhat
unchecked in recent years, and it is now
proposed to put stop to it as far as pos
sible. Fraud orders have recently been
issued against the use of the United
States mails by foreign lotteries one In
Germany and another in Hungary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
TRAGEDY AT QUINCY, MASS.
Man Killed His Wife and Then Shot
Himself,

QUINCY. Mass, April 27.-Albert T.
Spargo shot and killed his wife Elizabeth
and then put a bullet through his own head
with fatal results at his home in South
Quincy today.
The tragedy is believed to have been
caused by jealousy the part of Spargo,
who was a son of Councilman William r.
Spargo of this city. Spargo was thirty
eight years old, and his wife was thirty
three.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
FATAL BLOW ON THE HEAD.
Strange Accident to New York Mer-
chant Today.

NEW YORK. April 27.-Benjamn kahn'
senior member of the hat manufacturing
firm of Kahn & Pollak, which has ofhces
in this city San Francisco and Boston, was
killed today by being struck by piece OF
an iron electric light pole, which was
knocked over by an auto-truck, at 10th
street and Union Square east. Mr.. Kahn
was fortyfour years old.
He was going through Union Square
when the heavy auto-truck slipped in the
damp asphalt, struck the pole and broke 1t
off. In falling it struck a fire alarm pole
nearby and broke into several pieces, one
of which struck Mr.. Kahn and fractured
his skull The driver of the truck was ar
rested and charged with criminal careless
ness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27

der c. Humphreys. Stevens; Chancellor S..
B. Mccormick, Western University of Penn
sylvania; Edwin b. Craighead, Tulane; H.
G. King, Oberlin: c. F. Thwing, Western
Reserve; Thomas McClelland, Knox; Ed
win H. Hughes, DePauw; H. McClelland
Bell, Drake; George II. Denny, Washington
and Lee University; Peterson McGiIl; Sam
uel Plautz, Lawrence; David S. Jordan. Le-
land Stanford, jr.; w. II. Crawford, Ale
gheny; Henry S. Pritchett. Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; F. A. Vanderlip,
New York; T. Morris Carnegie, New York:
r. A. Franks. Hoboken, n. ]. T. Morris
Carnegie is a nephew of Andrew Carnegie.
r. A. Franks is Mr.. Carnegie's financial
secretary.
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Bigelow's Schedule of Assets.

Bigelow's Schedule of Assets.
Sundry insurance policies, with face value
of 100000
One thousand eight hundred and fifty
shares First National Bank stock, at 500 a
share, $1,000
Seventeen thousand two hundred shares
of National Electric stock s4So,0oa
One thousand six hundred acres OF coal
land, Huerfano county, Col. $4,000.
Six thousand two hundred shares in Del
Norte company. S1J0,000.
Shares in Idaho company $50 600
Shares preferred stock Mckenna Process
Company, Pittsburg. $4,000
Shares common stock McKenna Process
Company, Sc, 600
Shares Comanche Mining and Smelling
Company, $4,000.
Shares in Chicago Highland Association,
$1,000
Lowery National Bank. Atlanta. $1,000.
Shares in Fond du Lac Bank 81 500
Stock in Northwestern Iron Company,
10000.
Shares in Zion Furnace COMPANY Ash
land, $1,000.
Notes of sundry individuals, 100000
Shares Grand Rapids Edison Company,
so, coo.
Camp Real Estate Company, $50 900.
Shares in Milwaukee Iron Works Com
pany, S15,0CO
Two thousand five hundred shares ]. l..
Gates Land Company, 100000.
Bigelow's Personal Assets.
Included in the schedule is Mr.. Bigelow's
home at Astor and Knapp streets. on which
place he places a valuation of $4,000,
which, less the exemption allowed by law
on a homestead is valued at $4,000.
This schedule of assets is as follows:
Furniture, $4,000; horses, $1,000: car
riages 5000; books, s10,c0o; house, $4,000.
Total, $4,000.
Excluding the face value of the life in
surance policies the estimated value of the
assets according to Mr.. Bigelow's figures,
is about 81, $4,000, but Attorney Charles p.
Spooner. who filed the petition, said that
undoubtedly these figures will be subject to
considerable change as soon as the exact
value of these assets is determined. He
said that it was probable that there would
be a considerable change in these totals,
both of the liabilities and of the assets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
MAY OPEN TARIFF WAR
POSSIBLE EFFECT OF THREATEN
ED GERMAN DISCRIMINATION.
Apprehensions of the Advocates Of a
Reciprocity Treaty Likely to Be
Realized-Remedy Proposed.

The announced purpose of the German
government to put the United States at a
disadvantage in sending her products to
that country after the termination of the
existing treaty is the first instance in which
the warning sounded by the advocates for
reciprocity have materialized. When the
kasson reciprocity treaties were under con-
sideration the great argument of their ad-
vocates was that unless something of this
kind was done the Determinations against
our trade in Europe, notably in France,
would be increased, and that eventually we
should suffer severely by reason of our ex-
elusive policy. The opponents of reciproc-
ity rdiculed this argument, along the usual
grounds of American self-sufficiency, and
events seemed to be with them.
There was no noticeable increase in the
determinations against the United States.
The Senate continued to grow more impa-
tient of tariff concessions, and its attitude
was never more extreme than in handling
the recent Newfoundland treaty, when
northwestern senators demanded that al
lOwance be taken for minerals not now
known to exist in Newfoundland, but which
might be discovered there.
Department Can Do Nothing.
The State Department can do nothing
with any hope of success. 1t is already
laughed at today as the maker Of toy
treaties. The German government has an
undoubted right to terminate the present
treaty and it will do so unless this gov
ernment makes some agreement TO avert
the threatened calamity. This will become
one of the great problems before Congress
when it meets in the autumn.
1t is suggested that the next America n
move might be the establishment of a
maximum and minimum tariff schedule, the
latter to apply only to the goods of the
countries which give this country their
most favored terms. This, it is said, would
bring Germany to book in the present in
stance, and would probably compel France
to treat the United States as well as she
does her European neighbors.
1t Is probable that such a tariff system
would be constructed by making approxi-
mately the present schedules the minimum
and much higher rates the maximum The
volume of importation would come on the
minimum schedule, and hence protective
interests would concern themselves with IT.
Senator Aldrich long ago Introduced a bill
looking toward the adapta don of our tariff
system to a maximum and minimum sched-
ule basis. President Mckinley is said to
have been favorable in the later months of
his life to this system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
JOHNSON INDICTED.
Late Postmaster at Sugarland Held for
Serious Charge.
ciaI Dispatch TO The Star

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BOYDS, Nd, April 27.-Nathan Johnson.
colored, late postmaster of Sugarland,
eight miles from Boyds, was yesterday in
dcted in Baltimore by the United States
grand jury for rendering false accounts to
the Post Office Department
Since the establishment of rural delivery
taking in part of Johnson's post Off e ter
ritory his receipts We're considerably ~
duced. and in order to keep them up had
small bills 3 settled by stamps. returning
ago and hearing at Frederick resulted Ia
his release on bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
TO OBSERVE ECLIPSE.
Extensive Plans of the Lick Observa-
tory-Three Expeditions.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 27.-Ar-
rangements are nearing completion at the
Lick observatory for the three expeditions
that Institution is shortly to send out to
various parts of the world to observe the
eclipse of August 30 next.
In addition 10 seven tons of apparatus
from the Lick observatory. the lenses and
Photographic apparatus of the Harvard as
Economical observatory will be used. One
of the Lick parties is to go to Labrador
another to Egypt and the third to BARGE
Iona, Spain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
JUDGE JOHN STEEL DEAD
Many Years Postmaster at Oberlin,
Ohio-War Veteran.

OBERLlN, Ohio. April 27-Judge Johr
Steel Tor many years postmaster here and
director of the closed Citizens National
Bank, died early today of organic heart
trouble. He was veteran Of the civil war
and prominent in politics.
Judge Steel was chosen to distribute the
fund provided by Andrew Carnegie for
those made destitute by the failure of the
Citizens National Bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
Contradictory Reports About
Juncture With Fleet
UNDER ROJESTVENSKY
ST. PETERSBURG OFFICIALS
RECKON MEETING ON MAYS.
Admiralty Thinks Togo Would Not
Risk Sailing South, Leaving Way
Open to Vladivostok.

TSINGTAU. Shantung Peninsula, China.
April PA private telegram received here
says that Admiral Rojestvenskys feet has
joined Nebogatoffs $ detachment
ST. PETERSBURG, April %. IL p M
According TO the calculations OF the naval
staff, Vice Admiral Nebogaton who left
Jibutl, French Somaliand, March -. If he
has been making 200 knots per day, should
reach Singapore tomorrow. and could not
unite his division with Vice Admiral Rojest
vensky's in Tonquin bay until May s.
The general opinion is that their juncture
is assured on the theory that Admiral Togo
would not dare to risk sailing south to meet
Nebogatoff. since by doing ne would
leave the way to Viadivostok open to Ro-
ieStNnnSkN
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The Quiros ails for Shanghai.

The Navy Department was advised by
cable today that the gunboat Quiros of the
Asiatic fleet had sailed from Cavite for
Shanghai. 1t is presumed that she went to
take the place of the gunboat Villalobis,
which left Shanghai few days ago for a
cruise, probably for the purpose of observ-
ing the movements of the hostile fleets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
GRAPPLED WITH BURGLAR
Newburgh Young Man Shot by Desper
ado Early Today.

NEWBuRGH, N. Y, April 27.-Rawdon
Foster. a son of William Foster. a promi-
nent manufacturer. awoke early today to
find burglar in his room. Young Foster
grappled with the intruder The burglar
placed revolver close to Fosters body and
sent bullet through his lungs He then
Jumped from a second-story window and
eSca ped
Fosters condition is serious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
LIVES WITH BULLET IN BRAIN.
st. Louis Doctors Puzzled Over Re-
markable Case.

81. LOUIS, April 27-Physcians at the
city hospital are interested in the case of
Charles Martinek. who shot a bullet into
MS brain March IA. but is apparently none
the worse for the wound, even though part
OF the brain, which protruded through the
opening, was removed.
Martinek has full possession of all his
faculties and walks about the hospital ap-
parently well, except the unheaIed wound
lie suffers no pain. The bullet has not
been removed.
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CHRISTIAN YOUNG WOMEN.
Devotional Exercises at the First Ses-
sion Today.

DETROIT Mich, April 27.-Four group
prayer circles, led by prominent members OF
the committee, opened the first session to-
day of the tenth biennial convention of the
American committee federated with the
Worlds Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation.
The devotional services were followed by
a business meeting, devoted to the general
and secretarial departments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
Racing Partner on the Stand.
DEFENSE is CONFIDENT.
Elated Over Failure of Stern to Identify
Smiths.
Special Dispatch to The star

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
NEW YORK. April 27.-"WIth the fall
ure of Hyman Stern, the pawn
broken, 70 identify j Morgan Smith" a"
said Attorney Levy today, and his wife,
as the man and woman who bought the
pistol. all danger to Miss Patterson has
vanished Even If Stern had identified
Smith. perfect a-ibi would have been Of
fered to show that Stern was mistaken.
We have decided that there is no necessity
OF calling either Miss Patterson or the
Smiths as witnesses. and. in fact, there is
no reason to make any defense. If the pros
ecutiOn as already has been done, follows
the course of the previous trial, the only
witnesses to be examined are Mrs. Young,
widow of Caesar Young, and Bookmaker
Miller NOIuEs racing partner
If Attorney Rand closes his case with
these witnesses. which l am familiar with,
and does not introduce any new and in
eliminating evidence. there will be no de-
fcnse Rand has failed TO prove that Miss
Patterson killed Young beyond reasonable
doubt. All statements made by Miss Pat
terson. as related by witnesses for the state
Immediately after the shooting. are in sup
port of the fact that ii suicide.
There is no danger of any clerks in
Steru's store Identifying Smith as the buy
er Of the pistol. The motive as outlined in
the evidence thus far has been so weakly
demonstrated that l wonder IL was even in
troGuced al all
on the other hand, Rand and Garvan are
by no means downcast
Som mething UP Their Sleeve.
That they have something to bring for
ward Of which the opposition lawyers know
nothing and that it is documentary evil
dence. was forshadowed when they pro-
duced several letters marked for identifca-
tion and called several witnesses who know
the handwriting of both Miss Patterson and
her sister. Mrs. Smith.
Edward L. Froelich. clerk in Stern's store,
VIII be placed on the stand today. Mrs.
Young viii also be a witness
Nan Patterson was happier than she has
been since a June morning nearly a year
ago when Young shot TO death, for she
believes that she has been proved innocent
of the murder Of the bookmaker and that
a week at most will see her free.
Il am as good free now" she told her
sister. Time and time again she has re-
peated this Her eyes were bright, she was
smiling and radiant and there was not a
trace of care about her face.
IF their witnesses against me today don
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27

Those leaving the city should
nave The Star sent to them by mall
formed about Washington affairs. In
most instances The Star will be at
the breakfast table tie next day and
give all of the news from Washing
ton of the day before. The address
may be changed as frequently as
des.red.
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DEFENSE IS PLEASED
Nan Patterson's Go unset See
Only an Acquittal.
MRS. YOUNG ON STAND
SPECULATION OVER PLANS OF
THE PROSECUTION.
Some Developments Expected From
Letters Seized When Smiths Were
Arrested-Incidents Today.

NEW YORK, April 27-Unless the prose-
cutiOn has some striking bit of evidence
discovered since the last trial, and which
has been zealouSly concealed thus far, Nan
Fattersons fate probably will be intrusted
to the jury on the case as presented by her
accusers. After yesterdays session, when
Pawnbroker Hyman Stern failed to identify
either J. Morgan Smith, Mrs. Smith or Miss
Patterson as persons who were present in
his store when the revolver which killed
Caesar Young was purchased. Abraham
Levy. Miss Pattersons counsel, said he was
convinced that the states case had fallen
fiat.
Nan Patterson needs no defense said
Mr.. Levy. after a conference with his as
sociate counsel. The defendant will go to
the jury on the case as made out by the
state when Assistant District Attorney
Rand closes the testimony.
Mr.. Levy added that Miss Patterson was
not in favor of this program-that she
wanted TO go on the stand again, tell the
jury her own story, and herself try to con-
vince them of her innocence. She will not
be permitted to influence the conduct of the
case this time, as in the previous trial. how
ever.
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Naval Movements.

The Yankee has arrived at Sanchez and
the Caesar has left Santo Domingo City
for Sanchez.
The Hornet and Siren have left Washing
ton for Norfolk
The Saturn has arrived at Santa Barbara.
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Son of ohio's War Governor Dead.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. April 27.-Wil-
liam Tod, n of the late Gov. Tod.
Ohio's war governor, died today, aged six
ty-two years. He was the head of the
William Tod Company, engine builders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27
JEFFERSoN'S REMAINS.
Arrived at Boston Today En- Route to
Buzzard'S Bay,

BOSTON, April 27.-The body of Joseph
Jefferson arrived here from Florida today.
The casket, inclosed in a large transporta-
ton box, was removed to the baggage room
of the South Terminal station, pending ar
rangements to have it sent to BuZZards s
Bay on a special train. Members of the
family and number of friends came with
the remains.
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Two Steamers in Service.

VICTORIA, h. c., April 2I-The Nippon
Yusen Kasha line has decided to continue
the two steamers in the Yokohama Seattle
service. Ii was reported that the service
would be discontinued owing to coming of
the Russian Baltic squadron toward Japa-
waters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27

testify to something they can't prove, L
would be free without any defense being
put in" she said cheerfully.
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Speculation Over Letters.

If the prosecutor follows the course of
the previous trial, as has been done up TO
this point, the only important witnesses re-
naming to be examined are Mrs. Young,
the widow of the. dead bookmaker, and
John Millen. his racing partner 1t is prob
able, however, that the letters seized when
the Smiths were arrested in Cincicnnati,
which did not appear at the last trial will
lie put in evidence. What these letters
contain is not known to the public but it
is said that among them are several letters
written by Nan Patterson to her sister after
the flight of the Smiths
These letters are expected to throw some
light on the reason for the Smiths hurried
departure from this city and their alleged
determined efforts TO evade agents of the
district attorney who were searching for
them. .-- ..-r n-.- -t.-,.
An interesting overnight development
was the statement given out by Mrs Fannie
Shapiro in which she claims to have been
within yard of the cab when the shot was
fired. and signified her willingness to go on
the stand and swear that Young held the
weapon which caused his death.
Mrs. Young Called to the Stand
Mrs. Margaret Young, the widow of the
dead bookmaker, went on the stand this
afternoon. She testified that her husband
never had owned a revolver, but that she
had one and that she packed ii away with
a box of cartridges in her baggage when
she was preparing to go 10 Europe just be-
fore her husband was killed.
The revolver was loaded when she put it
In the suit case a year ago and the car
tridgeS still remain in the chambers She
identified the weapon, which was produced
by Mr.. Rand.
The only time the weapon ever was dis
charged to her knowledge she said, was
when she fired several shots at a burglar.
When this revolver was found in Youngs
baggage soon after the end of the last
trial the counsel for the defense claimed
that it proved conclusively that witnesses
had testified to what was not true when
they said that Young never had owned
revolver.
Racing Partner on the Stand.
Milen Young's racing partner, went on
the stand during the forenoon session and
told of the journeys made by Young and
Miss Patterson to the race tracks on the
Pacific coast. Millens testimony was in
the main a repetition of that which he
gave at the previous trial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27

kins. indorsed by Bigeiow. $4,000. Total
liabilities on notes bills discounted.
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