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The Washington times., 1905-02-10

More public sentiment in favor Of Il
Juvenile and probation system in Wash
ington was aroused at a well attended
public meeting in the Public Library last
evening under the auspices of the Mon
day Evening Club.
The most able advocate of the juvenile
court in the country. probably, was
present III the person of Judge Ben S.
Lindsey, whose juvenile court At Denver
has received coYnmendatiOn all over the
country as the model court"
His was the chief address of he even
iBg, though short speeches were also
made by Commissioner Henry 3. f.
Macfarland, who presided, and Judge
Charles W. LfeuisIer, OF Baltimore Mrs.
c. D. Kerwin. president of the Monday
Evening Club, called the meeting 20
order
Macfarland Speaks for Court.
Commissioner Maefarland. il, his ad-
dress. spoke of the efforts already made
in the District 10 keep SouthfUi offenders
from adult offenders, both il. the House
of Detention, where only women ard
children are detained, and in having
children's cases tried at Police Court
after the conclusion OF the trials Of
adults
y Juvenile court bill was framed by
the Commissioners, and submitted to
Congress 4 year ago. which the Com
lrissioners hope 20 have passed.
Judge Lindsey's address was crowded
with Illustrations and anecdotes CLEANED
from long experience IN the trea tment
of youthful criminals His audience was
highly interested N his arguments for
the Juvenile court and his idea. of its
/ purpose and proper development:
he advanced the opinion that the EuVe-
nile court was not, as many supposed
a panacea for all ills. Yet he proceeded
10 show the manifold good effects OF
such court.
Consideration for Youth.
1T is the duty of the state said
Judge Lindsey, TO deal with its erring
children kindly and firmly and not with
severity and brutality. The Juvenile
court is the ounce Of prevention.
1T g designed to prevent crime. not
to punish. ANY work that prevents Is
better than any work TO punish after the
offense has been committed
One of the judges striking statements
was this:
The juvenile court is not a hopper
into which to pour the product of the
helIisil mills OF the cities and grind out
good citizens, but il is rather the instru'
ment for crushing the mills that produce
: the offending youths.
He quoted statistics taken from Dis
Irict police reports, showing that one
fourth of all the arrests for stealing
made in the District last year were boys
under the age OF sixteen
There were LIS adults arrested for
petty stealing. There were 776 minors
arrested for the same cause and Of this
number 368 were under sixteen years.
The Important Period.
He declared the age between eight and
sixteen years the most important in a
boys life.
Judge Heuisler closed the meeting with
a description of his trials of children in
he Baltimore courts and expressed the
wish that Washington might set the eX-
ample for all other cities Of the coun-
Try to follow in the protection OF youth
The Washington times., 1905-02-10

i -
announced that McCue was. dead. His
neck had not been broken, and he
strangled to death.
Those present as witnesses for the
State to see that the execution Of the
condemned murderer was had. accord
ing to the decree of the court, then
viewed the body and signed the report.
The body was taken down after the
announcement of the doctors and I'M
mediateiy prepared for burial
The Washington times., 1905-02-10
History Of the Crime
And Trial of Murderer

On the night Of Sunday, September i,
last, Mrs. Fannie NJ McCue was shot
and killed in her home in Charlottes-
vile. She had just returned from
church in company with her husband
and had begun to disrobe for bed when
she was killed by shotgun wound.
AT the time Of the murder the only
persons IN the house We're former Mayor
McCue and q negro stable boy named
Perry When others reached the house
McCue was bleeding from d wound on
the face and Mrs. McCue's body was in
the bath tub. The bath room was some
distance from the front room, in which
the crime was committed
McCue claimed that he and his wife
had been assaulted with a baseball bat
by an unknown intruder; that he had
been knocked unconscious and, recoV-
ering, had found his wife's body.
No Arrests Then Made.
No arrests We're made until later in
the week, although the evidence at the
coroner's inquest all pointed to the nus
band as the guilty one. A bloody shirt
belonging TO AfeCue was found under
the bath tub and physicians who ex-
amined the 7-s1J.z7a on his face said the
blow that caused it would not have
stunned child, much less q grown
man. McCue was arrested on the night
of September and the coroner's YER
diet, holding McCue for the crime, was
made public September 8. He was in
dicted September 49,
The accused was arraigned on Septem-
Der - and on various technicalities the
defense procured delays so that the for
Iner mayor did not plead to the indict-
| ment until some days later. The trial
was scheduled to begin on October IS,
hut considerable difficulty was expert
enced In getting a jury. Special VeniTes
were summoned from Richmond, Peters
| burg and other places, and nearly $50
/ men were examined before a panel Of
sixteen was secured, all of whom lived
| at points distant from Charlottesville
The taking OF testimony began on Oc-
tober p. The Commonwealth witnesses
The Washington times., 1905-02-10
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

". z. Burcham, ST. Terre Haute, Ind.
and Terecy /. Stangee. e. Chicago, III.
Archibald If. Browncr, IS, and Pauline
r. Lavalette. %.
John NJ Welsh, 9. Charles county.
Nd, and LYDIA e Adams, u. District Of
The Washington times., 1905-02-10
CONFESSING CRIME
M'CUE is HANGED

Continued From First Page
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-24

age, was examined by Inspector Mans
field. Anderson admitted he knew be-
fore he left Greece that he was coming
to America and was going to shine
shoes for a living.
MY father gave ME money to come
over and told me to go to Chattanooga,
Tenn, to work for Peter Consendine,
who runs shining parlor there" said
Anderson. Il was to be paid by the
year, but was promised l could have
some money whenever l wanted it,
The boy explained that John Bech-
Has furnished him with board ana
clothing and kept his money for him.
Sometimes the boy said, his employer
sent the money to his father in Greece.
John Bechilas, proprietor of the
stand where Anderson is employed, de-
MES the boys We're imported under
contract He declares ne found them
in the shop when he bought it. He
says:
"1f the boys say that they get no
money they lie. Whenever they ask for
money they get it,"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-24

he had taken a paving contract.
When the preparations for the oper-
alton were finished. Bob Tyler, Lena's
trainer, coaxed her to lie down. Whlie
he kept her quiet. men with ropes
made her feet fast to rings In the
floor The doctor pried open her jaw
and began to wash out the cavity OF
the TOOTH An unlucky scrape hit the
nerve and Lena started to get up. She
had been tied with a two inch rope,
but that didn't seem to bother her. She
got up.
Lena "Takes the Stage"
Lena charged around the stage while
the doctor sought safety. Then Tyler
persuaded Lena to lie down again. and
this time the doctor, for obvious rea-
sons. decided to try chloroform. After
the cheroform had been replenished
several times, Lena became quiet and
the doctor finished cleaning the cavity
and shaping it to hold the filling. Then
he rammed in the gold and began to
hammer it home with an instrument
that resembled miniature pile driver.
About the second knock Lena woke
UP and began to SAY things" But the
doctor stuck to his job and finished 1t
just as Lena demolished the last rope
and struggled to her feet.
Its all finished except the FURNISH
ing" said the doctor, but l think I'll
come back tomorrow for that
Chorus Girls Excited.
Word had gone around that Lena
was to be operated on and would have
to take chloroform. Several chorus
girls of the company hurried in to pro
tect their pet. Rita Dean. one of the
riders became anxious about her mann
malian friend when the doctor confided
to her that elephants seldom recover
from the effects of chlorofornn.
Rita wept little bit herself, but the
tears did not in the least resemble In
size those shed by Lena. How sincere
| they may have been is another story
Potter admitted frankly that chloro-
form was dangerous for larger animals
| and that some $4,000 elephant was
likely to lose value as a result of the
| trial.
ITS all the fault of them girls any
way" growled the keeper. They keep
feeding candy to Lena all the time
and that's what has ruined er teeth.
1t is a nifty they wouldn't eax 1t them
selyes-chorus girls are easier to get, a
whole lot, than trick elephant"
| Lena Grateful to Keeper.
Lena was much relieved by the OPP
Grafton, and rubbed her trunk CRATE
| fully against her keepers arm, as II
she believed him responsible for the
/ whole thing. The chorus girls seemed
relieved, too, and their spirits are not
at all affected by the large new pla.-
card that stared them in the face as
I they went out:
"women OF the chorus must not feed
| candy to the elephants"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-24
COLONEL MouLToN MAY LEAD.
Candidate for Commander Of Spanish
American War Veterans.

Milwaukee, Aug. 22.-Colonel George
M. Moulton is prominently mentioned
for commander of the United Spanish
War Veterans of America, who Will
hold their first annual convention In
this city, September Z, 8 and 8. He Will
not have clear field, however, as 1T
is understood that st. Louis, New
York, Washington and other cities
will have candidates. The present Of
ticers are:
Commander in Chief-William b.
English Indianapolis.
Senior Vice Commander - George M.
Mouton. Chicago.
Adjutant General-Russen b. liar
rison Indianapolis.
Quartermaster General - George w.
Powell, Indianapolis.
Four thousand delegates and visitors
including distinguished veterans OF the
Philippines Cuban and Porto Rlcan
campaigns are expected to be present
The convention program includes the
OCULAR business sessions, visits 7" 10
cal points of interest, military pro-
cession of veterans, national guard
troops. uniformed civic organizat ions
and an outdoor camp fire at schiltz
Ioor k
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-24
A TOUCHING Story.

Is the saving from death of the baby
girl of George A. Eyler. Cumberland,
Nd. He writes: "At the age of IL
months, our little girl was in declining
health, with serious throat trouble, and
two physicians gave her up. We were
almost in despair, when we resolved to
try DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption. Coughs and Colds. The first
bottle gave relief. After taking four
bottles she was cured. and is now in
perfect health. Never falls to relieve
and cure cough or cold. At Mcdonald
& Manhood Co. drug store; soc and II
guaranteed. Trial bottle trsa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-24

good soldiers as the stronger sex The
company is under the command Of
Mrs. Ernest H. Smith, Of Englewood,
who ranks as captain, and under her
instructions has become tnoroueniy
proficient in the manual OF arms Tne
first public drill took place at log
rolling at Englewood, where, in the
presence of a crowd OF curious visit
ors from all parts Of the country, the
girl soldiers gave striking exhibi-
ton, going through the entire manual
of arms like veterans.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-24
CAR IGNORANT OF RUSSIA.
Andrew D. White, Former Ambassa
dor Talks of Assembly.

OOF, ] AXIS OF assembly
Boston, Mass, Aug. 2S.-ln an inter-
view on the proposed Russian pariia-
ment, Andrew d. White, former am
bassador to Russia, who is spending
the summer at Gloucester, yesterday
said In part: while concessions
made by the cZar are considerably
short of hopes. they appear to be the
beginning of what may prove con-
stitution Suitable to the empire.
II never believed in establishing
system of absolute universal suffrage
throughout the empire at the start. TO
do that in a country where Ignorance
is the rule with the peasantry would
be fatal The natural result would be
all sorts of wild proceedings which
would soon lead to reaction and the
closing of any legislative body elected
by such suffrage.
what would seem first to be needed
In such an assembly Is a body of men
who can give information to the car
regarding his own country. Such In
formation he lacks and cannot have
under the system which has been In
vogue since he came to the throne He
knows next to nothing of Russia, has
had no proper education for his duties,
and has therefore been utterly depend
ent on the members of his family,
courtiers and favorite advisers who
happened to get TO his ear.
! There is no denying that the con-
stitution foreshadowed in the reports
which have come to us thus far is very
imperfect There Is no guarantee for
carrying out what there is of good In
| the system save the cars word, and
| that, it must be confessed, has not
proved to be thus far thing on which
those who have received 1t can rely
very firmly
IF he would stand by his best men,
such, for example, as NJ. WHITE, in A.
nancial affairs and De Martens in in
| ternational affairs, we might hope for
very great improvement. Unfortu-
nately, there is no certainty that the
same influences which have been SO
fatal to Russia in the keeping Of these
men in the background will not be
equally powerful in the future.
'The great dangers in the proposed
parliament are probably two. First,
dissensions among liberal Russians
| themselves, arising from the fact that
there has never been any discussion
of public questions allowed, either thru
! the press or thru public meetings The
result of this is that each thinking
Russian develops his own ideas with
no opportunity to compare them with
those of anybody else, or to submit
them to any proper discussion, and so
virtually believes they are divinely in
spired and abhors anyone who takes
different view.
The other main danger is that the
autocratic power may at any time,
either alarmed by such discussions or
under pretext of danger from them,
close the whole proceedings and re-
store the old order of things.
Still we may hope that these con-
cessions recently made may at any
rate make 1t more difficult for the
czar, the grand dukes and the court
party in general to restore the old or
der and may afford opportunities for
| bringing in constitution which shall
give really more chance for the think
ing men throughout the empire to take
some part in public affairs"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-24
Three Big Events at the Closing
Day OF the Readville
Meet
SADIE MAC WINS THE BIG STAKE
Tho Pacing Race Proves the Feature
Of the Red Oak Program = Some
Good Contests at Alta, Marion and
the Tri-state Fair at Dubuque -
Other News.

Readville. Mass, Aug. 24.-Three
we'll fought harness races for three ia
nous stakes, the $4,000 Massachu-
sets. the $4,000 Neponset, and the
$4,000 Tyro, closed the grand circuit
meeting at the Readville track. Sadie
Mac took the first in record time for
the event, Allerson won the second, af-
ter six heats had been run off, while
Wilkes, of Gait, Ont, is the owner or
Sadie Mac, and Katherine L.. while
Allerson Is the property of w. II. Nc
Doel Of Chicago.
Sadie Macs victory was expected
and the mare would have won In
straight heats had she not tripped her
toe at the distance flag in the second
heat when she had a safe lead.
The time in the initial heat lower
ed the record for the stake a full Sec
ond from Billy Bucks mark. The sur
prise of the race was the performance
of the New York entry Kid Shay. who
was at the winners wheel In the open
ing heat, won the second, and was al
ways a factor in the last two.
In no year since the inception Of the
event in 1900, except when Ba-alma
won, has the winner of the race so out
classed the field as did Sadie Mac.
The Neponset dragged along for six
heats and saw the contestants so
weary at the end that the time fell
back from 2:O5A to 2:13. 1t was gen
orally conceded that Ed Geers would
win with Walter Direct, but the stall
,, lion was plainly unfit for the hard con-
test.
The Tyro saw the largest field OF
youngsters that has faced starting
Judge in several years Again was
Miss Wilkes the fortunate owner OF tn
first horse, as her f1lly, Katherine L.,
held the field at her mercy. All pre-
vious records of the season by the B.
year. olds were broken by more than a
second.
2:1O trot, the Massachusetts purse.
$4,000. Nine starters:
Sadie Mac. m, by Peter
the Great (Stinson) 1911 1
Kid Shay, b (Rosemire) % 2
Oracle Kellar, m, (Cooy)..S 2 4
Time-2:O6A; 2:0SA; 2:08A; 2:0S.
2:OS pace, the Neponset, purse S.
600. Ten starters:
Allerson, h, by Allerton !.
tBrady) ;. .............7 81 l ! !
Walter Direct, b h (Geers).9 30 2
Geary, CHI (James) .....1 9
| Time 2.07A;. 2:o6k; 2:o5h !;
! 2:O8A; 2:1O; 2:13.
! Foals of 1902. trot, the Tyro. purse
5000. Twelve starters:
katherine L.. b f, by Liberty
Chimes (Stinson) ..............l
Miss Adbell, b q. McDonald) % 3
The Phantom, b Ode Ryder) SOS 2
| Time: 1211a; PIP.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-24

of the tri-state fair were interesting
and big crowds were in attendance.
The summaries:
2:35 pace:
Edgar w, blk s., by Edgar
Wilkes (Eggleson) ..........1 j !
Marguerite, CHI. m, by Norwood
Goomis Kelly) .......... q
West, b. s., by Royalty (Rich-
ardS) $500. .....o q
Time-2:3OM, 2:25, 2:221s.
PIT trot:
Harry Boy, C. h., by Vatican
johnson -. ;. ..........l l 8
Harry III, b. s., by Cedar Wood
(Enlee) 80. ...........2 D
Woody r, b. g., by Woody c,
(Miller) .3 4 4 3 2
Senator W. b. h., by Senator
A, (Woods) ...............5
Silver, oh. g.. by Allen Gloom
is) >. ............4 D D = u
Time: 15A. 2:14, 2:15, 2:1SA,
2:18M
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-24
Three Men Connected With the
Cotton Leak Scandal Are
Indicted In New York
HOLMES AND HAAS ACCUSED
Frederick A. Peekham, Who is Alleged
to Have Been in Collision With the
Guilty Employees Of the Department
One Of the Indicted and is Under Ar
rest.

Washington, Aug. 24.-Success has
crowned the first stage Of District At
torney Morgan H. Beach's investiga-
ton Of the scandal surrounding the
manipulation of the cotton crop esti-
mates OF the department of agricul-
ture. Three indictments were returned
privately by the federal grand jury
Tuesday.
One Of the men indicted has already
been arrested at Saratoga. He is
Frederick A. Peckham of New York.
After a hearing before United States
Commissioner Charles M. Dawson,
who ordered an adjournment OF the
case until today, Peckham was placed
In the county jail at Ballston in default
Of $4,000 bail.
The others indicted are Edwin >.
Holmes Jr., former associate statls-
tician Of the department Of agriculture.
and Moses Haas, former department.
employe, but now Of New York
Holmes is In the west, He promises
to return when he is wanted and be-
cause OF that has not yet been arrest
ed. Unless he starts quickly for Wash
ington, however. he will be apprehend-
ed. Moses Haas is supposed to be IN
New York, but the warrant servers.
according to the last reports received
last night, have not succeeded IN ma
Ing him.
It is understood the indictments
charge conspiracy to defraud the gov
eminent. but as to this nothing definite
can be learned. District Attorney
Beach having left town after obtain
inT the necessary warrants Tuesday.
Mr.. Holmes was dismissed from the
government service in July because OF
charges made by the Southern Cotton
Association thru its secretary, Richard
Cheathan,, that he had juggled the cot
ton crop reports, and given tnforma-
ton on the report to favored specula-
tors. Haas and Peckham were the IA
yored spectators, according to the
statement Of another New York spec
ulator, y. S. Van. Ripper, who declares
he ha himself received information
from 4iolmes thru Haas. 1t was when
van Ripper quarreled with the others
that the meterial for the exposure was
handed by him to the Southern Cotton
Association, which for years had ques-
tioned the reports before, but had been
able to prove nothing.
As q result Of an investigation py
the secret service, Secretary Wllson
dismissed Holmes and declared Haas
TO have been a go-between In the con-
yeyance of information from Holmes
10 Peckharn and other persons in New
York.
The indictments were returned be-
hind q veil Of secrecy painstaklngiy
erected.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-24
A physician Healed.

DR.. George Ewing, a practicinf: phy-
sician of Smiths Grove, Ky, for over
thirty years. writes his personal 'exper-
fence with F'oley's Kidney Cure: For
wears / had been greatly bothered with
kidney and bladder trouble and en-
largcd PROSTATE gland. used every
thing known to the profession with
out relief, until l commenced to use
F+oley's Kidney Cure. After taking
three bottles 1 was entirely retrieved
and cured. I prescribe it now daily in
my practice and heartily recommend
its use to all physicians for SUCH
troubles. I have prescribed 1t in hum
dreds Of cases with perfect success. B.
A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-24
FILLS ELEPHANTS TOOTH.
Dentist Ha. Dangerous Time With
Huge Beast-chIoroforn Used.

New York, Aug. 2s.-Lena. the trick
elephant at the hippodrome. had a
tooth filled yesterday. In the process
she added to her store of knowledge
some emphatic opinions Of dentists and
their ways.
Lena had been suffering ever since
the close of the winter season. But .he
cause of the trouble was not known
until a few days ago. Then it was
learned that Lena had a cavity in one
of the teeth of the upper jaw.
Ut was a mere trifie-only about an
inch and a half in diameter.
Martin j. Potter. veterinary sur
geon, was called in. With him was
pound of chloroform, as much choral,
and lot of tools. It appeared as If
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-24
MAY DEPoRT sooTsLAcks.
Greeks Said to Violate Contract Labor
aw.

n
Omaha, Neb., 23.-An investigation
that promises to affect the shoe shining
business in every large city of the
country has been started here by I'm
tied States Immigration Inspector w.
r. Mansfield.
Scattered throughout the business
center of Omaha are four or five shoe
stands owned and manned by Greeks.
Some of the young sinners are boys
hardly in their teens. Few Of them
can speak English intelligibly. and it
Is evident they have not been long in
the country.
Recently q charge has been made
!. that the Greek boys were imported
under contract, in violation of the inn
migration laws. 1t is understood the
boys are emplc ed by firm which
is operating stsad In all large cit
les of the United gates, and that they
are shifted from place to place once a
year.
The plan of operation appears to be
to place q local man in charge in each
city, who ostensibly controls the local
business; to promise the boys salary
OF 800 at, the end Of year. and when
the time comes turn them adrift, until
they are picked up by the manager In
the next city.
Inspector Mansfield, after a brief
preliminary investigation, expressed
himself as satisfied that the boys en-
ployed In Omaha establishments We're
imported in violation of the contract
labor law. He said:
IF am able to secure positive evil
dence will not only have the boys de-
ported but will cause the arrest of
the man who imported them. The
trouble is that the proprietors Of these
stands are padrones. on the order of
the Italian padrones. and it is mighty
hard to get at them. They coach the
boys to lie. and 1t is with difficulty
that we can make q case against
them"
Yesterday morning Peter Anderson.
aged Is, working for John Bechilas, at
stand which enjoys large parton
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-24
They Appeai to Our sympathies.

The bilious and dyspeptic are con-
slant sufferers and appeal to our SYM
pathies. There is not one of them,
however, who may not be brought back
to health and happiness by the use OF
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. These tablets invigorate the
stomach and liver and strengthen the
digestion. They also regulate the bow
els. For sale by all druggists.