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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-03
LOYAL TO THE CAR.
Russian Troops and Sailors Braved
Death at Sevastopol

The following dispatch from Vice Admiral
Choukin. at Sevastopol, dated November 80
was given out at st. Petersburg:
The revolutionists counted on complete
success, assuring the sailors and soldiers
that they could remain loyal servants OF
the emperor while presenting their de-
mands, and that it was not necessary for
them to use violence. BY acting together,
they were told, they could not fail to sue
coed.
"Only the ringleaders were acquainted
with the real objects for the putting forth
of economic pretexts on service bases the
ma jority of the men believing that arms
would not be employed.
THE crews on board the ships remained
loyal. Terrorism. including threats of
DEATH was used to force the workmen of
the port to strike.
The tempest of war has ceased but
not that of revolution. The Russian peo-
pie are being led uncomprehendingly into
civil war and self-destruction."
Gen. Baron Meller Gakomelskie, COM
mander of the 18th Army Corps at Sevasto-
pol. telegraphs under yesterdays date as
follows:
Armed revolt has ceased All the troops
behaved brilliantly and performed their
difficult duty devotedly
1.-THE number of prisoners exceeds $4,000.
Excitement prevails among the inhabi-
tants, especially among the Jews whom
the revolutionary officers insulted and
threatened.
..The conduct of the Brest regiment in
the capture of the marine barracks was ir-
reproachable, as was also the service rem
dered by the Bielostok regiment. the for
tress artillery and other troops.
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assets represented at least 1000 policies
and about $10,000,000 in value. Their SYM
pathfes must, however, be with the
smaller policy holders who had all their
lives been putting aside annual premiums
as a provision for the future
Sir William proceeded briefly to sketch
the history of the society, pointing out
that for long period the interests of the
policy holders themselves appeared to
have been absolutely neglected. The reve-
lations eventually made had staggered
and appalled, the whole country, and the
great mass of the people of the United
States felt that blow had been struck
affecting their national honor. The sub
sequent action taken by the state legisla-
ture OF New York proved that what
might have been criminal would on in
vestigation be punished, while what had
been immoral would result in widespread
revolt against system of finance which
was q danger to the nation, calling for
fresh enactments on the part of the state
legislature to prevent any groups OF
financiers from degrading the reputation
and character of the American people.
Insured Britons May Help.
Meanwhile British policy holders in the
Equitable might help the policy holders
in America in the great work of putting
the society in the future above suspicion
In its management and methods of doing
business. The paramount fact had been
established by two Investigating bodies
that the solid and well-invested assets of
the society formed ample security for full
payment of all policies now running.
Therefore perfect solvency and absolute
security were assured. Those persons
who had been involved in past misman-
agement had, of course, been removed or
had retired from office New trustees
were at once appointed, one of them be-
ing Mr. Grover Cleveland, ex-President
of the United States, and Mr.. Paul Nor
ton, who was member of the American
cabinet at one time and who had been In
duced to devote his high character and
great abilities to the duties of presi-
dent of the society. A friend wrote that
ii would be particularly fortunate il the
British policy holders recommended one
of their number for a place in the Equi-
table directorate.
The results of an investigation of the
assetssof the Society by American and En-
glish chartered accountants had resulted
in a reduction of all assets by the amount
of $50. 900, 600, making the total assets
S332 900, 900, thereby reducing the surplus
assets to S6o000,000 The investments
were all safe and good, and 1t was not be-
neved that the reduction in value would
affect the income of the society, for the
economies already introduced in the man
agement would amount to a sum larger
than the interest on the decreased valua-
ton of the assets.
Confidence in Morton.
Mr.. e. Lee moved the following resolu-
ticn: That this meeting of British policy
holders In the Equitable Life Assurance
Society of New York, having considered
the facts placed before 1t relating to the
new management and other reforms al
ready initiated to place the society on
such a basis as Will insure integrity, econ
omy and efficiency In the conduct of It's
affairs, wholly in the interests OF the pol
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Gift from Mrs. Mckinley for calve.

While passing through Canton recently
Mile Emma Csalve. the singer, was present
ed with a pair of blue slippers. knit by Mrs.
Ida Mckinley, widow of the late Presi-
dent The prima donna said she cherished
them more than any gift she had ever
ceived. Her train stopped a few minutes
In Canton. and Mrs. McKinleys maid
boarded her private car sought out the
prima donna and presented her with the
slippers. Attached to the gift was a short
note from the donor, in which she ex-
planned that she had heard her sing and
wished to express her appreciation She
begged her to accept the slippers, which
she had made herself
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After the war with Spain the attention of
the league was directed TO a soldiers and
sailors club that was conducted in this city
for many years by Miss Lavinia H. Chase
a woman whose name has been known
throughout the army for almost genera
ton. Miss Chase was conducting. without
support from outside sources to any great
degree, home where soldiers and sailors
could pass their time In this city She de-
voted her entire life TO work for the service
and when the attention of the league was
called to her work she readily consented to
turn over the structure she had builded to
the organization, as she believed IL had OPP
portunlties of lettering the condition of the
men she worked for she did not enjoy. The
home was therefore taken in charge by the
league and. through the efforts of the
league, was installed in the building at 317
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-03

Center stone a ruby, sapphire,
turquoise or opal, surrounded by
good-size brilliant white dia-
monds.
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Bank at carrollton, Texas, Robbed.
Disnatch TO The star.

Special UlspdtcH % mt Fstd1-7
DALLAS. Tex. December 2.-The Bank
of Carrollton. at Carrollton. teir miles north.
of Dallas was robbed last night and all
the money taken. The safe was blown
open and the robbers escaped. = telephone
message was sent today to Sheriff Ledbet-.
ter who hurried posse deputies to Carroll
ton to aid citizens In search.
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Judge Little Dead In Panama.

PANAMA. December 2.-Former Judge
Gilbert Little of Montana. the pioneer
American attorney in the canal zone. died
last night at Aneon. Judge Little at one
time presided over the Hilo circuit in Ha
wall
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oame warden KILLED himself.

ROxBURG, N. J., December &-Edward
Hill. state game and fish warden for War
rem county. committed suicide today by
cutting his throat at his home here. HsIl
had been in I'll health for some time past
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1t is understood that Mr.. j. d. Meyers
will have charge of the night press room
this winter. his experience of several years
on this work enabling him to handle the
presswork from the congressional compos-
ing room with great rapidity. On the regu-
lar session work seventeen drum cylinder
presses employed, but in the event
of rush other machines can be brought
into use on short notice.
At the regular monthly meeting Monday.
December 4, of the Women's Bindery Union
the nomination of officers for the following
year will occur. The election will be held
the third Monday in the month. The union
has membership of nearly $40
Six new book sewing machines have been
installed In the sewing room, and they are
reported to be very satisfactory. Eight
more machines are to be placed in the
sewing room in a few weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-03

PARIS. December 2--The government
has authorized the Franco-American bank.
organized by Speyer, & Co.. to be listed on
the bourse with official privileges.
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cONF|DE IN MORTON
Attitude Of English Policy
Holders in the Equitable.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, December 2.-The disposition
of the British public in particular and the
European policy holders in general to
await the results of the investigations
now being carried on in the United States
so far as the various life insurance COM
panies are concerned was. perhaps. never
better illustrated than upon the occasion
Of the meeting just held at the Great
Eastern Station Hotel. where Sir John
Puleston was called upon to preside. As
a general thing the British policy holders
in the various companies. though puzzled
by the conflicting reports from America,
appear to have concluded that there is
but one policy worth adopting and that Is
to await Developments before expressing
opinions This particular meeting re-
ferred to was called in response to a cir
cular issued by Sir William Mather The
meeting was largely attended and was
widely representative one, almost all of
the policy holders of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society of the United States
being represented either in person or by
proxy.
Sir William Mather In his opening state
ment said that he was himself a large
policy holder in the Equitable, and during
q visit to the United States, extending
from May to September. he had had the
opportunity or closely following the
events relating to the societys affairs
from the first depIorable lapse of its
management in the past, through the
period of investigation, and he had been
intimately concerned, in conjunction with
some of the largest policy holders in
America, in proposals for the better man
aeement of the society In the future. Hav-
ing been invited as representative of
foreign policy holders to join the pro-
tective committee in America. he had op-
portunities to become acquainted with the
nature of the disaster which had befallen
the society and its probable consequences.
The members of the society soon became
relieved of all approximations as to the
stability and solfdity of the society as far
as guaranteeing the holders policies was
concerned.
Canvass Of Policy Holders.
The work of the protective committee
was. therefore. concentrated upon the
question of future management, and the
present meeting was called to inform
British policy holders on the subject. He
had sent out circulars to $50 Of the Iarg-
est policy holders throughout the united
kingdom and had received i75 notffica-
lions of entire accord. With the new
policy of the Equitable management these
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-29
|. HANLTDNS STATEMENT
New York Life Hears From its
Legislative Agent
HE WILL STAY AWAY
Doesn't Account for All the Money
He's Spent, but Does Admit That
He May Owe Something to the
Company = Offers TO Deposit
100000 Pending Settlement.

New York, Dec. 2S.-Judge Andy
Hamilton's statement to the New
York Life's Board of trustees, which
was brought over from Paris by
John G. Mccall, was presented to the
Armstrong investigating committee.
Hamilton admits in the statement
that there is an open account be-
tween himself and the New York
Life and offers to put 100000 in
escrow pending a final adjustmeps.
He admits also that it has been ne
cessary in conducting his work Z,
make payments to persons who weNS
not lawyers, but he does not dis
close the names of the persons who
got the New York Life's money. This
declaration was taken to be practi-
cally an admission by Hamilton that
money has been paid to legislators
or their agents.
1t was reported that Hamilton
went so far in his statement as to re-
fuse to give the names of the per-
sons to whom payments had been
made
Appended to the report are doc
tors certificates saying that Hamil-
ton is not fit to make the trip across
at this time
Hamilton's offer to put up $780,
600 pending the adjustment of his
account, if accepted, would let John
A. Mccall out of his guarantee to
cover back into the New York Life
treasury the $235, 900 advanced to
Hamilton if Hamilton failed to set
tie by January 1. Hamilton has
counter claims against the New York
Life for services which, it is said,
leaves a balance of only about $780,
600 due from him on the $235,O00.
Damaging testimony for the So
called reformers in the Mutual Life
was given before the Armstrong In
surance Committee.
1t was shown that nearly the en-
tire finance committee of the Mu-
tual, including Frederic Cromwell,
now acting president, took in their
own names stock that was intended
for the company. What was done
with this stock was not brought out.
but it is understood that the MEM
bers of the committee who got it
reaped large profits.
1t was the Lawyers Mortgage.
Insurance Company stock in which
the Mutual trustees dealt. Here are
the names of the men who got the
stock, with the holdings of each:
Richard A. McCurdy, 200 shares;
Frederic Cromwell, 100 shares; ]. n.
Jarvis, 100 shares; George G. Ha-
ven, 200 shares; Robert A. Gran
Miss, 100 shares; A. Iselin & Co.,
100 shares; A. D. Juillard, 200
shares.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-29
Cleaning
Up the TStElmuc
OF Panama

H T has been determined that the
n Panama canal shall be built, and
III the nest hing is to build it with
as little loss Of time, loss of >mon-
ty ana loss of life as possible. Health
conditions on the isthmus will affect
the problem ~ cost In all three of these
phases. Prevention OF disease and
death is important from money
standpoint as well as upon humane
grounds. for If the mortality rate is
high among the laborers and the super
intendents OF the labor the work will
be delayed and the cost of the whole
undertaking will be greater A high
death rate would drive labor from the
isthmus, increase the wage rate that
must be pahi.and run the expense of
constructing the canal away beyond
estimates. There is a widespread be-
lief that the c..a.tc Of the republic OF
Panama is Uahga.thy, but The reputa-
ton which the coantry surrounding the
canal zone has obtained is due in part
TO the insanitary conditions existing
rather than to the climate of the coun-
try Itself. SO Important was the mat
ter Of sanitation al the isthmus con-
sidered that IN the organization of the
force TO carry on the work there one of
the first men eng ged was tie sanitary
expert who performed the task OF
cleaning up Cuba. perhaps the biggest
job of the kivl executed in recent
times, task which far surpassed in
mag1itu3c tA1 tabled task of Hercules
in tiIy.Ag dp the Augean stables. This
expert is Surgeon William G. Gorgas Of
the United States army. Before lle
reorganization of the canal commission
and the appointment as governor of the
canal zone of Charles +. Magoon he
acted for Il time as governor in the abb
sence of General Davis, who then &C.
cupied THAI post,
Colonel G1rgas was born in Alabama
in 1854 and graduated in 1873 from
the University Of the South. He re-
ceived the degree of NJ. ID. from Belle
yue Medical college, New York, in
1879, and the honorary degree of ID. s.
from the University of Pennsylvania
in 1903, entered the medical service Of
the army in 1880 and became an as
sistant surgeon general, with the rank
Of colonel, in. 1903 Colonel Gorgas is
becoming popular man in all parts Of
the isthmus. though there was time
when tue rigid measures he imposed
bore so hard upon the people of Pana-
ma that they wished him in even q
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-29
Foreign.

The report that King Leopold has
married morganatically can be no
longer doubted. The ceremony was
performed year ago in the private
chapel of the chateau at Laeken in
the presence of two of the Kings
aides by the court chaplain, acting
with the authority of the Archbishop
of Mechlin. The bride was a widow
of the name of Vaughan.
The Hon Raymond Prefontaine,
Canadian Minister of Marine, died
suddenly in Paris on Christmas
evening.
King Edward is expected at Ma
drid for King Alfonso's wedding,
and sixty British warships will visit
Spain.
The Turkish Consul at Batoun re-
ports that the Armenians there kill,
on an average, 500 Tartars and Mus
sulmans daily. He himself, the Con-
sui says. is in danger
Gen. Saussier, formerly Comman-
der in chief of the French army, is
dead. He was born at Troyes, France,
in 1928.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-29
Many Horses Drop Dead.

Brooklyn, N. Y, Dec. 2S.-Affiict-
ed with spinal meningitis, more than
a score of horses dropped in the
streets of Williamsburg yesterday,
and at least half of them succumbed
to the disease before a veterinary
could reach them Evidence of an
epidemic of spinal meningitis among
horses was detected early yesterday
morning soon after heavy and well
fed draught horses were sent out to
resume their daily work Within an
hour nearly half dozen had
dropped at various points in Will
liamsburg, and as the fatal disease
had run its course with almost in
credible swiftness drivers at once
concluded that the animals had been
poisoned.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-29

New York, Dec. 28.-Abe Hummel,
one of the best known lawyers in
New York, was put behind prison
bars, but not to stay Their long, for
he got out on $4,000 bail. He was
convicted in the afternoon of con-
spiracy in conniving with the aid of
the perjured testimony of Charles
F. Dodge to break up the marriage
of Charles w. Morse, iceman and
banker. He was Immediately SEN
fenced to a year in the penitentiary
and pay a fine of $500, or serve 100
days more-the maximum penalty
for conspiracy, which is misde-
meanor. The conviction of itself
does not bar him from practicing law
again, as only conviction for felony
carries with it disbarment.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-29
LlBBiE CARR raBRANDT FREED.
Famous Murdercss Paroled After an
Imprisonment of 81 Years.

AhtliINbtiiiNHl III III ItstES.
Trenton. n. j., Dec. 2S.-Libbie
Garrabrandt of Paterson. N. j., who
was sentenced to life Imprisonment
in the Trenton prison for the murder
of Charles Burroughs. was paroled
by the Board of Pardons after serv-
ing 81 years of her sentence. She
is the only woman ever sentenced in
New Jersey TO life Imprisonment.
When she went to prison she was
girl of IL Now her hair is
streaked with gray and her health Is
almost ruined. Regularly for the
last twenty years her case has been
before the Board of Pardons twice a
year.
The murder for which Libbie Gar
rabrandt was imprisoned took place
so long ago that few remember it.
While silk winder in a Paterson
mill she met a carpenter, Van Win
kel Bogart. who was much older
than herself, and went to live with
him. They took rooms with Charlie
Burroughs, a bridge tender. One day
Bogart sent the woman to the drug
store to buy some white poison"
She procured some arsenic, which, at
Bogart's request, she sprinkled over
Burroughs food. His death followed
quickly.
AT the trial she was convicted and
sentenced to be hanged The SEN
tence was afterward changed to life
imprisonment on account of her
youth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-29
Mnraerer's Grim Invention.

Louisville, KY, Dec. 2S.-"Drop a
nickel in the slot and see how 1t
looks for man to be hanged" is the
grewsome sign which adorns a min
iature scaffold in the cell of William
Van Dalzen, who is to hanged Janu-
airy 10.
Van Dalzen is the coolest man ever
in the Jefferson County Jail. In his
leisure moments he has whitfield out
a perfect scaffold, with trap doors,
beam, rope and dummy figure. BY a
neat mechanical arrangement the
trap is sprung when a nickel is
dropped in slot.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-29
Present for Alice Roosevelt.

Baker City, Ore, Dec 2S.-A
movement to provide through popu-
lar subscription wedding present
for Miss Roosevelt has been started
by citizens of eastern Oregon. Sub
scriptions will close February 8, to
make it possible to have the present
which It is believed will be about
100000, turned over to Miss
Roosevelt on the day of the we'd
ding. Individual subscriptions will
be limited to 10 cents.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-29
Shot Dead Holding Her Doh.

Washington, Pa, Dec. While
standing at the window caressing a
new baby doll Christmas morning 8
year old Mary Kennedy, only daugh-
ter of James Kennedy, superintend-
ent of the Hazelkirk coal mines,
dropped dead with a bullet through
her forehead. Four men are In jail,
suspected of possessing information
that would indicate the man who
fired the shot to revenge himself on
Kennedy for discharging him re-
Gently.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-29
Sports.

Terry Martin of Philadelphia
knocked out Arthur Cote of Bidde-
ford in the thirteenth round of what
was to have been fifteen round go.
In only one round did Cote show up
to advantage.
After fighting thirteen terrific
rounds against Jack O'Brien, Bob
Fitzsimmons, the hero of many nota-
BILE battles, collapsed in his corner
Just before time was called for the
fourteenth round. He seemed to be
suffering from an internal hemor-
rhage.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-29
Belmont Gets ALL

New York, Dec. 2S.-The greatest
OF all traction mergers in New York
came to light yesterday with the an
nouncement that August Belmont
had taken over all of Thomas F.
Ryan's large holdings in the Metro
politan system. The gigantic deal,
involving about $2OO,OOO,OOO as it
does, was closed at Mr.. Belmont's
office after conference lasting sew
eral hours. 1t means that August
Belmont has gained complet1 con-
troll of the elevated, surface and sub
way systems in Manhattan, the
Bronx and Queens.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-29
Trade With the Far East.

Washington, Dec. 2S.--No feat
ure of the export trade of the United
States in 1906 has shown larger
growth than that of the trade with
China and Japan In the ten months
ended with October exports to China
are more than $5O,O00.OOO in value,
against $40, 100000 in the same
months of 1904 and 100000 in
the corresponding months of 1908;
and those to Japan are SAC, 100000,
against little less than $4,000
600 for the same period in 1904 and
$4,000, 900 in the corresponding
months of 1903.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-29

TIE total amount of cotton ginned
from this years crop to December 3
was 9,2S2,191 bales, counting round
bales as half bales and not includ
ing Hnters.
The richest copper strike ever
made in Butte is being opened in the
Anaconda mine at 1920 feet. 1t was
cut into few days ago and to-day 1t
was demonstrated to be fifty feet
wide, with an average of 800 pounds
of copper to the ton of ore.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-29
Bravery Rewarded.

Wilmington, N. c., Dee. 2S.-
President Roosevelt has waived the
civil service regulations to enable
the appointment to a Federal clerk
ship of S. H. Alexander, a laborer in
the post Office at Emma, n. c., who
successfully resisted the efforts of
four burglars to rob that post Office
on February 6, 1901.
Alexander was shot,. but seriously
wounded one burglar and beat off
another. Both these burglars were
subsequently hanged under the
North Carolina laws and two accom-
plices were sent to prison for life.