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The Washington times., 1906-10-26
SLAYER Of SMITH
STILL At LIBERTY
Alexandria Council Exceed
ed Authority in Offering
$500 Reward.
WASHINGTON TIMES BI-RFsT-
ALEXANDRIA. VA. OCT .

Numerous reports are sun coming to
police Headquarters as 10 the where
aoouts Of William johnson. the muir
derer OF Charles T. Smith, but when
these are tracked down they result in
disappointment 1t now seems as if the
city council exceeded its authority last
Tuesday night when it appropriated $500
as a reward for the capture of Smiths
murderer. Under the law a sum not
exceeding 800 can be appropriated as a
reward, and Mayor Pan has withheld
his signature To the appropriation and
has called a special meeting Of the CITY
council tonight TO take action in regard
TO the matter
II Is thought that the matter will he
ADJUSTED by the passage of a resolution
authoilzlhg the mayor 10 eNpepd a sum
not exceeding $500 in the capture of tGe
murderer of Smith '''
The Washington times., 1906-10-26

the prosecution or the Standard oil and
other trusts AS attorney general Mr..
Ellis was the most conspicuous figure
a. the recent trial iu Fndiay, Ohio, AT
which the Standard was convicted
II Is understood Den Ohio that NJ. Ellis.
who comes from Cincinnati Is plan
ming 20 be tie Republican candidate for
governor two years hence.
SIR Ellis is a native Of Kentucky and
comes OF am old Democratic family. He
was named Wade Hampton Ellis for the
famous Confederate general and Sen
atOT.
After 1896 Ar. Ellis became q Repub-
licau
Not long ago he had n conference with
the President and went home fully
equipped for the fght which he won.
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
Ohio'S Attorney General
Laying Plans for Two
Years Hence.

Wade Fl, Ellis, attorney general OF
Ohio. is expected IN Washington almost
any day for "a conference with Fresi-
dent Roosevelt As a Republican lead
or and campaign orator Mr.. Ellis is i'm
demand during tile contest In his own
state. but as the President is going 20
Panama after election day. il Is likely
that he viii come here for a talk about
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
ACTRESS GETS $4,000
FOR A BROKEN ARM

NEW YORK. Oct. 2G.-Mlss Margare:
Angiin. the actress, who was struck
by an engine July. 1905. at Stamford.
Conn, and had her arm broken has
been awarded damages against the New
YORK, New Haven, and Hartford rail
road for 5000 by a jury in the United
States Circuit Court. The company viii
appeal.
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
Thrown From Bicycle.

Colliding with an unknown man who
vas running 10 catch a ear F. b.
Philips. thirty years old. of 13S + street
northwest was thrown from his bicycle
a. Fourteenth street and Park road last
AguI, receiving injuries about the head
lnd race. lie was able TO go to his
aome unassisted,
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
Murderer Seeks New -

In the corporation court. Judge Louis
\. BARLEY presiding. next Monday the
5ppllcation for new trial for Howard
banks. cOlored, who was recently found
suHtY OF murder IN the first degree for
ne killing Of Thomas Ellie. will come
up. Banks VIII De represented Nv
Machen q Mcncure. 70
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
Removing the cobblestones

The work Of removing the cohbIo-
stones from Fairfax street batu,es,
King and Cameron streets is in nroprass
preparatory TO the paving of that s6,,ars
with Vitrihed brick. The cohblastr,,a,,
are being dumped at the foot of prince
street, y here they Will be used i'm IN
paving OF Union street '''0
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
Trouble Over a Fence.

In the police court this morning Sadie
jackson and John Fox, both colored
We're before Justice Cation, charged with
dlsorderly conduct. The trouble, IT was
resumed had originated over the cree
non or a fence between the Fox DroD-
erty and that of the jackson woman
Justlce Cation dismissed both partfes
with instructions 10 keep peace and LET
the fence be built ''''N '''
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
ACQUIRING A NATURAL MANNER

Miss Speitz-Of course. no one could
truthfully speak OF her as pretty.
M G0odley-WoH er-perhaus not.
but she has such natural unaffected
manner
Miss Speitz-Yes. but IL has taken her
several years 90 acquire it.-Catholic
Standard
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
Fund for Smith Family.

So far the contributions to IN. fund
'or the relief of the widow ana childr..,,
II Charles T. Smith, who lost his life
While assisting d policeman in The dis
charge of his duty, have amounted to
over SEQ.
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
Funeral of Mrs. Klaus.

The funeral of the late Mrs. Anna
haus VIII take place from her home in
queen street, this afternoon at O'Clock.
l ne REV j. A Jeffers. pastor of Trinity
Methodlst Episcopal Church, will con-
uuct the funeral services, and the inter
ment will be made in Bethel Caneta,,,
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
HE'S VERY MUCH ALIVE.

Dead beat" we call the scurvv wight
Who cheats us 'Twouid be great
II he were really dead We might
Collect from has estate.
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
WASHINGTON MAN
STRANGELY LOST
Navy Department Cannot
Locate Warrant Machinist
P. COrreVea Steele.
DAUGHTER HEARS NOTHING
Missing Man Last Seen on Steamer
En Route TO San
Francisco.

Miss Charlotte w. Steele has heard
nothing of the whereabouts of her
father. Warrant Machlnist Z. Correyea
Steele. Of the cruiser Chicago. whose
disappearance from the steamer city Of
Fpeblo few days ago is puzzling the
Navy Department
Miss Steele said this morning that she
received a letter from her father early
last month. saying that he was about 20
take passage on the City of Pueblo for
san Francisco en- route 10 Mare Is
land where he had been ordered. That
was the last word she had from him,
and, believing him on his way 10 the
navy yard there. she felt no anxiety I'M
III word reached her that he could not
be found.
Was Ordered to Hospital.
Secret Service officers are exhausting
every means 20 find the missing man.
Early i'm September Steele was detached
from the cruiser Chicago at the Bremen
ton navy yard. on the Puget sound. and
ordered 10 the Mare Island Hospital.
where he was TO undergo treatment for
an INJURY ne had received In an accident.
tie took passage at Seattle. and il is
said his ticket was taken M. but the
last Information the Navy Department
mas or him was when he was ordered
from the Chicago 10 san Francisco.
Daughter Greatly Worried.
Miss Steele is deeply concerned about
her father. She has applied to the Navy
Department for Information, and was
told that as soon as any news could
be heard from him the department
would notify her. She believes there
Is chance that her father may be IN
or that something may have detained
Alm IN Seattle. She has always heard
from him regularly. and is convinced
mat ne is either in or has met with
foul play
IL is said Mr.. Steele had 50 with him
when he is supposed 10 have boarded
the city of PUEBLO. Miss Steele has NOT
seen her father for nearly three years.
IS ne has been on regular sea duty dur
ing that time.
Born in Washington.
Mr.. Steele was born in Washington
and appointed as an officer from the
District OF Columbia, August q. 1909.
from the enlisted ranks. Previous 10
that time he had served in the navy
more than fifteen years. He has bad
sSafiY i've years of sea service. having
ssF shore duty. He was assigned To the !
SniCdsD August lA. 1904
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
THE DINING ROOM

IUuHb MtH tHTINTInn ASSOcIhIIO0
1875 @ street Northwest
Is open to the public daily and SUNDAYS for
Club Breakfast 1870 to 9-25c
Luncheon u TO 1:3O-A Ia carte
Special Quick Lunch for Business Men.
Dinner $50 10 7-35c
Sunday hours:
Club Breakfast s TO 9:3O-25c
Dinner 1890 to 2-35c
Supper $3.50 to 6:30-A la carte
The Public Invited.
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
Wants to Be Buried in Ohio.

The latest report indicates that her
hopes may be realized as his death is
hourly expected. He is reported to be
suffering with diseases contracted In the
line Of duty and II is said that he has
requested that word be sent To HE di-
voTced wife and the children. and that
his body be brought back TO WAYNE
county, Ohio. for burial
II is rumored In some quarters that
TaggaUt's alleged critical Illness is only
ii clever ruse 10 learn the Whereabouts
of his wife and children. Not long ago
there was a report that Taggart was
engaged TO marry the daughter of a
rich Filipino merchant. but his r.I,ent
letters 10 friends do not mention il and
HIS chief query was about the wife he
cast on and the children who told him
TO his face that they wanted nothing to
Go with him I'm the future
In Taggart's last letter he wrote Of
getting a six months leave and this
was taken to mean that he would then
take up the search for his children I'm
Europe IA III
Mrs. Taggart knew OF this and had
planned 10 keep posted as to his move
hents ana 10 elude him even N il
necessitated trip around the globe.
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
Was Full Of Grit.

She was then thin, quiet little wo-
man. but full or grit.
Once here she knew few people. like
herself "in ,he army" and they would
make no move.
Then she appealed 10 a Senator, who
took her To the Secretary OF War. He
pushed a hutto9 and called up the
AdJutant General OF the Army. See
what YOU can do suggested the Secre-
tary OF War.
Mrs. Taggart found that the order for
transfer had already been issued. Such
orders are seldom revoked. She met
newspaper man. who knew some rela-
tives Of Mrs. Mckinley. They took an
interest In Mrs. TaggaTt and one night
she went To the White House for quiet
little evening in the President $ family
parlOr. She told her story, and when
the President heard her name and OF
% He Is my cadet l sent him TO West
Point
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
Her Income Ample.

Mrs Taggart has an ample fortune
Her income IS nearly $4,000 "A year. and
she purposes giving the children educa-
ton, herself a broader view OF the
world, and her enemies a few blows ere
her children are grown to manhood.
There Was much inteTcsJ!in Washing
ton in all phases OF the Famous Tag
sGrt case. and IL Is recalled that Mrs
IagGaTt came here in the spring Of
1877 on an eTrand that might have fur
Hlshed a plot Tor one Of Capt Charles
Kings stories. At tnat time. Tart
was stationed AT Fort Thomas. KY.
across from Cincinnati. Col0nei Coch-
ran was in command. After some al
legged social differences. the commanding
oHicer asked that Taggart be trans
TERED 10 the post graduate school at
Fort I.eavenworth. Taggart was senior
lieutenant. a graduate OF West Point
and did not wish 10 20 to a place OF
instruction. but he could do nothing
His pluck wife, however, took train
for Washington. She came here 10 try
10 reverse the orders Of the War De
partment and 10 RETAIN her husband
AT Fort Thomas
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
Mrs. Taggart Won Fight.

That settled il. a word went to the
War Department. The list went back 10
Fort Thomas. with TagEart's name
scratched OF The little woman had won
her fight She went home a heroine IL
army circles.
Army men who knew the devotion Of
Mrs. IaggaTt TO her husband and her
desire 10 push him up in the service can
never understand his charges against
her.
Mrs. Taggart. herself. has been bitter
against the father OF her children since
the divorce. When he was sent 10 the
she had but one comment
and that was the hope that he would
remain there forever.
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
Paris Address Unknown.

She put the children in school and al
though she has written many letters TO
friends in this country she has never
disclosed her address in Paris. Last
summer she leased a fine old chateau
Ia Normandy and wrote glowing de-
scrlpuohs OF the scenery, the people,
the quaint customs. and the joy Of her
We In that sequestered spot but no one
save Mrs. James Il. Shields, Of High
land Park. Ill, a sister. knows where
the mother ana children are at the pres
ent tine. In her last letter to a friend
ln Washington, Mrs. Taggart said that
she has kept diary in all the DAYS of
trloulation and later travel, and thar
she has put down some thoughts ard
observations that might make inter
10 handle it,
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
WIFE IN FRANCE,
GUARDS HER BOYS
WITH JEALOUS EYE
lContInued Ion b. Page.)

teetives Were watching In Kentucky.
Mrs. Taggart was en- route to Europe
Fiddles Disguised as Girl.
She came through Washington at 6
o'clock one morning last spring and was
met by Congressman Smyser, her at
torney in the trial. Mrs. Taggart was
heavily yelled. The BOYS We're disguised
and riddles" much to his disgust, was
dressed as a girl. Mr.. Smyser went with
his client as far as Baltimore. and they
talked over plans for the future.
With all the fury Of a woman SCARED
and maligned, Mrs. Taggart was bent on
vengeance. and she placed in the hands
of lawyers and others Information which
she believed would not only eventually
vindicate her. but bring sorrow To the
father of her children.
Mrs. Taggart sailed from New York
under an assumed name ard from there
went directly 10 Paris
The Washington times., 1906-10-26
Special Notices.

Window OH Opaque Shades. see
=. Empire OIL Opaque zoe
Sna0as King Scotch Holland y5o
r...N~s' hung free. WEI call with samples
Aundlett's Shade Factory, 18th q x ny.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-07

the letter "a" was 80 defective as to be
hardly readable.
The clerk had difficulty in making
out the names. and when he attempted
to record a similar deed issued to Benj.
G.. Bell from Zaneer. about ten years
later, the same letter "a" in the word
Zanger was as defective as II had been
I'm the decd drawn up ten years before.
In the power Of attorney sworn to
before the notary at San Diego about
three weeks ago the same defect ap-
peared I'M the wording Of the document
drawn up, supposedly, in Los Angeles,
and the clerk Investigated
About that time a startling develop
ment occurred. In that James Wal
lace, real owner of the lots in question,
who is a carpenter living on East Main
street. put in an appearance and paid
up the delinquency, and the case was
turned over to the police, who arrested
Mcpherson. Found in his room and
offered as the chief piece of evidence in
the trial was a small typewriter, such
as could be carried around in a dress
suit case, and the letter "a" of the
machine had a clip out of the upper
curve, corresponding to the old deeds
and the new ones.
The case will go to the jury for de-
cision this morning, and Mcpherson,
with the hopefulness of many in like
position, expects to be acquitted. But
the attorneys for the state think 9TH
erwise
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-07
SHOWS FLOW is INCREASING
owens River Gaining In Volume Every
Day, According to Null
hollands Report

The following is statement of the
flow of water from owens river in cubic
feet per second at Charley's Butte. cone
cubic foot per second equals fifty
miners inches).
This includes the waste water enter
ing owens lake as we'll as the diversion
made by the East Side and Stevens
canals, but not the flow of streams en-
tering south of Taboose creek.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-07
DELICATE CASE
GOES TO JURY
LITTLE "A" SAID TO POINT TO
FORGERY
Two Documents by Which Real Es-
tate Is Transferred Contain
Defective Typewriter
Letter

After more than a week of trial be-
fore a jury in department one OF the
superior court the case of G. II. NC
Pherson. charged with forgery, will to-
day reach a termination, and a story
which rivals the cleverness of Sherlock
Holmes will pass into history
Mcpherson was arrested seVeral
weeks ago on a forgery charge, which
has become so common in the annals OF
Los Angeles crime that little or no at
tention is paid to the innumerable
cases in the higher court. But McPher-
sons case proved an exception, and as
a result a jury has been spending
week of strict attention to the most
delicate of testimony, for 1t is SAID
that by faulty letter "a" of small
typewriter the alleged crime for which
Mcpherson is being tried was discov-
cred, and a wholesale property swindle
and confusion of titles prevented.
Mcpherson an elderly man, came to
Los Angeles as a refugee shortly after
the northern disaster. Upon his arrival
here he attended tax sale, and in so
doing discovered a list of property to
be sold for delinquent taxes. Certain
lots of that property had been delin-
uuent for some time, and a look at the
record showed that carelessness and
delinquency had been the history of
that property.
Discovered Owner Dead
The lots were listed under the name
of James Wallace, and it is alleged that
Mcpherson looked up the record and
learned that certain James Wallace,
a former saloon keeper, had died in
1890, and that he had owned property.
At any rate, a short time after Ms
Pherson's arrival in the city a deed
was drawn up in which the delinquent
property was decided to Andrew c. Zan-
ger. The deed set forth that James
Wallace had decided his property to
Zanger in 1889, and the deed purported
to be of that date. Wallace had died
a year later.
A second deed put in an appearance
in which the same property was decided
from Zanger to Benjamin c. Bell. A
l ater document, supposed to be signed
b Bell, gave c. F. Mcpherson power
Oh attorney to sell the delinquent lots
in question. That power of attorney
wa S sworn to by the alleged Bell at
Sal Diego several weeks ago, and the
tive , deeds and the document Of power
of lttorney all made an appearance at
a 10 cal abstract Office So far the plan
had worked capitally, but one of the
CLERK s at the abstract office thought he
detec ted an error when he went to en-
ter u p the names.
Letter Defective
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-07
Doubling Room in the Annex

No. 421 South Broadway. another COM
plete store. annexed to the Broadway
Department Store. Don't worry,
Watch us grow More selling space
for holiday stocks. we needed it badly.
Keep your eyes on the annex
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-07
cubic IT.
or GpnOnd
NO ELECTION DAY TROUBLES
Police Make No Arrests for Disturb
ances and but Few for
Drunkenness

Yesterday was an unusual election
day in Los Angeles in that not a sin
gle arrest was made of any one for
creating a disturbance traceable to the
exciting influence of the occasion.
Very few drunks were taken to the
station, which marked another dis
tinction from past election days.
Whether the innovation was due to
the new police regime was a matter
upon which Acting Chief Flammer
would make no comment.
II you want to go east. c. Haydock
Aren't Illinois Central RR. 11Q w 9Th
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-07
Letter Defective

He looked at one document and saw
that Il lie deed had been issued by WAL
lace tc Zanger in 1889. And there in
both n 'ames of Wallace and Zanger
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-07
Silk Skirts $500 Each
Violet Plants
A Sale at l0c Dozen

Strong. healthy, Princess of Wales
violet plants. Such as your florist
would ask you 25c for
Last sale we had the supply
wasn't equal to the demand-every-
one loves violets. Everyone should
buy today. aisle 5. front. 10c doz.,
long as they last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT.

NEW YORK, February II. - The state
ment of the clearing house banks for the
five days this week shows that the banks
hold s5.7S9.e25 over the legal reserve re-
quirements. This Is a decrease of $153, 600
under last week. Statement follows:
Loans, 81, O52, 3s0. 900; decrease, So. SIG, 600.
Deposits, s1.O4s. e33, 100; decrease. s12,317,-
500.
Circulation. s5o,s7e,2o decrease, s47s-
COO
Legal tenders. $40, 43s. 200; decrease. $685.
500
Specie, SIS, 500, 900; decrease, 81, 3S4, 600
Reserve, S287 .948. 200; decrease. So, 233,10O
Reserve required, $262, 1921 decrease,
50, 0T9, 400
Surplus, So. 7SS, 925; decrease, S153, $50.
Ex-United States deposits, 1917 200; de-
crease. S169.650.
Money on call nominal; no loans. Time
loans firm; sixty days, ninety days and six
months, 51s per cent.
Close-Prime mercantile paper, 5a5A per
cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in bankers bills at 4.S62ja4 $685.
for demand and at 4S275a4. S2S5 for sixty
day bills Posted rates. 4S31aa4.S "a and 4 81
ASST Commercial bills, 4S21ka4. s2A Bar
silver. 661a. Mexican dollars, 51R. Govern
ment bonds steady Railroad bonds steady
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
Death of Mrs. Ida M. I. SUNNY.

Mrs Ida NJ. I. Sunny. wife of Mr.. o. d..
Sunny of the internal revenue Office.
Treasury Department. died at u O'Clock
last night. after an Illness extending over
a year. Mrs. Summyewas formerly a resi-
dent of Takoma Park, but for the past two
years had resided in Washington She was
born in Philadelphia flfty-nine years ago,
and was one OF the pioneer residents of Ia
kona Park, having selected the name which
the town bears.
Her husband ard one daughter, Mrs Car
olyn NJ Kirby, survive her.
Funeral services. which will be private.
will be held from her late residence $40
10Th street northwest, on Monday, Febru-
airy 10, at 1910 am. Rev. E. B. Bagby.
pastor of the Ministries Christian Church.
will officiate. The intermenl will be in
Rock Geek cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
THE GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO, February 1T.-May wheat here
today, on free selling by local traders, eased
OFF to s3Has31s.
On lower cables May corn was easy at
1875.
May oats, on moderate covering by shorts,
were easy at 295s.
May provisions opened stronger pork at
13.7oa15.s7Ia. lard at 1871 to 100 and ribs
al S22l2 to S21l2.
The wheat market became weak later in
the day because of dispatch from Argen-
tina which declared that the exportable
surplus of this year would be as large as
that of last year. The low point for May
was reached at S2Ss. The close was weak,
with May off Is at S2%.
The corn market became firm early on
covering by shorts, but alter declined with
wheat. The high price for May was 43S.
The close was easy, with May down 49, at
42s,
CIose-Wheat-May. s224; July, S1k.
Corn-May, 42al; July, 43A
Oats-May, 291a; july 2S7s.
Pork-May. 1880; July, 1915
Lard-May, 7.2S12a7 IS: July, 7.921aa7 95.
Eibs-May, S.27ia; July, $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

President Stevens of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway yesterday placed an order for
forty new locomotives for this road stipu-
lating that they be built at the Richmond
branch of the American Locomotive Works.
1t Is announced at Atlantic Coast Line
headquarters that Capt W. B. Benham, as
sistant to Third Vice President John r.
Kenly, has resigned to become general
manager of the Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama railroad, with headquarters at Balm
bridge Ga. Capt. Denham was formerly
with the Plant system at Savannah, and
came here upon the consolidation of those
interests with the Coast Line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
Liverpool Prices

LIVERPOOL, February 1I.-Cotton-Spot
In fair demand prices points lower;
American middling fair, 8.3S: good middling,
col; middling, 500; low middling. 572; good
ordinary, Dol ordinary, 5.3S The sales
of the day We're 5000 bales, OF which LOGO
were for speculation and export and in
cluded 1000 American Receipts, l., 800
bales, all American. Futures opened quiet
and steady and closed firm; American mid
ding. g. o. c., February. SIG; February
and March, $40; March and April, ST;
April and May, $50; May and June, $50
June and July, 5.s5; July and August, $50:
August and September, $50; September and
October. J.61; October and November, 5.63 +;
November and December. 6.62.