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The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
WOVEN RUN DOWN By TRAIN,
Wife Of HOrseman and Companion
Probably Fatally Injured.

New York, Nov 2.-3Irs. James Nc
Laughlin, wife of the horseman whose
gray Farrady colt oxford is among the
winners at the present Benning meet
ing. and Mrs. s. II. Lindsay, of Brook
lyn. while driving across the tracks Of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, at
Beverly road and Flatbush, tonight, were
run down by a Brighton Beach train
Both women are seriously il not fatally
injured. Mrs. Mclaughlin being hurt in
ternally. while Mrs Lindsay has a possi-
bic fractured skull and severe contusiOns
Of the body. They were taken in an auto
mobile to the Mclaughlin home at avenue
c and Ocean avenue Sheepshead Bay.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
STEAMER SUNK IN COLUMBIA.
Rammed by Big Vessel In Dark; Pas
senrRrS saNed

Portland. Greg. Nov 22-The steamer
LUrline was rammed and sunk by the
steamer Cascade IN Columbia River. op-
pcsite Rainier. at o'clock this morning.
First reports indicated a repetition Of
the recent marine disaster by which more
than forty persons lost their lives. when
the steamers Dix and Jeanie- collided. but
later information shows that the Cascade
succeeded in rescuing all the passengers
aboard the Lurline. The survivors were
brought 20 Portland.
The big British ship Ivernia that was
given up for lost is in port at Astoria.
after being out 16 days from Acapulco,
Mexico. Capt Collingswood had to deal
with two mutinies. however, but he soon
broke them up by whipping the entire
crew
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
EEL IMPERILS FIVE LIVES.
ChOkes Up Hose in Hands of Fire
men Cut OF by Flames

New York. Nov "A three-foot eel
came within an ace Of causing the death
IN the most horrible manner imaginable
Of Capt Roach and four other hremea
fighting a serious tenement house blaze
to-day
The men had taken a position on a FIRE
escape on the fifth floor. The flames
spread and cut of their escape, but they
felt safe as they were keeping the flames
back with a stream of water. Suddenly
the water was cut of. The flames swept
forward. A cry Of terror went up from
the trapped men To jump meant sure
death To stay meant cremation 70 be
broiled, with the fire escape as a grid
iron.
An extension ladder was run up and
they were rescued. An examination to
find the reason for the cutting of OF the
water, disclosed the eel lodged in one
section Of the hose
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
DIVIDE CURzON ESTATE.
Trustees Appointed for Letter
WeaTth-LOrd Curxon Gets n Third.

Chicago. Nov. Arrangements were
made to-day for the payment to Lord
Curzon. Of Kendleston, OF the income dur
ing his Iife on s5S30O0 of the estate left
by his wife. the late Lady Curzon The
balance of Lady Curzon's 81. 10000 goes
10 the three children. Mary Irene. Gym
thia, and Alexandra, aged respectively
ten. nine. and three years. The division
OF the estate was arranged.
The trustees of the estate are Robert
r Lincoln. Sir John Brodrick, British
under secretary for war Mrs Colin
Campbell. Joseph Letter. Mrs. L. 4. Letter,
and Lady Suffolk.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
schreck Nax Meet Langford.

Chicago. Nov. 22.-Mike Schreck, aspir-
ant to the heavyweight championship
of the world. received word from Match
maker T. J. Mahoney. of the Iron CITY
Athletic Club, of sllegheny. Pa, that
the latter has forwarded articles for his
signature for a 15-round fight with Sam
Langford on New Years Day.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
O'DONOVAN ROsSA GETS JOB.
Irish Patriot Made Corporation In
spectOr at 81 a Day.

Kew York. Nov. President Bird :.
CoIer, Of the borough Of Brooklyn, ap-
pointed O'Donovan Rosa. the Irish
patriot. as a corporation inspector. at a
salary Of 81 a day.
4 year or so ago 1r. Rosa was chosen
By the county council of Cork. Ireland.
as its secretary. and got d big send
of in Brooklyn before his departure Re
found the place unsatisfactory. and soon
returned 10 this country. much to the sur
prise Of his friends.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
SAYS ELKINs SPENT $4,000.
Democratic Candidate for Congress
in west Virginia Explains Defeat.

bp5claI . Ile NasllugtOn HtEaIl
Cumberland Nd, Nov. 22.-Ex-Judge
Narmaduke H Dent Of the Supreme
Court Of Appeals of West Virginia, who
was the Democratic nominee for Congress
in the Second West Virginia district, in
an address TO his supporters, declared
that his expenses We're less than S10oo,
while Senator Elkins contributed at least
S50.OJ0 JC defeat him.
He makes this direct charge. Hon.
Stephen B. Elkins furnished not less than
s51,606 directly or Indirectly, TO nOmi-
nate the candidate OF his choice and carry
the district" p"
lie says that the district was flooded
with money
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
Fears War with Morocco.

Gibraltar. Nov. 22-Spanish garrisons in
the vicinity OF Gibraltar have been or
dered to hold themselves in readiness for
service in Morocco. The constant internal
troubles in the Sultan's realm, and the
strained relations between the foreign
powers there, has alarmed the Spanish
government, of which high officials ex-
press the opinion that war is not far off.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
shoots Teacher So He Can Hunt.

Punxsutawney. Pa. Nov. 22-Because
his teacher refused to grant him permis-
sion to go hunting, James Dougherty, jr..
sixteen years old, shot and seriously
wounded Prof. J. Z. Kohler, principal.
and Meade Snyder, his assistant. Prof
Snyder's condition is critical Young
DOugherty was arrested.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
sTUART'S PLURALITY Is 4S,4S5
OmcinI Figures on Vote In PennsyI-
xanIn Are Given Ont.

Harrisburg, Pa. Nov 22-The official
vote of the State has oeen compiled at
the Srate department, and shows that
Stuarts plurality over Emery was IS, 49,.
The total vote for Stuart was 500, ,592; for
Emery, 7.957. Of which SOl, ,747 were Dem
ocrats, and 1857 Lincoln. Castle re-
ceived y, ,793.
The votes for other candidates were:
Lieutenant governor. Murphy, 504, ,S4l /:
Black, 49,, ,932; auditor general, Young, 505.-
S35: Greasy. SLIT; secretary Of internal
affairs. Houck 81, $50; Green, als. SO.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
WOMEN KEEP ARSENIC SHOP.
Poison Doses for Husband or Wife
Easily Procured from Them.

tute Of Medicine has completed analytical
examinations Of portions OF twenty-five
human bodies exhumed at Knez, and has
found that every one bore strong traces
Of srsenical poisoning.
Two peasant women have been arrest
ed and it IS charged they made prac-
tice OF selling arsenic TO persons who de-
sired 10 rid themselves Of their spOuses.
Five men and two women were arrest
ed recently at Knez, charged With muir
deTing their wives and husbands.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
SPECIAL NOTICES.
COLUMBIA NATIONAL BANK
of Washington
EXTENSION OF CHARTER.

COLUMBIA NATIONAL BANK
OF Washington
EXTENSION OF CHARTER
Treasury Department
once Of Comptroller Of the CurrenCy
Washington. Nov. =. 1895.
Whereas. by satisfactory evidence presented &c the
undersigned It has been made 70 appear that ''Ihe
Columbia National Bank Of Washington. in the
City Of Washington. District OF Columbia has com
piled with al the provisions cf the Act q Cor
gTess. 70 enable national banking associations %
extend their corporate existence and for other pur
poses. approved July T. 1857;
Now. therefore l. William B. Ridgely. Comptrolle.
of the Currency. do hereby certify that The Co
lumbia National Bank Of Washington il the CITY
Of Washington. District Of Columbia Is authorized
10 have succession for the period specified u It's
amended articles Of association. namely until close
Of business November Is. 1915.
In testimony whereof witness nv hand and seal o.
Office this I5th day Of November. 1906
WI B. RIDGELY
Comptroller Of the Currency
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
ANOTHER AUTO VICTIM DIES.
Third of TbOSe in Tom COoper's Ma
clSsne to Succumb.

New York, Nov. 22.-Helen Lambert. the
actress, who was in the automobile
smash-up IN Central Park Monday night
in which Tom Cooper. the bicycle rider
and chauffeur, and Daniel BarkaIow. a
cotton broker, were killed. died this aft
ernoon in Roosevelt Hospital of her in
juries.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
Post-oaice Robbers Get $3.50.

Hoosick Falls. Nov. 22.-The post-office
at Hoosick Falls was entered early this
morning The double doors of the safe
we're blown OF. The robbers got booty TO
The value Of over $3.50.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23

was badly damaged. and was believed
repeatedly to be on the point Of sinking.
A strange barge and schooner have been
wrecked six miles south Of Grand Haven.
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THIRTEEN KILLED
IN CRASH OF LINERS
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE

husband were safe, and that they would
leave Southampton OF Cherbourg as soon
as possible.
The Washington passengers who were
in the accident and the others who we're
detained on this account viii sail from
Cherbourg on November "A. either on La
Lorraine or the steamship ST. Paul
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
NEGROES IN FEAR OF PUMA.
Huge American Lion at Large in the
SMnmps of GeorEin.

Sylvsnia, Ca. Nov 22-J O. Mathews,
a hunter. in the swamp Of Brier Creek
and Savannah River, found the fresh
footprints Of a puma. Judging from the
impression 1t weighed SEQ pounds
Negroes are in frenzy of fear. A big
hunting party is stalking the beast. A
puma was killed in an adjoining county
in August
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23
80 DROWNED ON THE LAKES.
SIX ships sunk and shores Strevyn
With Debris

Nlllc@So' Nov - nlI ItN-tWo men
drowned. SIX boats sunk. and a score Of
vessels crippled or ashore, is the known
record thus far Of the storm that swept the
Great Lakes last night and to-day. Docks.
piers. and breakwaters were also de-
stroyed at many harbors. with losses run
ming up TO at least $4,000.
Messages telling Of still further damage
are being constantly received at Offices
of the shipping companies here, and the
fun list OF lives and property loss will
certainly be considerably longer than at
present when full reports are in.
The steamer Panama was lost in the
gale on Lake Superior Wednesday
night. The wreckage Of the steamer has
been found on the widest portion of the
Superior coast. between Marquette and
Ontonagon. The crew landed ard made
their way for ten miles toward Ontona-
gon in the freezing cold. Some of them
may die of exposure.
Stranded on Wild shore.
The Panama was found stranded on
Mineral Point, thirteen miles west Of
OntOnogOn. Caught in last nights wild
sale. the steamer Panama was driven
from its course and disabled, finally
brought up on shore.
According to Ontonogon advices, the
tow barge Matanzas was sighted in dis
tress of that port this morning. and. with
its crew, was brought safely into the har-
Dor by the tug Tramp. 1t reported that
it had been cast adrift by the Panama,
both vessels being bound down with ore
from the head of the lake. and that the
fate of the steamer was unknown.
A search by the Tramp resulted in the
discovery of the steamer on the beach.
with rudder gone and the entire upper
works swept away.
The barge Athens, in tow Of the steamer
Pratt. broke loose in Lake Erie and went
down, with Capt Mackey, of Milwaukee,
and his crew Of six men. The steamer
Pratt weathered the storm.
The steam barge Resolution, from Erie,
TO Toronto. sprang a leak just outside
Toronto harbor and sank. Two boats put
of for the shore. One was saved. but
the other. with its six occupants, went
down.
Launch Blown Out to Sea.
\ strange launch with six passengers
was blown from the Michigan shore near
MUskegon, and has not been heard from
It was impossible for # to live in the
heavy sea Another launch put of during
the storm from White Hall, and has
also disappeared.
At Muskegon an unidentified workman
returning from work along the shcre was
picked up by the wind and blown bodily
into the lake, where he perished.
Capsized in skiff while duck shooting
off Cedar Point. F. X Marshall and
Ottoman Zeister were badly exhausted
by the struggle to reach shore that the
latter died soon after landing.
Four men at work on the new breaker
at Holland harbOr were washed of By
the waves last night and drowned
On the tug o. NJ. Field, of Marinette,
member of the crew was struck by a spar
torn from its fastenings by the wind and
killed.
The Gosham & Morton freighter Front
Enac reached Racine to-day after a des-
perate fight with the waves. The ship
The Washington herald., 1906-11-23

STATEMENT or THE CONDITION
OF the
COLUMBIA NATIONAL BANK
~ Washington
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and shaking them like a terrier would
shake a rat; how the insurance compa.
MES that had been for years tying the
policy holders hand and foot, and search:
ing their pockets for illicit gains had.
been caught in the act, and how the
presidents and directors were liable to1
have to serve time in the penitentiary.
Pa told the Hole-in-the Wall gang all
the news until he got hoarse. 8.
And how is my old friend Teddy, the
rough rider?' asked one Of the gang
who claimed he had gone up to San Juan
hill with the president. &.5
..The president is in fine shape, said
pa, and he is making friends every day.
f1ghting the trusts and trying te save
the people from ruin. :. 5.s
s Gee, but. what "a train; robher Teddy
would have made, II he had turned his
talents IN that direction, instead Of
wasting his strenuousness. IN politics. 9
said the leader Of the game. & would
give q thousand dollars to see him draw
Is bead on. he engineer Of 4 fast mall;
and make him get down and do the dyna.:
& mite act, and then load up the. saddle
bags and pull out for the Hole -in-the-
w all. That man has Eas.ed his oppor-
iunities, and instead OF being. at the
head Of 9 gang Of robbers, with all the
|.Eorld at his feet, ready to hold up their
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COURAGE VS.. COWARD!CE.
The Opinion of Military Man Re-
garding the Two Quail
tiles.

Courage" observed an old military
man, els quality very difficult to ana
lyze.
F. II have known men who, in ordinary
life, were shy, sensitive fellows, dis
l]ay the utmost pluck and GOODNESS
en- the battlefield; just as, on the other
kand, have seen self possessed,
sturdy blades, almost panic-stricken in
the same circumstances.
Zone thing Ishave learned by expert
ence, and that is the falsity of the say.
ing that DULLES are always cowards.'
7 have known clustering fellows, who
delighted in hectoring their comrades,
fight like Trojans when their turn
came, without any sign Of fear
It seems to me that courage is very
much a question Of the imagination.
a dull man will plunge fearlesly into
danger, because he does not realize his
PERIL. Il he had the Imagination to
do SO, lie might turn tail, or, at any
rate, shrink and hesitate
On: the other hand, the intelligently
brave man is aided by his Imagination,
for while 1t enables him to understand
his danger, 1t makes him keenly alive
to the shame Of cowardice and the
glory Of heroism. IL 555s@
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form an anti-lobster union, and be so
gay the people would think we we're
young Vandergoulds. Since pa and
were captured by the Hole-in- the Wall
gang have found that all is not ,glori-
GUS in the train robbing and capturing
for-ransom business, and that robbers
are never happy excepttwhen a robbery
is safely over, and the gang gets good
and drunk. -
The first day or two after pa and and
the traitorous cowboys were captured,
We had a pretty nice time, eating
canned stuff and elk meat, and pa was
kept busy telling the gang of what had
happened in the outside world for sew
erul months, as the gang did not read
the daily papers. When they robbed a
train they let the newsboy alone for
fear he would get the drop on them.
Pa told them about the wave of reform
that was going over the country, and
how*the politicians were taking the
railroads and monopolists by the neck,
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pany, and rob right and left, equal to
any of the crowned heads who are now,
in the business. But if l was driving in
my automobile and should run over a
poor woman who. might be d policy
holder, I could.=not act as would be ex-
pected of me, and look around disdain-
fully at her smankled bodyzin the road,
and .sneer at her rapidly cooling re-
mains, and put on steam and skip out
with my mask on. I would want to
choke off the snorting, bad-smelling
juggernaut and get out and pick up the
dear old soul and try to restore her to
consciousness, which act would cause
me to be boycotted by the automobile
murderers' union and I would be a
marked man. ,.
"As president of a life insurance COM
pany could not vote myself hundred
and fifty thousand dollars year salary,
and take 1t from fatherless children and
widows and retain my self respect. Out
herein the mountains can occasionally
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hands at the sslIgl ft6st hint, living LIE
of freedom IN the mountains, there he ii
doing political stunts, and wearing
boiled clothes, and eating with q fork z
And the bandit sighed for Teddy.
well, he will make himself just as
famous" said pa, II he succeeds in land
ing the hold-up men Of Wall street, and
compelling them to disgorge their steal
tngs. But say" said pa, looking the
leader Of the bandit gang square in the
eyes, why don't you give up this bad
habit OF robbing people with guns, and
go back east and enter some respectable
business and make your mark? You
are born financier, can see by the
way you divide up, the Increment when
you rob train. You would shine in the
business world. Come on: go back east
with me, and will use my influence to
get you in among the men who own auto
mobiles and yachts, and drive fourth
hands. What do you say?".
4. mo, it is too late," said the leader of
the Hole-in-t the Wall gang of train rob-
bers, with a sigh. II should be- out
classed if went into Wall street now.
! have got many Of the elements ii my
make up of the successful financier, and
the oil octopus, and if had not become
q train robber I might have been sue
cessful insurance president, but have
always been Handicapped by a con-
science. Icould not rob widows and or
ghans if tried. It would give me pain
that medicine would not cure to know
that women and children were crying
for bread because 1 had robbed them
and was living high on their money. If
it wasn't for my conscience could take
the presidency of life insurance com.
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J. l used to think would like to be a
train robber, and have nice gang of
boys to do my bidding. have often pic
>tured my gang putting red light on the
track and stopping a train laden with
gold, holding revolver to the head of
the engineer, and compelling him to go
and dynamite the express car Then we
would fill our pockets and haversacks
with rolls Of bills that would choke a
hippopotamus, and ride away to our
shack in the mountains, divide up the
swag, go on trip to New York, battle in
champagne, dress like millionaires, go
to theaters morning, noon and night.
cat lobster until our stomachs would
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| mad red horse plunged over the plains
with Madeline's faithful lover dashed
to his back. Poor girl! She closed her
eyes, and her cries of terror were
drowned by the yel!s of her cruel tor
mentors.
On sped the wild red horse over
hill and dale. Impclled by fright and
terrorized by the struggling burden on
his back, the foaming animal soon
passed beyond the reach of his pur-'
suers. He had been stolen from the
Quaymal Indians by Don Rivera's
peons> and when he found himself free
he at once set out to rejoin his old
herd. The bold lover declares that he
was never surer of winning his bride
than when the foam from the red
chops of the wolves were hurled into
his face. It was at that moment that
he registered an oath to possess Made
line in spite of Don Rivera and his
army of poems.
Don Rivera had made bitter enemies
Of the Quaymals. He had taken, their
fields away from them and forced the
poor Indians to move their village to a
mountain valley. -.';
They gave the wounded man shelter.
aid and comfort, and when they heard
his story they believed him. Soon they
all loved the handsome young Texan.
Lovers Finally United.
They said: eve nate old Don Ri
vera. He has stolen our lands, our
horses and cattle. He has coined the
tears Of our women and children. We
will help you to drive a pain into. his
heart. Only tell us how
Jack. told them how, and they did
help him. He had hardly recovered
from his wounds when an Indian
maiden bounded into his apartment
one evening with streams of words of
joy flowing from her red lips.
She is here-we have brought her
to YOU" she exclaimed, clapping her
hands.
Who? What do you mean?" said
jack
Madeline, of course
1t was true. In few moments the
astounded lover was rejoiced to find
that his devoted friands had succeeded
in stealing his sweetheart and bringing
her to their village.
Joyous to the verge of insanity over:
being united, and fearing capture, the
lovers were eager to fly towards Texas.
but the Quayamal chief protested He
wanted to "drive many pains home to
the old don's hard heart he said. He
insisted that the lovers should be mar.
| ried by the padre in the Quaymal
temple, and that the affair should be
celebrated by a great feast. 1.-THE SUI
perstitious old don will not dare to
come here" he said. %@E*.. -
Offered to Buy Daughter. e. j
It was true. 8: Don Rivera had many
superstitions. He was afraid OF the
shadow Of a Quaymal Foaming with
rage when he heard that Madeline was
with the Texan in the Indian village,
he said to, his wife: sit. is all: witch:
craft. That man Jack is a ghost.
After the poems threw him in the river,
with rock about his neck; and he
was drowned, 1 saw him again. Why,
saw him walking amongst the sheep
sowing rot-saW him plainly. It Is
useless to try to get our daughter back.
The devil has got her. We. might
for
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PEClI | S BAD ]
B o | H
The CIRCUS.
By HON. GEORGE ". PECK
Author Of "Peek's Bad Boy Abroad. z Etc.
s.
Author of"Peck's Bad Boy Abroad, = =
tooDyraght b. J. B. Bowlss:l

= -. V0pyT19he By .. X BOWI0sl
"a and the Bad Boy Among the Train
Robbers-Pa Tries to Persuade the
Head Bandit to Become Ffnancier
The Bandit Prefers Train Rob-
berry and Puts Up a Good Argu-
ment, "-,';
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Tied to Back Of Wild Horse.
The wounded Texan was dragged
over the ground and tirnql lashed to
the back of the red devilsof q horse.
And then lille t:ae thurman devils
howled and roared with laughter, the
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overpowered and Captuysl.
Slowly and cautiously the venture
some lovers approached the edge OF 81
grove Of trees not far fromsthe gates
Of the hacienda. He was mounted on.
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