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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-15

the under classmen to do the sixteenth
There Is much difference of opinion as to
how many times this was done, the wit
nesses stating the number from twelve to
one hundred times This. however think
is immaterial. The question Is whether or
not the original order was proper.
Col. Lauchheimer then urged that there
was no proof of any bad results from the
hazing, in fact that the governments wit
nesses had expressly disclaimed any bad
effect. After the exercises" he continued
MILLER had again reprimanded the under
classmen, and three of them had appar-
emily taken it in a proper spirit. Demott
had not, and had been required to return
and perform the sixteenth on subsequent
occasions.
''The government had. however, failed to
establish the number of times alleged
Intent Must Be Proven.
Col Lauchheimer then claimed that the
intent to commit the act must be proved
to constitute the offense. Miller, he said,
had acted in the valid exercise of his dis
cretion as midshipman officer" He main
tanned that the regulations clearly vested
discretion in a midshipman officer. 'The
fact that Miller had reprimanded the upper
classmen who sent the plebes to his room
.'that Miller did the things alleged because
he was indignant at his treatment"
In his concluding remark Col. LAUGH
neilHer asked the court CONSIDER CleIn-
ency on Midshipman Miller on account of
his splendid record.
Case Given to the Court.
The judge advocate replied briefly. He
said that the narrow question was present
ed to the court of whether or not cadet
officer had the authority to impose series
of physical exercises as punishment on
other nidshipmen.
This was done," he said, Sin the case or
all four of the fourth classmen, and the
treatment of Demott made still stronger
case, as he had been at Miller's room on
several subsequent nights and been re-
quired to perform the sixteenth again"
At 11:15 o'clock the case was given to the
court.
Verdict Found.
Later the court, upon reassemb1ing, an
nounced that a verdict had been found and
1t will be forwarded to the superintendent
of the Naval Academy.
At 2 o'clock Midshipman Minor Meri-
wether. jr., was brought before the court.
The charge against him is haZing, ant Ahere
are six specifications in support of it. 7ae
court adjourned until 10 O'Clock tomorrow
morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-15
FATAL COLLISION AT TROY.
Train Ran Into Trolley-Motorman
Killed, Four Passengers injured.

SItcllI Dispatch 10 Ihe star.
ALBANY, n. Y, January ia pas
senger train on the Delaware and Hudson
railroad ran into an electric car on the
Troy -Cohoes line at 9:30 o'clock this
morning. The conductor of the car,
James Cox, was killed and the four pas
sengers, two of whom were women, were
more or less seriously injured. They were
taken to the Trop Hospital. The motor
man escaped injury. Cox was thrown $50
feet and his head and back were crushed.
He lived but twenty minutes.
The accident occurred at the Green Is
land crossing. A gateman is stationed
there. but although he knew the train
was due he took a chance and gave the
trolley car the right of way. The car was
carried along by the locomotive for 100
feet, when il collapsed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-15
For Branch Telephone systems.

Secretary Of the Treasury Shaw sent a
communication to Congress today asking
that an additional appropriation of $4,000
be included in the sundry civil bill to per-
NIT the installation of branch exchange
telephone systems in public buildings OUT
side of Washington where in his Judgment
such service is necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-15
naval Movements.

The Alabama has arrived at Hampton
roads, the Leonidas at Newport News. the
Abaraenda at Monte cristi. and the Uncas
at Bocas del Tora.
The gunboat Dubuque left San Juan yes
terday for 6anto Domingo city and the
Ar6thusa has sailed from New York for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-15
ONLY Two Glasses Of Mail Matter.

Representative Fitzgerald of New York in
troduced bill In the House today to
amend the postal laws SO as to provide
for only two classes Of mail matter
first class at one cent an ounce and Sec
ond class at the rate OF one cent for
three ounces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-15

Secretary Taft has returned to this city
from q short visit to Lakewood, N. j..
where he attended the siIver wedding II
1Gr. and JoAn ifeys Haumon1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-15
Weather.

Rain and warmer tonights
tomorrow fair, preceded by
rain in early morning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19

tariff the campaign issue in 1908, and
the uncertainties of such a situation
would alarm American business inter
ests, and perhaps hasten the approach
of financial depression. %t
In short, it is the opinion of Presi-
dent Roosevelt that the election of
democratic house of representatives in
November would paralyze his strong
right arm during the two closing years
OF his administration, and by so doing
stamp that administration with failure.
or with only partial success. y
Over against Mr.. Bryan s statement,
IN his Lincoln speech, that the way to
stand by. the president is to elect a
democratic house in November, I would
place the Watson letter and the Taft
speech. These contain an answer to
the Bryan claim that must be convin-
cling to every citizen whose mind is
open to conviction.
OF late. public sentiment seems to
be crystallizing around the position
that the republicans are to be success
full. This is very manifest in Wash
ington, which is the political hub of
the country. More politics is talked
in this town. and talked more inteIli-
gently, than in any one Of the great
states of the country, and that talk
now is to the effect that the republicans
are to carry the next house of repre-,
sentatives by a majority of somewhere
around forty to ffty-large enough fol-
all practical purposes, and much bet
ter and more expeditions working mar
gin than the present one of more thar
| a hundreds -, @,'. .--E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
AMERICAN WOMEN AT FETF

y Paris-Mrs. Potter Palmer and Mrs.
Marshall Field tried from Bayreuth to
scale in a motor car the forbidding
heights of Saint Morice and the Upper
Engadine, which, in view Of the lumpy
upward trend Of the difficult road, is
still practically unknown by motorists.
They shared the common fate and had
to leave their machines for repairs at
Ragatz.
Since their arrival here they have
been seen at many teas and receptions.
At the living -picture> show Mrs. Potter
Palmer wore black tulle with hand
some pearl dog collar, and Mrs. Mar
shall Field was remarked in white
pompadour costume trimmed with tiny
bouquets Of live roses, while festoons
of deep red blossoms dropped from the
brim of .a9big picture hat.
These two prominent Americans were
also remarked in the crush at the pal.
ace ball, this seasons most brilliant
fete. Besides crowds of French, Span.
ish and oriental fashionable lights,
there were present Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt, Miss Vanderbilt and the Mar
quise Rudini, Labouchere g daughter.
A smaller dance was held at the Kuhn
hotel after Count Sternberg's dinner
to Charles Francis, American ambassa-
dor; to Austria Hungary. Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis, Mrs. Mclaughlin and Miss
Holmes were the only other Americans
in an exclusive gathering Of Austrian
and Russian mobiles.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
CO., SAYS TILLMAN,
OPPOSED IN SOUTH
Bryan's Pet Never Will Be Ac.
cepted, Declares U. S.
Senator.
sneeial :. T.a journal

Special t. T.e journal.
Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 19.-The
south will never take Bryan with gov
eminent ownership of railroads, de-
clared Senator B. r. Tillman of South
Carolina, who was here last night.
"The south believes in government
by individuals, +" he said. "The north,
apparently, has gone off after pater-
nal government. In the south is all
that remains Of the pure democracy
that came down from the revolution
It was Senator Tillman IS belief that
congress this winter will not add to
or take from the rate law single line
The rate law. he declared emphatically,
would have been much better if Presi-
dent Roosevelt had not surrendered to
his party when all he had to do was to
drive the last nail.
If 1 could have gone to the White
House and retained my self-respect,
he continued, ~ have no doubt that
the. rate law would have been better
legislation
Concerning the probable democratic
nominee in 1908, Senator Tillman die
not prophesy, but he said that if Hearst
became governor of New York he woulC
be large factor in the race.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
WAS ARTISTICALLY FIRED
How a Guest Who Had Overstayed the
. Limit Was Started Along.

. A Washington war correspondent:
stopping off in Chicago on his return
from Manchuria not so very long ago.
was invited for weekend visit at a
hospitable home out on the north shore
The invitation was plainly worded-
% from Friday until Monday''- and
the war correspondent accepted, and on
Friday he arrived u. ~.
He had a beautiful time. He met
some lovely girls who looked at him
with adoring eyes and listened breath
lessly to the exciting tales he related
of adventures in which the hero was
always the same--he modestly admitted
it-himself:. He wore medals and dec
orations, all immensely effective with
the feminine element Of tender years
with which he found himself sur
rounded And altogether he was en-
ioying the situation with such seraphic
JOY that when Monday arrived he was
by no means ready to leave, and he
didn't! He simply stayed. Discover
ing a man servant packing his things.
he informed him that he did not intend
to go, and go he didn It. - :. .-
For three weeks he remained in the
household, wearing his medals and rib
bons at dinner, and at all functions to
which he with his host and hostess were
invited-continuing to surround himself
with admiring femininity. Finally his
exasperated hostess informed her hus-
band for it was he who was RESPONSE
BILE for: his invitation-that if he did
not remove his guest from the premises
at once she would have his luggage
dumped upon the sidewalk. Then the
husband in the extremity conceived an
idea, and at once he proceeded to act
upon it. ~ .... =.
He invited the guest to go in town
with him that night, put up with him
at his club, and have gay little time
for two or three days in the city. He
made the program sound sufficiently
Salluring to- entice him away from the
country home, and in some way he man
aged to take with him all the luggage
the war correspondent had brought. So
that day or two later the celebrity Of
war fame and decorations awoke to find
himself the guest of nobody at all
deserted by his host of the previous
weeks, and literally dumped bag and
baggage in town. He took precipitate
departure for another city, and for all
we know may in other scenes be still a
hero to adoring young women. .....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
One LONE DRUNK
| FACES THE JUDGE
ELECTION DAY PROVES SINGU-
y LARLY QUIET FOR POLICE.
Bottled Enthusiasm Laid in for Dry
Time Is Divided Among so Many
that None Gets ''Load'-One Man
+ Keeps His for Himself and Is Ar
rested.

AS the result of the unusual interest
taken in yesterdays election, the en-
tire city remained orderly and the po-
lice were practically given a days va
cation.
The saloons were closed all day and
no one attempted to open place, even
after the polls were closed. A few per.
sons took the precaution the night be.
fore to lay in a supply OF their favorite
liquor, but they found they had 50
many dry friends to share it with that
it 5Wouldn't go around.
Only one intoxicated man was found
by the police. Some one presented Ray
Fry with a pint bottle Of whisky yes
terdav morning, he says, and as his
friends didn't find him soon enough
he had it all to himself. He was fined
So in police court today, where he was
the only prisoner arraigned for violat
ing the ordinances.
The police say that the crowds al
the voting places were orderly at al
times. There was no friction between
the workers for the different candi
dates, and altho the voters were loaded
i down with cards and dodgers, they
were not molested.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
SYSTEM IS JOLLY GOOD
ENGLISH VENTRILOQUIsT SEES
MUCH TO WONDER AT IN AMER
loan PLAN OF VOTING.

cit may be jolly good system, but
how much does each chap have to pye
to be voter,' remarked Coram, the
English ventriloquist, who is at the
Orpheum this week, who was piloted
thru a portion Of the mazes of the
primary election last evening.
Coram was initiated into some of the
mysteries Of Minnesota primary cleo
ton system at the sixth precinct Of the
fifth ward. He noticed Harry Moore
asking various questions Of the pros
swers in the good book of record.
"Wat's e askin' 'em9' queried the
ventriloquist.
He was told that they were COM
PEELED to tell whether they were house
holders or "boarders.
i" But if they re boarders, how much
do they have to pye7' he asked. - You
know, over on the other side fellow
who votes has to pye SO many shil-
llngs month for his room if he hash t
a house Of his own. It's 6l0. a year,
think. You don't seem to care wat he
pyes over here: That all wrong.
have any place to live in9 I suppose
some Of 'em do that. It wouldn't do
over there, especially if someone was
standing for parliament. Sc by this
card" pointing to one of W. D. Wash.
burn, Jr., "that this chap with the de.
termined looking jaw, is standing fol
pour parliament. Y dom It mean to
| sye all these chaps wat don't pay more
than a thripence for their lodging car
vote for fellow who stands for your
house Of commons
Having been in the churches dur
ing my younger years and in the music
halls since I've been of age, I haven't
had much opportunity to do things III
Of, friends who go in for that sort OF
thing.
my wife's father is an alderman
of Folkestone, near Dover. He used tt
be Councillor Fagg, now he's Alderman
Fagg, and some day he may get higher
He'd be interested in wat you re doing
over here at your hustings, and I shall
have to drop him line and tell hin
about it. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
OLD PAPER TRUST
| NOT WHOLLY DEAD
CHICAGO BROKERS DETECT SIGNS
e sE &8s ~ II OF LIFE
Wood Fiber Paper Is Boosted SIS a Ton
by All Manufacturers Which Leads
to Belief that New Combination Is
Forming to Regulate Output from All
Mills,

A blanket increase of So ton in the
price Of wrapping and other grades of
wood fiber papers, with a corresponding
advance in other classes, has raised the
fear among Chicago dealers that new
trust is forming. This fear is aug
mented by the fact that the notices
abolishing former schedules were with
drawn by all the mills simultaneously,
and the prices listed thus far have been
identical @..
While it is believed that a new COM
bination of paper manufacturers has
been formed, it is not thought that it
will be as complete as that under the
General Paper company. This con-
Germ, which was known as the trust,
went out of business last May as the
result of an injunction suit brought at
St. Paul by the federal government.
The company refused to show it's books
and when ordered to do 80 by the court
agreed to accept judgment and go out
of business.
The theory Of the Chicago paper
brokers is that this error will not be
made second time, and that no one
firm will be allowed to handle the out
put Of all the mills in the combine. 1t
is pointed out that practically the same
result can be obtained by an associa.
ton If the members adhere to the
agreement.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
GRAFT UNCOVERED
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Captain Fredenall of Quartermas.
ter's Department Charged
with Misrepresentation.

Z Manila, Sept. 19.-Captain Ira L..
Fredcnall of the quartermaster' de-
partment was charged in the court of
first instance in this city this afternoon
with misrepresentation of public funds.
The filing of these charges is the cul-
mination Of extensive Investigations by
The insular authorities into an alleged
series Of frauds perpetrated by mem
bers of the quartermaster s department
in the Philippines. The inquiry re-
suited in the discovery Of padded pay
rolls in quartermaster Is shops and
grating in the lease of lighters. Both
officers and civilians are implicated and
courtmartials. will follow the court pro-
ceedings. '":
Major General Wood continued the
inquiry originally begun by Major Gen
eral Corbin. The result of the investi-
cation has been great saving in trans
portation funds and decrease in graft
in the manufacture of furniture, etc, in
the shops for the private use of officers
and civilians. High officials in the
army and government are said to have
been the benefciaries.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
HIS MODEST REQUEST
Inventor of Chess Wanted to. Corner
Wheat Market.

wheat Market.
Phin's Follies of Science.
An Arabian author, Al Sephadi, re-
lates the following curious anecdote:
A mathematician named Sessa, the
son Of Dahar, the subject Of an Indian
prince, having invented the game Of
chess, his sovereign was highly pleased
with the invention, and wishing to con-
fer on him. some reward worthy of his
magnifcence, desired him to ask what
ever he thought proper, assuring him
that it would be granted. The mathe-.
matician, however, only ~~sasked for
grain of wheat for the first square, of
the chessboard, two for the second, four
for the third, and SO on to the last, or
sixty-fourth. The prince at first was
almost incensed at this demand, conceiv
ing that it was i'll suited to his liberal
ity.. BY the advice of his courtiers, how
ever, he ordered his vizier to comply
with Sessa 8 request, but the minister
was much astonished when, having
caused the quantity of wheat necessary
to fulfil the princes order to be cal
culated, he found that all the grain in
the royal granaries, and even all that
would not be sufficient.
He therefore informed the prince, who
sent for the mathematician and candid
ly acknowledged that he was not rich
enough to be able to comply with his
! demand, the ingenuity Of which aston
! ished him still more than the game
he had invented. :.
| 1t will be found by calculation that
the sixty-fourth term Of the double
progression, beginning with unity, is
9,223, 372, O36, 1854 1903, and the sum
Of all the terms of this double progress
sion, beginning with unity, may be OBJ
tanned by doubling the last term and
subtracting the first from the sum. The
number, therefore, Of the grains Of
wheat required to satisfy Sessa's de-
mand will be 19,446, IA, 073, 700 ,55l, 615.
Now, if a pint contains 9,2l6 grains
of wheat, gallon will contain 1928.
and a bushel (eight. gallons) will con:
tain 5S9,784. Dividing the number of
grains by, this quantity we get 31,274,
997 ,412,295 for the number of bushels
necessary to discharge the promise of
the Indian prince. And if we suppose
that one acre of land is capable of pro.
ducing in one year thirty bushels of
wheat, it would require ,042 ,499, 913, 743
acres, which is more than eight times
the entire surface of the globe, for the
diameter of the earth being taken a,
1880 miles, it's whole surface, including
land and water, will amount to very lit
tie more than 126,437 ,sS9,177 square
acres 81. -. ,. =
IF the price Of bushel of wheat be
estimated at 81, the value of the above
quantity probably exceeds that of all
the riches of the earth.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
NIAGARA POWER
Current Taken From the Cataract 165
Miles Away.
Syracuse Herald.

syracuse Herald.
The operation yesterday Of several of
the trolley lines Of the Syracuse Rapid
Transit system by electrical power
transmitted from the Niagara river can
hardly be called an experiment, for no
doubt was entertained Of It's practical
success. yet it was an event of excep-
ti j significance and Importance, not
alone to the people Of this city, but to
the power problem is an engrossing
study We believe it makes a
new record in the long distance trans
mission Of electrical power, at least in
the measure of horsepower that is to be
utilized, if not in the number of miles
covered by the communication.
In few days all the cars of our
local traction system will be moved by
the strength Of the current that rushes
LOO miles away, toward America IS
greatest cataract. That in itself is a
marvellous triumph of human genius
over the forces Of nature. But it is
something more than a scientific mir.
acle. It may have far-reaching conse-
electricity will generally be substituted
for steam as the motive agency in the
operation of railroad systems and the
machinery Of American industry. The
part that the Niagara river will play in
this transformation will necessarily be
limited, but the distribution Of its
power over broad area of the empire
state will surely stimulate the discovery
and exploitation Of other sources of
electrical energy and the invention of
new processes for making them effect.
i've in the service of man. a%
To the average citizen it must seem
that there will always be danger Of an
interruption Of the electrical current
transmitted over this long connecting
line, and time alone can tell whether
this theory has any serious basis
Meanwhile the local power plant will
Of course, be available for use in pos
| sible emergencies. Whether it will
have to be retained as a permanent
auxiliary to the main source Of traction
power remains to be seen. That, how
ever. is but an incidental problem, an6
no doubt in good season it will bt
satisfactorily solved. s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-19
,SCANTLING HIS WEAPON
Head Of the Assyrian Colony at Sioux
y, Falls Almost Killed

SIOUX FALLS, S. D.-As the result of a
vicious assault made by Francis Salem upon
ABE SAWYER, Sioux ais business man, the
former is i'll the county Jail with tie serious
charge Of assault with intent to commit murder
standing against him. Sawyer Is the official
head OF tile 4AssyrIul colony III this city while
his assailant is member of the colony.
Salem Wayiaid Sawyer while the latter was
the shadow of building. he attacked Sawy err
rruded. fortunately Tor Sawyer, lie caught sight
| aside. otherwise his lead would have, been
crushed. = -. - ....- -
The blow intended for Sawyer's head struck
him the left arm, making it useless. Salem
| raised the scantling for another blow but Saw
Yer grappled with him. Salem brcke away and
escaped for the time being. but 1t not long
until the county authorities had him.
Good progress is being made in the work of
preparing for the erection in this city of new
First Congregational church building. to cost
about 100000. 1t is hoped to complete the
founda ton and the walls of the first story. yet
this fall. $3.50 e., a. - 80 :
Judge D. r. Bailey of the county court has
appointed George I. RlackInan of this city adj
ministratot of the estate Of John Mcclellan. a
wealthy Sioux Falls pioneer who killed in
elevator accident in this city some years
ago. Mr.. zBlackman succeeds William Van Fps,
| who died few weeks ago. His bond has been
| fixed at s50.G00. The appointment OF Mr. Black
| man is victory for what known the
| Little Rock. Ark, claimants of the Mcclellan
estate.