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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
President Pilkington Reelected

WORCESTER. Mass. August Thames
Pilkington Of New York was reelected
president OF the National Association Of
Amateur Oarsmen at an adjourned meet
ing Of the executive committee today. Rob-
ert j. Milligan of Philadelphia was re-
elected vice president. John O'Regan was
elected treasurer to succeed Charles w.
Preisendanx Of Philadelphia and Fred r.
Fortmeyer OF Newark was reelected sec
rotary. The committee voted to raise the
suspension Of Mulcahey and Vartsy vt the
this year.
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Bitten by a Dog.

While he was playing on the sidewalk IN
front of the Northeast market about 7
o'clock last evening, Charles McCullum. six
years old, of PA H street northeast was
bitten on the left arm by stray dog. The
boy was badly frightened. He was attend
ed by physician. The wound Is not re-
garded as serious
The boy had been inside the market to
buy some cakes. He was coming out, when
the dog ran into him, and, jumping up. pre-
surnabay for one of the cakes. bit the lad on
the arm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
Footpad Gets Pocketbook.

Sadie Richardson, young woman who
resides in Montrose. Md. met a colered
man near the intersection OF Wisconsin
avenue and M street. in Georgetown, about
$50 o'clock last evening, who grabbed her
pocketbook, containing about ST. % and sew
erat trinkets.
The police are looking for Albert Butler,
alias Blue. a dark-skinned colored man,
twenty-five years old. Of small stature.
who Is said to have taken the pocketbook.
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reported at Annapolis for Duty.
nfxusfch n, Star

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. August 11.-Capt C.
C. Yates Of Washington. the coast and geo.
detic survey photographic engineer assign
ed by the federal government to cooperate
with the engineers of the new Maryland
shell fish commission, arrived in Annapolis
this morning and will take up his new
work on Monday. His assistant viii be Mr..
E. A. Borst. also Of Washington, and the
corps under these two will have the work
of preceding the engineers Of the shell fish
board and locating the triangulati0n points
and erecting the shore signals over them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
xuDpLE IN BAY STATE POLITICS
Both Parties Rent by. Discord and
Faction.

Special pis,,s tch to The Star.
BOSTON. Mass. August n!-Not Tor
years has there been such middle IN
state politics of Massa ohusetts as Is seen
at the present time. Old politicians declare
that it Is the worst tangle they have ever
known. With District Attorney John B.
Moran out as candidate for governor and
fatty declaring that he will move ASIDE
for no man. and the Bates men and Home
Market Club republicans secretly knitting
Guild It Is a pretty spectacle of discord.
The democrats are in a quandary. George
Fred williams Bryanite, Is in control of
the Bryan committee and has placed Moran
on the committee to receive Bryan In spite
of the efforts of Josiah Quincy. Sullivan
and other machine democrats. The machine
men must come, to Moran for their tickets
to the Bryan affair.
To add to the confusion. Col. A. c. Drink
water a BRYAN man but member OF the
state committee. Is strong for MOAN.
Hearst while booming Moran through his
Boston daily. is said to be Juggling Tor The
Massachusetts, presidential delegation. ana
against BRYAN If there is a good chance to
corral the nomination. Col. william A.
Castor, the banking house OF kfdder. Pea
body & Co. and Morgan's agents have
taken a hand In the game and nave oeen
trying to get Moran to step aside in favor
Of Whitney. endeavoring to placate Moran
with promises for the future. whitney
says, ST don't want 1t! l don't want 1t!
though sentiment of the regulars is crys-
talliztng around him. with Representative
John A. Sullivan for his running mate.
On the republican side the Home Market
Club declares 1t will not support Guild on
the basis of his tariff revision plank, and
Guild will not bulge. The friends of ex-
Gov. Bates, too. are sharpening heir knives,
declaring that Guild has not treated Bates
fairly or kept his promises to Bates made
before election.
The interest of the banking men is that
they fear Moran will move against the Bos-
ton Elevated. Massachusetts Gas and o:her
corporations in which Morgan and others
ara heavily interested.
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PLANS OF THE DAvIsEs.

Neither T. B. Nor II. g. Will Run
for Congress
CLARKSBURG, w. Va, August H.
Representative Thomas B. Davis Of the
West Virginia district. who was attending
the county fair here today. denied emphati-
cally that he will be a candidate for re-
nomination. He also stated that his brother.
Henry Gassaway Davis. late democratic
candidate for Vice President, will not con-
sent to make the race.
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THREE BURNED IN EXPLOSION
Gas in Bunker Of Coal-Laden Barge
Exploded.

dAS In bunker OF Coal-La0en Barge
Exploded.
NEW YORK. August 1.-THE tug Tor
mentor. Capt. McCloud, arrived at quaran-
tine dock this afternoon with two men and
q woman who were terribly burned by an
explosion on the barge Cassie, off Atlantic
City. this morning. The Cassie. a coal
laden barge was in tow Of the Tormentor.
bound from Norfolk for New Bedford. The
men. Andrew Deteric of East Boston. and
Neils Olsen and Miss Davis, the stewardess
of the Cassie. are the injured persons.
The men were at work in the bunker
when the light in their lantern went out.
One of them struck a match to light It
when the gas In the bunker exploded with
terrific force, blowing out the deck over
head. Miss Davis, who was in the cabin
right over where the men were working.
was badly burned about the face, arms and
body. The two men also are fearfuIIy burn
ed. They were taken to an infirmary in
New Brighton. 49,. --.
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To SHORTEN M1pDIEs' CRUISE.
Fleet VIII Assemble OF Annapolis
August "a.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, August lit has
been determined to shorten the summer
cruise of the midshipmen one week ana
the vessels Of the fleet will assemble on
Annapolis on August "a. The midshipmen
will thus gain several days on their leave.
Admiral Sands, superintendent Of the
Naval Academy. has recommended the dis
missal of two midshpmen for continued
infractions of regulations while on the sum-
ner cruise. The matters which form the
basis of the recommendations were report
ed to the superintendent by the officers OF
the fleet. They had no relation to the prac-
tice of haxing. & $50 :
Secretary Bonaparte will forward the rec
ommendation of dismissal to the President
II he approves of it after the accused mid
shipmen have had an opportunity of max
ing q statement. --t
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FRAUD ALLEGED.
James W. Kastle Accused Of Passing
Worthless Check.

Policeman Mccarthy of the sixth precinct
last night arrested James W. Kastle. an
advertising solicitor, wanted by Detectives
Burlingame and Weldon OF the central
Office. for passing a worthless check. A
warrant sworn out by c. T. Hunter of 11s
Pennsylvania avenue northwest was placed
in the hands Of the detectives to serve
yesterday. and lookout was sent out for
him, which resulted In the arrest.
1t Is alleged that Kastle passed worth
less check on Mr.. Hunter for IS and failed
to make it good when called upon to do SO.
Kastle has been In the police tolls before,
IT Is said.
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Standing Of the Clubs.
Sensational Report Repudiased.

MDXICo CITY. August 1.-Delegations
o: ali foreign clubs OF this city. responding
TO a. invitation Of the Spanish Club. met
today and passed resolutions emphaticaIly
denying that there "a any ground for sem
satioaai reports Of an anti foreign uprising
being contemplated in Mexico. The Span
,sh, French. italian. German and American
:iuos wers represented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
Secret Polish Alliance.

BRESLAU, August ia Polish secret
alliance has been discovered. and great
number of citizens of the towns of Schop-
pinitz and Rondzin are accused OF being
connected with 1t. The criminal court at
Beuthen viii take proceedings against the
accused shortly
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RETURNING TO WASHINGTON.

Columbia, Mo-, Yesterday.
COLUMBIA, Mo-. August u.-Secretary
Of tie Treasury Leslie NJ. Shaw addressed
q large audience today. He spoke on the
tariff. His speech was largely reitera-
ton Of the arguments which he delivered
at Springfield yesterday. The Secretary
left for Washington tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

,a ssFp pc TTns[IHyn'svs psrwyD F,r.t
base on beIls--oR Dorr. /: on Geib. Il OF Bladen
2 Struck ol:-By Dorr. q by Geib 8: by baden
tao innings; OF Bladen, in SIX innings: OF Ne
Oregon, In one inning. Sacrifice hit-Hammer
Toreert. Barch, owings. rwo-base hit-Dorr Dou
bic play-AeGreyor to Burch. Left on bases-Hy-
zttsville, 4; Berwyn g. Umpire-Mr OwinEs
Time OF enne-OEs hour and ten minutes
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FAILURE IN HARTFORD COUNTY.
Many Packers Involved in the Wells
Assignment.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, August ia dis
patch from Belair states that John Finney
Wells of Hartford county has made an as
signment for the benefit Of his creditors,
and hfs trustees have given bond in the
sum Of 5000.
Mr.. Wells is treasurer Of the county and
also one of the many Gamers who are
heavily involved by reason Of the recent
slump in tomatoes and the failure of the
syndicate managed by Smith, Rouse &
Webster Of Belair. It is understood that
between fifty and sixty packers In, this
county are heavily involved.
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CRUISE OF MOTOR BOATS.
Proposed That They Visit the James
town Exposition.

COWU 11P0oAC100s
NORFOLK, Va, August I.-Unless the
plans of Hugh 8. Gambel and Albert e.
Eldridge Of New York. members of the
committee that Is to have charge OF the
motor boat carnival at the jamestown ex-
position fair, the Motor Boat Club Of
America will have the greatest cruise next
year in the history Of the organization
Mr.. Gambell will recommend that the club
make a cruise to the exposition grounds.
This will mean that some OF the little boats
will make the run all the way from the
great lakes to Hampton roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
Murder Of vice Consul Stuart.

BATUM, August n.-An investigation OF
the murder Of William H. Stuart, American
vice consul here, who was shot and killed at
his country residence May %. has proven
that 1t was not due to politics, but was
committed BIZ, q Jealous Turk from private
motives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

Funeral Of Leander Van Riswick.
Funeral services over the remains Of
Leander Van Riswick, who died yesterday
morning. will be held Tuesday at 6:15 am.
at his late residence. 1928 Pennsylvania
said at o'clock at St. Aloysius Church.
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HAD AN EXCITING TRIP.
Airship's Engine Gave Out Whom 600
Feet High.

FRANKLIN, Pa, August 11-Mrs. Mary
Prentiss Miller. wife of Maj. Charles J. 8.
Miller. had an exciting trip in an airship
tonight in company with Leo Stevens, the
inventor. -. ." ..-a - - P
The start was made after dark, and
engine gave out. The craft descended on a
hill overlooking the town. only 800 feet
from the edge Of high precipice.
In descending the end of the bag struck
q house, but no damage resulted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

NEW YORK, August 11-Maj. Frank y.
Harlow of the United States Corps Of Artil-
lery, stationed at Fort Totten, 8. l.. died
city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-26
Duty of Parents on july 4.

Excellent rules have been promulgated
by the District authorities regulating the
sale and use OF explosives on Independence
day, with the object of reducing the deaths
and dIsablements on that day. But despite
all such precautions it is to be feared that
the day will yield many accidents, as boys
and men play with fire and powder and
run useless risks In foolish show of So
called patriotism.
The fathers and mothers of the boys of
Washington can go a long way toward
checking the evil and reducing the danger
b. refusing to give their sons money for
fireworks. This may seem to some like
cruel hardship. but reflection will show
Its reasonableness and ultimate kindness
The thoughtful, wise parent can easily SUI
perVlse his boys Independence day ''cele-
brating' II he will take the pains The
your gster must be supervised in his DOW
der burning. There Is no security in trust
Ing 70 his Judgment. He will find means
to do foolish things II not watched through
the day. Despite all the stringent laws
and regulations some storekeepers will sell
powder and big crackers and pistols and
these secret sources of supply will be found
b. the youngsters with the same keenness
or scent that they find dangerous swimming
pools
The man who goes of pleasuring on the
FCurth OF July and leaves his small boy
10 MS own devices is simply risking the
ct.Ids life AS the days observances have
Ue8enerated there is no trusting the chill
oren 10 Keep out OF danger. certain
class or elders think Ii rare fun 10 give
Small boys powder and pistols and big
crackers Others take fiendish delight
IN playing tricks upon little folks These
Wretches are seldom caught and the only
way to eircumvent them is to safeguard
the child through the day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-26

The District is gaining good friends at
every session, and here and there IN Con-
gress are men who realize the urgent neces-
sity Of bringing the park system up to
mark and equipping the national capital
with public structures of proper size and
style. These propositions have merit and
are eventually considered on their merits.
1t may not be possible always to find much
justice In the claim of the S7th New York.
of the 18th Iowa or the 18th Delaware for
a building or river Improvement or
bridge. but then these items are founded
on the bed rock of votes, votes for the man
who gets one of them through, and votes
for him from other members whom he helps
out with his own. So there are two classes
of public improvement projects, carried by
the big omnibus appropriation bills popu-
larry styled pork bar'ls.'' and these are
the District items and all others.
All the District items have been stricken
out of the general public building bill this
session by the blue pencil of the Speaker.
VIII not some OF the good friends of the
national capital who know the local needs
forget for the nonce that there is no trad
ing basis In this case and vote the meri-
torious paragraphs back into the bill? The
service will be very highly appreciated
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Tariff Revision.

The republican situation In Iowa is not
fully appraised unless we consider the de-
liverances of the standpatters made within
the past twelve months Tariff revision !.
The question was asked. Where is there any
substantial sentiment for it outside OF DEM
ocratic circles? OF course the democrats
want IL. They are hunting for an issue
The trust issue. the railroad rate issue, the
Panama canal issue. are not available for
them. But tariff revision is in their line. and
in their extremity they ara urging t.
Well. here Is some very substantial re-
vision sentiment outside OF democratic cir
cles- Iowa is republican state. and Coy
Cunniins is a republican leader. He il
mentioned in popular speculation in con-
nection with the presidency. His present
race for reconciliation as governor OF Iowa
has been made on the tariff issue. He fa-
ors revision. and stands conspicuousiy for
what is known as the Iowa idea" His
opponent is a standpatter. and the repre-
sentative Of those who can see only disaster
In making the Dugsey law conform to the
changed conditions which 1t has done so
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much to produce. And yet. Gov. Cum
minis finds support all over the state. II
even looks as II he might win. But should
he lose the nomination he will have demon
strated that tariff revision In section
strongly republican Is demand so em-
phatic that 1t must be reckoned with In all
calculations for the near future.
II we turn from Iowa we come to Massa-
ehusetts. another republican stronghold
where tariff revision Is shibboleth. The
republicans of the Bay state elected last
years ticket on that issue, and are prepar-
ing to use 1t in this years contest They
are pretty good republicans-none bettef.
Mr.. Lodge, who Is at their head, is the
Presidents friend in the Senate. and Gov.
Guild. who will be asking Endorsement, is
likewise on intimate terms at the White
House. But Secretary Shaw asks the pub
lie to believe that because the President
has not in any message to Congress urged
tariff revision he is standpatter!
Tariff revision IS on the way. and not far
away. 1t Is coming like sidewheel steam
boat. running down stream on the bosom
Of a full river. And in the hands of the
party of protection revision no more men,
aces protection than the horticulturist
menaces trees when he clips their superfu-
Gus branches.
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Americans Abroad,

America is good terms with the ma
tons. There could be no better evidence
Of this than the attentions shown distin-
guished American citizens travelling abroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth are we'll received
wherever they go, as are Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan. The former have sat at table with
the King of England and the German EN-
peror, while the latter have witnessed the
coronation of a king and a queen In Nor
way almost as special guests. Subsequent
~ Mr.. Bryan by invitation addressed pub
lie meeting In the Norwegian capital, and
was enthusiastically applauded. A few
years ago there would have been an out
cry against this, as out of line with re-
publican simplicity. Today such an outcry
would be laughed at In intelligent circles.
We are compimented nation by such
manifestations OF respect and interest be-
slowed by the rulers and high officials Of
other countries upon those representing the
best citizenship and influences of our
country.
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The Sixtieth House.

For one reason or another the members
OF the House viii all be glad to get home
The man serving his first term and aspir-
ing to a second is anxious. If he fails or
Endorsement he may not come to the sur
face again. but spend the rest or his days
in private life. The seeking third
or fourth term is almost as anxious, as he
has had just enough of national politics to
make him In love with the game Even the
man with the sure thing, whose constitu-
ents swear by him. and who is certain or
reelection, has had his fill of law-making
for one year. and longs for a rest and then
a Misunderstanding tour of his district.
The election of a House of Representa-
tives is always an interesting event. Every
where people turn out to hear the issues
discussed. If the candidate is not a
speaker he is represented by speakers, who
take the stump in his behalf and give rea-
sons for sending him to Washington. No
district is neglected. Many districts are so
well cultivated that the campaign while It
lasts overshadows everything else. Days
and nights are given up to meetings. and
marching clubs, and drum-beatings and
banner-wavings. until by the time election
day arrives voters are we'll nigh exhausted.
A congressional contest is one of the most
This year there are new wrinkles which
will test the shrewdness and sagacity of
even the most experienced campaigners. The
people will want to hear about the railroad
rate bill. and the meat inspection bill, and
the latest developments In the matter of
trusts, and particularly about the thousand
and one rumors which have marked the
passage of important measures through this
Congress. Then there are the labor men,
preparing at Mr.. Gompers' suggestion to
heckle candidates on labor issues, and to
range themselves on the side of the man
who makes the fairest promises and gives
the best assurances of keeping them.
Stumpers for themselves or for others Will
find it necessary in the approaching cam
paign to talk on new subjects, and to
many voters who have made, or are think
ing of making. party alignments.
Nearly everybody is out, or getting out, of
old ruts.
The Sixtieth Congress will assemble on
the eve of the next presidential election.
and will make some of the record upon
which that contest will turn. Shall we see
Mr.. Cannon or Mr.. Williams in the chairf
And if the former. what will be the effect
on the republican national convention?
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Pistol Justice"

Circumstances which In the minds of
some people justify the crime of Harry
Thaw, who last night killed one of the
most prominent architects in this country,
may yet be disclosed, but there can be no
question that to a majority of men and
women today there Is but one side to such
a case. The murder of Stanford White,
whatever he might have done, whatever
may have been his relations or attitude to
Thaw's wife. was a cold-blooded crime,
against his family and against society.
In some ATTITUDES private justice is con-
doned when mans so-called honor" Is
involved In certain parts of the world.
indeed, 1t is demanded by the code" by
the invocation of the "unwritten law" and
the slayer is only thereby rehabIlitated in
his social standing. But, fortunately for
| the world. the drift of sentiment in these
times is away from this method of ADJUST
ment. Society has provided ways and
means by law for the settlement of differ
ences and the punishment of wrongs.
In the light of the new code. which Is the
code of public security and is based on the
doctrine of giving everybody chance for
his life, nothing can justify the killing Of
a man by unprovoked assault when the
slayer's life is In no sense or degree In
danger. The spectacle of a man walking
deliberately up to another in public re-
sort, and. before his victim has had warm
ing of his approach, shooting him in the
back and then finishing his work with
bullet through the brain is calculated to
throw the theory of personal vengeance
further into disrepute In the rough
places, on the edges of civilization. where
men all go armed and safety rests mainly
with the man with the quickest draw"
and the surest aim the code deprecates
shot in the back. There is honor even
among homicides. The slayer who lives up
to the rules of the game approaches his VIC
tim from the front and draws his weapon
openly. There is no tolerance for the man
who kills wantonly without running his
own chance of injury.
But in any case, the killing of Stanford
White, even though he may have been
villain. was the worst Imaginable way for
young Thaw to punish him for his actions
The courts were open for proceedings which
would have been a greater punishment to
White than death, If he had been guilty of
wrongdoing. All right-thinking men
would have respected Thaw in invoking
such processes to put a stop to insults or
prosecutions or menaces. Today the verdict
of good citizens is that his crime is despic-
able and worthy of the utmost punishment,
whatever may have been his moral provo
cation.