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The Washington times., 1906-05-07
TWENTY-ONE INDICTED
FOR OREGON FRAUDS
Interior Department Officials Active in
Prosecution Of Alleged Land
Conspirators-

Secretary Hitchcock has received a
, telegram Informing him that the Fed
eral grand jury at Portland, Ore. has
indicted twenty-one persons, charging
conspiracy to secure 10000 acres of fine
lumber land in Brook Lake and Klam-
ath counties, oregon. Those indicted In
clude two former Government officials,
three publishers, seven lumbermen,
three bankerS. three lawyers and three
business men. The na-nes of the in
dicted men are:
f. w. Gilchrist. Ralph Gilchrist. Pat
rick Culligan and James Mcpherson, AL
pena, Mich: H W. Stone, Benson
Mimi: Baron &. A NJ. O. s. Schiller
holZ. Little Rock. Ark; Judge Nj. E
Brink. Charles NJ EIkins and Jack
combs. Prineville. Ore. d. F. Steffa. ed
iitor of the Cook County Journal of
Prineville; B. r. Allen. A g. Palmer.
II. J. Palmer, T II. watkins and f. NJ.
White. Portland. Ore; z. Dorgan. +.
j. Devine. J. V. Collins and Malcolm
McAlpin. Albany, Ore; J. w. Hopkins.
vancouver. Wash; w. w. Brown, Sc
attic. Wash
Secretary Hitchcock said today that
the department would not stop with this
bunch of indictments. but would con
tlnue 10 prosecute all alleged fraudulent
land transactions. He expected to soon
receive additional reports from agents in
the Middle Western States telling OF
their Investigations on cases referred to
them
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
LONGWORTHS TO Be
PRESENTED IN JUNE
London Is Ready for a Record Rush of
Americans With Social
Ambitions.

LONDON, May THE London sea-
son. which opens the latter part of this
month, gives promise of being a record
breaker. The hotels and house agents
report an unprecedented number of in
quiries from Americans with social
ambitions who wish % take houses for
the London season.
In June the most Important presenta-
tlon for many years viii be that Of
president Roosevelt's daughter. Mrs.
LonSworth, who will be a guest of the
Whiteiaw Reds at Dorchester House in
June
The first court which will be held at
buckingham palace on May 25. VIII be
notable for many American presenta-
tions
Mrs Whitelaw Reid viii present a
number OF her own compatriots. and her
own daughter on that date will be
formally received by their majesties-
Miss Gladys Grace, the last unmarried
daughter Of NJ. p. Grace of Battle
Abbey. will be presented by her sister.
Lady Donoughmore.
Although an American girl Miss
Grace has many distinguished English
relatives TO entertain her. Mrs. Jay
Phipps. her sister. has a house in Cros-
venor Square, while her sister-in-law
Mrs. Bradley Martin, jr., will entertain
at Chesterfield Gardens, where Lord
Donoughmore rents the adjoining house.
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
PATIENTS SUFFER
FOR NEED OF AID
Continued from First Page.)

Hoffman also showed him an injured
throat and one OF his ears had been
hurt
Hoffman told DIR. Raeburn somebody
nad oatted him with brOomstick. ."
AT this time. the doctor said. Hoffman
had Just been released from the asylum
Representative Smyser asked II the
Medico-Legai Society had ever tried 70
tmbeciles" and the "epiieptics" at ST
EIZabeths- DR.. Raeburn said he knew
OF no such movement on the part Of the
society or the citizens of the District Of
Columbia
Or. Raeburn said he did not imagine
INC doctors at the asylum warranted the
cruelty 20 the patients. He thought
the treatment complained of was due
10 other conditions. He considered that
tnere are too many patients In the hos
piral for the number Of physicians en-
plGyed to look after them.
He said the reputation OF ST Eliza
beth's ana it's visiting physicians is high
throughout the country
DR.. J. Ramsey hewitt, the District
Coroner. said his duties yooK him at
times TO the Government Hospital for
the Insane. In his opinion, the admin
,stration OF the asylum IS most excel
lent he could suggest no iuproveunen.
In the system He had never seen any
cruelty 10 patients at the asylum.
he said he had investigated the
George Brown case" in which II had
been charged that Brown died at the
asylum from cause differing from that
stated in the death certificate. He agreed
10 submit his report on this case 10 the
committee next Wednesday.
Thornton o. Pyles a painter former
" an employe at St EliZabeth's said he
left the institution in May. 1904 he was
nurse. he said. at the asylum and
thirty to forty-tWo patients were kept
under from one TO three keepers.
I have seen many crueIties 20 pa
tients.' he said Il have seen patients
confined in strait-tackets, which are
made Of heavy canvas with long sleeves
and laced UP the back
He said that IN some cases these
strait-Jackets were necessary. owing TO
the scarcity Of attendants at the asylum
He declared he had seen cases where
these Jackets were kept On patients for
tWenty-four hours
a patient nar2sd Thornley," said MT
Pyles. "once w5Sf a strait-jacket. He
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
WALKED THE CHALK
TO PROVE SOBRIEn
Before Police Sergeant New York Au-
toist Refutes Charge Of Drunken
ness in Novel Manner.

NEW YORK, May Nicholas NJ
Smith, dry goods commission mer-
chant. and L. Franklin. both of the New
Broadway in an automobile at 4;S1
Broadway I n an automobile at 7;3O
O'Clock last night. when the steering
gear became deranged at Ffftieth street,
and the machine running thirty-five
miles an hour. witnesses say. swung
back and forth In the street, grazing
vehicles A crowd chased them. crying
that they were drunk.
At Fifty-sScond street the crazy ma
chine ran down Thomas Turner, a sta
bieman- The two men could not stop II
until IL ended a wreck. against the iron
fence IN front of the Strathmore Apart
ment Hotel
when they seemed about 70 drag the
two men out of the automobile
The crowd followed the two men to
the West Forty-second Street police sta
ton, where they said Smith and Frank
lin were drunk Smith denied the
charge. Sergeant Brady made Smith
walk a chalk line He performed the
feat Then he told the time on the
clock satisfactorily
'Recite MY Country, It's Of TheeH .
ordered the sergeant
Smith solemnly recited the song
You are not drunk. was the verdict
OF the sergeant. and he let Smith and
Franklin 20.
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Rhode Island Pulled
off the Bar at Last
Big Battleship FIoated by Tugs After Having
Held Her Nose in the Sand at Mouth
of York River for Hours

The new battleship Rhode Island,
which went into commission less than
two months ago, went aground early
Saturday afternoon on York ShoaI, at
the mouth of York river, Chesapeake
bay, according to a telegram received
at the Bureau OF Navigation of the
Navy Department from Admiral Har-
rington. commandant of the Norfolk
Navy Yard. For nearly thirty-six hours
IL was greatly endangered, but is now
out OF danger. Four big tugs pulled
her off. Che Is now bound for Hampton
Roads.
Admiral Harrington stated that short
ly after l o'clock Saturday he received
a wireless telegram from Capt. Perry
Garst, commander or the Rhode Island,
stating that the warship was fast. The
tugs Mohawk and Hercules we're sent
to his relief. reaching the vessel about
o'clock AT 4:SO a message was re7
ceIved from the cruiser Minneapolis,
sent by Rear Admiral Bradford" Ad-
miral Harrington stated. announcing
that he was there and would mako an
effort with the view of helping the
Rhode Island to get afloat.''
Admiral Harrington stated that Ad-
miral Bradford also asked for more
tugs, and accordingly he sent the Wah-
meta and Uncas. He stated that shortly
before 10 O'Clock Saturday night he re-
ceived a message from Admiral Brad
ford. stating that the battleship made
an attempt at high tide to float, using
her own power with that Of the Her
cules and Mohawk. but failed to get
afioat.
The dispatch stated that the Rhode
Island went aground at nearly high wa
ter. drawing about twenty-four feet
Up to noon today the Navy Department
had heard no further advices from Ad-
miral Harrington or the officers of the
ships, but from unofficial sources it was
learned that the ship was finally float
ed last night, being drawn of the bar
by the four powerful naval tugs which
had been sent 20 her rescue. The Min
neapolis stood by all the while, ready to
lend aid IL necessary. In fact, the Min
neapolis is said to have attempted the
problem of getting a hawser aboard the
battleship-
High on the Bar.
II was a thirty-mile run from the Nor
folk navy yard to the stranded vessel,
and when the tugs arrived on the scene
they found the RhoIS Islands nose
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
Rate Bill Roundup
Held at the White House

general roundup on the rate bill
was held at the White House this morn
ing, and although the Senators who con-
ferred with the President were unani-
nous In declaring that nothing new had
been decided upon, it is understood that
better feeling prevades the legislative
atmosphere. and 1t is believed the much
discussed bill win be disposed of before
the end Of the week.
Among the Senators who talked with
the President this morning were Crane,
Dolliver. Carter, Beveridge. Burnham,
Warner, Proctor, Flint, Prkins, Hemen-
way, Pettus, AnkoEy, Clapp, and Bur
kett- Vice President Fairbanks fndi-
Gated that he expected a vote by the
middle of the week. Representative
Hepburn, who followed Senators Carter
and Crane into the Presidents office ne
fused to make any guesses upon the sub
5ect because he expected to be one of
the conferees.
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
HAS GIVEN $4,000 AWAY,
HAS NO MORE FOR CHARITY

HERKIMER, N. Y, May MRS. H.
G. Munger recently wrote Auer Sperry.
the philanthropist, Of Hartford, regard
ing the effort being made TO raise a fund
TO build an addition 90 the Old Ladies'
Home. and received from him the fol-
lowing letter:
Dear Madam: have given away
over $4,000. and am at the end OF the
rope. 1 must keep enough for my own
comfort while l remain. / shall have
some left, which wish TO give to some
OF my friends, and in my will $500 is
given TO the Old Ladies' Home Perhaps
you can avail yourself of this promise
so that IL will assist you IN your enter
prise. You Will probably soon have the
money, as my work is done. and l am
waiting the day and hour. Respectfully.
@fAUER SPERRY."
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was what I would call an ordinarily
nervous patient"
was he absolutely harmless" asked
Mr.. Smyzer.
IT'S hard TO tell what he was said
the witness I'VE did not have enough
attendants 20 take the patients out for
airings."
Mr.. Pyles said he had often complained
TO DR.. White about the food Of patients
One man hadn't tooth in his head,
and he wanted easier food for him. This
was not sent after his visit 10 DIT.
White
He said he hoped to produce later a
diary kept by an emplOye showing
what had been done out there" He
said he also has a list OF asylum en-
ployes who want 70 testify IN the in
Quiry. but are afraid 10 come out and
say so without being summoned.
"Often." said Mr. Pyles, there were
many employees at st. Eliza beth's who
plagu!ng old men who had peculiar all
menJs- Sometimes. however. these
young fellows later developed into good
Il once asked Dr. White 70 have the
potatoes for the old patients peeled. be-
cause Ihey were dirty He replied that
II would be a vast expense 10 the Gov
ernment-
PsSitioned for Remedy.
Mr.. PyIes said he and hfty other at
/ tendants on one occasion signed a Pc
tition TO the board OF visitors TO remedy
! conditions in the asylum. The board
made fun Of the petition. he said. and
/ he was not allowed 20 testify. He was
/ first asked 10 resign, ard later he was
discharged. after DR.. White had sent for
/ his brother and cousin 70 try TO per
suade him 70 resign. He declared that
! DR.. White had also had him examined
/ BY a physician 70 see whether he was
/ insane, but the physician declared him
sane.
Later he was told by Dr. White not
! 10 come into the asylum grounds and
/ he was arrested on charges Of disorder
~ conduct The case, however, was
nolle pressed The witness said he had
standing orders 10 keep all the old SOL
dters out OF sight when the board OF
visitors came TO the institution.
SOphronia Howard said that she had
been employed in the asylum laundry
for three years and had seen Henry
Satterheld on several occasions maItreat
| patients
The Washington times., 1906-05-07

ir the production OF coal in competition
with shippers along its lines. This was
introduced by Senator Elkirfs on March
IS. and he is making every effort to Sc
cure its adoption. The amendment
reads:
1T shall be unlawful for any common
carrier. subject TO the provisions OF this
act. unless authorized by its charter TO
do so. to engage. directly or indirectly
in the production. manufacture buying
furnishing, or selling of coal or coke
or any other commodity or commodities
OF commerce In competition with any
shipper or producer on It's line or lines
Provided. That nothing in this act shall
be construed to prevent q carrier from
mining coal exclusively for its own
use"
The amndment Is intended to preven I
conditions which have developed in con-
siedarble sections of the country. and
which were brught into public note by
the recent litigation of the New York
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
against the Baltimore and Ohio.
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
Broad Court Review
Amendment Opposed

When the consideration Of the rate
regulation bill and its pending amend
ments was resumed in the Senate today
Senator Taliaferro submitted a state
ment from his colleague, Senator NAL
lory. in which the latter stated that he
desired to be put on record as being op-
posed to broad court review amend
ment to the bill.
After the statement had been read
at the desk the Kittredge amendment
providing that companies or persons
Teasing, managing or operating, cars
used IN the business of carrying any
kind OF property including live stock
should be included in the bill as car
riers engaged in the transportation of
property by railroad was taken up and
rejected
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
DEMANDS WOMEN ON
THE POLICE FORCE

NEW YORK, May Hopeful that
when the women Of the city demonstrate
their sympathy with her proposed re
form movement the city officials viii
take favorable action. Mrs. Julia Gold
zier, of rs East Forty-nfth street, Bay
onne, has started out with petitions de-
manding the appointment Of a force of
women police Mrs Goldzier is not at
all disheartened by failure in the past
20 interest Mayor Pierre Garven aud
the council In her plan. and she feels
confident success will finally crown her
efforts
When Mrs. GOldzier wrote to the
mayor several months ago asking the
appointment of women police to look
after the morals of the children the
mayor sent the communication to the
council, and. with joking remarks. II
was referred to the committee on health
charities, and correction. where II died
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
PENNSYLVANIA NOW HAS
DEMOCRATIC TREASURER

HARRISBURG, Pa, May 7.-Winiam
H Berry. OF Chester. who last Novem-
Der was elected State treausrer of
Pennsylvania, assumed the duties Of
his Office today. He is the first Demo-
cratic treasurer the State has had in
twenty-siX years.
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
Coal Competition Clause
Has Strong Following

One of The important amendments to
the rate regulation bill for which a
strong fight will be made. and which
from present indication will be included
IN the measure before 1t passes. is that
prohibiting common carriers engaging
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
DIED.

Ne HANNAH LEO. -
Funeral from residence s5z Twenty-thfrs
street wednesday morning at ssh. Solemn
CTeNas and Connecticut papers please copy }
ny7-2t FS-'
McNABB-At midnight. May g. 1904 AZ
her residence, The Gladstone ELIZA widow,
Of james McNabb, n the eighty-ninth year
Of herN age.
Notice OF interment hereafter. II
BEYMER-Suddenly. on Friday. May L 1905
ALBERT BEIMER. in the hfty-hrth year OF
his age
Funeral at ? O'Clock Sunday from his
brothers residence 1TIsIA Tenth stree.
northwest. Friends invited
Cambridge. Ohio. papers please copy)
my5-2t
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IN MEMORIAM.

ALLISON - In loving remembranoe Of
MARTHA J. ALLISON. who died one year
ago today. May Z 1906.
One year ago today. dear mother.
I saw you laid rest
God thought II best TO take you home
He knew you needed rest
BY Her Daughter
II ALICE NJ CAMPBELL
EORTHEDGE-In loving rernernb brance Of
GEORGE r NORTHEDGE. vino died three
years ago today.
Gone but not forgotten.
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
sPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE

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The Washington times., 1906-05-07

poised high on the bar at the eastern
entrance to York river.
Two of the tugs are reported to have
met with minor accidents in their at
tempts to lend a hand TO the battleship.
First, the Uncas came up against the
bigger vessel, broadside, carrying away
a part of her own rail. The Mohawk
later went aground alongside the ship
while passing a hawser aboard her 1t
was some little time before she was pull
ed of by the Uncas.
All yesterday the tugs worked at the
great ship. endeavoring to effect her re-
lease before she should be menaced by
a stih wind. Efforts to float her az
high tide failed, and at low tide yester-
day the fact was disclosed that she was
drawing twenty-four feet aft and eight
cen forward Water was pumped aft
from the forward tanks and everything
possible was moved to the rear t0
lghten the front or the ship.
Late yesterday afternoon, when the
Iour tugs tied up IN line, their com
oined efforts were successful When
freed. the battleship started out for
AT the Navy Department considerable
anxiety was manifested over the SAFETY
or the Rhode Island, and a further re-
port from Admiral Harrington is stin
being awaited with considerable interest
Inc situation of the vessel was regard
ed as decidedly unfavorable. and there
was apprehension that she would be
greatly damaged or possibly DESTROYED.
The bottom OF the mouth OF the York
river IS a hard one, and IL is likely
that the bottom of the ship was con
siderably damaged. and II may be neces-
sary for the ship TO put back into dry
dock The shoals are known to be
treacherous, and old navigators con-
slider that the ship was lucky to get of
as easily as she did.
Captain Garst III.
Captain Garst, IN command of the
Rhode Island. has been III for several
days, and until further information is
received. officials Of the Navy Depart
ment are inclined 10 believe that he was
not on duty at the time OF the accI-
dent 1t Is thought that it way develo..
that the pilot made the mistake Of try
ing TO enter the river before daybreak
and lost his bearings IN the channel.
owing to a mist.
a court Of inquiry VIII probably be
appointed by Acting Secretary New
berry late this afternoon. The Rhode
Island Is the first battleship command
of Captain Garst. who has had nearly
fOrty-three years service In the navy.
about half OF which he has served al
sea. He mas ths reputation OF being a
careful and reliable officer.
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
LOCAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
The BeriIfz SehooI Of languages

20 l4th St. -. W A Goaard. Prime
Grand Prize. st. LOu1E Exposition, 1904
French German. Spanish. Italian Russian.
etc Native teachers- Trial lesson free.
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
Beautiful Funeral Il
DESIGNS

Made by Artists Prom s1.oo up.
BERT +. L SCH, FLORIST,
Fifth and q Streets II. w,
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
SPECIAL NOTICES.

A SPECIAL MEETING OF the stock
noIoers or the Norfolk and Washing
Ton. D c. Steamboat Company will be
held at the Office OF the company foot
0t seventh street. Washington. ID. C..
monday. May 18th. 1906. L o'clock noon,
Ior the purpose of authorizing an sn-
crease n the capital stock of The COM
pany and FOR such other business as
may come before the meeting Trans
ter books win be closed from MAY 18Th
70 20 &zeIn' lSo6. irclusiye. LEVI WOOD-
PM. President. ODELL S SMITH
oecLetary and Treasurer ap27-30t
w. L FALMER, 32s7-ss u s.. NV.
FHONE WEST 5IT
- A1NA SOAkDING. AND PRIVATE
SALE STABLES
GOOD, sale -eamS always On bs,1 g. -
AZ .s-solaDte Rates Ample storage room for
vehicles Horses boarded 5o~ - - -
BIougnaIns, sletcrias and Family Carrtar.s
for hire at short notice. SucceSsor - a-I1s'o
ton Horse Co Private sales OF good horssa
a specially s,Is -
Window Oh Opaque Shades. 900
Empire OIL Opaque coo
Shades KING Scotch Holland 7so
A~AIo|NiOS' Hung free VIII call with ssrnrISS
Rundlett's Shade Factory, l7th q xnw.
The Washington times., 1906-05-07
High on the Bar.

High on the Bar.
II was a thirty-mile run from the Nor
folk navy yard to the stranded vessel,
and when the tugs arrived on the scene
they found the RhoGS Islands nose
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-26
MoNTREAL's FAMOUS MELONS.
Crop Limited and Each One Numbered
Bring as Much as SO Apiece.

Montreal-The average New Yorker ac-
customed to the small melon that grows
in Jersey and Connecticut knows little
about the possibilities of the cantaloupe
unless fortune leads him to some such res
taurant as the Waldorf or the St. Regis
during the five weeks beginning with
the early part of this month"; in which
the famous Montreal melons may be had.
The Montreal melon might be called a
thing of beauty and a joy forever If it
would only continue to grow all summer.
In the first place 1t Is from three to six
times the size of the ordinary melon and
1t excels it's smaller brother in taste and
flavor as much as it does in size.
In all about 1900 Of these luscious fruits
find their way into the dining rooms of a
few New York hotels every summer Ev-
cry one of them is marked and numbered
and every one is contracted for early in
the spring.
The man who is accustomed to buying
a Rocky Ford melon for 16 cents would
shy at the prices paid for these products
of Canada. They command from so to 70
cents here and double that amount In
New York. Sometimes they may be found
In small numbers at the best fruit stores,
retailing at as much as 50 each.
The limited supply accounts for the
price, and as the years go on they bid
fair to become more and more expensive
until they pass out of existence like the
dodo. The growth of the city will be re-
sponsible for the calamity Already it Is
fast encrouching on Outremont suburb
back of Mount Royal, where the soil and
the heat form an ideal combination for
the growth of the melon. The demand
for building lots has already caused the
destruction of scores of orchards from
which not so many years ago the world
got its La Fameuse apples.
There are La Fameuse apples now, but
any one of the old timers will tell you
that they are nothing at all like the fruit
that grew on the trees on the other side
of the mountain. The number of Montreal
melons Is likewise growing smaller and
smaller each year and it is likely that
ten years from now the Montreal melor.
will be a morsel not to eat, but to reri-
| inisce about
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-26
"AMERIcAN ACCENT TAUGHT
To English Pupils, In Order to Further
Chances of Commercial Success.

with the Procession" Everybodys Mag
azine for September.
According to an English periodical
the headmaster of a certain English
popular school" insists that his
scholars shall learn to speak English
with the American accent and in the
American STYLE" We don't know ex-
actly what the American style and ac-
cent are, but in the opinion of this
headmaster, If he exists, they have a
distinct money and business value. If
q man has them, persons who hear him
talk will think that he is IAN American
and consequently enormously rich and
do much for him; "do" him much, it
might be more correct to say. On the
other hand, If they know that he is an
Eng1ishman, yet they will assume from
his accent and style that he has been
in America, and, therefore, is "shrewd,
energetic, and resourceful" and far
more experienced, intelligent, and rea-
sonable" than il he had had his busi-
ness training in England. In short,
boys that want to sget on" will acquire
the American tongue. This is very in
genious and has a certain basis of
sense; but American-speaking English
men will find that their hotel bills will
be mighty large and long.