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The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
NAVY CONGRATULATES PEARY
NewberTy Cables Appreciation to
Arctic Explorer at Sydney.

The Navy Department has sent it's con
gratulatons to Commander Peary, the
arctic explorer. In response to a cable
gram from sydney Nova Scotia, report
ing progress toward the north pole, Act
ing Secretary Newberry has sent Peary
the following message:
The Navy Department congratulates
you on your splendid efforts and success
and on the safe return of your expedi-
tiOn."
In his telegram to the department, Peary
announced that he had penetrated cen
tral polar basin beyond 81 degrees north,
eliminating probability Of existence Of
any land between north shores bordering
that basin, through 10 degrees Of longi-
tude between parallel of 81 and S. and
secured interesting series of sOundings"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
FATHER QUILL WILL PREACH.
To Have Charge at Late Mass I'm
Holy Trinity Church.

Rev. Father 2. J. Quill Of Georgetown
University, will preach the sermon at
late mass at Holy Trinity Church this
morning. The improvements on the
church edifce, commenced several weeks
ago, have been completed, and add greatly
to the appearance Of the historic old
building. Glass doors and vestibuIes
have been placed at all three Of the main
entrances from o. Thirty-sixth, and n
streets. and a new bapistry has been
installed.
Commencing January 6, and continuing
two weeks. until January %. a mission
will be held in the church by the Jesuit
Fathers. Tt is not known yet just who
viii be assigned to conduct the services,
but Father Harlan, the pastor stated he
had made application for an assignment,
and was expecting a reply every day.
This will be the first mission held in
Trinity Church for several years.
Holy Trinity is not only the oldest
Catholic parish in the city. but the oldest
of any denomination in the District. hav-
ing been established in Georgetown be
fore the present site of the Capital was
laid out
Last night was the banner night, at
least from the standpoint of the mascu-
line visitors attending the bazaar being
held in the school hall The girls from
the Convent of the Visitation attended
in a body and lent charm to the many
other interesting features. Surrounded
by the mystery and romance that has al
ways attached to them, they We're easily
the center OF attraction They had their
usual bOdyguard Of Sisters. however, and
young men were kept at a safe distance.
THE Haystack Monument is the sub
ject of the sermon TO be delivered by DR..
Wallace Radcliffe at the morning seTv-
Ice at New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church to-day. This evening he will take
as his text THE Man in the Lost Church"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
SHANNON LAW IS INVALID.
Judge Boyd Decides Against the Dif-
ferentia1 Rate Bill.
special TO The Washington Herald

Spetlal 70 The Washington Herald
Cumberland. Nd. Nov. 2i-Chief Judge
Boyd to-day handed down an opinion. in
which he declares what is known as the
Shannon differential law. passed by the
last legislature, is unconstitutional
A differential of 10 cents has been main
tanned against Georges Creek coal by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and in favor
of the Meyersdale, Kingwood, and Fair
mont Goals. The law passed to bring the
company TO time called for the vacating
Of the charter Of the Cumberland and
Pennsylvania Railroad. the main feeder
Of the Georges Creek region and practi-
cally controlled by the Baltimore and
Ohio. The law prevented the Cumber-
land and Pennsylvania from permitting
the Baltimore and Ohio 70 use its tracks
and cars as long as the diferentiaI was
maintained.
Judge BOYD says the act attempts 10
regulate interstate commerce, and is un-
constitutional.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
ALLOWED WIFE TO TEND BAR.
August Schwartz viii Get No Appeal
from Decision.

The District Court Of Appeals yester-
day denied the application. for a writ OF
error to the Police Court for a review OF
the Judgment of the latter tribunal sus-
tanning the act of Congress Of March 8,
1903. forbidding the employment of female
barkeepers
Application was made by August
Schwartz. who was convicted November
l before Judge Kimball for allowing his
wife TO dispense intoxicating liquor over
the bar at his place Of business and was
fined SEE
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
Hundred and One Years Old.
Washington Herald.

oItcIa4 % IHe washington HeTlIu-
Baltimore, Md, Nov. 24.-Mrs. Susan
Askey, of 7OS East Twentieth street
viii celebrate the 10lst anniversary Of her
birth tomorrow. To-day Mrs. Askey rest
ed carefully in preparation for her trip
tomorrow in the automobile of Dr.
George I. Young, who will take her to
the North Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church, where Rev. W. F. Robbins, the
pastor, will preach a sermon especially 10
old folks. Mrs. Askey made the same
trip on her Tooth birthday.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
browns CHASING Chickens.

Bloomfield. Conn, Nov. 24-The body of
Mrs. Edith Goodell Mills, wife Of George
Mills, a teamster employed by the Daniels
Mil Company. in West Hartford, was
found this morning In Flagg's millpond
In that town, near the road leading 10
Hartford. She was drowned last night by
falling into the pond while chasing a
chicken along the bank which borders the
back yard in the rear OF her home on
Bloomfield avenue. She was twenty-three
wears old
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
HENLEYS BEFORE GRAND JURY.
Reluctantly Testify About Arson and
Poison Gases at Etchfson.

Spff>lal 70 Inc washington Herald.
Rockville, Md, Nov. IA large num-
Der of witnesses have been subpenaed
to appear before the grand jury in session
here.
The investigation into the arson-poison
cases of EtchisOn, wherein Mr.. and Mrs
Oliver G. Henley. OF that vicinity. have
been the sufferers. has so far failed TO
bring any noted results.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henley appeared before
the grand jury to-day and gave I'm their
testimony What they had 70 say is not
known, but ii Is known that they went
before the jury very reluctantly.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
TRAIN KILLS JOHN BARNES.
Body Found on Railway Tracks a
short Distance from Laurel
The HYashinCton Herald

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Laurel, Nd. Nov. 2L-The body of John
Barnes. who resided at Savage. Howard
County. about four miles from Laurel.
was found this morning by the side Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks at
Bear Branch Bridge, d short distance from
Laurel
Barnes was struck by train some time
during the night. on his way home from
the Pines He was twenty-eight years
Of age, and is survived by his widow. who
was Miss Bartlett before her marriage.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
Henry H. Rice Is Dead.

Mount Vernon, NJ Y, Nov 24-Henry
II. Rice. for many years attorney and
confidential adviser of A T. Stewart,
died last night. at the home of his son.
Rev. Edwin B. Rice. in Mount Vernon
Mr.. Rice was seventy-six years of age
and was born in MorrisvIlle, y. Y. He was
admitted to the bar in 1852, and soon after
was appointed assistant United States
district attorney under E. Delafeld s.
Wits. At the death of Mr.. Stewart he
was continued under Henry Hilton as an
attorney for the estate.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
Defender of Greeks Arrested, Too.

For protesting at what he considered
the unjust arrest of four Greek fruit
vendors asst night l. W Conroy. of 1900
W street northwest. was arrested by OFF,
Ger Galloway. ConrOy exceeded the proper
vernacUiar in voicing his disapproval and
was forced to deposit SO collateral Two
of the Greeks arrested bore the Homerlc
names Of Aeschylus Zedoc and Pericles
Calamus. Each of them left s. for OBJ
structing the sidewalk.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
water Flow Diverted.

The mysterious loss Of water and low
pressure in what is known as the fourth
high-pressure service" or the section of
the city near fort Reno reservoir, was
explained yesterday by the discovery that
some one had t8mpered with the valve
at Wisconsin avenue and Woodward lane
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
ME, BoNI, a wAITER9 TO ARMS.
Count Cables Hot Challenge to Mar
tin, who offered the Job.


tin, who offered the Job.
New York, Nov. 24-M. Martin, pro-
prietor OF the noted restaurant at the
corner of Broadway and Twenty-eighth
street. is secretly taking lessons in
fencing and practlcing with revolver
his friends say. since he received a cable
gram to-day from Count Boni de Castel-
lane
Martin offered Boni job as head waiter
at a salary of $1,000. This is the reply:
MY friend, Count de Cubsac. will call
upon you and demand reparatiOn with
arms for your insult. CASTELLANE."
Martin says he thinks 1t is q joke. and
his tone implies that he hopes so. He has
never heard OF Count de Cubsac.
But the most improbable part of the
challenge, according to Broadway gossip.
is that the message was prepaid. Few
think that Boni in the days OF hts wreck
ed finances could have done It.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
Miss watkins Buried Here.

The funeral services Of Miss Amelia E.
Watkins took place Friday afternoon at
. o'clock. at the residence of her brother.
A R Watkins, 15S d street northeast.
Rev DR. George Maydweil of the Waugh
NJ. Z. Church. officiating. Miss Watkins
formerly resided in Ithaca, \. Y. The in
terment was in the family lot at Forest
Lake Cemetery
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
CHIEF QUOTES COLUMBUS.
Crazy Snake Appeals to senate Com
n,ittee to FuIAII Promise.

Tulsa, Ind. T., Nov. A--Chitto Harjo,
better known as Crazy Snake. chief OF a
faction Of the Creek Indians. made a
dramatic appeal yesterday before the Sen
ate Committee on Indian Affairs.
He pleaded for a return to conditions
under the treaty Of 1882. when the Indians
held land in common and roamed the
forest at will
In 1882. when a man landed named Co
iumbus on American shores whom did he
find here?" cried Harjo. Did he find the
white man? No, he found the Indian.
What did he say TO the Indian? He said
The land is all yours. I will protect
you
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
Ocean steamships.

New York. Nov a-saied from foreign ports:
Steamships Camrania from Liverpool for New YORK;
St Paul from Southampton for New York, lie
Touraine from Havre for New York.
Outgoing steamers sail Monday, November IS:
Astoria for Glasgow. .. m
moaning steamers due Sunday; Philadelphia, from
Southampton. November II; Csronia, from LfTeT-
pool, November II.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
LEAVES FUND TO CEMETERY.
Mrs. Du BOis Wants Grave Cared
For, and Remembers Friends.

Rock Greek Cemetery is remembered
under the will Of Carrie l. Du Bois.
dated May 3, 1906. and filed for probate
yesterday. One hundred dollars is de-
vised to this cemetery for the care of her
burial lot
House and lot at 1S45 Q street northwest
is given to her sister. Elizabeth C. Bea-
man. and her two brothers, Charles L.
Du Bois. and Rhesa G. Du Bois. Her
sister, Elizabeth G. Beaman. also re-
ceives property located in Denver. Col.
All her personal property is to go TO her
sister and her dear friend. DoIlie T. Par
rotte-" Rhesa G. Du Bois IS named as
executor.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
CHECK BRINGS WOE.
Waiter Sent 10 Asylum Instead of
Receiving Expected Reward.

Receiving Expected Reward.
Richard Brooks. young man employed
as a waiter in a local rathskeller, tear
fully told a story of his misfortunes in
his cell at the First precinct yesterday
afternoon.
Brooks claims that while walking along
F street he saw piece of paper blowing
In front Of him
lie picked it up, and found that it was
a check for $4,000 on the Riggs Bank, and
on the back was an offer of $1,000 reward
for the return OF same. He proceeded
hastily to the bank, only to find it closed.
and, then thinking that he might obtain
a part of the reward, took the check TO
the police headquarters
An examination led to the conclusion
that the man was suffering from insane
6elusions, and he was sent TO the Wash
ington Asylum. Brooks had already made
his plans for spending the reward, and
was much disappointed that he should be
forced to wait for It, even for a few
DAYS
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
Teachers Take Examinotion.

Written examinations were held at
Franklin School yesterday, in which
number of competitors took part, for
three teachers positions in the public
schools Of the city-a male teacher OF
physical culture. a male teacher Of mathe-
matics. and teacher, either male or fe-
male, of mechanical drawing
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
EIoners Are Forgiven.
20 The Washington Herald.

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald.
Newport News, Va, Nov. 24-Miss May
Stevenson. Of this city. and Maurice G.
Cannon, jr, of Norfolk, eloped to Eliza
beth City, N c., and were married. They
returned here to-day for parental for
gfveuCsS
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
NJ. B. Rosson Passes Away.
,eciaI to The Washington Herald.

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Culpeper. Va, Nov. 24.-M 3. Rosson.
for years a merchant at Reva, in this
county, died to-day, at Johns Hopkins
Hospital. Baltimore. OF heart disease. He
was in the fiftieth year of his age. and
leaves a family.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
soldiers Home Inspected.

The board of managers Of the temporary
soldiers home held meeting last night.
at which the annual inspection of the in
stitution was performed by Department
Commander 3. f. Entrikin, G. A. R, and
staff
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
PEARY'S SHIP TIED UP
Crew Says Roosevelt Is Unfit
and Will Be Discharged.
EIGHT BABIES BORN ON TRIP

Fireman Tells How He Had Eaten
Shirt and Boots, and Had ChiseIed
lee When Rescue by the Explorer
from Imminent fJeath by Freezing.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
Safe-crackers BungIe Job.

Elkton, Md, Nov. 2I--Slx yeggmen
broke into the National Bank OF North
east early this morning and cracked
the safe with tools stolen from the Penn
sylvania Railroad yards They bungled
the job. and were unable to open the inner
safe where the money is kept They
carried away only a small satcheI, con-
taining several packages Of silver coin
and some silyeTware.
The explosion aroused the neighbOrhood
and several persons ran 10 the bank, but
the robbers escaped. They had ransack-
ed the Pennsylvania station earlier in
the night, but obtained nothing Of value.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
STEAL $6,OOO;; SHOOT AGENT
Express Company Employe Stun
bles on Robbers in Night.
Baltimore Burglars Sack Three
Hair OIL as Chief Booty.

Charleston, W Va, Nov. 4-ThTee rob
bers obtained $500 in cash from the
Adams Express Company's Office. at
before daylight. after shooting Agent V
E. Adams and firing the Office.
During the night Adams remembered
he had failed to bill some cars on a side
track, and returned 10 the Office He was
seized by three men, who bound his hands
and carried him some distance away. Be
fore the robbers were out OF sight. he
managed 10 free his hands and fred at
them with a pistol they had overlooked
The robbers returned the fire and hit
Adams IN the leg. They then robbed the
office
Bloodhounds are at the scene. and a
posse is securing the country
Steal Hair OIL and Chewing Gum.
Baltimore. Nov. A-Hair oil. facial
cream, and chewing gum were the chief
booty Of burglars who entered three
places in this city last night Il is
presumed that the squad that has been
busy in the Northwestern section for sew
eraI weeks committed all the depreda-
tions.
At the barber shop of A. V. Palmer, on
Fulton avenue, the thieves carried. away
six razors. one hone. three bottles Of
facial cream, and three bottles Of hair
oil.
FROM the drug store Of Charles J. A.
Schultze they took the contents Of two
telephone boxes and a chewing gum ma
chine stamps and small change Of sub
pOst-Office No. IS. A safe In which was
S60o. was UnmOlested. The entire haul was
not worth more than go.
Two valuable overcOats were taken
from the home Of Samuel +. PeTegoy. 1921
West North avenue. The robbers also got
a hat and pair OF gloves, the aggregate
value reaching about $40
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

Sydney. Nova Scotia, Nov 24.-Comman-
der Peary was unable to leave for New
York to-day. He will be detained until
Monday
The crew insists that the Roosevelt is
in no condition to sail, and demands that
the ship be put In dry dock. There is no
dock in Sydney large enough to accom-
modate the vessel
Commander Peary to-day got diver 20
examine her bottom. Capt Bartlett has
had much trouble with the crew. and
said to-day that IT must leave the Roose-
velt. He has sent to his home for a new
lot Of sailors for the vessel.
Some Of the anchorage men hung from
the main rigging portions Of the meat
kind of stuff fed TO the men," officers
ordered them cut down.
Brings Back GreeIy Tobacco.
In addition 70 the lifeboat, which be
longed to the English expedition sent out
under Eall, that Peary found at Blacklin
Bay, the Roosevelt brought back two
cases Of plug tobacco from the GreeIy ex-
pedition. It is in perfect condition. after
twenty-five years at Fort Conger.
The lifeboat was found in latitude 50 de-
grees 42 minutes. in the tween decks OF
the ship. It was I'm good shape
Eight children were born 10 Eskimo
mothers on the trip north. This exceeds
by FIVE the former birth record.
DIR. Wolf. the physician 10 the expedi-
ton, has, he says, discovered IN the Es-
kimo women traces Of European ancestry.
he found that the Eskimo woman has
the narrow waist Of her Caucasian sister.
Their bodies are well developed and per
feCtly straight.
Strengthens ice Bridge Theory.
The theory Of DR.. Wolf strengthens
the belief Of Peary that the native Nortb
Americans came 70 this continent from
Siberia by way OF the ice bridge abut-
ments Of the north pole.
On the voyage Charles Clarke fireman
on the Roosevelt. married an Esqulmau
couple He read the marriage service
Of the Episcopal Church.
The wedding ring was made Of rein
deer skin. The bride was fourteen and
the groom thirty years old.
Peary made the EsquimaUs promise
him that they would no longer indulge
IN the custom OF exchanging wives.
The custom has been To arrange d
wrestling match for anothers wife, the
victor getting the woman.
The expedition recovered some brass
rivets that were part OF a sledge used
IN the trip Of the Mains.
In latitude 50 degrees % minutes was
found a piece Of timber that Com
mander Peary believes drifted across the
pole. The timber is nov on the Roose-
Welt.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
&C Hi. shirt and Boots.

Fireman Clarke still has piece OF the
walrus hide which he ate when lost with
Fireman Ryan in North Greenland He
ate also his birdskin shirt and part OF his
skin boots. called kayaks
Dog meat tasted 20 him Ike rabbit. he
says. Clarke says he was resigned 10
death when Peary rescued him.
He had chiseled with a knife in the ice
his name and portion Of the Lord s
Prayer, and had got as far as forgive
US our trespasses" when saved by Peary
Ryan had eaten the fur from his coat.
Clarke's suneriDgs have not unnerved
him. and he says he is game for the next
dash for the pole.
Ryan says that they were cut of from
the Roosevelt because Of a terrific four
days snowstorm and high winds
Two Of their dogs were frozen alive TO
the ice by their legs and tails. They were
starving and had commenced to tear each
other to pieces.
Esquimas held a prayer meeting when
they heard Of the party's deliverance.
Esquimaus Fear God.
Fireman Ryan says that the Esquimaus
''savey Cod but that they have no use
for missionaries.
They have feared punishment by an un-
known hand since the time. a few years
ago, when North Greenland was covered
by black dust which fell like snow.
Peary believes this dust came from a
volcano near the pole.
At latitude Sc degrees. Peary shot a
black raven. This was the point farthest
north where the expedition found evi-
deDCeS of animal life
The raven Gecorates the wall in the
saloon of the Roosevelt. It's crop was
filed with seal meat and small stone.
Peary brought back many specimens
from the faTthest north. Among them
are five IO-pound salmon trout which he
took from Lake Hazon Head, GTantland
by ice spears.
In South Baffin Bay the expedition cap
tured a polar bear. It was swimming
twenty miles from the nearest Zee. which
is most unusual
Fox Tracks Near Polar Sea.
On March Peary found fox tracks near
the polar sea. where no animal life IS
supposed 70 be. The foxes, pressed by
hunger. It Is believed. were looking for
young seals.
Ross Marvin. Of Cornell, the naturalist
of the expedition, brought back some re-
markable collections of pOppies which he
found in full bloom in the snow of Grant
land.
Surgeon Wolf stated that he discovered
tea TO be the greatest stimUlant in the
world. Coffee lost its effects. he said,
after the first week, but tea tasted good,
and was beneficial throughout the entire
trip.
Peary has two Esquimau pups that he
will give to the Zoo.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
Grand Dame Curtains
White Sash Nets


Some special patterns o
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-05
CHANGE IN BOARD
OF AGRICULT TURE

Gerrit P Wilder has been commits
stoned by Governor Carter as a mem
ber of the Board of Agriculture and
Forestry, in place of James D. Dole,
whose term has expired. Mr.. Dole
lives at Wahiawa and has found some
difficulty in attending meetings of the
board. Therefore he desired not to be
reappointed.
Mr.. Wilder is an enthusiast in hor-
ticulture and has done a great deal of
work for the board under special COM
missions, such as visiting the scatter
ed islets to westward and reporting
upon their natural conditions and cap
abilities of sustaining animal and
plant life. He has also introduced i'm
proved varieties of different fruits and
conducted experiments of value in To-
cal horticulture.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-05
GOVERNOR HAS DOUBT
OF SUCCESS OF LOAN

In Hawaiian $75O0OO
coudiness tenths
half minimum
Atkinson jublant his cabed
of satisfaction possible the bonds
President
a OF
make the sale without authorization
ingy cabed strike The commits
to be that goods should cheapy
glowing
Secretary
bored before blowing Wall
Ills
that Treasurer Campbell bonds
already
limit the
orter yesterday,
Holloway holding
hack on contr bill
Iamno at all
public 9s the lowest limit under the
z the bonds printed in that
would be
of a to decided that Mr. Campbell should
authority rested largely him.
decide relative
to the bonds which might arise
eswheu the matter impression was
IN to have erroneous
oOo0 bond 81
cent
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-05
KUH|O'S REfUADIhG
REVENUE MEASURE

A Bill to set aside certain Federal
revenues from the Territory of Ha-
waii, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in Congress as
sembled, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby, au-
thorized and directed to set aside and
hold apart as a separate fund seventy
five per centum of the Federal GUS
toms and internal revenues collected
within the Territory of Hawaii for
a period of twenty years from the first
day of July, nineteen hundred and
five, such fund to be held for expendi-
ture only for Federal public works
and public educational buildings with
in the Territory of Hawaii and shall
be expended by the Secretary of the
Treasury only upon specific appropria-
tions made by the Congress.