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The Washington times., 1906-06-26
DREYFUS AND WIFE
PASS IN SILENCE
Famous French Captain and
Spouse Have Become
ESuanged.

PARIS. June 26.-The enduring inter
est in the "Dreyfus affair" IS again
proved by the fact that the palace o.
justice. where the Dreyfus revision pro-
ceedtngs are going on. is always crowd
ed 20 sufTocation by the highest in so
ciety. in art and in letters. who con-
slider themselves fortunate to get in.
This. despite the attractions Of the
greatest week in the Paris social year
and the melodramatic debate going on
IN the chamber of deputies between In
terror Minister Clemenceau and Jaures,
leader of the socialist deputies.
In intervals of listening absorbedly TO
the lawyers the thronS at the DreyfCs
hearing whispers that Captain Drey-
fus and his wife are estranged. Nine.
Dreyfus has been in court twice. But
she comes and goes without speaking to
her husband; without even noticing him.
Dreyfus has been as If carved out of
marble during this last effort of his
friends 10 clear his reputation
Many persons have not recognized him
in the court room. as he has grown a
beard and dresses like a gentleman from
the provinces Now. as throughout
every phase of the affair. his cultivated
and retiring manners contrast with the
self-assertion of his enemies
There is little doubt It is thought
now. that the verdict OF the French su-
preme court will nullify the Rennes
court-martial decision against DreytuS.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
OKLAHOMA IN THE
DOUBTFUL COLUMN
Legislature, Senators, and
Five Congressman Claim
of Republicans.

GUTHRIE, Okla, June 26-Though the
first State and Congressional campaigns
prc~er will not begin until January. 1907.
u ng a conservative estimate. with the
passing Of the Statehood bill by Con-
gress, candidates began springing up
evary-yh,sre IN Oklahoma and Indian
.Serrstory, which VIII comprise the new
STAT In fact, at least two candidates
for United States Senator had been in
the field for at least six months before
the Statehood was granted Oklahoma
Oklahoma is one OF the doubtful States
Roth SQrtleS claim a majority. II both
parties make equally good nominations
the legislature viii go Republican and
three OF the nve Congressman viii Oe
BA:;tiblicaus. Tviliie the State ticket will
be OemOc-asic Sy a good majority.
he last Oklahoma legislature had a
.isEe Republican majority. while one
democrat had a lead of 1000.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
LOCUAN WARMING
FOR JULY FOURTH
Toy Pistols and Tetalus Poison Ac-
company Noisy Patriotism on
Independence Day.

HARRISBURG. Pa. June 26-Just
previous TO Fourth OF July last year
State Health Commissioner Dixon.
through the public press Of Pennsylva-
MIA, called the attention OF the people
to the great danger Of lockjaw from
wounds Of toy pistols and other eXplO-
sives, and urged the necessity Of imme-
date medical attendance in s.ICh cases
That the warning was widely needed
was shown by the great reduction in the
number Of tetanus cases following
Fourth Of July accidents Ind ecd. there
were reported only a few scattt red cases
throughout the whole State Commis-
sIoner Dixon again sends out q warning
message in anticipation Of the coming
Fourth
The germ which produces tetanus
grows best buried in the flesh away
from the air" says DR.. Dixon. and this
germ. which is found IN earth. in the
dust and in horse stables. and sometimes
suspended in the air in windy localities
lodges easily in the small clean-cuL
wound made BY the blank cartridge
What l wish 10 impress upon every
one. especially mothers, is the very
great seriousness OF these wounds II they
are not promptly and properly treated
by those with full knowledge of the sub
ject Early treatment by z physician
will often prevent the dev<to pment OF
tetanus.
Therefore. a doctor should be called
At once to treat a penetrating wound,
even IL slight. such as powder or other
explosives are apt to make. In case
ices Of a physician a competent drug
gist or trained nurse might Thoroughly
wash the wound and apply hot antisep-
tics
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
Stole Sweetheart in Her
Nightie DO1Vn Ladder
Lover Hurried Her to Chicago, Placed Her
Behind BarriCades and Waited for Her
Father With Shotgun and RevoMers.

CENTRALIA. III, June 26--Wiiliam
Lieferman, a Lochinvar from Chicago,
has fed with his sweetheart. Grace
Monroe. the handsome eighteen-year-
old daughter OF the Rev. Alexander
Monroe. pastor OF the Chicago Lawn
congregational Church.
II certainly was awkward for the
bride 10 race away In her nlghtrobe.
plus one othe- article which may be
called lingerie. Only a pair OF cloth
slippers covered her ''toOtsies-" II was
all for love. and the whole countryside
was with her. clothes or 10 clothes.
Kidnaps His Daughter.
Just week ago Pastor Monroe kid
naped MS daughter from the Chicago
parsonage. Pastor Monroe. has a lonely
farm five miles from town. On this
farm the girl was kept a prisoner. She
lacks a month OF being eighteen
The minister insisted that she marry
Shanklin- a dental student. who assisted
In the kidnapping. She refused
Five leading Centralla men offered 70
assist Lieferrnan in rescuIng the girl.
A relay Of fast horses was provided
between the farm and Centralia- Last
night. two hours after the girl retired,
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
Paul Jones Fiction.

Probably no hero of American life,
not even excepting the redoubtable
Capt. John Smith, has been the SUBJ
ject of more biography that "ain't
so" than has John Paul Jones. For
a long time it has been known how
difficult was the task of getting to-
gether enough accurate data con-
cerning our dashing naval hero to
form a connected life story, and a
number of authors sat frankly down
to write what they knew and ac-
knowledged was chiefly fiction. For
such the public, provided it under
stood the situation, justly had re-
spect. A good story-teller is as
worthy as a dull historian.
But what are we to say of a man
who deliberately puts before the
icaI truth, but which is filled with
lies, inventions and even forgeries ?
Such a book, we are forced TO be-
lieve, is the Life of Paul Jones'
published in 1900 by Augustus C.
Buell., now dead
While it may be ungracious to de-
nounce the work of a man who has
gone, it is impossible to feel any
further respect for the volume that
was once hailed as the final word in
Jonesiana. a number of investiga-
tors have made an exhaustive study
of the 500 Jones manuscripts in the
Congressional Library, and they as
sert convincingly that Buell. com
mitted deliberate forgery, invented
letters from Washington and Frank
lin, printed false extracts from
imaginary journals of Jones himself
and quotations from diaries of the
period which had never existed out
side Buell's Imagination"
OF course all this does not partic-
ularly affect Jones' standing in the
United States navy, except, perhaps,
as the "falhc-" of it-which he was
not-but it kills off many an enter.
tanning anecdote and suggests new
thoughts about history writing in
general. Read me anything but
history" cried Sir Robert Walpole
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
UNPROFITABLE HUMoR.

"OAce." said a Detroit gentleman.
remi3iscently, Il had a humorous
streak
II wrote a letter t6 a young woman
in -lear0y town and signed the name
of a male chCm who knew her I in
tercepted her replies and soon the cor
respondence became very. VERY ardent.
"All the time I had no Thought of the
serious aspects of the case. These all
daWned on me when the young woman
and a friend Of hers one day dropped
81 at our boarding house
Tie eminent respectaDIitF OF nv
fam.t7 <aved me from crimital prose
cutf0f. My friend became Tnfriendly.
- - the least. and the wrath or the
gTorlln IN the case was appathng-
=" cease6 cultivating that brand OF
hlulolS S.-l2etrOit News.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

Lieferman was under her window. He
tossed her rope ladder and she de-
scended in night clothes and slfppers.
She explained that her wardrobe was
under lock and key Lieferman wrapped
her in his OvercOat- They caught the
l1:50 train TO Chicago.
Barricaded With Girl, Ready for Battle.
CHICAGO. June 2s.-Lieferman ar
rived here this morning with Miss Mon
roe and Immediately conveyed her 70
the home OF hts parents, 3s1e Sixty
third place. IN Chicago Law. Pastor
Monroe and the rejected suito-, Shank
lin. took up the pursuit and urrived IN
the city.
The father is determined - .ecapture
his daughter. The young couFle heard
OF his advent and LaefeTman armed
himself and said he would XIII the min
ister II he invaded the house in an at
tempt 70 carry on the girl. Miss Mon
roe told him she would prefer death
rather than return 10 her captivity
In the meantime LieferLnal Is plan
ming 70 esca De from the home fort With
the girl ana hide away until they can
marry
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
A Business Proposition for the Speaker.

Through Speaker organization
building projects
ing to the District of
purchase buildings Department
Department Department
The extension of Rock Creek Park
purchase of Meridian Hill a a new park
parks of tanges and other
Columbia Piney
road Eleventh street and Rhode Island
The of armory
In explanation Speakers position urged
public building of already
added unwantab other bills and that there must be retrech
The inference retrenhment
organization the of
the sufferer than if evenly against all the benefcaes
amedi in
No institution in the Distrcou1d find more satisfaction in the
of the parking of The Times This
paper particularly acquire
" than one 10 m and convert into narIin tract, varions % in the
city,
But the whole matter of parks does not present itself to Congress
urgent buildings
They people
might rightly regard Capital They are
economy plan proposition
unless The Times greatly mistaken propo
son of the allowances to the other cities named the
busp public building passed by Speaker.
borrowing per pays an
nua rental for the District National Guard about $4,000 The
interest taking
the through the inadequate quar-
the scattering Of its Offices and waste time the construction
National Guard building figure less than s6a57o would
1neasur o practical economy
provision public building 90
prviae
guard building Government
plans
elimination of this
total o
of guard building is moro i'm
prssvey
purchase departments These
o
consideration of national
Congress the allowances the
pride and elfrespect
1t applies this project effectively other
which could cited The
the interest $OOOOOO
of
inefficient and inconvenien
Calculating bad departmena
tmentsin Indicated have more
all a Let
the light
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
WEDDING CALLED OFF
ON EVE OF CEREMONY

MILLVILLE. N J., June 26-The
wedding of Mss Flora Elizabeth Norton.
of Millville to Alfred Lee Steele, of
Westville, which was to have occurred
tonight, has been indefinitely postponed.
owing TO the fact that Steele. has not
He consulted a Millville lawyer some
time ago and secured bill of separa-
ton, understanding that this would re-
lieve him and qualify him for the sec
ord marriage.
Last night he was informed of his
position, and found that a second mar
Tiage would make him a bigamist. The
wedding was then called off. and no.
tices of its postponement were issued
andfsent to the many who had received
Invitations 70 attend
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
Horse V, CheSS-PIayer.

Our highly respected and enter
tanning contemporary, the Wall
Street Journal, is IN a parlous state
because of the relative attention
paid to the deaths of PiIlsburv, the
chess master, and Sysonby, the race
horse. 1t grieves especially because
of the part journalism played in this
discrimination, thus saying:
The general newspapers give a column
and half and a spread hsad'' on the
first page to an account Of the death of
great thoroughbred horse. They give
a half column on an insid. page to the
death Of Americas greatest chess play.
er, of whom II is said he was "one of
the mental marvels OF the age" Is a
horse better than a man2 Does brute
strength possess more interest than
mental power?
Even newspapers have to take
things as they find them in this
world, and a newspaper man in
dealing with events that he is to Law
before the people must and does
take into account the things that
will be of most interest to his
special public. The constituency of
a few papers doubtless had greater
concern about the passing of the
brilliant chess player, but the large
majority of readers everywhere felt
the deeper interest in the horse. 1t
may not be a very fine commentary
on our national spirit, but it is a
fact, nevertheless. And newspapers
are less molders of public senti-
ment than they are nodded by it.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
BABY
IN THE WORLD
At Age Of Thirteen Months
Child Weighs Seventy
one Pounds.

NEW YORK. June 2s.-In a lit
tie cottage OF the post road 10
Bloomfield. Staten Island. Mrs. Ran
dnlph Shotweu and Ethel. her thirteen
nonch-old baby, held an informal recep-
tion. II was a repetition Of occasions
which have been witnessed for several
Sundays past and TO a less extent on
week days
The child IS the largest for its age Fl
the world
Here are some OF the babes measure
ments;
Bust measure, g inches.
Arm above the elbow. 10 inches
Hal: way between elbow and wrist, S
inches-
Thigh measure. IS inches
Around the knee. p inches.
At the ankle, inches
Height. SO inches
Weight, 4 pounds.
Baby Bright as She Is Big.
Little Ethel % IS quite as remarkable
for baby brightness and good nature as
she IS for size. Her head, feet, and
hands are well proportioned- Her dark
eyes are more of-en sparkling with
laughter than filed with tears She
has never been 81
II has been a prodigfOUs effort TO rear
Ethel. No baby shoes can be found
big enough to 1T her Three yards OF
cloth are necessary 10 make Ter dress
2 nd patterns have 70 be adapted fo- her
49, ShotweH says mothers who have
had Z, carry around in their arms heavy
b.: ,.sS can appreciate her Joy now thai
she has obtained a go-cArt-
The Shotwells are IN humble circum-
snces.
Many 2 day Mrs. ShotweH has beer
vveil-nigh exhausted after carrying
Ethel around the house
The mother weighs l57 pounds.
Babe BON on Mothers Birthday.
On April IS. 1905. Mrs Shotwell'E
birthday. the babe was born. It weigh
ed fourteen pounds.
Baby.Ethel has a remarkable capacity
for eating and sleeping She frequently
eats a whole potato, a vegetable o1
which she IS very fond Besides Eel
night sleep the infant takes maps Of
two hours each in the morning and
afternoon She creeps with surprising
alacrity-
Several prominent New York physt
clans have made the trip to the COttag'
to see Ethel. They said she was The
most remarkable infant on record
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

Switzerland in the absence OF the min-
lister. and after the close Of Congress
viii 90 to Lenox for the summer
Col and Mrs. Samuel Reber, the
latter the daughter Of Gen Nelson a.
Miles. have taken cottage az Wequet-
Ousing, In Michigan, and VIII spend the
summer there. General Miles VIII spend
part Of the season with them.
Mrs George +. HUFF. wife OF Repre-.
sentative Hun OF Pennsylvania. closed
her Washington residence yesterday and
accompanied by her family. has gone q
her summer home. Cabin Hill." Green's
burg, Pa Representative Hun VIII join
her at the close % Congress.
Robert Whitney ImbrIe. a popular
Washington man. VIII return to his home
IN this city. Friday. after taking a twu
years course IN one year at Yale, and
receiving the degree OF master OF law
Mr.. Imbrie IS a graduate OF the George
Washington University. OF the class OF
'05.
Mrs I. z. Letter has gone 10 Bad Kis-
sengen. Germany. TO take Tnt
There are a number OF other Americans
there now.
Miss Julia Thornton Collins. OF New
York city Is visiting the Misses Thorn
ton, 52A Third street northwest
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel IOeff1er announce
the marriage Of their daughter. Bessie
70 Oscar F. Brotman. OF New York. or
Sunday. June q. The young couple viii
visit Old Point Comfort. Newport News
and Norfolk on their way 10 New York
where they VIII reside.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
SHE NEVER HAD TT

They were hammering away at the
latest scandal when the conversation
turned in the direction of Mrs. Title
say, a new arrival In the next street.
Il hear she's suffering from appendi-
citis," declared Mrs. Brown
'Suffering" echoed Mrs. Jones, con-
temptuously.
Why. yes; didn't you know that?''
asked Mrs. Brown.
Yes, 1 heard she had got appendi-
citis,' replied Mrs. Jones. but, Lor'
judging by the way they Dragged about
il, ! thought IL was some sort OF piano
player! What is it, anyway?"-Ex-
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
French Ambassador GipeS
Dinner to Small Party
SoCieys Leaders Fitting to Mountains and
SeaShore for Heated Term-General Miles
Goes to Michigan, Guest of Daughter

The French Ambassador and Nine
Jusserand entertained at dinner last
night Senator Lodge. the Assistant Sec
retary of State. the Assistant Secretary
Of the Navy. Captain Rodgers. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walcott Capt. r. Z @ Ryan.
Walter Berry. the Counselor Of the
French Embassy and Nine des Portes
de Ia Fosse. Mile. des Portes de Ia
Fosse. Commander de Faramond. Lieu
tenant Commander and Nine de Blan-
pre-. Captain Fournier. Mr.. Pesson-
Didion. OF the French School Of Mines.
and Mr.. VeIet.
vlscount de Faramond, the retiring
naval attache OF the French embassy.
who met in New York and accompanied
Blanpre TO Washington. will leave here
in company with the Ambassador and
Nine. Jussersnd tomorrow. and meet
ing Viscountess de Faramond in New
York. Will sail with them for Europe
Thursday.
DR.. VogeI. the minister from Switzer-
land. win return TO Washington today
from Cleveland. Ohio. where he has
been making a short visit lie will
leave Washington tomorrow and VIII
sail from New York Thursday on board
the Deutschland for Hamburg 10 spend
the summer abroad.
A. de Pury. secretary Of the Swiss
legation, Will be charge d'afIaires for
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
DAYS REST AT 92,,
WORKED L YEARS
Celebrated His Birthday by
Taking a Brief Va
cation.

NEW YORK. June 2s.-If DR.. Osler.
who would chIoroform all those human
beings who attain the age OF forty. had
dropped down in East Orange. y. J.,
Friday he would have been forced 70 re-
nounce his theory in one case at least
He would have seen the Rev Dr.
John CroweII surrounded by his sep
tuagenarian and octOgenarian chums.
celebrating the ninety-second year Of his
age and the seventy-secOnd Of his career
as a public official. II was the first
working day in seventeen years that
Dr. Croweu had been missing from the
city hall OF East Orange. where he IS
secretary of the board OF education
Why not stay at home tomorrow,
doctor?'' said Vernon L. Davey. superin-
| tendent OF education "On a mans
ninety-second birthday I think he IS
entitled to a few hours from active
duty"
What would Dr. Osler say?" Inquired
the near centenartan. smiling. bu-- keep
ing his feet after a two-mile walk from
I his home
So He Forgot osler.
"OS.. forget him" was NJ. Davey's
advice. and Il was taken
/ Thus Il fell out that Dr.. C-oweu held
a reception at his home
Dr. J. c Hepburn. ninety years old.
was guest Of honor It was a cordial
meeting between the two Oldest alumni
4 OF Princeton University In the State OF
/ New Jersey. DR.. CroweIl is the Oldest;
/ Dr. Hepburn. who wears a decoration
/ from the Emperor OF japan. Is the
I next
/ This meeting kindled talk about the
/ first locomotive that ever ran over the
soil OF the Applejack State. DIT. CroweiI
\ saw IL from behind a fence. The Norris
/ and Essex railroad they called the line.
It ran from Norristown. where Dr.
! CrowelI began his career as a school
! teacher. and extended to the western
/ boundary OF Newark
Every Day at His Desk.
| Every day for the last seventeen
years Dr. CrOwel has been at his desk
| IN the city hall punctually at q m At
I noon he takes a lively walk 10 his home
in Evergreen place. eats hearty lunch
con. smokes a pipe or two. a ID walks
back TO the city hall There te remains
/ until o'clock
! DR.. CrOweu was born In Philadelphia
| he prepared for college long before he
! was old enough TO ent--- working in
! the Philadelphia custom house IN the in
Ierim- He taught school in MorristOwn-
| Il was customary in those days not 70
spare the rod. and one OF she pupils
upon whom the young Croweu had a
/ chance 10 use it was Theodore L. Guy
Ter. now one Of the most noted clergy
men OF Brooklyn
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

Mrs. Roosevelt left the White House
at O'Clock this morning. accompanied
by several maids. Upon her arrival In
New York she viii be met by one of
the Presidents carriages and his coach
man and foOtman. who are now aboard
the Sylph. They will take Mrs. Roose-
Welt on board the boat and to Oyster
Bay, where the younger children Of the
family await her.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26
WINNER
OF HALF A RACE
Leads in First Day of Auto
Contest, Supplanting
Bennett Cup.

lie MANS. France, June 26.-Today's
rur. in the contest for the grand automo-
bile prize of SEQ miles. over the Sarthe
circuit. was won BY the French con-
testant Sisz, in a French Renault car
HIS time was hours 45 minutes and 80
seconds.
4 few slight accidents have been re-
ported One Italian machine was
smashed, but the driver escaped unhurt.
In Place of Bennett Cup.
The grand automobile prize was or
ganized by the Automobile to take the
place of the Gordon Bennett cup race.
from which France withdrew last year.
as a protest against the rules which
restricted the entries to three cars from
each nation. Under the present rules
each maker is allowed TO enter three
cars, regardless OF nationality.
There were thirty-two entries in the
contest which began today. Of which
twenty-three are French. six Italian, and
three German. American drivers were
conspicuoUsly absent after the fiasco Of
last years Gordon Bennett race.
Soldiers Guard Machines.
The race IS over the Sarthe circuit
passing the towns Of Champasne
oCeauN, ana 81 CalalS- 1t is a bout sixty
miles in length and each driver will
make the circuit twelve times, a total
Of 10 miles The race is being run IN
two parts, half today and half tomor-
row. The contest Is for speed rather
than an endurance test. and the cars
are built 10 average 40 miles an hour
The course was in good condition and
before the start II was expected that
this time would be made on the straight
stretches. There are many dangerous
turns to reduce the speed Of tae cars,
however.
Tonight the cars VIII be locked I'D an-
guarded by soldiers to insure gltust
tamperinS with them.
The start was made at O'Clock this
morning. the racers being sent away a.
intervals Of minute and a half Aucne
the most famous drivers entered .erA
Lancia, Hemerv- JenatZv, Cagnu, and
De Caters.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

when On bed of illness, "that, 1
know. is lies" Yet not often. we
trust, do historians with serious in
tent concoct sheir works with a tis-
sue of falsity.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

John f. Stevens. CHIEF engineer Of
the Isthmian canal. and Mrs. Stevens
viii leave Washington on the late train
tonight for New York and Thursday
Will sail for Panama. A handsome resi-
dence awaits them there which was
built by the Government especially for
Mr.. Stevens. Mrs. Stevens viii return
TO Washington in September, after max
ing trip 10 the West.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

President Roosevelt can make no
plans for his departure. depending upon
the close Of Congress for the exact
date He VIII take a day or two in
which 20 close up affairs about the
White House before leaving for Oyster
Bay. He hopes TO be there in time for
the Fourth OF July ceremonies. In which
he always takes a part.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

The Colombian legation here has been
advised that DIT. GUllermo Valencia
viii be one OF Colombia ; delegates TO
the Pan-American conference.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

Lieutenant Commander de Blanpre, the
newly appointed naval attache Of the
French embassy. was presented 20 the
President by the Ambassador OF France
al the White House yesterday.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

Secretary Root left Wash ngton today
for Utica, y. Y, to atte I'D the meeting
OF the trustees Of Hamilton College, al
Clinton, y. Y.
The Washington times., 1906-06-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Z y. DuraHd, who sailed
from this country a short time ago, are
now IN Paris.