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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-17
BRIDE TO VISIT LEPERS.
PLAN FOR HONEYMOON
Niece Of Ex-Secretary Long to Follow
DR.. BnnckeThof TO Sandwich
Islands.

BOSTON, Aug. 17.-Even 90 those
who do not know them personally the
courtsh!D and engagement of Miss
Nellie ~ White. niece of John d. Long,
formerly Secretary Of the Navy, and
DIT. Walter r Brinckerhon is worthy
of notice. and to the friends of the two
the matter is a subject Of eager inter
est DR. Brinckerh0m IS now ply
stefan on the island near Hawaii that
is set apart for the lepers. and thither
Miss White viii 90 after their mar
Tiage.
DIT. Brinckerhoff went TO Hawaii to
studV leprOsy. and there met his future
wife, who was visiting her sister, Mrs
James b. Castle, wife of one of the
Wealthiest sugar planters in the Sand
Wich islands. Mrs. Castle and her nus
band live az castle called klamath.
a magnificent place near Honolulu This
castle is built on the edge OF the ocean,
and cost a quarter OF a million Its
seemingly dangerous position is protect
e. by Diamond Head. the neadland that
IS first sighted when approaching Ha-
wali from the Pacific coast ports.
Miss White was one OF the seven chill
dTen of tho late Nelson Davis White. Of
Massa chus=tts who left q large for
tune
DR.. Brinukerhof is to spend two years
more i'm the study of the disease. lie is
connected with The United states Pub
lie Health and Marine Hospital Service.
The wedding viii take place IN few
days, and probably at the Nlanalu.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-17
JUDGE FINES HIMSELF,
VIOLATED FISHING LAW
Enters Plea Of Guilty Before His Own
Bar, Paying S. Per Fish
Caught.

DULUTH. Aug. 17.-Justice OF the
Peace John Belcher. OF Monmouth.
Iowa. tried himself recently for a vio-
latioH Of the fishing law, received his
own plea Of guilty and fined himself
SAi-65, trihe over s. apiece for the fsh
he caught out Of season.
John Case, and John BelCher. o.. p.
prominent citizens, became TOO anxious
10 walt until May IS TO go fishing. The
morning Of May 10 was so bright and
warm that these two old cronies lust
had 20 take their poles and wander out
10 Mineral creek at a nice. shady point.
where IL runs into the Maquoketa river.
Here they met with such wonderful luck
mat when they returned home they had
a string OF eighty-one bass
Proud OF their extraordinary catch.
they dispayed their strings 10 their
neighbors, and some envious mortal
passed the word along 10 State Warden
Lincoln Then Deputy Warden Carson
was ordered 20 Monmouth To investl-
gate The result was the arrest Of Case
and Belcher They were tried and paid
their fines Case $3.50 on TWENTY-FIVE
counts, and Belcher $SA25 on ten counts.
This totals trihe over s. apiece for the
nsh and makes probably the most ex-
pensive string Of fish. ever caught in
Jackson county.
The odd feature OF the case was that
beicleT being justice OF the uaaCa the
cases We're brought I'm his court re
PLEADED guilty before himself. then took
The fines against himself and his friend
In his own ledger.
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nickel because of the action Of JUS
tice Gaynor in refusing to hold a
man arrested for failure to pay the
fare demanded. On the other hand,
the road relies upon a decision of a
higher court to the effect that it
could legally charge the double rate.
and it proceeds to, enforce its requi-
sition by having its inspectors drag
from the ears all who are obstinate.
Already violence has been done, and
If no deaths result from the savage
fights that occur it win be a miracle
1t is time for some adequate au-
thority in the State of New York to
end this breach of the peace on both
sides. The police department seems
impotent, if not entirely biased in
favor Of the railroad, and officers
have witnessed undoubted brutality
on the part of the company's agents
with perfect indifference.
On the other hand, there is an ele-
ment of the public that delights TO
be in the midst of trouble and an
other that is filed with JOY at the
chance to compel the corporation to
defend suits for damages
Again, there is the innocent ma
jority that finds itself disconnected,
abused, and practically cheated.
They are the ones who need relief
most of all. If the city or the State
of New York cannot abate this
nuisance there is something needed
in government over there.
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who gave Mr. Hearst a shock two years
ago by throwing the District delegates
10 Parker because, as Mr. Slater alleges,
Hearsts personal manager here.
O'Rehly. accused Mr.. Slater Of grating.
II was the first time Mr.. Slater had
ever been so accused, and il made MIN
warm However, Parker got the dele
gates and Hearst was not "one-twO-
three in the running from the District
But now here comes Mr.. Slater figuring
It out that probably Hearst is the next
best man for the Democratic nom.ua-
ton. He don't know who the man viii
be- but he IS pretty sure. based on his
observations In Pennsylvania, Nevada.
California. and Oregon. that Il viii not
be Bryan. Bryan. he says is not IN II.
Some good Southern man should be. and
probably viii be. nominated. is 81r.
Slater's opinion. Roosevelt he thinks.
can beat anyOne-nO difference who
the Democrats may nominate, but
there's a good fighting chance for a good
Southern Democrat against any other
Republican. Taft2 Pooh, pooh. Eaay
money, says Slater
Incidentally. Mr.. Slater remarks that
from what he observed at Plttsburg dur
ing a stay Of several weeks, promoting
his mining interests, Emery VIII win
hands down ia Pennsylvania.
They can't get near him fOT the gOV-
CTnoTship," he said
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-17
BOY SAVES HIS LIFE
BY HOLDING TO SHAFT
Body WhiTled Around Shafting to
Which He Chung, Clothing Torn OF;
Only Slightly Injured.

SHENANDOAH, Pa Aug H.
Thomas Kelly. aged seventeen years.
by rare presence of mind saved himself
from being ground to pieces at the
West Shenandoah coIliery today. He
was in the act of oiIinE the machinery
when his clothing caught. He was
gradually being dragged To death into
a scraper line, and 10 save himself he
grabbed and then embraced the main
sCTeen-shaftinE. which tore him from
the scraper line. but whirled him about
the Shafting at terrific speed.
FelloW-wOrkmen fortunately heard
his cries, and after some minutes had
the machinery stopped: but every
stitch OF his clothing was torn from his
person with the exception Of his stock
ings and shoes.
When released IT was found that his
head. face. body, arms. and legs were
injured, but no bones were broken.
How be ever held on 10 revolving
shafting so long puzzles the officials
His physician says ne viii be about IN
a day or two.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-17
HAIRY MAN FROM MARS
MADE BUT BRIEF CALL
Woman Tells Of Visitor Who Had One
Eye and That in His
Forehead.

NEW YORK. Aug lI--There is a
good deal of travel between earth and
Mars. il seems An account was recent
" published of his recent visit TO Mars
bv. SackviIle q. Leyson, president OF the
Society for Psychical Research, OF
Syracuse. y. Y. whose spirit went 10
Mars and back. IA 100000 miles. IN forty
minutes. while his body remained IN
Syracuse.
NOW there comes this letter from
Pauline CORR. Sc Irving place, New
York:
Because of an experience / had IN
London some six years ago i was con-
siderably surprised when 1 read Mr.
Lessons account of his psychic visit 10
the planet Mars.
u was busy at my desk, when I be
came conscious of a strange presence
and. looking up, saw a shadOwy, gigan-
tic figure covered with hair not the
hair which serves as coating for four
footed animals. but soft and silky in
texture ard light in color The figure
had but one eye, and that was in the
center Of his forehead.
Naturally [ was taken abaCk. aWed
That nv visitor was not flesh and blood
knew. and while I waited with my
flesh creeping. ! heard from somewhere,
but not the man, He is a spirit from
the planet Mars
THAT was all He vanished. and
never returned But this morning the
vision required 70 my mind and / Won
dered.
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A PETITION.

I pray Your Majesty, grant me this
thing-My songs.
All else is yours. O Love. my king
Have I not burned for incense youth S
white flame2
For your fair favor spurned a min
strers fame?
The green ways call in vain. the TEEN
ing mold
Spreads for my coming all its cloth-of-
o red of leaf and wonder on the hills,
Along days rim the light Of parting
thrills!
Once these things made ne ready. Love.
my king,
Here at your feet, TO strike my lute's
light string,
And now I pray, though all else you
shall take.
Leave me my songs, lest all my heart
shall break.
Yet. though your bondman freed, bear
song hence.
What is song If not of thee. and
whence
My singing? Turn your facei
Ny lips are mute.
o Love. my king, behold The
broken lutte.
Virginia Woodward Cloud, in Har-
pers.
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HOADLEY DENOUNCES
STANDARDS METHODS
Saws It's System of Business Is as
Criminal as Burglary or Pick
ing Pockets.

ALTON. H.. Aug. 17.-Attorney Cen
eral Hoadley, of Missouri, in an address
here declared that the Standard OH
Company system Of business is criminal
as the business Of q burglar or pick
pocket and that justice requires that
every State Legislature enact and en-
force laws which viii mete out the same
Justice To great corporations carrying on
business in restraint of trade unlawfully
as TO the man who robs a house or picks
a pocket.
Public sentiment. he declared would
not counteuance as an atOEement for
unlawful acts, the giving TO colleges and
universities vast sums which are but 3
small 1.-THE of that WTuEg from the peO-
PIE by unlawful business methods. The
burglar might as well expect TO secure
dissolution by giving a portion OF his
"sWaS' TO charity.
John j. Rockefeller. he declared, is re-
sponsible for a system OF commercial
bad faith.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-17
OLDEST PRISONER
MAY GET RELEASE
Has Served in Penitentary Thirty
seven Years for Murder Com
mitted in Youth.

DELAWRE. Ohio. Aug I7-LeadI-g
citizens here are circulating petitions. L,
be presented to the board OF parduns OF
the Ohio penitentiary, asking for the re-
lease Of John Taborn. the oldest priso-
nre in the United States in point of ser
vice. For murder committed here in
1858, when he was twenty-five years old.
he received q life sentence. OF which he
has served thirty-sevCn years He kill
ed man named Richard Grevious after
a quarrel while under the influence of
liquor.
II is said that Governor Nash wanted
10 pardon Taborn, but the latter did not
then want to leave the penitentiarv.
fearing he would not be able to make a
living. but now, his friends here learn.
he has changed his mind and would
gladly be out of prison He has been
employed for some time as attendant In
the insane ward Of the prison.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-17
Democrats Are United
In Support for Bryan

I'm the campaigns Of 1896 and 1870 the
South was perhaps rather more devoted
% the fortunes OF Mr.. Bryan than was
any other section of the country re-
marked Senator Simmons. of North
Carolina. who is in Washington for a
day or two on public business. In the
campaign Of 1908 that VIII not be true
The South is as loyal TO the Nebraskan
as ever. but the North. the East. the
middle West, and the far West viii be
just as earnest in the cause this time as
the South. There is only one sentiment
throughout the party the country over,
SO far as we can judge
Senator Simmons observations lead
him TO the conclusion further that Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt is not holding his own in
the matter of personal and political
popularity.
When he became President" said the
Senator, "for reasons wei known, he
was distinctly unpopular in the SoutE-
AftcrWarG be cultivated the South with
much success lie became as popular as
any Republican President could be.
more popular than any other ever has
Geen. Eut THAI popularity ls waning
The developments OF the late COugTez-
siGuGl session have gone far 10 shake
the public confidence in the FTeSlll-Hl s.
staying qualities. The conviction J4ar DEE
is uOI 10 ne shaken In any purpose To
which lac becomes devoted is no longer
so firm as IL used 10 be- Instead. incl
dents Of the last session connected VITA
the rate measure. the meat inspection
legislation. and other matters with
which everybody is familiar. have gone
far 10 impress the country with the be
lief that the President IS extremely
VaCiuaUluE. that me gives way when he
need only stand firm 10 VIM that he Is
disposed after all 10 place party inter
est above COunJTy'S Interest and that lac
is. in fact, very much more the mere
politician than had been supposed His
surrender AT the critical point in the rate
bill dght was ineXCusable- but not so
bad as the surrender on the meat inspec-
ton. Passage of an inspection law
meant more 20 the packers than TO any
body else, yet they We're allowed 90 die
tate its terms and make the Government
paw the expense. The people haze been
learning these things ana the knowledge
has decidedly injured the President I'm
Popular confidence In the South at
least"
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WROTE NAME 1000 TIMES
TO WIN FIFTY DOLLARS

CINCINNATI. Aug I7--Richard Stol-
worthy. of Clayton and WoodburH, is
celebrating his victory in O writing con
test. in which ne wrote his signature
4.,,,J times in less than eight hours.
Stolworthy was entertaining party
of Second ward politicians, and an ar
gument arose as TO the number of bricks
it was possible for a competent brick
LAYER TO Law in eight hours. FlaherJy
stated that a competent workman could
Law 1900 bricks I'm the time specified.
JSTanken disputed the statement, claim
ing that a man could not write his sig
nature 1900 times in eight hours
StOlworthy offered 10 wager $50 that
he could write his signature 400 times
Franken. Flaherty and eight others
present each put up S. and the contest
was set
Stolworthy worked necessarily for
seven hours. AT the end of that time
those who had taken the other side OF
the bet lost courage and admitted them
selves defeated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-17
A General RepTOaCh.

The riotous squabble down on
Long Island over the attempt of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
TO collect an extra fare for the trip
TO Coney Island is fast reaching the
proportions of national disgrace,
a blot upon the reputation of tie
East for law and orGer. Without
regard TO the merits of the row, the
exhibition ought TO be stopped. and
stopped at once.
\ large number of passengers per-
Sist in declining to pay the extra
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-17
SAW FULTOH'S BOAT
STEARING UP HUDSON

NEW YORK. Aug. I7.-Robert Fulton
Ludlow. Of CIaverack. \. Y. the grand
son OF Robert Fulton, and Charles I.
Hasweu of this city, the only living
men who saw Fultons steamboat. the
Clermont. steaming up the Hudson, met
yesterday at the New Yorker home.
The two men were brought together
bv AIr. Hefstand. chairman Of the Fulton
Memorial Association. which is raising
5G30. 000 To put up monument on River
side drive Mr. Ludlow s2id the family
vvo1Ild allow Firif0u's body 10 be moved
90 the monument HasWeu. though
ninety-seven. will take part II the dedi-
cation, if he is stiQ a4Vs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-17
DIVERS FINGER CRUSHED
WITH NO KNOWN CAUSE

CHESTER, Pa. Aug 17.-Oldy Ralph
son. a diver who is employed IN making
excavations at Schooner Ledge, Is being
treated at the Chester Hospital for
finger mysteriously smashed uhder
water He was working at the bottom
of tire ledge when suddenly ne IeIt "a
singing sensation in his hand.
After being pulled 20 the surface hs
was SURPRISED TO ind that his finger Wah
crushed almost to a jelly, and he knew
not why.
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A New Water Measure.

4 great deal of discretion char
acterizes the recommendation of the
District Water Registrar that here
after the water supply of all ml..u-
featuring establishments, hotels,
swimming pools. bottling establish
ments, gas tanks, brick yards, rail
road yards, and similar establish
ments shall be measured by meter.
As long as the 100000 allowance
made by Congress for the purchase
of meters is not sufficient to supply
every user. the Government must
choose those who consume regularly
the greater amounts and charge
them accordingly. 1t viii be sur
prising. indeed, if an extreme waste
is not corrected thereby.
Yet it win be still more surprising
if the greatest waste is uncovered
by that means. It IS the judgment
of competent observers that il lies
in other diCections-in the Govern
ment departments and in private
residences.
No one who has walked through
the buildings used by the executive
departments viii doubt that the
waste of water there is enormous.
1t runs through spigots all day long.
1t is used to flush plumbing con-
stantly. 1t is drained through anti
quated sanitary devices-and the
prodigality which has marked these
offices in all other respects has not
hesitated to make even these old
fashioned equipments cost more in
water than need be.
I'm private houses it Is the custom
to be careless of water. There is
nothing surprising in that. As long
as the user pays a lump sum, deter
mined according TO the height of his
building, or the number Of windows
in its front, or the color of his
cooks eyes, or some other equally
ridiculous measure, he is certain TO
use it recklessly. It is not the
amount consumed which determines
his water tax, but the height of his
or its width. So it is that
here, too, it runs all day long, or is
squirted through a hose by the
thousand gallons. In summer it is
cheaper than ice In winter it is
cheaper than plumbers bills.
Nor viii it do to argue that good
citizens and efficient heads of de-
partments are responsible for the
stopping of this waste. 1t is wholly
indefensible to put the whole bur
den on those tenants who have a
decent sense of responsibility. They
are probably doing their part now.
The extra cost ought to be assessed
against the others.
Meters for everybody-that is the
only sensible means of water prOtec-
ton for the city. If we keep on as
we are using water now, not even
the upper Potomac viii be able to
supply us in ten years. 1t is GER
tain the present conduit will not.
And when we reach the latter crisis.
Congress will have to determine
tardily, as it can now determine
proyidently, that it is a whole lot
less expensive to buy meters than
it is to build an auxiliary water
system.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-17
SWALLOWED THE FLUID
USED FOR EMBALMING

OIL CITY, Pa. Aug. H.-Adam Hantz.
hfty-fiVe years old. an undertaken at
Knox, Clarion county. drank a guam
tity Of embalnIing fluid by mistake last
night and died in horrible agony Hantz
had placed a bottle Of medicine among
the bottles Of embalming chemicals in
his establishment and reached for 10 IN
the dark and took a large draught of
the embalming preparation instead.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-17
Covsted Stepping- StOne.

Jer0me's election as governor would
uuQuestionabIy make him a real presi-
Dental possibility. But then, SO would
the election OF Charles r.. Hughes. Or
that of Hearst. Il isn't easy 10 think
of Woodruff or Higgins as q serious
presidential factor, but Hughes. Hearst
and Jerome are an promising Given
the New York gOVeTnOTSllp, MI hughes
would make a striking appeal 10 the
Republican party II viii need a Now
York man; q trust buster an lnde-
pendent: a well advertised pubLcis-
Who fNs the bin better than Hughes
Jerome. on the Democratic side. meets
the same requirements. Hearst has no-
been eliminated even by his declaration
that he would not be IN the 1898 race.
should he become governor there is d.,
telling what TWO years might UrIHE
forth
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Congressman McNary
Declines denomination

BOSTON. Aug. I7.-Congressman Nc
Nary has formally announced that he
viii not accept q denomination for TIE
seat ne now holds in Congress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-17

Peters, he was greeted on the plaza Of
the SheFFy casino with a number of Sc
lectlons from his own operas.
baron Ludwig Knoor, who Is to marry
Miss Emily Sargent Of Boston. arrived
in New York yesterday on tie SaXOnia.
accompanied 10y his mother. Baroness
KnoOp.
Mrs. Clarence r. Edwards was one OF
the dinner hOstesses at I4eEOX last even
ing. Colonel Edwards is recovering from
serious throat trouble from which he
has suffered Tor some time, and viii
soon be able to come so Washington to
attend TO his duties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph II. ChOate, jr., the
latter formerly Miss Oliver. daughter Of
the Assistant Secretary Of War, and
Mrs. Oliver. have Joined the Ambassador
and Mrs. Choate at Naumkeag, their
StoCkbridge estate.
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From there he viii go TO Norwich.
Conn., 10 take part In the annual rogue
tournament.
! Mr. and Mrs. Eugene schwab and
children left Washington today for At
lanuc City 10 spend few weeks.
Louis Notes. WHO has been spending
two weeks al Atlantic City. has re-
I turned 20 his home here
Percy Hirsh and Edgar Kaufman have
returned 10 the city from Blue Noun
tain, Md, where they have been spend
Ing their vacation.
Miss Ruth Ellis left the city this
morning for Deer Park. Md
Marcus Notes and willie Notes have
gone 10 Atlantic city 70 spend a few
weeks.
Nathan Frank and Harold kaufman
are spending two weeks az the Blue
Mountain House. Blue Mountain, Nd
Miss Edith Emerson left Washington
yesterday Tor Casanova. Va. where she
VIII visit the Misses Holtzelaw, who
are spending the summer at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan SoudheImer.
who have been spending two weeks
az Eetterton, Nd. have returned 10
their home on NJ street.
Miss Sadie Well and Nathan Well
have returned 20 The city after stay
or TWO weeks NJ Bettert0H, Md
Miss Olive schIosz, Of Memphis. Tenn,
who has been visiting ia Baltimore,
was iu Washington for few days
this week. the guest of the Misses
Morris on Seventeenth street. She was
on route 90 her home I'm Memphis.
airs. IIomer-F. Trip has as her guest
Miss Mabel Hudson OF Baltimore, Nd
Miss Sctde Emory and Rufus En-
DRY have gone 10 EIkton. Md, 10 visit
their uncle, Deputy Register OF Wills
Rufus Rowland.
Prominent among the guests stopping
at Bueua Vista Springs this summer
are the japanese Ambassador and Wis
countess AuE. who spend their time
iu sitting outdoors and driving, taking
short walks and playing cards They
ara agreeable CJuVeTsa-iOuaisIs and
create no end OF Interest among tine
guests
other Washington people now at
Bueua Vista Springs are James =. How
ard. George j. Kennedy Mr and AiFs.
William Waller. Mrs. J. Is. FTeibus.
Mr.. adm Mrs. ". j. Newton, and Miss
Elizabeth Wright
Miss Elizabeth AIlnitree VIII serve as
bridesmaid az the marriage OF Miss Mary
Lou GRAY al the home OF her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gray. IN Duke
street. Norfolk. August p. 10 Edward
Wilson WhitehOrur. The wedding viii
be an exceedingly pretty affair for mid
summer Miss MiulITee and Miss Viz
gtuia Gray. sister OF the bride and her
second maid. VIII wear frOCks Of white
null over pink tafieta and carry bou-
Quets OF pink carnations and maiden
hair ferns The wedding Us OF more
than usual importance I'm Norfolk So
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y ~ THE CIRCLE OF SOCIETY >
Minister Grip, of Sweden.
Sells All NOTWdD PROPERTY
After His Retirement From the Diplomatic Service
of His Country He Will Make His
Home in Stockholm

News has come from abroad TO the
effect that Mr.. Grip, the minister TO
this country from Sweden, and one Of
the most popular diplomats here. has
sold all Of his property in Norway
which country he represented in con-
nection with Sweden until the division
Of government, and after his retirement
from diplomatic service will make his
home IN Stockholm